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Averon's Lea Tarnowski Named Finalist at the Banking Technology Awards
Lea Tarnowski selected as 'Highly Commended' finalist in the Woman in Technology Leadership category
SAN FRANCISCO, December 17, 2018 – Averon co-founder and chief operating officer, Lea Tarnowski, has been named a finalist in the Banking Technology Awards' Woman in Technology Leadership category. Acknowledged as one of two 'Highly Commended' nominees among a field of thirteen extraordinary global executives, Tarnowski was recognized for her distinguished leadership and for being a female role model who has bridged financial services experience with technology leadership.
The Woman in Technology (W.I.T.) Award (in partnership with FemTechGlobal) recognizes an outstanding woman for her distinguished leadership and inspiring work in making a positive impact in the financial services industry.
"Lea is creating a company culture that honors and exemplifies diversity in all its forms and empowers team members to contribute their ideas in all areas of the company," said Wendell Brown, chief executive officer of Averon. "She embodies our company's core values — she's authentic, thinks big, expresses positivity and puts we before me. We are delighted that Lea is being honored for her work, leading with strong business insight and building a high-performing team of more than 25 since the company's inception three years ago."
"I am honored to be recognized among other innovative female leaders — at top companies such as J.P. Morgan, PayPal and Goldman Sachs — who are paving the way for technology innovation," said Lea Tarnowski, chief operating officer of Averon. "I am proud to lead Averon forward based on our vision to become the global standard for digital trust across both wireless and wired channels. I am passionate about the technology we've built, creating a safer online experience for this and the next generation, and how we can revolutionize the mobile customer experience."
From changing business practices through technology, to delivering implementations and innovating fintech solutions, the Woman in Technology Award recognizes the initiative and dedication that leadership demands, and the progress it inspires. The award celebrates the spirit of inclusion, diversity and creativity, while recognizing that leadership is not designated by title or role, but by action, inspiration and service.
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Averon is on a mission to restore sanity in online identity. Our conversion-increasing innovations instantly authenticate mobile users, creating a world where we can all move safely and efficiently around the internet with zero effort and maximum trust—no more frustrating and unsecure login IDs and passwords. Averon's technology is the new gold standard for digital identity—the easiest, fastest and most secure verification solution for users on both WiFi and LTE. Simple to implement and effortless for users, our solutions don't rely on personally identifiable information, providing the most private authentication method in the digital realm. Protected by 29 patents, Averon's methods are trusted by the world's leading ride share and transportation services, digital currencies, cryptocurrency wallets, and global telecommunications companies to deliver the most elegant user experience with the highest caliber security. Join us in helping the online world Be Authentic. For more information, visit www.averon.com.
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At the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on the 22nd of March the Bank of England committee decided to leave interest rates as they are at 0.5 percent, but it hints at a rise in May, which if it comes would most likely be another quarter percent rise to 0.75 percent.
The Bank appears to be on a path of warning people that there are rises coming, with the Bank governor Mark Carney saying in February that everyone should start preparing for more rapid interest rate increases.
The March decision was not unanimous, with two members in favour of a rise to 0.75 percent right now, which is a departure from the unanimous vote at the February meeting.
Last November the BoE committee raised rates one-quarter percent 0.5 %, the first increase in the Bank Rate for 10 years.
The MPC said at this latest March meeting that with inflation above the Bank's 2 percent target "ongoing tightening" was likely.
The same week the Office for National Statistics had said that consumer price inflation was 2.7% in February, which is down slightly from the 3 percent figure on the previous month, which itself was the lowest figure since July 2017.
Other experts including Alan Clarke of Scotiabank and Samuel Tombs at Pantheon Macroeconomics are reported as saying they are confident there will be a rise in May, and most likely further rises in the autumn or winter.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has called for a 0.25 percentage point rise going forward every six months, which would bring the bank rate to 2% by 2020-21.
The only thing that could change this path is if inflation were to fall quicker than expected and if economic growth remains weak, as too steep a rise would subdue growth and put the dampers on the economy at a crucial time – as we leave Europe.
Official figures released in March show that average earnings rose by 2.6% in the three months to January, which was at the fastest pace since 2015, and the government appeared to relax its austerity clampdown on public sector pay with a one off 6.5% pay increase for selected groups of NHS workers over three years.
This will put further pressure on inflation which could make it harder for the Bank to get it under control, without another rise in interest rates.


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Facts Of The Case:
In this case appellant was a firm which consists of six partners. Since October 1, 1958 the business have been carried out by the firm and the deed of partnership was signed on March 20, 1959. Further, under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 partnership was registered on August 11, 1959. Corresponding to the previous year ending March 31, 1959, for the assessment year 1959-1960 the appellant firm filed an application under section 26A of the Income tax Act for registration of the partnership and the registration was to be done under the name of M/s. K. D. Kamath and Co.
But the Income-tax Officer, declined to grant registration by an order dated September 28, 1960. The application was declined based on the grounds that the deed of partnership dated March 20, 1959 was not genuine therefore, no partnership was brought into existence.
The Income tax officer further stated that the firm was a sole concern of K. D. Kamath. Though the Income-tax Officer stated that there is no genuine partnership, the main focus of his finding is that there is no relationship of partners was created under the said document. Therefore, the appellant appealed to the Appellate Assistant Commissioner (AAC) but he sustained the order of the ITO. Further appellant appealed to the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal.
The Income tax appellate tribunal held that the two essentials of partnership laid down by the Courts for determining the partnership (i.e.,) an agreement between the partners to share profits and losses, and the partners acting as agents � were fully satisfied in this case. The Tribunal held that the partnership deed made it clear that the partners will be sharing all profits and losses, and the other partners could act as the agents of the firm (subject to the authority of K.D. Kamath).
Thus, the partnership deed was held to be genuine and the Income Tax Officer was directed to register the firm. Then the Commissioner of Income Tax made an application under Section 66(1) of the Income Tax Act praying for a reference being made by the Appellate Tribunal to the High Court of the question of law mentioned in the application. Therefore, Tribunal referred this matter to the high court. The High Court held that as there was an agreement between the parties to share their profits and losses the first essential condition for a partnership was satisfied in this case.
Then the High court focussed on the second essential, (i.e.,) whether the partners are acting as agents or not. High court observed that since the complete control of the business was with K.D. Kamath, all the other partners did not have the power to act as agents of the other, so the second essential element, (i.e.,) agency was absent here. Therefore, High court held that the firm could not be granted registration. Then the appellant filed for an appeal in the Supreme Court against the decision of the High Court.
Case Details: Case Title : K.D. Kamath & Company V. Commissioner Of Income Tax (1971) 2 Scc 873.
Citation : (1971) 2 Scc 873, [1972] 1 Scr 1034, [1971] 82 Itr 680,(1972)1 Ctr 124.
Court : Supreme Court Of India.
Judges : Hon'ble Justice P. Jaganmohan Reddy And Hon'ble Justice, C. A.Vaidialingam.
Judgment Date : 11-10-1971
Laws And Legal Provisions Involved:
Indian Partnership Act, 1932 � Sections 4, 14 and 18.
Indian Income-Tax Act, 1922 � Section 26A and Section 66(1).
Issues Of The Case:
First and the most important issue in this case was whether all the essentials of partnership laid down by the Courts and the partnership act for determining the validity of partnership was satisfied?
In this case the main issue was whether the firm, M/s K. D. Kamath & Co., can be registered under Section 26A of the Income Tax Act for the assessment year 1959-1960?
Arguments Of The Parties:
Arguments of Petitioner:
S. K. Venkataranga Iyengar, learned counsel for the appellant referred Various clauses in the partnership deed and he argued that the view of the High Court regarding the essential element of agency is absent in this case, is wrong. The counsel further argued that the partnership deed leaves no space for doubt. He argued by citing the evidence that there is an agreement to share the profits and losses of the business as per the proportion mentioned in the deed.
Therefore, one of the essentials to constitute a partnership is satisfied in this case. The learned counsel further argued that, though a larger amount of control for the conduct of business may be left in the hands of the K. D. Kamath (First Partner) that by circumstances itself, does not militate against the view of one partner acting as agent of the other partners.
Learned counsel referred various decisions of the High Courts as well as of the Supreme court which were in connection to this case. Learned counsel highlighted one circumstance which is similar to this case, in that case it has been held that "the mere fact that more control is to be exercised only by one of the partners is not a circumstance which militates against the parties having entered into a partnership arrangement as understood in law.
Arguments of Respondent:
Mr. S. K. Iyer, learned counsel for the revenue throughout the argument supported the reasoning of the High Court. Learned counsel argued that whether there is an agreement to share the profits and the losses of the business and whether each of the partners is entitled to act as agent of all are to be determined by looking into all the facts as borne out by the deed of partnership. He highlighted the decision of the High Court (i.e.,) one of the essential conditions, namely, the right of one partner to act as agent of all, does not exist in the present case.
Further the learned counsel argued that the opinion expressed by the High Court that the appellant is not eligible for registration under section 26A of the Income tax Act is correct. The learned counsel referred certain clauses in the partnership deed as well as certain provisions of the Partnership Act. Learned counsel stated that it is clear that the various authorities, as well as the High Court, have only considered some of the clauses of the partnership deed for coming to the conclusion one way or the other.
Judgement:
Hon'ble Supreme court of India reversed the judgment and order given by the High Court and also allowed for the appeal. In this case court held that all the essential conditions of the partnership were satisfied. Therefore, the firm was held to be eligible for registration for the assessment year 1959-1960.
Legal Analysis:
In many important cases, various High Courts as well as supreme court of India had highlighted the two important essentials for partnership (i.e.,) Existence of an agreement between the partners for the sharing of all profits and losses incurred in the business of the firm, and the partners acting as agents.
Similar to the second essential the Supreme Court of India stated that as per Section 4 of the Indian Partnership Act, the business of the firm should be conducted by all the partners or by any of the partners acting on behalf of the others. In this given case, even though the authority and management of the business is vested in the first partner, K. D. Kamath, all other parties from 2 to 6 as working partners have to work under the direction of K.D. Kamath.
Therefore, it is clear that the conduct of business by K.D.Kamath, is done by him acting for all other partners. Hence, the second condition regarding the partnership in also satisfied. Clause (16) of the partnership deed dated March 20, 1959 upholds this condition. Clause (16) of the partnership deed provides that "the firm's affairs are to be carried on for mutual benefits� and it was also mentioned in the deed that "the business of the firm was to be done for the common interests of all�.
Moreover, Section 11 of the Partnership Act states that the parties can form agreements to ascertain their rights and duties. In this case an agreement for the sharing of profits and losses is also there. Hence both the prerequisites of a partnership are satisfied here. Thus, the doubts regarding the genuineness and legality of partnership are cleared.
In this case all the ingredients of a valid partnership are satisfied under the partnership deed, dated March 20, 1959. Therefore, the firm was eligible for registration for the assessment year 1959-1960. This given case law is a very interesting and important case law. By analysing this case law one can get a clear idea about the partnership.


Many of us say goodbye to our pets when we leave our homes to go to work in the morning. I sometimes even explain to my fuzzy felines that I need to earn a paycheck so I can keep their bellies full and a roof on our heads. They still strike me with a guilty glance as I grab my car keys.
But not like many others, I get to say "good morning" to many cuddly creatures when I get to work here at Animal Friends. I walk past the cat condos when I arrive at 9 am. The lights are still dim, and the cats haven't had their breakfast yet. Many are still enjoying a morning siesta, or maybe still asleep from the night before.
But we do have a few early risers who regularly beam with bright eyes at this early hour. They scan the world outside their condos for life, love, affection and of course, food.
So for almost a year now I've been paying a morning visit to a few early risers--a happy prelude as I head to my office. But sometimes a visit can turn into a bittersweet moment.
This morning Wei was gone. He's a gorgeous black and white cat with pink ears and extremely expressive yellow/green eyes. I've been greeting him since he was a pint-sized, extremely shy kitty who was rescued from a hoarding situation. I watched him grow into a playful, robust cat full of love.
I missed his round, inquisitive eyes this morning with a tiny touch of sadness. But I'm overwhelmed with joy that he found his forever home last night with an extremely lucky family.
And it's with those same feelings that I'm looking forward to not saying "Good Morning" to Woofer and Porsche, my current morning bright eyes.
And if Wei's parents are reading this, tell him Jeff said hello.


Almost everyone really loves to eat really good food but not everyone can cook good food. This is the reason why the food and restaurant business are thriving almost everywhere. But constantly eating out can cost a lot of money so it would be better if we cook at home and invite family and friends to join us. Since cooking is a challenge for most people in this article we will be discussing simple and practical ways on how to learn how to cook and at the same time how to shop for your food ingredients.
Many people are intimidated when it comes to cooking good food. One of the reasons behind this is that they are not trained to work in the kitchen and have no idea of the basic techniques that every cook should know. The truth is everyone is capable of cooking good food. All they need is patience and the knowledge on where to start.
Start with the most basic type of recipe that you would like to cook. Let us not make it complicated for first timers. The first thing to do is list down the ingredients that you will be needing for your first recipe. Proceed to the nearest market or grocery to buy everything that you need. If you're new in cooking it's best to follow step by step instructions and provide accurate measurements of ingredients to avoid errors. If you are already in the advanced stage then that is the time that you can tweak your recipes.
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Learning how to cook means also learning how to go to the market and choose the best produce in town. You should learn how to differentiate fresh meat as opposed to old ones or frozen meat. The same goes with fish and vegetables. You should always choose the best quality of ingredients because the outcome of your food highly depends on your ingredients.


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FCC cuts E-rate funding
The federal agency decides to cut funding for the nation's most ambitious program to wire schools to the Net.
June 16, 2004 11:54 a.m. PT
The Federal Communications Commission has decided to cut back funding for the nation's most ambitious program to hook up schools to the Net.
The commission voted 3-2 today to provide $650 million in the second half of the year for the "E-rate" discount program for schools and libraries. The total funding for the year now comes to $1.275 billion--43 percent less than the $2.25 billion the FCC intended to collect for the program.
The decrease in funding comes after an intensifying political battle waged by a powerful group in Congress--combined with long distance companies promising to raise phone rates to pay their share into the program. Consumer groups had criticized the program because they said it will result in unfair surcharges for millions of telephone customers. A group of federal lawmakers also charged that schools were applying to use the discounts for unintended purposes, such as ripping out walls to put in wiring.
Yesterday, FCC chairman William Kennard defended the program, but told a Senate committee that funding likely would be less than expected; applications would be carefully reviewed; and administration costs to oversee the program would be reduced.
The uncertainty about the level of E-rate funding has left the 30,000 schools and libraries that applied for $2 billion in discounts in limbo. Based on the commission's decision, there may not be enough money to go around for those applicants.
The most economically depressed schools will now be given priority and up to a 90 percent discount on all Net-related services. These schools could get discounts on everything from monthly access costs to the guts of their online network, such as internal wiring, hubs, network file servers, routers, local area networks (LAN), email, software, and other hardware.
Even though the FCC won't collect the $2 billion requested from schools and libraries for this year, it has restructured the program to ensure that as many schools as get a break on Net access, without affecting long distance rates. The agency also has put the discounts on an 18-month fiscal year to better accommodate schools.
"The new plan maximizes the chance we will be able to fund schools and libraries at the full amount for telecommunications and Internet connections," Jodie Buenning, spokeswoman for the Schools and Libraries Corporation, which administers the E-rate, said today.
The SLC didn't know how many of its 30,000 applicants had applied for "internal connection" discounts, which could illustrate the true impact of the decision. When schools applied, they didn't know only the neediest schools would get discounts on infrastructure costs.
Wiring every school to the Net is a political issue that has been embraced far and wide. Today, however, Vice President Al Gore found himself fighting to protect the E-rate.
"The E-rate is central to the future of education," Gore said via satellite at the administration's children's Net summit in Los Angeles today. "We will fight any effort by Congress to end the E-rate. It's time to put more children online and that means taking politics offline."
The E-rate was set up under the direction of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
The program, overseen by the FCC, was supposed to provide up to $2.5 billion in annual discounts starting this year. The discounts are paid for through the universal service fund, the country's traditional subsidy program for phone service. The fund is supported in large part by fees paid by long distance companies, which often are passed down to consumers.
Commerce Department official Larry Irving on the E-rate
Gore, who has been under attack for pushing the program, called on the FCC to provide discounts to all those in need. But with foes renaming the E-rate the "Gore tax," he acknowledged that the decision doesn't rest with the FCC alone.
"The FCC should embrace the E-rate program," Gore added. "Even if the FCC supports this critical initiative, some in Congress will want to end it as soon as next week. That's just wrong."
Schools and libraries have invested a significant amount of time, resources, and money to apply and prepare for the E-rate.
Today, for instance, technology leaders from 24 of the country's largest urban school districts are meeting in Chicago to discuss the impact of the FCC's ruling.
"Louisiana schools, the state department, the office of telecommunication services, and the state library association have all worked real closely to get the information out about E-rate and get schools ready," Carol Whelan, director of educational technology for the Louisiana State Department of Education, said today.
"For the most part we are one of the poorest states in the nation, and we're expecting to save $16 million with the E-rate," she added.
All of the state's schools applied for the E-rate.
"If it falls through, it will slow down the process by a few years," Whelan said. "Students have to be able to function in a very technical society when they get out of school."
Many schools have put off spending other technology grants, which often come with a firm expiration date, while waiting to hear from the FCC. As part of their mandatory E-rate technology plans, many also have integrated the anticipated E-rate services within a complicated web of other technology plans and purchases.
In addition, the application process required that schools sign contracts with the vendors that would actually be providing the discounts on Net access services and products. This means some E-rate applicants are committed to spending millions of dollars they may not get this year.
Unlike the private sector, schools and libraries can't just start over from scratch and quickly update their budgets to accommodate a substantial change. These entities operate on intricate timelines and nonflexible budget processes. Schools, for example, may plan their entire budgets in May but don't find out until the day before fall term if their money has come through.
With summer break here, the FCC's looming decision couldn't come at a worse time. Some schools had planned to implement their anticipated E-rate services while students were on vacation.
"We've just invested so much time and energy in this process, and this threat to possibly get the plug pulled is real disingenuous and would be a terrible loss," John Bailey, director of Pennsylvania's Office of Educational Technology, said today.
Like Louisiana, Pennsylvania also launched a statewide effort to educate schools and libraries about the E-rate and held dozens of meetings to lead them through the complex application process--which apparently was amended more than 80 times in the past year.
Overall, Pennsylvania applied for an estimated $100 million in discounts. Bailey also had to hire a full-time staff member to work with schools. While waiting for the E-rate, many of the state's schools also put off spending $36 million in state technology grant money.
"People who attended our workshops were advised to write in 'out clauses' in vendor contracts in case something like this happened," he added. "But think about cases when a one librarian is doing all the work. There are a lot of people around the country who may not have included out clauses, and can't afford to pay 100 percent of the cost of the contracts they had to sign to apply for the E-rate."
In the past few days, the Clinton administration and Silicon Valley leaders have been publicly pushing the FCC to hold its ground. With today's decision the FCC did maintain the program albeit significantly scaled back.
"What is important right now is preserving the E-rate and getting as many schools access to that discount as possible, but prioritizing is important," Larry Irving, assistant secretary for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, said in an interview yesterday.
"There is a digital divide in this country: We do have some people who have more of a need for that discount that others," he said. "But [the program] is brand-new. We've got to figure out how this is going to work [while] working in a very contentious political atmosphere."
Similar pleas were made in a letter to the FCC signed by 40 high-tech executives today.
"Curbing the E-rate program would be condoning digital apartheid," Eric Benhamou, chief executive of 3Com, said in the statement.
Still, the pressure was on from opponents of the FCC's implementation of the program. Foes of the program say they support helping schools get hooked to the Net, but not under a formula that results in unfair surcharges for telephone customers.
Last week, the leaders of the House and Senate commerce committees, which oversee the agency, called its implementation of the universal service a "spectacular failure" in a letter to the FCC's Kennard. The committee asked the FCC to suspend collection of funds for the Net connection program.
The criticism heated up when AT&T and MCI Communications said earlier this month they would add surcharges of at least 5 percent to long distance bills starting in July to pay for their share of the program as well as phone service subsidies.
FTC officials say just 1.5 percent of universal funding is slated to go to Net access.
Educators, however, say the E-rate should not be fodder for political games. Those who are in the trenches say they just want to be able to meet the demand society and the economy have put on them to turn out tech-savvy graduates.
"The E-rate was supposed to accelerate the deployment of technology, but in essence it's slowing it down for some schools," said Bailey of Pennsylvania's Office for Education Technology. "The bottom line in all this is that a promise is a promise."
Whelan of Louisiana also said the money for Net access is critical. "If our students don't get access, they will be even further behind the rest of the nation. We can't wait."
Discuss: FCC cuts E-rate funding


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America's Cup – Britannia takes flight in Cagliari
Gerald New
INEOS Team UK have settled in at their new base in Cagliari, Sardinia and have carried out their first flights.
That's two AC75's – Britannia and Luna Rossa – now in Cagliari.
INEOS Team UK Skipper Ben Ainslie said:
"We have just finished our first sailing week in Sardinia, and we had a great couple of days on the water. The breeze was light off Cagliari, which meant we went further out towards Villasimius to find the foiling conditions. Once found it didn't take long for our AC75 race boat 'Britannia' to take flight."
"The team have done a brilliant job getting our temporary base built in quite a short timeline to operate over the next 4 months. We are going to complete crucial testing, which will enable us to move the team forward both on and off the water towards the America's Cup in New Zealand next year."
The first America's Cup World Series event takes place in Cagliari, Sardinia, from 23 to 26 April 2020.
This will be the first time that the defender and the three challengers have raced together (or any AC75 have raced) and will reveal who, if anyone, has designed and built a Cup winner.
Emirates Team New Zealand are expected to ship their AC75 to Europe in early March.
No news has been received on the shipping date for the New York Yacht Club American Magic AC75, while the possible fourth challenger, Stars & Stripes, now seems unlikely to compete at Cagliari.
America's Cup – Moving forward into a crowded New Year
Tags AC75 America's Cup Cagliari Ineos Team UK
Pete Keeping Atlantic Sailing on-board for Olympic windsurfer
SailGP Musical Chairs continue with Bruno Dubois switch to France team
America's Cup – Kiwis refit their bowsprit for light air trials
America's Cup – Te Aihe gets a Nose-job for Christmas


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French president polls at 20% approval, the lowest since 1958, while National Front leads in EU Parliament election poll.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen vowed to use next year's local and European elections as a springboard to national office as she addressed party faithful in Paris on Sunday.
And as another poll showed President Francois Hollande's approval rating hitting record lows, Le Pen said the French leader had lost all credibility and urged him to hold early elections.
Le Pen, who shocked observers by taking 18 percent of the vote in the first round of last year's presidential election, has vowed to bring her National Front (FN) party into the mainstream and shed its image as racist.
Opinion polls have shown the nationalist FN leading among voters for May's elections to the European Parliament and expected to take around 16 percent of the vote in local elections in March.
The party's program, she said, would focus on strengthening the police, reducing local taxes and bureaucracy, and increasing the number of referendums on local issues.
The FN will look to show the French it "knows how to manage" local bodies and prove it can be a "real alternative... on the national level", she said.
Le Pen is also leading efforts to form an anti-EU bloc of right-wing Euroskeptic parties in the European parliament, along with anti-Islamic Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Those efforts received a setback after a right-wing Danish party refused to join the bloc, citing concerns over Len Pen's party's anti-Semitic record.
Support for the FN has surged as Hollande's Socialist government struggles with a stagnant economy and growing anger over spending cuts and tax hikes.
An IFOP poll released Sunday showed Hollande's approval rating falling three points in a month to 20 percent – the lowest number since the firm began polling on presidential popularity in 1958.
The previous record had been held by Francois Mitterrand, whose approval rating fell to 22 percent in December 1991.
"If Francois Hollande was up to his office, he would commit immediately to dissolving the National Assembly," Le Pen said. "Only by returning to the ballot boxes, only by returning to the people, can we come out on top of this crisis."
Founded by Le Pen's father Jean-Marie, the FN has struggled for years to move beyond a devoted core of supporters and been regularly painted as racist.
Jean-Marie Le Pen has been convicted of racism or anti-Semitism several times.
In the latest controversy, the FN dropped a candidate for the 2014 municipal vote who compared the country's most prominent black politician, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, to a monkey, saying she would prefer to see Taubira "in a tree swinging from the branches rather than in government".


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Supporting good causes in our community has always been a big part of the South Texas Promotions ethos. Sandra Quintero, our firm's CEO, explained that it's our responsibility to assist the people who have enabled our success. We're excited to ramp up our social impact efforts with the holiday season upon us.
Our current giveback plans include helping local soup kitchens and having a toy drive in the office. We believe no child should be without warm meals or gifts during the holidays, so we're excited to build stronger team bonds as we help the less fortunate. Every time we take part in a charitable endeavor, we learn more about each other as people. As we discover hidden talents and shared passions, we become better communicators on the job.
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The hiker's guide to mountain bothies: Everything you need to know
Find out why they're a lot more than just derelict buildings
If you didn't know what it was as you wandered past a bothy, chances are you'd probably just assume it to be some sort of run down farmland storage building, which in reality, they often are.
But the history of bothies and their modern-day popularity across the UK are not only an important part of the outdoors tourism industry but also an enormously valuable safety feature for hikers.
Essential reading: The essential hiking gear checklist
But what are bothies? And why are they so popular with the UK hiking community? The first of those questions is relatively simple to answer. Unlike in other countries like Norway, where similar buildings are built for the purpose of offering free shelter to hikers, in the UK, for the most part, these buildings are acquired from other, often historical, uses.
Although the rise in the number of bothies over the past few decades has been a gradual process, their increase is largely due to the decline of their original purpose.
The history of bothies
Buildings that have now become bothies may have had a variety of purposes in the past, but a large percentage of those were for the workers on secluded farmsteads. In those days a convenient commute by road didn't exist, so small buildings were built to allow the workers to rest and shelter from the often difficult weather conditions of the UK.
A combination of a decrease in manual labour and technological improvements led to many of these bothies becoming unused, meaning hundreds of buildings were left derelict across the more remote areas of the UK. That was until a time when long-distance walking ceased to be a mode of transport and instead people headed out into the mountains to do it for enjoyment. It was at this point that those hikers stumbled upon the empty buildings, perfectly placed as protection from the elements during long walks.
For the most part, these buildings were used by hikers for convenience, and although some might ask the respective landowners for permission, there were no agreements or safeguards in place for either the bothies themselves or the people that rested in them. That was until 1965 when a passing remark in a bothy book led to the formation of the Mountain Bothy Association. Starting with the ruins of Tunskeen farmhouse in Galloway, the founding group began work on many renovation projects in the following years.
Now, over 50 years later, the MBA acts as a central governing body for over 100 bothies around the UK. As well as handling the financial side of the various renovation products, they also maintain the specific rules relating to how the bothies are managed and maintained, including conforming to health and safety regulations. A full list of the MBA managed bothies can be found here. Only one of the bothies is actually owned by the MBA, with all others existing in agreement with the landowners.
What's in a bothy?
What you actually find inside a bothy can vary enormously, but as most users would explain, the vast majority are little more than a tent made of stone. That basically means that, aside from four walls and a door, you're unlikely to find any luxuries like running water, bedding or even a toilet. But out there in the cold, a stone building works a lot better than a tent.
Although some bothies may just be a small square hut, others can differ massively, with certain bothies having multiple rooms, stocked bookshelves, a stove, sofas and even the occasional outhouse (although don't count on it working). However, any trip to a bothy is a gamble, so always expect the bare minimum.
How do you go to the toilet? Well, all bothies come complete with a shovel, although the MBA website states that all bothies have "a spade and the advice is that you should walk at least a couple of hundred metres from the bothy and 60 metres from the water supply before excavations and evacuations commence".
What do you need to take with you?
"Treat your visit to a bothy as camping without a tent." says Neil Stewart, Publicity Coordinator for the Mountain Bothies Association. "Consult the MBA website in advance about what, if any, facilities are available. Many bothies will have open fires or stoves but you will need to take fuel with you, and do not in any circumstances cut live wood."
You must take all your own bedding and cooking equipment and be prepared to sleep on a wooden platform or on the floor. While there is an unwritten rule that a bothy is never full, some can be very busy and the MBA advises intending users to carry a tent where they think that that might be the case.
The Bothies currently managed by the MBA can be found in mountain areas all the way from Wales to the Northern Scottish Highlands, with a handful around the Lake District. The densest number of bothies can be found across Scotland though, which isn't surprising considering the tricker landscapes, remoteness and the weather you find there in comparison to more southern parts of the UK.
There are also a number of bothies that exist outside of the MBA, but the location and state of these is often a closely kept secret amongst hikers. So if you hear of one, prepare for the worst as it's likely that it could have fallen into disrepair.
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The bothy code
One of the fundamental developments in appointing a committee to look over the running and maintenance of the various bothies was to implement what is known as the bothy code. Like most outdoor activities, a set of rules was set out to help people understand what can and can't be done in an effort to not only protect the surrounding environment, but also the hard work put in by the MBA volunteers and to respect the bothy owners.
These rules can be found inside any MBA managed bothy and cover everything from leaving the details of your visit in the individual bothy log book to the specifics of how and where you can go to the toilet.
According to Nell, ''Unfortunately, there have always been some visitors who seem to think that the Bothy Code is for others, particularly as regards littering and toilet practice. Not following the Code creates extra work for MBA volunteers and for other bothy users."
Key elements of that code include:
Letting the MBA know about any accidents
No graffiti or vandalism the bothy
Removal of all rubbish which you can't burn
No burying of rubbish; this pollutes the environment
Leave no perishable food as this attracts vermin
Make sure all fires are out after leaving
Never cut live wood or damage estate property
Large groups (6 or more) should not use a bothy nor camp near a bothy without first seeking permission from the owner
A full list of the bothy code can be found on the MBA website here.
Safety in bothies
As with any sort of hiking in a remote area, anyone heading out to use a bothy should ensure that they take the relevant precautions. "Wear appropriate clothing, be sure that you are fit enough to carry everything that you will need for an overnight stay in a building with no facilities," says Neil. "Take a map and compass and know how to use them, tell someone where you are going."
If you want to get involved with the Mountain Bothies Association all you need to do is join one of the working parties across the year by checking the dates. You can also join the MBA for just £25 or just leave a donation to help their continued work across the UK.
A Mountain Bothies Association Facebook group also exists where friendly hikers post frequent updates on the individual bothies.
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Whitney + Ross live in New York City and planned an amazing belated honeymoon/first anniversary trip to South Africa. While planning their wedding, Whitney fell in love with Adene's photography (which she had seen on a few wedding blogs and knew she lived in South Africa) and contacted her about shooting some portraits of her and Ross when they were on their trip. Adene agreed and suggested bringing on her talented sidekick, Anli of Anli Wahl Flowers & Event Styling, to style a shoot to commemorate their time in South Africa. Such a fab idea, right?! I mean look at that first image!!
We thought it would be apt to do something with a "South African twist" to ensure that Whitney and Ross would remember our beautiful country forever! We contacted the Cheetah Outreach (a company that helps promotes the survival of the free ranging, Southern African cheetah through environmental education and delivering conservation initiatives) in Somerset West to get their star attraction, Joseph, the cheetah, on board. We had so much fun pulling this together with some very creative and talented local service providers.
From Whitney (the bride): When Adene informed me that she had a wild idea to have a live cheetah incorporated into the pictures, I immediately knew that we had chosen the right photographer to capture and ensure that we would remember our travels forever. For weeks leading up to the trip and photo shoot, my husband and I were very excited to hear all about the set up (although some details were a surprise for us from Anli and Adene) and day of details unfold.
On the day of the photo shoot, when Joseph the cheetah arrived to our set up, we were filled with pure adrenaline. We were so excited to spend intimate time with such a beautiful animal… that was, until we saw his mouth open wide to growl (or perhaps it was a very large yawn). We quickly got over any nerves we had when we met Dawn, his handler, and the volunteers who helped out on the day of the shoot to ensure our safety and Joseph's comfort at all times. It was an unbelievable experience for all of us involved to see such a magnificent creature up close and personal and to celebrate the best year of our lives in such a beautiful South African setting near Cape Town. We'll forever carry the gorgeous country of South Africa with us in our hearts and we're thrilled to be sharing these incredible images with our friends and family now that we're back in the States.
I love that all the flowers they used are indigenous to South Africa.
And they were lucky enough to also have Whitelines Wedding capture their experience on video!
What a grand anniversary! It's like having a second wedding.
Oh i love her bouquet. Great color scheme as well.
amazing flowers and what a cool cat.
Amazing what people can do with photos.
Great shots and an amazing video. Inspiring.
SO beautiful! What an amazing South African shoot, lots of inspiration for SA brides!


A 2001 profile of the Oscar-winning writer of 'On The Waterfront'. This is the title sequence – the soundtrack is by Beck. Shown at the Telluride Film Festival & on BBC 2.
Coming to a British TV screen near you very soon on BBC 4. This is the title sequence for Jonathan Meades on Essex – a visual and linguistic treat dealing with one of the most maligned yet beautiful and mysterious of English counties.
Clips from How Music Works, 20th Century Greats – Lennon and McCartney, Surreal Film with Jonathan Meades, The Dream of Rome with Boris Johnson.


Self-discovery through the wisdom of the horse - The EQUUS Experience® positively and permanently affects every aspect of your life through connection and communication with an ancient and wise 55 million-year-old system, the horse herd. For individuals, couples and groups, from team-building to individual exploration, The EQUUS Experience® is truly innovative, life-changing, and valuable.
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What if all the assumptions you had about yourself were not only challenged, but dispelled? What if they were replaced by new possibilities - and the courage and trust to live them? What if you were ready to try a new point of view, a new career, a new way of being, a new direction?
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Our participants explore: Non-verbal skills and communication, emotional mastery, clarity of intention and purpose, creating trust and safety, true collaboration, accessing wisdom and trusting intuition, and cultivating presence, and much more. No two experiences are the same.
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Many women participated in the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 for democratic reform in China. Lee Feigon states "women [during the Tiananmen Square Protests] were relegated for the most part to traditional support roles." Chai Ling and Wang Chaohua, however, were female student leaders taking part in leadership activities during the pro-democracy movement. Ranging from student leaders to intellectuals, many women contributed their opinions and leadership skills to the movement. Although women had substantial roles, they had different standpoints regarding the hunger strike movement on May 13.

Student leaders

Chai Ling

Chai Ling was a leader in the hunger strike movement and the commander-in-chief of Defend Tiananmen Square Headquarters. She assumed her role as a leader because she was seen as a candidate who could get men to put aside their arguments, and she became the liaison between the general student population at Beida and the Preparatory Committee.

In early May, Chai Ling became a hunger strike leader. When the hunger strike was initiated on May 12, Chai's speech convinced several hundred students to add their names to the list of those willing to begin a hunger strike. Li Lu called her speech the "manifesto of the student hunger strikers." Shen Tong commented that Chai was a charismatic leader who "could move you to tears with her speeches." Chai Ling explained in an interview that the hunger strike was "for the purpose of seeing just what the true face of the government is, to see whether it intends to suppress the movement or to ignore it, to see whether the people have a conscience or not, to see if China still has a conscience or not, if it has hope or not."

Chai also attended the May 13 meeting with Yan Mingfu, the head of the CCP Central Committee's United Front Work Department. The purpose of the meeting was to hear the opinions of the students and to persuade students to withdraw from the Square before Mikhail Gorbachev's arrival. Chai became the general commander of the Hunger Strike Headquarters on May 15. On May 18, many student leaders decided to end the hunger strike because they feared the government would impose martial law upon the students. The student leaders then held a vote to decide if  participants should end the hunger strike or not. Chai Ling, Zhang Boli, and Li Lu asked the students to vote on the proposal, and many favoured ending the strike.

Wang Chaohua

Wang Chaohua was a member of Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation. She was more invested in organizational work than participating in demonstrations. She criticized the hunger strike movement and persuaded Chai Ling to call off the hunger strike. Wang was concerned that the hunger strike would "provoke a hard-line response and possibly lead to bloodshed." Chai responded, "The hunger strike was spontaneously initiated by students. No one has the right to stop it."

Wang also participated in the May 13 meeting with Yan Mingfu to publicly discuss the students' views on the hunger strike and the movement itself. Along with Wang Dan and Wu'er Kaixi, she also attended the May 14 meeting that concluded that the Communist Party Central Committee would not hold the welcome ceremony for Gorbachev's state visit at Tiananmen Square, regardless of whether the students withdrew. On that same day, she went to Dai Qing to organize a meeting with eleven other intellectuals – Yu Haocheng, Li Honglin, Wen Yuankai, Li Zehou, Li Tuo, Yan Jiaqi, Liu Zaifu, Bao Zunxin, Su Xiaokang, Su Wei, and Mai Tianshu – to persuade the students to stop hunger striking. Wang reportedly cried and asked the intellectuals to use their influence to persuade the hunger strikers to leave the square. Dai Qing and the intellectuals tried to stop the students, but were unsuccessful.

In her interview with Wang Dan and Li Minqi on February 21, 1999, Wang stated that the final outcome of the movement in 1989 could have been "less disastrous" if the hunger strike had not occurred.

Intellectuals

Dai Qing

Dai Qing was a journalist at Guangming Daily and the foster daughter of Ye Jianying. Tao Kai, the director of the commentary department, described her as a "turmoil journalist". Dai made speeches at People's University and "welcomed the pro-democracy movement as marking a new stage in China's search for democracy". She participated in the May 14 meeting with Wang Chaohua and the eleven other intellectuals. Dai suggested negotiating directly with the students to bring an end to the hunger strike. She phoned the United Front Work Department to express the intellectuals' willingness to persuade the students to cease hunger striking, and asked that the intellectuals be permitted to meet with student leaders in the Great Hall of the People. Dai Qing and others drafted and made copies of "Our Urgent Appeal Regarding with Current Situation." At the United Front Work Department, Dai Qing presented the "Urgent Appeal" and shouted an appeal to the students:

If we're going to break this stalemate, both government and students will need to make concessions. The government should make concessions first, and the students next. As for conditions, if the students are willing to trust us, we are ready to press the government.

Dai Qing, however, could not convince the students to stop hunger striking. In her memoir entitled "Tiananmen Follies: Prison Memoirs and Other Writings," Dai realized that "her stature and reputation were hardly sufficient to have an impact on the students' actions or to play the important diplomatic role that the situation called for." She and the other intellectuals were unable to resolve the crisis in Tiananmen Square.

Unidentifiable member

Huang Qingling

In Jan Wong's book Red China Blues, she interviewed Huang Qingling, who was reportedly a student in public relations at China Social University and the commander of the Dare-to-Die Squad, a group sworn to protect student leaders like Chai Ling. Huang assumed her role as the head of the Dare-to-Die Squad because nobody wanted to take the responsibility. She ordered students to interrogate the ink throwers who defaced the portrait of Mao. On the night of the massacre, Wong was worried about Huang and decided to search for her. When she asked several students about Huang, the students replied that the public relations department at China Social University did not exist, and therefore she was unidentifiable. Wong speculated that Huang either gave a false identity to protect herself, or was a government spy. It still remains a mystery.

See also
 Tiananmen Mothers
 List of Chinese dissidents

References

1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
1989 in China
Chinese dissidents


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Pelasgus epiroticus é uma espécie de peixe actinopterígeo da família Cyprinidae.

Apenas pode ser encontrada na Albania, Grécia e República da Macedónia.

Os seus habitats naturais são: lagos de água doce.

Está ameaçada por perda de habitat.

  Crivelli, A.J. 2005.  Pelasgus epiroticus.   2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.   Dados de 10 de Julho de 2007.

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Today I received an e-mail from Getty basically saying that we should aim to get at least 50% of submitted images accepted, and that our acceptance rate will be taken into consideration when our submissions are edited. I guess they want us to edit our work a bit tighter…OK, a LOT tighter.
This helps validate my belief that tighter editing is better editing. It also seems, in effect, that we need to brand ourselves for and to the Getty editors. Part of what I used to find desirable about stock was that it was all about the image and not the photographer. But change just keeps happening and now branding for stock photographers has truly become important.
If you want to make a good living at stock, making great images simply may not be enough. Getting those images in front of their audience just keeps getting more difficult and more important. To do that, I believe, is going to require branding, marketing and a lot of strategic planning. Your body of work is going to have an impact on how many images you get into agencies and how quickly those images come up in searches.Your body of work is a key part of your branding. Your reputation, your branding, and your marketing (for me "marketing" means a solid web site with great SEO) will help you get your images seen, whether they are seen through agencies or your own site, or both.
Just for fun, above, I have included a couple recently rejected images: The "brain" image was rejected by Getty for being "too complex" and the stairway image for being "oversubscribed". Oh well….
I have written before about the importance for me of collaborating with others and developing strategic allies. Well, I have just finished two weeks of shooting with a Phantom HD video camera. This amazing camera shoots 1280x720 HD (720p) at 1,000 frames per second! The reason I got this opportunity was because I have developed a strategic alliance with my main supplier of computer and networking solutions, Grande Vitesse Systems.
I agreed to help them test a software solution they have developed for the Phantom Video Camera that greatly speeds up the efficiency and use of said camera. But the strategic alliance didn't stop with Grand Vitesse Systems (GVS). The shoot took place with the help of another photographer friend of mine, David Fischer. We collaborated on our ideas and execution and used his much larger and better-equipped studio. Unlike me, David has lots of hot lights, large camera stands, and some custom made lighting gear. Having the use of such resources for two weeks of shooting made a huge difference.
Now we have two terrabytes of digital assets (video) to edit. As we complete the edit I will make the videos available for viewing through my website (above are two of the stills we shot during the filming). We shot some pretty interesting stuff. As we put the software through its paces we tried to shoot footage that would have a market, and that would provide a revelation, a glimpse into things that happen so quickly that viewing them in slow motion reveals the unexpected, reveals something we have never seen before.
We couldn't resist doing the old "Dart into a Water Balloon", and I have to say I think we captured the best version I have ever seen. Among the other things we shot were flowing hair, bouncing dice, falling coffee beans, raining money, fire, water, flying food, a dove release, flying insects and more. The right subject matter, shot in super slow motion, is truly entrancing.
One side benefit for me in shooting video for two weeks straight is that I began to see how I could work more video into my stock photo business. I have become much more comfortable with working in motion and with using hot lights. I am also about to get a whole lot more experience with editing. As I get more experience with the entire video process I will be a lot less resistant to incorporating motion into my stock mix. The increasing use of video is definitely part of the change that is going on around us, and as Sarah Fix, creative director for Blend Images commented (see her interview here: http://www.johnlund.com/Interview-Sarah-Fix.asp), "It is exhausting, and ultimately self-defeating if one doesn't see change as opportunity".
So I have just had a great and productive time diving into change and opportunity. In the long run that will prove more valuable than all of the videos David and I shot in the last two weeks. But without cultivating those collaborative and strategic relationships, none of it would have happened at all.


While all major energy projects and environmental clean-up projects in the Northeast face numerous challenges—from changes in the interpretations of regulations and in state-level requirements to legal challenges from non-governmental organizations and pressure from political agencies—support for renewable energy in a number of the states in the region is gaining steam, with New Jersey and Virginia committed to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. These themes resonated at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr's Doing Business in the Northeast: 5th Bi-Annual Current Issues in Environment and Energy Conference that recently was held in Houston and attended by more than 50 energy industry professionals. Below are three key takeaways from the conference.
1. Opportunities for renewable projects in the Northeast appear to be on the upswing with some states outlining aggressive plans. Panelists identified how the market is showing an increased appetite for renewable projects, technology efficiencies are advancing and stakeholders—millennials in particular—are demanding more sustainability. One panelist predicted that offshore wind turbines will be the base energy source for New Jersey within the next 25 years, while New York is also currently evaluating offshore wind power proposals. The City of Philadelphia outlined its goal to generate or purchase 100 percent of all electricity for the City's built environment from renewable resources by 2030 in its September 2017 Municipal Energy Master Plan. Additional energy-efficiency initiatives that states are pursuing include community solar, clean energy technologies, micro grids, energy storage, electric vehicles and energy efficiencies for combined heat/power. The panelists discussed how a project can be deemed "100% renewable" through the use of energy contracts rather than through building renewable projects onsite. Notwithstanding the political enthusiasm and goal setting, there remain challenges to building renewable infrastructure in the Northeast, such as scalability, grid connectivity, cost constraints, financing, market risks, permitting, land use, space constraints and local ordinances.
2. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act is being used as a sword to delay or cut off federally approved pipeline projects rather than as a shield to protect state interests. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act states that any applicant for a federal license that may result in any discharge into navigable waters shall provide a state certification that the project will employ measures to protect state water quality based upon federally approved state standards. Some states, including New York, have started to use this as a sword to stop federally approved projects, instead of as a shield of their rights to help ensure that state water quality standards are being followed. During the conference session on this topic, panelists reviewed case law developments and pending projects caught in the cross-hairs on this issue throughout the Northeast. While litigation is currently centered on natural gas pipelines, it will affect other infrastructure development projects, including roads, electric transmission, hydro facilities and flood control. If infrastructure development improvements are to come to fruition in the United States, the Clean Water Act interpretation of state certifications will need to be ironed out first.
3. Last year's Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Wolf (PEDF), involving Article 1 Section 27 of Pennsylvania's Constitution, known as the Environmental Rights Amendment (ERA), raised more questions in Pennsylvania than it answered, with a projected 10-year horizon of litigation ahead to determine its applications. The ERA guarantees Pennsylvania residents the right to clean air, pure water, and the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Our panelists noted that Pennsylvania is one of the few states in the country with this kind of constitutional guaranty for its citizens, although one of our panelists noted a trend involving other states considering adoption of similar provisions. For the last 45 years, consideration of the ERA's impact has been assessed by a three-part balancing test imposed by the courts in weighing project need and societal benefit against environmental harm, but last June the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reset the analysis on the ERA in its PEDF decision, saying that the text of the ERA has to be given the same deference as other constitutional requirements such as the right to free speech. The panelists disagreed on whether and to what extent this will change the landscape for project development in Pennsylvania. For example, if the state legislature has made a determination that an enacted law is consistent with the ERA, do state agencies have an independent obligation in making their permitting decisions? Panelists estimated that litigation will ensue over the next 10 years as agencies and courts grapple with interpreting PEDF and its applications.


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"With the advent of 5G the number of connected devices will have an exponential growth…" it's the starting line of this interesting post from HW Upgrade magazine where – together with their editor – we have covered the concept of continuous customer experience. Continuous address the need for Service Providers to deliver a constant attention to the many touchpoint that the digital economy creates between the provider of services and their customers. The entire concept of Customer Support will be revised and it will start to evolve to comprehend an increasing number of actors.


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Center for Produce Safety Awards 10 Projects $1.8 Million
By News Desk on October 5, 2012
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) at the University of California, Davis this week announced ten new grant awards for research projects that will look at critical food safety issues for fruit, vegetable and nut production.
"The objective is to provide the produce industry with practical, translatable research data that can be used at all levels of the supply chain," said CPS. "The broad range of the projects reflects the commitment of CPS's Partners in Research (PIR), which include a cross section of public and private partners."
According to Davis, CPS has funded 69 projects valued at a total of $10.6 million.
"The research being conducted at CPS is applicable to all points of the supply chain – farmers, shippers, handlers and consumers. CPS's collaboration with its Partners in Research demonstrates what is possible when we work together to share knowledge to help keep fresh produce safe," said Stephen Patricio, CPS Advisory Board chairman. "I encourage industry stakeholders to fund the Center for Produce Safety research program to continue filling knowledge gaps."
A press release about the awards noted that the CPS Technical Committee reviewed 50 proposals, "the highest number of proposals received in response to its annual request for proposals since the initial RFP in 2008."
The CPS Technical Committee recommended ten proposals for funding, listed below. Research work on these new projects will begin in January 2013:
Reducing the risk for transfer of zoonotic foodborne pathogens from domestic and wild animals to vegetable crops in the southwest desert. Michele Jay-Russell, University of California, Davis
Assessment of sanitation techniques for tree fruit storage bins. Karen Killinger, Washington State University
Rapid assessment of oxidative stress induced in microbes to evaluate efficacy of sanitizers in wash water. Nitin Nitin, University of California, Davis
Practical validation of surface pasteurization of netted melons. Trevor Suslow, University of California, Davis
Avirulent Salmonella strains and their use to model behavior of the pathogen in water, composts, in and on vegetables. Max Teplitski, University of Florida
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Risks, Interactions, Prevention, and More
Steroids, or corticosteroids, are a group of medications that resemble a hormone in your body called cortisol. They reduce inflammation and are used to treat a wide range of conditions, including:
Regularly taking steroids can weaken your immune system and increase your risk of developing COVID-19 or more severe illness.
Corticosteroids are different than anabolic steroids, which are drugs that replicate the hormone testosterone. Although anabolic steroids do have legitimate medical uses, people often use them recreationally to build muscle and improve sports performance.
The use of anabolic steroids has also been linked to poorer COVID-19 outcomes.
Keep reading to learn how steroids work and how they affect your immune system.
Corticosteroids are human-made drugs that replicate the hormone cortisol. Your adrenal glands, located at the top of your kidneys, produce cortisol.
Corticosteroids are among the most widely prescribed drugs worldwide. Nearly 1 percent of the global population uses long-term corticosteroid therapy as treatment.
Among the conditions they treat include:
Corticosteroids reduce inflammation in your body by binding to receptors that suppress your immune system's activity.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), long-term steroid use can compromise your immune system and make you more likely to get sick from COVID-19 or other respiratory diseases.
Long-term (or chronic) corticosteroid use is associated with:
increased risk of upper respiratory tract infections
increased viral replication
delayed viral clearance
increased risk of secondary infection
In a previous study from 2020, researchers found that taking over 10 milligrams of the steroid prednisone per day was associated with a 2.05 times higher chance of hospitalization in people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Some steroids can potentially cause the antiviral drug remdesivir to be removed from the body more quickly. This makes the drug less effective at treating COVID-19.
Athletes and bodybuilders widely abuse anabolic steroids to improve appearance or performance. The use of anabolic steroids can alter the immune system and increase the risk of infection.
A 2022 study found that current anabolic steroid use is a risk factor for COVID-19 severity.
In the study, current steroid use was associated with five times a greater chance of contracting COVID-19. Current anabolic steroid use was also associated with a higher chance of developing moderate to severe COVID-19.
If you have a medical condition that increases your chances of getting very sick with COVID-19, the CDC recommends talking to a healthcare professional about how to best protect yourself.
Doctors decide whether to continue corticosteroid treatment on a case-by-case basis. Your doctor can give you the best idea about whether you should stop taking steroids or lower your dosage. Up to 90 percent of people who take steroids longer than 60 days develop side effects.
You can also protect yourself by making sure your COVID-19 vaccines are up to date. You may be eligible for additional boosters if you're considered immunosuppressed.
Other ways you can protect yourself include:
Wear a KN95 or N95 mask in public areas or when around people who are sick.
Stay 6 feet away from other people.
Avoid poorly ventilated or crowded spaces.
Wash your hands frequently and for at least 20 seconds.
Here are some of the frequently asked questions people have about steroids and COVID-19.
Does risk change depending on how I take steroids?
Oral or injected steroids are more likely to cause side effects such as immunosuppression than inhaled steroids or topical steroids. Side effects tend to increase with the dose and the longer you take them.
Inhaled steroids generally cause fewer and milder side effects than oral corticosteroids.
Do steroids interfere with the COVID-19 vaccine?
According to a 2022 study, there's ongoing discussion on whether steroids decrease vaccine efficiency despite no direct evidence that they do.
In a 2021 review of studies, five out of six studies found evidence of successful vaccination in people taking steroids.
They concluded that based on the current evidence, it's reasonable to delay steroid injections for chronic pain for 1 to 2 weeks after vaccination, and to delay vaccination for 2 weeks after procedures involving steroids.
Can steroids be used to treat COVID-19?
According to the National Institutes of Health's COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines, multiple high-quality studies suggest that corticosteroid therapy improves outcomes in people with COVID-19 who require oxygen therapy. This may be because they reduce the inflammatory reaction that leads to lung injury and dysfunction.
The most widely studied corticosteroid for treating COVID-19 is dexamethasone. Researchers have also studied other steroids like hydrocortisone and methylprednisolone, but evidence to back the use of these medications isn't as strong.
A 2022 study linked steroids to better outcomes in younger people but not older people.
Some studies have found evidence that steroids increase the risk of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergilloses (CAPA) in intensive care patients. CAPA is a fungal infection of the lungs that can increase the risk of mortality.
Steroids treat a wide variety of conditions. They work by reducing inflammation and suppressing your immune system. Taking steroids, especially in high doses, may make you more prone to COVID-19 infection.
Your doctor can best advise you on whether you should lower or reduce your dose. You can also reduce your chances of getting COVID-19 by taking preventive measures like washing your hands regularly and staying up to date with your vaccines.
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final class CollectionConcatenationFunction<T extends Collection<S>, S> implements Function<Pair<T, S>, T> {

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FSU research investigates police-community relations
Rachel Corry
For years, the comparison of policing methods has been a topic of debate. At Florida State University, a team of researchers collaborated on a study investigating two key approaches to policing: the warrior approach and guardian approach.
FSU Assistant Professor Dr. Kyle McLean led the research efforts, partly inspired by former President Barack Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing report released in May 2015.
Dr. McLean received his Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of South Carolina. His research interests include policing, social psychology and criminology theory.
The team's study was grant-funded by the National Institute of Justice. Co-authors include Scott Wolfe from Michigan State, Jeff Rojek from University of Texas – El Paso, Geoffrey P. Alpert from University of South Carolina and Michael R. Smith from University of Texas – San Antonio.
The research findings were published in Justice Quarterly in Jan. 2019. Prior to McLean and his team's research, policing concepts were mostly generalized and theory based.
"The warrior versus guardian concept always seemed like a cool idea," said McLean. "It sounded really good on paper, but we didn't know if it was true. We didn't have data to back it up. So, we decided to survey some officers to see if this was something real, that we could measure in an empirical way."
In the warrior approach, officers tend to hold the more traditional view of their work being to search, chase and capture. This approach highlights fighting crime and ensuring both citizen and officer safety by necessary means.
The fairly new guardian approach offers an alternative to the warrior approach. It emphasizes positive police-community relationships, public trust and social support. A guardian police officer tends to strive toward serving as a protector of society who establishes positive contacts with citizens.
Previous research on policing methods has largely focused on police culture, broader role expectations and external influences, while McLean found that policing is influenced by individual tendencies, department training, police culture and unique situational factors.
The warrior versus guardian frameworkredirects the focus to police officers' psychological mindset toward their job.
In the study, McLean and his team surveyed officers from police departments in Fayetteville, NC and Tucson, Ariz. For effective research sampling, the two departments chosen were from separate geographical regions with different racial and ethnic compositions. Thus, the officers surveyed come from two departments policing diverse populations and situations.
The survey participants were presented with nine questions, and they indicated their agreement on scale of one to five, with one being strongly disagree and five being strongly agree. An example survey item was, "As a police officer, I have a primary responsibility to protect the constitutional rights of residents."
Officers participating in the survey were also asked how they would respond to a hypothetical situation of a suspicious person walking around a park at nighttime.
After conducting the research, the team concluded that warrior and guardian approaches are two distinct policing methods. Officers are, however, able to utilize both mentalities and incorporate aspects of each on a situational basis.
The researchers also concluded that officers who scored higher on the guardian measure method were more likely to value communication in citizen interactions. Officers who scored higher on the warrior measure method demonstrated a greater focus on physical control and force.
Applications of this research are widespread. Community police departments play a key role in their local area, so the warrior and guardian models can further inform how to improve police and citizen encounters.
"Research has shown the guardian mentality has very positive outcomes," said McLean. "While we recognize that you can hold a guardian and a warrior mentality at the same time, if you're not already emphasizing guardianship in some aspects of your work, you're not doing it to the best of your ability and possibly to the detriment of community relationships."
Considering future research, McLean believes focuses could include positive results of the warrior approach and whether warrior and guardian approaches may change over time.
"My hope is that this research will inform the debate and shift the focus to how policing can be changed," McLean said. "As we come to understand these officer mentalities, we can better improve officer training and police-citizen encounters in the field, which ultimately provides better police-community relations."


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