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6 shocking revelations from Matthew Perry's bombshell memoir
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Glee originally written for Justin Timberlake
Actor Matthew Perry got candid in his memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, which was released on Tuesday, November 1.
The sitcom star previously promised "raw honesty" about some of the worst times of his life — and he delivered, as he shared never-before-heard details on his romantic relationships and details on his lifelong struggles with drug addiction.
As OK! previously reported, the 53-year-old wanted to pen the memoir to set the record straight after years of rumors.
"So much has been written about me in the past. I thought it was time people heard from me," he tweeted back in February. "The highs were high, the lows were low. But I have lived to tell the tale, even though at times it looked like I wouldn't. And it's all in here. I apologize it's not a pop up book."
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However, not everyone was excited for Perry's tell-all, as his Friends costars were said to be "in a panic" over what he might say about them in the book. "He didn't feel like any of them supported him, and it was a bitter reminder of how much he suffered back when they were shooting the show," a source claimed at the time.
Scroll down for some of the biggest revelations from his tome.
He Had Pancreatitis While Filming 'Friends'
In 2000, the actor, who was 30 at the time, was hospitalized for one month due to pancreatitis, something that was caused by his heavy alcohol consumption. It was during his recovery that he was given Dilaudid, an opioid. The star recalled it being "my new favorite drug. I would have stayed in that hospital for a hundred days if they kept administrating it."
In 2018, some time after his colon burst, he experienced a bizarre incident while high in rehab.
"I'll never be able to fully explain what happened … I started slamming my head against the wall, as hard as humanly possible… There was blood everywhere," he said of the horrifying situation. "After about eight of these mind-numbing slams, somebody must have heard me, and stopped me, and asked the only logical question: 'Why are you doing that?' I gazed at her, and looking like Rocky Balboa from every one of those last scenes, I said, 'Because I couldn't think of anything better.'"
Broken Engagement
While in a rehab but still "high on hydrocodone," Perry proposed to his girlfriend at the time, whose identity he keeps anonymous. He was so out of it that he forgot he ever got down on one knee, and they eventually split.
"I bought her a ring because I was desperate that she would leave me," he admitted of the ordeal.
Playing Chandler Bing Saved His Life
The 17 Again star was more than grateful for his role on Friends, so he did his best to be clear-headed when on set. If he didn't have the job, he admitted, "It is not out of the realms of possibility that I may have ended up on the streets of downtown LA shooting heroin in my arm until my untimely death."
He Used Hypnotism To Quit Smoking
At one point, the actor was smoking 60 cigarettes a day, prompting him to see a hypnotist to try and quit. After a few sessions, the method was a success, but at that point, all of the drugs and cigarettes had destroyed his teeth.
"I took a bite into a piece of toast with peanut butter smeared on it, and all my top teeth fell out," he disclosed. "But disaster struck and major work was needed. The dentist had to remove every single one of my teeth — including the implants that were nailed into my jaw — and then replace them all with new ones."
He Punched A Wall After Chris Farley's Death
After colleague Chris Farley died from a drug overdose in 1997, he had to promote Almost Heroes, the movie he worked on with the comedian. The Go On actor recalled punching "a hole through Jennifer Aniston's dressing room wall" when he found out about his passing.
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Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel is to be trialed in day-to-day use in Finland by a fleet of road tanker trucks from the beginning of June onwards. The trial will last around a year and will involve 23 vehicles in Neste Oil livery operated by seven different companies. The vehicles will fill up with 100% NExBTL renewable diesel at the Neste Oil Truck station at the distribution terminal adjacent to the company's Porvoo refinery. The trial will monitor how NExBTL performs in trucks covering long distances and carrying heavy loads under a variety of climatic conditions.
"Fuel quality is a key issue for truck and bus companies, and the aim of the new trial is to further confirm the suitability of NExBTL renewable diesel for use in the tough and challenging conditions these companies encounter," says Kaisa Hietala, Neste Oil's Vice President, Marketing, Renewable Fuels.
"Good logistics play a central role in keeping society running efficiently today and will continue to do so in the future - and road transport needs technologies and solutions that can help reduce its impact on the environment," continues Kaisa Hietala.
Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% over the product's entire life cycle compared to fossil diesel. Its use also reduces local emissions significantly and helps improve urban air quality. NExBTL renewable diesel is a sulfur-free, oxygen-free, nitrogen-free, and odorless fuel compatible with all current diesel engines. Developed in collaboration with leading automotive manufacturers, it meets the toughest quality and environmental standards and its technical properties exceed those of both conventional biodiesel and fossil diesel.
Neste Oil has previously trialed NExBTL renewable diesel extensively under field conditions in public transport buses in Greater Helsinki, with excellent results. A fleet of 14 standard Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses in Germany have used 100% NExBTL since mid-2008 and have driven over 1 million kilometers to date. Other trials have also been carried out in Canada and Germany. NExBTL renewable diesel is currently used in buses in Greater Helsinki and by a number of oil companies. Neste Green diesel, containing a minimum of 10% NExBTL renewable diesel, has been available to Finnish drivers since 2008.
Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company concentrating on low-emission, high-quality traffic fuels. The company produces a comprehensive range of major petroleum products and is the world's leading supplier of renewable diesel. The company had net sales of EUR 11.9 billion in 2010 and employs around 5,000 people. Neste Oil's share is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
Neste Oil has been selected into the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and is also featured in the Ethibel Excellence Investment Register. The company is included in The Global 100 list of the world's most sustainable corporations. Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) has ranked Neste Oil as the best performer in the oil & gas sector.
Based on Neste Oil's proprietary technology, premium-quality NExBTL renewable diesel is the most advanced diesel fuel on the market today. It easily outperforms both conventional biodiesel and fossil diesel, and can be produced from a flexible mix of vegetable oils and waste animal fat sourced from the food industry. Neste Oil's procurement chain ensures that all the raw materials it uses for NExBTL are produced responsibly. NExBTL renewable diesel has been shown to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 50% over the product's entire life cycle when compared to fossil diesel. Its lower tailpipe emissions also make a valuable contribution to enhancing overall air quality.
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Nine months ago, I was at the airport waiting for my flight to Newark, New Jersey. Seated next to me was a couple who were going to London. They were very upset because their flight had a long delay which meant that they would miss a show for which they had tickets on the day they would have arrived.
encouraged them to focus on the things that were right rather than what wasn't. After all this was a trip they were looking forward to for a long time.
Fast forward to last night during intermission at the theater. A man come over to me and asked if I was Allen Klein. He looked a little familiar but I could not remember where we might have met.
Then he told me that we met when his flight to London was delayed. He wanted to thank me for the advice I gave him. He said that my "you-can't-ruin-my-day' philosophy helped make him and his wife's trip remarkable. Moreover, because their flight was delayed so long, the airlines put them on an earlier flight that got them to London in time to see their show.
I call incidents like this a mini-miracle. I mean what were the chances this man and I would be seeing the same show on the same night and that he would see me among hundreds of people in the audience?
I also find it a miracle of how each of us influence other people in both positive and negative ways that we'll never know. And that is why we need to be kind, gentle, and caring with others even in the briefest of encounters.
I thought "Hidden Figures" was going to be a movie about finding Waldo. Boy was I wrong.
Q. Two flies are on a porch. Which one is an actor?
A. The one on the screen.
-Saundra MaiseyQ. Who was the greatest comedian in the Bible?
I have a good friend who always tells me that she eats "clean" and how good she feels as a result. So I decided to try it. I vacuumed my lunch the other day and felt so much better.
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22 ways of going after laughter.
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Surplus bikes have piled up in the city of Guangzhou.
GUANGZHOU -- The rampant spread of bicycle sharing in China since late last year has left the service plagued by problems, prompting authorities to restrict the business in at least eight cities nationwide.
About 10 startups offer bike sharing in Guangzhou, driving competition. This large southern Chinese city has more than 800,000 bicycles available for sharing, with over 7.5 million registered members. But the many vehicles not in use have piled up on the streets, leading Guangzhou's authorities on Aug. 3 to ban the addition of new shared bikes in the city.
Nanjing's market already has 450,000 bikes, and local authorities issued a ban on new shared bicycles there the same day, citing disorderly deployment. Similarly, Shanghai has restricted the supply in the central part of the city. Authorities also have partial or full bans on additional bike deployment in municipalities including Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Lanzhou and Zhengzhou.
An 11-year-old boy died in a traffic accident in Shanghai during the spring after he broke the lock on a bike and took a ride, prompting some to fault the service operator. Some people tamper with bikes to use them for free, while others keep such bikes at home despite not owning them.
China's Transport Ministry responded to the overheating market with an Aug. 1 directive outlining eight points for improving the bike-sharing business and urging operators to strengthen fleet management. The directive also demands that operators ensure registrants use their real names and bans use of the bikes by children younger than 12.
Bike sharing in China is paid for easily by smartphone, and the fee is only about 0.5 yuan for 30 minutes. The bikes can be dropped off anywhere convenient for the user. The few barriers to market entry have spawned an explosion of providers since last fall.
Changzhou Youon Public Bicycle System is set to become the first listed Chinese bike-sharing company. It is in the midst of allocating shares for a 644.4 million yuan ($96.5 million) offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The company has operations in 210 cities and counties, and state media reports say it has received investment from Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding. The company posted a net profit of 26.9 million yuan on revenue of 193 million yuan in the first quarter.
China reportedly has 106 million users of bike-sharing services. Yet a glut has led three companies to go bankrupt in the past three months, while inconsiderate use has become a social issue. Authorities may need to work with service providers to gauge the growth potential of the business.
The sharing economy in China roughly doubled in 2016 and is expected to keep growing at an annual clip of 40%. The government hopes the sector will help restructure industry by alleviating the reliance on manufacturing.


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Getting lost in Lyman Orchards corn maze has found plenty of dollars for charity
Since 2000, the ever-popular attraction has raised about $700,000 for cancer research.
Author: Jim Altman
Updated: 6:15 PM EDT October 8, 2021
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Now in its 22nd year, the Lyman Orchard's Corn Maze is open again on four acres in Middlefield.
This year, the theme of the maze is classic Rock & Roll. But beyond the twists and turns of the always popular maze, there has been a charity aspect that has grown over the past two decades as well.
"Since we started in 2000 with our first maze, we've donated a dollar of every ticket sold to the American Cancer Society and since 2000 we've raised nearly $700,000," John Lyman, the owner of Lyman Orchards, said.
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With another busy season this fall, Lyman is expecting the proceeds for the American Cancer Society to increase again.
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"It's pretty incredible," said Lyman, "We never thought we'd ever get to that number [$700,000] and it keeps growing every year."
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He added that the customer base for the corn maze and agritourism on the 1,100 acres of his orchards has remained steady.
"It really is a testament to the support of our customers," he said, "and it's a dedicated way to raise money."
When asked about the 22-year old family tradition of the corn maze Lyman said: "It's a fall classic, absolutely."
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It is currently apple and pumpkin picking season at Lyman's.
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Custom livery inspired by the Frank Stella 1975 BMW CSL Art Car
As raced at the 2021 SCCA Runoffs at Indianapolis – 4th place finisher
Built by Grass Paddock Motorsports
Created, owned, and driven by Frank Schwartz
Using the Stella car as an inspiration, the livery was created through the hand application of almost one-half mile of traditional automotive pinstriping tape in three different widths. The creative process started on July 1st, 2021 with a proof of concept and size investigation to identify the proper scale on the hood. After many hours of experimentation, Schwartz settled on a 5" square pattern utilizing 1/4" and 1/8" pinstriping for the main design. The graphics were started on the passenger door and the car made its debut on July 10th, 2021 at Nelson Ledges Road Course in northeast Ohio while in an unfinished state. Over the next month, the livery was completed in patches at Schwartz's home in the evenings and at the race tracks in between on-track sessions. A total of 40-50 man-hours were used to complete the design with the most difficult elements being the three-dimensional multi-surface wing at the rear of the roof and the front and rear corners where the square grids were morphed into triangular elements to compensate for the rounded shapes that were not found on the original. The livery and car are displayed in their "as raced" condition and showcase a "tire donut" aft of the driver's door, compliments of being squeezed in the middle of the field of 61 cars converging into Indianapolis's tight Turn 1 corner on the opening lap, a broken windshield that resulted from a loose piece of race tire that was discarded on the track. There are also various dark marks on the car where these pieces of rubber impacted the car during the race and a few can be found stuck in the lower radiator grille.
Past Display Cars
When the founders of the International Motor Racing Research Center were working on the details for the new archival and research facility they knew they wanted the look and feel of a library. Some exhibit space was important, and, foremost, they envisioned space for a race car. Wide double doors have accommodated the rolling in and out of dozens of different cars since the IMRRC opened in June 1999. The cars are displayed for a few months, often complementing a Center Conversations talk or another event.
If you have an interesting race car you'd be willing to display at the IMRRC in Watkins Glen, NY, please email Kip Zeiter, the Coordinator of Visitor Services and Outreach.
Among the cars the IMRRC has hosted:
Walt Hansgen's Jaguar Special
Vic Franzese's Can-Am Champagne Car
Rusty Wallace's Dodge
Phil Hill's Ferrari
McLaren M19
Mark Donohue Sunoco Eagle
Lotus 49C
Jaguar XKE
Gary Balough's Batmobile DIRT Modified
Ford GT 40
David Loring's Denali
1975 McLaren M23
2003 Dallara Chassis side
Pre-WWII flat tail midget with Ford flathead V8-60 engine owned by Al Isselhard
1957 Indy roadster
This stunning 1956 Corvette is owned by Gary Fickeisen of Moravia, N.Y.
The 1968 Shelby Mustang
1966 GT40 Mk II
1956 Jaguar XK140
1956 Jaguar XK140 at Racing Research Center
Fitch Phoenix
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Chinook F5000
Ford Boss 302R
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Poison Lil
Maserati V8RI Built in 1936 "Poison Lil" led the very first competition lap at Watkins Glen in the 1948 "Junior Prix".
1960 MGA Twin Cam Roadster
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1977 Monza GT
1977 Monza GT Driven by Upstate New York driver Warren Agor and on display through January. Agor was the SCCA Rookie of the Year in 1969 and A-Sedan Champion in 1972. He competed in 71 professional races between 1970-1977: 36 Trans-Am, 24 IMSA GT, and 11 Can-Am. He won the 1973 Trans Am race at Sanair Internationale. Agor was a member of the Road Racing Drivers Club and posthumously inducted into the Watkins Glen Drivers Walk of Fame in 2015. Throughout his career, Agor Racing never had the budgets of the bigger teams, and usually came to the races with a volunteer crew, but he was always competitive. It is said that his team accomplished more with less than any of his era. The Monza on display was designed and built totally in-house utilizing the latest design trends for the All-American GT cars. Tube frame chassis, aerodynamically slick bodywork, a super wide track with 14" and 18" tires, rear wing specially designed and built at Penske, and powered by a stout 350 c.i. Chevy producing 450+ horsepower, it's a great example of an exciting era of IMSA racing.
Peter Argetsinger's 1955 MG-TF sports car
In honor of Peter Argetsinger, race driver, racing coach and IMRRC Governing Council member, the Research Center is displaying Peter's 1955 MG-TF sports car. He purchased the car as a teenager in 1967 for $200. It was his principal mode of transport throughout his college and early married years, remaining a treasured friend and favorite ride throughout his life. Pete and his wife Sjoukje had many adventures in the stylish but (of course) temperamental British racing-green roadster, including a harrowing trip through the eye of Hurricane Agnes and Christmas-time trips to upstate New York with only side curtains to fend off the ice and cold. Peter sadly died in February 2020 at his home in Watkins Glen and the Center is thrilled to host his beloved MG as a memorial to his extraordinary personality and remarkable talent.
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Arnie Carbaugh's Formula Vees Formula Vees are an inexpensive way to get into the racing world. They originated from the pre-1963 Volkswagon Beetle and utilize a collection of stock parts to form a competitive race car. The VW engine, transmission, front suspension, brakes, and wheels are stock or modified stock parts. The chassis is a tube frame design and the body is fiberglass or carbon fiber. The intention of this class is for the average person to build and maintain the car. Speeds of a Vee will go to about 120 miles per hour. The minimum weight of the car to run for SCCA is 1,025 pounds. Each year, Formula Vee is one of the classes at the SCCA Runoffs, which awards a national championship. With the support of his family and friends, Arnie has been very fortunate to win many awards over the last 40 years: His first win was in 1989 at Limerock Park, CT NYS Road Race Championship First place in 1991, 1994, 2003, 2011, and 2012 Second place in 1989 and 2004 Third place in 1988, 1992, and 1994 Glen Region SCCA Driver of the Year in 1991 and 2014 Eddy Whitmore Award for Sportsmanship in 1994 Challenge Cup Series Winner in 2013
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Here at SmoothRed, we just can't get enough of the Rhône Valley and Provence – and neither can the wine-lovers who visit these regions of southern France. For as long as we can remember these neighbouring regions have been some of our most popular destinations. And still we never tire of showing our guests the seemingly infinite delights of wine, gastronomy and scenery they have to offer.
One of the great rivers of Europe, follow the Rhône south from the captivating city of Lyon with its exquisite architecture, cuisine and culture and you will pass through the old Roman town of Vienne, the distinctly southern city of Valence and the nougat capital of Montelimar. Continue on, all the way down to the artistic haven of Avignon with its imposing ruins and rolling fields of luscious lavender. You can't help but fall under the spell of le Sud.
The wines of this part of France have long been revered, from the Syrah-based reds of the Northern Rhône to some of the most famous wines in the world, for example the Southern Rhône's inimitable Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Add to those the exquisite Provençal rosés, and visitors here will be spoiled for choice of the some of the finest tipples to be found anywhere.
From its source in the Swiss canton of Vallais to its mouth in the Mediterranean, the Rhône Valley stretches over some 497 miles. And with it covering such a vast expanse, it helps to split it into two distinct regions: the North and the South.
Each boasts different climates, soils, terrains, grape varieties and even a different approach to making wine. These combine to produce wildly varying drinks and with such a wide array of distinctive wines, it can be difficult to know where to start. Thankfully, that's where we come in.
The Northern Rhône covers the rough area that stretches from Vienne to Valence and the vineyards here typically contain vines planted on very steep slopes. Harvesting is therefore a tricky process and grapes are picked by hand and taken up the hillsides on trolleys. This makes production – and hence sale price – expensive. The Southern Rhône, meanwhile, spans from Montélimar to Avignon and contains some 123 communes, most of which are located on the eastern side of the Rhône.
As well as wine tours – and tastings! – there are numerous activities and excursions that visitors can enjoy in this area of France. Given the proximity of the Alps, the more adventurous visitors could indulge in a spot of glacier trekking, while those seeking something a little less strenuous could opt instead to visit the thermal spas of Aix-les-Bains.
Further south and the Provençal coast is dotted with many beautiful towns and villages such as Gordes, with its cobbled streets and 16th century château, or the clifftop village of Roussillon, built on one of the world's largest ochre deposits.
Avignon, with its striking Palais de Papes, is also well worth a visit. Not to mention Aix-en-Provence, where you can visit the old studio of artist Paul Cézanne before relaxing in the shade by one of the city's many impressive fountains.
The best-known wines of the Rhône Valley are mainly reds and split into four groups: the regional appellation Côtes du Rhône, the Côtes du Rhône villages, 13 Crus, and finally the young Rhône Valley appellations. However of the 21 grape varieties allowed in Côtes du Rhônes wines, eight are in fact white, including Roussanne, Marsanne and Grenache Blanc.
The Côtes du Rhône wines from the north of the river are generally made with Syrah grapes (or Viognier for the whites). To the south meanwhile, greater variety in climate and geology means greater diversity in grapes, with up to 13 different varieties sometimes used in Chateauneuf-du-Pape, including Grenache Noir, Muscardin, Terret Noir and Cinsaut in the reds, and Clairette Blanc, Grenache Blanc and Picardan in the whites and rosés.
A little further south and you'll find yourself in Provence. Here rosés are the main wine produced, and act as the perfect accompaniment for the fresh, sun-kissed flavours of Provençal cooking. The garrigue landscape that includes rosemary, thyme and lavender adds real zest and animation to the wines from the region, giving the rosés a wide appeal.
Great wine and beautiful scenery are a fine combination, but visitors to Provence and the Rhône Valley will have the added bonus of some of the tastiest cuisine in France. A trip to this region is simply not complete without sampling the signature dish of Marseille, bouillabaisse. This famed broth, which combines numerous (a minimum of three but often many more) different types of fish and shellfish with onions, tomatoes, garlic, saffron and a blend of herbs is quite simply divine.
Meat lovers will also have plenty to go at, with the traditional beef stew of daube being high on the list of must-try dishes for many a visitor. The Nice (and nice!) derivative of raviolis à la daube is also well worth tucking into: ravioli filled with daube sauce.
Of course, for every great dish in this region, there is a great wine to match, and our wine tours of Provence and the Rhône Valley will certainly expose you to some of the best of both, so join us today for the wine trip of a lifetime.


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Q: Threshold based on sample size in each dataset in R I want to create in R a threshold that is based on the sample size and will differ in each dataset. Let's say I have the following two datasets:
data<-matrix( rnorm(200*10,mean=0,sd=1), 200, 10)
colnames(data) <- c("X1", "X2", "X3", "X4", "X5", "X6","X7","X8","X9","X10")

data<-matrix( rnorm(100*10,mean=0,sd=1), 100, 10)
colnames(data) <- c("X1", "X2", "X3", "X4", "X5", "X6","X7","X8","X9","X10")

and I want to create a threshold that each time will differ and will be calculated based on the sample size. I want to code the following picture as a threshold, where on the left there are the threshold values, and on the right the sample size of each column(=n) . How can I achieve that?

A: As I understand it, you want to take the number of rows your matrix and then choose a threshold.
One approach is to create a table with the sample sizes and thresholds. Then, given a sample size, filter the table so that the last row is the threshold and pull out that value.
# create table of thresholds
thresholds <- data.frame(n = c(50, 60, 70, 85), # etc
                         threshold = c(.75, .7, .65, .6) )

sample_size <- nrow(data)

tail(thresholds[thresholds$n <= sample_size, "threshold"], 1)

# Or if you're more comfortable with dplyr / tidyverse
thresholds <- tibble(n = c(50, 60, 70, 85), # etc
                         threshold = c(.75, .7, .65, .6) )
thresholds %>%
   filter(n <= nrow(data)) %>%
   pull(threshold) %>%
   last()

If you plan on doing this with several data sets you can create a function:
get_threshold <- function(data, .thresholds = thresholds) {
   .thresholds %>%
      filter(n <= nrow(data)) %>%
      pull(threshold) %>%
      last()
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Since Wednesday the 7th June the home team has been riding hard on static bikes outside the offices in support of our away team who were travelling to their starting point in preparation for their far steeper ride. The home riders pledged to ride the equivalent distance on the two (very uncomfortable) exercise bikes in a relay style. In between supporting our customers to our usual high standards, our Customer Care Specialists, and their Account Manager colleagues, took turns on these bikes ensuring there were two chums on them at all times. Not as hilly or hot as it will be for our away team, but still quite breezy and the scenery certainly wasn't as picturesque in a car park! All our home riders have a Justgiving page to motivate them to push through the pain barriers (the seats really were very very uncomfortable!) and have so far raised £1528.47 in personal donations!
We also had a good old-fashioned bake sale, which really showcased our staffs hidden culinary talents! This was very popular with customers coming in and out all day, some more than once! We raised a whopping £150.
We had an amazing raffle with prizes kindly donated by family, friends and customers. This raised £1,138 and we had 50 prizes to win. We will be contacting the lucky winners very very soon.
Alongside all this we had two silent auctions running for two amazing bits of sports memorabilia. We had a Brighton and Hove Albion football shirt signed by Solly March, and a Joe Marler rugby shirt signed by the England rugby team, which was Joe's match shirt from the winning game against Scotland in February 2016. Together these raised over £500.
All the while the home squad had been fancy dressing and fully embracing the fun French-themed fundraising events at the offices.
And if all this wasn't enough, on top of participating in our office static bike ride, Kat and Vikki will be dedicating their Saturday this weekend to walking 20 miles on the Lewes Monster Trek...... These girls are amazing! And all motivated by getting as much as they can for charity. Good luck guys!
The away team completed their first day cycling on Thursday the 8th June, battling a fair few hills in heat up to 28-30C. 63 miles down, 110 to go. Friday the 9th, at the time of writing this, the away team have been thoroughly soaked by persistent rain, but have managed to get another 23miles done so far. They'll be riding for the rest of today and for most of Saturday to finish their ride from Poitiers to Bergerac. Keep going guys, you can do this! The away team have raised £6653.30 in personal donations so far, amazing!
Our Away team are – Kelly, Damian, Alex, Dan, Kevin, Steph, Charlie (Girl), Jan, Sean, Christina, Jessica, Daniela. Richard and Jimmy are driving the support vehicle and also doing their own 5km run every day.


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The Oaks Stud
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New Zealand swansong for Harlech
Talented three-year-old Harlech will likely have his last start in New Zealand this season when he lines-up in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.
The Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained colt is set to head for a freshen-up after this weekend's rich feature, having won two of his six starts this term and finishing runner-up in his four other contests.
The son of Darci Brahma took out the Gr.2 Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) in October before finishing runner-up in his next three assignments, including the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m) last start.
Gerard was pleased with his performance at Trentham on January 11 and believes the colt still has a fair bit of developing to do.
"I thought he ran super in the Levin Classic," she said. "It's just a little bit new to him ending up in front.
"Being a colt he just clocked off. He has always had outside draws and he has always come from the back and having something to chase.
"I just think he hit the front too soon and was probably just a bit complacent and got a bit lost. All credit to Travelling Light, she ran a super race and she just caught them napping."
While always tipped to head to Australia at some stage this term Gerard alluded that this weekend's race will likely be Harlech's last in New Zealand.
"At this stage he is more than likely to head to the paddock after this run," she said.
"We have got to keep everything open at the moment, but the Randwick Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) has always been the main plan for him.
"We will get through this race and see how he pulls up. He is a big colt, is still quite physically immature and it is really hard to make long-term plans when they are not quite there yet."
Gerard said the Levin Classic run took its toll on Harlech, but he is now showing signs of his normal self.
"It's a big trip down to Wellington and it's always hard to get them to turn around and back up as quick as what they do," she said.
"He was a bit quiet for a few days (after the Levin Classic), but I noticed this (Tuesday) morning he was really starting to come back to his usual self and is starting to get quite obnoxious again, so I am happy enough that he can take his place."
Harlech was sold by The Oaks Stud through their 2018 Book 1 Draft at Karaka for $100,000 to Paul Moroney Bloodstock. The Cambridge based farm will offer a full sister to Harlech on Sunday afternoon at Karaka (Lot 139).
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NL Central Intelligence: A Look Around the Division for Week Ending September 16
Two more weeks.
Erik MauroSeptember 17, 2018
With the end of the season drawing ever so much closer, the playoff picture is almost complete. The Central has become a two-team race, with another fighting for the wild card. Here is a look…
The Cubs look like they are out of gas. They have played 27 days in a row due to some rain and quirky scheduling, but have managed to keep the NL's best record at 87-62. This is good enough for a 2.5-game lead over the Brewers.
If this team wants to go anywhere in the postseason, they will need contributions from guys like Carl Edwards Jr. and Steve Cishek. Edwards has walked 11 hitters over his last 15 appearances (10.2 IP). In his last seven games, he has walked seven hitters in four innings. Edwards is the guy to get key outs and he can't be walking them. Cishek has posted a 5.06 ERA in his last 15 games, along with a 7.36 ERA in his last seven.
Those two are even more important now since Pedro Strop will miss the rest of the regular season after injuring himself running down to first after somehow taking an at bat in the 10th inning of Thursday's win against the Nationals. Hey, on another bullpen note, Brandon Morrow expects to be back sometime this week.
Javier Baez is trying his hardest to lead the national league in RBI. With 13 games left, his 103 driven in stands as the most in the league.
The Brewers have a wild card spot locked up at this point, barring some catastrophic collapse. They are 85-65.
Christian Yelich has had a legtimate MVP season. He reached the 30-home run plateau Saturday, adding to his career high.
Josh Hader seems to be back to his first half self heading towards the postseason. In a series against the Cubs last week, he pitched three innings and got all nine outs on strikeouts. That's what will work in the postseason.
Jesus Aguilar is going to join the 100 RBI club fairly soon. After his home run Sunday, he sits on 99 RBI.
After what looked like a certainty for much of the second half, the Cardinals are now fighting for a playoff spot. A recent rough stretch has them at 81-68, a game behind the Dodgers for the second wild card spot.
Marcell Ozuna has finally become the player the Cardinals traded for. Over his last 30 games, Ozuna is slashing .317/.346/.567 with nine home runs. He has been a big reason for the Cards' resurgence.
Since reuniting with the Cards, Matt Adams is only slashing .167/.216/.354. Not exactly the thump the Birds were looking for.
Jack Flaherty has become the Cardinals' ace. In 25 starts (138.1 IP), he has a 2.86 ERA, 168 strikeouts, a .193 opponent average (95 hits allowed) This kid is for real.
The Pirates now sit right on the .500 fence at 74-74. A winning season is well within reach.
Perhaps unexpectedly, Trevor Williams has been the Bucs' best pitcher by a long way. He has pitched to a 3.16 ERA and has posted a .227 opponent batting average over 29 starts.
Chris Archer has a 5.49 ERA in eight starts with the Pirates. The good news is there is a lot of time for him to improve over the next two seasons.
Gregory Polanco set a new career high in home runs, hitting his 23rd on Labor Day.
There really are loads of potential for this team to be so good next year, but for right now they are playing out the schedule and now sit at 64-86.
The Reds have set a new franchise record with 11 grand slams.
The Reds are beginning to build some depth in the outfield. Philip Ervin, Jesse Winker, Billy Hamilton, and Scott Schebler are all viable major league options. Some of the pieces are in place.
The Reds should consider re-signing Matt Harvey. He gives them innings and has been a lot better than he was as a Met. Pitching is hard to find, why not keep the current assets around?


As a business owner, many of us can attest to the feelings of elation as well as pure and utter fear.
Business owners of any area or niche know the feeling and the range of emotions we go through on a yearly, weekly, or daily basis. However, some business owners start to fall into a trap where they become hardened by the world of business.
In the same way, people can easily be torn down; worn down by the rough life of an entrepreneur. Though these emotions are normal, we cannot let time and hard work make us weak or lack faith in our business.
It's common, and it's infectious. It's easy to be more direct than friendly; more assertive and less understanding. It's easier to say yes than say no. It's easier to sell yourself short than use effort to fight.
It's your business, after all. It's so easy to become confident and so sure of what you're doing in your business that you start to forget those dark, beginning days. And it's also easy to fall into a rut even now, and that rut can seem pretty hard to climb out of.
Both situations can turn disastrous very quickly.
There are three factors to consider about your business that will help you maintain a level head and help grow your confidence. Staying gracious and humble while having confidence and attitude is possible, believe it or not. Here's how.
The scariest thing for most introverts is opening up and putting yourself out there. Whether it's putting your work out there, yourself, your products, or your problems, it's always a little uncomfortable.
In a community like that of photography, for the most part, it's a safe place to be open and share your input. We have to get into a better habit of sharing with others. That's not to say you should go overboard, but you will be so surprised by how many creatives were given advice at the start of their career and are more than willing to share a bit of advice to someone else too.
Share your goals, successes, and even your problems. You are never alone in your problems. Sharing those things will both build confidence and help remind us how grateful we are to be in this business.
There is no reason for you to keep all of the information to yourself. Creating webinars, podcasts, or teleconferences, you can connect with clients and other creatives with confidence. It has never been, and never will be, easier than it is now to connect.
Calling, messaging, emailing, or sending a letter to a client or another helpful photographer will also help us tread the balance of education. We can always be learning.
Don't be shy or insecure about sharing knowledge with others, but also keep in mind that you can never know it all. Most likely someone shared information with you when you were still in the inspired stage with a dream and a few dollars. Show humility to those whose shoes you have walked in.
If you take the time to think about where you are and where you have been, it will almost always get you thinking back to the people who helped you get your feet on the ground. One challenge as we begin to see success is to never forget those people.
Maybe they were a mentor, a friend, or a brave client- it doesn't matter. They helped you in some way at the start of your journey creating a photography business, and they are invaluable to you even now.
They may be old, and you might be better now, but they gave you a gift that has no price tag. Be gracious enough to call them back and check in with them and confident enough to thank them for what they did for you.
Don't get cocky or arrogant now that you have so many more clients. Always stay humble and act with humility. Being arrogant will end up turning people away from you later on and being insecure in your business is just as bad.
We constantly have to toe the line between confidence and arrogance and, at the same time, tread the waters between insecurity and humility. It's a tough balance, but by trying to maintain a middle ground with those factors, you will have the courage to reach out, share knowledge, and embrace those who helped you in the past with both attitude and gratitude.


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Radiation-resistant E. coli Evolved in the Lab Give View into DNA Repair
Scientists in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry are watching evolution happen in real time.
In a study published online this month in the Journal of Bacteriology, biochemistry professor Michael Cox and his team describe blasting E. coli bacteria with ionizing radiation once a week, causing the bacteria to become radiation resistant. In doing so, they have uncovered genetic mutations and mechanisms underlying this resistance.
The findings reveal ways to possibly engineer radiation-resistant bacteria to use for various applications in the future,...
Venturelli Makes 'Future of Biochemistry: The International Issue' List
Assistant professor of biochemistry Ophelia Venturelli was recently named to a list of 34 young researchers featured in the journal Biochemistry's "Future of Biochemistry: The International Issue" special issue.
"I am excited to be included in this list of outstanding new investigators," says Venturelli, who is also an affiliate of the Department of Bacteriology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. "The research areas are quite diverse and illustrate the breadth of cutting-edge research in Biochemistry."
Videos Now Available — Zoghbi to Give Biochemistry's 2019 Steenbock Lectures in Early March
Huda Zoghbi of the Baylor College of Medicine will give the 2019 UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry Steenbock Lectures in early March. All members of the campus community are invited to attend these lectures and learn from this pioneer in understanding the molecular basis of human neurological disorders.
Metabolism Scientist Wins Prestigious AAAS Fellowship
For Danielle Lohman, her passion for science policy began when she heard a Ph.D. chemist speak at a career conference about the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellowship at the State Department in Washington, D.C.
Lohman, recently a postdoctoral fellow in Dave Pagliarini's Department of Biochemistry lab at the Morgridge Institute for Research, was in her second year of graduate school as part of the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison at the time. IPiB is the joint graduate program of the Department of...
Simcox Joins Biochemistry to Study Lipid Signaling, Cold Exposure as Newest Faculty Member
In high school, Judith Simcox pored over scientific literature to try to understand the link between her sister's Down Syndrome and type 1 diabetes. It was the first time she asked a question that didn't have an answer yet — and it led her down the path of answering unknown questions as a metabolism researcher and advocate for diversity in science.
Simcox, whose work specifically focuses on how organs communicate through lipid signaling to respond to the energy demands of cold exposure, has joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry as its newest assistant...
Henderson Earns 2019 Paul Boyer Award for Postdoctoral Excellence in Biochemistry
Biochemistry postdoctoral scholar Kate Henderson has received the 2019 Paul Boyer Award for Postdoctoral Excellence in Biochemistry. The award recognizes a postdoc in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Biochemistry for his or her excellence in research. The postdoc also gives a lecture as part of the Boyer Lecture Series. The lecture is at 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25 in Room 1211 of the Hector F. DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building.
In the laboratory of biochemistry professor Tom Record, she combines superior research with a dedication to mentoring undergraduate...
New Biosensor Highlights Best Biofuel-producing Microbes
A major goal of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is to harness the power of microbes to create biofuels. But often, it's an expensive challenge for scientists to identify the most useful individual variants among thousands of similar microbe strains. A new study led by Vatsan Raman, an assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, unveils a biosensor that may light the way to the best microbial candidates for biofuel production.
In search of the best biofuel-producing microbes, scientists may need to make millions of variants via genetic...
Conserving Helium, a Scarce Nonrenewable Resource, and Reducing Costs at NMR Facility
The National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM) housed in the UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry is home to state-of-the-art technology for biomolecular nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and related techniques. The facility's equipment requires helium, and with worldwide supplies dwindling, has recently installed a helium recovery system to increase sustainability and cut costs.
Ancient Gene Duplication Gave Grasses Multiple Ways to Wait out Winter
If you've ever grown carrots in your garden and puzzled over never once seeing them flower, don't blame a missing green thumb.
Carrots, beets and many other plants won't flower until they've gone through winter. The extended cold gives them the signal to flower quickly once spring arrives, providing the plants an edge in the race to produce seeds.
But cold isn't always required. In the 1930s, two English scientists discovered that some crops in the grass family, like rye or wheat, can use short days instead of cold to tell them when winter has come.
"But nothing was...
Scientists Provide New Insight on How Gene Expression is Controlled
New research on transcriptional pausing, which helps control gene expression in cells, will aid in the understanding of the enzyme RNA polymerase — a key player in the process and an important drug target.
Researchers have provided this new insight on the mechanism underlying the control of gene expression in all living organisms in a study published today (Jan. 8) in eLife.
The findings could ultimately improve the understanding of how certain antibacterial drugs work against the enzyme RNA polymerase (RNAP) in treating conditions such as Clostridium difficile infections and...
Chasing the Tail: Biochemists Zone in on Bacterial Transporter's Tip as its Secret to Antibiotic Resistance
Nutrients in. Waste out. Everyone and almost every living thing does it, even at the cellular level. It seems like a simple enough concept: to survive, cells have to have a way to move different types of molecules in and out of themselves. It's how they take in food, get rid of waste, send signals to each other, sense their environment, and more. But the reality is much more complex. Transmembrane proteins — those embedded in the cell membrane and of which some are responsible for this transmission of molecules — are notoriously hard to study and understand.
Graduate Alumna Recognized as Trailblazer for RNA Research, Women in Science
Lynne Maquat says she was shy when she first started as a graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry, but since graduating with her Ph.D. in 1979, she's become a force in the field of RNA research. The first person in her family to attend college, she's earned numerous awards for groundbreaking research and mentoring prowess in her current post as a professor at the University of Rochester.
Maquat studied with now-Emeritus Professor William Reznikoff. After her Ph.D. she also performed postdoctoral work at the UW–Madison McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. Her lab...
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University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Ph.D. alumnus Laurens "Andy" Anderson died on Nov. 6, 2018 at the age of 98. He was a faculty member in the department for 35 years, known as a world-renowned expert on carbohydrate chemistry and nomenclature.
Anderson was born in South Dakota on May 19, 1920, and he earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming in 1942. After college, he joined the Air Force and served as a bomber pilot in missions over southern Europe. In 1946, Anderson and his wife Doris moved to Madison and he began his...
A Tale of Three Sams: Talented Students Share a Name in the Senes Lab
Shouting "Sam" in the lab of University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry professor Alessandro Senes won't get you far. Three talented young scientists will turn their heads: Samantha Anderson, Samson Condon, and Samuel Craven.
All three graduate students in the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB) ended up in the same lab, which studies membrane proteins. IPiB is the joint graduate program of the Department of Biochemistry and Department of Biomolecular Chemistry. Although from slightly different backgrounds, they are linked by their research interests and, of course, their...
Undergraduate Combines Biochemistry, Environmental Studies with Community Engagement in Rwanda
It's easy to make a difference through an award that's named after the Wisconsin Idea, and Jacob Olson is doing just that. The biochemistry and environmental studies major traveled to Rwanda this past summer through a Morgridge Center for Public Service Wisconsin Idea Fellowship that helped him combine his education with public service and community engagement.
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Over 20 years ago, well before the current trend for nature writing, Janet White wrote 'The Sheep Stell,' a beautiful and evocative memoir about her life as a shepherdess. Throughout her life Janet has always tended sheep - first as a young woman in the Cheviot Hills, where she was treated with bewilderment by the other shepherds, before leaving Britain to live on an uninhabited island off the coast of New Zealand with a bonfire as her only means of communication with the mainland and only her flock of 200 sheep for company. After a brutal attack by an obsessed young man bent on her destruction, she was forced to leave her beloved island and return to England, where she married, became a smallholder in Sussex and finally bought a hill farm in Somerset where she still lives today. Her memoir tells the tale of a woman before her time.
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Mike Tyson is a larger-than-life legend, both in and out of the ring.
With nicknames such as "Iron" Mike, Kid Dynamite, and The Baddest Man on the Planet, Tyson's legacy is undisputed. One of the most feared boxers in the ring, his resume proves he is one of boxing's greats: in addition to being the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles. He was also the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles simultaneously. In 2011, Tyson was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame, and in 2013 he was inaugurated into the Las Vegas Hall of Fame.
Tyson's enduring mass appeal owes not only to his incomparable athleticism, but also to his huge personality and unrivaled showmanship. His ability to work a crowd extends far beyond the ring - Tyson's career in entertainment spans everything from blockbuster movies (The Hangover and The Hangover 2) to documentaries. He has also toured nationally and internationally with his critically acclaimed Broadway one-man show "Mike Tyson: UNDISPUTED TRUTH," which additionally aired as an HBO special. After a successful run at the MGM Grand's Hollywood Theater, the show debuted on Broadway under famed director Spike Lee, before a return to the MGM and a national tour.
In 2018, Mike began his newest venture as an entrepreneur, opening up Tyson Ranch where he works to create cannabis-based products like Copper Gel to help alleviate pain. In addition to Tyson Ranch, his podcast HotBoxin' (on which Tyson talks with some of the world's greatest sports legends, actors and more) has been listened to over 40 Million times. His expansive digital footprint reaches over 400 million people, and in 2019, Tyson accumulated over 1.4 billion impressions on social media.
A devoted husband and loving father, Tyson splits his time between Los Angeles and Las Vegas with his wife Kiki and their children.
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Zimbabwean investment firm, InfraCo Africa, partners with Mobility for Africa to deploy 400 electric vehicles – Techpoint Africa
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Yesterday, Microsoft Teams announced the launch of a new "Communities" feature on Android and iOS devices.
You can now add events to your community calendar, invite guests, track attendance, and chat with attendees via direct private messenger.
You can also create and organise groups in your community.
It is available in Microsoft Teams' free version and on mobile. However, the company says it will be available on desktop soon.
There's more: In 2023, Microsoft Teams plans to launch SignUpGenius to assist users in organising fundraisers, planning events, recruiting volunteers, and more.
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Remember I told you about this: CBN reduces withdrawal at ATMs, PoS, to ₦20,000 ($27) per day to further cashless policy
While it is unclear how this move will affect agency banking, our Managing Editor, Emmanuel Paul, believes that most fintech companies will benefit.
Then, there are the telcos.
Over the years, Nigeria's telcos have aggressively pursued market users, but the average revenue generated by each user has been quite low.
Although Nigeria continues to be the largest market for telcos like MTN and Airtel in Africa, their average revenue per user (ARPU) stood at $5 and $3.7, respectively, at the end of 2021.
In his latest article, Emmanuel discusses six ways the Central Bank's withdrawal limit could benefit telecom and Internet service providers while boosting financial inclusion and cashless payments.
You can read it here: 6 ways the CBN's cash withdrawal limit could benefit Nigeria's telecom companies, from new revenue streams to increased customer penetration
Zimbabwean investment firm, InfraCo Africa, has partnered with a mobility startup, Mobility for Africa, to deploy 400 electric vehicles in the country's rural areas for $2 million.
Known as hambas — which means "go ahead" in the local Ndebele language — the vehicles are solar-powered and assembled in Harare.
Six hundred electric batteries will be produced, and eight charging stations will be installed.
Mobility for Africa says its solutions will improve access to doctors for patients far from health centres and freight transportation to major Zimbabwean metropolitan areas, including Bulawayo, Chitungwiza, Mutare, and Harare.
According to Shantha Bloemen, CEO of Mobility for Africa, "This partnership will enhance the role of rural women as key contributors to economic agricultural productivity, as well as gender equality and climate resilience as enshrined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."
African credit-led neobank, Finclusion Group, has rebranded to Fin and has raised an additional $2 million in equity financing to expand into new markets in 2023.
The company raised $20 million in pre-Series A debt and equity financing in January 2022, bringing the total funds raised in this round to $22 million.
Leonard Stiegeler led the round and will join the company's board of directors alongside Sudeep Ramnani and Jai Mahtani.
Fin uses artificial intelligence algorithms to provide financial services to African customers through various credit-focused products.
The startup claims that since its launch in 2018, it has developed consumer-facing credit products to bridge the credit gap in the countries where it operates, which include Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, and Kenya.
Fin Kenya (formerly TrustGro), Fin Tanzania (formerly Fikia Finance), and Fin South Africa have all been renamed as part of this rebranding — with its products now being SmartAdvance by Fin, NiftyCredit by Fin, NiftyCover by Fin, MediFin and e-Fin.
The company will use the funds to add new, fully integrated territories to its business and develop new offerings, particularly in third-party support for microfinance banks looking to expand their financial services offerings.
Have a terrific Thursday.
Victoria Fakiya for Techpoint Africa.
I am a neurodivergent person who is interested in mental health and how technology can help Africans with mental disorders. Find me on Twitter @latoria_ria.
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One thing that many of you may not know is that I was born and spent the first 5 years of my life in Lisbon. Up to my teenage years, I would go back most summers and spend a couple of months with my grandmother. My last visit, however, was back in the 90's when my grandmother passed away.
I had been meaning to return but it was one of those things that just kept being put off until "next year". And now here we are, over 20 years later, and I finally made it back.
This was not without an impetus, however. My parents have a house there which they used to go to for a few months each year but my mom had not returned since my dad's passing. She felt it was now time to go back so I joined her for a couple of weeks, more for moral support than anything else.
Between visits with family, there was not a whole lot of time for sightseeing, but I did get in a few days. Unfortunately, there was a heat wave during those days with temperatures in the 30's(C)/90's(C). I seem to have the WORST luck with that - heat waves seem to strike more often than not when I'm traveling 🙄.
or the more adventurous can venture further down the beach to the ocean.
Wandering the streets within the castle walls at Óbidos.
along top the walls by the high temps that day - it's on my list for next time.
and was not finished until exactly 100 years later.
I wasn't willing to wait the hour or so in line to get into the tower...next time.
While the roads and how people drove were not as bad as I recall, there were a few white knuckle moments, such as when we were going up the mountain in Caramulo, twisting and turning, with no guardrails and cliff-like drops right beside the road. I didn't say anything to my cousin who was driving the car, but I was mentally willing him to slow down as I clenched the seat.
I also noticed that stop signs, especially in rural areas, were merely a suggestion - even for buses. Unless another vehicle was coming, they would barely slow down before barreling through 😬.
I prefer rail to bus travel, but I must say that the inter-city buses are super comfortable - the equivalent to Grayhound here in North America except that they are not limited to long distance traveling as many folks use them every day to get to work in a neighbouring town.
Other than the occasional McDonald's and Burger King, I was surprised to see that a lot had remained unchanged.
traditional "Pastel de Nata" that you see throughout Portugal - scrumptious!
One thing that was different was the distinct lack of trolleys. Growing up, we constantly took these and I recall that each had a "ticket" guy. You would get on the trolley & sit down, the ticket guy would go up to you and you would tell him where you were going. The tickets were all different colours (and prices) depending on how far you were going - he would pick the right ticket and punch it with some type of hole puncher....ahhhh memories.
There are now only 4 original trolley lines left in Lisbon which is a real shame as I find them to be a much more interesting way to get around. The multi-coloured tickets and "ticket guy" have been replaced by an electronic scanner where most folks scan their passes. The trolleys do still ding their bell, though, as they are going through the streets - such a nostalgic sound!
I snapped a quick pic after we all got off at the end of the line.
September isn't the best time in Portugal when it comes to gardens as most things are really finishing up, but I did get a few shots of some particularly lovely blooms.
I didn't forget about my own garden while I was there, however, and made a point of going to a small, local seed store where I purchased 12 packets of seed.
We used to have ticket sellers on our buses which did a similar thing. They were called bus conductors. They often wore gloves with cut out fingers and had little machines that churned out tickets when a handle was turned on the side. When you wanted to get off you shouted "Next stop please" and the conductive rang a bell to tell the driver to stop. Now the driver sells tickets or scans passes and the bus can't start on its journey 'til everyone has paid.
Portugal is one Western European country that I have never visited.
It's little things like that which create the best memories and nostalgia. You are close enough that even a long weekend in Lisbon would be doable!
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us, Margaret. It's always an experience to return back to "home" however you define that.
So true - the plane made it's approach along the coast just before dawn and it was such a beautiful sight with all the twinkling lights. It actually brought tears to my eyes.
It really is so lovely - and only a short train ride from Spain ;) Wish I had made the effort to go sooner than this, though - unfortunately, a lot of relatives that I have fond memories of growing up are no longer with us.
What a lovely visit that must have been, tinged with sadness though for the family that is missing. It's a shame about the heatwave, it's nice to have some good weather but you don't feel like doing as much as you would when it's too hot. Still, it seems as though you managed to see plenty and visit lots of old haunts. Seeds are great souvenirs, the plants they grow into will remind you of your trip.
When it comes to sightseeing, I can handle the cold a lot better than the heat. I missed out on quite a bit because of it, not only foregoing certain spots but also not taking as much time as I would have liked. I'm really looking forward to next season and trying out some of my purchases - growing veg from seeds obtained when traveling or from friends just gives me such a special feeling.
Portugal is one of the places I've always wanted to go. In college I had a friend named Ruy Teixeira whose father was once the Portugese ambassador (that's what he said, anyway - his mother was American). Too bad about the trolleys. I think Pastel de Nata was one of the things they had to cook for the Great British Baking Show.
You certainly have friends in high places, Jason! I should look up that show - Pastais de Nata are one of the few things that are never homemade, so it would be interesting to see the process.
It sounds like you had a great time despite the hot weather. It seems like there's always gardening waiting to be done when we get home though, isn't there!
It was a great time - I'm looking forward to going back at some point with my family & leisurely re-visiting many of these spots, hopefully during more amenable weather!
Thanks Pam - I haven't tallied up my harvest this year yet but I think we did ok, overall, on the total tomato harvest. It would have been nice to keep the supply of fresh tomatoes going for a bit longer, though. And yes, I can't wait to try these seeds next year!


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Bellows Falls, village in Rockingham town (township), Windham county, southeastern Vermont, U.S., on the Connecticut River. It was settled about 1753 and named for Colonel Benjamin Bellows, an early property owner.
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The first bridge across the Connecticut River was built at Bellows Falls in 1785. Between 1792 and 1802 one of the nation's first canals was constructed around the 50-foot (15-metre) waterfall at the site in order to accommodate river traffic. Power from the falls and from the river helped the community develop industrially. A gristmill (built 1831) still has most of its original machinery and now houses the Bellows Falls Historical Society. The chief manufactures are paper, wood products, and wire cord. The Rockingham Meeting House (1787) is nearby. Pop. (2000) 3,165; (2010) 3,148.
Vermont, constituent state of the United States of America. One of the six New England states lying in the northeastern corner of the country, it was admitted to the union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state. It is sparsely populated, and its capital, Montpelier, is one of the…
Connecticut River, longest stream in New England, rising in the Connecticut lakes in northern New Hampshire, U.S. After flowing about 9 miles (14 km) through New Hampshire, it moves roughly southwestward and forms the border between New Hampshire and Vermont for about 238 miles (383 km). It then crosses Massachusetts…


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The Dangers of Toxic Exposure at Fort McClellan
by Norris Injury Law | September 15th, 2015
The soldiers who serve our country face many dangers in the line of duty. However, one of the most dangerous and unrecognized hazards service members may face is exposure to harmful substances. Whether it's radiation, bio hazardous materials, or toxic chemicals, the Birmingham environmental injury lawyers at Norris Injury Lawyers say it's important to warn our veterans of the health risks they may be facing if they served at Fort McClellan here in Alabama.
Fort McClellan was a U.S. Army installation constructed in 1917. The facility was closed in 1999, but many toxic chemicals were present during the years leading up to the base's decommission. The U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) has identified three common potential health hazards soldiers serving at Fort McClellan may face, including exposure to radioactive compounds and chemical warfare agents.
Another hazard soldiers stationed at Fort McClellan faced came from the Monsanto chemical plant located just down the road from the base. Data indicates harmful polychlorinated biphenyls were released into the air from the plant, causing harm to those stationed at the base.
Veterans who experience adverse health events as a result of toxic exposure at Fort McClellan may be eligible to receive veterans disability benefits. However, getting approved for benefits can be complicated. That's why the legal team at Norris Injury Lawyers suggests speaking with a legal representative if your claim for veterans disability benefits has been denied in the past.


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Trump Wants To Limit Family Reunification Immigration. Here's What That Would Mean.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Trump again called for restrictions on what he calls "chain migration." Such restrictions would hit Asians and Mexicans particularly hard.
Emma Marie Chiang for BuzzFeed News
Anh holds a photograph of her immediate and extended family taken in 1973 in Vietnam.
The first time Anh met her father, she was 17 and standing inside Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, envious of a nearby couple happily waiting for someone with gifts in their hands.
Anh wanted to feel like they did, but after a day of overwhelming emotions — crying followed by anger for shedding tears (a sign of weakness) — she settled for nonchalant. Eventually, she recognized the man she knew only through pictures, who towered over her family and beckoned her over with the word còn, or child, in Vietnam.
"Seventeen-year-old me almost wished he hadn't come because I didn't want to deal with all of the emotions. I wanted to push it off for as long as I could. To be honest, I'm still trying to process it," Anh, now 27, told BuzzFeed News. "But now I'm so grateful for the policies that allowed me to reconnect with my dad and the rest of my family. It really does mean a lot for families like mine."
Anh's family's migration to the United States spans more than two decades, from 1981, when her grandfather fled Vietnam as a refugee, to 2007, when her father finally came over, a testament to how difficult it is to enter the country under current immigration law that favors reuniting families.
And Vietnamese families like hers would be among the hardest hit if President Donald Trump's call to reduce family-based immigration — "chain migration," as the president derisively calls it — succeeds.
Anh flips through a journal she kept about her experience visiting Vietnam for the first time in 2012.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Trump called for new restrictions on family unification that would limit family-based immigration to spouses and minor children of US citizens and permanent residents. Administration officials want to tie that proposal to legislation that would grant 1.8 million so-called DREAMers — people who were brought to the country as children and who remain undocumented — a path to citizenship over 10 to 12 years.
In his State of the Union address, Trump called for new restrictions on family unification that would limit family-based immigration to spouses and minor children of US citizens and permanent residents.
The move would cut in half the 1 million immigrants granted lawful permanent residency annually, said Julia Gelatt, senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). Gelatt had previously looked at the RAISE Act, a Republican-sponsored bill in the Senate that would also bar US citizens and lawful permanent residents from sponsoring siblings and adult children. The legislation also would eliminate the diversity visa lottery, which randomly allows as many as 50,000 people into the US annually from countries that send few immigrants.
The White House's proposal would hit immigration from some countries particularly hard. Fifty-three percent of immigrants from Vietnam and 46% from the Dominican Republic come through capped family preference categories, which would be cut the most by the RAISE Act.
Numerically, Mexico would take the biggest hit because it sends the largest number of immigrants to the US annually through family-sponsored migration — as of November, 1.3 million Mexicans were waiting approval for family-sponsored visas. Other nations with large numbers of potential immigrants are the Philippines, with 333,600 waiting, and India, with 282,200.
But the impact on Vietnamese and Dominican families would be greater because "people coming from those countries are relying more on those family categories than would people from Mexico," Gelatt told BuzzFeed News.
Anh, who asked that her full name not be published because her father is still a green card holder and fears retaliation from immigration officials, said the process of bringing family members to the US isn't as easy or cheap as anti-immigrant proponents assert.
"It's incredibly expensive, and there's so much paperwork that I don't know how people who are refugees or immigrants figure it out," Anh said. "It took my family over two decades to get here. It wasn't all at once, it was little by little."
Anh's grandfather owned a banana farm that was destroyed by fighting during the Vietnam War. He then relied on a pharmacy he owned, but the business was confiscated by communist authorities after the war ended.
The losses, Anh said, propelled him to organize anti-communist protests that put a target on his back. For years he evaded capture by moving around the country, all the while attempting to get to the United States, failing twice. On the third time, he made it to Malaysia, where he spent a year in a refugee camp before arriving in Texas in 1981.
He later relocated to Southern California, where he advised people on feng shui and started the process to bring his family over, including his wife, four daughters, and a son.
It took him eight years of filing paperwork, but in 1989 he was able to bring over his wife, three daughters, an uncle, and Anh's pregnant mother. He moved them into a two-bedroom home in Orange County, California. Anh's mom almost didn't make the trek because she was pregnant with her, but in the end decided to go.
In the eight years it took for them to get their visas, Anh's mother had married and had given birth to Anh's older sister. Because the sister and father weren't in the original paperwork, they had to stay behind and wait. Anh, born in the United States, couldn't sponsor her father because she was not yet 21 years old.
Anh's sister had to wait nine years to get her green card through her mother. When she did and became a citizen, she sponsored their father, who arrived in 2007.
By then years had passed, and her mother had remarried. Yet despite their long separation, Anh's parents remained close. Anh values being able to connect with her father and says she wouldn't have been able to without family-based migration.
The initial argument for slashing family-based migration was to increase the wages of US-born workers. Immigration experts scoff at the assertion.
Which is why she was upset when a tweet from the White House made it seem like family-based migration was out of control.
"It was painful to see that tweet come out of the White House, because often these are families fleeing wars or extreme poverty" Anh said. "There's a lack of empathy for what people go through to get here."
The tweet included a graph showing one immigrant bringing 120 relatives to the US, but an MPI analysis of figures from the International Migration Review in 2015 found that, in past decades, the average number of relatives a single immigrant sponsors is 3.5.
In fact, family-based migration is already limited. While US citizens can petition for a wide range of family members, including their spouses, unmarried children, parents, and siblings, some of those categories have numerical limitations; for example, the number of visas that can be granted to brothers and sisters of US citizens is capped at 65,000, according to November figures from the State Department. That means there is a minimum 13-year wait for a sibling to win a visa.
The initial argument for slashing family-based migration was to increase the wages of US-born workers, though the conversation later shifted to national security after a man accused of detonating a pipe bomb inside a New York City subway station was found to have entered the country through family-based migration.
Akayed Ullah came came to the US as the son of a visa recipient who was sponsored by a US citizen sibling. The Department of Homeland Security did not provide additional details as to which parent sponsored him.
Calls to end the diversity visa lottery, which already was under attack, also gained momentum after it was learned that a man suspected of killing eight people in a terrorist attack in New York had come to the US under that program.
Immigration experts scoff at the assertion that cutting family-reunification immigration would raise US wages. In fact, a model of the RAISE Act created by the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan public policy initiative, found just the opposite, predicting that such a change would reduce the economy by 0.7% and reduce jobs by 1.3 million by 2027. By 2040, the economy would be about 2% smaller than it might otherwise be. Job growth would be 4.6 million less, according to the model.
"Immigration is good for the US," said Megan Essaheb, director of immigration advocacy for Asian Americans Advancing Justice. "We don't have a fixed pie, they grow the pie. We're not competing directly for resources."
"Two-thirds of Asian Americans in the US have come through family-based immigration"
A report from New American Economy found that immigrants started 28% of all new US businesses in 2011, despite accounting for just 12.9% of the population. Immigrants were also more than twice as likely to start a business as native-born people.
Family-based migration has been a crucial pathway for Asians in the US, Essaheb said.
"Two-thirds of Asian Americans in the US have come through family-based immigration," Essaheb told BuzzFeed News. "This is really about slashing the number of immigrants in the US, which we see as a white supremacist agenda that we haven't seen in such a mainstream way."
Essaheb doesn't believe efforts to cut family-based migration and kill the diversity visa lottery would pass on their own. But she sees risk in linking them to DREAM Act negotiations. Democrats in Congress have made giving the DREAMers a path to citizenship a major policy goal.
"That's where the danger is," Essaheb said.
The issue of family reunification has also been lumped in with the discussion on whether to permanently legalize about 750,000 undocumented immigrants who benefitted from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Anti-immigration advocates point to the 3.5 figure when making the case against legalizing undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children.
Trump referring to family-based immigration as "unlimited" in his State of the Union address was an exaggeration.
Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for fewer immigrants, said the current system of family-based immigration creates a momentum for continued immigration that has nothing to do with the needs of the United States.
"What it does is it takes away the immigration decision from policymakers and privatizes it to the individuals that yesterday were immigrants," Krikorian told BuzzFeed News. "They become the ones who decide who tomorrow's immigrants are going to be regardless of any broader national concern for education or skills. That's an extremely powerful and important authority to give away."
Krikorian said Trump referring to family-based immigration as "unlimited" in his State of the Union address was an exaggeration, but that, numerically, an individual can continue to bring family members "on and on."
However, Gelatt from MPI found that the average legalized DREAMer would sponsor at most one family member.
Robert LeBlanc for BuzzFeed News
Jonathan Minero Villareal in the locker room at his college.
Jonathan Minero Villareal didn't come to the US through family-based migration, but he's a legal permanent resident because of it. If it hadn't been for his stepfather petitioning for him and his two younger siblings, they would still probably be relying on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for work permits and protections from deportation.
The administration is trying to end DACA and currently is waiting to see whether the Supreme Court will overrule a lower court's decision that partially revived it. When Villareal applied for DACA, Trump wasn't president and there appeared to be no end in sight for DACA. But the siblings became permanent US residents in the summer of 2016 and no longer need DACA registration to live and work legally.
"When the administration decided to take DACA away I realized what a bullet we had dodged," Villareal told BuzzFeed News. "The process was hard and it cost each of us thousands of dollars but it was worth it."
The Mexican native came to the United States when he was 10 years old after his mother remarried in the US. He doesn't remember exactly how he crossed, but Villareal said they were dressed in their US cousin's clothes and told to fall asleep by a family member who drove them past the border illegally.
Villareal with a student at the gym where he teaches.
Villareal, who dreams of becoming a professional boxer, said having his green card opened up possibilities. He doesn't have to worry about traveling to other states or fighting in other countries, which can be crucial to launching his career.
When he went back to Guanajuato, Mexico, to visit his ailing grandparents, Villareal realized he didn't fit in back home. His Spanish wasn't as good as his English and he felt out of place.
"To be able to say I'm from the United States, this is my home, that's a real blessing," Villareal said. "I really hope other people get that opportunity because they're not bad, we come here to work hard."
Villareal sees the attempts to reduce legal immigration as veiled moves to keep the United States as white as possible.
"It's interesting because to me the United States, though it's not perfect, is the most open and accepting of different ethnicities," Villareal said. "Right now we really have to remember to accept each other as humans and open our hearts to people from other countries." ●


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Russia Urges Compliance With Geneva Agreements on Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on members of the Action Group for Syria to strictly adhere to agreements on the settlement of the Syrian crisis reached at a ministerial meeting in Geneva on June 30.
"Some of our partners have shown attempts to alter these agreements and revert to applying unilateral pressure [on Syria]," Lavrov told reporters after a high-level meeting of the Security Council on peace and security in the Middle East on Wednesday.
"It is vital that all participants of the Geneva meeting continue complying with these agreements," he said.
At a meeting on Syria in Geneva on June 30, foreign ministers from UN Security Council permanent member states and from countries neighboring Syria proposed establishing a transitional Syrian government that would comprise both the Syrian authorities and opposition forces.
The Russian foreign minister said the Geneva agreements remain the base for consensus on Syria within the UN Security Council.
"I have no doubts that any military scenario, especially an armed intervention from outside, poses a serious threat to regional security and is fraught with unpredictable consequences," Lavrov reiterated.
Russia has repeatedly called on the United States and the European Union to lift all unilateral sanctions they have imposed on Syria since the since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began in March last year.
The Syrian conflict has claimed up to 30,000 lives according to estimates by various Syrian opposition groups. The UN estimates the death toll at over 18,000 people.
Western powers say that the bulk of responsibility for the bloodshed lies with the Syrian government and insist on Assad's resignation as the only way to end the crisis.