"Applicable Regulations" means Cyprus Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007 (Law 144(I)/2007), the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Activities Law, Directives, Circulars or other Regulations issued by CYSEC that govern the operations of Cyprus Investment Firms (CYSEC Rules) or any other rules of a relevant regulatory authority; and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations as in force from time to time.
"Bank Account Details" means the details of your bank account in which LCM will credit the amount of profits withdrawn and/ or any amount from a withdrawal request and/ or any funds remaining in your trading account and/ or any other amount of funds need to be returned to you.
"Binary Options" mean financial instruments where a prediction is made on the direction of the price movement of an asset at a certain period of the day. The payoff is prearranged to be fixed amount if the option expires in the money or if the option expires out of the money.
"Business Day" means a day which is not a Saturday or a Sunday or a public holiday in Cyprus and upon which banks are open for business in Cyprus.
"Client Funds Rules" means the rules specified in paragraph 18(2)(j) of the Law which provides for the Provision of Investment Services, the Exercise of Investment Activities, the Operation of Regulated Markets and other related matters and the Directives and Circulars issued pursuant to this paragraph, as amended from time to time by CYSEC.
"Contract for Differences" or "CFD" means the financial instrument specified in paragraph (9) of Part III of Third Appendix of the Law which provides for the Provision of Investment Services, the Exercise of Investment Activities, the Operation of Regulated Markets and other related matters.
"CYSEC" is an abbreviation for "Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission".
"LCM Trading Desk" means the trading desk operated by us at our premises the Headquarters of Lead Capital Markets Limited in 5th floor Treppides Tower, 9, Kafkasou street, , Nicosia, 2112, Cyprus.
"LCM Online Trading System" means the internet-based trading system available at our website that allows you to provide us with instructions.
"Transaction" means any type of transaction subject to this Agreement and includes a CFD, spot or forward contract of any kind, future, option (including binary options) or other derivative contract in relation to any commodity, financial instrument (including any security), currency, interest rate, index or any combination thereof and any other transaction or financial instrument for which we are authorised under our Cypriot Investment Firm ("CIF") license from time to time which we both agree shall be a Transaction.
The relationship between the Customer and LCM shall be governed by this Agreement. As this Agreement is a distance contract, it is amongst others, governed by the Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services Law N24(I)/2004, implementing the EU Directive 2002/65/EC, under which signing the Agreement is not required and the Agreement has the same rights and liabilities as a duly signed contract. In the event where you, the Customer, wish to have a signed Agreement, the Customer should print and send 2 (two) copies to LCM, where LCM will sign and stamp the Agreements and send a copy back to the Customer.
We reserve the right to change this Agreement at any time and notify you of any such change either via email or through LCM's website. Any changes to the Agreement will not apply to transactions performed prior to the date on which the changes become effective unless specifically agreed otherwise. In case you disagree with the changes, you may terminate the Agreement in accordance with Clause 18 herein.
We, Lead Capital Markets Limited ("LCM"), are authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission ("CYSEC") with License Number 227/14. Our registered office is 6, Ioanni Stylianou street, Flat 202, Nicosia, 2003, Cyprus. Our contact details are set out in Clause 19 (Miscellaneous) under the heading "Notices". LCM is authorised to provide investment and ancillary services in accordance to its authorization and in compliance with the European Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and the Cyprus Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007 (Law 144(I)/2007).
CYSEC's office is situated at 27 Diagorou Street, 1097Nicosia, Cyprus.
LCM is a broker for CFD, Binary Options and Spot FX Contracts. LCM owns and operates websites, trading platforms and brand names as indicated in its website (http://www.leadcapitalmarkets.com). LCM operates through these websites which allow online trading.
You may communicate with us in writing (including fax), by email or other electronic means, or orally (including by telephone). Our contact details are set out in Clause 19 (Miscellaneous) under the heading "Notices". The language of communication shall be English, and you will receive documents and other information from us in English. However, where appropriate and for your convenience, we will endeavour to communicate with you in other languages. Our website contains further details about us and our services, and other information relevant to this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and our website this Agreement will prevail.
LCM monitors your communications to evaluate the quality of service you receive, your compliance with this Agreement, the security of the website, or for other reasons. You agree that such monitoring activities will not entitle you to any cause of action or other right with respect to the manner in which LCM monitors your communications.
The Company reserves the right and is entitled to at any time, and upon its sole discretion, to restrict offering its services to certain jurisdictions and consider them as banned countries in terms of engagement with the potential clients.
The list of banned countries, which can be found with the Company's customer support, is subject to alteration at any time the Company deems proper upon its sole discretion without any prior notice.
You should be aware of the possibility that other taxes or costs may exist that are not paid through or imposed by us. In case of any value added tax or any other tax obligations that arise in relation a transaction performed on your behalf or any other action performed under this Agreement for you, the amount incurred is fully payable by you and in this respect you must pay LCM when so requested and LCM is fully entitled to debit your account with the outstanding amount to be settled (excluding taxes payable by LCM in relation to LCM's income or profits).
A daily financing charge may apply to each FX/CFD open position at the closing of Leadcapital Markets LTD's trading day as regard to that FX/CFD. If such financing charge is applicable, it will either be requested to be paid by Client directly to Leadcapital Markets LTD or it will be paid by Leadcapital Markets LTD to Client, depending on the type of FX/CFD and the nature of the position Client holds. The method of calculation of the financing charge varies according to the type of FX/CFD to which it applies. Moreover, the amount of the financing charge will vary as it is linked to current interest rates (such as LIBOR). The financing charge will be credited or debited (as appropriate) to Client's account on the next trading day following the day to which it relates.
Leadcapital Markets LTD reserves the right to change the method of calculating the financing charge, the financing rates and/or the types of FX/CFDs to which the financing charge applies. For certain types of FX/CFDs, a commission is payable by Client to open and close FX/CFD positions. Such commission payable will be debited from Client's account at the same time as Leadcapital Markets LTD opens or closes the relevant FX/CFD. Changes in our swap interest rates and calculations shall be at our own discretion and without notice. Clients need to always check our website for the then current rates charged. Rates may change quickly due to market conditions (changes in interest rates, volatility, liquidity etc.) and due to various risk related matters that are at the firm's sole discretion.
The future contract on which a CFD is based has an expiration date, and clients will be able to close their CFD positions until this date. In order to insure continuous trading conditions for the client, when a future contract that a CFD is based on reaches it's maturity, the underlying asset of that CFD will be switched to the next maturity of the same futures contract. A calendar of such rollovers is mentioned on the company's website, section "Documentation/Standard Specifications". For the best interest of the client, rollovers will also be notified in the "Internal news" section of the website, at least 5 hours prior to the rollover. A premium will be either added or substracted from the client's account, based on the difference in prices between the two futures contracts.
Any open FX/CFD transaction held by Client at the end of the trading day as determined by Leadcapital Markets LTD or over the weekend, shall automatically be rolled over to the next business day so as to avoid an automatic close and physical settlement of the transaction. Client acknowledges that when rolling over such transactions to the next business day, a premium may be either added or subtracted from Client's account with respect to such transaction. The MT4 platform calculates overnight rollover at 21:00 GMT and the rollover charge/credit is debited or credited to and from the trading account. Example: If you sell 1 lot EURUSD, you will pay rollover costs on 100.000 Euro, which at the current rate would be $0.017. This rate may vary over time, for actual rates please check the "Standard specifications" on our website.
On Wednesday at 21:00 GMT, overnight rollover fees are multiplied by three (x3) in order to compensate for the upcoming weekend. The premium amount shall be determined by Leadcapital Markets LTD from time to time, in Leadcapital Markets LTD's absolute discretion. Client hereby authorizes Leadcapital Markets LTD to add or subtract the premium to or from Client 's account for any open transaction that have accrued a premium, in accordance with the applicable rate thereto, each day at the time of collection specified on the trading platform for each individual instrument, as applicable.
You have a right to cancel this Agreement within a period of fourteen days commencing on the date on which this Agreement is concluded or the date on which you receive this Agreement (whichever is later) (the "Cancellation Period"). Should you wish to cancel this Agreement within the Cancellation Period, you should send a notice in writing to the following address: Lead Capital Markets Limited, Treppides Tower, 9 Kafkasou Street, Aglantzia,5th Floor, CY 2112, Nicosia, Cyprus, or electronically to the following email address: info@leadcapitalmarkets.com. Cancelling this Agreement within the Cancellation Period will not cancel any Transaction entered into by you during the Cancellation Period. If you fail to cancel this Agreement within the Cancellation Period you will be bound by its terms but you may terminate this Agreement in accordance with clause 18 (Termination without Default).
LCM deals on an execution only basis and do not advise on the merits of particular Transactions, or their taxation consequences.
You assume all responsibility in relation to any investment strategy, transaction or investment, tax costs, and for any consequences brought by from any transaction that you perform and LCM shall not be held responsible nor you shall rely on the Company for the aforementioned.
Under Applicable Regulations, LCM is required to have arrangements in place to manage conflicts of interest between LCM and its Customers and between other Customers. In this respect, LCM will make all reasonable efforts to avoid conflicts of interest; when they cannot be avoided LCM shall ensure that you are treated fairly and at the highest level of integrity and that your interests are protected at all times.
You acknowledge and accept that you have read and accepted the Conflict of Interest Policy, which was provided to you during the registration process and is uploaded on LCM's official website.
When you register for the Services, LCM will ask you to provide certain identifying information, as part of the account opening procedure that will allow us to identify you and categorise you according to the "Client Classification Policy" of LCM.
You are requested to provide your bank account details prior to the opening of your trading account in order for LCM to be able to return any funds relating to your trading account.
Before you can place an order with LCM, you must read and accept this Agreement, including the risk disclosure statement, the trading policies and procedures as listed in clause 9 below, and all applicable addenda, you must deposit sufficient funds in your account and your customer registration form and all accompanying documents must be approved by LCM. Upon the approval of your registration, you will be notified by e-mail. LCM may, in its sole discretion, request that in addition to online acceptance of this Agreement, Customer must complete and submit any signed documents so required by LCM, including but not limited to this Agreement and risk disclosure statement.
You will be able to open your trading Account(s) in USD,EUR,GBP- or any currency that may be offered by LCM. Account(s) balances will be calculated and reported to you in the currency in which Account(s) are maintained.
1. Each joint Account holder will be jointly and severally liable for all obligations to LCM arising in respect of your joint trading Account.
7. Each of you will be given sole access to the funds initially deposited by you in your joint trading Account. Should you wish to withdraw these funds from your trading Account, you will be required to complete and sign a withdrawal form or an electronic withdrawal form, upon receipt of the completed withdrawal form you will be granted permission by LCM to withdraw funds up to the amount of available account balance, provided that the conditions for withdrawals stipulated in clause 9 are satisfied. LCM will credit the amount withdrawn in the same bank account, credit/debit card or other payment method from where it was originally debited.
8. In the case of withdrawal from joint trading accounts, if any of the account beneficiaries wishes to withdraw funds from the joint trading Account, you will be required to complete and sign a withdrawal form or an electronic withdrawal form, provided that the conditions for withdrawals stipulated in clause 9 are satisfied. Upon receipt of the completed withdrawal form you will be granted permission by LCM to withdraw any funds from the joint trading Account. LCM will credit the amount of funds withdrawn in the same bank account, credit/debit card or other payment method from where it was originally debited.
10. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company, a regulated Cyprus Investment Firm, is required to comply based on the Intergovernmental Agreement between Cyprus and the United States and has taken all reasonable steps to be considered in compliance with FATCA. The Client acknowledges and accepts that the Company, as an FFI, is required to disclose information in relation to any US reportable persons to the relevant authorities, as per the reporting requirements of FATCA. The Client may contact the Company for additional information and/or clarifications prior to the signing of this Agreement.
LCM offers a number of attractive reward features to new and existing clients, including bonuses and one time trading credits. These bonuses are limited time offers and the terms and conditions associated with any bonus reward are subject to change. You will be given the opportunity to accept or decline any bonus reward you are offered.
1. Your bonus is added to your account balance and you may use it to place trades on the platform.
2.1 At the end of Term or Period, the Client will only be eligible to withdraw the Bonus amount if the Client executes a minimum trading volume of $10,000 for every dollar Awarded by Leadcapital Markets Ltd.
In the event of trading loses, all losses will be borne by the original deposit and the remaining balance may be withdrawn.
3. Any improper or abusive trading, not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, will result in the bonus being revoked and may also result in your account being frozen and the commencement of an investigation.
Clients are prohibited from opening multiple accounts at Leadcapital Markets Ltd for the sole purpose of enjoying more than one Award. Duplicate accounts may be closed without notice. Leadcapital Markets Ltd will retain any Award rewarded to the Client, any earnings will be forfeited, and any amount deposited by the Client will be returned to the Client accordingly. The Client is not required to accept any Award offered by Leadcapital Markets Ltd; all Awards are optional. The Client may choose not to accept an Award. In these circumstances, the Client will not be bound to the terms relating to Awards. Should the Client mistakenly accept an Award, the Client must notify a member of our Client Support Team within 5 working days of mistakenly accepting the Award. In such circumstances, Leadcapital Markets Ltd will remove the Award from the Client's account and the Client shall not be held to the Award terms, however, all other terms and conditions shall continue to apply. The Client must not have placed more than 5 trades since mistakenly accepting the bonus in order for the Award to be removed from the Client's account.
4.1 Customers have 60 days ("timeframe"), from the date of receiving the Bonus, to meet the abovementioned Volume Conditions.
4.2 Upon Timeframe expiration the Account shall be adjusted to the deposits made by the Client to the Account.
4.3 Clients that receive a trading bonus have 7 calendar days to execute their first trade from the day the bonus was granted. In cases where the client has not traded within the first 7 days, the Company reserves the right to remove the bonus from the trading account and add it at later stage upon request upon (Please contact your account manager). The 60 days expiration period for the bonus counts from the first time the bonus was granted.
LeadCapital Markets Ltd offers a number of attractive reward features to new and existing clients, including cash bonuses and one time trading credits. These bonuses are limited time offers and the terms and conditions associated with any bonus reward are subject to change. You will be given the opportunity to accept or decline any bonus reward you are offered.
1.2 Please note that irrespective of section 1.1 the funds of your initial deposit(s) are used prior to the bonus and/or any other award. For example, if you have made a deposit of $200 and received a bonus of $50, upon placing trades the funds of your deposit will be used first. Therefore, if you lose $200, unless you have met the below trading requirements for being able to withdraw your bonus, there will be no funds eligible for withdrawal.
2.1 The bonus amount cannot be withdrawn until the minimum trading volume requirement, equivalent to 60 times the value of your bonus amount, has been met. For example, if you received a bonus of $500 you must generate total volume of $30,000 before being eligible to withdraw your bonus.
The life of the granted Bonus is 60 days (the "Term" and/or the "Period"). At the end of Term or Period, the Client will only be eligible to withdraw the Bonus amount if the Client executes a minimum trading volume of $10,000 for every dollar awarded by THE COMPANY. If the Client withdraws any funds before satisfying the required trading volume, the total Award will be deducted from the Client's account. For example, if the Client receives a $100 Bonus, the Client will need to have a minimum trading volume of $1,000,000 in order to withdraw the Award at the end of Term. From the date the Client receives the $100, the Client's trading volume will start counting towards the volume requirement the Client must satisfy in order to withdraw the Award.
You may give us instructions in electronic form through the Leadcapital Markets Ltd Online Trading System. If any instructions are received by us by telephone, computer or other medium we may ask you to confirm such instructions in writing. We shall be authorised to follow instructions notwithstanding your failure to confirm them in writing. In this Agreement "instructions" and "orders" have the same meaning.
a) Good till Cancelled ("GTC") - An order (other than a market order), that by its terms is effective until filled or cancelled by Client. GTC Orders are not automatically canceled at the end of the Business Day on which they are placed.
c) Market- An order to buy or sell the identified market at the current market price that Leadcapital Markets Ltd provides via the Online Trading System. An order to buy is executed at the current market ask price and an order to sell is executed at the current market bid price.
f) Trailing Stop - A trailing stop is the same as a stop loss order with the only difference being that, instead of setting a price at which the order is activated, the trailing stop order is activated at a fixed distance from the market price. For example, if Client has purchased a long open position and the market ask price increases, the trailing stop price will also increase and will trail behind the market ask price at the fixed distance set by Client. If the market ask price then decreases, the trailing stop price will remain fixed at its last position and if the market ask price reaches the trailing stop price, the order will be executed. Please note that because of market gapping, the best available price that may be achieved could be materially different to the price set on the trailing stop order and as such, trailing stop orders are not guaranteed to take effect at the fixed distance for which they are set.Following submission of an order, it is your sole responsibility to remain available for order and fill confirmations, and other communications regarding your Account until all open orders are completed. Thereafter, you must monitor your Account frequently when you have open positions in the Account.
Unless otherwise specified by LCM, all trades shall be made in United States Dollars (USD).
You can place an Order via LCM's Trading Platform. Once your instructions or Orders are received by LCM, they cannot be revoked, except with LCM's written consent which may be given at LCM's sole and absolute discretion. LCM shall have no liability for failure to execute orders. LCM shall have the right, but not the obligation, to reject any order in whole or in part prior to execution, or to cancel any order, where your Account contains funds that are insufficient to support the entire order or where such order is illegal or otherwise improper.
LCM may, in certain circumstances accept instructions, by telephone via LCM's Dealing Room, provided that LCM is satisfied, at its full discretion, of your identity and LCM is further also satisfied with the clarity of instructions. . In case of an Order received by LCM in any means other than through the Trading Platform, the Order will be transmitted by LCM to the Trading Platform and processed as if it was received through the Trading Platform. It is understood that an Order will not be affected.
In the event that LCM wishes to confirm in any manner any instructions and/or Orders and/or communications sent through the telephone, it reserves the right to do so. You accept that there is a risk of misinterpretation or mistakes in the instructions or Orders sent through the telephone, regardless of what caused them, including, among others, technical failures.
Orders may be cancelled via the LCM Online Trading System but we can only cancel your instructions if you explicitly request so, provided that we have not acted up to the time of your request upon those instructions. Executed instructions may only be withdrawn or amended by you with our consent. LCM shall have no liability for any claims, losses, damages, costs or expenses, including legal fees, arising directly or indirectly out of the failure of such order to be cancelled.
The position limits will be notified in advance to you either through LCM's website or trading platforms.
Clients must be aware that Forex transactions carry a high degree of risk. The amount of initial margin may be small relative to the value of the foreign currency so that transactions are 'leveraged' or 'geared'. A relatively small market movement may have a proportionately larger impact on the funds that the Client has deposited or will have to deposit. This may work against as well as for the client. Leadcapital Markets Ltd exclusively reserves the right to widen its variable spreads, adjust leverage, change its rollover rates and/or increase the margin requirements without notice under certain market conditions including, but not limited to, when the trading desk is closed, around fundamental announcements, as a result of changes in credit markets and/or at times of extreme market volatility. In such circumstances, the Client agrees to indemnify Leadcapital Markets Ltd for any and all losses that may occur due the widening of spreads and the adjustment of leverage.
At the end of each trading day, confirmations for all Transactions that we have executed on your behalf on that trading day will be available via your online Account on our website. It is your responsibility to notify LCM if any confirmations are incorrect. Confirmations shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on you, unless you place your objection in writing within 5 Business Days. You may request to receive the Account statement monthly or quarterly via email, by providing such a request to LCM, but LCM is not obliged to provide you with the paper Account statement. The Account statement may be provided at the expense of the client.
4. any instance where one or more transactions are judged by LCM to have been performed in violation of this Agreement.
6. when you deposit $3,000 or more or if you make over 10 separate deposits to your trading Accounts and LCM is unable to verify your credit or debit card details or is unable to verify any other payment method used.
Leadcapital Markets Ltd's objective is to provide the most efficient trading liquidity available in the form of streaming, tradable prices for most of the financial instruments we offer on the trading platform. As a result of the highly automated nature of the delivery of these streaming, tradable prices, you acknowledge and accept that price misquotations are likely to occur from time to time.
No employee and/or former employee who currently works or used to work on a full time or part time basis for Leadcapital Markets Ltd or any of its related entities shall, during the term of the employee and/or former employee's service to Leadcapital Markets Ltd or any of its related entities and after termination of service become a client of any brand of Leadcapital Markets Ltd (either directly or indirectly, alone or with partners, associates, affiliates or any other third party) without Leadcapital Markets Ltd's prior written approval. Should Leadcapital Markets Ltd consider that the employee and/or former employee is trading with any brand of Leadcapital Markets Ltd without the Leadcapital Markets Ltd's prior written approval personally and/or via a third party we shall consider all the trading to be abusive and/or improper trading. In such circumstances the employee and/or former employee's trading account(s) and all open positions shall be closed immediately and any funds held within the account shall be confiscated.No business associate or former business associate of Leadcapital Markets Ltd or any of its related entities shall, during the period of the agreement between the associate/former business associate and Leadcapital Markets Ltd and after termination of such agreement, become a client of any brand of Leadcapital Markets Ltd (either directly or indirectly, alone or with partners, associates, affiliates or any other third party) without Leadcapital Markets Ltd's prior written approval. Should Leadcapital Markets Ltd consider that the associate/former business associate is trading with any brand of Leadcapital Markets Ltd without Leadcapital Markets Ltd's prior written approval personally and/or via a third party we shall consider all the trading to be abusive and/or improper trading. In such circumstances the relevant associate/former business associate's trading account(s) and all open positions shall be closed immediately and any funds held within the account shall be confiscated.
In the event that the MetaTrader 5 client terminal is closed, trailing stop will not work. This happens as the trailing stop works on the client terminal side and in this respect, if the client terminal is closed, only the stop loss that was placed by trailing stop before the closing of the terminal can trigger.
Without prejudice and subject to the terms of this Agreement, all Applicable Regulations and all conditions attaching to any relevant payments made to you under a bonus or rebate scheme operated by us, you may withdraw funds from your Account provided that such funds are not being utilised for margin purposes or have otherwise become owed to us. Once your withdrawal request is approved, your withdrawal request will be processed by us and sent to the same bank, credit card or other source for execution as soon as possible. (Note: Some banks and credit card companies may take time to process payments especially in currencies where a correspondent bank is involved in the transaction). The funds will be returned to the bank account/credit card/other source from which the funds were debited. You are fully responsible for the payment details that you provided to LCM and LCM accepts no responsibility if you have provided false or inaccurate bank details. Further, withdrawals bare third party charges which may vary in accordance with the terms and conditions of the third parties. These charges may be verified upon request.
LCM reserves the right to decline a withdrawal request if the request is not in accordance with certain conditions mentioned in this Agreement or delay the processing of the request if not satisfied on full documentation provided.
LCM will endeavor to process your withdrawal requests promptly, however the time needed for the requested funds to be processed and appear in your account will depend upon the method used for depositing the funds.
Payments on Stock Splits, Reverse Stock Splits, Stock Dividends and other Stock related events can have an impact on the share price and thus on the price of an equity based CFD. A person who holds a CFD position has no ownership of the underlying instrument. However, when a client holds a long CFD position, Leadcapital Markets Ltd shall pay the equivalent of the dividend to that client and deduct the equivalent from any client holding a short CFD position. This shall be done on or shortly after the ex-dividend date as that is when the economic effect is felt on the underlying share price.
If you wish to keep using your MT4 Trading Account or restore it in the future, please contact us at info@leadcapitalmarkets.com.
Accounts, the Customer must contact LCM's Customer Support Department and inform them of the Customer's wish to reactivate the Dormant Account. The Customer's Dormant Account will then be reactivated (subject to, if required, up-to-date Know Your Customer documentation provided to LCM by Customer) and become an Active Account.
Once you have gone through the security procedures associated with an Electronic Service provided by us, you will get access to LCM's website and/or trading platforms, unless agreed otherwise or stated on our website in order to place orders for any Financial Instrument available from LCM and entering into Transactions with LCM. Further, you will be able to trade on the LCM's Trading Platforms with and through LCM with the use of a personal computer, smartphone or any other similar device that is connected to the internet. In this respect, you understand that LCM can, at its absolute discretion, terminate your access to LCM's systems in order to protect both the Company's and your interests and to ensure the systems' effectiveness and efficiency.
All references to LCM's hours of trading are in Greenwich Mean Time ("GMT") using 24-hour format. Our Electronic Services will normally be available continuously from 21:00 GMT Sunday until 21:00 GMT Friday (winter time), every week, excluding public holidays where the Binary Options and Forex market does not operate and cases where the market is closed due to illiquidity in the financial instruments. Please consult our website for more details on operating times for each financial instrument. We reserve the right to suspend or modify the operating hours on our own discretion and on such event our website will be updated without delay in order to inform you accordingly. In this respect the operating hours, as indicated on the websites operated by our company and to which you have trading rights are the applicable. We may change our security procedures at any time and we will inform you of any new procedures that apply to you as soon as possible.
In regards to binary options, to enter an online order, you must access the trading platform, then click on "CALL/PUT" for the relevant asset you choose, choosing the expiry time/method. The order is filled shortly after you hit the APPLY button provided you have sufficient funds in your Account. Orders may fail for several reasons including– unanticipated technical difficulties.
We treat funds received from you or held by us on your behalf in accordance with the requirements of the relevant regulations. In particular, funds belonging to you that will be used for trading purposes will be kept in an account with any bank or financial institution used to accept funds which LCM will specify from time to time and will be held in LCM's name.
By accepting this Agreement, you authorize LCM to make any necessary reconciliation transfers in order for the bank account balance to match the trading account balance, including, without prejudice to the generality of the above, withdrawals for the settlement of all transactions undertaken under the Agreement and all amounts which are payable by or on behalf of the Customer to LCM or any other person.
It is understood that any amount payable by LCM to you, shall be paid directly to you to a bank account the beneficial owner of which is you. Fund transfer requests are processed by LCM within the time period specified on LCM's official website and the time needed for crediting into your personal account will depend on your bank account provider.
You agree that any amounts sent by you in the LCM's bank accounts, will be deposited to your trading account at the value date of the payment received and net of any charges/fees charged by the bank account providers or any other intermediary involved in such transaction process. In order for LCM to accept any deposits by you, the identification of the sender must by verified and ensure that the person depositing the funds is you. If these conditions are not met, LCM reserves the right to refund the net amount deposited via the method used by the depositor.
We will endeavor to hold client funds on your behalf within Cyprus and the European Union, however we may also hold your funds in a bank established outside the European Union. The legal and regulatory regime applying to any such bank or person might be different from the legal and regulatory regime in Cyprus and the European Union and in the event of the insolvency or any other analogous proceedings in relation to that bank or person, your funds may be treated differently from the treatment which would apply if the funds was held with a bank in an account in Cyprus and the European Union. We will not be liable for the insolvency, acts or omissions of any third party referred to in this clause.
That in the event that LCM has such proofs that are adequate to indicate that certain amounts received by you are proceeds from illegal acts or products of any criminal activity and/or belonging to a third party, LCM reserves the right to refund these amounts to the sender, either this being you or a beneficial owner of a legal entity. Furthermore, you also agree and understand that LCM may reverse any Transactions performed in your Trading Account and may terminate this agreement. LCM at the discretion of its compliance officer may report any suspicious transactions to the relevant authorities. LCM reserves the right to take any legal action against you to cover and indemnify itself upon such an event and may claim any damages caused to LCM by you as a result of such an event.
2. LCM shall apply best execution rules in cases where you have not provided LCM with specific instructions regarding the closing of your positions.
It shall be noted that LCM and any entity related to LCM, will perform Transactions in good faith and with proper due diligence but neither we nor our directors, officers, employees, or agents shall be liable for any losses, damages, costs or expenses, whether arising out of negligence, breach of contract, misrepresentation or otherwise, incurred or suffered by you under this Agreement (including any Transaction or where we have declined to enter into a proposed Transaction) unless such loss is a reasonably foreseeable consequence or arises directly from our or their respective gross negligence, willful default or fraud. In no circumstance, shall we have liability for losses suffered by you or any third party for any special or consequential damage, loss of profits, loss of goodwill or loss of business opportunity arising under or in connection with this Agreement, whether arising out of negligence, breach of contract, misrepresentation or otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement will limit our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.
LCM will not be held liable for any lost opportunities by you that have resulted in either losses or reduction (or increase) in the value of your Financial Instruments.
The levels we present on our site are the ones LCM is willing to sell options at, they are not the real time market levels.
the assets offered by LCM and the way the Transactions' expiration rates of indexes, stocks, currencies and commodities which are offered by LCM are calculated may change from time to time at LCM's sole discretion. Customer undertakes to continuously ensure customer is updated on the assets and the manner of aforesaid calculation.
LCM makes every effort to ensure that the Banks and institutions to which your funds and/or Financial Instruments are deposited are of good standing and reputation. However, LCM shall not be held liable in the event of a loss resulting from deterioration of the financial standing of a bank or institution, or for an event such as a liquidation, receivership or any other event that causes the Bank or institution of a failure and therefore leads to a loss of all or part of the funds deposited.
You further acknowledge that you are responsible for reviewing the expiration dates for the binary options, which are located on the Company's official website.
We participate in the Investor Compensation Fund for clients of Investment Firms regulated in the Republic of Cyprus. LCM being a member of the Investors Compensation Fund (the "Fund") provides you with the security of receiving compensation from the Fund, for any claims arising from the malfunction on behalf of the LCM or if LCM fails to fulfil its obligations regardless of whether that obligation arises from a breach of applicable law or regulations, the Agreement or from any wrongdoing of LCM. By accepting the Agreement you have read, understood and accepted the information under the title "Investor Compensation Fund" as this information Is loaded on LCM's main website and is available for all Customers.
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Cita Resort is located at the far end of the main beach on Koh Rong Samloem (Saracen Bay). This beach is perfect for people who want to enjoy the spectacular views in a quiet relaxed environment. Our review team has visited this resort and rate it 4 / 5 – It is a Good place to stay if you want to see the beautiful beach at Saracen Bay. In peak season, demand for all resorts is high, so please book your resort early if you are interested.
Cita Resort is priced in the 'mid-range' category. It is a 15-20 minute beach-walk from the main piers on Saracen Bay (heading left off the main pier). The rooms are basic but clean and well kept. As with most resorts on the island, there is no Air-Conditioning available, but each room comes with a fan. Mosquito nets, towels, and linen are also provided. The shower and toilet are open-air, though privacy is maintained. There is currently no Wi-Fi at the resort, but Sol Beach Resort and The One are 10 minutes away. The restaurant is of a good standard and the menu offers a variety of foods, with an Italian-Cuisine speciality. For information on how to get from Sihanoukville to Saracen Bay on Koh Rong Samloem, visit Sihanoukville to Koh Rong Samloem. To help you plan your trip, see also: Koh Rong Beach Guide, Koh Rong Hotel Guide, and Koh Rong Weather.


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Q: A Manifold for which $\chi^{\infty}(M)$ is rich Is there a manifold $M$ for which $\chi^{\infty} (M)$, the lie algebra of smooth vector fields on $M$ contains all finite dimensional Lie algebras(Up to isomorphism)?
A weaker question:
Is there a manifold $M$ such that for every $n>0$, $\chi^{\infty} (M)$ contains an n dimensional Lie subalgebra?

A: The answers to your questions are 'no' and 'yes'.
In the first place, there is no finite dimensional manifold whose Lie algebra of vector fields contains all of the Lie algebras ${\frak{sl}}(n,\mathbb{R})$ for all $n\ge 2$.
In fact, ${\frak{sl}}(n{+}2,\mathbb{R})$ cannot occur as a Lie algebra of vector fields on any $n$-manifold. The reason is that this Lie algebra does not have any nontrivial subalgebras of codimension less than $n{+}1$. If $\frak{g}$ were a subalgebra of the vector fields on $M^n$, then, for any $x\in M$, the subalgebra ${\frak{g}}_x$ consisting of the elements of $\frak{g}$ that vanish at $x$ would have codimension at most $n$ and hence would have to satisfy ${\frak{g}}_x={\frak{g}}$, i.e., all of the vector fields in ${\frak{g}}$ would have to vanish at all of the points of $M$, which is absurd.
In the second place, $M = \mathbb{R}^2$ has the property that there is a Lie subalgebra of dimension $n$ of the vector fields on $M$ for every $n\ge0$.
Technically, you can have Lie subalgebras of the vector fields on $\mathbb{R}^1$ of arbitrarily high dimension:  Just let $X_k$ be any vector field on $\mathbb{R}^1$ with compact support contained in the interval $[k,k{+}1]$.  Then the $X_k$ all Lie-commute and the algebra that they generate contains the $n$-dimensional (abelian) subalgebra spanned by $X_1,\ldots, X_n$.
However, this is kind of a cheating example since, at any one point, you  can only 'see' a $1$-dimensional subalgebra.  What you'd really like is an example in which the entire algebra injects into the vector fields on any open subset when you restrict to that open subset.  With that extra assumption, you can't have finite dimensional Lie algebras of arbitrarily high dimension acting on $\mathbb{R}^1$; you have to go to dimension $2$ at least.
In dimension $2$, you can have arbitrarily high dimensional Lie subalgebras of, say the torus:  Let $x$ and $y$ be  $2\pi$-periodic coordinates on the torus, and consider the vector fields
$$
X = \frac{\partial\ }{\partial x}
\qquad\text{and}\qquad
Y_k = \cos kx\ \frac{\partial\ }{\partial y}
\qquad\text{and}\qquad
Z_k = \sin kx\ \frac{\partial\ }{\partial y}.
$$
Then, for any $n$, the vector fields $X,Y_0,\ldots,Y_n,Z_0,\ldots,Z_n$ form a (solvable) Lie algebra of vector fields on the torus.  Moreover, they are the infinitesimal generators of a transitive Lie group action on the torus.

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Automation helps to get rid of repetitive task and allows you to do things even when you are not present. You are able to react to changing conditions when they occur and make sure systems stay up when the cost of failure is high. This could include non-critical system failures that could lead to cascading failures in critical systems. It also avoids interruptions of higher priority tasks when the workforce is limited.
Start with limited straightforward use cases and work outward. Applying the Pareto Principle 80% of your results come from 20% of your work. If you can automate 20% of your work make that 20% count. Finally Murphy's Law, anything that can go wrong will go wrong. This is especially important when you do a thing many times. Appropriate handling of errors must be in the plan or your automation can end up creating work rather than removing it.
Given the cost to automate how long does it take to break even? Given the cost of doing the task manually? Don't forget to include maintenance costs for the new solution in you calculation. Also don't forget the opportunity costs of having to do the task in a non-automated manner. This is the easiest methodology to use when trying to sell automation to management.
Doing a task manually not only costs in terms of the time and money to make it but also in terms of the time and money that could go to other profitable tasks. There is also a cost in doing repetitive things in that you get complacent with repetition over time. This argument for automation is harder to sell to management but can often be effective in determining what you should automate for your own tasks.
Sometimes a task is managable at the current level but you know that you'll be doing a lot more of the same task. If the task has to be managed manually how does a team of people scale in regards to dealing with the task versus how does a set of machines scale? This approach deals more with the organizational difficulties of scaling a task as opposed to the direct cost to the business. It is an argument for the long term and can work better than cost vs benefit when exact numbers are not accessible.
Even if a business case can't be made in terms of actual costs or risks of manually doing a task human factors come into play. People doing tasks repeatedly tend to get bored. This increases turnover which is a cost but hard to tie directly to the cost of the task. Sometimes the human costs of the repetitive task make it worthwhile to automate. Harder to sell to larger businesses this argument can be tremendously motivating for small business or personal side projects.
The FBI issued a warning recently about this inocuous looking generic charger that records keystrokes from wireless keyboards. The keystrokes are relayed via KeySweeper to the operator over the internet or stored on a flash chip. The effective range is similar to any bluetooth gadget but could be extended with an amplifier. Web tools evel allow live viewing of keystrokes and it works when the charger is unplugged.
Along the same lines as automation is a core principle that comes before automating which is batching or doing a lot of similar tasks at once. Many developers will keep their email client open all day and attend to tasks as they come in vs doing a bunch of similar tasks at the same time. It is easier to do a group of the same task in a row as opposed to switching between tasks. You increase your efficiency by breaking tasks into batches even if you are not automating them.


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Q: Running @gen.coroutine synchronous in Tornado and Flask I've got a problem with asynchronous connection in Tornado. I'd like to make proxy that get page body by accessing Flask endpoint (/async/...). Then it should asynchronously get content of that page. But how can I do it? There is a snippet that I've already written. It prints response.body well but how can I return it in proxyAsync to display it on webpage?
@gen.coroutine
def fetch_coroutine(url):
    http_client = AsyncHTTPClient()
    response = yield http_client.fetch(url)
    print('------------------')
    print(response.body)
    print('------------------')
    raise gen.Return(response.body)

@proxy_service.route('/async/<path:url>', methods=methodsHTTP)
def proxyAsync(url):
    # Send request
    response = fetch_coroutine(url)

    return jsonify({})

A: @gen.coroutine returns a gen.Future instance. This needs to be handled. Otherwise the tornado http_client fetch won't be completed by anything.
You should be able to make this snippet work by doing something like:
from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
def proxyAsync(url):
    response = IOLoop.current().run_sync(fetch_coroutine(url))
    # I presume you wanted to return the response.
    return jsonify(response)

You're not going to get any benefit from the asynchronous http_fetch anyway, because your app is based on Flask.
Is there a specific reason you want to use Flask and Tornado? Tornado's web framework is easy enough to use, and then your asynchronous http_fetch would sit nicely with the main application's IOLoop.


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As with the Papyrus redesign, some of the logos look better than others. Best Buy and GM don't look that different, but GE and Lego are totally off. The other logos fall somewhere in the middle. Overall, the Algerian logos work better than the Papyrus logos I made last week, and Algerian is still leaps and bounds better than Comic Sans. But that doesn't mean that Algerian isn't overused. It is. And because of its distinctive letter "A" and its built-in shadowing, it sticks out like a sore thumb to anybody who knows their fonts. There are of good fonts out there that aren't overused. If you're starting a new business and want a wordmark logo, I suggest you steer clear of Algerian.
Are there any fonts out there that you really hate? What bad font would be good for redesigning logos? Let me know in the comment section.
These logos hurt to look at.
the good year logo it's fine.
the ikea logo I think.
The Subway logo I think.
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Daily Facial Moisturizer Spf 15 (Discontinued)
Facial moisturizer with broad spectrum sunscreen SPF 15.
Uploaded by: yalese on 03/13/2018
Ingredients overview
Active Ingredients: Avobenzone (3%)*, Octocrylene (10%)*
Inactive Ingredients: Water, Diisopropyl Adipate, Cyclomethicone, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate, Polymethyl Methacrylate,
Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Carbomer 940, Disodium Edta, Triethanolamine
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Fragrance and Essential Oil Free
Antioxidant: Tocopheryl Acetate
Skin-identical ingredient: Glycerin
Sunscreen: Avobenzone (3%)*, Octocrylene (10%)*
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Buffering: Triethanolamine
Chelating: Disodium Edta
Emollient: Diisopropyl Adipate, Cyclomethicone, Glyceryl Stearate
Emulsifying: Glyceryl Stearate, Peg-100 Stearate
Moisturizer/humectant: Glycerin
Perfuming: Benzyl Alcohol
Preservative: Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol
Solvent: Water, Diisopropyl Adipate, Benzyl Alcohol
Surfactant/cleansing: Peg-100 Stearate
Viscosity controlling: Benzyl Alcohol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Carbomer 940
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Avobenzone (3%)* sunscreen goodie
Octocrylene (10%)* sunscreen
Water solvent
Diisopropyl Adipate emollient, solvent 0, 0
Cyclomethicone emollient 0, 0
Glycerin skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant 0, 0 superstar
Glyceryl Stearate emollient, emulsifying 0, 1-2
Peg-100 Stearate surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying 0, 0
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Phenoxyethanol preservative
Benzyl Alcohol preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer viscosity controlling
Tocopheryl Acetate antioxidant 0, 0
Carbomer 940 viscosity controlling 0, 1
Disodium Edta chelating
Triethanolamine buffering 0, 2
Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer Spf 15
Ingredients explained
Avobenzone (3%)* - goodie
Also-called: Avobenzone;Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane | What-it-does: sunscreen
The famous Avobenzone. It is a special snowflake as it is the only globally available chemical sunscreen agent that provides proper UVA protection (in the US, new generation sunscreen agents are not approved because of impossible FDA regulations). It is the global gold standard of UVA protection and is the most used UVA sunscreen in the world.
It gives very good protection across the whole UVA range (310-400 nm that is both UVA1 and UVA2) with a peak protection at 360 nm. The problem with it, though, is that it is not photostable and degrades in the sunlight. Wikipedia says that avobenzone loses 36% of its UV-absorption capacity after just one hour of sunlight (yep, this is one of the reasons why sunscreens have to be reapplied after a few hours).
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The cosmetic's industry is trying to solve the problem by combining avobenzone with other UV filters that enhance its stability (like octocrylene, Tinosorb S or Ensulizole) or by encapsulating it and while both solutions help, neither is perfect. Interestingly, the combination of avobenzone with mineral sunscreens (that is titanium dioxide and zinc oxide) is not a good idea. In the US, it is flat out prohibited as avobenzone becomes unstable when combined with mineral sunscreens.
As for safety, avobenzone has a pretty good safety profile. It counts as non-irritating, and unlike some other chemical sunscreens, it shows no estrogenic effect. The maximum concentration of avobenzone permitted is 5% in the EU and 3% in the US.
Octocrylene (10%)*
What-it-does: sunscreen
An oil-soluble chemical sunscreen agent that protects skin in the UVB and somewhat in the UVA II range with a peak absorption of 304 nm. Its protection is not strong enough on its own but it is quite photostable (loses 10% of SPF protection in 95 mins) and is often used to stabilize other photo-unstable UV-filters, for example, Avobenzone. It is also often used to improve the water resistance of the products.
Octocrylene's safety profile is generally quite good, though a review study in Contact Dermatitis reports an "increasing number of patients with photo contact allergy to octocrylene." Mainly adults with ketoprofen-sensitivity and children with sensitive skin are affected, so if you have a small kid, it is probably better to use octocrylene-free sunscreens.
Also-called: Aqua | What-it-does: solvent
Good old water, aka H2O. The most common skincare ingredient of all. You can usually find it right in the very first spot of the ingredient list, meaning it's the biggest thing out of all the stuff that makes up the product.
It's mainly a solvent for ingredients that do not like to dissolve in oils but rather in water.
Once inside the skin, it hydrates, but not from the outside - putting pure water on the skin (hello long baths!) is drying.
One more thing: the water used in cosmetics is purified and deionized (it means that almost all of the mineral ions inside it is removed). Like this, the products can stay more stable over time.
Diisopropyl Adipate
What-it-does: emollient, solvent | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
A water light oily liquid (aka ester) that has a light skin feeling and is often used to reduce tackiness and lighten the feel of heavier emollients. It's popular in sunscreens to "lighten up" oil soluble chemical UV filters.
What-it-does: emollient | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
Cyclomethicone is not one type of silicone, but a whole mixture of them: it's a mix of specific chain length (4 to 7) cyclic structured silicone molecules. (There seems to be a confusion on the internet whether Cyclomethicone and Cyclopentasiloxane are the same. They are not the same, but Cyclopentasiloxane is part of the mixture that makes up Cyclomethicone).
All the silicones in the Cyclomethicone mixture are volatile, meaning they evaporate from the skin or hair rather than stay on it. This means that Cyclomethicone has a light skin feel with none-to-minimal after-feel. It also makes the formulas easy to spread and has nice emollient properties.
Glycerin - superstar
Also-called: Glycerol | What-it-does: skin-identical ingredient, moisturizer/humectant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
A natural moisturizer that's also in our skin
A super common, safe, effective and cheap molecule used for more than 50 years
Not only a simple moisturizer but knows much more: keeps the skin lipids between our skin cells in a healthy (liquid crystal) state, protects against irritation, helps to restore barrier
Effective from as low as 3% with even more benefits for dry skin at higher concentrations up to 20-40%
High-glycerin moisturizers are awesome for treating severely dry skin
Read all the geeky details about Glycerin here >>
What-it-does: emollient, emulsifying | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1-2
A super common, waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together, gives body to creams and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth.
Chemically speaking, it is the attachment of a glycerin molecule to the fatty acid called stearic acid. It can be produced from most vegetable oils (in oils three fatty acid molecules are attached to glycerin instead of just one like here) in a pretty simple, "green" process that is similar to soap making. It's readily biodegradable.
It also occurs naturally in our body and is used as a food additive. As cosmetic chemist Colins writes it, "its safety really is beyond any doubt".
What-it-does: surfactant/cleansing, emulsifying | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
A very common water-loving surfactant and emulsifier that helps to keep water and oil mixed nicely together.
It's often paired with glyceryl stearate - the two together form a super effective emulsifier duo that's salt and acid tolerant and works over a wide pH range. It also gives a "pleasing product aesthetics", so no wonder it's popular.
A so-called polymer microsphere, i.e. little spherical shaped particles from repeated subunits. Similar to other microsphere powders, it can scatter the light to give products a soft focus or blurring effect. It also works as a texture enhancer giving formulas an exceptional smoothness and a velvet touch.
What-it-does: preservative
It's pretty much the current IT-preservative. It's safe and gentle, but even more importantly, it's not a feared-by-everyone-mostly-without-scientific-reason paraben.
It's not something new: it was introduced around 1950 and today it can be used up to 1% worldwide. It can be found in nature - in green tea - but the version used in cosmetics is synthetic.
Other than having a good safety profile and being quite gentle to the skin it has some other advantages too. It can be used in many types of formulations as it has great thermal stability (can be heated up to 85°C) and works on a wide range of pH levels (ph 3-10).
It's often used together with ethylhexylglycerin as it nicely improves the preservative activity of phenoxyethanol.
What-it-does: preservative, perfuming, solvent, viscosity controlling
It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. It can be naturally found in fruits and teas but can also be made synthetically.
No matter the origin, in small amounts (up to 1%) it's a nice, gentle preservative. Has to be combined with some other nice preservatives, like potassium sorbate to be broad spectrum enough.
In high amounts, it can be a skin irritant, but don't worry, it's never used in high amounts.
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
What-it-does: viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising
Though its long name does not reveal it, this polymer molecule (big molecule from repeated subunits or monomers) is a relative to the super common, water-loving thickener, Carbomer. Both of them are big molecules that contain acrylic acid units, but Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer also contains some other monomers that are hydrophobic, i.e. water-hating.
This means that our molecule is part water- and part oil-loving, so it not only works as a thickener but also as an emulsion stabilizer. It is very common in gel-type formulas that also contain an oil-phase as well as in cleansers as it also works with most cleansing agents (unlike a lot of other thickeners).
Also-called: Vitamin E Acetate | What-it-does: antioxidant | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 0
It's the most commonly used version of pure vitamin E in cosmetics. You can read all about the pure form here. This one is the so-called esterified version.
According to famous dermatologist, Leslie Baumann while tocopheryl acetate is more stable and has a longer shelf life, it's also more poorly absorbed by the skin and may not have the same awesome photoprotective effects as pure Vit E.
What-it-does: viscosity controlling, emulsion stabilising | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 1
A big molecule created from repeated subunits (a polymer of acrylic acid) that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. It usually has to be neutralized with a base (such as sodium hydroxide) for the thickening to occur and it creates viscous, clear gels that also feel nice and non-tacky on the skin. No wonder, it is a very popular and common ingredient. Typically used at 1% or less in most formulations.
What-it-does: chelating
Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes.
It is typically used in tiny amounts, around 0.1% or less.
Triethanolamine
What-it-does: buffering | Irritancy: 0 | Comedogenicity: 2
It's a little helper ingredient that helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be just right. It's very alkaline (you know the opposite of being very acidic): a 1% solution has a pH of around 10.
It does not have the very best safety reputation but in general, you do not have to worry about it.
What is true is that if a product contains so-called N-nitrogenating agents (e.g.: preservatives like 2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol, 5-Bromo-5-Nitro- 1,3-Dioxane or sodium nitrate - so look out for things with nitro, nitra in the name) that together with TEA can form some not nice carcinogenic stuff (that is called nitrosamines). But with proper formulation that does not happen, TEA in itself is not a bad guy.
But let's assume a bad combination of ingredients were used and the nitrosamines formed. :( Even in that case you are probably fine because as far as we know it cannot penetrate the skin.
But to be on the safe side, if you see Triethanolamine in an INCI and also something with nitra, nitro in the name of it just skip the product, that cannot hurt.
You may also want to take a look at...
what‑it‑does sunscreen
Avobenzone - the only globally available chemical sunscreen that gives proper UVA protection. It is not photostable so has to be combined with ingredients that help to stabilize it. [more]
An oil-soluble chemical sunscreen agent that protects skin in the UVB and somewhat in the UVA II range with a peak absorption of 304 nm. [more]
what‑it‑does solvent
Normal (well kind of - it's purified and deionized) water. Usually the main solvent in cosmetic products. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | solvent
irritancy, com. 0, 0
A water white oily liquid (aka ester) that has a light skin feeling and is often used to reduce tackiness and lighten the feel of heavier emollients
what‑it‑does emollient
A mixture of 4 to 7 chain length cyclic silicones. It's a light, volatile ingredient that gives skin or hair a smooth feel and has emollient properties. [more]
what‑it‑does skin-identical ingredient | moisturizer/humectant
A real oldie but a goodie. Great natural moisturizer and skin-identical ingredient that plays an important role in skin hydration and general skin health. [more]
what‑it‑does emollient | emulsifying
irritancy, com. 0, 1-2
Waxy, white, solid stuff that helps water and oil to mix together and leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth. [more]
what‑it‑does surfactant/cleansing | emulsifying
A commonly used water-soluble surfactant and emulsifier. [more]
A microsphere powder that can scatter the light to give products a soft focus effect. It also works as a texture enhancer giving formulas an exceptional smoothness and a velvet touch. [more]
what‑it‑does preservative
Pretty much the current IT-preservative. It's safe and gentle, and can be used up to 1% worldwide. [more]
what‑it‑does preservative | perfuming | solvent | viscosity controlling
It's one of those things that help your cosmetics not to go wrong too soon, aka a preservative. It can be naturally found in fruits and teas but can also be made synthetically. No matter the origin, in small amounts (up to 1%) it's a nice, gentle preservative. [more]
what‑it‑does viscosity controlling
A common helper ingredient that stabilizes emulsions and helps to thicken up products. [more]
what‑it‑does antioxidant
A form of vitamin E that works as an antioxidant. Compared to the pure form it's more stable, has longer shelf life, but it's also more poorly absorbed by the skin. [more]
A handy white powder that magically converts a liquid into a nice gel formula. [more]
what‑it‑does chelating
Super common little helper ingredient that helps products to remain nice and stable for a longer time. It does so by neutralizing the metal ions in the formula (that usually get into there from water) that would otherwise cause some not so nice changes. [more]
what‑it‑does buffering
Helps to set the pH of a cosmetic formulation to be right. It's very alkaline. [more]
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter: Milla Jovovich
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter:
Alice returns to the part where her nightmare began where the umbrella corporation is gathering its forces. Resident Evil: The final Chapter is directed and written by Paul Anderson which is a series of 2016 science fiction horror action film. Resident evil final chapter is a sequel to the Resident Evil: Retribution which is released in 2012 and now Resident Evil Final Chapter is the sixth and the final series of the Resident Evil Series and this January is the end of everything where it began, and it goes back to where it began.
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Resident Evil final chapter starring Milla Jovovich, li Larter, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Rose, Eoin Macken, William Levy, Lee Joon gi and Iain Glen. This series is about the betral and cheated by the Albert who gathers the forces of Umbrella corporation into the final strike against the apocalypse survivors.
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The Initial Release of the Resident Evil movie was on the December 23rd 2016 which is released in Japan and gained a huge success and appreciation for the Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Later, its released in United States in 2D , 3D and in IMAX 3D. This movie has grossed over $80 million worldwide and it received a mixed review and although this series is considered to be the enhancements from the previous series.
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After watching trailer you will expect more to come in this movie as it is the final chapter of Resident Evil series and almost all the dead from the previous movie are likely to be seen doing actions and killing the undead zombies and making everything right in the final chapter.
All the audiences are expecting a new series of game to be released for the Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
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So AF isn't due for another 2 days...I got my BFP about 36 hours ago. Then took another one about 16 hours later and now want to take another about 12 hours since the last one. I'm well aware that hcg doubles every 48 hours (I work in a hospital lab and do urine and blood hcgs on women all the time). But for us crazy ladies who need the reassurance... how often have you been testing? My BFP was very faint btw, so I like to watch and see it come up faster and get darker. Hoping I'm not too obsessive!
What is AF? I plan to test once a week until my 8 week appointment. 3 more weeks to go!
aunt flow :) or period. I'm still early...3w5d technically. Hence why I'm testing so much! Sounds like you're a week or so farther along so you probably have a much stronger BFP!
I tested 5 times from sat - Mon. the first 3 were sooooo faint my husband thought I was seeing things and didn't believe it! after that I went and bought one of the digital tests and there we go BFP "pregnant" in black and white. I was obsessed and still am! I'm so paranoid that it might not be real. the 5th one was also digital giving a date of 1-2 (3-4 weeks) we've only been trying 1 month so it couldn't be more than that.
maybe try a digital one, that was the one that we could both finally believe it was true!
I've spent well over 100 bucks on test. 😂 I wasn't trying to get pregnant. My daughter was almost 7 weeks old and I hadn't started my period. With my first two it came by that point. So on sat I took a test. Very faint. Couldn't tell if it were indent or not. Tested again Sunday. Nothing. Monday.. nothing. But I "felt" pregnant again. On tues I got what was unmistakable pos. Then tested 2 more times that day. Had blood woke don't wed. Had it rechecked that Friday ( it went from 11 to 56) five times as high. Then a week later, tested 3 more times. Now the test line in darker than the control. It shows up for the control line does. Wish I knew how far along I am.
I am also due March 10th!
I have tested every day with internet cheapies since 9dpo, and use the FRER every other day to see progression. If it makes you feel better, I say test! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
I've been testing daily, sometimes twice daily, since July 3rd. My first 4 tests I used the digital ones, now I've been buying cheap ones. I haven't had a baby in 9 years. 7 years ago we had 3 miscarriages and I cannot fathom going through that again. I've been terrified since I found out and my doctor appt isnt until 07/27. do whatever makes you feel comfortable!!!
Once my period was due/passed it. I've taken a digital on the day AF was due (7/5) again to double check on 7/8 and then I've been spotting a bit the last 2 days so I took a cheapy this afternoon to make sure my line wasn't faint. Thankfully it came up right away and was as dark as the control before the 3 min was up. Phew!!
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While India vs England test series is about to begin, Indian team is playing a warm-up match against Essex team for 3 days starting today. Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat first. Shikar Dhawan and Murali Vijay were sent to open the innings while Dhawan was sent back at the same speed of entry by Matt Coles and the next batsman Pujara also got out to the same bowler in the next over.
It was really a shocking start for India to start the warm-up match against the county team. Ajinkya Rahane and Vijay are currently batting in the crease to save India from the disastrous start. Virat Kohli who usually comes in the top order seems to be testing other batsmen by sending them earlier. It's a testing series for Kohli since bilateral series in England is a challenging game for any country.
It is to be noted that Jasprit Bumrah is added in the playing squad today. With batsmen KL Rahul, Kohli, Pandya, Jadeja yet to bat and having experienced seamers in the team we have to wait and see whether India would take things under control under Kohli's captaincy.


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Forecast: 49ers will host Cardinals in unhealthy air quality, but smoke 'unpredictable'
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Eric Branch Sep. 13, 2020 Updated: Sep. 13, 2020 6:42 a.m.
The Bay Bridge and San Francisco skyline are barely visible through the hazy smoke filled air fromTreasure Island, San Francisco on Friday, September 11, 2020. San Francisco continues to experience dangerous air quality due to the wildfires.
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The 49ers are expected to host the Arizona Cardinals in their season opener Sunday at Levi's Stadium in unhealthy air quality that falls below the NFL's threshold to consider canceling a game.
Spokesperson Kristine Roselius of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said Saturday the air quality index in Santa Clara on Sunday is projected to fall between 151 and 200, which is classified as "unhealthy for all groups." Roselius noted Sunday's AQI could change because "wildfire smoke is very unpredictable."
The AQI in Santa Clara at 6 a.m. Sunday was 171, according to airnow.gov.
The league would consider calling off a game if there is "definitive evidence" the AQI will remain above 200 at the stadium for a significant period of time on game day. NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said Saturday the game remains on schedule and the league will continue to monitor conditions.
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Running back Tevin Coleman didn't practice Friday because the AQI was in the unhealthy range and head coach Kyle Shanahan said Coleman will have to make a choice about playing if the air quality index is at 150 or above Sunday.
Coleman has the sickle cell trait and is particularly sensitive to air pollution and low oxygen levels.
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Poetry Out Loud Winners
You're invited to join other high schools in Pennsylvania and across the country for Poetry Out Loud, the annual national recitation contest for students.
Poetry Out Loud (POL) is a completely free program that encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. It is presented through the partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
The ArtsPath POL region comprises five counties—Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson—and the DuBois Area School District.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's POL competition to determine a national champion will be 100 percent virtual and accomplished through state champion video submissions. All contests occurring prior to the national competition—classroom, school, regional, and state—have various options available to them, to include:
In-Person: While POL strongly urges all competition organizers to hold a virtual competition, if an in-person competition is selected, please follow all federal, state, and local guidelines in regard to slowing the spread of COVID-19.
Video Submission: Students record their recitations and submit electronically by their competition organizers approved method (email, various file-sharing platforms, etc.).
Recording One-on-One: Students meet with the organizer individually through a video platform (such as Zoom or Skype) for their recitation to be recorded. The organizer then sends the recordings to the interpretation judges for critique and scoring.
Live Contest on Video Platform: Much like a Zoom or Skype meeting, all contestants and judges are on at the same time, and the competition is run much like it would be in person, with recitations and judging happening in real time, and judges submitting scores to the organizer after each recitation.
For more information on holding your virtual competition—to include filming requirements, tips, reminders, and accessibility—download the POL Virtual Competitions and Filming Requirements, or get them from the POL website.
Additional and extremely important parts of a virtual competition, and when streaming anything virtually—whether public or private—are permissions and copyright. Be sure to first read the POL Poem Streaming Permissions Guide on securing permissions, and second, look on the POL Streaming-Copyright Permissions List (Excel spreadsheet) to find the status of your selected poems. If you need to request permissions from the copyright holder, page 2 of the Permissions Guide has an email template you can use.
Because Pennsylvania's state competition will be held virtually through Video Submission, the ArtsPath regional competition will also be held as a virtual Video Submission competition. Your high school's champion will simply submit their three poem recitations as three separate files to ArtsPath for critique by the judging panel. The ArtsPath regional winner will submit their recitations to the state for the state competition.
Register your school by completing the Registration Form and returning it by Friday, January 15. For additional information on the ArtsPath regional or Pennsylvania state contests, download a teacher's email packet.
Winner David "Dj" Gress, pictured here with Philip Horn, former executive director of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and Susan Corbett, the former executive director of Pittsburgh Arts and former First Lady, was the 2012–13 ArtsPath regional winner. From the Kiski School in Saltsburg, Gress also won at the state level and went on to represent Pennsylvania in the Washington, DC national finals.
For more information on Poetry Out Loud, visit the comprehensive POL website, call Jeff Wacker at 724-357-4565, or email us at artspath-info@iup.edu. You can also stay updated by following Poetry Out Loud on the following:
About Poetry Out Loud
Standards: POL satisfies more than half of the English Language Arts from the National Council of Teachers of English Standards, as well as at least three Anchor Assessments per the PA Common Core ELA Standards: Speaking and Listening (SL 9-10, SL 12-11), Reading (FL 9-10, RL 11-12), and Language (L9-10, L 11-12).
The teachers' guide suggests ways to customize the program to meet your schedule constraints.
Teachers use the comprehensive POL website, which includes all materials, including all support materials, poems, teachers' guide, media guides, videos, and more.
Free, standards-based curriculum materials are available for schools, teachers, and students.
Getting Your School Involved
Individual or groups of teachers, a school club, or the entire school may participate. Teachers can determine the extent of their participation. For example, they may...
Incorporate POL into a unit of study, perhaps culminating in recitations by each student in front of the class;
Offer the program as an extra credit project or after-school program's project; or
Use some or all of the lesson plans offered online or in the free teacher's guide.
Whatever you plan, the end result should be one winner from your school who will participate in the ArtsPath regional competition.
What Must Students Do?
Choose poems from the hundreds of eligible poems at the POL website to memorize and recite for a class and then school competition.
Recitations may not include properties, costumes, or music.
Some gestures and minimal movement may, however, be appropriate to a given poem. Be sure to study the recitation guidelines found online or in the Teacher's Guide.
What Must Teachers Do?
Be sure to read through the entire Evaluation Criteria in your Poetry Out Loud Teacher's Guide, also available from the Poetry Out Loud website.
Students who are deaf or hard of hearing may choose to recite their poems in American Sign Language. For information on utilizing ASL in your POL program, please download the ASL and POL Teacher's Guide.
Your School's Winner
Each school's winner will participate in the ArtsPath regional competition by:
selecting and memorizing three different poems,
recording their recitation of each, and then
submitting to jwacker@iup.edu via the wetransfer.com file sharing service.
The ArtsPath regional winner will compete with 13 other regional champions in the state competition virtually by video submission on March 8, 2021.
The state winner will receive $200 and compete virtually by video submission for the POL national championship, held in spring 2021. The winner's school will receive a $500 stipend to purchase poetry books. A runner-up in each state will receive $100, with $200 for the school to purchase poetry books.
Additional Questions?
For more information on running a Poetry Out Loud in the ArtsPath service region of Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties, call Jeff Wacker at 724-357-4565, or email us at either jwacker@iup.edu or artspath-info@iup.edu.
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How to Be Exceptionally Likable: 11 Things the Most Charming People Always Do
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By Jeff Haden@jeff_haden
Some people instantly light up a room. They make us feel important. They make us feel special. While we can't always define it, we know when someone just has it. The person is naturally likable.
But there's a flip side. Natural likability can also quickly lose its impact, especially when there's no substance beneath the surface glow.
But some people are genuinely likable over the long haul: They build and maintain great relationships, consistently influence (in a good way) the people around them, and consistently make people feel better about themselves.
They're the kind of people we all like to be around and want to be more like.
Fortunately, you can, because being genuinely likable isn't about your level of success or your presentation skills or how you dress or the image you project--it's about what you do.
What do genuinely likable people do?
1. They shift the spotlight to others.
No one receives enough praise. No one. So start by telling people what they did well.
Wait, you say you don't know what they did well? Shame on you--it's your job to know. It's your job to find out ahead of time. Not only will people appreciate your praise, they'll appreciate the fact you care enough to pay attention to what they do.
And then they'll feel a little more accomplished and a lot more important, and they'll love you for making them feel that way.
2. They listen a lot more than they talk.
Ask questions. Maintain eye contact. Smile. Frown. Nod. Respond--not so much verbally, but nonverbally. That's all it takes to show the other person he or she is important.
Then when you do speak, don't offer advice unless you're asked. Listening shows you care a lot more than offering advice does, because when you offer advice, in most cases, you make the conversation about you.
Don't believe me? Who is "Here's what I would do ..." about: you or the other person?
Only speak when you have something important to say--and always define important as what matters to the other person, not to you.
3. They don't practice selective hearing.
Some people--I guarantee you know people like this--are incapable of hearing anything said by someone they feel is somehow beneath them.
Sure, you speak to them, but that particular falling tree doesn't make a sound in the forest, because there's no one actually listening.
Remarkably charismatic people listen closely to everyone, and they make all of us, regardless of our position or social status or "level," feel like we have something in common with them.
Because we do. We're all human.
4. They're thoughtful simply because they want to be.
I pulled into a service bay to get my oil changed. As I got out of the car, one of the techs said, "Man, those are nice wheels. Too bad they're so dirty." He smiled, just teasing.
"I know," I said. "My next stop is the car wash." Then I went inside to wait.
When I walked to my car to leave, the tech was just standing up, filthy rags in his hand. "It took some work, but I got 'em all clean," he said. Every rim sparkled. Every speck of brake dust was gone.
"Wow, that's awesome, but you didn't have to do that," I said.
"We're not very busy," he shrugged. "I had time. Figured I would make 'em look better." Just then a car pulled into another bay so he hustled away, saying over his shoulder, "Have a good day."
That was years ago, but I still haven't forgotten it.
Instead of turning idle time into "me time," likable people use their free time to do something nice--not because they're expected to, but just because they can.
5. They put their stuff away.
Don't check your phone. Don't glance at your monitor. Don't focus on anything else, even for a moment.
You can never connect with others if you're busy connecting with your stuff, too.
Give the gift of your full attention. That's a gift few people give. That gift alone will make others want to be around you and remember you.
6. They give before they receive--and sometimes they never receive.
Never think about what you can get. Focus on what you can provide. Giving is the only way to establish a real connection and relationship.
Focus, even in part and even for a moment, on what you can get out of the other person, and you show that the only person who really matters is you.
7. They don't act self-important ...
The only people who are impressed by your stuffy, pretentious, self-important self are other stuffy, pretentious, self-important people.
The rest of us aren't impressed. We're irritated, put off, and uncomfortable.
And we hate when you walk in the room.
8. ... Because they realize other people are more important.
You already know what you know. You know your opinions. You know your perspectives and points of view.
That stuff isn't important, because it's already yours. You can't learn anything from yourself.
But you don't know what other people know, and everyone, no matter who he or she is, knows things you don't know.
That makes other people a lot more important than you--because you can learn from them.
9. They choose their words.
The words you use impact the attitude of others.
For example, you don't have to go to a meeting; you get to go meet with other people. You don't have to create a presentation for a new client; you get to share cool stuff with other people. You don't have to go to the gym; you get to work out and improve your health and fitness.
You don't have to interview job candidates; you get to select a great person to join your team.
We all want to associate with happy, enthusiastic, fulfilled people. The words you choose can help other people feel better about themselves--and make you feel better about yourself, too.
10. They don't discuss the failings of others ...
Granted, we all like hearing a little gossip. We all like hearing a little dirt.
The problem is, we don't necessarily like--and we definitely don't respect--the people who dish that dirt.
Don't laugh at other people. When you do, the people around you wonder if you sometimes laugh at them.
11. ... But they readily admit their failings.
Incredibly successful people are often assumed to have charisma simply because they're successful. Their success seems to create a halo effect, almost like a glow.
The key word is seem.
You don't have to be incredibly successful to be remarkably charismatic. Scratch the shiny surface, and many successful people have all the charisma of a rock.
But you do have to be incredibly genuine to be remarkably charismatic.
Be humble. Share your screwups. Admit your mistakes. Be the cautionary tale. And laugh at yourself.
While you should never laugh at other people, you should always laugh at yourself.
People won't laugh at you. People will laugh with you.
They'll like you better for it--and they'll want to be around you a lot more.