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What to watch: Housing stocks up, markets slide, IAG and NatWest results
Tom Belger
·Finance and policy reporter
30 October 2020, 5:47 am ·4-min read
The number of new homes registered to be built by the UK's housebuilders in the first three-quarters of 2020 was down by 30% year-on-year. Photo: PA
Here are some of the top business, market, and economic stories you should be watching today in the UK, Europe, and around the world.
Housebuilders leap as UK property prices jump
Stocks in leading housebuilders jumped on Friday as UK house price growth hit a five-year high in October, despite the wider economy losing steam.
According to data released on Friday from Nationwide, the average property sold for £227,826 ($294,031) in October, up 0.8% month-on-month and 5.8% year-on-year — the biggest leap since January 2015.
It came as a leading industry body said registrations of planned new homes in the third quarter were down only 4% on a year earlier.
Warranty and insurance provider the National House Building Council (NHBC) said registrations in the nine months to the end of September were down 30%, however.
Housebuilders Persimmon (PSN.L) and Barratt Developments (BDEV.L) were among the biggest risers on the FTSE 100 (^FTSE) in early trading on Friday, up 1.6% and 0.7% respectively.
Watch: Why are house prices rising during a recession?
Better-than-expected European GDP data limits market losses
European stocks were trading lower and Wall Street looked set for fresh declines on Friday, with stronger-than-expected GDP data in Europe only partially offsetting coronavirus concerns.
Futures contracts shortly before European markets opened suggested leading indices were set for a continued rout, but better-than-expected flash estimates for third-quarter GDP reined in losses.
France, Italy, Germany and Spain all saw quarter-on-quarter growth beating analysts' expectations in figures released on Friday morning in Europe.
The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) in London and the DAX (^GDAXI) in Frankfurt were both down 0.1% in London after opening 0.7% and 1% lower respectively. The CAC 40 (^FCHI) dropped by 0.8% at the open in Paris, but was up 0.4% by mid-morning as third-quarter GDP surged 18.2% quarter-on-quarter.
WATCH: Strong GDP data limits European sell-off
European markets had seen a calmer day on Thursday after three days of declines. European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers signalled there was fresh stimulus to come in December. Its governing council had said it would "recalibrate its instruments, as appropriate, to respond to the unfolding situation."
But president Christine Lagarde acknowledged the eurozone economy was "losing momentum more rapidly than expected," and tighter restrictions sparked a market sell-off as they were announced in Germany, France, and Switzerland on Wednesday.
The market rout had continued in Asia overnight. China's Shanghai Composite (000001.SS) shed 1.5%. Japan's Nikkei (^N225) fell 0.8%, ending its worst week in three months. Hong Kong Hang Seng (^HSI) lost 0.5%.
US futures pointed to a renewed sell-off on Wall Street. The S&P 500 (ES=F) and Dow Jones indices (YM=F) were both down 1.3% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) was down 1.8% at around 9.30am in the UK.
NatWest CEO promises dividends 'as soon as possible'
The boss of NatWest Group (NWG.L) has signalled the bank will hand cash to shareholders as soon as regulators allow it.
"We have very strong capital ratios," Alison Rose told journalists. "It's my intent to start paying dividends as soon as possible."
Rose's promise came as third quarter results at the bank showed bumper capital reserves. The bank's CET1 ratio — a key measure of cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet — was 18.2% in the quarter, up from 16.2% a year earlier. The ratio was well above the market average.
NatWest reported better-than-expected third quarter results on Friday, sending shares surging to the top of the FTSE 100 (^FTSE).
Pandemic plunges British Airways owner IAG to £5bn loss this year to date
The owner of British Airways has nosedived to a €6.2bn (£5.6bn, $7.2bn) pre-tax loss for the first nine months of the year, compared with a profit of €2.3bn a year ago, as the pandemic continues to create turbulence in the travel industry.
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG.L) has so far slashed 10,000 jobs across the company in a cost-cutting exercise, with most of the losses occurring across British Airways and Aer Lingus. The group also owns Iberia and Vueling.
The FTSE 100 company said the results were "significantly impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19, which has had a material impact on the global airline and travel sectors, particularly from late February 2020 onwards and with no immediate signs of recovery."
The group added that passenger capacity in its third quarter was 78.6% from last year, and 64.3% lower for the nine month period compared to 2019.
WATCH: ECB chief Christine Lagarde prepared to boost stimulus
'Sasikala will not join AIADMK after her release': TN CM Palaniswami
Sasikala is presently at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara jail and is expected to be released later this month.
Sensex soars 834 pts as bulls make a comeback on stimulus hopes; HDFC twins, RIL lead charge
Mumbai, Jan 19 (PTI) Reversing two days of heavy losses, the Sensex posted its biggest jump in almost four months on Tuesday as investors returned to buying mode amid expectations of fresh stimulus in the US and other economies.


HR: Oak 1, K. Davis (11). NYY 3, A. Judge (11), G. Sánchez (10), A. Hicks (3).
HR Detail: Oak, K. Davis (Inning: 4 , 1 Out, 2 on) off D. Germán. NYY, A. Judge (Inning: 5 , 0 Out, 1 on) off A. Triggs, NYY, G. Sánchez (Inning: 2 , 1 Out, 0 on) off A. Triggs, NYY, A. Hicks (Inning: 2 , 1 Out, 0 on) off A. Triggs.
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Stolen Bases: NYY 3, B. Gardner 2 (4), D. Gregorius (3).
Wild Pitches: NYY 1, A. Chapman.


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AWD vs 4WD, Are they same?
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AWD vs 4WD:
All-wheel drive and four-wheel drive — they sound just like the same thing, right?
The primary objective of both systems is to boost a car's traction, helping it accelerate in inclement conditions like rain or snow. A misconception, however, is that they're going to make your car safer in adverse weather. While having AWD or 4WD can aid your vehicle in snow, the motive force input and tires of your car will make more of a difference. All-wheel and four-wheel drivetrains don't necessarily assist with braking, either, but they will somewhat improve the handling of your car.
All-Wheel Drive Facts:
When considering purchasing an AWD vehicle, it's imperative to understand that it's a front, rear, and central differential. AWD distributes power to all or any four wheels of your car, allowing standard cars to travel over rough terrain. It also adds weight to your car and generates friction between your tires and therefore the road. All-wheel-drive systems are often found in cars and crossovers, but they're not as strong as a 4WD vehicle.
In an AWD system, the torque is on most of the time while it's split between the front and rear axles on the middle differential. With split torque, all four wheels receive power all the time, except not in equal amounts. Some systems may send more power to the front or back, while others may adjust power by reacting to the feedback from the driving force and road. The advantage of an all-wheel-drive vehicle is that you just never should engage the system yourself.
Four-Wheel Drive Facts:
Four-wheel drive vehicles have two differentials and a transfer case, therefore the system can provide power to all or any four wheels of your car. Compared to AWD cars, however, 4WD units are only activated after you manually activate the system. Once you enable the four-wheel-drive system, power is split between the front and rear axles. As a result, the torque evenly applies to every wheel. You'll find most systems on off-road vehicles like Jeeps and trucks that drive on all terrains
It's a positive aspect of a four-wheel-drive system — the flexibility to show it to 2WD to enhance your fuel economy. For instance, while you're driving on the highway, you'll operate in 2WD, and after you are off-roading through the mountains, you'll be able to employ 4WD as needed. Most 4WD vehicles have locking differentials, too, which facilitate your traverse rocks and slippery terrain. The also drivetrain provides more pulling power because it grips surfaces using all four tires.
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Oodnadatta is a small, remote outback town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia, located  north-north-west of the state capital of Adelaide by road or  direct, at an altitude of . The unsealed Oodnadatta Track, an outback road popular with tourists, runs through the town. In the , there were 74 dwellings and the population was 318.

Town facilities include a hotel, caravan park, post office, general stores, police station, hospital, fuel and minor mechanical repairs. The old railway station now serves as a museum. From the 1880s to the 1930s, Oodnadatta was a base for camel drivers and their animals, which provided cartage when the railway was under construction and along outback tracks before roads were established.

After the railway line was lifted, Oodnadatta's role changed from that of a government service centre and supply depot for surrounding pastoral properties to a residential freehold town for Aboriginal families who, moving from cattle work, bought empty houses as their railway employee occupants left.

Origin of name
The name was said to be derived from the Arrernte word utnadata, meaning "yellow blossom of the mulga". However, mulga trees do not grow anywhere near the town. An alternative explanation is that it derived from coodnadatta or kudnadatta, meaning "dead man's poo": the first two syllables encompass "rotten" or "excreta" and the second two refer to "there".

History

For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal tribes visited the place where Oodnadatta is located as a reliable source of water on their trade route; there was no settlement at Oodnadatta itself. John McDouall Stuart explored the region in 1859. His route was generally followed by the surveyors of the Overland Telegraph Line, completed in 1872. Alfred Giles referred to a place called the Yellow Waterhole, or Angle Pole, later known as Hookey's Waterhole and The Peake, near Oodnadatta. The course chosen for the Central Australian Railway likewise followed the route because a water supply was  essential for steam locomotives. From 1891, Oodnadatta was an important station on the railway until the line closed in 1981, to be replaced in 2004 by the Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor about  to the west.

Telegraphs, camels and railways
Angle Pole () is the point near Oodnadatta where the direction of the telegraph line changed to a more northerly direction. It is near the Peake cattle station, also known as "The Peake", or Freeling Springs. The ruins of Peake telegraph station exist on the station today. Alfred Giles refers to his only meeting with the explorer Ernest Giles (no relation) at "the Peake" in the 1870s.

By the 1880s the telegraph route was being used by camel trains, many led by "Afghan" cameleers (actually from many different places in the Indian subcontinent), or "Ghans", as they became known, who were brought to Australia for the task of hauling goods into Central Australia for pioneer settlers. Many of the cameleers settled in Oodnadatta and Marree, some with families and some marrying, mainly Aboriginal women.

In the 1880s, Angle Pole was identified as the proposed terminus for the extension of the Great Northern Railway. When the railway was built, a town was established here, and in October 1890 was proclaimed a government township and renamed Oodnadatta.

In 1889, Angle Pole was also proposed as the south-eastern terminus of a land grant railway from Roebuck Bay in Western Australia. This railway was proposed by a London syndicate and would have been about 1000 miles (1600 km) long, with the wider  gauge. However this was never built.

The town remained the terminus of the Great Northern until the line was extended to Alice Springs in 1929. The line became known as the Central Australia Railway and the train service on the line was known as the Ghan in honour of the Afghan cameleers. The railway was built with narrow gauge () tracks, and train traffic was frequently disrupted by washouts and other damage to the trackbed, leading to a slow and unreliable service.  The railway through Oodnadatta was closed and a new standard gauge line was built to the west, bypassing Oodnadatta, and opening in October 1980.

World War II
Oodnadatta's busiest era was World War II when the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force set up local facilities to service troop trains and aircraft en route to Darwin.

21st century
Tourist traffic along the Oodnadatta Track and the mining industry keep the village alive. The Aboriginal school is the biggest employer.

In 2018, the federal government announced a major upgrade to the Track, to better serve both the tourists and truck drivers on this major freight and cattle transport route.

Access, facilities, attractions

Oodnadatta can be reached by an unsealed road from Coober Pedy or via the unsealed Oodnadatta Track from Marree to Marla or from the north via Finke/Aputula, NT (on the "Old Ghan Heritage Trail").

The Pink Roadhouse (so-called because it is painted bright pink) provides petrol, a general store, meals, a variety of accommodation, and post office facilities. The Transcontinental Hotel, built in the 1890s, is on the same side of the road, as is the caravan park.

Oodnadatta is serviced twice weekly by the Coober Pedy Oodnadatta One Day Mail Run. The OKA mail truck also carries some general freight and passengers.

The  air strip adjacent to the town, originally built during World War II, has a sealed surface.

Historic buildings
The historic Oodnadatta railway station, now a museum, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.

Demographics
At the 2016 census, the population of Oodnadatta was 204 with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people making up 53.3% of the population. This was a decrease on 2006, when the population was 277, of whom less than half were Indigenous.

In 2016, 61.7% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken included Yankunytjatjara 4.7%, Luritja 3.6%, Afrikaans 1.6%, Tagalog 1.6% and Pitjantjatjara 1.6%.

Oodnadatta Aboriginal School
The Oodnadatta Aboriginal School, located in Kutaya Terrace, is a school operated by the Government of South Australia offering education from Reception to Year 12.  In 2018, the school had a total enrolment of 14 students, of whom 86% were indigenous, and a teaching staff of three.

Climate
Oodnadatta has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) and has also recorded the highest reliably measured maximum temperature in Australia: 50.7 °C (123.3 F) on 2 January 1960. This record stood unequalled until 13 January 2022, when a temperature of 50.7 °C (123.3 F) was measured in Onslow, Western Australia, thus equalling Oodnadatta's record.

A higher temperature was recorded at Cloncurry in 1889; however, this has since been shown to have been recorded in a non-standard enclosure and likely to have been considerably cooler than first believed. There is a large sign in Oodnadatta claiming the town is "The driest town, the driest state of the driest Continent".

Governance
Oodnadatta is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart, the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia and the state's Far North region. In the absence of a local government authority, the community in Oodnadatta receives municipal services from a state government agency, the Outback Communities Authority.

Oodnadatta on Mars
The name Oodnadatta has been used as a name for a crater on the planet Mars.

See also
 List of extreme temperatures in Australia

References

Notes

Citations

Further reading
Oodnadatta (on Flinders Ranges Research)
 Oodnadatta (Aussie Towns)
 Tracking History to Oodnadatta by Roderick Eime
 Oodnadatta Pioneer Cemetery with photos of headstones

External links

Towns in South Australia
Aboriginal communities in South Australia
Far North (South Australia)
Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia

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English Premier League giants Liverpool are reported to have opened talks with Italian Serie A side Inter Milan in a bid to sign prolific forward Keita Balde in winter transfer window which reopens in coming weeks.
Liverpool are in need of more options at the wing and Keita Balde has been favoured as the best option with the Merseyside club confident that a deal could be struck.
Having had good experience with Sadio Mane who joined from Southampton, Liverpool are optimistic that a deal for Keita Balde who is also from Africa will fall through.
Keita Balde moved to the Italian side from French outfit Monaco and has since established himself in the club as one of the finest players for the Nerazzurri side.
With just 5 games under his belt this season, Keita Balde has scored 3 goals in addition to 2 assists to complete the number.
He is expected to cost more than the £30 million release clause he has in his contract as he has given a display that worth more than the value.
However, it is believed that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is unfazed by the price as he is desperate to have a deal struck as soon as possible so that he can stand a better chance of winning a title this term.


In a well-planned attack on the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) causes heavy damage with no injuries, reported.MK sabotaged the Koeberg plant, at the time Africa's only nuclear reactor plant to dispel allegations that the ANC and MK existed only in neighbouring countries. It also saluted all its fallen heroes and imprisoned comrades, including those that were buried as a result of the Maseru massacre, following a raid by the South African Defence Force (SADF), and it once more warned foreign investors against investing in Apartheid South Africa.
• Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997, Greenwood: London, p. 480.


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"Batman: Arkham Asylum"'s Scarecrow revealed!
In Gaming News on July 27, 2009 at 3:57 pm
"Batman: Arkham Asylum" is shaping up to be pretty damn spiffy. Both Derk and I have played the PS3 demo of the game, and found it to be a lot of fun and just gorgeous to look at. The delay for the game really sucked, but fortunately it'll be out in a just a few short weeks (Currently, the release is slated for August 25th).
Last week, GameStop let slip an exclusive look at their pre-order challenge maps, and with it came a look at the game's redesigned Scarecrow.
The Scarecrow in Batman: Arkham Asylum
Now, I'm not entirely sure what's up with the Freddy Krueger styled glove with hypodermic needles…I just know YEESH! As someone who hates needles, that's terrifying. An interesting redesign that obviously doesn't touch the classic, but certainly keeps in line with what we've seen of the game so far.
Source: Arkham Asylum's Scarecrow Design Is Bioshock Creepy [Kotaku]
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"Batman: Streets of Gotham" #2 Review
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Writer: Paul Dini
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Streets of Gotham and the Manhunter second feature continue their freshman story arc, as Gotham City tries to recover from the loss of its Dark Knight. Spoilers within!
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At long last, the Blackest Night is here…and its surprisingly good! Spoilers within!
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"Wednesday Comics" #1 Review
In Comic Reviews on July 12, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Wednesday Comics #1
DC's been doing the weekly thing for about 3 years now. "52" was a bit slow in the second act, but ulitmately a damn good series. "Countdown/Countdown to Final Crisis" was kind of a wreck. And I dropped "Trinity" after about 5 issues.
They're giving it another go with "Wednesday Comics". I've been trying to put words to this review for a while, and I simply can't. 15 characters by 15 creative teams, in 15 one page stories told in the style of the Sunday funnies. The teams they have working on this book are simply top notch. They've tapped talents the like of Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo, Neil Gaiman, Jimmy Palmiotti, Karl Kerschl and more. Even Dan Didio is getting in on the action with "Metal Men". There's not a lot to say other than its really, really, really good. And its only 12 weeks long, meaning DC may have finally learned their lesson about how long a good story lasts.
There's not a lot I can say about this issue. Either this review would go on for an eternity as I ramble about each story, so I'm gonna say this instead. Buy this book now. Its that good, and you owe it to yourself. If you want to know more about a specific story, leave a comment about what you want to know, and I'll reply as quickly as I can. Hopefully, before next week, I'll think of some way I can do this that won't take you all day to read.
"Wednesday Comics" #1 gets an A for being just damn awesome. And for those who are wondering, the two I'm most excited about are easily the suspenseful "Batman" tale by Azzarello and Risso, and the classic feeling "Flash" story by Kerschl and Fletcher.
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In Comic Reviews on July 12, 2009 at 11:33 am
Story: Judd Winick
Art: Mark Bagley and Rob Hunter
Colors: Ian Hannin
Cover: Tony Daniel
In this month's Batman, we see that Gotham's Police Department have fallen in love with the "new" Batman. On the other side, Penguin is perturbed about the way things are being ran around him. Two-Face, however, knows there's something a bit strange about this "new" Batman that is patrolling the streets of Gotham. Does this book stack up to the amazing Batman and Robin books? Find out after the jump!


NMR is a great tool for analyzing the binding of ligands to macromolecules. You can do qualitative screens to identify compounds that bind, gain atomic level detail on where ligands bind, and do quantitative analysis of binding parameters. Measurement of binding constants via analysis of titrations is described in the chapter on Titration Analysis. This chapter describes using methods such as Minimum Chemical Shift analysis for quick analysis of residues involved in binding and Principle Component Analysis for categorizing groups of ligands by their effect on the spectra.
The minimum chemical shift method was originally described by Farmer et al. (Nature Structural Biology 3(1996): 995-997). In this method each chemical shift position in a reference set is searched for nearby peaks in an experimental dataset. The distance to the nearest peak is taken as the minimum distance that a peak at the reference position might have moved as a result of the experimental perturbation (typically the addition of a ligand). This method has the benefit that it is not necessary to assign the experimental peak list so it can be used to rapidly analyze multiple experimental datasets. It's possible, of course, that the nearest peak does not correspond to the atoms of the reference peak. This could be because the experimental peak has moved farther away, in which case the shift difference will underestimate the actual movement. Alternatively the peak could have broadened to a point where it is undetectable. In this case the shift will overestimate the distance moved. However, it will still flag the peak as having been perturbed.
The MCS method is performed by choosing "Minimum Chemical Shift" from the Peak->Analyze menu. The following dialog will be displayed.
The analysis can be performed in two ways. If a molecular structure with shift assignments are loaded into memory then the reference positions can be taken from the positions of the specified atoms for each residue. The experimental positions are taken from positions of the peaks entered as Peak List1. Alternatively, two peak lists can be entered. The reference positions are take from Peak List1, and the experimental positions from Peak List2. The following parameters (as discussed in the Farmer paper) should be set.
Specify which dimensions of the peak lists should be used. The selectors will be set up with one row for each dimension of the peak list. Dimensions can be ignored by entering a blank value in the dimension selector.
Specifies an upper limit on how far away a peak can move and still be considered a shifted peak. This sets an upper limit on what the minimum shift can be. The results table will list the number of peaks within this tolerance range of the specified peak.
The type of atom in the residue topology that corresponds to this peak dimension. Typically for an H-N HSQC this will be set to H (or HN) for the proton dimension and N for the nitrogen dimension. Once the peak lists and parameters are set up click the Refresh button to perform the analysis. The table in the lower part of the window will be updated with the following information.
A number counting from 0. If the two-peaklist mode is being used, this will be the number of the reference peak.
The name (amino acid type) of the residue if known. This will be known if Atom-Peak mode is being used, or if the reference list has assignments in Peak-Peak mode.
The number (sequence position) of the residue if known.
The number of peaks within the specified tolerance of the reference position.
The scaled (by the alpha values) distance from the reference position to the nearest peak.
The peak specifier for the peak that is closest to the reference position.
The output table can be updated after changing any parameters by clicking the Refresh button again. Clicking the Save button will open a file dialog for selecting an output file in which the table data can be saved.
If you have a molecular structure with coordinates in memory, and the MCS table has values in the ResNum column you can display the perturbed residues on the molecular display. Open up the Molecular Viewer (Molecule->Analysis->Viewer) and display the molecule. Click the Show button in the Molecular Viewer section of the MCS window to render spheres on the molecular display. The radius of the spheres will be determined by the MinShift value for that residue. Spheres will only be drawn for atoms with a MinShift value greater than the specified "Min Shift". Spheres for that shift value will be drawn at the specified radius size. Atoms with shifts equal to or greater than the specified "Max Shift" value will be drawn at the radius size specified next to the Max Shift parameter. Atoms with intermediate shifts will be drawn with a radius proportional to the value of the shift relative to the Min and Max shifts.
The ligand scanner allows one to scan through a list of 2D datasets and analyze differences between the datasets. The scanner tool can use several techniques including, Minimum Chemical Shift, and PCA to analyze spectra. It is typically used for screening a library of ligands to test for binding to a macromolecule, but could be used with any collection of datasets that differ based on some perturbation. The analysis starts with a text file that describes the datasets to be analyzed. A typical example of the text file is shown here.
The first line must be a header and all columns should be separated by tabs. The only column that is actually required is the one labeled "dataset". Values in the dataset column specify the location of NMRView readable datasets. The location of the datasets should be relative to the location of this text file. Datasets can already be open without an error occurring when reading the file. The "index" and "fid" columns are ignored, but are shown here as they might be present in files generated by the Scanner tool in NvFX. The "group" and "sample" fields are optional, but will be used if present. The sample column can contain some descriptive text that identifies the sample used to generate the dataset. The group column can contain text that describes a group to which the sample belongs. A group might be, for example, a set of structurally similar compounds. Typically there will be more than one row with the same group identifier. Groups can be used to color symbols in the PCA plots.
Before using the Ligand Scanner you should activate a spectrum window. You can either create an empty window (For example, use the Canvas>New>Spectrum menu command) or click in an existing window that has the dataset or datasets of interest. Then choose Ligand Scanner from the Analysis menu. The Scanner window will appear. Click the Load... button in order to browse to and open the scanner table file described above.
The display in the selected spectrum window will be controlled by the two numerical selectors (one in each of the first two rows of the scanner control window). The specified values determines which dataset (or plane of a pseudo-3D dataset) (and corresponding peak list if present) will be displayed in the spectrum window. The tool is designed to display two datasets at once. Typically the first selector is set to display the "reference" experiment (typically a ligand-free sample) and the second selector is set to display one of the experimental (typically ligand containing sample). The user can quickly step through the selectors to display each dataset (or plane) and visibly observe the change in spectra. The two color boxes to the left of the selectors can be used to specify the color that the contour and peaks will be drawn in. Click on either box to display a color chooser. A typical spectrum display will look like the following.
For most analyses you will need to have picked peaks. You can use preexisting peak lists, or use the Scanner tool to pick them. The currently displayed spectra can be picked by clicking the Pick button in the appropriate row. Alternatively, click Pick All to pick peaks in all the datasets.
As you step through the available datasets with the selector buttons the current dataset and sample value (from the ligand scanner table) will be displayed at the right side of the corresponding row. Clicking the MCS button in either row will perform the Minimum Chemical Shift method using the peak list for the row with the button as the reference list, and the peak list for the other row as the experimental list.
A multi-step analysis of all the datasets can be performed by clicking the Analyze button. The first step of this analysis consists of performing a Principle Component Analysis of all the spectra. The next step is performing the minimum chemical shift method for each peak list, using the peak list in the first control row as the reference. The results of the PCA and Minimum Chemical Shift analyses are stored in the table in the lower section of the Ligand Scanner tool and can be plotted in a chart display.
The Principle Component Analysis (PCA) works by dividing the selected region (area within the crosshairs) of the spectra into a two-dimensional grid. By default, each cell of the grid is 10x10 data points in size. Each grid region is measured for each dataset. If the maximum intensity in the grid cell of any of the datasets is above the contour level that grid cell is marked as active. Next, the integral of intensities in each active cell is measured for each dataset. A two-dimension matrix of values is formed where each column of the matrix corresponds to one of the datasets, and each row corresponds to one of the active cells. The general concept of the analysis is that if two datasets are perturbed in a similar manner, the intensity values in the corresponding columns of the matrix will be similar. Variability between the data values, on the other hand, correspond to a perturbation of the chemical shifts by ligand binding (or other studied phenomena). Performing the PCA analysis on the matrix of data transforms the data into a new coordinate system where the first component is oriented such that it explains the largest possible amount of the variance in the original data matrix. Successive components are orthogonal to each previous component, and themselves explain a maximal amount of the remaining variability. Each dataset can be represented as a point in a new coordinate system represented by two or more of the principle components. Since most of the variance in the datasets is explained in the first few components it is possible to observe the differences in the dataset responses to the experimental perturbation in a very low dimensional space. For example, peaks that cluster near each other in the 2D plot of the first two principle components are likely to represent very similar spectra and hence physical effects on the chemical shifts, whereas those that are at distinct positions represent different interactions.
The output table of the Ligand Scanner has the following information.
The distance (Euclidean) between this peaklist and the reference peak list as measured by the difference of the coordinates of the first and second Principle Component values. Gives a single number indicating how different this peak list is from the reference list.
The values of the first five Principal Components for this dataset.
After the analysis is done a chart tool will be displayed which will allow plotting of any numerical value in the analysis table. The chart tool consists of an area with three columns of information. The first two allow the user to select the table columns to be used for the X and Y axes of the plot. For example, clicking PC1 in the X column and PC2 in the Y column would plot the first two Principle Components. The Series column lists all the data table columns with non-numerical values and can be used to color the plot symbols by the value they have in that table column. For example, one might do an analysis with a series of compounds that were in related chemical series. The group value could be set to the series name and then one could observe how the members of the different series clustered in the plot. The example below just selects the Peak column as the group, so the symbol for each Peak list is in a different color.
This chart example shows data from a ligand titration. The sample value is set to the ligand concentration and a plot is done of sample value on the X axis and MinShift on the Y Axis. It can be seen that the overall MinShift value gives a good representation of the titration profile.
The chart is linked to the original scanner table, so clicking on a symbol in the chart plot will highlight the corresponding row of the table in the scanner window.
Choose Peaks or Atoms mode. In Peaks mode the Minimum Chemical Shift method will be setup to work in the Peak-Peak mode described in the Minimum Chemical shift section above. In Atoms mode, the MCS method will be done in Atom-Peak mode and requires that a molecular structure be loaded with chemical shift assignments.
Display and position the crosshairs in the spectrum window around the region of peaks you wish to use for the PCA method.
Click on a symbol on plot and see the corresponding row in the table get selected.


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Q: Error in object generation to logic gates simulator in p5.js in my logic gates simulator I am doing another object to generate to the canvas and I am doing a frequency generator but when I have the onclick function on the button so that it is generated, my frequency does not work and the whole object does not work. Someone would advise me thank you.
The link to the whole project is here in the online p5.js editor: https://editor.p5js.org/jakubmitrega1/sketches/Mg1BGpimz
Entity generation functions:
 function createEntity(type) {
  if (type === "switch") {
    entities.push(new Switch(100, 100));
    console.log("Vytvořil si switch!")
  } else if (type === "light") {
    entities.push(new Light(100, 200));
    console.log("Vytvořil si light!")
  } else if (type === "generator") {
    entities.push(new Generator(100, 300));
    console.log("Vytvořil si light!")
  }
}

Generator code:
class Generator extends Entity {
    constructor (x, y, frequency) {
        super(x, y, 32, 32);

        this.frequency = frequency;

        this.state = 0;
        this.output = new Pin(x, y, OUTPUT);
    }
    draw() {

        this.output.pos.x = this.pos.x+32;
        this.output.pos.y = this.pos.y;
        this.output.draw();

        this.state = millis()%(2000/this.frequency)<(1000/this.frequency) ? 1 : 0;

        push();
        translate(this.pos.x, this.pos.y);

        if (this.mouseOver()) {
            stroke('white');
        } else {
            noStroke();
        }

        fill('#888');
        rectMode(CENTER);
        rect(0, 0, 32, 32);

        noStroke();

        fill(255);
        textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
        textSize(24);
        text(this.state, 0, 0);

        textSize(12);
        textAlign(CENTER, TOP);
        text('Freq: ' + this.frequency + ' hz', 0, 20);

        pop();
    }

    mousePressed() {
        this.output.mousePressed();
    }
    mouseReleased() {
        this.output.mouseReleased();
    }
}

HTML code:

            <button onclick="switchMode('hand')">Hand </button>
            <button onclick="switchMode('move')">Move </button>
            <button onclick="switchMode('wire')">Wire </button>
            <button onclick="switchMode('jsonexport')">JSON export </button>
            <button onclick="createEntity('switch')">Switch</button>
            <button onclick="createEntity('light')">Light</button>
            <button onclick="createEntity('generator')">Generator</button>

A: In this line :
entities.push(new Generator(100, 300));

you don't pass the frequency to the generator
entities.push(new Generator(100, 300, 10));

should work?

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Obituaries (2001 onwards) >
Robert Nathan Ginsburg 1925-2017
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Carbonate sedimentologist who defined his profession and was one of the most influential thinkers in the field.
Bob Ginsburg was a geologist who studied carbonate sediments, their genesis, deposition, and transformation into mature rocks. He defined the profession of carbonate sedimentology and was one of the most influential thinkers in his field, working in both industry and academia, retiring at the age of 85.
His career began in 1950 when he left the University of Chicago to become a research assistant at the University of Miami's Marine Laboratory, the precursor of the present Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Subsequently he moved first to establish and lead a research and training program on carbonates for the Shell Development Company (1954–64), then to become Professor of Geology and Oceanography at The Johns Hopkins University (1965–70).
In 1970, he was persuaded by Cesare Emiliani to come back to the University of Miami as Professor of Sedimentology. At that time, he organized the T. Wayland Vaughan Laboratory for Comparative Sedimentology headquartered on ocean-facing Fisher Island at the entrance to the Port of Miami. In 1991, the University sold Fisher Island and Bob moved fulltime to the RSMAS campus. At RSMAS, he continued to develop and pursue new avenues, exchanging his role as head of the Sedimentology Laboratory for an effort to spearhead the assessment of declining coral reefs in the Caribbean. In this new direction, he touched an entire new generation of scientists.
His first published paper appeared soon after his arrival in Miami, 'Intertidal Erosion on the Florida Keys' (1953). It was a harbinger of his future career as it questioned the prevailing chemical explanation for shoreline erosion by offering a biological alternative. In the following half century, with his associates, post-doctoral fellows and students he has authored a series of seminal papers, books and reports on the links between contemporary and Holocene processes and products of carbonate deposition and their fossil counterparts.
These publications have ranged from the formation of dolomite, precipitation of cements in reefs, health of coral reefs, sedimentation and history of carbonate platforms, and stromatolites. These studies, combined with countless field trips and lecture tours in North America, Europe, North Africa and Australia, have had a significant worldwide influence on research, teaching and the petroleum potential of carbonate deposits. A measure of this impact is the award of Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America, the Twenhofel Medal of the Society for Sedimentary Geology, the Sorby Medal of the International Association of Sedimentology and honorary membership in four professional societies
While his impact on his profession has been immeasurable, he has also been an inspiring teacher and the principal adviser for more than 20 graduate students as well as numerous postdoctoral associates. While some of his students and postdocs stayed at home in Miami, others have become distinguished teachers and geologists throughout the world. It would almost be understated to say that Bob Ginsburg's influence upon the study of carbonate environments has been immeasurable.
By Peter K Swart
A longer version of this obituary follows. Editor.
On July 9, 2017 a geological legend, Robert Nathan Ginsburg died. Bob defined the profession of carbonate sedimentology and was one of the most influential thinkers in his field working in both industry and academia. Born in 1925, Bob has had a profound influence on how we search for oil using the Modern in order to understand the past. Bob's geological career began in 1950 when he left the University of Chicago to become a research assistant at the University of Miami's Marine Laboratory, the precursor of the present Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). He eventually obtained a PhD from the University of Chicago where some of his professors were Francis Pettijohn and Heinz Lowenstam, and his contemporaries included Cesare Emiliani, Keith Chave, Paul Potter, Ray Siever, Jerry Wasserburg, Irving Friedman, Harmon Craig, and others.
Upon leading a field trip to South Florida in the early 1950s, Bob so impressed the Shell Development Company that he was hired to establish a laboratory with the then astonishing idea that the study of Modern environments might actually help find oil in ancient carbonate rocks. Together with Mike Lloyd Bob established the "Coral Gables Office" of Shell Development and a mafia of carbonate workers ensued. This was the golden age of carbonate research with the office being visited regularly by 100s of geologists and it was acknowledged that the work of Bob and his team significantly influenced the direction of oil exploration. During this time, Bob met and married Helen, a teacher of creative writing at the University of Miami. In 1965, Bob moved to Baltimore where he was reunited with Pettijohn and became Professor of Geology and Oceanography at The Johns Hopkins University (1965–70). Here he worked at the Bermuda Biological Station and conducted a detailed study of the Andros tidal flats with Laurie Hardie.
In 1970, he was persuaded by Cesare Emiliani to return to the University of Miami as a Professor of Sedimentology. At that time, The University of Miami had just acquired a long-term lease on a disused quarantine station on 15 acres of ocean-facing Fisher Island at the entrance to the Port of Miami. Back then, Fisher Island was empty except for the old Vanderbilt mansion, an empty mausoleum with the words Fisher on it, and the seven buildings comprising the quarantine station. Here Bob established the T. Wayland Vaughan Laboratory for Comparative Sedimentology, using one building for a dormitory, one for workspace, and one for an office. Getting to the island could be a challenge. Every morning at 8:30 a.m. a small ferry would pick up the students, staff, and professors from the tip of Miami Beach for the two minute crossing dodging the odd ocean liner or suspiciously heavily laden speed boat. The ferry went regularly every hour, but stopped at 4:30 p.m. meaning students frequently had to stay the night (if they were serious in getting their work done) in the dormitory. There were always plenty of cockroaches for company. The University also leased one of the remaining buildings to the United States Geological Survey where Gene Shinn, one of the original Shell Mafia, and his associates established a small branch office and planned their studies of coral reefs, whitings, and other carbonate phenomenon. They interacted spiritedly with Bob and his happy band of students, staff, and postdoctoral associates. Wolfgang Schlager, Noel James, and Gregor Eberli were among the notable associates at Fisher Island during this time. Visitors included a who is who of sedimentary geology, Bathurst, Hardie, Wilson, Myers, Read, Wilkinson, Kastner, Siever, Potter to name but a few. One of the many great traditions of Fisher Island was to plant a tree for every student, staff, or scientist who spent time there and was moving on.
When we finally vacated the island in 1991, it was a forest. Coincident with the sale of Fisher Island, the demolition of the buildings and the conversion of our utopia to expensive condos, Bob embarked on one of his most ambitious projects, the drilling of two deep boreholes near the margin of Great Bahama Bank. The goals of the project were to test the interpretations made from seismic lines that he had manage to convince Texaco to give him. These lines showed that the shape of the Bahamas had not always the same as it appears now. Rather Great Bahama Bank had been composed of a number of smaller platforms, which had over millions of years merged together. Was this true and if so, how long did this take? Answers to these questions (and much more as we learned later) could only be provided by drilling. Bob and myself wrote a proposal to the National Science Foundation in 1989 and with the help of a 33% contribution from industry drilled two cores from a jack up barge positioned in 8 m of water along the seismic line. We had many adventures during the drilling that was challenging to say the least. Communication for example was by single side band radio and during one exchange when Bob was trying to purchase something vital for the drilling he broadcast his credit card number hoping he would not be over heard. Unfortunately for him someone was listening, with a pen in hand. Eventually we retrieved over 1000 m of cores with near perfect recovery. Years later these cores, together with an extension of the transect into the Straits of Florida where five other holes were cored using the JOIDES Resolution, continue to provide new insights into the history of the Bahamas.
Post Fisher Island and now at the RSMAS campus of the University of Miami on Virginia Key, Bob continued to develop and pursue new avenues of study. Bob had always maintained a strong interest in coral reefs, having organized the 1977 International Coral Reef Symposium in Miami. Now concerned about the apparent decline of corals reefs throughout the Caribbean he exchanged his role as head of the Sedimentology Laboratory for an effort to understand the origin of this tragedy. He soon discovered that there was an appalling lack of baseline data that could be used to document the perceived decrease so he set up a simple protocol which could be used by amateurs and professionals alike to survey reefs in a rapid quantitative manner. With these data obtained over a number of years the ugly truth about the decline in coral reefs could not be ignored. In this new direction, he touched an entirely new generation of scientists. Bob finally hung up his hammer and fins in 2011 at the age of 85.
Bob's first scientific paper appeared soon after his arrival in Miami in 1953. Entitled 'Intertidal Erosion on the Florida Keys', it was a harbinger of his future career as it questioned the prevailing chemical explanation for shoreline erosion by offering a biological alternative. In the following half century, with his associates, post-doctoral fellows and students he has authored a series of seminal papers, books and reports on the links between contemporary and Holocene processes and products of carbonate deposition and their fossil counterparts. These publications have ranged from the formation of dolomite, precipitation of cements in reefs, health of coral reefs, sedimentation and history of carbonate platforms, and stromatolites. These studies, combined with countless field trips and lecture tours in North America, Europe, North Africa and Australia, have had a significant worldwide influence on research, teaching and the petroleum potential of carbonate deposits. A measure of this impact was the award of Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America, the Twenhofel Medal of the Society for Sedimentary Geology, the Sorby Medal of the International Association of Sedimentology and honorary membership in four professional societies
One of Bob's most impressive contributions to geology was his ability to ask the "So what?" question. A field trip with Bob was not merely descriptive, but interrogative. "What do suppose this is?" "Umm…" "Do you suppose that…?" "What does this tell us?" . In the lab I would proudly describe my accomplishment for the day only to be faced with the "so what?" question. Irritating as it was it would force one to reexamine the rationale for performing an experiment and delve deeper into its significance.
While his impact on his profession has been immeasurable, he has also been an inspiring teacher and the principal advisor for more than 20 graduate students as well as numerous post-doctoral associates. Naming them all here would be a folly as I might forget one. While some of his students and post-doctoral associates stayed at home in Miami, others have become distinguished teachers and geologists throughout the world. It would almost be an understatement to say that Bob Ginsburg's influence upon the study of carbonate environments has been immeasurable.
Peter K. Swart
Miami July 2017


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The envy of the world : fifty years of the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3, 1946-1996
Authors: Humphrey Carpenter, Jennifer R. Doctor
Summary: "Little more than a year after the end of World War II, on 29 September 1946, the BBC Third Programme went on the air. It became one of the leading cultural and intellectual forums in Britain, a service described as 'the envy of the world', which many believed could be 'the greatest educative and civilising force England has known since the sixteenth century'." "As the principal platform for the BBC's extensive patronage of music, the Third brought into the homes of the nation the sounds of opera houses and concert halls. It also played a vital role in the development of twentieth-century drama - Beckett, Pinter and Stoppard are among those for whom the Third served as a 'launching pad', broadcasting their early work. In its 1970 reorganisation the BBC replaced the Third with Radio 3, which, despite the new challenge from commercial radio, has maintained the high standards of music broadcasting established by the Third." "With unlimited access to BBC archives, Humphrey Carpenter throws fresh light on Dylan Thomas, John Betjeman and Michael Tippett, among others, and brings alive the individuals who have created the programmes and delivered the arts to the nation over the last fifty years."--Jacket
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1996


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Viral Week: Talent show crying over spilled milk and other trending news
Live animal "mystery boxes," leopards escape, Chinese rocket debris lands, and woman gives birth five times to avoid jail—it's Viral Week
Viral Week is our weekly round-up of the weekend's trending memes, humor, rumor, gossip, and everything else Chinese netizens are talking about.
This week, live animal "mystery boxes" spark calls for animal protection, rocket debris lands in the Indian Ocean, a woman gives birth five times to avoid jail, and a Hangzhou zoo covers up leopards' escape:
Talent show banned over spilled milk
iQIYI talent show Youth With You 3 has been suspended by the Beijing Municipal Radio and Television Bureau for a stunt asking viewers to scan QR codes placed under the caps of Mengniu milk bottles to earn a free vote for their favorite contestant. Videos emerged online of fans farming bottle caps, pouring perfectly good milk down the drain in order to scan. The video platform issued a public apology saying that in future they will "actively assume the social responsibility of the media."
Live animal "mystery boxes" spark outrage
Animal rescue workers in Chengdu, Sichuan province, discovered a courier vehicle containing over 160 small cats and dogs packed into small express delivery boxes. The incident drew public ire over the practice of live animal "mystery boxes," where small pets are placed in boxes and sold to customers who do not know what animal they are getting before opening the box. Several of the animals in Chengdu had already died by the time of rescue, and the others were placed in a local shelter. Netizens are calling for punishment for courier company ZTO Express for accepting the delivery (it is illegal to send live animals in regular express delivery packages) and for e-commerce platforms to crack down on animal sales.
Leopards at large in Hangzhou
A Hangzhou Safari Park is in hot water for keeping quiet about the escape of three leopards sometime over the past week. After having dismissed public sightings of the big cats just a day before, the park issued an apology on Saturday, saying it had not come clean about the escape as "juvenile leopards are not very aggressive" and it wanted to "avoid causing a panic." Two of the leopards have been captured and returned to safety as of 5 p.m. on Saturday. Authorities have advised the public to remain vigilant while the third leopard is at large and to call the police if they spot the animal. Police are opening proceedings against lead figures at the Park.
Chinese rocket debris crashes into Indian Ocean
Debris from China's largest rocket to be launched yet, the Long March 5B, landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives archipelago on Sunday, ending a whole week's speculation from international space experts and governments as to where the rocket's remnants would crash. The Chinese rocket had originally launched from Hainan in April.
Tang warriors remind tourists to act civilized
Over the Labor Day holiday, Xi'an's ancient city wall sent staff dressed as warriors from the Tang dynasty to stop tourists from rude or dangerous behaviors, such as taking off their shoes in public or sitting too close to the edge of the wall. All selected staff were dressed in golden armor and spoke with traditional dialects. The scenic area was praised nationwide for their creativity in enforcing modern rules while maintaining a historic atmosphere and not embarrassing tourists.
Woman gives birth five times to avoid jail
A woman in Jiangsu province has avoided jail for a decade by becoming pregnant and giving birth five times successively in the past decade. In 2011, The unidentified woman had been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in jail for theft but was allowed to serve her sentence at home due to being pregnant at the time—which apparently gave her the idea of getting pregnant again each time her nursing period was about to end (and committing more crimes in the meantime). On April 7, she was apprehended after she failed to get pregnant in time to avoid being sent to jail, and tried to run away.
Viral balcony attraction taken down due to crowds
An 80-year-old woman in Shanghai had to remove the large pink bow she had tied to the railing of her balcony after the decoration went viral. Visitors swarmed to take pictures and short videos of the woman and her home, a historic building in Shanghai (Shanghai's more photogenic homes often attract large numbers of camera-wielding tourists). She and her family allegedly had to temporarily move due to the crowds.
Students and civil servants go undercover to deliver food
Exploitation of food delivery workers re-emerged in the public eye after Peking University postdoctoral candidate Chen Long published his PhD dissertation, for which he went undercover as a food delivery worker for five and a half months in 2018. The dissertation looks into how the algorithm of food delivery apps forces workers to rush, allotting less and less time to finish each order.
Wang Linshi, a Beijing official in charge of labor, also went undercover for one day as a food delivery worker and shared his experience of earning 41 RMB after working for 12 hours over the May Day holiday, getting no rest, and facing fines from the delivery app.
Relay to save severed arm
On April 30, the last passenger flight of the day from Hotan to Urumqi in Xinjiang turned back from the runway to pick up a 7-year-old boy, whose arm had been severed by a tractor and needed an urgent operation in Urumqi. Flight crew, passengers, police, and doctors joined the relay and succeeded in reattaching the boy's arm after three hours of surgery.
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2021: China's Year in Viral News
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DNC Changes Name to "Elect Hillary Clinton President 2016"
LAST UPDATED @ 9:19PM (12.18.2015)
Hillary Clinton shill. (Above)
WASHINGTON (The Nil Admirari) - Earlier today, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced it was changing its name to "Elect Hillary Clinton President 2016," and publicly committed itself to destroying the campaign of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont "by any means necessary." Debbie Wasserman Schultz declared she was already using her position as chair of the DNC's successor organization to cripple the Sanders campaign by restricting its access to critical voter information it needed to contact and mobilize its supporters.
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"It should be clear to everyone by now that I want Hillary Clinton to become president, so the Democratic National Committee is renaming itself 'Elect Hillary Clinton President 2016,'" stated Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the DNC famous for inexplicably losing elections across the country to deranged Teabaggers interested in destroying the government.
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Wasserman Schultz added, "At first I thought Bernie Sanders could be stopped by making a debate schedule that heavily favored Hillary Clinton. So I made sure to schedule debates on weekends, during popular sporting events, and other times I determined would attract a small audience. Well, I was wrong."
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"Now I am restricting the Sanders campaign from accessing its own voter database in response to a story I leaked to the press about some of his campaign staff seeing Hillary's voter database due to the failure of our contractor to maintain a firewall between the candidates' data," said Wasserman Schultz.
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Wasserman Schultz smirked prior to stating, "Let's see how Bernie Sanders deals with not being able to connect with his supporters so close to the Iowa caucuses. The debate tomorrow night should be fun to watch, especially with Hillary pretending she is the victim in all of this."
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Donations to the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders have increased since the highly unethical and partisan actions of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Topics: Bernie Sanders, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic Socialism, Democrats, DNC, Election 2016, Hillary Clinton


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In the spotlight: Celebrating Phnom Penh's unsung heroes
The exhibit aims to make the 'edjais,' the Kingdom's informal waste pickers, visible to the public eye. Miguel Jeronimo
Raksmey Hong
In a country with no formal recycling system, edjais – the Kingdom's informal waste pickers – have taken the noble responsibility of collecting plastic wastes which are haphazardly thrown on the streets of Phnom Penh.
To honour their commitment to the environment, Portuguese photographer Miguel Jeronimo launched a month-long photo exhibit on January 8, at the capital's Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre, featuring the recycling process in Cambodia that's often ignored by many.
"The exhibition follows the trail of the informal recycling system in Cambodia, from when a piece of plastic on the street is collected by an edjai to all the steps of its processing until it is exported to Vietnam or Thailand for recycling," he says.
The exhibit aims to make the edjais, who Jeronimo says have remained in the background, visible to the public eye. He notes the unfortunate discrimination and apathy they receive from the public despite the honourable task they do every day in the sweltering heat.
"It's also a homage to the figure of edjais, in the hopes of breaking the stigma that have been placed upon them, as well as making the public see the value they bring in keeping the streets clean and helping mitigate the amount of waste that ends up in the landfill every single day. I think that's the main role of the edjais.
"The whole recycling process in the Kingdom relies on these 'invisible soldiers' that roam around the streets in search of plastic, aluminum cans, cardboards and other recyclables," says Jeronimo.
The exhibit will remain open to the public until February 8 at Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre, located at Street 200 in downtown Phnom Penh. Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre
A Vietnamese national and a resident of Cambodia for the past three decades who goes by the alias Kim Phuc, says he buys sorted plastics, such as bottles, coffee cups and so on, for 500 riel/kg ($0.12). The unseparated plastics, he buys for 300 riels/kg ($0.07).
"He [Kim Phuc] often washes and cleans the plastics by hand, then crushes them to be sold for export to factories that manufacture plastic chairs, baskets and other items," says Jeronimo.
Kong Vanny, a homeless single mother of three who makes a living as an edjai, rings her bell to signal her passing along the streets of the capital. Families come out of their homes at that moment to sell whatever recyclable waste they have.
"Street edjais can make from $2.5 to $7.5 a day depending on luck, the weather or their health condition. A day missed means a day without money to buy their daily needs.
"Despite their poor living conditions, they're the ones who make a difference by turning around 11 per cent of the total waste into recyclables," notes Jeronimo.
After compression, the sorted wastes are strapped and exported to neighbouring countries.
Cambodia, Jeronimo says, does not have proper waste-processing facilities to manage the amount of trash it produces.
With Thailand banning all trash imports next year, and Vietnam following suit in 2025, the Kingdom is feeling the urgency to come up with solutions soon.
"Some local organisations are starting to tackle this issue. For instance, a recycling facility in Battambang town processes high- and low-density polyethylene by sorting, cleaning, cutting and melting plastics into compact sizes.
"On a greater scale, the Japanese firm Gomi Recycle 110 is building two factories in the special economic zones of Phnom Penh and Svay Rieng province. Both factories can process two to three tonnes of waste a day and transform it into eco-bricks for construction," he says.
Portuguese photographer Miguel Jeronimo launches a photo exhibit featuring the 'edjais,' the unsung heroes of Phnom Penh streets. Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre
Another concern, says Jeronimo, is the management of wet waste such as leftover food, rotten vegetables and hospital waste lying carelessly in a collection centre, among all sorts of other trash.
"Hazardous waste, such as hospital waste, are dumped in bins or placed on the street as if they're non-hazards. They are left there for the edjais to unknowingly touch and sort through with their bare hands. This could be toxic for them or lead to infections," he says.
Without edjais, no waste would be recycled. Thus, the public should start giving them the respect and gratitude they're due, says Jeronimo.
It's a tough life they lead as it is, he adds, so we must care for them as they play a vital role in the fight against the climate and waste crises.
Sponsored by Ali Al-Nasani of Heinrich Boell Foundation, the exhibition will remain open to the public until February 8 at Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre, located at Street 200 in downtown Phnom Penh.
For more information about Miguel Jeronimo's exhibits, follow him on Instagram at migueljeronimophotography or call (+855) 10 298 091.
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Climate change, human activities and other perturbations are likely to influence existing patterns of weathering, erosion, transport and deposition of material (e.g., sediments, solutes, nutrients, carbon, wood) across defined landscape components and units. While it is still a great challenge to develop an improved understanding of how such changes interact and affect slope and fluvial denudation rates, source-to-sink fluxes and sedimentary budgets, such quantitative analyses promise to be an efficient framework to assess the impact of environmental changes and disturbances to sediment dynamics and to evaluate landscape sensitivity. The current knowledge on sediment dynamics and the sediment cascade within Holocene to contemporary climates forms the basis for predicting the consequences of ongoing and future climate change. However, much of our information is still limited in terms of spatial and temporal coverage and needs to be extended and consolidated. Hillslopes are important elements of the terrestrial Earth surface. The rates at which mass-wasting processes act to modify hillslope morphometries are extremely varied and are driven by a number of diverse physical, chemical and biological processes. These processes span a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and are considered to react sensitively to global climate changes, anthropogenic impacts and other perturbations. Fluvial denudation includes both chemical and mechanical fluvial denudation and its spatiotemporal variability is controlled by a wide range of meteorological and environmental drivers. Only after coordinated research efforts and integration of regional datasets it is advisable to apply and test, with an acceptable degree of reliability, models of landscape response to climate change, anthropogenic impacts and other perturbations like, e.g., fires and earthquakes. This session includes oral and poster contributions on hillslope and fluvial denudation, source-to-sink fluxes/correlations and sedimentary budgets from small headwater systems to continental scales, and from long-term to contemporary timescales. The presented studies were conducted in a range of different climatic environments. A wide range of different techniques and methods of data collection and generation, e.g., from field-based to remotely sensed, and analysis/modeling is provided.


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Grand Lisboa Palace inks MoU with duty-free giant
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In Macau, casino operator Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM), a subsidiary of SJM Holdings Limited, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Beijing-based China Duty-Free Group (CDFG) to open a CDFG flagship store at the under-construction Grand Lisboa Palace.
According to Asia Gaming Brief…
CDFG will be the anchor tenant and will occupy 7,500 square meters (80,729 square feet) of prime first-floor retail space at the $4.6 billion integrated resort on Cotai, Macau that is expected to open in the second half of 2019. The opening of CDFG's flagship store will mark the downtown debut of the Chinese travel retail giant that operates as a subsidiary of China International Travel Service Corporation Limited.
State-owned enterprise:
Established in 1984, CDFG is the only state-owned enterprise authorized by the State Council to operate duty-free business across China. Over its three decades of development, it has established long-term relationships with over 300 top luxury brands worldwide and has set up more than 200 duty-free stores in thirty provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of China.
To be located in Grand Lisboa's highly-anticipated 53,000 square meters (570,487 square feet) retail mall, CDFG's Macau flagship store will cover the first and second floors of the coming development.
Chairman of the Board of Directors for SJM, Dr. Ambrose So said…
"The introduction of CDFG's Macau flagship store into Grand Lisboa Palace will greatly expand and enhance the retail offerings of our resort, appealing to any type of visitors especially those with sophisticated lifestyles.
"Leveraging the strong brand recognition and commitment to quality and service at both SJM and CDFG, our collaboration with CDFG will elevate visitors' shopping experience in Macau and strengthen the positioning of Grand Lisboa Palace as Macau's Capital of Style."
For its part, CDFG President Charles Chen said…
"The opening of our Macau off-airport duty free store in Grand Lisboa Palace serves as a new step in CDFG's business development. The Hong Kong and Macau market is a retail hotspot in the Asia Pacific, and through the successful tenders for expanded footprint in Hong Kong and Macau airports, as well as the upcoming store in Macau downtown, CDFG has steadily actualised its strategic plan for the region.
"Macau is an integral part of the Greater Bay Area, welcoming 32.61 million visitors in 2017, amongst which 90.3% were tourists from Greater China. As a Chinese duty free company with deep understanding of Chinese consumers, CDFG's new duty free store will bring even more quality products and shopping experience to customers, supporting Macau's positioning as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure."
Top-tier luxury brands:
In keeping with CDFG's long-term relationships with premier luxury brands, the retailer responsible for duty free stores across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei and Southeast Asia, including the world's largest single duty free shop, Sanya International Duty Free Shopping Complex on Hainan Island, will reportedly carry a broad range of cosmetics and perfumes, jewelry and watches, shoes, accessories and apparel, along with travel-related merchandise and other categories, according to The Moodie Davitt Report.
Hong Kong-listed SJM Holdings Limited is responsible for 20 casinos and three hotels across Macau including the iconic Casino Grand Lisboa and the newer Emperor Palace Casino. It began construction on the Grand Lisboa Palace in February of 2014 in an effort to better compete with other nearby integrated casino resorts such as Sands China Limited's $2.4 billion The Venetian Macao and the $3.2 billion Studio City Macau development from Melco Resorts and Entertainment Limited.
Grand Lisboa Palace:
Upon completion, the 17-acre development will reportedly feature a trio of hotels branded under the Grand Lisboa Palace, Palazzo Versace and Karl Lagerfeld monikers, with a total of approximately 2,000 hotel rooms and suites, facilities for meetings and conferences, shopping, dining and entertainment, and a casino with approximately 1,000 slots and 700 gaming tables.
The casino operator recently announced that the development was not damaged as a result of Typhoon Mangkhut in spite of reportedly being hit by wind gusts well in excess of 100 miles per hour.
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In this article the authors considered the Genesis of the concept of «potential», offered century-Torno-contextual model of health of the creative potential of personality, the essence of the mentioned phenomenon, presents characteristics of resource support of human health in the context of the holistic approach, shows and scientifically based structure of the health of the creative potential, which acts as a mechanism of self-knowledge, self-evaluation and self-development of man.
Keywords: health, health of the creative potential of personality, and vector-contextual model of health of the creative potential of the individual, holistic approach.
Demchuk E.A., Kosenko M.A., Medvedeva I.A.
The article aphorisms of famous people are considered as a tool for self-discovery, self-motivation and self-development. Authors by observing their reactions to quote of the peoples, belonging to their type, concluded that the reading of such statements may help considerably in the individual self-improvement.
Keywords: aphorism, model A, therapy, self-knowledge, identity contact.
The duality relations (relation of full addition) are considered almost ideal and guaranteeing happiness. Many people, familiar with socionics, aspire to find a dual, without accepting other relations. Semidual relations under certain conditions can be not less "comfortable", than dual, or even more preferably. Interaction between semi-duals on similar and supplementing aspects is compared, and the problems of duals and semi-duals and the ways of their decision are considered. The article calls for personal growth because the mature person to be capable to be happy and to give happiness and in not dual relations.
Keywords: socionics, dual, semi-dual, problems in dual relations, understanding.
Communication. How to avoid problems?
The article is written on the basis of materials of seminar, devoted to algebra of intertype relationships, to a method, allowing to solve the personal and interpersonal problems in the paradigm of the socionical advising. On a seminar the real situations and problems of listeners were taken apart and the variants of their decision were offered. In the mode of the opened consultation the interaction of different types of informational metabolism, and also those cases, when the person is in a mask of another socionical type, were analyzed.
Keywords: socionics, intertype relationships, socionical masks, algebra of intertype relationships, psychological problems.
The fundamental questions of socionics and methods for determining socionical type are considered. The advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to this problem are discussed.
Keywords: socionics, personality type, temperament, theory of functional systems, neuropsychology.
It is an author's view on personality types and their manifestations.


Don't wear polka dot underwear with white shorts.
"Polka dots perk you up--pretty much instantly.
appropriate no matter how many candles you're blowing out this year."
Good to know that polka dots are timeless!
Here is our lineup today!
What a Great Day today for Dots.. WOW the samples and creativity was fabulous.
Love today's dots! Your tip of the day, don't wear polka dot underwear with white shorts is a hoot, LOL!
Another super day for dots! Wanted to say I love the dotty swatch on the blog today; they just look so happy - well, anyway, they make ME feel happy.


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Msimanga told of business gripes
Politics / 8 December 2018, 10:10am / Rapula Moatshe
Tshwane mayor, Solly Msimanga, addresses a group of business people in Bronkhorstspruit. They told him of some of the frustrations they face on a daily basis. Picture: Oupa Mokoena African News Agency (ANA)
Pretoria - A group of industrialists in Bronkhorstspruit on Friday vented their frustrations about the difficulties they faced doing business at the Ekandustria Industrial Park near the town.
This was during a meeting they held at the Bronkhorstspruit Bowling Club with Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga.
Mike Hammond bemoaned the fact that economic activities at the industrial park continued to deteriorate. He said local factories previously employed at least 25 000, but that number had decreased dramatically to a only few thousand.
"The situation is dire as factories will soon employ fewer than 1 000 people after one of the players threatened to move out," he said.
Hammond took a swipe at the Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency (Mega) - the entity which managed the industrial park - saying it was "absolutely useless".
For years the entity belonged to Mpumalanga province, but it was recently transferred to the Gauteng province, according to Msimanga.
"The premier (David Makhura) was in the area recently and he announced that the transfer has already taken place. What we need is for the transfer to take place from the provincial government to the City of Tshwane so that the city can invest in the industrial area," he said.
There were complaints that the industrial park had become dilapidated due to lack of maintenance by Mega.
In response, Msimanga said Mega wanted to hold on to Ekandustria because it used to receive grants.
Hammond said: "People are unhappy, dejected, tired and gatvol. Every single industrialist has a problem with Mega. Mega has to go and it should have gone 20 years ago."
He said the industrial park has potential for business to flourish and to create more jobs. "It has infrastructure in place. It can employ at least 50 000 people," he said.
Hammond proposed that the City and local businesspeople form a forum where they could voice their concerns.
Msimanga bought into the proposal, suggesting that the MMC for Economic Development and Spatial Planning, Randall Williams, should head the forum. "In Watloo we were able to establish a forum. We can duplicate (it) here," he said.
Another businessman, Paul Gubler, complained about criminal activities and the SAPS officers. "There is lawlessness in the community. If you go to the police to report them, they don't do anything. They don't support you. There are many people who are leaving this area and (are going) to do business in Centurion," he said.
Msimanga said the government had to be responsible for creating a conducive environment for businesspeople to do business and create jobs. "We need to make sure that we don't only retain business in this part of the city, but we must also attract new business," he said.
He added that it was also vital to meet businesses that were not doing well to find out how the City could prevent them from leaving the area.
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Hull Housing Authority is on the right path
Allison Manning
Two years after a highly critical state audit that resulted in the firing of its executive director, the Hull Housing Authority has corrected most problems, though some linger.
Former executive director Paul K. Daley had worked without a contract, received questionable salary payments for overtime and was paid $37,378 in lieu of benefits without documentation, according to State Auditor A. Joseph DeNucci's office.
"They've cleaned that up," spokesman Glenn Briere said. "They have complete, up to date personnel policies and procedures." The housing authority hired Kate Luna and Executech Consulting after firing Daley. The company still works for the town.
"It's fair to say that most of the problems cited in the prior audit occurred under the previous management," Briere said.
The authority and Daley are still embroiled in a lawsuit filed by Daley in 2006, in which Daley is challenging his firing and seeking back pay.
The audit identifies four issues left to be addressed, including more than $16,500 lost in potential rental income because vacant units were not prepared for occupancy within the state's allowed 21-day time period.
Tenant selection ledgers were also not maintained, the prior audit found. This issue concerned Briere the most.
"These are affordable units in great demand," he said. "It's possible that people toward the back of the line got bumped over others."
Luna said when she arrived, the housing application process had been closed without explanation, yet there were six family unit vacancies. Some units had been vacant for almost a year, the delay attributed to having only one maintenance person on staff.
Now, Luna said the authority is down to two vacancies among the 68 units, which include 40 units of elderly housing and 28 family units. The waiting lists are now computerized.
DeNucci's audit also highlighted $10,000 in back payments owed the town. Luna said since the audit, the board has taken care of the outstanding payments in lieu of taxes.
Allison Manning may be reached at amanning@ledger.com.


Several weeks ago I was sitting in the worship service when two children got up to read scripture with the Children's Minister. It was so nice to see children participate in a regular worship service. As many of you know, children have a special place in my heart and any time they are a part of worship, I think their divine hearts add to the spirit and love of what makes worship, worship. It was sweet and a blessing to hear them read.
Unfortunately, another voice went through my mind: a voice that said in the middle of a deacon's meeting, "The children's sermons are dumbing down the worship service." The person sitting next to this individual was the one who led the children's sermons in worship. Yes, that would be me. Nobody said a word and when I realized that nobody was going to, I chimed in ever so quietly to remind them all that I was sitting right there, "Well thanks, (his name)." Again, nothing was said.
Sadly, the words, the silence, and the experience swarmed through my mind during the rest of the service. I kept going back to a time that was extremely painful for me, when I was alone and when worship was no longer worship. It was a scripted play that I acted in and the directors kept yelling at me to get the lines right. The angelic voices of those children I heard earlier were silenced in the midst of the memories.
After worship I went to a place I hadn't been in a long time, the labyrinth on the campus of Union Theological Seminary. It's a pathway to meditation, mindfulness, and spiritual freedom. I was hoping to find time for quiet reflection as I walked into the labyrinth to search for the center. It was meant for an opportunity to let go, forgive and learn from the past. Coming out of the labyrinth, I could reflect and prepare for a better future, a closer relationship with God and a closer relationship with myself, remembering the truth about who I am and walk towards who God wants me to be.
Well, that did not happen – at least it didn't happen the way I anticipated. I began my meditative journey into the labyrinth and was a quarter of the way in, when I heard a distant voice say, "There she goes." The next thing I know, a 4-year-old girl entered the labyrinth and started dancing around. At first, I tried to ignore the disturbance and keep my focus on God. But I couldn't do it and realized I wasn't supposed to. God's focus was on me and God needed to communicate with me in a way I could understand on this particular day.
This moment wasn't a disturbance at all. This was a joyous and exuberant way for God to speak to me. This precious child danced with abandon and made her way through her journey and into mine. Her parents apologized several times for "disrupting" me and I said, "Are you kidding? This is what my prayer is meant to be about today. This is wonderful!" I stood with tears in my eyes and said, "This is exactly what the labyrinth journey is supposed to be about." I watched this angel dance, meditate, laugh, pray, run, sing, and scream her way into God's heart, and mine. She followed the path and crossed over the curves. She sat down in the center and contemplated. She jumped up and skipped her way back into the world, only to start all over again.
After the family left, despite the child's efforts to stay, I sat down for a few minutes to reflect on what happened. I thanked God for sending that child my way and reminding me of what is truly important. There are plenty of voices in this world that will do what they can to bring you down, no matter how wrong they are. There is also a voice within you, one made in the image of God, which knows exactly what you are capable of doing. Above all else, allow that voice to be the one you listen to. Allow her voice to dance into your path and remind you of who you are, even if it is during a worship service. Because more than likely, that will be the message God wants you to hear.
Maybe the people in the deacon's meeting will hear that child's voice too. I pray that some day, they will.
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Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this – it is truly what I needed to hear. Thanks for sharing God's light.