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Saugeen First Nation Youth Council – One Day Leadership Training
by Jenny MacDonald | Nov 24, 2021 | Circle of abundance, News, Youth
Youth from Saugeen First Nation came together on Friday, November 5, 2021 to participate in a one day Leadership Training facilitated by Coady's Circle of Abundance Teaching Staff, in partnership with the Saugeen Youth Council and Further Education Society of Alberta...
Youth Leaders Engage in Community Building
by Jenny MacDonald | Oct 21, 2021 | News, Youth
Thirteen young leaders from across Canada recently completed capacity-building and planning components of the Pathy Foundation Fellowship, and have now begun a nine-month journey implementing their planned initiatives alongside their respective community partners....
Youth Leaders Build Foundation for Community Change
by Jenny MacDonald | Aug 11, 2021 | News, Youth
Thirteen young leaders from across Canada recently completed the first of five key components of the Pathy Foundation Fellowship. The Fellowship is an intensive 12-month opportunity for graduating students from five partner universities – Bishop's University, McGill...
Coady Launches Partnership with Schwartz School of Business through Sears Internships
by Jenny MacDonald | Apr 27, 2021 | News, Women, Youth
A unique partnership at St. Francis Xavier University is creating a bridge for Gerald Schwartz School of Business students into Coady Institute thanks to the efforts of Dr. Brad Long, the John T. Sears Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility in the Schwartz School,...
Sister to Sister Mentorship Program begins for 2021
by Jenny MacDonald | Apr 9, 2021 | News, Women, Youth
The Nobel Women's Initiative and Coady International Institute are excited to welcome 15 emerging women leaders to our nine-week advocacy and communications program for young women activists. Together, our sisters from Mexico, Iraq, Liberia, Palestine, Guatemala,...
They're here: Education programs for 2021-22
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Our largest online offering yet! We are offering an extensive program of online courses this year as we continue our commitment to developing knowledge and skills for social change. Online courses begin in April 2021 and offer the opportunity to learn with a cohort of...

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Dr. Heidemarie Wünsche-Pietzka, Dr. Tobias Hartkemeyer and Dr. Michael Benesch introduced partner organisations from Germany, Austria and Turky to the dialogue process, history, fields of application, core features of dialogue + gender aspects. 2 special gender dialogues took place. In 9 strategic dialogues (in DE, AT, TR) partners gained + trained dialogue core competences + DUO methodology. 3 public workshops + a common conference DIALOG.mACHT.SCHULE were carried out. Exchange about Turkish culture, cultural events + common elaboration of final evaluation took place. Dialogue material was translated into Turkish.


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Oxacillin - an antibiotic belonging to the group of semi-synthetic penicillins. Advantage oxacillin antibiotic is its efficacy against bacteria producing the enzyme penicillinase, but allows some other penicillins be really effective.
International Nonproprietary Name of the drug as well as the pharmacologically active substance with the same tradename: Oxacillin.
Pills. The content of oxacillin tablets consistently: 0, 25 In the role of the primary package may make a glass or polymer bottle with 20 tablets, a contour cell blister with 10 pills. Secondary packaging - cardboard box, which embeds user to oxacillin for use.
Antibiotics Oxacillin in the form of tablets produced by the domestic "Organic". But with powder for injection the situation is different: it is also a purely Russian preparation, but it is made in the capacity of three pharmaceutical companies: JSC "Biochemist", JSC "Synthesis", JSC "Krasfarma."
As already mentioned, Oxacillin not sensitive to the action of penicillinase not degraded by the enzyme. The drug has a devastating effect on microorganisms because of its ability to inhibit the reproduction of cell membranes, which ultimately leads to them at the crucial stage of the life cycle of bacteria: in their division.
Use of oxacillin justified in infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, including penitsillinprodutsiruyuschie strains of staphylococci, streptococci, Corynebacterium, anthrax (anthrax). The drug acts on certain Gram-negative cocci, including Neisseria, Treponema, actinomycetes.
With respect to most of the gram-negative microflora Oxacillin antibiotic activity does not show. He does not act on the viruses, protozoa, fungi, rickettsia.
Another advantage of the drug is slow the formation of bacterial resistance to it that inspires physicians often prescribe Oxacillin.
Thus, having any of the above diseases, the patient can count on the statement physician prescription oxacillin.
Injections oxacillin according to the instructions, you can do both intravenously and intramuscularly. Adults and children after 6 years of age should receive 2-4 g of the drug per day, younger children a dose calculated according to body weight: 60-80 mg per 1 kg of body weight per day (up to 3-month ex.) 1 g per 1 kg of body weight per day (3-month ex. to 2 years), 2 g to 1 kg per day (from 2 to 6 years), infants and children born prematurely, it should be 20 40 mg per 1 kg of body weight per day. The drug is administered frequently: every 4-6 hours; the daily dose divided into 4 doses. Duration of treatment averages 1-1, 5 weeks. The solvent for the powder is water for injection or sodium chloride 0 to 9%. They must be purchased separately, as the manufacturer does not put the solvent into the secondary packaging.
Oxacillin tablets should be taken based on the periodicity of ingestion of either one hour before or 2-3 hours after a meal. The maximum single dose for adults and children from 6 years old is 1 g daily - 3 years Children under 6 years of age receive 2 g of the drug per day.
The doctor did not prescribe a prescription for oxacillin, if the patient is installed hypersensitivity to the drug, as well as to other beta-lactams (not only penicillin). Oxacillin tablets should not be taken for children under 3 years ex.
For use oxacillin during pregnancy should be a very good reason, as far as possible this should be avoided. During breastfeeding, considering that the drug is excreted in breast milk, treatment oxacillin should be completely stopped.
when intravenous application may develop thrombophlebitis.
Antibiotics Oxacillin not indicated if the bacteriological study found that infectious agents are sensitive to benzylpenicillin.
As can be seen from the chapter "analog oxacillin" drugmakers "love" to combine the antibiotic ampicillin, and not without reason. The fact that ampicillin, unlike oxacillin, secreted by bacteria sensitive to penicillins. A oxacillin, in turn, protects ampicillin from its destructive action, making it a combination of antibacterial drugs really "killer" for a broader range of microorganisms.
Oxacillin is not recommended in conjunction with methotrexate, since in this case the increased toxicity of the latter.
Oxacillin both tablets and powder for solution implemented strictly in pharmacies by prescription.
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Energy generating pressure pads for ships leaves Limerick school on crest of wave
Hugh Conlon, Asst Harbour Master, Shannon Foynes Port Company with Issie Murphy, Lauren Walsh, Aoife-Marie Costello, Kate Storan, Alison Roche, Caoimhe Cahill and Nadine McMahon of Laurel Hill Secondary School were announced as winners of the Shannon Foynes Port Company Compass Transition Year Competition 'Transforming the Waves of the Shannon Estuary - Developing Alternative Energy Opportunities' held at Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum. Photo: Oisin McHugh True Media
Innovation was in rich supply at one of Ireland's great maritime commercial hubs, Foynes, as schools presented ground-breaking concepts for sustainable energysources of the future at the biennial Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) 'Compass' transition year competition.
Laurel Hill Secondary School walked away with the honours thanks to their 'Working Waves' presentation based on generating energy from ships on the move through a pressure pad system that feeds into an electricity generator and battery in the hull.
But, as judges highlighted, the competition was the most tightly marked, the most competitive and delivered the highest standards in its six-year history.
The Limerick city school, who were presented with their award by Minister of State at the Department of Finance Patrick O'Donovan, was one of five finalists who presented in front of 300 people at the Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum today.
They walked away with the top prize of the perpetual trophy, a €2,000 cheque for their school and iPads & COMPASS gold medals for each of the team members. All runners up received a COMPASS silver medal and a sailing day on the Shannon Estuary sponsored by the Foynes Yacht Club Sailing Academy.
The four other finalists were outgoing champions, Salesian College Pallaskenry, with their concept for harvesting seaweed for biomass production; Coláiste Mhuire Askeaton, who proposed transforming Foynes Island, just 100m or so from the pier at Foynes. into a major wind energy farm; John the Baptist Community College, Hospital with a project called 'Wishy Washy' based on a Tidal Turbine Power generating plant on the Clare estuary shoreline; and Causeway Comprehensive School, Co. Kerry with their proposal for a tidal turbine station to power the proposed Shannon LNG gas plant at Ballylongford.
Said Laurel Hill team leader Aoife Marie Costello: "We're just delighted. We put so much work into this, since last September – during class, after school and we're so happy with ourselves. We were jumping for joy when we won and then it dawned on me really and I started to cry. None of us have ever won anything like this before. It's a great feeling."
This year's competition was based on the theme 'Transforming the Waves of the Shannon Estuary – Developing Alternative Energy Opportunities' and the students responded with what special guest John Kiely, manager of All-Ireland senior hurling champions Limerick described as "brilliant ideas and brilliant teamwork."
He said: "This is a fantastic competition and it was a privilege to be here today. I come from the other side of the county so I wouldn't have known as much about what happens here as I now do after watching these presentations today.
"Shannon Foynes Port Company has definitely tapped into a need here to spread the awareness within the region of the opportunity that's here. It's so important that we do that because if it fulfils its potential, we can keep people in the region, keep communities alive, keep GAA clubs alive. It's a win-win for everyone."
He added: "I was just so impressed with the students themselves. They showed incredible courage, incredible confidence. They gave us brilliant ideas and brilliant presentations. My message to them was to follow their dreams and ambitions and if this is the type of ambition they have, the future is very bright."
Minister Patrick O'Donovan said that the students had responded brilliantly to a major call to arms in society today – our environment. "The presentations had one common thread, that our climate is changing and we have to do something about it. These students are showing the type of engagement and intent that is going to force the rest of us to change our habits and look at new technologies."
Said SFPC CEO Pat Keating: "We're so proud of the students. We started out this competition to raise the awareness of the Shannon Estuary and it's definitely ticking that box. The attendances are growing every year and the students are coming up with brilliant ideas. We were blown away with the level of innovation this year. They've really raised the bar."
Said MEP Sean Kelly: "This is such a great competition. They got the theme so right this year as the students were focussed on coming up with ideas for sustainable energy uses along the estuary in the years ahead. That's a brilliant message to get out because we all have to do something about climate change. We all got our eyes opened today with these ideas."
The competition judges were Committee Chairman and SFPC Harbour Master Mick Kennelly; Helen Downes, CEO of Shannon Chamber; Anne Morris, Skillnet Manager Limerick Chamber; Lindsay Sharpe, Strategic Marketing Specialist, ESB Networks; Joseph Coleman, Centre for Robotics & Intelligent Systems, University of Limerick.
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Grumbling about the youth of today 2: safety | 6 comments (6 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Grumbling about the youth of today 2.: safety (4.00 / 2)
I think that kids do need to develop a sense of personal safety from their personal lives.
I look back on some of the antics of my youth where, quite frankly, situations could have turned out otherwise and I'd not be here. Yet each one was a learning experience and I didn't do that or even that class of thing again. I wonder if sometimes we live in a world where kids are wrapped in cotton wool to the extent that they never develop the capacity to hear the voice in their head that says "don't, this is stupid".
The biggest carnage comes from cars. Kids as drivers never seem to realise that they are in control of a deadly weapon, one just a likely to kill them as anyone else. Too many are taught the basics of vehicle control, but are left to fend for themselves in traffic and we hope they'll work it out along the way. Some do, but many don't or become so fixated on the technical control thing that they are indifferent to what havoc their presence wreaks.
In Bulgaria there is a habit of putting up death notices on posters with pictures around town. It is hearbreaking to realise that most of them are either over 50 or between 18 - 25, almost all of the latter are from car crashes.
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 09:37:54 AM EST
Re: Grumbling about the youth of today 2.: safety (none / 1)
You see those kind of markers all over in France too-but without the personal details, just the reminder that someone(s) died here on the highway. A salutory effect? Probably. And we were indeed talking about safety with dodo.
"Youthful indestructibility" is the eternal cliche'. But kids with a bright future --who KNOW they have a future- seem to have an internal alarm--a warning that says,
"Don't wanna miss all that good stuff,-- better cool it"
kids who don't believe in their future may not care as much, or have that warning.
Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.
by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri May 9th, 2008 at 11:27:01 AM EST
But kids with a bright future --who KNOW they have a future- seem to have an internal alarm--a warning that says,
Transport for London has a very interesting campaign about road safety called don't die before you've lived.
When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 06:01:56 PM EST
Grumbling about the youth of today 2: safety | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)


The fund purchased this 1.3-hectare site on the Costa del Sol in an off-market transaction purchasing the NPL from a Spanish bank and negotiating a DIL. The project involves demolishing three large villas and using the footprint to build as many as 40 luxury condos on the plot in Sierra Blanca, one of Marbella's wealthiest and most desirable residential neighborhoods.
The project will appeal to a broad range of high net worth buyers because the area has good airport links, a high-quality retail and leisure offering, international schools and world class golf courses. The investment fits with our strategy of targeting residential development opportunities in Spain's most supply-constrained markets.


According to ESPN, UCLA's Tyler Honeycutt, sophomore, will declare for the draft. This season, he averaged 12.8 points and 7.2 rebounds. Honeycutt, is not the only one dreaming about the draft, Michigan's sophomore guard Darius Morris asked for advice. The latter averaged 15 points and 6.7 assists. Finally, USC's junior forward Nikola Vucevic announced he will also declare for the draft.


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A study conducted in March and April of 2016 reveals that students are wanting more from their respective institution's digital strategy, placing an emphasis on simplification, unification and mobilization of student-facing services.
The global research report by Unit4, an enterprise applications provider, found that one-third of the US college students polled reported that their institution's student administration systems did not meet their expectations. The study also found that 73% of college students recommend their university review and change its digital strategy. In total, the study polled some 2,000 full- and part-time students studying in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Benelux, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The findings of the report were also compiled in an infographic.
The mobilization of student facing services comes as Millennials (born 1980-2000) and Generation Z (born after 2000) flood college campuses in larger numbers. Both generations have grown up with technology and as a result view technology choices differently. Upon arriving to campus Millennials will regularly use an average of three screens, while those in Generation Z will use as many as five — smartphone, TV, laptop, desktop and music player/tablet.
41% of respondents would be more likely to recommend their university to others if its digital interaction with students was stronger.
87% of respondents want a single app/web application accessible from any device.
87% of respondents would be more satisfied if their university implemented a single digital system to manage all administration tasks.
80% of respondents would find it useful to have an app that shows current progress in their degree.


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McPhillips: Put A Marker Down
Manager Thrilled With 4-1 Victory at Bradford
Terry McPhillips felt that Blackpool put a marker down for the rest of the season with their 4-1 victory at Bradford City.
The Seasiders got back to winning ways in emphatic fashion at Valley Parade, with Armand Gnanduillet (2), Matty Virtue and Chris Taylor netting for the side.
It was a display that the manager was rightly pleased with, given that the final score was the team's best of the season.
"The lads have set a marker down now and shown what they can do. It's nothing that we didn't know because we are more than capable. It was a great game to win," McPhillips said.
"It's really nice to get four goals for the first time this season. Obviously, I'm a bit disappointed not to keep the clean sheet at the end, but I'm getting a bit sick of clean sheets and not winning games, I just want the three points and to score a few goals."
Special praise was reserved for striker Armand Gnanduillet, who made it 14 goals for the campaign with a brace against The Bantams.
"He can be awesome if he wants to be. He's a student of the game and he's obviously improved. He is listening and he's getting better. Their lads certainly didn't want to play against him today."
Terry McPhillips


After leg1: New ERC leader! @ 07:30 PM - Joan Vinyes tried repairs to his car at the finish line of the last stage. We have to wait for confirmation if he has retired. He certainly lost his 7th place. With day points given in the ERC we do have a new championship leader: 1st Kopecky, 44pts; 2nd Ketomaa, 39pts; 3rd Breen, 35pts; 4th Delecour, 32pts; below that no changes, day winner Kubica is provisionally 13th in the championship.


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Apple temporarily cuts USB-C dongle prices to appease MacBook Pro buyers
Through the end of the year, buying a USB-C to USB adapter from Apple will cost $9 instead of $19.
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Last week Apple announced its new lineup of MacBook Pros and revealed they include only new USB-C-style connectors, dropping all legacy ports (other than, oddly enough, the headphone jack.) While the aggressive move means owners can charge their laptop through any of the jacks, and have the new capabilities offered, it also means that simple things like plugging in an iPhone to charge will require an adapter of some kind, which is not included.
As my former podcast partner Ben Drawbaugh noted, stocking up on dongles to go with your new laptop gets pricey fast, and Mac buyers have responded angrily online in our comment sections and elsewhere, However, now Apple says it will help them make the switch by "reducing prices on all USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 peripherals we sell, as well as the prices on Apple's USB-C adapters and cables."
The new prices in the Apple Store:
USB-C to USB Adapter drops from $19 to $9
Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter drops from $49 to $29
USB-C to Lightning Cable (1m) drops from $25 to $19
USB-C to Lightning Cable (2m) from $35 to $29
USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter from $69 to $49
USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter from $69 to $49
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Card USB-C Reader drops from $49 to $29
All other third party USB-C peripherals ~25% off
Will not include Apple USB-C power adaptors or the USB-C Charge Cable (2m)
The only hitch remaining? These price drops are temporary. In a statement provided to Engadget on this lovely Friday afternoon, an Apple spokesperson said they would remain in effect through the end of the year, so even if you're not buying a new laptop immediately, you may want to stock up on new cabling now. The Apple store page confirms this, saying "* Discount reflected in price. Subject to availability and quantity limits apply. Pricing effective October 27 - December 31, 2016."
There's also no word on credits for those who have purchased these products already, however as iMore points out, if you bought them since the announcement they should still be within the return period so you can contact Apple about that.
Update: MacRumors points out that prices on the LG 4K and 5K displays announced last week have dropped by about 25 percent. Apparently, they count as third-party USB-C peripherals? The UltraFine 5K Display is down to $974 from $1,300, while the Ultrafine 4K Display is down to $524, from $700.
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The Mayor has published his strategy for sport and physical activity in London. This strategy sets out his vision for London to be the most active and socially-integrated city in the world.
Titled 'Sport for All of Us', the final strategy includes revisions based on feedback from the public consultation process.
From the throngs of fans at Wimbledon to the local tai chi group, the Mayor has an unwavering belief in the power of sport to bring Londoners together and to improve their lives.
The Mayor's strategy for sport – Sport for All of Us – supports his long-term vision to make London the most active and socially-integrated city in the world.
Sport for All of Us explores how community sport and major sporting events come together to foster social integration, get Londoners active, build stronger communities and reinforce London's position as a pre-eminent destination for major sporting events.
Sport for All of Us outlines the current state of London's sporting landscape and identifies how we can build on past successes and embrace future opportunities.
London's local authorities have suffered substantial reductions in their expenditure – affecting the amount spent on physical activity and sport.
Our success in sport is underpinned by the role of Team London, the Mayor's volunteering programme. Team London encourages all Londoners to become active citizens and to give their time to make the capital a better place. Team London provides a strong starting point for expanding and developing the way in which sport and volunteering can bring people together and improve social integration.
Our valued partnerships bring Sport for All of Us to life. We work closely with leading organisations that share our aim of encouraging more people to be physically active. The close alignment between our goals, and those of other organisations, fosters valuable collaborative partnership.
At the heart of Sport for All of Us is the Mayor's ground-breaking community sports programme, Sport Unites. Sport Unites supports the Mayor's ambition to make London the first city in the world to maximise the potential of sport to improve social integration.
Between 2018-2021, the Mayor is funding key projects that help to bring Londoners together and get them active.
The Sport Unites programme reinforces the relationship between community sport and major sporting events. After all, both areas deliver meaningful opportunities for Londoners to engage with sport and physical activity.
Sport for All of Us supports the Mayor's commitment to make London the undisputed sporting capital of the world.
Major sporting events help to promote London as one of the best cities to visit, live in and invest in. As a global city, Londoners appreciate and celebrate the very best that the world has to offer – as seen through the record crowds we attract to our major sporting events.
City Hall works with a range of stakeholders to ensure that our events bring both economic and social benefits to the capital. Our major sporting events framework formalises City Hall's collaborative approach to bidding for and supporting major events. It also establishes the Mayor's Office as the strategic lead and the first point of contact for anyone looking to bring their major sporting event to London.
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games reaffirmed London as a global leader for hosting major sporting events. In the four years that immediately followed these games, major sporting events generated £1 billion in direct economic impact to the London economy. London continues to win accolades for its events and has an array of world-class facilities that contribute to the capital's attractiveness as a host city.
As well as being home to six Premier League clubs, many major international sports leagues – including the NBA and NFL – have made London a regular fixture on their annual season calendar. World-class events shine the spotlight on London, allowing us to promote the capital as a thriving business and tourist destination.
Read the full Sport for All of Us strategy.
Active Londoners provides funding to projects that improve the physical and mental health of all Londoners.
The Mayor is responsible for attracting major sports events to London. Find out which are heading to the capital next.


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GENCODE are updating the annotation of human protein-coding genes linked to COVID-19 disease
15th May 2020 by Ben (Outreach)·Comments Off on GENCODE are updating the annotation of human protein-coding genes linked to COVID-19 disease
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic presents a serious challenge to healthcare, economies and societies across the globe, one that has demanded an unprecedented scientific response. Projects across multiple disciplines are now re-directing their usual analytical efforts to meet this challenge head-on, and GENCODE are no exception. Our project produces human gene annotation, and we're contributing to this scientific effort by re-examining human genes that may be relevant to viral infection and COVID-19 disease. We hope this work will support further research along these lines. For example, updated gene annotation could benefit studies to find disease-linked variants in patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms, including work by Genomics England and others.
In general, we find that the annotation for a given gene can be updated along several lines. Firstly, we can typically add more transcript models, using transcriptomics data that was not available when the gene was annotated originally (e.g. from 'long-read' sequencing libraries, including those produced by our partners at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona). Similarly, we can also use new data to improve the structures of existing models, especially by extending 'incomplete' models to their full lengths. We also re-appraise the 'functional' annotation of the gene, considering in particular whether our inferences into the protein isoforms translated from the various alternatively spliced transcripts are appropriate. The accuracy of coding region predictions typically can be improved by incorporating more in-depth 'comparative annotation', whereby we compare human genome regions against other species, looking for the tell-tale signs of sequence evolution at the amino acid level. Modern proteomics datasets can also help, where available.
One gene of confirmed importance for SARS-CoV-2 infection – and thus an obvious place to start – is TMPRSS2, which encodes a transmembrane protein used by the viral particle to facilitate entry into the host cell. We have now updated our gene annotation for TMPRSS2, adding ten transcript models and extending two existing models. These improvements can be seen here:
You're looking at the modified TMPRSS2 annotation in the Ensembl genome browser, specifically within our new 'COVID-19 genes' track hub. The pre-existing annotation in Ensembl release 100 is shown above for comparison. Changes to gene annotation take months to appear in our official GENCODE / Ensembl releases; in contrast the track hub allows us to release new and modified annotations publicly within 24 hours. It contains all transcripts now annotated within the TMPRSS2 gene; models that are unchanged with respect to release 100 are coloured blue, whereas new models or pre-existing models that have been modified are shown in orange. Note that all new models have an Ensembl transcript ID that will be used in the future official release. As shown below, the track hub can be uploaded by inserting this link as a 'custom track' in the Ensembl browser, or by searching the Track Hub Registry for 'COVID-19'. Alternatively, the corresponding BED and gtf files can be found here.
We are now in the process of re-annotating additional genes linked to COVID-19 disease. It is important to note that – in contrast to TMPRSS2 – the involvement of many of these genes in infection or disease falls somewhere on the scale between 'inferred' and 'speculated'. To be clear, we are not looking to provide a comprehensive list of human genes that are relevant to viral infection and disease. Instead, we are working to improve the annotation of any gene that seems as if it could be relevant. Thus, we anticipate that certain genes on our list may ultimately turn out to be of no direct interest to researchers working on COVID-19. Similarly, even for established genes like TMPRSS2, we emphasise that our re-annotation process is judging the expression and function of the various transcripts within the locus in a general scientific context and according to our usual annotation criteria. There are clear limits to what can be established based on gene annotation alone, and at this point we make no claims about the potential medical importance of any given transcript model.
So far, we have re-annotated 145 genes, adding 1,874 new transcript models and modifying 454 existing models. The GENCODE website provides the gene list, and also details how it was derived. We are prepared to work on this for some weeks, and potentially for months if required. Indeed, we expect that genes of interest will continue to appear in the literature, including – potentially – candidate loci identified by GWAS studies examining variation in the severity of COVID-19 disease. Also, if you think there are any additional genes that should already be on our list – or you would like any aspects of the annotation for your favourite gene explained – then please contact us.
Finally, we are of course not working in isolation on this. Other annotation groups are also working hard to make their own contributions, and we are now pooling our efforts with those of the UniProt group. Most obviously we are now working on the same gene list, and you may wish to investigate their pre-release data site to find further information on this topic.
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1 Who is Zayn Malik?
It broke our hearts when he abandoned the ring One Management, but thenhe moved ahead to fix our hearts straight back when he began to discharge his own sweet tunes. Before we delve into the subject of how Zayn Malik's height, weight and body dimensions, lets test out some details regarding the former boy band sensation. He had been born ZainJavadd Malik on12th January 1993 at St Luke's Hospital, Bradford.Zayn was born to British Pakistani daddy Yaser and a British mother Tricia Malik (maiden name Brannan) The 'Y' in his title 'Zayn' is really just for the point, because you can see in the aforementioned fact, his title is really Zain. The celebrity feels that'Zayn' appears more original.It turns out though the musician might not be 'boy group ' material, he's got a favourite boy band ever and it's NSYNC.Hisfavorite tune of all time is Thriller by Michael Jackson.The superstar revealed that singing didn't work out, he'd have become a teacher. Zayn's three favourite subjects at school were English, artwork and drama.Stars get star struck also you know.Zayn is a big Chris Brown enthusiast, we wonder how beautiful it was for him to really collaborate on a tune with him.Zayn has aqua-phobia, this means that when water isn't in a cup, then it freaks the singer out.He has confessed that if he needed to wear 1 color for the remainder of his life it'd be black.The superstar disclosed he wishes to get married until he's 30… this one is for all of the women out there.Zayn considers that the 2 items which produce the world go around are 'peace and love'. He's such an interesting man and we'd really like to maintain it, but it's time to delve into the subject at hand starting with Zayn Malik's height.
Zayn Malik wouldn't be unwilling to be on the record of 'the shortest actors ' neither will he be eligible to be about one for 'the greatest actors ', he's someplace in the center. The celebrity 's recorded height is 5 ft 9 inches, however, you will find a lot of individuals who beg to disagree based on contrast. This is what one man had to say about the artist's height, 'Zayn isn't 5'9 barefoot he's 5'8 in the slightest, additionally Zayn wears a great deal of shoes and boots which seem as if they are lift shoes. My brother is 5'6 however if you watched him in standing or pictures on his own, then you'd believe he was 5'9-5'10. 'He also added, ' Zayn looks very tall, but once we see him along with other celebs of height, we all understand they are not the peaks that they seem to assert. Generally individuals constantly need to be taller so that they lie about their heights since seemingly taller folks are thought to be appealing than shorter individuals. Does this take away his worth? Hell no it doesn's, actually it goes against the status quo and shows brief and typical elevation men may also be immensely handsome and appealing. ' Let 's check out several actors that stand as tall as the celebrity, based on his height.
By simply looking at him will allow you to know he takes care of his own body and it is not just for the women, but also for the himself. There's absolutely no evidence of there with no weight lifting within his workout routine, but his slender and toned framework is definitely evidence of a regimented lifestyle/ workout routines. His weight was fairly stable since he walked to the Hollywood scene; again, Mr Malik barely over indulges in regards to food. He weighs 70 kilograms.


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KIRKLAND, Wash., July 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GrowLife, Inc. (OTCQB:PHOT), one of the nation's most recognized indoor cultivation product and service providers, today announced that it has filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on a highly efficient and scalable vertical cultivation system. The Automated Indoor Cannabis Growing Facility is designed to produce high quality, consistent and cost-effective cannabis.
The product development division of the company, GrowLife Innovations ("Innovations"), focuses on solutions for production inefficiencies through development of proprietary "industry-changing" products, such as the Automated Indoor Cannabis Growing Facility included in this patent application. This patent-pending system will help further GrowLife's mission by decreasing production costs and increasing yield, while remaining competitively priced and generating new streams of revenue for the company.
Innovations has become an integral part of the company's market execution plan for the future. Managed by world-class engineers and developers alongside cannabis growing experts, Innovations is developing products that focus on bringing costs down for cultivators, while producing the highest quality and quantity of final product. GrowLife understands that indoor plant cultivation is not just another growing method, but a necessity in this industry to meet the ever-expanding supply demands.


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Yesterday, we started to list 10 marks of churches that grow, and finished through #6. After completing the list, I'd like to suggest some ways for a group of concerned elders to proceed.
Perhaps no term is more misunderstood than "fellowship." It does describe the Christian's relationship to Christ, and it does relate to taking ones place in a Biblical church gathering. But there is more, so much more! The many "one-another" responsibilities described in the New Testament are all parts of the wonderful body life of sharing together in the practical blessings of God's grace.
Going back to Acts 2:42, teaching, breaking of bread and prayer all refer primarily to a vertical relationship between God and the believer. But fellowship describes the limitless horizontal relationships among believers in the church. It is an absolutely crucial responsibility of any church to be strengthening unity by strengthening relationships, in the family, in marriages, and among believers.
Some assemblies have become so discouraged, that they have virtually given up all hope for growth or outreach and think only of keeping the meetings going until the Lord returns. Now the Lord's return is our blessed hope—but He Himself said: "Occupy till I come" ( Luke 19:13 KJV).
According to Proverbs 29:18, "Where there is no vision, the people perish…" Some writers labor to show that the word "vision" means no more than "law" or "word," but the Hebrew word was chosen carefully and emphasizes the idea of something seen. Certainly there are serious dangers and misuses of the word today, but why abandon a good word because some misuse it?
Think of the early church at Antioch in which spiritual men were ministering to the Lord and fasting (Acts 13:2). Suddenly the Lord disclosed a plan for the future that led to what we call "missionary work" today! These men all were firm believers in the imminent return of the Lord, but grasping a vision of exciting things ahead was not inconsistent with this. There are tremendous opportunities all around us; we cannot do them all, but the Lord can grant us a vision (or spiritual insight and foresight) into His will for us if we are willing.
In His first public ministry (Luke 4:16-18) the Lord Jesus affirmed that His calling was to needy people. Poor people and prisoners are no more needy than other lost souls and yet He singled them out for Good News and help. Repeatedly we read that He was moved with compassion for them. The church must be the same.
Sometimes the needs may be temporal or social. True, the gospel must not be replaced with social programs, yet ministering to the needs and hurts of people often opens doors for spiritual progress in the soul. All missionaries know and practice this.
Ask yourself when was the last time those in leadership offered to pray for sick or disheartened people as part of Sunday's busy schedule of meetings. How much of the church's income is spent helping the needs of young families or people out of work in our fellowship?
Relational problems are barriers to unity and answered prayer. The Lord Jesus spoke of unity as the great key to outreach (John 17:21 -23). Over the years elders can become callous to problems and paralyzed to clearing them up. Yet the Lord has made this process so simple……..confess (admit) and move on!
In addition, as we saw in a past series on the work of elders (ESN: March – November 2000) that this matter called "oversight" is one of the chief responsibilities of elders. Indeed very often the failure to deal with problems is the reason the assembly has dwindled. May the Lord give us courage to face and deal with problems quickly.
It will not help to over-simplify complex problems. But neither can it be right to neglect the victory that overcomes what the world may call "hopeless," namely, our faith (I John 5:4). God can do "exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think…." (Eph. 3:20) Wouldn't it be wonderful to see Him work this way in our midst? Are we willing to pay the price? It's not the sacrifice of money He wants, but a humble and contrite heart.
Let me reduce the subject to two suggestions well within reach of even the smallest company. First, repent! Begin right where the Lord Himself told us to start. Now I am not referring to a process so lengthy and emotion filled that few could achieve it. On the contrary, one simple heartfelt prayer will serve: "Lord, we have taken a wrong turn, and we want to make it right." Is this unrealistic today?
Consider that in His counsel to seven of the earliest Christian churches (Rev. 2-3) the Lord Jesus warned five of the seven to repent. That works out to about 70% of the group He was addressing churches that had been in existence for about 50 years and fell into such a condition before the close of the first century AD! When was the last time you heard a church repent?
Second, elders lead! Begin by spending time in the Word and prayer (Acts 6:4) to seek the Lord's help. Then practice loving communication among those seeking to move forward, all willing to listen, all free to share ideas, blame rejected as a solution to anything. Strive to be both faithful to God and relevant to the needs of the flock.
The list of ten marks provided above may ignite some ideas or at least lead to some open discussion. Incidentally, as one point of discussion, did you notice how many of these marks depend directly on good leadership? Don't be afraid to test ideas. New applications to timeless principles can be evaluated to see what the Lord may do.
If I had to choose just one mark from the list of ten, I would work on #7, fellowship. The potential in this one word to revitalize a struggling group committed to one another and to the Lord is absolutely beyond calculation.
I remember one small assembly that instituted an informal "family fellowship time" between the breaking of bread and the Bible hour on Sunday mornings. "Get a cup of coffee and a snack, and let's all gather around and talk about what the Lord is doing in our lives and our families. At the close, a brother will bring any needs before the Lord." The effect was amazing. People loved the time and began to open up.
Recently I heard someone say "Fellowship is not something we do, but something we have." I protest! Fellowship is both and the "do" part has gotten lost in the dust. "But to do good and communicate (literally "fellowship" Gk. koinonia) forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." (Hebrews 13:16).
Jack, I appreciate you sharing this. When I first walked through the doors of the Tillsonburg chapel a couple years ago, being new in His word and to the assemblies, I was a bit sad to find out that only 8-10 were in attendance. But immediately I felt their deep love of the Lord and of each other, and they embraced my wife and I with a warm reception!
In your first paragraph you said, "There are many small, struggling groups that have precious saints meeting faithfully to please the Lord and serve one another. Surely the Lord is honored by their faithfulness". For 2 years this small group met faithfully, the elders never wavering from bible principles, nor conforming to society in any way to fill seats. They waited on the Lord, and prayers were answered, many seats now filled. This is not a "proud" comment, but a chance to say, " praise the Lord". What a God we serve!!
Excellent articles Jack and praying they will be a good challenge and encouragement to small Assemblies and elders. Whether small or large each Assembly can only function effectively when they are sound in doctrine and loving in fellowship. This is when the Holy Spirit produces the warm atmosphere where He can do His work within and without.
Our small group in our assembly is going through a video series from 9Marks Ministries called "Marks of a Healthy Church". It's an excellent study and your article echoes most of their points (it's uncanny actually). The healthiest churches focus on these things. It's funny how easily we can miss them, but they are right there in scripture.


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In Mandaeism, Hibil () or Hibil Ziwa () is an uthra (angel or guardian) from the World of Light. Hibil is considered to be the Mandaean equivalent of Abel.

Prayers in the Qolasta frequently contain the recurring formula "In the name of Hibil, Šitil, and Anuš" ( ).

Overview
According to Mandaean beliefs and scriptures including the Qolastā, the Book of John and Genzā Rabbā, Abel is cognate with the angelic soteriological figure Hibil Ziwa, (, sometimes translated "Splendid Hibel"), who is spoken of as a son of Hayyi or of Manda d-Hayyi, and as a brother to Anush (Enosh) and to Sheetil (Seth), who is the son of Adam. Elsewhere, Anush is spoken of as the son of Sheetil, and Sheetil as the son of Hibil, where Hibil came to Adam and Eve as a young boy when they were still virgins, but was called their son. Hibil is an important lightworld being (uthra) who conquered the World of Darkness. As Yawar Hibil, he is one of multiple figures known as Yawar (), being so named by and after his father.

In the Diwan Abatur, Hibil tells the uthra Abatur to go and reside in the boundary between the World of Light and the World of Darkness, and weigh for purity those souls which have passed through all the purgatories and wish to return to the light.

Descent to the World of Darkness
Hibil's soteriological descent to the World of Darkness and his baptisms before and after are detailed in book 5 of the Right Volume of the Ginza Rabba, and also in a separate text named Diwan Masbuta d-Hibil Ziwa ("The Scroll of the Baptism of Hibil Ziwa"). Hibil battles and defeats Krun and seals the abodes of the rulers of darkness. Some versions of this account have parallels with the Hymn of the Pearl included in the Acts of Thomas.

In response to an upset of the dualistic balance of the universe, Manda d-Hayyi summons Hibil, whom the King of Light proceeds to baptise in 360,000 or 360 yardeni. In connection with this baptism, Hibil is bestowed with 360 robes of light, the Great Mystery, seven staves, and the name Yawar, amongst other attributes.

Hibil is dispatched to the World of Darkness and enters the world of Ruha, lingering for many ages until the Great Mystery instructs him to descend further. He descends to the world of Zartai-Zartanai, remaining there undetected for many ages while aiding the beings of light accompanying him with prayers and supplications, before descending through the worlds of Hag and Mag and of Gaf and Gafan, and confronting Shdum over the disturbance in the world of light. Shdum directs Hibil further down to Giu, who directs Hibil further down to Giu's brother Krun, whom Hibil battles. Krun surrenders and hands over seals to secure Hibil's passage through the World of Darkness.

Hibil ascends, sealing the abodes of Giu and Shdum, to the world of Qin. According to the Diwan Masbuta d-Hibil Ziwa, Qin-Anatan is the consort of Gaf; according to the Right Ginza, Hibil assumes the appearance of Anathan, who is the husband of Qin. Hibil asks Qin what they are made from, and Qin shows him the murky waters, which the Great Mystery informs him is utter bitterness and the sole constant of the World of Darkness. Hibil then ascends back to the world of Gaf and Gafan. In the Diwan Masbuta d-Hibil Ziwa, Qin had also revealed the mysteries of the jewel, mirror and bitter herb (explained as supplying the strength of the World of Darkness) to Hibil in response to his questions, and he had secretly taken them, while in the Right Ginza, Hibil marries Zahreil, the daughter of Qin, while undercover in the world of Gaf and Gafan, and she shows him the spring with the mirror (said to show the past and future), which he takes. In this version, Hibil is said not to have copulated with Zahreil, since his intention was to locate the mysteries rather than to get married, although some other accounts consider Ptahil a son of Hibil and Zahreil.

Hibil disguises himself as Gaf and appears to Ruha, who is pregnant with Ur. He leads her out of the world of Gaf and Gafan, sealing its gates, seals the gates of the world of Zartai-Zartanai, commands the Great Mystery to confound Ruha, and seals her in her world. The Diwan Masbuta d-Hibil Ziwa also mentions Hibil taking away dark waters and Ptahil.

Hibil offers prayers to the King of Light, who sends for Manda d-Hayyi to send a Letter of Kushta and phial of oil to Hibil, which are received, but Hibil and his companions remain detained by the powers of darkness, until a masiqta is performed, following which they ascend to the middle world. This alarms the guards, in response to which the Great Mana dispatches Yushamin, who interrogates Hibil's identity and permits him re-entry to the World of Light, upon which he is baptised 360 times again.

See also
List of angels in theology

Dying-and-rising deity
Dehwa Hanina

References

Uthras
Hebrew Bible people in Mandaeism
Cain and Abel
Mandaean given names
Individual angels
Katabasis

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The Classic Crime to release new album
July 19, 2012 By Doug Van Pelt
The Classic Crime
New Album "PHOENIX" In Stores & Online 8/14/12
SEATTLE, WA – From the bottom there is only one place to look… upward. Only months ago the future for The Classic Crime was, at best, uncertain. After releasing three critically lauded albums, the band found themselves without a record label. Their best-laid plans had turned to ash. Unaware of the outcome, they launched a Kickstarter campaign on a whim and a prayer, wondering if their fans would respond…
A month later, with over $85,000 raised (the 9th most funded music project in Kickstarter history), they had their answer, and their fourth installment, Phoenix, was born.
"Phoenix is our rebirth," front man and songwriter Matt MacDonald reflects. "Conceptually, it's about the time spent in the ashes, between death and this new life, wondering if we'd ever get out. The whole process has restored our hope in the value of what we do. Our Kickstarter backers have revived our confidence in the fact that we are not alone and there is still work to be done."
Phoenix was largely written during the period of uncertainty prior to the band's Kickstarter campaign. The result is a thematic lyrical journey through the threat of hopelessness, which resolves in the ultimate payoff: a happy ending to a situation in which all seemed lost.
Ultimately, Phoenix is therapy. Therapy for The Classic Crime. Therapy for MacDonald. And hopefully, therapy for all those who face a hopeless scenario in their lives. It is the medicine that many need – an honest record from an honest, fearless band with genuine supporters.
The Classic Crime is Matt MacDonald (vocals, guitar), Alan Clark (bass), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums, vocals. Their album Phoenix was produced by Matt MacDonald, engineered by Brandon Metcalf, mixed by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, and mastered by Ted Jensen. It will be released on August 14, 2012 independently.
The Classic Crime just posted their first new songs from their upcoming album "PHOENIX." The first new song is titled, "You and Me Both" and can be heard with the lyrics at http://youtu.be/_t_iIsPHsrM. The second new song is titled, "Beautiful Darkside" and can be heard with lyrics at http://youtu.be/2KfUhTph80I.
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The Classic Crime's new upcoming album "PHOENIX" is available for digital pre-order at iTunes and Bandcamp. The physical CD pre-order is available at Amazon.
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11. What I'd Give Up
12. City of Orphans
13. I Will Wait (Outro)
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House in Tsukuba / Aisaka Architects' Atelier
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Architects: Aisaka Architects' Atelier
Area Area of this architecture project Area: 193 m²
Photographs: Shigeo Ogawa
Lead Architects: Kensuke Aisaka
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Collaborator:Hirofumi Ohno, Ohno Japan
City:Tsukuba
Country:Japan
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Text description provided by the architects. Overview, site, and key characteristics. Located on a relatively spacious corner lot in a residential neighborhood in the city of Tsukuba, this residence with a number of hobby rooms was designed as a place for the client to live while working in a different city from his family. The client, who is athletic and enjoys playing squash and working out, plans to use part of the house as a members-only gym in the future, making the design brief similar to that for a combined home and business. Although there are apartment buildings and other residences to the east and west of the lot, it is bordered on the north by a restaurant parking lot and on the south by a lush, quiet park, and naturally the client wanted to take advantage of these views.
An assemblage of stacked rooms covered by four arched structures. The layout was arrived at by first determining all the rooms the client required, from bathrooms to a squash court; roughly grouping these rooms into a gym zone, a living zone, and a miscellaneous zone; fitting them together according to size, length, height, and similar conditions; and finally adjusting this stacked arrangement based on setback regulations and other considerations related to the streetscape. These volumes were then integrated into a single building via four overarching gate-shaped frames lined up so as to block views from the west and east but allow breezes and lines of sight to pass through from north to south.
Split-level floors rising on a north-south axis and rooms offset from left to right. In terms of section design, the strong orientation of the living zone toward the greenery of the park was prioritized, with the squash court, training room, changing room, and other parts of the gym zone arranged behind it according to ceiling height. The private and public areas of the residence are clearly zoned by floor level, but within the living zone, where the client enjoys an easygoing lifestyle because he lives alone, rooms are joined in a single open, interconnected space whose split levels rise toward the back of the building.
In addition, the height of the third-floor balcony was adjusted to remove a low outdoor electrical line from view, the two roads bordering the corner lot were used to separate circulation paths for the gym and living zones, and a number of small adjustments were made to the positioning of the four overarching frames to meet corner setback regulations and accommodate the location of the garage, the condenser unit, and utility meters.
An interconnected living zone with many unique niches. Although the client's family sometimes stays in the residence, the client lives there alone most of the time, which means that rather than the typical home design problem of mediating relationships between multiple inhabitants, the foremost issue was harmony between the space and the actions and feelings of its sole inhabitant. That was all the truer since the client often works at home and is therefore in the building for extended periods of time. The variations in floor level and the four interior colors are intended to bring a small degree of order to the unstructured life of a person living alone.
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What Is Emotional Labor in Relationships?
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Charlotte Grainger is a freelance writer in Sheffield, England. Her specialties include lifestyle, relationships, health, and nutrition.
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Emotional Labor in Relationships Signs of Too Much Emotional Labor How to Ask Partner for Help
Ways to Balance Emotional Labor in a Relationship The Takeaway
Romantic relationships don't come with user guides. You meet someone and suddenly you find yourself thrown into domestic bliss together. Or, more likely, domestic unrest. Of course, the truth that nobody likes to admit is that one party tends to take on the majority of the emotional labor in relationships.
What Is Emotional Labor?
Emotional labor was a term originally used to explain how workers needed to regulate their emotions when dealing with customers in the 1980s. Coined by sociologist Arlie Hochschild, Ph.D., the concept can now be applied to all types of relationships, not just professional ones.
But what does that mean and how can you tip the balance? To delve into this matter, we enlisted the help of expert Brooke Bralove, LCSW-C.
Brooke Bralove, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and AASECT-certified sex therapist.
Ahead, learn more about emotional labor in relationships and how to work towards emotional equality.
Emotional Labor in Relationships
"Emotional labor can refer to the heavy feeling that 'it's all on me' to keep things running smoothly," explains Bralove. "In straight couples, stereotypically women often feel that they shoulder more of the burden of running the household and keeping on top of chores. Many women who feel they carry the emotional labor describe feeling pressure to plan, initiate, and execute all things related to the family."
"No relationship is equal or equitable all the time, but there can be more or less balance," continues Bralove. "Remember that life isn't perfect, and rarely are things in perfect balance in our imperfect lives. It can be important to look at the overall balance between partners over a month or two rather than focusing on whether or not today was balanced."
Signs You're Taking on Too Much Emotional Labor
Are you shouldering the burden of emotional labor? You may have slipped into an unhealthy balance over the years without even realizing it. If you're not quite sure, we've got you covered with some handy red flags. Bralove shares 10 of the signs that you're taking on too much in your relationship.
You're always worrying.
Does your troubled mind ever get a chance to rest? When you're taking on the emotional labor, you may be a total stress-head. "You worry about the household running smoothly and you feel all alone in this worry," explains Bralove.
You're under constant pressure.
When something important comes up, who handles it? If the answer is automatically you, ask yourself why. "You feel burdened by the pressure to do it all yourself," shares Bralove.
You resent your partner.
"You notice yourself feeling resentful toward your partner," explains Bralove. You may feel peeved at them for no reason or have a shorter fuse with them than other people.
You're the social secretary.
Are you in charge of planning events, dates, and parties? Does your partner ever take the reins and give you a break? When "you are solely responsible for the social calendar," Bralove says, chances are, you're taking on the emotional labor.
Your partner can be clueless.
"When you ask your partner to find something in your home or make a call regarding a bill, they say they have no idea how to find it," says Bralove. It may be that you've always taken care of the red tape in your relationship, leaving them clueless as to how it works.
They expect you to handle things.
Along those lines, what's the default in your relationship? If you're taking on the emotional labor, "you feel like your partner simply expects you to handle everything related to the daily functioning of the household," explains Bralove.
You're absolutely exhausted.
Are you feeling sleepy, agitated, and anxious? There could be a sneaky reason for that. "It's when you feel emotionally and physically exhausted by the 'invisible work' you do every day," says Bralove.
You never get a 'thank you.'
When you're taking on too much, "your partner doesn't acknowledge all the small and big things you do to keep things running smoothly," says Bralove. If you can't remember the last time your partner appreciated all you do, that could be a major problem.
You look after your partner.
Looking after your partner is normal in a relationship, but it's a two-way street. Could they cope if you just up and left? "You feel like without you, your partner couldn't even find his or her own nose," says Bralove.
You're angry.
Have you noticed a disparity here? "You feel angry most of the time as you're caring for the household," adds Bralove. If you can see that your partner isn't pulling their weight, it's no wonder that you may be harboring a tad more than mild annoyance.
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How to Ask Your Partner for More Help with Emotional Labor
So, it turns out you're the CEO of the emotional labor in your home. What now? It should come as no surprise that you need to speak to your partner about the problem. Of course, if you don't want to spark the argument from hell, you need some tactics. Bralove offers the following steps to broaching this challenging subject matter.
Step 1: Acknowledge your emotions.
"The first step is recognizing your feelings and labeling them as it relates to the imbalance you experience in the relationship," says Bralove. "Are you angry, resentful, sad? Do you feel helpless and exhausted?" You might want to note down your emotions for reference.
Step 2: Have an honest conversation.
"Invite your partner into a discussion about your feelings and experiences in the relationship," suggests Bralove. Rather than having a kitchen-table chat, you may want to head out for this conversation. Choosing a neutral place may keep the situation chilled.
Step 2: Don't jump the gun.
Leave all of your assumptions at the door. "It's important to remember that your partner is not a mind reader and may have zero idea how you feel," reminds Bralove. "Don't assume they have been doing this on purpose. Try not to blame your partner for the imbalance."
Step 3: Gently spell it out.
"Simply suggest that you'd like to talk about all the tasks you do for the home and how those might be more evenly distributed," encourages Bralove. "Even if you've been feeling resentful for many years about the imbalance, they may never have considered all the invisible tasks you do. It can be helpful to point them out."
Step 4: Focus on how you feel.
Instead of talking about how your partner has wronged you, speak about your feelings. "It's important to focus on how carrying this burden makes you feel," says Bralove. Speak from your heart and be honest. "Do you feel unappreciated, unseen, taken for granted, ignored, used? You may also want to point out that if some of the emotional labor is lifted, you imagine you would have more energy and goodwill to bring into your relationship."
Ways to Balance the Emotional Labor in the Relationship
Keep in mind that this talk is not merely about airing your grievances. No, you're looking for positive change. Look at the ways that you can balance the emotional labor in your relationship. Bralove suggests the following approaches.
Divide up the tasks.
"All couples should identify and list the tasks, chores, and responsibilities they foresee in their life together," offers Bralove. Be as specific as you can here. "You need to add the less concrete tasks such as planning vacations, initiating social plans, buying holiday gifts, scheduling appointments, writing thank you notes, visiting family, or setting up playdates."
Got your list? It's time to divide them up. "Each of you can start by volunteering for the tasks you actually enjoy," says Bralove. "Then you can negotiate the less desirable tasks from there. This must be written down in some sort of spreadsheet that you can hold each other accountable and renegotiate at any time. I would suggest dividing up the tasks and then meeting again in a month to discuss how it's been going."
CC your partner in emails and texts.
Are you always taking care of the admin? Don't be afraid to cc your partner on important correspondence. "Do not be the sole person who receives emails about the basketball schedule, the office holiday party, or the plans to visit your in-laws," says Bralove. "Make sure they are in the loop of all plans and activities. When they say they didn't know you had plans with the Millers tonight, you can reference the email."
Don't give up on this task.
The process will take time, but you need to trust it. "If you get pushback from your partner when you ask to balance the emotional labor, do not give up," says Bralove. "When you ask for help, you need to allow the help to occur. The more you enable your partner to under-function, the more you will continue to over-function, and that part is on you."
Does your relationship need an overhaul? If you've been carrying the emotional labor for years, it's never too late to speak up and do something about it. Taking the time to work with your partner on creating a better sense of balance will always be worth your efforts.
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Ten Problems With Tesla
This are in order of how serious I think they are.
Indictment of the accounts payable guy. A month ago the government charged Salil Parulekar with "embezzling" $9.3 million. Since then, nothing has happened in the case. The indictment alleges that Parulekar impersonated employees of one Tesla vendor (Hota Industrial Manufacturing of Taiwan) in order to substitute their payment information with the payment information of a different vendor, Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH (SHW), the German company that makes oil pumps for the Model 3. The indictment says that Tesla paid $9.3 million to SHW but these were marked as satisfying Hota invoices. Nowhere does the indictment allege that Parulekar received any benefit from doing this - the account was not a disguised account of his, nor does it say that SHW gave him a kickback. While these actions may indeed be "fraudulent", they do not sound like embezzlement. [Matt Levine can't figure this out either, and the WSJ said "it couldn't be immediately determined how or whether Mr. Parulekar benefited from the alleged scheme".] If he were embezzling via a kickback, you'd think it would be an Indian company and not a German mittelstand company. Elon loves to pick Twitter fights with people - when his former employee Martin Tripp blew the whistle on Tesla, Elon tweeted about him by name and Tesla sued him. (The whistleblowing was regarding "extremely unsafe batteries/modules, unsafe production methods, and inconsistencies in numbers of cars produced".) But he has not said anything about Parulekar. My theory is that the fraud here was not embezzlement, but that it was a higher level fraud directed by Parulekar's superiors for the purpose of making payables and cost of goods sold look lower, and hence Tesla more profitable and more solvent. It is possible that the government is pressuring Parulekar to roll over on the masterminds of a fraudulent accounting scheme.By the way, the general counsel is being replaced with a "seasoned trial lawyer".
Quality problems. Here is a buyer who took delivery of a Model 3 which immediately went into the shop for two weeks for a "deep scratch on bumper, weather stripping problems, no insulation on floor/backseat, glass roof not aligned". They've managed to sell a small number of Model 3s to diehard fanboys - these guys often seem to go from total beaters to a $50k+ vehicle and don't know what they should expect or demand. The quality is going to appall most German, Japanese, or even American luxury car buyers. Straight from the assembly line into the repair shop is just not going to be a viable model to compete with the high quality incumbent manufacturers. The Model 3 build includes zip ties (see 1,2,3). Water leaks. (More.) There is even a pre-delivery "water repair checklist" for "known water leak sources". This guy went ahead and drilled holes so that the water that leaked into his bumper would drain. Or: "rain draining into trunk... causing both mildew and electrical issues." Damaged by puddles (more 1,2,3). Doors that won't open in cold weather. ("Terrible winter car.") Poor battery life in cold weather. Here's a Model S lemon. A Model 3 that needed its batteries replaced after six days. This one needed new battery AND drive units two days after delivery. The fundamental problem the Tesla fanboy rubes have is that they don't get this heuristic: if the cosmetic / paint / panel fit stuff is as bad as it is, how bad is the engineering and the stuff that you can't see? This is why companies normally need to produce goods with quality fit and finish to survive in a competitive marketplace.
Shortage of working capital yet not raising money. A lot of problems for Elon would disappear if he could raise $6 billion (with a mere 10% dilution) at the current valuation. Many shortsellers would give up and go away. He would have the working capital needed to run the business, so that customers could get things like their titles and registrations or repair parts on time. He could invest in expanding the service and supercharger network, which are both badly strained. He could invest (and make a big show of investing) in future products and model upgrades. Even just hiring more call center reps to help people so the waiting times on the phone are not so long. Why doesn't he raise the money? I have two guesses: either he knows he could not survive the due diligence (buyers taking a hard look at the reservation list, warranty claims, COGS, etc.) or he has gotten bids but they are for realistic valuations that are below the point where his stock would get sold by his margin lenders. He may also just be crazy; I've seen people who could have raised a lot of money when a bull market was running fail to do so and end up going bankrupt.
Market capitalization compared to real car companies. Tesla's market cap is bigger than General Motors (trades at 1/3 revenue while TSLA trades more like 3x), Honda (also 1/3), Ford (only 0.22x sales), Fiat Chrysler (0.19x sales). They simply have not earned a $60 billion dollar valuation. Toyota is the biggest and it is only 3x larger market capitalization while having vastly larger sales and profit. If Tesla could steal Toyota's crown to become the biggest manufacturer of automobiles with unparalleled reliability, the upside would not be all that high as a multiple of Tesla's current market valuation.
Price to book compared to real car companies. Real car companies trade at 1x book. A naive comparison of the Toyota and Tesla valuations would say that Tesla shares could perhaps triple if it surmounted Toyota, but this ignores the massive amounts of capital, and therefore dilution, that would be needed in order to be able to grow production. Toyota has $94 billion invested in property, plant, and equipment, net of depreciation. Toyota trades at about book value, as do Ford and Honda. (Again, Tesla trades at 14 times book.) Whatever valuation lens through which we look at the valuation of Tesla, it always seems to be too high by an order of magnitude.
Erratic founder who we know did a buyout hoax and the abusive Solar City bailout. People who are grandiose narcissists don't change their stripes. This guy has come within days of blowing up before. His destiny is to blow up. He was the perfect man for the startup bubble, when you could make a name for yourself selling a dollar for fifty cents. (Rockets, solar panels, cars - who cares?)
Competition coming and tax credit runoff at the end of the year. With the tax credit partially rolling off on Jan 1, what fanboy that wanted to buy this isn't buying it right now? Really the best competition if you care about cost effectiveness is a VW TDI. The hybrid electric vehicles are also more practical and economical.
Failing to register vehicles and payoff trade-ins. Look at people Tweeting or otherwise commenting about buying a Tesla and not receiving their plates/registration after weeks or months. This is something that existing automotive retailers are able to handle as a matter of course. It is so unpleasant for customers to risk getting tickets or not be able to drive their cars because they are not registered. One person called this the "expired temp tag club". [By the way, if cars aren't registered or titled to the customers than they are still registered to... the manufacturer/dealer. Which can still use them as collateral and gets to sit on the cash that the customer paid for title/registration fees - substantial on $50k-$100k cars. This is what the movie Fargo was about.] Failing to payoff trade-ins is a much bigger cash grab. (See: 1,2,3.) Also refusing to refund deposits, what Plain Site calls "deposit theft".
Executives quitting. Again, the best example is David Morton, who joined as a new Chief Accounting Officer on August 6th, only to quit a month later. He had worked at his previous employer Seagate Technologies for 23 years. The previous Chief Accounting Officer Eric Branderiz had resigned this March after being in that job for a year and a half. But those are just a start. This year, the company also lost its President of Global Sales and Service, Treasurer and Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Autopilot, Chief People Officer, Senior Vice President of Engineering (Doug Field), and numerous others. The latest Chief Accounting Officer to resign walked away from a $10 million stock grant that would have vested after four years.
Lack of any disruptive technology. The test of whether you are an electric vehicle "disrupter" is: how many manufacturers are licensing your battery? If you'd actually invented a better electric battery or other EV technology (battery is the only technology that matters though), you could license them and have a 10x book business. Tesla not only did not do a battery licensing model, but they effectively did the opposite. Consider the parts of the vehicle industry that they have decided to in-source versus the ones they have decided to outsource. As we know, they decided to in-source and compete head-to-head on manufacturing. The results have shown that they are worse than their more experienced competition. They decided to in-source the automotive retail, which had not been done before and was not legal in most states. (And still is not legal in eight states). This had been a huge distraction from the manufacturing side and has resulted in abysmal customer service. But of all things to outsource, they outsourced the battery production to a joint venture with Panasonic. What should be the entire premise of an electric vehicle company is not even enough of a competitive advantage to do in house.
The valuation discrepancy of Tesla versus the expert existing automotive manufacturers reminds us of the 2000s tech bubble, and maybe especially the story of eToys and Toys R Us. A firm called O'Shaughnessy Asset Management wrote an essay a couple years ago called "Stocks You Shouldn't Own" and described those two companies this way:
eToys had an initial public offering in 1999. The stock was listed at $20 but by the end of the day, the stock price had climbed to $77. Valuation peaked in late October 1999, giving it a market cap close to $9 billion - over two and a half times Toys "R" Us - making it the 64th largest company on the NASDAQ exchange. Think about how astonishing that is: eToys had revenues of $30 million versus sales at Toys "R" Us of $11 billion, yet eToys had the higher overall valuation and would have qualified for the NASDAQ 100.
This is what we are seeing now with Tesla. The fad of "disruption" and adulation for "tech" companies has reached the point where a company can have a bigger market capitalization with orders of magnitude less revenue and output than well-run competitors. (And no profits!) Nothing is more "technological" than making jet engines or drilling horizontal oil wells, yet companies in those industries do not get a free pass when it comes to making money. Even regular ICE auto manufacturing is highly technological, yet very unlike the software industry. Consider this point made by Daily Kanban:
Automakers like Ford are rightly frustrated by the public and market's readiness to believe Tesla's narrative about disrupting automotive manufacturing, but there's reason to believe that the wildly different standards to which Tesla and other automakers are held actually hurts the would-be upstart. After all, one of the main reasons that KTP [Kentucky Truck Plant] operates so efficiently and with such high quality is that it has no choice. Whereas Tesla has been able to count on investors and analysts to forgive its "production hell" fiascoes, KTP is the beating heart of Ford's business, building some of the most high-margin and in-demand vehicles Ford has ever made.
With the new Expedition and Navigator flying off lots, the vehicles made at KTP are absolutely critical to the financial performance that markets demand. Since every minute of downtime means that at least one margin-padding truck or SUV won't be delivered on time, the people of KTP know that the company's financial performance depends on their perfect execution and attention to detail. Were Ford able to raise capital from the markets whenever its financial performance fell short, it's easy to imagine a plant like KTP cutting corners or making excuses about "production hell." But because Ford isn't coddled like the self-described "disruptors," workers here at KTP know that downtime and poor quality simply aren't an option.
The indulgence of investors towards Tesla has created a hothouse flower that simply cannot compete over the long term in the competitive, for-profit automotive market.
CP said...
"Here's the latest: 441 (and counting) $TSLA/SolarCity/Elon Musk legal actions in Excel TSV format."
http://www.plainsite.org/realitycheck/tsla/lawsuits.txt
tjameson52 said...
Can you expand on your Parulekar theory more?
If both Hota and SHW invoices were booked (credit A/P), then so was the cost (debit side). The subsequent payment wouldn't change anything at the financial statement level (credit cash, debit A/P), it would just be an issue that the wrong vendor's A/P was cleared on the underlying books. Don't see how this transaction (in isolation at least) understates A/P or cost.
I caveat all this with the fact I am a TSLA bear and I agree with 90%+ of everything else you write in this post.
Hi tjameson52, I have thought about this as well.
The strangest part of all of this is that SHW makes electric oil pumps, which is important but not particularly critical or interesting (think lug nuts holding tires onto the car). Also, the dollar amount seems pretty small to send poor Salil to jail for 10 years (!) (Jesus, Michael Cohen got three).
I have two theories:
1) FBI wants Salil's co-operation/information for a totally unrelated matter in Tesla. Parelukar got a little cute in the negotiations, so, the FBI stumbles across this by accident and rattles his cage with it. Apparently if you're charged with something like this, you appear in court wearing the orange jumpsuit, shackled at hands and foot; if I were him I'd sing like a bird.
2) What struck me was the routine manner in which Salil executed his fraud, and Tesla AP failing to flag this transaction as obviously suspicious. This was not elaborate stuff. Perhaps what Salil did was routine, perhaps systematized (?) within Tesla. I imagine a crock where Tesla routinely pays the wrong vendor (net 90 terms), tells the new vendor "ops we'll have to wait to reverse the transaction, old vendor isn't cooperating!" (another 60 days), finally re-queues the payment. Good for cash. Also, in GAAP terms in the above situation, Tesla has i) legitimate cancellation obligations to SHW & ii) new payments due to Hota for materials already received. It has made one payment (to the wrong party). Tesla has recognized expenses probably once, will in theory get a refund from SHW, will pay Hota at some point. ^All these manual adjustments and payments open opportunities to move expenses between reporting periods, especially ahead of large capital raises essential to keeping the company solvent.
All of this is conjecture. But there's SOMETHING going on behind the scenes, and it's unlikely to be innocuous.
You don't think the WHOMPY WHEELS are a major concern?
SlaughterPilot?
Oh well.........
Here's how a fraud like this could have worked:
In order to keep COGS low, there are certain components and/or certain vendors that never enter the accounting system. (Hypothetically, Hota Industrial Manufacturing.) You order widgets on credit, they ship, you use them, but you never enter the invoice / accrue the liability.
The only problem with this - how do you pay them? The auditors will notice funds being disbursed to vendors that aren't in the books. And you have to pay them eventually.
Maybe you pay them by making it look like you are paying a different vendor that is in the books (Hypothetically, SHW).
Three problems with that:
*You'll never be able to get current on all of the different vendor (SHW's) invoices, or it will look like you have a credit balance with them. (Which would be a red flag.) But if you are always months behind in paying your vendors, this will not be a problem.
*It will be hard to match up payment amounts to the secret supplier with the different vendor's invoices. This is where a constant practice of disputing invoices, asking for retroactive discounts, etc. muddies the waters.
*When auditors send A/P balance confirms to the different vendor, it will not match what you have in the fake set of official books. Again, blame billing disputes, disorganization, and so forth. Maybe your auditors are lazy or overwhelmed and don't check this area very carefully. Maybe you scream at the vendor about delaying your audits and they just stop responding to the balance confirms. Maybe you are careful to do this with Asian suppliers: "sorry we don't have phones at the factory," or "no one here speaks English".
It's messy but it fits the facts at least as well as an "embezzlement" where the embezzler is not actually getting paid.
More thoughts regarding low on cash:
- unpaid vendors / lawsuits / tax liens
- interest / cash balance (compare over time, adjusted for T-bill yields)
- not registering vehicles
Uh oh, look what happens when luxury OEMs actually decide to compete with $TSLA...
https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/28/a-years-worth-of-porsche-taycans-are-already-reserved-mostly-by-tesla-owners


These lists just keep me laughing. Now I'll have to come up with something clever too. So much fun.
LOL maracuja . . . .happy times! No, I'm still here . . .I thought you were filing?
well, you know, it might have looked like dancing - Via was never able to take the beat from my feet - thanks so much for taking the leap and campaigning for that aerobics class - wasn't there something about not being able to count it for PE? I remember doing a back and forth leg exercise where the back and forth happened at the same time - not in the class - in a private aerobics session with a roomie. Anyone remember Monkey bread and lemon honey - to this DAY I get cravings!
I do remember the monkey bread and lemon butter! YUMMY!!
Ok, so I had another funny memory of Via days. I had soft contacts that had to be boiled each night in this little electrical device that plugged straight into an outlet. For some reason, the only outlet that it worked in was in the bathroom. Every single time I plugged it in I would get shocked. It became a growing joke in the dorm as girls would walk into the bathroom and find me standing in front of that damn outlet, trying to get up the nerve to plug it in. Each night it got harder and harder to plug it in, and the girls took turns plugging it in for me Thanks to Lenita (our dorm angel), Karen, Tammy, Celinda, Trish, Ruth, Deb, for the frequent rescues! Not only would they get shocked for me, they also got me thru polishing the refei floor with that demon-possessed floor buffer. Love you all . . .
ok, this is a big memory for me - the Dish Crew Rap - can you believe I found a tape with it on there? It gave me dumb chills on my dumb chills, but it made me LAUGH!
We were the fastest dish crew in the midwest - we could have competed in the dish crew olympics!


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