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5 Best Profitable Momo Franchises in India – Investment, Profits | StartupYo
5 Best Profitable Momo Franchise In India
Over the past decade, one of the only industries that have seen a boom or rather have been in a major demand is the fast-food industry. Indians have a knack for trying out different fast-food items and savour the taste that it gives. One such fast-food item that topped the list is Momos. Momos were introduced recently in India and since then it has become the most favored fast-food item for the masses. For a fast-food item that has topped the list, there are many different brands that are known to be the best Momo franchise in the country
Advantages of Acquiring a Momo Franchise
As we are aware, Momos is just another item in the fast-food industry that has been in the spotlight. However, there are various advantages of starting a Momo Franchise rather than another fast-food item. All such advantages are listed as follows.
As compared to other fast-food items, Momos is still seen to be a new type of fast-food item by the people. Various flavours of Momos have won the acknowledgement of many people and have urged them to consume it.
Starting a Momo Franchise of a well-established brand would grant an individual a head starts in the business. With the credibility and experience that would be gained by running a franchise business, the individual would have a better insight about the market.
Momos is one of the best fast-food items that offers a high profit low-cost business model. The cost required for making and serving the Momos is very less as there is very less management required. However, on the other hand, the profit that could be earned from such a venture is on a greater scale.
Top 5 Momo Franchises
Setting up your own business of Momos would not turn out to be as successful as it would be by acquiring the franchise of one of the popular brands that are known for Momos. An individual, by being a unitholder can take the advantage of the brand value that has been developed by the Franchise over the years.
However, with such a tough hustle and competition in the market, it becomes very difficult to choose the right brand that has less investment and high returns for its unitholders. The fast-food sector, especially for Momos, holds great potential in the market, however, the same cannot be achieved by an individual unless he/she has acquired the Franchise of one of the best brands in the market.
The top 5 Momo Franchises are as follows.
1. Wow! Momo Franchise
Established in the year 2008, the quality of Momos served by this fast-food restaurant has been savoured than ever by the Indian population, which made it establish more than 300 + outlets in over 16 cities in India, valued at ₹ 860 crores.
Wow! Momo is one of the fastest growing brands in the market. Wow momo has a vibrant menu for each of its types of consumers from gluten-free, vegetarian to non-vegetarian, so the demand is always met and rising A few crucial details about Wow! Momo brand with regard to the Franchise is as follows.
Investment Required: 8 to 20 Lakhs INR
Area Required: 200- 250 sq. ft.
Official Website:www.wowmomo.com
2. Momomia Franchise
The second in list is the Momomia brand that aims at targeting the Youth of our nation and serving them with the best possible Momos with different tastes, flavours, and at an affordable price. It offers low investment and high-profit concept for Franchise owners
The brand assists individuals with the design and layout of the store, with the site selection, the purchase of in-store fixtures, the additional supply of the merchandise which is required, and even with the launch of the store. A few crucial points are as follows.
Investment Required: 3 to 8 Lakhs INR
Area Required: 150 sq. ft.
Official Website: www.momomiafood.com
3. Nainital Momos
Nainital Momos is known for serving proper and authentic Nepali Momos which is enjoyed by its customer. Over the years, the brand has been said to reach a success where they are serving more than 10 lakh customers every day.
They serve 100+ types of Momos along with 50+ Shakes and Mocktails. The journey started with roadside stall, and then finally in the year 2013, the brand had opened its first store. Ever since, it has seen a good success rate as compared to the other brands in the industry. A few significant points about the brand and its franchise are as follows.
Investment Required: 10 to 30 Lakhs INR
Area Required: 200 to 800 sq. ft.
4. House of Momos
If you are from the state of Maharashtra, then House of Momos would be a familiar name for you. This brand has focused majorly in the state of Maharashtra and has been looking to expand its reach through all the other locations.
The brand rose up the ranks because of its strict usage of high-quality ingredients and raw materials for their Momos. Apart from that, it has also won the hearts of the people due to its strict zero wastage policy. A few crucial points with regard to the brand are as follows.
5. Momo Station
As crafty as the name sounds, so is the brand as well. Momo Station is brand based in Gujarat and it serves delicious and mouth-watering flavours of Momos. One of the reasons why this brand has gained a lot of attention in Gujarat is because of the variety that it gives to its customers unlike other Momo brands in the market.
Apart from the variety of menu that it offers, the brand also gives an advantage to the candidates who are interested to acquire its franchise by giving them different Franchise model options to choose from. A few significant points about the brand and its Franchise are as follows.
Investment Required: 3 to 10 Lakhs INR (depending on the model chosen)
Area Required: 100 to 500 sq. ft
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Live Review: Linying @ Hotel Cafe (March 5, 2019)
Tucked away in a dark alley, just a small distance away from all of fluorescent lights of the LA night scene, is the Hotel Cafe. Walk a little too fast or blink too quickly at the wrong time and you might miss it entirely. Known as the place where acoustic songwriters go to make it big (it's fostered the careers of Adele, Sara Bareilles, and Ingrid Michaelson, to name a few), it's only natural that Singaporean singer-songwriter Linying would make her US debut in such a legendary venue.
Hotel Cafe.
With no more than 50 people in attendance, the Hotel Cafe served as an intimate setting that would throw off even the most confident of performers. After all, there were moments where the room's atmosphere dropped to a complete silence, where the audience were capable of carefully studying Linying's every movement on the tiny corner stage. But Linying and her songs seemed right at home right there, basking in the warm spotlight. Backed by a drummer/violinist and a guitarist, Linying's music moved the crowd, and her angelic, emotional vocals proved to us Californians why she was such a sensation back home in Singapore. This was made all the more apparent during her opening song, "Liar," a collaboration that she had done with fellow musician Gentle Bones back in 2016. But while she sang, I couldn't help but notice that something was troubling her. Her voice carried that emotion subconsciously, even when she didn't try to.
A few minutes later she revealed the cause: she had just gotten word that a young lady who made the two hour drive from San Diego to LA was unable to get into the venue because she was under 21. Thinking on her feet, Linying quickly told her friend in the crowd to start live-streaming the performance from Instagram, and to tell someone to let the girl outside know that she was aware of her predicament. With nothing more that she could do, Linying smiled half-heartedly and continued running through her set.
The difference between "Liar" and her second song was audibly distinct. Now free from that guilt of leaving a fan in the dark, Linying's vocals truly started to soar as her drummer briefly switched to a stand-by violin to accompany her voice. It was impressive how well she could control her notes–sitting at one of the tables closest to her, I could feel the power of every single vocal shift that she expertly achieved. When she added some urban-inspired "yuh-yuh"s to her song about falling in love in the springtime (unnamed, from the new record), I couldn't help but draw comparisons to Ariana Grande's own versatile vocal range and similar vocal inflections scattered throughout thank u, next. Although Linying's voice is higher and sweeter in comparison, if she wanted to make a more urban, contemporary album, there's definitely potential there.
By the time "All of Our Friends Know" came up in the set, the room became warm and cozy despite the heavy rain that was falling outside. Although the live performance of the song was more stripped down than it was on the studio version (the dramatic violin stabs were regrettably omitted from the song), "All of Our Friends Know" still brought the energy up in the room. One also couldn't help smiling when she subbed the line "We're in downtown Austin causing a racket" to "We're in downtown LA causing a racket." Following that was a cover of "Self Control" by Frank Ocean, which was one of the songs that Linying admitted she was most inspired by.
Closing out the 7-song set were "Paris 12," and "Sticky Leaves," a song her and her fans amicably refer to as the "national anthem." These are the songs that any Linying performance would be incomplete without. "Paris 12," which Linying revealed she wrote about being in Paris while she was "a galaxy away" from the ones she loved, moved the crowd to tears. Though I'm sure that Linying has performed it countless times since its 2016 release, even there in Los Angeles, galaxies away from Paris, we felt every single emotion that Linying experienced when she wrote that song. "Sticky Leaves," which was released on the same EP as "Paris 12," echoed that sentiment, closing out the short set with heavy hearts.
It quickly became clear that Linying is a singer who is outrageously talented on stage. She's a performer who can move the room she's in to tears and conveys emotions subtly through just her voice. For anyone looking to listen to a singer who can actually sing (a rarity in the Internet era)–or to have a good cry–go see Linying. Her performance is not to be missed.
This free performance led up to SXSW 2019, which happened the week after Linying performed in Los Angeles.
Artist pages: Facebook | SoundCloud | Spotify
Bonus: Linying + Li-Wei and Clarissa!
Li-Wei Chu is a recent graduate from UC Davis who majored in Cinema and Digital Media who also briefly studied film at Queen Mary, University of London. Li-Wei is obsessed with horror films (especially the ones that give him nightmares), films from East Asia, and really, any film that makes you stop and think.
He loves talking about film and indie music with others. He's also a record collector and cross-stitches when he has free time. In the future, he hopes to be able to write about film and wants to find a job in the film industry that can support his record buying habits. Maybe one day he'll also be able to play the guitar.
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Influence of parental and socioeconomic factors in stunting in children under 5 years in Egypt
L. K. Zottarelli, Thankam S. Sunil, S. Rajaram
Health Promotion, Social, & Behavioral Health
We assessed the relationship between parental and socioeconomic characteristics and nutritional status of children under 5 years in Egypt Data from the 2000 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey were used. A logistic regression technique was used to estimate the odds of being malnourished. Children whose mothers had a higher level of education and were > 150 cm had a lower risk of stunting than those of mothers with no education and shorter height (< 150 cm). Parental consanguinity, rural residence, high birth order and short birth interval significantly increased the odds of stunting. Children aged ≥ 12 months had greater odds of stunting than those < 12 months.
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Birth Intervals
Consanguinity
Zottarelli, L. K., Sunil, T. S., & Rajaram, S. (2007). Influence of parental and socioeconomic factors in stunting in children under 5 years in Egypt. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 13(6), 1330-1342.
Influence of parental and socioeconomic factors in stunting in children under 5 years in Egypt. / Zottarelli, L. K.; Sunil, Thankam S.; Rajaram, S.
In: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Vol. 13, No. 6, 01.11.2007, p. 1330-1342.
Zottarelli, LK, Sunil, TS & Rajaram, S 2007, 'Influence of parental and socioeconomic factors in stunting in children under 5 years in Egypt', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1330-1342.
Zottarelli LK, Sunil TS, Rajaram S. Influence of parental and socioeconomic factors in stunting in children under 5 years in Egypt. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2007 Nov 1;13(6):1330-1342.
Zottarelli, L. K. ; Sunil, Thankam S. ; Rajaram, S. / Influence of parental and socioeconomic factors in stunting in children under 5 years in Egypt. In: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2007 ; Vol. 13, No. 6. pp. 1330-1342.
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When Rand Paul Ended Filibuster, He Left Drones On National Stage
By Carrie Johnson
Published March 8, 2013 at 8:03 PM MST
Code Pink activists deliver flowers, candies and other objects of thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's Capitol Hill offices Thursday for filibustering John Brennan's CIA nomination.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky launched a nationwide conversation last week with his 13-hour filibuster of the president's nominee to lead the CIA.
Paul vowed to keep talking until the White House clarified whether it has authority to kill U.S. citizens on American soil with drones.
Administration lawyers said in all but the most extreme cases, the answer is no. Paul finally stood down, but the debate over drones is far from over.
Hypothetical Situations
Paul says a letter from the Obama administration is what set him off on the epic talking spree.
"When the president responds that, I haven't killed any Americans yet at home and that I don't intend to do so, but I might, it's incredibly alarming, and really goes against his oath of office," Paul said.
Paul mused for hours about what kinds of circumstances might prompt the White House to unleash drones on Americans and what kinds of Americans might be targeted.
"It's one thing if you want to try her for treason, but are you just going to drop a drone Hellfire missile on Jane Fonda? Are you going to drop a Hellfire missile on those at Kent State?" Rand asked.
Defining The Threat
Rand's hypotheticals verged on the outlandish, says Steve Vladeck, a law professor at American University.
"I think the Obama administration has been quite clear it would never ever use that authority except in an extreme emergency situation, the likes of which are not that hard to figure out," Vladeck says.
They would be emergencies like another Sept. 11, when terrorists hijacked a plane full of civilians and the Bush White House ordered the plane shot down anyway. Or Pearl Harbor, where enemy fliers are dropping bombs on U.S. military installations.
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona famously has no quarter with Fonda. She visited North Vietnam while McCain was a prisoner of war there. But McCain says the U.S. is in a different kind of war now.
"We've done, I think, a disservice to a lot of Americans by making them believe that somehow they're in danger from their government," he said. "They're not. But we are in danger. We are in danger from a dedicated enemy that is hell-bent on our destruction."
Stop talking about Fonda, McCain advised, and start thinking about al-Qaida.
Imagine You're In A Cafe...
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who read tweets calling on Americans to #StandbyRand during the filibuster, posed this hypothetical to Attorney General Eric Holder at a hearing this week:
"If an individual is sitting quietly at a cafe in the United States, in your legal judgment, does the Constitution allow a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil to be killed by a drone?" Cruz asked Holder.
"For sitting in a cafe and having a cup of coffee?" Holder asked.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks out of the Capitol after his filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director on Capitol Hill early Thursday.
"If that individual is not posing an imminent and immediate threat of death or bodily harm, does the Constitution allow a drone to kill that individual?" Cruz replied.
"On the basis of what you said, I don't think you can arrest that person," Holder said.
Holder went on to say that in Yemen and Afghanistan, it can be difficult for the U.S. military to capture enemy combatants — not a factor for most people drinking coffee on American soil.
Drones Overseas
Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have united on one issue, though: The failure of the Obama administration to release secret legal memos that explain when the U.S. government can carry out drone attacks overseas.
Vermont Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy — chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee — said he voted against the president's choice to lead the CIA for that reason.
And Sen. Richard Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, says he'll hold a hearing in early April to explore the legal authority for drone strikes and what protections exist for American citizens on White House target lists.
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Nearly 13 Hours Later, Sen. Paul Ends His Filibuster; Here's The Video
The senator said he "would speak, until I can no longer speak," and he hit that wall early Thursday. His goal was to get the Obama administration to pledge it won't use drone attacks against American citizens on U.S. soil. He's put a bright spotlight on the issue.
Rand Paul Talks His Way Into The Political Big Time
Alan Greenblatt
Paul's epic-length filibuster not only drew attention to an issue of increasing concern to Congress, but also helped raise his own profile. The Kentucky Republican has long been considered a presidential aspirant.
Holder Responds To Paul About Drone Strikes On U.S. Soil
"Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?" the attorney general asks. "The answer to that question is no."
Senate Approves Nomination Of John Brennan As CIA Chief
The nomination survived an epic, nearly 13-hour filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul, who demanded an explanation of the Obama administration's targeted killing program.


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My paintings commingle forms from biology, textiles, maps, and geometry to convey a kaleidoscope world of interconnectedness.
Currently my focus is on large 4ft x 6ft acrylic paintings that are created on two merged panels. These works have subtle echoes of land or seascapes, and the merged panels have a reference to Asian screen paintings.
Working on this larger scale is really physically engaging and the works more easily become "a place" in my perception- as if one could disappear in to them.
I believe art can transport people, even if only for a brief blip, into a separate realm or way of thinking.
In my own work, I hope to reveal simultaneity between the grand scale and the miniscule -- a sense of infinite interconnectedness (through reoccurring pattern) of all things.
My Father, who was an architect, once told me that the path to success (however you want to define that term) as an artist is an extra long road. He said I should have perseverance above all else.
Currently Craig Bell and I share a studio in the Northup King Building (#369) in NE Minneapolis.
My works start out with loose very randomly applied paint, and I build layers this way while intermittently slowing things down with interjections of tiny details and delicately painted line forms.
I tend to work either on the floor or a large work table, preferring for the work to be flat as I work on it, although I do end up moving the panels all around when I want to make the paint move or drip on it's own accord. It becomes a balancing act of getting paint to do what paint does when thrown, splattered or dripped, with more deliberate and calculated decisions painted by my hand.
I will be part of Art-a-Whirl May 18-20, 2012 in the Northrup King Building in NE Mpls. Studio #369.
In 2013, I have a solo show at The Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson WI.


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Q: Update Android SDK manager without Internet Connection but by earlier downloading for another SDK Lets say there are many pc s and each pc has Android SDK installed.And one pc updates its SDK because it has internet connection.In this way, all downloads are installed that SDK directly. I want to know whether there is a way to download SDK updates as a separate file (and not directly update the SDK) and other pc s(which have not internet connection) are updated with that downloaded file. (In other words download one update and share it among other pc s and update all pc s by one downloaded file)

A: Just copy the platforms folder from the sdk directory..

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Detoxing isn't just about improving your diet and taking liver-supportive supplements. There are a number of alternative detox methods that you can try alongside more conventional techniques. Some simple lifestyle changes can have a huge impact on your body's ability to quickly and efficiently remove toxins.
Detox is important during your Candida treatment for two reasons. Firstly, you need to remove the toxins that the Candida yeast releases into your body. This will help relieve some of those pesky Candida symptoms. Secondly, a good detox can help you get through Candida Die-Off, when the rapid killing of yeast cells results in large quantities of toxins being released into your bloodstream.
Saunas are beneficial during a Candida elimination program and are also useful in preventing a recurrence of the overgrowth. They improve immune system function and the rise in body temperature helps to restrict the Candida. Viruses and other pathogens struggle to survive at higher temperatures (that's why your body generates a fever to eliminate viruses).
A good sauna will also increase blood circulation – another way to help eliminate Candida. Better circulation oxygenates your cells and helps your liver to remove toxins from your bloodstream.
Remember that your skin is your largest organ, responsible for something like 15% of all your toxin elimination. Saunas help to open your pores and keep this elimination pathway running smoothly. Sweating in the sauna can itself remove a significant amount of toxins.
Make sure that the sauna has not been treated with toxic chemicals, and be careful to drink lots of water. Stay in the sauna for 15-45 minutes, and make sure that the sauna is not too hot. If you find yourself sweating heavily after only 15 minutes, then you should turn the temperature down.
This technique is a great way to to eliminate Candida's toxic metabolites yeast cells by stimulating the lymphatic system. The idea is that firm but gentle brush strokes across the skin will improve your blood circulation, enabling your body to eliminate Candida-related toxins faster.
First you need to buy a brush from your local health food store. It should have natural bristles and a long handle. Secondly, make sure your skin is dry. Many people do a skin brushing in the morning just before their shower, so that the dead skin cells are immediately washed away.
Start the skin brushing with the soles of your feet, using slow, gentle, circular movements. Move up your body, all the time brushing towards your chest, but be careful to avoid areas where your skin is particularly sensitive.
Here's a great way to boost your immune system in the comfort of your own home. Contrast showers encourage improved circulation that carries away Candida toxins, while they can also increase the number of your white blood cells and boost your immune system.
Start with 3-5 minutes of hot water, followed by one minute or less of cold water. Repeat this cycle at least once. A good time to do a contrast shower is straight after the gym, perhaps before or after using the sauna.
Exercise is very important not only for your general health, but also in the fight against Candida Related Complex. Exercise activates your lymphatic system and increases the level of oxygen in your bloodstream. This plays a key role in optimal immune function, helpful in reducing the Candida colonies in your gut. And it can promote a healthy transit time through your digestive system too.
A good sweat also helps to eliminate toxins produced by your Candida overgrowth. Try to do 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise 4-5 days a week. It doesn't need to be particularly strenuous – in fact, over-exercising can contribute to adrenal fatigue and a weakened immune system.
For lots more information on how to eliminate Candida toxins from your body, take a look at my Ultimate Candida Diet treatment plan.


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Reliance JioPhone helping KaiOS grow in Indian market: Kai Technologieshttps://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/reliance-jiophone-helping-kaios-grow-in-indian-market-kai-technologies-5017668/
Reliance JioPhone helping KaiOS grow in Indian market: Kai Technologies
US company Kai technology feels its KaiOS, targeting feature phones and entry-level smartphones, will grow in India. The company cites the popularity of the OS that runs Reliance JioPhones.
By IANS |New Delhi | Published: January 9, 2018 4:53:54 pm
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KaiOS combines the powerful capabilities of a smartphone with the affordability of a basic handset.
US-based company Kai Technologies on Tuesday announced it has been able to grow in the Indian market through the successful launch of its KaiOS (operating system) that is powering Reliance JioPhones. "We are thrilled by the performance of KaiOS on the JioPhone. The launch opens up more opportunities for millions of Indians," Sebastien Codeville, CEO of Kai Technologies, said in a statement.
KaiOS combines the powerful capabilities of a smartphone with the affordability of a basic handset. KaiOS originates from the Firefox OS open-source project started in 2011 and has continued independently from Mozilla since 2016. KaiOS was first launched publicly in the US market in 2017.
"KaiOS provides the right operating system for the JioPhone with its functionalities and adaptability," added Sunil Dutt, president of devices at Reliance Retail. The mobile operating system supports 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS and is compatible with chipsets from major manufacturers.
According to a research report released by CMR Market Research, mobile handset vendors in India registered a 22 per cent jump in revenues to Rs 1.36 lakh crore in 2016 from revenues of Rs 1.12 lakh crore in 2015. The report states that feature phones have about 57 per cent of the market. With the launch of KaiOS-powered mobile phones in India, these devices are likely to emerge as a new category all together.
"We have incorporated the adaption of Indian languages, enabling digital payments, and media delivery to the masses in India," Codeville added.
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Banks and other financial institutions are racing against the clock to comply with the European Union's revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) by January 2018. At the same time, many of these companies view PSD2 as a regulatory requirement at best and a threat to their business at worst. After all, PSD2 threatens to eliminate the sole ownership of customer data that banks have enjoyed until now. This in turn is instilling a justifiable fear of becoming a commodity service and being overshadowed by innovative payment services offered by Account Information Service Provider (AISP) and Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) businesses.
However, progressive banks are recognizing the flip side of data sharing. Instead of being displaced by third parties offering AISP and PISP services, banks can compete by bringing something unique to the table: their vast knowledge of customer behaviour and attributes. This puts banks in a stronger position to deliver superior and personalized services that create additional revenue streams. With this in mind, organizations putting the technology into place for PSD2 compliance need to do so in a way that will scale to fit the new business models that financial firms need to adopt for long-term success.
Banking as we know has always been "closed" in nature—with both interactions and the data driving them limited to the bank and the customer. By contrast, PSD2 promotes a more "open" environment for banking interactions by requiring these firms provide regulated third-party providers (TPPs) with access to customer information. This access, which needs to be authorized by the customer, can be in the form of account information and payment initiation.
API management serves as the underlying technology for enabling PSD2 compliance since it can expose customer information through APIs in a secure and controlled manner. The diagram below shows how banking transactions look today and how they will appear once PSD2 compliance is in place.
Complying with the PSD2 regulation should be viewed as simply one piece of the bigger open banking picture. In order to visualize and reap all of its potential benefits, banks need to think more broadly about how the EU created PSD2 to support the best interests of the customer. And then financial firms need to follow the same thought process.
To date, third-party providers have taken the financial domain by storm, offering innovative and customized financial services that leverage the data exposed by banks. Yet, there is nothing stopping a bank from doing the same, or even better. Banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions can expand their purview of a customer's journey to their interactions with other banks by consuming these other organizations' APIs to gain a holistic understanding of their customers' financial portfolios – along with an understanding into their competitors' customers.
Extended Product and Service Portfolio. By viewing a customer's complete financial portfolio, banks can proactively create more competitive products and services. For example, a customer might have four accounts, including not just savings but also credit cards and a retirement plan, spread across different banks. By considering the average return on investment (ROI) for these four accounts, a financial firm can create an investment product that provides a more competitive return. If the bank already has a product that provides a better ROI, it can deploy aggressive marketing campaigns that encourage customers to switch.
Additionally, data can be used to identify recurring events over the long-term financial cycle of customers. If a bank identifies a deficit across all customer accounts by the end of a particular quarter or particular month, it can create a short-term overdraft service. The customer can subscribe to this service as soon as the predefined deficit is reached. Such services boost customer loyalty and retention.
Market Expansion. PSD2 lets managers see the financial world through a set of eyes they did not have before. This is the perfect opportunity for identifying lucrative or underserved markets. For example, if there is a large volume of payment transactions or account deposits within a certain demographic (age or location) currently unserved by the bank, this creates a market expansion opportunity. Further, if there are large volumes of account deposits all being served with basic saving plans, financial firms can approach these markets with more competitive offerings.
Business Banking. Open banking provides the opportunity to create stronger relationships with corporate customers. Banks can create cash flow management dashboards for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) who need a consistent funding stream to run their operations. There also is an opportunity to cross-sell foreign transaction services to firms that conduct large volumes of business outside the operating country. And the most valuable service financial firms can offer is insight-based advice on how to manage a business's finances better. Since open banking provides a complete picture of corporate customers' finances, their needs can be served as a business and not just an individual.
Technology plays a key role in realizing the business expansion opportunities presented by PSD2. This requires an architecture that can address compliance and then scale to support several other technology requirements for driving digital businesses.
Strong customer authentication (SCA) to ensure that there are no security compromises between the API interactions of banks and third-party providers.
Customer consent management to obtain a customer's consent to complete transactions on his or her behalf, especially when the payment initiation happens through a third party.
API analytics and usage dashboards to identify the consumption patterns of a bank's APIs, which can drive insight for future API monetization opportunities. These analytics are collated and presented via dashboards.
Looking more broadly, much of a bank's success in PSD2 will rely on its ability to take advantage of the open data ecosystem that PSD2 enables. Firms that go the extra mile and are able to act as third-party service providers then get access to a rich and comprehensive customer financial data set maintained across banks. In order to achieve this, the technology used for compliance should be extended to meet the requirements of third-party services. These include API integration, fraud detection, and business analytics and dashboards.
API Integration is required to connect to third-party APIs. The API management technology implemented, needs to expand out of a bank's internal architecture to connect to external APIs of other financial firms. These APIs may be written on different data formats, hence there will be the need for an API aggregator to mediate these different data formats into a common flow.
Fraud detection is critical and only becomes more so when operating in an ecosystem that is populated by multiple API users and consumers, since this opens the door to greater vulnerability. The fraud detection mechanisms deployed for PSD2 compliance need to scale to capture a larger volume of events and adopt more stringent techniques to detect anomalies.
Business analytics and dashboards play a central role since data is only as useful as how you derive insights from it. All of the data collated through an API ecosystem needs to be processed, analyzed and presented using a combination of real-time and batch analytics. These analytics then need to be represented through various levels of dashboards customized for purpose and audience.
Many banks will want to go beyond the basic business analytics of the API management system and implement more in-depth analytics to derive insights about customers' financial portfolios, spending patterns, purchase decisions by demographics, etc. These insights can then be used to create customized financial products and services that capture niche market needs and are not addressed by the competition, supporting strategies for both cross-selling and upselling.
Further, banks can open up new revenue streams through the creation of aggregate business insights from consolidated customer account and payment data, which can be sold to other financial and nonfinancial service providers. These service providers then can use the insights to support their own marketing and sales strategies.
We have discussed the concept of an ecosystem. One of the most exciting aspects of open banking is that it gives banks the opportunity to pick their definition of an ecosystem. Those firms that want to take the ecosystem concept to the next level can partner with third-party providers to offer services outside the financial domain. The core technologies remain the same as those required with third-party financial services, but the requirement to scale becomes much larger and more demanding.
Similarly, banks need to be open in their perceptions of PSD2 and realize the digital transformation opportunities that it brings. This means thinking beyond the compliance hurdle and accepting open banking as the digital reinvention that financial firms never knew they needed. Once this hurdle has been cleared, the sky is the limit for banks that want to compete by creating a customer-first business.
Seshika heads the financial solutions team at WSO2 where she builds financial industry-specific solutions using WSO2's middleware platform. She also works closely with potential customers looking to deploy a financial solution, providing ongoing consulting.


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Paul Schwarz at Paul Kotula Projects @ Hyperallergic
FERNDALE, Mich. — Despite living and attending art school in the heart of Detroit's Cass Corridor neighborhood, the painter and intermedia artist Paul Schwarz is not readily associated with the Cass Corridor movement, one of the only major 20th-century fine art trends to emerge from Detroit.
This year, the gallerist Paul Kotula has organized two posthumous exhibitions of Schwarz's work, collectively titled A Shadow is Never Still. Presented in two parts — Chapter One: 4:55 and Chapter Two: 7:00 — and across two locations, A Shadow is Never Still references an undated mixed-media drawing in which the artist captures the transformation of a mountain through the movement of the sun. The record began at 4:55am and ended at 7:00pm.
Chapter One: 4:55 was on display from June 22 to July 22 at Paul Kotula Projects and presented a selection of the artist's noted collage and painting hybrids, sculpture, and works on paper (including many sketches never exhibited before). Kotula worked closely with Schwarz's longtime companion and widow, the artist and poet Christine Monhollen, to include a selection of the artist's dairies, collected imagery, and writings — all of which offer a window into the psychological and philosophical underpinnings of Schwarz's highly intellectual and emotive work.
October 24, 2017 Sarah Sharp Writing Cass Corridor, Paul Kotula, Paul Schwarz, Susanne Hilberry Gallery


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Film Subtitles & Voiceovers: Creating Character Through Translation
by Janneke Parrish on August 5, 2015
Documentaries represent an interesting phenomenon in film.
In a genre dedicated to telling stories, communicating emotions, and enthralling an audience, documentaries ostensibly represent a chance to tell a truth to that audience. They give filmmakers a chance to show the world as it is and try to tell the story of that world in a true way.
As I've discussed before, how effectively a documentary does this is debatable. After all, the very fact that there is a film crew present at all affects how a truth is communicated on film. It distorts into being not a truth, but rather a truth that is being watched. When making a documentary about a phenomenon where a language difference becomes a concern, an additional factor comes into play. How can a documentary accurately portray the truth to an audience that doesn't speak the same language as those in the film? The decision about how to translate a person's words in a documentary has an effect on how truth is portrayed, and that effect should not be ignored.
Part of how a documentary conveys its message or its truth is by establishing a narrative. It tells the story of its subject, regardless of what that subject is. The narrative also requires that the audience become invested in the subject, sometimes by creating an antagonist and protagonist, but also sometimes through simple emotional connection. However, as part of creating this narrative and this connection, the film must connect with the audience using its visual aspects and its audio. It uses both to create a sense of the reality of the film.
The problem with a foreign language is clear – hearing a foreign language that is not understood obviously disrupts the narrative and disrupts the audience's ability to be absorbed in the film. The story isn't understood, and so the audience loses interest. It's abundantly clear that there must be translation, but equally, there are numerous considerations to take into account when deciding how to translate a person's words.
One of the more common approaches to translation is to simply put subtitles on the screen while the person speaks, allowing their voice to be heard while still ensuring that the audience is able to understand what's being said. It's an approach that's common for a reason – it's elegant, potentially non-distracting, and accurate.
However, consider how a film maintains the audience's interest. It maintains it through the visuals and through the audio together. How a film is constructed and what is displayed on screen makes a large difference to how the film and its message are perceived. Equally, how a "character" in a documentary is shown makes a huge difference in how that "character" is perceived.
Consider as well a documentary in which most of those interviewed speak English. In One Day in September, a documentary about the assassinations at the Munich Olympics, the German and Dutch interviewees overwhelmingly speak English. They are immediately understood, and through that, they are undoubtedly easier to connect with. In contrast, the lone Palestinian terrorist who is interviewed for the film speaks no English, and is set apart by the fact that he is given subtitles. Though the audience can hear his words, the fact that the meaning behind them must be read rather than being known automatically – as is the case with the other interviewees – means that this person will automatically be seen as different. He is set apart, and so, it is harder to sympathise with him. He is unequal. He is different.
To be clear, there is decidedly more at play with why al Gashey can be seen as the "other" in One Day in September. The man is a Palestinian terrorist who killed members of the Israeli Olympic team – it's inevitable that he won't necessarily garner much sympathy. However, the fact that he is given subtitles and that his words must be communicated through a visual medium sets him even further apart from the interviewees who speak English, and who the audience can readily understand. It further relegates him into the category of "other."
Even in films where the entirety of the interviewees are subtitled, there can still be a sense of "othering." State of Mind, a documentary about a North Korean gymnastics team, features a group of interviewees who speak no English whatsoever. However, thanks to a narrative voice leading the viewer through, the subtitles serve to further highlight the distinction between the viewer and the viewed. The audience can better maintain their separation from the film's subjects specifically because the interviewees' words must be communicated through a visual medium rather than being heard.
In essence, subtitles represent a distraction from the way the film is structured. They draw the audience's attention away from the rest of the film that is displayed and highlight a particular "character's" differences. It forces the viewer to consider the fact that they are reading rather than listening and that they are confronted by something they can't understand.
This is not to say that subtitles are inherently negative. However, it must be considered what impact they have on how the audience perceives those being featured in the film. It serves to highlight their "otherness" and the disconnect between the audience and the film.
An alternative can be found in voice-over translations, where a voice speaking the audience's language is used to convey the translation of the interviewees' thoughts. By using this technique, a filmmaker doesn't have to take into consideration the fact that subtitles can be distracting, and can instead allow the audio to carry the viewer smoothly through the film.
The trouble with voice-overs, however, is that they don't allow a person to communicate in their own words. Indeed, their own voices are lost beneath that of a speaker of the audience's language. While it's true that subtitles hardly preserve a person's words, they don't drown out the voice entirely. They trust the audience to be able to listen and understand, even if there is distraction from the visuals. On the other hand, a voice-over preserves the visual, and only detracts from the audio.
It also can't be doubted that a voice-over contributes as much to an "othering" as subtitles do. When a person's voice is obviously drowned out by a voice-over, it creates an atmosphere of distraction. That character is remembered for their words, yes, but also for the voice-over. It's an imperfect way of translating and communicating a person's thoughts.
This raises the question. Both subtitling and voice-overs distract and detract from a "character's" story. Both contribute to slanting and distorting a narrative by drowning out or filtering a person's words. Neither, obviously, is a perfect example of how to include a foreign language speaker in a documentary. What, then, is the solution? How should documentaries deal with the puzzle of accurately incorporating thoughts conveyed in a language that the audience doesn't understand?
I don't claim to have the answer, nor, I suspect, is there one. However, it is vital to consider the effect that translation has on a narrative and on how the audience perceives the truth a documentary is meant to convey. Where the very nature of the documentary creates an "other" and ensures that not every "character" has an equal voice, one can't help but consider how much of the documentary can be considered the truth. When a truth is distorted through translation and an interviewee set apart because of their need for translation, can a film be said to be telling the truth?
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Karma will test a hydrogen fuel-cell car without the infrastructure hurdles
One of many issues preventing the wider adoption of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles is that they're tied closely to an infrastructure that's been painfully slow to develop. Another is that the fussy high-pressure tanks required to store enough hydrogen in fuel-cell vehicles take up a lot of space—space that's more awkward to plan around than a […]
One of many issues preventing the wider adoption of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles is that they're tied closely to an infrastructure that's been painfully slow to develop. Another is that the fussy high-pressure tanks required to store enough hydrogen in fuel-cell vehicles take up a lot of space—space that's more awkward to plan around than a big battery pack.
California's Karma Automotive has revived a solution to both of those issues. It announced that it's collaborating with Denmark-based Blue World Technologies to explore using a fuel-cell system with onboard methanol reforming to power "a variety of future passenger and light commercial vehicles."
Karma Automotve tests Blue World Technologies fuel-cell system
Put simply, Blue World's technology uses methanol potentially captured from landfills, and makes hydrogen with it through a system on board the vehicle. It then uses that hydrogen to power a fuel cell—with a battery buffer—that in turn powers motors to move the vehicle.
Such vehicles would have zero tailpipe emissions, although they wouldn't be entirely zero-emissions. The fuel-cell system uses high-temperature PEM technology and methanol-to-hydrogen reforming.
Blue World Technologies fuel-cell system
That's an energy-intensive process that is more efficient than burning gasoline but not nearly as efficient as large scale hydrogen production or an electric car using batteries.
However, methanol can be made using renewable sources "ensuring a CO2-neutral proposition" in a well-to-wheels sense, Blue World notes. Generally, any criteria emissions of the sort that cause smog or local air quality issues are very low, too.
The company says that such renewable methanol might come from biomass, biogas, or municipal waste.
Blue World also notes that with a typical vehicle tank of 75 liters (less than 20 gallons), a 600-mile range or more is possible. Methanal could be dispensed as a liquid, via equipment that isn't vastly different than that used for gasoline.
Karma will test a version of its GS-6 plug-in hybrid over the next few months, both in the U.S. and in Denmark. The GS-6 is a more affordable model for Karma, slotting below a revamped version of the Revero GT flagship. Both are essentially continuations of the vehicle once known as the Fisker Karma.
Volvo C30 Battery Electric Vehicle, shown at 2010 Detroit Auto Show
Volvo tried a similar test on a prototype battery electric version of its C30 more than ten years ago, with gasoline instead of methanol, and wasn't pleased with the conclusions about the end result's carbon footprint. Nissan has also tested a system with an onboard reformer, using ethanol as the fuel, and has noted that such a system might only be suitable for larger vehicles.
With Karma, many things seems to come full-circle. Quantum Technologies, the former company that originally developed the system that Fisker Automotive licensed for the Quantum, was also a producer of fuel-cell systems, and did some of the pioneering work for high-pressure hydrogen storage.
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5G and the Transformation of the Video Experience
By: Lynn Leahey
As video content continues to evolve, interactive opportunities will redefine viewer engagement.Alex Wallace, GM of News, Entertainment, and Studios at Verizon Media, talks about how the consumer experience will be transformed.
How will 5G impact the media industry?
5G will dramatically change not just how media is consumed but also how it is created. It will provide increased mobile bandwidth, speed, and access for the media industry, unlocking unprecedented opportunities for immersive content. We know 5G will markedly improve issues of latency and allow audiences deeper in-the-moment experiences. At Verizon Media's 5G Studio RYOT, we are incubating these formats of the future with our partners to create how this will come to life for the consumer. Picture, for instance, the realism AR integrations can conjure by capturing and digitizing 3D objects and people and placing them into real-time content, without lag.
Greater bandwidth will also give audiences more autonomy and agency in how they view content, keeping them engaged. For example, expect interactive video feeds that allow consumers to switch between Ultra HD views of a live sports or music experience. The speed that 5G brings will also allow content creators to experiment with new mediums as varied as live animated broadcasts and combined live-action/computer generated performances.
How can we expect news delivery to evolve?
We recently launched Yahoo News' XR partner program, which we believe will be the future of journalism, incorporating immersive experiences like AR and VR. 5G will play a major part in XR integration, making sure people are reading and watching and experiencing news on all devices and screens. In the next few years, the delivery of this type of content will involve less friction so that its consumption becomes intuitive and seamless and multi-screened. XR deepens the experience by bringing users closer to the stories they are consuming in a way that can increase both understanding and empathy.
How can AR and VR experiences bring social issues to life?
AR and VR have the unrivaled ability to put consumers at the center of news stories and in another person's shoes. It's the closest we can get to experiencing the news on the ground as it's happening without actually being there physically. The more visceral and immediate stories are, the more readers and viewers can connect with them.
Fastly Introduces Direct Private Network Connection
Fastly, provider of a global edge cloud platform, announced Origin Connect, a direct private network connection between an organization's origin server and a Fastly Shield point of presence. Comparing Origin Connect to plugging directly into an outlet instead of connecting to an extension cord first, Fastly says companies will be able to reduce transit costs […]
Mouthpeace with Michael and Pele Bennett Arrives Jan. 31
The first episode of Mouthpeace with Michael and Pele Bennett, the fourth weekly podcast series from podcast network Lemonada Media, will be available January 31, with new episodes released on Fridays. Hosted and executive produced by Michael Bennett, the NFL defensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and best-selling author, and his wife Pele, food advocate […]
01/17/20: NBCU unveils Peacock
Friday, January 17, 2020 Tonight's PremieresFYI: The Liquidator at 11:30pHBO: Real Time with Bill Maher at 10p Tonight's FinalesFYI: The Liquidator at 11pNickelodeon: America's Most Musical Family at 8pReelz: How to Survive a Murder at 10p Saturday's PremieresAMC: Seven Worlds, One Planet at 9pBBC America: Seven Worlds, One Planet at 9pDIY: First Time […]
FreeWheel Survey Looks at the Changing Face of TV Advertising
A survey of over 300 marketers and agencies showed that advanced TV is being used by the majority of advertisers to reach their target audiences. According to "The Changing Face of TV Advertising: 2019, 2020 and Beyond," from FreeWheel, a Comcast company, OTT/CTV was purchased by the highest percentage (66%) of advertisers over the past […]


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How many NHL hockey teams are there?
How many NHL hockey teams are there? After various periods of expansion and reorganization, the NHL now consists of 32 teams in two conferences and four divisions.
Who were the 8 original NHL teams? The Original Six era of the National Hockey League (NHL) began in 1942 with the demise of the Brooklyn Americans, reducing the league to six teams: Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs.
How many NHL hockey teams are there? – Additional Questions
Who is the oldest team in the NHL?
Who were the original 4 NHL teams?
What were the first hockey teams ever?
Who were the first 6 NHL expansion teams?
How many original NHL teams were there?
What is the largest city without an NHL team?
Who is getting a new NHL team?
What does Kraken stand for?
If no other moves are made by general manager Ron Hextall this summer, that figure makes the Penguins the oldest team in the NHL.
So, who were the original 4 teams? When the NHL had its inaugural season in 1917 there were four teams: Montreal Wanderers, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Arenas, and the Ottawa Senators. The NHL did have a fifth franchise, the Quebec Bulldogs, however it was an inactive franchise and did not play any games.
The National Hockey League was formed. The original teams were the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Arenas. Two games, two Montreal teams: On this, the first day of NHL play in history, the Montreal Wanderers played the Toronto Arenas on Wanderers' home ice.
Six franchises were ultimately added: the California Seals (San Francisco – Oakland), Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues.
While there had been teams that dated back to the 1800s and many that came and went through the years, there are six teams which are considered to be the Original or Traditional Six: the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Detroit Red Wings.
Greater Houston is the largest market in terms of both city proper and metro population in the US or Canada without an NHL franchise; since 2016, Houston is also now the largest metropolitan area without a complete set of teams in the major professional sports leagues.
SEA ISLAND, Ga. — The National Hockey League announced today that it has granted an expansion franchise to Seattle. The League's 32nd franchise, which will begin play in 2021-22, was approved in a unanimous vote by the NHL's Board of Governors during a meeting today in Sea Island, Ga.
So what is a Kraken? The Kraken is a mythical sea beast of Scandinavian folklore that combines the most menacing aspects of the octopus, giant squid and crab, and its use by Seattle's NHL franchise is a tip of the hat to that area's nautical culture.
⟵ How many NHL teams make the playoffs?
How many NHL teams have Seattle Krakens? ⟶


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Fused mitochondria let dividing cells better use O2
Mitochondria join together to help cells to multiply in unexpected ways, finds research with potential relevance to cancer.
by Talia Ogliore-WUSTL Mar 4, 2019 3 minutes
When cells divide rapidly, their mitochondria are fused together, research finds.
In this configuration, the cell can more efficiently use oxygen for energy. Fused mitochondria also churn out a biochemical byproduct, aspartate, that is key to cell division.
This work from the lab of Gary Patti, associate professor of chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, illuminates the inner workings of dividing cells and shows how mitochondria combine to help cells to multiply in unexpected ways. The findings appear in the journal eLife.
Given that cancer cells are known for dividing at a runaway pace, the new findings may have implications for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
"Most studies of proliferating cells are conducted in the context of cancer, where scientists are comparing a cancer tissue that's rapidly growing with normal tissue that surrounds the tumor or a normal tissue from a different patient," says Conghui Yao, a PhD candidate in Patti's lab and first author of the study. "These kinds of comparisons are physiologically relevant but have some disadvantages.
"A tumor is a very complicated thing, not only because it is made up of different kinds of cells, but also because the environment of a tumor is different from that of healthy tissue," she adds.
For example, a tumor needs nutrients to grow, but it doesn't have the blood vessel infrastructure that typically supplies other healthy tissues in the body. As a result, tumors are often starved for oxygen.
But even in the presence of abundant oxygen, cancer cells get energy through a relatively inefficient fermentation process. Instead of using oxygen to burn glucose in their mitochondria to get their juice, cancer cells use an "aerobic glycolysis" process that turns their glucose into lactate. This process is called the Warburg effect.
Although scientists have observed the phenomenon in rapidly dividing cells for more than 90 years, they still don't fully understand it. The earliest of explanations suggested that mitochondria in cancer cells are damaged in a way that prevents them from producing energy normally.
Yao was familiar with the Warburg effect and its implications. So when she set up an experimental system that allowed her to turn cell division on and off, she was surprised to see that her dividing cells were consuming a lot of oxygen.
"Much of the literature had suggested that dividing cells would do the opposite," Yao says. "So we looked into not only why our dividing cells were consuming more oxygen, but also how they were able to consume more oxygen."
Dividing or not
Part of the beauty of Yao's initial experiment was its simplicity: She was able to measure metabolism in one specific type of cell under two distinct conditions—when the cell was dividing and when it was not dividing. That's also how she was able to home in on the particular structural change to mitochondria that was driving the efficiencies she observed.
"The dividing cells had the same amount of mitochondria per protein or per mass, compared to non-dividing cells," says Patti, whose research focuses on the biochemical reactions that underlie metabolism. "But we did notice when we imaged mitochondria in these dividing cells that they are significantly longer."
Longer because some adjacent mitochondria had fused into one—making multiple, adjoined mitochondria into bigger, more efficient, energy-generating machines.
The other notable thing that "mega-mitochondria" are particularly good at creating, Yao discovered, is a molecule called aspartate that is essential for cells to replicate.
"Recent work from other labs has taught us that one of the most important reasons that dividing cells need to consume oxygen is to make aspartate. So it made sense to us that mitochondrial fusion in dividing cells would increase aspartate production," Yao says.
Cancer vulnerability?
Yao and Patti are not the first to observe mitochondrial fusion. But they are among the first to interrogate mitochondrial fusion with sophisticated metabolomic technologies, enabling a molecular-level understanding of the process as it relates to cell division. The biochemical alterations they observed may represent processes that can be targeted in malignant cancer cells.
"It is often stated that rapidly dividing cancer cells increase fermentation at the expense of decreasing oxygen consumption for mitochondrial activity," Patti says. "Our results suggest that at least some rapidly dividing cells increase both processes under normal oxygenated conditions.
"Since utilization of nutrients by rapidly dividing cancer cells is the basis for various drugs and diagnostic tests, these findings may have important clinical significance and may represent a metabolic vulnerability in cancer," Patti adds.
Funding for the work comes from the National Institutes of Health; the Pew Charitable Trusts; and the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation.
Source: Washington University in St. Louis
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Today is Memorial Day!
Tracy Garrett
Behind the Book, Civil War, events, Heroes, History - General
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us–that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion–that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."
–Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868
The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet church-yard in the land. In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.
We are organized, comrades, as our regulations tell us, for the purpose among other things, "of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers, sailors, and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion." What can aid more to assure this result than cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead, who made their breasts a barricade between our country and its foes? Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains, and their deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds. Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.
If other eyes grow dull, other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain to us.
Let us, then, at the time appointed gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of spring-time; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved from dishonor; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon a nation's gratitude, the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan.
It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year, while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades. He earnestly desires the public press to lend its friendly aid in bringing to the notice of comrades in all parts of the country in time for simultaneous compliance therewith.
Department commanders will use efforts to make this order effective.
By order of
JOHN A. LOGAN,
Commander-in-Chief
N.P. CHIPMAN,
Adjutant General
WM. T. COLLINS, A.A.G.
Today we celebrate Memorial Day, though celebrate may not be the best word. We remember—that's more appropriate. Originally called Decoration Day, it was meant to be a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Though it has turned into the unofficial first weekend of summer and most of us spend it picnicking and boating and barbecuing with friends and family, we shouldn't lose sight of its meaning—its reason.
"Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while in military service
to the United States of America."
Today, let's take a minute out of our day of boating, eating and celebrating, to remember. Put down the hot dogs, the baseball bats, the sunscreen, and remember all those who sacrificed for us—both those in the past and those doing so right now—so we may enjoy a wonderful summertime tradition.
Remember Memorial Day!
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Thank you, Tracy, for the reminder. I believe too few people realize the reason for Memorial Day; even fewer know the observance began immediately following the Civil War (War of Rebellion or War of Northern Aggression or "the late unpleasantness," depending upon whom and when you were.) As Americans, we need to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so the rest of us could live in a country founded on the principles of liberty and justice for all.
I agree, absolutely, Kathleen. Thanks for dropping by.
I thank you too for this post and the history of Memorial Day.
I'd like to remember and honor my great-great-grandfather Thomas and his son Alfred who gave their lives in Texas during the War of Rebellion as well as his son William who did survive, my grandfather Andrew who fought Pancho Villa on American soil until WWI called him into action, and my dad who fought and survived the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. Like most veterans who experience the devastation of war, my dad never ever talked about it (other than to other vets), but from his records and all his medals and citations that I finally got to see after he was gone, I can tell his contributions made a difference, as everything he did in life did.
My heart and thanks go out to all those who served.
You're welcome, Eliza.
Great post today. Happy Memorial Day!
To you, too, Janine!
DebraG
tHANKS SO MUCH! grEAT POST!
You're welcome, DebraG.
Susan P
Wonderful post and reminder for us all!!!
Thanks, Susan P. Have a great day!
Good reminder, Tracy. Growing up, my parents called it "Decoration Day"–I remember being confused for a long time! LOL I think we need more reminders–that this weekend is not about partying, but about remembering and honoring.
I agree, Cheryl. I loved your post at Western Fictioneers, too. The patriotism that has always been score to what I consider necessary values is being slowly eroded–and that breaks my heart. I'm sitting here, watching the boats go by, wondering how many of them have stopped to remember.
Melanie Backus
Thank you for this wonderful post!
You're welcome, Melanie!
Well done, Tracy. Thank you for the beautiful post and pix. Seeing those words of Lincold carved on his memorial in DC was breathtaking.
Oh, I know, Tanya. Being a girl from Illinois, seeing Lincoln's memorial was so powerful. Thanks for sopping by!
Today, we represented the American Red Cross at two Memorial Day ceremonies. First at Mountain Home National Cemetery in TN. We provided blood pressure checks, water, coffee, and donuts to those attending. The speakers explained the origins of Memorial Day and The designation of Blue Star and Gold Star Mothers/Families. They then read the names of those buried there who died in combat or died on active duty during war time. There were dance performances and singers. The ceremonies finished with the playing of taps, Amazing Grace played on the bagpipes, a three volley salute, and retiring and folding the flag from the model of the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier.
We packed up from that event and set up for the second. That one was held in early evening at the City & County Veterans Memorial Park. One of the speakers explained one tradition I was not familiar with, leaving coins on the tombstones. A coin left on a headstone let's the deceased soldier's family know that somebody stopped by to pay their respect. Leaving a penny means you visited. A nickel means that you and the deceased soldier trained at boot camp together. If you served with the soldier, you leave a dime. A quarter is very significant because it means that you were there when that soldier was killed.
So what happens to the coins after Memorial Day? It is collected and the money is used for cemetery maintenance, the cost of burial for soldiers, or the care for indigent soldiers.
Supposedly the tradition became popular here in the United States during the Vietnam war.
In general, however, this tradition can be traced to as far back as the Roman Empire. It was a way to give a buddy some spending money for the hereafter.
Patricia B, thanks for serving our veterans! And for sharing that tradition.


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Mary A. Hakken-Phillips is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Grafton 12 district. She assumed office on  December 2, 2020.

Education
Hakken-Phillips earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and government from Alma College, a Master of Arts in political science and government from Loyola University Chicago, and a Juris Doctor from the Michigan State University College of Law.

Career
Hakken-Phillips began her career as an intern in the office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. She also worked as a legal assistant for Nancy E. Gallagher, a lawyer in Alma, Michigan. As a master's degree student, she worked as a research assistant for Susan Gluck Mezey, a professor at Loyola University Chicago. From 2006 to 2009, Hakken-Phillips worked as the executive assistant to the president and CEO of Mutual Bank. She was also an assistant at United Central Bank and Flexpoint Ford. As a law student, she completed an externship at the University of Michigan Health System Compliance Office. Since 2018, she has been an attorney at Tarbell & Brodich. Hakken-Phillips was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2020.

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