Today I lost my favourite embroidery needle :( Can't find it in all my rubbish!
And I finally made the decision which books (about sewing) I will buy. Looking for the right book is like looking for a needle in a haystack! I've been looking and looking and comparing and doubting, but never quite found what I was looking for. Then I found a book but there was a negative comment about it. Today I didn't care about negative comments and ordered anyway!
The first one I ordered is "Tailoring: The classic guide to sewing the perfect jacket".
Al my up comming projects will be jackets or coats so this will come in handy! Gertie (Gertie's new blog for better sewing) recommended this book in one of her tutorials about 'how to make a coat'.
The second book I bought is Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire Shaeffer.
This one was recommended by Frabjous Couture. I hope I'll be learning a lot new techniques!
The books will arrive within 7 days (how is it possible to wait that long??). I almost burst with excitement!


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#include "base64.h"

namespace cloudevents_base64 {

 //
 // Depending on the url parameter in base64_chars, one of
 // two sets of base64 characters needs to be chosen.
 // They differ in their last two characters.
 //
const char* base64_chars[2] = {
             "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
             "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
             "0123456789"
             "+/",

             "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
             "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
             "0123456789"
             "-_"};

static unsigned int pos_of_char(const unsigned char chr) {
 //
 // Return the position of chr within base64_encode()
 //

    if      (chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') return chr - 'A';
    else if (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') return chr - 'a' + ('Z' - 'A')               + 1;
    else if (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') return chr - '0' + ('Z' - 'A') + ('z' - 'a') + 2;
    else if (chr == '+' || chr == '-') return 62; // Be liberal with input and accept both url ('-') and non-url ('+') base 64 characters (
    else if (chr == '/' || chr == '_') return 63; // Ditto for '/' and '_'

    throw "If input is correct, this line should never be reached.";
}

static std::string insert_linebreaks(std::string str, size_t distance) {
 //
 // Provided by https://github.com/JomaCorpFX, adapted by me.
 //
    if (!str.length()) {
        return "";
    }

    size_t pos = distance;

    while (pos < str.size()) {
        str.insert(pos, "\n");
        pos += distance + 1;
    }

    return str;
}

template <typename String, unsigned int line_length>
static std::string encode_with_line_breaks(String s) {
  return insert_linebreaks(base64_encode(s, false), line_length);
}

template <typename String>
static std::string encode_pem(String s) {
  return encode_with_line_breaks<String, 64>(s);
}

template <typename String>
static std::string encode_mime(String s) {
  return encode_with_line_breaks<String, 76>(s);
}

template <typename String>
static std::string encode(String s, bool url) {
  return base64_encode(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(s.data()), s.length(), url);
}

std::string base64_encode(unsigned char const* bytes_to_encode, size_t in_len, bool url) {

    size_t len_encoded = (in_len +2) / 3 * 4;

    unsigned char trailing_char = url ? '.' : '=';

 //
 // Choose set of base64 characters. They differ
 // for the last two positions, depending on the url
 // parameter.
 // A bool (as is the parameter url) is guaranteed
 // to evaluate to either 0 or 1 in C++ therfore,
 // the correct character set is chosen by subscripting
 // base64_chars with url.
 //
    const char* base64_chars_ = base64_chars[url];

    std::string ret;
    ret.reserve(len_encoded);

    unsigned int pos = 0;

    while (pos < in_len) {
        ret.push_back(base64_chars_[(bytes_to_encode[pos + 0] & 0xfc) >> 2]);

        if (pos+1 < in_len) {
           ret.push_back(base64_chars_[((bytes_to_encode[pos + 0] & 0x03) << 4) + ((bytes_to_encode[pos + 1] & 0xf0) >> 4)]);

           if (pos+2 < in_len) {
              ret.push_back(base64_chars_[((bytes_to_encode[pos + 1] & 0x0f) << 2) + ((bytes_to_encode[pos + 2] & 0xc0) >> 6)]);
              ret.push_back(base64_chars_[  bytes_to_encode[pos + 2] & 0x3f]);
           }
           else {
              ret.push_back(base64_chars_[(bytes_to_encode[pos + 1] & 0x0f) << 2]);
              ret.push_back(trailing_char);
           }
        }
        else {

            ret.push_back(base64_chars_[(bytes_to_encode[pos + 0] & 0x03) << 4]);
            ret.push_back(trailing_char);
            ret.push_back(trailing_char);
        }

        pos += 3;
    }

    return ret;
}

template <typename String>
static std::string decode(String encoded_string, bool remove_linebreaks) {
 //
 // decode(…) is templated so that it can be used with String = const std::string&
 // or std::string_view (requires at least C++17)
 //

    if (remove_linebreaks) {

       if (! encoded_string.length() ) {
           return "";
       }

       std::string copy(encoded_string);

       size_t pos=0;
       while ((pos = copy.find("\n", pos)) != std::string::npos) {
           copy.erase(pos, 1);
       }

       return base64_decode(copy, false);

    }

    size_t length_of_string = encoded_string.length();
    if (!length_of_string) return std::string("");

    size_t in_len = length_of_string;
    size_t pos = 0;

 //
 // The approximate length (bytes) of the decoded string might be one ore
 // two bytes smaller, depending on the amount of trailing equal signs
 // in the encoded string. This approximation is needed to reserve
 // enough space in the string to be returned.
 //
    size_t approx_length_of_decoded_string = length_of_string / 4 * 3;
    std::string ret;
    ret.reserve(approx_length_of_decoded_string);

    while (pos < in_len) {

       unsigned int pos_of_char_1 = pos_of_char(encoded_string[pos+1] );

       ret.push_back(static_cast<std::string::value_type>( ( (pos_of_char(encoded_string[pos+0]) ) << 2 ) + ( (pos_of_char_1 & 0x30 ) >> 4)));

       if (encoded_string[pos+2] != '=' && encoded_string[pos+2] != '.') { // accept URL-safe base 64 strings, too, so check for '.' also.

          unsigned int pos_of_char_2 = pos_of_char(encoded_string[pos+2] );
          ret.push_back(static_cast<std::string::value_type>( (( pos_of_char_1 & 0x0f) << 4) + (( pos_of_char_2 & 0x3c) >> 2)));

          if (encoded_string[pos+3] != '=' && encoded_string[pos+3] != '.') {
             ret.push_back(static_cast<std::string::value_type>( ( (pos_of_char_2 & 0x03 ) << 6 ) + pos_of_char(encoded_string[pos+3])   ));
          }
       }

       pos += 4;
    }

    return ret;
}

std::string base64_decode(std::string const& s, bool remove_linebreaks) {
  return decode(s, remove_linebreaks);
}

std::string base64_encode(std::string const& s, bool url) {
   return encode(s, url);
}

std::string base64_encode_pem (std::string const& s) {
   return encode_pem(s);
}

std::string base64_encode_mime(std::string const& s) {
   return encode_mime(s);
}

#if __cplusplus >= 201703L
//
// Interface with std::string_view rather than const std::string&
// Requires C++17
// Provided by Yannic Bonenberger (https://github.com/Yannic)
//

std::string base64_encode(std::string_view s, bool url) {
   return encode(s, url);
}

std::string base64_encode_pem(std::string_view s) {
   return encode_pem(s);
}

std::string base64_encode_mime(std::string_view s) {
   return encode_mime(s);
}

std::string base64_decode(std::string_view s, bool remove_linebreaks) {
  return decode(s, remove_linebreaks);
}

#endif  // __cplusplus >= 201703L

}  // namespace cloudevents_base64

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I'm one of those slow movers. I don't like change.
Seriously, I hate to feel that the world has changed under my feet.
So, I'm still using LW 9.6.
What's the biggest new things you can do in 11, that you can't do in 9.6?
I still feel that 9 works fine and stable.
What I'm thinking is that it's important to support Newtek and get the upgrade.
In the earlier days Newtek gave out their updates for free for many years.
How is Newtek doing these days financially?
I hope that LW won't die, even if it's not as "hot" as it was some years ago.
I like that LW still stands on its feet and that it hasn't been bought by some giant with no good intentions.
Keep the guards up Newtek!
If you're using windows 7 or later, lightwave 9 will freeze and crash when opening tabs with lists. That alone is reason I can't go back to lightwave 9. They fixed that in lightwave 10 I think.
Lightwave 11 is generally faster when animating in layout especially with deformations and renderer is atleast three times faster with unified render engine and it can compete with kray, octane, vray now imho. The crucial thing missing is micropoly displacements.
Don't expect much from modeller.
These features are only what's available in the current release of 11. The 11 series isn't done yet so there's even more on the horizon.
Hands down VPR....of course if you have fprime you can get away with a lot of that, but using vpr for volumetrics is much better.
Then I would say instancing, and The bullet engine.
Flocking isn´t one of my favourites in terms of how it is implemented and working.
And a ton of little things. It's just way better than the 9 series. Modeler hasn't changed much, but there has been a lot of little things to still make it worth it.
As said before, there are a lot of little improvements. If you happen to be on Mac, LW is very robust to me. VPR is great, but also bullet, instancing. I also found a lot of valuable use in flocking and quick genoma rigging.
how is Newtek financially? I wonder too, here in sweden we have some sites like "allcompanies.com" roughly translated though that is probably not a valid com adress, maybe it´s similar to www.hoovers.com ?
from the swedish version you could search a companie and find out about it´s chairman, what other post they have, the revenue and financial solidity, assets, employees and much more.
I do not know if such information can be found out about newtek though?
11.6 is by far much more enjoyable than lw 9.6, so a retrograde to 9.6 isn´t on my mind here, though it is probably going in the right direction, it takes a lot of time for them to implement stuff and it feels like they are behind the luxology team in some aspects, then again lightwave seems to be more stable and also more capable to handle large amount of certain data better, but that is only what I have heard.
I'm upgrading my OS these days to Windows 8.1 and I suppose LW 11 runs smoother on it than 9.6 does.
I'm using the demo license today, and I notice some of those smaller things that gets mentioned, like better selection tools (and shortcuts) and the VPR looks very nice.
I'm sure I'll notice more stuff before the demo runs out.
One of the major advances of LightWave 10 and 11 over Is the color workflow. If your work is intended for screen, you can use sRGB to make sure the lighting in your scene works better without needing to force it.
NewTek is fine financially I'm sure. Tricaster is their cash cow. They just released the Tricaster Mini which I've heard is doing very well. I think you're question is really meant to say "How is LightWave doing financially for NewTek?". That I don't think anybody really knows. But a lot has gone into 11 and they're still working very hard. Bottom line is if you like what's in there and you can afford, go for it. Plus it's not like they're subscription based. You don't have to keep paying to keep your software live if you find yourself not using it as much.
I just sent you a private message, This should give you everything you need to see the changes from 9.6 to 11.6. Like everyone else here says there is no comparison.
I'm not sure about that. LG3DG need to make money to survive and releasing a new 11.x point upgrade for free doesn't achieve that. Considering they have been silent for so long, and I assume they are working on Lightwave, all that work and time has to pay off so I think 11 is over and the next release will be a full release of Lightwave 12. Would be nice to get some word from LW3DG on what exactly they are doing!?!
I'm not sure about that. LG3DG need to make money to survive and releasing a new 11.x point upgrade for free doesn't achieve that.
Well it still can, 11.X can bring them more money if they convince people like you and other that it's time to upgrade from 9.x and 10.x series to 11.x ;). So in a way if everoyne (or most) upgrade that will only make LW 12 better since they will have more resources for developing it when time comes ;).
But when did the most significant changes to Modeler happen? Was that v10 or v11 or even 11.x?
Dan Ablan has a great video too "LightWave 11.5 "Up To Speed"
Thanks for the tutorial links!
Help text - Whichever viewport your mouse is over now has the possibility of having a help text floating over it. This feature can be turned on or off in the Numeric panel and the state is remembered between tools.
• Normal - Modeler's standard speed of redraw.
• Fast Preview - Fast Preview attempts to do everything that Modeler's mesh system can do, only faster. The set of behaviors replicated in Fast Preview is not yet complete, but as new functions are added tools will automatically gain access to them.
• Fast Deformation - The fast deformation mode bypasses dealing with smoothing angles and surfaces. For organic modeling where smoothing angle isn't so important, you can get something on the order of a 3x or 4x speed boost compared to fast preview, which is fast already.
• Uniform Input Handling - Where appropriate, all new tools can use either two clicks to select either end of a line, or a click-drag motion. This makes manipulating the view of your object while using a tool possible. Shift constrains the line to the normal of the polygon you have initially clicked on.
• Snapping - Snapping to various elements is available to all the new tools where appropriate. The snaps panel overlay in the viewport allows the user to enable or disable snapping to the following items.
• Pre-selection highlighting - All of the new tools share pre-selection highlighting where it make sense. This makes it much easier to see whether your click will select a point, edge or polygon.
• Nudging - Depending on the tool chosen you can nudge using buttons in the numeric panel, or the keyboard cursor keys for Up, Down, Left, Right and Page Up, Page Down keys for in and out. In the Numeric panel you can also change the Nudge amount.
I'm not on windows 8.1, I still use windows 7 and modeler is very stable here. Usually the crashes are because of your config files. Since you now have lightwave 9.6 and 11.6 sometimes the configs can get messed up and cause all kinds of issues. If you go to your C:\Users\Yourname\.NewTek\LightWave\11.6.3 and delete everything in there and run modeler and layout again that should fix your crashing issues.
To prevent this from happening you have to set your lightwave.exe and your modeler.exe shortcuts to use custom configs.
Also sometimes disabling the Hub can help which can sometimes cause issues on peoples machines. The link below shows you how, Go under the Question "How do I disable the Hub for LightWave and Modeler?"
How can we be sure there will be a 11.7 ? I don't recall any official announcement about it, and the only "proof" of a 11.7 was a screen grab from Lino's computer in a tutorial... where there was also a LW12 folder. So who really knows ?
Sorry if I missed this but what is happening on the 7th November?
I think it's been to long since 11.6 for the next version to be 11.7. If something is announced soon I think it will be 11.9 if it's an update for the 11 cycle or will be a paid update to version 12. I'm guessing it will be 12 and whatever was in 11.7 was just rolled into 12.
You're using lightwave 9 on windows 8? Or you got lightwave 11 already? Lightwave 9 will crash often in windows newer than vista.
Wow! Nicely ordered list of features.
I'm using the trial of 11.6.x on Windows 8.1. Crashes rather frequently.
still on windows 7 here, not that much of modeler crashes...but depends on, if I use it to switch between modeler an layout, there often can be crashes, but not particulary much in modeler alone, now I am by the way using 11.6.2 mostly now..so it may in fact be 11.6.3 instability as well.


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Vol. 12, No. 39 Week of September 30, 2007
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry
Palin to chair oil commission
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been named to chair the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission for 2007-08.
The commission said Palin is the only chairman in its history to have served as a past official representative to the organization. She was chairman of Alaska's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Palin, the 11th governor of Alaska and the first woman, took office Dec. 4, 2006.
When making the announcement the IOGCC noted that Palin's administration had worked to overhaul Alaska's ethics laws and craft the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act to jumpstart work on a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to outside markets.
Alaska has been a member of the IOGCC since 1957. Several Alaska governors have chaired the organization, including Steve Cowper, Tony Knowles and Frank Murkowski.
The IOGCC, established by the governors of charter member states in 1935, represents the governors of 30 member and seven associate states, promoting the conservation and efficient recovery of the nation's oil and natural gas resources while protecting health, safety, and the environment.
Palin succeeds North Dakota Governor John Hoeven.
The IOGCC made the announcement at its annual meeting in New Orleans.
—Petroleum News
Petroleum News - Phone: 1-907 522-9469 - Fax: 1-907 522-9583
[email protected] --- http://www.petroleumnews.com ---
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We are looking to fill 2 Senior Developer positions in an Offshore Development Center team. You will work directly with a Danish Project Manager at our Vietnam office. The initial project is for a multinational French company.


Up until recently, the Disable for Fullscreen option activated and deactivated instantly - but now there is a disturbing delay when switching to and from from fullscreen windows.
As it seems, it now defaults to general 'transition time' setting, which makes no sense.
Is this a bug in latest version or intentional change? In case the latter - please consider adding the separate setting for fullscreen transitions, including the instant option, like it was before.
This was a highly requested change. Lots of people complained about the instant transition and asked for it to be more gradual as you are seeing it now. The reason being is, switching back and forth became very irritating when the purpose of switching away from the full screen window was to just look at something briefly before going back to the full screen window.
Imagine being in a full screen window and you have something that you want to switch over to every so often, but only for a few seconds at a time. With an instant transition, that's very jarring and can become extremely irritating. With this much smoother transition, that's no longer a problem.
For the record, I don't use this feature. I'm just passing along what I have seen here on this forum because I am here every single day and I never miss any posts.
Well.. The way I see it, it's exactly the opposite. If you are in full screen at night (f.lux is disabled) and then switch to desktop - it's much worse, to stare the horrid blue light until it gradually goes back to night setting again.


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Game wardens investigate after moose and eagle are illegally shot
The eagle was injured by shotgun pellets, and the dead moose was found hidden under brush in Aroostook County.
By Bonnie WashukPress Herald
The Maine Warden Service is investigating the illegal shootings of a moose and bald eagle in different locations, and they are asking the public for help.
The moose was killed in Township 13, Range 11 WELS in northern Aroostook County, and the eagle, which was injured, was found in Mattawamkeag in Penobscot County, according to Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The body of the moose was found covered with tree tops and branches to hide it, officials announced Friday on the IFW Facebook page.
It was apparently shot in a clear cut near mile 36 on the Rocky Brook Road the week of Sept. 26 and left there. It was found off an unnamed road that intersected with the Rocky Brook Road, according to the IFW.
Game wardens were also called to the Wilderness Park Road in Mattawamkeag on Monday to help an eagle that was injured and unable to fly near the Mattawamkeag River, according to Mark Latti, spokesman for IFW. Wardens caught the eagle and brought it to a rehabilitation facility. X-rays confirmed there were shotgun pellets in its body.
A reward of $4,500 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for shooting the eagle, and $3,000 is offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the moose shooting, according to the Maine Warden Service.
Anyone with information should call Operation Game Thief at 1-800-ALERT-US.
Kennebec County deputies pull stolen truck from water at Sidney boat launch
Warm weather breaks temperature records in Portland and Augusta
maine department of inland fisheries and wildlife, moose


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package org.consec.oauth2.authzserver.utils;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

public class ClientCertAuthFilter implements Filter {
    private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ClientCertAuthFilter.class);
    private Boolean testMode;

    @Override
    public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
        log.trace("Initializing ClientCertAuthFilter.");

        try {
            // test mode init param
            testMode = Boolean.valueOf(filterConfig.getInitParameter("test-mode"));
            if (testMode) {
                log.warn("ClientCertAuthFilter is running in test mode. Non-SSL requests are allowed without authentication.");
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            throw new ServletException("Failed to initialize ClientCertAuthFilter: " + e.getMessage());
        }

        log.trace("ClientCertAuthFilter initialized successfully.");
    }

    @Override
    public void doFilter(ServletRequest servletRequest, ServletResponse servletResponse, FilterChain filterChain) throws IOException, ServletException {
        HttpServletRequest httpRequest = (HttpServletRequest) servletRequest;
        HttpServletResponse httpResponse = (HttpServletResponse) servletResponse;

        if (testMode && !httpRequest.isSecure()) {
            filterChain.doFilter(servletRequest, servletResponse);
            return;
        }

        try {
            X509Certificate[] certs = (X509Certificate[]) httpRequest.getAttribute("javax.servlet.request.X509Certificate");
            if (certs == null || certs.length == 0) {
                httpResponse.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
                return;
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("Error encountered while authorizing the request: " + e.getMessage(), e);
            throw new ServletException("Error encountered while authorizing the request. " +
                    "Please see log file for details.");
        }

        filterChain.doFilter(servletRequest, servletResponse);
    }

    @Override
    public void destroy() {
    }
}


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Special Legal Report: Daubert Challenges Ten Years After Kumho Tire
Posted in: BVWire News Written by: David 0 Comments
Categories: case law analysis daubert expert testimony valuation experts
By Sherrye Henry, Jr, Esq. BVWire Legal Editor
It's been ten years since the U.S. Supreme Court expanded its ruling in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to all types of technical expert testimony—including financial experts and business appraisers—in Kumho Tire v. Carmichael. PriceWaterhouseCoopers has just released its new Daubert Challenges to Financial Experts: A Ten-year Study of Trends and Outcomes, 2000 to 2009. After examining over 5,200 Daubert challenges to expert witnesses of all types, in federal and state courts, the PwC study concludes:
Since Kumho Tire, the number of challenges to all types of expert witnesses has increased rapidly, rising from 253 in 2000 to 704 in 2007 to a record 869 in 2009.
The number of Daubert challenges to financial expert witnesses has also increased every year: For example, financial experts met 168 challenges in 2009, representing an 8% increase over 2008, which saw a 34% increase from 2007.
Economists, accountants, and appraisers are more frequently challenged than all other financial experts, accounting for 23%, 21%, and 8% of all challenges to financial experts, respectively, during 2000–2009.
Although more frequently challenged, economists, accountants, and appraisers were more likely to survive a Daubert challenge, enjoying a 51% higher success rate than other financial types.
Courts excluded appraisers much less frequently in 2009 compared with the 10-year average. Conversely, courts excluded economists more frequently.
The frequency of Daubert motions also vary widely by jurisdiction, the PwC study found, and plaintiff's experts are challenged two to three times more often than defense experts (but notably, their exclusion rate is lower).
The Daubert standard applies in most courtrooms today (some states still apply the "general acceptance" or so-called Frye rule). The Supreme Court's discussion of the Frye rule, the gate-keeping function of trial judges generally—and its four-part test for admissibility of expert evidence under the Federal Rules—is a critical reading for any financial expert.
The full-text of both opinions are available at BVLaw™, of course. For your reference library, updated the BVR digest Daubert. Few decisions have had as much impact on valuation work for litigation support.
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786 (1993)
'In this case, we are called upon to determine the standard for admitting expert scientific testimony in a federal trial. . .'
So begins the landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ended by promulgating a new "gatekeeping" function for federal judges and developing an evidentiary standard now known by a single name: Daubert.
Former standard was rigid, austere. The case originated in California, when two sets of parents sued Dow pharmaceuticals for marketing an anti-nausea drug that had allegedly caused birth defects in their children (one with the last name Daubert). The defendant drug company moved for summary judgment, submitting evidence from a credentialed medical expert who had reviewed over 30 published studies and found the drug posed no risk to developing fetuses. In response, the plaintiffs enlisted eight equally established experts, who each concluded that the drug caused birth defects in humans based on in vitro and animal studies as well as the "reanalysis" of prior epidemiological (human statistical) studies.
The federal district court reviewed the pleadings under the then-applicable "general acceptance" rule; i.e., scientific evidence is admissible only if it is based on a principle or technique that is "sufficiently established to have general acceptance in the field to which it belongs." The rule was first articulated in Frye v. United States, a short, citation-free 1923 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (referred to since as the Frye standard).
In the Daubert case, the district court concluded that the plaintiffs' evidence did not meet the Frye standard because it was based on studies—including the expert's reanalyses—that had not met general scientific acceptance through peer-review and publication. On appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed, citing the Frye standard. It also emphasized cases in which other courts had refused to admit reanalysis studies that had not been published or subject to peer review and were generated solely for use in litigation.
The plaintiffs petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court, which granted certiori in light of "sharp divisions among the courts regarding the proper standard for the admission of expert testimony." Since the 1920s, a majority of federal courts had adopted the Frye rule, but not without creating substantial controversy. Indeed, the "well-established" debate over Frye's merits had "divided courts and commentators," the Court explained.
Federal rules supercede Frye. In this case, the petitioners did not attack the content of the Frye standard so much as its continuing authority. They contended that the Frye test was superceded by the passage of the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE)—and the Court agreed.
In particular, Rule 401 FRE permits the admission of "all relevant evidence," defined as "that which has any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probably than it would be without the evidence." "The Rule's basic standard of relevance thus is a liberal one," the Court observed. In addition, Rule 702 speaks specifically to the admission of expert evidence, stating:
If scientific, technical, or otherwise specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.
Frye predated the Federal Rules by half a century, so the drafters of the Federal Rules could have incorporated the Frye standard into Rule 702—but they did not. "Nothing in the text of this Rule establishes 'general acceptance' as an absolute prerequisite to admissibility," the Court said. Indeed, the rigid Frye rule would be at odds with the "liberal thrust" of the Federal Rules and their overall "relaxing" of the traditional barrier to opinion testimony. Accordingly, "that austere standard, absent from and incompatible with the Federal Rules of Evidence, should not be applied in federal trials," the Court held, effectively banishing the Frye standard to the history books.
(Note: Pursuant to the Court's Daubert holding, the Frye standard no longer applies in federal trials, but many states—including California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington—still apply the Frye rule, and practitioners should always check the law applicable to their case when developing expert opinion evidence.)
New standard under Daubert. The Federal Rules may have displaced Frye—but they did not leave the admission of expert opinion evidence without limits. "Nor is the trial judge disabled from screening such evidence," the Court noted. "To the contrary, under the Rules the trial judge must ensure that any and all scientific testimony or evidence is admitted is not only relevant, but reliable." (In a footnote from Chief Justice Rehnquist, the Court declined to define the by now-familiar "gatekeeping function," believing the "better course" was to note the nature and source of the duty and let the courts develop what the role entailed.)
Rule 702 clearly contemplated some degree of regulation regarding the subject and theories about which an expert may testify, the Court added. To qualify as "scientific knowledge," an expert's opinion must be derived by the scientific method; that is, it must be reliable. Further, Rule 702 requires the expert testimony to assist the trier of fact to understand the case; thus, it must be relevant.
(Final note: Rule 702 also applies to "technical or other specialized" expert testimony, but the Court limited its discussion to scientific evidence because that was the nature of the expertise offered in this case. Six years later, it extended its Daubert ruling to "engineers and other experts who are not scientists" (including financial experts and business appraisers) in Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 119 S. Ct. 1167 (1999). The digest of the Kumho Tire decision and the full text of the Court's opinion are both available at BVLaw™.)
"We are confident that federal judges possess the capacity to undertake this review" of reliability and relevance, the Court stated. "Many factors will bear on the inquiry, and we do not presume to set out a definitive checklist." At the same time, the Court cited four factors that would help trial judges to determine the admissibility of federal evidence under the new standard:
Testing. A key question is whether the expert's theory or technique can be (or has been) tested.
Peer review and publication. "Another pertinent consideration is whether the theory or technique has been subjected to peer review and publication," the Court said. Publication is not a "sina qua non" of admissibility, nor does it necessarily equate with reliability—but it is a relevant consideration in assessing the scientific validity of an expert's methodology and opinion.
Error-rate. Trial courts should also consider the known or potential rate of error of the expert's technique.
General acceptance. Finally, the Court incorporated the general acceptance test into the reliability inquiry. "Widespread acceptance can be an important factor in ruling particular evidence admissible, and a known technique which has been able to attract only minimal support within the community…may be properly viewed with skepticism." (internal citations omitted)
Dealing with 'shaky but admissible' evidence. "The inquiry envisioned by Rule 702 is…a flexible one," the Court emphasized. "Its overarching subject is the scientific validity and thus the evidentiary relevance and reliability of the principles that underlie a proposed submission." In an oft-cited phrase, the Court added, "The focus, of course, must be solely on the principles and methodology, not on the conclusions they generate." Finally, the Court allayed any concerns that the new rule will open the gates to "absurd and irrational pseudoscientific assertions." In yet another familiar, often repeated ruling, it held: "Vigorous cross-examination, presentation of contrary evidence, and careful instruction on the burden of proof are the traditional and appropriate means of attacking shaky but admissible evidence."
To summarize the Court's ruling: "General acceptance" is no longer a necessary precondition to the admission of scientific evidence under the Federal Rules. Instead, the Rules—in particular, 702—assign the trial judge the task of ensuring that an expert's testimony "both rests on a reliable foundation and is relevant to the task at hand," the Court held. Accordingly, it vacated the prior evidentiary rulings and remanded the case for findings consistent with the new Daubert standard.


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Leslie Browne
Occupation dancer, actress
Name Leslie Browne
Role Prima ballerina
Full Name Leslie Sue Brown
Born June 29, 1957 (age 58) (1957-06-29) New York City, New York, U.S.
Nominations Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Parents Kelly Brown, Isabel Mirrow Brown
Siblings Kevin Kelly Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Ethan Brown
Movies The Turning Point, Nijinsky, Dancers, American Ballet Theatre i
Similar People Herbert Ross, Mikhail Baryshnikov, George de la Pena, Gelsey Kirkland, Nora Kaye
Education School of American Ballet
Leslie browne an american prima ballerina and actress
Leslie Browne (born June 29, 1957) is an American prima ballerina and actress. She was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York City from 1986 until 1993. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1977 at age 20, for portraying a fictionalized version of herself in The Turning Point.
Ballet career
The Turning Point
She was born in New York, the daughter of dancers Isabel Mirrow and Kelly Kingman Brown (1928-1981).Her mother Isabel died in 2014. Her middle name, Sue, was the name of her maternal grandmother, Sue Brown, a respected dance teacher in Mississippi. She has two brothers and one sister; her brother Kevin is a film producer. At the age of seven she began dancing, and would be trained at her father's studio in Arizona, along with her brother Ethan and her sister Elizabeth. She earned a scholarship to study at the School of American Ballet, then joined the distinguished New York City Ballet. She added an "e" to her last name for her stage name considering it more feminine after being mistaken as male in a Playbill.
In 1976 she joined the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist, then became principal in 1986. She retired from the company in 1993. Since then she has made guest appearances, studied acting for three years, and made her Broadway debut in the show The Red Shoes. She has also been choreographing and teaching dancing. In 1997 she was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award by the New York City Dance Alliance.
In 1977, a film based on her family, The Turning Point was created by her godmother, ballerina Nora Kaye and her husband, the director Herbert Ross. Originally, Gelsey Kirkland was to play Leslie, but after Kirkland dropped out due to substance abuse issues as well as a dislike of the script, Ross cast Browne in the role, believing she could play a fictionalized version of herself. She went on to be nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Browne also appeared in the dance films Nijinsky (1980) and Dancers (1987), each directed by Herbert Ross. She also appeared on the television series Happy Days as a special guest star as a dancer-girlfriend of Fonzie's.
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Game of Thrones has had a very successful figure line from Dark Horse, and while they were well sculpted (see our photo series), they had zero articulation. Funko took a stab at a figure line but fans did not embrace it, citing poor quality control, and so, to the clearance pegs they went. Now McFarlane steps up, and we've got high hopes!!
feature 12+ points of articulation. Each figure comes with character specific and screen accurate accessories. Expect them to start hitting retail in May of 2019.
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India Budget 2021-2022 and potential tax developments
INSIGHT ARTICLE | March 01, 2021
Following the India government's release of their budget proposals for fiscal year 2021-2022, RSM India published an overview of important corporate and international tax developments that are of relevance and consideration for companies conducting business in India. The 2021 Union Budget proposal covers a wide range of topics of interest to businesses. Salient points are provided below:
Impact for multinationals
Further clarity provided in regards to the scope and applicability of the equalization levy (EL) that is applicable to cross-border digital transaction
Addresses confusion around initial rollout for non-Indian taxpayers
Rationalization of provisions and scope of "slump sale" to include all types of transfers including exchanges.
Clarity in the arena of merger and acquisition transactions. It expands the scope of the definition of a slump sale to include all types of transfers by any means and thus being subject to capital gains tax as opposed to ordinary income taxed at a higher tax rate.
Restrict eligibility to claim tax depreciation on goodwill.
An important consideration from a tax planning perspective when trying to mitigate tax in India
Reforms regarding availability of tax treaty benefits for dividend withholding on payments made to foreign institutional investors pursuant to the provisions of the double taxation avoidance agreement.
Reduces the burden of withholding tax when repatriating returns on investment.
Grant withholding tax exemptions (i.e. no tax is deducted at the source in case of dividend income) for real estate investment trusts and infrastructure investment trusts.
Makes it easier for foreign investors who invest in infrastructure, allowing them to repatriate earnings in tax efficient manner
Reduction of time limit for completing tax audit proceedings, which involves transfer pricing.
Allows taxpayers to gain a level of certainty as to the timing of the proceeding and its conclusion, which can assist the taxpayer in determining its impact for financial statement and tax purposes with lesser subjectivity involved.
No deduction would be allowed to an employer for its employees' contributions to any provident, superannuation fund or any other relevant fund if the employer does not credit the amounts contributed to such funds before the appropriate due date.
Provides needed clarity and guidance in an area that was previously fraught with uncertainly for an employee related tax deduction that can be significant.
The tax rates (including alternate minimum tax rates) for Indian companies is proposed to remain unchanged.
No change is proposed on tax rates. However, domestic companies continue to have an option to pay tax at a concessional (lower) rate subject to certain specified conditions. The alternative minimum tax provisions shall not be applicable to such companies. Additionally, companies commencing manufacturing/generation of electricity before March 31, 2023, will have an option to pay tax at a lower tax rate of 15%.
Multiple provisions proposed to promote start-ups and innovators by extending the eligibility period to claim tax holiday for start-ups and the eligibility period for claiming capital gains exemption for investment made in the start-ups from March 31, 2021, to March 31, 2022.
The government is trying to boost the level of economic activity by providing incentives to start-ups and its investors including foreign direct investors. Incentives include a tax holiday for new start-up, deduction of new capital expenditure and scientific research, encouraging new investors and the expansion of business by existing investors.
Globally active companies who are considering or are currently doing business in or through India should evaluate the impact proposed in the Union Budget 2021 and should consider their response carefully. If you have specific questions about how any of these rules may affect your business, please contact us today. We are here to help.
This article was written by Mukesh Patel, Alpesh Shah and originally appeared on 2021-03-01.
https://rsmus.com/what-we-do/services/international/country-focus/india/india-budget-2021-2022-and-potential-tax-developments.html


Born Aug. 8, 1898, in the village of Verkhnie Akulisy, now in the Nakhichevan' ASSR; died Apr. 14, 1949, in Ashkhabad.
Begliarov was one of the first Turkmenian painters and an Honored Art Worker of the Turkmen SSR (1939). He studied at the Yerevan Fine and Industrial Arts Technicum under S. Agadzhanian. Begliarov painted portraits and genre pictures devoted to people and everyday life in Soviet Turkmenistan. His works include the graphic series Types of Old Ashkhabad (1920's), Turkmenian Women (1928), The Loading of the Caravan (1936), and The Horse Route: Ashkhabad-Moscow (1939), as well as landscapes and still lifes, all in the Turkmen State Museum of Fine Arts in Ashkhabad and the Museum of Art of the Peoples of the East in Moscow. Begliarov taught in the Turkmen School of Art (1935–48).
Veimarn, B. V. lskusstvo Srednei Azii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1940.


Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama's disaster declaration issued for the State of Oregon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of Oregon to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm during the period of February 6-10, 2014.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal aid has been made available for the state of Oregon to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm, flooding, landslides, and mudslides during the period of January 17-21, 2012.
Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama's major disaster declaration issued for Oregon.


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By Representative Walsh of Peabody and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3180) of Thomas P. Walsh, Bruce E. Tarr and others relative to establishing the Blue Star Family license plate in honor of police officers killed in the line of duty. Transportation.
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Google's Ramadan companion offers fasting times, food and apps
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Google gets into Ramadan spirit, launches My Ramadan Companion
Tech companies are utilizing Ramadan as a platform to connect with users and show that they care for them during the holy month
The month of Ramadan is in full swing and Muslims around the world fast from dawn till sunset. The month brings together families and loved ones to break their fast, share meals, stories and laughter; it is indeed about coming together and sharing moments. For some Muslims, the hard part is being away from their families during Ramadan and keeping them connected is what the search engine giant has been up to.
Google announced the launch of a platform geared toward Ramadan called My Ramadan Companion. The companion's job is to provide you with tailored local content, information tips, and updates related to Ramadan. This includes sunrise and sunset times around your area in order to prepare for your fast, traffic notifications to highlight the major blockades, fasting tips that include how to maintain a healthy diet and balance the food portions to stay fit during Ramadan. It can also be used to come across new recipes and to share your own, and Google also wants to share other video content courtesy of YouTube, which includes comedy sketches and drama series to watch among others.
"Technology helps more than 200 million Muslims living away from their families connect and share moments with loved ones," said Zain Kamal Masri, Google's associate product marketing manager for the Middle East and North Africa.
"People look to Maps to navigate traffic and make it home from work for Iftar, download Google Play apps to plan their day around the sunset and sunrise, and look up Ramadan opening hours of their favorite local shops and restaurants."
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(Originally published in the Newark Star-Ledger in May 2005)
In January 2004, Morgan Spurlock burst into the Sundance Film Festival with his witty and satirical documentary "Supersize Me!" In the film, Spurlock used himself as a guinea pig, eating McDonald's for three meals a day for 30 days. He wound up gaining more than 20 pounds and almost experienced permanent liver damage. The film went on to become the third-best grossing documentary in American history and provoked brutal attacks on Spurlock by the McDonald's corporation and corporate food lobbyists.
Spurlock is back with "Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America" (Putnam, $22). Expanding way beyond his film, Spurlock explores the America's unhealthy eating habits and how these habits are fostered by fast food companies like McDonald's and Burger King, and large corporations like Kraft and Beatrice, who peddle unhealthy meals and snacks to a trusting American public. With a combustible combination of wit, sarcasm, anger and hard-hitting research, Spurlock argues that groups ranging from the American Medical Association to government agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been corrupted by corporate interests. With 60 percent of Americans overweight and 30 percent obese, he notes that we are eating ourselves to death. Spurlock's possible solutions are hard: exercise, healthy school lunches and changes in eating habits, as opposed to "silver bullets" like pills to reduce cholesterol and weight-reduction operations.
Spurlock, 34, was raised in West Virginia and studied film at New York University. He is presently producing and starring in a documentary series called "30 Days" on the FX cable channel, and lives in New York City with his fiancee, a vegan chef. Spurlock spoke to freelance writer Dylan Foley from his publishers' offices in Manhattan.
Q. Why did you follow up "Supersize Me" with a book?
A. There was so much we couldn't get into the film. In 98 minutes, there is only so much you can cover while keeping it entertaining. I was contacted by a literary agent and I sent her a hit list of things I wanted to expand upon, from school lunches, to the medical profession, the government and the food industry. These are shocking and important things to talk about.
Q. In the movie you mock McDonald's mercilessly. In the book, you show anger at situations like McDonald's restaurants being placed in children's hospitals that perform gastric bypass operations on obese teenagers. How do you see the tone of the book?
A. There is a lot more gravity to the book. When you get into the nuts and bolts of what is happening, the gravity becomes apparent. The book still has an upbeat tone, because I am an eternal optimist. On the children's hospitals, the (hospital) spokesmen say, "We want the kids to have foods that they are comfortable with." Great, let's put a tobacco shop in a cancer hospital so the patients can have the brands they are familiar with. It is the same ludicrous idea.
Q. Could you go over the changes your body underwent eating McDonald's for 30 days?
A. I gained 24.5 pounds in a month. My cholesterol went up 65 points and my blood pressure jacked up. My liver got so filled with fat that the doctors were comparing it to that of an alcoholic. I was on my way to giving myself cirrhosis of the liver. There are three things that happened to me that we medicate heavily for in America. I became severely depressed while eating this food. I'd feel terrible and depressed. I'd lash out at people. Then I'd eat McDonald's and feel great for a while. I'd get hopped off on caffeine, sugar and fat, then I'd crash. For this roller coaster, people take happy pills. I experienced sexual dysfunction while doing this film. I also couldn't focus and had all the signs of attention deficit disorder. What would happen in the United States if we started to treat the causes rather than the symptoms?
Q. You show evidence that medical like the American Medical Association and governmental agencies like the Food and Drug Administration have been corrupted by food corporation lobbyists. Could you explain this?
A. It's been happening forever. We are complacent. We think that people are looking out for us. Who's looking out for us? The fact is, nobody. The American Diabetes Association just announced that sugar doesn't have much to do with diabetes. It's not sugar...it's when you eat sugar in excessive amounts. It's also just coincidence that Cadbury-Schweppes just paid the ADA millions of dollars over the next several years.
Q. You've pointed out some hopeful examples in changes in school lunches and snacks. What is happening?
A. Senator Tom Harkin has supported a fruits and vegetables program in eight states. They started putting boxes and vending machines in the schools, where kids could have free fruits and vegetables all day. School administrators got the junk food out. You look at the schools where they have taken out the junk food and the sugar-filled sodas and the number of disciplinary problems plummet.
Q. What kind of backlash was there against your film?
A. It was the lobby groups that came down on me. They attacked me in the press, saying "Spurlock is not a doctor or a nutrition expert." Duh. I'm a filmmaker putting out a film that deals with a serious issue. These lobbyists have their own "experts" who shuck and jive for for the food companies. Once the film screened abroad, the McDonald's corporation itself came after me. In Australia they called my film a lie. In other countries, McDonald's contacted the radio, newspapers and magazines and threatened to pull advertising if they interviewed me. Because of this, in Japan only the public television station would talk to me.
Q. What do you think of McDonald's recent efforts to make a healthier menu?
A. How I explain it is you have a lettuce curtain in front of a stage of fat. They're like, "Ignore the fat behind the curtain." Salad sales at McDonald's are still terrible. One or two customers out of a hundred buy a salad. People say, "Look, McDonald's is healthy now. They sell salads. I'll have a double cheeseburger." It's lip service. It's a sham. The core of their business is fries and burgers.
Q. How can we educate ourselves about engineered foods, harmful preservatives and fattening things like high fructose corn syrup?
A. What the movie started to do, and I hope the book will also do, is make consumers seek out some facts on their own. The corporations aren't going to tell you what you need to know. We have to become conscious consumers. Every time we eat, we vote with our forks.
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Make the sturgeon bacon In a medium bowl, combine the salt, sugar and maple syrup. Rub the mixture all over the fish. Transfer to a glass baking dish, cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. After 24 hours, rinse the fish and pat dry, then transfer to a clean plate and air-dry in the fridge for 12 to 18 hours. Hot smoke the fish between 120°-140° for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Mince the fish.
Make the pickled onions In a medium saucepan, combine all of the ingredients except the onions and simmer over moderately low heat for about 20 minutes, or until reduced by one-third. Add the onions and simmer over very low heat for 5 minutes; transfer to a medium bowl and cool, then cover and refrigerate overnight. Drain, then mince two of the onions. Reserve the remaining onions for another use.
Make the chips Place the sturgeon skin squares on a nonstick surface and dehydrate in an oven on the lowest setting, or put in a dehydrator for 45 minutes. In a pot, heat 2 inches of oil to 375° and fry the skins until they puff. Drain and season with salt.
Make the salad In a large bowl, stir all of the ingredients together until combined. Stir in the minced sturgeon bacon and season with salt and white pepper. Place the sturgeon salad on plates and top with caviar. Serve with the chips.
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IAAF NEWS
IAAF World Championships: Husband-wife win silvers in stunning night at track
Maybe soon, Shaunae Miller-Uibo and her husband Maicel Uibo will tease each other over who has the prettier of those two silver medals they're taking home. The obvious answer for both husband and wife: "I do."
New face of sport might just be a woman: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
The hunt for Bolt's successor has largely been restricted to the men's side of the entry list. As it turns out it just might be a woman - Fraser-Pryce - who ticks all the boxes.
For Indian athletes, a far from smooth sailing in the World Championship's run-up
It has been a far from smooth sailing for India in the run-up to the IAAF World Championships. Here's a summary of India's preparations for Doha.
At the stroke of the midnight hour, marathoners run for glory in Doha
India's lone marathon runner Thonakal Gopi, who generally goes to bed at 10 pm sharp, has been training himself since the last two weeks to stay up late by reading his favourite Malayalam novels.
Russia to miss World Athletics Championships after IAAF ban extended
The IAAF confirmed the decision of extending the ban on Russia's athletics federation four days before the start of the competition in Qatar after hearing a report from its Task Force overseeing Russia's reinstatement efforts.
Russian athletes set to remain 'neutral' at World Championships
The IAAF special panel which has overseen Russia's institutional drug program ever since the 2015 scandal can reject Russia's efforts to regain full status for its track and field federation yet again.
E-quating endurance
An electronic pill to measure the endurance levels of athletes will be trialled at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, which starts from September 27.
Noah Lyles breaks Usain Bolt's 200-metre Paris Diamond League meet record
Noah Lyles of the United States set a meeting record for the 200 meters by clocking 19.65 seconds at the Diamond League in Paris on Saturday. The 22-year-old Lyles eclipsed Usain Bolt's previous best meet time of 19.73 from 2013.
AIU hands two-year suspension to first-time dope offender Sanjivani Yadav
In the order issued on Thursday, the AIU said the athlete admitted to her first violation resulting in disqualification all past results since June 29, 2018.
IAAF denies promising Russia reinstatement for World Championships
The IAAF has denied promising that Russia will be reinstated in time for the track and field world championships, after Russian state TV quoted the country's top track official as saying he'd received guarantees.
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Ipomoea trifida is considered as a wild crop relative to sweet potato Ipomoea batatas. A set of 10 accessions was selected for tubered-bearing I. rifida originated from Citatah West Java was evaluated on their diversity based on chromose traits. A field trial and laboratory analysis were conducted at Universitas Padjadjaran Bandung Indonesia. Relationship between species identified by cluster analysis and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The results showed that the observation on the 10 accession of tubered-bearing I. trifida using nine chromosome traits produced dissimilarities distance (Euclidean coefficient) ranging from 1.75 to 6.22. Dendogram generated at a dissimilarity distance of 5.23 showed the formation of three main clusters. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) produced first two principal component (PC1 and PC2), which has been able to explain 89.64% of the total variation. It is concluded that thare are highy diveristy between 10 accession of tubered-bearing I .trifida based on chromosomes traits.
Setiawati T., Karuniawan A. 2013, DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF TUBERED-BEARING Ipomoea trifida (H.B.K.) G. DON. ORIGINATED FROM CITATAH WEST JAVA INDONESIA BASED ONCHROMOSOME TRAITS. Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 35-38.
In this paper, we studied the effect of active components of Ginkgo Biloba extract on vegetable oils. We used a commercial product of Ginkgo Biloba extract and an alcoholic extract of Ginkgo Biloba obtained from the commercial product. Influence of active compounds from Ginkgo Biloba, both in commercial and product of alcoholic extract was determined by peroxide and TBA index of vegetable oil. The extract added has no negative effects on the oil and it's good to know that the extract of Ginkgo Biloba in ethanol can be used as an antioxidant to prolong stability of oils. The results obtained indicate that oxidative processes have been slowed down both, for the commercial product and in the case of alcoholic extract.For a better demonstration of this data has been used, the notion of protection factor. After determination of the peroxide the best values were obtained for the samples with added Ginkgo Bioba extract in ethanol with a concentration of Ginkgo Biloba by 4 mg/mL, its oxidative stability increasing with 60% in relation to initial stability of oil without added.
Drăghici O., Codoi M. V. 2013, EFFECT OF EXTRACT OF GINKGO BILOBA ON VEGETABLE OILS. Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 228-234.
Nowadays, essential oils are used in pharmaceutical, sanitary, cosmetics, agriculture and food industry because of the biological activity, notably antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant properties.Essential oils, or (EOs) for short, are natural compounds with a complex composition that contains volatile principles present in plants such as terpenes, terpenoids, phenol-derived aromatic components and aliphatic components.In food industry, it is crucial that the products to be supplied without any microbial contamination, but the biological efficacy of EOs to be used as antimicrobial agents in food system, depends on some factors as temperature, pH,appearance, load of microbial flora and the favorable environment.Studies demonstrated that the antimicrobial effects of EOs confirm structural and functional damages of membrane of bacterial pathogenic, resulting the leaking of the inner cell components, and eventually leading to the cell death (Cox et al., 2000). Usually, Gram-negative bacteria are less susceptible to antimicrobials, but this doesn't mean that Grampositive bacteria are always more sensitive.Due to the fact that essential oils present compounds with antioxidant activity (phenolic compounds) it can be used in food industry as preservatives to prevent the spoilage of the products and to increase the shelf life.
Mihai A. L., Popa M. E. 2013, ESSENTIAL OILS UTILIZATION IN FOOD INDUSTRY -A LITERATURE REVIEW. Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 187-192.
EVALUATION OF FRUCTAN CONTENTS IN THE TAPROOTS OF PLANTS LACTUCA SERRIOLA L. AND SONCHUS OLERACEUS L.
The current research aimed to present the evaluation of the underground parts of two widespread plants in Bulgariaprickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola L.) and annual sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.) as a source of inulin-type fructans.The sequential ethanol and water extractions from their dry taproots were carried out. The amount of extracted fructans was defined by the resorcinol assay. The fructooligosacharides and inulin contents of the obtained extracts were analyzed by TLC and HPLC-RID methods. The total fructan content in the weed plant Sonchus oleraceus L. (19.6% dw) is higher than the fructan level in the roots of Lactuca serriola L (9.56% dw). In the ethanol extracts were observed the presence of monosaccharide glucose and fructose, high level of sucrose and trisaccharides 1-kestose. In the result of the carried analysis, we can conclude that the roots are rich source of fructans as the fructoligosacharides fraction dominates in ethanolic extracts. These plants could not only be consider as weeds, but it have to pay attention to their future possibility to be used as a potential source of fructooligosacharides with prebiotic effect in nutrition formula for animals and human.
Petkova N., Denev P. 2013, EVALUATION OF FRUCTAN CONTENTS IN THE TAPROOTS OF PLANTS LACTUCA SERRIOLA L. AND SONCHUS OLERACEUS L.. Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 117-122.
The callus is an unorganized mass of parenchymal proliferate cells that through cultivation, forming groups of meristematic cells, elements of leading system, pigmented cells, etc.. Using other explants than meristem, for regeneration neoplantlets require mandatory completion of a stage of callus culture. To obtain callus is need an agarose to support the cellular mass in growth. In 2012, at Brasov was fitted trifactorial experience,in which two Clones of Christian variety were studied, 6 media for callus induction and 2 explants sources consisting of leaf disc and petiole segment. The following results were obtained: medium, explant source (foliar disc, petiole segment) and variety have different influences on callus proliferation. The callus explants responded better to the foliar disk (72.5%) than petiole segments (40%). Media containing 3 mg / l 2,4-D and 3 mg / l BAP x 3 mg / l 2,4-D favored callus induction rate of 90%. Differences obtained by using BAP citokinine are statistically assured, very significant, negative compared to 2,4-D auxine (2mg/l- concentration regarded as control), by -3.5 explants / that induced callus. The callus which was obtained will be used for plantlets regeneration and to identify any somaclonal variation.
Nistor A., Cioloca M., Chiru N., Popa M. 2013, EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ABOUT POTATO CALLUS INDUCTION. Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 78-84.
The purpose of the research was to study the purification and characterization of lectin from Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv.white seeds. The lectin was purified by sequence of steps, namly, first with ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by ion exchange (DEAE cellulose) and gel filtration (sephadex G-200) chromatographies, and finally by polyacrylamide electrophoresis (PAGE). Single band was observed in native PAGE . The lectin was shown to have molecular weight of 33 kDa in SDS PAGE and about 35 kDa in gel filtration and purified about 9.01 fold to final specific activity of 64 titer/mg of protein. The hemagglutination activity of the lectin was stable within the pH range from 4-11 and temperature range from 0°-50°C. Chemical modification results indicate that lysine and tryptophan were crucial for the hemagglutination activity of lectin. The results of carbohydrates specificity showed that the lectin was had complex sugar specifities, but not specific to xylose and mannose.
Al-Alwani B. A., Jebor M. A., H. Jalil Y. 2013, EXTRACTION, PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LECTIN FROM PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. CV. WHITE SEEDS (WHITE KIDNEY BEAN). Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 69-77.
Dermatophytosis has become one of the most common human infectious diseases in the world so it is of interest to dedicate more studies to its etiological agent's dermatophytes. These keratinophilic and keratinolytic filamentous fungi have the ability to invade and colonize keratinized layers of the skin and their appendages. Dermatophytes fungi group include three anamorphic genera namely Epidermophyton, Microsporum and Trichophyton. These three genera include geophilic, zoophilic and anthropophilic species. Usually these filamentous fungi are identified on the basis of conidia morphology and sometimes with specific physiological characters, such as the hair strand perforation and urea hydrolysis. The objective of present study was to isolate and to identify some filamentous dermatophytes fungi from human superficial mycoses. Isolated samples (scales, fragments of nails and subungual debris) were cultured on specific culture media during four months. After incubation time, morphological characters of cultured fungal were observed macroscopically and microscopically. The following cultural characteristics were analyzed: texture, surface and reverse color of the colony, the presence of pigmentation. Microscopic examination offered data on specific characters such as, the presence/absence of macroconidia and microconidia, theirs shape, their septa number, the presence of chlamydoconidia, spiral hyphae and nodular organs. The strains identification was completed with in vitro hair strand perforation and urea hydrolysis. The isolated microbial strains were identified as belonging to Trichophyton and Microsporum genera.
Calin M., Raut I., Dracea O., Jecu L., Lazar V. 2013, FUNGAL STRAINS ISOLATED FROM SEVERAL CASES OF HUMAN DERMATOPHYTOSES. Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 240-244.
The paper summarizes the world and own experience using worm culture (earthworms) for utilization of various organic wastes, use of products worm cultivation (worm compost, biomass, worms and alarm pheromone) in a number of industries. Recognized features of physiological development and maintenance of worm culture, the stages and the basic conditions of industrial cultivation technology, the product features and their use. The bioconversion process of organic wastes is implemented in the Experimental Section of the Scientific and Practical Institute of Biotechnologies in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine. The studies conducted by several states, including Moldova, concluded that worm compost has a positive influence on crop productivity, reducing growth period, their resistance to unfavourable climatic conditions and common plant diseases. Worm cultivation opens up new perspectives and opportunities for introducing technology of obtaining the protein not only for feed purposes, but also in the food industry for the production ecological products. The results of research showed that the products obtained from biomass worms and alarm pheromone, can serve as raw material for the preparation of medicinal products used in medicine and in veterinary medicine for the control and prevention of various diseases. Technology of bioconversion of organic waste using worm culture is designed for landowners, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural enthusiasts, and others as an alternative method for the sustainable development of agriculture. The research conducted and analysis of results about the development of worm cultivation found that: worm cultivation is a branch that has the ability to solve stringent ecological problems existing in some sectors of the national economy, contributing to the development of sustainable agriculture and otained ecological agricultural productions, products obtained as a result of worm cultivation can be widely used in crop, livestock, human and veterinary medicine.
Cremeneac L., Boclaci T. 2013, GENERAL ASPECTS REGARDING WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 43-48.
Cow rumen fluid is a fluid rich in cellulolytic microbes that play a role to help digest food that contains high crude fiber. Two species of moulds have been isolated from the cellulolytic rumen fluid of local cattle and have identified as Penicillium nalgiovense and Aspergillus tamarii. Cellulolytic Index both of Penicillium nalgiovense and Aspergillus tamarii were 2.33 and 1.24 respectively. The purpose of this study is to characterize their growth and activities of cellulase and amylase. Research include: 1) growth of mould 2) macroscopic description, and 3) activities of cellulase and amylase enzyme using the DNS (3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid) method. Based on the growth curve is known that the logarithmic phase of growth of Penicillium nalgiovense peak occurred on day 6 with a population of 9.696 x 103 cfu cells, whereas Aspergillustamarii logarithmic phase, occurred on day 5 with a population of 4.65 x 102 cfu cells. Cell morphological characters of P. nalgiovense as conidium colour milky white, and spore powdery, in the early growth of Penicillium nalgiovense white colonies after a while the colonies get old is also white and conidiophores with smooth stipe. As macroscopic A.tamarii is yellow-brownish, at the beginning of growth colonies colour is a bright yellow growth after several days, color were changed to dark brownish yellow. This mold has a conidial head yellow-brown,not columnar and have ornaments that are not clear. Cellulase enzyme activity in Penicillium nalgiovense amounted to 2.420 units / ml, and amylase enzyme activity of 2.146 units / ml. Aspergillustamariii to be used for degradation of fiber for feed.
Andriani Y., Sastrawibawa S., Safitri R., A. 2013, GROWTH AND ACTIVITY OF CELLULASE-AMYLASE ENZYME PENICILLIUM NALGIOVENSE AND ASPERGILLUS TAMARII MOLDS ISOLATED FROM COW RUMEN FLUID. Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XVII, ISSN 2285-1364, 181-186.


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Uganda's police chief scoffs at donors
Kampala- The police chief, Gen Kale Kayihura, has told Ugandans to desist from the habit of begging and dependence on aid and adopt the culture of self-reliance as the only sustainable way to develop.
Gen Kayihura said Uganda has both human and non-human resources to enable her transform the economy.
"We must graduate from the 'beggar mentality'. It is high time we developed this country by ourselves," Gen Kayihura said at the commissioning construction works for the cancer diagnostics centre in Kololo.
His comments come as western countries continue to cut aid to Uganda after President Museveni assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Act that punishes people involved in gay acts.Some of government institutions likely to be affected by the aid cut include the police, which benefits from donor funds sent to the Justice Law and Order Sector.
Earlier, Gen Kayihura had pleaded with the Irish not to cut aid over corruption allegations in the Office of the Prime Minister, saying "The corruption is a fight. So it isn't the time to abandon us on the battle-field".
Since the aid cut, police has been looking for new partners in Asia, including North Korea, China and India. Most of the new logistics procurement, like vehicles and weapons, are from the three countries. The police is also building capacity to manage its own projects.
"2014 is a year of action. We are tired of words and this facility should be ready by June this year because as you can see, it is our construction unit handling the project which will benefit the UPDF, Uganda Prisons and sections of the public," he said.
Source: Daily Monitor
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Show was Great! Great tribute to the Bee Gees. Thanks to Gold Star we had front row seats. Lots of dancing and singing along. We had a Great time!
Great talented group. The Australian Barry is a phenomenal singer. The audience really got into the music by singing along and dancing to the great old tunes. How Deep is My Love, Staying Alive, to mention a few.
We enjoyed the music, nostalgia, etc., but would have preferred a different venue. Loved the videos of their travels around the world.
Brought me back to the 70's! We really had a good time.
Fun and very entertaining. Great music.
Sound was not good. We had to change our seats. Lots of energy.
Music was good. Show a little long... Could have had a little more interaction with the audience. It was one song after another. Would not really recommend to others.
We had a blast, I took my boyfriend there as a surprise and he thought it was top notch. They looked and sound like the real deal. I highly recommend it, well worth it for sure.
Great music and singing. The performers were very personable and related to the audience, inviting us to sing and dance with them.
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As part of the transition to statewide computer-based testing, students in grades 4, 5, 7, and 8 will be expected to take computer-based MCAS tests in spring 2018 in ELA, Mathematics, and STE for grades 5 and 8. As in 2017, there will be exceptions for students who require a paper-and-pencil version. For grades 3 and 6, districts may elect to have their schools do either computer-based or paper-based testing (CBT or PBT). This decision may be made by school, grade, and subject area (e.g., PBT for ELA and CBT for Mathematics for school A for grade 6). Districts that did CBT in 2017 are expected to implement CBT at those same schools again in 2018. The more opportunities that students have to become familiar with the electronic format and associated tools, the better prepared they will be in terms of digital literacy as well as for future computer-based assessments.
Choose "CBT" for a grade/subject area that will administer CBT.
Choose "PBT" for a grade/subject area that will administer PBT for grade 3 or 6.
Choose "PBT waiver" for a grade/subject area that will administer PBT for grade 4, 5, 7, or 8. The district must submit a waiver request according to the instructions below.
Choose "NA" if a school does not serve students in a particular grade/subject area.
Technology directors and other school and district staff should review the technology specifications in order to begin planning for spring 2018 CBT (and, confirming that districts are reviewing the specifications is the first step in the survey). Districts that did CBT in 2017 will meet device specifications but should take note of changes to supported operating systems and browser specifications.
the planned improvements to the school(s) to ensure readiness for statewide computer-based testing in all grades in spring 2019.
Note: Districts that requested a waiver in 2017 and are requesting a waiver again for 2018 should also include the steps taken over the past year to prepare for CBT this year (e.g., infrastructure improvements, device purchases, additional staff hires or training, other classroom preparations).
Indicate on the survey the school(s) and/or grade level(s) for which a waiver is being requested.
Determinations on waiver requests will be communicated to districts no later than December 22. Districts may be contacted by staff from the Department and/or its online testing subcontractor (Pearson) to consult, and assist where possible, with district staff to confirm the need for a waiver, or in some cases, provide options to test online in spring 2018. Please direct any questions regarding CBT or the waiver process to mcas@doe.mass.edu. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.