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Probiotic bioaugmentation of an anti-Bd bacteria, Janthinobacterium lividum, on the amphibian, Notophthalmus viridescens: Transmission efficacy and persistence of the probiotic on the host and non-target effects of probiotic addition on ecosystem components
Molly Bletz, James Madison University
Amphibians worldwide are threatened by the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the skin pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Mutualistic skin bacteria are a critical element in amphibians' defenses against chytridiomycosis. Probiotic bioaugmentation of beneficial, anti-Bd bacteria on amphibians is a potential conservation strategies. Outdoor experimental ponds were used to investigate transmission efficacy and persistence of the anti-Bd bacteria, Janthinobacterium lividum, on the amphibian, Notophthalmus viridescens. More specifically, this research investigated whether a short-term individual bath, environmental bioaugmentation, or both are necessary to afford transmission and persistence of J. lividum on N. viridescens. Additionally, this research investigated the effectiveness of these different probiotic bioaugmentation methods in ameliorating Bd infection in N. viridescens. Lastly, this research investigated the non-target effects of J. lividum on leaf decomposition, periphyton production, and zooplankton. Bd introduction into the experimental ponds was successful, and infection of newts occurred as expected; however, morbidity effects associated with Bd did not occur, and no probiotic treatment reduce Bd prevalence or increase proportional change in Bd loads below the levels found in the Bd only treatment. Interestingly, the bath+water (combination of individual bath of the amphibian and environmental bioaugmentation) treatment did reduce morbidity and Bd prevalence in comparison to the bath only treatment and water only treatment. This was likely associated with the transmission efficacy and persistence of J. lividum on the newts being greater in the bath+water treatment. These results suggest that the ideal treatment method to afford probiotic establishment and persistence on the host may be the combination of a probiotic bath and environmental bioaugmentation. Furthermore, alternations to leaf decomposition, periphyton production, or zooplankton community structure were observed as a result probiotic treatments. Therefore, probiotic conservation strategies may be unlikely to harm other organisms and disrupt ecosystem processes; however, additional studies are required before treatment of natural environments is conducted. Developing an understanding of the transmission and persistence of probiotic bacteria is crucial for determining how to administer them to amphibians effectively and efficiently. Probiotic bioaugmentation is a new conservation frontier that requires continued research in order to develop effective and efficient methods for combating the amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
Bletz, Molly, "Probiotic bioaugmentation of an anti-Bd bacteria, Janthinobacterium lividum, on the amphibian, Notophthalmus viridescens: Transmission efficacy and persistence of the probiotic on the host and non-target effects of probiotic addition on ecosystem components" (2013). Masters Theses, 2010-2019. 153.
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Pink Floyd exhibition comes to London's V&A in 2017
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Pink Floyd, one of the most legendary bands of all time, will receive its first international retrospective exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum next year.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains will be staged at the V&A from 13th May to 1st October 2017.
One of the world's most pioneering, influential and top selling artists of all time, The Pink Floyd Exhibition has been produced with active involvement and collaboration from Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason – the three surviving band members.
Fans will be taken on an unprecedented, innovative and multi-sensory journey through Pink Floyd's extraordinary worlds, chronicling the music, design and staging of the band, from their debut in the 60s through to the present day.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition will include artefacts including instruments, music technology, original designs, architectural drawings, hand-written lyrics and iconic graphics and artwork.
Immersing visitors in Pink Floyd's iconic visuals and sound, The Pink Floyd Exhibition will begin with the psychedelic sounds of their early years, moving through their internationally renowned concept albums of the 1970's and beyond.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition will illustrate the band's pioneering use of special effects, sonic experimentation and powerful imagery. It will explore the narrative arc of a band that began in London's 'swinging sixties' and whose influence continues today. Visitors will gain a unique insight into a group of world-class musicians who have always defied artistic boundaries.
The exhibition has been curated by the Creative Director of Pink Floyd, Aubrey Powell who, with his late partner Storm Thorgerson as founders of design company Hipgnosis Ltd., designed much of Pink Floyd's revolutionary album art. Powell curates alongside Paula Stainton for Pink Floyd and, for the V&A, a team lead by Senior Curator Victoria Broackes.
The Curators have worked in close consultation with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason on the content of the exhibition, which will feature over 350 artefacts spanning the band's five decades alongside material from the V&A's collections of art, design, architecture and performance. The Pink Floyd Exhibition – Their Mortal Remains is designed by Stufish entertainment architects, founded by the late pioneering stage designer, Mark Fisher.
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A local children's book author is telling the stories of black cowboys
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When you think of the old West, actors like John Wayne or Clint Eastwood may come to mind. But Hollywood's portrayal is a white-washed version of reality.
Olathe-based children's book author Trae Venerable is looking to change that narrative by casting light on the generations of Black cowboys who worked the open range, building the early beef industry. Historians estimate about one in four cowboys was Black. Venerable, a fourth-generation cowboy, shares their stories.
"That representation is huge for me because growing up I didn't really read a lot of books by Black authors and I didn't see a lot of Black characters, so I just wanted to give that representation," he says.
A lot of his readers tell him that they want to be a cowboy or a cowgirl, but for Venerable, that has a deeper meaning.
"Being a cowboy—he's not listening to anybody, you know, kind of going through your own life and being wild, being free," Venerable says. "To chase your dreams and not let anybody tell you what you can do, what you can't do."
Venerable sees the importance of delivering this message to his young audiences. "There are a lot of people that allowed me to be in this position today, so I never take that for granted."
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City Crafting Smoking Ban On Long Beach Restaurant Patios
by Samantha Mehlinger, Editor August 27, 2018
At the direction of the Long Beach City Council, the city attorney is drafting an ordinance that would ban smoking on public and private eateries' outdoor patios. The proposal put forward by 3rd District Councilmember Suzie Price and co-sponsored by Councilmembers Lena Gonzalez and Rex Richardson would exempt businesses in which smoking is the primary purpose, such as cigar or hookah lounges.
The council voted 8-0 , with Councilmember Al Austin absent, during its August 21 meeting to direct the city attorney draft the ordinance. During the meeting, Richardson requested that the attorney look at an option to allow smoking during "adult" hours when children would not be present and affected by secondhand smoke, for example, after 11 p.m. Price requested exemptions for special events if a special permit is obtained, and for establishments that have designated smoking patios where no food is served.
"The gist of the item is to provide healthier spaces at food or eating establishments," Price said. "We did do extensive outreach to the business community and have received extensive support from the business community in favor of this."
The Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has not yet taken a stance on the proposed policy, according to Jeremy Harris, the organization's senior vice president. "As the issue moves forward and they try to craft this ordinance, we're happy to have a seat at the table, if so invited, to help understand the issue a little bit better and then reach out to our members to see how they feel," he told the Business Journal.
Eric Johnson, who is the co-owner of several restaurants and bars in Long Beach with outdoor patios, said no one had reached out to him on the proposal, but that he was supportive.
"More and more of our customers are not smokers and, if they are, they are definitely responsible in stepping outside and moving away from the entrances, anyway," he said. "I don't think that's really going to affect our business model at all." In Long Beach, Johnson co-owns Legends Sports Bar, K.C. Branaghan's Irish Pub & Restaurant, Auld Dubliner, Boathouse on the Bay and the yet-to-open The Ordinarie.
Long Beach restaurants are already required by city ordinance to restrict smoking to one-third of outdoor seating space.
City Attorney Charles Parkin hopes to return with the ordinance to the city council within one to two months. He plans to meet this week with the health department, which he said has already conducted thorough research on the subject, to discuss next steps.
Because councilmembers asked for provisions outside of their original agendized proposal – such as Richardson's "adult hours" exemption – Parkin noted that he may have to send a memo to the mayor and council for further direction as the drafting process moves forward.
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Hello, everyone! Happy December! It is almost time for the holidays, and that means time to head back home to Hawaii! I was recently visiting there for Thanksgiving weekend and was able to see my darling pal Rachael, (who is a spectacular photographer) who took some photos of me on film at home, at the park, Coffee Talk, and of course, shopping at Goodwill and other thrift stores we adore!
I was thrilled to be able to wear my handmade flower crowns for this shoot! It's so easy--I just used some old plain headbands and bought some fake flowers. You can find fake flowers at the dollar store, PriceBusters, and any art supply shop! The pink ones on the end are not attached to the crown, but they are clips from H&M that I bought in London!
nd match on the opposite hand. Not only is it cute, but it also will go with any outfit if you use rainbow colours!
The ring on my right hand, middle finger is vintage that belonged to my mother. She gave me all of the rings from old ex-boyfriends that she had kept for so long. On the other hand, there is a smaller, sapphire that matches the vintage Bank of America ring I always wear on my left middle finger that belonged to my grandmother.
I've always had an obsession with my hands, so it's very important for me to keep my nails nice and wear lots of pretty rings! I will show you my collection of rings (vintage and new) in a Things We Love post coming up later this season!
Here is another photo of my hands, clenching onto my lace stockings and displaying my H&M sneakers in my most favourite colour--light pink! I bought these shoes in San Francisco back in 2011 when visiting for vacation. That visit was when I knew I had to one day live here, and now I am! I never would have pictured this way back then.
The shoes are adorable and so comfy. I wear them walking around the city all the time. They may have laces, but I cheat and use the exposed zippers on the side to slip them on! Very convenient for a busy schedule and if I'm in a rush in the morning! The soles are so flexible and can endure almost anything. Also I just love the colour--I would wear them with anything! They sort of look like Ked's dont they?
The photos above were taken in Coffee Talk, an adorable little coffee house in Kaimuki, a few blocks away from my old high school. I would often go here with friends during the day and on some Thursday nights to listen to open mic night! My old boyfriend would perform along with some other really cool, talented kids. Nothing better than some quality live music by the young talent in little ol' Hawaii!
I honestly don't remember where I got these stockings, but I can say that it was so hot that day I wanted to rip them off every second! Being back in Hawaii is strange after being in the cold city for so many months. You can see the sunlight in all of these photos--that was something I wasn't used to!
I love being photographed, but I also loved, loved, loved looking around the thrift stores with Rachael like old times. Can't wait until my 6-week long winter break when I can do some more damage with her! To see more of her fantastic work, click here! Thank you, Rachael!
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Millwall captain Paul Robinson believes The Lions need to make the most of their remaining home games if they are to pull themselves out of the drop zone.
Two consecutive away wins have boosted Millwall's hopes of survival, and Robbo, speaking in Saturday's matchday programme for the visit of Watford, says he and his team-mates need to make the most of the three games they have left at The Den.
"Now really is the time to make home advantage count," he said.
"Back-to-back away wins have been excellent for morale and confidence, but they would have been in vain if we don't manage to build on them not just on Saturday, but also against Doncaster and Bournemouth.
"What we will continue to do is take one match at a time. There's five games left to play and 15 points to play for, but all we are focusing our attention on is Watford.
"It is important not to get caught up in the permutations of what a win for us could do or what would happen if a team just above us lost. That can act as a distraction, and it is imperative that our only focus is on earning three points (against Watford) before turning our thoughts to the trip to Middlesbrough next week."
You can read much more from Robbo in Saturday's edition of The Lion, available around the ground for just £3.
As well as being available to purchase at The Den, you can also download the digital version of our matchday programme from 9am on Saturday onto Apple iPad and iPhone, on the Android market and via the Pocketmags app on Kindle Fire, Blackberry Playbook and Windows 8.
If you are on iOS or Android, search 'Millwall The Lion' in your respective App store to download, or if you are downloading onto Kindle Fire, Blackberry Playbook or Windows 8, visit the Pocketmags app, search for Millwall FC and go from there. Individual programmes can be downloaded for just £2.99.


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Regardless of what the financial gurus tell you, when you have debt you own nothing. Even a small debt can be the undoing of the most wealthy when it is ignored, forgotten or just plain owed.
Make it your top priority to get out of debt, and as fast as you can, if not faster. Use the Payment Push to work out your repayments then, even if it means you live on baked beans and weak black tea for a month, so be it. Tidy up your house and yard, selling anything you don't need, want or aren't using. Put the funds towards the debt. Work overtime and put the funds towards the debt. Stop all absolutely unnecessary spending and put the funds towards the debt.
If you have a lot of debt, make it a twice yearly habit to spend one month living on bare bones and throwing every cent you can towards your debt. The rest of the year live as frugally as you can, paying down the debt regularly.
This isn't your long-term lifestyle. It is a short-term sacrifice so you can sit back and enjoy the rest of your life debt free, cashed up and laughing - probably at everyone who mocked your efforts while you were becoming debt free!
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was shot near Beale Street Landing Sunday night.
Police responded to 251 Riverside Drive around 6:30 p.m. after officers in the area heard gunshots.
Memphis Fire said they transported one person to Regional Medical Center. Police said he is not in critical condition.
People were fighting before the shots rang out, according to police.
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Q: Bracketing functions for bivariate distribution function For the univariate case, I understand how to create bracketing functions for the CDF, $F$. For example, see here. It is clear to me that there exists a partition $t_1,\cdots,t_k$ that lead to a cover. However, I cannot figure out how to create bracketing functions for the case of a bivariate distribution function. I have tried the following:
I believe there exist $(x_1, y_1),\ldots,(x_k,y_k)$ such that $x_1,y_1=-\infty,x_k,y_k=\infty$ and that if we define
$l_j=1\{x\le x_{j-1},y\le y_{j-1}\}$
$u_j=1\{x < x_j,y < y_j\}$
then $||l-u||<\epsilon$
But I don't see how they can cover all functions $1\{x\le a,y\le b\}$. That is, I don't see how (for a fixed $\epsilon$) we can construct the points $(x_j, y_j)$ above such that for every fixed a,b, we have that there exists j such that
$P(l_j(X,Y)\le 1\{X\le a,Y\le b\}\le u_j(X,Y))=1$
I feel if you give me a grid, I will always be able to find a a,b that do not satisfy the above for any j.
Am I right that it is impossible to create the covering functions as above? If so, can you provide bracketing functions that do work? Please do not prove that they work (I would like to attempt that first).

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John Hale (1614–1691) – angielski polityk, członek Parlamentu Królestwa Anglii w latach 1654–1660
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Crisp details on Dione contrast with the haziness of Titan in this Cassini image of a pair Saturn's moons.
Smaller Dione is at the bottom of the image, and that moon's wispy terrain is visible. See PIA12608 to learn more. Titan dominates the rest of the image, and that moon's north polar hood is visible here. See PIA08137 to learn more.
Lit terrain seen here is on the trailing hemisphere of Dione (1123 kilometers, 698 miles across) and in the area between the trailing hemisphere and anti-Saturn side of Titan (5150 kilometers, 3200 miles across).
The image was taken in visible blue light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on April 20, 2010. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Dione and at a Sun-Dione-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 101 degrees. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 1.3 million kilometers (808,000 miles) from Titan and at a Sun-Titan-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 101 degrees. Image scale is 14 kilometers (9 miles) per pixel on Dione and 8 kilometers (5 miles) per pixel on Titan.


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Opinion Why My Father Hated India
father hated india
Why My Father Hated India
Aatish Taseer, the son of an assassinated Pakistani leader, explains the history and hysteria behind a deadly relationship
By AATISH TASEER - July 16, 2011
Ten days before he was assassinated in January, my father, Salman Taseer, sent out a tweet about an Indian rocket that had come down over the Bay of Bengal: "Why does India make fools of themselves messing in space technology? Stick 2 bollywood my advice."
My father was the governor of Punjab, Pakistan's largest province, and his tweet, with its taunt at India's misfortune, would have delighted his many thousands of followers. It fed straight into Pakistan's unhealthy obsession with India, the country from which it was carved in 1947.
Mohandas Gandhi visits Muslim refugees in New Delhi as they prepare to depart to Pakistan on Sept. 22, 1947.
Though my father's attitude went down well in Pakistan, it had caused considerable tension between us. I am half-Indian, raised in Delhi by my Indian mother: India is a country that I consider my own. When my father was killed by one of his own bodyguards for defending a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, we had not spoken for three years.
To understand the Pakistani obsession with India, to get a sense of its special edge—its hysteria—it is necessary to understand the rejection of India, its culture and past, that lies at the heart of the idea of Pakistan. This is not merely an academic question. Pakistan's animus toward India is the cause of both its unwillingness to fight Islamic extremism and its active complicity in undermining the aims of its ostensible ally, the United States.
The idea of Pakistan was first seriously formulated by neither a cleric nor a politician but by a poet. In 1930, Muhammad Iqbal, addressing the All-India Muslim league, made the case for a state in which India's Muslims would realize their "political and ethical essence." Though he was always vague about what the new state would be, he was quite clear about what it would not be: the old pluralistic society of India, with its composite culture.
Every day at sunset, Indian and Pakistani guards on the Wagah border face off in a militaristic flag-lowering exercise called the Beating Retreat Ceremony. WSJ's Tom Wright reports on India's effort to tone down the bizarre display.
Iqbal's vision took concrete shape in August 1947. Despite the partition of British India, it had seemed at first that there would be no transfer of populations. But violence erupted, and it quickly became clear that in the new homeland for India's Muslims, there would be no place for its non-Muslim communities. Pakistan and India came into being at the cost of a million lives and the largest migration in history.
This shared experience of carnage and loss is the foundation of the modern relationship between the two countries. In human terms, it meant that each of my parents, my father in Pakistan and my mother in India, grew up around symmetrically violent stories of uprooting and homelessness.
But in Pakistan, the partition had another, deeper meaning. It raised big questions, in cultural and civilizational terms, about what its separation from India would mean.
In the absence of a true national identity, Pakistan defined itself by its opposition to India. It turned its back on all that had been common between Muslims and non-Muslims in the era before partition. Everything came under suspicion, from dress to customs to festivals, marriage rituals and literature. The new country set itself the task of erasing its association with the subcontinent, an association that many came to view as a contamination.
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Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, in May 2009. He was assassinated in January 2011.
Had this assertion of national identity meant the casting out of something alien or foreign in favor of an organic or homegrown identity, it might have had an empowering effect. What made it self-wounding, even nihilistic, was that Pakistan, by asserting a new Arabized Islamic identity, rejected its own local and regional culture. In trying to turn its back on its shared past with India, Pakistan turned its back on itself.
But there was one problem: India was just across the border, and it was still its composite, pluralistic self, a place where nearly as many Muslims lived as in Pakistan. It was a daily reminder of the past that Pakistan had tried to erase.
Pakistan's existential confusion made itself apparent in the political turmoil of the decades after partition. The state failed to perform a single legal transfer of power; coups were commonplace. And yet, in 1980, my father would still have felt that the partition had not been a mistake, for one critical reason: India, for all its democracy and pluralism, was an economic disaster.
Pakistan had better roads, better cars; Pakistani businesses were thriving; its citizens could take foreign currency abroad. Compared with starving, socialist India, they were on much surer ground. So what if India had democracy? It had brought nothing but drought and famine.
But in the early 1990s, a reversal began to occur in the fortunes of the two countries. The advantage that Pakistan had seemed to enjoy in the years after independence evaporated, as it became clear that the quest to rid itself of its Indian identity had come at a price: the emergence of a new and dangerous brand of Islam.
As India rose, thanks to economic liberalization, Pakistan withered. The country that had begun as a poet's utopia was reduced to ruin and insolvency.
The primary agent of this decline has been the Pakistani army. The beneficiary of vast amounts of American assistance and money—$11 billion since 9/11—the military has diverted a significant amount of these resources to arming itself against India. In Afghanistan, it has sought neither security nor stability but rather a backyard, which—once the Americans leave—might provide Pakistan with "strategic depth" against India.
In order to realize these objectives, the Pakistani army has led the U.S. in a dance, in which it had to be seen to be fighting the war on terror, but never so much as to actually win it, for its extension meant the continuing flow of American money. All this time the army kept alive a double game, in which some terror was fought and some—such as Laskhar-e-Tayyba's 2008 attack on Mumbai—actively supported.
The army's duplicity was exposed decisively this May, with the killing of Osama bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad. It was only the last and most incriminating charge against an institution whose activities over the years have included the creation of the Taliban, the financing of international terrorism and the running of a lucrative trade in nuclear secrets.
This army, whose might has always been justified by the imaginary threat from India, has been more harmful to Pakistan than to anybody else. It has consumed annually a quarter of the country's wealth, undermined one civilian government after another and enriched itself through a range of economic interests, from bakeries and shopping malls to huge property holdings.
The reversal in the fortunes of the two countries—India's sudden prosperity and cultural power, seen next to the calamity of Muhammad Iqbal's unrealized utopia—is what explains the bitterness of my father's tweet just days before he died. It captures the rage of being forced to reject a culture of which you feel effortlessly a part—a culture that Pakistanis, via Bollywood, experience daily in their homes.
This rage is what makes it impossible to reduce Pakistan's obsession with India to matters of security or a land dispute in Kashmir. It can heal only when the wounds of 1947 are healed. And it should provoke no triumphalism in India, for behind the bluster and the bravado, there is arid pain and sadness.
—Mr. Taseer is the author of "Stranger to History: A Son's Journey Through Islamic Lands." His second novel, "Noon," will be published in the U.S. in September.
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well said and so tue......but who will bell the cat ?? and how will the wounds of 1947 heal ??
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The main problem of Pakistan is Islam on which its foundation was laid.The Author is typical Leftist Liberal who will find 100s of excuses but will not blame Islam.If Pakistan become friend of India then there is good chance that its own people could start becoming liberal and may not like Pakistan to be conservative and this will be never acceptable to all maulana's which are running Pakistan
kds1980 said:
Neither would that Merger/friendship even..be acceptable to the BHAGWA RSS BJP gang operating in India....these are responsible for many bomb blasts thrown at pakistan's door...On BOTH sides of the border same type of closed minds are powerful.
Gyani Jarnail Singh said:
There are 200 million strong muslims in India.No party now can form Govt without their support in UP and BIhar.The reality is Indian youths are living in culture of bollywood and cricket ,they hardly support RSS .So there is no comparision of India and Pakistan.
Just to stir the pot? No! The GOI has declared Hindu extremism as the most serious brand of fanaticism in 2010, to include the RSS. Maybe it is double-talk by GOI. I don't think so. Conversely, some of the most effective and patriotic fight within security forces in Maharastra has been Muslims fighting and dying against extremist Muslims, homegrown and Pakistani. It is really important to have opinions. It even more important to have informed opinions. It is wonderful if we can have balanced opinions. By that I mean, put our finger on the rotten without fear of giving offense and celebrating the good even if we don't really like a particular political or religious group.


Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday as a growing scandal over falsified emissions tests rocked the world's biggest carmaker. He said he was stunned by the scale of the misconduct and was accepting responsibility to clear the way for a "fresh start" for the company.
The scandal broke Friday when U.S. regulators said the German company had deliberately programmed some 500,000 vehicles to emit lower levels of harmful emissions in official tests than on the roads. It exploded into a global crisis Tuesday when Volkswagen said its internal investigations had found significant emissions discrepancies in 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide.
The company's stock price has crashed, causing big losses for investors such as the Gulf state of Qatar, and trust has been shaken in a brand that is at the heart of German manufacturing and exports. Volkswagen, which also owns the Audi and Porsche brands, overtook Toyota earlier this year to become the world's biggest automaker by vehicle sales.
Winterkorn had apologized profusely, twice, and the company has set aside 6.5 billion euros ($7.3 billion) to cover the cost of recalls and other efforts to limit the damage, trashing its profit forecast for the year in the process. But the final bill could be much higher. The company faces civil and possible criminal fines in the U.S. that are likely to total billions of dollars. And it's unclear yet whether it will have to issue massive recalls in other markets.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the situation at Volkswagen as "difficult" and urged the company to show complete transparency and explain its actions in full. Britain and France have called for a Europe-wide investigation, and Italy wants to know whether it has been affected.
Volkswagen has been ordered to recall the vehicles, and the company is halting sales of some cars in the U.S. The scandal has also dragged down shares in other carmakers and suppliers on fear the fallout could affect the wider industry.
A European environmental group issued a report earlier this month that suggested other manufacturers may be using technology that allow their diesel cars to appear cleaner in official tests than in normal road conditions. The ACEA, which represents 15 automakers in Europe, said Wednesday that there was no evidence that this is "an industry-wide issue."
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After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from UNM, Rob started his career in medical research, working for the UNM Hospital Cancer Research Facility, followed by the University of Texas Medical Branch. With a desire to help people more directly, Rob decided to pursue law school. He graduated with his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the University of Miami School of Law in Florida.
Upon returning to New Mexico, Rob began working for a New Mexico litigation practice, where much of his work was focused on personal injury defense.
Realizing that he wanted to fight for the rights of personal injury victims and their families, Rob began working as a plaintiff's attorney in the same area of law - personal injury, primarily focusing on auto accident related cases.
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The dimensionality dependence of resonance energy transfer is of great interest due to its importance in understanding energy transfer on cell membranes and in low-dimension nanostructures. Light harvesting two-dimensional metal–organic layers (2D-MOLs) and three-dimensional metal–organic frameworks (3D-MOFs) provide comparative models to study such dimensionality dependence with molecular accuracy. The scientists at the Xiamen University, China and the University of Chicago, USA report the construction of 2D-MOLs and 3D-MOFs from a donor ligand and a doped acceptor ligand. These 2D-MOLs and 3D-MOFs are connected by similar hafnium clusters, with key differences in the topology and dimensionality of the metal–ligand connection. Energy transfer from donors to acceptors through the 2D-MOL or 3D-MOF skeletons is revealed by measuring and modeling the fluorescence quenching of the donors. We found that energy transfer in 3D-MOFs is more efficient than that in 2D-MOLs, but excitons on 2D-MOLs are more accessible to external quenchers as compared with those in 3D-MOFs. These results not only provide support to theoretical analysis of energy transfer in low dimensions, but also present opportunities to use efficient exciton migration in 2D materials for light-harvesting and fluorescence sensing.
Figure 1. (a) Structure of the M12 SBU in 2D-MOL. (b) Top view and (c) side view of 2D-MOL. The elements are represented as C, black and orange ball; Hf, cyan and green polyhedra; O, red ball. (d) Structure of Hf6 SBU in MOFs. (e) Crystal structure of 3D-MOF and (f) a slice of the 3D-MOF as highlighted in green in (e). The elements are represented as C, black ball; Hf, purple polyhedra; O, red ball.


Join our expert caver and explorer, Rick Hunter as he takes us down the narrow chute into the bowels of Mother Earth to find Naledi, long-forgotten by time.
September the 13th fell on a Friday in 2013, a date reputed for bad fortune, though it proved one of the luckiest days in the history of palaeoanthropology. Within the unexplored compartment ~ 30 meters underground, now known as "Dinaledi Chamber," Rick Hunter and his caving partner Steven Tucker discovered such an incredible surface collection of hominin fossils that even without training, they knew that both their lives and the face of an arcane field of inquiry were irretrievably changed. The long shadow of good fortune cast from that cavern has extended into all aspects of Rick's life, both professional and personal.
Rick (as a "small space specialist") and Steven went on to form the core of a dedicated five-member exploration team employed by Professor Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa to expand the list of known hominin fossil sites within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site (CoH WHS). This has led to the discovery of scores of new sites, new fossils, and new skill sets. Always one to push the boundaries, Rick has pursued advanced off-road driving, rope work, venomous snake identification and handling, and recently received his RPL (remote pilots license) that will help pioneer a new level in exploration.
This exclusive interview will detail the discovery, recovery, analysis and interpretation of the newly discovered hominin species Homo naledi, as well as a spine-tingling ride through exploration deep within the depths of ancient caverns full of secrets.
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Q: ng-repeat not binding after successful ajax call I want to use the ng-repeat directive to bind some data to a div. though the call is successful and i am getting the data and storing it in a scope variable im anot able to use the ng-repeat to display it

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A: Whenever you execute some code outside AngularJS "controlled" functions, AngularJS doesn't know if something may have change in any of the scopes, and because of this it don't try to find the changes and modify the presentation with the changes if there are any.
In your code, you are making an Ajax call with jQuery. The callback of that Ajax call is executed outside of AngularJS controlled code and it happens what I explained previously. So what you have to do is inform AngularJS that something  may have changed in the scope. You have two options to do this.
$scope.$digest() is used to tell AngularJS to check for changes. So you're code could look something like this:
success:function (response) {
  var res4 = res.split(",");
  var res = response.d;
  for (var i = 0; i < res4.length; i++) {
     //...
  }
  $scope.obj = obj2;
  $scope.$digest(); //hey AngularJS, look for changes to update the scope!
}

Another way is to use $scope.$apply. This method tells AngularJS to execute the function passed as an argument and afterwards (whether the function executed correctly or not, throwing and error for example) check for changes in the scopes. So your code could look something like:
success:function (response) {
  $scope.$apply(function() {  //hey AngularJS, execute this function and update the view!
     var res = response.d;
     var res4 = res.split(",");
     for (var i = 0; i < res4.length; i++) {
         //...
     }
     $scope.obj = obj2;
  })
}

A: Like @LionC mentioned, you should look into why $http throws an error.
You can try to do:
success: function () {
    $scope.$evalAsync(function () {
        var res = response.d;
        var res4 = res.split(",");
        for (var i = 0; i < res4.length; i++) {
            var res2 = res4[i].split(":");
            obj2[i] = {}
            obj2[i].heading = res2[0];
            var res3 = res2[1].split("/");
            obj2[i].id = res3[0];
            obj2[i].name = res3[1];
       }
       $scope.obj = obj2;
    });
}

But I thoroughly recommend you do not!
More info here: "Thinking in AngularJS" if I have a jQuery background?
Hope this helps!
Plunk demo : http://embed.plnkr.co/YWQ1LyZWm2fzwgPxX4kk/preview
The essential use of $scope.$evalAsync is to get angular to apply the changes in scope to the DOM. There are other ways to do this too : http://www.panda-os.com/2015/01/angularjs-apply-digest-and-evalasync/#.VZ0JIPmqqko
Hope this helps!

A: Using availsync function may solve the problem. If not, try to use settimeout. Its just because of two way binding problem.


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By WeRLoved on 01-14-20
Ring of Secrets
Winter Reeves is an aristocratic Patriot forced to hide her heart amid the Loyalists of the City of New York. She has learned to keep her ears open so she can pass information on British movements to Robbie Townsend, her childhood friend, and his spy ring. Bennet Lane returns to New York from his Yale professorship with one goal: to find General Washington's spy hidden among the ranks of the elite. Both believers...and both committed to a separate cause. Will their faith in God lead them to a shared destiny or lives lived apart?
Excellent Entertaining & Inspiring
Holiday Homecoming Secrets
A friend is missing and presumed dead, and detective Jade Hollis is determined to track down the killer. To do that she must team up with private investigator Bryce Kingsley - who doesn't know he is the father of her child. But she'll have to put personal secrets aside because the killer will strike again to keep the truth from being exposed.
By Indydog on 12-08-19
A View Across the Rooftops
By: Suzanne Kelman
Narrated by: Alan Medcroft
Would you risk your life to save just one person? An incredible story of love, hope, and friendship; and a testament to humanity and courage in history's darkest days. 1941, Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Professor Josef Held has never recovered from the loss of his beloved wife - and has no intention of ever letting anyone new into his quiet, safe world. But then the Nazis come for the Jews - and Mrs Epstein is killed. And Josef, in an impulsive act of courage, offers his student Michael Blum a place to hide.
Didn't want it to end!
By Daylelianna on 10-30-19
Aiming for Love
Brides of Hope Mountain, Book 1
By: Mary Connealy
Narrated by: Barbara McCulloh
Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
Josephine Nordegren is one of three sisters who grew up nearly wild in southwestern Colorado. She has the archery skills of Robin Hood and the curiosity of the Little Mermaid, fascinated by but locked away from the forbidden outside world - a world she's been raised to believe killed her parents. When David Warden, a rancher, brings in a herd much too close to the girls' secret home, her older sister especially is frightened, but Jo is too interested to stay away.
By Karen Cartrette on 10-31-19
A lost painting of Queen Victoria.
A library bricked off from the world.
And three women, separated by time, whose lives are irrevocably changed.
When art historian Keira Foley is hired to authenticate a painting at a centuries-old East Suffolk manor, she hopes this is just the thing to get her career and life back on track. But from the time she arrives at Parham Hill Estate and begins working alongside rumored art thief Emory Scott, she's left with far more questions than answers. Could this lost painting of Queen Victoria be a duplicate of the original Winterhalter masterpiece, and if so, who is the artist?
As Keira begins to unravel the mystery behind the portrait, two women emerge from the estate's forgotten past. In Victorian England, talented sketch artist Elizabeth Meade is engaged to Viscount Huxley, then owner of Parham Hill. However, Elizabeth's real motive for being at Parham Hill has nothing to do with art or marriage. She's determined to avenge her father's brutal murder - even if it means a betrothal to the very man she believes committed the crime.
A century later, Amelia Woods - a World War II widow who has turned Parham Hill and its beloved library into a boarding school for refugee children - receives military orders to house a troop of American pilots. She is determined the children in her care will remain untouched by the war, but the task is proving difficult with officers taking up every square inch of their world...and one in particular vying for a space in Amelia's long-shut up heart.
Set in three time periods - the rapid change of Victorian England, the peak of England's home-front tensions at the end of WWII, and modern day - The Painted Castle unfolds a story of heartache and hope and unlocks secrets lost for generations just waiting to be found.
Praise for The Painted Castle:
"A gripping tale of secrets hidden behind the walls of an ancient English castle." (Kate Breslin, best-selling author of Far Side of the Sea)
©2019 Kristy Cambron (P)2019 Thomas Nelson
The Butterfly and the Violin
loved these characters
Better story than second book. Was able to get into the characters in this story much btr then last. Enjoyed it very much.


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Hurricanes come in all shapes, sizes and threats and don�t always fit into the traditional categories for hurricane strength warnings.
BEAUFORT � Hurricanes come in all shapes, sizes and threats and don�t always fit into the traditional categories for hurricane strength warnings.
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale well-known to the public gives hurricanes numerical rankings between 1 and 5 based on the strength of wind speeds.
But the warning system, first developed between 1969 and 1973, is wind-based and doesn�t necessarily fit with the forecasts for dangerous storm surge, said Jamie Rhome, lead of the National Hurricane Center�s Storm Surge Team.
Storm surge forecasts are used in evacuation decisions during a storm, and flooding from storm surge is a leading cause of fatalities during tropical storms.
�There is a need for a high-level warning system to communicate the hazard,� said Rhome, who was a featured speaker during Tuesday�s annual Hurricane Awareness Conference, held by the National Weather Service forecast office in Newport and Carteret County Emergency Services.
The event was held at the NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research in Beaufort.
Rhome spoke to the group via teleconference.
The National Hurricane Center is developing a package of new storm surge warnings to better inform the public about the hazard. The package includes new graphical maps coming out late this year or early 2014 and a new warning/watch system to be released by 2015.
The new warning/watch advisories will be separate from the current tropical storm watch and warning advisories.
Improving ways to inform the public about storm preparedness and potential threats to their community were highlighted throughout the morning program.
Speakers included Carteret County Emergency Services Director John Ford; Joy Branham, executive director of the Red Cross in five area counties; and Hal Austin and John Cole of the NWS forecast office in Newport.
Branham noted the growing use of technology and social media by the Red Cross, which has introduced a number of apps for use on smartphones and mobile devices. Included are apps for hurricane preparedness and response and first aid.
And the Red Cross is seeing their use by the public.


In November, the Schowalter Foundation awarded Dove's Nest with $3,000. This money will be used to create an online Circle of Grace module for teachers that include a Teacher's Bureau feature, a blog, networking capabilities, and video. $1,500 of the $3,000 will be used for a school-wide Circle of Grace teacher training.
Many of us know "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." I once thought that meant I needed to love perfectly.
This shift frees me to ask: How does it work? How does love that is whole cast out fear?
It starts with a marble, and with the church who knew me and knew what I was going through.
Sexual Abuse Is Not a "Catholic Problem"
I encourage you to watch the movie Spotlight with your friends, small group or Sunday school class. Not only is it an incredible movie, but it can lead to eye-opening conversations.
Spotlight, which takes place beginning in 2001, shows a team at the Boston Globe investigate cases of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in the Boston diocese.
Read more about Sexual Abuse Is Not a "Catholic Problem"
Oh, the awkwardness of unsolicited hugs. Most parents have experienced uncomfortable—even dreaded—moments when our child refuses to hug or kiss someone who truly has the purest of intentions.
I think we too often cave to societal pressures to either avoid embarrassment or protect the feelings of others. Instead, we should empower children to trust and respect their own intuition and set their own boundaries.
I came across a beautiful photo on my Instagram feed. It was lovely. Everything was propped and proportioned so meticulously. It had shoes and travel accessories laid out on a surface with a beautiful baby—about one year old, with a flat look on her face—lying on her back in a suitcase.
The symmetry and colors in the photo were stunning. The caption was great.
2. Inquire about your school's protection policy, especially if it is a private school. Encourage Christian schools to teach Circle of Grace, a Christian safe environment curriculum for kindergarten through twelfth grade.
We all need to be safe. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, safety is even more important than our needs for belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. Safety is second only to having our most basic needs met (e.g., food, water, shelter).
I remember feeling safe as a child during thunderstorms, even tornadoes—as long as my parents were nearby and I had my pillow. I remember feeling safe at church, surrounded by adults and children who cared about me and valued me.
Jan, Anna Groff, and Jeanette Harder (in photo) traveled to northern New York in June as a learning tour to build relationships with the Plain communities in that area. Dove's Nest offers cultural competency training for social service systems and workers to better relate to Amish and Old Order Mennonites. More information about that training can be found HERE.
Remember the things you did as a child: playing in puddles after a spring rain, having the summer breeze blow through your hair, harvesting vegetables from the garden in the fall, or sledding down a big hill on a runner sled!
As I did some self-reflection to examine where this fear comes from, I began to wonder if it was based in reality or not. How often do people actually falsely accuse someone of abuse?
My Dove's Nest colleagues and I sat in a cramped room at the Office of Children and Family Services of Orleans County in New York State.
We were discussing the placement of "English" (non-Plain) children in "Plain" (Amish and Old Order Mennonite) communities.


Now that Lust is a JB fangirl, what fascinating adventure will occur!?
This is the last part. I just had way to much fun typing it! Oh Lust, u and your bra!
After the murder of Dante, Envy is sure Lust has lost her mind. Now the chaos spreads as Lust goes to toon her new bra to the world!
seconde part. Lust now has her lazar bra, what wonderful adventures will this bring about? Mild language don't like don't read 'tis that simple.
The first part in my 'Diary of a Wimpy Homunculus' series, the series that tells u about the life of an average 13-year-old newbie homunculus who's still on the humans' side.
This is a piece of my unfinished Lust fanfic. I was terribly board in school so I wrote this awkward thing. And it just so happens that Lust is the object of my creepy fanfic. Basically, Lust watches mtv and gets a 'wonderful' idea from Lady Gaga.


She was perfectly quiet now, but not asleep--only soothed by sweet porridge and warmth into that wide-gazing calm which makes us older human beings, with our inward turmoil, feel a certain awe in the presence of a little child, such as we feel before some quiet majesty or beauty in the earth or sky--before a steady glowing planet, or a full-flowered eglantine, or the bending trees over a silent pathway.
What can still that hunger of the heart which sickens the eye for beauty, and makes sweet-scented ease an oppression?
Beauty is part of the finished language by which goodness speaks.
The beauty of a lovely woman is like music.
Who has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm? The unspeakable suggestions of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all the varied gently-lessening curves, down to the delicate wrist, with its tiniest, almost imperceptible nicks in the firm softness.


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Farmers Are Feeling Effects Of Historic Drought; Higher Food Prices Could Be On The Way
Friday, September 30th 2022, 9:51 am
By: CBS News
Farmers Are Feeling Effects Of Historic Drought; Even-Higher Food Prices Could Be On The Way
Farmers across the country are struggling with the effects of historic drought conditions, and it's likely to make a trip to the grocery store even more expensive.
According to the NOAA, nearly 300 million acres of crops in the U.S. are currently experiencing drought conditions, and the problem is particularly acute in the west. An American Farm Bureau survey of western states finds average crop yields could be down 38%.
"Extreme weather has become more frequent, more widespread and more costly," said Charlie Dougherty, an economist with Wells Fargo. "If that continues, it threatens to keep food prices persistently high."
This month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that food prices jumped 13.5% from August 2021 to August 2022, the largest annual increase in more than four decades.
In Hillsborough, New Jersey, fourth-generation farmer Jim Abma is adapting in order to survive. He had to install a double-line drip irrigation system on his 240-acre farm that allows him to deliver water directly to the roots of his squash, peppers, lettuce and other crops. Without it, he said he couldn't have made it through this growing season.
"We've only had 1.7 inches of rain from May pretty much through Labor Day," Abma said. "This year is more of a drought year and more of a stressful drought year than we've had in the past. But we'll adapt and get over it and get through it."
Abma said even if conditions improved, it is too late to fix the damage for this year's fall harvest. High temperatures combined with dry conditions were tough on crops, and even with his system, the yield on his farm is down by roughly a third.
"That comes down to smaller ears of corn, smaller tomatoes, just the result of a stressed out plant," Abma said.
The drought has added to multiple challenges facing the nation's farmers, including higher fuel prices, labor costs, and even more expensive packaging. Ongoing supply chain problems continue to make it difficult to supply farm equipment or the parts needed to maintain it. Abma said while food prices are going up at the grocery store, farmers are feeling even more of pinch to their bottom line.
"Even though people are paying more for their food, we're getting less of a margin for it because of our inputs," Abma said. "We've hit a rock and a bump in the road. But we'll be back at it again next year, just like I hope every other grower does the same."
Oklahoma AG Dismisses Lawsuit Against ClassWallet, Wants Accountability For Misused Education Money


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Savings How a CD Laddering Strategy Can Elevate Your Savings
by Karen Gibbs | October 10, 2019
Looking for a way to make your hard-earned money work harder for you? Consider certificates of deposit — aka CDs.
That's because CDs tend to offer more attractive interest rates than savings options like money market accounts. But to tap the typically higher yields of CD accounts, you often have to sacrifice access to the funds held in them.
This is because it's only during brief windows of time after the account matures that you can withdraw money without penalty (term lengths vary and may be as little as a few months to several years).
With this trade-off in mind, savvy savers leverage a different strategy — one that offers a more rewarding, but still secure, way to grow money: CD laddering.
What is CD laddering?
CDs are a type of savings account that pays interest and reserves money for a certain length of time — the longer the term, the higher the interest. CD laddering is a savings strategy that invests in multiple CDs for varying lengths of time. Over time, all CDs will earn the higher interest rate, yet one CD will become available each year if cash is needed.
"Staggering CD maturation dates gives access to some money sooner while also benefiting from better interest rates earned on medium- and long-term CD options," explains financial expert Andrea Woroch.
How do I ladder CDs?
Prevailing interest rates can fluctuate up and down. One of the key features of a CD is the certainty of a locked-in interest rate for an extended period of time (i.e., the term length of the account). Looking at available interest rates can help you identify when to open a CD account, and for how long of a term.
In conditions where increasingly longer-term CDs offer incrementally higher interest, you might consider funding one-, two-, three-, four- and five-year CDs. "As each CD comes due, roll it over into a five-year CD" to achieve that "laddered" structure to your savings, says Jeremy Smith, a financial adviser and the founder of Harbor Wealth Management. "Eventually, you'll be earning five-year interest on all the CDs, with one CD maturing each year."
Consider this hypothetical scenario: a saver has $2,500 to deposit into CDs. To have access to all of that money each year, the saver could invest it all in a one-year CD earning, say, 1.35% Annual Percentage Yield and roll it over each year. After five years, those funds would grow to $2,673.37 with interest compounded annually and assuming a consistent rate over the time period.
On the other hand, suppose the saver laddered CDs, depositing $500 apiece in one-, two-, three-, four- and five-year CDs, earning hypothetical APY rates of 1.35%, 1.85%, 2.25%, 2.25% and 2.5%, respectively. When each CD matured, the saver could roll the funds over into a five-year CD. This would allow access to some of the money each year and take advantage of the higher yields typical of longer-term CDs.
By the time all CDs were rolled over into five-year CDs, the total amount would be worth $2,805.39. That's $132.02 more than investing and reinvesting a one-year CD over five years. Using a CD laddering calculator can help you map out your plan.
Is CD laddering right for you?
While CD laddering can be a smart, safe way to grow savings, you'll want to make sure it's the right savings strategy for you. Before laddering CDs, consider if the following applies to you.
You have emergency funds in a savings account
While CD laddering can be a powerful savings strategy long-term, consider leveraging it as a supplement to a traditional savings account, which likely offers more liquidity.
"Everyone needs to have enough cash on hand to handle at least a $500 unexpected expense," suggests Beth Logan, a tax advisor at Kozlog Enterprises. "I use $500 as a starting point, but it depends on your lifestyle. If you have aging pets or an old car or if you're paid in part or in full on commission, you may want to have more in your emergency fund."
You prefer less risk
CDs keep money secure while typically earning more interest than a checking or savings account. And if the account was opened with an institution that's backed by the FDIC or the National Credit Union Association, the CD and its funds are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, for each account ownership category.
You've planned ahead so funds will be available for projected expenses
Is there a big expense in your future, such as a wedding, college or business expansion? Think ahead and ladder CDs so they mature at intervals that will accommodate your financial needs.
Tips for laddering CDs
When buying CDs, there's so much to consider — rates, penalties, brokerages, renewals. The following tips will help you navigate those choices.
CDs are available through national banks, community banks, credit unions, brokerage firms and financial advisers, but rates may vary a lot among them. Logan recommends checking rates locally and online before you buy. Once you become familiar with banks or credit unions that consistently offer good rates on CDs, she suggests you comparison shop within this group.
A brokerage can look for CD rates nationwide and offer other perks, as well. "With a brokerage firm, you can potentially ask for bids to sell your CD should you need cash before the CD matures," says Nicolas Straut, an avid user of CDs. You may be able to avoid heavy penalties for early withdrawal, but there's no guarantee that your CD won't sell for less than it is worth.
Finally, make sure the CDs are opened with an insured institution so your investment is secure.
Consider penalty vs. no-penalty CDs
Most institutions charge a hefty penalty for withdrawing CDs early, thus reinforcing that you keep that money in your savings. However, there are some no-penalty CDs that pay lower interest but do not charge for early withdrawal. These can be especially helpful if you need money or if rates go up and you want to invest in a higher paying CD.
Stay on top of rates and maturity dates
Create calendar alerts for CD maturity dates so you can reinvest efficiently. Be flexible — if a six-month CD matures but pays a lower rate than it did previously, invest in a one-month CD until rates improve. Indeed, it pays to check rates regularly. You may even find that within the same bank, savings accounts sometimes pay higher interest than do shorter-term CDs such as three- and six-month CDs.
Create calendar alerts for CD maturity dates so you can reinvest efficiently.
Now that you know about laddering CDs, it's time to start climbing toward greater financial security.
Investing Managing Money
Karen Gibbs
is a New Orleans-based freelance journalist who specializes in lifestyle and finance articles both online and in print.
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Beaten while warning AKP MPs who weren't complying with voting procedures during discussions on 3rd Article of constitutional amendment talks, CHP MP Fatma Hürriyet Kaplan has protested the incident on parliamentary rostrum.
Debate: Turkey a dictatorship with a presidential system?
This week the Turkish parliament is debating a constitutional amendment that would establish a presidential system in the country. Under the amended constitution the president would be head of government as well as head of state and the office of Prime Minister would be abolished. Commentators take different views of the ruling AKP's plans.
631 academics and 155 administrative staff have been discharged by Statutory Decree No. 679. The number of academics discharged by Statutory Decrees has risen to 4,481.
The Amnesty has launched a campaign demanding urgent release of fashion designer Barbraos Şansal and those who attacked Şansal be tried.
With an appointment of Ağrı's Tutak sub-Governor to Tutak district as a trustee, the number of trustees to DBP-governed municipalities has climbed to 57.


We are able to offer guided-self help and one-to-one therapy in a range of languages. We currently have therapists who are able to offer assessments and therapy in English, Polish, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. We do not currently deliver any workshops or groups in languages other than English.
Where we are not able to provide a therapist who speaks your language, we will organise for an interpreter to be present for therapy sessions.