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A new NBC/WSJ poll has revealed what Americans don't want as president – a socialist or a septuagenarian over 75. Unfortunately for Democrats, their two front-runners each possess at least one of those two qualities. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 77, is an avowed socialist, according to Bloomberg. Though former vice president Joe Biden is yet to declare his candidacy, he is 76.
This comes at a time when the Democrats are being accused of turning too far to the left. Consequently, they have become a soft target of opportunistic Republicans who haven't wasted the chance to highlight the historical failings of socialism.
…[R]eplacing U.S. policies with highly socialist policies such as Venezuela's would reduce real GDP more than 40 percent in the long run, or about $24,000 per year for the average person.
Is 'Medicare for All' a Winning Campaign Slogan?
Evidence on the productivity and effectiveness of single-payer systems suggests that "Medicare for All" would reduce both short- and long-run longevity and health despite increasing somewhat the population with health insurance.
The future does not belong to those who believe in socialism…the future belongs to those who believe in freedom.
Trump's and the Republicans' attacks on socialism may, however, not be enough. The same NBC/WSJ poll indicated that reclaiming the presidency in 2020 will not be an easy walk. Only 41 percent of the respondents in the poll indicated they would vote for him. Some 48 percent of the respondents in the poll said they would vote for the Democratic candidate.
Trump might, however, take comfort in the fact that at roughly the same point in Bill Clinton's first term, only 38 percent were ready to vote for him for a second term. Another point of consolation is that Trump's approval rating has increased by three points to 46 percent since January, according to the NBC/WSJ poll.
The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.


Of course, it is just a hunch. I have never taken any social pulse yet on the prevailing mood of the prison community with respect to the on-going investigation of the plunderers' acts of some government officials in the disposition of the so called billion peso scam on PDAF.
If indeed, the courts would determine the guilt of those accused, their entrance into the gates of prisons would literally change the entire institutional landscape.
And if we are talking of institutional landscape, the maximum security camp of New Bilibid Prison is not exactly what, at this point, is considered a Peyton place for virtues and considerations; it is an enclave where a mixture of explosive and implosive characters interact no end. It is the best and the worst the world can offer at the doorstep of humanity.
As a matter of fact, it is even a high ground for suspense; where every minute, every hour, every day is a complete period already. A complete minute or even a day is almost a lifetime. After a full 24 hour, it seems that a generation has already passed.
As a prison administrator assigned at the National Penitentiary, a peaceful day is an accomplishment considered performed in a heroic manner. A minute of stability is an epoch for celebration. This would be the atmosphere given what at present is the situation obtaining. Unless of course, an intervention would take place.
The entry of a new breed of felons would for a moment displace the usual run of men in the prison community. For sure, those convicted in drugs—and they are almost a sector— would be able to level up with those who made their lives miserable. There will be a lot of haggling and negotiations; there will be a lot of noise both in and out.
Inside, the gangs would reinvent their mandate to accommodate and flex protective muscles for these new entrants. Outside, media would have a field day capturing every suspenseful minute on their newfound protagonist and how they would fare for a period.
Suddenly, the prison community is back on the table to be feasted, to be watched closely. Prison administrators will once again bounce from lethargic duties to vigilant purveyors of discipline and fairness. The issue of preferential treatment like VIP considerations by inmates themselves with the entry of celebrity offenders will be noted. It will be amplified to a large extent, not by prison administration but by greater portion of the prison community. There will be a shift of partisan consideration—from the so called merchants of death to the contemporary Ali Baba and the proverbial 40 thieves!
Anything excessive will be crowed and pushed to high heavens until a scandal would paralyze administration. There will be a series of changes and reorganization until finally, media runs out of news or perhaps, another scandal or earth shaking incident would eclipse the bannered prison incidents.
On the reported riot in the National Penitentiary, it is again an example of media sensationalism. A simple brawl inside a small corner in a building of the maximum security camp of New Bilibid Prison turned out in the perception of media as a full scale riot of gargantuan proportion. It is good and bad. It is good so that people will appreciate the blight and damaged condition of a congested facility intended to reform offenders; and it is bad, if it would project a community of a wayward population violently expressing its wayward character.
When we speak of a riot, we mean a total breakdown of discipline expressed in collective viciousness, attacking every sign of order. It is group insanity. It is pristine wilderness in the reverse. In the Philippine setting, there is just one force that can stop it: a respectable person.


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What's the main reason you joined Facebook? Or Twitter? Or LinkedIn?
Initially it may have been to track down old school friends, find a job or stalk celebrities, but it can also be a very effective way to increase sales.
Take the Big Green Bookshop in London. With months to go until it expected to close down due to mounting debts, the owner of the shop took to Twitter, posting a tweet that appealed to local people to save their bookshop.
The tweet went viral, began trending in the UK, and within two weeks the business had made enough money to pay off its debts.
So how can you capture some of that digital passion and turn it into sales for your business?
The Facebook timeline layout became compulsory for all business pages in March 2012 – with mixed feedback – but its new look offers loads of space to tell your audience about your business.
With the 'timeline' feature, you can show how the company has grown over time, whether that's employing your first member of staff, launching a new product, or securing a new contract with a major client.
You can see below (right of the screengrab) how Coca Cola has used the new feature to include significant events in the company's history over the last 200 years.
As well as building your credibility as a business, the timeline feature is also a great place to share promotions or special offers.
How about adding a product to the timeline and selling it at 1995 prices?
Make sure you use your other social networking accounts to spread the word of your promotion.
People don't buy from companies – they buy from people. Twitter is the perfect platform to really show your personality, build rapport with your audience and be human, so resist posting tweets that just sell sell SELL or you'll get a reputation as creepy salesman.
Instead, try getting to know your connections through genuine conversation – we all like to buy from someone we know, so ask questions, respond to tweets, share insights and useful links.
Be interesting and sales will follow.
The phenomenal growth of the latest social network makes it one of the fastest growing websites ever.
Over 4 million people visit Pinterest every single day, sharing collections of images from anywhere on the web to create their own online noticeboards; perfect for designers, artists, architects, restaurants.
Research published earlier this year suggests that visitors referred from Pinterest are 10% more likely to buy something than visitors who arrive from another social network, so it's well worth a look if your audience is already there.
Try creating a noticeboard that shows off your latest product range, or a mood board of images that inspired your latest designs. Link through to the product on your website and get publicising the link to your board via your other social networks and marketing communications.
This is one of the most under-utilised yet effective ways to sell through social media, and it's a great way to demonstrate your knowledge on a subject and build your reputation as an expert.
My dad is a regular reader of the local vet's blog – she writes about cleaning dogs' teeth, getting their weight down, which walks are best in the local area.
When my dad's dog wasn't well, who did he call? An anonymous vet who appeared in the Google search results or the one whose advice he'd been reading for the past month?
Try sharing some helpful advice with your readers and see how your reputation grows. When they're ready to buy, you know who they'll call.
Once you've connected with a person online, they are interested in what you're posting, what you're sharing, what you're saying, so it's okay to do a bit of selling.
Your business solves problems and provides solutions, whether you are a book-keeper, jewellery designer, gardener or food producer, and if you don't mention your products to your online audience then you're probably doing yourself (and them) an injustice.
Remember: people want to buy what your business offers (otherwise you should probably get your coat now). It's only fair that you make sure they know what that is so the occasional product mention is critical to your social media success.
90% useful content, tips, advice, resources, and 10% selling is a good balance.
So what do you think? How do you use social media to sell? If you've got a success story or a piece of advice to share, let us know in the comments below.
Check your social media content to ensure you have your ratio right. That's 90% useful content, tips, advice, resources, and 10% selling. If not, redress the balance and identify new ways to engage your audience.
Lucy Thornton of Perfect Balance Marketing helps businesses of all sizes and sectors to plan, create and implement marketing and social media campaigns that deliver results. With eleven years experience Lucy has worked with businesses from a range of industries, including retail, hospitality, childcare, travel and education.


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Home Arts & Entertainment 'The Nun' chills viewers with jumps and dread
'The Nun' chills viewers with jumps and dread
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"The Nun" features a well-developed villain, made possible by smart use of CGI and SFX. - Photo courtesy of mollinsfilmfestival.com
When the Vatican receives word of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the suicide of a nun in Central Romania at the Carta Monastery, Father Burke (Demián Bichir), a so called miracle hunter, and Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) are sent to investigate and determine whether the site is still holy.
Directed by Corin Hardy, "The Nun" is the third installment in the "Conjuring" series and serves as a prequel to the first two.
Taking place in 1952, in poverty-stricken rural Romania, the film's cinematography captures the bleak and densely wooded location that was ravaged by World War II less than a decade before. With sections of the monastery blown apart by bombs from warplanes, the nuns living within attribute the damage to the release of a hellish evil buried deep within the abbey.
The spectral appearance of a dark nun throughout the film, terrorizing the protagonists, adds to the eeriness of the film. This, accompanied by Christian mythology and pagan ritualistic themes, ensnares the viewer with a sense of fearful fascination.
Bichir's portrayal of Father Burke is reminiscent of Hugh Jackman's titular character in the 2004 film "Van Helsing." Burke's gruff yet wise approach to the situation at the abbey is troubled by the guilt of his actions during an exorcism of a young boy years before. His rugged personality and knowledge of religious mythology veritably steals the show from co-star Taissa Farmiga.
Farmiga's approach to Sister Irene, who had yet to take her sacred vows to become a nun, was to portray a sister who is both educated and progressive in terms of understanding the Bible. She is a petite character, made to appear even more so in her white dress, but does not hesitate to question her superiors and think for herself. While there is little revealed of her character's backstory, Farmiga plays the epitome of Christian purity and is the best weapon the team has in fighting the evil within the abbey.
If an audience is looking for a classic slasher or gore-horror flick, they won't find it here. Director Corin Hardy relied almost exclusively on jump-scares and over-the-shoulder shots to create suspense. The overuse of these methods in the film cannot be overstated, and can make the film, toward the end, predictable.
That being said, Hardy's team took many creative liberties with CGI, shadows and background movement to create perhaps one of the most original, menacing and cool horror villains seen in a decade. Scenes where the dark nun moves down a corridor, extinguishing candlelight as she moves and turning crosses upside down, imbues the audience with chills and dread.
Hardy and his stellar cast created not only an original plot and memorable characters, but an original villain that will give you chills.
Throughout the film there is very little callback to the previous two — that is, until the end.
While the jump-scares and over-the shoulder-shots were a bit stale, the cinematography of the monastery, creativeness of the characters as well as the story and effort put in by the crew to create a memorable movie villain cannot be over-emphasized. This film is an excellent thrill that any fan of the "Conjuring" or the suspense/horror genre owes it to themselves to see.
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Virat Kohli may be HRD ministry's face in massive anti-ragging campaign
Speed News Desk | Updated on: 23 June 2016, 7:25 IST
The Union HRD ministry is likely to rope in cricketer Virat Kohli as the face of an anti-ragging campaign to be started in universities across the country.
According to ministry sources, Kohli will share the anti-ragging message through television commercials. Last year, the anti-ragging helpline registered 390 complaints of ragging. This year, so far, there have been 174 complaints.
About 1.5 lakh posters with messages such as 'Show your swagger, don't be a ragger' and 'You wanna kill your career? Then go ahead, pull the trigger' will be distributed in all educational institutions as well, as colleges reopen with a fresh batch of students, says the Hindustan Times.
The posters have the anti-ragging helpline number and details of the punishment for those found guilty of ragging.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has been asked to create posters, jingles, commercials and short films against ragging which will be shown in universities, and the ministry will launch a mobile app to make it easier for students to file complaints and call the toll-free anti-ragging helpline number 1800-180-5522. The ministry is also creating a universal logo against ragging to be used in all posters, films and other literature.
"The need to create awareness and make an anti-ragging environment within educational institutions will always remain. Students should be encouraged to report cases of ragging. Our campaign will create awareness among students, parents and administrators," said Inder Mohan Kapahy, a member of the UGC.
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Evaluating Teacher Preparation Programs Using the Performance of their Graduates
by Cory Koedel & Eric Parsons - November 04, 2014
In a recent article the authors use data from Missouri to show that differences between traditional teacher preparation programs, measured in terms of the effects of their graduates on student achievement, are smaller than has been suggested by previous research in other states. Indeed, they find that most programs in Missouri are statistically indistinguishable from one another. The authors identify a technical error made in previous work to which they attribute their discrepant findings. In short, some previous studies have failed to properly account for teacher sampling, and in doing so, have overstated the extent to which graduates from different teacher preparation programs truly differ. This commentary considers the implications of this result in the context of the current policy push for more rigorous evaluations of teacher preparation programs.
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ERIC PARSONS is an assistant research professor in the Economics Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research interests are in the areas of school and teacher quality, value-added modeling, and the performance of high-achieving students. Dr. Parsons received his PhD in economics from the University of Missouri�Columbia in 2013.


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Marco Lopez de Gonzalo also published on vol. 3/2017 of the same journal an article entitled "The Italian Court of Cassation changed opinion on punitive damages".
In the Italian journal Diritto Marittimo (no. 1/2017) is published an article of Marco Lopez de Gonzalo entitled "The containers avaliability bentween lease, transport and property".
In volume I of the Encyclopedia of Private International Law is published the voice "Carriage of passangers" written by Marco Lopez de Gonzalo.
BIMCO (Baltic and International Maritime Council) and ISCO (the International Spill Control Organisation) have recently issued two standard contracts, RESPONSECON and US RESPONSECON. The two contracts, RESPONSECON (international version) and US RESPONSECON (United States version), are designed for spill incidents and enable those involved to obtain clean-up services and hire specialised personnel and equipment without delay. The contracts are framework agreements covering the essential elements of the parties' relationship based on the contractor's provision of equipment and personnel or even for hire of equipment only. Application of the contract is not limited to shipping incidents or ship-owners counterparties. Requesting Parties may include pipeline operators, oil companies, regional and national government authorities, and other entities that may have a requirement to initiate spill response. The terms and conditions are set out in standard clauses with accompanying annexes for the different parties to insert detailed descriptions of the required services and rates for personnel and equipment.
Prof. Marco Lopez de Gonzalo published an article entitled "the OW Bunker case: competing claims and the debtor's dilemma" on the Italian journal Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (no. 3/2016).
In the Italian journal Diritto Marittimo (no. 3/2016) is published an article of Prof. Marco Lopez de Gonzalo entitled "the new directive on tourists packages and the international and european legislation on transport of persons".
The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) recently publiched an essay in honour of Michael Joachim Bonell to clebrate his 70th birthday entitled "Eppur si muove: The Age of Uniform Law". In the essay there is an article of Prof. Marco Lopez de Gonzalo regarding "punitive damages in the international private law, in uniform law and in the UNIDROIT principles".
An article by Marco Lopez de Gonzalo, entitled "Classifications of ships, reliance, fortuity (the appeal judgement in the 'Redwood' case)", has been published on the third issue of "Diritto del Commercio Internazionale". The article examines the torts liability of classification societies, giving special attention to the Redwood case in the light of the main Italian and foreign case law.
An article by Marco Lopez de Gonzalo, entitled "the contract for logistics services in case law and contractual practice", has been published on the second issue of "Diritto del Commercio Internazionale". The article examines various issues about the contract for logistics services, giving special attention to the role played by case law and parties' autonomy in the definition of its discipline.
In the Italian Journal of International Trade Commerce (n. 3/2014) Marco Lopez de Gonzalo published an article on the following topic: "The International Regime of Carriage of Passangers". The article is a summary of all main issues related to sea, air and rail carriage of passangers.
Giuffrè published the "Treaty of Contracts". Marco Lopez de Gonzalo wrote the chapter: "Ship and Aircraft Charter"; the chapter addresses the topic in a systematic manner with a focus on contractual practice and case law.


The tragedy of the Hapsburgs was that they wanted things to get better, but couldn't bear the thought that anything might actually change.
George Orwell said something similar in his landmark essay on Dickens. Poverty, filth, hopelessness: Dickens raged against them all, but in every one of his books, the plucky hero is saved by a bequest from a long-lost uncle or some other deus ex machine. Dickens could see that his world was broken; what he wouldn't allow himself to see was that the problem was structural, and that the only way to fix it for everyone was to re-structure the world by taking power away from the haves and giving it to the have-nots.
I was reminded of this when a friend pointed me at the so-called "Effective Altruism" movement. As Amia Srinivasan pointed out last year, its members undoubtedly want to do good, but like all utilitarians, they're only willing to do so within the framework that has made them affluent. Elsevier's acquisition of Mendeley and the SSRN is similar: they're happy to see scholarly publication disrupted, just as long as it doesn't threaten their hold on power. But to paraphrase something else Orwell wrote, the purpose of change is change, and anyone who's not willing to embrace all that implies is just trying to sell you something.


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/r/pakistanImran Khan : We would not have needed a translator in the past. We all used to speak Persian. The court language for 600 years in the Indian subcontinent was Persian.
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Be part of an unprecedented event on September 26 when Zion National Park and national parks across the country invite you to make America's Best Idea – the national parks – even better. Presented by the National Park Service and National Park Foundation, it will be a special day of service and celebration for visitors and volunteers to experience their parks and catch a sneak preview of Ken Burns's new documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea premiering on PBS on September 27.
"We are excited about the opportunity to greet old friends and welcome new visitors to explain how Zion National Park is part of America's Best Idea," said Superintendent Jock Whitworth. "Making that best idea even better is our goal and one we can only accomplish with the support of our visitors, volunteers, and partners."
Zion National Park is looking for volunteers to assist with a cleanup of South Campground and the Pa'rus Trail, including picking up trash and cleaning fire pits. Anyone wishing to volunteer must contact Adrienne Fitzgerald, Volunteer Coordinator, at 435-772-0184 no later than Thursday, September 25.
To thank volunteers, the park will offer a sneak peak of the new Ken Burns film The National Parks: America's Best Idea that premieres on September 27.
Zion Waives Entrance Fees for National Public Lands Day
The Zion National Park event is just one of many occurring in the national parks across the country. The nationwide program is cosponsored by the National Park Foundation (www.nationalparks.org), the National Park Service's Congressionally-chartered philanthropic partner. See www.nps.gov/September26 for more information.
For more information on the Zion National Park event please call 435-772-0184.
1 Zion Park Blvd.
State Route 9
Springdale, UT 84767
Staffed daily from 9 am - 1 pm. Recorded information is available 24 hours a day. If you are unable to reach someone by phone, please email us at zion_park_information@nps.gov.


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Application testing outfit Veracode has announced an upgrade to its SecurityReview service that will interest coders everywhere – the ability to spot back doors and other malicious insertion.
Aimed squarely at enterprise developers assessing their own or outsourced code, as well as IT departments buying ready-made software, the company has enhanced SecurityReview to better detect new threats, including 'special' and 'hidden-credential' backdoors. The bane of researchers – the rootkit - is now also on the detection menu.
The company said it was introducing the new feature after direct requests from "financial and government bodies in the US who are seeing the exploitation of backdoors as a real problem." The company also pointed to research by the US department of Homeland Security that suggested that up to 23 percent of software could have backdoors of one sort or another.
Back doors can find their way into software - now highly 'componentised' – in a number of ways. It can be put there deliberately by developers, a common practice in closed-source software. It can be put there inadvertently, creating a risk if the vulnerability is found by hackers, again a common phenomenon. Less commonly, it can be put there by the hackers themselves.
Developer vulnerabilities included the insertion of special usernames or hard-coded keys, used for debugging. Hackers could also insert code to do the same thing, the so-called 'special credential' backdoor.
According to Veracode, the average time to discover of such vulnerabilities in open source software ran to weeks, while in closed-source programs it might never come to light until it was uncovered by hackers themselves.
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"Given the complexity of modern application development, the common practice of outsourcing and increasing use of third party libraries, it is nearly impossible for an enterprise to identify the pedigree and security level of the software running their business-critical applications and handling their customer's personally identifiable information," he added.
SecurityReview provided developers with an independent, standards-based approach to what had grown into a major headache for security professionals.
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Polycystine radiolarians, as well as some phaeodarian species, are found in different areas at different times throughout the Quaternary.
The Quaternary Period encompasses the time from 1.8 million yrs. B.P. till today, and is subdivided into the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million yrs. B.P. to 10.000 yrs. B.P.) and the Holocene Epoch (10.000 yrs. B.P. till present).
Biogeographical studies of recent radiolarians are based on both living (plankton) and subfossil (surface sediment) material. The former category of studies is usually carried out by radiolarists with a biological background, while the latter is worked on by micropaleontologists. The taxonomic identification of polycystine radiolarian species follows the classical Haeckelian taxonomy, based on similarities and differences in skeletal elements and structures as species level identification criteria.
However, M. Cachon, J. Cachon and A. Hollande in the 1960's and 70's used biological criteria, based on soft tissue structures, to build their taxonomic system. Similarities in skeletal structures between distantly related species and changes in these structures over the lifetime of a single individual, led to the conclusion that a new taxonomic system was needed (Hollande and Cachon-Enjumet, 1960; Cachon and Cachon, 1968, 1982, 1985a, b; and Petrushevskaya et al., 1976). This system was based on the cytology and the fine structure of the axiopod/axioplast microtubular system.
The taxonomy based on these cytological criteria has only been worked out on a few of the many hundreds of living polycystine radiolarian species. This is, however, a taxonomical system that has a future potential, especially if coupled with genetic molecular biology, as this will probably be a tool for a better understanding of evolutionary lineages within radiolarians.
- These studies are currently based on very sharply defined populations of single species, and do not address (or are not even able to address) the problem of how much the gene sequences of individuals belonging to widely separated populations of the same species differ between each other. Oceanographic expeditions sampling widely separated populations of the same species from the same ocean are now starting to be launched to test this variability (Fock, pers.comm., 2000). Implication: Intra-specific variation can be huge in geographically separated populations of the same species, sometimes even more than between a "sample population" and another species.
- The amount of gene sequence variability is species dependent: some species display a big variability, others are more conservative in their gene sequence. Implication: It is still difficult to assess a "cut-off value" for the difference in the gene sequence to be able to separate between species A and species B, even between closely related species.
- Relatively huge differences in the gene sequences can sometimes show off as structural differences in the skeleton, but other times they do not. It usually depends on whether the skeletal structure has an evolutionary meaningful function or not (i.e. if it has a lot of selection pressure applied to it or not). Implication: Genotypic variability is not necessarily coupled with Phenotypic variability (i.e. the amount of variability in the genes is not necessarily reflected in the same amount of variability in the external appearance of a species).
- Fossil material can hardly be studied by these techniques, with the exceptions of very special fossilization processes (amber, tar pits, etc., etc.) that can preserve organic material from some taxa groups.
Conclusion: Gene sequencing is a very interesting field of molecular biology which could lead to major contributions towards solving taxonomic problems. However, the results obtained so far (limited to its taxonomic applications) are inconclusive, and more work is needed to test the genetic variability of natural populations.
The distribution of polycystine radiolarians in the world ocean is affected by a special set of ecological conditions, which characterize the water masses they live in. Due to their planktonic nature, radiolarians are easily transported to, and distributed over areas where the dominant ecological conditions allow the species to live and reproduce. The present day distribution of radiolarians in the surface sediments of the world ocean therefore depicts the general patterns of the major water masses, current systems and production zones. This is clearly demonstrated in Lisitzin (1971a, b, 1985) where he illustrates the relationship between the annual production of silica in g/m3/year and the amount of amorphous silica, basically made up of diatom frustule and radiolarian tests, in surface sediments expressed in weight percent of dry sediment. As a consequence of this, the study of fossil assemblages permits to trace the position of water masses and current systems through time.
Only a few radiolarians are cosmopolitic in their distribution, the majority being provincial in nature, more regional than local. Species diversity is highest at the equator, with a decreasing number of species towards the poles (see Boltovskoy 1998, Fig. 8 ). Provincialism was more strongly developed after Central America emerged and closed the connection between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and especially when the northern hemisphere glaciation started, about 2.5 million yrs B.P. At this time even stronger meridional temperature gradients got established, causing stronger hydrographic boundaries than in pre-glacial times, and local and regional polycystine radiolarian assemblages developed.
4)	Dissolution of biogenic opal.
Only a few percent of the opal produced in the surface waters reach and are incorporated in the bottom sediments. Apart from the dissolution taking place during the settling of the skeletons through the water column, further dissolution takes place at the water-sediment interface and in the upper few cm of the sediment. The rate of dissolution at the bottom of the ocean is very dependant on the locality. Normally, pelagic sediments have a good opal preservation, while in low sedimentation areas the preservation is bad, or opal does not preserve at all, e.g. in the red clay province of the Pacific Ocean.
In highly energetic areas, as on the continental shelves, the preservation of opal is also bad (on the shelf off Namibia silica is deposited and displays good preservation). This may be a result of low productivity on the shelves, lateral transportation by currents, mechanical breakage and chemical dissolution of the opal tests.
Johnson (1976) concluded that the preservation of siliceous microfossils is most strongly influenced by the relative sedimentation rates of biogenic material and certain detrital silicate minerals, especially minerals depleted in silica by intense chemical weathering in tropical regions. If the ratio between the sedimentation rate of biogenic opal and detrital silica is low, a large sink for dissolved interstitial silica is created by silicate reconstitution reactions. Biogenic opal present in these sediments dissolves to replace the dissolved silica taken up by these reactions and, if the silica sink is sufficiently large, all of the opal ultimately disappears. On the contrary, Aluminum uptake from the water column by living diatoms and its replacement of Silicium in opal tests have been demonstrated to have a positive effect on the preservation of diatom frustules (van Bennekom, pers.comm. 2000), and could play a similar role in radiolarians.
The distribution patterns of polycystine radiolarians in the surface sediments of the world ocean may therefore be severely altered by intensive and even complete dissolution of the biogenic opal microfossils.
The Norwegian Sea is a good example of this: While its southern Norway Basin is characterized by high amounts of opal microfossils, its northern Lofoten Basin contains strongly diluted, mechanically broken and chemically dissolved opal microfossils in its bottom sediments, as a result of heavy turbidite activity in the area. The same is the situation in the Norway Basin, along the path of the Storegga slumps (Bugge, 1981), where radiolarian skeletons are few and badly preserved.
The biomass of polycystine radiolarians is usually very little compared to the total plankton biomass. Polycystine radiolarians have therefore to be separated from the remaining plankton material by using a strong oxydizing agent or a low temperature asher where the organic material is being burned off. The residue is then mounted by Canada Balsam on regular microscopic slides, or on stubs for SEM studies. Plankton material, living or oxidized, may also be studied by means of an inverted microscope where the material has settled on the bottom of small cells.
6)	Mount residue on microscopic slides, let dry, add a drop of xylene, embed the skeletons in Canada Balsam, and finally add a cover slip. If unwanted bubbles are trapped under the cover-slip, boil gently on a hotplate, and put slide on a cold tile or steel surface. For SEM studies the residue is glued on stubs and covered with gold-palladium.
The study of the recent siliceous microfossil distribution is of particular interest for paleotemperature estimates, providing information on the operation mode and temperature distribution of past oceans and therefore setting the boundary conditions for General Circulation Models (GCMs) and Ocean Atmosphere Coupled Models (OACMs), widely used tools nowadays for climate prediction and analysis. Industrial applications of siliceous microfossils is only associated with terrestrial outcrops of siliceous oozes. In most cases these are classified as diatomites, but with a considerable content of other siliceous microfossils such as silicoflagellates, radiolarians and sponge spiculae. When the siliceous oozes are of good quality, they have been applied in industry as addition to toothpaste as the polishing medium, in dynamite production, as insulators in electrical appliances, and put on the market as "cat sand" to mention a few areas. Recently, protists at large have started to be grown in cultures in order to extract unsaturated fatty acids (Omega-3) from their cytoplasm, as an integrator for human diets (as they have similar nutritional properties to cod-liver oil).
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The great and unknown spirit born his child.
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To whom thou loosenest thy heart's jewelled strings.
Depart where love and destiny call your charm.
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Inflation led social unrest bites Shanghai exports
As oil prices soared above US$110 per barrel, China vehemently displayed what India's democratically free citizens have done all along – protested the rise of fuel hikes by striking enmasse until the government reels in to their whims.
Although strikes are not uncommon in China – approximately 200 taking place on a yearly basis, few are reported on. The last major strike was over wage hikes in South China's manufacturing belt after a worker at the Foxconn factory committed suicide. However, the fact that the truckers strike since last Wednesday has hit international media throws light on how hard inflation is biting the average Chinese again.
Having just dealt with dousing the embers of the Jasmine Revolution that were feared to have spread like wild fire throughout the mainland, the Shanghai government moved to placate truckers who had been protesting and striking at the world's busiest port since Wednesday, ordering authorities to cut fees and reduce tolls in a bid to get drivers back to work.
Striking a raw nerve with Beijing, the truckers demands were slightly satiated on Saturday after the Shanghai government released a paper mentioning alterations in port cost structures, by Sunday evening the strike had mostly abated, with port operations returning to near normal. The decree, which was signed by four government departments, said new logistics fees should be borne by companies that were transporting goods, not by the transporters. Logistics centres might be eligible for government assistance if the new measures created financial hardship for them, the statement added. The strike at Shanghai's port, which involves more than 600 trucks had crippled exports worth millions from the world's largest exporting nation.
Truck drivers at several ports around Shanghai had been protesting against what they say are unfair fees from container loading centers and complaining that the rising cost of diesel makes it impossible for them to make ends meet.
Trucking is big business in China, with road freight revenues amounting to US$129.7 billion last year, according to research from Datamonitor. And for young men from the countryside, buying a truck to tap into that sector is a big step up the economic ladder.
But while almost everyone else in China has seen their incomes increase in recent years, truckers have experienced the reverse, with fuel price rises the main reason for that.
State-set diesel prices are at historic highs, with China's diesel price now more than 30 per cent above its 2008 peak due to recent reforms. For independent truckers, their vehicles have become a burden.
"We have no way out, and that's the truth," Mr Liu says. He has tried selling the lorry he bought for Rmb30,000 ($4,600) – roughly three years' salary – after working on construction sites for 20 years, so he can try his hand at something else. But he has not been able to find a buyer
In order to quell social unrest the Shanghai Government on Saturday, called on container shipping centres to 'clean up all kinds of unreasonable fees' by canceling or lowering a range of fees, including those for unloading containers, road tolls, and higher charges for night-time loading.
In a nod to taxi drivers, who have also been complaining bitterly about rising fuel costs, the government statement said it was considering ways to lessen the cost burden on them and would announce measures soon. Activists have said that taxi drivers might be considering a strike similar to the truckers' action.
Part of the reason authorities were so swift to stifle any news of the strikes and violence in Shanghai is because taxi drivers have also been complaining loudly. Two weeks ago Beijing doubled the fuel surcharge for long trips in a bid to appease taxi drivers' complaints.
Chinese taxi drivers have historically been relatively quick to organise. In late 2008 a strike by taxi drivers in Chongqing inspired similar actions in Guangzhou, Sanya, Shantou and other cities. Earlier this year, cabbies in Zhengzhou briefly went on strike to protest against a new overtime rule.


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Features Chronicle Opinion
Specialty segment growth
Out with the old? Not so fast
April 10, 2019 By Nick Howard
A 1950 Heidelberg OHC cylinder; the original design first launched in 1935.
Decades ago our company represented Brandtjen & Kluge stampers and embossing presses in Canada. The Kluge platen press, based on patents dating back to 1860, has managed to outlast everyone, including original inventors George Gordon and Chandler & Price. During the 1960s as letterpress quickly disappeared from printing plants, Kluge, who made its name in 1919 with an automatic platen feeder device, refused to go quietly and embarked on a road of re-engineering the iconic Gordon platen and re-emerged in the specialty segment long utilized but starving for a better and easier way of production — hot foil stamping and embossing.
When we took on the agency, Kluge had launched the enhanced 14 x 22-inch EHD platen. This press included a three-draw hot foil attachment and a brilliant dwell feature, which used die-springs to allow the platen to remain closed on impression. Dwell provided more time for the paper to seat into the hot die. By 1967, Heidelberg's TP platen was also equipped to hot foil stamp. But there was no dwell option and more importantly the design of the press with the gripper needing to pass over the platen, negated the ability to produce very deep impressions compared to the Kluge EHD. As well, Kluge had a larger sheet size and provided more impressional strength.
Kluge's results are unbelievably beautiful. To showcase the magnificent embossing, Kluge produced many stunning pieces as handouts. Every time we would pull them out to show prospective buyers the reactions were always the same, "wow!" Most of our prospects were not active in the field of hot stamping and embossing; it was one of those dark arts everyone loved but few had the knowledge or skills to integrate into their print shops. Inevitably the conversation would turn to other things, such as the cost of metal dies.
Although magnesium was – and still is – the cheapest form of embossing die, in order to achieve multi-level stunning effects, it required engraving manually into brass. Just as the skilled engraver who creates the silver dollar, brass engravings demand great competence as opposed to the single- or two-level magnesium die, which exposed with film, creates the relief with acid etching. Intricate brass dies can also cost thousands of dollars.
That's where we lost a majority of our prospects — the cost of dies seemed prohibitive. "Who would pay such a fee and how could we make a profit running letterheads and business cards?" we asked. It became crystal clear to me that although prospects swooned over the beauty of the samples, reality soon swooped in to remind them this might be a scanty market and not particularly lucrative. Would their customers pay three or four times the cost of printing or thermographed stationary? Event invitations also seemed like a scarce and unreliable source of revenue. Not to be deterred, Brandtjen & Kluge focused on the specialty shops already familiar with embossing and stamping, and continues to successfully service this specialty field to this day.
In May 2012, a small Israeli company caught the world's attention with a revolutionary die-cutting and scoring machine. Using a laser, the machine could die-cut the most intricate shapes imaginable. The scoring hurdle was dealt with by using a liquid polymer applied to a sheet of mylar-mounted on a cylinder, then cured rock hard with UV light. No more steel rule dies and no more matrix for scoring. Most importantly, there were virtually no makeready times or waste.
This company, Highcon, has continually improved its platform, which from a distance slightly resembles a Bobst SP76 Autoplaten, and remains poised to reap the benefits of a radically new technology.
That hasn't happened yet. Yes, Highcon continues to close that gap. Although lasers leave a disagreeable brown burn mark as they slice through the substrate, this minor inconvenience is not the biggest reason everyone hasn't tossed out their Bobst and Heidelberg Cylinders. Several reasons float to the surface. The biggest, perhaps, is the cost of equipment versus the cold realities of revenue generation. These B1-size digital machines are expensive and slow.
Along with just about everyone else who stopped by Highcon's drupa stand, I was immediately captivated by this new technology. It seemed like such a total no-brainer that I expected to see them everywhere in a few short years. To further infatuate us, Highcon rolled out a dazzling array of samples, each one more stunning than the last. It's as if we were in the largest smorgasbord eatery with each dish exceeding the previous. If a printer was looking for new revenue streams – intricate giant snowflakes or an origami-looking box that opens like a flower – this just might release those creative brain cells. But wait a minute — run lengths must certainly be short and a lot of the die-cut creations need to be finished by hand. This feels like history repeating itself; only now it's not about stamped and embossed art, it's about good old die-cutting.
Alas, reality starts to re-enter the picture. What if the real revenue is currently for primal things, such as door hangers, folding cartons and the odd tent? What if this mainstream work has runs in the tens of thousands? How can you make money when all these basic day-to-day die-cutting jobs run well on anything from a $10,000 Heidelberg Cylinder or Autoplaten? Laser technology already exists in the making of steel rule dies, so dies themselves are easy to get and relatively inexpensive. Besides, the Heidelberg Cylinder is one of the fastest set-up die-cutters around and that's why it has lasted since 1950.
All of these thoughts rush back into forcing out what must surely come to pass — machines, such as the Highcon, will take over the market. But to get there, these laser offerings need to run a whole lot faster. Run lengths may be shrinking but regardless, Highcon's Euclid III can only pump out 1,500 sheets per hour. Compare this to the basic letterpress Heidelberg Cylinder at 3,000 to 4,000 sheets per hour or a larger Bobst at 6,000 to 9,000 sheets per hour. Now calculate the actual costs of conventional machinery and you might agree that Highcon's biggest hurdle – besides sticker price – is output. Likewise, the die-cutter is only one element in a production chain and must go through a traditional folder-gluer too — no savings there.
You may surmise that now Highcon does have a faster machine. That's correct, the recently launched Beam in the 76 x 106-cm size can process up to 5,000 sheets per hour, and both the Beam and Euclid have the ability to strip waste. The old Cylinder presses can't strip. But this new Beam is considerably more money than a new, faster running Bobst or Iberica.
Although not too crowded, there are competitors to Highcon technology. U.S.-based LasX has been at it for a few years and builds a machine called Cartons in Minutes. This LasX model is an actual short-run complete line with a digital toner press coupled with the die-cutter which is then connected to a straight-line gluer, producing a fully completed box — an ideal solution for short SKUs if no exotic effects are needed. Chinese supplier Hans-Gronhi is readying to launch the LC1060SF 40-inch and currently sells smaller, less sophisticated lines, such as the LC340S. These are said to run at speeds of 2,500 sheets per hour.
One must also take into consideration that if embossing or foil stamping effects are needed – and most of the time they are – then you must have another piece of equipment for that. Scodix, another Israeli technology, or Konica Minolta's MGI JETvarnish are two leaders in this segment. All of a sudden there is a room full of machinery and a growing list of consumables. Autoplatens, such as the Bobst BMA, is capable of hot stamping, embossing and die-cutting, but generally not all three at the same time.
Unless all your business wants to do is amazing keepsake creations in extremely short runs, then today's largest run folding-carton packaging will stay the course with conventional machinery. Folding-carton plants remain reliant on the Autoplaten. Medium- to long-runs with speeds up to 9,000 sheets per hour are possible. Think food and pharmaceuticals as examples of substantial run lengths. Bobst, Koenig & Bauer-Iberica and Heidelberg/Masterwork control the lion's share of this segment.
In North America where the buzz is about the burgeoning cannabis industry (no pun intended) – a potential US$500-billion market is what many analysts and economists are predicting – there are many opportunities for paper packaging. If this turns out to be true, most packaging could see long runs. Highcon's Beam at 5,000 sheets per hour is still short of what will entice conventional paper box makers, but not by much.
It's now been seven years since Highcon shocked the printing industry. I'm confident we won't have to wait another seven for even faster, lower priced versions to force us to change our ways. Faster and cheaper are the two targets for laser. Truly amazing creations and intricate cut-out patterns are eyeball-drawing and seductive, but will the printing industry sell enough or will they become lost leaders? Just as variable data has been slow to catch on, perhaps short-run variable data boxes will take time to find a market.
Perhaps if dazzling effects capture your imagination, take a look at less sophisticated offerings available. Austrian firm Trotec and Polar Digicut ECO are just two manual laser die-cutters that won't break the bank and will allow you to enter into what will be the future of die-cutting. Another option is to follow how the industry has dealt with specialty segments for well over 100 years; send your work out to specialty trade shops that can afford the equipment because they run it more.
Nick Howard, a partner in Howard Graphic Equipment and Howard Iron Works, is a printing historian, consultant and Certified Appraiser of capital equipment. nick@howardgraphicequipment.com
This column was originally published in the April 2019 issue of PrintAction, now available online.
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Q: Django FormWizard - show summary when done I am using Django's FormWizard for a multi-step form and as a last step (after saving the data) I would like to show a summary of the previously entered form data.
I can achieve this by overriding the done() method like this:
def done(self, form_list, **kwargs):
    info = self.save_info(form_list[0])
    extra = self.save_extra(info, form_list[1])
    # how to provide context for redirect?
    # return redirect('confirmation.html')
    # this works, but uses POST
    return render_to_response(
        'confirmation.html',
        {'form_list': [form.cleaned_data for form in form_list]},
        context_instance=RequestContext(self.request)
    )

Instead of calling the confirmation via POST I would like to use a redirect (browser back button). But I am not sure how to pass on the form_list to the view/template since redirects don't take a context. Any ideas if there is a clean standard way of doing this?
Note: The data is entered by an anonymous user. So the saved data and the user are not associated.

A: You could also save the formdata in a session, and retrieve that info when calling the confirmation.html view.
If you use this I would advise to set SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE = True or an expire time for the session.

A: I think you can do like this.
def done(self, form_list, **kwargs):
    info = self.save_info(form_list[0])
    extra = self.save_extra(info, form_list[1])
    # how to provide context for redirect?
    # return redirect('confirmation.html')
    # this works, but uses POST
    form_list=[form.cleaned_data for form in form_list]

    return HttpResponseRedirect("/url/"+form_list)

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