We left London around 5:30, pulling ourselves painfully away from the sumptuous going away snack Erlis had prepared for us. Our plans to cross the Channel through the Chunnel were scraped when we found ferry tickets out of Dover for almost £100 less. The catch was that the ferry left at 7:00 AM. We drove towards the white cliffs, aiming to pass through Canterbury on our way. To get ourselves in the mood, we had David read a few selections from Canterbury Tales. We arrived before the sun set, and began searching for a way to get to the cathedral. After retracing the same roads several times with no success and with no apparent means of driving any closer, we determined to walk. Our extensive driving did show, to our surprise, that Canterbury is quite a college town, and that everyone was out partying this Saturday evening.
We finally found free parking and walked towards the cathedral's spires where they poked above the roof tops. Along the way, Dan, Matt and I picked up the fish & chips that had proved so elusive during our last night in London. David preferred not to spend his money on fish, and had to watch as we devoured our cultural experience. The chips (Fries) were quite delicious, though our decision to get rock instead of cod resulted in a more fishy (Though tolerable) taste than we would have preferred. We enjoyed talking to the Turkish employees at the fish & chips shop. The manager had immigrated seven years ago, while the cashier had lived in the UK for only eleven months.
The cashier proved the most talkative, explaining racial issues involved in being a Turkish immigrant and pointing to an emphatic sign that declared, "No racism in this restaurant!" He worked 11 hour days, six days a week, yet had scarcely enough to get by between £500 a month for rent, and what he sent back to his family in Turkey. He confessed that he was considering moving back home, finding many aspects of being an immigrant in the UK to be too much.
After the enjoyable interlude at the restaurant, we continued our quest for the elusive cathedral. It remained out of reach, the towers still taunting us. The problem was that the walls that had surrounded medieval Canterbury are extant, for the most part, and the cathedral was inside them, behind gates that were closed for the night. Matt asked some students at an open air diner what the best way was to sneak in. They told him they had no idea, and that it would make more sense break into a bank than a cathedral, because we would get some money out of it. Another prime specimen of British wit piped up with a warning that Canterbury Cathedral is guarded by ninjas who would swoop down upon us if we tried anything.
We ignored his warning, exploring the possibility of scaling several fences, but all was for naught. We finally approached a security guard and asked if we could get in, just to take some pictures. The guard explained that the walls now held a boarding school for rich Brits, and he couldn't let us in. We asked him about his job, and he spoke with very little affection for his pampered charges. He was extremely nice (In a gruff way), and gave us directions to a high spot where we could take pictures of the cathedral. We followed his directions and our own instincts to a hill where the old town stretched out, twinkling in the night, beneath us, with the elusive cathedral finally in full view. We began taking pictures, but the cathedral get the last laugh after all, switching off its illuminating lights midway through. We decided we had experienced all we wanted of Canterbury and headed for Dover.
We arrived after midnight, driving into the port immediately. We had to present our passports at the entrance, and noticed right hand drive cars, both reminding us that we were entering new territory. I was very excited to be going to the mainland, especially France. It seemed so exotic and different compared to boring old, english speaking Britain. We boarded the ferry around 6:00AM. It had signs in both French and English, and French outlets. I stayed up long enough to watch as we sailed into the Channel, watching as the white cliffs of Dover slid back and away.
In less than three hours, we were in France. I had the distinct sense of being in a completely new and strange place, where language and values and culture were in many ways quite different from my own. Our first goal was to fill the car, but we had problems distinguishing between gasoline and diesel in French. We finally found "diesel," in our phrase book and at a station. With a full tank, we headed to Pontiose, a northwest suburb of Paris, intending to train into the city instead of attempting to brave Parisian traffic and paying an exorbitant fee to park nearer the downtown. The French lady behind the information counter was very nice. She broke with the French stereotype from the start, listening patiently to Dan's attempts to speak french, instead of acting offended that he dare even try, and helping us choose the best way to get into Paris and back. It was with great anticipation that we left Pontiose behind, the train sweeping us towards one of Europe's greatest cities and the next step in our trek. It is a blessing to be part of a trip that lets you see two of the world's greatest cities within twenty-four hours of each other. Keep us in your prayers as we journey on.


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Deconstructing ESG Ratings Performance: Risk and Return for E, S, and G by Time Horizon, Sector, and Weighting
Guido Giese, Zoltán Nagy and Linda-Eling Lee
The Journal of Portfolio Management February 2021, jpm.2020.1.198; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2020.1.198
Guido Giese
is an executive director at Equity Core Research, MSCI in London, UK
Zoltán Nagy
is an executive director at Equity Core Research, MSCI in Budapest, Hungary
Linda-Eling Lee
is a managing director and the global head of ESG Research, MSCI in New York, NY
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There are many ways to construct a company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) score or rating, involving different combinations of financial and nonfinancial inputs. Determining the most influential criteria for firm performance may be overlooked in the rush to "do some ESG." In this study, the authors deconstruct ESG ratings performance at the E, S, and G pillar levels and use the most common key issues indicators that underlie ESG scores. They find that the time horizon used has an important bearing on the indicators' significance. In the short term, they find that governance is the dominant pillar because it strongly reflects event risks, such as fraud. In the long term, however, environmental and social indicators became more important because issues such as carbon emissions tended to be more cumulative, presenting erosion risks to long-term performance. The authors also find that a more balanced and industry-specific weighting of E, S, and G issues showed better long-term relevance than the individual pillar indicators alone.
TOPICS: Equity portfolio management, ESG investing, pension funds, foundations & endowments, performance measurement, wealth management, risk management
▪ Aggregating environmental, social, and governance pillars into a total ESG rating added value in terms of performance and risk.
▪ Governance indicators showed the greatest significance in the short term because they have tended to materialize as event risks that immediately affected stock prices.
▪ However, some E and S indicators have developed slowly but have had long-lasting financial effects (erosion risks).
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One graphic explains why Americans are facing an EU travel ban – CNN
A picture is worth a thousand words. As Americans argue, fight, and in some cases kill over disputes about "freedom" regarding mask wearing and lockdown orders, the EU daily new cases steadily declined. Take a look at the graph in the article below and ponder "how can we as a nation do better?"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/30/europe/european-union-travel-us-graphic-intl/index.html
Student Behavior Key To Reopening Colleges During Coronavirus Crisis : NPR
The California State University (CSU) system decided back in May to go online in the Fall. Given that the uncertainty that existed in May is still present today (hey, that rhymes), I believe it was the right call. For example, I don't see how you can have all 30,000 students plus faculty and staff at Sacramento State compliant with mask wearing and social distancing. I can't think of a plan that prevents virus spread (saves lives) that is robust to non-compliance without proven and readily available treatments.
Could you imagine the logistical nightmare of trying to implement an NBA season-restart "bubble" on every campus? In time, we will see the results of various attempts including the NBA bubble. Hopefully treatments (preventative and post-infection) come online soon.
Be patient my friends. Whatever arises, ceases.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/29/873798541/the-wild-card-for-an-in-person-fall-college-student-behavior
The Fed Helped Companies Borrow Money. Some Laid Workers Off Anyway : NPR
Allow me to begin with a quote from the NPR piece:
"The food service giant Sysco Corp. borrowed $4 billion in March, only to lay off a third of its workforce a short time later. It's also paying a dividend to its shareholders."
For the past couple years I taught students "accumulate productive capital" (e.g. Sysco stock). That mantra and the facts on the ground during this bailout are consistent with a point mentioned in the Bloomberg Market Concepts training that I require of students: the statistical connection between the economy (typically measured by GDP growth) and the stock market is weak.
Let me state that another way: the connection between the economy (Main Street) and the stock market (Wall Street) is weak. Vanguard also verified the lack of GDP-stock market connection in a market predictors study. With the NPR article below, you now see a mechanism that weakens the connection: free money to corporations, laid-off workers (Main Street), and dividend payments (Wall Street). Think about who the shareholders are that receive these dividends: wealthy individuals including the corporate executives that approved the layoff and dividend payout plans. Think about the laid off workers: your friends and family that elitists attempt to vilify and then suggest those laid off workers should not receive any unemployment benefits.
So when I say "accumulate productive capital," I suppose I advocate a "if you can't beat them, join them" approach. However, many unemployed (and employed for that matter), simply don't have enough to pay for both necessities and stocks.
Marx and Schumpeter predicted an end to capitalism albeit by different paths (revolution vs. gradual decomposition). Perhaps we all better take action to reverse the widening wealth gap and promote greater shared prosperity before either (or both) of those things happen.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/873190315/the-fed-is-throwing-money-around-not-everyone-is-reaping-the-benefits
American Police : NPR
I highly recommend this podcast to every person in America. Recent news events opened old wounds of an incident where a colleague here at Sacramento State University called police on me, an African American, during a routine Student Investment Fund meeting with 30+ students. Police were called on me for simply being present and not subjecting myself to this colleague's control. I later found out the cop-calling was part of an orchestrated plan condoned in advance by our immediate supervisor. In the context of policing in America, as made obvious in recent events (which are repeats of past events), such a plan could have had lethal consequences.
This NPR podcast illuminates how policing in America has its roots in controlling black people. It then took an interesting look at contrasting and comparing policing in the South vs. the North. Again, the underlying theme is control with some nuances on who was being controlled and who did the controlling in the North.
I grew up in the Chicago area. I remember my father telling me of drinking from different water fountains, of being surrounded by white kids on his way home from school to fight every day, of the scars on his arm from when his home was set on fire in the winter, of how local government blocked the repairs on the roof during the brutal cold Chicago winter and how snow hit him in the face while trying to sleep. I could go on and on with his stories, and some of my own. The point is, his mother left the South for a better life in the North. This podcast puts perspective on how such a move was not a slam dunk. Actually, there's a book titled "In Search of the Promised Land" related to the search for a land where you were treated simply as a fellow human being.
The podcast is an hour long, but has a very powerful start and ending. I hope as many of you out there as possible find the time to listen to the podcast from start to finish.
Yes, it is uncomfortable. #LeanIn
I'll be back with more finance posts next time.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/869046127/american-police
#RevealRacism
#RemoveRacism
#BlackInTheIvory
[1] NPR May 26, 2020 – White Woman Who Called Police On Black Bird-Watcher In Central Park Has Been Fired: HTML.
Her employer, financial firm Franklin Templeton, acted swiftly. From the NPR article: "Her now former employer, Franklin Templeton, said in a statement posted to Twitter she had been fired, less than a day after announcing she was placed on administrative leave."
In contrast, Sacramento State has yet to publicly acknowledge the wrongs of my "colleague" calling the cops on me – and here we are nearly two years later.
To my knowledge there has not even been a reprimand of my cop-calling "colleague" or immediate "supervisor" that condoned this racially charged plan.
Update: Woman who accused Central Park birdwatcher of threatening her faces charges, DA says: HTML.
[2] Another incident, another professor, another college on Sacramento State's campus…
The State Hornet May 8, 2020 – Sac State professor apologizes for video featuring racial slurs, petition circulates for his removal: HTML
The State Hornet May 17, 2020 – VIRTUAL TOWN HALL PREVIEW: Students prepare to voice their opinions about viral professor video: HTML.
The State Hornet May 19, 2020 – BSU president presses Sac State to fire professor seen arguing with neighbors: HTML.
[3] NY Daily News, April 20, 2018 – Starbucks manager called the cops on black men two minutes after they arrived for business meeting: HTML.
"The men, both 23, said they feared for their lives during the arrest. They were not charged with a crime."
"The fallout also drew an apology from Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross, who initially backed the arresting officers and said they'd done `nothing wrong.' `I failed miserably,' Ross said during a press conference. `I exacerbated the situation with my messaging; it's as simple as that.'"
[4] CNBC, April 16, 2018 – Starbucks manager who called police on two black men has left the company: HTML.
"A company spokeswoman told CNBC that `she is no longer at that store.'"
"Starbucks' CEO Kevin Johnson told ABC News on Monday that it was `completely inappropriate' for Starbucks employees to call police."
[5] The Guardian, June 15, 2020 – CEO caught on video confronting neighbor over Black Lives Matter message: HTML.
Lisa Alexander, who serves as CEO of the LaFace Skincare line, thought the person of color finishing a chalk stencil of a Black Lives Matter message, was trespassing and defacing property.
James Juanillo, who is Filipino, actually lived at the house. However, Alexander, on camera "lies and says she knows that I don't live in my own house, because she knows the person who lives here."
"Juanillo said a police officer pulled up several minutes after the encounter and drove away after recognizing Juanillo as a longtime resident. He later told KGO-TV he believes the couple accused him of defacing private property because they didn't think he belonged in the wealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood."
[6] Mother Jones, June 15, 2020 – I'm a Black Female Scientist. On My First Day of Work, a Colleague Threatened to Call the Cops on Me: HTML.
I'm getting tired of adding examples to this list. It seems to be never ending.
"When I made the #BlackintheIvory post, people said, "Oh, well, you're probably young." Yes, but there's a difference between a misunderstanding and threatening to call the police. You don't threaten to call the cops on somebody that you think is too young to be somewhere, unless they're at a bar. I was checking my mail. I had a suit on. There was nothing violent going on, there was no reason to call law enforcement. "
"And so the suspicious woman said, "Oh, well, why didn't you say anything? You just don't look like you could work here." And she walked away. There was no apology. It was so uncomfortable. And I don't know if the worst part about it was the secretary was just like, "All right. That's solved. And now go about your day.""
[7] Sacramento Bee, June 17, 2020 – Proposed California law would make it a hate crime to call 911 because of a person's race: HTML.
The University has publicly acknowledged the bird-watching incident in New York [1] and described the other incident near Sacramento State's campus [2] as "racially charged" and "abhorrent": HTML. Yet no public condemnation from University Administration for the "abhorrent" and "racially-charged" cop-calling perpetrators, an incident that occurred on campus in front of 30+ students, despite my pleas for nearly two years.
The Starbucks CEO quickly and publicly acknowledged it was "completely inappropriate" to call the police [4]. When will the leadership of Sacramento State University do the same?


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Q: Unable to resolve custom hostnames in /etc/hosts I'm running Apache/2.4.41 on Ubuntu 20.04. I'm trying to setup a virtual host. Neither Chrome nor Firefox are able to resolve hostnames specified in /etc/hosts file. Even before setting up the test.dev.conf file at /etc/apache2/sites-available, the browsers are not able to resolve the hostname. I'm trying to add test.dev.
Contents of /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.0.1   test.dev
127.0.1.1   lakeguardians

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

I'm able to ping the host though. Running the ping -c 5 test.dev gives the following output:
--- test.dev ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4073ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.041/0.045/0.047/0.002 ms

Contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns

I've tried restarting apache2 and rebooting the system, but unable to solve the issue.

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All the latest news, photos and more on Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Born Camilla Rosemary Shand, Duchess Camilla married her first husband Andew Parker-Bowles in 1973 and had two children, Tom, who is a godson of Prince Charles, and Laura. Camilla and her husband divorced in 1995 after 21 years of marriage. Her second marriage to Prince Charles in 2005 saw her name changed to the Duchess of Cornwall and the pair are one of the most active couples in the British Royal Family.
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Singapore Cup • May 29, 2014
Khairulnizam Dedicates Goal To Team
Written by: Khalis Rifhan
Weeks after Geylang International's Fabian Kwok struck an incredible half-field goal against Albirex Niigata (S), teammate Khairulnizam Jumahat fired in a 40-yard rocket goal in their 5-1 win over Woodlands Wellington in the RHB Singapore Cup preliminary round.
Pouncing on the Rams' Chang Jo Yoon clearance from Mustaqim Manzur's freekick, the right-back did not think twice as he bravely attempted a first-time unstoppable shot which perfectly sailed past everyone including Woodlands goalkeeper Yazid Yasin into the top corner of the net.
After their progression to the Singapore Cup quarter-finals, the Eagles defender was still in disbelief that he scored such a brilliant goal.
"I feel proud of myself and happy," said Khairulnizam
"After scoring that goal for the team, it gave a good motivation to keep going in the game against Woodlands."
But Khairulnizam was not keen to hog the limelight and he gave credit to the squad for their teamwork and effort in the win.
"The goal is meant for the team not only for me."
"Yes lately we've been doing some shooting practice in training. They praised me for that goal and like I said the goal is for the team," added Khairulnizam.


Chiggers. Just the name evokes shivers as you think of the intense itching it can cause people. The bright red, microscopic larvae of mites, chiggers are common in grassy, weed-filled areas with fallen leaves and damp soil. They create red welts where they bite.


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I had a last chance to see Ollie earlier this year and he still carried the same twinkle in his eye. I cannot think of a nicer human being to work with over the past 30 years and he was always a reassuring and confident soul. The cards at Christmas and his wondering about your own well-being were genuine and uplifting. We will sure miss him here at Mount Auburn Cemetery and share in your loss.


We're in Du Quoin parked on the grass across from the governor's mansion beside a little cottage called "the log cabin" and within a long frisbee toss of the Labor Pavilion (dedicated to Union Working Men and Women of IL, not the rest of the working folks — just the union workers).
Huge thunderstorm passed through here — actually sort of camped on top of us — around 2 until 4 am this morning. Hail, rain, lightning, big thunder, the whole works. As morning light increases I hope we won't notice any hail bruising atop our trailer. I don't think we have any damage, it didn't seem too severe, just rackety.
We're in Du Quoin at the fairgrounds for the 54th Annual Wally Byam Caravan Club meeting and rally. We arrived Friday after a long and effortless drive direct from Kannapolis to Du Quoin. Our airstream is camped immediately beside the WBCCI amateur radio club station. I'm president of the amateur radio club this year so this is pretty great parking for us to keep up with what's going on, show up a lot, and just hang out here.
Other stuff is going on at this rally than just the weather and ham radio club. We are presenting full-timing seminars, Debbie is coordinating awards for all contests and we are enjoying seeing friends from previous years and making new friends.
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What the Rise of ISIS-K Means for the Taliban
Posted by Cameron Melillo October 20, 2021 Middle East and North Africa Politics and Governance October 20, 2021
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LOS ANGELES — On Aug. 15, the Taliban once again re-entered Kabul. In just a few short days, the Taliban took over the capital, forced the President to flee and established a new regime. The world anxiously waited, fearful for political opponents as well as Afghan women and minorities who suffered the most when the Taliban held power 20 years earlier. However, the Taliban claimed that this time was going to be different — they would focus on constructing a more diverse and inclusive country.
Yet, their actions over the past few weeks contradict this message. The Taliban has not allowed women to go back to work, claiming that they needed to teach their fighters to respect "women" before this can occur. Inclusivity was especially poorly reflected in the Taliban's all-male political cabinet. Meanwhile, journalists were attacked and detained simply for covering protests and demonstrations happening across the country.
This article, however, will primarily focus on two primary concerns in the region, both of which are causing geopolitical instability.
Recently, the rise of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) and its connection with the Haqqani Network have been cause for concern — and the implications of this group's rise on human rights and political freedoms is particularly worrisome. Additionally, this article will explore the role of the Hawala system, the primary funding source of organizations like ISIS-K, in propping up the terror group.
While the Taliban is the most successful of the region's extremist groups, it is far from the most brutal. Scattered across Afghanistan, many seperatist organizations represent serious threats to stability. The most recently successful is ISIS-K, or the Islamic State Khorosan, which is an affiliate organization of the Islamic State. It was founded in 2014 with fighters who defected from other terrorist organizations like the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
The main issue these defectors took with their previous organization was the blurry or overly broad mission the organizations pursued. While the Taliban solely focuses on controlling Afghanistan, ISIS-K, like its parent organization, wants to impose their beliefs on a much grander scale beyond the country.
While ISIS-K has always been small compared to other groups, it grew to 4,000 fighters by 2019. But, the United States, coupled with Afghan security forces, was able to put a serious dent in the organization, reducing ISIS-K to about half its original size. Yet, ISIS-K has been able to survive due to its willingness to bargain and work strategically with other terrorist groups, many of whom also rely on large regional populations willing to fight for their cause.
In the last two years, the group successfully carried out 77 attacks in four months and has pulled off several major attacks, including a bombing of a high school that killed 90 schoolgirls. And most recently, the bombing of Kabul Airport killed 13 Americans and almost 200 Afghan citizens.
ISIS-K, like other separatist groups in the region, funds itself through control of drug trafficking routes, as well as extortion of the local population. Interestingly, there are significant ties between ISIS-K and the Haqqani Network, which is connected to the Taliban. The Haqqani Network not only provides security for the Taliban, but is also headed by Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is the current Afghan Minister of the Interior and one of two deputies to the Taliban's supreme commander, Mawlawi Hibatullah. ISIS-K and the Haqqani Network collaborate in the lucrative drug trade along the Pakistan borders.
The cooperation occurs as such: ISIS-K recruits the fighters, they then receive training in Pakistan from various local extremist groups and go over targets they'd like to attack, the Haqqani Network provides coordination and logistical planning to make sure the attacks actually happen, and then once that's all sorted, ISIS-K carries out the plan and takes responsibility.
This strategy has been carried out numerous times in recent years, including an attack on a maternity ward in 2020 and the aforementioned bombing on the all-girls school. It is also important to note that ISIS-K and the Taliban are more similar than they are different. Both of these attacks were targeting the Hazara people, an ethnic minority within Afghanistan. The Taliban have a similar history of targeting these people, showcasing a mutual hatred of select ethnoreligious groups within the country.
But how do organizations like ISIS-K and the Taliban fund themselves? The answer lies in the same strategy that the Taliban have used for decades — one that forms much of Afghanistan's economy: the Hawala system.
Ahmad Shah Mobariz, a PhD candidate at the University of Arkansas who has done extensive research and work in understanding the challenges of the Afghan economy, spoke with Glimpse from the Globe about the Hawala economy. Mobariz spoke about the Hawala System, an informal money transfer system that has increasingly come under the spotlight due to bank closures and frozen assets.
The Hawala system works through a complex network formed by a sender, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. According to Mehrabi, informal channels are established that involve three countries: "the sender, Pakistan, and Afghanistan." The sender first gives money to the transfer agent in the sender's country, who then sends it to Pakistan. The partner in Pakistan then places an order to a partner in Afghanistan, to convert the dollar into the local currency for the receiver in Afghanistan.
But what if someone within Afghanistan were to want to make an international transaction? According to Mobariz the answer, once again, is Pakistan. Afghani currency has no value outside country lines, so there has to be a substitute.
"Informal money brokers ship Pakistani rupees to Afghanistan, which gradually replaces the Afghani in most transactions," Mobariz said.
The Pakistani medium replaces both the dollar as well as the Afghani, demonstrating Afghanistan's reliance on Pakistan.
The Hawala system is a crucial mechanism for fundraising various terrorist organizations. After the United States and Afghan joint forces forced them out of previously controlled mountainous regions, ISIS-K lost access to the talcum mines, which were a major revenue stream source for them. Now, they largely receive funds from four main sources: ISIS, local donations, taxation and extortion.
ISIS-K can also glean and store money in different Hawala networks. According to the Treasury Department, ISIS-K forms relationships with specific Haduwalars who store thousands of dollars for them in and around Kabul and Jalalabad. Through this, ISIS-K can pay their fighters and provide basic necessities, all to maintain power and influence.
While secretive and underground, much of ISIS-K's wealth lies in the hands of few individuals. If the Taliban were to even remotely supervise and attempt to regulate Hawalas, ISIS-K would have no place to store or exchange their money. Furthermore, the Taliban may even be incentivized to do this, as sharing financial intelligence with international organizations could buy them goodwill in the community and reduce the chance of intervention.
So why does the Taliban choose to not crackdown on the ISIS-K Hawadulars and cement firm control of Afghanistan?
First, regulating the Hawalas and reporting financial information to international organizations could be detrimental to the Taliban's own revenue streams, particularly in rural strongholds. Regulation would likely require the Taliban to build a legitimate economy, which given the Taliban's history and their current administration is unlikely.
ISIS-K's existence within Afghanistan could potentially benefit Taliban aims. Top individuals in the United States defense sector have already expressed willingness to work with the Taliban in combating ISIS-K. Taliban leverage would continually increase as ISIS-K grows in strength and begins to pick targets outside of Western Nations. Furthemore, as long as ISIS-K remains a threat, pressure on the Taliban will likely remain diminished, which may allow them to operate under less strain and lower the chances of international intervention.
Moreover, according to Mobariz, there are already existing factions within the Taliban between the old regime and the new-age Haqqani Network. Continued attacks from either side could split the Taliban and its security network, leading to a civil war that would be bloody regardless of the prevailing party.
Will ISIS-K be allowed to co-exist with the Taliban in Afghanistan? The answer is tough to discern and will depend on a multitude of factors, but only time will tell.
But while the international community watches the Taliban and ISIS-K slug it out for control from afar, Afghan citizens are caught in the crossfire.
"They will be fine, but it's the people that will suffer," said Dr. Shah, a professor at Montgomery College and a member of the supreme council of the Central Bank of Afghanistan.
For decades, Afghan citizens have suffered at the hands of the Taliban, at the hands of incompetent "democratic" administrations and lived at the mercy of the U.S. government. While the United States managed to evacuate its own citizens, the people of Afghanistan are forced to manage the hardship and conflict in their country.
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Blockfolio vs. Coinbase: Which Should You Choose?
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Outlay $0.50 per bank deposit after 3 free deposits Up to 0.50% spread per trade, 1.49% for Coinbase wallet or bank account purchases, and 3.99% for credit card purchases
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protection Two-step verification, partners with custodians 2-Step Verification, FDIC-Insured US Dollar Balances of up to $250,000, Cold Storage, Theft or Fraud Insurance
wallet Unavailable AES-256 encryption, allowed list, secure zone, biometric authentication
Approved Transactions Buy, sell, exchange and withdraw Buying, selling, exchanging, sending, withdrawing and receiving
the above. Trading Amount Boundaries vary and are not disclosed Limits vary based on your region and payment method
Mobile Application iOS and Android iOS and Android
Blockfolio vs Coinbase: Features
Coinbase and Blockfolio come with features designed for their audience, Coinbase is focused on beginners and Blockfolio highlights crypto tracking app. Coinbase offers:
Comprehensive knowledge base with tutorials, tips and FAQ
The ability to earn up to $25 in cryptocurrency for learning about cryptocurrencies
Clean and simple wallet to track assets
Independent hot wallet for tokens, coins and digital collectibles
Coinbase Visa Debit Card Waiting List for Cryptocurrency Purchases
On the other hand, Blockfolio only recently started offering in-app trading via FTX and FTX.US in 2020. The website mainly focuses on its tracking app. Although it offers exchange services, the Blockfolio website states that "Blockfolio does not provide trading services. The trading services offered through the Blockfolio website are provided by FTX.US for residents of the United States only, and FTX.COM for all other regions." Furthermore, you won't find much information on the website, and the features are not accessible via the desktop. Instead, users have to download the iOS or Android app.
Active crypto traders appreciate features, such as:
One of the best wallet tracking apps, supporting more than 500 exchanges, including Kraken, Coinbase, and Binance
Blockfolio Signal, a key point for real-time crypto news alerts
Ability to earn altcoin for every $10 trade
Built-in and customizable news feed
Blockfolio vs Coinbase: Coins
Although Coinbase lags behind the platforms, it is similar to Binance in its coin offerings in that it offers much more to US residents than Blockfolio. Coinbase supports 66 altcoins, with 63 available to US investors. In addition, users can buy and sell many popular currencies, including stablecoins like Coinbase-backed Dollar Coin (USDC). It also supports fractions of coins and 20 banknotes, such as the US dollar, the euro, and the British pound.
In comparison, Blockfolio trading is handled by FTX and FTX.US. These platforms support both fractional currencies and fiat currencies, such as the US dollar, the euro, the British pound and the Australian dollar. US investors can buy and sell 19 coins, while international users have access to 73 coins.
Blockfolio provides five coins to US users that are not available on Coinbase, including PAX Gold (PAXG), Ethereum EUR (ETH-EUR), Ethereum AUD (ETH-AUD), Brazilian Real (BRL) and Chart (GRT).
Blockfolio vs Coinbase: Security
For US residents, state regulations ensure that your trading platform follows industry standards, including basic security measures such as Know Your Customer (KYC). However, Blockfolio and Coinbase take a different approach when disclosing security measures.
Coinbase places security information in a prominent place on its homepage, along with a webpage dedicated to security details. It keeps 98% of funds in air-cold storage, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) backs US dollar balances. Furthermore, Coinbase uses a bug bounty program and holds insurance on funds held in hot storage.
In contrast, you won't find many details about security on the Blockfolio or FTX websites. For example, FTX.US says it has "industry-level security" and "full external support for all hot portfolio funds and relationships with industry-leading custodians."
Blockfolio vs Coinbase: Fees
Coinbase and Blockfolio have stark differences in their fee structures. Coinbase has a complex structure, with fees varying based on the paper deposit method, total investment per trade, and point spread. In short, you may pay a fee of up to 4% when buying or selling cryptocurrencies. The trade incurs either a variable fee based on the payment method or a fixed convenience fee, whichever is higher. Convenience fee is as follows:
US$10 or less: 0.99 USD
More than $10, but $25 or less: $1.49
Over $25, but $50 or Less: US $1.99
More than $50, but $200 or less: US $2.99
Additionally, you will pay a 1% fee to convert and withdraw your crypto into fiat currencies. But Coinbase Pro is less expensive than Coinbase, charging a taker fee of 0.10% to 0.50%.
In comparison, Blockfolio markets itself as a fee-free platform. You can deposit money from your bank account for free up to three times per month, after which Blockfolio charges $0.50 per deposit. If you pay via Visa or Mastercard, you'll pay a fee to your credit card processor, typically 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction. But this is much cheaper than the 3.99% that Coinbase charges.
However, it is important to note that even though Blockfolio says there are no fees, when buying or selling on the platform, the buying or selling prices may be higher than on other exchanges. Thus, some users reported that the cost of buying Blockfolio could reflect Coinbase fees minus transparency. Additionally, says Blockfolio, "prices will generally follow market movements, but there may be differences in calculating the spread, impact, and liquidity of the token."
Blockfolio vs Coinbase: Ease of Use
Both Blockfolio and Coinbase are easy to use with a clean user interface that is easy to navigate. The registration method and the trading start process are straightforward and easy to follow. The difference here is that Blockfolio is a mobile first platform, which means that desktop usage is not supported. In contrast, Coinbase provides full functionality for both desktop and mobile users.
Beginners may feel more comfortable on the Coinbase platform, as it guides users in almost every step of investing. If you have questions, the searchable knowledge base provides answers. Despite the ease of use of Blockfolio, new investors will not find many details about investing in cryptocurrencies. But it does provide step-by-step instructions for completing transactions on the platform.
Blockfolio vs Coinbase: Mobile App
Both cryptocurrency exchanges offer a mobile app for Android and iOS devices. The apps are intuitive and straightforward to navigate when making deals. However, Coinbase lacks the real-time data and advanced tracking features that active traders desire. In comparison, the Blockfolio app is distinguished by its powerful wallet tracking capabilities, but there is no automatic synchronization of trades with your wallet.
In short, inexperienced investors will feel comfortable using both apps. In contrast, advanced users may find the Coinbase app to be less comprehensive and the Blockfolio app less trustworthy with its data and graphs.
Blockfolio vs Coinbase: Access
Blockfolio and Coinbase support investors in 49 US states; Coinbase will not work for investors in Hawaii, and Blockfolio does not support New York users. In addition, Coinbase offers more coins to US investors: 63 compared to Blockfolio's 19.
Meanwhile, the Blockfolio tracking app is used all over the world, but trading is a different story for US residents. It goes through FTX, which operates a second site for US users called FTX.US. However, FTX states that FTX.US is "a separate trading platform that is not owned by FTX." As a result, international users will find more trading options through Blockfolio than local investors.
Coinbase is still one of the best cryptocurrency platforms, despite its high fees. Investors can choose the Coinbase Pro platform to save a little money, although there is a slight learning curve. It is safe, well known and trusted, which makes it a great cryptocurrency exchange.
On the other hand, Blockfolio only started offering trading in 2021, so there is not much information about the process, security levels or total investment costs. Investors may want to check out Blockfolio's crypto portfolio tracking capabilities and determine if they are comfortable investing in the platform.
What are Blockfolio and Coinbase?
Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2012. It offers a platform for beginners and an advanced exchange called Coinbase Pro. Investors can learn about and earn cryptocurrencies on the website. Users choose Coinbase because it offers high levels of security and has a transparent approach to every detail.
Blockfolio started as a crypto wallet tracking app in 2014, was acquired by international crypto exchange FTX in 2020, and began offering in-app trading in 2021. Advanced investors appreciate the ability to track coins, get crypto updates, and trade on a single device. a program.
How does Blockfolio and Coinbase work?
Both crypto exchanges allow users to deposit fiat money or cryptocurrency and then buy altcoins, stablecoins or tokens. US-based investors must go through a comprehensive Know Your Customer (KYC) process. However, subscribing to the platforms is similar to using any other crypto exchange.
Blockfolio users can take advantage of wallet tracking features to see their assets held across multiple exchanges in one place, while Coinbase users can earn crypto by watching short videos or reading guides about different altcoins.
Who Should Use Blockfolio vs. Coinbase?
Residents and beginners in the United States will benefit most from the Coinbase platform as it supports a larger number of assets and provides a rich database of information about the cryptocurrency world. Since it runs on both desktop and mobile devices, Coinbase is a flexible solution for traders.
International users will find a similar set of coins in Blockfolio, while US residents are limited to 19 coins. But the portfolio tracking feature is excellent for new or veteran investors.
Can You Use Blockfolio or Coinbase With Other Crypto Exchange Platforms?
Blockfolio wallet tracking app allows users to see their investments across hundreds of exchanges, including Coinbase and Kraken. Depending on your location, you can also buy and sell via these exchanges while using the tracking app. Coinbase users cannot access other platforms via the Coinbase exchange, but investors can store the coins in their own standalone digital wallet.
Today, many investors choose to trade on multiple platforms to take advantage of lower fees or perks, such as earning cryptocurrencies. Users can withdraw coins from most exchanges and keep the assets stored in a hot or cold wallet.
We compared Blockfolio and Coinbase by reviewing more closely the general and advanced features used in cryptocurrency trading, including the methods for depositing funds and making trades. We also looked at accessibility for US-based investors, supported currencies, and types of transactions. Furthermore, we took into account the security measures taken by each platform, the overall costs, the ease of use, and the ease of use of the mobile apps.
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Place of birth: João Pessoa, Paraía state
Age at death: 42
Children: One 5-year-old son
Profession/Title: General manager, reporter and photographer of A Verdade, newspaper published in Magé, Rio de Janeiro state, three times a month with a circulation of 5,000. He was also responsible for advertising in the newspaper.
Journalistic background: He worked since his youth at the newspaper, owned by his father, Mário Coelho de Almeida
Hobbies/leisure activities: He liked dogs, going to the beach and traveling
History Case Summary
Date of murder: August 16, 2001
Place and circumstances of murder: He was shot five times as he arrived at his home, also the location of the newspaper A Verdade. He had parked his car in the garage of No. 5 Eduardo Portela Street in the Magé-Mirim neighborhood in Magé, in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He had already opened the garage door and was going in to park the car when he was approached by the killer, who fired a first shot that hit the car's window. Coelho escaped through the passenger door and ran in the direction of a vacant lot on the same street. There he was shot five times and died. Police investigations indicate that the murderer had been watching Coelho for at least four days. Moments before the murder, he had visited the Raio do Sol Bakery and Bowling Alley located on the corner of the street where he lived and from where his house could be seen.
Probable motive: Allegations published in A Verdade concerning mishandling of public funds by politicians in the Baixada Fluminense region.
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I am a freelance writer working primarily in the areas of Autism, Special Needs Children, and Education. I'm excited that my new book, "Autism is a Four Letter Word - LOVE", is officially off the presses and available in stores. It is published by Author House. I also have recently started a BLOG to easier let us collaborate about autism.
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When our son, Michael, was diagnosed with Autism, I wanted/needed to know so much more about it. I found a wealth of information in research and scientific articles, but so little on the personal aspects of Autism. What I really searched for was the book called "How to raise a child with Autism". Unfortunately, there was no such book.
The idea of writing a book actually came from the editor of a magazine. An article I had written was being considered for inclusion in the magazine. During our discussion, she asked me why it was that I had not yet written a book about our story? After some persuasion and the difficult opening of a few doors, I agreed to write the book. I did, however, insist on doing it under my terms -- straight forward and bare boned. When Michael was diagnosed I had so many "experts" tell me the soft, sugar coated answers about Autism. What I found was not sweet, but rather bitter.
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The key to making users feel as if Pokémon exist alongside them in the real world isn't Pokémon GO's assortment of augmented camera tricks or its wealth of items that users can purchase. Though, both are awesome. No, it's that being successful at the game requires players to really explore the world around them and collect as many creatures as possible to add to their collection or send to Professor Willow. Pokémon GO Gyms and Pokémon Go PokeStops make up the game's core mechanic.
Pokémon GO Gyms are where you go to do all of your battling in the game. They're each controlled by a team that you can take them from. When a Gym is controlled by your team, you can practice against that Gym's leader. PokeStops are how you get your hands on extra items and upgrades that would otherwise require you to buy Coins through the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.
Let's take a detailed look at Pokémon GO Gyms.
Unlocked when you hit level 5, Pokémon GO Gyms are a part of the game's territory control mechanic. After unlocking them, players are asked to join one of the game's three different teams. blue, yellow and red to fight over control of the Gyms. The teams are also known by their proper names too, Instinct, Mystic and Valor.
Gyms surface in the game's map as towering waypoints. Their color changes depending on which team controls them at that particular time. When a player becomes a Pokémon GO Gym Leader, their creature gets added to the waypoint on everyone's map as a sort of guardian.
If you're a member of a team that doesn't control a Gym, you head there to fight the creatures that have been left behind by members of that team. Successfully defeat enough of the creatures that they've left behind and you lower that Gym's prestige.
Defeat them all and you can claim the Gym for your team and leave a Pokémon of your own behind. Leaving a creature behind to defend a Gym is the only way that players can earn Pokémon GO Coins without spending real money. You'll need to defeat the entire team there to be successful.
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Kiren Rijiju Age, Wife, Caste, Children, Family, Biography & More
Wife: Joram Rina Rijiju
Education: BA, LLB
Profession Indian Politician
Party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Political Journey • Rijiju served as a Member of Khadi and Village Industries Commission from 2000-2005.
• In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, he was elected an MP from the Arunachal West Constituency.
• He was again elected as a member of parliament from the Arunachal West Constituency in 2014 general elections. NDA government named him Union Minister of State for Home Affairs in May 2014.
• In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, he defeated his biggest rival Nabam Tuki of Congress by a margin of 156599 votes from the Arunachal West Constituency
• In may 2019, he became Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State for Minority Affairs.
• On 7 July 2021, he took oath as a Cabinet Minister in Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers.
Date of Birth 19 November 1971
Birthplace Nafra, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Hometown Nafra, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India
College/University Hans Raj College, New Delhi, India
University of Delhi
Educational Qualifications • BA
• LLB
Family Father- Rinchin Kharu
Mother- Chirai Rijiju
Brother- N/A
Sister- N/A
Address Nakhu Village, P.O Nafra Boddila District West Kamening, Arunachal Pradesh
Hobbies Reading
Politician Narendra Modi
Wife Joram Rina Rijiju
Children Sons- Sancho Rijiju and 1 more
Daughter(s)- Nathey Rijiju, Jajey Rijiju
Salary (as a Member of Parliament) Rs. 1 Lakh + Other Allowances
Net Worth (approx.) Rs. 1 Crore (as in 2014)
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kiren Rijiju
He was an active social worker during his school days and had led a number of social movements as a social worker and student leader.
Rijiju was a member of the youth and cultural team which participated in the Festival of India in USSR held in Moscow in 1987.
He participated in the National Games and was the best athlete in his school and college.
BJP offered him the Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat after he lost his constituency in 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Rijiju, however, wanted to work for the people of Arunachal Pradesh and so he rejected the proposal and also resigned from BJP to join INC.
A number of national daily and English magazines named him the best young Member of Parliament.
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El municipio de Logan (en inglés: Logan Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Antelope en el estado estadounidense de Nebraska. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 811 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 8,79 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Logan se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 92.25 km², de la cual 92,25 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0 %) 0 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 811 personas residiendo en el municipio de Logan. La densidad de población era de 8,79 hab./km². De los 811 habitantes, el municipio de Logan estaba compuesto por el 97,78 % blancos, el 1,48 % eran de otras razas y el 0,74 % eran de una mezcla de razas. Del total de la población el 1,11 % eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Municipios de Nebraska
Localidades del condado de Antelope


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Image by Ričards Znutiņš–Znutāns
A prototype of the mobile self–help app Emori was created through the cooperation of students and teachers of the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga Stradiņš University, and Ventspils University College. The purpose of the app is to offer an accessible way to help people develop and improve their emotion regulation skills.
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The Emori app lets its users evaluate and identify emotion management or regulation skills, which the user can improve with tasks based on psychological or artistic methods. With the mood monitor included in Emori, it is possible to learn to recognise emotions and name them. At the same time, the app can also serve as a research platform that allows to obtain and analyse data on the emotion regulation skills of its users.
According to research by students at the Riga Stradiņš University, some Latvians have difficulties with emotion regulation, such as a limited ability to be aware of, understand, and control unpleasant emotions. Considering the fact that a part of society does not have the opportunity to visit mental health professionals in person, the mobile app can offer financially and physically accessible help in developing emotional skills. However, the creators of Emori emphasise that the app does not replace the consultation of a professional therapist.
Three universities, their teaching staff and students cooperated in the project. The Art Academy of Latvia was represented by lecturers Liene Jākobsone, Barbara Ābele, Matīss Zvaigzne, and Markus Rožkalns, as well as Functional Design students Džūlija Ekuse, who created process and interactive design, Dārta Galiņa — UX/UI design, Ričards Znutiņš–Znutāns — illustrations and brand, Sandra Sugako — conducted content research and testing. Professor Kristīne Mārtinsone and lecturer Inese Paiča, as well as students of the Master's study program Art Therapy Maruta Linuža and Inga Iejava worked in the Riga Stradiņš University team. Ventspils University College lecturer Karīna Šķirmante and programming student Jānis Vīksne also participated in the development of the app.
The content of the Emori app is clinically approved and empirically based. Healthcare professionals, as well as design practitioners and emerging professionals were involved in the creation of the content, and potential users were involved at every stage of the design development. The creators of Emori state that this is the first project of its kind in Latvia. Based on design research and methods, the scientific content has been transformed into an easy–to–understand, interactive, and friendly design, thus creating accessible psychological support for the widest possible range of people.
The information displayed in the app is arranged without overloading the user with several functions at the same time. The survey section uses game elements that help keep the attention of the user while answering. The practical tasks in the app are grouped by similar features, creating five different task templates, allowing to add more and more tasks later. In order to motivate the user to use Emori regularly, a motivation system was created, which allows collecting points and skill tokens, as well as collecting results and statistics.
The playful visual language of Emori represents the diversity of emotions. The illustrations created by Ričards Znutiņš–Znutāns use body language, colours and simple cutout–like shapes to evoke emotions in the user. Considering that human is at the centre of the app, its image is also included in the Emori logo.
Currently, Emori is in the prototype stage, and the creators of the app hope to find funding for its completion.
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Stanford at UCLA, 7 p.m., ABC 2, 9
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California at Arizona St., 9 p.m., ESPN2
Air Force at Utah St., 9:15 p.m., ESPNU
Washington at Arizona, 9:30 p.m., PAC-12
European PGA Tour, Porsche European Open, third round, 6 a.m., GOLF
PGA Tour Championship, third round, 9 a.m., GOLF; 11 a.m., NBC 27, 41
Web.com Tour, Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, third round, 2:30 p.m., GOLF
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World Cup of Hockey, semifinals, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Royals at Detroit, noon, FOX 4, KCSP (610 AM)
N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 3 p.m., MLB
Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 6 p.m., MLB
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UFC Fight Night, prelims, at Brasilia, Brazil, 7 p.m., FS1
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Sprint Cup Series, New England 300, practice, 8 a.m., CNBC
Camping World Truck Series, UNOH 175, qualifying, 9 a.m., FS1
Sprint Cup Series, New England 300, final practice, 10:30 a.m., CNBC
Camping World Truck Series, UNOH 175, noon, FS1
Xfinity Series, VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, qualifying, 3:30 p.m., NBCSN
Xfinity Series, VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, 7 p.m., NBCSN
NHRA, AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals, qualifying, 1 a.m. (Sunday), FS1 (same-day tape)
English Premier League (EPL), Leicester City at Manchester United, 6:30 a.m., NBCSN
German Bundesliga, Bayern Munich at Hamburg SV, 8:20 a.m., FS2
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Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg at Werder Bremen, 11:20 a.m., FS2
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Futsal, 2016 World Cup, quarterfinal, teams TBA, 3:25 p.m., FS2
MLS, Sporting Kansas City at San Jose, 9:30 p.m., KMCI Ch. 38, KCTE (99.3 FM, 1510 AM), KDTD (1340 AM)
WNBA PLAYOFFS
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European PGA Tour, Porsche European Open, final round, 5:30 a.m., GOLF
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Web.com Tour, Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, final round, 12:30 p.m., GOLF
Champions Tour, Pacific Links Championship, final round, 5 p.m., GOLF
World Cup of Hockey, semifinals, Sweden vs. Europe, noon, ESPN
Royals at Detroit, noon, FSKC, KCSP (610 AM)
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Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 3 p.m., MLB
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 7 p.m., ESPN
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Seattle U. at Washington, 7 p.m., PAC-12
NHRA, AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals, finals, 1 p.m., FS1
Sprint Cup Series, Bad Boy Off Road 300, 1 p.m., NBC 27, 41, KCTE (99.3 FM, 1510 AM)
Denver at Cincinnati, noon, CBS 5, 13
Detroit at Green Bay, noon, FOX 4
N.Y. Jets at Chiefs, 3:25 p.m., CBS 5, 13, KCFX (101.1 FM)
Chicago at Dallas, 7:20 p.m., NBC 27, 41, WHB (810 AM)
English Premiership, Bath at Leicester, 6 p.m., NBCSN (same-day tape)
Bundesliga, Schalke at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 8:30 a.m., FS1
EPL, Southampton at West Ham United, 10 a.m., NBCSN
Bundesliga, RB Leipzig at Koln, 10:20 a.m., FS2
MLS, Seattle at Los Angeles, 3 p.m., ESPN
Futsal, 2016 World Cup, quarterfinal, Argentina vs. Egypt, 3:25 p.m., FS2
MLS, New England at Columbus, 6 p.m., FS1
NWSL, Seattle at Houston, 8:30 p.m., FS1
Second round (single-elimination), Atlanta at Chicago, noon, ESPN2
WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER
Texas at Oklahoma, 1 p.m., FCSC
Arkansas at Mississippi, 2 p.m., SEC
Tennessee at Florida, 4 p.m., SEC
Mississippi at Missouri, noon, ESPNU
Florida at Alabama, noon, SEC
Kansas State at Baylor, 2 p.m., FSKC+, FCSP
Auburn at Texas A&M, 2 p.m., ESPNU
TCU at Iowa State, 4 p.m., ESPNU
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public class GCJ {

	static final int INF = 1 << 28, MAX = 1000;
	static final double EPS = 1E-9;

	static void solve() {
		Scanner scan = new Scanner(in);
		int T = scan.nextInt();
		for (int t = 1; t <= T; t++) {
			out.print("Case #" + t + ": ");

		}
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	static String read() {
		try { return in.readLine(); } catch (IOException e) { return null; }
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
		in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedOutputStream(System.out));
		String file = "A-small";
		in = new BufferedReader( new FileReader(file + ".in") );
		out = new PrintWriter( new FileOutputStream(file + "_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".out") );
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Protein aggregates in young neural stem cells seem to echo those seen in neurodegenerative disease-- but could they actually be helpful? As the cells age, they become less able to process the aggregates and their ability to activate is dampened.
Lately, taking out the trash has been kind of difficult at my house. Seemingly never-ending snowfall this winter (I live in Montana) has left some daunting drifts that require boots and a coat to navigate. And now that things are just beginning to melt, there's a mess of mud. Frankly, often it's easier to just stash the bags right outside the back door, let them accumulate and take them several at a time to the trash can. But it doesn't make for a pretty sight.
Trash management is an equally important task in many cells, which have to carefully regulate their protein production and disposal in ways that maximize efficiency while minimizing clutter. To do so, they use storage compartments called lysosomes and a complex called a proteasome to deal with their cellular waste (much like how I utilize our back porch). It's a critical job; the accumulation of large protein clumps, or aggregates, have been associated with the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
Recently, geneticist Anne Brunet, PhD, neurologist Thomas Rando, MD, PhD, and former postdoctoral scholar Dena Leeman, PhD, found protein aggregates such as these in a seemingly unlikely place -- young, resting neural stem cells in the brains of mice. They published their results today in Science.
We were surprised by this finding because resting, or quiescent, neural stem cells have been thought to be a really pristine cell type just waiting for activation. But now we've learned they have more protein aggregates than activated stem cells, and that these aggregates continue to accumulate as the cells age.
The researchers had been looking for ways in which the gene expression profiles of resting and activated stem cells might differ from one another, and how aging affects the cells. (Rando directs Stanford's Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging; Brunet is an associate director of the center.) When they compared the profiles, they found significant differences in the expression levels of lysosome-associated genes among the cells. Upon closer inspection, they found that the young, resting cells had lots of lysosomes, and those lysosomes were packed with large protein aggregates.
We were really struck by the differences between resting and activated stem cells in the expression of genes involved in protein quality control. The fact that these young, pristine resting stem cells accumulate protein aggregates makes us wonder whether they actually serve an important function, perhaps by serving as a source of nutrients or energy upon degradation.
Although the aggregates didn't appear to bother the young cells, the cells become less able to handle the aggregates as they age and their ability to respond quickly and appropriately to "make new neuron" signals was significantly hampered. Helping the cells clear the aggregates, or preventing their accumulation, restored the ability of the cells to respond like their younger counterparts, the researchers found. But mysteries still remain.
We'd like to know whether the aggregated proteins are the same in the young and old cells. What do they do? Are they good or bad? Are they storing factors important for activation? If so, can we help elderly resting stem cells activate more quickly by harnessing these factors?