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The Black Stork, also known as Are You Fit To Marry?, is a 1917 American motion picture film both written by and starring Harry J. Haiselden, who was the chief surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago. The Black Stork is Haiselden's fictionalized account of his eugenic infanticide of John Bollinger, who was born with severe disabilities. The film depicts Haiselden's fictionalized story of a woman who has a nightmare of a severely disabled child being a menace to society. Once awoken from the nightmare, she visits a doctor and realizes all was fine with her child. However, the purpose of the film was not to have a happy ending and move on. The purpose was to basically warn people, especially teenagers, of the dangers of sexual promiscuity and "race mixing", as these actions were believed to be the cause of disabilities in children.

Haiselden's film garnered many mixed reviews, and his actions were very controversial at the time. At this point in history, when the word "disability" was brought up, all anyone thought of was a "disease" that could be spread. Through this way of thinking, a majority of people agreed with Haiselden's actions and enforced the idea that doctors have the right to decide whether a disabled child should live. However, there was also a number of people who protested Dr. Heiselden's actions, including the Roman Catholic Church. Despite the public backlash, The Black Stork was still shown commercially in movie theaters for two years. After 1918, the movie was renamed Are You Fit To Marry? and remained in theaters and traveling road shows for many more years, as late as 1942.

Dr. Haiselden
Harry J. Haiselden was born on March 16, 1870, to George W. Haiselden and Elizabeth Dickey. Throughout his life, he expressed a passion for the medical field and ended up graduating from the University of Illinois medical school, and later accepted a job at the German-American Hospital in Chicago. During his time working at the hospital, he experienced many different instances of children growing up with disabilities, which led to his reasoning behind letting children with severe disabilities die. He experienced first hand the toll it took on both the child and family, and chose to promote infanticide rather than letting the disabled children live their lives with excessive treatments and painful procedures.

The Bollinger case

On November 17, 1915, John Bollinger was born to a woman named Anna Bollinger. He was born with no neck or right ear, as well as a severe skin ailment, all determined to be the cause of syphilis passed on from the father. After treating children with disabilities for many years at the American-German Hospital, he saw the severity of John Bollinger's condition and took it upon himself to advise Anna that the quality of life for her son will only get worse as he grows up. He confided in her that he has the skill set to surgically repair his defects and save the child's life, however he has experience with similar cases and convinced her that it was in the best interest for John to just let him die naturally. Out of fear for her son's future quality of life, the mother ultimately decided to follow Haiselden's advice and agreed that the best course of action is infanticide, instead of allowing him to grow up and deal with the disabilities in his adult years. As the child was dying though, an unknown person attempted to kidnap John Bollinger in an attempt to save his life and take him to another hospital for treatment, but her efforts were futile and ended unsuccessfully.

While the Catholic church was in full protest against Dr. Haiselden's actions, activists Helen Keller and Woodrow Wilson, as well as attorney Clarence Darrow and many others each wrote separate articles in support of Dr. Haiselden's choice. Dr. Haiselden was an outspoken supporter of the eugenics movement prior to the case and, after the publicity made him famous, he took eugenics onto the national stage. He was taken to court following a public release of information, and was ultimately acquitted by a jury for allowing John Bollinger to die. The Illinois Board of Health attempted to revoke Haiselden's medical license but that action was dropped.  Even through these protests, he still managed to preserve his title and keep his medical license. During the trial, a coroner's jury determined that the child was not syphilitic, but in fact brain damaged and therefore defective. This brain damage gave Haiselden's actions even more validity and praise. Still, the Chicago Medical Society expelled Haiselden from their membership for The Black Stork film and the publicity that he sought out after the infanticide.

Film
The film revolves around a fictional Dr. Dickey, played by and based on Haiselden himself, who is called in to operate in order to save the life of a "defective" child. Dr. Dickey refuses to operate on the child, as he is seen shooing his apron away from the nurse. Other doctors save the child and he grows up as a shunned monstrosity. He later returns to kill the doctor who "condemned [him] to life." The mother then wakes up from her nightmare and realizes that she and her fiancé need to get tested to ensure that they will have "fit" offspring. They pass the exam and have a happy and healthy child. The film concludes with Congress passing mandatory premarital testing legislation in order to prevent defective children. Images of disabled individuals are inter-played throughout the film. The film served two main purposes. Younger children were not allowed into theaters while this movie was playing, but teenagers were. Teenagers were allowed to watch this movie as a warning, showing the dangers of sexual promiscuity and "race mixing". Sex at a young age that results in pregnancy could cause serious defects to the child, as well as the worry of spreading syphilis. The film also showed adults what life would be like if a disabled child was allowed to grow up and live among the rest of society, and basically seed the idea in their minds that if they were to have a child with a "defect", it would be better for everyone just to let it naturally die instead of treating the disability.

Public perceptions

The reviews for Haiselden's film were mixed. Rarely did people directly criticize his message but rather they attacked his egotism and his poor production values. Many were in favor and agreed with Haiselden's actions, stating that doctors are knowledgeable enough to make these decisions. At this point in time, the majority public opinion was that disabled children were "degenerates", and many were worried that disabled children could spread disabilities like a disease. Many also compared this situation to how we treat disabled animals. Sick dogs beyond treatment are euthanized, and many people used this idea as justification, stating we should do the same to children with disabilities beyond repair. Lastly, many parents with fully grown disabled children also came forward, stating that while it may be sad, it would have been better for their children to have not dealt with all the hospital visits and the constant worrying about health.

Alternatively, a number of people disagreed with Haiselden's actions, using religion as a basis of their protests. Many civilians argued that God should be the only one in charge of deciding who lives and who dies. With this mindset, an average man should not have the power or ego to make these decisions. Many also cited the Fifth Amendment, which states "No One can be deprived of life, liberty, and property without due process of law". Others justified their protest on the fact that the main purpose of a doctor should be to heal patients and make sure they live as long as they can, not the opposite.

The movie itself was not received well in the media, with critics stating that it was "sickening and disturbing" to record a child in this way. While audience members were split on how to perceive this, the media was set on being against anything that dealt with this movie and with Dr. Haiselden, condemning him in the press.

References

External links

1917 films
Eugenics in fiction
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
1917 drama films
1910s American films

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Mimio is introducing two major updates to its MimioClassroom family of interactive teaching technologies at ISTE 2015: the MimioProjector 280T touch projector, and expanded device compatibility for the MimioMobile application.
The MimioMobile app will now be compatible with any device with a supported web browser, so educators and students can access and use the application's assessment and collaboration features from nearly any device, including Chromebooks and Windows surface tablets.
The app allows for an easy transition from full-classroom instruction to small-group learning, and it enables teachers to develop assessments with short-answer, short-essay, numeric, and multiple-choice student responses. These features support the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that call for creating a stronger collaborative learning environment for students, while providing teachers with an in-depth understanding of their students' progress and comprehension.
Mimio will also be conducting its first public demonstration of the MimioProjector 280T touch projector at ISTE 2015. This exhibition will give attendees an in-depth look at the projector's interactive touch capabilities.
The MimioProjector 280T is a touch-enabled projector that turns conventional dry erase boards into touch boards. The 280T provides one of the largest interactive areas available today – as large as 100 inches diagonal – and it allows up to 10 students to work together simultaneously. Users can work directly with their fingers or with the included styli. The 280T technology utilizes Mimio's easy to set up Laser Curtain module, which is powered directly from the projector. The MimioProjector 280T is a full-featured solution that includes MimioStudio classroom software for lesson creation, assessment, and collaboration.


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In Middletown, there is only one biochemistry school where biochemistry faculty can find employment. The following statistics and charts help analyze the current state of the biochemistry academic community in Middletown, and the future trends. Academia in biochemistry includes biochemistry training at the biochemistry bachelors degree level.
Of the 3,010 biochemistry professionals employed in Connecticut, 760 work in Middletown. There has been a 81% growth in the number of biochemistry professionals in Middletown between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of biochemistry professionals in Middletown has increased, overall employment in Middletown has also increased.
Salaries for biochemistry professionals in Middletown have increased. In 2010 Middletown biochemistry professionals earned an average yearly salary of $68,120. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for biochemistry professionals in Middletown was $64,340 per year. The growth in the salary of biochemistry professionals in Middletown is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.
Biochemistry professionals in Middletown earn a median salary of $67,545 per year. The 10% of biochemistry professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $41,070 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $96,100 per year.
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European Space Propulsion Completes Testing of Five-Kilowatt Hall Thruster with Thales Alenia Space
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European Space Propulsion successfully completed testing of a five-kilowatt Hall Thruster with a Power Processing Unit supplied by Thales Alenia Space Belgium. (Credit: European Space Propulsion)
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Dec 23, 2015 – European Space Propulsion (ESP), a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), successfully completed testing of a five-kilowatt Hall Thruster with a Power Processing Unit (PPU) supplied by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) Belgium. The test programme was successfully conducted in the UK, and marks the first time a flight-proven five-kilowatt class Hall Thruster has been tested with a European-manufactured PPU. The achievement of this test being completed in less time than allocated was a reflection on the robustness of the design and the understanding and expertise of the team.
NASA Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne for Advanced Deep Space Propulsion
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 23, 2015 (Aeojet Rocketdyne PR) – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has been selected by the NASA Advanced Exploration Systems Division to start negotiations for a contract to design and demonstrate an advanced propulsion system that would enable human spaceflight to cislunar space and beyond to Mars.
Aerojet Rocketdyne Extends Hall Thrusters Teaming Agreement with Russian Company
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 18, 2013 (Aerojet Rocketydyne PR) — Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (GY) company, and Experimental Design Bureau (EDB) Fakel of Kaliningrad, Russia, announced today at the Paris Air Show the signing of an extension to the teaming agreement between the two companies.
The agreement provides Aerojet Rocketdyne with the right to market and sell Fakel's low-power Hall thrusters.


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Unknown 17:51 Category: Eating Out, Cuisine: Free for all, Location: London, Price: £
The lunch service began at noon sharp, and by 12.50pm the head chef was striking lines in chalk through the day's menu and disappointing lunch hopefuls with "Sorry, we've run out of food already." Apparently this usually only happens around 1.15pm, and today was a little bit crazier than usual. The lady at the cashier wasn't having the best of days, and when she realized there was no more cake left for her, she was visibly crestfallen. Having actually tried all four of the cakes of the day, I totally empathized.
B's dissertation is on food and travel writing, so we went round to Books for Cooks in the name of good old-fashioned research. It made more sense to browse first to start working up an appetite, so I made us embark on our journey a little earlier, and we reached the store at 11.30pm. It was a good thing we did so, because the place got packed really soon after by a whole bunch of regulars who took up the rest of the tables. The regulars were enviably familiar with each other and the chefs, discussing the latest places they'd been to for a meal out and exchanging recommendations. If it weren't so far away I'd try to be a regular here too.
Decor in the test kitchen
Books for Cooks has been claimed by some customers to be the best-smelling bookstore in the world, and while I tend to be partial to the smell paper and knowledge in Kinokuniya, it's hard to deny them this title given the lovely scent of soup and bread and cake that wafted over the minute we stepped through the door. Like many other independent bookstores, Books for Cooks is tiny, and during lunch it's impossible to browse certain sections since there are tables in the way. But there's no denying the fact that they have a massive collection of titles on hand, filling up their floor to ceiling shelves. A big table in the middle houses multiple copies of more popular recent titles, but the real gems are the many lone copies sitting on each packed ledge, like Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War: Food in 20th Century Korea, or the magnificently bound Tasting India.
Lunch is served every day the store is open, using recipes gleaned from the many cookbooks on sale, and the food is available until everything runs out. The featured cookbooks are placed in a prominent position for more browsing and to tempt you to pick them up. The test kitchen in the back of the store whips up a different three-course meal each time, but there are no options available and you get whatever they decide on experimenting with.
Today's board
The day's offerings were adapted from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Hugh's Three Good Things and Georgina Fuggle's Take One Pot. The cakes were inspired by multiple sources, neatly printed on their individual tags.
Soup for Starters
First up was the Squash, Apple and Chili soup, served with a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a hunk of aniseed focaccia. The soup was wonderfully warming and the chili cleared up my sinuses straightaway, which certainly helped my enjoyment of it, but it was the bread that was a wonder. Soft but sufficiently chewy, it went well with the soup, but was so good that I ate most of it on its own.
Stew as a main
The main was Braised Lamb and Artichoke Stew, served over a creamy polenta. The stew itself was more watery than I prefer and it didn't look like much, but the lamb, sourced from Sheepdrove Organic Family Butchers, was tender and went very well with the polenta. My favourite bit of it though was the whole clove of garlic, that had been cooked with the skin on. The clove burst out easily in my mouth, and I couldn't help but think that it was where all the flavour had gone.
Cake Selection Part 1
The portions didn't look overwhelming at first, but by the time dessert came around I realized I was full. We cheekily asked for small slices of everything instead of just sticking to a cake each, and they kindly obliged. The cakes were served with a drizzle of chocolate sauce and a generous spoonful of organic yogurt at the side. From the top: Chocolate Brownie Meringue Cake (Surprisingly full of peanuts and raspberry sauce), Pear Pecan Cake (Light and the first to disappear), Rhubarb Cheesecake (Was more citrusy than I personally like, but a lady at the next table raved about the taste of oranges in it) and the Almond Cake (Much moister and less crumbly than I expected)
The wine served was a very delicious deep garnet 2008 Domaine des Savarines Cahors, farmed biodynamically in the South of France. They came in the same small glasses used for water, and was a good companion to the braised lamb.
At £10 for three very filling courses plus wine, it's no wonder the place is packed to the gills every mid-day. After the rest of the lunch patrons filtered out, we were the only customers left in the store for a brief but glorious five minutes where we had full run of the place. Then more people streamed in, browsing or pulling out in-built reading tables to set books down on, till it got a little cramped. That's when we finally left, but already hatching plans to return again soon, with more friends in tow.
Books for Cooks, 4 Blenheim Crescent, Notting Hill, London, W11 1NN, http://www.booksforcooks.com
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Biomimetics and Perception
Biomimetics — also known as biological mimicry — has contributed to robotic design since at least the time of William Walter's turtles in the 1950s. Leonardo da Vinci's design for flying suits that mimicked the wings of birds is probably the first technological application of biomimetics. Unfortunately, material science wasn't advanced enough to support his visions.
The same could be said for modern robotics. We haven't quite figured out how to construct a fully deformable platform akin to the T-1000 liquid metal robot in Terminator 2. Certainly, there are material science and computer science issues involved. However, I think that the greatest challenges to creating a robot that could pass for a human are the perceptual issues that are less obvious than, say, how to mimic the pseudopod generation in the amoeba.
Why build something that could pass for a human or a robot with one or two human traits? Take enabling a search and rescue robot to identify and localize the sounds of victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building. Seems straightforward enough, right? Simply mimic the physiology and to some extent, the anatomy of the human ear. There's clearly practical value in such a robot, if it could be constructed.
Let's start with the basic sound localization specifications of the human ear. It's well known that the human ear is sensitive to the relative amplitude and phase of acoustic vibrations. Furthermore, the directional characteristics of our external ears modify the vibrations reaching each ear — especially audio frequencies less than about 6 kHz.
Another factor that contributes to our ability to localize sounds is the equivalent of sensor fusion from multiple sense organs. Auditory cues are combined with information from the position and movement sense organ in the ears, eyes, and motion, and position sense organs in the muscles, tendons, and joints. To get a sense for this sensor fusion in action, consider the automatic reflex action of rotating the head from side to side to better localize the source of a sound. The resulting variation in the relative amplitude and phase relationships of signals reaching the ears provides the auditory system with additional data points that are used to more accurately localize the signal source.
It's easy enough to mimic these capabilities. I've done so with a microcontroller, a few directional microphones, and a few additional sensors. While the system is useful in localizing sounds, the results don't match those of a human. Why? It turns out that several properties of the human auditory system defy explanation on a strictly physiological or anatomical basis, but are instead best understood in terms of human perception of sound or psychoacoustics.
The psychoacoustic property most applicable to localization is perceived intensity. The perceived intensity of a sound is a function of the audio signal's duration. While sounds that last longer than about 250 ms and are of equal amplitude, they are perceived as having equal intensity; shorter duration sounds of the same amplitude are perceived to have a lower intensity. Quantitatively, a decade increase in duration, say, from 50 ms to 500 ms, is equivalent to a 10 dB increase in intensity — as long as it involves crossing the 250 ms threshold. There are other psychoacoustic properties that don't directly affect our ability to localize sounds. For example, through conditioning, some sounds are pleasant and others are annoying.
So, what's the practical take-away from this minutia about human hearing? The point is that you can't limit your mimicry to the system you're studying. If your goal is to duplicate human capabilities — whether in vision, hearing, touch, or smell — don't forget to include the perceptual components of the system you're attempting to mimic. It's easy enough to model the effects of sound duration on perceived intensity — once you know that they exist. SV
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Franchising is a great way to become an owner of a small business. There are three different types of franchises which you can choose from, they vary in terms of your position, your input into the business and the amount of involvement of the franchisor. The three types of franchises are; the business format franchise, product distribution franchise and management franchise. Each franchise operates differently and in this guide you will find the differences between the three.
The three types of franchises are; the business format franchise, product distribution franchise and management franchise. Each franchise operates differently and in this guide, you will find the differences between the three.
This type of franchise is perhaps what most people refer to as a typical franchise. This type of franchise is when the franchisor gives the rights to trademarks, trade names, business process and the system in order for the franchisee to sell the product, for a fee. The franchisor is heavily involved in terms of how the service is provided and the business is run. This kind of franchise relationship comes with guidelines and expectations from the franchisor which the franchisee has to adhere to. There is also a binding contract/agreement between the two parties to bind the two for a certain period of time. The great thing for franchisees is that ongoing support, advice and training is given by experienced franchisors. Advice and good training can make a huge difference in the success of a business, therefore this is a great benefit.
The business format franchise is the most popular type of franchise system that is chosen by franchisees. Some of the biggest brands that adhere to this type of franchising are McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks and KFC. You can tell how closely the franchisor and franchisee work with each other from these big brands by the similarity of the product and service in each branch you visit. For example, if you order a Big Mac from London, you can get the exact same burger in Manchester. Some of the most popular industries for business format franchises are fast food, fitness and restaurants.
This franchise concept is similar to a supplier-distributor relationship. The franchisor is responsible for providing the product and the distributor is then able to sell the product on. The main thing that is given by the franchisor is the product whereas with the business format it includes training, support etc. With this type of franchise, the franchisee can be much more independent in terms of not having the restriction and guidelines that a business format franchisee has. However, a product distribution franchisee still has to follow certain guidelines such as selling the products on an exclusive or a semi-exclusive basis. The franchisee has to pay fees for using the trademark name and trademarks and the products that they are wanting to sell.
The product distribution franchise method is used often for larger products, such as vending machines and cars. Some of the big brands which use this concept are Coca-Cola and the Ford Company. Interestingly, although the business format franchise is the most popular, the product distribution franchise actually represents the highest percentage of total retail sales.
This franchise focuses on the franchisee managing the franchise. The manager does not really need to part take in the day to day running of the business. This type of franchise would be ideal for somebody with previous managing experience as it allows individuals with transferable skills to really take ownership of a business and lead it to success. Business-related skills such as having an entrepreneurial flair, preferably from experience, will only help you in the journey to success. For this type of franchise, you will also be required to pay fees for the ability to use the trademarks of a franchise, and your focus is on business development, overseeing the business and managing the team.
Management franchising is great for resale franchises, which are franchises that are bought from an existing franchisee, as all the operational day to day tasks and activities are in place including the existing staff. It may seem like you don't need to make changes and it's easy to run an existing franchise, however, there are certain things you need to consider. If your chosen franchise has not been performing well, then you may have to implement serious changes to the staff or the day to day operations.
You can read more on franchising here.


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Экономика самопровозглашённой Луганской Народной Республики основывается на продаже и добыче угля в районе Донбасса. Валютой на территории республики является российский рубль.

Отрасли

Угольная промышленность
На территории Республики расположены угольные предприятия и шахты Донбасса. В 2015 было добыто 5740,7 тыс. т. угля.

Металлургия
На территории Республики расположены: Востокуголь, ЮГМК, Лугцентрокуз, Стахановский завод ферросплавов и Алчевский металлургический комбинат.

Транспорт и связь

Транспорт

Имеется железнодорожная сеть, автобусное сообщение, в некоторых городах работают троллейбусы. Также действует Луганский тепловозостроительный завод, который не производит тепловозы с 2015 г., из-за боевых действий, но производит детали, которые экспортируются в РФ.

Связь
За связь в республике отвечает местный оператор мобильной связи «Лугаком». Почтовую связь с декабря 2014 года осуществляет государственное предприятие «Почта ЛНР».

Розничная торговля
В городах и районах ЛНР проводятся ярмарки, открыты супермаркеты. В 2015 году предприятиями торговли реализовано продукции на 131426 млн руб.

Сельское хозяйство и фармацевтика

Сельское хозяйство
Выращивают овощи, фрукты, картофель. Разводят коров, лошадей, коз, кур, уток, перепелов. Общая площадь посевов в 2015 году 83014 га. Собрано 159628 т зерновых в 2015 году.

Фармацевтика
В республике действует Луганский химико-фармацевтический завод, производящий лекарственные препараты.

Налоги и ЖКХ

Налоги
Размер налога в ЛНР в зависимости от вида деятельности составляет от 3 до 8 % оборота. Предприниматели, которые торгуют продуктами питания, обязаны ежемесячно платить 600 грн, для продажи непродовольственных товаров и оказания услуг — 300 грн в месяц.

ЖКХ
Единственный источник электричества в ЛНР — идущая из России высоковольтная линия 500 кВ «Победа-Шахты», по которой республика получает 600 МВт электроэнергии. Поставки электроэнергии на Украину идут по договору между российской «Интер РАО» и «Укринтерэнерго» от декабря 2014 года. В апреле 2015 года «Укрэнерго» прекратило учитывать поставки по пяти трансграничным ЛЭП, по которым российская электроэнергия не уходила дальше ЛНР и ДНР. В июле РФ согласилась не учитывать поставляемую электроэнергию ДНР и ЛНР как экспорт на Украину. Кто будет оплачивать продолжающиеся поставки электроэнергии — неизвестно. С апреля 2017 года стало известно о решении обеспечить бесперебойные поставки электричества из РФ в ЛНР. Водоснабжение осуществляется с территории Украины.

Внешние экономические отношения
ЛНР имеет общее таможенное пространство с ДНР. День таможенника — 14 января. Также имеется автомобильное сообщение с Российской Федерацией. 15 сентября 2021 был подписан договор об Единой таможенной территории ЛНР и ДНР. Также ЛНР имеет торговые отношения с РФ. В 2020 году было выдано и обработано 863,6 тыс. государственных таможенных деклараций.

По данным украинских чиновников на управление на территориях так называемых ЛНР и ДНР Российская Федерация тратит примерно 1,3 млрд. долларов США в год. По мнению экспертов это общие расходы на содержание территорий, которые обеспечиваются из нескольких источников: поступления от «налогов», поступления непосредственно из РФ, поступления от использования имущества украинских собственников, которые прекратили его использование, и используемого противоправно вопреки их воле.

Импорт мяса и пива из России
Луганская народная республика (также как и ДНР) после 2014 года стала в значительной мере зависеть от поставок российского продовольствия, в частности, мяса. Об этом говорят следующие данные — в 2015 году власти Украины запретили поставки на свою территорию мяса и пива из России. Однако за 2016 год на Украину по официальным российским данным поступило из России 47,9 тыс. тонн мяса и 38,5 млн декалитров пива. Основная часть этих поставок пришлась на ДНР и ЛНР.

Национализация собственности Украины и украинских предпринимателей на территории ЛНР
Решено было начать национализацию собственности украинского государства и предприятий, чьи владельцы отказались перейти под юрисдикцию Луганской Народной Республики. В свою очередь организации, добровольно перешедшие под юрисдикцию данного государственного образования, получат налоговые льготы и льготные кредиты.

Валюта
В ЛНР имеет хождение как украинская гривна, так и российский рубль, хоть и неофициальных соглашений с РФ по поводу валюты не было.

Статистические классификаторы
В республике применяются украинские классификаторы (в том числе видов экономической деятельности) и российские общероссийские классификаторы (в том числе валют, стран). Введены временный статистический классификатор организационно-правовых форм ВССОПФ

Примечания

Ссылки
 Госбанк ЛНР
 Программа социально-экономического развития ЛНР
 Госкомстат ЛНР
 Официальный сайт Почты ЛНР
 Официальный сайт «Лугаком»
 Официальный сайт Луганского тепловозостроительного завода

Литература
 Кислая Т. Н. Особенности развития региональной системы управления экономикой Луганской Народной Республики. — 2017.
 Коваленко Н. В., Сулейманова Т. А. Особенности развития малого и среднего предпринимательства в Луганской Народной Республике //Экономический вестник Донбасского государственного технического университета. — 2020. — №. 4. — С. 26-30.
 Тисунова В. Н., Каширина Ю. Н. О перспективах развития малого и среднего предпринимательства в Луганской Народной Республике //Вестник Луганского национального университета имени Владимира Даля. — 2018. — №. 1. — С. 7.
 ЛУГАНСКОЙ Э. А. К. ПРИОРИТЕТНЫЕ НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ ОПТИМИЗАЦИИ ЭКОНОМИКИ АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОГО КОМПЛЕКСА ЛУГАНСКОЙ НАРОДНОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ //ЭКОНОМИКА И УПРАВЛЕНИЕ В АПК. — 2020. — С. 79.
 Свиридова Н. Д. СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОГО РАЗВИТИЯ ЛУГАНСКОЙ НАРОДНОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ //Стратегия предприятия в контексте повышения его конкурентоспособности. — 2016. — №. 5-2. — С. 77-80.
 Волкова А. С. ЦИФРОВАЯ ЭКОНОМИКА В ЛУГАНСКОЙ НАРОДНОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКЕ: СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ РАЗВИТИЯ //Проблемы управления финансами в условиях цифровой экономики. — 2020. — С. 244—248.
 Бородач Ю. В., Иванихина А. Н. УСЛОВИЯ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ В СФЕРЕ ДЕТЕНИЗАЦИИ ЭКОНОМИКИ ЛУГАНСКОЙ НАРОДНОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ //Экономика. Менеджмент. Инновации. — 2020. — №. 3. — С. 3-11.

Экономика непризнанных и частично признанных государств по отраслям


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InsightCaribbean Insight
The effect of the Cuba 'restricted list' on American travelers
By Meagan Drillinger
Meagan Drillinger
The U.S. State Department said last month that it would add another 26 entries, including 16 hotels, to its list of businesses in Cuba that are off-limits to American tourists. But with travel to Cuba still very much legal when done within the cultural exchange parameters, what does this restricted list mean for U.S. citizens who want to travel to Cuba?
"For anyone doing Cuba trips for Americans in a legal fashion, the truth is there is no change," says David Lee, owner and founder of Cultural Cuba, a luxury-travel-focused destination management company (DMC) that arranges customized trips to Cuba for Americans.
A Bit of Backstory
The Trump administration in June 2017 rolled back some of the Cuba travel restrictions that had been relaxed under President Obama, but the expected initial list of "restricted entities" wasn't published until November. Between that time, Lee said, "We had a boom of people wanting to go, because they didn't know what 'restrictions' meant, and they thought everything was going to be taken away.
"The rhetoric was far worse than what the reality was, but it scared people. The way it was reported was confusing. That announcement affected everyone in our business for, I would say, the first half of 2018."
Even so, Lee said, "We were doing the same itinerary under the new administration that we were doing under the Obama administration, and nothing changed. The only thing that changed was confusion and concern."
Hotels on the restricted list were predominantly hotels that Cultural Cuba was not booking anyway, as many of them are beach resorts. And Americans have not been allowed to legally go to Cuba to simply chill out at an all-inclusive.
"From our perspective, the whole reason to go to Cuba is the art, music, dance, history, and architecture," Lee said. "And that's what makes a 'legal itinerary' for Americans."
Lee says his Cuba business is back on fire like it was a year ago -- Cultural Cuba is having the biggest December in its history. "I think people just got to the point where the restrictions were old news, and the confusion from last year is subsiding because we and other DMCs have been educating agents."
Direct flights to Cuba from the U.S. still include American Airlines, United Airlines, JetBlue, Delta Air Lines, and Southwest Airlines.
One Noticeable Change
The one difference Lee said he noticed was that the Trump administration appears to enforce some of the rules that the Obama administration seemed more relaxed about, such as a requirement to keep all documentation from a Cuba trip for five years. "This is very explicit, and it's something we do for our clients," Lee said. "In the past no one has ever needed to present it, but that has suddenly changed. We're getting contacted from clients on a weekly basis asking to present their itineraries."
Lee said it happens when clients are going to get approved for, or renew, Global Entry.
"I always tell people our job [at Cultural Cuba] is to be careful," he said. "We don't mess around with this. Usually presenting the itinerary will suffice, or a sponsor letter from the organization you toured with."
Booking Cuba
It remains that for agents who really want to make money from booking Cuba, the most effective way is to work with a DMC that pays commission. " We will be happy to get on the phone with agents and with their clients to make everyone feel safe and comfortable," Lee said. "A travel agent can't really book Cuba like they book everywhere else, because they can't earn commission like they normally do.
"The cultural exchanges, if they are done right, are the highlights of a trip to Cuba," he said. "No one should think of the rules as 'restrictions.' It's the right way to do it. When you see the itineraries, they are all amazing, with activities like a private rum-tasting with a director of Havana Club. It's not a lecture in a museum for three hours. Cuba is a living museum."
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On August, 6th 2015, NS BlueScope Indonesia (NSBI) inaugurated service center facility at Cilegon. The new facility consists of slitting and shearing line. This facility will provide better flexibility service to customers; adds value to the company and help to increase volume, market share, and generating sales, so it will be more competitive.
The event was attended by top management of NSBI, Paul Grigson as Ambassador of Australian Embassy in Indonesia, I Gusti Putu Suryawirawan as Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics of the Ministry of Industry, Budi Irmawan as Director of Basic Metal Materials Industry, Drs. Sumawijaya MSI as Region Assistant III of Banten, and customers.
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HOOD DIGEST + CURB: From Mass Incarceration to Mass Liberation Glossary
Hood Digest | April 26, 2018
The criminal justice system is an epidemic of global proportions and dire consequences.
We all know somebody who's in jail, prison, parole, or probation. But, have you ever wondered why so many of our friends and family members get caught up in this system?
Have you ever asked yourself how come the police is so quick to roll into communities of color to bust people for selling or smoking weed?
Now ask yourself, how come the cops don't roll into college campuses to bust fraternity parties where drugs are laid out like salsa bars at taco stands?
Hood Digest is partnering with Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) to explore the topic of mass incarceration: the people, the streets, the police, the prisons, the justice system, the laws, and the profits.
I know yo ass ain't gonna Google them even though you have the internet on your fucking phone. So, I'll tell you what they do.
CURB is working to lower the number of people who are locked up in California. They fight to move money away from "corrections" & law enforcement and direct it to social services.
Together, we created a hood glossary. We're gonna challenge you to change the way you speak about people who are caught up in the system of mass incarceration.
We will challenge you to think outside the "good citizen" vs. "bad criminal" story the system has already sold us.
Our parents and tios are buying into that lie whenever they tell us how cholos and Black people deserve to be mistreated by la chota and whenever they brag about how good and peaceful White folks are.
America would have you believe that people accused or convicted of a crime are monsters, rather than people who are targeted and caught up in the system!
Meanwhile, they complain about cops harassing the taqueros on the corner and pulling over jardineros in old troquitas. They are livid about ICE deporting their comadres and undocumented college students!
It's all interconnected. It's subjective and motivated by race, class, and the institutions that are dependent on locking people up.
Now let's begin our glossary and change the labels that society places on people in prison!
CORRECT: La Pinta, La Jaula, Prison, Jail, Cage, Immigrant Prison.
INCORRECT: Correctional Facility, Rehabilitative Corrections Center, Detention Center.
HERE'S WHY: Like the famous song from Los Tigres Del Norte says, "aunque la jaula sea de oro, no deja de ser prision."
Our parents and padrinos often compare the U.S. prison system to that of their countries of origin. They say that these jails look like "classy hotels compared to the savage conditions of the prisons back home".
But, that comparison is problematic for obvious reasons.
First off, there are prisons and jails across the U.S. that are notorious for their inhumane and torturous conditions!
Second, the system plays down the violence and harm that people experience in prison by not calling it a prison at all!
Instead, they call it a "detention center", "camp", "eco-facility", "treatment facility" or "leadership academy." Let's call them what they are – HUMAN CAGES!
U.S. prisons are part of a massive system used to control our people by robbing them of their civil and fundamental human rights.
Private prisons are particularly dangerous because they are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which is the mechanism that provides public access and transparency for certain information. This makes it harder to keep these facilities accountable.
It is no secret that prisoners in private and public prisons and jails are physically abused, and even killed at the hands of correctional officers.
Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles is notorious for its abuse of prisoners and "unexplained" deaths.
Most human cages are only 6 ft x 8 ft – with limited lighting. In California, they also have a limited water supply. The smell, the noise, and the exposure to illness from these cramped, inhumane conditions add to the physical, mental and emotional abuse.
Adelanto is the largest immigrant prison on the West Coast housing up to 1,940 men and women awaiting their immigration court hearings.
The privately owned prison is notorious for its deaths, inadequate health care, mistreatment, and overuse of solitary confinement of paisas.
And forget about nutrition! People inside are given shit for food and deprived of personal care items due to the high cost of basic items.
It doesn't end even after someone has served their time! Once they are labeled "ex-cons" our people are discriminated against in the areas of employment, housing, access to public benefits, and can even lose their right to vote!
CORRECT: Person in Prison, Prisoner, a Convicted Person.
INCORRECT: Inmate, Felon, Offender, Criminal, or Violator.
HERE'S WHY: Incarceration affects all of us. It affects families and communities – those who are serving time and those who are not.
Do you consider yourself a criminal? Well, have you ever been in a fight? Have you ever been in a domestic situation that got out of control? Do you have ties to gangs by default just because of where you live or because you belong to a certain family?
Shit, you break the law every day when you text and drive – you're probably reading this while you're stuck in traffic.
Have you ever gotten behind the wheel after drinking alcohol? Smoked weed? Wrote a bad check?
Is anyone in your family undocumented?
Do you claim all of your income on your taxes?
The problem with calling people shit like "offender", "criminal, or "felon" is that those terms dehumanize individuals, which makes it easier for society to vilify and marginalize them.
Think of words like "illegal alien", "convict", or "LA Galaxy fan" – no one wants to be any of those things.
To make matters worse, there is no presumption of innocence AND if you're Black or Brown, you are targeted regardless of how law-abiding you are. Think Philando Castille.
In LA, over 50% of people sitting in county jails are pre-trial, which means they have not been convicted! They are legally innocent but denied freedom because our money bail system punishes you for being poor.
Imprisonment affects real people – friends, family, neighbors, and trying to differentiate yourself from folks that get caught up in the system is only playing into law enforcement's divide and conquer game.
CORRECT: People Formerly Imprisoned, Formerly Convicted.
INCORRECT: Ex-Convict, Ex-Con, Ex-Offender, Parolee.
HERE'S WHY: You ever wonder why we throw parties for family members who return home from prison? Wouldn't you if your loved ones made it back safe after being ripped from your community?
Imprisonment is an active thing that happens to real people. Society would have you believe that these "faceless" individuals brought imprisonment upon themselves. But, it's not that simple!
Social and economic conditions are the driving force putting people behind bars.
Think about the movies you've seen portraying White people who commit crimes as "means-to-an-end". Maybe they were suffering from trauma or were trying to feed their kids or were avenging some brutal attack… they're always heroic and vindicated.
Well, it's no fucking different for poor people of African or indigenous descent! When they are convicted in criminal court, they may be locked out of 4,800 gainful opportunities in the state of California and 48,000 across the U.S.
CORRECT: Imprisoned Women, Survivor.
INCORRECT: Dangerous Female Prisoners.
HERE'S WHY: The media would have you believe that all women locked up are like "La Reina Del Sur". But, the reality is that nearly 90% of the women who are locked up for violent crimes are there for killing the men who physically and/or sexually abused them.
Even though women commit murder far less often than men, they tend to get longer sentences for self-defense and killing their vatos, than men who kill their female partners.
Nearly 90% of the women who are locked up for violent crimes are there for killing the men who physically and/or sexually abused them.
While these women average 15-year sentences, men's sentences are between two and six years.
Still, the vast majority of women in prison are there for non-violent or low-level drug crimes. A lot of them are there 'cause they were accomplices to crimes committed by their partners.
Makes you rethink the label "ride or die chick"… que no?
CORRECT: Caging, Controlling, and Punishing Our Communities.
INCORRECT: "3 Strikes," Serving Justice, Paying their Debt to Society.
HERE'S WHY: For decades, politicians competed to prove who could be tougher on crime. Democrat and Republican pushed the so-called "War on Gangs" and "War On Drugs". They wasted millions of dollars on law enforcement.
The Pentagon began giving tanks and military equipment to local police departments to wage these wars in poor communities of color.
Congress gave away ridiculous mandatory minimum sentences for drug possession and other minor offenses. But, they only implemented these brutal policies in poor communities.
Muthafuckas in affluent neighborhoods got away with lesser sentences, AA meetings, and drug treatment programs, or community service.
When our folks are convicted of serious or violent offenses, they are also far more likely to receive harsher sentences than White people committing the SAME crimes.
Brock Turner, the White dude from Stanford who raped an unconscious woman got a 6-month sentence. Meanwhile, Cyntoia Brown, a sex-trafficking survivor was sentenced to life for killing her abuser when she was 14 years old.
That's Racism 101. They teach you that shit in any intro to Chicano or Africana Studies class.
Why can they see a rich White college student as a human being, but people of color as "criminals," even our youth?! Why can't we all be seen as human?
CORRECT: People with Mental Health Issues, People in Need of Mental Health Services.
INCORRECT: Mentally Ill Inmates, Crazy, or Demented.
HERE'S WHY: There was a time when we used to call the bravest homies "crazy". Back then that word was synonymous with courageous and that commanded respect in the neighborhood.
Unfortunately, those were the friends who got into the most trouble 'cause their bravery led to "stupid" (or irresponsible) behavior. This, in turn, landed them in trouble with the law.
Often times, people who commit serious and or violent crimes are dealing with unaddressed trauma which causes mental health issues and non-compassionate behaviors.
Now, more and more, people who are incarcerated are in need of mental health care and treatment for substance use issues.
The Los Angeles County jail system is the largest mental health provider in the country!
That's what's really crazy! It is twice as expensive and less effective to try to treat someone with mental illness in a jail or a prison than in their community. So who are the real pendejxs?
CORRECT: Trans, Gender Nonconforming People in Prison.
INCORRECT: Male Inmates Who Presented Themselves as Women.
HERE'S WHY: Trans people have existed in our communities long before Caitlyn Jenner started poppn' off.
But, while Caitlyn sits in her Malibu mansion supporting Trump's mamadas, trans and gender variant people of color are violently targeted on the streets of LA just for living.
They are targeted by cops and by the very communities they belong to. This means us! We gotta chill the fuck out on this homophobic & transphobic shit.
Trans people become even greater targets in prison and often forced into isolation in the SHU. Subjecting a person to solitary confinement is cruel and unusual punishment, period.
CORRECT: People Targeted as Gang Members or Security Threats.
INCORRECT: Gang Member, Gang Leader, Street Criminals, "Worst of the Worst," or Shot Caller.
HERE'S WHY: If you grew up in a gang neighborhood, you've witnessed the tension and fear that comes with gang activity.
There are many reasons our people join gangs: social, economic or even political opportunities. You may also have a primo or tio who got caught up in that gang activity due to lack of job opportunities, education, family support, mental health care or a variety of other reasons.
Cops have historically used gang databases to collect information from every young person and their abuelas on the block. Chorizos operate under the racist pretense that "everyone in the hood will grow up to commit a crime, so we might as well collect their info now and save us the trouble later!"
Those of us from the hood know that writing off someone as a gang member or targeting gangs does not address the root-causes of why our communities are not safe. We know that the violence tied into gangs in our hoods is often brought to us by the state.
For anyone who is unfortunate enough to have a run-in with the law – being in that gang database could mean that their misdemeanor gets bumped up to a felony or worse. Once locked up, those labels dictate how guards treat those individuals.
The prison system's anti-gang propaganda is often based on offensive, dangerous, and racist stereotypes that dehumanize Black and Brown people. The state uses those labels as excuses for treating people like shit on the inside.
CORRECT: Wasting Public funds on Prisons or Jails.
INCORRECT: Public Spending or Investing in Prisons or Jails.
HERE'S WHY: This is self-explanatory. The government should invest more in education, jobs, mental health, childcare, etc.
Locking people up does not help anyone except those who benefit from the criminal justice system like: the prosecutors, judges, clerks, and prison guards; the corporations that use prison labor; the telephone companies charging exorbitant fees for collect calls to reach family members from prison; bail bonds companies; probation and parole departments; the cops; the muthafuckas that produce the show Cops, and the countless TV shows that exploit prison life to increase ratings for their channels.
Not to mention those that are lined up to profit from so-called "alternatives" to prison, like the producers of ankle monitoring shackles.
At the national level, there is a congressional bed quota – which mandates that 34,000 beds be maintained for detained immigrants at all times.
There are also local quotas written into some of the contracts with private facilities. These local quotas ensure that the private facilities are paid regardless of how many detainees are being held in their facilities, wasting even more taxpayer dollars!
CORRECT: Harm/Lack of Access to Public Resources.
INCORRECT: Crime & Threat to Public Safety.
HERE'S WHY: There are some real public safety challenges facing society, but the American public deserves better than to be fed the lies that a system of mass incarceration is synonymous with safety.
We lock up more people than anyone else on the planet.
You might think that locking people up brings down the crime rate. But countries like Iceland, Japan, and Switzerland have waaaaay lower crime rates than the U.S. and lock up waaaaay less people. How, Sway?
We lock more people up so that those in power can maintain the status quo.
And like all things American, if it benefits the 1%, it will get the support of the government.
The worst part about this is that it's not our crime rates that make us so punitive, it's the way we target Black and Brown people and the poor. That's right… our government is intentional about only locking up poor people!
If you don't believe me, check the FBI crime stats. It tracks all crimes, except White-collar crimes… this is despite the fact that white-collar crimes cause millions of dollars in damages and hurt thousands of American families.
But crime rates aside, safety means having the resources that our community needs not just to survive, but to thrive!
We need to ask ourselves what type of country we want to live in. For decades, the same muthafuckas that accuse Millennials of bringing the American social stock to an all-time low, are the same people who are responsible for reinforcing the deteriorating conditions of our American society. A society that endorses locking people up like poultry as long as capitalism rules.
Now ask yourself, whose laws and what order they're trying to defend!?
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Since the early eighties the advances in molecular biology created an emulation which led the physicians to build models using a genomic and/or a transcriptomic approach. The result was an increase in complexity of the drug discovery process and some retrospectives studies shows that "the majority of small molecule first-in-class NMEs* that were discovered between 1999 and 2008 were first discovered using phenotypic assays." (Swinney and Anthony (2011)). In this context, phenotypic screening appears as an efficient partner in the process of drug discovery by simplifying data integration.
High Content: Access to a large variety of information in one experiment.
Screening: Ability to work with large chemical libraries, or to perform bioguiding studies to optimize extraction and production of bioproducts.
Reduction of the human bias.


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Brazilian retailer to use drones for distribution by 2021 | Post & Parcel
Brazilian retailer B2W Companhia Digital SA is testing the use of drones to transport products from its distribution centres and hubs to its stores, reports Reuters.
B2W is the first homegrown retailer in Brazil to experiment with drones in its logistics, following similar attempts earlier this year by a local delivery startup known as iFood.
"We are working closely with the air space regulation agency, Anac, to help create these rules in Brazil. … We expect to start using drones in our distribution by January 2021," Fábio Abrate, B2W's chief financial officer, said in an interview.
B2W, which operates local e-commerce brands Submarino, Americanas.com, Sou Barato and Shoptime, is a subsidiary of brick-and-mortar retailer Lojas Americanas, with over 1,500 stores across Brazil.
Initially, the group will use drones to move merchandise from its 15 distribution centers and 200 hubs to stores. "Delivering straight in the customer's house is not something for now," Abrate said.


I hate winter. I don't like to be cold, snow is not a good time and I'm not a fan of wearing toques (short hair problems). To ease yourself into this frigid season I've compiled a playlist of some Canadian indie darlings singing about the season I wish would just disappear.


US anti-poverty campaigner Linda Tirado has challenged the community sector in Australia to treat society's most vulnerable with respect and to be better than America in delivering social services, in her keynote address to the ACOSS conference in Sydney today.
Speaking candidly about her own experiences of poverty, the Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America author reflected on life for the working poor in America and Australia and addressed the common misconceptions about people living in poverty.
Tirado told delegates that despite America having 45 million people living in poverty, Australia is doing no better per head of the population with some 2.5 million people in poverty.
"Forty five million Americans live in poverty – that's twice the population of your entire country. But your proportions are the same as ours," Tirado said.
"You're not morally doing anything better than we are and what's worse – you actually have a safety net.
"You have 700,000 children living in poverty and you have one of the strongest social safety nets in the western world.
"And with that safety net you have 2.5 million people living in poverty.
"Do not be America. You have a collective and you look after each other which is precious – do not let them [the government] chip that away because you might save a little money if you could sell some uranium.
Tirado became recognised internationally when she published a comment online about the poverty trap in America, which went viral and was eventually developed into a book.
She opened up to delegates about the difficulties and trauma associated with being trapped in the poverty cycle and spoke of the deep intersection between privilege, poverty and inequality.
"We don't want sympathy, we just want a little respect," Tirado said.
ACOSS Chief Executive Dr Cassandra Goldie said she was delighted to have Tirado address the conference.
"Linda Tirado puts the lived experience of poverty front and centre of the conversation about work and welfare," Dr Cassandra Goldie said.
"Linda also sounds a salutary warning about the dangers of eroding our universal health and education services and the social safety net.
"As ACOSS' Inequality in Australia report highlighted, these institutions have protected Australia from more extreme inequality and must not be eroded," Dr Goldie said.
The conference will run across Thursday and Friday and will feature speakers from community, government and business and those who have experienced life below the poverty line.


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If abnormal cardiovascular findings are present, additional cardiovascular testing may be requested and referred to the appropriate medical provider.
1-Echocardiogram: [an Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction greater than or equal to 40%], [no pulmonary hypertension].


With its triangles that fit together easily, Triangulo is like a sculpture experience, that stimulates imagination. This is also a great aesthetic toy, that can be hanged or put down on the desk like a design object. A fabulous building in game that invites you to create beautiful geometric constructions.
For kids and grown-ups. Ages 7 and up.


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«Fast as a Shark» es una canción de la banda alemana de heavy metal Accept, publicada como el primer sencillo del disco Restless and Wild en 1982 por Brain Records para el mercado europeo y por el sello Portrait para los Estados Unidos. Tras su lanzamiento se convirtió en uno de sus temas más conocidos y recibió muy buenas reseñas de la crítica, quienes la consideran como uno de los principales temas del speed metal y un claro ejemplo del proto-thrash metal. Adicional a ello, el crítico canadiense Martin Popoff lo posicionó en el puesto 33 en su libro Las 500 canciones del heavy metal de todos los tiempos.

Antecedentes

«Fast as a Shark» es conocida mayormente por el rápido doble bombo interpretado por el baterista Stefan Kaufmann, que lo posiciona como uno de los temas principales del llamado speed metal. De acuerdo con la página web de Wolf Hoffmann, la canción fue ideada por Kaufmann para demostrar su talento y lo que podía hacer. De igual manera, el mismo Hoffmann comentó que no tiene idea de que podría significar su letra.

Por otro lado, su introducción posee un pequeño fragmento de la canción tradicional alemana «Ein Heller und ein Batzen», cuya idea se generó porque el productor Dieter Dierks —dueño del estudio donde se grabó el disco— comenzó a cantarla mientras iniciaban las grabaciones. Es por ello que algunos críticos estiman que se agregó como una broma interna más que crear un contraste con el sonido heavy metal del tema.

Versiones y otras apariciones

Con el pasar de los años ha sido versionada por otros artistas, ya sea para sus propias producciones o en conciertos en vivo, como Helloween, Witchery, Rage, Holy Grail y Steel Prophet, entre otros. Por su parte, también se ha incluido en otros medios audiovisuales como en las películas Demonios y People Like Us, y en el videojuego Brütal Legend.

Lista de canciones

Músicos
 Udo Dirkschneider: voz
 Wolf Hoffmann: guitarra eléctrica
 Herman Frank: guitarra eléctrica (acreditado, pero no formó parte de las grabaciones)
 Peter Baltes: bajo
 Stefan Kaufmann: batería

Referencias

Canciones de Accept
Canciones de 1982
Sencillos de 1982
Sencillos de heavy metal
Canciones en inglés


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Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya, formerly known as Charu Chandra Evening College, established in 1985, is an undergraduate college in Kasba, West Bengal, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.

Departments

commerce

Bengali
English
History
Political Science
Philosophy
Education
Economics

Accreditation
It is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

See also
List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta
Education in India
Education in West Bengal

References

External links
College

Educational institutions established in 1985
University of Calcutta affiliates
Universities and colleges in Kolkata
1985 establishments in West Bengal


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How every bridge in the world got covered in "love locks" (and why it has to stop)
Photo: Thomas Wolter
Matt Hershberger
About two months before my wife and I got engaged, we went to Paris. We were both big fans of the show Parks & Recreation, and in the show, the two main leads declare their love for each other by putting a "love lock" on Paris's Pont des Arts bridge. If you have traveled to any major city that has a bridge in the past 5 years, you have seen a love lock. They are everywhere now.
The idea is simple: a couple crosses the bridge and puts a padlock on a section of the chainlink fence. The lock represents their love, and it will stay there for all of eternity. They then dramatically hurl the keys to the lock into the body of water under the bridge. They make out a bit. And then they leave. The lock stays.
At the point in my life where my wife and I were on the Pont des Arts, I was already a travel writer, so I knew the practice was kind of lame and played out. But it was a nice time in our relationship, and I wanted to commemorate that, so we pulled out a tiny little baggage lock, etched our initials onto it with the key, and placed it on one of the less crowded sections of the fence. We made out a bit. And we left.
The collapse of the Pont des Arts
A few months later, the Pont des Arts collapsed. Or rather, a section of the fence that had been covered in locks collapsed. Individual locks are not very heavy, but hundreds of locks at a time are, and the poor chain link fence just couldn't take it anymore. The bridge had become a huge attraction in and of itself. Hawkers sold locks (and sharpies, for those who wanted to sign their name to their crime) to passing couples on the bridge, and, in spite of warnings from French officials that it was not really good for the bridge to be weighed down by tens of thousands of locks, the tradition exploded. So what happened was inevitable.
The section of the fence that collapsed.
Photo: Callistta
Eventually, French officials took down all of the locks (including, presumably, our own), with their final weight clocking in at a staggering 45 tons. They never ended up fishing the over 700,000 keys out of the Seine. The newly installed fences were not chainlink, and couldn't be locked on to, and Paris decided, instead, to make the bridge about sculpture rather than love.
But it was too late. The love locks had spread to 11 other bridges in Paris, and love locks today can be seen on New York's Brooklyn Bridge (against the wishes of city officials), Cologne's Hohenzollern Bridge, and at the Love Bell on Japan's Enoshima Island. Love locks are now a global phenomenon.
Love locks on New York's Brooklyn Bridge.
Photo: Jack Zalium
Where does the tradition come from?
What is most interesting is that the love lock tradition didn't even start in Paris — it started in a town called Vrnjačka Banja in Serbia. There, shortly before the First World War, a young man and woman fell in love, and would meet every night at the Most Ljubavi bridge in town. But the man went into the military, and while abroad, he met and fell in love with someone else. The young woman died of heartbreak, and superstitious local women began going to the bridge, writing the names of themselves and their lovers on padlocks, and locking them to the bridge, in the hope that it would bind their paramours to home.
The only real "Love Bridge."
Photo: AcaSrbin
It is an almost blindingly romantic story, but the tradition petered out after the war, until Serbian poet Desanka Maksimović wrote a poem about the story, and it took off again, but still only at the Most Ljubavi.
The origin of the current wave of love lock bridges probably comes from a single Italian writer named Federico Moccia. Moccia wrote a book called I Want You that featured a couple who put a love lock on a lamp post on Rome's 2100-year-old Ponte Milvio bridge. The book was popular, and spawned a movie adaptation, and shortly after the movie came out, the lamp post partially collapsed. People started putting their locks elsewhere on the bridge, and the Roman government began fining people 50 Euros if they were caught putting love locks on the bridge.
From there, the tradition spread to Asia and the rest of Europe, eventually becoming an issue in France in 2010. We can probably thank the current explosion of love locks at least in part to Parks & Recreation, but the tradition was getting out of control before the airing of that episode. Now, all over the world, city governments are begging people to please stop weighing down their bridges with locks of love.
Being a romantic in the 21st century
If I had to do it all over again, I do not think I would have put a love lock on the Pont des Arts. I knew it was somewhat silly at the time, but I felt it was romantic, and I had assumed (wrongly) that it was being done with the tacit approval of the Parisian government. It felt harmless.
And, if it had just been me, my wife, and a few other people, it would've been harmless. But the 21st-century travel culture is a culture of hordes, not individuals. National Parks are finding that they have to quickly adjust to deal with masses of Instagram crowds that swoop down on a location that has become popular on social media. World Heritage Sites like Machu Picchu are grappling with the contradiction that their local economy relies on tourism, but that the site itself isunder threat from the erosive effect of mass tourism.
Ecologists call this effect the "tragedy of the commons." In a nutshell, it is harmless for a single person to act in their own self-interest, say, by taking as much water as they want from a well. But it is not harmless for everyone to act in their own self-interest — without rationing what comes out of the well, it will soon run dry to no one's benefit.
We, as tourists, have to be cognizant of how we, in massive numbers, are eroding the places we love to visit. It is romantic, of course, to place a lock of love on a bridge. But, if we must commemorate our everlasting love with a permanent artifact, perhaps it would be more romantic to get joint tattoos or plant a tree. We do not want to love each other and the world so hard that we end up destroying it.
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Home / Newsletters / BUDGET 2017! – Has it done enough to help Small Business?
Only the most optimistic among us would declare Budget 2017 a Small Business friendly budget!
There are however those who make the point that it could have been worse, so maybe we should celebrate none the less.
So, what are the positives?
VAT as many speculated, did not increase.
Despite the pro small business leaning of the budget speech, the clear facts are that business ownership for all entrepreneurs is going to carry more "penalties" than many might think the risks warrant!
So how can these penalties be mitigates? The best way, is to ensure your business qualifies as a small business corporation (SBC) as this still allows for a little breathing room from the new tax increases.
The table below illustrates the different outcomes on R1,5 million profit and shows that being an SBC is clearly the best option.
At Phezulu VBO we do more than just assist clients with tax planning, we are your "one stop SME shop", assisting with everything from Accounting, Business Management, BEE, Consulting, Company Registration to Payroll and Mentoring.


Beta of -0.3514 suggests that the asset is less volatile than the rest of the market.
Return on Equity (ROE) of 46.2% suggests that a company is doing well.
Return on Investment (ROI) of 21.0% suggests that a company is doing well.
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) of 46.2% suggests that a company is doing well.
Average Collection Period of 172.05 days suggests a slow turnover, which may be the result of a number of bad accounts, or a tax collection policy or perhaps credit is being used to generate sales.
Inventory Turnover Ratio of 23.10 suggests that a company is doing well.


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What is Employment Discrimination?
Author: Nicki Malekadeli
The workplace is one of the most common places where discrimination occurs. In 2017, over 84000 cases were received by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), with retaliation discrimination making up almost 50 percent of the claims. A significant number of complaints also revolved around discrimination based on race, disability, sex, and age. From this national statistic, 6.4 percent came from California. The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the state's independent agency to uphold civil rights, also reported having gotten more than 24,000 complaints of discrimination on the same year.
Workplace discrimination is the unjust treatment of an individual due to a particular personal characteristic that is protected by law. It may come in varying forms and experienced at any stage of employment. Listed below are the different types of discrimination in the workplace:
Gender & Sex
Ethnicity & National Origin
Age discrimination occurs when people who are at least 40 years old are given fewer chances to further their career. This includes but is not limited to being denied equal benefits, having different terms of employment, and outright rejection during recruitment because of one's age. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) prohibits such misdemeanor and applies to all employers with 20 or more workers.
Gender and sex discrimination covers all forms of negative actions toward an individual based on their biological sex or sexual orientation. Gender and sex discrimination include but are not limited to the following:
Pregnancy and Parenting Discrimination
The most common kind of sex discrimination is sexual harassment, which is legally defined as making unwelcome sexual advances or remarks. It may take on explicit forms such as asking for sexual favors in exchange for employment benefits (quid pro quo), or be more subtle yet likewise result in a hostile work environment. It is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act of 1959 (FEHA).
Pregnancy and parenting discrimination is when employers treat pregnant employees or those who plan to have children differently. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA) amended Title VII to include provisions that bar prejudiced actions directed specifically at pregnant women. The act also demands employers to allow necessary leaves with equal benefits and cover pregnancy-related medical expenses the same way they would for other ailments. It does not, however, require employers to financially support abortions except when the mother's life is in danger.
Queer-identified individuals experience sexual orientation discrimination by ways of denied employment, unfair working terms, reduced salary, and more. While this type of workplace discrimination is also a violation of Title VII and the FEHA, federal legislation still lacks stringent laws to protect individuals who do not fit into heteronormative expectations. Fortunately, increased social awareness and many other initiatives are closing this gap at a steady pace.
A common type of discrimination in the workplace is that relating to disability. Employers sometimes turn away qualified applicants because of a deformation or other notable disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 makes it illegal for employers to be prejudiced against a person with a disability, be it of a physical or mental nature. It also protects people who may develop such traits in the future like those with strong genetic dispositions to be afflicted with certain diseases. Employers are also mandated to accommodate such employees' special needs and make reasonable adjustments so they could fulfill their tasks without unnecessary burden.
Bias against genetic disposition in the workplace is related to the probability of a person contracting ailments. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) was enacted to prevent employers from discriminating against workers and interviewees based on their genetic information. GINA ensures equal opportunities for employment and human resource allocation for everyone.
Racial discrimination in the workplace is when employees or applicants are disadvantaged because of their actual or presumed race. Employers who withhold benefits, create a hostile work environment and refuse to hire individuals based on their color and other physical attributes related to their race violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Some businesses discriminate against people because of their cultural background. This is called ethnic discrimination, which is banned under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Severe acts of ethnic discrimination include firing, cutting pay, and fabricating unfair tasks for people who belong to a specific group. Minor offenses, such as making inappropriate cultural jokes, are also punishable by law.
Title VII also safeguards people of different national origins from prejudice. According to the law, employers with 15 or more employees are to give equal opportunities to employees and job applicants regardless of their ancestry, accent, and citizenship.
Religious discrimination involves the unjust treatment of employees in the workplace based on their religion and moral beliefs. An employer is held liable for discrimination charges under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) if he or she mistreats employees because of their religious affiliation. Segregating workers and applicants, denying equal compensation, and creating a hostile work environment are some examples of acts that constitute religious discrimination in the workplace.
Aside from penalizing misconduct, the law also requires businesses to make reasonable accommodations to allow their employees to practice their religious beliefs freely. Employers are to alter the work environment, allow special clothing, and permit leaves in observance of their respective religious holidays, provided that doing so would inflict only a minimal burden to the organization.
Employees and job applicants may also be discriminated against because of their political stands and activities. While there are no specific federal laws that protect employees from political discrimination, California offers a state civil law to combat this form of employment discrimination.
Under the employment regulation and supervision section of the California Labor Code, employers should not meddle with their employees' political activities, nor are they allowed to discriminate based on their beliefs and affiliations. They are, however, allowed to reprimand workers who disrupt the workforce by expressing their political views.
All employers are required by the EEOC to provide equal compensation to their employees with identical positions regardless of personal traits protected by law. This means that men and women in a company with the same rank must be given the same salary and benefits. Failure to comply with the EEOC's policies opens employers up to a lawsuit.
Retaliation discrimination is described as being treated unjustly after having complained about a legitimate concern such as harassment. Employees may also experience this type of discrimination in the workplace if they are whistleblowers of the company's illegal activities.
How to File a Discrimination Complaint Against an Employer
Once you recognize that what you are experiencing is in fact discrimination in the workplace, you need to take steps to achieve justice:
Gather Evidence
Document as much of the negative occurrences as possible. Tangible evidence that could be presented in court will favor your claims and help speed things up.
Report to the EEOC or DFEH
Filing a formal complaint with the EEOC or DFEH is a must to truly reprimand your employer and gain access to monetary claims. Do not let the case sit too long without action as the statute of limitations for workplace discrimination cases in California gives you only 300 days to file.
Hire a Professional Workplace Discrimination Lawyer
Experiencing any form of discrimination in the workplace is a truly disconcerting event. Despite various laws in place to protect your rights as an employee, standing up to your employer is not a task that you should do alone. Hire an experienced and competent professional to help build and win your case. Mesriani Law Group is home to expert workplace discrimination lawyers who can lead your case with unparalleled skills and compassion. Avail of a free legal consultation today and secure the help of one of our attorneys.
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