According to Apple, there are more than 600 universities with active iTunes U sites, and approximately half of these allow free access to their material through the iTunes Store. Of the free courses available, Apple lists the following 10 as the most popular. To access the material, you'll need to download iTunes, which can do for free here.
Stanford University. 20 video tracks.
Stanford University. 12 video tracks.
Yale University. 20 audio tracks, 19 video tracks.
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Yale University. 24 video tracks, 24 audio tracks.
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Netanyahu: Israel 'won't let its soldiers be dragged' to ICC
Published time: 4 Jan, 2015 17:20 Edited time: 4 Jan, 2015 17:32
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP Photo / Dan Balilty) © AFP
Israel will not permit its soldiers to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on potential war crimes charges, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. His comments came two days after Palestine applied to become a party to the court.
"We will not let Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers and officers be dragged to the International Criminal Court in The Hague," Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, AFP reported.
READ MORE: Palestinian Authority submits documents to UN to join International Criminal Court
The Palestinianmoveto join the ICC on Friday was followed by Israel's punitive measure of freezing the transfer of half a billion shekels ($127 million) in tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority.
"The Palestinian Authority has chosen to take a path of confrontation with Israel, and we will not sit idly by," Netanyahu said. "IDF soldiers will continue to defend Israel with determination and strength – and as they defend us, we will defend them, with the same determination and the same strength."
According to ICC sources, the Palestinian Authority wants the court to investigate war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories since June 13, 2014. It includes the 50-day Operation Protective Edge that took lives of over 2,200 civilians, most of them Gazans.
READ MORE: Palestine files 'Israeli war crimes' probe request with accession letter to ICC – report
Netanyahu said it was the Palestinian leadership that should be taken to the ICC – for signing a 2014 reconciliation agreement with the Hamas movement that Israel considers to be a terrorist organization."Those who should face justice are the heads of the Palestinian Authority who signed a covenant with the war criminals of Hamas,"he said.
Netanyahu also urged the ICC not to grant membership to the Palestinian Authority "because it is not a state."
Last June, a national consensus government was established by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Hamas-led government in Gaza.
Israel's monthly payments to the Palestinian Authority account for tens of millions of dollars in customs duties for goods, transferred to Palestinian markets via Israeli ports. They comprise two-thirds of the Palestinian Authority's annual budget, without foreign aid.
The International Criminal Court is a tribunal with the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed since July 1, 2002, when the ICC's Rome Statute treaty came into force.

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I've just given up my car, mainly due to the cost, and the fact I didn't use the car that much. Most of the journeys I make can be made by bike or public transport. I'd been putting off selling it, as I've not been well, and also I do use it for church stuff. But when I worked out how much it costs me each month, I could pay for taxis and occasionally cars easily within the money I save.
The downside will be in the rainy spells – but I live in a dry part of the country, so it's easier. Hills are also a problem. But so far, so good.
Rain is good. We need the rain to sustain life. You can buy some nifty rain-boots now and have some fashion fun! Congrats on making a change to experience life differently, with more purpose.
Absolutely true about these cycling and walking points.


One of my trading strategies is to trade the best stocks in the best industries at the best price. Sounds easy enough, right? But what does this mean exactly? Well, first I take a top down approach and review every industry group within each aggressive sector - technology, industrials, financials and consumer discretionary. Below are my favorites in each of these sectors and why.
If I simply looked at recent returns, computer hardware ($DJUSCR) and software ($DJUSSW) would top my list as they've both risen more than 5% over the past three months and they've outperformed all of the other industry groups in this sector. But this exercise isn't about what's performed well the last three months. It's about what looks to perform well the next three months. Both the DJUSCR and DJUSSW have broken out with weekly negative divergences in play. That doesn't mean they'll drop over the next couple months, but it does suggest there's more risk involved in trading these groups. Should we see a market downturn in September, I'd be shocked if computer hardware and software weren't among the biggest losers.
In my Friday Trading Places blog article, I featured an industry group within this sector that was on the verge of making a 3 1/2 year breakout. It made the breakout on Friday and is clearly my favorite within this sector. You can CLICK HERE to link to my Friday article, then scroll down to "Sector/Industry Watch" for more details.
September is known for its unpredictability and, in some instances, severe drops. That makes it imperative to stick with areas of the market that aren't ridiculously overbought or that are void of nasty negative divergences to improve your odds of trading success. As always, keep your stops in place. Sometimes, a small loser is a great trade.


With the recent release of the Radeon HD 5600, 5500 and 5400 series, AMD has managed to fill the gap in almost every price segment of the discrete graphics card market. However, the company is known to have one more card in the pipeline that will fit between the $150 Radeon HD 5770 and $300 HD 5850 both in terms of price and performance.
Although there has been no official announcement, the upcoming Radeon HD 5830 is all but confirmed by now thanks to numerous leaks, the latest of which brings full specifications as well as a price tag. According to a European online retail listing cited by Fudzilla, the card should cost around 215€, or about 17% less than the average HD 5850 card on the other side of the Atlantic. This means that, if accurate, and the same price relationship is retained for the U.S. market, the upcoming card could sell for around $250.
Of course, this is nothing more than a simple conjecture, but the listing also offered some hard numbers that should give us a good idea of what to expect. The still-unannounced 5830 reportedly packs the same Cypress LE core used in Radeon HD 5850 cards, but with 1280 stream processors instead of 1440, and will be able to crank out 60 texels per clock rather than 72 on the 5850.
The memory configuration will remain the same, 1GB of GDDR5 memory operating at 1000MHz, but apparently the core clock has been upped from 725MHz on the 5850 to 750MHz. Physically the two cards will be very similar, possibly using the same PCB and cooler, and like all the Radeon HD 5000-series cards it will have Eyefinity support. The site offered no word on when we can expect these units to start shipping, but last we heard the Radeon HD 5830 was scheduled to debut next week, on February 18.


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Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics. Volume 1. Finite Groups.
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Rozprawy Matematyczne XII.The Elementary Theory of Distributions.
Rozprawy Matematyczne IX. The Present State of Investigations on the Foundations of Mathematics.


The Danish food cluster is a leading country when it comes to export of high-value products in comparison to many other EU countries. That is what a new report from The Danish Agriculture & Food Council (DAFC) shows.
Pig meat, mink fur and butter. Those are some of the high-value products that are great export good from Denmark. In 2016 the Danish food cluster exported goods worth 156,4 bn DKK, (25bn USD), of which 40 pct. were high-value products. These are results from The Danish Agriculture & Food Council's yearly report "Facts and figures 2017".
"The consumers are willing to pay an increased price for the Danish products, because we are internationally recognized for our high food security, good quality, traceability and animal welfare," says Frank Øland, chief economist at DAFC.
The high-value products are products, obtaining an increase in value of 20 pct or more compared to the average price for an equivalent product from the EU.
Denmark is one of the countries working very much in the food field which has the highest share of high-value products in the EU. When Denmark is compared with other great food nations in the EU there is only Great Britain, Austria and Italy who have a higher share of high-value products in the EU. Almost all our mink fur and half of our dairy products are high-value products, Frank Øland explains.
The food cluster employed 186.000 people in 2016, 134.000 of these work places are involved with export.


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The Aurora Kinases in Cancer therapy
Extrapolation from observations in animal models is difficult as inhibition of kinase function in a mature animal will clearly not produce the range of developmental anomalies seen in germline knockout studies
Extrapolation from observations in animal models is difficult as inhibition of kinase function in a mature animal will clearly not produce the range of developmental anomalies seen in germline knockout studies. for stem cell factor. KIT is important in cell cycle regulation and critically important in haematopoiesis. Two receptors for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) are sensitive to imatinib. PDGF is involved in cell cycle regulation, angiogenesis, and fibroblast proliferation (Claesson-Welsh, 1994). Despite similarities in structure and function, PDGFR and are encoded on different chromosomes and differ in their affinity for individual isotypes of PDGF. We review the current evidence regarding efficacy and safety of imatinib in Philadelphia-positive (Ph+) haematological disorders and in other disorders with evidence for imatinib sensitivity. We also review the available data on imatinib resistance. We then consider the broader implications for anticancer treatment based on kinase inhibitors. EFFICACY Chronic myeloid leukaemia CML is a disorder of the haematopoietic stem cell consistently associated with the fusion gene. It is characterised by the proliferation Rabbit Polyclonal to MOBKL2B of the myeloid series, although lymphoid cells may also arise from the malignant clone. Three phases of the disease are recognised. In the chronic phase, there is indolent leukocytosis with infiltration of the liver and spleen. In the accelerated phase, there may also be acquisition of additional cytogenetic abnormalities and an increase in the proportion of immature cells in the blood or marrow. In blast crisis, which may be of lymphoid or myeloid lineage, the clinical picture resembles acute leukaemia and carries a very poor prognosis. Imatinib in newly diagnosed chronic phase Prior to the introduction of imatinib, the accepted standard therapy for newly diagnosed CML in the chronic phase was interferon and cytarabine. A recently published study (O'Brien 56%), complete cytogenetic response (CCR: 76 15%) and freedom from progression to accelerated phase or blast crisis (97 92%), all showed a statistically significant improvement in the imatinib group. Imatinib in chronic phase after interferon failure Patients with prior exposure to interferon are mostly in the late chronic phase (?12 months from diagnosis). Of 454 late RIPK1-IN-7 chronic phase patients started on imatinib at 400?mg RIPK1-IN-7 daily, 95% achieved CHR and 41% CCR with freedom from progression in 89% at 18 months (Kantarjian Ph+ ALL, BCR-ABL retains sensitivity to imatinib, but additional genetic abnormalities conferring drug resistance are common. In patients with relapsed or refractory Ph+ ALL or lymphoid blast crisis (Ottmann fusion gene (Baxter (a regulatory gene that may be translocated in acute leukaemia) and (Apperley fusion were treated with imatinib 400?mg daily. All achieved CHR after 4 weeks and cytogenetic remission after 9 months. Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is characterised by persistent peripheral blood eosinophilia with evidence of end-organ damage (usually cardiac or sinopulmonary infiltration RIPK1-IN-7 or neuropathy) without an identifiable cause. In a series of 16 patients with idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome, a novel fusion of and has been reported (Cools fusion received imatinib treatment. The doses of imatinib ranged from 100 to 400?mg daily. CHR of at least 3 months duration was achieved in all but two patients, neither RIPK1-IN-7 of whom carried the fusion gene. Efficacy at lower doses than in CML is supported RIPK1-IN-7 by data, indicating that the IC50 (drug concentration required to inhibit proliferation by 50%) for imatinib of PDGFRreport on five patients treated with imatinib. Four patients achieved CHR. The starting dose was 100?mg daily and maintenance doses were as low as 200?mg per week. These results imply that another cryptic rearrangement involving PDGFR (or another imatinib-sensitive kinase) may be present in some patients. Systemic mastocytosis is a rare myeloproliferative disorder with an increase in mast cells in the marrow and evidence of visceral and cutaneous infiltration. A syndrome related to histamine release may also occur. Imatinib inhibition of KIT phosphorylation in mast cell lines correlates with the inhibition of cellular proliferation (Zermati D816V, occurs in the catalytic region of the enzyme, and also prevents binding of imatinib. Most cases of mastocytosis are therefore resistant to imatinib. However, patients with mutations in the juxtamembrane region of the KIT molecule may retain sensitivity (Zermati antisense oligonucleotides.
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This Week In SNY: Meet Steve Gelbs and Michael Conforto's new friend!
In our first edition of TWISNY in 2016, Steve Gelbs and Michael Conforto make a new friend, Keith Hernandez complains about traffic, and a Gary replaces Gary.
By Steve Schreiber@sschreiber13 Mar 10, 2016, 11:00am EST
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A pleasant good afternoon everyone and welcome to This Week In SNY! We're back at it for 2016 and ready for a great year of SNY-related fun. Despite the change in hands this year, we're committed to continuing all of your favorite features from years past! In addition, we would like to hear your ideas for new features. Please send those ideas, along with any tips for TWISNY-worthy moments throughout the season, to TWISNY@grission.com.
Look at that smile on Gare's face! He looks so happy to once again be sandwiched in between his two buddies, Ron and Keith, for another 162 games. Great to have you all back, guys!
Let's Check In With Steve Gelbs, who's with Michael Conforto and a new friend!
Their friend is a member of the Tradition Field security team, a bunch that is mostly made up of older folks. We don't know Steve and Michael's friend's name so we're going to call him Irving the security guard. Did Irving get to ask any questions to Conforto? Will we ever get to learn more about Irving? We'll try to keep track of Irving's appearances throughout the spring, should he surface again on camera. If you happen to see Irving again, please let us know!
It didn't take very long for Curmudgeon Keith to return to the airwaves in 2016. Keith doesn't have much tolerance for spring training games to begin with and that patience runs even thinner when it comes to the parking procedures after they end. Calling back to Keith's stint last season as a parking attendant at Citi Field, Gary jokingly mentioned during the 8th inning that Keith would put on a vest and whistle and direct traffic in the Tradition Field parking lot.
Keith chimed in and he did not mince words when describing the new exit procedures at the ballpark, along with the person who came up with that brilliant idea.
"It was a nightmare getting out of here two days ago. It was uhh...whoever thought this one up...Siberia for him. Or whoever."
Ouch, you do not want to upset Keith, particularly when he's got dinner reservations. We'd like to make this our official plea to SNY: get Keith a vest and a whistle, pronto! We know he could handle the traffic and get everyone out of the parking lot efficiently. He's Keith Hernandez.
It's time for our first Nitpicking With TWISNY of the year and good gravy, we've got a couple of nits to pick. The Mets hadn't hit a home run in an SNY spring game until Neil Walker went deep on Monday afternoon. But wait...
Ah yeah, that's definitely not Travis d'Arnaud. The score bug doesn't appear to have all the bugs worked out just yet but that's okay, because nary an inning later...
There's Lucas Duda circling the bases after he put a two-run long dong onto the berm. Surely they'll have no problem identifying "Little Luke", as Keith likes to call him...
Oops. Better late than never on Walker. Still plenty of time for the issues with the score bug to get figured out. This has been Nitpicking With TWISNY.
Gary, Keith, and Ron are back together once again but wait...
Hey look, it's SNY anchor Gary Apple filling in on play by play while Gary Cohen is on college basketball assignment. It's nice to see one Gary stepping up in place of another Gary. I'm mostly wondering what's up with Keith's little smirk there on the right. It almost looks like he let go of a fart and is about to laugh, and Ron may have just caught a whiff of it. Keep the booth smelling fresh and clean for the Garys, would you guys?
Since we've been away for so long, let's do a BONUS Nitpicking With TWISNY! There were a lot of nits to pick in this first week of action but this one seems somewhat inexcusable given the player whose name is misspelled.
That's right, former Mets outfield prospect Cesar Puello, a veteran of multiple Mets springs on SNY, gets his name botched. It's one thing to accidentally spell it Caesar, at least that's the name of a salad and a Roman ruler. But Ceasar? This has been Nitpicking with TWISNY.
Before we close out our return engagement of This Week In SNY, we would be remiss to end without checking in on one of the longtime stars of TWISNY. That's right...
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Kevin Burkhardt! Here he is serving as studio host with Steve Lavin, covering a Villanova and Xavier college basketball game! Here at TWISNY, we don't know much about college basketball so we won't talk about that anymore. But go Kevin!
That's all we've got for this week. Look out for the next edition of This Week In SNY throughout the coming weeks and remember to send your ideas and tips to us at TWISNY@grission.com. We may feature them in future editions of TWISNY!
This Week In SNY was created by former Amazin' Avenue contributor James Kannengieser. You can read all of his entries here. We hope you enjoy this reboot!


Two men who kidnapped a woman from the Ribbleton area have been jailed.
The 23-year-old victim was beaten around the head, dragged into a vehicle and then robbed during the incident in Blackpool Road in October last year.
Slawomir Jurek, 36, of Albert Road, Moor Park and Stanislaw Kaminski, 39, of Argyll Road, Deepdale, were sentenced at Preston Crown Court after abducting the woman in the Ribbleton area.
Police were called around 12.30am on Sunday 16 October following reports of two men getting out of a vehicle and grabbing the woman.
She ran to a passing motorist who took her to a police officer on patrol in the area.
Following an investigation the police visited Jurek's home in Albert Road and found a number of items belonging to the victim.
What had led to the victim being grabbed in Blackpool Road?
Detectives discovered the victim had received an abusive phone call from Jurek just before midnight on Saturday 15 October.
A second man called the victim offering to help resolve the issue and Kaminski visited her address in the Ribbleton area a short time later.
After a brief conversation the victim agreed to drive with Kaminski and meet Jurek.
The pair set off but Kaminski stopped the car, allowing Jurek and a third man to enter the vehicle.
Jurek threatened the woman and she jumped out of the vehicle before the 36-year-old grabbed her and took her back to the car. He beat her around the head and face and the group travelled towards Ribbleton Park.
After the car stopped, Jurek pulled the woman out of the vehicle and she ran away. Again Jurek caught up with her, slapping her in the face and stealing a mobile phone containing the victim's identification cards.
Jurek, Kaminski and a third man were arrested by police and all pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Following an eight day trial Jurek was sentenced to seven years in prison, Kaminski was jailed for four and a half years. The third man was found not guilty of all offences.
Detective Constable Caroline Turley of Preston CID said: "Jurek and Kaminski are clearly dangerous individuals who plotted together to entice the victim away from her home address before subjecting her to a shocking and sustained ordeal.
"Jurek and the victim were known to each other, but having agreed to meet with him the 23-year-old woman could never have envisaged what was to happen.
"She was beaten around the head, dragged into the vehicle after attempting to escape and robbed.
"There is no doubt in my mind the victim was at risk of further serious harm and I am grateful to a member of the public who reported the kidnap, as well as the passing motorist, who took her to police.


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X7Fit, a unique "boutique style" fitness facility, opened its doors in Arvada on December 1, 2018. The 25,000-sq.-ft. facility brings a new and integrated fitness concept to the Denver community.
"The 'X' in our name represents group classes, the '7' represents the seven different offerings under one roof, and 'Fit' stands for fitness," said X7Fit visionary and Chief Executive Officer Donald Larson.
The one-of-a-kind fitness center offers members unlimited access to yoga, hot yoga, spin cycle, boxing, kickboxing, boot camp and traditional cardio and strength training. "The goal of X7Fit is to provide members of all ages with an experience that will motivate, inspire and challenge them to reach their individual fitness goals," said Larson.
X7Fit has two separate yoga studios including a hot yoga room featuring infrared panels that heat the space anywhere from 95 to 98 degrees; a state-of-the-art spin cycle studio featuring regularly scheduled, live-streamed classes; two boxing rings including a kickboxing area with 27 individual bags; a boot camp area featuring a 50-yard indoor track, sled pushes, tire flips, battle ropes, kettle bells, medicine ball slams and suspension trainers and an extensive line of cardio and strength training equipment.
As part of its commitment to the Arvada community, X7Fit is extending a one-year FREE MEMBERSHIP to all Arvada first responders.
The center also offers personal training services, a supervised children's area, an organic smoothie bar with massage chairs, prepared meals, Advocare health supplements, TKO boxing merchandise and yoga wear by Denver-based company Mika Yoga Wear.
X7Fit is located at 6550 Wadsworth, Arvada, CO, 80003. For more information or to sign up for a membership visit www.x7fit.com or call (303) 423-1468.


In early March, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) welcomed Pyxis, a new 445-passenger ferry, into the San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet.
In early March, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) welcomed Pyxis, a new 445-passenger ferry, into the San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet. Pyxis is the first new vessel added to Vallejo ferry service in 15 years.
Pyxis is the fifth new ferry WETA has added to its San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet since 2017. Carina, a 400-passenger ferry, entered service in February 2019. Hydrus, Cetus and Argo—all also 400-passenger ferries—joined the fleet in 2017 and 2018.
Pyxis is the first of three vessels in its class under construction for WETA by ship builder Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington. Sister ships Lyra and Vela are expected to be delivered within the next year. Those vessels will augment WETA's North Bay (Vallejo and Richmond) ferry services. WETA's fleet now has 14 ferries.
• Comfort and safety for San Francisco Bay Ferry passengers and crews.
Pyxis was designed and built at a cost of $23 million. Funding sources included Federal Transit Administration grants, bridge toll revenue, State Proposition 1B and State Transit Assistance.
Pyxis, pronounced "pik-sis," is named for a small constellation in the southern sky. The constellation's full name, Pyxis Nautica, is Latin for a mariner's compass.


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Half of Ramaphosa's ministers are women: this is the power squad
By Cebelihle Bhengu - 30 May 2019 - 10:41
Good party leader Patricia de Lille, the new minister of public works, was the biggest surprise in President Cyril Ramaphosa's slimmed-down, gender-balanced cabinet.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has been praised for leading by example and implementing equality between men and women the right way after announcing on Wednesday evening that women will make up half of his executive.
From newcomer, Good leader Patricia de Lille, to the return of Thoko Didiza, here's the power squad:
Patricia de Lille - minister of public works
Thoko Didiza - minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development
Angie Motshekga - minister of basic education
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams - minister of communications and telecommunications
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma - minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula - minister of defence and military affairs
Barbara Creecy - minister of environment, forestry and fisheries
Lindiwe Zulu - minister of human settlements, water and sanitation
Naledi Pandor - minister of international relations and co-operation
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane - minister in the presidency for women, youth and persons with disabilities
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni - minister of small business development
Lindiwe Zulu - minister of social development
Ayanda Dlodlo - minister of state security
Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane - minister of tourism.
The move by Ramaphosa got applause from South Africans.
There are 57.7 million people in South Africa – up from 56.5 million people in 2017 – and more than half of the population (51%) is female. Women live six years longer than men, with a life expectancy of 67.3 years compared to 61.1 years for males. https://t.co/nShJsHKzRO
— simon INOU (@simoninou) May 30, 2019
50% of Cyril's cabinet is female. Would be nice to see corporate South Africa follow suit. #CabinetAnnouncement
— Shelley Diesel (@ShelleyDiesel) May 30, 2019
South Africa ?? joins Rwanda and Ethiopia to have as many female cabinet members as there are males. This is truly beautiful
— Sure Kamhunga (@SKamhunga) May 30, 2019
On the raise of female leadership... #womeninpower https://t.co/1JOVLHsS3W
— Bea Navarro (@LaBeaNavarro) May 30, 2019
I like the balance of female and male in the new cabinet and the generational mix of the appointed ministers.
Hopefully South Africa becomes a nation that we can all be proud of.#CabinetAnnouncement
— Fireball?8th June (@Seno_Monageng) May 29, 2019
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De Lille makes surprise entry into new cabinet
Who's in and who's out of SA's 2019 cabinet
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Which stocks are the best to hold for long term?
I have about 1 lakh rupees spare cash which I wish to invest in stocks for a very long term. Could anyone please help me what are the parameters I need to look for while choosing a stock? How do I know whether the price of the stock is a good price to buy or overpriced? How do I diversify and allocate in the various stock sectors?
Lastly, anyone with any pointers on good large-cap stocks to hold on to long term? A few that come into my mind are Reliance, ONGC, Infosys, BHEL, Hero Motors, Hindalco, etc.
Please tell me how to decide on whether a stock is good to hold for long term or not? I wish to hold not more than 20 stocks in my portfolio, so that I can keep an eye on them and manage things better.
Dear Sunnydoc, My own learning period is still on. So much to learn & life is too short to complete all the things, yet trying my best. My best wishes to you too for a good learning.
Sure Ashal, Thank you so much for your patient guidance.. I am sure I still have a long way to go and learn..
Dear Sunnydoc, On a lighter note – dear Manish & dear Nandish are already out there with their shopping list to purchase 'MERA WALA CREAM (read stock)'.
On a serious note, start reading at least monday's investor guide in the economic times & the smart investor in Business Standard on same day.
Yes, choosing a right stock which has long term prospects is what I was asking for. I wish somebody could elaborate more on this. As in how does one do research on a company, how to allocate a few good stocks for really long term, how to know whether the price is right or not, etc.
I agree that I am no fund manager to decide on the good stocks or bad stocks, but a little extra knowledge would definitely help.
I hope Manish and Nandish are listening.
If you are along term investor, you should choose a sector which has long term prospects. For example, banking sector is not going to vanish. But you never know about Entertainment sector, what form is it going to take in future. Secondly, you should have a reasonable knowledge about the company in which you are going to invest ( business style, management, companies reputation in the market etc ).
For a long term investor I feel that following stocks would be good.
Dear Sunnydoc, Buying & holding for long term is meant for avoiding short term volatility. Such ST Volt. affects all be it largecap, midcap or small cap. So a person should not make in or exit decision in a haste.
@Justgrowmymoney, sure thanks! Will try to get that copy.
So basically, if I invest today in a select few bluechip stocks, then the returns will be equivalent to that of the index returns over time. If I stay invested in mutual funds, chances are that I will get better returns than plain bluechip equity. But I just wanted to know, why do people talk of buy and hold long term then? Is there more to it? What about blue-chip companies which are still growing year on year, or those which have market potential? Like Natural gas, or motorbikes, paints, etc for example?
Value investors do not buy stock but the underlying business and its future growth is what they are looking at.
People who bought HDFC,L&T,Pantloom,Infosys did not buy just the company but the business they do. Business does not grow in a quarter,it takes time. The progress is slow and but rewarding in long term.
So when someone say buy and hold .You dont buy and hold any stock for longterm and get great returns.But you should buy the right business at right time and hold it through long term to see that money grows.
Also todays bluechip stocks may or may not give you great returns. What is your expectation in stock market with your money?
Finding a future bluechip company is not easy job. You might land lucky like my friends father who bought 500 Titan Industries around Rs 25 and totally forgot about it for like 10 years. But that is one in a million case.
I can assure you one thing ,you might find future bluechip but holding on to it for long term is a real tough job .
Dear Sunnydoc, Just to add what already told by dear justgrowmymoney & dear Bharat shah, When you are saying you want to invest in bluechips & the same stocks are already there in your MF portfolio, are you not repeating the investments. As rightly pointed out – With 1L Rs. you may diversify in 5 or 6 stocks only if investing directly but in case you are investing in MFs, the same 1L Rs. 'll be invested in at least 40-50 stocks if not more than that.
there is more to it, The bluechips are already gone past the high growth phase to become bluechip so the chances of getting higher than market return (in simple words beating the index be it Sensex or Nifty) are rare. Next Infosys 'll not come from Infosys itself. It 'll come from the current lots of mid or smallcaps. Now as we enter in the world of mid & small cap, the very comfort of bluechip is gone & we are sailing in a rough weather. The chances of reaching the shore (read super duper returns) are lower than the chances of losing our money itself.
And I must really thank you for the solid advice! Really, it's good advice.
If you can grab ET Wealth, first edition that came out in Mar 2011 – there are some very interesting stories there! Good luck!
@Bharat Shah, thanks for the info.
@Justgrowmymoney, of course I do not plan to day trade at all! All I wish to do is select a few bluechip stocks and hold them for a long time. I will go through the books you suggested. I am already investing in mutual funds through SIP route since the last 6 months. But I felt that I should own a few stocks in my portfolio as well. Not too much, but just a bit. I had about a lakh to spare, so I felt now would be a good time to invest.
Sunnydoc – Direct stock investment is not something easy but with a lot of focus one can start to do well, but it takes time and focus. No one is really 'THE EXPERT' in choosing stocks because no one person is larger than the market and everyone makes some mistake or the other at some point!
Firstly – DONT BUY A STOCK because some newspaper or news channel or some stock report publishes it (including the recommendations from my own website!). Take them as a starting point only.
Next – Read first to understand how markets work. Start with "One up on the wall street". Proceed next with "The Intelligent Investor". Just as it took you 12 years of education to enrol for a degree course you have to spend at least few weeks reading stuff and watching the market passively. When you get some comfort level open a portfolio in sites like moneycontrol.com and do virtual trading [You can even do that right now and track the 'experts' opinion, if they are right or wrong in making short term calls]. There will be no emotional loss/gain is such a trading but you can at least test the waters.
It is frustrating to sit outside the market when everyone is screaming that markets are falling and this is a good time to invest! But if you need to make some serious money you have to spend some effort learning.Otherwise if you enter the market and face losses it may discourage you altogether which is an even greater loss.
My recommendation: Start with MF SIPs for the time being, so you get a satisfaction you are investing in the market. Invest some time and effort and start slowly investing in stocks after 4-6 months.
Again, even with a portfolio of 30-50 Lacs one need not have more than 6 – 8 stocks really. If you want to diversify so risk is mitigated – ahem – then MF is the best route to go.
– Never day trade. You may make a few hundred or thousand rupees here and there but you will never BUILD WEALTH doing so and more likely lose in the longer run.
– Never step into Futures and Options (applicable for 99% of the population). You will know whether it is for you or not in 1-2 trades but dont even experiment. Suitability can be gauged by paper trading itself!!
as a retail investor , it is better to choose a paid service of reputed advisory firm for selection of stocks, rather than 'do it self '. one firm comes in my mind is 'www.personalfn.com ' , a sister concern of quantum amc. though i am not investing direct to equity, i feel, they are honest. and investing in 20 company's shares for rs.1 l seems very high , max. 5 would be enough.
Thanks for the answers. Yes I am interested in long term stock investment, that is direct shares of about 20 good companies.
Can somebody please throw more light on the issues raised in my questions? Can someone suggest a good place to read and research these stocks?
sunny, you need to always review and take decision. you should know how to evaluate the performance of stock. BTW, when u say stock , i guess u meant mutual fund. Please search for post which explains steps to evaluate funds..
Dear Sunnydoc, I assume you are referring 20 cos. & not merely the no. of stocks of a co. Regarding selection of few stocks here are my 3 options.
3. Read a lot, research a lot & then invest with conviction for not making any panic decision if things are not going the way you want to.
Sorry to say, but I do not have any personal call on any stock as I'm more comfortable with avg. return generated by MFs for me.


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If You Cannot Travel to Lofoten Right Now: A Journey Through Photographer Julia Kivelä's Ethereal Landscapes
Hanna-Amanda P. G. October 19, 2017
Finnish photographer Julia Kivelä takes us to dreamlike but oh-so-real natural landscapes, from Kilpisjärvi, Finland, to Lofoten, Norway, through the lens of her camera.
By Meri Frig
Tags Lofoten, Norway, Julia Kivelä, Finland, Finnish Photographer, Nature, Animals, Wildlife, Landscape Photography
Weekend Design Talks: Scandi Interior Inspiration from London-based Scandinavialist
Hanna-Amanda P. G. July 21, 2017
We explore the characteristics of the Scandi-craze in the field of interior design with the expertise of Christina Forsberg, London-based Norwegian architect and consultant. On her elegant blog Scandinavialist, she exposes all the 'must-knows' and 'oh-wows' of Scandinavian design.
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Noctu: Seasonless Organic Cotton Nightwear
Sophie Breitsameter September 21, 2016
Noctu is a family business founded by sisters Zoë and Milly, who are based between Bath, UK, and Oslo, Norway. Having witnessed firsthand the shocking impact conventional cotton manufacturing has on people and our planet, they were compelled to create ethically made, beautiful, minimal night and loungewear.
Noctu Campaign, 2016
"Take my hand and I will lead the way.
Through the fjords where the night is day.
A special place where the sun does not set.
A land where mountains silhouette.
A place for those who dare to dream.
The land of the midnight sun."
Noctu dedicated years to finding the right manufacturers, determined to find organic production and fair trade conditions. Throughout their business, Noctu ensure equality, women empowerment and ongoing training programmes. The collection is a wonderful example of how small companies are helping shift the norm with beautiful, high quality products, sourced and made ethically and sustainably that don't compromise on design, or start at an inaccessible price point.
Noctu's first seasonless night and loungewear collection is beautiful and simple, inspired by the Scandinavian midnight sun, where days neither begin nor end.
All of Noctu's cotton products are certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard Fairtrade.
We love their nighties and the gorgeous pure white bed linen, just what we need as the nights start to draw in.
http://www.noctu.co.uk
In Design, Business Tags Noctu, Minimal, Nightwear, Oslo, Norway, Seasonless, Loungewear, Fairtrade, Organic Cotton, Organic, Women Empowerment, Noctu Organic
The White Label Project: Connecting Sustainable Scandi Luxury With Honest Prices
Hanna-Amanda P. G. August 19, 2016
The White Label Project is a Norwegian online concept store connecting clean-cut, sustainable luxury staples with affordable, honest prices. Savant spoke to Nicola, founder of The WLP, who calls people to be just a degree more mindful when it comes to their fashion purchases, without stripping away the glamorous side of shopping. Not all the luxury in the world has to come with an insurmountable price tag…
The White Label Project (Lookbook 2016)
What are the key influences that formed The White Label Project?
The White Label started out as a project based on the concept of unbranded goods. We wanted to focus on classic staples that are of luxury quality, but which are not priced according to their brand positioning. [The aim is to offer] classic, clean-cut staples at honest prices. After moving from Shanghai to Norway, I realised that there were many women like me, who wanted key investment pieces, but cared more about the actual quality of the products than brand names. I knew a lot of people in manufacturing and step-by-step started calculating how to make luxury more affordable for everyone. Scandinavian simplicity will also always be a key influence crossed with feminine touches from my days in ballet.
Why is sustainability in fashion important now?
It is becoming harder to ignore the facts about the change in our climate and environment. We need to be considerate and conscious when it comes to our fashion purchases, instead of being mindless and materialistic. We must realise that the way we live our lives now affects the world and the future of our children.
"We continue to sweep under the rug the traumatic incidents and truths about manufacturing in Third World countries, and hide it behind all those big campaigns and glamour."
From the viewpoint of you as an insider, who is the key audience for sustainable fashion?
I honestly would have to say young women. I think we now want the future generations to say, 'My mother taught me this..' or 'My mother did this…'. When women hold the majority in purchasing garments in the retail sector and for households, I think that is where we can pinpoint the right audience to educate. It has become quite clear that it will be these women and their choices in consumption that will be passed on to the next generation.
There are many projects connecting sustainability and something novel in fashion in the Scandinavian region. One could say it has become a wave on its own. What could be the reason behind that?
Scandinavia has always been ahead of the market when it comes to design and innovation. Personally, I feel that here in Norway people have a deep connection with nature. You don't see forests being destroyed or pollution taking over drastically. It seems like the natural and the artificial world co-exist in a balanced, peaceful way. So it only seems like a natural progression that Scandinavian designers and organisations would venture into sustainable fashion.
"I try to focus on [calling people to be] more minimal and mindful when purchasing clothes, instead of stripping away the glamorous side of fashion."
What's the hardest part when it comes to promoting sustainable fashion? What could be done to make it more visible to the everyday consumer?
I think people have stereotyped sustainable fashion and therefore it is very difficult to change [the idea of it]. I find a lot of brands really marketing it the wrong way. I personally try to approach it in a very gentle and subtle way — I try to focus on [calling people to be] more minimal and mindful when purchasing clothes, instead of stripping away the glamorous side of fashion.
Do you agree that honest and ethically made fashion is still on the pricier side compared to its Fast Fashion sister. Why is that? Do you think this could change in the future?
Sustainable fashion will always be more expensive than fast fashion due to using high quality materials and fairly paid workers. Fast fashion companies in general are continually searching for new factories in the developing countries that can provide the low cost of labour. For example, China used to be considered cheap, but now it is well known for providing high-quality garments, too. I do often wonder, what will happen when all these developing countries become regulated. How will fast fashion brands maintain their prices? Bottom line, it won't be sustainable.
How would you evaluate your competitors in the realm of Scandinavian market?
I don't really have time to think about competition at this point. Instead, I like to focus on the direction that we are heading to. I think you can easily get too caught up with what is happening around you and let it influence you in a negative way, which in reality isn't productive.
"I think we now want the future generations to say, 'My mother taught me this..' or 'My mother did this…'."
Talking about reshaping the fashion industry today, how can we make something that affects us all on a larger scale perhaps more personal?
From my perspective, what is still wrong with the fashion industry is that we continue to sweep under the rug the traumatic incidents and truths about manufacturing in Third World countries, and hide it behind all those big campaigns and glamour. There needs to be more honesty. As consumers, we really need to become more conscious of what we are buying into in the long run.
What would be your advice for startups who want to do something similar to your project, but haven't had the courage to do so yet?
Always be practical and realistic, but honest. The entry barriers into business these days are low-cost, so you have every opportunity to start.
http://www.thewhitelabelproject.com
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In digital manufacturing, the supplier's real product is intellectual property
Author Michael C. Anderson
In the digitized manufacturing world being born, the product that a job-shop produces is less a piece of engineered metal and more a piece of intellectual property. So said Tom Kelly, the executive director and CEO of Detroit's Automation Alley, by phone recently.
The cost of sensors and shop floor connectivity have fallen to the point that even smaller job shops can afford them and get access to data they've never had before, Kelly said: The technology is so inexpensive that shop owners "can practically toss sensors around the plant and machines to start collecting data."
The challenge, however, is in understanding what data is valuable and how to use it to provide a competitive advantage. And in the digital world, that includes understanding how to best leverage your intellectual property.
"What the OEMs really want is to connect the supply chain and have real-time data, not only from their own plants but all the way through the supply chain," Kelly explained. "The productivity potential is enormous—but it also creates a lot of intellectual property issues for the smaller, downstream suppliers that most aren't really thinking about. They need to understand that they're going to be in the business of data and services—and not necessarily only in the business of making physical products or parts."
I've seen this concept dismissed by managers at just the kind of smaller—say, under 100 workers—shops Kelly is talking about. Some tell me that all of that "digital thread" talk may be of interest to those mass-producing cars or building fighter jets, but it seems very far away from the small shop that's doing fine with a few CNC machines. Kelly seemed to be saying that if such a shop digitizes all of its procedures and shares the data up the supply chain, it may be at risk of letting out what ought to be proprietary information. Is he saying it's in danger of inadvertently "giving the store away?"
"That's one way to frame it, but there are two sides," he replied. In that view, the OEMs are a threat—and that is rightly one side of the coin. "But the other side is that this OEM goal is an opportunity for the downstream supplier to make more money and add more value—and become much harder to displace—as he digitizes.
"Both perspectives are true, but if you just look at the situation from a position of fear, you tend to want to say, 'please let this cup pass from me.' And what I'm saying is, for those that understand, this is a land-grab opportunity," he continued. "If a shop can digitize with a tier 1 and onto an OEM, it becomes difficult for that shop to be displaced, and it's actually creating a ton of value. The shop just needs to understand what that value they create actually is. Because it's much more than just the part or product. It's not really tied to the product any more. Its tied to the data."
On the supplier plant floor level, "the opportunities are enormous for the early movers," he said.
More from Tom Kelly in my January feature on shop floor connectivity.
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Michael Anderson, former senior editor at Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, holds a master's degree in written communication from Eastern Michigan University. He has been professionally writing about manufacturing technology since 1998, including more than 10 years at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.


This week it finally hit us: the pre Christmas crazies.
One moment we were riding the tinsel-bright, sparkly yuletide wave of Joy to the World, eye on the important stuff (decorating the tree and the possibility of our early spuds and peas making it onto the Christmas dinner table), the next we were wiping out, thrashing in a wash cycle of ringing cash registers, endless lists, and Bad Will to All Men.
From the customary post housework (mandatory involvement for anyone on the Homestead on a Monday morning) herbal tea on the deck (rosemary this week) everything looked so Peace on Earth. Sure, there were a couple of social engagements, okay we needed to make a few shopping forays, but all were happy with where we were heading. We were keeping it simple; We were honouring our beliefs. Te Harinui and all that.
…Oh, but maybe it would be best if we avoided any "Big Chores" (you know, those jobs that could take half an hour but that in all probability will chew up most of your day, but will fill you with great joy once they are off the list) because of the end of year concerts, barbeques, parties, break ups, rave ups, and all manner of "last-chance-before-Christmases peppering the week.
…And, hey didn't they buy for us last year? We really SHOULD get them something.
Then the dreaded M word (rhymes with tall, smells of fast food and panic) was uttered, and the insanity kicked in.
Luckily, because the Homestead is pretty labour intensive, rational thought could assert itself before any serious damage was done to our collective ethos. Quite simply, we didn't have the time between must-do chores and packed social calendar to panic shop. It was that close.
Double luckily, we live in the home of the most laid back, joyous, keepin' it real Santa Parade ever – and it happened this Saturday. In New Brighton, Santa rides the parade in a surf boat and everyone knows who he really is (Farm Girl understands he has a special contract with the real Santa to act as his understudy in this instance because this is his busy season). There's nothing like cheering and shouting and waving at a bunch of people parading in a variety of unlikely outfits on a plethora of hand decorated floats to raise the spirits and refocus the mind. At the market afterwards you can even part with a bit of dosh, sure in the knowledge that 90% of the stall holders live locally.
Shop locally and spread the love.
This was a momentous week for that battle-scarred snail beater, Miss Daisy Kingfisher. Given up for dead in A Springtime Nocturnal Bad Dream, she endured the worst place in the glasshouse, intermittent watering, and scant attention to do what the second planting didn't: she grew. This week she took up residence, as initially intended, at the foot of The Homestead front fence. Barring passing dogs and clumsy bus stop patrons we reckon she's made it. Hopefully by the time she's flowering, the Homestead windowsills will be painted to match.
Another happening which we had little or nothing to do with was the assimilation of the Delia's (of Meet the Delias fame) with the grown ups. In the way of most tricky decisions, the time to throw open the gates was made for us by the Delias themselves, who decided life looked way more fun on the other side and took to vaulting over the fence. Sure, three days on there are moments of feather flying squawking but it all sorts out without too much collateral damage. The timing of the unification was not totally perfect as the fallout of A Bit of a Fowl Up is chemical gapeworm eradication so the Delias drinking water is now laced as well. Here at the Homestead that sort of thing is a total last measure, and means for the first time in years we have been forced to purchase eggs (of course free range, organic, with the RSPCA tick) but sometimes needs must.
From The Kids Fly the Coop, Miss Heidi and her brother the goat formerly known as Billy Will (Luke Skywalker) are living a wonderful life with our friends at Arion Farm Education Park. Here they are pictured with Sapphire the Sheep for whom The Farmer is Mummy.
Speaking of whom, The Farmer's prowess with animals was verified this week, making us all very proud (and the Homestead a bit more valid) and providing proof that we do know what we're doing; Well, that one of us does.
So that's everything up to date. In the garden the broad beans dying down but infant scarlet runners have been spotted hiding among the blossoms, the front garden is a profusion of showy squash and courgette flowers, and the sweet corn is beginning to look like it means business. We were even the subject of a photo shoot (after saying it was unlikely last week) but that's a story for another day.
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Time snapshots of three communicating robots (black) tracing the coherent structures in time dependent double gyre flow. The bright red signatures shown are ridges that contain the coherent structures of the flow. The coherent structures are unstable; i.e., if one starts a single tracer near the red structures, it is quickly swept away into some basin of attraction. Even though the coherent structures are unstable, the trio of autonomous robots shown track the most unstable regions throughout the phase space shown.
Dr. Ira B. Schwartz and colleagues have derived and implemented a novel autonomous communicating robot architecture to track coherent structures in ocean flows, such as those structures which separate large eddy flows in the Gulf of Mexico. Coherent structures are time evolving unstable objects in the ocean that play a large role in the determination of transport. These structures, therefore, play an important role in temperature distribution, algae bloom development, and climate and weather prediction. The multi-robot design uses communication and local velocity measurement information to control the robot positions along the coherent structures. The technique has been applied to time dependent flows modeling double gyres, and has been verified in experiments.
Background: Coherent structures (CS) in dynamical systems are similar to separatrices, or manifolds, that divide the flow into dynamically distinct regions. CS are extensions of stable and unstable manifolds to general time-dependent flows, and they carry a great deal of information about the dynamics of the flows. For two-dimensional (2D) flows, CS are analogous to ridges defined by local maximum instability. To improve weather and climate forecasting, and to better understand contaminant transport, one would like to use autonomous sensors to measure a variety of quantities of interest. One drawback to operating sensors in time-dependent and stochastic environments like the ocean is that the sensors will tend to escape from their monitoring region of interest. Since the CS are inherently unstable and denote regions of the flow where more escape events may occur, knowledge of the CS are of paramount importance in maintaining a sensor in a particular monitoring region.
Accomplishment: We have derived and designed a collaborative robotic control strategy designed to track stable and unstable manifolds, such as CS, in general two dimensional flows. The technique does not require global information about the dynamics, and is based on local sensing, prediction, and correction. The collaborative control strategy is implemented on a team of robots to track coherent structures on static flows as well as time-dependent models of wind-driven double-gyre often seen in the ocean. The theory has been tested in simulation and experiments, and theoretical guarantees of the collaborative tracking strategy have been derived.
Significance: Tracking coherent structures in dynamical systems is important for many applications such as oceanography and weather prediction. Different from previous work, we devise a boundary tracking strategy that relies solely on local measurements of the velocity field. Our technique is quite general, and may be applied to any conservative flow. Our work is novel in that the robots are determining the location of a global structure based solely on local information, and as far as we know, the sensing of CS in the ocean has never been performed using autonomous vehicles. Moreover, only initial state knowledge of the CS is required locally to get an accurate prediction of the global structure.


Budden estate sits on five serene acres of land, perched at almost 8,000 feet above sea level. It is one of only five privately owned estates in the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. Lovingly restored for comfortable and elegant living, it still retains its original charm.
Undated photograph of Mary Budden. A plaque in her memory stands perfectly within the Budden Memorial Church in Almora.
Ms. Budden was the daughter of the Reverend John Henry Budden, who in 1850 was appointed by Captain Ramsay of the British government to run a charitable mission in the Kumaon Hills.
Choosing Almora as his base, Reverend Budden dedicated two buildings in the Almora Bazaar to the mission work: one was used as a Mission Chapel and the other as a school. The Budden Memorial Church stands tall in the Almora bazaar even today.
The work of the mission station continued largely under the supervision of Reverend Budden's wife and his daughter, Ms. Mary Budden.
Mary Budden dedicated herself to charitable works, establishing and operating a school for girls, a hospital for women, a boys & girls orphanages and a refuge for homeless women. A plaque in her memory stands perfectly within the Budden Memorial Church in Almora.
Budden Estate is named in memory of its last known inhabitant in the 19th century, Ms. Mary Budden. In 1990 Ashwani and Serena Chopra bought the estate and with it they inherited an enamel jug, some of Mary Budden's books, an old armchair and the ruins of a girls hostel that held on to the memories of her life in Binsar.
Almora (close to Binsar) served as an administrative centre under the British. Almora's bracing climate and green forests attracted many colonial officers to establish retreats in the adjacent hills.
Most high profile officers built estates consisting of large bungalows set within several acres of land surrounded by forest. Over time the estates changed hands and were eventually passed on to Indian owners. On 8th July 1899 General W.I. Mc Gregor authorized his attorney Shyam Lal Shah, to sell his estate to Mary Budden.


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Over $170 million in Grants Going to State Parks and Recreation
The U.S. Department of Interior announced over $170 million in grants funded without taxpayer dollars will be distributed to state parks and outdoor recreation projects in all 50 states.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said that $170,623,713 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) will be implemented by the National Park Service.
The grants aren't funded by taxpayer dollars since the LWCF is funded by revenue generated from offshore oil and gas leasing.
Montana will receive $1,611,602.
"Using zero taxpayer dollars, LWCF invests earnings from offshore oil and gas leasing to help rehabilitate and improve infrastructure at state and local parks and other recreation areas," Bernhardt said. "Funds will also be used to maximize access by opening up landlocked public lands. A small investment in a little strip of land can open up thousands of acres to outdoor recreation enthusiasts."
LWCF, which was passed by Congress in 1964, was permanently reauthorized by Congress earlier this year.
Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, a trade group representing the oil and gas industry, noted that oil and natural gas development is the sole source of funding for LWCF.
"The industry is a strong environmental partner across the West, both through countless private donations to conservation groups and initiatives as well as direct on-the-ground conservation work," Sgamma said.
The states allocated the most money are California ($14,564,940), Texas ($9,746,191), New York ($7,941,700), Florida ($7,869,846), Illinois ($5,726,425), and Pennsylvania ($5,430,820).
Of western states, Washington received $3,577,901, Arizona received $3,541,391, Colorado received $3,034,579, and Nevada received $2,292,912.


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Pac-Man Is 35!
by Nick Thorpe, 22 May 2015
One of gaming's most popular characters of all time turns 35 today! The Retro Gamer team is celebrating the anniversary of the original arcade release of Pac-Man – Nick's grabbed the Neo Geo Pocket Color version of the original, and even our managing director is in on the festivities:
@RetroGamer_Mag @gamesyouloved And here is the creator, Toru Iwatani, signing that very copy pic.twitter.com/nVGkXCliWv
— Damian Butt (@ImagineMD) May 22, 2015
Since his arcade debut back in 1980, the yellow dot-muncher has been in dozens of games and lent his appearance to all kinds of merchandise, as well as the odd promotional crossover with the likes of Google. In recent years, he's even been reintroduced to younger audiences through the 3D animated series Pac-Man And The Ghostly Adventures, which has spawned its own spin-off game and merchandise.
Bandai Namco is holding a free party to celebrate the anniversary at its Level 257 venue in Schaumburg, Illinois today, featuring themed events, a birthday cake and an appearance from Toru Iwatani, the creator of Pac-Man. The company has also refreshed its Pac-Man and Pac-Man Lite iOS apps, offering a new look and brand new mazes for long-term fans to enjoy.
If you're unaware of how the arcade icon came to be, fear not – Retro Gamer has you covered. Pick up a copy of Retro Gamer issue 61 via greatdigitalmags.com to read our feature on the making of Pac-Man, in which we get the full story from Toru Iwatani himself.
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Deval Patrick Mulls Late Entry In Democratic Race
November 11, 2019 at 5:31 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has told Democratic officials that he is considering making a last-minute entry into the 2020 presidential race, the New York Times reports.
"Mr. Patrick told party leaders he doesn't think that any of the candidates running have established political momentum and that he thinks there is an opening for somebody who can unite both liberals and moderate Democrats."
"At the same time, Massachusetts Democrats close to Mr. Patrick have started to reach out to prominent party leaders in early nominating states to alert them that he may run."
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Home > Archives (2006 on) > 2013 > India and Pakistan Must Exchange Prisoners
Mainstream, VOL LI No 22, May 18, 2013
India and Pakistan Must Exchange Prisoners
Saturday 18 May 2013, by Humra Quraishi
To mark or start new beginnings, Dr Manmohan Singh and Nawaz Sharif should not send mangoes to each other, but exchange imprisoned men. Yes, Indian prisoners held captive in Pakistani jails ought to be sent back, to be tried and imprisoned here. And Pakistani prisoners languishing in our jails here, ought to be sent back, with a footnote that they'd serve those remaining years of their sentence in the jails of their home country.
The killings of Sarabjit and Sanaullah inside the so-called secure prison cells should pave the way for some rethink on the very concept of prisons. On the very condition of prison cells. On the very condition of humans sitting caged. Research studies should get-set-going on what goes on within those high walls. Killings are the extreme outcome of hatred-cum-revenge but what about those daily torture sessions ...the sessions getting compounded by religious and regional biases, whipped to lethal levels by hate speeches and communal politics holding sway.
Books by two former Tihar Jail inmates—senior journalist Iftikhar Gilani and Kashmiri activist Anjum Zamarud Habib—detail and describe how the Kashmiri prisoners are treated. And lawyer-activist Nandita Haksar again minces no words on this aspect. In her book and essays she has focused on the imprisoned lot languishing in Delhi's Tihar Jail and the biases that come into focus.
Other jails and prisons of this country couldn't be much different, not holding out any exceptional positives, unless, of course, the jailor and the staff under him carry a humane outlook. As I mentioned in last week's column, it's time to do away with jails and in their place reform centres ought to come up. And also the concept of that much needed 'second chance', for all those wrong-doers who are remorseful and want to change course.
And though in one of my earlier columns I did mention a couple of instances from the jailed days of Mahatma Gandhi but even at the cost of sounding repetitive let me re-focus on them, in the hope the our jailors and those jailed read them and try to grasp the more peaceful ways to co-exist.
These two are particular instances, from Faith And Freedom: Gandhi in History (published by Niyogi Books and written by historian Professor Mushirul Hasan).
"It was Id, the festival following a month of fasting. Gandhi was in Yeravda Jail, sharing to the full the festive spirit of Mr Ali (full name is not known), a friend from Rangoon, and other Muslim prisoners. Throughout the day, he exchanged greetings with co-prisoners that he could see across the barbed wire fence and exuberantly blessed Ali. In the evening, he appeared to be even more anxious than Ali to catch a glimpse of the crescent moon during the few minutes it was visible hanging, as it were, in mid-air just above the trees, peeping over the high stone wall of the inner prison. His joy knew no bounds when he eventually sighted it. The warmth of life seeped through his veins. Eager for a clearer view of the digit of the moon, he actually over-stepped the boundary of the barbed wire fence ..."
Also this, which relays that bond between Gandhi and Ghaffar Khan—"On 4 December, Ghaffar Khan returned to Wardha with his twelve-year-old son and fourteen-year-old daughter. Often, he read the Quran in the evening prayer and joined in reading Tulsidas' Ramayana. He loved the tune and listened intently. 'The music of the bhajan fills up the soul.' he once proclaimed. He served the sick, and, what is more, helped Gandhi wash his feet. Once Badshah Khan came along with his two sons. At the midday meal, one of them asked: 'Isn't it your birthday today?' 'Yes, it is. Why?' 'Well, you see, I thought ...there might be something special to eat—cake and chicken pilau perhaps. Bur there is simply plain boiled pumpkin, just as usual!' Gandhi chuckled and made the children laugh. Afterwards he took the Frontier Gandhi aside and suggested that, 'We ought to get something they would really enjoy; some meat or something.'
"'No, no, they were only joking; we always eat gladly whatever our hosts provide.'
"The children agreed. The affectionate parental-like tie; a young boy or girl turning for advice and the Bapu, in turn, showering his affection and blessing!"
Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash Hits Out, Once Again
I simply marvel Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash
for his guts, his courage, his very confidence to take on the political might of his State—Gujarat. This priest runs a human rights centre 'Prashant' in Ahmedabad, and right from 2002 I've heard him at various meets. This week, he has once again lashed out against Modi.
I quote him—
"It is More Than Just a Rotten Tooth...!" says Father Cedric Prakash. And with that take off, there's more from him—"As the poll results of the Karnataka Assembly elections trickled in on Wednesday, 8th May, the one person who was in the eye of the storm was Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat... Over the years, the BJP in Karnataka had done everything possible to make certain their defeat: the terrorising of the minorities, the bashing up of youth who didn't conform to their cultural 'traditions'; the bringing in of a legislation that was directed at harming the minority comm-unities, the support to Right-wing Hindu fundamentalism and much more; this was besides the corruption and scams of immense proportion. However, the BJP party workers were confident that Narendra Modi would campaign in Karnataka, wave his magic wand and cast a spell over the State to ensure that the BJP would come back to power!....Modi himself was a frightened campaigner; one who had no guts to campaign in difficult terrain. From his track record, it is obvious that Modi goes to places where he can either win or is confident of fooling the people. In Karnataka, he did become the BJP's star campaigner, making forays to three areas—Bangalore, Mangalore and Belgaum. When he did so, he was able to attract crowds and throw barbs at the Congress party and the UPA. In the rally he addressed in Mangalore, he struck the Hindutva chord and tried to rake up the 'cattle slaughter' issue clearly targeting not merely the UPA but also the Muslim minorities. However, all his rhetoric did not pay dividends. The BJP has lost miserably in the places where he campaigned and was considered to be the main vote-getter! ... After the election results were out, Modi developed a 'sudden toothache' and neither his many spokespersons nor his highly paid public relations agencies were at hand to give his point of view. One does not have to be very intelligent to know that Modi like a little school boy easily 'falls sick' when the going gets tough. Even if he did have a toothache, why did his spokespersons not speak up on behalf of him? And how did this 'very painful toothache' suddenly disappear when he addressed the Gujarati diaspora in the US through a video conference on Sunday, 12th May? Yes, one can surely, fool some of the people some of the time, but NEVER all of the people all of the time!"
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Aleksoff, Keith C. 1999. Achillea millefolium. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/achmil/all.html .
Revisions: Photos and Rim Fire information added on 2 June 2015.
Boreal yarrow is state-listed as a species of special concern in Maine .
Common yarrow is circumboreal. In North America, it occurs in every state, province, and in Mexico [19,33]. It is adventitious in Hawaii .
Common yarrow occurs in a variety of plant communities across its wide distribution. It is not usually a community dominant [39,54].
Common yarrow varies greatly in forage value, depending on locality and seasonal development. It is generally unpalatable, although domestic livestock and wildlife occasionally consume the flowers. Cattle and horses usually do not graze common yarrow, but bighorn sheep, pronghorn, and deer may use it. They most often graze the flowerheads. common yarrow provides fair forage for domestic sheep and goats [24,43]. The average summer use is 20% for cattle and horses and 40% for domestic sheep and goats . Common yarrow is an important food of 4- to 8-week-old sage grouse chicks .
Common yarrow contains volatile oils, alkaloids, and glycosides but is not generally considered a toxic plant because it is so seldom consumed by livestock. Milk from cows consuming common yarrow has a "disagreeable" flavor .
Due to its extensive system of rhizomes, common yarrow is a good soil binder  and has been used in erosion control projects on the Wasatch Plateau in central Utah . In Massachusetts, seed-grown sod of common yarrow, along with sod of 11 other species, was transplanted onto a roadside site with shallow, infertile soil and direct exposure. After 4 years, common yarrow was one of 3 surviving species on the site .
Native Americans used tea made from common yarrow to relieve ear-, tooth-, and headaches; as an eyewash; to reduce swelling; and as a tonic or stimulant. common yarrow varies in taste and in potency depending on where it grows and at what stage of growth it is in. The best time to collect yarrow for tea is right before the flowers are produced, using only the new succulent leaves . During the Civil War, common yarrow was widely used to treat wounds and became known as "soldiers' woundwort." An ethanol extract of common yarrow has mosquito- repelling properties .
Common yarrow is used for summer and winter bouquets. When cut fresh and kept in water, common yarrow flavors the air with an aromatic spiciness [43,64].
Common yarrow tends to increase rapidly in disturbed areas or overgrazed rangelands, replacing more valuable forage species and crops . It is often an indicator of past overstocking and excessive utilization . Common yarrow tends to decrease on grazing plots once grazing has ceased [7,20]. Since rhizomes are a major means of common yarrow regeneration, starting control measures early in autumn may prevent spring growth from autumn and winter rhizome dry matter . In New Zealand, barley (Hordeum vulgare) reduced rhizome and seed production in common yarrow .
Dicamba and mixtures with triclopyr are effective in controlling common yarrow .
Common yarrow is a perennial forb 11 to 40 inches (30-100 cm) in height with extensive rhizomes. It has few to numerous erect stems. The basal rosette of leaves may remain green throughout the winter . Plants grow in a somewhat scattered fashion and seldom form pure stands in areas larger than 5 square meters . Typical European Achillea millefolium is hexaploid with flat leaves. Native forms are mostly tetraploid, with narrow leaf-segments disposed in various planes so that the leaf is 3-dimensional .
McLean  reported that in a Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forest zone in British Columbia, the fibrous roots and rhizomes of yarrow grew mostly in the duff layer or between it and the mineral soil.
Common yarrow regenerates from fragments of rhizomes and from colonization through short-distance (1-2 m) wind dispersal of seeds [15,47,61]. In disturbed soils, fragmented rhizomes regenerate shoots which can emerge from soil depths as great as 12 inches (30 cm). In undisturbed soil the rhizomes remain attached to the parent plant, forming new plants at the rhizome apices .
The fruit is a small achenes weighing about 0.17 mg. They are produced in large numbers. Several thousand achenes may be produced per flowering stem. The viability of freshly shed seeds exceeds 90%. Common yarrow seed showed 41% germination after 9 years in dry storage .
Common yarrow is a pioneer species everywhere it is found . It is an invader species on disturbed rangeland sites. Common yarrow also appears to be tolerant of competition but not tolerant of excessive shade. It is usually present in the earliest stages of vegetation development and persists throughout succession . It dominates on overgrazed high summer ranges, where the undisturbed climax vegetation would be made up of wheatgrasses (Triticeae) .
The life cycle of common yarrow in grasslands is completed by the onset of the summer drought and fire season in July . Following fire, regeneration is from rapid rhizome spread  and wind dispersal of seeds onto burned sites from adjacent unburned areas .
Common yarrow occurs in plant communities with a variety of fire regimes. The range of fire intervals reported for some species that dominate communities where common yarrow occurs are listed below. To learn more about the fire regimes in these communities, refer to the FEIS summary for that species, under "FIRE ECOLOGY OR ADAPTATIONS."
Common yarrow's rhizomes and mycorrhizae are usually only slightly damaged by fire [10,38,60], although common yarrow is susceptible to fire-kill and reduction by severe fire .
Common yarrow is not highly flammable. Out of 14 species commonly found in boreal forests, common yarrow has the lowest potential ignitability based on chemical characteristics measured on live stem, live leaf and dead leaf tissues. These rankings rely primarily on total ash, silica-free ash and energy content . Ignitability is measured as time to ignition.
Fire results in fragmentation of common yarrow's rhizomes stimulating regeneration . Cover and frequency of common yarrow generally increase 1 to 2 years after fire but not with any consistent pattern [4,13,14,32,40,56,71]. After initially increasing in cover, common yarrow may decrease to unburned levels as early as 3 years after fire [17,37,65,75]. Production doubled within 3 to 4 years postfire near Missoula, Montana  and other ponderosa pine/mountain grassland ecosystems [32,69]. In another study of fire effects in ponderosa pine, common yarrow increased by 0.37 stem/m in 6 years, a negligible amount .
Common yarrow ground layer on the Stanislaus National Forest, 15 months after the 2013 Rim Fire. Photo by Becky Howard.
Common yarrow is responsive to season of burning. Late spring burning usually reduces common yarrow [4,12,66].
The initial surge of common yarrow is probably caused by extensive rhizome sprouting; mineral soil exposure and the resulting favorable seedbed; less competition from tree, grass and shrub cover; and nutrient release [28,53].
an indicator species for burned sites (P≤0.05). For further information on the effects of thinning and burning treatments on common yarrow and 48 other species, see the Research Project Summary of Youngblood and others'  study.
Common yarrow's good sprouting ability, high germination percentages, and competitive seedlings result in a remarkable persistence under fire disturbance. Common yarrow often appears in the first stages of succession [15,63]; however, no consistent trends relative to age of burns seem evident for the common yarrow [4,57].
Common yarrow has low ignitability, and can be used as a fire barrier, created by replacing highly flammable vegetation with species that are less likely to burn . Planting less-flammable vegetation in fire-prone areas, or around property and fire-sensitive areas, may help prevent ignition or slow fire spread .
Aleksoff, Keith C., compiler. 1999. Effects of a wildfire on common yarrow at White Cap Creek, Idaho. In: Achillea millefolium. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ .
Merrill, Evelyn H.; Mayland, Henry F.; Peek, James M. 1980. Effects of a fall wildfire on herbaceous vegetation on xeric sites in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho. Journal of Range Management. 33(5): 363-367. .
The fire occurred in the Upper Selway River (White Cap Creek) drainage, Idaho. The area is a portion of a fire management zone in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness where fires are allowed to burn under natural conditions.
The fire occurred in a ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forest and adjacent montane grassland. Important understory species included common yarrow (Achillea millefolium), bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata), arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata), cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), and prairie june grass (Koeleria macrantha).
Soils are derived from Idaho batholith parent material consisting of decomposed granite, gneiss, and rhyolite. They are described as low in fertility, water-holding capacity, and of weak structure.
The fire occurred under extremely dry conditions, with relative humidity as low as 11%, maximum temperatures of 87 degrees Fahrenheit (32oC), and winds gusting up to 27 miles/h (45 km/hr). The fire was a lightning-ignited and began 10 August, 1973, and burned for 43 days until extinguished by rain. The fire burned quickly and little ash was left.
Common yarrow plants on the burned sites grew to only 55% of the average height of plants on unburned sites in the 1st postfire year, but by the 2nd growing season were 51% taller than those on unburned sites. By the 3rd postfire year, heights on both sites were comparable.


Studio Eleven 11: Etsy Item Views vs. Google Analytics Pageviews: Which to monitor?
Etsy Item Views vs. Google Analytics Pageviews: Which to monitor?
Traffic. Besides sales, it's the thing we crave as shop owners. We live to track it, measure it, and chop it up into little tiny pieces to scrutinize it.
Item views on the Etsy item page.
A recent post in the Etsy forum has brought to light a common issue when using what is called "server-side" tracking: it will incorrectly count "bot" (search engine & other crawler) visits as well as visits from you. See this thread for a full explanation from Etsy. This is bad, since it will inflate your item pageviews, making it look like it's getting more traffic than it is. And even with a fix in sight, there is a better tracking solution!
The solution is (drumroll please!): Google Analytics. (I bet you knew I was going to say that.) Why? It's browser-based, which simply means that it can filter out visits from automated programs. In fact, it does this automatically. You can also filter out visits from yourself, either at work, from home, or anywhere else you access your shop. Need to setup Google Analytics? Check out this Etsy how-to. Need to exclude visits from you? See this Google tutorial.
So, we know that Google's data is more sound than the data available on the Etsy page. Here's a quick run-down on how to access pageviews through Google Analytics and some other quick tips that will make you never look at Etsy-provided pageview data again!
Click "Content". Then "Top Content" or "Content by Title" ("Top Content" lists your items by page URL. "Content by Title" lists you items by your Etsy title).
You should now see "Pageviews" and "Unique Pageviews". "Pageviews" means all views of you item, even in the same visit multiple times. "Unique Pageviews" means pageviews excluding items viewed multiple times in the same visit. The more accurate of the two is obviously Unique Pageviews.
Click the blue URL or name of the page to load the next page. Here you will see only data for the specific Etsy item you clicked on. If you then click "Entrance Sources" under "Landing Page Optimization", you will see the traffic sources that brought people to this item. Pretty cool huh!
Use this data to more accurately understand your most popular items and how people are getting to them. You can then optimize your item descriptions and targeting to sell better to your visitors, as well as add new marketing sources to your arsenal.
One last tip: click the arrow with the box to the left of any blue link within Analytics to open that page in a new tab. This is great for investigating traffic sources without have to type in the URL or leave Analytics.
Thanks for sharing this very useful information!


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