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Leading global automotive supplier, Marelli has announced that following almost four years with the company, Beda Bolzenius is retiring and will stand down as CEO and president. He will be succeeded by David Slump effective immediately.
Dinesh Paliwal, partner at KKR and executive chairman, Marelli said, "I want to thank Beda for his dedication and his commitment to Marelli during his tenure. He has led this company through what has been an incredibly challenging period for the industry. He laid out and started implementing the vision for Marelli to grow its position through customer diversification, improving the cost competitiveness, investments into key technologies and growth into China. He leaves Marelli with my gratitude and well wishes for his future endeavours."
Beda Bolzenius said, "After a great deal of personal deliberation, discussion with my family, and with the support and understanding of our chairman, Dinesh Paliwal, I decided that it is the time for me to step down as CEO of Marelli. We covered a lot of ground in the last four years and I am very proud of what we achieved in bringing together Calsonic Kansei and Magneti Marelli to create a new, leading global supplier. I am very confident that Dinesh and David are the right team to take Marelli forward on the next stage of its journey."
David Slump, said, "I am delighted to join Marelli and work alongside a proven leader Dinesh Paliwal and the Marelli leadership team. The industry continues to be impacted by severe structural challenges, but I believe that the opportunity for Marelli and its customers is enormous. I will do everything to make all of our stakeholders proud as we continue to build and strengthen our company for the future. I believe strongly in the strategy already in place to make the company more cost-competitive, more streamlined, more targeted towards the future of mobility and electrification."
Slump joins Marelli from HARMAN International. During his three-decade career, he has held senior roles in the automotive and energy sectors including HARMAN, General Electric, LANDIS + GYR and ABB. For nearly 15 years at HARMAN, he held leadership positions including President, Global Markets, responsible for the P&L of all HARMAN's business in China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and South and Central America. In addition, in a dual role, he led Software Services division globally. Prior to that, Slump was EVP, Operations, responsible for Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Quality and Manufacturing across HARMAN. Prior to that, he turned around and grew HARMAN consumer audio business what now is $3 billion business. In his early years at HARMAN, he led HARMAN'S strategy and M&A.
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Der Begriff Knight Companion bezeichnet die Ordensstufe eines einstufigen staatlichen Ritterordens des Vereinigten Königreichs. Für Staatsbürger eines Commonwealth Realms ist damit die Erhebung in den persönlichen Adelsstand mit dem Prädikat "Sir" verbunden.

Die Ordensstufe des Knight Companion wird im Regelfall nur Männern verliehen. Soweit der jeweilige Orden auch Frauen in gleichrangiger Ordensstufe aufnimmt, heißen diese nach den jeweiligen Ordensstatuten Lady Companion oder Dame Companion mit dem Prädikat "Lady" bzw. "Dame".

Die Stufe eines Knight Companion existiert bei folgenden Ritterorden des Vereinigten Königreichs:
 Hosenbandorden (KG)
 Distelorden (KT)
 Order of St. Patrick (KP)

Zudem existiert die Stufe auch bei Orden weiterer Commonwealth Realms:
 Order of the National Hero (Antigua and Barbuda) (KNH)
 New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM)

Bei folgenden britischen Ritterorden existierte zunächst die Stufe eines Knight Companion, diese wurde aber bei einer zwischenzeitlichen Reform der Ordensstatuten zugunsten eines mehrstufigen Systems abgeschafft:
 Order of the Bath (KB)
 Order of the Star of India (KSI)

Literatur
 William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Band 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906.

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[April 18, 2019] (Reuters) - Union Pacific Corp on Thursday reported a 6.2 percent rise in quarterly profit, as the U.S. railroad raised prices, helping offset the impact of severe winter weather and record flooding that damaged rails in the Midwest.
The Omaha, Nebraska-based company's net income rose to $1.4 billion, or $1.93 per share, in the first-quarter ended March 31 from $1.31 billion, or $1.68 per share, a year earlier.
Total operating revenue fell to $5.4 billion from $5.5 billion.


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Ryan Grigson Discusses the Cleveland Browns
by Nicole | Sports
When Ryan Grigson took on the job of personal executive for the Cleveland Browns, he couldn't be happier. The Cleveland Browns have a long and fascinating history and one of the NFL's strongest fan bases around. Fans have high expectations of their team and Grigson will do all he can to meet those.
Ryan Grigson on the Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are based in Cleveland Ohio. They are a member club of the American football conference and can therefore compete in the national Football League, which is the NFL. Home games of the Cleveland Browns are played in the FirstEnergy Stadium, a stadium that opened in 1999. Additionally, they have training facilities and administrative offices in Berea Ohio. The colors of the team of brown, orange, and white. Uniquely, the Cleveland Browns do not feature there team logo on the players' helmets. They are in fact the only NFL team that do not have this.
The team was established some 73 years ago on June 4th, 1944. They played their first season two years later. They joined the national Football League in 1950 period the team has 3 mascots, being Brownie the Elf, Swagger, and Chomps. The head coach is Hue Jackson, John Dorsey is their general manager, Paul DePodesta is the president, and the owners are Jimmy and Dee Haslam.
People often joke about the fact that the Cleveland Browns never win and it is certainly true that they were only able to get in the NFL championships four times. This was in 1950, 1954, 1955, and 1964. However, it seems that fans are not interested in winning or even making it into the championships, they are solely interested in their team and supporting it. Indeed, no other team in the NFL seems to have a fanbase as strong as the Cleveland Browns. They're dedication and love for there team is something that every NFL fan, regardless of team affiliation, is aware of.
That being said, the Cleveland Browns have had to winning Seasons, being in 2002 and in 2007. In 2002, they also had a playoff appearance although they have not had any playoff wins. One of the issues is that the Cleveland Browns seem to struggle to have a stable quarterback. Indeed, since 1999, they have half of 28 different players in that position. Between 1999 and 2017, the Cleveland Browns won just 88 games and lost 216. Indeed, in 2017, they finished the season 0-18, something that only the Detroit Lions were able to do in 2008 before them.
Interestingly, the Cleveland Browns our current record holders for longest active playoff drought. So far, it's lands at 15 Seasons. They achieved this record in the same year that the Buffalo Bills were able to break there playoff drought, which lasted 17 years. For the fans however, none of this matters. All they care about is their team, win or lose. They know that when the Cleveland Browns will come back to their former glory, it will be absolutely magnificent.


The boys are certainly starting their Halloween adventures at a very early age. Many years ahead to produce interesting costumes and collect all that good candy to share with Mommy and Daddy. Forget about "stealing" a pumpkin ala Aunt J. G.G.


Well its true that just because someone else is doing such and such that is not always a good reason another should.
But I got another thought for you. How about the matter of doing it cause…… no one else "Is" doing it?
In January of 1982 on a snowy, blizzard type day in Washington, D.C. a Air Florida Flight 90 plane struck the 14th Street Bridge and went down into the Potomac River. Hundreds of on lookers stood on the bridge and watched the chaos. In the cold waters below a lady, Priscilla Tirado was struggling. She was in shock, in the mist of jet fuel and could not reach the rescue rings being thrown to those in the water. Twenty-eight year old Lenny Shutnik was one of those standing on the bridge watching when the next thing the crowd noticed he jumped from the bridge into the water. Quickly he went to the lady and pulled her from the freezing water, pulled her to shore and safety.
How about being the one that just gives a smile and an acknowledgment to someone you meet first thing in the morning? How about asking the one that is seldom asked, "Hey you wanna?" After all not everyone's doing it. How about just paying attention to life happenings around us and just doing something cause no one else is doing it?


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The two companies will work on installation and configuration of nose to tail communications from datalink, to voice, Internet and television. Satcom Direct will also bring troubleshooting and training support for checking system integrity, satcom hardware reliability, diagnosis and issue resolution, and maintenance and operational training.
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This silver artwork dates to the Biedermeier period and is of Austrian origin. It was used for flowers or maybe herbs or spices at the table. The side handles are made in the shape of rather whimsical ibexes with long curved horns. Delicate chase work at the fur but also the floral border adorning the rim and gilding on the inside round off the precious look of this little object.


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What Is A4 Paper Called In America?
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The average paper thickness in 1/10th of a millimeter (0.0039 inches.) If you perfectly fold the paper in half, you will double its thickness..
16.54 in. A4 210 mm 297 mm 8.27 in. 11.69 in.
Common paper sizes in America, which you're probably familiar with, are Letter paper size (8.5 x 11 in), Legal paper size (8.5 x 14 in) and Tabloid paper size (11 x 17 in).
The reason why the US doesn't change to A4 or use the metric system in general is pretty simple: I doesn't want to, and really it doesn't need to. Large countries are much more insulated from international trends.
Standard International Paper SizesSizeInchesMillimetersA216-1/2 x 23-3/8420 x 594A311-3/4 x 16-1/2297 x 420A48-1/4 x 11-3/4210 x 297A55-7/8 x 8-1/4148 x 2105 more rows
Unless you have a very strong US-biased group of clients, use A4. A4 is an international standard, while Letter is only used in the US and Canada.
Remember, the length of the smaller size is always equal to the width of the larger size. For example, the length of A4 is 297mm which is also the width of A3. To many people wordwide, excluding North America and Canada, the most familiar paper size size is A4 (a familiar 210mm x 297mm).
A4 paper size vs Letter. The difference is minimal, but important: A4 is a little taller, while Letter is a little wider. Those of you from North America will be familiar with an entirely different set of paper formats to the rest of the world.
What Is The Difference Between A4 And Legal Paper Sizes? As with the Letter paper size A4 size paper is 6mm (0.2″) narrow than US Legal paper, however unlike previously A4 has a smaller length than Legal paper by 59mm (2.3″). Thus Legal paper is bigger in area than A4 by 0.015 square metres (0.18 square yards).
A4 White Paper | For Copy, Printing, Writing | 210 x 297 mm (8.27″ x 11.69″ Inches) | Pack of 250 Sheets (20Lb) – Walmart.com – Walmart.com.
A4 paper is slightly shorter and slightly wider than 8.5X11. These are the two most common sizes in the world.
It measures 8.5 by 11 inches (215.9 by 279.4 mm), similar to the A4 paper standard used by most other countries, defined in ISO 216 by the International Organization for Standardization.
The ISO 216 standard, which includes the commonly used A4 size, is the international standard for paper size. It is used across the world except in North America and parts of Central and South America, where North American paper sizes such as "Letter" and "Legal" are used.
A4 paper is something we're all familiar with in Australia – we use it in our printers, our photocopiers -but what you may be surprised to learn is that A4 is actually part of an official metric standard. In fact, this was set in 1975 when it was based on a German standard that goes all the way back to 1922.
The most commonly used ISO paper size is A4. The North American system is used primarily in the USA and Canada. The current sizes are based on traditional sizes such as Letter (8.5 in x 11 in) and Legal (8.5 in x 14 in). The names of North American sizes have started with ANSI ever since the adoption of ANSI/ASME Y14.
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"Looking back at over a century of Ludwig Percussion, the word "Family" continues to find its way into how we define who we are as a company. It's certainly no secret that we bolster a rich history, originated by William F. Ludwig II (or "The Chief" as he has come to be known.) His dedication to the Ludwig Legacy went way beyond his name. It was dedication to everyone from the artisans at the Ludwig factory to the drummers who played his creations established the feeling of a true family.


Is Physical Education Nonetheless Essential Immediately?
Physical Education is a method to keep the body of widespread man in shape and match. Simply put, teachers need to handle these points inside well being education lessons -/class/well being-education-classes. This allowed female athletes to actively participate in group sports other than cheerleading with the monetary and emotional assist of the college system.\n\nPHE Canada gives a guide to evaluate quality PE programs ( -literacy/physical-literacy-checklist ). Notice however the checklist is aimed towards improving PE programs and to not consider people. Charlotte Schools' college students who are finding out practically any science can easily incorporate a nature walk or hike into the woods into their learning for the day. \n\nA clever trainer can use Physical Education as a springboard or challenge to encourage students to attempt for longevity and wholesome lifestyles. It's important to have a superb PE that needs our youngsters to be energetic. Thus, there's great need for physical education as a part of balanced dwelling.\n\nThe degree additionally gives a recognised pathway to educating, in particular bodily education, outdoor education and well being teaching, with the option to include an additional teaching topic such as arithmetic or science, when combined with a graduate educating qualification.\n\nThe query then turns into why can we not do a culminating program at the finish of the yr and display these abilities to the dad and mom? When we choose to exercise or spend time cooking to keep a healthy life-style, we're competing with films, games, TV and different issues without cost time. \n\nThey're going to get a lot of exercise and maybe make some new mates that share their interest. Bodily education is crucial throughout childhood for good growth and improvement. College students need to be uncovered to the benefits of physical train. It will be important that youngsters perceive the importance of Physical Education and good health of their way of life.
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Elliott, Jacki and Elsie and chcking out and putting a deposit on on of the Spring Mill Senior Garden Homes behind Spring Mill Rehab on 86th street. We plann to have her moved by August. There is a bus for transportation and she can have meals from the Dining room at Spring Mill if she wants. Barb was concerned about that when we talked last night. I had a good time in Terre Haute with Bobby and Rachel.. Still having trouble with sleep and the Dr. giving me meds. I am trying Yoga and exercise but not helping much yet. At least the Elsie stress should be better now that she isn't moving in. Matt drove to Cooperstown to be with Jen, her Dad and see Baseball Hall of Fame induction. Said longest distance he ever drove!! 14 hours one way. Did break it up by stopping in Pittsburgh, West New York and Cleveland.
What did I miss? I've enjoyed all of Carol's pictures and new all of you put on CC. My big news is Elsie definitely has to leave Morningside in two months. Elliott and Jackie are taking her to Senior apartments. We don't know if that will work or not. Also Going to my Reunion was ok. I was happy my friend Leslie was there. I enjoyed driving back and forth with Rhonda and being with her also at the reunion. She is just so more social than me so she left Leslie and me alot. in fact she took me to my sisters at 10:30pm and went back to the reunion till midnight. Her Dad was a teacher and coach at our HS so many came up to tell her how much they loved her Dad. I am still having sleep trouble but Summer Reading is almost over and the good stress has hurt my sleep. Elliott and I are making our second weekend trip (staying over Sat.) to Terre Haute this weekend to watch Bobby coach and maybe be with Rachel. Matt will be in Cooperstown with Jen and her Dad. When I was in Munster had great visit with family. I'm thrilled to say my parents are doing well and Mom is pretty much back to normal (whatever that is). she is again cooking and getting along with Dad. Spent time with My nephew (played chess and Uno) and my sister. What's new with all of you?
I am still planning to have CC here on the 24th - I see that Kate will be out of town - but hopefully everyone else can come! I will also send out an email so that Barb will know.
I am trying to get things back on track here before leaving for Minnesota on the 31st. Have Steve's HS reunion on August 1, a family reunion on my mom's side on the 3rd, then our Cherrington gathering up at my brother's on the 8, 9 and 10th. Back to Indy on the 11th, and then to Honolulu on Friday the 15th. Aunt Patty's ash scattering at sea on the 18th! Home again on the 28th.
I had my first treatment yesterday and other than having to remain in an awkward position for 25 minutes all was fine. So far no side effects. I have two more treatments on Monday and Friday and then I will be done. I am still not allowed to swim and supposedly not to bend over (although it is very easy to forget. I am up to 4000+ steps daily and that is quite enough to use up most of my energy.


Please be advised that our ground will again be closed for training Friday the 8th of June. With the rain staying away we are very hopeful of games going ahead this weekend!
Please ensure you are checking the draw regularly as fields and kick off times may changed depending on ground closures.
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Hackers discover secret hiding place of doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova
Hack comes as International Olympic Committee revealed it was suffered a series of cyberattacks.
Updated August 14, 2016 15:51 BST
Usain Bolt backs Russian Olympic ban	Reuters
Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova has had her account at the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) hacked. A "perpetrator" had illegally obtained the athlete's password and accessed details which would normally allow someone to know her registered whereabouts, officials at the organisation said.
The middle-distance runner's location has been a closely guarded secret since she went into hiding in the US, after helping reveal a state-backed doping program in Russia. The revelations led to the country being banned from track and field competitions in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and prompted President Vladimir Putin to brand Stepanova a "Judas".
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The hack targeted her account on the Adams electronic database used by athletes to inform Wada of their whereabouts so they can be given random drug tests.
Wada said in a statement on Saturday (13 August): "Through Wada's regular security monitoring of Adams, the Agency noted that someone, other than Ms Stepanova, had accessed her account. Wada immediately locked Ms Stepanova's account to prevent further access and notified her of the situation."
It added that it is now "in contact with the relevant law enforcement authorities".
Following an alleged hack on its website last week, Wada officials said some of its users had received phishing scam emails claiming to be from the anti-doping agency and which tried to trick athletes into providing their passwords. While it said only Stepanova's account had been victim of a hack, it was still investigating whether any athletes had been duped by the email scam.
It comes as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it has also suffered a barrage of cyberattacks during the Rio 2016 Olympics.
"Throughout the Games, the same in London (in 2012) when you are the center of attention of the world, there are massive attempts every day all day long to break our security," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. "We have it all year round anyway but it's particularly intense at the moment."
Stepanova is currently in hiding in the US Getty
Stepanova, who is married to former Russian anti-doping official Vitaly, was praised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for her courage in disclosing widespread doping in Russia.
She said they felt safe in their new home in the US having fled Russia due to fears over their safety.
She told the BBC in July: "In our current location we do feel safe, but unfortunately the reaction to our actions in our home country is not positive, a lot of people in general and athletes as well hate us for what we did and we would not go back to Russia right now. There we would feel unsafe."
She had attempted to compete in Rio as a neutral athlete but was denied by the IOC, who had ruled that no Russian athlete with a history of doping could take part. Stepanova had received a two-year ban in 2013 for blood passport abnormalities.
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The Department of Defense has concluded their investigation of General John Allen and has determined that the top US commander in Afghanistan did not have an inappropriate relationship with a woman linked to former CIA chief Gen. David Petraeus.
As a probe widened last year into Gen. Petraeus' extramarital relationship with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, a Pentagon-led investigation linked Allen with Jill Kelley, a Florida socialite who originally altered authorities to the former CIA chief's affair. Kelley alleged that she received threatening emails from Broadwell, which in turn prompted authorities to comb through her inbox and eventually uncover not just a relationship between Gen. Petraeus and his biographer, but thousands of pages of correspondence between Kelley and Allen.
Immediately after details of the Petraeus/Broadwell affair surfaced, the then-CIA head offered his resignation and apologized for his conduct, offering a statement saying, "Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours."
Only two months after the fact, however, has the Pentagon now formally cleared Gen. Allen of any wrongdoing. Over the course of their investigation, the FBI uncovered upwards of 30,000 pages of potentially inappropriate emails between Allen and Kelley which have only now been declared harmless.
After a meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta this week, Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters on Tuesday that the investigation into Gen. Allen had ended successfully and that no wrongdoing was discovered.
"The secretary was pleased to learn that allegations of professional misconduct were not substantiated by the investigation," Little said. Additionally, Little insisted that Panetta has "complete confidence in the continued leadership" of Allen, a four-star general.
Before news of the Petraeus affair ever surfaced, Gen. Allen was nominated to be the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO's European forces. Secretary initially put that nomination on hold once the scandal started to snowball, but Allen is now expected to be confirmed in the coming days for his new role.
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In Italian cuisine, Crudo is a raw fish dish dressed with olive oil, sea salt, and citrus juice such as lemon juice and sometimes vinegar. However, in this case, Crudo is the new (not really new but...) project from producer Dan The Automator and Faith No More Frontman, Mike Patton. You my be familiar of the two's work on Handsome Boy Modeling School, Lovage and on Patton's own project Peeping Tom. Crudo's album is expected to release later this year on Ipecac Recordings. For now, enjoy the full version of their single "Let's Go."
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"The public is so concerned about the quality of care that most people really fear their family having to be in a nursing home," Betty Ferrell, a nurse who chaired the report committee, told the Associated Press. "We're very optimistic that our government officials will respond to what has really been a travesty."
Staffing was one of the major focal points of the study, which advocates have often said is too low in sheer numbers, while also untrained and underpaid.
The report advised additional study on optimal staffing, while also calling for at least one registered nurse on duty at all times. Nursing home staff should also have an infection prevention and control specialist and a social worker, the report said. President Joe Biden has also called for establishing national staffing minimums.
This issue may be a contentious one as industry lobbyists have fought hard against more stringent staffing requirements, the AP reported. Federal law requires that nursing homes have sufficient staff to meet residents needs, but exactly what that means in concrete numbers is left open for interpretation by states.
The report's authors also recommend a new national long-term care system that would exist outside of Medicaid.
Some of these recommendations would require massive political capital and investment, a challenge in the current political climate, the AP said.
"It has been a long time since we as a country have been wanting to dig in and reform how we finance, pay, regulate and delivery nursing home services," David Grabowski, a nursing home expert and Harvard Medical School professor who served on the report committee, told the AP.
A forerunner to this report, released in 1986, led to sweeping changes under the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act, but some of the recommendations were never addressed.
The new report also addresses some issues that could limit infection and improve quality of life.
Prioritizing private rooms and bathrooms instead of using communal spaces could make nursing homes feel less institutional, the report suggests. These shared spaces may also be fueling infection spread.
Residents in some facilities spend "little, if any, time outdoors," according to the report, which called for more access to the outdoors.
"I think the average nursing home resident has an OK quality of care, but a poor quality of life," Grabowski said.
The report is "a piercing wake-up call," said Katie Smith Sloan, of LeadingAge, which represents nonprofit nursing homes. The industry is "in desperate need of an overhaul," she told the AP.
Whether it can lead to remaking the system will depend on how the government addresses funding issues, she said.
"As policymakers consider how to enact the report's recommendations, they must back their actions with sufficient funding to make changes a reality," she said. "Without that, the committee's work will be for naught."
The White House has more on improving care in nursing homes.
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Research from the University of Toronto suggests that a peptide inhibitor called ZIP could be crucial in zipping away some kinds of chronic pain.
The new research, led by Professor Min Zhuo of the University of Toronto's Department of Physiology and published in the current edition of the journal Science, explores the role that the protein kinase M zeta (PKMζ) plays in storing "memories" of pain and therefore enhancing the sensation of pain. Blocking the effect of PKMζ through the use of a selective inhibitor called ζ-pseudosubstrate inhibitory peptide – or ZIP — blocked behavioral sensitization and nerve injury related to chronic pain.
Normal pain or physiological pain is an important warning signal to avoid potentially dangerous situations or environments. It is brief, and short-lasting. Chronic pain is different, as it persists for weeks, month or years due to spontaneous firing or overexcited pain-related neurons.
"What makes chronic pain difficult to treat is that these painful signals trigger long-term plastic changes in different cortical areas and form permanent bad 'memory'. It explains why the treatment of chronic pain in areas like the spinal cord is often insufficient or ineffective," said Zhuo, the Canada Research Chair in Pain and Cognition.
Most previous studies have focused on signalling proteins that trigger these plastic changes, while few have addressed the maintenance of plastic changes related to chronic pain. Zhuo and his colleagues, Professors Bong-Kiun Kaang at the Seoul National University and Graham Collingridge in Bristol University, turned to PKMζ because of its well-established role as a memory storage molecule in two areas of the brain crucial for sensory and taste memory – the hippocampus and the neocortex.
"Injury caused by peripheral inflammation, nerve ligation or amputation causes long-term enhancement of neuronal activity in the ACC. However, the question of what molecule maintains these painful changes has been unclear," he said.
Zhuo and his collaborators found that PKMζ was indeed activated in the ACC when subjects were experiencing peripheral nerve injury. That suggests that PKMζ can be a therapeutic target for the treatment of pain, and the use of ZIP successfully muted chronic pain.
"This finding opens up a new area for pain researchers, and our hope is it will yield new strategies to assist people who struggle daily with the challenges of chronic pain," Zhuo said.


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PressNomics was mind-blowing! I never had such a great time at the conference before.
It's exactly a week since I've flown in the sunny and summerish Phoenix, AZ. The reason? The PressNomics conf, to meet new people and make new connections. Did the conference meet the expectations? Not only that. It exceeded them all the way!
I'm attending PressNomics 5 this week. I'm looking forward to meeting you in Tempe, AZ!
It all started about a month back on a Slack channel when Adam from Astoundify, Rich from ThemeBeans, and Andy from Parallelus convinced me in half an hour to buy the ticket for PressNomics. I'm getting really excited about my trip to the USA which begins only 2 days from writing this.
Yesterday and today we went Live on a ProteusThemes FB page. I've tried it a couple times before on my personal fb account, just to see how it works.
I've decided to write down my experience while it's still fresh and I remember everything.
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Two days ago, I sent a newsletter campaign to about 5,000 newsletter subscribers. I usually use the 'Replicate' MailChimp feature. The problem is that the feature leaves the original links in the content of your campaign as well. My first advice would be that you always send yourself a test email and click through all the links. But because you are reading this, most probably it's too late.
After sending the newsletter I've realized that the CTA link is pointing to the wrong URL (to the blogpost instead of the pricing page).


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Back in April, we looked at an ambitious European plan to simulate the entire planet. The idea is to exploit the huge amounts of data generated by financial markets, health records, social media and climate monitoring to model the planet's climate, societies and economy. The vision is that a system like this can help to understand and predict crises before they occur so that governments can take appropriate measures in advance. There are numerous challenges here. Nobody yet has the computing power necessary for such a task, neither are there models that will can accurately model even much smaller systems. But before any of that is possible, researchers must gather the economic, social and technological data needed to feed this machine. Today, we get a grand tour of this challenge from Dirk Helbing and Stefano Balietti at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. These and other pursuits are now producing massive amounts of data, many of which are freely available on the web.
The Tehran Connection - By Kalev Leetaru Iran's nuclear program has been one of the hottest topics in foreign policy for years, and attention has only intensified over the past few days, as an interim agreement was reached in Geneva to limit enrichment activity in pursuit of a more comprehensive deal. The details of the deal itself are of course interesting, but in aggregate the news stories about Iran can tell us far more than we can learn simply by reading each story on its own. By using "big data" analytics of the world's media coverage, combined with network visualization techniques, we can study the web of relationships around any given storyline -- whether it focuses on an individual, a topic, or even an entire country. Using these powerful techniques, we can move beyond specifics to patterns -- and the patterns tell us that our understanding of Iran is both sharp and sharply limited. The fact that this network accurately distinguishes internal and external leaders is a critical finding.
Web science: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the web Contributed articles By James Hendler, Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall, Tim Berners-Lee, Daniel Weitzner Communications of the ACM, Vol. 51 No. 7, Pages 60-69 10.1145/1364782.1364798 Comments Despite the web's great success as a technology and the significant amount of computing infrastructure on which it is built, it remains, as an entity, surprisingly unstudied. Here, we look at some of the technical and social challenges that must be overcome to model the Web as a whole, keep it growing, and understand its continuing social impact. A systems approach, in the sense of "systems biology," is needed if we are to be able to understand and engineer the future Web. Despite the huge effect the Web has had on computing, as well as on the overall field of computer science, the best keyword indicator one can find in the ACM taxonomy, the one by which the field organizes many of its research papers and conferences, is "miscellaneous."
5 Ways to find, mix and mash your data One of the most popular trends in online journalism is taking publicly available data and translating it into visualizations or infographics that readers and viewers can quickly and easily understand. A large percentage of the visualizations you see on the web were built from scratch, which can take a considerable amount of time and effort. The following sites allow you to mash your data in record time. Swivel Eureqa Desktop Eureqa is a breakthrough technology that uncovers the intrinsic relationships hidden within complex data. Traditional machine learning techniques like neural networks and regression trees are capable tools for prediction, but become impractical when "solving the problem" involves understanding how you arrive at the answer. Eureqa uses a breakthrough machine learning technique called Symbolic Regression to unravel the intrinsic relationships in data and explain them as simple math. Using Symbolic Regression, Eureqa can create incredibly accurate predictions that are easily explained and shared with others. Over 35,000 people have relied on Eureqa to answer their most challenging questions, in industries ranging from Oil & Gas through Life Sciences and Big Box Retail.
All of our data journalism in one spreadsheet Data journalism and visualisation from the Guardian Illustration: Lisa Villani for the Guardian Today we have a list of all the data journalism produced here on the Guardian datablog. You can see what's been popular and get easy access to the data we have curated as this list shows each datablog post's associated spreadsheets, authors, the number of comments and retweets. Better Broadband: New Regulatory Rules Could Change the Way Americans Get Online At the turn of the millennium, the U.S. had some of the best broadband access in the world. It reached more homes, and at a lower price, than most every other industrial country. Ten years later the U.S. is a solid C-minus student, ranking slightly below average on nearly every metric. Just how the U.S. lost its edge and how it plans to get it back are the issues before the Federal Communications Commission as it prepares to launch the most significant overhaul of network policy since the birth of the Web. As part of last year's stimulus package, Congress provided $7.2 billion to expand broadband access to every American. It also required the FCC to outline a plan for how to make that happen.
Tools to help bring data to your journalism « Michelle Minkoff NOTE: This entry was modified on the evening of 11/9/10 to deal with typos and missing words, resulting from posting this too late the previous night. Sleep deprivation isn't always a good thing — although it allows one to do things more fun than sleep. Like play with data. The New York Times' R&D Lab is building a quantified-self, semantic-analysis tool to track web browsing Let's say you work in a modern digital newsroom. Your colleagues are looking at interesting stuff online all day long — reading stimulating news stories, searching down rabbit holes you've never thought of. There are probably connections between what the reporter five desks down from you is looking for and what you already know — or vice versa.
Not Neutrality?: U.S. Weighs Options for Turbo-Boosting Nation's Broadband into the 21st Century The Internet has ushered in an era of largely unfettered access to a wide variety of information. Yet, although so much of what the Internet has to offer is gratis, access to the Internet itself has never been free. This dichotomy lies at the heart of the prolonged and hairy "net neutrality" debate over what Internet service providers (ISPs) should charge for their services and what role those companies should play in managing the flow of information over their infrastructures. Flat-rate versus tiered-pricing structures, data equality versus prioritized content—the arguments rage on in the U.S. with no end in sight, even as other high-tech countries, South Korea in particular, claim to successfully moved beyond the issue. Net neutrality (flat-rate pricing and equal priority status given to all data) was not a successful business model for KT, Yoo said. The cost of KT's premium service?
Real-Time Data And A More Personalized Web - Smashing Magazine Advertisement As Web designers, we face a daily struggle to keep pace with advances in technology, new standards and new user expectations. We spend a large part of our working life dipping in and out of recent developments in an attempt to stay both relevant and competitive, and while this is what makes our industry so exciting to be a part of, it often becomes all too easy to get caught up in the finer details. Responsive Web design, improved semantics and rich Web typography have all seen their fair share of the limelight over the last year, but two developments in particular mark true milestones in the maturation of the Web: "real-time data" and a more "personalized Web." Since the arrival of the new Web, we've been enraptured by social media.
scientists put free text-analysis tool on the web Now anyone can drag and drop text into a linguistic analysis tool powered by machine learning. By Andrew Myers and Tom Abate Ever wondered whether a certain TV show had a slant in favor of a political candidate? Stanford computer scientists have created a website that gives anyone who can cut and paste the ability to answer such questions, systematically and for free. The website is known as etcML, short for Easy Text Classification with Machine Learning.


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Tracking COVID-19: More Than 1.2K New Cases In LA County In 48 Hours
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Published Apr 4, 2020 10:43 AM
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Note on the data you see when clicking on a bubble: Confirmed cases include presumptive positive cases | Recovered cases outside China are estimates based on local media reports, and may be substantially lower than the true number | Active cases = total confirmed - total recovered - total deaths.
Jump to: CALIFORNIA | WORLDWIDE | SOCAL COUNTIES | ANALYSIS
The U.S. is now reporting more than 290,000 of the more than 1.1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide as of 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Italy, Spain, Germany, and now France are all reporting more confirmed COVID-19 cases than China, where the outbreak began late last year, but whose reported numbers have since greatly slowed.
On Saturday afternoon, L.A. County reported 711 new cases and 28 new deaths. There are now more than 5,300 total cases to date in L.A. County.
CASES DEATHS RECOVERED LAST UPDATE
GLOBAL: 1,159,515 62,376 237,436 4/4 9:43 AM
The U.S. is among a number of countries experiencing large-scale outbreaks. The map at the top of this post shows cumulative confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries and is updated in near real-time throughout the day. Zoom out to see more of the world.
Here are the total confirmed cases for the 10 countries currently facing the worst outbreaks as of the date and time listed:
Country Confirmed Cases Deaths Recovered Last Update
US 290,606 7,826 9,853 4/4 9:36 AM
Spain 124,736 11,744 34,219 4/4 9:36 AM
Italy 124,632 15,362 20,996 4/4 9:36 AM
Germany 92,150 1,330 26,400 4/4 9:36 AM
France 83,031 6,521 14,138 4/4 9:36 AM
China 82,543 3,330 76,946 4/4 7:03 AM
Iran 55,743 3,452 19,736 4/4 9:36 AM
United Kingdom 42,441 4,320 215 4/4 9:36 AM
Turkey 20,921 425 484 4/4 9:36 AM
Switzerland 20,278 641 4,846 4/4 9:36 AM
These numbers are changing rapidly and experts have warned that confirmed cases are far under the actual total of infected individuals. For more detail check the full tracker, which includes death tolls and projections of cases on the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering site. Engineers there are collecting data from:
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
European Center for Disease Prevention and Control
National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China
Local media reports, local health departments, and the DXY
Statewide, our friends on the L.A. Times data desk are tracking cases in California by surveying "numbers released by the dozens of local health agencies across the state." As of about 3:15 a.m. Saturday, the newspaper is reporting California has:
13,550 confirmed cases
315 deaths
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In a news release sent Saturday afternoon, L.A. County Public Health officials cautioned that:
"Emerging evidence suggests that there may be a significant number of people infected with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic and capable of spreading the virus to others."
So far, L.A. County is reporting
117 deaths, a total that doesn't include two news deaths announced Saturday by Pasadena city officials.
As of Saturday, 1168 people have been hospitalized.
NOTE: We are expecting another big jump in testing capabilities next week. L.A. County officials have warned that with more tests we will have higher numbers of positive cases. At the start of the pandemic here, fewer than 50 people a day were being tested. Now it's closer to 7,000 with a goal of getting to 10,000 daily tests next week.
Current as of Saturday
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As new cases continue to be confirmed, Californians are continuing to be under "safer at home" and "social distancing" orders. State and county officials have ordered the vast majority of Californians to strictly limit interactions with other people, wash hands frequently, and stay six feet away from others.
Remember, the goal of social distancing is to "flatten the curve" of COVID-19's spread.
HOW CALIFORNIA COMPARES
The more we can slow the rate of infection, the less overwhelmed the hospital system will be.
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Equities First Holdings, LLC Repatriates IQE plc Transaction, Returns All Underlying Collateral To Borrower
EFH Concludes Another Successful Financing Transaction, Returning Collateral Valued at More Than £20 Million.
London, UK -- Equities First Holdings, LLC (EFH), a global lender and a leader in shareholder financing solutions, is pleased to announce that Dr. Drew Nelson, chief executive of IQE plc, has concluded a financing agreement into which he entered with EFH in 2014.
EFH has returned all underlying collateral to Dr. Nelson, which at repatriation are valued at more than £23.5 million, a 780% increase in value from when the transaction was executed in October 2014.
Background on the transaction
On 14 October 2014, IQE notified the AIM market that Dr. Nelson had pledged 18 million shares to EFH in return for a cash loan of £1.865m. The proceeds were used to purchase additional shares of IQE and satisfy tax and National Insurance payable on the exercise of share options. The 18 million shares were worth £23,580,000 at repayment.
"This is exactly what Equities First is here to do for its clients," said EFH Founder and CEO Al Christy, Jr. "By offering market-leading terms at a fair margin and a fixed three-year timeframe, EFH borrowers can access capital against their stock to meet immediate capital needs without forfeiting future economic opportunity. For the past 15 years EFH has delivered these types of opportunities to clients around the globe, and we look forward to continuing to serve our clients in the years to come."
Background on EFH loan structures
EFH is a specialist lender which provides competitive value cash loans to publicly quoted company shareholders collateralised by portions of their holdings. The loan term is typically three years, which allows EFH to manage the position for value over a reasonable time frame. EFH contractually pledges not to lend out or short sell during that time, and all market activities are executed to have no impact on stock price or trading volumes.
When the loan matures and is repaid, EFH returns the shares, allowing the borrower to keep all the upside growth in the share price during the period. The loans are non-recourse, which means that the borrower does not provide security in respect to their other assets.
"Clients in the U.K. and Europe have accessed funding from EFH for a wide range of purposes," said Jeff Smith, Senior Managing Director of Equities First Holdings, LLC. "The key for them is the ability to retain their interest in the underlying shares and full exposure to any upside. EFH has a perfect track record of returning borrower collateral on maturity and repayment, regardless of how much the shares have increased in value."
"On the back of arrangements such as these, EFH has seen attractive growth in the European markets, led through our London office," continued Christy. "As European clients become increasingly familiar with the EFH methodology we expect to see a further increase in the number of transactions we conduct here."
About Equities First Holdings
Since 2002, Equities First Holdings, LLC has provided clients with innovative financing solutions, supplying capital against publicly traded stock to enable clients to meet their personal and professional financial goals. EFH provides capital against shares traded on public exchanges around the world while offering clients competitive loan-to-value rates and low costs of capital. Over the past 5 years, EFH has completed more than 500 transactions and deployed more than $1.4 billion (USD) to clients across the globe.
EFH is a global company with offices in 10 countries, including wholly owned subsidiaries Equities First (London) Limited, Equities First Holdings Hong Kong Limited, Equities First Holdings Singapore Limited, and Equities First Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd. For more information, visit http://www.equitiesfirst.com.
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Severe head injury is a common problem, usually due to road traffic accidents, accounting for an estimated 400 hospital admissions each year in Scotland. This paper describes the mechanisms, effects and management of uch injury.
Since early caveman courted the object of his desire by clubbing her, traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been a common problem. Nowadays the male of the species is more likely to be the victim receiving the trauma during sexual display at the wheel of a car or in conflict with a rival. Such acts of youthful bravado, often assisted by alcohol, can have life-long consequences not only for the individual but for his family. Rehabilitation of people after TBI is one of the most exciting challenges in modem medicine. Few conditions provide such a varietyand complexity of disabilities to address in close collaboration with a team of skilled colleagues from a range of professions.


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No question, this was difficult for me - as someone not a financial analyst and not understanding the complexities of Wall Street and its kin. Yes, I'd seen the movie, and now I will return to the movie to better grasp how Lewis created a narrative cogent enough for someone else to visually depict it.
Because, seriously, I had to have someone else who has both read the book and watched the movie twice help me through this book. Lewis wrote something obviously compelling to many - including the government trying to understand the crisis after the fact! - but it can be somewhat of a slog. I did my best to understand all the most important bits and pieces, but I'm not sure I will be able to tell you tomorrow what a CDO or a CDS is. This kind of fact-retention is not in my wheelhouse. If it is in yours, you will have an easier time; if not, don't work as hard as I did to understand every phrase.
Because, all told, the value of reading a Michael Lewis book is to see how deftly he makes his arguments. His style of writing is informal enough (and frankly, repetitive enough) that you will be able to repeat the main thrust of the argument in the same terms. This, in conjunction with a genius to take super-crunchy themes - his books will always be about math and statistics, I'll bet you - and make them (mostly) understandable to the layperson, is why his writing is so powerful.
With this book, we all know intimately the heartbreak this crisis called. If it didn't happen to you, it happened to someone you loved. Which is why everyone should read this - so that we can not forget the past as we move into the future.


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Q: Why does this code print all of the if statement conditions? I'm new to Java and I'm trying to write a basic calculator.
However, in the code below, when I input any of the values, it prints all of the statements in the if block.
I get the feeling that whatever I'm writing in is matching all of the conditions, hence printing all  of the statements, but I can't see what I'm doing wrong.
import java.util.Scanner;

public class calculate {

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public static void main(String[] args) {
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    //variable to store user input
    String userinputOperation;
    int userinputNumber;
    int userinputNumber2;
    int result;

    //user input variables
    Scanner myscanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    Scanner number1 = new Scanner(System.in);
    Scanner number2 = new Scanner(System.in);

    //different options for calculator i.e., add, subtract, divide, multiply.
    String one = "Add"; // addition
    String two = "Subtract"; // subtract
    String three = "Multiply"; // multiplication
    String four = "Divide"; // division
    String five = "Exit the application."; // exit

    //explain how to use application
    System.out.print("Welcome to Barney's Calculator.");
    System.out.println(" What would you like to do?");
    System.out.println("Write 'one' to add two numbers.");
    System.out.println("Write 'two' to subtract two numbers.");
    System.out.println("Write 'three' to multiply two numbers together.");
    System.out.println("Write 'four' to divide two numbers.");
    System.out.println("Write 'five' to exit.");

    //obtain user input
    userinputOperation = myscanner.nextLine();

    //explain what user has selected
    if (userinputOperation.equals("one")); //add
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + one + " two numbers");

    if (userinputOperation.equals("two")); //subtract
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + two + " two numbers");

    if (userinputOperation.equals("three")); //multiply
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + three + " two numbers");

    if (userinputOperation.equals("four")); //divide
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + four + " two numbers");

    if (userinputOperation.equals("five")); //exit
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + one);

    //obtain what the numbers the user wants to operate with

    System.out.println("Input the first number you want to operate with: ");
    userinputNumber = number1.nextInt();

    System.out.println("Input the second number you want to operate with: ");
    userinputNumber2 = number2.nextInt();

    //calculate stuff

    if (userinputOperation == "one"); //add the numbers
    result=(userinputNumber + userinputNumber2);
    System.out.print(result);

    if (userinputOperation == "two"); //subtract the numbers
    result=(userinputNumber - userinputNumber2);
    System.out.print(result);

    if (userinputOperation == "three"); //multiply
    result=(userinputNumber * userinputNumber2);
    System.out.print(result);

    if (userinputOperation == "four"); //add
    result=(userinputNumber / userinputNumber2);
    System.out.print(result);

}

}

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: you have ; in every if statements like
if (userinputOperation.equals("one")); //add

If you keep ; then it means that end of statement.So even ifuserinputOperation.equals("one")); returns false this will be executedSystem.out.print("You have chosen to " + one + " two numbers");
similarly remove every ; and the end of if statements
final code is as follows
import java.util.Scanner;

public class calculate {

/**
 * @param args
 */
public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    //variable to store user input
    String userinputOperation;
    int userinputNumber;
    int userinputNumber2;
    int result;

    //user input variables
    Scanner myscanner = new Scanner(System.in);
    Scanner number1 = new Scanner(System.in);
    Scanner number2 = new Scanner(System.in);

    //different options for calculator i.e., add, subtract, divide, multiply.
    String one = "Add"; // addition
    String two = "Subtract"; // subtract
    String three = "Multiply"; // multiplication
    String four = "Divide"; // division
    String five = "Exit the application."; // exit

    //explain how to use application
    System.out.print("Welcome to Barney's Calculator.");
    System.out.println(" What would you like to do?");
    System.out.println("Write 'one' to add two numbers.");
    System.out.println("Write 'two' to subtract two numbers.");
    System.out.println("Write 'three' to multiply two numbers together.");
    System.out.println("Write 'four' to divide two numbers.");
    System.out.println("Write 'five' to exit.");

    //obtain user input
    userinputOperation = myscanner.nextLine();

    //explain what user has selected
    if (userinputOperation.equals("one")) //add
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + one + " two numbers");

    if (userinputOperation.equals("two")) //subtract
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + two + " two numbers");

    if (userinputOperation.equals("three")) //multiply
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + three + " two numbers");

    if (userinputOperation.equals("four")) //divide
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + four + " two numbers");

    if (userinputOperation.equals("five")) //exit
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + one);

    //obtain what the numbers the user wants to operate with

    System.out.println("Input the first number you want to operate with: ");
    userinputNumber = number1.nextInt();

    System.out.println("Input the second number you want to operate with: ");
    userinputNumber2 = number2.nextInt();

    //calculate stuff

    if (userinputOperation == "one") //add the numbers
    result=(userinputNumber + userinputNumber2);
    System.out.print(result);

    if (userinputOperation == "two") //subtract the numbers
    result=(userinputNumber - userinputNumber2);
    System.out.print(result);

    if (userinputOperation == "three") //multiply
    result=(userinputNumber * userinputNumber2);
    System.out.print(result);

    if (userinputOperation == "four") //add
    result=(userinputNumber / userinputNumber2);
    System.out.print(result);

}

}

A: Remove the ; at the end of your statements.
If you do not add a {} after the statement, it will only put the next statement in the if block. In this case, you have an empty statement, a semicolon.
Turn this
if (userinputOperation.equals("one"));
System.out.print("You have chosen to " + one + " two numbers");

into this
if (userinputOperation.equals("one"))
System.out.print("You have chosen to " + one + " two numbers");

or even better, because it makes it clearer, add brackets
if (userinputOperation.equals("one")){
    System.out.print("You have chosen to " + one + " two numbers");
}

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