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Suzanne Carter, Vancouver business owner and inventor of M.Y.O. Cosmetic Cases Inc. was recently in Hollywood to co-sponsor an annual Emmy Awards Celebration for make-up and hairstyle artist nominees after her product was featured in the prestigious Make-up Artist magazine.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While most of us will enjoy the Emmy Awards from our living rooms, Vancouver entrepreneur Suzanne Carter was recently invited behind the scenes to co-sponsor Make-Up Magazine's Emmy Awards celebration of make-up artists and hair stylists nominated for shows like Game of Thrones, Westworld, RuPaul's Drag Race and Saturday Night Live. The invitation came after Carter's M.Y.O. Cosmetic Case created a buzz in Make-up Artist—a magazine for make-up professionals working in motion pictures, television, theatre, print and runway.
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It's was that time again, Harley time!
The Winter Rally is held at the coldest time of the year in Sutherland, one of the coldest towns in the Republic. Gateway to the universe... that is what they call Sutherland. Land of snow and stars. It is the home the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. A telescope so powerful that it can detect the light from faint or distant objects in the Universe, a billion times too faint to be seen with the unaided eye - as faint as a candle flame would appear at the distance of the moon.
It might seem crazy to go to such a cold place in the middle of winter, but with the Harley guys it's 5 star all the way. Especially on the bike we're riding!
This Harley is also known as "The Couch".
My wife has never liked the look of the couch much, but after she rode on it recently she was sold! She never thought it would have this level of pillion comfort. That's why they call it a couch baby!


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Professor Rajaram is a pioneer in mobile journalism and interactive multimedia storytelling. In 2018, he was named one of the top 20 journalism innovators worldwide by the prestigious US-based MediaShift.org
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He is a founding member of the Global Pop-Up Newsroom since 2012 with Prof. Dr. Melissa Wall, (California State University Norfolk, Los Angeles, USA) and Prof. Dr. David Baines (Newcastle University, UK).
Other core members are Prof. Priya Rajasekar (Coventry University, UK), Prof. Sandra Whitehead (Marquette University, USA, and Rafik Hariri University, Beirut, Lebanon), Prof. Faith Sidlow (Fresno State University, USA) and Dr. Marie Elisabeth Mueller in Germany.
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Professor Rajaram has a Master's degree in International Multimedia Journalism from Newcastle University, UK. He started experimenting with online journalism and mobile storytelling in 1997 and has been teaching mobile journalism, social media and interactive multimedia storytelling since 2012 at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, India.
He has been a visiting professor at the Stuttgart Media University in Germany. He has also taught multimedia journalism and mobile journalism at the American University in Bulgaria.

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The Band of the Military Music College of the Mongolia's National Defense University will perform at the VII International Military Music Festival "Amur Waves".
The military ensemble is one of the best in the country. The future military musicians of Mongolia participate in major state events and military ceremonies, cultural and sporting events, and tour extensively throughout the country. The orchestra participated in many wind music festivals and competitions taking repeatedly prize-winning places. Graduates of the Military Music College manage military bands in the troop units and formations of the Mongolian Armed Forces.
The band from Mongolia participated in the Amur Waves Festival in 2014 and 2016 and is remembered for the hearty performance of songs by Soviet and Russian composers and incendiary dancing to rock'n'roll music. In 2016, in addition to performing music, songs and dances, the band program for the festival included the performance of one of the best gymnasts of the country.


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The $35.1 million increase in tax loophole spending not tied to a single job
Guess what corporate tax loophole will cost an additional $35.1 million next biennium without requiring that the beneficiaries create a single job?
That tax code spending provision is none other than single-sales factor apportionment, the topic of Friday's special legislative session convened by the Governor. About 10 years ago, Nike and the Loophole Lobby persuaded the legislature to create this gimmick, which shields profits of multistate corporations with employees and property that benefit from Oregon's public structures from Oregon taxation. Now, Nike seeks a special deal whereby the Governor — after being granted the legal power to do so by the legislature — would agree to keep that tax break in place for up to 40 years.
According to the 2013-15 Tax Expenditure Report, Oregon's lost revenues as a result of single sales factor apportionment will grow from $129.8 million in the current budget period to $164.9 million in the upcoming two-year budget period. That $35 million increase — a 27 percent increase in spending through the tax code allegedly to support economic development — is not directly tied to any new jobs for Oregon. Put another way, companies benefitting from the loophole could shed jobs and still pocket the tax subsidy.
The lame duck legislature is set to consider legislation which may tie the hands of future legislatures from closing the single-sales factor loophole. If Nike gets its way, other corporations are sure to follow in asking for a similar deal. As presently drafted, the legislation would allow the Governor to cut deals lasting up to 40 years.
With single-sales factor apportionment locked-in for some corporations, perhaps for as long as 40 years, would the legislature be willing to consider repealing the single-sales factor tax break? It seems highly unlikely.
Even if the Nike deal (and any subsequent deals with another company) has some job creation requirements, the rest of the application of single-sales factor apportionment — the one whose price tag will go up $35 million next biennium — in no way requires the corporate beneficiaries to create a single job. For all practical purposes, Oregonians likely would be stuck with that bad public policy for years, maybe decades, to come.
Chuck Sheketoff is the executive director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy. You can sign up to receive email notification of OCPP materials at www.ocpp.org.
By Chuck Sheketoff
Is Oregon's governor an advocate of trickle down, Reagan exonomic theory? It appears that he is.
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is forever a California girl who fell in love with Playa Negra and the Pura Vida lifestyle. She brings people together in incredible places to create new experiences and connections through her love of yoga and horses.
This retreat will have a multitude of yoga teachers, several trained at a multi-style yoga school in Guanacaste.


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It's been five years since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and released 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Environmentalists are highlighting the disaster by pointing to the 800,000 birds that have died because of the spill in the five years since the disaster, but activists have been eerily silent about the fact that way more birds have been killed by wind turbines — a supposedly "eco-friendly" energy source.
The liberal blog Mother Jones reports that 800,000 birds have been killed and the Pelican population in the Gulf has decreased 12 percent. While the 2010 Gulf spill was indeed a horrible disaster, the number of birds that died pales in comparison the number killed in the last five years due to wind turbines.
A 2013 study found that 573,000 birds and 888,000 bats are killed every year by wind turbines — a figure 30 percent higher than the federal government estimated in 2009. These deaths have likely increased as wind power capacity increases across the country.
"I estimated 888,000 bat and 573,000 bird fatalities/year (including 83,000 raptor fatalities) at 51,630 megawatt (MW) of installed wind-energy capacity in the United States in 2012," writes K. Shawn Smallwood, author of the study that was published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Since then, U.S. companies have only installed more wind power thanks to a now-expired tax credit for wind energy. The American Wind Energy Association said there was nearly 66 gigawatts of installed wind capacity in the U.S. as of 2014 — 17 times higher than wind capacity in 2001.
"As wind energy continues to expand, there is urgent need to improve fatality monitoring methods, especially in the implementation of detection trials, which should be more realistically incorporated into routine monitoring," Smallwood reported in 2013.
In the time since the 2010 BP oil spill, some 2.9 million birds have been killed by wind turbines, using Smallwood's figures, compared to only 800,000 that have been killed by the oil spill — the oil spill deaths are based on figures compiled by the news site Climate Desk. It should also be noted that wind turbines routinely kill federally protected birds and eagles.


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Happy Wednesday! Today is a good day. Why? Because I'm posting my very first breakfast food on the blog. I made pancakes, and not just any pancakes, orange pumpkin pancakes! They're fluffy and loaded with warm spices and pureed pumpkin.
I had some leftover pumpkin puree in the fridge, and you know how much I love pumpkin, so I couldn't resist making a jumbo stack of fluffy pancakes.
Squirrel (my hubby) isn't a huge fan of pancakes (weird, I know), so I had to take on the task of eating the entire stack myself. I don't make pancakes too often (thank you, Squirrel), so I was able to rise to the occasion. A jumbo stack of pancakes is no match for this gal; I took them down like a champ.
Hungry for pancakes? These are a must make pancake for fall. The warm pumpkin spice, zested orange peel, pumpkin puree, and fresh squeezed orange juice create the perfect fall pancake. I enjoyed these on Sunday with a homemade pumpkin spice latte, and they were delicious.
These pancakes only took me 5 minutes to mix up and 3 minutes to cook. You know what else is good? Pancakes for dinner. Talk about a quick meal, and the kiddies will feel like they're getting a treat.
I like my pancakes crispy around the edges and fluffy on the inside with a hefty drizzle of maple syrup.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and orange zest. Whisk to combine.
In a small bowl, combine milk, orange juice, melted butter, pumpkin puree, egg, and vanilla extract.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, whisk to combine.
Heat a nonstick skillet or griddle over medium heat and add a drizzle of canola oil. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, pour batter onto the pan (if you like your pancakes smaller, use less batter). Cook until the top of the pancakes are full of bubbles and the bottom is golden brown. Turn with a spatula and brown the other sides. Serve with butter and a drizzle of maple syrup.
What is the matter with Squirrel?
These are beautiful! We make pancakes every weekend, I'm going to give my husband your recipe to make! I'm excited!
My boy isn't a huge pumpkin fan either.
Oh, you poor dear, having all of those pancakes all to yourself. I will selflessly offer myself to help you finish them. Because I'm such a good person and all.
Yay!! I love pancakes and these look and sound so good. I will be making these this weekend.
your pancakes look soooo good! yum!
Oh, these look perfect for a special breakfast…no, wait, for an anytime breakfast!!! I can't wait!
Yum I love breakfast for dinner. And pancakes. And pancakes (or waffles or French toast) flavored with pumpkin. Or sweet potato. LOL I am pretty easy to please when it comes to breakfast sweets!
I know where I'm coming for breakfast tomorrow.
your first blog breakfast food? this IS a good day! these make me so happy – i think it's the orangeyness of them. normally i'm on Team Waffle (if there was a Team Waffle), but this one makes me feel like being on Team Pancake for little bit.
gorgeous pancakes Jennie! they look fabulous!
Yum! I would have never really thought about combining orange zest with pumpkin, but it sounds wonderful!
I made these this morning and let me just say….YUM!!!
I don't make pancakes too often, mainly because I only have time on Sundays. Then I end up making chocolate chip because, well, chocolate chip! haha Love how beautiful they look!


I received sms and sbi has no idea of debited by who.
What should I do. I do not have net banking enabled. Only ATM card issued.
The same has been going with us. Initially we had a deduction of rs 4417 and after few days 4250rs. WY is this happening?
Your A/C XXXXXXXXXXX Debited INR 295.00 on 21/10/17 -Transferred to INVESTMENT INTERMEDI.
Like this I got 4times.
Why our banks are behaving like this previously not their now a days, what happen.
today we lost 295 from my brother's account its credited to INVESTMENT INTERMEDI accout…..what is this ?? without any information from the account holder how they can cerdit the amount from the account??
My Acc. number: xxxxxxxx782 with SBI has been debited twice with 2709 INR and next time with INR 295.
It shows the same that your account has been debited INR 295 transferred to INVESTMENT INTERMEDI.
i do not have Internet banking nor any other investments.
I believe this is fraud and SBI is not taking any responsibility on this.
please help me recover my money.
From my account (SBI, Nilambur, Malappuram, Kerala) Rs. 6250/- has been debited as above today on 05-01-2018. The SMS format is same as above and informed that transferred to the same unknown firm "INVESTMENT INTERMEDI". To where we shall complaint? As we noted the message after banking hours, we could not contact the Bank authorities. Even if contacted no hope!
I have received an SMS trice from sbi notifying some transfer in investment intermedi. The ammount was 1180, 300 and 3729.
as i have not taken any investment plan like that.
I am from SURAT Gujarat. I have received same massage twice time and debited 295-295 for investment intermed. And I have not taken investment plan like give notice for SBI.
Even from my account 257/- is been debit what the hell is this ?
I have never take any investment plan.
Spoke to SBI branch manager she doesnt have any clue of it.
If National banks do this with us then where we should we keep our money save.
Today evening i received a message which says "your A/C XXXXX has a debit by transfer of Rs 206.50 on 20/02/18. Avl Bal Rs xxxxxxx. Download YONO @ http://www.yonosbi.com ".I want to know why it has been deducted without any purchase or transaction. I want my money back.
Jusi i received sms by sbi debited 295 transferred to investment intermedia .3 to 4 time …what i do..
Kis baat ke paise cut hue… Pls refund my money..
this is purely fraud…. what is this..???
Whay you are debbit 1387 rs my acount my many refund .
what is the solution? same is happned to me.
bhai vijendra matani bajaj making fools to customer ok…no body can take responsibility of deduction of 295 ..mai gujar chuka hon is problem se..dono hath kade karde ne.. opposite reaction karde ne..written ch na bajaj likh k denda hai na bank so… no amount will be refund ..don't buy anything from bajaj finserv .. emi k naam pe byaaj le lete hai bad me..laghte raho chkr bank ke or bajaj ke office..
Same fact happened to me but I can't understand how can solve it.
I too have faced this problem 10 11 2018 pls stop this type of cheeting program here any soluton available…?
I am Dharmendran from vellore TamilNadu. I have an issue for detection of money for 295 in my account for investment intermedi. It has happened as many times. So kindly help to refund my money.
Kindly help me sir please…..


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In Tokyo
Around Tokyo
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Meiji-jingu/Harajuku
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in-and-around Tokyo
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The present Imperial Palace is located on the site of the former residential area of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the Edo Period. Following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Emperor Meiji moved here from Kyoto. It mainly consists of four areas, the Imperial Residence area, the East Gardens, the Kitanomaru Park and the Garden Plaza. The Garden Plaza above is a spacious green square offering rest and relaxation to driven Tokyoites.
0: Imperial Residence Area
1: Tokyo Station
2: JP Tower KITTE
3: Marunouchi Brick Square
4: Statue of Kusunoki Masashige
5: Nijyubashi (Double Bridge)
6: Wadakura Fountain Park
7: Ohtemon
8: Sannomaru Shozokan
9: Guard House
10: Ninomaru Gardens
11: Inner Citadel Ruins
12: Edo Casttle Ruins
13: National Museum of Modern Art
15: Kitanomaru Garden 16: Science Museum 17: Nippon Budokan 18: Chidorigafuchi 19: Yasukuni Shrine
Imperial Residence Area
Nowadays you can enter a small part of the Imperial Residence area with permission, but it is basically a private area of the Emperor family.Photo A is the Residence build in 1993 and B is its surroundings. As you can tell from the pictures, they are living in a way as small as we are.
C is a part of the Palace named Chowaden Hall built in 1969. On the New Year's Day and the Emperor's birthday, the Imperial Family appears on its balcony and the Emperor gives a short address wishing the visitor good health and blessings.
If you want to get the image of the Palace in the Meiji Era, you may as well visit the State Guest House, Akasaka Palace in Tokyo which was originally the Crown Prince's Palace built in 1909.
And to glimpse of the Palace in olden times, there are the Kyoto Imperial Palace built in 14th century and the Katsura Imperial Villa built in 17th century in Kyoto.
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Production of fermented tea petal decoction with insights into in vitro biochemical tests, antioxidant assay and GC-MS analysis
Soumya Majumder1,
Sumedha Saha1,
Arindam Ghosh1,
Sukanya Acharyya1,
Sahadeb Sarkar1,
Sourav Chakraborty1 &
Malay Bhattacharya ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4066-29791
This research work was designed to attempt and propose the first report on production and biochemical characterization of fermented tea flower petal decoction or simply tea petal wine. The tea petal decoction and brewer's yeast or Saccharomyces cerevisiae were co-cultured for fermentation. Antioxidant activity and chromatographic separation of potential candidates were assessed. Primary investigations for qualitative characters on this fermented broth revealed the presence of steroids, tannin, flavonoids, phenol, cardiac glycosides, coumarin, caffeine etc. Our manufactured fermented broth showed high free radical scavenging activity after 2 months of aging. High DPPH scavenging activities were also observed in solvent fractions of acetone, ethanol and methanol. The antioxidant activity, alcohol percentage and other qualities were seen to be gradually increased during aging. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis revealed the presence of 44 compounds including many potential antioxidant molecules and other bioactive agents. Hopefully, presence of alcohol with medicinally active compounds and antioxidant activity will make it as acceptable as a good wine and tea flower as economically functional.
Fermented beverages are associated with several health benefits as these are rich sources of substances like alcohols, fatty acids, terpenoids, flavonoids, anthocyanins, flavonols, catechins, other polyphenols and several other secondary metabolites of fermenting yeasts (German & Walzem 2000; Natella et al. 2001; Villano et al. 2006) which exhibit wide range of biological activities, mainly antioxidant activity. Antioxidants (e.g. catechin and their oligomers and proanthocyanidins, quercetin, resveratrol and other polyphenols) are the reason behind health protective properties of fermented beverages or wines which have been reported to have bioactivities like cardioprotective, anti-carcinogenic, anti-diabetic, anti-atherogenic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and antibacterial activities (Banc et al. 2014). Wine brewing is a traditional practice among various people and tribal communities where fruits, leaves, flowers etc. from various plants are used as raw materials.
Regarding metabolomics, tea plant has been studied by various researchers for a long period. However, most research on metabolomics of tea has been done mainly on leaves of the plant as leaf is the only organ for which tea plant is cultivated and praised for magnificent bioactive properties. Therefore, occurrence of signature tea leaf components, i.e., catechins, flavonol, caffeine, and other bioactive compounds like amino acids, saponins, terpenes etc. in tea flowers is of great interest. Recently, Chen et al. (2018) reviewed the metabolite profiling of tea flower. Their report summarized the presence of tea catechins (catechin, epicatechin, gallocatechin, epigallocatechin, gallocatechin gallate, epigallocatechin gallate etc.), flavonols, amino acids (theanine, L-phenylalanine), caffeine, saponins and polysaccharides of different cultivars from different regions. However, branches of tea bushes containing flowers or flower buds are subjected to complete pruning by planters to regulate proper vegetative growth and to achieve their economic goals. It is also reported that planters often use some chemicals (ethephon and α-naphthalene acetic acid) to suppress tea plant blossoming (Chen et al. 2018) to promote the yield and quality of tea leaves or, simply, in advance to upregulate the vegetative growth of plants to boost the economy. Moreover, due to successful and conventional application of asexual propagation, tea flowers which compete with tea leaves for water and nutrients, are generally considered as a waste resource of the plantation (Chen et al. 2018). Furthermore, flowers of any plant are commonly known to attract varieties of insect pests by releasing semiochemicals and other properties, which is another major issue that extends the demerits of blooming tea flowers in a tea garden. Overall, flowers of tea plant have zero economic value in plantations around the tea growing regions of the world.
However, tea flowers are reported as edible (https://www.ediblewildfood.com/tea-plant.aspx). Some tribal communities from tea growing regions and tea garden workers of north and northeast India are seen to consume the cooked (fried in oil) tea flower often, but there is an absence of ethnobiological survey on this. Not only metabolomics, but also biological activities exhibited by flowers of tea such as antihyperlipidemic, antihyperglycemic, antiobesity, and gastroprotective effects are also reported (Matsuda et al. 2016). Therefore, tea flowers could be better used in different applications. However, value-added utilization of tea flowers has not been achieved due to lack of sufficient research. Thus, ecofriendly approaches may provide better lead to valorization of this important resource.
The aim of this research was to explore a novel and possible way to valorize the considered waste of tea plantation, i.e., tea flowers, by using fermentation technology. Fermented tea petal decoction is the result of fermentation process where several metabolic pathways of yeast and reactions of its metabolites, compounds of the petals and sucrose are involved. The main objective was to brew fermented tea petal decoction and detect its antioxidant potential using in vitro biochemical experiments. Special attention was given on antioxidants, GC-MS analysis and separation of bioactive fractions through chromatography to study in depth.
Collection of tea petals and starter
Fresh flowers of tea (Fig. 1) were harvested from lower branches of mature (25 years old bush) Camellia sinensis (TV-26 clone) grown in the Experimental Tea Plantation at University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India. Diseased flowers, pest affected petals, sun scorched or dry petals were discarded soon after collection. Petals from healthy flowers were taken off using sterile forceps on a laminar airflow cabinet to avoid laboratory contamination. Dry brewer's yeast or Saccharomyces cerevisiae was bought from the local market to use as a starter because this is the most commonly used starter for brewing beer and wines at home by local brewers, moreover it is easily available in any local markets.
Collection of tea petals, preparation of petal decoction and incubation. A Collection of tea petals, B Decoction of petals, C Fermented tea petal decoction broth at 0th day and D FTPD on 90th day of fermentation after bottling
Decoction of flower petals, inoculation of starter and incubation
Tea flower petals and white sugar (sucrose as additional nutrient or carbon source for yeast) were mixed in a ratio of 1:1 (30 g each) with 500 ml sterile double distilled water and boiled at 100 ± 5 °C for 20 min to prepare the decoction (Fig. 1). The decoction was filtered through sterile muslin cloth and final volume was adjusted to one liter by adding double distilled water. The jar was then autoclaved properly. Two grams of dried brewer's yeast or Saccharomyces cerevisiae were added in the decoction. Sterile polythene cover with pores was used to facilitate releasing of evolved CO2 (Fig. 1) during fermentation. Muslin cloth, glass goods, polythene cover etc. were autoclaved and sterilized with 70% ethanol. The jar was incubated under a dark condition at 25 ± 1 °C to produce fermented tea petal decoction (FTPD) which was collected at regular intervals for further studies. Following the same procedure, three jars were prepared as replicas and results of all further experiments were reported as means of those three replications.
Qualitative biochemical tests
Qualitative tests to determine presence of steroids, tannin, flavonoids, phenol, proteins, cardiac glycosides, coumarin, reducing sugar, starch and caffeine were conducted following the protocol of Majumder, Ghosh, Chakraborty, and Bhattacharya (2020); Majumder, Acharyya, et al. (2021). Tests were performed with samples collected on different stages of fermentation. Before adding starter and sucrose, same tests were performed on Tea petal decoction (TPD) or unfermented sample also in aim for comparison.
Time dependent alteration in physicochemical properties
Acidity (pH), optical density (OD), percentage transmittance (%T) and specific gravity (SG) of the broth were monitored on regular intervals during fermentation to study time dependent alteration in physicochemical characteristics. Acidity was determined by measuring pH by using a pre-calibrated pH meter to investigate the changes in acidity of the broth. OD and %T are determinants of sensory quality of any beverage, specially fermented beverages which were measured by a colorimeter at 420 nm. Specific gravity was determined as described by Pearson (1976) from where amount of alcohol (%ABV) was estimated.
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis
The FTPD sample (5 ml) was drawn by sterile pipette on the 15th day of fermentation, air dried and extracted with the same amount of ethanol. Ethanol was chosen as GC-MS sample extraction solvent in this research to extract compounds of FTPD, because it has the polarity which is very close to alcoholic beverages. Sample was subjected to GC-MS analysis using the model instrument, GC-MS-QP2010 Plus (Shimadzu Co. Japan) attached with Rxi-5 fused-silica capillary column (0.25 μm film thickness, 0.25 mm internal diameter and 30 m of length) following the protocol of Majumder, Ghosh, & Bhattacharya 2020 and Chakraborty et al. 2021. Analysis was performed by injecting 1 μl each sample with a split ratio of 20:1. Injection temperature was 260 °C and interface temperature was set to 270 °C. Ion Source temperature was adjusted to 230 °C. Helium gas (99.9%) was used as carrier gas. Total flow rate was 16.3 ml/min and column flow rate was 1.21 ml/min. Mass spectra were recorded at 5 scan/sec with a scanning range of 40–650 m/z. The compounds were identified after comparing the spectral configurations obtained with that of the available mass spectral database, the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) library. The quantitative analysis in a total ion current mode (TIC) was performed as a traditional GC analysis based on the total peak area. The chromatogram (TIC) is based on the intensity of fragments produced by the ionization. Concentration of the amount of each compound was expressed as area percentage calculated from peak areas. The data obtained from GC-MS analysis were further analysed by studying available literatures.
Fractionation of FTPD and antioxidant activity (DPPH assay)
Following the protocol of Bhattacharya et al. (2009) fractionation or separation of FTPD components through column chromatography was done in order to assess free radical scavenging potential FTPD fractions. Dried FTPD was loaded on silica gel (Merck, 200–400 mesh size) and a series of nonpolar to polar solvents (hexane, benzene, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone, ethanol, methanol and water) were passed the column to obtain their respective fractions. Each fraction was vacuum evaporated at low temperature, dried and dissolved in 5 ml methanol (as methanol is used to prepare DPPH solution and for zeroing of spectrophotometer) for further antioxidant assay to find out probable potential fraction behind those activity and probable components responsible for this activity (based on their solubility in solvent fractions).
The free radical scavenging activity through DPPH assay was performed following the method described by Bhattacharya et al. (2009) and Majumder, Ghosh, et al. (2021) with minor modifications where antiradical activity was measured by a decrease in absorbance at 517 nm of methanolic solution of coloured 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl or DPPH (D9132 from Sigma-Aldrich) brought about by the sample. To 2800 μL of DPPH (100 μM) solution in methanol, 200 μl of samples (each FTPD fractions) were added and incubated for 30 min in dark at room temperature. Decreases in the absorbance in presence of the sample were noted at 517 nm by UV-Vis spectrophotometer (Cary 60 UV-Vis Spectrometer by Agilent). Results were expressed as the percentage of DPPH inhibition (%) occurring due to exposure of samples.
In vitro antioxidant assay on aging of broth
DPPH assay was performed on regular intervals after taking crude broth of FTPD as sample. The protocol of Majumder, Ghosh, et al. 2021, as done for the FTPD fractions, was followed in this experiment. DPPH assay was performed on a control sample or TPD also.
Qualitative tests revealed presence of steroids, tannins, flavonoids, caffeine, phenol, proteins, cardiac glycosides, coumarin, reducing sugar in FTPD sample which was collected on different stages during fermentation (from 15th day to 90th day). Nothing significant was observed which can differ these qualities between different aged samples. However, the most aged sample of our research (collected on 90th day) resulted better compared to less aged samples in these qualitative tests as its responses towards colour changes or other indicators were just quicker and sharper except reducing sugar, starch and protein which is a clear indicator of progress in fermentation process. But, on TPD, nothing significant was observed to determine the presence of these qualities except starch, reducing sugar, protein, steroids and caffeine which was found to be present. The results of qualitative tests are exhibited by a heat-map in Fig. 2.
Heatmap showing levels of different qualities, tested on TPD and FTPD samples (taken at different stages of fermentation)
A sharp decrease in OD and increasing in %T were observed in the broth upto 15th day (Fig. 3). It has also been observed that pH of FTPD decreases sharply up to the 15th day of fermentation then stabilizes gradually with passage of time (Fig. 3). Specific gravity was found to be 1.339 ± 0.177 on the 0th day that gradually decreased. Therefore, alcohol by volume or alcohol percentage (%ABV) showed a potential increase in aging (37.54 ± 1.245% on 90th day). Both SG and %ABV, represented graphically in Fig. 3.
Changes in A optical density, B percentage transmittance, C specific gravity, D alcohol percentage, E pH and F antioxidant activity in fermented tea petal decoction during fermentation or aging
GC-MS chromatogram of FTPD has revealed organic molecules, their derivatives and intermediates arisen from sole and interactive pathways of organic compounds present in tea petal decoction and fermenting agent during the process of fermentation. GC-MS detected the presence of 44 compounds including a number of known bioactive agents. The chromatogram of GC-MS detected compounds is represented in Fig. 4 and the list of those compounds is given in Table 1. The compounds detected by GC-MS were matched to databases like PubChem (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) and the good scents company or TGSC (http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/) to study their shares over flavour and taste imparting characters in FTPD.
GC-MS chromatogram of fermented tea petal decoction (FTPD)
Table 1 GC-MS peak report for the sample fermented tea petal decoction (FTPD) with names of compounds as detected
We extended our study with in vitro antioxidant activity of the components present in FTPD by fractionating it through a silica column using a series of non-polar to polar solvents with an intention to separate them on the basis of their preference for solvent. In DPPH assay, antioxidant molecules act as a proton donor where the free radical is scavenged and absorbance is decreased thereby rendering a change in colour (Manivasagan et al. 2015). Series of FTPD fractions showed a tendency of increasing DPPH scavenging activity from nonpolar to polar end. Satisfactory percentages of inhibition were observed in solvent fractions of acetone (95.36 ± 1.114%), ethanol (88.25 ± 1.54%) and methanol (92.29 ± 0.52%), whereas others exhibited moderate activity (Fig. 5). Control sample or TPD resulted in nothing significant as antioxidant property was also very much low (22.8 ± 2.333% in DPPH assay) compared to FTPD.
Antioxidant activity shown by solvent fractions of fermented tea petal decoction
Changes in antioxidant activity on aging of broth
Determination of hydrogen donating ability or DPPH assay was performed with a crude sample of FTPD to determine changes in antioxidant potential of fermentation broth with time. Sample, collected on regular intervals during aging, showed significant increase in DPPH scavenging potential justifying improvement of free radical scavenging activity (Fig. 3-F). Free radical quenching activity was comparatively low (57.12 ± 2.1% on 0th day) initially after 15 days it was increased to 75.07 ± 1.45%. However, the rate of increase was highest between 30th (78.88 ± 1.26%) and 60th (90.91 ± 2.2%) day of fermentation and, thereafter, no significant change in DPPH scavenging activity was seen. IC50 value for DPPH scavenging activity was also measured on the 90th day (after bottled) which was found to be 57.9 ± 1.56 μl. Free radical quenching activity was found very low (22.8 ± 2.333%) in TPD.
Antioxidant activity and other qualities were seen improved in aged samples compared to the samples of the first 15 days. This indicated that fermentation can input more qualities. Not only in DPPH assay, TPD did not responded well in other biochemical tests too except starch, reducing sugar, protein, steroids and caffeine. In tea flowers, presence of caffeine, saccharides, amino acids etc. were previously reported (Chen et al. 2018). Thus, supporting the metabolomics, qualitative detection of group of molecules like reducing sugar, protein and caffeine in its decoction brings no confusion at all.
FTPD was analysed through GC-MS where metabolomics components were studied by reviewing established reports on them. Among the 44 compounds, three most abundant components, i.e., 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furaldehyde (27.32%); 4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl- (17.31%) and furfural (7.36%) are reported as potential antioxidant molecules having lots of other biological activities (Hameed et al. 2015; Khan et al. 2012). The most abundant 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furaldehyde, was previously reported as a prime wine component which is mostly found in aged samples of different wines (Serra-Cayuela et al. 2014). So, this could probably be synthesized in FTPD during storage or fermentation saccharides (Chen et al. 2018) present in it. Tea flowers were previously reported to contain a huge amounts (20–30% of total dry weight) of saccharides (Chen et al. 2018; Weng 2004). So, presence of metabolites derived from saccharides (due to fermentation of caramelization) in its fermented decoction is completely valid. Another highly valued honeycomb derived component; 7,9-Di-tert-butyl-1-oxaspiro(4,5)deca-6,9-diene-2,8-dione (Kanbur et al. 2009) also confirms fermentation process or breakdown of sucrose and petal components by yeast. Interestingly, this compound is mainly found in royal jelly, which is actually a result of natural fermentation of saccharides of flowers occurring in beehives. Furfural and its derivatives detected in FTPD i.e., furfural, furfuryl alcohol, 5,5′-oxybis(5-methylene-2-furaldehyde) etc. are reported as metabolites of fermenting microbes and common aroma components of wine and wine derived spirits like brandy, whiskey, rum etc. (Dumitriu et al. 2020; Okaru & Lachenmeier 2017). Furfuryl alcohol occurs mainly due to enzymatic or chemical reduction of furfural during aging of a wine. Butanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, methyl ester is also reported to exhibit wine aroma imparting property (Ishikawa et al. 2010). Moreover, FTPD compounds i.e., butanoic acid, furfural, 2,2-diethoxyethanol etc. are reported volatile aroma compounds of some famous Chinese liquors which are probably considered as aging markers of some wines (Xu et al. 2017). Gastroprotective anti-ulcer agent (Maria et al. 2000) alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactone, an antioxidant (Salat et al. 2012) was detected in FTPD which could be derived very common wine component i.e., gamma-butyrolactone (a major component of red wine reported by Vose et al. 2001). Antioxidant compound α-ketoglutaric acid (Long & Halliwell 2011) is a metabolite of wine yeast (as an intermediate in Krebs cycle) which was probably derived during fermentation. Furthermore, GC-MS of FTPD has revealed more other components which are well documented as aroma imparting components (potential fruity and wine like aroma in wines), these are, 2,4-dihydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone (Chukwu et al. 2017); methyl 2-furoate (European Food Safety Authority 2004); Methyl 3-hydroxy-4-methylpentanoate (Lytra et al. 2015); 1-hexadecene (Vararu et al., 2016) etc. Butanoic acid and diethyl succinate are also reported as fermentation metabolites in ciders (Wilson et al. 2021) which strongly supports the metabolomics of FTPD. Antioxidant agent levulinic acid and its precursor succinic acid, both are reported as products of glucose fermentation and mainly found in aged wine and beer samples (Antonetti et al. 2020). 5-Acetoxymethyl-2-furaldehyde, a sweet taste modulator of wine, has been detected in FTPD, interestingly, this compound is also found in traditional medicinal balsamic vinegar, another fermented product (Câmara et al. 2006; Hillmann et al., 2012). Alañón et al. (2010) reported that levoglucosan is a carbohydrate derived bioactive wine component which is mainly formed in alcoholic beverages during aging. Interestingly, this component was also detected in FTPD. Compounds like furfural; 2-furanmethanol; pentanoic acid, 4-oxo-; 2-furancarboxylic acid, methyl ester; 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furaldehyde; stearyl alcohol; palmitic acid; stearic acid etc. were also found to contribute a sweet, caramel like, astringent and wine like flavour towards development of a wine like taste.
Being insect pheromone; major compound (E)-dodec-5-en-4-olide (Dickschat et al. 2005) and trace compound serricornin (Lozanova et al. 2005) are probably transferred either from pollinators or could be originated in petal as semiochemicals which are actually biosynthesized in plants aiming to attract insects for pollination.
Three abundant and major FTPD compounds- 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-Furaldehyde; 4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl- and furfural are well-known potential antioxidant molecules (Yi & Kim 1982; Yu et al. 2013) and are soluble in acetone, ethanol and methanol. However, major compound 4H-pyran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl- is a reported sugar derived product which is a possible derivative of a flavonoid biosynthesized during fermentation by yeast because it is reported as a compound with flavonoid fraction and as a fungal secondary metabolite having antifungal properties (Teoh & Mat Don 2014). Interestingly, column chromatographic fractions of methanol, acetone and ethanol solvents showed a high antioxidant potential where presence of these molecules could be a reason behind this. Antioxidant fatty acid derivatives like palmitic acid, stearic acid and stearyl alcohol were detected in FTPD which were previously reported as fatty acids of red wine (Yunoki et al. 2004). Yi & Kim 1982 reported antioxidant activity of wine compound levulinic acid, furfural, 5-hydroxymethyl furfural, and pyrazines and interestingly, all of these were detected in FTPD (Table 2).
Table 2 List of reported antioxidant components (references are given in round brackets) found in fermented tea petal decoction (FTPD) through GC-MS analysis
Bioactivity of signature tea leaf compound caffeine as a central nervous system stimulant is well established but its presence in tea petal wine is definitely a good finding of this research. This may contribute a significance in metabolomics of tea plant as presence of caffeine in tea flower was also reported (Chen et al. 2018). Not only in GC-MS analysis, but also in results of qualitative biochemical tests, presence of caffeine and steroids was determined in both TPD and FTPD samples.
Determination of alteration in physicochemical properties like pH, OD, %T and specific gravity were important to judge fermentation rate and acceptability of a beverage as wine. Typically, pH of wine ranges between 3 to 4 (Hale 2019) and in our FTPD it was found 3.5 ± 0.2 on 90th day (when bottled) which is very acceptable. Generally, during fermentation, yeast or other microbes cause acidification by their metabolic process. As a result, the broth is turned into acidic which further accelerates the fermentation rate as well as reflected by the results. Increasing acidity is a factor which indirectly assures the progress in the fermentation process. This result demonstrated that the rate of fermentation was at its peak during the first 15 days of fermentation. Furthermore, optical density (OD) was measured to determine the concentration of particles in FTPD while results of percentage transmittance was proportional to the amount of light that passed through the sample. So, these were assessed to observe changes in OD and %T which actually indicates chemical changes during fermentation. Generally, during fermentation of wine or other alcoholic beverages, the colour of fermentation broth becomes gradually lighter and transparent except the surface area where yeast cells sometimes form a film (also called flor or kahm yeast) and the bottom portion where dead yeast bodies or debris usually remain as sediments. So, OD and %T were monitored on regular intervals upto 90th day of fermentation (doing minimum disturbance to the broth) to measure and determine the changes. The results indicated that the rate of chemical changes was high in FTPD during that period, which is also positively correlated with the result of pH. After 15th day till 90th day, during aging, the same changes on OD and %T occurred but very slowly as the broth became more clear and transparent in appearance consequently indicating a slowdown or end to the metabolic process or reactions inside the broth (Fig. 1). Specific gravity (SG), another important factor, was also assessed to determine the point of acceptability of a fermenting beverage like wine. Typically, like pH and OD, SG of a broth is also found to be decreased after fermentation. The results reflected by pH, OD, %T, specific gravity, %ABV and changes of free radical scavenging property on aging (Fig. 3) were clear indicatives of a fact that fermentation process controlling metabolic changes took place till 60th day of fermentation and then stopped gradually. A probable reason for this result is either depletion of carbon source or occurrence of stationary or death phase attained by the yeast cells naturally to conclude the fermentation process. The results judged not only the fermentation rate but also acceptability of FTPD as a fermented drink or wine. However, further experiments by preparing broth using varied sugar sources with varied amounts and proper growth study are required to point out the key factors that are responsible to limit the fermentation process.
Moreover, no significant change in DPPH scavenging activity was seen between 60th day and 90th day, which also indicated that after a month of aging the metabolism (production or development of secondary metabolites) was gradually stopped. DPPH free radical scavenging activity exhibited by column fractions, as shown in the results, also justified the antioxidant property of FTPD. FTPD derived antioxidant compounds (61.91% peak area) discussed above (listed in Table 2), strongly supports the high free radical scavenging activity shown FTPD in DPPH assay.
Antioxidants play important roles in human life by destroying free radicals and protecting the human body against many major diseases and disorders. Moreover, a major part of our regular diet, mainly, green foods and beverages like tea and wines are major sources of antioxidants where application of tea petal decoction or its wine will be significant being rich in bioactive components. Moreover, our aim of this research was to study the possibilities wine production from tea flower petal to make it economically useful where qualitative analysis, antioxidant assay and GC-MS based metabolomics were considered for characterization. Hopefully, concept and outcomes from this research have shown the possible and biotechnological way to valorize tea flower which will help tea planters to make use of this unused part of tea plant commercially and tea flowers to get praised by scientific communities, oenologists from wine industries to pharmaceuticals.
All data analysed during this study are included in this article.
GC-MS:
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
FTPD:
Fermented tea petal decoction
TPD:
Tea petal decoction
DPPH:
%T:
Percentage transmission
SG:
%ABV:
Alcohol by volume (%)
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Molecular Biology and Tissue Culture Laboratory, Department of Tea Science, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Pin-734013, India
Soumya Majumder, Sumedha Saha, Arindam Ghosh, Sukanya Acharyya, Sahadeb Sarkar, Sourav Chakraborty & Malay Bhattacharya
Soumya Majumder
Sumedha Saha
Arindam Ghosh
Sukanya Acharyya
Sahadeb Sarkar
Sourav Chakraborty
Malay Bhattacharya
SM and MB conceived the idea and designed the protocol. SM, SS, AG, SA, SS and SC performed all laboratorial work. SM and MB compiled data and wrote the draft manuscript. All the authors read and approved the manuscript.
Correspondence to Malay Bhattacharya.
Majumder, S., Saha, S., Ghosh, A. et al. Production of fermented tea petal decoction with insights into in vitro biochemical tests, antioxidant assay and GC-MS analysis. Food Prod Process and Nutr 3, 32 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-021-00075-9
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The outrage industry marches on. The latest and most egregious occurred at the University of California Berkeley. In response to a conservative speaker's scheduled appearance, students and outsider left-wing activists teamed up to carry out violent mob attacks that included property destruction, fire, pepper-spraying and throwing paint at bystanders. The Berkeley campus police, presumably with UC Chancellor Janet Napolitano's approval, were given a stand-down order, which meant that the rioters could continue their mayhem mostly unchecked. To date, among the hundreds of mutineers, police arrested only a few people, none affiliated with the university.
President Donald J. Trump has a strategy so brilliant that it's tied his many naysayers up in knots. By signing within mere days a series of executive actions that will restore order to an out-of-control immigration system, Trump dizzied his most outspoken opponents.
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Friday kicked off Boskone 51 with a bang. Here are some Twitter highlights from Day 1.
From Richard Shuford (@richardshuford): "Holmes! Look behind you. The lizard has a rocket launcher!" #boskone panelist literary favorite quote.
From Mallory O'Meara (@sexoskeleton): Just corrected a professional film critic on Wolfman facts on my Classic Monsters panel at Boskone. High point in my nerd life.
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Q: How to create my own basemap in ArcGIS from JPEG files? I have my own *.jpg tiles. How to create basemap from it and publish as service via ArcGIS for server?
I was trying to find my issue in documentation, but I didn't have success. It seems very easy for usual ArcMAP users, but not for me.

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Reformed University complies with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) which is defined as follows.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records. These rights transfer to the student when he or she reaches the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the high school level. Students to whom the rights have transferred are "eligible students."
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review the student's education records maintained by the school. Schools are not required to provide copies of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is impossible for parents or eligible students to review the records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.
For additional information, you may call 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327) (voice). Individuals who use TDD may use the Federal Relay Service.
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Capital Pride Alliance, the group that organizes D.C.'s annual LGBT Pride parade and festival, announced last week that it has worked over the past year to respond to concerns raised by some that its events and policies don't represent all segments of the LGBT community.
Although it didn't say so directly, a three-page statement released by Capital Pride Alliance on April 25 appears to be a response to the controversy surrounding the action last year by the protest group No Justice No Pride to block the path of the Pride parade.
D.C. police chose to reroute the parade rather than arrest the protesters, who blocked its path by linking arms to create a human barrier from one side of the street to the other.
The group said its civil disobedience protest was aimed at what it claims were Capital Pride's refusal to agree to its demands for banning police participation in the parade, banning corporate sponsors involved in the defense industry, and restructuring the Capital Pride board of directors to include greater representation of transgender people of color and Native Americans.
In its own statement released on April 26, No Justice No Pride said it carefully reviewed the Capital Pride statement and concluded that "no substantive changes have been made to address the concerns of those who feel they have been left behind and pushed out" of the Pride festivities.
"All signs indicate that Capital Pride 2018 will once again celebrate weapons manufacturers, corrupt banks, and police departments, aligning itself with those who profit off of the oppression of the most marginalized members of our communities," the statement says.
Drew Ambrogi, a spokesperson for No Justice No Pride, couldn't immediately be reached to determine whether the group is planning to stage another protest against Capital Pride this year, including a possible civil disobedience action such as blocking the parade route.
Capital Pride supporters, including longtime D.C. gay activist Deacon Maccubbin who organized D.C.'s first LGBT Pride celebration in 1975, have said No Justice No Pride's views don't reflect the views of the overwhelming majority of the LGBT community that has participated in Capital Pride in recent and past years.
Capital Pride officials were more cautious in their response to No Justice No Pride's criticisms. But in their April 25 statement they said they reached out to the community to obtain input on how best to move forward with the Pride events, including the parade and festival scheduled for June 9 and 10.
"Over the past year, the Capital Pride Alliance Board and volunteers have carefully considered all the experiences and feedback received from diverse organizations and individuals, and our goal remains ensuring a safe, positive and memorable Pride experience for all members of our community," the Capital Pride statement says.
"The LGBTQ+ community is exceptionally diverse and includes many people with opposing views on a wide range of issues," said Capital Pride Alliance Board President Ashley Smith in the statement. "That includes law enforcement, veterans and active members of the military, local businesses, corporations, and the defense industry," he said.
"It also includes those who take issue with the actions of political, educational, corporate, and other institutions," Smith said in the statement. "Capital Pride Alliance must find a way to create an environment that fosters dialogue, allows for a diversity of thought, and provides a space for a positive experience at Pride that is safe and affirming," he said.
The statement says that among the actions the group has taken over the past year was an "open call" for people interested in joining its board, which resulted in several new board members and volunteer leaders, including new transgender members, women, and people of color.
"Our Board leadership team has changed and diversified from years past to include a person of color as the President of the Board and a woman to the leadership team," the statement says. It was referring to Smith, who's African American, as the new board president.
Concerning corporate sponsors, the Capital Pride statement says the board has adopted guidelines requiring that corporate sponsors be committed to LGBT supportive personnel policies and support for LGBT equality as reflected in the Human Rights Campaign's ratings of the nation's corporations on LGBT issues.
It says any organization designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center will not be permitted to become a sponsor or to participate in Pride activities.
But the statement makes no mention of restricting corporate sponsors associated with the defense industry, such as defense industry firms Northrop Grumman or Lockheed Martin, which were Capital Pride sponsors last year and for which No Justice No Pride raised strong objections.
Capital Pride Executive Director Ryan Bos told the Washington Blade that arrangements for nearly all corporate sponsorships and corporate participation in the Pride parade and festival are made by LGBT employee groups within those corporations.
"Pride is a combination of all the different organizations that show up and participate," Bos said, including LGBT employee groups of businesses and corporations. "And a lot of these organizations have different views and we have a unique responsibility to respect those differences in a way that we can provide a place for folks to participate and feel comfortable," he said.
Bos said that corporate sponsors, which Capital Pride identifies as "advocates," are listed on its website. As of late Tuesday, the three corporate sponsors from last year opposed by No Justice No Pride – Wells Fargo Bank, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin – were not listed on the website. However, at least two other defense related firms were listed on the site as sponsors – BAE Systems, a British company that produces combat vehicles such as tanks, and Leidos, a Reston, Va., based engineering company that does work for the U.S. military.
Bos said he expects more corporate sponsors to be added to the website's list each week between now and June 9 and 10, when the Pride parade and festival are set to take place.
Among the numerous non-defense related corporations listed on the Capital Pride website as corporate sponsors this year are Marriott International, United Airlines, Nissan, Giant Food, Capital One Bank, Citibank and Amazon.com.
The Capital Pride statement released last week is also silent on another issue to which No Justice No Pride objected – the presence of law enforcement agencies' recruitment booths at the Capital Pride Festival. In past years, including last year, the FBI and CIA were among the government agencies that set up recruitment booths at the festival. The booths were staffed by LGBT employees of the two agencies. In prior years, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department also set up a recruitment booth at the festival.
It could not be immediately determined whether those and other law enforcement agencies planned to set up recruitment booths at the festival.


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NGC 4134 је спирална галаксија у сазвежђу Береникина коса која се налази на NGC листи објеката дубоког неба.

Деклинација објекта је + 29° 10' 37" а ректасцензија 12-{h}- 9-{m}- 9,9-{s}-. Привидна величина (магнитуда) објекта -{NGC}- 4134 износи 12,9 а фотографска магнитуда 13,7. Налази се на удаљености од 54,627 милиона парсека од Сунца. -{NGC}- 4134 је још познат и под ознакама -{UGC 7130, MCG 5-29-23, CGCG 158-31, KUG 1206+294, IRAS 12066+2927, PGC 38605}-.

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Revised New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue, Wolfgang Steinicke, 2012. Доступно у овом фајлу са објашњењем на овој страници
SIMBAD база података, Стразбуршки центар астрономских података (CDS), Стразбур

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During tough economic times, sometimes the nanny is an added expense that parents can no longer afford. If you find yourself in the predicament of having to find a new family to work for, here"s a refresher course on ways to impress prospective families.
1.) Make sure you have updated certification in CPR and First Aid skills. If you don"t have recent training in these areas, some other nanny will.
2.) Be extra prepared by having nanny work agreement forms. At www.nannynetwork.com, you can download copies for free, both for live-in nannies and live-out nannies. The agreements prevent misunderstandings, and are beneficial to both the nanny and the employer. Compensation, mileage, phone privileges, and holidays are all written down so as to prevent disagreements down the road.
3.) Order a copy of your driving record from the Department of Motor Vehicles to prove your record of safety.
4.) Have three relevant references at the ready to vouch for you.
5.) At the time of interview, if the topic of "nanny cams- comes up, welcome the parents to use them. Tell them that you understand their desire to protect their children, and that you welcome them taping you because they will see you at your professional best.
6.) Show initiative. Tell the employer that you want to schedule meetings weekly to discuss any behavioral concerns regarding the children, and the kind of activities that may benefit the children.
7.) Offer to do light housework during the hours the children attend pre-school/school.
8.) Consider offering to work the first two days for free, with no strings attached, to give them a trial period. If you are a good fit, you will seal the deal with a family who was otherwise unsure about who to hire from a pool of applicants.
9.) In a small portfolio, explain the kinds of activities or unique games that you like to play with children to encourage their growth and learning. This reflects well on your creativity and passion for the profession. Display any of your own educational achievements as well.
10.) Lastly, be yourself. People can spot a phony from a mile away, and don"t want to hire one. Parents want to hire a human being, not someone who memorized a script to get hired.


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Q: How could I customize StaxEventItemWriter to have a control over xml file writing ? I need to generate a xml in spring batch from database records. Spring batch have provided StaxEventItemWriter for generating xml. But My output xml is not usual xml. It has header and body and inside body it has one element which gets repeated in spring batch processing in chunks. The output xml format is as below.I couldn't find a way to override methods provided in StaxEventItemWriter to achieve this.
       <Document>
          <header>
           <groupheader>
            ......
           </groupheader>
           <Body>
            <data>
            .......
            </data>
            <record>
            .........
            </record>
            <record>
            .........
            </record>
            <record>
            .........
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            .........repeating element
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    </Document>

A: In short, the format of the XML outputted by Spring Batch's StaxEventItemWriter is really a function of the marshaller configuration.  It looks like you're trying to generate an XML document with a header.  That is supported via the header callback available in the StaxEventItemWriter.  That callback will be executed once when the file is opened.  After that, each item is serialized via the marshaller.  You can read more about the header callback in the documentation here: http://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/trunk/apidocs/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemWriter.html#setHeaderCallback-org.springframework.batch.item.xml.StaxWriterCallback-


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Q: Emacs: python-shell doesn't respond to RET When I start python-shell (or even just start python from M-x shell), Emacs gives the expected  prompt:
bash-3.2$ python
Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Jun 16 2011, 16:59:05)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

But when I type something at the prompt and press RET, the cursor moves down a line but the command is not executed. The only commands I can get the subprocess to respond to are interrupts like C-C C-c. After an interrupt, another prompt (>>>) appears and I can use M-n and M-p to navigate the lines I "entered" earlier.
>>> test
hmmm, definitely pressed enter there
  C-c C-c
KeyboardInterrupt
>>>

Curiously, this occurs both in Aquaemacs and in emacs -nw. I've tried moving my .emacs and .emacs.d files and the behavior is the same. Any ideas on what might be causing this?

A: After you do "M-x shell" and then "python RET", do "C-h k RET" and then what is displayed? the Help buffer should say that "comint-send-input" is the command that is executed for RET. If it isn't showing "comint-send-input" as the command executed by "RET" then there is probably something in one of your init files (the .emacs file isn't the only init file) that is overriding this binding. So, then try running emacs with "emacs -nw -q -no-site-file" and repeat the above. If it wasn't displaying "comint-send-input" previously and is displaying "comint-send-input" now, then it's definitely something in one of your init files. Look at both your local (http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/elisp/Init-File.html#Init-File) and site-wide (http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/html_node/Site_002dwide-Init.html#Site_002dwide-Init) init files to try to find the culprit. If it's not obvious after examining the files, your best bet is to rename any init files you find and gradually re-introduce the code until you find what is causing the "breakage".


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Q: How to do a knock knock test on a telegram bot I have a set of telegram bots that are running 24/7 but I'd like to make sure they are actually responding.  How could I write something that would send something like "knock, knock" and get back a "Who's there?" response to monitor the health of the bots.
I can't use another bot to do this work because bots are not allowed to talk to one another.  So, how do I pull this off?
I'd prefer it be done in python but at this point I'd just like something that could report a status.  My goal is to feed this in django-healthcheck custom checker.  I have about 80 bots I need to check with more being added every day or two.
I was thinking I could do it with tdlib but the sendMessage API requires a chatID and all I have is a botName.  Also, none of the bots I've connected with on my phone showed up in the tdlib list of contacts.....

A: You should use a user account and communicate with those bots using an MTProto library, like Pyrogram or Telethon.
Many people do this by sending a message to the bot with the user account, and waiting for a response, but this is tricky and I do not recommend it. It can risk your account to get banned or face floodwaits if done constantly.
Instead, I recommend your bot to ping a user account every 30 seconds or something around it, and do something like this in your user account code:
from time import time
from typing import Optional

from pyrogram import Client, filters

last_ping: Optional[float] = None

@Client.message_handler(filters.username("@YourBot") & filters.private & ~ filters.reply & filters.regex("^ping$"))
async def update_status():
    global last_ping
    last_ping = time()


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#ifndef __ctkTransferFunctionBarsItem_h
#define __ctkTransferFunctionBarsItem_h

/// Qt includes
#include <QGraphicsObject>

/// CTK includes
#include "ctkPimpl.h"
#include "ctkTransferFunctionItem.h"
#include "ctkWidgetsExport.h"

class ctkTransferFunction;
class ctkTransferFunctionBarsItemPrivate;

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/// \ingroup Widgets
class CTK_WIDGETS_EXPORT ctkTransferFunctionBarsItem: public ctkTransferFunctionItem
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  Q_PROPERTY(qreal barWidth READ barWidth WRITE setBarWidth)
  Q_PROPERTY(QColor barColor READ barColor WRITE setBarColor)
  Q_PROPERTY(LogMode logMode READ logMode WRITE setLogMode)
public:
  ctkTransferFunctionBarsItem(QGraphicsItem* parent = 0);
  ctkTransferFunctionBarsItem(ctkTransferFunction* transferFunc,
                              QGraphicsItem* parent = 0);
  virtual ~ctkTransferFunctionBarsItem();

  void setBarWidth(qreal newBarWidth);
  qreal barWidth()const;

  void setBarColor(const QColor& newBarColor);
  QColor barColor()const;

  enum LogMode
  {
    NoLog = 0,
    UseLog = 1,
    AutoLog =2
  };
  LogMode logMode() const;
  void setLogMode(const LogMode logMode);

  virtual void paint(QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem * option, QWidget * widget = 0);
protected:
  QScopedPointer<ctkTransferFunctionBarsItemPrivate> d_ptr;

private:
  Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(ctkTransferFunctionBarsItem);
  Q_DISABLE_COPY(ctkTransferFunctionBarsItem);
};

#endif