It's a bit fanciful, but I think a map would create a fun visual of my PNW "bucket list" (for lack of a better phrase). I am moving from Austin, TX to Portland, OR this summer (new college grad here!), and I am excited to explore this new territory. I have lived in Texas my entire life, so the Pacific Northwest will be an entirely new experience for me. I've been researching the trails and parks and towns up there, and have started compiling a list of places to visit on weekends and holidays.
I'm not! But I think my lack of expertise gives me an interesting perspective in creating this map. All I know is what I've researched and read about, and not what I've actually experienced. I think it will be interesting to see the unintential biases in my finished map, and reflect on them after a year or two of first hand experiences.
Anyone with a little bit of wanderlust.
Do I want my final project to be printed or digital? How is going to be used/held? What other constraints do I need to keep in mind moving forward?
I want a digital final (although it'd be fun to print it out and tape it to my fridge). I hope Portland is just one of my many future homes, and I think it'd be excellent to create "bucket list" and travel maps for all the new locations I move to. I like the digital medium because I can create updated versions over my time in each place. The major constraint is my amatuer knowledge of the software that will make this possible, but I have plains to take other courses that will help me bridge that gap.
The most important details for me are the local name for each places, as well as textures and colors (color coding) that reflect the geographic diversity of the different areas.
I think I'll wait to fill this one out as I go along and questions arise. Although, for starters, if anyone can point me in the right direction towards online resources regarding design software (specifically guides for using InDesign, Photoshop and other CS5 applications), that'd be excellent!
I've also sketched out the extended road trip plan for my move up to Portland (starting from my hometown near Dallas). This class has inspired me, and I think I may take this sketch to the next level too, as a separate project!


It's pretty hard to compete with news like Microsoft offering to buy Yahoo for $44 billion or Amazon to buy Audible for $300 million, but there's plenty to read on those topics and more on this week's BIGLIST SEO blogs update.
Smackdown! – Michael VanDeMar is full of piss and vinegar especially when it comes to Matt Cutts. What this blog lacks in subscriber numbers it makes up for in good humor.
Learning SEO Basics – SEO student and fan of Kalena Jordan's Search Engine College, Kimberly Bock (aka spostareduro) writes about all the basics of search engine optimization.
The WebMarketCentral Blog – Minneapolis based B2B marketer, Tom Pick, writes about all aspects of marketing on the internet.
Brian Chappell – A search marketer and linking specialist, Brian Chappell writes this new blog with posts about Google as well as industry news.
SEO Scientist – Branko Rihtman writes about search engine optimization applying the scientific method to SEO.
Honorable mention: Peter Hamilton has interesting things to say on social media. Now if he would just say them more often than two times per month.
Not everyone can be a winner like you, so be sure to show it off with a BIGLIST badge.
Thank you for adding the SEO Design Solutions blog to THE BIG LIST, it is an honor to be listed alongside so many of the illustrious SEO professionals that comprise our industry.
Thanks for being included on the list Lee, it's an honor. Mucho gracias!
Jeffrey Brian and Kimberly, you are most welcome! Thank YOU for writing about our industry and providing useful information.
All are great blogs; Peter Hamilton has really peeked my interest, too bad there isn't much to read by him over there (yet).


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12 Solutions for a New Education: Report by the Center for Strategic Research and the Higher School of Economics
Abankina I., Alashkevich M., Bolotov V. et al. M.: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2018.
Human capital is produced primarily by the education system. Today it is the most important factor in the development of economy and society. By investing in human capital, economic growth rates above the average world-level can be achieved, which is necessary in order to strengthen Russia's positions in the context of increasing global competition. The report proposes 12 projects, aiming not only for the development of education, but for making a decisive contribution to the "breakthrough" of the country in economic, social and technological development by activating the creative potential of the Russian population as a whole and self-realization of each individual. The ultimate result of all the proposed 12 solutions will be a steady increase in the quality of life of the Russian people.
Communication as a discipline and as a field: Sharing experiences to construct a dialogue. Psychology of Self-disclosure in communicative dialogue.
Bolotova A., Mnatsakanyan A. M.: HSE, 2015.
The phenomenon of self-disclosure can be considered at different levels of scientific exploration being approached either from the socio-psychological viewpoint or from the individually determined personal perspective, where the subject of openness may serve as an individual with his personal potential in the field of social communications, and social groups or corporations as well. At the level of communicative dialogue and interpersonal relationships self-disclosure is manifestation of human potential capabilities and his readiness for open and trusting cooperation in society. In practical terms, handling these issues can be referred to as a social order from the part of the representatives of those professions where comfortable social communication appears to be an important factor of communicative competence and professionalism of the person.
DC ECIR 2012 -- Doctoral Consortium Doctoral Consortium is associated with the 35th European Conference on Infor- mation Retrieval (ECIR 2013) March 24, 2013, Moscow, Russia
Edited by: H. Joho, D. I. Ignatov. M.: HSE, 2013.
Doctoral students were invited to the Doctoral Consortium held in conjunction with the main conference of ECIR 2013. The Doctoral Consortium aimed to provide a constructive setting for presentations and discussions of doctoral students' research projects with senior researchers and other participating students. The two main goals of the Doctoral Consortium were: 1) to advise students regarding current critical issues in their research; and 2) to make students aware of the strengths and weakness of their research as viewed from different perspectives. The Doctoral Consortium was aimed for students in the middle of their thesis projects; at minimum, students ought to have formulated their research problem, theoretical framework and suggested methods, and at maximum, students ought to have just initiated data analysis. The Doctoral Consortium took place on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at the ECIR 2013 venue, and participation is by invitation only. The format was designed as follows: The doctoral students presents summaries of their work to other participating doctoral students and the senior researchers. Each presentation was followed by a plenary discussion, and individual discussion with one senior advising researcher. The discussions in the group and with the advisors were intended to help the doctoral student to reflect on and carry on with their thesis work.
Education in Figures
Borodina D. R., Gokhberg L., Zhakhareva O. et al. M.: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2017.
The pocket data book contains main indicators characterizing trends in the development of general as well as lower and secondary vocational and higher education in the Russian Federation. It also covers key education for OECD countries/
Gokhberg L., Kovaleva G., Kovaleva N. et al. National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2018.
eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit 2017. Материалы международной конференции
Edited by: Е. Ю. Кулик, У. Кускин М.: Национальный исследовательский университет "Высшая школа экономики", 2017.
eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit 2018: Материалы международной конференции
Edited by: Е. Ю. Кулик М.: Национальный исследовательский университет "Высшая школа экономики", 2018.
Fundamenta: Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса бакалавриата
Исаков В. Б., Арзамасов Ю. Г., Белькович Р. Ю. и др. М.: НИУ ВШЭ, 2018.
Information society: Trends In Regions of the Russian Federation
Abdrakhmanova G. I., Gokhberg L., Kovaleva G. G. M.: HSE, 2014.
The data book is issued for the first time by Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE ISSEK) together with Federal State Statistics Service and presents the main trends in information society development in the subjects of the Russian Federation. It contains information that characterises the sector of information and communication technologies (ICT), ICT infrastructure, and ICT usage by households and organisations. The publication contains data provided by Federal State Statistics Service and the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Media of the Russian ¬Federation. When constructing the indicators the authors used the methodology developed by HSE ISSEK, which was then harmonised with the approaches adopted by international organisations. The publication is designed for a wide range of readers interested in information society development issues, including public authorities, experts, scientific personnel, and those working with universities and businesses.
Innovative Information Technologies: Materials of the International scientific-practical conference. Part 1
Prt. 1: Innovative Information Technologies in Education. M.: HSE, 2014.
The materials of The Third International Scientific-Practical Conference is presented below. The Conference reflects the modern state of innovation in education, science, industry and social-economic sphere, from the standpoint of introducing new information technologies.
Digest of Conference materials is presented in 3 parts. It is interesting for a wide range of researchers, teachers, graduate students and professionals in the field of innovation and information technologies.
Innovative Information Technologies: Materials of the International scientific–practical conference. Part 2
Prt. 2. M.: HSE, 2014.
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International justice and countering International terrorism
M.: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2013.
The book is devoted to the analysis of legal and political problems of countering international extremism and terrorism. The criminal and criminology aspects of this activity are covered.
Learning Legal English
Popova T. P. Nizhny Novgorod: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2018.
This training manual is addressed to law students, learning English for professional purposes.
The book consists of two parts:
Part 1 – Legal Listening
The main aim of the materials of the 1st part is teaching students listening to texts on legal topics in English. The materials are supplied with the recording of texts to practice in-class listening (on CD), they also contain communicative tasks and key answers as well as scripts. The texts cover the following themes: The Practice of Law, Company Law, Contract Law and Employment Law.
Part 2 - Legal Reading is directed to teaching students different kinds of reading based on authentic legal texts.
The texts of all the sections cover the following topics: Company Law, Contract Law, Family Law.
Both parts of the manual envisage exercises for both inclass and out-of- class work, including the use of the Internet.
The book includes Progress tests with answers.
MSEPS 2013 -- Modeling States, Events, Processes and Scenarios, The proceedings
Edited by: Д. И. Муромцев, К. Пшеничный, D. I. Ignatov. M.: HSE, 2013.
Human reasoning uses to distinguish things that do change and things do not. The latter are commonly expressed in the reasoning as objects, which may represent classes or instances, and classes being further divided into concept types and relation types. These became the main issue of knowledge engineering and have been well tractable by computer. The former kind of things, meanwhile, inevitably evokes consideration not only of a ``thing-that-changes'' but also of ``change-of-a-thing'' and thus claims that the change itself be another entity that needs to be comprehended and handled. This special entity, being treated from different perspectives as event, (changeable) state, transformation, process, scenario and the like, remains a controversial philosophical, linguistic and scientific entity and has gained notably less systematic attention by knowledge engineers than non-changing things. In particular, there is no clarity in how to express the change in knowledge engineering -– as some specific concept or relation type, as a statement, or proposition, in which subject is related to predicate(s), or in another way. There seems to be an agreement among the scientists that time has to be related, explicitly or implicitly, to everything we regard as change -– but the way it should be related, and whether this should be exactly the time or some generic property or condition, is also an issue of debate. To bring together the researchers who study representation of change in knowledge engineering both in fundamental and applied aspects, a workshop on Modeling States, Events, Processes and Scenarios (MSEPS 2013) was run on 12 January, 2013, in the framework of the 20th International Conference on Conceptual Structures (ICCS 2013) in Mumbai, India. Seven submissions were selected for presentation that cover major approaches to representation of the change and address such diverse domains of knowledge as biology, geology, oceanography, physics, chemistry and also some multidisciplinary contexts. Concept maps of biological and other transformations were presented by Meena Kharatmal and Nagarjuna Gadiradju. Their approach stems from conceptual graphs of Sowa and represents the vision of change as a particular type of concept or, likely, relation, defined by meaning rather than by formal properties. The work of Prima Gustiene and Remigijus Gustas follows a congenial approach but develops a different notation for representation of the change based on specified actor dependencies in application to business issues concerning privacy-related data. Nataly Zhukova, Oksana Smirnova and Dmitry Ignatov explore the structure of oceanographic data in concern of opportunity of their representation by event ontologies and conceptual graphs. Vladimir Anokhin and Biju Longhinos examine another Earth science, geotectonics, and demonstrate that its long-lasting methodological problems urge application of knowledge engineering methods, primarily engineering of knowledge about events and processes. They suggest a draft of application strategy of knowledge engineering in geotectonics and claim for a joint interdisciplinary effort in this direction. Doji Lokku and Anuradha Alladi introduce a concept of ``purposefulness'' for any human action and suggest a modeling approach based on it in the systems theory context. In this approach, intellectual means for reaching a purpose are regarded either as structure of a system, in which the purpose is achieved, or as a process that takes place in this system. These means are exposed to different concerns of knowledge, which may be either favorable or not to achieving the purpose. The resulting framework perhaps can be described in a conceptual-graph-related way but is also obviously interpretable as a statement-based pattern, more or less resembling the event bush (Pshenichny et al., 2009). This binds all the aforementioned works with the last two contributions, which represent an approach based on understanding of the change as a succession of events (including at least one event), the latter being expressed as a statement with one subject and finite number of predicates. The method of event bush that materializes this approach, previously applied mostly in the geosciences, is demonstrated here in application to physical modeling by Cyril Pshenichny, Roberto Carniel and Paolo Diviacco and to chemical and experimental issues, by Cyril Pshenichny. The reported results and their discussion form an agenda for future meetings, discussions and publications. This agenda includes, though is not limited to, - logical tools for processes modeling, - visual notations for dynamic knowledge representation, - graph languages and graph semantics, - semantic science applications, - event-driven reasoning, - ontological modeling of events and time, - process mining, - modeling of events, states, processes and scenarios in particular domains and interdisciplinary contexts. The workshop has marked the formation of a new sub-discipline in the knowledge engineering, and future effort will be directed to consolidate its conceptual base and transform the existing diversity of approaches to representation of the change into an arsenal of complementary tools sharpened for various spectral regions of tasks in different domains.
Preparing to talk on your intellectual work
Попова Татьяна Петровна, Лабутова И. В. Nizhny Novgorod: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2017.
This training manual is addressed to students of higher education institutions, whose level of English is B2 – C1 according to CEFR and whose course of studies requires writing and defending Research Project Proposal in English. The book is aimed at building and development of Academic skills in oral speech considered necessary for the defense of the Project Proposal of Graduate Qualification Work. Specific feature of the manual is considering new forms of communication, namely giving presentation speech in English. The texts and tasks of the manual envisages forming the skills of designing and performing academic presentations on professinal topics as well as developing soft skills, which are recognised as a significant constituent of graduates' professional competency. The training guide contains exercises for both inclass and out-of- class work, including the use of the Internet.
Priority Setting in the EU Countries and the Russian Federation: The Best Practices
Grebenyuk A. Y., Pikalova A. G., Sokolov A. et al. M.: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2016.
The publication was prepared in the scope of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities "Advancement of the Bilateral Partnership in Scientific Research and Innovation with the Russian Federation". The paper presents an analysis of best practices in STI priority setting in the EU member states (UK, Germany, and Finland) and in the Russian Federation; compares priority systems adopted by various European countries; and identifies prospective subject areas for further development of international cooperation.
The materials included in the publication will help public authorities, companies, R&D organisations, universities, technology platforms, innovative territorial clusters, and other organisations to identify priority development areas, subject fields, and critical technologies.
Proceedings of the XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development
Russian Sociological Review: "Borders: Merging, Emerging, Emergent"
Edited by: A. F. Filippov. M.: HSE, 2014.
This collection is a special issue of Russian Sociological Review dedicated to the concept of border. The concept itself seems to draw attention in many disciplines. As spatial phenomena, borders are always drawn in spaces, while social scientists, philosophers and other academics often have different meanings of space. Recent reconsiderations of space in terms of networks, flows and events, bring even more complexity to the concept. The current volume contributes to both theoretical and empirical studies of borders on various levels. Contributions look at the relevant phenomena from contemporary or historical perspectives, study narratives about borders, reconstructions of the empirical configurations of borders and other objects (such as bodies), exploring how borders emerge and reshape existing spaces, etc. Overall, the issue contributes to the emerging interdisciplinary field of border studies and encourages cross-disciplinary dialogue.
Russian Sociological Review: State of War: Human Condition and Social Orders
Edited by: A. F. Filippov. M.: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2015.
From the beginning, sociology has tried to explain the emergence of social order, and to describe the conditions of solidarity. It has often been criticized for neglecting social conflicts, revolutions, and warfare. However, some sociologists have always been concerned with conflicts and revolutions. Warfare, indeed, has been a rare focus of sociological inquiry. It has only been during recent decades that sociologists have tentatively approached the topic, while the sociology of warfare is still a minor discipline for others. This may explain why social scholars still do not pay attention to the fact that the opposition of war and peace can be questioned. In sociology, social order before modernity is mainly understood as being imposed upon society by the police state which fulfills its legitimate monopoly on violence through specific institutions. Despite globalization, it is often assumed that the self-organization of society takes place within the secure borders of national states. We have to abandon this assumption since there are many instances of hybrid situations in the contemporary world. Examples of various undeclared wars, terror, the strengthening of secret intelligence services, overthrows of governments (coups d'etat), and revolutions challenge the traditional oppositions of the external and internal, or war and peace.
Warfare and social order have always been in an ambiguous relationship to each other. Any warfare causes disorganization and disorder, but it also causes reorganization and the beginning of a new order. Warfare is directly related to the redistribution of resources, border shifts, and the hybridization of social forms. War metaphors permeate into civil narratives. The chance of being killed may be higher in a peaceful city than at the front line. Wars can begin without a formal declaration. Peace is often made beyond legal systems, so there is always a possibility to breach peace without the fear of being accused of violations of agreements, or of being unreasonable. Warfare transgresses the border between the real and virtual worlds, since we live in the age of information-, financial-, hybrid-wars. There seems to be a new global situation which is reminiscent of the era of civil and religious wars, rather than the social order that has been a part of the foundational experience and the intellectual model for sociology at its birth. As a disturbing observation, it is also a challenge for the social sciences, which should not advocate for peaceful processes but should objectively analyze the current situation and the perspectives of social transformations.
With this special issue, we would like to go beyond conventional "sociologies of war", which recently became a popular field of studies. We aim to radically reconsider the theoretical problem of the constitutive nature of warfare in terms of the (im)possibility of social order, i.e., when war is understood as ultima ratio but also as conditio humana.
Science and Technology. Innovation. Information Society. Pocket Data Dook
Abdrakhmanova G. I., Fridlyanova S., Fursov K. et al. M.: HSE, 2014.
The pocket data book contains main indicators characterizing S&T and innovation potential of the Russian Federation, R&D output, main Information Society indices. The data book includes information of the Federal Service for State Statistics, Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Euro¬stat, UNESCO, World Intellectual Property Organisation, national statistical services of foreign countries, and results of own methodological and analytical studies of the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge. In some cases, the presented data specify those published earlier.
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Shaadis, Drama & *Desi* Songs - 'Mubarakan' Will Be So Much FUN!
It's time for all of us to prep ourselves for a joy ride because Mubarakan trailer is out and it's so much fun. Starring Arjun Kapoor and Anil Kapoor along with Athiya Shetty and Ileana D'Cruz, the film is a madcap comedy with lots of drama, a crazy shaadi and 'desi' songs. The real-life uncle-nephew duo, Anil Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor are so much fun together. The trailer first takes us to London and then to Punjab and has lots of laughter to offer on the way. This 2.5 minutes trailer could be the best time of your day. So don't wait, watch the trailer now!


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Tropical Storm Bonnie - August 11-14, 2004
Bonnie developed from a tropical wave that crossed Dakar, Senegal on 29 July, and moved westward
for several days accompanied by cloudiness, thunderstorms and a well-defined cyclonic rotation at the
mid-levels. The shower activity became concentrated and the system developed a few convective bands
as it moved westward. Data from QuikSCAT suggested that a small surface circulation had developed, and
it is estimated that a tropical depression formed during the morning of 3 August when the system was
located about 360 n mi east of Barbados in the Lesser Antilles. The depression moved westward near 23
mph and lost its surface circulation when it entered the eastern Caribbean Sea. As a tropical wave, it
continued moving rapidly to the west and the west-northwest producing intermittent convection. Once
the system reached the western Caribbean Sea, it developed significant convection and regenerated
a surface circulation. It is estimated that the tropical depression re-developed about 100 n mi southeast
of the western tip of Cuba during the morning of 8 August. The depression move toward the west-
northwest across the Yucatan Channel and became Tropical Storm Bonnie near the northeastern tip
of the Yucatan Peninsula. Bonnie moved north and northeast, reaching its maximum intensity of 65
mph and a minimum pressure of 1001 mb early in the afternoon of 11 August. Strong southwesterly
wind shear became established over Bonnie and the cyclone began to weaken. It made landfall near
Saint Vincent and Saint George Islands just south of Apalachicola, Florida as a tropical storm. These
winds were confined to coastal sections to the east of the center. As a depression, Bonnie continued to
move northeastward, across the eastern United States. It finally became a weak frontal wave just south
of Cape Cod on the evening of 13 August. Below is a track of the cyclone provided by the National
Hurricane Center.
The storm total rainfall map below was constructed using data from data provided from NWS River
Forecast Centers, as well as additional reports received by the National Hurricane Center.
Below are the calendar for Daily Precipitation Maps. Note that the 24-hour periods end
at 12z that morning.


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About Myeloma
Types of Myeloma
Causes of Myeloma
Symptoms of Myeloma
Myeloma Diagnosis
Prognosis of Myeloma
Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (AHSCT) for Myeloma
Chemotherapy Agents
Bendamustine
Etoposide
Melphalan
CD38 Inhibitors
Sarclisa (Isatuximab)
HDAC Inhibitors
Immunomodulatory Treatments
Pomalyst (Pomalidomide)
Revlimid (Lenalidomide)
Thalomid (Thalidomide)
Inhibitors of Nuclear Export
Kyprolis (Carfilzomib)
SLAMF7 Regulators
Empliciti (Elotuzumab)
XGEVA (Denosumab)
Aplidin (Plitidepsin)
Citarinostat (ACY-241)
CLR 131
DTP3
Everolimus
GBR 1342
GMI-1271
Marizomib
Oprozomib
PVX-410
Ricolinostat (ACY-1215)
Romidepsin
TAK-079
Janssen Seeks Approval of Darzalex Add-on for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients in Japan
by Patricia Inacio PhD
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Janssen has submitted an application to Japanese authorities seeking the approval of Darzalex (daratumumab) — in combination with standard Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone — for the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients ineligible for high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant.
The supplemental new drug application, which will be considered under priority review, is based on data from the Phase 3 MAIA clinical trial (NCT02252172), where the triple combination reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 45% compared with standard care alone, and doubled the number of patients with a complete response.
Darzalex, discovered by Genmab and developed and commercialized by Janssen, is an antibody that targets a surface protein called CD38, which is found in high numbers in multiple myeloma cells. By binding CD38, Darzalex causes myeloma cells to die.
MAIA included 737 multiple myeloma patients across more than 210 centers in North America, Europe, Australia, and Israel. The participants were newly diagnosed, had never been treated, and were not eligible for a stem cell transplant.
They were randomly assigned one of two regimens: Darzalex in combination with Revlimid and dexamethasone, or Revlimid and dexamethasone only. Its main goal was to determine if Darzalex extended the time without disease progression. Secondary measures included the duration of responses, the number of complete responses, overall survival, and quality of life assessments.
After a median follow-up of 28 months, the researchers found that the Darzalex triple combination lowered the risk of disease progression or death by 45% compared with standard treatment.
While more than half of patients on Darzalex were still alive and progression-free at the time of the analysis, those in the control group lived for a median of only 31.9 months without their disease worsening.
Darzalex also increased the number of very good or better partial responses compared with standard treatment — 79.3% versus 53.1% — and nearly doubled complete responses, 47.6% versus 24.7% respectively.
The most common serious or life-threatening side effects in the Darzalex group were low levels of neutrophils and white blood cells, pneumonia, and anemia. Infusion-related reactions occurred in 41% of patients, 3% of which were severe or life-threatening.
Janssen is also seeking the approval of Darzalex for a similar indication in the U.S. and Europe. In the U.S., the application is being reviewed under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Real-Time Oncology Review pilot program.
"This marks the third major regulatory submission based on the MAIA data, following similar submissions earlier this year in the U.S. and Europe," Jan van de Winkel, PhD, Genmab's CEO, said in a press release. "The regulatory approvals will make daratumumab plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone a viable option for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients in these three major markets."
Patricia Inacio PhD
Patricia holds her Ph.D. in Cell Biology from University Nova de Lisboa, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European Agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Laboratory of Doctor David A. Fidock, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York.
Tagged daratumumab, DARZALEX, Genmab, Janssen, Japan, MAIA Phase 3 trial, newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma, supplemental new drug application.
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Photographer Captures Owl…
Photographer Captures Owl Looking After Duckling
Important bird information for you men – an owl has taken a duckling underneath its wing (sorry).
Wildlife photographer Laurie Wolf (that's a bloody splendid name for a natural world photographer) snapped the adorable duo in Jupiter, Florida currently.
Wolf, to begin with, believed that the owl changed into looking after her own hatchlings, but on nearer inspection noticed that it became clear an infant duck.
Speaking to the National Geographic, she said: "The two of them have been simply sitting facet through aspect. It's not believable. It's no longer believable to me to this day."
After seeing the pair chilling collectively, Wolf says at the start, she changed into involved that the owl – a predator – would possibly activate the duckling, so she contacted a hen expert who instructed her she become right to be worried.
In an attempt to hold the hen safe, a local natural world sanctuary offered to care for the duckling if Wolf ought to seize it. But simply as the photographer and her husband attempted to grab the chicken, it calmly hopped out the field and sauntered off toward a close-by pond. She says she's not visible the duckling in view that.
She brought: "I don't suppose I'll ever revel in anything like that during my existence once more."
Sharing the lovable photographs on her Facebook page, Wolf wrote: "So, this passed off final night just before dark. UPDATE…A chunk later, the baby duck was within the hole with the aid of itself, calling for the parents.
"We accept as true with they heard each different as it all of sudden left the field and made a beeline for the lower back fence and our neighbor's pond wherein the woodies were placing out.
"Also, we had visible a woman wood duck – approximately 3 or 4 weeks in the past, take away a duck egg from a container that was raided by means of something, and fly off towards this box with it. We lost it within the bushes and failed to want to disturb it. But we trust she positioned it in this box and the owl hatched it."
Although uncommon, it's no longer exceptional for wood duck birds to lay their eggs in other chook's nests. Cheeky.
Manitoba director of Bird Studies Canada, Christian Artuso instructed the National Geographic: "It's now not commonly documented, but it actually occurs.
"You ought to think about it as not maintaining all your eggs in a single basket. If you unfold your eggs out, then your possibilities of passing in your genes are increased barely, especially in case you lose your own eggs to a predator.
"We realize this occurs, but we truly don't know the frequency, so I was glad to see every other instance of this." Me, too, buddy – adorable, is not it?
And, you'll, in reality, be pleased to recognize that Artuso reckons the duckling will survive, explaining that wood geese are pretty independent birds 'from the get-cross'.
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A Safari Destination par excellence
South Luangwa is often described as one of the greatest wildlife sanctuaries and unspoilt wilderness areas on the African continent, and not without reason.
The concentration of wildlife around the Luangwa River and its oxbow lagoons is among the most intense in Africa, with varieties of game and birdlife that have made the park world famous and let it become the premier safari destination in Zambia.
The national park covers an area of 9050 square km, the seasonal floodplains create a biologically rich environment which is home to over 450 bird species, 110 species of mammels as well as a seldom variety of reptiles, insects, amphibians and plants. The meandering Luangwa River –the life-blood of the park – is the most intact major river system in Africa, with outstanding concentrations of crocodiles and hippos that can hardly be found elsewhere on the continent. Lion prides can group up to 20 individuals and the park is renowned for the highest naturally occuring population of leopards, which are commonly seen during night game drives.
You will also find some magnificent tree species such as baobabs or sausage trees as well as exotic wildflowers growing in South Luangwa, certainly adding to the richness of the African bush experience.
Come and join one of Croc Valley's licensed Game Drives or Walking Safaris into the park and experience South Luangwa's pristine wilderness first-hand! We offer morning and night Game Drives (4 hours duration each) throughout the whole year as well as Walking Safaris in dry Season.
More information on our Safari and Game Drive Activities
Also have a look through our image galleries of Croc Valley's Game Drives and the extraordinary Bird Life in the National Park.
Before visiting this beautiful spot on earth, you might be interested in learning more about South Luangwa's unique ecology, widlife and history – in best preparation for your unforgettable safari holidays.
[spoiler]Together with the North Luangwa and Luambe National Park, South Luangwa forms part of the Luangwa Valley situated in Zambia's Eastern Province. Geographically the Luangwa Valley is an extention of the Great East African Rift Valley, a continental fault which runs from the Red Sea downwards the length of East Africa. As the Rift reaches Zambia, it divides into two arms: The East encompasses Lake Malawi and the Western arm creates the Luangwa Valley, which stretches over 700 km at an average width of 100 km.
The South Luangwa National Park itself is bordered by the Muchinga Escarpment in the West and the Luangwa River in the East, although the Park also extends east of the river in two areas, called the Nsefu and Luamfwa sector.
The Luangwa River is a major tributary of the Zambezi River and flows south-west from its source at an altitude of around 2133 m to its confluence with the Zambezi at 335 m. During the rainy season, it gets fed by lots of small sand rivers and eventually carves a tortuous course along the Valley floor, rapidly eroding the outer bends and depositing silt within the loops. When the river cuts a new course, the old course is left to silt up, forming the commonly found "Ox bow lagoons". These lagoons constitute an integral part of the valley's ecology and greatly account for the high carrying capacity and abundance of wildlife in the South Luangwa region.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]In South Luangwa you will find a patchwork of different vegetation zones, including the evergreen Miombo forests, interspersed with open, herby "dambos", or shallow lakes, seasonal floodplains, oxbow lagoons and the most commonly found mopane woodlands, which cover 55% of the valley floor. Large open plains are not very common, most famous is the plain in the heart of the Nsefu Sector, where you will find natural salt springs which attract crowned cranes in their thousands.
The lush riverine vegetation on the banks of the Luangwa River offers beautiful views of red mahagony trees, sausage trees as well as knobthorns and black ebony. You can also admire the leadwood, winterthorn, the tall vegetable ivory palm, the marula and magnificent specimens of baobab.
Seasonal changes are very pronounced in the Valley and add to the park's richness, ranging from a dried-up, scraggy bushveld in the winter to a lush green landscape during summer months.
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The wet season begins with first occasional rain showers in November and turns the dry bush terrain into a stunning emerald green. During this time many animals produce their young and the short grass offers excellent game viewing opportunities.
The rainy season reaches its peak during January to March, when the Luangwa River is in full flood and the landscape changes into a green dense jungle. Large clouds form on the horizon and heavy, but usually short afternoon showers with roaring thunder and lightning become more frequent, also filling up the water in all the pools and lagoons. It is mid-summer with early sun risings and late sunsets, safari days are long with high humidity and maximum temperatures of mid-30s.
You will still be able to enjoy many predator sightings such as lions, hyena or leopard, which are more likely to use the roads to avoid the long, wet grass in the Bush. Also don't miss the chance and look out for black bulky blobs in the river, which are most likely to be elephants swimming and playing together in the muddy water.
Birdlife is the richest during the "emerald" wet season, when insects are thriving and migrant birds arrive in their thousands. Many birds are nesting during this time and displaying their full breeding plumage.
Impressions from the green season
In April/Mai the rains stop and the bush starts to dry out and turns back into a golden brown. The water level of the Luangwa River drops and exposes the vast sandbanks typically seen in the Valley. Until July you will be able to enjoy cool mornings and warm clear days, with maximum temperatures of 30C. But don't forget to bring warm clothes for the evenings, as the temperature usually drops fast after sunset. Cold mornings mean that predators are often active until later into the day, which will increase the chance of sightings.
Impressions from the dry season
The dry season is heading towards its climax between August and October, with temperatures to mid 40's and very little humidity. During this time, game concentrations are at their height and wildlife watching opportunities will be excellent. Since there is so little water around, animals concentrate along the river and lagoons. Seeking protection, small buffalo herds congregate together and form super-herds with up to 500 individuals. For the animals it will be the time of survival, so some sightings might not be easy to watch.
Important notice: Croc Valley Camp stays open throughout the whole year and continues to offer Game Drives during Green Season. This will give you the perfect opportunity to witness birdlife in abundance as well as lots of wildlife species in a stunning lush green environment [/spoiler]
[spoiler]There are 110 recorded species of mammal in the South Luangwa National Park. Some are common and frequently seen (puku, impala), whilst others are rare (caracal), infrequently seen (aardvark), or occur in different areas of the park (Moloney's monkey). Where the game thrives, predators follow and we have frequent sightings of large lion prides, leopards, hyeana and smaller predators such as civet, genet and mongooses. The large quantities of leopards, hippos as well as crocodiles in the park are exceptional.
A story of success is the resurgence of the African Wild Dog population, which got almost wiped out by anthrax in the late 1980s. But over the past decade, they have strengthened in numbers and the population was able to recover tremendously. During our Game Drives, it is not uncommon to see large packs of wild dogs with over 10 individuals.
Previously titled as the "Elephant Valley", South Luangwa will offer you the great opportunity to encounter lots of elephant herds as well as buffalos, which can group up to hundreds in dry season. The South Luangwa National Park is furthermore home to two endemic species, which can only be found in the park: The Thornicroft Giraffe and Cookson's Wildebeest.
A checklist of all mammals in South Luangwa can be found here [/spoiler]
Birdlife
[spoiler]South Luangwa is a superb destination for birders, as it proudly boasts a bird list totaling more than 450 species. The riverbanks are home to high populations of camine bee-eaters as well as numerous raptors, lovebirds, weavers and kingfishers. When the dry season comes to an end, you will be able to see hundreds of large waterbirds such as the red faced yellow billed storks, pelicans, marabous, great white egrets or black headed herons wading through the shallow, muddy water.
One of the most beautiful birds is probably the elegant crowned crane, with its golden tufts congregating in large flocks at the salt pan areas. At around November, lots of palearctic migrants arrive in the valley in search for the excellent feedings opportunities that the warm rainy season brings. These birds include the white storks, European swallows, hobbes, bee-eaters as well as the Steppe eagles and Steppe buzzards. All in all, the diversity and availability of colorful birds the South Luangwa is extraordinary and will guarantee some perfect photo opportunities for all bird lovers.
Download your Croc Valley bird checklist here: Croc Valley bird check off[/spoiler]
History of man in the Valley
[spoiler]The main tourist area of South Luangwa National Park is centered on the rapidly growing rural settlement of Mfuwe, an area occupied and surrounded by people of the Kunda tribe. Like many tribes in Zambia, the Kunda trace their origins to the Luba Empire of the Congo, who began to arrive in the area in 14th century.
In the 1830's people of the Ngoni tribe, having invaded from the south, settled on the Eastern plateau. The Kunda peope, who originated from the Luba, invaded the Valley from the West and settled within it. There were to be many conflicts between the two tribes during the remainder of the 19th century.
Dr David Livingstone crossed the Luangwa Valley in 1866 and commented:
"I will make this land better known to men that it may become one of their haunts. It is impossible to describe its luxuriance"
European settlers greatly influenced the area while populations of local people continued to grow and expand. By the end of the 20th century the Luangwa Valley had become renowned for its wildlife and tourists from all over the world started to visit the now famous South Luangwa National Park.
History of Game Protection in the Area
[spoiler]Game Protection in the Luangwa Valley began in the late 19th century when the British South Africa Company imposed a total ban on the hunting of hippo and elephant, resulting in an over-abundance of hippos along the Luangwa River which is still noticeable today.
With the recovery of elephant numbers, the BSAC established the first Game Reserve in the Luamfwa region in 1904, also intending to protect the last remaining species of the Valley's endemic Thornicroft's Giraffe. But soon elephant populations began to get out of control, threatening the livelihood of local villagers in the area. Certain hunting licences were handed out to shoot the crop raiding elephants, but the poaching of elephants for their tusks became a lucrative business at the same time. An in-depth survey was conducted in 1932 recommending the proclamation of game reserves and the creation of an elephant control department.
The story of Normann Carr
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An account of the history of the South Luangwa National Park cannot be complete without reference to the life of the great conservationist and philanthropist Norman Carr, one of the most visionary and influential people in the development of South Luangwa.
Norman Carr was born in Chinde, a Portugese concession, in 1912 and was appointed as a Game Ranger in the Luangwa Valley in 1939. As early in the 1940's and 50's Norman Carr was working with the local people to establish protected areas for the wildlife and to ensure parts of the income generated from tourism went to the community.
"He was one of the first people in Africa to realize that sustainable conservation could only be realized in close cooperation with the local community."
In 1949, he persuaded Senior Chef Nsefu to set aside some of his tribal land for photographic safaris, allowing him to keep the revenue for his people. He also recommended that hunting safaris be operated with the revenues going to the local tribe. In 1958, Norman acquired two orphaned lion cubs, the raising of which resulted in the book and subsequent movie "Return to the Wild". The two lions were released in 1961 as mature males into North Luangwa National Park, thus concluding successful rehabilitation to the wild.
In 1973 the elephant population was estimated to be 100 000 and found to be causing a major impact on the surrounding areas, but poaching was rampant too and numbers of elephant and the endangered rhino, began to decline steadily.
During the 1980's, Norman was one of the main facilitators of the "Save the Rhino Trust", which assisted the government in sending out patrols to combat poachers who had seriously depleted the rhino and elephant populations in the valley. Elephant poaching was curbed to some extent but rhinos unfortunately could not be saved and today they are entirely absent from the area.
Norman Carr also devoted himself to welfare, charitable projects and was the first person to establish a public lodge in Zambia and to introduce walking safaris in Africa in the 1950's. A memorial site was built for him after this death in 1997 in a beautiful ebony grove in the National Park.
In 1998, the Conservation South Luangwa (CSL, formerly South Luangwa Conservation Society) was created by local stakeholders to fight the battle against poaching, human wildlife conflicts, encroachment, habitat loss and to support sustainable community development in the Valley. Through the combined efforts of CSL and lodge owners to restore and protect their natural resources, South Luangwa has become Zambia's flagship national park and a true remaining wilderness region with a stable population of elephants.
National Park Rules and Entry Fees
Whether you explore the Park by self-drive or join one of our lisenced Game Drives or Walking Safaris, there are certain rules that have to be considered while inside the Park.
All park fees are payable directly to the National Park as you enter the main gate in either US $ or Zambian Kwacha. Below you will find a complete list of park-fees for the year 2017. All prices are quoted per person per calendar day, children under the age of 12 will get a 50% discount. Please also note that the park fees are subject to change without prior notice.
ZAWA Entry Fees
US $ 25 per person per day Non residents
US $ 20 per person per day Residents/ SADC members
US $ 30 per person per day + US $ 15 per vehicle for self-drive
K 20 per person per day Zambian Citizens
Self-driving visitors are allowed inside the park from 06:00 AM until 18:00 PM. For guests joining our licensed Game Drives the park gates will be open from 06:00 in the morning until 20:00 in the evening. Unless stated otherwise, the park-fees are excluded from the Croc Valley Camp rates and have to be paid in cash at the gate.
National Park Rules
Speed Limit is 40 km/h: If you go faster than the speed limit, you will risk the lives of the animals, you lower the chances of seeing any game and you create dust for other visitors
Animals always have the right of way when crossing the roads
Self-drive visitors are not allowed to leave their vehicles at any time while inside the national park
Do not leave litter or start Bush Fires: You could cause harm the wildlife and will spoil the park for other visitors
Drive only on specified Game Viewing Roads: Driving off-road damages the vegetation and threatens the animals
At kills or sightings where there are several cars, take your place in the queue, switch off your engine and enable everyone else to enjoy the experience too. No more than 4 vehicles are allowed at any sighting
Minimize unnecessary noise from music, cell phones or loud talking
Keep a safety distance to all animals and do not force any reaction from them
4×4 vehicles are strongly recommended and no trucks are allowed inside the National Park.
Map of the South Luangwa National Park
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Manager Colin Nixon was clearly delighted to reveal this week that following discussions with four of the talented young players at the club they have agreed to sign on for next season. Between them the quartet have already clocked up over a century of appearances for the first team and have impressed many with their mature performances. Sam Johnston [21], Callum Byers [20]. Josh Kelly [19 today!] and Jonah Mitchell [18] could in the manager's opinion form the nucleus of an Ards team for many years to come and if they continue to progress as they have this season fans would have no argument with that!


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Matteo Vito Lomolino (born 11 March 1996) is an Italian football player who plays as a defender.

Club career
He made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for Savona on 30 September 2015 in a game against Pontedera.

On 31 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Carpi.

International
He represented Italy national under-17 football team at the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where Italy was the runner-up, and at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

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Living people
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Home Budgets/Taxes	Public Sector Unions Gain Power, Lose Popularity, says Economist
Public Sector Unions Gain Power, Lose Popularity, says Economist
written by Nancy Thorner January 26, 2015
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While becoming more and more powerful, public sector unions are losing favor with taxpayers, Daniel DiSalvo, author of "Government Against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences," said during a forum hosted by The Illinois Policy Institute Tuesday in Chicago.
The event's format was that of a two-way conversational discussion that took place between DiSalvo and Paul Kersey, director of labor policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, about the role of public-sector unions in politics today. Daniel DiSalvo is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Colin Powell School at The City College of New York-CUNY and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership.
Although Americans have long supported public unions because they associate them with the merits of the working class, recently taxpayers have begun to see reality with polls showing that barely half of Americans approve of unions, while an overwhelming majority approve of Right-to-Work laws.
Emily Rose, Vice President of Development, introduced Paul Kersey and Daniel DiSalvo. Mr. Kersey directed a series of questions to DiSalvo for his response, all of which were relevant to DiSalvo's book, "Government Against Itself: Public Union Power and its Consequences."
The book is about a broken system whose financial consequences have reached the point of being unsustainable. The broken system referenced pertains to unions representing government workers in contrast to those found in the private sphere.
No longer the underdog, public-sector unions since 2009 have totaled more members than the membership in traditional private-sector unions. This imbalance came about when in 1962 President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10988 permitting collective bargaining for federal employees. Around the same time state and city workers, teachers and firemen were starting to unionize.
Following is an account, with photo, of President John F. Kennedy signing Executive Order 10988:
Fifty years ago, on January 17, 1962, Federal employees first obtained the right to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations when President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 10988, "Employee-Management Cooperation in the Federal Sector." Executive Order 10988 issued as result of the findings of the Task Force on Employee-Management Relations in the Federal Service, which was created by a memorandum issued to all executive department and agency heads by President Kennedy on June 22, 1961. In this memorandum the President noted that, "The participation of employees in the formation and implementation of employee policy and procedures affecting them contributes to the effective conduct of public business," and that this participation should be extended to representatives of employees and employee organizations.
Public-sector government employment now accounts to 17% of total U.S. employment. Those employed are mostly found in state and local governments, with teacher having the most members, about 41% of the total public membership. The cost of public sector union employees (teachers) eats up two-thirds of the government's (school district's) operational budget. Public sector workers actually fight for benefits whose provision will hurt the public.
What is the nature of pubic unions versus private unions?
In public sector unions, pre-existing job protection exists through civil laws that provide protections from arbitrary firing, transfers, and disciplinary actions that private sector workers usually lack.
Government can access new revenue through taxation, while private workers are fully exposed to the business cycle.
Public sector unions can vote for the politicians who sit across from them at the bargaining table. This gives politicians (or their delegates) an incentive to give unions concessions instead of bargaining hard, like private-sector unions do.
Public sector unions contribute billions to candidates on every level, almost always to candidates from one party. At one point or other, these are the very candidates who will be "negotiating" contracts with these public sector unions, a definite conflict of interest. In some states public unions have become so powerful, that there is no opposition. They can also exert greater influence on their members that private sector unions, through political lobbying.
In the private sector the argument is over how to divvy up the profits: How much to owners, how much to management, how much to labor, and how much spent to improve products? If labor gets too greedy, that drives up the cost of whatever they're making until customers start buying less. Profits then decrease, raises decrease or stop altogether, and jobs start going away. Labor either wises up of the company goes down. The public sector can't go out of business no matter how much union members manage to squeeze out of it. Union members have no incentive to settle for less, and the costs get passed along to the taxpayer. In many cases management benefits from higher settlements.
Workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and rising retirement ages, while unionized public employees retire in their fifties, many with over $100,000 a year in pension and healthcare benefits.
Consequences of union inequality and imbalance
After work health and pension liabilities are a major source of bankruptcy of the governments that negotiated them. Retirement pension benefits are increasingly crowding out discretionary spending.
As such, public sector unions threaten the integrity of our democratic process by increasing a disparity in the standard of living between public and private sector workers, by decreasing efficiency in state and local services, and by reducing the number of necessary services that government can provide. Public sector workers actually fight for benefits whose provision will hurt the public. Because public sector unions are rich, taken together they spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually lobbying governments on behalf of their members.
Liberal Democrats face a bigger political downside when public pension become unsustainable, as they represent the party of bigger government or what government can do for you. What happens when public sector unions produce a government that costs you ever more and does for you ever less? If the Democrats cannot fix government, voters eventually conclude that they might as well elect Republicans to deal with the mess, as happened in Wisconsin with the success of Governor Walker.
The burden of public sector pensions alone is frightening, especially in states like Illinois, California and New York. Illinois not only exempts public sector union pensions from adjustment to meet changed economic circumstances, but also increases such pensions by 3% every year.
As long as the employer (the government) owns the pension liabilities of its employees, the hazard of potential bankruptcy will hover over the taxpayers. Given the political coalition that supports the public union status quo, it will be hard to reform public sector unions.
FDR was correct when he said there should be NO unions of tax paid employees (government unions), for the employees would be bargaining with themselves as they are also the tax payers who would pay them:
"The process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service," Roosevelt wrote in 1937 to the National Federation of Federal Employees. Yes, public workers may demand fair treatment, wrote Roosevelt. But, he wrote, "I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place" in the public sector. "A strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government."
When Daniel DiSalvo was asked what Governor Bruce Radner should first tackle, DiSalvo indicated that the Governor should think about pension reform before anything else. But at the same time, DiSalvo admitted that Illinois and Chicago are still a long way off from adopting any reform measures.
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Qatar was preparing the Games for the last two years. All infrastructures are now ready for the games. Besides roads are being widened, some buildings are also getting redesigned or renovated, while some are demolished to make room for new ones. The Qataris want to prepare the perfect games. On Oct. 8th. The Asian Games Committee launch the start of the Doha Asian Games Torch Relay procession at the Doha Golf Club. The torch will travel through fifteen countries, covering a distance of 55,000 kilometres, or about 30,000 miles, in 55 days, a record for the longest ever Asian Games Torch Relay procession in the Asian games history. The torch will make stops in India, Korea, the Philippines, Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Iran, Oman, the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain. The torch will be carried by around 3,500 torch-bearers and will finally culminate its journey when it enters the state-of-the-art Khalifa Stadium on Dec. 1, 2006.
In fact Qatar, with a budget of $2.8 billion, has been heavily preparing the Asian Games because the Qatar Olympic association is eyeing another event: the 2016 Olympics. Therefore the Asian games' failure or success may determine their chance to host the Olympics. For a long time Qatari leaders have been focusing on making Qatar the sports capital of the Middle East. The bottom line of the Qatari leaders has been that with the hosting of the games Qatar will be able to bring in tourists which they prefer to call "sports tourism". Qatar is hoping for an increase of tourism starting in 2009, the same time as when the new Doha airport would be ready.
Qatar also planned to make best use of the sports infrastructure which is being constructed for the games. For instance the eleven new state-of-the-art stadiums would be utilized throughout the year for the football league. In addition, the athlete village built at a cost of $450 million would be handed over to Hamad hospital and would provide for lodging and other facilities for the nurses and guests at the hospital. The Qatari leaders also want to turn Hamad hospital into the leading health care centre in the region.
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In this episode of the Distillery Nation podcast we chat with Maureen Downey. Maureen has been featured on the Netflix documentary Sour Grapes. She has been named the Sherlock Holmes of wine, and among many other achievements she has build a career helping people verify and certify their wine and spirits. In this episode we chat about blockchain, wine fraud and the cost, spirits, favorite drinks and her role in the Netflix documentary Sour Grapes.


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Q: Where could I find the specific code for xtprobit in Stata? I am trying to set up the likelihood function following Wooldridge (2005)'s dynamic probit estimator using Matlab (this is my first time using Matlab, and I am doing this for practice), but I am not sure how to  model the integrating out a_i part of the likelihood function, where
c_i (the random effect) = alpha0 + alpha1y_i0 + z_ialpha2 + a_i, a_i~normal(0, sigma_a^2).

Could someone give me a hint on how to do this?
I thought that I might get some idea from the "specific programming code" of the xtprobit Stata command. Could someone tell me where I could find them?

A: Check out page 17 in the manual for how the integration is done. Stata actually uses xtgee with the binomial family and probit link for the estimation, so that is probably the source code you want to emulate.

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Insect pressure in alfalfa continues to build as the warm weather encourages both plant and insect development. Following is an overview of some of the primary insects growers may see in their alfalfa fields this year, as well as scouting and management tips to address them.
Although a few weeks early this year, we are entering that time period when potato leafhoppers are being collected and thus, might become a concern in alfalfa.
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All the interns were given the opportunity to work closely with the team throughout the whole process. Within one week, we were presenting to and working directly with the clients. If there was ever down time, we were told to take a stab at art direction for a new project. Because BBG is a smaller firm, we really got hands-on experience in every step of the strategy, creative, and production process that I would have missed out on had I been interning at a company with separate departments.
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Formula for Finding the Right Headhunter: Trust and Clout = Trout!
by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.Does this scenario sound familiar? You're in the market for a new job, and after conducting all your research, you send out 20 cover letters and resumes to potential hiring managers. Weeks go by and you wonder why not even one of those hiring managers has called you for an interview. Is the problem too obvious? It must not be for situations like this one are the most common we hear about when job-seekers ask our advice about their situation.
If you remember nothing else from this article, please remember these words if you want to succeed in finding a new job: follow up, follow up, follow up.
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How you follow-up your job leads depends partly on how you initially contacted the employer, as well as your own personal preferences. For job-seekers who simply hate talking on the phone, e-mail may be the best (or at least initial) method of follow-up, but for people who are natural extroverts, the phone may be the best way to showcase your personality.But, don't waste time debating the method you choose. The important lesson here is that job-seekers need to be aggressive in following up all job leads because employers are not going to call you when hundreds and thousands of other job-seekers are applying for the same position. Choose a follow-up method, review the follow-up tips listed below, and get moving toward a more successful job-search!
Always make time to follow-up all job leads, no matter how busy you are.
Follow-up in a timely fashion — usually a week to 10 days for conventional job-searching, sooner for online applications.
Create a job leads log, such as the one shown here, so you have a record of your job-search and follow-up.
If you apply online for a position, consider following-up the online application with a cover letter and resume sent to the hiring manager via postal mail. You will stand out over the other online applicants because few will also send a hard copy.
Keep your follow-up brief, to the point, and professional.
Focus your follow-up around your fit with the position and organization and your USP. You might also ask the hiring manager if he/she needs any further information not included in your original application.
If you recently completed training, received an award, or earned some other recognition that would make you an even better candidate for the position, be sure to mention it in your follow-up.
Continue following-up regularly, but don't overdo it.
If you are nervous, consider developing a short script about what you want to say (such as your fit with the job, knowledge of the company, USP).
No matter what, you should at least make an outline or some notes of the key points you want to make.
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Make the phone call from a place where you can talk calmly and not have distractions — and avoid following up from your current place of employment.
Be prepared for a short screening phone interview by practicing answers to common interview questions.
End the conversation thanking the hiring manager for his/her time and asking about the hiring timetable/next steps. If you are extremely confident, you could ask when you might expect an interview.
Always address your email to the hiring manager. If you are having difficulty finding hiring managers, read this article: Sleuthing Out Hiring Managers Is Key to Job-Search Follow-up.
Keep your email short and to the point. Simply again state your interest in the job and your key qualifications for it.
Be sure to spell-check and proofread your e-mail before sending it.
Remember to check your email regularly.
You may get discouraged if you discover through following up that you are not a final candidate for a position, but isn't knowing that information sooner rather than later better in terms of moving forward with your job-search? And don't let a rejection stop you; in fact, if you are told you will not be one of the job-seekers interviewed, consider asking why so that you can improve your chances for other job openings. And if you have a good rapport with the hiring manager, you could also ask about the possibility of an informational interview, possibly turning that person into a valuable networking contact and source of future job leads. You could also say that you would like to be considered for future openings.
Finally, please keep repeating these words at your mantra: follow-up, follow-up, follow-up. It truly is one of the keys to job-search success.
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#pragma config(Hubs,  S1, HTMotor,  HTMotor,  none,     none)
#pragma config(Sensor, S1,     ,               sensorI2CMuxController)
#pragma config(Motor,  motorA,           ,             tmotorNXT, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor,  motorB,           ,             tmotorNXT, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor,  motorC,           ,             tmotorNXT, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor,  mtr_S1_C1_1,     topLeft,       tmotorTetrix, openLoop, reversed)
#pragma config(Motor,  mtr_S1_C1_2,     topRight,      tmotorTetrix, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor,  mtr_S1_C2_1,     bottomLeft,    tmotorTetrix, openLoop, reversed)
#pragma config(Motor,  mtr_S1_C2_2,     bottomRight,   tmotorTetrix, openLoop)
//*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard               !!*//

#include "JoystickDriver.c"
#include "../etc/Clamp.fn"
#include "../etc/Scales.var"
#include "../etc/ScaleJoystick.fn"
#include "../movement/SetSides.fn"
#include "../controller/GetJoystick.fn"
#include "../controller/InitController.fn"
#include "../teleop/JoystickMove.fn"

task main()
{
	while(true)
	{
		initController();
		if(getJoystick(1, 1, 'y') < 5 && getJoystick(1, 1, 'y') > -5 && getJoystick(1, 1, 'x') < 5 && getJoystick(1, 1, 'x') > -5)
			joystickMove(2, 2, 50, CUBE_SCALE);
		else joystickMove(1, 10, 100, LINNEAR_SCALE);
	}
}

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