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I'll say this for so-called "climate scientists" and activists: just when you think they couldn't possibly come up with a whackier idea ("earthworms cause global warming!") they prove that, yes, they have even crazier ideas running around in their heads. Here's the latest: A group of a dozen climate and environmental "scientists" have written to the journal Conservation Letters to urge that we save the polar bear from global warming – by shooting it if necessary. I know, crazy as a loon. But the other options that Desrochers and his chums suggest are if anything even more off-the-wall, special-jacket-with-wraparound-sleeves insane. For example, how about saving polar bears and the planet by shooting seals and then flying them vast distances before dropping them out of helicopters to encourage the bears not to congregate?
Derocher said in an email that the goal would be to distribute food, such as seals, in sufficient quantities over large distances so that hungry bears, forced ashore by lack of ice, would not come into conflict by vying for the same food. The goal would be to keep bear populations widely scattered, as attracting too many bears to central locations could increase the risk of disease transmission. Helicopters could be used to deliver the seals, but the logistics and expense of such a plan would be daunting. Thousands of seals would have to be killed by wildlife officials every summer to meet the needs of hungry bears, who each consume up to five seals a week. Yale Environment 360: Will Bold Steps Be Needed to Save Beleaguered Polar Bears?
Climate scientists plan to save the Arctic wildlife by shooting it.
Another possible measure would be to relocate bears from more southerly regions, such as Hudson Bay, to more northerly regions, such as M'Clintock Channel in Nunavut in the high Canadian Arctic . . . Cubs from one population could also be flown to more northerly regions and placed with females that would rear them as "foster" cubs, Derocher said.
Just like destroying the village to save it, these guys want to save the Arctic wildlife by shooting it. Seals, polar bears, and who knows what else. They have a plan to fight the global warming that isn't happening.
Luckily for this bear, climate scientists saved it before it was killed by global warming.
For some reason, I'm imagining the pointy-haired boss from the Dilbert cartoons in a new role as – drumroll, fanfare – Steward of the Planet!
it would make about as much sense, wouldn't it? The same kind of Kafkaesque reasoning.
At first I thought this was an April Fool's joke post… albeit one that mimics real life, 'eco-friendly takes'. Sadly it's not.
Incidently, the picture is of a Grolar Bear… 1/2 grizzly and 1/2 polar. The bear was confiscated by Canadian officials and the hunter faced a year in jail and a $1000 fine untill DNA proved it was 1/2 polar, for which he had a permit to take.
Polar bears don't just eat seals. A radio collard polar bear was recorded swimming a record nine days straight – 426 miles. Polar bears have survived periods of ice-free Arctic summers during the Holocene. Polar bear numbers are up from 5,000 in the 1950s go over 25,000 today.
Hi Jimbo! There was a big die off of polar bears about 1973-4. The reason was a very cold winter. The seals couldn't breach (sp?) the fast ice and their population dropped 80%. The result was famine and starvation for the local polar bear sub-species… Beaufort Sea, I think.
My home town sold 37 polar bear hides in 2010… shot by natives around James Bay. Permits are issued based on official Government bear population numbers.
I believe the current polar bear license issuance is 38 – mostly to Inuit who often let someone else do the actual hunt – for big dollars – but the Inuit gets the hide. They're auctioned mostly in North Bay annual fur auction but they make their way to many other Canadian outlets for sale.


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World Women's Championship: Koneru Maintains Perfect Score, Kosteniuk Strikes Back With Black
The classical stage of the 3rd round (1/8 finals) is over in the World Women's Championship taking place in Krasnaya Polyana, a mountain resort area near the Russian city of Sochi. 5 matches out of 8 have already ended.
Humpy Koneru defeated Alisa Galliamova. The top seed has left no chance for the experienced Russian player, having won both games in a convincing style and thus having continued her victorious series: so far, the Indian GM has won all her 6 classical battles.
Another very experienced participant, Pia Cramling of Sweden, was more successful than Galliamova. She knocked out Valentina Gunina, who had managed to stay undamaged prior to round 3 as well as Koneru. The main reason behind Gunina's loss in the first game was the Swedish player's pointed opening preparation combined with a relative difficulty of the line chosen by Black. In the second game, Gunina misused some slight winning chances, and it was Cramling at the end who was trying to realise an extra pawn for a long time. Yet, eventually (on move 117!) Cramling decided to be content with a draw. 1.5-0.5 for the Swedish player.
Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine, the 3rd seed, beat Lela Javakhishvili of Georgia 1.5 to 0.5. The first encounter saw a confident draw for Javakhishvili with the black pieces. However, then the Ukrainian player took advantage of her opponent's opening inaccuracies in a well-known line of the Nimzo-Indian.
Anna's sister, Mariya Muzychuk, beat ex-World Women's Champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria with the same score. Having started with a nice positional victory, Anna had no real trouble drawing the second game. Although Stefanova's position seemed fine after the opening, it quickly came to an ending where only White could hope for a win; the game was drawn on move 67.
Finally, the only remaining Chinese player, Zhao Xue, proved stronger than Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia. The score could have been perfect for the Chinese had she not missed the win many times during the second fight.
Thus, two pairings of the quarterfinals have been already determined:
Koneru - M.Muzychuk
A.Muzychuk - Cramling
Three matches of 1/8 finals will be decided on today's tiebreaks. Victoria Cmilyte of Lithuania drew twice Meri Arabidze of Georgia, who missed definite winning chances in the first game. Nevertheless, this match has been so far the most balanced duel of the round. Two other ongoing battles have been more dramatic: Russian players - Aleksandra Kosteniuk and Natalija Pogonina - showed willpower and fought back after the losses against Harika Dronavalli of India and Marie Sebag of France respectively. Kosteniuk's achievement deserves to be mentioned particularly, as she won on-demand with the Black pieces.
The round was quite rich with good chess; you can find the selected games analysed by GM Andrey Deviatkin in a separate article. All the classical games of round 3 can be replayed below.
World Women's Championship: all the information
[Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.23"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Koneru, Humpy"] [Black "Galliamova, Alisa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2484"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 g4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 gxh3 20. Nb5 Rb8 21. gxh3 a6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. Rae1 Kd8 26. Rg1 Qc5 27. Qf4 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Re7 Rf8 30. Bf4 Rxc4 31. Bh6 Rh8 32. Rxf7 Kc8 33. Rgg7 Nc5 34. Be3 Rd8 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Ra7 Kb8 37. Rgb7+ Kc8 38. d7+ 1-0 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.23"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Sebag, Marie"] [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2482"] [BlackElo "2456"] [PlyCount "177"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bc7 12. Bc2 b5 13. d4 d6 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. Re1 Bb6 17. Nc2 Bd7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qf3 Ne8 20. Rad1 Ng7 21. Bf1 Bc7 22. c4 a6 23. Ne3 Re8 24. b4 Rad8 25. d5 Rf8 26. dxc6 Bxc6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Ba8 29. Bc4 Bb6 30. Ng4 Kh7 31. Nf6+ Kg6 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Ne6 34. Qf5+ Kg7 35. h4 Nd4 36. Qg4 Rc8 37. Bd3 Rc3 38. Rd1 Ra8 39. Bb1 Rc4 40. Kh2 Rxb4 41. f4 exf4 42. Bxf4 Qe6 43. Qxe6 fxe6 44. Bxd6 exd5 45. Bxb4 dxe4 46. Bc3 Ra4 47. Bxe4 gxh4 48. Rb1 Bc7+ 49. Kh3 Be5 50. Bd5 Kf6 51. Rb4 Ra3 52. Bb3 Nxb3 53. Bxe5+ Kxe5 54. axb3 Ra2 55. Rxh4 Rb2 56. Rb4 Kf5 57. g4+ Kg6 58. Kg3 Rb1 59. Kf4 Rf1+ 60. Ke5 Rb1 61. Kf4 Rf1+ 62. Kg3 Rg1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Kg2 Rd1 65. Rb5 Rd3 66. b4 Rb3 67. Kf2 Kf6 68. Rf5+ Kg6 69. b5 Kg7 70. Rc5 Kg6 71. Rd5 Kf6 72. Rc5 Kg6 73. Ke2 Kf6 74. Rf5+ Kg6 75. Kd2 Rb4 76. Kc3 Rxg4 77. Rc5 Rg1 78. Kb4 Rb1+ 79. Ka5 Ra1+ 80. Kb6 h5 81. Kc7 h4 82. b6 h3 83. b7 h2 84. b8=Q h1=Q 85. Qg8+ Kh6 86. Rc6+ Kh5 87. Qg6+ Kh4 88. Rc4+ Kh3 89. Qg4+ 1-0 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.23"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2552"] [BlackElo "2481"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nf3 b4 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Ned4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nb7 16. Qe1 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 f5 19. Qh4 h5 20. Rhe1 Nc5 21. Bc4 Be7 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Qg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.23"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Arabidze, Meri"] [Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2374"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. a7 Na6 10. Nge2 Nb4 11. Bb1 d6 12. O-O Qxa7 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. a4 Ba6 15. Nec3 Ne8 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Na3 Bd4 18. Be3 e6 19. a5 Qa7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. Nc2 Rf7 23. Ra4 Raf8 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Qb7 27. Ba2 Re8 28. Bb6 Qc6 29. Rc1 Na8 30. Bd4 Qb7 31. f4 Qb4 32. Rd1 Bc4 33. Bxc4 Qxc4 34. Be3 Rd7 35. Qd4 Qb3 36. Qa4 Qxa4 37. Nxa4 Rb8 38. Nb6 Nxb6 39. Bxb6 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. b4 Rdb7 42. e5 Rxb6 43. axb6 dxe5 44. fxe5 Rxb6 45. Rd4 Rb5 46. Re4 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.23"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2529"] [BlackElo "2492"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. h5 b6 10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Rh4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nbc6 14. dxc5 Qb5+ 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Re4 bxc5 18. Bxh6 Rd8 19. Qxc4 a6 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Rb1 b4 22. Rc4 bxa3 23. Rxc5 Nge7 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Nd2 Kd7 26. Nc4 Nd5 27. Rb5 Nd4 28. Rxd5+ exd5 29. Nb6+ Ke6 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31. c3 Nc6 32. Bc1 a2 33. Ke2 Nxe5 34. Kd2 h5 35. Kc2 Kf5 36. Kb3 Nd3 37. Ba3 Nxf2 38. Rxa2 Ne4 39. Re2 Kg4 40. c4 dxc4+ 41. Kxc4 Rxa3 42. Rxe4+ Kg3 43. Re5 h4 44. Rg5+ Kh2 45. Rg7 Rg3 46. Rxf7 Kxg2 47. Rd7 Rg4+ 48. Kc3 h3 49. Rd2+ Kg3 50. Rd3+ Kh4 51. Rd2 Rg3+ 52. Kc4 Rg2 53. Rd8 h2 54. Kd3 Rg5 0-1 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.23"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Cramling, Pia"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2528"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. h3 a5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qf3 Nb6 13. Bb3 g6 14. g4 fxg4 15. hxg4 Qe7 16. e4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Bh6 Nd5 20. c4 Ndc3 21. c5 Nd5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qf4 Qh4 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rh1 Qd8 27. Rab1 Qd7 28. Rb6 Kg8 29. Rhb1 Qxa4 30. Rxb7 Rf8 31. Qe5 Qc2 32. R7b2 Qd3 33. Rb8 f6 34. Qxd5+ Kg7 35. R1b7+ Kh6 36. Rxf8 f5 37. gxf5 Ng3 38. Rh7+ Kg5 39. fxg6+ 1-0 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.23"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Zhao, Xue"] [Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2513"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Be5 h6 13. O-O b6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Qd3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfe8 20. Ba4 Bd7 21. Bc2 g6 22. Qe3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe6 24. h3 Rc8 25. Bb3 Rc5 26. Qd4 Bc6 27. a3 a5 28. Ba2 a4 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Bb1 Qe6 31. Re1 Bb5 32. Qd2 Kg7 33. f4 Rc4 34. Qf2 Bd7 35. Bd3 Rc5 36. Qg3 Kf8 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Re3 d4 39. f5 gxf5 40. Qxd4 Rd5 41. Qf4 Rc5 42. Rg3+ Kh7 43. Qg4 Qg6 44. Qd4 Qe6 45. Bxf5+ Qxf5 46. e6 Qe5 47. Qd3+ 1-0 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.23"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D73"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2526"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Nc2 Nb6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. d5 Ne5 20. Be2 Rxa2 21. Qb3 Rda8 22. f4 Ng4 23. e5 h5 24. Bb5 Qf5 25. Rbd1 h4 26. Re2 Nh6 27. Qf3 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxe5 29. Re2 Bd6 30. Bd3 Qf6 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Qe3 Bc5 33. Qe5 hxg3 34. hxg3 Ng4 35. Qxf6+ Nxf6 36. Bc4 Ra3 37. Rd3 Ra1 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rc1 40. Bb3 Ng4 41. Kf3 f5 42. Bd1 Ra1 43. Rb2 b5 44. Rdd2 Ra3+ 45. Rb3 b4 46. Ke2 Ne3 47. Rxa3 bxa3 48. Bb3 b5 49. Kf3 Ng4 50. Re2 Nf6 51. Ba2 b4 52. Re1 Bd6 53. Re3 Kh6 54. Re6 Kh7 55. Re3 Kg7 56. Ke2 Nd7 57. Kd3 Nb6 58. Bb3 g5 59. fxg5 Kg6 60. Kd4 Kxg5 61. Ba2 Nd7 62. Kc4 Nf6 63. Bb1 Nh5 64. Re6 Nxg3 65. Rxd6 exd6 66. Kxb4 f4 0-1 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Galliamova, Alisa"] [Black "Koneru, Humpy"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2484"] [BlackElo "2581"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 d5 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rac1 Rc7 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qe2 Bf4 17. Rc2 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Rc3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 22. Rc2 e5 23. d5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 f6 27. Rd2 Be6 28. Nd3 Rd8 29. Rfd1 a5 30. f3 Bf5 31. Kf2 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxc5 34. a3 bxa3 35. Rxa3 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Rb3 Kd6 38. Rb8 Rc2 39. g4 Kc7 40. Rg8 g6 41. h4 Kb7 42. Rf8 a4 43. Rxf6 a3 44. Rd6 a2 45. Rd1 Rc4 46. Ra1 Ra4 47. f4 Kc6 48. Kf3 Kd5 49. g5 Kc4 50. f5 gxf5 51. Kf4 Kb3+ 52. Kxf5 Rxh4 53. Rg1 Ra4 0-1 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Pogonina, Natalija"] [Black "Sebag, Marie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2456"] [BlackElo "2482"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. h3 Nxd5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Nxh7 18. Bxd6 Re8 19. Qb3 Kg8 20. Ne5 Qf6 21. Rad1 Ng5 22. h4 Ne6 23. Re4 Nf4 24. Qa4 b5 25. Qxb5 Be6 26. Qa4 Ng6 27. Nxg6 Qxg6 28. Rde1 Red8 29. Be5 Rac8 30. a3 Kh7 31. Bc3 Bd7 32. Qxa7 Bc6 33. h5 Qg5 34. Qxf7 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rc5 37. Qg6+ Qxg6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Re7 Rh5+ 40. Kg3 Rg5+ 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Rxc3 43. bxc3 Rxg2 44. Re3 Rh2 45. c4 Rh4 46. Kd3 Rf4 47. c5 Kf7 48. Re2 Ra4 49. c6 Rxa3+ 50. Kd4 Ra1 51. Rc2 Rd1+ 52. Ke5 Re1+ 53. Kd6 Rd1+ 54. Kc7 Re1 55. Kc8 h5 56. c7 Re7 57. Kd8 Rxc7 58. Kxc7 Kf6 59. Kd6 Kf5 60. Rc5+ Kg4 61. f3+ Kxf3 62. Rxh5 Kf4 63. Rh4+ Kf5 64. Kd5 g5 65. Rh8 Kf4 66. Kd4 g4 67. Rf8+ Kg3 1-0 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Javakhishvili, Lela"] [Black "Muzychuk, Anna"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2481"] [BlackElo "2552"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 16. Qb5 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxa2 22. Ne3 Rxb2 23. Rd7 g5 24. Bc7 Kf8 25. Nd5 Ke8 26. Nxb6 Nd4 27. Bd6 Bd8 28. Bxc5 Ne6 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Be3 Rxe2 31. Nd5 f5 32. Nf6 Ke7 33. Nxh7 f4 34. Bb6 Rb2 35. Ba5 f3 36. h3 Kf7 37. h4 g4 38. Bc3 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rf1 40. Nf6 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxg3 43. h5 Ng5 44. Nd7 Ke6 45. Nf8+ Kf5 46. Ng6 Rh3 0-1 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"] [Black "Arabidze, Meri"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2374"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. O-O e5 9. d5 a5 10. b3 Nc5 11. Bb2 f5 12. b4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Bf5 17. Bg4 Qd7 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qc2 e3 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. fxe3 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Nd7 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Kd3 Nf6 25. e4 Nd7 26. Nf3 Ke8 27. Bb2 Kd8 28. Bc1 h6 29. Bb2 b6 30. Bc1 Kc8 31. h3 Kb7 32. Be3 Ka6 33. g4 b5 34. g5 hxg5 35. Bxg5 Bf6 36. h4 bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Nb6+ 38. Kd3 Nd7 39. Bxf6 Nxf6 40. Ng5 Kb5 41. Ne6 Kxb4 42. Nxc7 Nh5 43. Ke3 Kc5 44. Ne8 Nf4 45. Kf3 Nh5 46. Kg4 g6 47. Kf3 Nf4 48. Nc7 Kc4 49. Ne8 Kc5 50. Kg4 Nh5 51. Kg5 Nf4 52. Kf6 Nxd5+ 53. Kxg6 Nf4+ 54. Kf5 d5 55. exd5 Kxd5 56. Nf6+ Kd6 57. Ng4 Nd3 58. Kf6 Nf4 59. Kf5 Nd3 60. Ke4 Nc5+ 61. Kf5 Nd3 62. h5 Ke7 63. h6 Kf7 64. Ne3 Nf4 65. Nc4 Kg8 66. Nd6 Kh7 67. Nf7 Ng6 68. Nxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Harika, Dronavalli"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2529"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Be3 a5 13. Bd4 Re8 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd5 a4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rc1 Ra5 18. f4 b6 19. Rf2 h5 20. Rc3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc5 22. Kh2 Qd7 23. Bf1 Qe7 24. Rcf3 Bc8 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. f5 g5 27. f6 Qe5 28. Qe3 Bb7 29. h4 Re6 30. hxg5 Bxe4 31. Rf4 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Qxg5 33. Qf3 Rce5 34. Qg2 Re1 35. Rf5 Qg4 36. R5f4 Qg6 37. Rf5 Re8 38. Qh3 R8e2 39. Qg2 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Qxf5 41. Re2 Rf1 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qxa4 Qxf6 44. Qc2+ Kg7 45. Qd2 h4 46. Rg2 Kf8 47. Qd5 hxg3+ 48. Rxg3 Qh4+ 49. Rh3 Qf4+ 50. Rg3 Rf2+ 51. Kh3 Qh6+ 0-1 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Cramling, Pia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2528"] [BlackElo "2495"] [PlyCount "233"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15. b3 Qb6 16. Qb2 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qc6 18. f3 Ba6 19. Rac1 d5 20. Ne5 Qb6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. b4 Qb7 24. Rc5 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rfc1 Rb8 27. b5 Rb7 28. Rc6 Qd8 29. Qb4 Qh4 30. g3 Qh5 31. Kg2 e5 32. Re1 e4 33. fxe4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Rd8 35. Rc5 Qd1 36. d5 Rbd7 37. Qd4 Qb3 38. Re5 Qxa3 39. Qc4 Qa1 40. Rf5 Qb2+ 41. Rf2 Qe5 42. Re2 Qf5 43. Rd2 Qg5 44. Rd1 Kh7 45. Qd3+ Qg6 46. Qe3 Qb6 47. Qe4+ Qg6 48. Qc4 Qf5 49. Rd2 Qg5 50. Qc2+ Qg6 51. Qa4 Qg5 52. Qd4 Qg6 53. h4 Rd6 54. Qe5 f6 55. Qf4 h5 56. Qc4 Qf5 57. Rf2 Qg6 58. Kh2 R8d7 59. Qa2 Qe4 60. Re2 Qf5 61. Rd2 Qe4 62. Qb3 Rd8 63. Rc4 Qf5 64. Rf4 Qg6 65. Qf3 Kg8 66. Rfd4 Rc8 67. Re4 Qf7 68. Qf5 Rcd8 69. Red4 Qd7 70. Qxh5 Qxb5 71. Re4 Rf8 72. Re7 Rd7 73. Rxd7 Qxd7 74. d6 f5 75. Qf3 Rf6 76. Qd5+ Kh7 77. Qe5 f4 78. gxf4 Rh6 79. f5 Rxh4+ 80. Kg3 Qa4 81. d7 Qg4+ 82. Kf2 Rh3 83. Re2 Rf3+ 84. Ke1 Qb4+ 85. Rd2 Qb1+ 86. Rd1 Rf1+ 87. Kxf1 Qxd1+ 88. Kf2 Qxd7 89. Ke3 Kg8 90. Qc5 Kf7 91. Qc4+ Kf8 92. Ke4 Qe7+ 93. Kf3 Qd7 94. Kf4 Qd6+ 95. Ke4 Qe7+ 96. Kf3 Qd7 97. Qb4+ Kf7 98. Kf4 Qc7+ 99. Kg4 Qb6 100. Qc4+ Kf8 101. Qc8+ Kf7 102. Qd7+ Kf8 103. Qd3 a5 104. Qc2 Qb4+ 105. Kh5 Qb6 106. Qc4 Qh6+ 107. Kg4 Qb6 108. Qd5 Qg1+ 109. Kf4 Qf2+ 110. Ke5 Qe3+ 111. Kd6 Qb6+ 112. Kd7 Qa7+ 113. Kc8 Qa6+ 114. Kc7 Qa7+ 115. Kd6 Qb6+ 116. Kd7 Qa7+ 117. Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Khotenashvili, Bela"] [Black "Zhao, Xue"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2513"] [BlackElo "2527"] [PlyCount "169"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rae8 18. Rae1 f5 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Rfe1 Rf6 21. h4 Qh7 22. Be5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 Re7 25. Qxd5+ Qf7 26. Qxb7 c6 27. Qa6 gxh4 28. Rd1 Kh7 29. Qa3 Rfe6 30. Rd6 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Qc5 Re6 33. Rd8 Rg6 34. Qd4 Rg7 35. Qd3 Qg6 36. Qf3 Qg4 37. Qxc6 h3 38. Rd2 Qxf4 39. Rd7 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Qg3+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kh2 hxg2 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Qxg2+ Kf6 45. Qa8 Qd2+ 46. Kg1 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 Qb2+ 48. Kf1 Qb1+ 49. Kf2 Qxa2+ 50. Kf3 Qf7 51. Qd8+ Kg6 52. Qd6+ Qf6 53. Qc5 a6 54. c4 Qc3+ 55. Kf2 Qd2+ 56. Kf3 Qd3+ 57. Kf2 a5 58. Qb6+ Kg5 59. c5 Qd4+ 60. Kf3 a4 61. Qc7 Qc3+ 62. Kf2 Kg4 63. Qc6 Qd2+ 64. Kg1 a3 65. Qa4+ f4 66. Qc4 a2 67. Qe6+ Kg3 68. Qg6+ Kf3 69. Qc6+ Ke2 70. Qa6+ Kd1 71. Qa4+ Ke1 72. c6 f3 73. Qe4+ Qe2 74. Qb4+ Kd1 75. Qb3+ Kc1 76. Qc3+ Kb1 77. Qb3+ Ka1 78. Qc3+ Kb1 79. Qb3+ Qb2 80. Qd1+ Qc1 81. Qxc1+ Kxc1 82. c7 a1=Q 83. c8=Q+ Kd2+ 84. Kf2 Qc3 85. Qxc3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCh Women 2015"] [Site "Sochi RUS"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "3.8"] [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"] [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2526"] [BlackElo "2522"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2015.03.17"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. h4 Nf6 7. f3 h5 8. a4 b4 9. Nd1 Qa5 10. c3 Na6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 Rb8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ke2 Rb7 15. Rh1 c5 16. Nf2 Rc8 17. Bb5 bxc3 18. bxc3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb4 20. Rhc1 Rbc7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. Bb5 Nb6 26. Kd3 Nac4 27. Bc1 e6 28. Nd1 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Ne3 Nd6 31. Ba3 Nxb5 32. axb5 Bf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Kg7 36. Ra1 Kh6 37. Ra2 Kg7 38. Ra1 Rb7 39. Rb1 Kf8 40. Rb2 Kg7 41. Rb1 Rb8 42. Rb2 Rh8 43. Rh2 Kf8 44. Rh1 Ke8 45. Rh2 Kd7 46. h5 Rh6 47. Ra2 gxh5 48. Rxa7+ Ke8 49. Nf5 Rf6 50. Ng7+ Kf8 51. Nxh5 Rf3+ 52. Ke2 Rb3 53. Nf6 Rxb5 54. Rb7 Kg7 55. Nd7 Na4 56. Rxb5 Nc3+ 57. Ke3 Nxb5 58. Nb6 Nc7 59. g5 Kg6 60. Kf4 Ne6+ 61. Kg4 Nxg5 62. Nxd5 Ne6 63. Nf4+ Kf6 64. Nxe6 Kxe6 65. Kf4 Kd5 66. Kf5 Kxd4 67. Kf6 1/2-1/2
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Natalija Pogonina has convincingly outplayed Zhao Xue in the rapid games of the round 4 play-off, advancing to the semifinals of the Women's World Championship.
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World Women's Championship: Mariya Muzychuk Delivers Heavy Blow to the Top Seed
First classical games of the 4th round are over in FIDE Women's knockout taking place in Krasnaya Polyana near the Russian city of Sochi. Humpy Koneru's long winning streak (6 victories in succession) has been finally interrupted by Mariya Muzychuk: the rating favorite underestimated White's attacking resources and missed a beautiful combination.
Miss Tactics Knocks Out Rating Favorite
WWCC: Mariya Muzychuk is in the semifinals, but the final match won't be purely Ukrainian
World Women's Championship: Gunina & Koneru Qualify to Round 3 Perfectly Undamaged
Five days of chess battles are over in the Women's World Championship in Krasnaya Polyana; at least fifteen more days remain. While the 2nd round is still under way, four matches of round 3 (1/8 finals) are already clear:
Koneru - Gallyamova
Cmilyte - Arabidze
A.Muzychuk - Javakhishvili
Gunina - Cramling
Five matches of round 2 will be decided on tiebreaks:
Exhausting Women's Battle to Be Completed by 'Russia vs Ukraine'
The final match between Natalija Pogonina and Mariya Muzychuk will begin on April 2nd
Fifteenth!
Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine has become the Women's World Chess Champion
WWCC: Beating Pogonina in Rook Ending Can Be Dangerous
The World Women's Championship, which is taking place in the Russian mountain resort of Krasnaya Polyana, approaches the crucial stage, as the classical games of the semifinals are over. Natalija Pogonina, who had began the match vs Pia Cramling with a loss in the protracted rook ending well played by the Swede, pulled herself together and carried out an energetic attack with White, forwarding the match to the play-off stage.
Russian Women's Superfinal: Lagno and Kosteniuk Catch Goryachkina
In the latest round of the Russian Women's Superfinal, all six games ended decisively. The sole leader Alexandra Goryachkina lost to Anastasia Savina and has now been caught by Alexandra Kosteniuk, who outplayed Gunina, and by Ekaterina Lagno, who beat Pogonina. On the basis of the course of the games, all three results can be considered logical.
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Ningbo: Russian Men Lose, Women Win
The first round of the Russia-China match has taken place in Ningbo.
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Desert hiking sounds both terrifying and exhilarating. I'd love to try it.
Can't recommend it enough, but seriously take a hat!
Hiking Mount Sinai for sunrise is one of my favorite travel experiences ever. It was made especially rewarding by the fact that I am not a hike and wasn't even sure I could do it, after almost dying climbing up Masada the week before.
Sounds punishing! We fortunately didn't do two epic hikes in a week. Did you take the transportation down? I find that down often hurts more than up! Congrats on making it to the top!


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Germanwings — упразднённая немецкая бюджетная авиакомпания, базирующаяся в аэропорту Кёльн-Бонн, со штаб-квартирой в Кёльне. Является аффилированным членом глобального авиационного альянса пассажирских перевозок Star Alliance как дочерняя компания Lufthansa. В связи с кризисом, вызванным коронавирусом, материнской компанией Lufthansa 7 апреля 2020 года было принято решение о закрытии компании.

История
Компания Germanwings была создана в 1997 году как подразделение "Eurowings Flug GmbH", однако фактическую деятельность начала лишь с осени 2002 года.
Сейчас торговой маркой Germanwings владеет компания Eurowings, 49% капитала которой, в свою очередь, принадлежит авиакорпорации Lufthansa.
На данный момент Germanwings является самой быстрорастущей европейской авиакомпанией: в то время, как оборот других авиакомпаний за последние три года увеличился максимум на 25%, оборот Germanwings вырос на 55%. Тенденция роста наблюдается и в этом году: по итогам года оборот Germanwings должен увеличиться на 40% – с 400 млн. евро в 2005 году до 560 млн. евро. в 2006 году.

Маршрутная сеть
Из своих основных хабов авиакомпания обслуживает более 64 направлений:
 Из аэропорта Кёльн-Бонн — 61 направление
 Штутгарт — 35 направлений
 Берлин-Шёнефельд — 17 направлений
 Гамбург  — 6 направлений
 Дортмунд — 4 направления
 Дюссельдорф — 50+ направлений

Также авиакомпания предоставляет полёты с одной пересадкой, как правило через основной хаб — аэропорт Кёльн-Бонн.

В России авиакомпанию обслуживает аэропорт Домодедово (Москва).

Флот

По состоянию на ноябрь 2018 года воздушный парк Germanwings состоит из следующих самолетов:

В состав флота входили ранее также 3 Airbus A320 и ещё 6 Airbus A319, переданные Lufthansa Italia.

Обслуживание
Как бюджетная авиакомпания, Germanwings предоставляет пассажирам лишь очень ограниченный сервис в случае покупки обычных билетов.
В стоимость билета входит лишь ручная кладь весом до 8 килограммов, багаж весом до 20 килограммов оплачивается дополнительно и стоит €5 + НДС при оплате одновременно с покупкой билета и €10 + НДС при оплате во время регистрации.

Напитки и еда предоставляются на борту за дополнительную плату.

Авиакомпания имеет собственную бонусную программу — Boomerang Club, участники которой могут получить бесплатный полёт туда и обратно после совершения 8 оплаченных полётов туда и обратно. С 2009 года Germanwings также поддерживает бонусную программу своей материнской компании Lufthansa — Miles & More.

Показатели деятельности

Авиакатастрофы

24 марта 2015 года между городами Динь-ле-Бен и Барселоннет во Франции потерпел катастрофу Airbus A320-211. Самолёт выполнял рейс 9525 из Барселоны в Дюссельдорф со 144 пассажирами и 6 членами экипажа на борту. Официальной причиной катастрофы стало самоубийство пилота: самолет был умышленно направлен в горный склон Прованских Альп. Все находившиеся на его борту 150 человек погибли. Это первая авиакатастрофа авиакомпании Germanwings за все годы её существования.

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The ∼100 fully sequenced eubacterial and archaeal genomes contain between 350 and 6000 genes, packed into 0.6 to 7.6 megabases (Mb) (1). Whereas some unicellular eukaryotes have genomes well within the range of these prokaryotes (such as 2000 genes in 2.9 Mb for the parasitic microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi), all well-characterized genomes of multicellular animals and plants contain more than 13,000 genes in at least 100 Mb. The amount of DNA associated with just 30 human genes is equivalent to the entire genome size of an average prokaryote. Accompanying the increase in gene number in multicellular species is an expansion in the size and number of intragenic spacers (introns) and a dramatic proliferation of mobile genetic elements.
It remains unclear whether the expansions of genome size and complexity during eukaryotic evolution were essential for adaptive phenotypic diversification. After all, there are many ways to generate multiple functions from individual genes, such as tissue-specific gene regulation, alternative splicing, and RNA editing. In addition, the millions of mobile elements in the human genome and the massive increase in the average intron size in some multicellular eukaryotes have no obvious advantages. Finally, given that some prokaryotes are capable of cell differentiation, have linear chromosomes, and in rare cases have nuclear membranes, it is unclear whether the relatively simple genomes of microbes are merely reflections of unusual physiological constraints. Any general theory of genomic architecture evolution must account for the peculiar molecular attributes of various genetic elements, in addition to being compatible with the principles of population genetics. We argue here that the transitions from prokaryotes to unicellular eukaryotes to multicellular eukaryotes are associated with orders-of-magnitude reductions in population size; by magnifying the power of random genetic drift, reduced population size provides a permissive environment for the proliferation of various genomic features that would otherwise be eliminated by purifying selection.
Direct counts from multicellular and unicellular eukaryotes consistently show an inverse relationship between population density per unit of area and average individual body mass within a species (2–5). Such scaling need not reflect the pattern for total population size, given that it does not account for total species ranges. Moreover, the total abundance of a species need not reflect the more evolutionarily relevant genetic effective population size (Ne), which determines the degree to which gene frequencies are faithfully transmitted across generations. For example, a large population can behave genetically like a small one if a minor fraction of individuals contribute to the reproductive pool or if beneficial chromosomal segments periodically sweep through the population. Insight into long-term effective population sizes can be acquired from the nucleotide variation at silent sites in protein-coding genes (i.e., sites at which a nucleotide substitution leaves the encoded amino acid unchanged). The rate of introduction of new variation per site in two randomly compared alleles is 2u (twice the mutation rate per nucleotide), whereas the expected rate of loss of variation from neutral sites is 1/(2Ne) in a randomly mating diploid population. At equilibrium, the average number of nucleotide substitutions at neutral sites is 4Neu, with slight modifications required for other modes of inheritance (1). Thus, levels of silent-site variation among random alleles within a species provide an estimate of the composite parameter Neu.
In a broad phylogenetic sense, there is an inverse relationship between organism size and Neu. Proceeding from top to bottom of Fig. 1A, with two exceptions (Streptococcus pyogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), all surveyed prokaryotes have Neu > 0.025, whereas, with the exception of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, the physically larger unicellular eukaryotes have 0.0035 < Neu < 0.025. For the still larger vascular plants and invertebrates, 0.00077 < Neu < 0.0037, whereas for vertebrates, 0.00027 < Neu < 0.0010. Ne can be disentangled from u by noting that the mutation rate per base per cell division ranges from 5 × 10–11 to 5 × 10–10, with an average value of ∼2.3 × 10–10 (6). This implies that Ne is generally greater than 108 for prokaryotes and often in the range of 107 to 108 for unicellular eukaryotes. The number of germline cell divisions per generation is ∼10 in nematodes and ∼25 in flies (6), implying that Ne is in the range of ∼105 to 106 for invertebrates; the number of germline cell divisions in vertebrates is ∼100 (6), implying that Ne is on the order of 104 to 105.
(A) Estimates of the composite parameter Neu for a phylogenetically diverse assemblage of species. (B) The relationship between estimated Neu, total gene number, and genome size. Data for prokaryotes are plotted in blue. The log-log regression of Neu versus genome size is highly significant, with an intercept of –1.30 ± 0.40, a slope of –0.55 ± 0.07, and r2 = 0.659, df = 28 (1). The number of species plotted differs between graphs because genome structure information is not available for all species with Neu estimates.
These results probably underestimate the disparity in Ne among unicellular and multicellular species for two reasons. First, selectively driven codon bias can reduce silent-site variation below the neutral expectation, and any such bias would be greater for large populations, where selection is more efficient (7). Second, the majority of unicellular species in Fig. 1 are pathogens, and their genetic effective sizes may be highly influenced by that of their larger host, as in the case of the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Thus, although the preceding calculations are approximations and the scaling of estimated Ne with actual population size is less than linear (8), the power of random genetic drift appears to vary by several orders of magnitude between the smallest unicellular and largest multicellular species.
The above estimates apply only to the past ∼4Ne generations for each taxon, whereas many of the gross features of genomes must have emerged over much longer time scales. However, the strong negative relationship between genome size and estimates of recent Neu (Fig. 1B) is consistent with the idea that these estimates also reflect longer term conditions, with individual taxa experiencing temporal fluctuations around the predicted values. Moreover, the continuity of this relationship between prokaryotes and eukaryotes suggests that the cellular changes associated with the prokaryote-eukaryote transition are not major determinants of genome size and complexity.
The number of functioning genes within a genome reflects the long-term stochastic interplay between gene origin by various duplication mechanisms and gene loss by mutational silencing, which must be reflected in the smaller genomes of unicellular species relative to multicellular species. To estimate these rates, we have introduced evolutionary demographic techniques that use the divergence of silent sites as a relative measure of the age of a duplicate pair (9, 10). The age distribution of all duplicates within a completely sequenced genome is typically L-shaped, suggestive of a steady-state stochastic birth-death process, from which the rate of birth and loss of duplicate genes can be estimated (1, 9, 10).
Although fairly large standard errors are associated with species-specific estimates, the average rates of gene duplication for unicellular and multicellular (metazoan) eukaryotes are not significantly different on the time scale of silentsite divergence (Table 1). Only downwardly biased estimates of the birth rates of prokaryotic genes can be obtained (1), but the averages based on 73 taxa are still ∼50% of the values for eukaryotes. Thus, over a wide phylogenetic range, chromosomal events that result in gene duplications appear to occur at rates that are roughly proportional to those of mutations causing nucleotide substitutions, perhaps because both types of events reflect activities during replication.
Average rates of origin (B) and loss (d) of duplicate genes (±SEM). The former is defined as the probability of a gene duplicating over the time span required for a silent-site divergence of 1%. The latter is the exponential rate of loss, such that D = 1 - e-(0.01d), or ∼0.01d for small d, is the probability of loss by the time silent sites have diverged by 1%, where e is the base of the natural logarithm (1). The analyses are based on gene families containing five or fewer members, and species-specific estimates can be found in the supporting online material (1).
In contrast, on the scale of silent-site divergence, duplicate genes are lost much more slowly in multicellular than in unicellular eukaryotes (Table 1), and there is a clear tendency for the half-life of duplicate genes to increase with genome size, again with a continuous transition between prokaryotes and eukaryotes (Fig. 2). Thus, by correlation, the ability of a newly arisen gene to survive the accumulation of mutations increases with decreasing effective population size. Because deleterious mutations are expected to accrue more easily in small populations, this counterintuitive result sheds some light on the processes that may be influencing the longevity of duplicate genes.
The average half-lives of duplicate genes, defined as –ln(0.5)/d, in eukaryotic (solid circles) and prokaryotic (open circles) species on the time scale of divergence of silent substitutions. The log-log regression is significant at the 5% level, with an intercept of –1.76 ± 0.20, a slope of 0.20 ± 0.05, and r2 = 0.548, df = 12 (1).
Preservation of both members of a duplicate pair can be promoted when one member of the pair acquires a beneficial mutation at the expense of an original essential function retained by the other (neofunctionalization) (11). Because degenerative mutations greatly outnumber beneficial mutations, the probability of preservation by rare neofunctionalizing mutations is diminished in small populations. In contrast, preservation by subfunctionalization occurs when both members of a pair are partially degraded by mutations to the extent that their joint expression is necessary to fulfill the essential functions of the ancestral locus (12, 13). The probability of subfunctionalization approaches zero in large populations because the long time to fixation magnifies the chances that secondary mutations will completely incapacitate one copy before joint preservation is complete and because of the weak mutational disadvantage of harboring two coding regions (14). The longer retention time of duplicate genes in small populations is inconsistent with the predictions for the neofunctionalization model and opposite to the expected pattern if degenerative mutations only lead to complete nonfunctionalization of duplicate genes (15), but it is entirely compatible with expectations under the subfunctionalization model. Thus, although the evolution of multicellularity undoubtedly posed some new selective challenges that were met through neofunctionalization, much of the increase in gene number in multicellular species may not have been driven by adaptive processes, but rather as a passive response to a genetic environment (reduced population size) more conducive to duplicate-gene preservation by subfunctionalization.
Spliceosomal introns are noncoding stretches of RNA that are excised from the transcripts of their host protein-coding genes. The mechanisms by which introns originate remain a mystery, but their broad phylogenetic distribution implies that they and the spliceosome that processes them were present in the stem eukaryote (16). The average number of introns per gene in most multicellular species is between four and seven, whereas the average number for most unicellular eukaryotes is less than two. Only two spliceosomal introns have been found in the kinetoplastid Trypanosoma (17), and only a single one has been found in the diplomonad Giardia (18). Understanding this uneven phylogenetic distribution of introns is a major challenge for evolutionary genomics.
Although natural selection may eventually exploit introns for adaptive purposes (16), newly established introns are expected to impose a selective disadvantage (s) on their host genes by increasing the mutation rate to defective alleles (19). Theory suggests that there is a threshold value of Nes ≈ 1.0, below which newly arisen introns can freely drift to fixation and above which intron colonization and maintenance are exceedingly improbable. Qualitatively consistent with this hypothesis is a threshold genome size of ∼10 Mb, below which introns are very rare and above which they approach an asymptote of about seven per gene (Fig. 3). By transforming scales from Fig. 1B, we found that the maximum value of Neu that is permissive to intron proliferation is ∼0.015. How does this compare with the theoretical expectation of Nes ≈ 1.0?
The relationship between average intron size (solid circles) in base pairs (bp) and intron number (open circles) and genome size. The regression for intron size is highly significant, with an intercept of 1.41 ± 0.36, a slope of 0.51 ± 0.10, and r2 = 0.641, df = 16 (1).
The minimum selective disadvantage of an allele that contains a new intron is about equal to the excess-mutation rate to defective alleles caused by alterations at sites involved in splicing. The number of base positions (in the intron and surrounding exons) with nucleotide identities that are essential for proper splicing is unlikely to be less than 10 and is plausibly as high as 30 (19). Thus, the net selective disadvantage of an intron-containing allele is at least 10 to 30 times as large as u, not including insertion and deletion mutations, which minimally occur at ∼10 to 60% of the rate of substitutions per base (20, 21). Because they can alter the spatial configuration of key splice-site signatures, the number of insertion and deletion events affecting proper splicing must exceed that for substitutions. Thus, the observed threshold value of Neu ≈ 0.015 for intron proliferation is reasonably compatible with the theoretical Nes ≈ 1.0 threshold.
The rather abrupt increase in the average intron number per gene with increasing genome size is accompanied by a more continuous increase in the average intron length (Fig. 3), which has been observed previously in more phylogenetically restricted surveys (22, 23). The inverse scaling of the average intron length with Neu [slope of the logarithmic regression (±SEM) on Neu = –0.67 ± 0.22] is consistent with the hypothesis that population-size reduction diminishes the efficiency of selection against mildly deleterious insertions into introns. Within genomes, the average intron size increases in regions of low recombination (24, 25), which may also be a consequence of localized reductions in effective population size resulting from selective sweeps and/or background selection (19, 25). An alternative hypothesis that intron size acts as a recombination modifier to reduce selective interference among linked sites (24) is not easily reconciled with the reduction of intron size and number in compact genomes.
Mobile genetic elements are self-contained genomic units capable of proliferating within their host genomes (26, 27). Hundreds of families of these elements exist within eukaryotes, and almost all of them fit into three major functional categories: DNA-based (cut-and-paste) transposons and the long-terminal repeat (LTR) and non-LTR classes of RNA-dependent (copy-and-paste) retrotransposons. The vast majority of mobile elements are indiscriminate with respect to insertion sites, and as a consequence, their activities often have deleterious effects on the host genome. A broad range of selection coefficients must be associated with insertions in coding regions, regulatory regions, and intergenic spacers, and because mutations with negative fitness consequences ≫1/(2Ne) are efficiently eliminated by selection, the fraction of mobile-element insertions capable of drifting to fixation must decline with increasing Ne. Because mobile elements gradually acquire inactivating mutations, the long-term survival of an element family requires the average autonomous member to spawn at least one successful insertion in its lifetime. Therefore, there must be a critical value of Ne above which a mobile-element family cannot maintain itself within a host species.
Consistent with theoretical expectations, all three classes of mobile elements appear to have a threshold genome size below which mobile elements are unable to establish, an intermediate range in which only a fraction of species harbor them, and an upper threshold (∼100 Mb) above which all species are infected (1) (Fig. 4). By extrapolation from the mutation rate cited above, the critical effective population size above which a unicellular eukaryote population appears to be immune to retrotransposon proliferation is ∼7 × 107, whereas for DNA-based transposons it is ∼2 × 107.
Expansion of the three major classes of mobile genetic elements with genome size. Species for which the elements are entirely absent are plotted on the x axis but not included in the regressions.
The influence of effective population size and mildly deleterious mutation on patterns of gene-sequence evolution has long been appreciated (28, 29), and the preceding results suggest that these forces are central determinants of the types of genomic evolution that are permissible in various phylogenetic lineages. If this hypothesis is correct, then many of the genomic attributes of multicellular organisms did not arise in direct response to selection for new cell types and functions but were indirect consequences of reduced effective population sizes that accompanied an increase in organism size. Although the mechanisms responsible for the initial restructuring of eukaryotic genomes may have been nonadaptive in nature, this would not preclude the secondary deployment of the resultant genomic complexities in adaptive phenotypic evolution. For example, having colonized most protein-coding genes in some species, introns sustained a reliable mechanism for alternative splicing (30), and in at least some lineages, they provide an orientation mechanism for the surveillance of defective mRNAs (16). In addition, by converting single genes with multiple functions into multiple genes with fewer functions, subfunctionalization provides a mechanism for eliminating pleiotropic constraints on ancestral genes, thereby opening up previously inaccessible evolutionary pathways.
Because genomic infidelities associated with DNA replication are likely to generate observable genomic repatterning over a time scale that is on the order of tens of millions of years, a judicious use of experiments provided by nature will be necessary to test our hypothesis further. Although there is a general tendency for the genome sizes of multicellular species to exceed those of unicellular species, the range in genome size can be up to three orders of magnitude among species with similar levels of cellular and developmental complexity (31). In the very near future, we will experience an enormous proliferation of phylogenetically well-distributed genomic data, including those from unculturable organisms. The exceptional species within lineages should provide ideal substrate for testing the ideas outlined here. For example, one general prediction is that carnivores should exhibit the genomic hallmarks of population-size reduction compared with related herbivores. As a general rule, total biomass declines ∼10% with increasing trophic level, and because average body size increases at higher levels in the food chain, total population size must decline even more sharply, which is consistent with the substantially lower estimates of Ne for carnivores than for herbivores derived from molecular surveys (8). If the theory that we present is correct, and should free-living prokaryotes with sufficiently small long-term Ne be found, we predict that they will harbor many of the same genomic changes that we have described here for eukaryotes.
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Spanish REIT
Updates on the Iberian & LatAm property market, with a special focus on REITs.
Spanish REIT Tander invests in Porto's High Street
Retail Capital Markets
By Jerónimo / 19 septiembre, 2019
Tander's wholly owned Portuguese subsidiary, Tander Portugal Unipessoal Ltda, has completed its first investment in the Portuguese property market with the acquisition of four retail units on numbers 133, 121, 115 and 107 of Avenida dos Aliados in Porto.
The four units as a whole have a built area of 1,719m² and have traded at €15.7 million in a deal which has been financed with the company's own equity. Three of the units are let and only one is currently vacant.
Tander Inversiones SOCIMI focuses on the acquisition of High Street retail properties and the company's primary aim is to create a portfolio of properties located in the major arteries of Iberia's most relevant cities.
The company has defined its investment strategy, based on the idea that the objective is to be known as the SOCIMI with a very specific and exclusive asset typology (exclusively retail assets), located in the best streets of Spain, therefore providing potential investors of the SOCIMI with maximum security and stability of income.
The Chairman of the SOCIMI is Antoine Chawky who has 30 years of experience in real estate management as General Manager of Premiere Alliance in Canada which manages $300 million in assets in Canada and Europe. Mr. Chawky holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Montreal' s McGill University and is a Certified General Accountant.
Also involved in the Spanish REIT is Andrea Méa who has worked closely with Mr. Chawky since 1996. Mr. Méa became a Certified Chartered Accountant in 1992 and holds a graduate diploma in Public Accounting from Montreal's McGill University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University, also located in Montreal.
BentallGreenOak sells Sevilla Factory Shopping Centre
By Jerónimo / 15 diciembre, 2020
C&W advises Eroski on €85.5M Sale & Leaseback
By Jerónimo / 3 noviembre, 2020
Batipart completes €200M retail Sale & Leaseback in Iberia
CBRE advises Mercadona on €180M sale & leaseback to LCN
By Jerónimo / 5 septiembre, 2020
Union Investment buys retail park in Madrid
By Jerónimo / 13 agosto, 2020
Colombia's Santo Domingo family reduces stake in Colonial
Nuveen buys Amazon logistics warehouse in Basque Region
Gestilar confirms €240M build-to-rent deal with DWS
ActivumSG completes sixth hotel acquisition in Spain
C&W advises UBS in sale of Madrid office building to Grosvenor
Advenis REIM completes second acquisition in Spain
MAPFRE closes 2020 with €500M of real estate AUMs.
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Dignity Health and Singer-Songwriter Jewel Look to Inspire Mindfulness and Kindness
Rey B June 01, 2018
Dignity Health one of the largest health systems in the nation, has launched a new digital effort sharing the benefits of mindfulness in ...
Dignity Health one of the largest health systems in the nation, has launched a new digital effort sharing the benefits of mindfulness in creating healthier and happier individuals and communities through a new video series and social content with four-time Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and mindfulness advocate, Jewel.
Dignity Health has long recognized the power of mindfulness in creating human connection and a better healing environment. Jewel recently visited Dignity Health in Las Vegas to see how the organization is practicing mindfulness and its benefits to the health of caregivers and patients, and to share her expertise. Surprising patients and employees with a private performance, Jewel shared her powerful journey from homelessness to happiness, and how mindfulness and kindness made it possible.
"While mindfulness has become somewhat of a buzz term recently, it's something we've been practicing internally at Dignity Health for some time. This campaign is a natural extension of this work, as well as the successful #Take2Mins mindfulness education campaign we introduced in 2017," said Mark Viden, vice president of brand marketing for Dignity Health. "When we learned that Jewel shared many of our same values around mindfulness, we were excited to work with her to share how mindfulness can help us create more kindness and a better connected world."
Dignity Health advocates for mindfulness and self-care for its 60,000+ employees thanks in part to its "Reflective Pause" program which encourages caregivers to set aside a few minutes each day to reflect and renew. Taking the time to pay attention to their breath, to re-center and refocus, helps caregivers tend to their personal health and well-being, and in turn be more present and in the moment with patients.
"I was thrilled when I learned about the work that Dignity Health is doing around humankindness and mindfulness, and their understanding on its impact to heal and create a sense of community," said Jewel. "Mindfulness, for me, is not just about meditating or the absence of thought; it's becoming aware and observing your thoughts so you're in the driver's seat and can live in real time, mindful of your thoughts, actions, emotions, and words. I began to develop my mindfulness practice as a way to take control over my thoughts, struggles, and happiness, and in this journey learned how to be kind to myself. Taking a break and tapping into internal resources to recharge allows us to give more."
Rev. Tom Harshman, vice president of Mission Integration at Dignity Health, spoke with Jewel about the power of mindfulness and kindness and how people can learn to make mindfulness part of their daily routines. This conversation, along with her visit and performance at the Dignity Health hospital, will be shared in a video series found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvD_uU8LOuo&feature=youtu.be Follow Dignity Health's journey with Jewel around mindfulness and to learn more about the campaign via digital resources, visit Facebook.com/DignityHealth.
Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest health care systems, is a 22-state network of more than 9,000 physicians, 63,000 employees, and 400 care centers, including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. In FY17, Dignity Health provided $2.6 billion in charitable care and community services. For more information, please visit our website at www.dignityhealth.org. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
About Jewel
Jewel is a singer-songwriter, actress, author, entrepreneur and mindfulness expert. She is passionate about health, equality, diversity, the relentless pursuit of wisdom, and sharing it with others. For more information on her program go to www.JewelNeverBroken.com. You can also follow her on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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The level of success you will be able to achieve with your weight loss does not start with what you are physically doing. Although diet and exercise ultimately are the tools to get you where you need to be if you don't start out with the right mindset, you're likely doomed because your mind ultimately leads your body.
Without getting the mind and body to join forces in the weight loss battle you have only enlisted half your army. The mind and body must work together…they are a team.
So, if you want to shift and train your body in a certain direction then you must shift and change your mind first.


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This 4000 watt 12V to 120/240Volt transformer inverter charger combo is probably the most unique one on the RV market. It outputs Split phase 120/240Vac while works on 120Vac for its battery charger to work.


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import * as React from 'react'
import { Account } from '../../models/account'
import { IAvatarUser } from '../../models/avatar'
import { lookupPreferredEmail } from '../../lib/email'
import { assertNever } from '../../lib/fatal-error'
import { Button } from '../lib/button'
import { Row } from '../lib/row'
import { DialogContent } from '../dialog'
import { Avatar } from '../lib/avatar'
import { CallToAction } from '../lib/call-to-action'

interface IAccountsProps {
  readonly dotComAccount: Account | null
  readonly enterpriseAccount: Account | null

  readonly onDotComSignIn: () => void
  readonly onEnterpriseSignIn: () => void
  readonly onLogout: (account: Account) => void
}

enum SignInType {
  DotCom,
  Enterprise,
}

export class Accounts extends React.Component<IAccountsProps, {}> {
  public render() {
    return (
      <DialogContent className="accounts-tab">

GitHub.com

        {this.props.dotComAccount
          ? this.renderAccount(this.props.dotComAccount)
          : this.renderSignIn(SignInType.DotCom)}

GitHub Enterprise

        {this.props.enterpriseAccount
          ? this.renderAccount(this.props.enterpriseAccount)
          : this.renderSignIn(SignInType.Enterprise)}
      </DialogContent>
    )
  }

  private renderAccount(account: Account) {
    const avatarUser: IAvatarUser = {
      name: account.name,
      email: lookupPreferredEmail(account),
      avatarURL: account.avatarURL,
      endpoint: account.endpoint,
    }

    return (
      <Row className="account-info">
        <Avatar user={avatarUser} />

{account.name}

@{account.login}

        <Button onClick={this.logout(account)}>
          {__DARWIN__ ? 'Sign Out' : 'Sign out'}
        </Button>
      </Row>
    )
  }

  private onDotComSignIn = () => {
    this.props.onDotComSignIn()
  }

  private onEnterpriseSignIn = () => {
    this.props.onEnterpriseSignIn()
  }

  private renderSignIn(type: SignInType) {
    const signInTitle = __DARWIN__ ? 'Sign In' : 'Sign in'
    switch (type) {
      case SignInType.DotCom: {
        return (
          <CallToAction
            actionTitle={signInTitle}
            onAction={this.onDotComSignIn}
          >

              Sign in to your GitHub.com account to access your repositories.

          </CallToAction>
        )
      }
      case SignInType.Enterprise:
        return (
          <CallToAction
            actionTitle={signInTitle}
            onAction={this.onEnterpriseSignIn}
          >

              If you have a GitHub Enterprise or AE account at work, sign in to
              it to get access to your repositories.

          </CallToAction>
        )
      default:
        return assertNever(type, `Unknown sign in type: ${type}`)
    }
  }

  private logout = (account: Account) => {
    return () => {
      this.props.onLogout(account)
    }
  }
}

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Cats can get stressed out in a variety of situations. Things like loud noises, trips to the veterinarian, or having strangers enter the home can induce anxiety in cats. Other things that may cause stress for your feline include moving to a new home, or the arrival of a new pet or baby. Cats that are anxious can exhibit a variety of unwanted behaviors such as eliminating outside of their litter box or being excessively vocal. Anxiety can also cause more serious issues such as excessive grooming, becoming lethargic, vomiting or hiding.
Fortunately, anxiety in cats can be treated with a variety of cat calming aids. One option is to try a cat calming treat. These special cat treats are formulated with ingredients that can help a pet to relax, thus warding off any unwanted behaviors that can result from feline anxiety.
Chewy's online pet store offers a variety of cat calming chews and treats for cats that can help your pet to relax in stressful situations. The Ark Naturals Happy Traveler soft chews are cat calming treats that are easy to administer. They are made with an all-natural herbal calming formula and are free from wheat, corn, soy, yeast and artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. The Tomlyn Relax & Calm chicken flavor supplement is a cat calming treat that contains chamomile, ginger and L-tryptophan. This blend can help to soothe your cat for car trips, going to the vet, bouts of separation anxiety, motion sickness and exposure to loud noises. And the GNC Pets Ultra Mega Calming Formula soft chews are cat calming treats that are chicken flavored and easy for a cat to digest. The VetriScience Composure Behavioral Health Bite-Sized Cat Chews begins working in 20-30 minutes and has the chicken liver flavor that cats love. Shop Chewy for all of the best cat supplies!


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Needless to say it was, as always, a spectacular show
GENESIS, THE LAST DOMINO TOUR
Leeds: First Direct Arena, 27th September 2021.
I was concerned before attending this show that it would be a very sad occasion. Not only because I would be saying goodbye to a band I have seen on every tour since 'The Lamb Lies Down' in 1975, but also because (and I understand it's not the same band without Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett) it's so different, with Phil Collins no longer being able to play the drums, and having to perform the show whilst sat on a chair (although Steve Hackett used to do that, but not for the same reason).
As with all other bands, this tour, which by the way is purely in the UK with no foreign dates, has been delayed by World War three, being postponed twice, before finally kicking off at Birmingham a week before this show, and some people shouldn't probably have been there; one lady in the queue asking "I wonder how many Phil Collins songs they'll do." Being a gentleman, I had to tell her!
Needless to say it was, as always, a spectacular show, with a lighting and video set up we have come to expect from a band that transformed from one of the greatest Prog outfits of all time to multi-million selling Pop superstars, something which some found a little hard to swallow. 'Land Of Confusion' featured a video that was brought up to date to acknowledge the current virus, and I spotted Tony Banks employing old technology, using a Korg 01W-FD keyboard for 'Afterglow'. They still respected their earlier work, and paid homage to their older fans by including earlier songs in the set, but this has been truncated over the years, so again we only had instrumental sections of 'Firth Of Fifth' and 'The Cinema Show', and an even smaller snippet of 'Dancing With The Moonlit Knight'. I have to admit to being a little disappointed to learn that 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway' was only included as part of the acoustic section, but have to also admit that it came over really well, demonstrating that good songs can retain their power no matter how they are played.
I thought there would be a break after the acoustic section, but I was wrong, and they carried on without stopping. 'I Know What I Like' was played complete, and even featured Phil's tambourine juggling, albeit from his chair and sadly nowhere near as long as it used to be. Having said that about the lightness of earlier works, the material from what I call the middle and late eras included six songs that have their roots in older style Genesis; the longer, more progressive sounding titles such as 'Mama', 'Home By The Sea', 'Second Home By The Sea', 'Afterglow', 'Domino' and 'Tonight Tonight Tonight', so that was very pleasing. It has to be said however that, for me at least, there was quite a bit of sadness as Phil's voice was quite frail compared to 2007, and on occasion he was slightly behind the backing vocalists that were included on this tour. He even forgot some of the words to 'That's All', acknowledging the fact with the words "Oh, I don't know." The weird thing was that his voice sounded stronger on the longer songs 'Home By The Sea', 'Domino' and 'Tonight Tonight Tonight', but I couldn't help wondering if we were being told something with the inclusion of 'Fading Lights'.
One thing that really surprised me though, if this is to be their last tour (and I believe that it will be), was that they didn't finish off with 'Los Endos', something that for many years ended their main set, but wasn't included in the set at all. At the end of the main set, Mike Rutherford, Daryl Stuermer and Nic Collins left the stage, while Phil moved to the back of the stage to sit behind a screen that had been erected. After a short while they came back to finish with the encore of 'I Can't Dance', the short section of 'Dancing With The Moonlit Knight' and 'The Carpet Crawlers', which was thankfully full length.
I do have to mention was how good Phil Collin's son Nic, who took his dad's place on the drums, was. He certainly knew his parts well, and had we been just listening to this, rather than watching, you wouldn't have known the difference, but then I suppose he couldn't have had a better teacher. As I said, I do think this will probably be their last tour together, and it's a pity that Steve Hackett and Peter Gabriel couldn't have been involved at some point, as that would have been a proper goodbye. It was, as I thought, bitter sweet, but in contradiction of what I said at the beginning, I have seen some American dates advertised for later this year, so maybe that question mark behind the word 'Domino' in the tour title does mean something. We will have to wait and see.
Set List:- Behind The Lines/Duke's End, Turn It On Again, Mama, Land Of Confusion, Home By The Sea, Second Home By The Sea, Fading Lights, The Cinema Show, Afterglow, (Acoustic section - That's All, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Follow You Follow Me), Duchess, No Son Of Mine, Firth Of Fifth, I Know What I Like, Domino, Throwing It All Away, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Invisible Touch.
Encore:- I Can't Dance, Dancing With The Moonlit Knight, The Carpet Crawlers.
Andy B. & Lou C


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Q: compare consecutive values of an array numpy I have a vector A and I want to find all the "i" values of the array which are bigger than the neighboring values, i.e. right before (i-1) and right after (i+1). I wrote a simple code (surely with mistakes) that should print the array (y_maxtab) containing the "i" values. I try to run and It gets stacked. Could you help me on that?
import numpy as np

y_maxtab = []

A=np.array([2.0,2.5,1.7,5,7,8,9,3,5,3,7,8])

i=1

while i <= len(A):
   if A[i] > A[i-1] and a[i] > A[i+1]:
         y_maxtab.append(A[i])
         i=i+1
print y_maxtab

A: Well, your code as is has some problems.

*

*If the first if statement fails, you will never increment i, and will be stuck in an infinite loop.

*The second clause of the if statement has an undefined reference (a).

*The while statement will allow values of i which will cause IndexErrors with A[i] and A[i+1].

If you are committed to keeping the code in the same form, you could change it so that it looks like
i = 1
while i < len(A)-1:
    if A[i] > A[i-1] and a[i] > A[i+1]:
        y_maxtab.append(A[i])
    i=i+1
print y_maxtab
# [2.5, 9.0, 5.0]

However, a more pythonic way would be something like
for first, middle, last in zip(A[:], A[1:], A[2:]):
    if first < middle > last:
        y_maxtab.append(middle)
print y_maxtab
# [2.5, 9.0, 5.0]

A: Here is a solution that uses numpy directly. Far faster and cleaner than a python loop, and moreover, it does what you intend it to.
local_maximum = (A[:-2]<A[1:-1]) & (A[2:]<A[1:-1])
print A[1:-1][local_maximum]

Or slightly more verbose, but perhaps more readable:
left, mid, right = A[:-2], A[1:-1], A[2:]
local_maximum = (left<mid) & (right<mid)
print mid[local_maximum]

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<b>The National Exchange Club Project - the prevention of child abuse </b>
Through the evidence-based Exchange Parent Aide model, The National Exchange Club has demonstrated a clear and unwavering commitment to preventing child abuse and strengthening families across the country. Studies have shown that child abuse and domestic violence are not mutually exclusive, nor are they exclusive to any particular race, culture or socioeconomic status. Our Nation has been bluntly reminded by actions within the NFL that the damage and effects of family violence are devastating - physically, psychologically and emotionally. 15.5 million children in the United States live in families in which partner violence occurred at least once in the past year, and 31% (1 in 3) children who witnessed partner violence reported being physically abused themselves.
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From Left to Right: Harriet, Graham, Carrie, Peter, Jean, Ken, Adrian, David and Colin.
Eloise (unusually coy!), Ron, the back of Graham's head, Phil, Carrie and the back of Harriet's head.
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Hopes fade for joyride boat boy
metrowebukmetroSunday 26 Nov 2006 7:15 pm
Hopes are fading for a teenager missing since he and his friend capsized in a rowing boat they had taken for a joyride.
Kyle Moore, 14, and his friend took a rowing boat out to sea and called for help when they realised they could not make it back ashore in Portland Harbour, Dorset, at 2am.
Kyle Moore.
Coastguards kept the boys talking on the mobile phone for 45 minutes while rescuers tried to find them in atrocious weather.
A Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesperson said: "Two boys made a 999 call at about 2am saying they had pinched a boat, were out in Portland Harbour and were just having a laugh and were quite happy. They were laughing and joking.
"About 45 minutes later things took a turn for the worst. The boat seemed to capsize and they were thrown into the water."
Kyle's 14-year-old friend, from Portland, was plucked from the sea by the RNLI lifeboat at around 3am. He was taken to hospital and is now recuperating at home with his family.
Superintendent Darren Curtis, of Dorset Police, said: "He was with police officers and has obviously been helping us."
Family liaison officers have been with Kyle's parents.
Lee Fisher, coastguard rescue co-ordination manager, said the search for Kyle would continue, focusing on the 40 square mile shoreline between Portland Harbour and Ringstead.
Mr Fisher said: "They (Kyle's parents) are still hopeful because there is still a search and rescue operation on-going. That's obviously bringing some hope to their predicament."


Invention & Prototype CAD Designers are a type of CAD drafter that specializes in custom 3D CAD Modeling. They look plastic mold layouts, injection molds, CNC, alloy components, gears, idea designs, and more. Invention design services aren't easily found everywhere, so that is the reason why the best source to find them is online. That is just about the fact for any kind of Specialty Company now, and if you look in the ideal places online you can find Invention & prototype designers that can provide you with just what you want. There are a lot of resources online for Inventors provided through the US patent agency, and if they can not point you in the right direction than online forums which have specialty classes should do just fine. Among the best internet resources for Inventors I've found up to now is LinkedIn. As soon as you enroll all you need to do is join one of the groups related to Inventors, and place a question. More than likely someone there's some information that you can discover useful.
CAD is the acronym for computer aided drafting or computer aided design. Almost anything you see now is designed with CAD program. With this technically advanced software CAD Invention designers can produce the most sophisticated designs imaginable. The computer software can scale layouts so accurately they may be brought down to over ten-thousandth of an inch. This technology allows Prototype designers to make anything that an Inventor can imagine.
Once the CAD drafting service has designed the model, the documents can be sent directly to the producer where the CAD documents are read by machines that produce anything from mechanical parts, sheet metal, CNC, plastic molds, injection molds, and anything that is fabricated on a large scale now. There are many types of CAD software available they can design anything from a shoe, to some B2 Bomber. CAD is the industries standard for producing inventions and prototypes, and I don't find this trend slowing down anytime in the not too distant future.
If you are an Inventor and you're looking for design assistance like I stated previously your best bet is to Google an online cad designer who specializes in invention and model designing. There are tons of resources available to historians if you research long and hard enough. The world wide web is an endless resource for any info you seek. You can save a great deal of money by performing research yourself instead of paying ridiculous engineering, patent lawyer fees, and much more.
Do not forget that most patent attorneys aren't looking out for you along with your invention, but for themselves. Procrastination is one of their favorite tools of the trade, and as soon as you sign over power of attorney to a number of them you're essentially at their mercy. Most folks won't even talk with you about your invention or model due to this fact, so be careful. Be smart, do research yourself online, and in most situations everything will work out to you personally and you newly thought of invention.


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Q: How to manipulate images and such in kivyMD I wrote this code but now i don't know how to manipulate my images so I am stuck i need help on how to
add images if i have multiple screens
and how to also add other labels so basically screen manipulation with multiple screens
from kivymd.app import MDApp
from kivy.lang.builder import Builder
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import Screen, ScreenManager

screen_helper = """
ScreenManager:
    MenuScreen:
    ProfileScreen:

<MenuScreen>:
    name: "menu"
    MDRectangleFlatButton:
        text: 'Profile'
        pos_hint: {'center_x':0.5, 'center_y':0.5}
        on_press: root.manager.current = 'profile'

<ProfileScreen>:
    name: 'profile'
    MDLabel:
        text: 'Welcome Nate'
        halign: 'center'
    MDRectangleFlatButton:
        text: 'Back'
        pos_hint: {'center_x':0.5, 'center_y':0.2}
        on_press: root.manager.current = 'menu'

"""

class MenuScreen(Screen):
    pass

class ProfileScreen(Screen):
    pass

sm = ScreenManager()
sm.add_widget(MenuScreen(name='menu'))
sm.add_widget(ProfileScreen(name='profile'))

class DemoApp(MDApp):

    def build(self):
        screen = Builder.load_string(screen_helper)
        return screen

DemoApp().run()

A: You can use Image to put image
<ProfileScreen>:
    name: 'profile'

    Image:
        source: '/home/furas/test/lenna.png'

    MDLabel:
        text: 'Welcome Nate'
        halign: 'center'
    MDRectangleFlatButton:
        text: 'Back'
        pos_hint: {'center_x':0.5, 'center_y':0.2}
        on_press: root.manager.current = 'menu'

Result:

Original image from Wikipedia: Lenna

EDIT:
Full code
from kivymd.app import MDApp
from kivy.lang.builder import Builder
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import Screen, ScreenManager

screen_helper = """
ScreenManager:
    MenuScreen:
    ProfileScreen:

<MenuScreen>:
    name: "menu"

    Image:
        source: '/home/furas/test/lenna.png'

    MDRectangleFlatButton:
        text: 'Profile'
        pos_hint: {'center_x':0.5, 'center_y':0.5}
        on_press: root.manager.current = 'profile'

<ProfileScreen>:
    name: 'profile'

    Image:
        source: '/home/furas/test/lenna.png'

    MDLabel:
        text: 'Welcome Nate'
        halign: 'center'
        color: (0, 0, 0)
    MDRectangleFlatButton:
        text: 'Back'
        pos_hint: {'center_x':0.5, 'center_y':0.2}
        on_press: root.manager.current = 'menu'
"""

class MenuScreen(Screen):
    pass

class ProfileScreen(Screen):
    pass

sm = ScreenManager()
sm.add_widget(MenuScreen(name='menu'))
sm.add_widget(ProfileScreen(name='profile'))

class DemoApp(MDApp):

    def build(self):
        screen = Builder.load_string(screen_helper)
        return screen

DemoApp().run()


I just can't get over it. The beauty of this baby boy astonishes me. The jet black hair or the way his mouth stretches into eye-catching facial expressions are enough to cause you to stare at him and just admire him.
Lucky am I to know Austen's parents as friends and to especially have seen how his mother loved him before she even met him.
And this boy is going to be obnoxiously rich with love. Why, baby Austen has already started his life's journey in the arms of incredibly loving parents that are certain to provide the kind of energetic spirit that will propel Austen to strive for great things in this great, big world. Ahem, well the lack of sleep might not be great for the energy levels at the moment, but it does get better – I promise! – and when you do hit the groove, I'm positive you'll discover how much more fun it is to see and explore the world in a whole new perspective – as a family.
Debbie - So incredibly sweet. Lots of love in these photos.


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IAB Report - All-aluminium track-only Lightweight Jaguar E-Type revealed [Video]
12/08/2014 - 19:29 | Jaguar E-Type, Jaguar | Nithyanandh K
Six of the "missing" Lightweight Jaguar E-Types will be hand built at the brand's new facility in Browns Lane.
In 1963, Jaguar proposed to commission 18 Lightweight Jaguar E-Type cars purely for racing purposes but only 12 were built. Now, having found the Special Operations division which includes the Jaguar Heritage wing, the company has decided to build the remaining six examples of the legendary sports car.
[Head to Youtube if you can't watch the video.]
Each of the six will be assigned the original Lightweight chassis number starting from 13 to 18 and will be available for sale to customers who intend to use it for heritage racing. The cars will be suitable for FIA homologation for historic motorsport purposes.
The car which is hand built to exacting standards will be powered by a 3.8-litre six-cylinder XK engine with an aluminium block, 'wide angle' aluminium cylinder head and dry sump lubrication, mimicking the original engine. Mated to a 4-speed close ratio manual gearbox, the engine is claimed to generate well over 300 bhp while the torque output is in the region of 380 Nm.
Only six units of the Lightweight Jaguar E-Types will be built.
The new Lightweight E-Type benefits from JLR's expertise in all-alumium body construction. The first of the six units, called as the "CarZero" has been completed and will have its world premiere at Pebble Beach 2014 on August 14 alongside the production versions of the F-Type Project 7 and Range Rover Sport SVR.
More details are available in the press release below the gallery.
Lightweight Jaguar E-Type - Press Release
[Head to Slideshare if you can't view the press release.]
Lightweight Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar Commences Bookings For 2021 F-Pace Facelift In India; Launch Soon
Mercedes EQC-Rivalling Jaguar I-Pace Electric SUV Launched; Price and Details
All Jaguar Land Rover Nameplates To Be Electrified By 2030
All-Electric Jaguar I-Pace India Launch On March 9, 2021
Jaguar I-Pace Makes It To Indian Shores; Launching Soon in 2021
Jaguar J-Pace Electric SUV In The Works; Will Sit Above Jaguar I-Pace


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The Ashmolean was one of five museums to win a share of £75,000 to buy their selected object thanks to Art Fund Collect, an initiative aimed at championing contemporary craft and increasing its presence in UK collections.
This large-scale, tactile vessel is made from hammer-raised Britannia silver. Manchester-born Ekubia is recognised as an outstanding young talent, following in the footsteps of renowned silversmith Hiroshi Suzuki.


This entry was posted on November 11, 2015 by Henry Maitland.
Before I launch into the key foundational considerations for choosing supplements I want to take a moment to re-introduce the purpose of this newsletter. Since I last took a moment to explain what this is all about we have had many more people join us.
Health is about many key factors from eating the right foods, to getting enough sleep and all the foundations should be considered alongside optimal supplementation. In this newsletter over the months and years we have and will continue to review each of the key basics of optimal health (alongside other topics) and making sure that you have the most complete understanding of total health and wellbeing that we can provide so that you get the most from your health and wellness programme and in turn from your life.
This rounded understanding of wellness is critical to have if you are interested in buying supplements or if you are presently taking them. There really are no magic pills or potions that will change your life in a flash. Even the most potent and effective organic whole food supplements are still supplemental, to be used as part of an overall health programme.
It's the foundations of health (such as drinking enough fresh clean water) and the habits that you build in making changes to your life over time that have the greatest impact. If you're eating well, staying hydrated, going to bed early, and generally looking after yourself then supplementing your diet will offer a powerful addition to your life, one that can truly take your health to the next level. Just be careful not to fall in to the trap of eating badly, going to bed late, missing your exercise and thinking that supplements will 'fill the cracks' .. They won't.
What is the number one key factor to consider when choosing supplements?
There has to be a key factor that underpins the effectiveness, potency and purity of any nutritional product on the market; it has to be one of the key factors that make it either a credible product that will really do what it says or just some expensive or even harmful rubbish.
It is clear that since the introduction of chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers there have been not only a gradual decrease in soil quality but also a very obvious increase in the number of chemicals in our food supply.The quality of the soil, of the land, is critical to us and to our survival.
Soil is quite literally one of the foundation cornerstones of life on earth, without soil we have no medium for plants to grow. We have gone a long way from our roots as hunter gatherers and are now (for most of us) dependent on commercial farming to grow food for us.
Soil quality can be measured in very complex ways taking it to account the biological, chemical and physical characteristics. The various measures in each of these areas give us an idea of how well the soil can perform in the way that we need it to. In this example we are asking how effectively can the soil provide the environment to grow healthy nutritious food for us.
I would imagine that if we took the soil from most commercial farms and measured it against detailed analysis we would see that it is very badly damaged. If we simply planted seeds in this soil and tried to grow crops with no additional chemicals I don't think we would have a lot of success. So the plants grow as a result of the chemicals not the health of the soil, thus producing unhealthy plants with limited nutritional value.
A high quality soil that is rich in structure with billions of microorganisms playing their intricate roles, with a great pH balance and ability to hold water is a soil that will produce a high quality nutrient dense plant. From high quality plants we get healthy animals and when we eat these we get high quality nutrients as vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and carbohydrates.
The problem that occurs to me is that if a manufacturer wants to produce a health supplement but they take the raw ingredients for that supplement from dead soils or poisoned seas they will be selling us something that has the potential to be nutritionally invalid or even contribute to our toxic load.
If the manufacturer does not have the foresight, intelligence or integrity to get good ingredients then what will the process of manufacture be like? Will they take the greatest care possible to ensure the nutrients remain undamaged? Will they filter out the chemical residues? Will they test for heavy metals? Will they test for hormones that should not be present? The answer is very most likely no. So their actions may well be measured by what is legal as opposed to what action has integrity.
It would not make sense (from a bottom line profit perspective) to get bad quality ingredients and then spend a lot of money filtering and testing to make sure they were pure, safe and of high potency. The testing process alone would only give scientific validation to how bad they were!
How do you choose the best supplements on the market?
Make sure that the supplements you buy contain ingredients that are either natural or better yet certified organically sourced. This way, you are taking steps to ensure that greater care has gone in to the growth and production of the initial ingredients. It ensures a greater probability that the plants have been grown (or were growing if wild crafted) on healthy soil ensuring greater potency.
You can have greater insurance that far fewer if any chemicals at all will have been used in the process of growing the raw ingredients for the supplements ensuring a reduction in your overall chemical and physiological load.
Buying from a company with integrity has significant benefits. A company that has built its reputation around selling high quality organic products sells its products partly as a result of that reputation. If then for any reason they did cut corners or did something that exposed the customers to substandard or even harmful products they would damage that reputation.
An ethical business will be set up by someone that truly cares about people, why else do it?! This means they will act with the intention to do the best they can to produce and sell the best possible products in the best way possible.
An ethical business is far more likely to have a very good process for manufacturing there supplements. If they have paid for high quality ingredients they are more likely to have them tested to ensure potency and that they are not contaminated.
The conclusion to this is fairly straight forward. It is far better to buy organic whole food or naturally sourced supplements from companies who actually care about what they are doing. It's worth remembering that many companies clearly do not care about your health or wellbeing and only formulate so called health products for profit.
You do not have to be a scientist to clearly prove this point; you just need to read the ingredients on the product labels!


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package org.netbeans.modeler.anchorshape;

import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Stroke;
import org.netbeans.api.visual.anchor.AnchorShape;

public class CircleAnchorShape implements AnchorShape {

    private Stroke stroke = new BasicStroke(1.0f, BasicStroke.CAP_ROUND, BasicStroke.JOIN_ROUND);
    private int circleSize;

    public CircleAnchorShape(int circleSize) {
        super();
        this.circleSize = circleSize;
    }

    public CircleAnchorShape(int circleSize, Stroke stroke) {
        super();
        this.circleSize = circleSize;
        this.stroke = stroke;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isLineOriented() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int getRadius() {
        return (int) Math.ceil(circleSize);
    }

    @Override
    public double getCutDistance() {
        return circleSize / 2;
    }

    @Override
    public void paint(Graphics2D graphics, boolean source) {
        graphics.setStroke(stroke);
        graphics.drawOval(-circleSize / 2, -circleSize / 2, circleSize, circleSize);

    }
}