So lets put a check to this issue. One smart way to find apps or contacts is by using gestures and everyone should adopt this way of getting things done as they are the future and the other is a floating search app; which is persistent to a corner of the screen for quick access.
This is that awesome app we are here about. The app could be considered over Google Now for finding apps and contacts because it works offline. There is nothing much to state as the name itself implies what it does. Install the app let it index all the apps, contacts, music, settings, bookmarks on phone for the first time and you are good to go. Just draw the letters or numbers on the screen and Gesture search starts refining search results as you add each gesture and becomes better as it learns from your search history. You and me both of us know how unique and smart the gestures are, right!
Xposed Frameworks, Features Modules and Installation :Explanied!
And to download this app go through the play store link down below.
Search Now, though the name seems similar to Google Now but has its own way of approach and functionality. The apps functionality is some what similar to ava find for PC, which keeps the cache of all the apps, bookmarks, contacts, music, system settings, calender and even videos too. So, as you start writing down the name of a file or contact or app or video the results start popping out instantaneously. And one +1 thing about this app is its floating feature. Irrespective of whatever app or screen you are on the search now has it presence to one corner of the screen undisturbed. Hiding and unhiding the floating search now icon is just a tap away.
Long-press on the floating icon to hide and a tap on the notification to unhide it. Search now's User-Interface is simple and clean. Just navigate to "Set search source" under setting and check which categories you want the app to index. That's it remaining options are upto you "Enable/disable floating point", "stay in notification", "the point size and alpha" "search history" and others.
The app also features a widget similar to Google search. Which is way better than the Google's widget as it is not upto web search. I am sure you surely replace that persistent Google search bar with this widget. To download this app go through the link down below.
(i) Search now also includes video and calender search.
(ii) Ability to search from any screen without exiting the current app, which is indeed a multi-tasking way of searching the web and your device.
(iii) And the results are sorted out by categories and not clumsy whereas in Google Gesture Search if we draw a letter all the apps, contacts and songs are listed down in a single list irrespective of their category.
So that's a brief comparison, it is up to you which one to choose.
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Sun, Sept. 12 ATLANTA The Steel City starts its Roethlisberger-less six weeks with a visit from one of the league's top young pivots, Matt Ryan.
Sun, Sept. 19 @ Tennessee If the climate is dry in Nashville, expect the dust to clog fans' tear ducts; there will be no shortage of handoffs in this one.
Sun, Sept. 26 @ Tampa Bay Expect Steelers TE Heath Miller to work the seam against an aggressive Bucs pass rush.
Sun, Oct. 3 BALTIMORE Over/under on how many INTs replacement QB Byron Leftwich will have by Week 4?
Sun, Oct. 17 CLEVELAND At least Pittsburgh gets the opportunity to open the divisional slate with a thorough stomping.
Sun, Oct. 24 @ Miami The aggressive pursuers on the Steelers' D cannot over-commit against the gimmicky Dolphins.
Sun, Oct. 31 @ New Orleans The defending champs present as true a litmus test as there is in the business.
Mon, Nov. 8 @ Cincinnati This third consecutive road game is a solidly blue-collar Monday nighter that Pittsburgh could really use for some league-wide street cred.
Sun, Nov. 14 NEW ENGLAND This game could get explosive because Big Ben proved last year that Pittsburgh's offense can live up to its end of the bargain.
Sun, Nov. 21 OAKLAND So long as Pittsburgh doesn't get hoodwinked by a very good young Raiders defense, the home fans should feel confident.
Sun, Nov. 28 @ Buffalo Expect the Bills to exploit the draw play with their explosive new tailback C.J. Spiller.
Sun, Dec. 5 @ Baltimore If Pitt can weather the first few weeks of the season, this could be a scrap with serious division implications on the line.
Sun, Dec. 12 CINCINNATI There's no reason why the home side won't be able to put a hurting on Bengals field general Carson Palmer. How does RB Cedric Benson feel about picking up blitzes – a lot?
Sun, Dec. 19 NEW YORK JETS A legitimate late-season challenge by any stretch of the imagination.
Sun, Dec 26 CAROLINA With either Matt Moore or Jimmy Clausen under center for the Panthers, if Pittsburgh can bottle up the running game it will emerge victorious. The swirling winds at Heinz Field are also a marked advantage.
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Q: Loading spatialite in Python (mod_spatialite vs. libspatialite.so) I would like to write Python scripts that can load Spatialite across Linux platforms and Spatialite versions. For Spatialite versions lower than 4.2, I can use this:
from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sql
con = sql.connect("mydb.sqlite")
con.enable_load_extension(True)
con.execute('SELECT load_extension("libspatialite.so");')

For Spatialite versions >= 4.2, I must change the last line to:
con.execute('SELECT load_extension("mod_spatialite");')

Neither is cross compatible for me. Is there a solution for cross compatibility I am missing? I could invoke try and except using both load_extension commands, but I would prefer a one-line solution. Does one exist?

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To start I filled a dollar store vase with gourmet jelly beans. I used the whole bag, minus a few that I tested, just to make sure they weren't stale or anything. You could use any small treats for the vase filler. You could use all brown chocolate candies if you wanted it to look more like dirt or they do have packages of all green M&Ms if you want it to look more like grass or leaves. I liked the fun colorful look.
To create the stems, I found a package of multi colored twizzlers. I had to buy two packages in order to have enough green ones. When I placed them in the vase, they were a little too limp, so I put bamboo skewers through them in order to make them stiff. You may need to trim off some of the wood skewer if they are too long.
For the flowers I found lollipops on long plastic sticks that were perfect. I've seen these at party stores and craft stores. I bought mine at Michael's. You could also use the large, colorful lollipops. Around Valentine's Day, you can find chocolate roses. What a cute gift this would make in place of a traditional vase of flowers!
Your last step is to tie on a ribbon for a little decoration. So cute and ready to be given for any occasion. This would be a thoughtful gift for a birthday, anniversary, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, or Christmas. How about a get well soon or congrats on the new baby? You could also use holiday themed colors like red and green for Christmas. Maybe team colors for a tailgate party. These would be great wedding centerpieces. Use the wedding colors to incorporate it all. Your guests will love to snack on the treats throughout the reception. So many fun ideas!


Hello everyone! Hope you all had a happy new year, mine was a total bust, but there's always hope for the next one. I am taking a little vacation as I am back in Puerto Rico with my family until Monday. So yeah, that's a bummer, right? But you know what's awesome? All the old magazines and ads and editorials that I have saved in boxes since I was 10. That's right! I'm bringing back some of them so this new year should be filled with great "From the Vault" features of stuff that you might not be able to find in the internet yet! Pretty sweet huh? I totally brought my digital camera to document some of these moments (ok, ok, family moments too, but you know), but I left the cable back in NY! BOO! But there'll hopefully be a ton of new stuff to post once I get back in the city. For now, I hope y'all stay bundled up and out of that freezing cold.


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Because of Turkifization Turkey has removed the Armenian nams of places and animals – what is Armenian cat they call Turkish.
Armenian Dog:
Aralez
Aralezes (also Aralezner in plural; in Armenian: Արալեզ) are dog-like creatures, or spirits, in Armenian cultural beliefs or in the Armenian mythology, who live in the sky, or on mount Massis (Mount Ararat), according to other imaginations.
Armenians believed that aralezes descended from the sky to lick the wounds of fallen or injured warriors of armenian troops and heroes so they could relive or resurrect. Name of this spirit-dogs was taken from Ara the Beatiful as they were praised with Ara the Beautiful and Shamiram (Semiramis) in Old Armenia.
According to Armenian historians, when Mushegh Mamikonyan died, his relatives placed his corpse on a tower, hoping that aralezes would lick and revive him. Also, a similar event had taken place before this, when aralezes had licked and revived Ara the Beautiful, king of Armenia, that was killed in war with Assyria (Semiramis loved him and let warriors to brought him).
In the Armenian history, is told that the last event was probably a sort of lie, uttered by Shamiram, Ara the Beautiful's lover, who had killed Ara accidentally during war, and had told Ara's people that his corpse was placed on mountains, where aralezes would revive him. But she had chosen a man who looked like Ara, had dressed him like Ara, and had lied to the people that this last was alive.
Armenian Gampr is a landrace breed native to the Armenian Highlands. It sits within the Ovcharka group of livestock guardian dogs which can be found throughout the Transcaucasus area. Gamprs differ by their vital capacity, independence, mind, strong self-preservation instinct, capacity for trustworthy defense and protection of livestock, and exclusive friendliness to humans. The Gamprs are very tied to people, especially those dogs that live in human houses, considering themselves a family or pack member.
The modern Gampr has changed little within the history of its existence in Armenian Highlands. It is one of few natural breeds not subjected to hard selection by phenotype. They preserved the genetic variation that other dog breeds had initially. This genetic variation was promoted by spontaneous and, in some cases, intentional periodic matings with locally indigenous wolves (still present).
This breed's head is large, well-outlined and well-developed but lacks prominent cheekbones. The back is wide, straight, muscular and strong. At the withers, the height in male dogs is 65 centimetres (26 in) or more, and in female dogs is 62 centimetres (24 in) or more. Weight corresponds to the total size of the dog, and usually varies from 45 to 60 kilograms (99 to 132 lb).
The Armenian Gampr has a well-developed undercoat, in order to protect it under harsh conditions. Depending upon the coat length, there are two types: long-haired, with long top hairs, and short-haired, with dense, relatively short hair. A brown or piebald coat is undesirable according to the breed standard.
Gampr dogs are not trained, instead performing the necessary functions naturally. The Armenian word "Gampr" means "watchdog", but the same breed may instead be called a "gelkheht" (from "gel" – "wolf" and "khekhtel" – "to choke") if it is predisposed to be used as a wolfhound; a bear-hunting dog is known as "archashoon" ("bear-dog"); an avalanche dog is named "potorkashoon", and a shepherd dog is named "hovvashoon".
The Armenian Gampr is not recognized by any of the major kennel clubs or other fancier organisations around the world. The path to recognition by these larger organizations is begun by small breed clubs who later apply to the larger breed clubs for recognition.
In 2006, Rohana Mayer began the Armenian Gampr Club of America in order to begin the conservation of the breed. The AGCA has created a registry and pedigree database including health information, and evaluations for individuals within the breed to maintain consistency with historically correct type, and breed dogs of the highest quality. Rohana Mayer collected DNA samples, and paid for the genetic analysis of the breed with Embark Vet, the most thorough and in-depth dog DNA analysis group in the world.
As an offshoot of the Armenian Gampr Club of America, The Armenian Gampr Club of Canada began soon after. In April 2011, a new organisation called the International Kennel Union (IKU), but acts in 17 countries, including Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and others, officially recognized the Armenian Gampr as Armenia's national dog breed.
Armenian Shepherds: the Gampr – Deified as Aralez
Armenian Cat:
Van was an Armenian city, but were cleansed through the genocide
Armenian Horse:
The Mitanni were closely associated with horses. The name of the country of Ishuwa, which might have had a substantial Hurrian population, meant "horse-land". A famous text discovered at Hattusa deals with the training of horses. The man who was responsible for the horse-training was a Hurrian called Kikkuli.
Kikkuli, "master horse trainer (assussanni, virtually Sanskrit aśva-sana-) of the land Mitanni" (LÚA-AŠ-ŠU-UŠ-ŠA-AN-NI ŠA KUR URUMI-IT-TA-AN-NI) was the author of a chariot horse training text written in the Hittite language, dating to the Hittite New Kingdom (around 1400 BC). The text is notable both for the information it provides about the development of Indo-European languages and for its content.
The terminology used in connection with horses contains many Indo-Aryan loan-words (Mayrhofer, 1974). Some theonyms, proper names and other terminology of the Mitanni exhibit an Indo-Aryan superstrate, suggesting that an Indo-Aryan elite imposed itself over the Hurrian population in the course of the Indo-Aryan expansion.
Ishuwa
Kikkuli
Horse breeding in Armenia
Armenia the Land of the Horse

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Action on Smoking and Health Reinforces Its Claim that 30 Minutes of Smoke Exposure Raises a Nonsmokers' Fatal Heart Attack Risk to That of a Smoker
This is a tale of two organizations. When it was pointed out to Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) that its web site contained a hysterical claim about the dangers of smokers' clothing that was based solely on a press release from a textile institute, ANR promptly removed the material from its web site. In contrast, when it was pointed out to Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) that its even more hysterical claim was false, ASH didn't remove the claim. Instead, it reiterated, reinforced, and strengthened the claim.
Today, ASH is claiming that: "even 30 minutes of exposure to small amounts of drifting secondhand tobacco smoke can increase a nonsmokers' risk of a heart attack to that of a smoker, and can trigger a (sometimes fatal) heart attack."
It has moved this claim from one of many claims made on a web page to a page of its own, giving it special prominence.
To see how obviously false this claim is, simply reverse it. What ASH is stating is that a smoker's risk of a fatal heart attack is no higher than if he never smoked in his life but merely was exposed to secondhand smoke for 30 minutes.
Obviously, that is false.
In fact, I would say that the claim is severely damaging, because it truly undermines the public's appreciation of the very real and severe cardiovascular hazards of smoking. If the public believes what ASH is saying, then they will believe that active smoking puts them at no higher a level of risk for a fatal heart attack than breathing drifting tobacco smoke for 30 minutes. Such a belief could have tragic consequences, as it would undermine public health messages that we have been sending out for the past five decades.
ASH's claim also undermines the importance of the dose-response relationship between cigarette smoke exposure and heart attack risk. If it is true that a smoker's risk of a heart attack is no higher than someone who walks into a smoky rib shack for 30 minutes one time, then smoking for 40 years doesn't put you at any increased heart attack risk as smoking for 20 years, or for 1 year for that matter. Smoking 4 packs a day isn't any worse than smoking a few cigarettes a day. And most devastatingly, quitting smoking apparently will not reduce your heart attack risk at all if you still hang out with your smoking friends for a half hour on occasion. So why quit smoking?
ASH's claim is based on a number of studies, especially one by Otsuka et al., which found that 30 minutes of secondhand smoke exposure produces endothelial dysfunction in nonsmokers, and reduces their coronary flow velocity reserve to the same level as that in smokers. However, there is a critical difference between the finding of reduced coronary flow velocity reserve and the finding of an increased heart attack risk. In fact, having reduced coronary flow velocity reserve does not equate to being at an increased risk of a heart attack. In the healthy volunteers who were studied by Otsuka et al., there was no increased heart attack risk faced by these patients. Had there been such a risk, then the study would have been unethical and it never would have been approved by an institutional review board. Certainly, the subjects would have had to be warned that they would face an increased risk of heart attack and possibly death.
Moreover, eating a hamburger reduces coronary flow velocity reserve to roughly the same extent as in an active smoker. Would it therefore be accurate for ASH to claim that "eating a single hamburger can increase a person's risk of a heart attack to that of a smoker?" Of course not. If you walk into McDonald's and order a hamburger, you may be at risk of disease, but not from immediately keeling over from a heart attack.
Luckily, the tobacco companies are a little more honest than ASH is being here, and they have not taken this opportunity to claim publicly that: "Smoking puts you at no more risk of a heart attack than eating a single hamburger." Based on ASH's statement, the tobacco companies could accurately make such a claim. The tobacco companies aren't misrepresenting the science about this. Why is ASH?
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by The Guide To Romance Novels June 6, 20218:33 am
Release Blitz: Tie Me Down by Melanie Harlow
Like any cowboy, he's good with a rope and knows exactly how to tie me up.
But what if I want him to tie me down?
Tie Me Down, an all new smoldering second-chance romance from USA Today bestselling author Melanie Harlow is now live!
Just friends.
That's all Beckett Weaver and I have ever been.
Sure, he's a hot cowboy who left Wall Street behind to take over his family's ranch. Yes, I've had a secret crush on him since we were seventeen. And who wouldn't appreciate those strong hands, that massive chest, and the way he fills out a pair of Levis?
He makes a girl sweat just looking at him . . . and I look. A lot.
But I'm a single mom trying to move on with my life, and he's running that ranch single-handedly while taking care of his elderly father. We don't even live in the same state. I only returned to my hometown of Bellamy Creek to sell my late mother's house, and he just invited me and my son to stay with him because he's got a big heart.
That's not the only big thing he's got–which I discover the night I finally sneak across the hall to his bedroom and shed my inhibitions right alongside my pajamas. And once we give into each other, we can't stop.
The hayloft. The bed of his truck. The dock by the pond.
Nothing has ever felt so right, but his past has taught him not to believe in happily ever after, and every perfect night I spend in his arms brings us closer to goodbye.
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Melanie is the author of the CLOVERLEIGH FARMS series, the ONE & ONLY series, AFTER WE FALL series, the HAPPY CRAZY LOVE series, the FRENCHED series, and the sexy historical SPEAK EASY duet, set in the 1920s. She lifts her glass to romance readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.
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East Side Coalition Unveils Its Vision for Safer, Transit-Friendly Streets
By Ben Fried
A template to prioritize walking, biking, and transit at the intersection of Third Avenue and 117th Street. Image: Transportation Alternatives
Earlier this week, Laurence Renard was killed as she crossed First Avenue when a dump truck driver turned into her path from 90th Street, hitting her from behind. Renard was one of at least six pedestrians and cyclists who have lost their lives in traffic crashes on East Side streets since last August.
People are seriously hurt and killed with terrible frequency on the East Side of Manhattan: 148 pedestrians and cyclists died on its streets between 1995 and 2008, and more than 15,000 were injured. The area is rife with wide streets and intersections that invite speeding and reckless driving. At the same time, the East Side is home to high percentages of walk-to-work commuters, car-free households, and senior citizens. East Siders lead walkable lifestyles and make many trips by foot or bike, but their streets are extremely dangerous.
Last night, more than 100 people gathered at St. Mark's Church on East 10th Street for the unveiling of Transportation Alternatives' East Side Action Plan [PDF], which outlines a broad vision for making this part of Manhattan safer and more livable.
In a series of public workshops, more than 600 East Siders helped TA put together recommendations to redesign their streets and put walking, biking, and transit first. The Action Plan came out of those workshops to serve as "a tool for local East Side experts to use as citizen planners, so they can educate their communities and generate the local support needed to engage decision makers around design and policy change," said TA's Julia De Martini Day. Dozens of community groups from Chinatown to Harlem have signed on to the campaign.
With political attacks on pedestrian and bicycle improvements fresh in everyone's mind, the kick-off event last night was something of a rallying cry for the coalition. New Yorkers who want safer streets have to organize and mobilize as effectively as possible, a point that former Bogota Mayor Enrique Penalosa brought home when he told the audience that the allocation of street space "is a political decision, not a technical decision."
The East Side campaign has an ally in Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, who told the crowd that he's been very encouraged by last year's improvements for transit, biking, and walking on First and Second Avenues, and that he wants to see the NYC DOT and the MTA do more to prioritize those modes of travel. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and City Council Member Dan Garodnick also lent their support to the campaign in TA's press release.
The East Village Community Coalition is one of the neighborhood groups that will be making the case for safer streets. EVCC Managing Director Kurt Cavanagh said he hopes to meet with the local community board and elected officials in about a month to talk about the recommendations in the East Side plan. Other community groups in Harlem, the Upper East Side, and Chinatown will be approaching their CBs and electeds in the months ahead as well. Stay tuned.
Video: Clarence Eckerson
Filed Under: Brian Kavanagh, Chinatown, Dan Garodnick, East Harlem, East Village, Enrique Peñalosa, Transportation Alternatives, Upper East Side
Upper West Side Panel Joins Push For Crosstown Bike Lanes Amid Bike Boom
By Julianne Cuba	| Jul 15, 2020
Safe routes sought, especially after a cyclist was killed by a school-bus driver while traversing Central Park last winter.
DOT Plans for Protected Bike Lanes Linking Queensboro Bridge and Queens Blvd
By David Meyer	| Nov 7, 2017
The redesign of 43rd Avenue and Skillman Avenue would make for a nearly-continuous protected east-west bike route between the East Side of Manhattan and central Queens.
Unlicensed Driver Pays the Price for Killing Laurence Renard: $500
By Brad Aaron	| Jul 13, 2011
The unlicensed dump truck driver who struck and killed an Upper East Side woman last winter will walk away with a $500 fine. Diego Tapia-Ulloa, 23, was rounding the corner at First Avenue and E. 90th Street on the evening of January 24 when he hit 35-year-old Laurence Renard, who died at the scene. Tapia-Ulloa […]
Has DOT Decided Against Designing a Safer Delancey Street? [Updated]
By Noah Kazis	| Sep 6, 2011
Three concrete walls will soon surround the Manhattan entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge, as reported in Gothamist and the Villager. The construction, already underway and due to be completed at the beginning of next year, is part of a Department of Transportation effort to force cyclists coming down the ramp from the bridge to slow […]
Ex-Parks Commissioner: I Won't Bike in Central Park Anymore
By Eve Kessler	| Sep 2, 2019
A delivery man on a e-bike wiped out after striking a pedestrian at a dangerous intersection. What's the city going to do about it?
OPINION: City Must Fix a Dangerous Gap in the Bronx River Greenway
By Twahira Khan, Richard Gans and John Sanchez	| Oct 4, 2020
Funds and plans exist to fix a block-long stretch of road between Starlight and West Farms Rapids parks — but the DOT hasn't moved for a decade. What gives?


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Is Verizon Stock Undervalued?
Forecast Of The Day: Verizon's Postpaid Retail Subscribers
Does Verizon Stock Look Attractive At $52?
Is Verizon Stock Undervalued At $55?
What's Stopping A Major Rally In Verizon Stock?
Is Verizon Stock A Good Bet at $56?
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Should Verizon Continue To Pursue The Yahoo Deal?
December 15th, 2016 by Trefis Team
Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) disclosed on Wednesday that it suffered a major data breach that likely affected around 1 billion user accounts back in 2013, close to twice the number impacted by the 2014 breach that the firm disclosed in September. The hacking, which is reported to be the largest theft of user data in history, could have significant ramifications for Yahoo's proposed sale of its Internet business to Verizon (NYSE:VZ), allowing the telecom behemoth to push for a significant discount or walk away from the transaction altogether.
We have a price estimate of $56 for Verizon's stock, which is slightly ahead of the current market price.
See our complete analysis for Verizon and Yahoo!
Plenty Of Reasons For Verizon To Reconsider
The attacks are likely to reduce the confidence that users have in Yahoo's online services, harming the company's reputation, which has been on the decline in recent years, while resulting in further user attrition. This could also make marketers more averse to advertising on Yahoo's properties, potentially reducing advertising revenues. There could also be financial liabilities stemming from the hacks, with potential lawsuits being filed against the company. Moreover, the fact that it took Yahoo over two years to discover and report the two breaches does not reflect well on the company's security management practices. This should give Verizon, which indicated that the 2014 breach represented a material impact to its takeover plans, more reasons to reconsider. The terms of the deal include 'material adverse change' clauses, which could give Verizon an exit option.
We Believe Deal Will Go Through At A Reduced Price
That said, Verizon is believed to be primarily interested in Yahoo's search and native advertising technology, its programmatic buying and selling tools as well as its media properties. These assets are not necessarily tied directly to the user accounts that were compromised, giving the carrier a reason to move forward with the deal, while pushing for a significant discount. For instance, there were reports that Verizon was asking for a $1 billion discount off the initial $4.8 billion price after news of the first hack emerged in September and there is a possibility that the discount it is seeking could increase further with the news of the second hack. Yahoo's leverage in the deal is also likely to have diminished significantly, as there are unlikely to be many other potential buyers at this juncture, leaving a strategic buyer like Verizon as its only bet to sell out.
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Steelers are in 'better position' to play man-to-man coverage, but have yet to fully embrace it
By Mark Kaboly
The Steelers have spent the better part of the past nine months publicly talking about wanting to have a better ability to play man-to-man coverage in their secondary.
While Tom Brady, the New England Patriots and last year's defensive debacle in the AFC Championship Game were never specifically mentioned in those conversations, it was quite evident that's what head coach Mike Tomlin, defensive coordinator Keith Butler and defensive backs coach Carnell Lake were talking about as far back as of March and as recent as Tuesday.
In order to defeat Superman, you have to first acquire Kryptonite. The Steelers think they have located the Kryptonite and have been messing around with it some, but have yet to pull it out of the iron box much of all during through the first 14 weeks of the season.
That unveiling could happen on Sunday when the Patriots (10-3) travel to Heinz Field to face the Steelers (11-2) in a what will more than likely determine home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
"I feel like we are in a better position to do so and we have practiced more, globally speaking, over the course of a 12-month calendar. We will see what it looks like," Tomlin said on Tuesday during his weekly news conference.
But don't hold your breath in hopes of seeing Artie Burns and Joe Haden, who is expected to be back from a broken leg he suffered four weeks ago, playing press man against Brandin Cooks and Chris Hogan very much more than if they were facing the Cleveland Browns in Week 1.
Even though the Steelers are in "better position" to play that kind of defense, they just haven't done it yet. The big chunk of their man coverages have come on third-and-medium plays, and there's really hasn't been a lot of those, either. No team has played man-to-man less than the Steelers this year.
According to Pro Football Focus, the Steelers have played 11 percent of their pass defense snaps in man coverage. Even if you throw in the 10 percent of the miscellaneous snaps that incorporate a blend of both man and zone concepts, the Steelers are close to the same amount of man they played last year when they went zone a league-high 75 percent of the time.
This year was supposed to be the year of the man-to-man coverage for the Steelers. It just hasn't materialized as much as the constant offseason chatter suggested.
A lot of it has been because they haven't needed it. The Steelers haven't particularly played many top echelon quarterbacks this year (DeShone Kizer, Mike Glennon, Case Keenum, Jacoby Brissett, Brett Hundley, Blake Bortles) that's likely forced them to be more conservative with their game plan than usual.
With Brady's history of torching the Steelers' secondary including last year's dissection that included 384 yards, only 10 incompletions and three touchdowns in a 36-17 AFC Championship Game win in which the Steelers were unable and unwilling to play consistent man coverage, that has to change on Sunday, especially with Brady's success against the zone.
Brady is completing 78 percent of his passes and has a rating of 108.1, according to PFF, when the opposition plays zone. Brady has nearly 100 fewer attempts against man coverages, but has a significantly lower completion percentage (60 percent) than against zone.
The Steelers have played a lot of soft zone coverages against the Patriots in the past, forcing Brady to beat them with short throws, usually crossing routes, which he's been able to do so repeatedly. Butler has been criticized for the approach, but, in reality, he didn't really have any other option. Last year, for example, they had a secondary of two rookies (Burns and Sean Davis) and Ross Cockrell.
Burns and Davis are a year older and Haden was acquired before the start of the year giving the Steelers the confidence to dial up man when they feel the need. Last year, especially against the Patriots, they didn't have that confidence.
"I think that's still the plan," Lake said last month about using man-to-man when they have to.
Now, a lot of that would be predicated on Haden's health. Tomlin said on Tuesday that Haden will practice this week for the first time since suffering a broken fibula in the Nov. 12 game against the Colts. If Haden can play, it will be a significant upgrade over the alternatives of Coty Sensabaugh and/or Cam Sutton.
"(Haden's) worked hard and have done some good things," Tomlin said. "He will be on the practice field in some form or fashion this week. The amount he's on the practice field will be determined on what he does when he gets out there. His availability will be determined by what he does when he gets out there and the quality of it. That's something that bares watching day to day. Joe has worked extremely hard."
There's no doubt that the Steelers are more equipped to play man this year. Haden is still a shutdown corner, Burns is a physical press man corner who is now in his second year and Mike Hilton is a speedy slot corner who can run with the speedy guys.
"If you've got guys that can cover man-to-man, you feel more comfortable about playing it," Lake said. "We have to be able to mix it up. Man-to-man is going to be a part of that. It just is."
It just doesn't go for the secondary and their ability to play tighter coverage. The Patriots have always been a good matchup against the Steelers because their ability to spread out the defense and force the outside linebackers into coverage. If the Steelers would counter with smaller personnel, they Patriots would run.
It's not going to be that easy for the Patriots this year with T.J. Watt in the fold now. One of the main reasons why Watt has forced James Harrison to the sidelines is Watt's uncanny ability to cover. Watt is sometimes responsible for covering wide receivers down the field, which is something that Brady and the Patriots will now have to adjust to.
But more important than anything else will be the Steelers' pass rush.
Last year, the Steelers were without the injured Cam Heyward for the playoff game, which was significant. This year, they are second in the league with 41 sacks with a lot of that coming on four-man rushes (59 percent of their rushes have been four-man rushes). Seventeen sacks have come from their defensive line with Heyward leading the way with 9.0.
So, man coverage isn't going to be the cure all for the Steelers. It's going to be mixing coverages and pressure, something the Dolphins did to Brady on Monday night, that produces the best results.
"We better be appreciative of this spot rather than resist it in any way but embrace it," Tomlin said. "This is what we've been fighting for since March — to be in these type games against these type people. Why would you fight that? It's an awesome thing."
• The Steelers officially put Ryan Shazier on the injured reserve on Tuesday thus ending his season. JuJu Smith-Schuster's one-game suspension is over and the Steelers had to make a roster move.
• The Steelers listed Sean Spence to the first-team inside linebacker position on their official depth chart even though Tomlin said that the plan is to replace Shazier with a three-man group of Spence, Arthur Moats and L.J. Fort. "It's not a one-week thing. It's a multiple week thing in terms of defining that balance in terms of distribution of the many jobs that he does for us or did for us this year. We will continue with that."
(Photo credit: Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
Mark Kaboly is a senior writer for The Athletic covering the Pittsburgh Steelers. He joined The Athletic in 2017 and has covered the team since 2002, first for the McKeesport Daily News and then the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Mark, the president of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America, has covered the Steelers in three Super Bowls (XL, XLIII, XLV). Follow Mark on Twitter @MarkKaboly


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Trump Twitter account locked following video addressing Capitol rioters
By On Jan 7, 2021
Twitter and Facebook said Wednesday they would suspend President Donald Trump's account after continuing to make false claims about the results of the 2020 US presidential election.
Twitter said it would put Trump's account on hold for 12 hours once he removes the tweets in question. In addition, the company warned that a violation by Trump of company rules "will result in the @ realDonaldTrump account being permanently banned".
Facebook said it would lock Trump's account for 24 hours and prevent him from posting on the service. Facebook's own Instagram also blocks Trump's account there.
"We have assessed two policy violations against President Trump's page that will result in a 24-hour function block, which means he will no longer be able to post on the platform during that time," Facebook said in a statement.
Twitter removed three tweets from Trump so that they are no longer visible to users. This is the first time the company has removed tweets from Trump for reasons other than copyright removal, the company confirmed.
Among the tweets removed was one with a video of Trump addressing the Washington rioters. In his recorded testimony, Trump falsely claimed the election was "stolen" before asking the rioters to go home.
The video was also removed from Facebook and YouTube.
"This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate immediate action, including removing President Trump's video," said Guy Rosen, vice president of integrity for Facebook, in a tweet. "We removed it because we felt it would help rather than reduce the risk of persistent violence."
Facebook announced further steps on Wednesday evening. This includes finding and removing content praising or supporting the storming of the Capitol, appeals to move weapons to locations across the country, photos or videos of the rioters, calls for additional protests and any attempts to increase violence in the coming days stage.
Facebook said it will update the label it places on content that tries to de-legitimize election results.
"Joe Biden was elected president with results that were confirmed by all 50 states. The US has laws, procedures and established institutions to ensure the peaceful transfer of power after an election," the updated Facebook text said.
Google's YouTube said it removed the video because it violated guidelines that widespread fraud altered the outcome of the 2020 US election. However, copies of this video will be accepted "if uploaded with additional context and sufficient educational, documentary, scientific or artistic value".
Twitter initially restricted Trump's tweet containing the recorded statement before the tweet was later removed.
Twitter previously announced that it would "take action" on any content that calls for violence in relation to the riots taking place in Washington.
"Let's be clear: threats and calls to violence have no place on Twitter and we will enforce our guidelines accordingly," a company spokesman said in a statement.
In addition, the company said it will severely restrict exposure to tweets tagged with its Civic Integrity Policy, which will not allow Twitter users to use the service to manipulate or disrupt elections or other civic processes.
"We are also reviewing other escalated enforcement measures and will keep the public informed of important developments," the company tweeted.
Previously, Facebook said it is "actively reviewing and removing content that violates these rules".
"The violent protests in today's Capitol are a shame," said Facebook spokesman Andy Stone in a statement. "We prohibit incitement and demand violence on our platform."
The statements come as rioters broke through the U.S. Capitol in support of President Donald Trump and forced the legislature to evacuate.
Twitter is increasingly being asked to close the president's account or take other extreme measures. Former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos said it was time for Twitter and Facebook to cut Trump off.
"Twitter and Facebook have to cut it," said Stamos. "There are no longer any legitimate stocks and labeling is not enough."
Chris Sacca, an early investor in the company, tweeted, "You have blood on your hands, @jack and Zuck," referring to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
"You've been rationalizing this terror for four years. Incitement to violent treason is not free speech. If you work in these companies, it's up to you too. Turn it off."
The ADL issued a statement calling on social media companies to suspend Trump's accounts "as soon as possible".
– CNBC's Jennifer Elias contributed to this report.
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The crocus foliage is stiff and grasslike with white stripes. The flowers, with their six shiny petals, are often described as having the shape of a chalice or a vase. Three or more crocus flowers are rewarding to see, but a mass display of hundreds of them in bloom is an inspiration for the poets.
Planted in large massings and frequent bouquets, spring bulbs are cheerful and charming additions to your garden. The earliest blooming bulbs – Snowdrops, Chionodoxa (Glory-of-the-Snow), Scilla, and Crocus – herald the end of winter and the beginning of spring. These small and delicate blooms are the perfect accompaniment for any garden transitioning from winter into spring and onto summer. Not only are they suitable for edging along walkways and planting beds, but they can also be planted into somewhat shadier locations since they bloom before trees leaf out and their fine-texture leaves don't become intrusive as they fade and mid and late-spring bulbs take their place.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is visiting the region today to announce how the party would support the armed forces and their families.
Friday, 28 June, 2019, 15:28
Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Picture Ben Birchall/PA Wire
Mr Corbyn will be in the area today, ahead of this weekend's Armed Forces Day events.
He and Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith will announce a package of measures that a Labour government would introduce to support armed forces personnel and veterans.
Mr Corbyn said: "We have an important duty to ensure that our armed forces, our veterans, and their families, have the very best support.
"But after nearly a decade of cuts and privatisation our Forces and their families are paying the price.
"Today we make our pledges to our service personnel to give them the pay, conditions of service and respect they deserve.
"Labour will guarantee a better deal for all those who serve in our Armed Forces."
New House of Commons Library research shows that a private's starting salary is £1,159 lower in real terms today than in 2010.
Nia Griffith added: "We will give personnel a voice and consult on introducing an Armed Forces' representative body. We will scrap the dodgy outsourcing deals that do not deliver."
And we will ensure that all service children can get a good school place.
"Those who serve our country deserve our full and unwavering support."


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Home Russia & China China Why is India doing propaganda against CPEC?
Why is India doing propaganda against CPEC?
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said India is doing propaganda over the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as part of its negative tactics to divert world attention from the Kashmir issue.
Abbasi said in a television interview on Sunday, a day after Pakistan responded to General Mattis' statement on CPEC. While urging the international community to focus attention on human rights violations in Kashmir, the Foreign Office said: "CPEC is a development and connectivity project for the betterment of the people in the region and beyond."
Pakistan has shifted its orientation back toward the Kashmir cause as was evident in the country's UNGA campaign last month. Pakistan also realizes the importance of the need to arrest a fraying relationship with the US
Abbasi said though nothing good is expected from Delhi, Pakistan is still ready for meaningful talks. On the issue of Kashmir, Abbasi reiterated his assertions in the UNGA, stressing upon the need to resolve the matter in-line with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. "Kashmiris should be given right of a plebiscite to decide their fate," said Abbasi while pledging to continue moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiris in their struggle for self-determination.
Read more: Is PML-N government mishandling the CPEC project?
Kashmir and CPEC in limelight
The 72nd session of the UNGA last month perched Kashmir right up there as the main flashpoint between India and Pakistan who are on the path to further fray their ties. Kashmir issue has now turned into a war of narratives. India sees it a bilateral matter which is being disturbed by Pakistan's alleged export of terrorism in the valley, while Pakistan calls it the just support for freedom of the Kashmiris from occupying Indian forces.
The pressure on CPEC has to be seen through the lens of the Sino-US tiff in the region and beyond. The multi-front China-USA rivalry is making the most of the clash between India and Pakistan
The statement of General Mattis about CPEC passing through the disputed territory of Gilgit Baltistan is being seen as yet another word of support for New Delhi. The US has changed its stance from apprehensions to open remarks about the project. Analysts opine that given the importance of CPEC to China's expansion, the US has propped up its ally in India by playing up its long-held view on CPEC.
However, it must be borne in mind that Pakistan also links Gilgit Baltistan to Kashmir and considers it a disputed territory. That being said, both Pakistan and China have iterated that the multi-billion dollar project is aimed at economic connectivity and must not be taken as an infringement of sovereignty.
Read more: Pakistani businessman's dreams of "CPEC fortunes" getting frustrated?
China also responded to Mattis' statement on Friday. Beijing's foreign ministry said: "We have repeatedly reiterated that the CPEC is an economic cooperation initiative that is not directed against third parties and has nothing to do with territorial sovereignty disputes and does not affect China's principled stance on the Kashmir issue."
Analysts opine that given the importance of CPEC to China's expansion, the US has propped up its ally in India by playing up its long-held view on CPEC
The pressure on CPEC has to be seen through the lens of the Sino-US tiff in the region and beyond. The multi-front China-USA rivalry is making the most of the clash between India and Pakistan. CPEC will enable China to lessen its reliance on the Strait of Malacca, thereby significantly reducing the US' ability to disrupt China's trading clout.
Thus CPEC, being a central plank in the OBOR initiative becomes a concern for the US. With India fast-becoming an important crutch for the US in the region, one can reasonably expect more statements in support of India's stance on Kashmir and CPEC.
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Students, staff pay tribute to two leaders in civil and human rights
More than 800 students and staff from the Notre Dame community took part in a project to recreate a photograph of former University President Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., standing arm-in-arm with Martin Luther King Jr.
The iconic image is a visible reminder of Notre Dame's longtime involvement in the dialogue on civil and human rights - from the turbulent civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s to today's efforts to advance justice and human dignity around the world.
In "The Picture of Purpose," a story in the Winter 2007-2008 publication of Notre Dame Magazine, author Richard Conklin provides the colorful story behind the black-and-white photograph:
Father Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, answered the phone on the morning of July 21, 1964, a date that would become famous for the murder of three young civil rights workers in Mississippi. Martin Luther King's crusade had moved north to Chicago, and a massive rally was scheduled in Soldier Field that day. The caller told Hesburgh that Mayor Richard Daley and Cardinal John Cody had turned down invitations. Would Hesburgh, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, show the flag for church and state?
Hesburgh's answer was to drive the 90 miles to Chicago. As he later told the story, he was mingling in the crowd when someone on King's staff spotted him, and he was hoisted onto the platform. He gave an impromptu endorsement of the milestone Civil Rights Act, which banned segregation in the nation's schools and public places, and was awaiting President Lyndon Johnson's signature.
"Be proud to be a Negro," he told a crowd estimated at 57,000. "We want to strive for dignity with you." He linked arms with King to sing the movement's anthem, "We Shall Overcome." Read the full story.
And now, as the Notre Dame community participates in Walk the Walk Week and reflects on the values central to both King's legacy and Notre Dame's mission, a new generation of students, faculty and staff are being asked to answer a new call.
The question: "What's your next step?" Tweet your response using #NDwalkthewalk.
Building a community of genuine love and respect
Video: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Luncheon
Let us march forward in love
King Day prayer service honors the past, looks to Notre Dame's future
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Fredrik Marsh was born in Quantico, Virginia; lives and works in Columbus, Ohio. He attended The Ohio State University, earning a BFA in Photography in 1980 and MFA in Printmaking in 1984. His work has been included in invitational, international, national, regional juried exhibitions since 1978. Marsh has taught photography at various colleges and universities since 1985, most recently for The Ohio State University and for the University of Georgia Studies Abroad in Cortona, Italy Program.
Marsh was recipient of a 2008 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Photography. Additional awards received since 1985 include: Individual Artist Fellowship from Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts; 3 Individual Artist Fellowships and 1 Artist's Project Grant from Ohio Arts Council; 2 Individual Artist Fellowships and 1 Artist's Project Grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council; an Artist's Project Grant from the Saxony Ministry for Science & Art, Dresden, Germany; and a 2002 GCAC/State of Saxony Artist Residency in Dresden, Germany.
He was also nominated anonymously for the 2009 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers and by Rod Slemmons, Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago for the Paris, France based Fondation Henri-Cartier Bresson, HCB Award 2005.
Marsh's work is represented in a number of corporate, university, museum, and private collections across the United States and abroad. Museum permanent collections include the Cleveland Museum of Art; International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House; Kupferstich-Kabinett Museum, Dresden, Germany; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts–Houston; Stiftung Moritzburg Kunstmuseum–Halle, Halle, Germany; and the Toledo Museum of Art, among others.
One-person exhibitions of his work have been featured in a number of International Festivals of Light venues including the 7. International FotoTage Mannheim/Ludwigshafen Festival (Germany, 2005), the 2nd Lianzhou International Photography Festival 2006, (Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China), 9th International Photo Gathering in Aleppo, Syria (2006) and 2012 FotoTriennale.dk, the 5th International Photography Festival in Odense, Denmark. In conjunction with Houston FotoFest 2006 Eleventh International Biennial of Photography, his photographs were selected for the Sixth Discoveries of the Meeting Place group exhibition.
Selections of Marsh's color photographs were featured in Ruptures and Continuities: the Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection, at the Museum of Fine Arts-Houston in 2010 and Two Views: Contemporary Landscape Photography, mounted at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2012. The exhibition, China over the Last 15 Years: Photographs by Steven Benson, Luis Delgado, Fredrik Marsh, and Philipp Scholz Rittermann at the Michigan State University Museum in East Lansing, was on display January - August 2015 and featured a large selection of his 2008-09 Guggenheim-funded project on China.
Marsh's first monograph Transitions: The Dresden Project. Photographs by Fredrik Marsh, was published by Technische Sammlungen Dresden, Museen der Stadt Dresden, Germany, in 2009.


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Malaysia set to become world's 24th largest economy by 2050
Bernama - April 4, 2018, KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia, a medium-sized economy, is expected to improve its ranking to be the 24th largest in the world by 2050.
PwC Malaysia Managing Partner, Sridharan Nair, said Malaysia, already in the 27th position in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) contribution to the global economy, needed to invest in technology and education to further improve its ranking.
"Malaysia has a reputation for being pro-business and pro-investment," he told Bernama during the 2018 Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC 2018) Business Summit here today.
Malaysia's economy would be on a steady growth path over the next 20 years, he said, adding that it would still do well despite some short-term ups and downs, as would be expected from a growing and emerging economy.
He said Malaysia has always been a trade- and investment-friendly country with ease of doing business.
However, according to Nair, Malaysia would need to tackle the issue of wage increase in tandem with the higher economic growth of the country in order to be able to effectively benefit the man on the street.
While Vietnam and Indonesia might rank higher in the global economy in terms of their contributions to the GDP due to the size of their population, he said, Malaysia was still doing well for a medium-sized economy.
During his presentation on 'The Asian Century, but which Asia?' at the annual summit hosted by the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Malaysia, Nair said, the Emerging 7 economies (Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, India, Russia, China and Indonesia) were projected to dominate the world's top 10 economies in 2050.
Southeast Asia, he said, currently captured high value-added US investments.
"Southeast Asia's strategic geographical location is advantageous to serve as an economic platform for Asia-Pacific and the rest of the world," he added.
Nair said by 2050, China would be the world's biggest economy, followed by India with Indonesia the world's fourth largest economy.
Meanwhile, AMCHAM President, Ramzi Toubassy, said it was clear that despite current trade tensions between China and the United States, Asia was set to dominate the international economy in a matter of years.
"Asia's share of global GDP is expected to grow from 30 per cent in 2016 to over 50 per cent by 2050.
"As we have said many times, Asia matters to the US and the US matters to Asia – the business and trade relationships are long-standing and incredibly important," Toubassy said. -- BERNAMA
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2018/04/353173/malaysia-set-become-worlds-24th-largest-economy-2050
MIHAS 2018 RECORDS STRONG SALES
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (Bernama) -- The 15th Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) 2018, organised by Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), yet again proved to be a major catalyst in growing halal trade in Malaysia as well as internationally.
The event, which took place from 4-7 April 2018, was held at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC). A total of RM1.52 billion sales were recorded compared to RM1.01 billion registered last year.
The sales were from the event's two main components - exhibition and business matching programme called International Sourcing Programme (INSP). Sales from the exhibition component recorded an increase of 29 per cent to RM914.57 million compared to RM708.82 million in 2017, while the INSP generated sales of RM602.45 million, an increase of 99.5 per cent compared to RM301.99 million in 2017.
The top performing sectors at MIHAS 2018 exhibition were prepared food (RM407.20 million or 44.5% share of total sales), beverages (RM129.3 million or 14.1% share), pharmaceuticals, toiletries & cosmetics (RM108.04 million or 11.8% share), agricultural produce (RM68.53 million or 7.5% share) and machinery & equipment (RM41.58 million or 4.6% share). The iconic event focused on seven key product and services clusters namely food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, finance, tourism, e-Commerce and logistics.
The exhibition has attracted 778 exhibitors from 32 countries, and witnessed first-time participation from Cambodia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Throughout the 4-day exhibition, MIHAS 2018 received over 21,000 visitors comprising local and international companies, associations, foreign delegation and others.
The INSP, held on 3 April 2018, attracted more than 182 prospective foreign buyers from 39 countries. During the event, a total of 2,094 business meetings were arranged between the international buyers and 428 Malaysian exporters. Among the top countries with the highest export sales for Malaysian companies at the INSP were China (RM310.46 million or 51.5% share of total sales), India (RM75.61 million or 12.6% share), Poland (RM71.34 million or 11.8% share), Thailand (RM21.70 million or 3.6% share) and the United States (RM20.13 million or 3.3% share).
According to YB Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry, MIHAS is not just an event, but a platform for the Halal industry, which has now been gaining strong momentum from the past decade. "The organisation of MIHAS is important in driving not only Malaysia's, but the world's Halal industry to greater heights. With Malaysia's conducive Islamic economic landscape, MIHAS has become a marketplace for local and foreign businesses to thrive in the Halal trade and to contribute significantly to the global Halal economy," he said.
MIHAS Awards were also featured this year to provide recognition to companies who innovate and inject creativity into their product development. A total of 12 awards were given out during MIHAS Awards 2018, as a form of appreciation for the efforts made by MIHAS' participants in showcasing their Halal products and services. Among the winners were PS Food & Beverage Sdn Bhd (Gold Award for Most Innovative F&B Product), Phytes Biotek Sdn Bhd (Gold Award for Most Innovative Non-Food & Services), Umrahloka Sdn Bhd (Gold Award for Best Malaysian Booth Design & Presentation) and Takex Co. Ltd (Gold Award for Best International Booth Design & Presentation). Palestine pavilion won the best country pavilion award.
MIHAS 2018 also introduced few series of programmes including seminars and conferences that were held concurrently with the exhibition. Among the programmes were organised in partnership with organisations such as Bioeconomy Corporation, Thomson Reuters, Association of Islamic Banks Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM), Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Majlis Amarah Rakyat (MARA), iHALALMAS and CrescentRating. Some of the key programmes include MATRADE Trade Talk, MyPitch@MIHAS, Symposium on Halal Gelatin Ecosystem, Halal Trade Finance Conference, IMHalal Conference and Halal in Travel Conference.
According to Ir. Dr. Mohd Shahreen Zainooreen Madros, Chief Executive Officer of MATRADE, these programmes are part of MATRADE's efforts to establish an element of thought leadership for Malaysian companies in regards to all matters related to the global halal economy. "We take a holistic view in regards to MIHAS 2018. It is a platform for not only generating sales but also educating and providing market insights to our companies, especially SMEs," he added.
This year, five (5) MATRADE's Trade Commissioners were invited to participate in MATRADE Trade Talk in conjunction with MIHAS 2018, as panellists to share market insights and opportunities in Halal sector of their respective areas of coverage. Trade Commissioners involved were from Dubai, the UAE; Tokyo, Japan; Jakarta, Indonesia; Shanghai, China and Almaty, Kazakhstan.
During the 4-day event, a total of 33 Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), 120 presentations, 37 product launching events and 6 press conference were organised. Among the MOUs signed during MIHAS were TV Alhijrah with TV Asyl Arna (Kazakhstan) & Korean Halal Institute, Universiti Malaysia Pahang with Amin Bio Group (China) and KPJ Healthcare with Kulin South East Asia.
MIHAS began in 2004 and continues to grow as the world's largest halal trade event. It was held under the patronage of Ministry of International Trade and Industry in association with Halal Development Corporation (HDC) and Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM). MIHAS is a component of World Halal Week 2018 which was held from March 26 to April 2018. The 16th edition of MIHAS will return next year from 3 to 6 April 2019 at Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
For more details on MIHAS, visit www.mihas.com.my
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http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=1458811
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This invasive big-headed ant is building supercolonies in South Florida
Amy Bennett Williams
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Step aside, fire ants. There's a new six-legged sheriff in town.
For the last few decades, bigheaded ants have been quietly outcompeting the dreaded South American invaders in Southwest Florida.
And while that's bad news for native species, it's less bad news for the humans who live and walk near their nests: Bigheaded ants' stingers are too small to penetrate people's skin the way fire ants do, leaving their victims pocked with ferociously itchy pustules.
But it's definitely not good news either. "Oh, they're bad news," said University of Florida entomologist Phil Koehler. "Nasty critters."
Bigheaded ants reproduce prodigiously. Their cities can stretch for whole blocks, and can take months of coordinated effort to remove.
"They are what's called a supercolony," said ant expert Mike Ryan of Tempco Pest Control in Fort Myers.
"The population is so huge, they will actually force fire ants off your property," Ryan said. "They're so aggressive that no other ant can compete against them."
Originally from the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, bigheaded ants likely arrived in Florida on freight ships, docking in Miami and the Keys in the early part of the 20th century, Ryan said. In recent years, though, hurricanes have helped disperse them to the west, plus, "We bring a lot of plant material from Homestead and the Miami area to our coast," he said.
More:Remember that mysterious 'attack' on US diplomats in Cuba? Scientists think it was crickets
Biologists consider bigheaded ants to be one of the most pernicious invasive species in terms of the threat they pose to native insects, thereby disrupting the local ecology.
They can damage lawns and kill trees, and they also can come into homes seeking food, Ryan said.
"They can dig down 10 or 12 feet," he said, "They can actually dig under the foundation. The nest can be underneath your house and they can actually come in from the plumbing inside your kitchens and bathrooms."
Once inside, they eat almost anything, but prefer proteins and fats.
Their name aside, not all bigheaded ants have large heads. Those that do are female "major workers" — the colony's soldiers. The smaller ones, also females, gather food.
"The males are usually transient and you don't find them all the time," said University of Florida research scientist Roberto Pereira, who specializes in urban entomology. "Males are basically useless. In the ant world, the males don't do any work, except mate with future queens."
Once she's inseminated, the queen begins to lay eggs.
"Their mounds actually look fairly similar to the fire ant mounds," Pereira said "but they're not as high and not as compact."
More:More than 40 percent of insect species declining, could have 'catastrophic' results, study says
One of the challenges of getting rid of bigheaded ants is "If you spray them, they bud, which means they split the colony," Ryan said. "So instead of one colony you're dealing with multiple, multiple colonies ... They'll take over communities. We're dealing with a community down in Bonita, where that's what's happening to the whole community. They're just taking over."
So what can be done to remove them? Capitalize on their sociability, Ryan said. "Because they share food, what you want to do is feed a product to the ants so they bring it back and feed their friends and then there's this massive killing that happens."
One thing homeowners should do, Ryan said, is keep vegetation trimmed back so it doesn't touch the house.
"You don't want an archway from the ground to your house," he said.
But if they do show up, do-it-yourself control is a long shot.
"Literally, if you have them, you almost have to call a professional because they have to treat the whole inside of the house and then they're going to have to spray or bait and treat the outside of the house. It's a very intensive program."
Costs will vary from company to company, but will be somewhere around $75 every two months.
"It's important to try to get your neighbors to do it. One thing, if you treat your house, you can actually push the ants to your neighbor's house. So if you don't like your neighbors, you know ... " Ryan said with a chuckle.
More:From crickets to scorpions, why people are eating insects for fun
Follow Amy Bennett Williams on Twitter: @AmySWFL
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: This invasive big-headed ant is building supercolonies in South Florida


Outdoor play is so important to kids in their development and learning. Not to mention the added vitamin D they will get from being in the sun. The autumn weather has put on some spectacular days which make them perfect for outdoor play.
To keep the kids entertained outdoors, why not be inspired by these five DIY car tracks and locomotive play spaces. These play spaces are clever and make great use of a corner space in the backyard.
Kids will love racing their cars and trucks in these spaces and chances are, you'll be wanting to join in with the fun.
Are you ready? On your marks, get set, GO!
This permanent car track (by The Whoot) will give your child hours of fun. It requires a bit of planning and a mixed part of sand and cement to create the track. Round abouts and intersections make this track a lot of fun and as close as a real race track. The full tutorial on how to create your own can be found here.
If cementing a track into the lawn isn't your idea of fun, you can use grey pavers or bricks instead to make a neat track. This track has been made as an extension of the garden and is very simple to create. Niccola from An Idea on Tuesday shares her DIY tutorial on how you can create your very own outdoor car race track using pavers.
The most versatile of the outdoor track DIY projects, is this idea. Spare bricks are turned into roads after being laid in a configuration, determined by the builder and car racer. Use a white paint pen or chalk to mark the pavers and that's it really! The best part about this race track is it can be packed away. Find more details about this project here: Paver Roads.
One of my favourite outdoor tracks would be this clever space by Dale from The Puzzles Connection. Through the upcycling of tyres to create different heights as well as a wooden rail track and mini houses, this space would give hours of fun to kids. It can also be created in a tight space or as an extension to the existing back garden.
So which track do you think will work for your outdoor space? Do you have an existing outdoor race track in your own yard you'd like to share with us?


It is well established that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can cause harm to the fetus. Now, a new study finds that drinking alcohol as early as 3-4 weeks into pregnancy - before many women even realize they are expecting - may alter gene functioning in the brains of offspring, leading to long-term changes in brain structure.
Drinking alcohol in the first 3-4 weeks of pregnancy - a time when many women are unaware they are pregnant - may cause long-term brain changes in offspring, according to the study.
The research team, led by Dr. Nina Kaminen-Ahola of the University of Helsinki in Finland, says their findings indicate that alcohol exposure in early pregnancy may cause lifelong changes to gene regulation in embryonic stem cells - the earliest cells to emerge from a developing embryo.
To reach their findings, the team fed alcohol to a group of pregnant mice during the first 8 days of gestation - the equivalent to 3-4 weeks of gestation in humans - and analyzed its effects on the epigenome of offspring.
Specifically, the researchers focused on how early alcohol exposure during pregnancy influenced the epigenome of the hippocampus among offspring - the brain region that plays a crucial role in memory and learning.
They found that - compared with the offspring of pregnant mice that were not exposed to alcohol - the offspring that were exposed to alcohol showed altered epigenomes, which led to changes in the function of several genes in the hippocampus.
Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess the brain structure of the mice offspring when they reached adulthood, the team identified alcohol-induced changes - particularly in the hippocampus, olfactory bulbs and cerebral ventricles.
The team says the alcohol-exposed mice offspring showed symptoms similar to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in humans - a condition that is currently difficult to diagnose. These included reduced growth rate, structural changes to the face and skull and hyperactivity.
"The results support our assumption that alcohol permanently alters gene regulation at a very early stage. This would be significant for the challenging diagnostics of alcohol-induced damage.
The mechanisms and biological markers that can aid in diagnosis are studied so that we can offer the developmental support necessitated by the damage as early as possible. Ideally, a swipe sample from inside the mouth of a newborn could reveal the extent of damage caused by early pregnancy alcohol exposure."
In January 2014, Medical News Today reported on a study by researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, who produced an image of the embryonic heart that they say may enhance knowledge of how alcohol use during pregnancy can lead to heart defects in offspring.
Early maternal alcohol consumption alters hippocampal DNA methylation, gene expression and volume in a mouse model, Nina Kaminen-Ahola , et al., PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124931, published online 13 May 2015.
University of Helsinki news release, accessed 15 May 2015 via EurekAlert.
Additional source: CDC, Alcohol use in pregnancy, accessed 15 May 2015.
Whiteman, Honor. "Alcohol use in first 3-4 weeks of pregnancy may lead to permanent brain changes in offspring." Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 16 May. 2015. Web.


Easton, Mass. (December 4) -- On Wednesday night at Merkert Gym, the Assumption College women's basketball team fell to No. 14 ranked Stonehill College in a back-and-forth 79-68 final in Northeast-10 Conference action. Assumption is receiving votes in the USA Today Sports Division II National Poll for the fourth straight week.
The two teams were even at 18-18 thru the first 9:09 of the opening half following a three-pointer from senior Tafanie Roye (New Britain, Conn./Capital Prep Magnet) at the top of the key. The Skyhawks pushed ahead at 23-18 before a quick 6-0 Hounds run, capped by a baseline jumper from senior Shannon Ray (Yonkers, N.Y./Ursuline Academy), put the visitors up by a 24-23 margin. Stonehill called a timeout at that point and put together a quick run before the Hounds tied the game at 29-29 with three minutes remaining.
Assumption closed the period on a 7-2 run that was capped by a three-pointer by freshman Morgan O'Brien (Reading, Mass./Reading) with 39.2 on the clock as the Hounds took the 36-31 lead into the half. Ray led the Hounds with 10 points in the period as the visitors shot 57.7 percent from the field.
Assumption stretched the lead out to as many as seven twice in the second half, including following a three from Ray to make it a 43-36 margin with 17:10 left. Stonehill chipped away and took the lead at 48-47 after a jumper from Ashley Gendron, but the Hounds withstood a stretch of 5:45 without a field goal and the game remained even at 51-51 with 8:17 on the clock.
After a pair of free throws with 5:47 left from junior Caitlin Ackerman (Nashua, N.H./Nashua South) tied the game at 59, Mary Louise Dixon knocked down a three to put the Skyhawks ahead to stay at 62-59. The Hounds battled to get with six over the final minute before dropping the back-and-forth 11-point final to the Skyhawks.
Ackerman led four Hounds in double figures with a 17-point, 10-rebound double-double. Ray added 15 points, along with 12 from O'Brien and 11 from senior Jamie Insel (Clinton, N.J./Voorhees).
Dixon led four Skyhawks in double figures with a game-high 21 points as they all came in the second half.
With the loss, Assumption falls to 4-4 overall and 1-4 in the Northeast-10, while Stonehill improves to 6-2 overall and 3-1 in league play.
Assumption is back in action on Saturday, December 7th as the Hounds travel to Merrimack College for a 1 p.m. start.


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