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Benefits or traps of a new law on companies
Юридические услуги BLOG Uncategorized Benefits or traps of a new law on companies
Over three months have passed since the law on companies came into force. Although sufficient practice has not yet been worked out, one can draw the first conclusions about the "work" of the law, about its advantages, which can sometimes turn into traps.
Advantages/trap № 1. How to control the shareholders and their share?
Narrowing the list of required information in the charter received ambiguous assessment from the very beginning. Simplification, at first sight, the procedure of alienation may turn into significant risks for the whole company.
Since the information about the shareholders and the size of their shares are not longer required to be specified in the charter, in the case of transactions with the shares (their parts), changing of charter is not necessary.
The procedure for registering changes does not require the convening of a general meeting, the applicant is the acquirer of the share or its alienator.
On the one hand, the simplification of the procedure protects the rights and interests of the person who has acquired a share in the company. But here is a problem in controlling the changes by company. Theoretically, the company may not know that the share was alienated, and a new one appeared among the shareholders.
In order to avoid such a situation, the legislator introduced amendments to the law on state registration. In case of changes of the shareholders the registrar or notary is obliged to send an excerpt to the company, the applicant and all members of the company – both those that were indicated in the register before the registration action, and new ones.
Obviously, the motives of the legislator were the notification of all persons whose rights may be affected by the registration. However, there are some problems here. The law clearly provides for the submission of an excerpt, which does not contain information about the founders (shareholders). The only way thss action can protect the rights of the shareholders – to become an indicator of making some changes to the registry and to force shareholders to check information. But only if this person is familiar with the law and knows about the legal requirement to send an excerpt.
Advantages/trap № 2. How does priority right work?
In the procedure of priority right, one should pay attention to one feature. Shareholders have a priority right to purchase a share (part thereof) that is sold to a third party. That is, it is enough to simply conclude a contract other than a sale-purchase contract (for example, a barter or a gift). And you are free from the priority right.
Advantages/trap № 3. Withdrawal of shareholder having 50% or more.
Dividing the procedure of withdrawal for shareholders with less than 50% of the share capital (without consent) and those having 50% or more (only with the consent of other shareholders), obviously aimed at protecting minority owners from the withdrawal of most of the assets from a company. A shareholder with more than 50% actually controls the company, and therefore the possibility of its unhindered release will negatively affect the company as a whole.
But how to protect minority shareholders from such an exit, taken in account the possibility of blocking any decisions of a company by shareholder who want to withdraw? The shareholder does not get out, but the company does not make any decisions.
Such a "runaway" may use a different opportunity – to divide their share. Given that priority right applies only to cases of sale, one can give part of the share (for example, 40% of 80%) to some of the family members. After this, each of those having 40% can freely go out.
For minority owners is only one way in this case – to leave the company earlier, preventing the redistribution of shares, – immediately after the appeal majoritarian with the consent of the exit or after the division of his share. However, to do this, you need to be careful and timely respond to changes in the registry.
Advantages/trap № 4. Exclusion of shareholder.
The protection against unlawful exclusion of shareholder is realized due to the lack of exclusion opportunities for non-fulfillment of shareholder`s obligations. But such protection may result in blocking decisions that require a unanimous vote if there are shareholders who do not systematically attend meetings and do not send representatives.
It is possible to exclude such shareholder s now (until 17.06.2019) only if such provisions exist in the charter of the company (during the year from the moment of the entry into force of the law, the charter is valid). Starting from June 17, 2019, it will be impossible to exclude a shareholder due to non-fulfillment of duties, because the specified norm of the statute will be in conflict with the law.
What to do then? To exclude such shareholders now or to conclude a corporate agreement, which would consolidate the obligation to sell a share in case of non-participation in the meeting. However, in the case of exclusion, the outcome may be a lawsuit and the need to prove non-fulfillment of obligations. And for the conclusion of a corporate agreement you need consent.
Advantages/trap № 5. Payment is not necessary?
Flexibility of the new law is its great advantage over the previous one. But at some points, the law can be called too flexible.
By establishing the general rule – the obligation to pay to a shareholder who has left, the market value of its share during the year, the law allows to change this term in charter. There are no maximum or minimum limits. Therefore, it is allowed to determine in the charter terms of 50 or 100 years.
Thus, the outcome of the participant will not have content, and the cost of the share significantly devalues, because it is determined on the day preceding the state registration of changes.
The risks of the new law may cause anxiety, which can hardly be called unjustified. However, it is possible to protect oneself and company, by means of drafting a quality charter and concluding a corporate agreement. In these documents, it is possible to regulate as much as possible in detail all procedures and predict possible risks, establish procedures for action in case of conflict, the obligation to obtain consent to alienate a stake, fix a percentage or the number of votes, other than the size of the share. This will substantially minimize the risks of the new law.
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Butterflies feeding on orange zinnias at the opening of the Shirley Richardson Butterfly Garden on 23 June 2011. Photo credit: J. Marcus
On the wings of Lepidoptera
Butterflies' secrets revealed
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The secret to how butterflies (scientific name: Lepidoptera) create such striking arrays has been partially solved by new research by scientists at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. They have figured out the genetic code by which butterflies assign colour patterns to different part of their wings during development.
"This research provides a key piece to the puzzle of how butterflies have managed to produce such a diversity of colour patterns," says biologist Dr. Jeffrey Marcus in the Faculty of Science. "We now have insight into the genetic mechanisms that determine how many eyespots are made on each wing surface, their positions on the wing, and whether a species makes uniform or variable eyespots."
Graphic showing a painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) walking on a diagram of butterfly wing veins and color patterns. Image credit: R. Abbasi
Marcus and his former graduate student Roohollah Abbasi discovered that during the transition from caterpillar to chrysalis, butterflies use a common set of transcription factors (codes that turn genes on and off) that create several developmental compartments in their wings. Prior to their work, it was believed there were only two such wing compartments, but Marcus and Abbasi have shown that both butterflies and flies actually have three compartments in each wing.
Marcus says: "We found a previously unknown, but critical component of the system that patterns the anterior-posterior (or "head-to-tail") axis of butterfly wings. It is a compartment boundary: a barrier that prevents cells from moving across an invisible line within a tissue during development in the posterior part of the wing. It's responsible for organizing the veins and colour patterns that occur there and in cells in the surrounding region. We have called this new boundary the far-posterior compartment boundary."
Abbasi adds, "Our studies allowed us to synthesize a new hypothesis for 'genetic addresses' responsible for directing the placement of eyespots and allowing them to be similar or different from one another on a single wing surface."
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Furthermore, the work by Marcus and Abbasi was unusual in that it focused on butterflies rather than fruit flies, which are most commonly studied by insect biologists. However, four decades of research on insect wings failed to find the compartment just discovered.
"In butterflies, we can use the colour patterns as landmarks, making the underlying developmental architecture of all insect wings more obvious," says Marcus.
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Workshop On Translating 19th Century Women's Writing & Writing for Women
By Editor on September 23, 2015
Seven-Day Translation Workshop organized by Department of English, The Bhawanipur Education Society College in collaboration with The Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures, Jadavpur University.
Does language influence thought? It is a complex question and one which traces its roots to the beginning of cultural and literary scholarship. Translation Studies which emerged onto the world stage in the late 1970s is an innovative field of academic research which, in recent times, has become the fundamental interdiscipline to decode the philosophical/cultural/literary/linguistic implications of the question through an extensive study of the praxis of translation all over the world. Translation, in turn, has evolved into a focal point of academic interest as a consequence of the processes of globalization which have rendered visible the importance of intercultural communication as well as highlighted the world-wide renewal of interest in exploring cultural origins and questions of identity. Translation has a pivotal role to play in aiding understanding of an increasingly fragmentary world. It is perceived today as the "indissoluble connection between language and way of life", across space and time. Translation, as a field of scholarship, is a relatively new discipline in India though; the history of translation in the country can be traced back to the pre-colonial times and is seen to fall into three broad areas: pre-colonial, colonial and post- colonial translation. While it has had specific relevance to each of these three areas, in current times, it has become a major key to promote regional/cultural interface in a country rich in socio-linguistic-cultural diversity but a diversity fraught with tensions and complexities of alterity. It has also performed a crucial role in lending visibility to the marginalised sections of the society. Diverse regional and marginalised voices have been brought to national and international attention through the practice of translation; however, much work in the field still remains to be undertaken.
It is with a view to encourage translation practices in India as a means of increased socio-cultural interaction as well as increase the availability of transcultural material for primary research in Translation Studies at the international level, that the Department of English, The Bhawanipur Education Society, Kolkata proposes to organize a seven-day Translation Workshop, in collaboration with the Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
The workshop will be conducted from 5th October to 11th October, 2015 at The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata and it will involve understanding the theoretical nuances of translation and developing the basic translation skills of the participants through multilingual translation of select 19thcentury women's writings and writings for women having archival importance. The interdisciplinary nature of the afore-mentioned thrust area makes it the most appropriate choice for the workshop which aims to expand the horizons of the existing translation praxis through assimilation of issues relevant to Cultural and Gender Studies. The proposed workshop aims to posit an innovative experiment in multilingual translation and the material translated during the workshop would be compiled and published as a contribution to future research in the field of academic study.
a) To contribute to primary research in the fields of Translation Studies, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies.
b) To encourage the practice of translation in India for greater socio-cultural interaction/understanding.
c) To facilitate the practice of multilingual translations.
Eligibility of the Participants:
College teachers, professional translators, research scholars in Translation Studies and people interested in translation.
Interested candidates can apply to Course Coordinators along with duly filled up registration form on before September 25,2015 . Registration form can also be downloaded from the college website www.thebges.edu.in.
Registration fee for the participants is INR 1000 (INR 500 for students). Participants will be provided with a working Lunch
Time & Venue of the Workshop:
The Workshop will be conducted during 10 am to 5 pm. The venue and precise Programme
Schedule will be sent to the participants upon registration.
For any information/Clarification please contact:
Prof. Sonal Kapur, Prof. Priti Shah or Dr. Gargi Talapatra
Translation Workshop:
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Q: Is there a list of words coined by authors such as Shakespeare? There are some lists of words coined by specific authors, but what I'd like to find, if it exists, is a meta-list of words coined by canonical authors (Shakespeare, Milton, etc). At the very least, is there a list (preferably online somewhere) of Milton's coinages?

A: There's a difference between coining (usually we'll never know who coined a word) and who was the first person we currently know of who wrote it down. See also this Boston Globe article: "Coined by Shakespeare? Think again. New research indicates he didn't make up all those words—he just used them better."
However, there are lists of first recorded words by popular authors.
The Oxford English Dictionary requires a subscription (though your local library may subscribe) and has a list of their top 1,000 sources. Clicking each source allows you to see their quotations: their top 10 most quoted texts; quotations: first in entry; quotations: first in sense; and quotations: other.

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*Shakespeare is the 2nd most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 33,149 quotations (about 1.06% of all OED quotations). 1,594 are the first evidence of a word and 8,018 are first evidence of a particular meaning.

*Milton is the 7th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 12,429 quotations (about 0.4% of all OED quotations). 595 are the first evidence of a word and 2,103 are first evidence of a particular meaning.

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or here: http://cri.it/flex/FixedPages/EN/Donazioni.php/L/EN?4fbce7bcdddbe. This link is to the Croce Rossa, aka the Italian Red Cross donation page.
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We are in agreement...these things are just disastrous and our hearts go out to the families of all who are effected by this tragedy.


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It will be his last day on the job before retirement.
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Brown highlighted several changes the department has seen during this tenure, including more rigorous training requirements and disaster preparedness, and the addition of an airport fire station to meet Federal Aviation Administration requirements.
During Brown's career, the fire department partnered with EMS and the police department's Special Situation Response Team.
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Not so terrible: Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra takes a different approach to playing ensemble music
Natalie Arbatman
STORY BY NATALIE ARBATMAN, PHOTOS COURTESY THE TERRIBLE ADULT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Wearing casual weekend clothes with their hair down, 70 people sit in folding chairs eating snacks and chatting about their week. It's hard to guess from their appearance, but each of these 70 people is a musician, about to play hours of classical music.
The Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra (TACO) is not your traditional music ensemble. The musicians may play the intricate compositions of Beethoven and Bach, but TACO is a non-audition orchestra, with members ranging from first-time players to veteran musicians.
Founded in 2011 by Cathy Humphers Smith and her husband Kent, TACO strives to create an environment in which any musician can play comfortably and without fear of failure. Humphers Smith said they chose "Terrible" to be in the group name as a "humorous way to set the expectations that it doesn't matter [how well you play], we're in this for fun."
According to Humphers Smith, traditional ensembles can be intimidating for novice musicians and difficult even for experienced ones. She said that because performance orchestras are obsessed with improvement and perfection, musicians often feel discouraged from playing.
"You're not performing for anybody, nobody's buying a ticket, you're not beating things to death to make them perfect," Humphers Smith said. "You're just enjoying playing music for the sake of playing it."
(courtesy TACO)
Karl Swartz, who quit playing violin after his college ensemble said he'd have to practice for hours every day to be a part of their orchestra, said that TACO is made for people who want to play music "just for the fun of it."
Though the group began with 20 musicians playing in Humphers Smith's living room, it has grown to over 70 people attending each meeting and over 700 sit on TACO's mailing list. Prior to the pandemic, TACO met monthly at the Los Altos Youth Center for three hours to play together.
"Our objective is to all start the piece at the same time and end it at the same time," said Ola Cook, a flutist who joined TACO in 2012 after dropping the flute in 1997. "Whatever happens in the middle is okay."
This mentality welcomes musicians who would be unable to participate in most orchestras, such as those who struggle playing full pieces because of medical conditions or inexperience.
"There are fine musicians who play with performing groups who develop Parkisnons or brain tumors, and they can continue playing with TACO because it doesn't matter, nobody is judging them, they don't have to sound perfect," Humphers Smith said.
Mark Serjeant, a clarinet player for TACO, developed a sinus condition that makes playing full pieces on the clarinet difficult. He said the relaxed venue that TACO provides means he can continue playing music without worrying about sounding perfect or even being able to play the whole song.
"I try to play at least one note per measure to try to stay in sync and TACO is the right place for me because they don't care," Sergeant said. "Occasionally, we have a song and I actually can play the whole song so it's a great venue for me."
Serjeant, who played clarinet in his college marching band said he "put the clarinet in the closet and never took it back out" after he graduated in 1972. That was until 2012 when he joined TACO after reading an article about the group. Serjeant said his favorite part of the casual atmosphere is that he can feel relaxed playing music.
"It's not like you're dragging the performance down, because we don't perform," Serjeant said.
Humphers Smith said her organization contributes to a recent movement to make classical music more accessible. She said that classical music is losing audiences because of the procedures that are associated with watching a performance.
"The listener has to dress up, buy an expensive ticket … There is a protocol for taking in classical music," Humphers Smith said. "It's an incredible thing to see a concert live, but they are losing audiences because it's not seen as very approachable."
Fourth of July "jam session," 2021. (courtesy TACO)
Swartz describes their regular gathering as "jam sessions" rather than concerts, or even practices.
These sessions occur once per month when musicians, regulars and those new to TACO, gather to play six pieces of new music for three hours.
According to Humphers Smith, who also serves as the group's conductor, most musicians come up to an hour early to set up their instruments and mingle. Then, someone leads everyone in tuning their instruments.
After tuning, the orchestra plays its set pieces for the session, which come out of the 400 arrangements that Humphers Smith has purchased from school orchestras; school orchestras "take the original music, and make it suitable for certain levels of learning," which allows various skill-levels to play the same piece.
"I want to be playing music that is famous and that people know, but I don't want it to be so difficult that people can't do it and they don't have success," Humphers Smith said.
Humphers Smith says she tries to vary the genres and types of music the group plays each session. According to Swartz, they have played showtunes, classical and pop, among others. Swartz said that TACO is more "adventurous" than the traditional orchestras he also plays in, which he said "constrain the music."
"When we play show tunes like 'Oklahoma,' I enjoy that a lot more than playing Mozart or Beethoven or all the Russian people whose names I can't pronounce," Serjeant said.
This practice follows TACO's guiding principle of making music accessible for all. Boasting a group of diverse community members, TACO prides itself on being open to all skill levels. The group is open to all ages, but the majority of participants are adults.
"It's important to have a place like that, otherwise adults don't get an opportunity to play," Humphers Smith said.
The wide range of musicians all come together to form a tight-knit community. According to Cook, the support from this group has built her confidence and inspired her to take risks with music, such as travelling to Scotland to perform with a Scotish orchestra, which she said she wouldn't have otherwise considered.
"We'll count under our breath for people who have a little trouble with staying on time," Cook said. "TACO offers a community and an incredible opportunity for people to be able to get together with other musicians … and do something that's uplifting."
Many TACO musicians branch out and create chamber ensembles, coined the Taquitos, with other members who play the same instrument.
Cook said she appreciates the opportunity to connect with other musicians and have a forum to ask questions and share about music.
"Now, because I have this community of musicians around me, if I'm experiencing something odd I can ask 'Does this sound right to you?' or 'Have you ever had this happen?' and we can all help each other," Cook said. "It's really like an extended family."
This support extends to the community at large. Humphers Smith said that the holidays last year inspired her to collaborate with KMVT on their programming for seniors who had been isolated at home. Freestyle Academy student volunteers edited together individual videos from each musician and the final product, ten Christmas songs, was broadcasted on KMTV to seniors at home.
Although Humphers Smith said there was initially a huge learning curve with virtual concerts, she adapted and they played a second concert in a similar format with the TACO chapter in Los Angeles. Musicians each played a part of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida."
"Musicians have suffered like nobody's business over this pandemic, it has just been such a burden on musicians in one way, and in another way, it's opened the doors to so many people who are willing to put in the time to do technical work," Cook said.
Humphers Smith said that playing music provides an escape for people from their daily lives because "you leave all your problems outside and you forget about everything that's going on in your life."
"Playing with other people live means hearing the other voices and getting to know how you fit in. You're a part of a group that's creating something," Humphers Smith said. "It's transcendent."
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For the past week or so I've been watching a family of Downy Woodpeckers in my back yard. My first glimpse was of an adult female feeding an insect to one of her offspring.
Since then, Mom has made herself scarce, and Dad seems to have the assignment of teaching the kids how to eat convenience food from our feeder.
The male flies to the feeder for a seed, then to the trunk of a Flowering Dogwood tree where he uses the hollowed out space of a knothole to mash the seed, repeatedly pecking at it with his beak to prepare it for consumption. Sort of like using a mortar and pestle to make a paste. Once the food is properly prepared, he feeds his offspring, occasionally having a bite himself.
Initially I saw the adult male with just one other bird who was flying pretty confidently, so at first I thought I might be watching a mate feeding ritual between an adult male and female.
Then three Downies appeared together, an adult male in the company of two birds that were lacking the signature red patch on the back of the head that distinguishes the adult male Downy from the female and juvenile Downies. The adult male fed both of the other birds, and there wasn't much squabbling, so I had to take a more careful look to be sure of what was going on.
On closer inspection, the birds that are being fed have black plumage that is somewhat duller than the adults, the white streak above the eye is broader and ends toward the back of the head with white speckles, and there are white speckles just above the beak, characteristics of juvenile birds. Mystery solved!
So two young Downy Woodpeckers have just about successfully fledged. They're still looking for handouts from Mom and Dad, but they're learning to feed themselves.
To enlarge a photo, click on the image below.
Female Downy Woodpecker feeding juvenile. Notice the hint of red on the young bird's head.
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Hi, I've just (yesterday) watched very similar behaviour by great spotted woodpeckers here at Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire (UK). I took a series (a couple of hundred) pictures, and csame to the same conclusion as yourself.
I haven't yet posted the pictures on Flickr, but should be doing so in a couple of weeks.
Very exciting to see these detailed photos and observations. What a good father!
Parents but no babies in our yard yet.
I was surprised to see such mature fledglings so early. Yesterday I saw one of them attempting the feeder itself. There are just-hatched house wrens next door, too.
Your photos are so inspiring. I would love to see a downy family in action. I have a downy at my feeder and I will be keeping watch in hopes of getting a glimpse of this gift of nature.
Thanks, Elaine! Keep watching and I'm sure you see them. Just to be sure, though, the habitat they need for nesting is a dead tree. They excavate a hole for their nest, usually near the end of a dead snag, stub or branch. Dead trees or wood are also important food sources, since many insects may be sheltering there. Insects provide necessary protein for birds, especially important when they are raising their young.


Not long ago a friend convinced me to watch the Food Network show, Chopped. In case you aren't familiar, the idea is that four chefs compete through three rounds–appetizer, entree, and dessert–using four 'mystery ingredients' in each round to create quick, creative, delicious, good-looking food. The idea of making do with what you have is compelling. It's something that appeals to the practical home cook in us, and it provides a delightful challenge for those of us who want to push ourselves a bit. As the subtitle shows: The Chopped Cookbook: Use What You've Got to Cook Something Great aims to teach us to do something a little bit similar. (Unlike the show, there isn't a tendency to include one gratuitous processed ingredient just to make things difficult!) Thus, when I had the opportunity to review the cookbook, I just had to give it a shot.
The divisions in the cookbook aim to teach you multiple ways to prepare single main ingredients. For instance, there are entire chapters for pasta, eggs, chicken, ground meats, salads, fish, and grains. There's a short dessert chapter as well, and one for quick ways to prepare vegetables of all kinds. There are also a few charts spread throughout, such as a master recipe for salad dressing accompanied by an entire chart full of specific dressings. The chart is broken up into vinaigrettes vs. creamy dressings and includes things like a bacon-citrus vinaigrette, a spicy Asian vinaigrette, a buttermilk-herb dressing, and a blue cheese dressing, for a total of 17. And of course you can create variations on these 17 with whatever you have on hand for an even wider variety. There are also a few pages that give a four-ingredient 'market basket' selection and then show three quick separate recipes you can make from the ingredients. For example, tart apples, kale, almond butter, and skinless boneless chicken breasts become: grilled chicken banh mi with almond mayo and pickled apple kale slaw; almond fried chicken with roasted kale and apples; and spicy African chicken and almond stew. It's a great way to show by example.
I find the recipes to be very appealing. The ground meats chapter includes such delights as Cajun spiced burgers, pork and egg stir-fry with broccoli, pork barbecue meatball sandwiches, meat and collards pizza, and Turkish chicken tacos. In this chapter you'll also find a page providing three easy ways to jazz up meatloaf. The "flash in the pan" chapter includes a page for making pot roast more interesting. Much like the market basket pages these include three different quick-and-easy recipes, and again they're perfect for demonstrating what you can do to turn a handful of ingredients into something new and delicious.
The chapter on vegetables is one of my favorites. It's organized alphabetically by vegetable, and each vegetable comes with three simple recipes (again), each of which is based on just a few main ingredients. There's a cauliflower and cannellini bean mash that substitutes beautifully for mashed potatoes. There's a Moroccan carrot salad that has a surprisingly nuanced flavor, and refrigerated leftovers lasted much better than I expected; I highly recommend making it with rainbow carrots for the presentation value, as in the photo above. The only recipe that didn't come out well (obviously we haven't tried all or even most of the recipes yet) was the salt-roasted beets with horseradish sour cream (images below). The salt-roasting left the beets inedibly salty, but the sour cream sauce was so good that next time I'd just roast the beets normally and serve with that sauce, so it only half-counts as a failed recipe.
I particularly enjoy the dessert chapter even though it isn't long. In the spirit of the Chopped kitchen make-do-with-what-you-have attitude, we made the thin lemon pancakes with sweetened sour cream and blueberries with cherries instead, and it was lovely. We made the warm salted caramel banana pudding as stated, but then we made it again with blueberries. I didn't expect that to work, but it turns out that it does as long as you only cook the blueberries in the caramel long enough to make them dark and plump, but not long enough to make them burst (maybe 30 seconds or so).
Another wonderful resource is the list of useful ingredients to keep on hand that's found in the front of the book. Normally I don't get much out of these, but the secret here is how they're organized. Need a touch of savory flavor in your dish, but not sure what to use? There's a list of salty and savory additives to cover you. Other lists include tanginess, crunch, acidity, and richness. It's a great way to help you balance your flavors.
We fully intend to continue making use of the Chopped cookbook long after we've reviewed it, which is the mark of a truly good cookbook. I found it inspiring with regard to the 'use what you've got' mantra, which kind of surprised me. The folks who put together the cookbook clearly cared about more than cashing in on the show's name.


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Bitcoin News Bitcoin is Nearing to Become Digital Gold: Former JPMorgan Executive
Bitcoin is Nearing to Become Digital Gold: Former JPMorgan Executive
Ex-JP Morgan executive and a famous Mathematics Professor Alex Gurevich told during an opinion editorial to Yahoo Finance that Bitcoin is not far from becoming digital gold. He said that rise and fall of different alternative cryptocurrencies and fork considerations is a common occurrence in the crypto market, but timely development of the crypto market proves to be beneficial for Bitcoin. He further added, "Bitcoin will not disappear everyday, it is not so far to get a permanent registration status of digital gold in the global market."
Highlighting the value of a precious metal like gold and the incessant demand for it, Gurevich said that in earlier centuries gold had been a source of exchange and remains the same in an uncorrupted form in the market. Gold is neither the rarest metal nor the most common precious metal in the world. But it has been retained its value time to time.
He went on further by saying, "Over many centuries in the history, the middle ground that gold went held has ended up having lot of advantages in it, so as it is also quite common to be a cryptocurrency that has a huge user base all over the world. However, it is also not so common that mining might easily affect and disrupt its price." Gifted with such distinctive advantages, metal gold has been able to overcome and stay ahead of its competitor metals. This has led to gold gaining enviable credibility and immense popularity worldwide.
Expressing his belief on a growth phenomenon, Gurevich said that while Ethereum is battling to be digital copper, Bitcoin is progressing quite well to become digital gold in the world market. This growth phenomenon will mean that while the value of Ethereum will be driven out, the demand for Bitcoin will be driven by the sole need of it being a store of liquidity value.
When questioned "Why Bitcoin is specifically the best performer, gaining the top rank in the crypto race?" Gurevich explained, "The advantage of incumbency that has favoured the bitcoin currency, and that was just similar to the gold concept did to its competitor precious metals (which may or may not have had a better possible advantages, rarity it had), similarly the king of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin is in the process of dominating the competition."
He clarified that buying Bitcoin in 2015 was much easier as compared to the present situation. Today, it is very complicated, believes Gurevich.
"Bitcoin may or may not be a bubble," but it is imperative to note that since its inception Bitcoin has undergone various 'meaningful corrections.' Noteworthy, are the ones Bitcoin survived in 2014 and 2018. The more Bitcoin 'survives and stabilizes,' the more it gains gold credibility.
Alex Gurevich, is however, not the only one believes that Bitcoin is on its way to become the digital gold. Even Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple once called Bitcoin as 'the only pure digital gold.' He expressed his views stating, "being totally decentralized and having no central control. That's the first one they have to give up to try to have a business model." Wozniak asserted that as he already owns a Bitcoin unit, his ownership is merely to make experiments on using Bitcoin as a better payment method rather than being an investor in the cryptocurrency.
Founder Of Grayscale Investments Barry Silbert Purchases Fresh Altcoins
Expansion of Fidelity from Bitcoin to Other Assets
Bitcoin [BTC] vouchers all set for getting traded at Coinstar after the affiliation alongside Bitcoin ATM maker Coinme
Bitcoin Currency [BCH] vs. Bitcoin [BTC]: Studies claim BCH in no way excavated its special 8MB block


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Career Night for Praytor in Windy City
Chicagoland Speedway has not been kind to Thomas "Moose" Praytor over the last 4 seasons but this year the team had a new car and a new attitude fueled by their success during the 2016 season.
For the final 3 races, RK486 "Black Betty" had been completely redone since it's last outing over a year ago with a new body and a new car underneath.
The new car fought the team during practice, a new-transmission, steering box along with a laundry list of changes after practice and the Project Semi Colon Ford was ready for qualifying. The hard work paid off and the Ford Fusion picked up over a second qualifying 22nd.
All of the changes and repairs after practice made the Project Semi Colon late for the inline time and instead of starting 22nd would have to fall back to the tail end of the 35 car field to start the race.
"A lot of work went into this car and it paid off the first laps on the track. A lot of stability with the new body (Greg) Purkey put on for us made it easy to drive over the bumps."
Praytor wasn't the only driver taking up the tail end of the SCOTT 150, another Ford, the 99 of Austin Cendric was late for in line time and the pair of Fords would be shotgun on the field.
With Tab Boyd on the roof the Ford duo took to the high side of the track and started slicing their way to the front.
"Had a lot of fun those first couple of laps with Austin, his Ford was bad fast." Within a few laps the Project Semi Colon Ford was inside the top 20.
An early caution had the Moose come to pit road to top off with Sunoco fuel and on the restart the normal bottom feeding driver was back at the top of the track picking up spots.
On lap 30 the 52 lost a side window and the Project Semi Colon Ford was brought to pit road for 4 General Tires, Sunoco fuel and a track bar adjustment trying to free the Ford up in the corners. The guys had a solid stop, made the changes and the Moose was down and away, ready for a long green flag run.
40 plus green flag laps a caution for Shane Lee let the field come back to pit road. "Our Project Semi Colon Ford just kept getting tighter (wouldn't turn) as the night went on."
This time the Moose would get 4 fresh Generals and a full load of Sunoco plus a track bar change and a wedge change. Back under green Betty really didn't like the changes and the Moose had his hands full but was still making progress.
By lap 100 Praytor had worked his way up to 15th a career best at Chicagoland.
"Really a solid night for our team, the guys had great stops, Tab did an awesome job from the roof. I'm really not comfortable at the top of the track but we kept creeping up there. Really proud to carry the Project Semi Colon colors one more time, Amy and her group do an awesome job. It was a good points night for us, Josh and his guys ran into some trouble early. We have a lot of ground to pick up to catch him but we aren't going to give up until the checkered flag falls in Kansas."
After 3 races in 11 days the team has a long week in Mobile before heading to Kentucky Speedway for the Crosley Brands 150 Friday night live on Fox Sports 2.


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Q: Cython cast PyObject* to object without increasing reference counter I understand that when I'm make casting like: <object> p, where p is PyObject* reference counter is increased. Is it possible to cast PyObject* to object without increasing reference counter?

A: In short: no. Variables typed as Python objects always use reference counters. However depending on what you actually want to do there might be various ways to avoid reference counting. For example if you only need the cast temporarily for accessing a single property you can simply use (<Foo>p).myProperty which does not increase reference counters as far as I've understood (source). This whole thread in the cython-users group also gives some more insights into how to avoid reference counting.


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Renewable energy usage has picked up lot of steam in the corporate sector what with carbon credit exchange and Corporate Social Responsibility. However, like a lot of other initiatives, cutting down on energy usage and investing on renewable power is seen as a cost which does not bear any returns.
Well, to a certain extent short-term benefits for switching to renewable power may not be there. For a lot of companies, quarterly earnings are the benchmark and as such investing on renewable power may not seem like a strategic business driver. Be that as it may, a few companies realize the need for sustainable business and have been taking the initiatives to utilize renewable sources for their electricity needs.
Of these Kohl's Corporation and Whole Foods managed to source all their electricity needs from renewable sources alone. Given the size and scale of operations these companies have, this is a significant achievement and my guess is that these companies would have started implemented a renewable energy strategy atleast 5-6 years back.
The report also highlighted other companies who are increasingly switching to renewable sources for their power consumption requirements. Adobe Systems , News Corp, Deutsche Bank AG, Starbucks, Metlife, Nokia, Allianz and Johnson & Johnson are some of the companies identified as leveraging renewable energy as source of power.
It is interesting to see a lot of companies in the financial services sector being big proponents of renewable energy. One critical area I think these companies consume a lot of power would be in terms of IT infrastructure or data centers.
Data centers are huge energy guzzlers and that could be a reason for high power requirements in financial services companies. Companies in the financial sector have started increasing the procurement of renewable power to a great extent.
Technology companies continue to be at the forefront of using renewable energy to power their operations. Companies like Intel, Motorola, Dell etc. have all been procuring renewable power for a long time and continue to do so.
Recently, Google has upped its focus on renewable energy and is even inviting R&D folks to work with Google in generating electricity from renewable energy. I am also curious to know what kind of strategy IBM has for renewable energy. Sustainable business has been a key part of their Smarter Planet campaigns and it would be great to see if the company does what it preaches.
Using renewable energy for electricity might still not have become a necessity but it is an eventuality. It is going to become a key component of sustainable business practice and the regulatory pressures are already making companies rethink their resource consumption practices.
Switching to renewable power might be tad costly but in the long run, companies and the world at large stand to gain from it. So, the earlier more and more companies tap renewable energy for electricity they will not only turn themselves into cleaner and efficient companies but also contribute towards creating a cleaner world to live in.
What are your thoughts on the usage of renewable resources for power generation in companies? Do you see this happening much more going forward and will majority of companies make the switch to renewable resources for their electricity needs?
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Q: excel macro to read text file and find matches in cells I really could use some help
I have two .txt/csv files that I need to read from into my excel file.
In my excel file I have a whole column, each cell containing string of characters and I need to write a script to be able find matches and and copy an adjacent column from that txt file.
An example of a single row on my txt file is shown below:
"AB101AA","AB10 1AA","AB101A","AB10 1A","AB101","AB10 1","AB10","AB10","AB","10",394251,806376,,
"AB101AF","AB10 1AF","ABERDEEN","ABERDEENSHIRE",,"ABERDEEN, CITY OF"
My excel file would have a cell which probably say "AB101AF" and i want the corresponding cell to run through a million rows and find the match and then find the corresponding nth cell on the txt file and return it on the excel spreadsheet example "ABERDEEN, CITY OF".
I know I havent been helpful in explaining the issue. But any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

A: Depending upon the size of your text file you could import the file using the GetExternalData option in Excel. This would allow you to load your data into a different Sheet and then use a lookup to your data from the main Sheet. Using Match and/or vlookup should help here.
You could also add a workbook connection to the text file and search using the connection.


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Cubic copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) nanoparticles prepared via electrolytic deposition are presented with their morphology and crystalline structure characterized with SEM and XRD. The advantage of this methodology is that it allows the fabrication of uniform cubic nanoparticles with permeable structures onto the desired underlying electrode substrate. It was observed that the CuHCF film acts as a permeable membrane for cations such as K+, Na+, Li+, and with a selection order of K+ Li+ Na+. Furthermore, the analytical utility of these cubic-like CuHCF morphologies supported on a glassy carbon electrode was evaluated towards the electrochemical oxidation of hydrazine which was found to exhibit a linear response over the range 66 M to 17 mM with a detection limit corresponding to 16.5 M.
There is an increasing demand for simple, inexpensive, and rapid analytical tests to detect biological and environmental compounds. Ever since the pioneering work of Neff  and Itaya et al.  using Prussian blue (PB) modified electrodes, extensive electrochemical studies on PB [3–5] and its analogue modified electrodes, such as cobalt hexacyanoferrate (CoHCF), nickel hexacyanoferrate (NiHCF), copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) have been of great interest to electrochemists due to their interesting properties, especially the ability to mediate electrochemical reactions such as electrocatalyzed oxidations; for example, they can be used in biosensing for the detection of glucose [6, 7] and many other important analytes.
Hydrazine is widely used in various fields, for example, it is a strong reducing agent used as an oxygen scavenger for corrosion control, and it can also be employed as a starting material for different derivatives of hydrazine . Moreover, hydrazine salts with methyl and dimethyl derivatives are used as rocket fuels, gas generators, and explosives . It is well known that hydrazine is volatile and toxic and is easily absorbed by oral, dermal, or inhalation routes of exposure. Adverse health effects on people living near hazardous waste sites caused by hydrazine and its derivatives have been explored in detail , and the maximum recommended level of hydrazine is 1 ppm in trade effluents . For these reasons, it is urgently required to provide a sensitive method for the determination of hydrazine in waste water and soil.
In the present work, a feasible way to produce CuHCF films is presented via cyclic voltammetry utilizing a glassy carbon electrode as the underlying electrode substrate. Characterization of the CuHCF films via SEM indicates a uniform and compact surface covered with highly ordered cubic nanoparticles with analysis via XRD confirming that the highly ordered nano-particles have a high degree of crystallization. Note that there are many reports of utilizing metals hexacyanoferrates as electrocatalytic substrates, but we find only two reports which have cubic and nanomorphologies [12, 13]. The immobilized CuHCF shows good permeability for various cations using cyclic voltammetry and exhibits electro-catalytic responses towards the sensing of hydrazine suggesting its use as a potential sensor for hydrazine with excellent analytical performances.
All chemicals were of analytical grade from Changzheng (Chengdu, China) and were used without further purification. Electrochemical measurements were performed using an LK9805 electrochemical analyzer (Tianjin, China). A bright platinum foil served as a counterelectrode, and an Ag/AgCl was used as reference electrode. The working electrode was a glassy carbon (GC) rod of 5 mm diameter encased in PTFE. Powder diffractograms were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD, Cu Kα, Fine Tube, 40 kV-25 mA) over the 2θ range from 10° to 90° at a scan step of 0.06°. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was obtained on S4800 field emission scanning electron microanalyser (Hitachi, Japan).
For the preparation of the copper hexacyanoferrate modified GC electrodes, the CuHCF film was electrochemically deposited by cyclic voltammetry via cycling the glassy electrode from 0.0 to +1.0 V (versus SCE) at scan rate of 50 mV/s in a fresh solution containing 0.25 M KH2 PO3, 0.125 mM CuSO4, and 0.125 mM K3[Fe(CN)6]. After 30 cycles, the GC was taken out and rinsed thoroughly with double-distilled water. After being conditioned in 0.5 M KNO3 overnight, the electrode was ready for use.
Figure 1: (a) Cyclic voltammograms (30 cycles) of CuHCF films at the glassy carbon electrode recorded in 0.25 M KH2PO3 + 0.125 mM CuSO4 + 0.125 mM K3[Fe(CN)6] solutions with Ag/AgCl reference electrode. Scan rate: 50 mV/s. Curves from inner to outer correspond to the 1th, 5th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th cycles, respectively. (b) XRD pattern of the CuHCF film. (c) SEM image of copper hexacyanoferrates nanoparticles (CuHCFNPs). (d) Comparative cyclic voltammograms of the CuHCF-modified GCE in (A) 0.1 M NH4 NO3, (B) 0.1 M LiNO3, (C) 0.1 M KNO3, and (D) 0.1 M NaNO3 solutions. Scan rate: 50 mV/s.
It is interesting to note that sol-gel aggregation and precipitation occurs simultaneously in the process of electrochemical deposition from a colloidal solution . These adverse factors will unavoidably decrease the lifetime and reproducibility of the modified electrodes between batch experiments. To overcome these problems above, the CuHCF films were subjected to an aging process before use; the modified electrodes were placed in a potassium nitrate solution for 12 h .
Figure 1(b) shows an XRD pattern of the CuHCF particles as prepared by the electrochemical deposition process. The crystal structure was characterized by XRD, and a scanning rate of 0.06°/s was applied to record the patterns in the 2θ range of 10–60°. Miller indexes (111), (220), (311), (400), (420), (422), (440), (600), and (620) of the diffraction planes are corresponding to the standard pattern (JCPDS 53-0084). The peak position for the main diffraction peak position agrees well with diffraction data for Cu1.5[Fe(CN)6]·6H2O confirming the film composition. There are very few impurity diffraction peaks observed from CuHCF film, showing high purity and lattice structure. Moreover, the Miller indexes of the diffraction planes are all even or all odd in number, suggesting that the electrochemically deposited film has a face-centered cubic crystal structure. As shown in Figure 1(b), the relative intensity of diffraction peaks is high and the FWHM of peaks is narrow, indicating a high degree of crystallization in the film.
In addition, the morphology and grain sizes of the CuHCF nanoparticles formed on the GC electrode were examined using SEM, as shown in Figure 1(c). It is very interesting to note that those electrochemically deposited CuHCF nanoparticles at the GC electrode surface present a cubic morphology with very narrow particle size distribution with the particle size distribution, also shown, indicate that the nanoparticles have an average size of 210 nm.
It is well known that CuHCF films are potentially permeable membranes for cations such as K+, , Li+, and Na+ [15, 16]. The electrochemical behaviors of the CuHCF-modified GCE prepared via 15 continuous cycles in LiNO3, NaNO3, KNO3, and NH4NO3 solution were explored. Figure 1(d) presents typical cyclic voltammograms of the CuHCF-modified GC electrode in these four different supporting electrolytes. According to the limiting mobility by Stokes' law, the radius of the hydrated Li+, Na+, K+, and is 2.1, 1.83, 1.25, and 1.25 Å, respectively [17, 18]. According to Figure 1(d) we may determine that the transfer order is K+ > Li+ > Na+ > NH4+ in the deposited CuHCF film. It was found that the order of and Li+ was not as predicted K+, , which can be a result of a strong coordination bond between NH3 and Fe2+, or Cu2+ , leading to partial dissolving of the CuHCF film. Note that these experiments were performed multiple times to ensure that no memory effects prevailed. The good permeability of Li+ can be reasonably explained in terms of a partial dehydration of hydrated Li+ that reduces the cation to an appropriate size to enter the lattice. [20, 21] The radii of naked ions Li+, Na+, K+, are 0.6, 0.95, 1.33, and 0.99 Å, and those of hydrated ions are 2.1, 1.8, 1.25, and 1.25 Å, respectively; after complete dehydration, naked Li+ has the smallest radius, which may be a prerequisite for it to be incorporated into the CuHCF lattice .
Figure 2(a) shows cyclic voltammetric responses of the CuHCF-modified electrode recorded in KNO3 electrolytes with K+ concentrations varied from 0.01 to 0.15 M. With increasing K+ concentration, the voltammetric peak potentials were shifted to more positive potentials, and the result is in good agreement with the involvement of potassium ions in the redox reaction . When the peak potentials of the oxidation peak were plotted versus the logarithm of K+ concentration, a straight line was obtained (insert of Figure 2(a)) with the slope (0.398 V) which is significantly lower than the theoretical value of 59 mV (Nernstian behavior) which would be expected for the sole involvement of K+. A possible explanation of lower than 59 mV slopes is due to more complex redox behavior of the CuHCF-modified electrode and/or to partial charge compensation anions from the electrolyte .
Figure 2: (a) Dependence of the cyclic voltammetric response at a CuHCF modified glass carbon paste electrode on concentrations of K+: (a) 0.01, (b) 0.05, (c) 0.1, (d) 0.5, and(e) 1 M respectively in KNO3 buffer. Insert: plot of Ep versus −log [K+]. (b) Cyclic voltammetric responses of CuHCF modified electrodes at various scan rates from 15 to 145 mV/s recorded in pH 7 PBS. Inset: Plot of oxidation peak current and the reduction current for CuHCF modified electrodes against the square root of scan rate. (c) Cyclic voltammograms (1) at a bare glassy carbon paste, (2) bare glassy carbon paste in 66 μM hydrazine in pH 7 PBS, (3) at CuHCF /GCE electrode and (4) CuHCF/GCE electrode in 66 μM hydrazine. Scan rate: 50 mV/s; (d) Chronoamperometric curves of the modified electrodes upon additions of hydrazine in PBS (pH 7) at + 0.72 V. Insert: The relationship between current response of CuHCF/GCE and hydrazine concentrations.
Next, attention was turned to evaluating the analytical performance of the CuHCF-modified electrode towards the sensing of hydrazine. The cyclic voltammetric response of the bare electrode and modified electrode in a solution of 66 μM hydrazine in pH 7 PBS is depicted in Figure 2(c), where it can be observed that the modified electrode results in an increase in oxidation peak current towards the electrochemical oxidation of hydrazine indicating an electro-catalytic nature of the CuHCF cubic nanoparticles. As is reported in literature , the pair of peaks observed in Figure 2(c) are likely due to the redox processes of Fe(II)/Fe(II) with the potential difference between them due to the K+ pairing saturation level of the iron centers.
A typical hydrodynamic amperometry (Figure 2(d)) was obtained by successively adding 0.3 mM hydrazine into continuously agitated pH 7 PBS solution. The CuCHF/GCE exhibited well-defined current responses with the response of the electrode being very fast in reaching a dynamic equilibrium upon each addition of the sample solution, with a response time of less than 4 seconds. With the addition of hydrazine, the current increased in a stepwise fashion with the insert of Figure 2(d) depicting the calibration graph for hydrazine at the CuCHF/GCE. The electrode response is found to be linear towards hydrazine over the concentration range from 66 μM to 16.7 mM. The detection limit was found, based on 3-sigma, to correspond to 16 μM () which is superior to previous literature reports such as [23, 24] utilizing metal hexacyanoferrate films and is analytically useful towards potential applications where hydrazine needs to be monitored. The difference in analytical performance might likely be due to the cubic morphology of the CuCHF on the GC electrode where other reports utilize a thin film [23, 24].
A simple method was used to construct a CuHCF/GCE electrode which exhibited an analytically useful performance towards the sensing of hydrazine. The modified electrode, when combined with separation methods such as flow injection and liquid chromatography, can be used for industry, environmental, and biological samples for microquantitative determination of hydrazine content; we are currently exploring the CuHCF cubic morphologies on other electrode substrates and into real sample analysis.
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EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou: "There is no need to panic"
EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has said a possible swine flu global epidemic, or pandemic, would not necessarily cause widespread deaths.
She said Europe was well prepared and there was "no need to panic".
She was speaking after an emergency meeting of health ministers on ways to contain the virus, which has been confirmed in six EU countries.
The ministers rejected a French proposal for a continent-wide suspension on flights to Mexico.
After the talks in Luxembourg Ms Vassiliou said: "We are worried, but we are on top of things."
She added: "The fact that we have been preparing ourselves in the EU for an event such as this for some years now, and the experience gained so far, puts us in a much stronger position."
None of the dozens of cases of swine flu reported on the continent so far has been severe.
The health ministers agreed to work "without delay" with pharmaceutical companies to develop a vaccine.
Rejecting the French plan on suspending flights to Mexico - the main focus of the outbreak - they said it was up to member states to set their own policies.
Earlier the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) - which increased its pandemic alert to five on Wednesday - said it had no immediate plans for a further rise.
"We do not have any evidence to suggest that we should move to phase six today, or any such move is imminent right now," said WHO Assistant Director General Keiji Fukuda.
In Mexico, the number of confirmed cases rose to 260 - up from 26 on Wednesday, something experts attributed to many laboratory results coming in.
The Mexican government increased the number of confirmed deaths from swine flu from 8 to 12.
President Felipe Calderon has urged people to stay at home over the next five days.
The US has announced that it will buy 13 million new courses of antiviral treatment and send 400,000 of them to Mexico.
Meanwhile the WHO says it will now call the virus influenza A (H1N1) rather than swine flu - which it says is misleading as pork meat is safe and the virus is being transmitted from human to human.
Egypt has begun a mass slaughter of its pigs, and Ghana is the latest country to ban pork imports as a precaution against swine flu.
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The news on the economic front is somewhat disconcerting. The last quarter growth rate has fallen to 3.8%. What is worse, the revenues of Union government in the first quarter are Rs.10, 000 crore below estimates and the fiscal deficit has risen significantly. Two major credit rating agencies have down graded India's creditworthiness. There are early days yet, and things could improve in the remaining fiscal year. But news from manufacturing sector is not very happy either. In fact, if services sector is excluded, there is stagnation in much of agriculture and industry.
The chief concern of an average urban middle-class housewife is her child's admission to a prestigious private English medium school, or her inability to get cheap hired domestic help, preferably a child worker. Six years ago RK Laxman drew an insightful cartoon that depicts our society. Two boys – one healthy, standing erect in school uniform; the other weak, ill-clad and groaning under the weight of a load of books and lunch box with two ladies looking on. The mother of the uniformed child tells her companion, "It's really cruel burdening the kids like this!


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