The National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA), a body of ayurveda and unani practitioners in the country, is up in arms over a letter purportedly written by the Medical Council of India (MCI) seeking action under the anti–quackery provisions against doctors, who offer integrated medicine. Integrated medicine combines the Indian system of medicine (ISM) with modern allopathy in the treatment of patients.
The association has challenged the veracity of the letter on the grounds that it is full of factual as well as grammatical errors. "It (the letter) appears to be a case of gross misuse of the MCI letterhead by elements opposed to ISM," NIMA secretary general V D Tembhurnikar told TOI on Wednesday.
The letter, dated August 10, is purportedly signed by MCI secretary Lt Col (Retd) A R N Setalvad and is addressed to the health secretaries, health directors, district magistrates and superintendent of police of all the states. Among other things, it refers to doctors offering integrated medicine as "quacks" and calls for a check on them by way of steps like enlisting such medical practitioners, checking their qualifications, status of enrolment for practice of medical profession, etc.
"What is a matter of greater concern for us is that the administration in certain districts like Solapur, Beed, Parbhani and Hingoli have started acting on the basis of this dubious letter without verifying whether it has indeed been issued by the MCI," said Tembhurnikar. Similar action has also been reported by members from other states like Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, among others, he added. "We also want to know whether the MCI has the authority to issue such directives when ISM practitioners are regulated by the Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM)."
Tembhurnikar said, "The telephone numbers on the letterhead are wrong; the signature does not match that of Setalvad's, the MCI website does not carry a post on such a letter. Moreover, Setalvad has been on mandatory leave since May and couldn't have issued the letter."
NIMA, which has close to 7 lakh ayurveda and unani practitioners enrolled with the respective state councils of Indian medicine, has taken up the issue with the CCIM and the MCI.
When contacted, MCI joint secretary Prasanna Raj acknowledged the issue and said, "The matter of the letter cited by NIMA has been referred to the MCI's ethics committee. Let the committee find out the complete truth before we take any action on the matter."
Member of CCIM, Suhas Parchure, said, "We have taken up the issue with the MCI authorities considering the problems it has been causing to the ISM doctors in various parts of the country."
ISM doctors are institutionally qualified graduates and post–graduates trained in all branches of medicine. The practice is well supported by government resolutions (GRs) issued in 1992 and 1999 under the acts government by the central and the state councils, he said.
The NIMA executive committee is to hold a meeting on October 24 at Nanded to take a call on whether to lodge a criminal plaint with the police seeking establishment of veracity of the letter. "We have already met the MCI joint secretary and apprised him of the problem," NIMA vice–president Mandar Ranade said. "The MCI has assured us of appropriate action," he added.


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1.17 lakh seats available under Right to Education Act this year: Gujarat govt tells HC
Ahmedabad | Published: April 24, 2019 11:36:01 PM
More than two lakh admission forms under the RTE Act have been received at over 10,000 schools and government centres have confirmed accepting 1.5 lakh of them after scrutiny, it said.
The PIL also sought framing of rules under the RTE Act so that the admission process is completed before the start of the academic year. (PTI)
The state government told the Gujarat High Court Wednesday that 1.17 lakh seats are available for admission under the Right to Education (RTE) Act for the poor and needy children in schools in the state in 2019-20. Parents have filed over two lakh forms for these seats so far, the government told a division bench of acting Chief Justice Anant Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav.
More than two lakh admission forms under the RTE Act have been received at over 10,000 schools and government centres have confirmed accepting 1.5 lakh of them after scrutiny, it said. The government's response came on a PIL filed by RTE activist Sandip Munjyasara, who had sought details such as the number of seats available under the act, participating schools and how many of them are run by minority institutions which are exempted from the act.
The PIL also sought framing of rules under the RTE Act so that the admission process is completed before the start of the academic year. The government said Wednesday that 1.17 lakh seats are available under the RTE Act for the academic year 2019-20, more than 76,431 seats available in 2018-19, 55,105 in 2017-18 and 46,595 in 2016-17. The court said it will hear the matter in detail Friday and directed the government to provide its reply on an affidavit.

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Brian X. Chen
Review: Apple iPad 2
The iPad shed some weight and gained some speed to become the iPad 2. It's incredible what a difference that makes.
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Everybody wishes the iPad 2 had a higher-resolution display like the iPhone 4, but Apple didn't even have to go there yet.
All Apple did was put the iPad on a treadmill. The tablet shed some weight and gained some speed to become the iPad 2, and it's incredible what a difference that makes. It feels like a brand-new product.
Most important of all is the iPad 2's thinness. The iPad 2 is 0.34 inches thick, about 33 percent thinner than its predecessor. Now, reaching your fingers across the screen to swipe and tap is far easier than it was on the chunkier iPad 1.
People who enjoy reading will love the thinner body: Cradling an iPad 2 in your hands for an hour doesn't feel that cumbersome. You'll also be surprised how often you'll be using the tablet with one hand. Even though it's only a few ounces lighter than the older iPad (1.3 pounds versus 1.5 pounds), the changes to the tablet's weight and ergonomics feel substantial.
Imagine how significant thinness and weight are for people who are considering tablets for use in a professional field that requires a lot of moving around, such as doctors who could use the iPad to replace a stack of X-rays, architects relying on an iPad as an interactive display for blueprints, or students using the iPad as an all-in-one textbook, note-taker and daily planner. The thinner and lighter a tablet gets, the more useful it becomes for various types of customers.
As a standalone device, the iPad 2's soft keys still aren't ideal for typing compared to a physical keyboard. However, this problem seems to be eroding over time, as the skinnier profile already makes it easier to hold the device with one hand while pecking away on keys with the other.
Also, Apple's Smart Cover protective accessory (sold separately for $40 to $70) is a cover that folds to create an angle to prop up the device so you can type on it more comfortably. The built-in magnets, which cling to the side of the iPad, are very cool and make the cover extremely easy to take off or put on. Personally, I prefer using most gadgets bareback, but the Smart Cover is the only cover I'd consider keeping with the iPad 2 since it's so easy to take off.
The other most important change is speed. Apple claims the new A5 processor in the iPad 2 offers double the performance of the original iPad. Indeed, apps and websites load more quickly, and 3-D games look more detailed; the entire iOS experience is just buttery smooth.
runMobileCompatibilityScript('myExperience826030081001', 'anId'); brightcove.createExperiences();
Web performance has largely improved, thanks to iOS 4.3, the latest software update shipping with the iPad 2, which includes an improved JavaScript-rendering engine for Safari. The iPad 2 took 2,180 milliseconds to complete a SunSpider benchmark test, whereas the iPad 1 took 3,353 milliseconds. Running the earlier iOS 4.2, the iPad 1 took over 8,100 milliseconds to complete the same test. That means JavaScript-heavy websites (such as Gmail) should run significantly faster.
Surprisingly, despite the major speed boost, the iPad 2 retains a 10-hour battery life, the same as the slower, first-gen iPad.
As for the cameras inside the iPad 2, Apple took some shortcuts, presumably to keep the costs down and to make the device thinner. Apple claims it primarily designed the cams with FaceTime video conferencing in mind, so photos weren't a priority. That's an understatement: The front-facing cam is VGA, or 640 x 480 pixels, and the rear camera shoots 720p video. These resolutions add up to less than a megapixel, making the cams useless for still shots. The iPad 2's video looks good and it's adequate for video conferencing, but still shots are frighteningly bad.
The rest of the iPad story is the most important ingredient that defines a tablet: the apps. Without apps, after all, a tablet is nothing more than a fancy digital picture frame, and here, Apple is the uncontested winner: The iOS App Store serves about 65,000 apps made just for the iPad.
Here in the Wired newsroom, we were entranced with Apple's new, $5 GarageBand app that launched with the iPad 2. People could pick up the tablet for the first time, fiddle with some options and immediately figure out how to compose a drum loop or guitar melody. Within minutes, we were passing the iPad 2 around the room as if it were a spliff.
The iPad's closest contender, the Motorola Xoom, has about 16 apps made for Android Honeycomb, and the tablet has a starting price of $800. Here's where the decision becomes easy: Why would you buy a tablet for $800 with just over a dozen apps, when you could pay $500 to $830 for a tablet with access to 65,000 apps?
Google and its manufacturing partners have their work cut out for them, and until we see some killer apps made for Android tablets, Apple will continue to lead this market.
As for which iPad 2 you should buy, it really depends on your needs. For most people, we'd recommend at least the 32-GB model ($600), which should come in handy if you plan to use the iPad for gaming, watching video or creating media. If you already own a smartphone with tethering or hotspot options (which all iPhones have now), you won't need to plunk down extra money on an iPad 2 with 3G, so go with a Wi-Fi-only model. Those who plan to use lightweight applications – reading, web surfing and e-mail – will be fine with the 16-GB base model for $500.
WIRED Skinnier profile shows mercy to your joints. Big performance boost makes apps, games and web browsing more zippy. Same $500 starting price and 10-hour battery life.
TIRED Mediocre cameras make still photos look slimy. Thinner body makes physical buttons on the side a little harder to press.
Photos by Jim Merithew/Wired
See Also:- Hands-On With Apple's Skinnier, Faster iPad 2
Want an iPad 2? Be Prepared to Wait
Roundup: iPad 2 Reviews in 140 Characters or Fewer
Just How Bad Is the iPad 2 Camera?
Gadget Lab Podcast: iPad 2, Kinect Hacks, Zombie Ants
iPad 2 Cover Is Smart, All Right — If You're Steve Jobs
Gadget Lab Podcast: Motorola Xoom, iPad 2, Intel's Thunderbolt
Apple's iOS Update Speeds Web Browsing, Expands AirPlay
Apple Releases iOS 4.3 for AT
Brian recently wrote a book about the always-connected mobile future called Always On (published June 7, 2011 by Da Capo). Check out Brian's Google Profile.
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package org.multibit.hd.ui.fest.requirements.trezor;

import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Uninterruptibles;
import org.fest.swing.fixture.FrameFixture;
import org.multibit.hd.testing.hardware_wallet_fixtures.HardwareWalletFixture;
import org.multibit.hd.ui.fest.use_cases.standard.credentials.RestoreButtonTrezorUseCase;
import org.multibit.hd.ui.fest.use_cases.standard.credentials.UnlockReportUseCase;
import org.multibit.hd.ui.fest.use_cases.trezor.TrezorConfirmUnlockUseCase;
import org.multibit.hd.ui.fest.use_cases.trezor.TrezorEnterPinFromCipherKeyUseCase;
import org.multibit.hd.ui.fest.use_cases.trezor.TrezorRequestCipherKeyUseCase;
import org.multibit.hd.ui.fest.use_cases.trezor.TrezorRequestMasterPublicKeyUseCase;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

/**
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FEST Swing UI test to provide:

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Exercise the responses to hardware wallet events in the context of
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 *
 * @since 0.0.5
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public class RestoreTrezorRestoreWithLocalBackupRequirements {

  public static void verifyUsing(FrameFixture window, HardwareWalletFixture hardwareWalletFixture) {

    Map<String, Object> parameters = Maps.newHashMap();

    // Verify wallet unlocked and start the restore process
    new RestoreButtonTrezorUseCase(window).execute(parameters);

    // Restore is complete - hand over to credentials
    Uninterruptibles.sleepUninterruptibly(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

    // Request the master public key (refer to mock client for PublicKey responses)
    new TrezorRequestMasterPublicKeyUseCase(window, hardwareWalletFixture).execute(parameters);

    // Request the cipher key (refer to mock client for PIN entry responses)
    new TrezorRequestCipherKeyUseCase(window, hardwareWalletFixture).execute(parameters);

    // Verify PIN entry
    new TrezorEnterPinFromCipherKeyUseCase(window, hardwareWalletFixture).execute(parameters);

    // Unlock with cipher key
    new TrezorConfirmUnlockUseCase(window, hardwareWalletFixture).execute(parameters);

    hardwareWalletFixture.fireNextEvent("Confirm unlock");

    // Verify the wallet unlocked
    new UnlockReportUseCase(window).execute(parameters);
  }
}

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Brad is a full stack developer for LibDib. He spent some time working at Apple and created a few mobile apps on his own before taking on a job that combines his two favorite things: alcohol and programming. Brad works on all things software related, but has most recently been developing LibDib's mobile application. Favorite Drinking Apparatus: A chambong. Why? Because it's awesome.


Meet Amy Sudbeck. She is Beauty Revived.
Beauty Revived is beyond excited to have joined with The Snap Society to bring you The 50 Most Inspiring Photographers. Photographers were nominated by others in their field who were beautiful examples of caring and giving back. It has been such a joy to get to know these photographers better and I'm excited to introduce you to them for the next few months.
Amy Sudbeck is the most amazing and talented newborn and lifestyle photographer I know. She lives in my hometown and I grew up inspired by her. Little did I know my husband actually knew her!! Her work is drawdropping and ever since I was a little girl I looked up to her work. Thanks to my husband she became a close friend and a mentor. I was honored that she took me under her wing. She is so hard working and provides her clients everything that they can dream of. Amy Sudbeck deserves to be recongized for being an outstanding photographer.
How has this photographer helped you?
Amy took me under her wing and mentored me in newborn photography. She taught me everything there is to know about it. From posing to lighting to how my camera works. She showed me the importance of the safety of a newborn so that I would never put a baby in a compromising position. She is my go to girl when I have a question and she has never failed me.
Why does this photographer deserve to be recognized?
Amy deswrves to be recongized because she works so hard to make her clients happy. She is working 100% of the time and 100% of the time she is a mom. She deserves this more than anyone. She always going that extra mile for her clients and that alone inspires me. Everyone looks up to her as a photographer, a mom, and a friend. Amy Sudbeck is hands down amazing and deserves this more then anyone I know.
How did you get started in photography? Or tell us about the moment when you knew that photography was for you.
I am so honored and humbled to be completing this survey for you. My journey began when my second son was born eight years ago. I became a mother to my first-born son at a very young age and at the time, as a teenage mother, pictures were not at the top of my priority list. I was busy trying to figure out how to survive and provide for my son. While pregnant with my second son, it saddened me thinking about how many pictures I did not have of my first son. Just after my second son was born I purchased a Nikon D40x with a kit lens. It was nothing special but it was definitely a start. I took pictures every single day of everything that I possibly could. Before I knew it friends and family members were asking me to take pictures of their children too!
My childhood was a struggle, as are the childhoods of many others. I own exactly one photograph of myself as a baby. No one is really sure how old I am in the photo but if I had to guess I would say anywhere between 6-8 months. This photograph stays pinned to my wall in my office and I look at it every day. I do not know what I look like as a newborn or as a toddler. I do not know what my mother looks like while she was pregnant with me. I would give anything to see her joy if she felt any. I do not even own a single portrait of my parents together. I cannot pull out the baby books for my children to show them how much they look like me compared to their father. I would give anything to be able to. This is where my passion comes from for newborn and baby photography. Of course I want to provide beautiful portraits and memories for my clients, but my true motivation is for the newborn or baby that I am working with on that day. I want them to know what they looked like and to see the joy and love that their parents felt during that specific time. It is so very important.
How did you figure out your Photography/editing style?
My style comes from my passion for capturing relationships. Of course for newborn sessions I strive to capture all of the cute and sleepy poses (many of which are composites for safety purposes) however, I am always sure to edit with a soft and warm tone. Newborn babies are soft and warm and so totally loveable and this should show in their portraits.
I strive with each session to capture the personality of each baby and toddler. I prefer warm and soft tones as the love and relationship within a family should be just that, warm and soft. I have taken many workshops and have heavily educated myself in photography and posing. Throughout my journey of learning (which still continues today) I am always sure to never lose sight of the emotion and love that should show in my portraits.
My approach is the same with wedding photography. I want my brides and grooms to look at their portraits years from their wedding day and remember exactly how they felt that day.
Time. I spent years trying to find the right balance. Between motherhood, being a wife, and housekeeping, running a photography business can feel near impossible at times.
I eventually learned over time that being a full time photographer is a lifestyle. I am a mother, a wife, a housekeeper, and a professional 24 hours per day. I have no problem stirring dinner on the stove while sorting galleries through Lightroom and running batch scripts in Photoshop.
What gives you the passion to keep going?
I have always been a very ambitious person. I have never been a quitter and when there are times where I feel like giving up, I tell myself to work harder. I look at that one picture of myself on my wall in my office and remind myself that all of these beautiful babies that I have been blessed to work with deserve so much more.
There are many new photographers in my area that I love to work with. I am always open to answering questions and providing advice as much as I can. I believe that I have a gift and I feel it is incredibly rewarding to be able to help and share as much as I can.
The financial need to buy groceries, diapers, and pay the tutoring bill is definitely motivating as well.
What is one thing you wish every Photographer knew?
BE YOURSELF! There is no right and wrong when it comes to your style in photography. Sure there are technical things that you can learn to improve your skill. Learn how to use your camera in ways that compliment YOUR VISION.
I have been a part of many photography 'groups' that claim to exist for the sole purpose of sharing and helping others. When a new photographer is brave enough to post a photo from a session it appalls me with the comments and criticism given. There is such a thing as corrective criticism. Unfortunately many people lack that skill set.
You may have experienced this at some point. If you have, KEEP GOING!
We would love for you to give us one tip, any tip regarding Photography.
There are so many tips I could share. For now I will go with the following tip as I just completed a newborn session before sitting down to answer these questions.
With newborn photography always remember that the baby dictates the session. If the baby is fussy, hungry, pooping, or peeing on you, it is COMPLETELY OKAY! They are doing exactly what they should be doing at that time. Be patient. If they need to nurse for 45 minutes before you even begin your session, then let them. If you let them dictate your session it will go much smoother.
Just one more tip… SHOOT IN RAW! There are tons of free resources available online to teach you just how to do so. I promise it is not as intimidating as it sounds.
What is your next Photography goal?
I am planning to launch an educational website for fellow photographers. I have been planning this for quite some time and will be launching in July! I am very excited for this and hope to serve as many aspiring and existing photographers as I possibly can.
If you were stranded on a desert Island and could only bring one thing, what would it be? My camera bag which would conveniently have a bottle of smart water in it.
« Meet Monica. She is Beauty Revived with Amanda Schoch Photography.


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* Морен, Жан (1591—1659) — французский католический библеист, иеромонах.
 Морен, Жан (1590—1650) — французский живописец и гравер эпохи барокко.
 Морен, Жан-Батист (1583—1656) — астроном, профессор астрономии в Париже.
 Морен, Жан-Пьер (1822—1894) — французский скрипач и музыкальный педагог.

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Q: Questions on a function $f$ holomorphic on $\mathbb{C} \backslash \{z_1, ..., z_M\}$ Question. This is a long question and I'm now stuck in one of the parts and can't proceed further:
Suppose that $f$ holomorphic on $\mathbb{C} \backslash \{z_1, ..., z_M\}$, that $f$ has a pole of order $N_m$ at $z_m$ where $1 \leq m \leq M$, and that $\lim_{z\to \infty} f(z) = 0$.
(a) Explain why  has a Laurent series in the form
$$f(z)=\sum_{n=-N_m}^\infty c_{m,n}(z-z_m)^n$$
in a punctured ball $B^{\circ}(z_m,r_m)$ for some sufficiently small positive $r_m$.
(b) Define $f_m(z):=\sum_{n=-N_m}^{-1}c_{m,n}(z-z_m)^n$. Explain why $f-f_m$ is holomprhic.
(c) Explain why $f-(f_1 + \cdots + f_M)$ is entire and vanishes at infinity.
(d) Explain why $f = f_1 + \cdots + f_M$.
(e) Find a formula for the coefficient $c_m,n$ similar to the formula for the residue of a function at a pole of order $N$.
(f) Find a holomorphic function $F$ on $\mathbb{C} \backslash \{z_1, ..., z_M\}$ such that $F' = f$.
My attempt.
(a) is obvious. Take $r_m$ to be the distance to $z_m$ from the closest singularity. Then $f$ is holomorphic in $B^{\circ}(z_m,r_m)$ and so has a Laurent series. The form for the Laurent Series follows directly from the fact that $z_m$ is a pole of order $N_m$.
(b) $f-f_m$ is a power series as all negative powers will be cancelled, and thus it is holomorphic in $B^{\circ}(z_m,r_m)$.
(c) Now I'm stuck on this part. I can see why it vanishes at infinity as both $f$ and $f_m$'s vanish at infinity. But I'm not sure how to show that $f-(f_1 + \cdots + f_M)$ is entire.
Any help would be very appreciated!

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Ebuka Orumba and his partner in crime, Patrick Nwafor who is now on the run, where said to have hacked into one of the accounts belonging to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and stole as much as N8m.
They used different accounts to steal the money, with the help of a tricycle operator, Artor Kalu, who was the first to be arrested while he was trying to withdraw part of the money from a bank in Lagos.
Ebukaa Orumba and his partner Patrick Nwafor are both final year students of UNIZIK.


Acrylic on wood strips lying around the house, enabled me to express Shiv Shakti – the divine couple (also symbolic of consciousness and energy), in my own small way on this auspicious day of Maha Shivratri.
I am discovering acrylic to be an excellent painting medium – bright and vibrant. It dries faster too unlike oils which takes longer. This is perfect for quickly creating something when creativity strikes. I have been thinking of making masks out of it. What do you think? Please suggest!


It generally feels so good to see a talented person getting interested in the work one does.
The International Nemetics Institute (TINI's), in India is doing very interesting work on what they call Emotional Entrepreneurship, and the relationship between "feel+think+design". "Nemetics (Notice, Engage, Mull, Exchange, Train/educate) is a biomimicry model of information transfer" (https://rgbwaves.wordpress.com/institute/).
The term neme—sensori stimuli—is used to combine memes and genes in the service of understanding complex systems—where art and design are considered complex systems in dynamic interaction within networks (Josefowicz, 11.18.2012). When stimulating the Bilateral Brain in a learning environment that fosters intuition through sensory experience and emotions (nemes) design students will be able to learn how to design intuitively, and acquire tacit—unspoken, implied—knowledge, that can be archived in the long-term (implicit) memory through a process of unconscious (implicit) learning. Johnson in Emergence (2012) describes learning in a cellular scale as the iteration of circuits (neurons) where "memory creates a mental vocabulary" (pg. 133). Tacit knowledge is the source of our intuition—our gut feeling (Gigerenzer 2007)—and our capacity to adapt to new environments and situations, and evolve as one with technology and nature (Reber 1993).


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ExxonMobil, which makes industrial lubricants like Mobilgear 600 XP 68 and high-performance engine oils like Mobil 1 New Life 0W/40, has reported that its first-quarter profits were up 122% over the same quarter last year, mostly due to stable oil prices and savings from efficiency improvements.
While the reported $4.1bn net income is a considerable improvement on last year's first-quarter figure, it is still some way off the 2014 first-quarter profits of $9.4bn, when Brent crude prices were over $100 per barrel. Despite oil prices being roughly half that now, the financial results show the company is adapting well to this lower, but stable, oil price.
The improved financial results mostly derive from the company's exploration and production division, which has reversed a loss of $76m into a profit of $2.3bn. The US portion of the division continues to run at a loss, however, albeit a drastically reduced one ($18m) when compared to the previous year ($832m). Total production of oil-equivalent products was also 4% down.
In addition to benefiting from higher oil prices and efficiency savings, the company's earnings were also boosted by a 19% reduction in exploration and capital investment.
Despite exceeding the expected profit of $3.6bn as predicted by S&P Global Market Intelligence, Exxon shares were largely unaffected, rising just 0.6% in late trading.


This one-day Excel 2016 Intermediate course takes learners through techniques associated with creating better and more productive workbooks. As well as covering several Excel functions, including logical & date and time functions, this one-day course includes data set-up and management techniques, conditional formatting, advanced charting features and more streamlined methods to enhance efficient spreadsheet creation.
Designed for current Microsoft Excel 2016 users, this course is for those wanting to build on existing fundamental skills to go beyond building simple workbooks. At the end of the course, students should be able to use advanced techniques to analyse, manipulate and manage complex data and in the process create effective workbooks more efficiently.
Participants should have already completed the Excel 2016 Beginner Course before attending this course, or have equivalent skills creating and printing formatted spreadsheets containing simple formulas and functions.


Time is pretty straightforward. We have 24 hours a day. Work consumes a few of those hours and the rest are used for our personal lives. Once the day is over, it is gone. We move on to the next day. Like the autonomic functions of the body – breathing, hearts beating, and blood pumping – time is another function that works regardless of the thought we give to it. This is why people commonly don't consider important factors that influence time or how time is recorded – specifically in the workplace.
Drew Calder is a Software Engineer here at busybusy™, where we are perfecting the art of mobile timekeeping and workforce analytics. Drew is responsible for overcoming the challenges of keeping time in a mobile environment. I was lucky to interview Drew and discuss the challenges that test the limits of mobile time tracking.
Time tracking is far more than watching a clock. In the workplace, efficient timekeeping affects an employer's ability to manage employees and measure productivity, as well as develop more accurate project estimations and budgeting.
Timekeeping Influences Everyone in an Organization.
Timekeeping evolved as we became more and more dependent on accurately recording time. Centuries ago, we simply counted the minutes and hours. In today's business world, we use technology to analyze every second, looking for ways to be more efficient.
These days, even small companies worry about tracking employee time and attendance. Modern companies enjoy flexible schedules and work without boundaries. Even organizations with few employees face confusing timekeeping processes. If your records are not accurate, it is hard to pay employees and bill clients. An organization looking to maintain reliable timekeeping needs to be aware of the challenges and understand why tracking time is not merely counting seconds and hours.
Every 4 years we add 24 hours to the calendar. The Romans were the first to implement the extra day when they realized that a 365-day calendar does not properly align with the seasons.
When establishing schedules and labor budgets, many organizations do not account for the extra day. Also, if a leap year is added to a pay period, the hours used to estimate salary, insurance and benefits will need to adjust. If an employee is paid according to an annual salary, does their wage cover the extra day? Does the employee get the day off or will the employer compensate them for the difference from one year to another?
The need for time zones began in the 1800s as railroad companies moved people and freight over thousands of railway lines that spread across North America. At that time, every city used a different standard time. Standard times were scattered across the country.
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Off the coast of Mexico, Isla Holbox offers a trio of intrigues: open beaches, a budding restaurant scene and the world's largest fish.
By Christopher Reynolds Los Angeles Times JUNE 3, 2017
Several weeks before I found myself uncomfortably close to the world's largest shark, I told a few folks I would be going to Holbox.
"Whole what?" asked more than one.
"Holocene," corrected my smartphone.
"Ohl-bosch," corrected the locals when I arrived.
Isla Holbox, a Mexican island with turquoise waters, unpaved streets and about 3,000 residents, lies about 120 miles northwest of Cancun, 500 miles south of New Orleans.
It's not an American household name yet, but it has fine sand, palm trees, wild flamingos and beachfront hotels charging less than $200 a night.
Moreover, if you take a boat out from mid-May through mid-September, you have a good chance of swimming with a whale shark. There is no bigger fish.
They grow to as much as 40 feet long and 30,000 pounds. Their gray flanks are peppered with white polka dots. Their mouths are up to 3 feet high and 4 feet wide. Because they're filter-feeders, consuming mostly plankton, they swim through life with their wide mouths open, no teeth in sight.
But first, the island.
It's about 26 miles long and a mile wide and is developed only at its eastern end. You'll want mosquito repellent.
Most visitors arrive via half-hour ferry ride from the coast town of Chiquila, after a three-hour ride by taxi, van or bus from Cancun.
The temperature is rarely lower than 65 degrees, rarely above 90.
Before long, somebody will explain that the word "Holbox" comes from a Mayan phrase for "black hole," perhaps derived from local freshwater springs.
So far there are no global hotel or restaurant brands — in fact, no hotels with more than about 45 rooms. About a dozen beachfront lodgings are lined up along Holbox's north-facing shore, near the dock.
The bohemian-chic, Italian-owned Hotelito Casa las Tortugas, where I was lucky enough to land, is more stylish than most of the island's lodgings. It has 26 rooms, a pool, a raked-sand beachfront and rates that start at about $186 a night.
Most islanders live in low-rise, no-frills homes constructed in the past 50 years on the flat, sandy island. Most of the buildings are boxy and modern, often splashed with murals.
Because the island is part of the Yum Balam Nature Reserve and a hefty distance from Cancun, growth has been limited. One major development proposal has been tied up in court for years.
Yet the place is getting busier as travelers rush in from the U.S., Europe and Mexico City. As tourism grows (and debate increases about what's sustainable and what isn't), a sophisticated crop of restaurants has arisen.
Here are some of the things you do before heading out to find a whale shark:
Prowl around downtown Holbox. This won't take long. The built-up east end is about five by 12 blocks. Most cars are banned, and the streets are dominated by golf carts (you can rent one), scooters, bikes and pedestrians. So far there's not much nightlife.
Laze on the beach. The sand is fine. The waves are too gentle for surfing, but the winds are lively enough to encourage kite boarders.
On nights when the moon is dim, locals say you can spot bioluminescent phytoplankton glowing blue and green in the shallows. I didn't see that, but I did catch sunrise and sunset at the dock as pelicans swooped and idle fishing boats bobbed.
Eat well. At El Chapulim, where there's no menu, chef Erik Winckelmann typically cooks four main dishes each night and comes to your table to collect orders.
At Mandarina, the restaurant at Casa las Tortugas, your dinner might be duck in orange mole and brioche of huitlacoche (aka corn fungus).
At Milpa, a small, sophisticated dining room that opened in 2016, you might order the Drunken Octopus Roaming Valladolid, which is octopus soaked in beer sauce under a dome of swirling fumes, with bits of bacon and chorizo, corn and bell peppers.
This was my favorite meal of the visit. Until that night, I'd never before walked home on unpaved streets from a dinner of molecular cuisine.
Look for feathers and scales. Some people get boat rides to the mangroves, where they paddle kayaks and often see crocodiles.
Many visitors sign up for a half-day island-hopping boat tour that includes Isla del Pajaros, where I spotted flamingos, and Yalahau, a freshwater spring where you can swim and snack on ceviche while iguanas and a coatimundi (a close relative of the raccoon) skirmish for scraps.
Swim with whale sharks
On most Mondays, tour company V.I.P. Holbox Experience offers a free boat excursion for travelers who want to collect marine litter from the island's remote northern beaches.
The company's whale shark expedition costs about $125 per person. You borrow wet suits, mask and fins. A guide instructs you never to touch the creatures, which have been labeled "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
That's in large part because of demand in Asia for the fins, meat and oil of the animals, which are supposed to be protected worldwide. But "harvesting" isn't the only threat.
The World Wildlife Fund says that reckless tour-boat captains can interrupt sharks' feeding or collide with them, and it works with whale tour operators to promote safe practices.
If your expedition is like mine, you'll board a motorboat and ride about two hours to a cluster of whale sharks, which will likely be surrounded by a gaggle of boats bearing tourists from Holbox, Cancun and Isla Mujeres.
At some point, there will be snorkeling and a sandbar to explore. But the sharks are the main event.
Once your captain gets the boat close to one of their telltale dorsal fins, your guide flops into the water. Guests follow, two at a time.
For most people the greatest astonishment comes the moment you duck your head beneath the surface. Beneath those dorsal fins, 10 to 15 tons of animal loom like the hidden bulk of an iceberg, but living and swimming at your side.
You might notice a harmless remora or two (they use a sucker on the top of their heads to attach themselves to larger fish) gliding along in the shark's shadow.
But apart from swimming to keep up, you have nothing to do but gawk at this docile wonder and forget the wider world.
That's what I did, anyway, until my guide gestured for me to swim back to the boat. I turned and started kicking my way through the open, blue water.
Your peripheral vision is limited in a mask. And I was swimming at an angle. And now something else was moving nearby. Suddenly I was staring at a big, black oval directly in front of me. The mouth of another whale shark. Three feet tall, 4 feet wide, 5 feet away. It was like staring into the open end of a sleeping bag and finding deep space inside.
That waterproof camera in my right hand? Completely forgotten.
Fortunately the shark — which probably swam alongside a dozen scrawny, flailing mammals that day — showed no sign of caring. It made no sudden moves.
I barely succeeded in getting out of its way. Never touched it.
Then its flank passed before me, a blur of white dots, and I was alone again. The whole encounter took about three minutes.
The only thing left to do was find my boat, flop aboard and hope that these sharks and this island can thrive, or at least survive, amid the attention that's bound to come.


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Bachelorette Ban at The Abbey
By Blake Jacobs on May 24, 2012 1:46 pm
The world famous gay bar The Abbey, in the heart of West Hollywood, has decided to officially ban bachelorette parties! Why? This is from their press release:
"Every Friday and Saturday night, we're flooded with requests from straight girls in penis hats who want to ogle our go-gos, dance with the gays and celebrate their pending nuptials. They are completely unaware that the people around them are legally prohibited from getting married," said David Cooley, Founder of The Abbey. "Over the past 22 years, The Abbey has been a place that accepts everyone, gay, straight, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and everything in between. We love our straight girlfriends and they are welcome here, just not for bachelorette parties."
It has long been a policy at The Abbey to deny admission to groups in costume, including Bachelorette regalia. Bachelorette parties had previously been allowed inside if they removed their costumes. The Abbey's 'bachelorette ban' comes on the heels of a ban on gay marriage in North Carolina and a number of other states across the South. The Abbey encourages other gay-owned and operated establishments to institute their own bans as a sign of solidarity until marriage is legal everywhere for everyone."
Although I don't really care for The Abbey, I couldn't agree more. I can't stand those drunken slags. (via Frontiers)


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Q: Error profiling Cython using line_profiler I am trying to run a line profiler on a function contained in a .pyx and compiled via distutils.setup. The function and its calls can be profiled with cProfile; however, I am trying to find a bottleneck and line profiling would help.
I have tried to set up Cython to use the below in the header of my pyx.
# cython: linetrace=True
# distutils: define_macros=CYTHON_TRACE_NOGIL=1

I have also tried passing disutils the compiler directives and defined macros.
compiler_directives={'linetrace': True, 'bindings': True},
define_macros=[('CYTHON_TRACE_NOGIL', '1')])

No matter what I do, the line profiler cannot see the function. I get the following error message:
UserWarning: Could not extract a code object for the object <built-in function x>
  # contains convenience functions, global variable definitions, and visualization functions

Running the command line functions "kernprof" has the same effect with a slightly different error message (but obviously related).
'builtin_function_or_method' object has no attribute '__code__'

I am able to line_profile non-cython functions in the .py file without issue.


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The Enterprises TV show with Kevin Harrington is broadcast in the U.S. and Canada through a combination of FOX and ABC Broadcast Stations, Discovery Channel Transponder©™, Regional News Networks, and Business News Network Canada©™. It is headquartered in South Florida, produced in part by Anthony DiMeglio, Melissa Leibowitz, Rob Marshall and Dave Corvair. The program films on location throughout the United States and around the globe. To learn more about the show and its host, please visit Facebook, Twitter, or Google+, watch sample videos on YouTube, or visit the website at enterprisestv.com.
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Aaron David Lewis (born 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American comic book and graphic novel writer. He is also a comics scholar focusing on literary theory, religious studies, and graphic medicine.

He is the founder of the Caption Box comic book imprint. He has also served as an instructor at Georgetown University, Northeastern University, MCPHS, Bentley University, and Boston University (as a teaching fellow for Frank Korom, Stephen Prothero, and Steven T. Katz). Additionally, he has given lectures at conferences such as WizardWorld, the San Diego Comic-Con, and the New York Comic-Con, among others. He is an editorial board member for the International Journal of Comic Art under editor John Lent. He is an executive board member for the Comics Studies Society. He has also been involved in several podcasts.

Early life
Lewis was raised in Framingham, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. in English and Psychology in 1999. He earned his M.A. in English Literature from Georgetown University. He earned his PhD in Religion and Literature from Boston University.

Career
Lewis's 2005 work, The Lone and Level Sands (written by Lewis, and illustrated by Marvin Mann and Jennifer Rodgers), won a Howard E. Day Prize and has been nominated for three Harvey Awards in 2007. His 2002 creation, Mortal Coils, was named one of the winners of the 2003 Cinescape Literary Genre Competition, and in 2004 it was given the Paper Screen Gem Award for Mystery/Suspense. It was republished as a hardcover, color edition by Archaia Comics; Mann and Lewis collaborated again through Archaia with Some New Kind of Slaughter, or Lost in the Flood (and How We Found Home Again): Diluvian Myths from around the World in 2009.

In the late 2006, Lewis started a PhD program studying religion and literature at Boston University. There he also helped organize the "Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels Conference" and co-edit its later text Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels published in 2010. He completed his PhD in 2012 and revamped his dissertation work into the book American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife published in 2014 by Palgrave Macmillan.

In 2011, Lewis became co-editor of Muktatafaht: A Middle East Comics Anthology initially through the Harvard University Center of Middle East Studies' Outreach Center but, due to administrative circumstances, shopped elsewhere. He is also the organizer of the Chain World Freeform Comics Experiment and its customized book The Tome, and, in 2014, a founding member of Sacred and Sequential, an organization of religion & comics scholars.

In 2015, Lewis's co-edited volume with Christopher Moreman, entitled Digital Death: Mortality and Beyond in the Online Age, was a winner of the Ray at Pat Browne Award for "Best Edited Collection", and his American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife was nominated for "Best Scholarly/Academic Work" in the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.

In 2017, Lewis edited and contributed to Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation as co-editor with Martin Lund.

In a 2018 interview with Nicholas Yanes of Sequart Organization, Lewis stated that his next work would focus on an academic manuscript of the depictions of cancer battles in comics, to tentatively be called: Cancer in Comic Books.

Nonprofit work
Lewis was the founder and president of Comics for Youth Refugees Incorporated Collective (CYRIC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Massachusetts dedicated to producing free comic books based in Syrian folklore for refugee children. By 2019, the organization had sent over 1000 copies of their Haawiyat anthologies overseas to camps and schools along the Turkish border in partnership with NuDay Syria (for which Lewis is also a board member).

Comics bibliography
"Alabaster Cities" in 9-11: Emergency Relief (Alternative Comics, 2001)
Mortal Coils (Red Eye Press & Caption Box, 2002–2005)
The Lone and Level Sands (with art by Marvin Perry Mann and Jennifer Rodgers, Caption Box, 2005; Archaia Studios Press, 2006)
Empty Chamber (with art by Jason Copland, Silent Devil Entertainment, 2007)
"Res Libero" in Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened (with art by Danielle Corsetto, Villard, 2007)
Some New Kind of Slaughter, or Lost in the Flood (and How We Found Home Again): Diluvian Myths from Around the World (with writing and art by Marvin Perry Mann, Archaia Studios Press, 2008)
Kismet, Man of Fate (with art by Noel Tuazon, colors by Rob Croonenborghs, and letters by Taylor Esposito, A Wave Blue World, 2017–present)

Scholarly bibliography
Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels as co-editor with Christine Hoff Kraemer (Continuum, 2010)
Digital Death: Mortality and Beyond in the Online Age as co-editor with Christopher Moreman (Praeger, 2014)
American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife (Palgrave, 2014)
Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation as co-editor with Martin Lund (Mizan, 2017)

References

1977 births
Living people
American comics writers
American graphic novelists
Comics scholars


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WaMu to Present at the UBS Global Financial Services Conference
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2008--Washington Mutual, Inc. (NYSE:WM) President and COO Steve Rotella will present at the UBS Global Financial Services Conference in New York on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
There will be a live audio Web cast of Rotella's presentation, which will be archived on the Washington Mutual Web site following the conference.
Interested parties may access the presentation through Washington Mutual's Investor Relations page at www.wamu.com/ir and clicking on the "Presentations and Webcasts" link. The slides, which accompany Rotella's presentation, will also be available on Washington Mutual's Investor Relations page.
About WaMu
WaMu, through its subsidiaries, is one of the nation's leading consumer and small business banks. At Mar. 31, 2008, WaMu and its subsidiaries had assets of $319.67 billion. The company has a history dating back to 1889 and its subsidiary banks currently operate approximately 2,500 consumer and small business banking stores throughout the nation. WaMu's financial reports and news releases are available at www.wamu.com/ir.
CONTACT: WaMu Media Contact
Derek Aney, 206-500-6094 or 212-326-6075
derek.aney@wamu.net
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And this with the starting quarterback only starting six games. Seriously?
And ... I know I don't need to beat you over the head reminding you the Cowboys gave up a franchise-record 436 points last season, 31 more than the previous worst established in 2004 when the Cowboys had a remedial offense, scoring just 18.3 points a game. And get this, those 436 represented 43 more than were coughed up during the 1989 season of 1-15. Oh, and if you need a little more insult to last year's injury, the Cowboys also established a franchise high for opponent yards gained, 20 more than the previous mark established in 1985.
That bad, as bad as it gets.
So yeah, sic 'em Rob. Attack. Drive by. Hit the quarterbacks. Scare 'em. Worry the stew out of 'em. Whatever. Why, this has been a franchise known for Doomsday, The Flex and once carrying sticks so big they grabbed nine turnovers in Super Bowl XXVII. Time for a defensive renaissance, don't you think?
That's the hope.
Cowboys Mutually Part Ways With Kellen Moore
After eight seasons with the team as a player and coach, OC Kellen Moore will no longer be part of the staff as the two sides have mutually parted ways with him and QB coach Doug Nussmeier.
Spagnola: Painful Ending Clouds A Fine Season
Heading into the weekend, lets look back at some positives from the 2022 season, plus a quick look at what we already know going forward.
McCarthy Explains 2023 Outlook for Cowboys
Mike McCarthy is justifiably disappointed in how the season ended, but he also has every right to appreciate the trajectory of the Cowboys roster for 2023 — especially their draft successes.
McCarthy Saw Plenty of "Great Things" From Dak
Dak Prescott had his ups and downs this season from injuries to turnovers along with career milestones and a road playoff win. At the end of the day, head coach Mike McCarthy was pleased with his franchise QB's campaign.


I play on Single player as well as a LAN world with my husband and I have had problems with animals disappearing when I (or we) log out.
I farm all types of animals and multiple different ones have just disappeared. With horses, donkeys, and mules (so far, only tamed) they have disappeared after logging out and back in. They have been ridden, tied, and free roaming. This has happened more with horses than any other animal.


Two molecules are described as isoelectronic if they have the same number of valence electrons in similar orbitals, although they may differ in their distribution of nuclear charges (e.g., H-C N and H-N+ C-. Kineticpertaining to the rates of chemical reactions. A fast reaction is said to have fast kinetics; if the balance of products in a reaction is controlled by reaction rates rather than by thermodynamic equilibria, the reaction is said to be kinetically controlled.


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From small towns to a big NASA gig
Recent University of Iowa graduates Andrew Carton and Ryan Helland grew up in small communities in Iowa never dreaming they'd be involved in space research. But through their academic experiences at Iowa, they both secured jobs with a landmark NASA mission.
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Andrew Carton (left) and Ryan Helland, recent graduates from the University of Iowa, both work on the Iowa-led TRACERS mission. Carton is overseeing the development of a circuit board critical to the research, and Helland is helping to build a magnetic search coil that will measure magnetic fields.
You don't need big-city credentials to succeed at the University of Iowa.
Just ask Andrew Carton and Ryan Helland. Each hails from a small town in Iowa, discovered a love for physics at the UI, and soon after graduating scored jobs on a space mission that is the largest externally funded research endeavor in university history.
The Iowa-led mission, Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS), received $115 million from NASA to study the mysterious, powerful interactions between the magnetic fields of the sun and Earth. TRACERS is part of a larger initiative, NASA's Explorers Program, studying how the sun affects space and the space environment around planets.
Carton and Helland were hired to the TRACERS team within months of graduating from Iowa in May 2020. Carton is overseeing the development of a circuit board critical to the research, and Helland is helping to build a magnetic search coil that will measure magnetic fields.
Neither expected such an opportunity so soon after graduation.
"You feel like you're doing something important, and at a high level, that's going to further your career," Helland says. "It's very lucky for me, my first job working on a NASA grant this big."
"I would say that it makes me feel very privileged and very humble," Carton adds, "to be at my age in the position that I am."
Helland grew up on a third-generation family farm outside Huxley, in central Iowa. Carton comes from Earlville, a community of about 800 in eastern Iowa. They came to Iowa unsure what they wanted to achieve but found academic opportunities and people eager to help them succeed.
Helland learned about physics at the university when he visited a professor, Vincent Rodgers, to ask him about concepts he had come across while reading a book on quantum mechanics. Before he knew it, Rodgers had invited him to attend meetings involving his research group.
"Here I am, a freshman sitting in on his research meetings," recalls Helland. "It was really cool."
Carton became interested in physics when he learned about Iowa's long, distinguished history of space discoveries while taking an introductory physics class taught by Craig Kletzing, the lead scientist on the TRACERS mission and the Donald A. and Marie B. Gurnett Chair in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
"I remember him talking about James Van Allen (longtime Iowa professor who pioneered space research and discovered radiation belts around Earth), why the building was named after him, why the radiation belts are named after him," Carton says. "It was the first time I had heard of all that."
Helland switched his major to physics soon after that first meeting with Rodgers. During the summer after his first year, Helland was working in the department's machine shop when he had a serendipitous encounter with George Hospodarsky, a research scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
"I was moving a shelf for him, and we got to talking, and he liked me, and he hired me as a student data analyst," Helland says.
"Although the university is big, there are people who will look out for your best interests and really want you to succeed."
Andrew Carton
University of Iowa May 2020 graduate and design engineer on TRACERS mission
Helland analyzed information coming from Juno, a NASA spacecraft orbiting Jupiter.
"Dr. Hospodarsky had me looking at data about lightning on Jupiter," Helland says. "Just thinking there is a lightning strike happening across space, and we're getting the data about it in Van Allen Hall—that's just pretty crazy."
Carton, an electrical and computer engineering major, remembers one episode when he overheard a student named Suman Sherwani—now working at SpaceX—ask her adviser for guidance about which of two NASA internships to accept.
"I was literally wearing a NASA sweatshirt at the time, and I was like, 'Wait, did you say these internships came because of Iowa?'" Carton says. "It was the first time I realized there were opportunities directly out of college here."
Now, Carton and Helland are the ones who realized the opportunities at Iowa.
"Although the university is big, there are people who will look out for your best interests and really want you to succeed," Carton says.
"Anyone who comes here, no matter your interest, there will be opportunities here," Helland adds. "If you just talk to people, if you can muster the courage to talk to a professor and be involved, you're going to get somewhere."
Great stories begin at Iowa
Alumna lands on list of celebrated young innovators
Excelling in yet another field
NASA chief touts 'transformational' work done at Iowa
Daring to disrupt disease
No better place to launch a career in plasma physics
Working at forefront of space science


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How to Set up a Women's Climbing Group
In Articles, Beginner Climber, Boulderer, Climbers, Competent Climber, Discover, Experienced Climber, Indoor Climber, Sport Climber, Trad Climber, Winter Climber or Mountaineer
In the second in our series about setting up a women's climbing group, guest writer Lorna Potter discusses how she went about setting up Bristol Women Climbers. She talks about what you might need to think about and what you'll need to do. It doesn't have to be...
Why YOU should create a Women's Climbing Group
In Articles, Beginner Climber, Boulderer, Climbers, Comment, Competent Climber, Discover, Experienced Climber, Indoor Climber, Other Resources, Popular Now, Sport Climber, Trad Climber
Guest writer Lorna Potter, founder of Bristol Women Climbers, discusses her insights and suggestions in the set up of a women's climbing group.
Women's climbing groups are are a great way to empower women and create a community for women to come together and build friendships around their love for climbing.
I'm Lorna and I run Bristol Women Climbers (BWC), a group for women climbers in Bristol to get to know other local female climbers, make friends, have fun, share skills and inspire each other to climb harder.
Wing-Sum Wong // climber bio
In Articles, Climbers, Interviews, Popular Now
If you're on instagram you might have come across Project Chalk, the personal account of Wing-Sum Wong. Despite only climbing 2 years Wing trains hard and as the President of London Ladies Climb she helps to encourage other women to give climbing a go.
Womenclimb caught up with her to find out why she loves climbing and how she's dealt with recent injuries.
I'm scared to go to a Women's Club
In Beginner Climber, Places to climb Indoors, Popular Now, Reviews
It's normal to feel scared. Our fear protects us from danger. Sometimes, though, it isn't the most useful emotion, because it can become too intense and stop you from doing things that you will enjoy and benefit from. Emily Pitts, Womenclimb founder, talks about her...
What is the women's climbing symposium?
In Beginner Climber, Events, Scotland, Skills, Training & Fitness, Trad Climber, Women's Climbing Symposium
Sign up now for the UK's best climbing event just for women designed to bring together everyday women who climb with the UK's top female climbing professionals – coaches, nutritionists, celebrities, physiotherapists, trainers, speakers, and much more. Saturday September 27th sees the return of the now annual Women's Climbing Symposium. The first event was in 2011 and each year it travels to a different venue around the UK – The climbing Hangar in Liverpool, The Arch in London and, this year, The Climbing Academy in Glasgow. Essentially it's about sharing the passion and the love of climbing, whether you're just starting out climbing or an old hand.
FREE Performance Coaching at Aber Rocks
Ladies Free Performance Workshop In celebration of International Women's Day (8th March), Aber Rocks are taking part in our UK wide 'Women Rock' promotion by running two free climbing performance workshops in the week before. The workshops will allow you to improve your bouldering technique and...
Women Rock at Boulders // Cardiff
In Climbing News, Events
90minute Taster Session Boulders in Cardiff are offering a 90-minute Taster Session for International Women's Day for £5 with proceeds going to the Charity Women's Aid, which supports women and children experiencing domestic violence. There are 16 spaces available, so if you're a woman who wants...
Ladies' Night // Rockover Climbing
In Events, Indoor Climber, Manchester, North West, Places to climb Indoors
Naomi Buys is the star coach leading Rockover's new Ladies' Night – fortnightly on Thursdays, starting on 16th January 2014.
The sessions are designed for anyone who wants to improve their bouldering with the guidance of a skilled and experienced coach.
You can join the sessions whether you're a seasoned pro or a complete beginner – Naomi is experienced in coaching people at all levels of skill, strength and confidence.
Kilnworx in Stoke – New Women's Climbing Club
In Climbing News, Events, North West
We're absolutely thrilled to announce that Kilnworx Climbing Centre in Stoke are starting up a Women's Club. Kilnworx is Stoke's newest climbing centre and will be hosting the exciting climbing club for women every Tuesday. Grand Opening Event: Tuesday 9th July 6.30-8.30pm You're invited to join us...
Ladies' Climbing Night – Carlisle
In Climbing News, Events, North West, Places to climb Indoors, Uncategorized, United Kingdom
Hello women. Just to let you know about a great new Bouldering Centre that's opened in Carlisle. I visited this week (review on its way!!) and the staff were great. Every Friday Gem runs a women's coached session, helping you to improve your skills, techniques...
Climbing Club for Women in the North West
In Climbing News, Events, Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Manchester Climbing Centre has a weekly climbing club just for women. I've been attending there since 2011 and have met a great group of women, who've helped me to develop and progress as a climber. The session runs from 6.30 -9pm and the centre provide...


Minnesota requires employers to register with the Department of Revenue and Department of Employment & Economic Development.
The Department of Employment & Economic Development will assign your unemployment insurance tax rate. There is a fixed Workforce Enhancement Fee rate of 0.10% for all employers.
more than $1,500 in withholding in the previous quarter and have a monthly Federal schedule, you'll deposit monthly.


The WWE United States Title has changed hands once again and this time, R-Truth is the new champion.
The title change went down on this week's episode of SmackDown Live in Phoenix, AZ at the Talking Stick Resort Arena as Truth opened the show by cutting a promo with Carmella at his side about how due to him being attacked by Nia Jax and not allowed to compete in the Men's Royal Rumble Match, The McMahon's had granted him a championship match.
This led to Truth beating Shinsuke Nakamura for the title. He would then immediately defend it against Rusev which saw him successfully retain it. After this match, Rusev turned heel by beating Truth down alongside Nakamura.
EXCLUSIVE: There's a new sheriff in town and his name is @WhatsUpRTruth_! #SDLive #AndNew #USTitle pic.twitter.com/Cf0rOESepb WHAT'S UP!!!!


A managing partner at a Melbourne Law firm was planning a merger to extend their geographic range.
He wanted an experienced merger advisor to review his plans and to support him and the integration management team in the lead up to finalisation and Day 1.
Grant continued to work with them through the first 6 months, ensuring the expanded firm started to work effectively together to capture the opportunities that drove the original merger justification.
Grant has worked with CEOs, their boards and Program Directors across professional services, financial services, not for profits, logistics and more.
An energy company acquiring assets in the NSW electricity market privatisation, engaged Dynamic Strategies at two crucial stages of the project.
A small team of specialists assisted with the planning and deployment of merger integration, with an emphasis on leadership, communications and change management.
Grant and his team at Dynamic Strategies have a great deal of knowledge and expertise in the strategic planning and capability development process. I have benefited from their breadth of experience, understanding of the company's needs and their ability to positively engage across a wide range of professional disciplines.


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Sången är en klassisk vårsång, som ofta framförs av manskörer på Valborgsmässoafton. Sätherbergs dikt inspirerade även Otto Lindblad till en kvartett.

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all DAG coins went up because of the IOTA hype. IOTA went up 10x in a week, revealed there were some problems, then people started to look into byteball and railblock. As a result, both went up 2x. I really don't think there is anything more to it. Even if you argue it was the byteball news (ability to email coins now), you can't say the same about railblock and it had the exact same pump.
If you checked link, requests that are not from core team have lower priority, so it would be best if tony can do this.
No, it says that the text coin was already claimed.
RE: Airdrop - just distribute the rest of the airdrop to GBYTE holders in one go. Bitcoiners don't really care about "other" crypto coins.
yes it says some one claimed the coin before you.
tl;dr: GBYTE is still massively undervalued at anything below $1k.
I concur. Just look what the BTC holders did to Bitcore. Decimated!
What's the drop on BYTEBALL? just in the wallet can receive it?
Both Byteball and IOTA use innovative new technology, Directed Acyclic Graph. Personal opinion, I think both should be taken seriously, depending on where you want to invest or participate!
Please like if you're a fan of Byteball!
On the last 24h, every MBytes played on binaryballs.com brought back 1.07 MBytes !


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Amazon is merging its retail and Marketplace teams behind the scenes, according to a company statement reported on by Business Insider. The retailer has "been working for some time on standardizing the products, tools, and services we offer to the brands and resellers that sell on Amazon," with the ultimate goal of making the difference between Amazon and third-party purchases seamless.
Amazon already has been implementing standards to regulate the practices of third-party sellers. Retailers using Amazon's site have limits on how much they can charge for shipping and deadlines for how long a purchase can wait before it is sent to the customer.
The changes have put more operations under Doug Herrington, SVP of the North America Consumer business, according to CNBC. The Marketplace had operated under the leadership of Sebastian Gunningham, SVP of Seller Services, until he left the retailer in March 2018. Vice President of Amazon Marketplace Peter Faricy has been in charge of the division since then, but people familiar with the matter say many of his responsibilities have been shifted to other executives.
The Marketplace has faced challenges not experienced by the retail division, such as counterfeit products and false reviews. A study by the Government Accountability Office found 20 out of 47 items purchased from third-party sellers through the e-Commerce sites of retailers, including Amazon and Walmart, were counterfeit.


The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Golf has become a signatory to The R&A's Women in Golf Charter.
The Charter was launched by The R&A earlier in the summer, and is aimed at inspiring a commitment to a more inclusive culture in golf from the entire industry, increasing the number of women and girls participating in golf, and encouraging more opportunities for women to work within the sport.
In signing the Charter, the Group has pledged to strongly advocate more women and girls playing and working in golf, by working with key stakeholders to develop and embed a more inclusive culture, promoting the Women in Golf Charter whenever opportunities arise in Parliament and seeking to advocate its objectives through representations to Ministers.
A copy of the Group's commitment to the Charter can be downloaded here.


Bed sores refer to ulcers of the skin that are formed during prolonged bed rest, which causes sustained pressure over bony areas of the body, such as the buttocks, hips, sacrum, and shoulder blades.
Stage 1: The sore shows up as a defined area of persistent redness. This first stage is a warning to take action, bed sores can progress rapidly.
Stage 2: Sees partial thickness skin loss involving the top layers of skin. The sore looks like an abrasion, blister, or shallow crater. Once a sore is past stage 2 it is harder to treat.
Stage 3: Full thickness skin loss revealing a fairly deep crater.
Stage 4: Extensive destruction to the skin and/or damage to muscle or supporting structures. Sores are large, deep, open wounds revealing bone and connective tissue.
Bed sores primarily affect patients who are physically restricted and bedridden, such as the disabled and people in coma. Elderly patients are also prone to bed sores. Patients need to be moved frequently, and also require fresh air and light bed clothes. Daily baths with gentle soaps containing vitamin E and aloe vera, and sufficient natural light can be helpful in preventing bed sores.
Drink plenty of liquids (distilled water, herbal teas, fresh juices).
Include plenty of fiber in the diet to keep the colon clean, and eat at least five to seven servings of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables a day.
Eliminate conventional dairy products. The best dairy products are raw, unpasteurized and homogenized dairy from grass fed cows. If this is unavailable, then buy organic dairy.
Avoid conventional beef. The best beef is organic grass fed beef. The second best is organic meat; this includes beef, veal, lamb, chicken and turkey. Check out www.grasslandbeef.com.
The following supplements can be helpful in treating and preventing bed sores: vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin B complex, vitamin C, Vitamin D3, vitamin E, arginine and zinc. Free-form amino acids can also help, as can garlic capsules, to boost immunity and healing response. If bed sores still persist, pancreatic enzymes in between meals (6-12 per day for one week) may be helpful, as well.
Reiki is very powerful tool in the healing the body and mind. Find a local practitioner here.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) has had remarkable results in healing stress and illness. Find a local practitioner here or go to www.thetappingsolution.com or www.tftrx.com.
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As the tears spilled hot down my face, and onto my wife's bare shoulder, it was not clear to me the source of my deep-hearted and unstoppable emotion. Was it the squirming, gasping-for-the-first-breaths-of-life baby boy that had just been thrust to her breast by our team of midwives? Or was it the almost immediate dissolve of tumultuous pain and distress which flowed like spring after winter from my precious wife's fingers, hands, and arms? She had gone in one terrific instant from staring death in the face to peering into the eyes of new life.
As much as I want to blame the tears on the joy of our new son entering the world, I can't deny that just as heart wrenching and tear producing, was the gripping experience of clinging to my best friend and soul companion as she labored to the edge of the shadow of the valley of death and back to return with this man child.
It was fear. It was sorrow. It was hopelessness. It was anguish. These all came pouring out—resolved, but bubbling up—in the form of the silent, hot tears down my face. They had been hedged inside my soul growing wilder and more frantic as the labor progressed. For the purpose of standing strong in support of my sweetheart throughout the ordeal, they were camouflaged and out of sight, but now they were erupting even while they were transforming to joy, gladness, and celebration.
This is baby number three for us. And normally, I spend my Daddy time postpartum reflecting on the beauty of new life and the artistry of God's design of this little new soul. But in this particular hour, my thoughts are on that moment of weeping because I had come to the brink of no hope, and then hope was realized. I had come to the end of myself, the fear that my precious wife had come to the end of herself, and all was lost. And then all was renewed.
Medically speaking, she was in no grave danger. There were no complications. I'm certain many a woman has greater labor and delivery horror stories to tell. And yet, as I'm sure is common to most childbirth narratives, the fatigue and excruciating pain and exhaustion brought both she and I near to breaking (me in a much lesser way as a supporter instead of a doer, no doubt).
I think there is value in not forgetting the tempest before the birthday hour. Just before the baby was finally, joyfully born, the hopelessness was most severe. The feeling of being at the bottom of the well, and the stone cap being rolled into place to trap you forever was tangible. One prophet described it as being "so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see" (Isaiah 21:3). It's the bloody, gasping, "this is my final ounce of life being poured out" moment, followed by the shock of being delivered and the return of Aslan.
I think as I hurt with my wife and pained with her and wept inside as she labored, I tasted just a teaspoon of the ocean of disequilibrium that God the Father chose for Himself when He sent the Son to the cross to ransom sinners. Knowing that death will not be the final word does not alleviate the anguish of watching your Love flounder in the midst of the battle. And yet when resurrection comes bounding, it eclipses the grisly gauntlet just passed. Joy is greater than the previous sorrow, even muffling it.
And maybe an even greater parallel than watching my wife come near death as the Father watched the Son actually pursue death is the parallel of the Gospel which is built right into the very earthy experience of childbirth.
God designed childbirth from the start to be painless, or so I surmise from the Genesis account, but sin creeped in, and childbirth was cursed with pain (Genesis 3:16). Yet God in his sovereignty has bound up in the curse of painful childbirth a shadow of the reality of a dying and rising Savior. Scripture regularly compares the coming of God's redemption both at the cross and the parousia or arrival of victorious Jesus in the future to the labor and delivery of a newborn (Isaiah 26:17-18; Micah 4:10; Matthew 24:8; Romans 8:22; Galatians 4:19; Revelation 12:2). I've said this before, and I mentioned it here in a recent sermon, but there is no romance in childbirth. It's a wretched, horrible experience. And yet herein is the portrait of crucifixion which brings resurrection and redemption.
Only through death will life come. Only through horrendous, terrifying emptying of self will new life be experienced and enjoyed. Only through painful rending of flesh will the triumph of God over sin be displayed.
I can't help but see the Gospel reality when I peer at the childbirth shadow. Though the tears spilled hot, joy is here.


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