This post is written for folks just starting out in the world of online business. As you may know, one of the easier ways to begin earning an income online is to use affiliate programs. Therefore, I am going to answer the question of how can I make money with affiliate marketing?
We will begin with an introduction to affiliate programs. Then move on to finding the best fit based on your content (what is written on your website). That will be followed by a short discussion on piggybacking affiliate networks and searching for new affiliate programs.
The latter topic I will touch on briefly because I have discussed it before in a recent post. So I will direct you to the relevant page for more information on affiliate networks and how to find private affiliate programs with Google.
This is how we teach folks to create a long-term sustainable business online. You choose an interest, build a website, get rankings and visitors and finally earn revenue. It is crucial to get each step right – not everyone is successful the first time but persistence always results in a financially successful venture.
The basic affiliate sales funnel is just as simple as the above diagram. It is mainly related to the last circle. Let me just say affiliate revenue is only one of the ways to monetize your website but it is the easiest. Adsense may be effortless to set up but it demands an awful lot of traffic to make any money.
Whereas with private affiliate programs or affiliate networks you can choose products with high commissions making the return on your marketing efforts worth your while. So exactly what does the affiliate funnel look like?
This is the place which sells the product or service you are planning to sell. For example, if my blog is about iPads then the Apple website would be the merchant. My affiliate link will redirect the reader on my site to the Apple Site and if the person makes a purchase I receive a commission.
The merchant creates an affiliate program. They recruit affiliate marketers to help market their product or service. We must register and be approved. Marketing materials such as banners, email swipes and the sort are often provided. Sometimes there are tools to record statistics.
This is you, the person who is sending leads to the merchant with the affiliate program. As explained above you do this with affiliate links. Usually, there are cookies placed on the customer's site so the merchant understands you are the one sending them the business. It differs from program to program but 30 or 60-day cookies are common.
This is the individual who learns about the product or service from the affiliate marketer. It is significant to connect with the customer on a personal level to create trust so that they do click on your affiliate links.
Why Would a Merchant Want to Initiate an Affiliate Program?
Marketing and advertising can be expensive. It makes sense that businesses would want to set up a program whereby they can have others do the marketing for them at a fraction of the cost. It saves time, energy and money. In return, it provides thousands of people with the opportunity to earn an income online.
A 10% commission will be offered per each sale.
This means an affiliate will earn $12 on each stick sold.
Now you may say but he is making less money. This is where it gets interesting because he has an army of efficient affiliates working for him (at no cost except the commission) he can actually end up making much more than if he had decided to pay for all his advertising.
Mark gets 50 affiliates on board.
Imagine each one sells an average of 10 units a day (which is realistic for top affiliates).
How much will the merchant make with the fifty affiliates?
I can't vouch for the numbers to be exact but you get the idea about why it is such a fantastic deal for the business owners selling the products to have affiliates promote their items. It is a win-win situation for everybody.
The affiliate products or services you promote need to be relevant to your website content. There is no point trying to sell a bathtub if your site is only about toilets. I used to live in Japan and while I was there I became fascinated with Japanese style toilet seats.
Amazing for sure! Canada is just beginning to catch on and demand is starting to grow. We are at least five years behind the Japanese technology. Anyway, let's use that as an example going forward.
Japanese Toilet Seats (maybe best brands).
Therefore, when searching for affiliate programs we need to search for any company that sells these toilet seats, accessories, retrofit kits, cleaners, remote controls and so on.
The question then becomes how do we do that? Well, there are two ways and it is probable that you will use a combination of both. The first and simplest is to use affiliate networks. The second is to use private affiliate programs.
What is an affiliate network? Simply stated it is a place that houses several merchants. The merchants offer individual affiliate programs for marketers to join. This is of benefit to marketers because visiting one location or a couple of networks makes researching a heck of a lot easier.
Hence, after registering as at one of the networks we could do a search for Japanese toilets. Then we would sign up as an affiliate with the merchant offering the product or service we intend to promote on our website.
There are two kinds of items available at these companies. Some such as Amazon Associates specialize in physical products. Others, for example, ClickBank narrow their offerings to digital products. A few both digital and physical.
The difference is mainly in the commissions. Digital products require far less overhead or expense to create while physical products obviously involve more expenditure to manufacture. Therefore, there is a slimmer profit margin for the latter.
The commissions for affiliates range from 1% to 15% for physical products and I've seen up to 75% for digital products. In any event here's something for you to think about. It takes just as much time, effort and money to sell a product with a high-profit margin as it does for a low-profit-margin.
So whatever you decide to sell make sure the items you promote provide you with a healthy commission. Do you have an e-commerce store? Then make darn sure you only choose store products selling for over $200 – better yet $500. Otherwise, you won't be able to cover your expenses and make a profit.
In my case as an affiliate marketer, I am promoting an honest, legitimate make money online training program with an affiliate commission of about 40%. The owners have been running the program since 2005 and have never missed a payment. This is the type of company you want. Good return on investment and reliable.
I have written in detail about several affiliate networks under the category Affiliate Money. There will be more to come as my website grows. In addition, the second most popular way to find unique affiliate programs to promote is to do a search on Google.
If you are interested in the technique please go to my blog post titled How to Earn Money Blogging in WordPress and scroll down to the section Google It Works Like a Charm.
The great thing about using this method is you may find some fabulous affiliate programs which your competitors may not know of yet. Also, they tend to be more affiliate friendly meaning fewer affiliates and a chance to really develop some good working relationships with the owners.
into the search engine. it will return the affiliate program if they have one.
I hope this has answered some of your questions concerning how one can make money with affiliate marketing. It is not a difficult process to find affiliate networks and products you may want to promote. Tracking affiliate links and stats is also a breeze.
Despite that, as with any online business, I believe the most difficult part is receiving website traffic and converting it into sales. There are many parts involved in operating a successful affiliate marketing business. If you are prepared to take the next step, you must get the proper training and guidance.
This can be a very rewarding a lucrative business and with persistence, anyone can succeed. As usual, if you have any questions or advice to offer my readers, we would be very grateful to hear from you!


The Etchings – Sleeping Safe & Sound [VIDEO] – Be Fearless. Be Flagrant.
Debut video for The Etchings' single "Sleeping Safe and Sound" off the band's upcoming release The Kindling Theory slated for release next month in August. My pal Rocco who runs The House of Logic, is the lead vocalist for the group, Buffalo born, Buffalo bred. FilmDumpster.com is responsible for the visual. Enjoy!


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Q: No output log from kibana via docker - .net core I'm not getting any logging output from the RestApi which is suppose to output in Kibana. All I get is this from Kibana: No results found :(
Containers are running fine in docker with RestApi, Elasticsearch and Kibana. So I do suspect there is something in docker-compose.yml that is missing and I can't seem to figure that out. Been looking for a long time with no luck. Hopefully you can see where I have gone wrong.
Still new to programming and eager to learn. Appreciate your help.
This is how the yml file looks like in .net core:
version: '3.1'

services:
  elasticsearch:
   image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.2.4
   container_name: elasticsearch
   ports:
    - "9200:9200"
   volumes:
    - elasticsearch-data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data

  kibana:
   image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:6.2.4
   container_name: kibana
   ports:
    - "5601:5601"
   environment:
    - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://elasticsearch:9200

  RestApi:
   build:
    context: C:\foo\RestApi
    dockerfile: Dockerfile
   image: docker.restapi
   container_name: RestApi
   ports:
    - "9000:80"
   environment:
    - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://elasticsearch:9200

volumes:
  elasticsearch-data

A: I suggest to add the links tag.
Here a snippet of my configuration
elasticsearch:
  image: elasticsearch:5.6.8
  expose:
    - 9200
  ports:
    - "9200:9200"

kibana:
  image: kibana:6.2.3
  links:
    - "elasticsearch"
  ports:
    - "5601:5601"

Hope this helps.

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Robotics India > General > Motors and Mechanical Design > stepper driving problem..
View Full Version : stepper driving problem..
but i am not able to find a solution for my problems..
(stepper motor 12v, 400ma, unipolar)..
(uc at89c51, driver uln 2003)..
i am using a wall adapter to supply 12v, and 7805 regulator for the uc..
but the motor does not rotate, gives a humming noise..
when i check the supply it shows only 5v..
i also tried to use two seperate supplies.. it runs fur a while(one or two rotations)..
but i have ended up loosing 4 of my 89c51(i dont know why)..(the programmer does not detect them)..
i can rectify them and proceed with my project..
Use a 12v car/ Emergency light battery and see. Wall units DOnt give 400ma. unless they are meant for Printers and other high-end electronic equipment. The hum maybe due to insufficient Voltage/Regulation and may be 50 or 100H?z ripple on load. The measured 5V measured is proof enough.
Have you Bypassed the 89C51 power line and 'Zener diode' ed the Vcc pin of the ULN2003???
i thought that the uln 2003 had the diodes inbuilt for protection..
if i have to put a zener, could you enlighten me on that please..
where do i have to add the doide.. 1n4148 i suppose..
No . 12V Zener diodefrom Battery to pin 9. The motor leads connect to the battery direct.
Connect the common lead to the positive of your battery or power supply.
Connect any one of the other four leads to ground. This will be Coil 4.
With Coil 4 still grounded, connect another lead to ground. If the shaft does not move, you have Coil 2. If the shaft jogs clockwise, you have Coil 3. If the shaft jobs counter-clockwise, you have Coil 1.
Repeat until you have identified all four coils.
thanks a lot all for your help..
i finally detected the problem..
my power source used to get loaded..
and did not give more than 150 ma for any application..
also i suppose i was treating the 89c51 very "harshly"..
(connecting led from 5v to the pin!!)..
now i have understood the internal pin diagram..
and am "behaving properly with the 8051..
internal pin connection of the 8051)..
6.now need to integrate both the parts..


I have a creality cr-10s 500x500x500mm so i have change the nozzle vom 0.4 to 0.6mm.
remove the part after printing.
My question where can i change in the default clound-cura settings the Nozzle size and the printbed offset?


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Folate-based nanobiodevices for integrated diagnosis/therapy targeting chronic inflammatory diseases 1.1. Context and project objectives It is estimated that inflammatory diseases affect more than 80 million people worldwide leading to untold suffering, economic loss and premature death. Considering life expectancy in Europe, these numbers are expected to increase in the next 20 years.
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Islamic seminaries with modern curriculum in eastern Indian state of West Bengal are helping to bridge religious divide.
Clad in white and blue salwar kameez (traditional Indian dress) and translating an Arabic verse from her Islamic studies textbook into Bengali, 15-year-old Puja Kshetrapal could pass for a Muslim. But she, along with almost half of the 200 tenth graders in Chatuspalli High Madrassa in Orgram village in India's West Bengal state, are Hindus.
"Although it is called a madrassa (Islamic seminary), people in the area view it like a good regular school. So, my parents chose to send me to this institution," Puja told Al Jazeera.
Anwar Hossain, the headmaster of the Orgram madrassa located 125km north of the state capital, Kolkata, says that it is mostly its modern curriculum that has made the institution increasingly popular in the Hindu-majority society.
"Ordinary people believe that a madrassa is a place where students are taught only religious subjects, and that it has no connection with modern education," Hossain said.
"For some years we have been working to change their notion. We are teaching our students all general subjects as their counterparts are studying in regular schools," he said.
Even, 11 of the 32 teachers in the madrassa are Hindu, Hossain added.
Madrassas are usually thought of as Muslim-only schools where children study only theology and end up as religious teachers or clerics.
After 9/11, many in the non-Muslim world viewed South Asia's tens of thousands of madrassas with suspicion, regarding them as a breeding ground for radical strains of Islam.
But in recent years, defying the stereotype, nearly 600 government-recognised madrassas in West Bengal have introduced a mainstream school curriculum, and non-Muslims are studying in almost all of them.
Currently, about 15 percent of the students in the state's modernised madrassas are non-Muslims, and many of them are expecting to become engineers, doctors, scientists and other professionals.
Orgram and other madrassas in the state have undergone modernisation offering courses in physics, chemistry, biology, geography, mathematics, computer science, English language and literature and other regular subjects.
Islamic studies and the Arabic language course form a small part of the curriculum.
Funded by the state, the madrassas which are located mostly in rural Bengal charge no fees, and offer free school uniforms and mid-day meals, making them especially attractive to students from poor and lower middle-class families.
Examples of Muslim students who attended the madrassas and are now successful in their careers have spurred many non-Muslim families to send their children to the madrassas, many say.
"In Hindu-dominated society until some time back, madrassas – identified as Muslims only institutions – carried a stigma. Non-Muslims and even many Muslims used to stay away from them," Dr Khandkar Fariduddin, an eye surgeon and an alumnus of a modern madrassa told Al Jazeera.
"But, now that they have known that a madrassa student can also become a doctor, engineer or other good professional, they are shedding their inhibitions and sending their children to these modern madrassas," he said.
In 2006, the federal government-appointed Justice R Sachar Committee recommended in its report on Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community in India that the madrassas in the country needed to be modernised in efforts to boost development in the backward community.
In 2007, West Bengal became the first state to begin the modernisation of the traditional madrassas with support from the federal government as part of the Prime Minister's 15-Point Programme for Minorities.
Two years later, the process of modernisation of the madrassas earned West Bengal international accolades.
The Brookings Doha Center, which is located in Qatar and is sponsored by the Brookings Institution of Washington, in 2009 identified Bengal's madrassas as models for modern education and suggested that Pakistan should emulate them.
"Madrassas have a noble history of use in furthering the cause of science and learning in medieval Islam, but that tradition has been largely forgotten in Pakistan because of a relatively uneducated theological establishment taking over the administration of most madrassas," said the Brookings study, Pakistan's Madrassas: The Need for Internal Reform and the Role of International Assistance.
Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, president of West Bengal Board of Madrassa Education, said that the modernisation of the madrassas had benefitted the society immensely and that the process would continue.
"The modernisation of the madrassas was originally aimed to expose an increased number of Muslim children to modern education and to empower the backward community. But our madrassas have ended up helping Muslims as well as non-Muslims," Rabbi told Al Jazeera.
When the local government began introducing mainstream school curriculum in West Bengal in 2007, several Muslim leaders resisted the government action, terming it as an attack on the madrassas and Islam.
But now several community leaders have come out in the open in support of the modernisation and other provinces like Maharashtra, Bihar and Kerala have also started revamping the curriculum of their traditional madrassas.
"We cannot achieve anything substantial until the madrassa system is modernised following the latest trends in the education sector the world over. So, the ongoing modernisation of the madrassas is in the interest of our community," All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board President, Shaista Amber, told Al Jazeera.
Viewing the introduction of contemporary curriculum to the madrassas as "a fusion between the faith and modern systems of knowledge, especially of science", North Eastern Hill University professor and social activist Prasenjit Biswas said that along with others, the Muslim community is benefitting immensely from the "attractive educational and cultural innovation".
"Madrassa students learning science would locate themselves at the borderlines of natural sciences and faith as a practice. The fusion results into something like opening of the mind towards newer developments and also turning an open and enlightened mind towards the sacred," Biswas said.
Non-Muslim students studying in these madrassas have a special opportunity to get an exposure to Islamic as well as the modern western knowledge systems, and it is creating a new positive orientation to their life by combining the best of both the worldviews, he said.
"Madrassas based on strong intellectual traditions that draw from other cultures and religions can help overturn the historical divide between Hindus and Muslims, as easy access to Islamic tradition combined with other such traditions shall build up inter-cultural and inter-religious bridges," Biswas said.
Agreeing to the view of Biswas, Prince Haldar, a 12th grade Hindu student at Orgram madrassa, said that his madrassa education had helped him better understand Islam and had brought him closer to Muslims.
"Before I came to study in this madrassa, I was told that Islam was a militant religion and Muslims could not be friends of Hindus. I also heard that Muslims were biased against other religions," Prince told Al Jazeera.


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PHYSICS ENVY AMONG BIOLOGISTS: FACT OR FICTION?
by tjnelson
Physicists often state their belief that all biologists would rather be physicists, but became biologists only because they were not very good at math. As evidence for this, they point to such findings as the fact that the vast majority of published studies in virology, cell biology, endocrinology, and even microbiology, use few if any partial differential equations or elements of number theory, and only one paper written by a biologist in the past 25 years (in the field of neurophysiology) has ever used tensor calculus.
On the surface, this would seem to be a damning indictment of biology. Why, physicists ask, do biologists seem unable to utilize such simple concepts as the Riemannian-Christoffel curvature tensor or Galois fields in their work?
I discussed this issue of alleged innumeracy among biologists with a physicist friend of mine a few weeks ago while he was driving me to the airport in his cab. Inevitably, however, the discussion turned to possible collaborative experiments which would combine physics and biology.
In one such experiment, we considered the possibility of accelerating two rats to relativistic velocity, and smashing them together and counting the rat particles that would be emitted. For a time, there appeared to be the exciting possibility of discovering a new elementary particle, which would be found only in living matter, and which could tie the field of quantum mechanics with the emerging biological science of consciousness. However, with the help of the formidable mathematical skills of another physicist friend, we were able to estimate that the number of rat particles emitted would probably be too large to count [1], even if we put all our NIH postdocs on the problem. In fact, it would be too many even if our Howard Hughes fellows and all of our Summer Students pitched in and contributed their formidable math skills as well to the project. Thus, the elusive consciousness particle would have been impossible to detect.
The great enthusiasm expressed for this experiment by my physicist friend, however, revealed an important and surprising fact. When pressed, many physicists will reveal in confidence that they would actually rather have been biologists, but for the unfortunate fact that they were unable to keep anything alive long enough to study it. This is particularly true of subatomic physicists. Many researchers in the physical sciences in particular seem to be genuinely distressed about this, and in some cases their work reveals subtle psychological doubts, conflicts, and uncertainties about their inability to keep things alive. The well-known case of Schrodinger and his cat provides a perfect example.
But is there any real scientific truth to the assertion that physicists have trouble keeping things alive? In a famous study [2], the ability of prominent physicists from various subdisciplines to maintain a culture of bacteria was studied. The physicists were instructed to streak an agar plate with E. coli bacteria. The cells were then analyzed at different times and the percentage of bacteria still alive were counted using a computer program. The parts of the program that had math that was too hard were written with the aid of an ex-physicist. Although bacteria are hardy creatures, and tend to grow in great abundance without assistance, the longest survival time of any bacterium in the hands of a nuclear physicist was only 17 minutes and 18 seconds. Solid state physicists performed better, at 21 min 45 sec, while bacteria in the hands of astrophysicists survived a mere 12 minutes and 58 seconds. These are dismal numbers indeed, and point to a widespread incellularosity among all branches of physics.
It has been proposed that the roots of this phenomenon of incellularosity may be found in the early education of physicists. Indeed, in a follow-up study [3], a detailed analysis of the ill-fated Petri plates showed that, in many cases, the tragic deaths of all those millions of E. coli could be attributed to what, to biologists, may seem like relatively simple errors. For example, in one case, the plate was incubated at 1,700,000 degrees, a temperature far in excess of the optimal growing temperature for bacteria of 37 degrees Centigrade. In another case, it was found that the plate had not been streaked at all. The bacteria from this plate have never been recovered, and it is still not known precisely where the physicist streaked his bacteria. Unfortunately, the physicist in question could not be queried on this point, as he has sadly passed away after a sudden and unexpected illness.
A significant statistical problem encountered during this study, however, was that several of the physicists, rather than remaining to complete the test, made what the authors termed "disparaging remarks" about the authors' experimental design, and returned to their laboratories, where they wrote detailed papers describing the mathematical underpinnings of bacterial cell division. Even worse, two of the physicists subsequently went on trips to Oslo, Norway as a result of this, and the remainder refused to return phone calls from the authors. Thus, the results were skewed in favor of slightly "less-obnoxious" physicists.
Another statistical problem that was noticed was that no theoretical physicists had been included in the experiment. In fact, the authors, after desperate attempts to locate some theoretical physicists, ultimately concluded that such physicists did not, in fact, exist. The existence of such scientists had been postulated years earlier by Ashimoto et al.[4], but as of this writing, none has ever been observed. Thus, this branch of physics remains largely theoretical. As a famous biologist once remarked, "this is just as well, as theoretical physics is mostly just a bunch of complicated math stuff anyway."
Yet as revealing and touching as these anecdotal stories may be, the grim spectre of incellularosity needs to be taken seriously. Therefore, we will leave this topic for someone else and switch back to our original topic, that of the mathematical abilities (or absence thereof) in biologists.
Many anthroponumerical studies have focused on biologists, particularly in relation to their difficulties with left-brain skills such as mathematical reasoning and 3D spatial ability. Zubiaga et al. [5] reported that biologists, accustomed to rounded, natural shapes, had great difficulty in tasks requiring strong 3D visualization of flat, rectilinear-shaped objects, such as assembling cardboard broken glass disposal boxes. Their photos of tragically misshapen biohazard boxes assembled by frustrated and exhausted biologists, and broken-glass boxes assembled upside-down and held together with autoclave tape, are quite revealing. Zubiaga, a renowned particle physicist himself, speculated that other similar complex three-dimensional objects, such as lawn chairs, could well suffer a similar fate.
In actuality, the unfortunate fact that cell division and multiplication are synonymous has long been a cause of great mathematical angst among biologists, who after a long day watching cells increasing in number after dividing, often find themselves getting the x and / keys on their calculators confused.
Russell[6] documented the now well-accepted finding that biologists rarely use integers per se, particularly when making chemical solutions. When they believe themselves to be unobserved, biologists prefer to use their own unique counting system consisting of the following quantities:
1. Some.
2. A bunch.
3. A whole bunch.
4. All of it.
5. See if somebody else has any.
6. We'll have to buy some more.
7. Let's write a new grant.
These quantification terms are roughly delineated by increasing powers of 10. The biologists' counting system was compared to the primitive counting system used until quite recently in Samoa. However, Rascher[7] has claimed that subsequent interviews with the native subjects who had provided cultural information in the initial Samoan study, revealed that the Samoans actually thought the original anthropologist was just 'kidding around', and were merely cracking jokes about their counting system. According to Rascher, Samoan society did not use a primitive counting system after all but were in fact mathematically highly advanced, having actually developed differential calculus over 500 years before Newton.
The biologists' counting system has been defended by Baber, who noted that the system used by biologists is significantly more accurate than calculations performed on advanced state-of-the-art software such as Microsoft (TM) Excel [8]. Baber also claimed that, like the ancient Mayans, biologists appeared to have developed their own calendar, which was more accurate than the calendar on some modern-day computers (e.g., the AT&T 6300). However, no additional details of this potentially important finding were provided in Baber's book[8], and other researchers have recently disputed this claim.
[1] Using the biologists' numbering system, he estimated that the total number of particles would be
This is obviously higher that we, as mere biologists, could possibly count, and the sight of the exponent in this very complicated-looking equation served to dissuade us of the entire concept.
[2] Rosenberg, J. et al., Soc. Psych. Biol. Phys. 1, 14 (1996).
[3] Rosenberg, J. et al., J. Unpublished Results 33, 14705 (1998).
[4] Ashimoto, Watashino, personal communication.
[5] Zubiaga, T., Lebovic, V., and Vlasek, P., Czech. J. Unpub. Results 22, 143 (1988).
[6] Russell, R., personal communication.
[7] Rascher, R. and Nolan-Rascher, B., personal communication.
[8] Baber, B., in Excel for Blithering Morons, Wipburn Press, p. 1479 (1999).
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U.S. $50bn economic, peace plan for Mideast rejected
Jun 23, 2019 Business News Report
U.S. President Donald Trump's economic plan as part of the wider effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was met with contempt, repudiation and exasperation in the Arab world, even as some in the Gulf called for it to be given a chance. In Israel, Tzachi Hanegbi, a cabinet member close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called Palestinians' rejection of the $50 billion "peace to prosperity" plan tragic. The blueprint, set to be presented by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner at a conference in Bahrain on June 25-26, envisions a global investment fund to lift the Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies.
But the lack of a political solution, which Washington has said would be unveiled later, prompted rejection not only from Palestinians but also in Arab countries with which Israel would seek normal relations. From Sudan to Kuwait, prominent commentators and ordinary citizens denounced Kushner's proposals in strikingly similar terms: "colossal waste of time," "non-starter," "dead on arrival. Homelands cannot be sold, even for all the money in the world," Egyptian analyst Gamal Fahmy said. "This plan is the brainchild of real estate brokers, not politicians. Even Arab states that are described as moderate are not able to openly express support for it."
Commentator Sarkis Naoum at Lebanon's An-Nahar newspaper said, "This economic plan, like others, won't succeed because it has no political foundation." While the precise outline of the political plan has been shrouded in secrecy, officials briefed on it say Kushner has jettisoned the two-state solution – the long-standing worldwide formula that envisages an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. The PLO has dismissed Kushner's plans as "all abstract promises," insisting that only a political solution will solve the problem. It said they were an attempt to bribe the Palestinians into accepting Israeli occupation.
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According to some Greek protesters Ireland is not like Greece - one banner on a demonstration read, "This is not Ireland, we will fight". Finance Minister, Brian Lenihan, says the same but from a different stand point. He keeps repeating that Ireland is not like Greece in the hope that such an economic collapse won't happen here, precisely because he is afraid of a similar revolt of the Irish working class.
Following an appeal signed by 16 MEPs from the Left Group in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL), this week (21 to 26 June) has been designated as a "Week of Protest & Solidarity" across Europe - in opposition to the attacks on working people across Europe and in solidarity with the struggle in Greece.
The Assembly Executive is preparing an act that will criminalise the right to protest. The "Public Assemblies Bill" proposed by the working group on parades after the Hillsborough Agreement will mean all protests of 50 or more people will be illegal acts unless they ask permission 37 days before hand!
The resignation of Governor of the Women's Prison, the Dochas Centre, Kathleen McMahon at the end of April, followed by the announcement of John Lonregan, Mountjoy Governor that he is stepping down from his position has given a glimpse of the massive problems in the Irish prison service.
Across Europe, the bosses and right-wing governments are trying to make ordinary people pay the price for their crisis. Workers and young people need to link up the many struggles taking place into co-ordinated, united action against attacks on our wages, conditions and futures. The 21-26 June will see a Europe-Wide week of Protest and Solidarity against the bosses' onslaught with protests, pickets and public meetings being organised in Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, Greece, Denmark, Cyprus, Italy & Sweden.
Attacks on working people are mounting right across Europe. The so-called PIGS (Portugal, Ireland & Italy, Greece, Spain) countries have been to the forefront of these attacks. In Ireland, we have seen €7 billion of cutbacks, seriously damaging public services, including health and education. In Greece, there has been a 10% cut in wages and spending in the public sector, together with an increased retirement age, VAT increases and the freezing of pensions. Portugal has a plan to cut its deficit by €11bn over four years through a crisis tax on wages and cutbacks in public services. The Spanish Parliament has passed cutbacks worth €15bn on top of €50bn already agreed. Italy is due to implement "emergency-cutbacks" of €24 bn.
The publication of the Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, more commonly known as the Saville Inquiry, has brought to light, once again, the murderous and brutal lengths the British capitalist state is prepared to go to defend its interests. The Saville Inquiry, which cost nearly £200 million and lasted 12 years, has officially confirmed what everyone has known all along - that those who were murdered by the British Army on Bloody Sunday were innocent. What the inquiry has failed to expose or even attempt to explain, is what was the role of the Edward Heath Tory government in 1972 and the British army chiefs, in the events of Bloody Sunday and in the subsequent cover-up. On these crucial questions, the Saville Inquiry is silent and has failed. In that respect, it is another form of an official cover-up of the role of the British state in the events of that day and their aftermath.
A joint press conference of different left groups building for the June 26th protest as part of the Europe-Wide week of protest was organised earlier this week. Here we report on the key points raised.
Pensions face axe as Cowen orders €3 billion cuts!
Angela Merkel and the major EU governments are taking an interest in making sure Irish working class people pay up for the economic crisis. They are going to check Brian Lenihan's budgets from now on, just to make sure they contain enough cuts. And to pacify their "European partners", Brian Cowen has ordered his Ministers to come up with €3 billion in cuts by the end of the month.


Continuous corn is the most common irrigated crop sequence in southwest Nebraska. Although rotating to other crops, such as soybeans, can mitigate some production issues of continuous corn and often boost the next year's corn yield, larger adoption of soybean has not readily occurred in this area. According to USDA Farm Service Agency planted acreage data, on average southwest Nebraska farmers plant irrigated soybean every fifth year.
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of planting date, row spacing, seeding rates, and N management on yield and yield components of irrigated soybean in southwest Nebraska.
The study was conducted at two locations in Perkins County (the Kemling and Stumpf farms) in 2018. The predominant soil type at the Kemling Farm was Rosebud loam; at the Stumpf farm it was Kuma silt loam. At the Kemling Farm, the whole field was disked prior to planting; at the Stumpf farm, soybeans were seeded no-till. At both locations the previous crop was corn. Besides study treatments, soybeans were grown following UNL agronomic and irrigation recommendations.
The 2018 seasonal precipitation (May-Oct) was 6.5 inches higher than the 30-year average, especially early in the season (Figure 1), leading to issues with crusting and soybean germination. In addition, two hail events occurred at both sites. The first hail event occurred May 25, causing stand reduction in early planted soybeans. The second hail event occurred in mid-August, causing 20% hail injury at the Stumpf Farm and 5% at the Kemling Farm.
Each treatment was replicated four times and each replication was divided into blocks by N management (fertility regime). Seeding practices (planting date, row spacing, and seeding rates) were randomized within each fertility N management block. The study treatments were planted into strips 40 ft by 180 ft. The middle 30 ft of each strip was harvested for yield using a John Deere 6000 series combine.
In addition, harvest population (plants/ac) was counted in each strip right before the harvest and five plant subsamples were taken to evaluate yield components, including nodes/plant, branches/plant, pods/plant, seeds/pod, and seed weight.
At both locations the best soybean yields were observed at the early planting date (May 1) and in narrower row spacing (15 inches), while higher seeding rates did not have any measurable yield increase regardless of location and practices used.
At the Kemling Farm, early planted soybeans benefited from pre-plant application of compost at 5 ton/ac, yielding as much as 107 bu/ac. This trend, however, was not observed at late planting dates as yields dropped to 28-41 bu/ac. At the Stumpf Farm, chemigation of 50 lbs of N/ac at R5 (beginning seed) did not result in a yield increase.
What are Soybean Yield Components and Why do They Matter?
Grain yield is comprised of several components that, when analyzed separately, can allow us to better understand their individual contribution to overall grain yield. Despite differences in grain yield, the relationship between grain yield and yield components was similar at the two sites. Table 1 summarizes correlation coefficients averaged across sites. The sign of correlation coefficient (r) indicates the nature of the relationship (either positive or negative) while the magnitude of coefficient (ranging from 0 to 1) represents the strength of the linear relationship.
differences observed in grain yield had no impact on seeds/pod and/or seed weight.
On the other hand, significant positive correlation was observed between grain yield and nodes/plant (r=0.58), branches/plant (r=0.50) and pods/plant (r=0.42) suggesting that the best seeding and N management practices are those that facilitate node, branch, and pod development.
Previous UNL research on soybean in eastern Nebraska has demonstrated that for each day that soybean planting is delayed after May 1, yield penalties of 0.25-0.63 bu/ac can occur, depending on the year. (See Why Planting Soybean Early Improves Yield Potential and Soybean Planting Date — When and Why.) In our one-year study in southwest Nebraska, we found much larger daily yield penalties of 1.40 bu/ac/day at the Kemling Farm and 0.64 bu/ac/day at the Stumpf Farm (Figure 3).
Among yield components, nodes/plant, branches/plant, and pods/plant were all negatively correlated with planting date (Table 1), suggesting that each soybean plant produced fewer nodes, branches, and pods as planting date was delayed (Figure 3).
Overall, soybeans yielded better when planted in narrower rows. At the Kemling Farm a yield advantage of 8 bu/ac was observed with 15-inch rows at early planting, while there was no yield advantage with narrower rows at late planting date (Figure 4). At the Stumpf Farm, there was a yield advantage of 11 and 6 bu/ac with narrower rows at early and late planting, respectively. This is largely in agreement with our previous on-farm research studies that showed 3-13 bu/ac increases with 15-inch as compared to 30-inch rows.
Narrower seeding did not influence soybean node development; however, we did observe enhanced branching and consequently a greater number of pods per plant. The additional pods located on the side branches contributed greatly to the yield increase in narrower rows (data not show).
Soybean yield at both the Kemling and Stumpf farms did not respond to changes in plant populations. Although soybeans were seeded at 90,000 and 140,000 live seeds/ac, actual harvest population (plants/ac) ranged between 30,000 and 120,000 plants/ac at the Kemling Farm and between 20,000 and 110,000 plants/ac at the Stumpf Farm. The stand reduction at both sites was due to early season crusting issues and hail injury.
Lack of soybean yield response to increasing populations may be explained by increased competition among the soybean plants themselves. Increasing plant population causes individual soybean plants to produce fewer branches, pods, and seeds, and consequently less yield (Figure 5).
In summary, soybean yield potential is increased when the crop is seeded earlier (0.64-1.40 bu/ac/day) and in narrower rows (up to 11 bu/ac yield advantage). This yield potential was achievable at lower seeding rates and without late season N supplementation.
Eliminating late season chemigation with 50 lbs of N/ac – $20/ac.
Among these four production factors, early planting is the one factor that soybean growers in the region most often overlook and therefore lose the opportunity to increase their profit margins substantially. Therefore, the real question is what should we plant first in southwest Nebraska: corn or soybeans? The answer is: soybeans. We can look to Iowa State University researchfor supporting data. Corn planted between April 20 and May 5 achieved 100% yield potential. Depending on year-to-year variability 99% of yield potential could still be achieved with corn planted before May 20. In the three-year study, significant yield reductions occurred only once and that was when corn planting dates were extended to late May or June. In southwest Nebraska research in 2018, we observed daily yield penalties of 0.5-1.0 bu/ac/day for corn planted after May 1 (one year data).
We strongly recommend soybean farmers in western Nebraska evaluate their seeding and fertility practices and consider implementing changes that could lead to a more profitable crop.


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Organic Cotton Plus sent me this lovely organic cotton pique fabric in the pesto colorway to play with. I used it to make myself a dress and a polo shirt for Tim. Twinsies! More on his polo shirt soon.
I had a hard time choosing a color for my pique because there were so many good choices. All the colors are really rich... the pesto was calling my name, though, in the end.
I haven't had much experience with pique, but I really enjoyed working with it! It's pretty stable, but it's got just enough stretch. I also found it to have great recovery considering it's 100% cotton with no lycra! It doesn't curl too much on the edges and has a cool texture on the exterior. I always think of pique for polo shirts, but it paired perfectly with the Pembroke pattern.
Bonus: this organic, GOTS-certified cotton pique is 80 inches wide, which means you get a big bang for your buck. I had 4 yards to play with, and I got a midi-dress, Tim's polo, and still have enough for at least another top!
Double bonus: Organic Cotton Plus is having a massive Black Friday sale, so this pique could be an even better deal. Mark your calendars, because on Black Friday, get 15% off the entire Organic Cotton Plus site with the promo code "Friday15".
It gets even better, though, because on Cyber Monday, Organic Cotton Plus will be having sitewide savings of up to 60% with additional flash sales every couple of hours starting at 10 am EST. To follow the flash sales, you must like Organic Cotton Plus on Facebook and/or follow them on Instagram.
OK, back to my Pembroke dress: I went for my typical Cashmerette size, a 16 C/D, which was perfect. I chose the jewel neckline, the ties and the midi length. The only change I made to the pattern is that I hemmed the elbow length sleeves by 1/2 inch instead of adding the bands. Personal preference.
One thing I noticed is that the Pembroke is a bit of an opposite-mullet. Party in the front. The back needs a little something-something. I wonder if I continued the ties around the back if I would like the back view better. Maybe it's just because I'm coming off my Rivermont dress, which had me all heart-eyes for the backside.
Thank you to Organic Cotton Plus for the lovely fabric!
Thanks, Susan! I think it will be a wardrobe staple in warmer weather, for sure.
Thanks, Abbey! This is my favorite color! It's a cute pattern- very versatile.
Love this dress! The color is so beautiful on you. I've been wanting to try out the pique so I'm happy really happy to see this review!
Thanks so much! I love the color.
The pique is really nice- and such a good deal considering how wide it is!


Academic Dissertation to be presented with the assent of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, for public discussion in Auditorium of the Medipolis (Kiviharjuntie 11), on May 26th, 2005, at 10 a.m.
Genetic factors and their resulting phenotypes were evaluated in three different bone disorders: osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), juvenile idiopathic osteoporosis (JIO), and stress fractures.
The spectrum of the OI phenotypes caused by mutations in the COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes is well defined, but the mechanisms by which the variations affect the hearing phenotype are not well-known. A total of 54 Finnish OI patients with previously diagnosed hearing loss, or aged 35 or more years, were analyzed here for mutations in COL1A1, or COL1A2. Altogether, 49 mutations were identified, of which 41 were novel. No correlation was observed between the mutated gene, or the mutation type, and the hearing pattern. This indicates that the basis of hearing loss in OI is complex, and is a result of multifactorial, still unknown genetic effects, or of variable expressions of the COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes.
JIO presents peri-pubertally as an acute symptomatic osteoporosis (bone pain and fractures) in otherwise healthy children, and no underlying cause has yet been identified for this disorder. Here, the analysis of the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 gene (LRP5) in 20 patients with JIO revealed two missense mutations (A29T and R1036Q) and one frameshift mutation (C913fs) in 3 of the patients. The LRP5 gene has recently been shown to be also involved in osteoporosis-pseudoglioma syndrome and a high-bone-mass phenotype.
Stress fractures are a significant problem among athletes and soldiers. Genetic factors may increase the fracture risk, but no susceptibility genes have yet been identified. Seven genes involved in bone metabolism, or pathology, were studied in terms of their roles in stress fracture. No disease-causing, or predisposing variations were found in the candidate gene, or association analyses, but a highly significant association was found between the phenotype and a vitamin D receptor (VDR) haplotype, TGT, which is composed of three polymorphic sites, FokI, BsmI and TaqI. We showed that femoral neck stress fractures are associated with a certain VDR haplotype, accounting for a five-fold increase in the risk of developing stress fractures, with an associated attributable risk of 12%.
The results of this study show that genetic factors play a role in different pathological bone phenotypes. These findings provide new information on the pathogenesis of the disorders and for the development of genetic testing and targeted treatment for the disorders.


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The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith, Mayo Abbey in Co. Mayo
For centuries the blacksmith's trade had been considered the most important of all. His services were required by nearly every member of the community in which he worked. Whether it was for shoeing a horse, making a gate, plough irons, spades, shovels, sleans, scythes and putting iron tyres on cartwheels or making and effecting repairs to farm implements, or producing a variety of domestic items such as rushlight holders, oatcake toasters, fire tongs and cranes, pots griddles, candlestick holders, and fire irons, knives, forks, scissors, needles and pins as well as locks, bolts and hasps, screws.
Here in East Mayo we had some very good blacksmiths. In Churchfield, Knock, we had Eoin McTighe and near Ballyhaunis we had Brod Boyle and many more. Blacksmiths were usually very good story tellers, and Eoin and Brod were no exception. They were well able to tell a yarn as good as John B. Keane or Eamon Kelly and keep you in suspense as they told it and striking the anvil every so often as to confirm it was true.
The forge was usually situated beside a road and close to running water. Passers-by would drop in for a chat, so the forge was never without a group of men and boys, some of them waiting their turn with a piece of work for the smith, and others just passing the time away. Women very rarely came to the forge and if they came with some job for the smith, they hardly ever entered and usually went away quickly.
No blacksmith had difficulty in gathering a group of neighbours to till his garden and woe betide anyone who refused to help when asked, thereby taking the smith away from his more important work in the forge.
The blacksmith was both respected and a feared member of the community. It was well known that he could lay charms and spells, though always for a good purpose, such as the cure of illness. He worked all day with iron, and it was common knowledge that iron was a safeguard against the powers of evil. He could set at nought the evil spells laid to steal the produce from fields or the butter from the dairy; this was accomplished by a liberal sprinkling of the forge water, accompanied by the appropriate words which were known only to himself.
The smith wasn't just the local metalworker, he was also the dentist in the old days. When a person had severe toothache the answer was to visit the blacksmith's forge and have the tooth out. This was achieved by tying a piece of strong string to the tooth and also the anvil. The smith then gave a red hot piece of metal to the sufferer who jerked away in horror and pulled his own tooth out. Some smiths pulled teeth with their fingers; some are said to have used the horse-shoe tongs.
There was a cure for warts and other skin ailments in the water he used for quenching the hot iron provided the skin wasn't open. And in some areas it was believed if the same water were applied to a squinty eye three mornings in succession without the smith's knowledge, it would cure the squint. The smith also treated horses.
Saddle-sores and bruises were treated with washes, using the water from the trough, and he could flush out a horse's nose with a syringe he made himself from a pig's bladder. And some were believed to have the power to mete revenge by turning the anvil while cursing the person who had done the wrong.
The good smith was said to have an eye sharper than the tailor's measure. He could tell at a glance and to within an inch the length of iron required for the band of a wheel or the exact height of a horse or pony by looking at them or their age by a glance at their teeth. He was a patient craftsman; such tasks as the assembling of an iron gate might take a couple of hours of unbroken work, and seldom did that length of time pass without some customer coming with an urgent job.
In some areas the smith had a standing arrangement by which he gave regular service in shoeing horses and repairing equipment for the farmers in return for regular deliveries to him at set times of produce such as oats, potatoes, flour, vegetables. Others paid him the fair day he went early to the fair and the farmers settled up with him when they sold.
Sadly the smith's trade is no longer required now, with factories and machinery doing his work.
Written and researched by Noreen Costello and Luke Flatley


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Kerr is very, very good, but I'm not scared of her – Montemurro focused on Arsenal, not Chelsea ahead of huge title clash
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Arsenal boss Joe Montemurro would not be drawn on the topic of Chelsea star Sam Kerr ahead of the two teams meeting Sunday in what promises to be a crucial Women's Super League clash.
Montemurro knows fellow Aussie Kerr well from his time spent coaching in the W-League, a competition in which the forward is the all-time top-scorer from her time with Perth Glory and Sydney FC.
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However, the Gunners head coach refused to single the Blues' new signing out as their biggest threat ahead of this weekend's game.
"It's not for me to comment about other teams and what they do and how they do it, but the reality is that Chelsea have a number of very, very good players and obviously Sam Kerr is a component of that," he said.
"We go into the game worrying about ourselves, so that's why I don't feel scared about who we play.
"We worry about how we're going to play, and how we're going to command and dictate the game.
"I don't look at individual players or individual scenarios, we just look at making sure we play the way we want to play.
"We're a team that wants the ball and wants to keep the ball and when we have the opportunity to get comfortable and play the way we want to play, I'm sure we'll find the spaces to exploit them."
It was Emma Hayes' side who took three points and the bragging rights from their clash at Kingsmeadow in October, with Chelsea running out 2-1 winners and making a huge statement in the WSL title race.
Asked what he learned from that game, in which Arsenal actually led early on through Danielle van de Donk, Montemurro said: "That we have to continue at our rhythm, at our tempo, at our style for 90 minutes. We can't afford to drop it.
"They're a team that are very quick in transition and are very direct. We lost our way a little bit in the second half and we just need continuity.
"We need to make sure we start well and we finish well. I'm sure that we'll be competitive and make sure we get the best we can out of the game.
"It's a mindset of continuity, it's a mindset of playing the 90 minutes, it's a mindset of not being able to relax for any period of that game.
"We'll work to our high tempo, we'll work to the tempo that is going to give us the standard we need for a result on Sunday.
"Tactically, we need to be smart. We need to be intelligent both in the phase of attacking and defending.
"This is [the type of game] we want. We want competitive games every week, we want high-level football every week.
"That's what we train for and it's what we're here for. The more competitive the games, the more the standard is of a high level. Bring it on, we want more of these games."
Since that meeting in October though, the Blues have dropped points against relegation-battlers Brighton and Liverpool, surrendering the upper hand they got from that huge victory.
It makes Sunday's game a potentially title-defining one – and the importance has been reflected in it selling out already.
"It's fantastic," Montemurro said. "It's an amazing opportunity to showcase women's football.
"We're going to see 90 minutes of some of the world's best players on Sunday.
"To have them in our backyard, to have them here in the UK, to have it shown all over the world, is an amazing opportunity for the game to really take the next step."


Colour trends come and go. Companies like Spotify and Instagram are known for their recent use of bright gradients, while companies like SAP and Linkedin play it a bit safer. The first thing to remember when putting a colour scheme together is to remember who the user is. Knowing who your target user and persona is will go a long way to understanding which colour scheme to use in your product. That being said, there are still some guidelines when it comes to this.
Only a very skilled designer can make a lot of different bright colours work together on the same screen. As the designer, your goal is to create an interface that will guide the user through the interface. Colour can play a big role in bringing your interface together while also staying true to the company branding.
This article will outline how to take an existing company logo and build a colour scheme for your user interface. When it comes to building an app or a website, and making an interface that is intuitive with controls that attract and guide the user on their journey through the site.
This colour is for primary functionality across your website. Buttons, headings, highlighted fields – they'll all use this colour to create a unified brand across your site. Typically it would be a good idea to match this with the companies main branding colour.
If possible, the primary colour should be bright. I've worked with companies in the past who had grey as their primary branding colour, as this was the colour of the majority of their logo. Grey is a bad choice for the primary colour of a website, because it's also the colour of an inactive button. Try to see if there is another colour in the companies branding (that is not grey) that can be used as a primary colour for the website.
What I mean by this is that if your primary colour is yellow, yellow text will not work against a white background. If you want to check the contrast of the readability of the primary colour, use the accessibility tool here.
Brands such as Selfridges have managed to use yellow on their website to great effect, by using yellow as the primary colour and black as the text colour on buttons and for iconography. If you're stuck with yellow or any pale colour, try to see if there are creative ways you can get around it while also maintaining accessibility.
The next step will be to choose supporting colours for your primary colour. It might be that you could use a shade of the primary colour, or that there is another hue available in the company's style guidelines.
One of the supporting colours will be your secondary colour. This can be used to offset the use of the primary colour – so if the primary colour is used for the primary buttons and text, the secondary colours are used for the second level headings and the buttons that have lower priority.
It shouldn't be as bright as the primary colour, because the colours should not compete with each other. The secondary colour needs to be paler, or more neutral, or slightly duller than the primary colour.
Another of the supporting colours should be your accent. The accent should be almost opposite of your primary colour, and should stand out. If your primary colour is blue, the accent colour can be orange. The accent colour can be strong, like the primary colour, but it's use case is very different. The goal of the accent colour is to be used sparingly, and used as a warning, an error message or as a notification of some kind. You should try to use the accent colour is what you will use when you need to break through the noise or the primary and secondary colour.
To wrap up, you should finally choose a couple of neutral colours. Deliberately choosing the neutrals will make your colour scheme seem complete and give the visual interface coherence. The neutral colours refer to the very dark colours for text and the very light colours for backgrounds.
The neutral colours should reference the primary colour.
The neutral colours should reference the primary colour. If your primary colour is red or orange, the dark neutral colour could be a very dark brown, and the light neutral colour could have orange or yellow tones in it. If your primary colour is blue, the dark neutral colour could be a very dark navy, and the light neutral could be a very pale grey with tones of blue in it. You can always go with completely plain grey colours for these parts of your colour scheme, but just to know that it's always possible to make these colours support your primary colour also.
This is very dark colour that you will use for the majority of the text, the form elements and for outlines and borders. The dark neutral colour can also be used to create contrast on the website, perhaps using it as the background of the footer, or the background of the navigation.
This is very light colour that you will use occasionally for backgrounds. You might find yourself needing a light colour to group elements together and create relief between different parts of a page. The light neutral colour shouldn't be used for text or even inactive elements, as users should always be able to at least see inactive elements, and read text.
Just as a word of warning – it's better to either go very dark or very light when it comes to neutral colours. I've seen design systems reference middle greys, which ended up being used as colours for text (even though they're not legible). If you must use a middle grey, specifically state how it should be used, so that it doesn't end up being used in the wrong way.
So at this point you should hopefully have a primary colour, a secondary colour, an accent, a light neutral and a dark neutral. Put them all together to see how they look side by side. The important thing to remember while using these tips is to keep your client in mind. The colours should reflect and support their brand at all times.
There are lots of tools out there that can inspire and help steer you in the right direction, and I've listed a few below. Next time you're using your favourite apps and websites, pay close attention to their use of colours.
Thanks for reading, I hope this was helpful. As always, the best place to reach me is over on twitter if you have any insights you would like to share. I'm also going to start using instagram soon again, so follow me there if you also have an account.


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"This spliff is so smooth. Nicely rolled."


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Federal policy action protected health, economic well-being during pandemic
Clark Goldenrod
Federal COVID-19 relief actions reduced hardship during the pandemic and the dramatic economic disruption it caused in 2020, according to the latest U.S. Census data. Federal policymakers responded to the overwhelming harm of the pandemic to protect Americans' health, bolster their incomes, and meet basic needs. They did so with historic expansions of our nation's unemployment insurance system, tax credits for low-income families, and food assistance; several rounds of economic stimulus payments; and expanded funding and protections for affordable health care. Minnesota policymakers in many ways followed suit. The recent data show these policies worked.
However, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately harmed low-income and Black and Brown Americans, and highlighted inequality across lines of race, income, and geography that predate the pandemic. The recent Census data gives us a kind of "report card" on the federal policy response so far -- it shows us the positive impact of choices taken to date, and demonstrates why additional policy actions are needed to build a stronger, more equitable economy.
One important metric from the Census release is the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which is better than the official poverty measure to assess whether Americans can afford the essentials. The Supplemental Poverty Measure includes the effects of anti-poverty efforts such as food assistance through SNAP, tax credits that boost the resources of lower-income families, and low-income heating assistance, as well as how much basic needs, like health care, cost.
For the first time since it was constructed, in 2020 the Supplemental Poverty Measure showed fewer people in the United States (specifically, 7.5 million) were living in poverty than the official poverty measure showed. This demonstrates the power of COVID-response policy actions in improving economic well-being. In 2020, the official poverty rate for the nation was 11.4 percent, while the supplemental poverty rate was 9.1 percent.
In Minnesota, 7.3 percent or 415,000 people lived in poverty, according to the official poverty measure, while the Supplemental Poverty Measure pegs the state figure at 5.9 percent, or 332,000 people. (These figures are averages for the years 2018 to 2020.)
The latest data also show how recent federal policy actions were successful in boosting many Americans' incomes even during a year of record-breaking unemployment. For example, federal policymakers enacted robust expansions of unemployment insurance to include many jobless workers normally left out and providing more robust income supports. The improved UI system prevented 5.5 million people from falling into poverty. Refundable tax credits for people earning lower wages, like the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, also had a powerful effect, preventing 5.3 million Americans from living in poverty, including 2.7 million children.
While there is a lot of good news in the Census report, still too many Americans did not have enough to get by. The data also demonstrate once again the United States' deep divides in economic security by race and ethnicity, reflecting historic and ongoing discrimination in education, housing, and employment that systemically limits opportunity. While policy choices reduce the supplemental poverty rate for Americans of color, it's not enough to close those gaps. Poverty rates for Black and Hispanic Americans are still much higher than the overall national figure. About 1 in 7 Black and Latinx Americans live in poverty, according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure. These figures, which represent roughly 15 million Americans, show us that there's much more to do to build an economy and system of policies that ensure all workers and families can thrive.
Supplemental Poverty Rate 2020 Median Household Income 2020
Overall U.S. 9.1 percent $67,521
Black Americans 14.6 percent $45,870
Latinx Americans 14.0 percent $55,321
Asian Americans 8.8 percent $94,903
White, non-Latinx Americans 6.5 percent $74,912
*The data released does not include figures for Native Americans, nor does it disaggregate further by race. As a result, the data do not tell the complex stories of our nation.
The data released last week paints a picture of the experience in 2020. When we look at more recent Census data that surveyed people this August, it's clear that hardship is still far too prevalent, even as the economy and labor market have begun to improve. It's still the case that 17.6 million American adults, including 190,000 Minnesotans, were not able to get the food they need. One in seven renters nationwide, including 88,000 Minnesotans, are behind on rent. And almost 60 million Americans are having trouble affording basic expenses, including 749,000 Minnesotans.
Right now, federal policymakers are considering Build Back Better recovery legislation that would build upon the progress made over the past year, fill in the holes in the safety net that the pandemic laid bare, and build a stronger, more equitable economy.
To have the greatest impact and build the future that so many Americans are calling for, this legislation should include:
A permanent expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit to continue to bolster the incomes of children, families, and workers;
Permanent unemployment insurance reform that sets basic federal standards for coverage and benefits, building on the improvements made in last year's COVID-19 legislation;
Investments in affordable housing so that fewer families have to worry about keeping a roof over their heads;
Closing the Medicaid coverage gap so that access to affordable health care doesn't depend on what state a person lives in;
Summer grocery benefits and expanded access to free school meals;
Expanded investments in affordable child care and the creation of a paid leave system so that people don't lose income or their jobs when illness strikes; and
Raising resources from wealthy households and corporations to fund these investments and bring greater equity to our tax code.
If you would like to contact your elected officials to demonstrate your support for transformational policy changes that build on the anti-poverty successes of the COVID-19 relief legislation, you can do so at our action center.
Related reading on this topic
New data show that despite improvement, many face continued hardship
Putting American Rescue Plan dollars to work for Minnesota: Major funding sources to state and local governments
Child Tax Credit expansions expected to make historic reductions in child poverty; Improvements should be made permanent
Affordable Care Act: Minnesota has much at stake
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Cincinnati native Edward Henry Potthast is celebrated for his sun-filled paintings of Americans at the shore. This exhibition of 90 works is the first to explore the full range of this American Impressionist's art, featuring alongside his famous beach pictures portrayals of European peasants and agricultural laborers, harbor views, landscapes and portraits. With sketchbooks, watercolors, pastels, prints, and oil paintings, the exhibition will reveal his accomplishments across media, from studies to finished works of art. A catalogue published by D. Giles, Ltd., will explore Potthast's life and work in depth and include a conservation study of his techniques.


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Sigma Theta Tau International Chapter-at-Large Creation
Published on Dec 07, 2016.
The Mu Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) at Boise State University (BSU) has been working with faculty at Northwest Nazarene University to establish a chapter-at-large of the nursing honor society between the two schools of nursing. Establishment of the chapter-at-large will provide excellent NNU nursing students the opportunity to become members of this prestigious nursing honor society. Additionally, the chapter-at-large will allow BSU and NNU to collaborate and network and to build a strong and sustainable STTI chapter. The process of creating the chapter-at-large will take place over the next year and will culminate in full approval and recognition of the new chapter at STTI's national convention in November 2017.
The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau was founded at Indiana University School of Nursing in 1922 with the goal of bringing recognition to nursing as a science. The current mission of STTI is to advance the world's health and celebrate nursing excellence in scholarship, leadership and service. Membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship and to nurses in the community who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in nursing. Sigma Theta Tau is the second largest nursing organization in the world with a membership of 135,000 members in more than 500 chapters. Sigma Theta Tau was the first U.S. organization to fund nursing research, which it has done since 1936.
It is anticipated that the first NNU students and community nursing leaders will be inducted into the BSU-NNU Sigma Theta Tau chapter-at-large in the spring of 2018.
The Department of Nursing at Northwest Nazarene University provides undergraduate, degree completion and graduate programs related to the professional field of nursing. We are nationally accredited and offer programs that can meet the needs of students in a wide variety of settings.
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Pros and Cons in an Open Office Plan | G and C Construction Inc.
By G & C Construction Inc.
An office design can go one of two ways – it can make people feel creative and energized, or it can make them feel dull and stressed.
This is the question of designing your office: how do you create the most productive environment you can?
Companies have tried all sorts of things. In the 1970s, and up until the 90s, we saw cubicles. Now, you say that to a millennial and they'll go running!
That said, companies have opted for "open office plans", when there are little to no partitions. Going around Portland and Vancouver, you'd have trouble finding an office that doesn't have this layout.
More collaboration and transparency. Offices thrive on open communication. That means nothing happens behind closed doors (or maybe just some things). You can also ask quick questions and share ideas freely. Managers and team leaders are more approachable – there isn't that barrier of having to "knock and enter".
Some teams thrive off a high energy environment. This goes for industries like sales and marketing, where you often get up-tempo atmospheres.
Saves money. Especially true for heating/cooling and electricity. It also maximizes space, and allows you to not worry about finding space for new hires.
More socializing. This can contribute to higher work satisfaction, when team members can laugh and joke with each other.
Noisier, no privacy. While laughing and joking is nice, there also comes a time when people need to hunker down and work. Or, if one employee is on a deadline, but everyone else has free time, this can result in frustration. Some people also don't like others hearing their phone calls, or conversations.
Lose the 'hierarchy'. This is more common for Boomers, but some employees like that they had to work hard to get a window or corner office. It could provide incentive.
Getting everyone to agree on things. It's hard to get 30 people to agree on the same temperature, or type of music. What do you do in these situations?
The argument is pulled equally in both directions. How do you build a space that encourages collaboration yet also allows for privacy?
Fortunately, there are ways to accommodate both.
We've seen offices that have dedicated spaces for different environments. You might have a "quiet room" partitioned off, with the rest of the office being used for collaborating and socializing. Some places have "office neighborhoods", where people come and go temporarily based on what project they're working on.
Your office layout will be best suited for the type of work you do and the personalities within it. And hey, it might take some redesigns to get it right.
In that, we have extensive experience moving walls and partitions. We can even help in discussing what would work best for your office. Schedule a consultation with G&C Construction to go over your challenges and design goals.


This weeks "Flash" is of the outdoor areas of your home. Our house sits on the corner of a double cul-de-sac so our lot is an ice cream cone shape. Our backyard isn't very big, but it's perfect for our Boss. Our front yard is pretty large so we do most of our playing there, and since we are in a cul-de-sac the kids have plenty of room to ride bikes, scooters, cars, etc.
View from our back deck. We have a lovely patio that runs under the deck the length of the house. Since we live in a cul-de-sac we typically have a ton of kids that come out to play with us and sometimes it's nice to have just time with our family so we escape to the backyard.
We live next door to some of our best friends...the Grundy's. We knew the Grundy's before they moved in next door. They came over for pizza to see our house when we moved in and ended up buying the house next door! The Grundy's added this handy gate that connects our backyards so our kids can go from one house to the other with ease. We always have a great time with the Grundy's...and our kids get along great so hanging with them is a breeze.
The front yard. The kids have a blast running around in the front. Lots of room to play soccer or throw footballs or Frisbee or play chase with Boss. We used to have a huge island in the middle of the yard and just this past Spring we decided to sod the island in. We love the new look.
The island in front of the house got a face lift this past spring. It was just rocks and pine straw and very baron looking. After 5 years of having nothing in front of our house I'm happy to finally get something going. Bryan worked really hard on this and I think it looks great. I'm looking forward to seeing how it grows in for next spring.
Love sitting on the front porch at night with Bryan. It's also lovely to sit out here when we are having a summer thunder shower.
I LOVE this tree. I think it is some sort of birch. When we first moved in the house it was so small and over the past 5 years it has really grown.
Since most of our pictures are from the pool I had to post where we spend so much of our time in the summer. This is my mom's house. I grew up in this house and I must say that now that I have my own kids I spend more time in the pool than I ever did growing up. I love that my kids love being there so much, which is great because it's FREE entertainment! I meant to take a nice photo today while we were there and I forgot. :/ This photo is from Sydney's recent birthday party.
Want to join in on the Flash Me Friday fun?? If so you can do so by going to the Groettum Family blog.
You have a very beautiful home!


Recently, I met up with my photographer, Vanessa, around the Hollywood area and OH EM GEE! What a cute little town to go hangout. We usually meet at a coffee shop (but first, coffee, Duh!) to discuss projects, collaborations, life and exchange ideas prior to shooting outfits and then the fun starts! We let our creative juices just pour out over our poses and photos. I'm not easy to shoot because I am so shy, but Vanessa on the other hand makes it so easy for me. She is so quick and creative, she just gets me you guys! I believe behind every blogger or influencer there's an amazing photographer and that's Vanessa! She is the bomb.com. Really! I truly love working with her and if you guys are ever in need of a photographer + videographer for whatever special occasion and life moment that you want to capture, she's your girl! And it gets better. Her husband is also a videographer and they are the epitome of power couple with the cutest little boy, Foxy. #CoupleGoal. Vanessa is probably going to kill me for posting this, but legit! She's an amazing human with such a humble, calm, gentle and good heart with an eye to capture the best moments. I couldn't do what I do without her!
Anyway, for this outing I wore this really cute and easy crop top I picked up at Tobi and paired it with my newest fave high rise distressed denim. They give you instant abs and I love it. Of course, the final touches had to be a fun pair of heels and bag.
Thank you all so much for stopping by and checking out my blog post.


This ebook is a gripping account of the murky global of the foreign oil and its position in global politics. Scandals approximately oil are favourite to so much people. From George W. Bush's election victory to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, US politics and oil take pleasure in a controversially shut dating. the USA financial system depends the inexpensive and limitless offer of this unmarried gas. William Engdahl takes the reader via a heritage of the oil industry's grip at the global economic system. His revelations are startling.
In his attractive memoir, Confessions of an monetary Hit guy, John Perkins specified his former function as an "economic hit man" within the foreign company skulduggery of a de facto American Empire. Now Perkins zeroes in on sizzling spots all over the world, drawing on interviews to envision the present geopolitical challenge, and offering a compassionate plan to reimagine our international.
A darkish story of greed, corruption, and unquenchable ambition, residence of playing cards unearths that irrespective of the rustic, politics, intrigue and fervour reign within the corridors of power.
Francis Urquhart has his hand on each mystery in politics—and is prepared to betray all of them to develop into major minister. Mattie Storin is a tenacious younger reporter who has a knack for locating the true tales hidden in the back of the spin. while she stumbles upon a scandalous internet of intrigue and fiscal corruption on the very maximum degrees, she vows to bare the reality. yet to take action she needs to conflict her personal demons and danger every thing, even her life.
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Kane identifies and analyzes a number of the significant conflicts of precept which symbolize international politics at the present time. those comprise debates over the ethics of conflict, fiscal redistribution, source intake and the rights and obligations linked to club of a political neighborhood. in response to the writer, debates reminiscent of those are being drawn in the direction of more and more polarized positions represented by means of strongly universalist and particularist ethical and political ideologies, akin to cosmopolitanism and republicanism.
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Hiking the Jesus Trail in Galilee, Israel. Photo by Kim Wilcoxon.
Discover the variety of trips planned to the landing zone of the biblical story. Find an adventure that aligns with the goals and style of a Bible Land Explorer or let Mark design a unique experience for your small group, congregation, or school.
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Freshwater crab. Tel Dan Nature Reserve, Israel. Photo by Mike Taylor.
Visitors center, Sepphoris, Israel. Photo by Adrienne Griffin.
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Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Association between Patient-Reported Outcomes and Time to Late Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Laser Intervention in Early Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study
Laser Intervention in Early Stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study Group, Sep 2020, In : Ophthalmology Retina. 4, 9, p. 881-888 8 p.
Expanding the genetic spectrum of choroideremia in an Australian cohort: report of five novel CHM variants
McLaren, T. L., De Roach, J. N., Thompson, J. A., Chen, F. K., Mackey, D. A., Hoffmann, L., Urwin, I. R. & Lamey, T. M., 1 Dec 2020, In : Human Genome Variation. 7, 1, 35.
Exploring microperimetry and autofluorescence endpoints for monitoring disease progression in PRPF31-associated retinopathy
Roshandel, D., Thompson, J. A., Charng, J., Zhang, D., Chelva, E., Arunachalam, S., Attia, M. S., Lamey, T. M., McLaren, T. L., De Roach, J. N., Mackey, D. A., Wilton, S. D., Fletcher, S., McLenachan, S. & Chen, F., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Ophthalmic Genetics.
Retinitis Pigmentosa 11
Scotoma
RNA Splicing Factors
Optimization of silk fibroin membranes for retinal implantation
Suzuki, S., Shadforth, A. M. A., McLenachan, S., Zhang, D., Chen, S. C., Walshe, J., Lidgerwood, G. E., Pébay, A., Chirila, T. V., Chen, F. K. & Harkin, D. G., 1 Dec 2019, In : Materials Science and Engineering C. 105, 110131.
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Properties of the impact of vision impairment and night vision questionnaires among people with intermediate age-related macular degeneration
LEAD Study Group, 1 Sep 2019, In : Translational Vision Science and Technology. 8, 5, 3.
Subthreshold Nanosecond Laser Intervention in Age-Related Macular Degeneration The LEAD Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Laser Intervention Early Stages, Jun 2019, In : Ophthalmology. 126, 6, p. 829-838 10 p.
Intrasession repeatability and interocular symmetry of foveal avascular zone and retinal vessel density in OCT angiography
Chen, F. K., Menghini, M., Hansen, A., Mackey, D. A., Constable, I. J. & Sampson, D. M., 1 Jan 2018, In : Translational Vision Science and Technology. 7, 1, 6.
Neuronal degeneration and associated alterations in cytokine and protein in an experimental branch retinal venous occlusion model
McAllister, I. L., Vijayasekaran, S., Zhang, D., McLenachan, S., Chen, F. K. & Yu, D. Y., 1 Sep 2018, In : Experimental Eye Research. 174, p. 133-146 14 p.
Retinal Vein Occlusion
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Perifoveal interdigitation zone loss in hydroxychloroquine toxicity leads to subclinical bull's eye lesion appearance on near-infrared reflectance imaging
Chew, A. L., Sampson, D. M., Chelva, E., Khan, J. C. & Chen, F. K., 1 Feb 2018, In : Documenta Ophthalmologica. 136, 1, p. 57-68 12 p.
Electroretinography
Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells
Two-Year Efficacy of Ranibizumab Plus Laser-Induced Chorioretinal Anastomosis vs Ranibizumab Monotherapy for Central Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Randomized Clinical Trial
McAllister, I. L., Smithies, L. A., Chen, F. K., Mackey, D. A. & Sanfilippo, P. G., 1 Dec 2018, In : JAMA Ophthalmology. 136, 12, p. 1391-1397 7 p.
Ranibizumab
Retinal Vein
Agreement in Cone Density Derived from Gaze-Directed Single Images Versus Wide-Field Montage Using Adaptive Optics Flood Illumination Ophthalmoscopy
Chew, A. L., Sampson, D. M., Kashani, I. & Chen, F. K., Nov 2017, In : Translational Vision Science and Technology. 6, 6, 13 p., 9.
Fundus autofluorescence in rubella retinopathy: Correlation with photoreceptor structure and function
Bukowska, D. M., Wan, S. L., Chew, A. L., Chelva, E., Tang, I., Mackey, D. & Chen, F. K., Jan 2017, In : Retina. 37, 1, p. 124-134 11 p.
Melanins
Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Impact of retinal pigment epithelium pathology on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography-derived macular thickness and volume metrics and their intersession repeatability
Hanumunthadu, D., Wang, J. P., Chen, W., Wong, E. N., Chen, Y., Morgan, W. H., Patel, P. J. & Chen, F. K., 1 Apr 2017, In : Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 45, 3, p. 270-279 10 p.
Geographic Atrophy
Intersession test–retest variability of 10-2 maia microperimetry in fixation-threatening glaucoma
Wong, E. N., Morgan, W. H. & Chen, F. K., 20 Apr 2017, In : Clinical Ophthalmology. 11, p. 745-752 8 p.
Macular Degeneration, Age-Related, 4
Intersession test-retest variability of microperimetry in type 2 macular telangiectasia
Wong, E. N., De Soyza, J. D. A., Mackey, D. A., Constable, I. J. & Chen, F. K., 1 Nov 2017, In : Translational Vision Science and Technology. 6, 6, 7.
Telangiectasis
Measurement errors
Intersession test–retest variability of conventional and novel parameters using the MP-1 microperimeter
Wong, E. N., Mackey, D. A., Morgan, W. H. & Chen, F. K., 23 Dec 2015, In : Clinical Ophthalmology. 10, p. 29-42
The Power and the Promise of Cell Reprogramming: Personalized Autologous Body Organ and Cell Transplantation
Palomo, ABA., Lucas, M., Dilley, R., Mclenachan, S., Chen, F., Requena, J., Sal, MF., Lucas, A., Alvarez, I., Jaraquemada, D. & Edel, MJ., 2014, In : Journal of Clinical Medicine. 3, p. 373-387


Late Rents 'Unpaid' calculation bug in the Reminder module was fixed.
1. Work Order Description size was increased in the table and in the report. 2. Receipt number generation was fixed. 3. Shorting Tenant name in the Tenant Payment history report was fixed. 4. Expense files were added.


Scott Kelly is one of three founding members of Oakland, California, United States experimental metal band Neurosis. Has been writing and publishing music since 1985 with Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time and his solo acoustic project. He has also contributed guest vocals on every Mastodon album since Leviathan.


the larva of a lamprey. It feeds by ciliary action similar to AMPHIOXUS.
One lamprey ammocoete (of an unidentified species) was caught during the CREDDP.
For each specimen total preserved length, as well as whether or not the lamprey was in the ammocoetes or adult (i.
Basin-scale patterns in the drift of embryonic and larval fishes and lamprey ammocoetes in two coastal rivers.
The adults die after having laid some 270 000 eggs, and the newly hatched lamprey, which are called ammocoetes, feed on detritus in a slow moving part of the river for several years before transforming into the adult lamprey.
gagei, but these two records were ammocoetes (UWZM 9981, 9982), and from our examination cannot be identified to species with certainty.


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Q: complex number types in mixing C(99) and C++ I'm writing a math library, the core of it is in C++. Later it may be implemented in pure C (C99 I suppose). I think I need a C like API so that I can get Python and matlab and the like to use the library. My impression is that doing this with C++ is painful.
So is there a good or standard or proper way to cast between double complex *some_array_in_C99, and complex<double> *some_array_in_cpp ?
I could just use void *pointers, but I'm not sure if that's good.
This may be nitpicking, because ctypes seems to work fine with complex<double>, but I'm worried about matlab and other possible numerical environments.

A: The C99 and C++0x standards both specify that their respective double complex types must have the same alignment and layout as an array of two doubles.  This means that you can get away with passing arguments as a void * and have your routines be (relatively) easily callable from either language, and this is an approach that many libraries have taken.
The C++0x standard guarantees (§26.4) that a reinterpret_cast of std::complex<double>* to double* will do the right thing; if I remember correctly, this was not so clearly specified in earlier versions of the standard.  If you are willing to target C++0x, it may be possible for you to use this to do something cleaner for your interfaces.
Given that the actual layout and alignment specifications are defined to agree, I would be tempted to just condition the type in the header file on the language; your implementation can use either language, and the data will be laid out properly in memory either way.  I'm not sure how MATLAB does things internally though, so I don't know if this is compatible with MATLAB or not; if they use the standard LAPACK approach, then it will be on many but not all platforms in all circumstances; LAPACK defines its own double complex type to be a struct with two double members, which will usually be laid out the same way in memory (this isn't guaranteed), but could follow a different calling convention on some platforms.