The boards of directors of both the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's) have unanimously endorsed Ad-ID as the industry standard for web-based universal coding for digital assets.
Ad-ID can be thought of as the UPC code of the advertising industry. The Universal Product Code (UPC) consists of the numbers and barcode found on products around the world. These codes are used to identify products quickly and easily at grocery store checkout stands and other points along the supply chain. If manufacturers used their own proprietary tracking codes, how would distributers, retailers and others track sales, inventory, customer buying habits and preferences? Similar to the UPC code, Ad-ID streamlines the supply chain, fueling substantial productivity and cost savings for advertisers, agencies, vendors and media companies.
If manufacturers used their own proprietary tracking codes, how would distributers, retailers and others track sales, inventory, customer buying habits and preferences?
In addition to streamlining the supply chain, the Ad-ID system provides a common foundation for developing superior syndicated measurement systems that facilitate the confidential delivery of individual media and cross-platform measurement analyses.
Adoption of a standard coding and tracking system is critical to the long-term health and success of the advertising industry. If the advertising industry does not eliminate the proliferation of nonstandard systems, the media, measurement and other advertising communities will be required to develop costly work around practices to cope.
Ad-ID standardizes the system with a minimal investment, improved productivity and cost savings. It is estimated that universal acceptance of Ad-ID will create $1-3 billion in productivity enhancement across the supply chain.
In 2012, the boards of the 4A's and the ANA unanimously endorsed Ad-ID as the industry standard for commercial ad coding and implementing file-based workflows across the entire marketing supply chain.
In April 2013, commercials negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), and the ANA-4A's Joint Policy Committee (JPC) representing the advertising industry mandated universal adoption of Ad-ID, the industry standard for identifying advertising assets across all media platforms.
Under the new agreement, all commercials produced for television, radio and digital platforms featuring SAG-AFTRA union members, must now use Ad-ID as the sole standard commercial identifier.


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Q: Laravel Cart session returns Object instead of Array, how can I convert the object to an array? I am having trouble the last couple of days figuring this out, i tried googling and every answer I come across doesn't fix my problem
I am storing array of items in the cart but when retrieving the array, it's an object.
I want to be able to convert the object to an array.
Here is my code for storing the array in the cart session
$cart[$id] = [
        "product_id" => $id,
        "name" => $product->product_name,
        "quantity" => $quantity,
        "total" => $total,
    ];

    $request->session()->put('cart', $cart);

but after I get the data from the cart it becomes an object
$cart = $request->session('cart');

I want to either convert this object back to array or retrieve the cart session data as array in the first place

A: This may solve your problem;
$request->session()->get('cart')

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Sweetie Pies: Long Island Bakeries Heat Up for Holiday Sugar Rush
By Rashed Mian Posted on November 27, 2013
PIE DELIGHT: Loafers Bakery in Locust Valley offers sweet pies for the holidays. (Rashed Mian/Long Island Press)
The sweet, intoxicating aroma of pies and other heavenly treats inside Loafers Bakery greets the mom-and-pop's chilly customers with a warm, sugary hug.
This old-fashioned Locust Valley bakery with country charm and cheery workers has been filling bellies with sweet delights for 27 years under its current ownership. The bakery has evolved from its humbling beginnings as a basic cheese and bread shop to become a bustling store that offers everything from salads and homemade soups to wraps and frozen dinners.
But it's the pies, cakes, cookies, baked brie and delicious pastries—all homemade—that drive its customers wild.
And this is the season when everything comes to life inside the bakery.
Lauren Foley owns the shop with her brother and her parents—her father proud to be dubbed the administrator; her mother, especially cheerful in the face of a hot oven. The four of them are excited—and genuinely honored—that their sweet and floury creations will end up on hundreds, if not thousands, of dinner tables this holiday season.
Yet this time of year is "bitter sweet," Foley admits. Orders need to be completed in a hurry and the shop will have to quickly transition for Christmas because Thanksgiving fell so late this year (Nov. 28). The tired staff will have to get right back to work.
"It's great because you get a rush off of the work, and it's great that you see all your stuff out there, and the people just absolutely love it, and they're saying how great everything is, but it's exhausting also," she says.
The pies are the one constant.
Pies are by far the dominant Thanksgiving dessert, but it's not like customers forget about them once Christmas rolls around.
Youngs Farm prepares about 3,000 pies Thanksgiving week, and expects to sell just as many for Christmas.
Loafers, along with many of its baking brethren across the Island, will continue to churn out pies for the holidays, while completing other orders of Christmas-themed cakes and cookies.
Cherry pie is a December hit (probably because it's red, Foley says). Also on top of people's lists are apple pie, chocolate cream pie, and apple crumb pie, she notes. There's also mincemeat, a traditional English pie which Loafers marinates with brandy and is stuffed with candied fruit instead of meat.
Loafers makes 8-inch and 10-inch pies fresh to order, but also offers 9-inch refrigerated pies that are made out of gram-cracker crust.
"Thanksgiving is our rehearsal for Christmas," Foley says.
Things are a little different over at Youngs Farm in Glen Head.
The farm, founded in 1892, was exclusively wholesale until owner Paula Youngs Weir opened a farm stand in the 1970s. A bakery soon followed.
"I think it's something that's grown a lot lately," says Tim Dooley, Weir's son-in-law and the farm's manager, on a recent weekend.
Customers can choose from baskets filled with fresh fruits and vegetables and other grocery items before making their way to the rear, where a line of shoppers chooses from the farm's large selection of pies: apple, apple crisp, pumpkin and cranberry nut, among others.
Dooley expects pies to be in high demand once shoppers' tryptophan-turkey coma dissipates.
Youngs offers both small ($15.50-$16.50) and large ($18-$24) fresh pies. The bakery's staff of about 10 to 15 workers makes all the dough from scratch. It also helps that the bakery sits on 12 acres it owns and an additional 25 acres it rents from Nassau County, which allows them to use the fresh ingredients they grow themselves.
"I think that's what the secret is, just old-fashioned hard work," Dooley smiles.
In three years, Carolyn Arcario, co-owner of Wild Flours Bake Shop in Huntington, has developed a devoted following of customers delighted to have a bakery that offers gluten-free sweets, dairy-free, organic and vegan items.
"It's basically a natural bakery, and people love that aspect of it," says Arcario, who was inspired to open the bakery with her sister because of her own gluten allergy.
Nestled in the heart of Huntington's busy shopping district, the bakery strives to "have everything taste as delicious—or more delicious—than the standard" bakery desserts, she says.
Wild Flours Bake Shop has loyal customers that swear by its gluten-free menu. (Rashed Mian/Long Island Press)
The bakery/café offers an assortment of 10-inch pies for Thanksgiving that will be available through December. Wild Flours' menu is replete with flavorful baked goods, including apple pie, pumpkin pie, crumb-top caramel apple pie and chocolate moose pie.
Some will be cut from the menu come Christmas to make room for its seasonal cakes.
"It used to be that Thanksgiving was just the eating holiday," Arcario says.
Not anymore.
Bakeries across Long Island have enjoyed brisk sales since the calendar turned to fall, and things aren't expected to die down until after the New Year.
Foley says the six-week period from mid-November to Christmas is responsible for 40 percent of annual sales. And there's plenty of more baking to do.
"You put in a lot of 18 hour days; you have no choice," she says. "You just have to work until the work is done."
LI's many hungry holiday bellies are thankful.

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Bill Morrison's film Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) is about a famous story among archivists: in 1978, 533 nitrate film reels, mostly from the 1910s, were discovered in what used to be a swimming pool in a remote city in Canada. Many of these films were thought to be completely lost, and the Dawson City Film Find remain the only surviving prints to date. This paper will expose Morrison's work as media archaeology practice, connected to media archaeology's main thematic thread histories of the present. Morrison explores the Dawson City story as motive for a reflection on historical and material time. Erkki Huhtamo's topos approach will be used as the framework for the analysis of Morrison's treatment of history; and Vivian Sobchack's conditions for experiencing the past as "presence" will inform the analysis regarding the importance of the film materiality. Finally, Eelco Runia's thoughts on metonymic and metaphorical devices will inform the connection between history and presence.
DA ROCHA GONÇALVES, Dulce. Media Archaeology as Practice. International Journal on Stereo & Immersive Media, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 1, p. 34-45, jan. 2019. ISSN 2184-1241. Available at: <http://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/stereo/article/view/6630>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2019.


Many of today's dads can be defined as a complex identity trapped in a complicated world.
Dad's instincts and self image are periodically at war with society. And yes, for many dads, it does feel like war. What he wants to do and what he is required to do, are not the same.
So ask your dad what's going on in his life, and for most daughters, what you'll get is a weak, protected answer.
Deep inside his inner defenses, is a fear of showing vulnerability that dates back to the days he stood guard of the cave. Combine this with an unsureness of how to act, and you may begin to understand the barrier that exists between most dads and their daughters. It hampers your ability to truly understand and connect with the real person, lonely, isolated, that resides inside most dads.
We've heard it over and over again, through hundreds of men's group sessions. We've heard it through the mountains of personal interviews we've conducted in the preparation for this book.
A universal calling out by men.
Just about every man (and dad) described in varying terms, the type of anguish and alienation he feels or has felt at some time or another, about being a man in a complicated world for men. Almost universally, men explained that they wanted to connect on a deeper personal level with people, especially family. But many explained that they just didn't know how.
For each of these men and fathers, we now understand that deep down, it's not his fault. It's his programming, and the expectations of the world that have facilitated him clamming up. They've gotten in the way.
Whenever someone tries to get too close emotionally, some dads will use humor, some anger, some silence. But however they do it, most men will find a way to deflect you away from the sensitive subject of their emotional vulnerability — the place where your real dad resides.
Our experience is that most men and dads do want to change this. Most are comfortable opening up to other men about this blockage. Most are comfortable telling other men about this instinctive battle within them, this fear of exposing their vulnerability, that restricts their ability to connect with the ones they love most.
But most of these men and dads also opine that they don't like feeling lonely in this pain, this fear, this inner turmoil. They want to be freed from these barriers.
They want to be able to open up to someone close, but without sacrificing the little bit of dignity they have left, without giving up the iconic image they possess, of what it means to be a man. They don't want to become a woman and give up their manhood, just for the right to open their hearts. That sacrifice is too much.
In many cases, you, his daughter, may be the last best hope. You are one of the few people on earth he can trust. More than a spouse, you are his child, his baby. You know things about him that few other people can even relate to.
Think Donald Trump, big shot. Then think about his kids.
How about Michael Jackson? What was he really like? Really? His kids know. They know deep down what kind of person he really was. They know what he was like behind closed doors.
As the daughter of your father, you have an advantage over a son. You live in the world of feelings, more so than most sons can even imagine. You can sense deep emotions that would generally be missed by a son.
The actress Jane Fonda often spoke about the anguish of not being able to get close to her movie star dad, Henry Fonda. The sons talked about the emotional abuse, but for her, the greatest pain was the isolation from this most important of people in her life.
It's your power as your dad's daughter, to open the door to the heart, that many men (and dads) just don't know how to access.
So, here are a few benchmarks to understanding an important part of the dynamics within your dad.
Between being forced to restrain his instincts, losing his stature as the family guru, and being made to feel connected with the negative end of the species, there is little incentive for your dad to open up to you with personal stuff.
Oh, he may fake it (women love to see men cry). But in the end, whatever modicum of dignity your dad still possesses, he's generally not willing to risk that in an open and sensitive discussion with anyone — except, oddly enough, maybe with another guy (when no woman is present).
As his daughter, you have a unique opportunity to change all that. You have the ability to open an emotional door with your dad that could impact how you interact with the rest of the world, and how your dad interacts with women, with men, and with you.


I have a cable box and blue ray player connected to my tv, each with a hdmi cable. I can turn them all on with the Spectrum remote but is there a way to switch the tv video source between the hdmi 1 and hdmi 2? All I see is the cable since it is on hdmi 1. Any help would be great.
Thank you i will try that later today. I thought i already did this but maybe i did it in the wrong order. Could this button maybe not work properly?
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The man who drives Trump's Russia connection – Washington Post
By Andrew Roth,
Vyacheslav Prokofyev
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From left, Crocus Group Vice President Emin Agalarov, Donald Trump and Crocus Group President Aras Agalarov hold a news conference on the Miss Universe pageant in 2013.
MOSCOW — In 2013, the Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov and his son, Emin, arranged an extravagant party entrance for their guest, Donald Trump: an armored Mercedes stretch limo driving off a freight elevator right into a ballroom with 3,000 bedazzled Russian guests.
They were worried Trump's security detail might spoil the surprise. Then Trump waved his team off.
"Don't bother with them," he said, Emin Agalarov, a pop singer, told The Washington Post last year in an interview. "I'm going where I want to go because I trust you."
That trust has helped to draw Trump into the most punishing scandal of his six-month-old presidency, as revelations of a meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016 brokered through the Agalarovs have raised alarms about dealings
by Trump aides and family members with Russian lobbyists, some with ties to government officials and intelligence services.
Mikhail Metzel
Russian businessman Aras Agalarov, center, is shown in Moscow in 2012. The Moscow-based billionaire and his pop-star son, like Trump, bridge the diverse worlds of real estate, entertainment and the highest level of politics.
Aras Agalarov, the real estate magnate and amiable purveyor of high-end goods in all sizes and shapes, has emerged as a possible conduit from the Kremlin to Trump. He is a man who rose through the Moscow luxury, real estate and entertainment worlds by playing the role of consummate fixer and reliable executor, building political capital in the Moscow region, and increasingly in the Kremlin itself.
"Agalarov understands what service is. He understands that doing business is more than just sending the bill," said Yves Gijrath, the founding director of the Amsterdam-based LXRY Media Group, who had dealings with him going back to 2005.
For years, Agalarov has built a reputation as an eager-to-please business tycoon who helped bring bling to Russia, from the luxury footwear boutique he opened in 1991 on Moscow's prestigious Stoleshnikov Lane, to the suburban estates and pristine golf courses he has built to satisfy the Madison Avenue aspirations of Russia's hyper-wealthy.
A series of important government infrastructure projects, including a $1.2 billion university campus in Russia's Far East and stadiums for the upcoming World Cup, have made him a trusted executor for the Kremlin, if not a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
Agalarov, 61, was born in Baku, the capital of the then-Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, and studied computer engineering before moving to Moscow. He started his career by selling bootleg films and by 1990 had moved on to organizing trade fairs. But if he had a vision for Russia, it was in the luxury market, which he said was immune to the economic downdrafts of the 1990s. As he once joked in a 2002 interview with the business newspaper Vedomosti: "The worse the country is doing, the better the luxury retail profits."
Primarily through real estate, his wealth has blossomed to nearly $2 billion, according to Forbes, and his son Emin was married to the daughter of the president of Azerbaijan in 2006. (They divorced in 2015).
Long before Trump brought the Miss Universe contest to Moscow in 2013, Agalarov was adept at charming foreign clients.
Gijrath came to Moscow in 2005 to pitch a Millionaire Fair, which Agalarov hosted at his then brand-new Crocus City complex, a luxury shopping center playground for Moscow's rich and famous.
Guests of the Millionaire Fair speak with women presenting an American-made $36,000 Jacuzzi in Moscow in 2005. From the fabulously wealthy to those of more modest means, Russians flock to the Millionaire Fair, ogling jewels, jets and junkets at a festival of super-luxury goods.
Gijrath gave an example of Agalarov's hospitality: the fair was ground zero for Russia's flourishing culture of conspicuous consumption, with diamond-encrusted cellphones, yachts, Turkmen stallions and entire islands for sale.
But even for a blowout dedicated to luxury, Gijrath found he had booked too much space. Over vodka shots at a posh Italian restaurant, Agalarov forgave him a more than $1 million obligation from the contract and offered to kick in on electricity costs.
The fair went forward, at an expo center Agalarov had built at Crocus City. In 2009, he opened a concert hall and the country's only privately owned metro station nearby.
The huge complex is located just outside Moscow's city limits, close to the offices of the Moscow regional government, where Agalarov forged a close alliance with Boris Gromov, the powerful regional governor until 2012.
"The mere possibility of a huge construction project in the Moscow region; construction of a private metro station — no one else has a private metro station — this all shows the level of his connections," said Ilya Shumanov, the deputy director of Transparency International's Russian office.
Now the region, which encompasses the towns and cities surrounding Moscow proper, is the seat of power of Gov. Andrei Vorobyov, who previously served as an aide to Sergei Shoigu, his predecessor as governor and currently Russia's defense minister. Along with Yuri Chaika, Russia's prosecutor general since 2006, the officials are seen as an important interest group within Russian politics, Shumanov said.
They regularly cross paths with Agalarov. Vorobyov cut the ribbon at the opening of Agalarov's Vegas concert hall in the city of Krasnogorsk last year, and Agalarov wrote a sharply worded defense of Chaika in the newspaper Kommersant after a 2015 corruption allegation by the opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
"A lie told a thousand times becomes truth," Agalarov wrote acidly, noting that he was quoting Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. "I don't want to draw any parallels. But let's think about that."
Despite having strong regional connections, Agalarov was still seen as a minor player in the Kremlin compared with the heavyweights who dominate Putin's inner circle. "We're talking about someone several steps lower than them," Shumanov said.
Alexei Druzhinin
Vladimir Putin, center, then prime minister of Russia, listens to an explanation by Aras Agalarov while looking at a scale model of the construction project at Russky Island in the Pacific port of Vladivostok in 2009.
A breakthrough came in 2009, when the Kremlin had a particularly thorny problem to solve: construction of a sprawling, 70-building university campus on the all-but-abandoned Russky Island on Russia's Pacific Coast, where Putin was to hold a summit for 21 countries at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting.
Igor Shuvalov, then first deputy to Putin as prime minister, summoned Agalarov to discuss the project.
"It wasn't like I said no and then they forced me to do it, but it was a very difficult decision," Agalarov said in a 2013 radio interview on Ekho Moskvy. "If I take this project on and don't deliver, I would have let down first of all myself, but also the country, the president, the prime minister, and so forth."
The Kremlin expects the country's wealthiest business executives to take on, when asked, large-scale infrastructure projects, sometimes at a loss, to supplement the budget and promote Russia's national interests. The fortunes of Russia's rich can rise and fall precipitously based on the outcome of these prestige projects.
Agalarov's work in the Far East earned him an Order of Honor at a Kremlin ceremony, bestowed by Putin himself in 2012. That year, Shuvalov and Vladimir Kozhin, a senior Kremlin official, attended a 10th anniversary party held at Crocus City.
Soon there were more requests. In 2014, Agalarov signed on to save two troubled football stadiums, in Kaliningrad and the southern Russian city of Rostov, for the 2018 World Cup, as well as a 30-mile stretch of a new Moscow beltway.
"At the very top level, these kinds of relationships can be give and take," said a Moscow investment manager involved in the real estate market who asked not to be identified to protect his professional relationships. "But even with the added risk and possible losses, you can make up for it in influence and connections."
One example of the give was a "strategic cooperation agreement" announced in 2013 with the state-run Sberbank to finance a $3 billion Crocus Group development, possibly including a Trump Tower.
Agalarov also sought to bring Trump and Putin together. In last year's interview, Agalarov told The Post that he secured a preliminary agreement to organize a Kremlin meeting with Trump when he visited in 2013. When Putin canceled at the last minute, Agalarov took his case to the head of the Kremlin protocol department.
"You know what? I'm in a very complicated situation. Could you tell him that yourself?" Agalarov asked the bureaucrat, he recounted in his 2016 interview. His efforts produced a handwritten note from Putin and a traditional lacquered box, gifts that Trump happily accepted.
Those contacts put Agalarov in a privileged position after Trump's unexpected, and apparently Russian-backed, rise to the presidency of the United States.
According to emails released by Donald Trump Jr., it was Chaika who proposed providing Agalarov's friend, Trump, with damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
Irina Bujor
Music publicist Rob Goldstone attends a group photo shoot during the preliminary competition of the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013.
The contact with the younger Trump was made by Rob Goldstone, a British music promoter who had worked with Emin Agalarov. "This is obviously very high-level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump — helped along by Aras and Emin," according to Goldstone's email to Trump Jr. proposing the meeting.
Through spokesmen, the Agalarovs have denied Goldstone's version of the story, saying they were asked only to broker a meeting.
Whether Chaika initiated that project himself has become a matter of debate. Natalia Veselnitskaya, the lawyer sent to the meeting in New York, apparently focused primarily on lobbying Trump Jr., his brother-in-law Jared Kushner and the campaign chief Paul Manafort about U.S. sanctions against Russian officials under the Magnitsky Act.
"I read this as a freelancing project by Agalarov Sr. and maybe Chaika to do a favor to the Kremlin on two fronts: possibly harm or kill the Magnitsky Act and establish a special relationship with the Trump campaign," said a former Russian government adviser, who asked not to be identified to speak candidly about the case. Agalarov would probably have been in contact with the Kremlin, he added, but "the Kremlin may simply have been observing where all this would go and maintaining plausible deniability."
The use of Goldstone as a conduit to Trump Jr. suggests that this was not seen as an especially sensitive mission, said Mark Galleotti, a specialist on the Russian armed forces and intelligence establishment. It meant there "would be an email chain a mile long, and you know it's not going to be kept quiet or secret," he said.
Yury Martyanov
Natalia Veselnitskaya speaks to a journalist in Moscow on Nov. 8, which was Election Day in the United States. The Kremlin-linked lawyer held a meeting apparently focused on lobbying Donald Trump Jr., his brother-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chief Paul Manafort about U.S. sanctions against Russian officials under the Magnitsky Act in June 2016.
While the meeting between Trump Jr. and Veselnitskaya appeared to produce few concrete results, that does not mean that the Kremlin came away empty-handed.
"The net result of the whole thing was that Moscow learned that Trump's inner circle was receptive to Russia's efforts to put down Clinton and would likely cooperate," the former government adviser said, "which is essentially a compromising situation for Trump."
Gijrath, the Millionaire Fair organizer, had a different take: "I think the truth is much funnier than people think. This is how Trump does business. This is how Russia does business. I think this is also how Agalarov does business. You have to keep the lines open, not to agree on everything every day, but do business with each other, help each other, work together."
Michael Birnbaum contributed to this report.
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DuPont Nutrition & Health contributed its voice to a recent journal article published in the American Society for Nutrition's Current Developments in Nutrition. The article appears in the November 2017 edition of the publication and presents the latest evidence supporting the role of plant-based sources as part of a healthy dietary pattern for cardiometabolic health. The complete article can be viewed here.
Substantial excitement exists in the food industry to deliver foods that support health while meeting consumer expectations for taste. This paper reviews the available evidence that demonstrates improving intake patterns to align with dietary guidelines should be the focus of our efforts, collectively.
Evidence suggests that higher intake of plant-based foods is associated with lower risk of cardiometabolic disease, whereas a higher meat intake increases risk of cardiometabolic disease, and replacement of small quantities of animal protein with plant protein is associated with lower risk.
Consumers appear to be taking note of dietary recommendations emphasizing plant-based foods. In its "Plant-Based Eating Trends" study, published earlier this year, Health Focus International reported that 54 percent of consumers surveyed globally indicated they were reducing their consumption of animal-based foods and increasing consumption of plant-based foods. Consumers' perception that plant-based foods are healthier than animal-based foods was identified in the study as a key driver of this shift.
"The evidence presented in this paper reminds us that rather than engaging in debates about whether diets should be exclusively plant-based or include animal, the focus should be consumption of foods in recommended amounts to support cardiometabolic disease prevention," said Michael Flock, Ph.D., Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute, University of Pittsburgh.
Many foods available in the marketplace are composed of not just a single source of protein, of plant or animal origin, but rather a blend of proteins. Blending different sources can enable the creation of foods that are advantageous from an amino acid composition or digestibility point-of-view. And food scientists have learned and appreciate that formulating a product with a blend of proteins can lead to a better taste profile.
The review was conducted by researchers who are past members of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, their colleagues and scientists with DuPont Nutrition & Health.
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Southern District of Florida
Wifredo A. Ferrer
Contact: Annette Castillo
http://www.justice.gov/usao/districts/fls.html
Two Highlands County Men Plead Guilty to Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Hugo Barrera, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), John Burke and Addy Villanueva, Special Agents in Charge, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Ft. Myers and Miami Regional Offices, respectively, Susan Benton, Sheriff, Highlands County Sheriff's Office (HCSO), Paul C. May, Sheriff, Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office (OCSO), and Ken J. Mascara, Sheriff, St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office (SLCSO), announce that Alex Guerrier, 29, and Robin Jean Guillaume, 28, both of Highlands County, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking in West Palm Beach.
As to the conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute charge, Guerrier faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison up to a maximum of life in prison, a mandatory minimum term of supervised release of five years, a maximum fine of $10 million and a $100 special assessment. As to the conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute charge, Guillaume faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison up to a maximum of 40 years in prison, a mandatory minimum term of supervised release of four years, a maximum fine of $5 million and a $100 special assessment. As to the possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking charge, both defendants face a consecutive mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison up to a maximum of life in prison, up to three years of supervised release, a maximum $250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment.
According to court documents, Guerrier and Guillame were part of a drug trafficking organization which operated in Highlands, Broward, and Miami-Dade Counties within the Southern District of Florida and elsewhere. The drug trafficking organization was responsible for the distribution of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine hydrochloride, cocaine base, commonly referred to as "crack" cocaine, and other illegal narcotics.
This case is the result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The OCDETF mission is to identify, investigate, and prosecute high level members of drug trafficking enterprises, bringing together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement.
Mr. Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of the DEA, USMS, ATF, FDLE, HCSO, OCSO, and SLCSO. Mr. Ferrer also thanked the Sebring Police Department for their assistance in this matter. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer C. Nucci.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.


My favorite example of a person keeping a journal and succeeding in his profession is Robin Sharma. I have subscribed to his mails and videos – and trust me, he reveals some remarkable and magical results of keeping a journal. Journal could mean different things to different people; for some, it having a noteapp on their laptops, for some it is keeping a paperback notebook; and for some, it is keeping a diary in which they write their thoughts, emotions, future plans – or simply for writing their professional, personal, and spiritual goals.
Now, you must be wondering how a salesperson can benefit from keeping a journal? The answer is: whoever keeps a journal definitely sketches, or draws, or simply writes how much money they want in their bank accounts, how many assets he/she wants to acquire, what kind of a health and personal life he/she envisions, and the list could go on and on. So the real genesis of keeping a journal and committing pen to paper increases our likelihood of achieving our goals against the deadlines we have mentioned for ourselves, according to a Yale University study.
Michael Hyatt rightly mentions, 'when it comes to setting compelling goals, we get more out if we put more in.' And what better way to record your daily minutiae than keeping a journal? Journaling makes us more focused and enlivened our professions. It words as a motivational driver to help us realize our goals, sooner!
Now coming to my favorite part: top salespeople write and write and write their sales targets to discipline themselves to achieve their respective quotas – and in some cases overachieve in a way that becomes second nature to them. Their personal working style reflects in their professional disposition: of keeping a notepad, a noteapp or a diary in which they record their minutest of details to keep track of their progress.They realize that if you can measure it, you can manage it, seamlessly (over a period of time).
In reading Jill Konrath's piece on the hidden power of gratitude in driving sales, journaling is perhaps the best way of transcribing your small wins – say if a prospect's voice sounds affirming to buy your product, or say you closed the call with a positive next step, or you get a referral business from one of your top clients, or you write an e-mail and you got an 'eureka' response from the prospect – well, it could be anything that drives you forward in your sales cycle.
Via articulating your gratitude in a journal, you become more empathetic, warm, and personable. Your prospects tend to trust you more when you practice journaling and authenticity in your life. With that being said, via journaling you have a penchant for being regimental and more productive in your working hours – you don't waste time on tasks that don't yield tangible results. You start working like a millionaire and start treating time as a currency, which never comes back. You develop a mindset of achieving mastery in goal setting and personal success in ways that make you unstoppable.
So what's stopping you? Buy that journal and start writing your way to success – and winning more sales!


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Higher ed bonanza, Dems sequestered, Alpo Generation…
► In today's Spokesman-Review — GOP plan would add $300 million to higher ed — Senate Republicans announced what they dubbed a bold plan to reverse the trend in the state's public colleges and universities, saying they wanted to add $300 million to the budget for higher education over the next two years and cut tuition by 3%. But in announcing the plan, sponsors refused to detail how they would find that $300 million in a budget that already is out of balance and has competing demands for the money that is expected to be there. They won't raise taxes, they said.
► In today's (Everett) Herald — Restore higher ed funding (editorial) — In the miasma of the Great Recession, austerity became the new normal, with tuition hikes a partial backfill for draconian state funding cuts. Since the 2005-07 biennium, tuition at Washington's research universities has soared 118%, with a corresponding decline in state funding of 36% (read: less for more.) We countenance the decline at our own peril.
► In today's Kitsap Sun — Sen. Roach tells Transportation Commission it can't raise bridge tolls — Sen. Pam Roach (R-Auburn) said that there won't be any toll increases on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge this year because the commission no longer has authority to raise rates and the Legislature won't have time.
► From AP — Boeing clout: it's why Congress is silent on 787 — Despite the plane's grounding and the safety issues raised by its cutting-edge technology, there have been no congressional hearings or news conferences focusing on the problems, and little commentary from lawmakers who normally pounce at the first sign of trouble.
► In today's Peninsula Daily News — Nissan Paper, union going back to bargaining table with mediator — Officials representing the company and AWPPW Local 155 say that they will reopen talks — possibly by next week and with mediator Kathleen Erskine present — in the hopes of resolving a 22-month impasse over a new contract.
► In today's Spokesman-Review — Panel upholds layoffs of city workers — Ten city workers laid off last year from the East Central Community Center lost an effort to regain their jobs. The Spokane Civil Service Commission rejected a complaint from AFSCME Local 270, which represented the laid-off workers.
► At TPM — Democrats come up short in sequestration standoff — Across the country, newspapers carry reports of furloughs, airport closings, children kicked out of Head Start. The consequences are beginning to snowball. But lawmakers have reacted to the bad news with a collective shrug. That's left Democrats resigned to malfunctioning and underfunded government in perpetuity, and Republicans confident they can weather the coming months and turn sequestration spending levels into a new normal.
ALSO at The Stand — Call Congress TODAY at 1-888-659-9401 — Urge your members of Congress to repeal sequestration as part of Wednesday's National Day of Action. Also, attend events planned in Seattle, Spokane and Lakewood.
► In The Hill — Emerging immigration deal receives House leaders' bipartisan backing — A group of eight lawmakers — four Republicans and four Democrats — has been meeting privately to craft a comprehensive immigration overhaul, and they told House Republican leaders that they are close to a deal.
► In today's NY Times — GOP opposition to immigration law is falling away — Republican opposition to legalizing the status of millions of illegal immigrants is crumbling in the nation's capital as leading lawmakers in the party scramble to halt eroding support among Hispanic voters — a shift that is providing strong momentum for an overhaul of immigration laws.
► In today's Washington Post — America's war legacy: Unemployment — Many firms say they want to hire veterans, but after a decade of war, many former soldiers are still struggling to find work.
► At Huffington Post — Low-wage workers feel worse off now than during the recession — As a workforce sector, those earning $35,000 or less annually are generally pessimistic about their finances and career prospects.
► At AFL-CIO Now — Sale of Hostess brands approved by judge — A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of the sweet cake business formerly operated by Hostess Brands, clearing the way for Twinkies and other brands to return to shelves.
RETIREMENT INSECURITY
► In today's Seattle Times — The Alpo Generation (by Jon Talton) — The Wall Street Journal reports today, "Workers and employers in the U.S. are bracing for a retirement crisis, even as the stock market sits near highs and the economy shows signs of improvement." What passes for liberals now can correctly point to the elimination of guaranteed pensions (corporations are amassing record cash), stagnant and falling wages, job insecurity, and the weakening of the social safety net and sense of common purpose. For all of President Obama's rhetoric castigating the Republicans for being the party of "you're on your own," he is presiding over just such a looming disaster. It is already hurting individuals and families, largely in silence. But ahead is a gathering storm. It's causes and consequences will do great damage to America.
► In today's Washington Post — Strapped for retirement, more workers hope to work longer — Nearly half of Americans have little or no confidence they are financially prepared for retirement, a problem many of them intend to solve by working longer. But those plans may be unrealistic. The survey found that 47% of workers end up leaving the job unexpectedly, largely because of disabilities or other health issues or problems at work.
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Universal Pictures has released a new international movie trailer for Little Fockers, the third film in the Meet the Parents series. Watch it now embedded after the jump.
'Little Fockers' Reshoots to Add Much-Needed Dustin Hoffman?
UPDATE: The LA Times talked to Universal chairman Adam Fogelson, who said the film is testing well and added, "As we're continuing to refine the film, one of the ideas that's certainly a possibility is having Dustin be a part of the picture. We didn't call him and say that we desperately need his help or anything like that. But there is one path that we're pursuing that could include his involvement." Take that as rumor control or damage control, as you will.
I'm shocked — shocked! — that Little Fockers isn't testing well. The first trailer for the film left me with little doubt that the would be exactly what you'd expect out of a threequel to Meet the Parents: broad, mildly awkward comedy with a few family-approved sexual and scatological tee-hees. Gurgle.
I'm not sure if these production photos are new, but I certainly haven't seen them posted around the movie news web space. Universal Pictures has released two photos from Little Fockers, the third film in the Meet the Parents series.


The audiworld DIY says about 2hrs... I was just going to replace the CV boots on both sides because I need to replace the seized pinch bolts anyway when I replace one of the upper control arms on the passenger side.
Anyone have the VW/AUDI and autopartswarehouse part #'s for the pinch bolts and nuts? Greatly appreciated!
My boot was torn when I bought the car. I drove on it for 10 months (20k) before I heard any clicking from the joint. But get it fixed ASAP, because now instead of just replacing the boot (which I did last weekend in hopes it would salvage the joint), I had to buy a new joint as well which I'll be replacing this weekend. The boots are like 10 bucks from MJMautohaus I think.
get it fixed soon. Looks like I got another task. I should be free next sunday. It should be fine until then. I'll look up a PN for the pinch bolt.
Yeah I let mine go for SOOOO long..
Ended up with a broken axle..
Which I need to get pics from my buddy who changed it.
I severed the part that attaches to the hub? and the part that bolts to the diff. Plastic axles are going to be fun with a BT..
If you let it go too long the axle is gonna need to be replaced. My old car, granted not an Audi, had a torn CV boot for about 2 years, nothing bad happened, it was just really annoying. And if you're wondering why I never replaced it, because my Dad bought the car brand new......in 1988 and the car wasn't worth the price of a new axle, so I said F it.


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El piragüismo en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020 se realizó en el Canal Sea Forest (aguas tranquilas) y el Centro de Piragüismo en Eslalon de Kasai (eslalon) de Tokio del 25 de julio al 7 de agosto de 2021.

En total fueron disputadas en este deporte 16 pruebas diferentes, 8 masculinas y 8 femeninas, repartidas en las dos especilidades de este deporte: 12 pruebas en aguas tranquilas y 4 en eslalon. El programa de competiciones se modificó en relación con la edición anterior, tres pruebas masculinas fueron cambiadas por tres pruebas femeninas nuevas: en aguas tranquilas fueron eliminados el K2 200 m y el C1 200 m masculinos y en su lugar se realizaron por primera vez el C1 200 m y el C2 500 m femeninos, además de que el K4 masculino es disputado en 500 m y no en 1000 m como era tradición; en eslalon el C2 masculino fue cambiado por el C1 femenino.

Medallistas de piragüismo en aguas tranquilas

Masculino

Femenino

Medallistas de piragüismo en eslalon

Masculino

Femenino

Medallero

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Pág. de Tokio 2020 – Piragüismo en aguas tranquilas  .
Pág. de Tokio 2020 – Piragüismo en eslalon  .
Pág. de la ICF – Piragüismo en aguas tranquilas .
Pág. de la ICF – Piragüismo en eslalon .
Resultados oficiales – Aguas tranquilas  .
Resultados oficiales – Eslalon  .
«Canoe Sprint» . Results Book Tokyo 2020 .
«Canoe Slalom» . Results Book Tokyo 2020 .

Piragüismo
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If a family member or I get Zika, Can I cancel my trip?
If my family member or I contract the Zika Virus, am I covered to cancel my trip?
If the insured or insured's family member is stable at the time a policy is purchased and later contracts the Zika virus prior to departing for a trip, they may be covered to cancel their trip and receive 100% reimbursement for any prepaid, nonrefundable trip costs they insured under the Trip Cancellation benefit.
This typically requires documentation from a treating physician or hospital stating the family member requires the insured's care, or if the insured is infected, advising against travel due to the disease.
Each policy defines family member differently. Typically, a family member includes children, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and in-laws. Cousins are usually excluded.
This coverage is subject to change at any time.


The liver is an essential part of the human body's filtration system. Nearly everything that goes into the body is filtered through the liver, meaning that its health is intimately connected to the health of the overall body.
Everyone consumes substances that make the liver work to process and dispose of these substances, since that's the liver's job. However, problems occur when too much of any toxic substance is consumed at once, overpowering the liver. Problems also occur when toxic substances are consistently consumed at high levels over a long period of time, which can wear it out.
Long-term alcohol abuse is the leading cause of late-stage liver disease in the United States. The constant strain that alcohol abuse puts on the liver eventually causes it to become inflamed and, if the behavior continues, to become scarred and damaged beyond repair. Once that happens, medication or even a liver transplant may be required to prevent serious illness and death. There were over 18,000 deaths from alcohol-related liver disease in the US in 2013 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When the liver breaks down alcohol, byproducts and free radicals are created that are highly toxic to the body. The liver is then supposed to contain and dispose of these toxins, but if it has too much to deal with, the toxins will eventually damage the liver cells.
Heavy alcohol consumption also lowers the level of antioxidants in the body. Antioxidants fight free radicals, which means alcohol leaves the liver especially vulnerable. It also affects the amount of oxygen in the liver, drawing blood away from certain parts of the liver cells, resulting in hypoxia (lack of oxygen).
When damage to the liver cells becomes severe enough, they will call in the body's immune system to protect them. White blood cells flood to the liver and cause inflammation, which protects the injured and dying cells from the toxins, but at a certain point, these cells begin to interfere with the function of the cells around the liver and affect blood flow. Eventually, if the alcohol consumption continues, entire lengths of tissue become damaged. Once this happens, fibrosis (thickening and scarring) occurs, further disrupting the organ's function. Scarring, of course, is permanent and cannot be reverse even if all alcohol consumption stops.
Inflammation and damage to the liver due to alcohol consumption are referred to by a blanket term alcoholic liver disease (ALD). The stages of ALD, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, are alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and alcoholic cirrhosis.
Fatty liver happens when fatty acids begin to accumulate in liver cells, also known as steatosis, due to the body producing more fat than it can handle. Most of the time, this condition goes undetected, as it does not produce any noticeable symptoms in the afflicted individual. This can begin to happen after just a few days of heavy drinking and leaves the organ vulnerable to further damage and inflammation.
Once the fat content of the liver goes beyond at least 5 percent of the organ's weight, the individual has fatty liver. If that happened due to alcohol abuse, it's known as alcoholic fatty liver. Fortunately, this condition can be reversed simply by ceasing alcohol intake.
Alcoholic hepatitis happens when the toxins produced in the liver by alcohol reach a point that they begin to damage the liver cells. This damage causes inflammation; however, not all heavy drinkers will experience this stage of ALD. Experts believe that other factors contribute to the appearance of alcoholic hepatitis, including genetic factors, being underweight or overweight, other liver disorders like hepatitis C, and whether or not the individual often consumes food during heavy alcohol consumption.
This form of hepatitis can be very dangerous. Studies show that severe alcoholic hepatitis has a mortality rate as high as 65 percent. If heavy drinking continues, about 40 percent of those with alcoholic hepatitis will progress to alcoholic cirrhosis.
Around 10-15 percent of people suffering from alcohol addiction will develop cirrhosis of the liver. This stage of ALD can often be fatal, though survival rates depend on the severity of the condition and whether or not someone diagnosed with the condition stops drinking. Age also plays a large role.
According to a study published in The Lancet, the one-year mortality rate of those with cirrhosis is anywhere from 1-57 percent. If alcohol use is stopped completely, symptoms can be managed and the damage can be contained for many years. If alcohol abuse continues, chances are high that the individual will eventually go into liver failure and need a transplant to survive.
Not all people who die from alcoholic liver disease die as a direct result of liver failure. Complications occurring from the condition can be deadly, especially when combined with other health issues that can be caused by heavy, ongoing alcohol consumption.
Most of these are caused by the portal hypertension that often happens in patients with ALD. This condition refers to an increase in blood pressure within the system of veins called the portal venous system. The most common cause of this type of hypertension is cirrhosis of the liver. With increased blood flow, the veins can become swollen and rupture, causing dangerous internal bleeding that can affect nearly every other organ in the body.
Due to the highly varied nature of mortality rates for those with late-stage ALD and chronic liver disease in general, a scoring system was developed called the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, or MELD, that helps doctors decide how likely the patient is to die of liver failure in the next three months and therefore how high they should be placed on the transplant list. According to a study by the American Association of Liver Disease, the survival rate of 80-85 percent of patients can be accurately predicted by this model.
A patient's MELD score is determined by measuring the level of serum bilirubin, serum creatinine, and the international normalized ratio (INR) in the body. A score of 9 or lower predicts a 1.9 percent chance of death in the next three months. Those with a score of 40 or higher have a 71.3 percent mortality rate in the same time period.
How Much Can the Liver Take?
The amount of alcohol it takes to cause damage to the liver varies widely from person to person. Some of those who engage in frequent, ongoing heavy alcohol use will not develop any symptoms of liver disease and will not develop alcoholic hepatitis or alcoholic cirrhosis.
However, to keep the risk of health problems related to alcohol consumption to a minimum, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism recommends that men avoid more than four drinks in a single day and more than 14 drinks in a single week, and that women avoid more than three drinks in a single day and more than seven drinks in a single week. All individuals should also avoid drinking while taking medication that interacts with alcohol, underage drinking, or drinking while managing any medical condition that can be made worse with alcohol (in the case of liver safety, this is especially true of drinking with hepatitis C). Drinking outside of these limits can lead to serious liver damage over time.
The liver is one of the body's most important organs. Without it, the body quickly becomes poisoned and dies. It is also a self-healing organ. Its cells reproduce and replace themselves when minor damage occurs. If it's not pushed too far for too long, it can keep doing its job. Moderating alcohol use and treating any signs of alcohol addiction or addiction to other substances will help any individual to maintain a healthy liver for life.


I am an over-zealous carrot buyer. I buy far more than I need. Week in, week out, I never learn. So I've devised a few recipes for using up my root veg at the end of the week in ways that aren't carrot cakes. Here I fry my carrots instead.
For the bhajis, put the carrots, parsnips, gram flour, cumin, curry powder, ground coriander and salt into a large bowl and mix with your hands to release some of the moisture.
Add the eggs and mix well. The mixture should be like a thick batter. Almost like an uncooked carrot cake batter.
Fill a deep-fat fryer or a large, deep, heavy-bottomed pan two-thirds full with the oil. Heat to 150C (a drop of batter should sizzle and float to the top.) (CAUTION: Hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave unattended.) Working in batches, drop heaped teaspoons of the batter into the oil and cook for 3–4 minutes, turning the bhajis all the time so they are an even golden colour. Drain on kitchen paper while you cook the rest.
To make the chutney, put all of the ingredients into a food processor and blend into a smooth paste. Serve with the bhajis.
These can be cooled, placed in a ziplock bag and frozen. Reheat in a warm oven.


teach … the difference between the holy and profane, Ezek. 44:23.
not write anything upon plates save it be … sacred, 1 Ne. 19:6.
preaching which was sacred, Jacob 1:4.
keep all these things sacred, Alma 37:2.
God has entrusted you with these things, which are sacred, Alma 37:14.
sacred privileges to worship the Lord, Alma 50:39.
took possession of those sacred things, Alma 63:1.
records … had been kept sacred, 3 Ne. 1:2.
did administer that which was sacred, 4 Ne. 1:27.
hide up the records which were sacred, 4 Ne. 1:48.
not suffer the records … which were sacred, to fall into the hands of the Lamanites, Morm. 6:6.
thou deliveredst up that which was sacred, D&C 3:12.
ancient records which have been hid up, that are sacred, D&C 8:11.
cannot write that which is sacred save it be given you from me, D&C 9:9.
that which cometh from above is sacred, D&C 63:64.
this shall be called the sacred treasury, D&C 104:66.
holding sacred the freedom of conscience, D&C 134:5.
See also Alma 12:9; Ether 4:5; D&C 94:6.


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Best Online Master's Degrees in: Statistics
Editor's Picks: Online Schools for Statistics
The Master of Science in Statistics at Texas A&M University wins the award for best value. Texas A&M's on-campus graduate program in statistics is ranked 12th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, Texas A&M's online master's degree in statistics is one of the most competitively-priced statistics degrees available.
Texas A&M University wins the award for flexibility. With one of the best statistics programs in the nation, Texas A&M lets students customize their program according to their needs. On-campus and online students receive the same degree.
Texas A&M University wins the award for offering the strongest career support services among schools that offer online graduate degrees in statistics. On-campus and online students will participate in the Industrial Affiliates program, which promotes partnerships with companies through collaborative research. While completing their master's degrees, students work on real world research projects. The Industrial Affiliates program allows students to network and gain access to job opportunities and internships with these partners.
Texas A&M University wins this category because its CIS Help Desk Central provides 24-hour service, seven days per week. Students can contact the Help Desk by phone or email.
Texas A&M University wins this category for the services and materials it provides to distance and online students. Students can call, email, or chat online with reference librarians. Students can also browse subject guides and contact subject specialists for assistance. Students can check out library books to receive via mail, and a number of electronic resources, such as journals and databases, are also available.
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Statistics is ideal for students looking for a master's degree applicable to a variety of fields. Statistics is the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, and requires critical thinking skills to gather and analyze data effectively, and communication skills to interpret data through presentations and written reports. Since statistics may also be applicable to multiple fields in a range of industries, a master's degree in statistics may be ideal for someone looking to advance in a current position with additional education. A master's degree in statistics may require 36 credit hours and take two years to complete, or less if planning to continue on to a Ph.D. program.
An undergraduate background in statistics is not required for acceptance into a statistics master's degree program, but strong training in mathematics will usually be required, with undergraduate course work in integral calculus, statistics methods, and probability theory. Computer science, mathematics, engineering, and physical science may provide the necessary background for a graduate degree in statistics. Core course work in statistics may require survey sampling, statistical computing, demography, regression analysis, nonparametric statistical methods, and the analysis of qualitative data. Further course work may include multivariate statistical methods, stochastic processes, survey analysis, generalized linear models, meta-analysis, and applied Bayesian inference. The following are examples of courses a statistics graduate student may expect to take:
Regression Analysis. Regression analysis covers the basic statistical theory and matrix algebra, general regression models, residual analysis, response-surface methodology, experimental-design models, and nonlinear regression models.
Multivariate Statistical Methods. Multivariate analysis covers methods of reduction of dimensionality, including factor analysis, multidimensional scaling, and principal components. Students also learn data-analytic issues, concepts, and methods, and applications in behavioral management and physical and engineering sciences.
Survey Sampling. Survey sampling covers the design, analysis, and interpretation of sample surveys, including simple random, stratified random, systematical, cluster, and multistage sampling. Students learn the development of sampling designs through types and methods of estimation.
Master's degree students in statistics may expect to be assigned problem sets related to concepts learned in lecture. Statistics students may also participate in research or experimental design. In addition, statistics students may be required to write computer programs for calculations.
Statistics is applicable to a variety of fields involving the collection and analysis of data. Statisticians may work in marketing, education, psychology, sports, government, health, engineering, manufacturing, finance, and insurance. While a bachelor's degree is accepted for some entry-level jobs, a master's degree or a doctoral degree in statistics will create greater opportunities for promotion and research.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the median wage for statisticians was $72,830 per year. Statisticians employed by the federal government had the highest median annual wage at $94,970. Employment for statisticians is expected to increase by 14% between 2010 and 2020, according to the BLS, meaning that there is average job growth expected for the field. Keep in mind that employment and wage figures vary by employer, area, experience, and position, and factors like industry of employment may affect personal experience. A master's degree in statistics may also be applicable to economist, financial analyst, market research analyst, and actuarial positions, though some professional experience in those areas will likely be required as well.
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The K Street President And His Lobbyist Staff
Wonder of wonders: The Washington press corps woke up.
Finally, mainstream journalists are onto Barack Obama's game. Their breaking-news shocker? Turns out all that "hope and change" stuff was just hot air. A new report from the D.C.-based press shows that—gasp—the White House is infested with Beltway lobbyists.
Good morning, sleepyheads!
According to Politico's analysis published on Monday, the "Obama administration has hired about 70 previously registered corporate, trade association and for-hire lobbyists. And many of these former lobbyists work at the highest levels of government."[How K Street beat Obama, By Byron Tau, August 12, 2014]
Wait, there's more. The "most transparent administration ever" is playing disclosure-dodging renaming games to hide lobbyists' grubby paw prints. By officially de-registering as corporate lobbyists and morphing into "consultants," "counselors" or "advisers," Obama's K Street operators can maintain the fiction of upholding the Great Agent of Change's grand ethics pledge.
Remember: Back in the day, candidate Obama assailed the K Street crowd with righteous (or rather, left-eous) zeal. "I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over," he thundered in 2007. In one of his first executive actions, he declared that the White House had closed "the revolving door that allows government officials to move to and from private sector jobs in ways that give that sector undue influence over government."
But the reform-peddling candidate soon found it impossible to practice what he so sanctimoniously preached. Now, Obama depends on their "strategic advice" and Beltway wisdom. Here's the White House's chortle-inducing rationalization for elevating Broderick Johnson (husband of friend of the Obamas and NPR anchor Michele Norris, and longtime Democratic lobbyist for Microsoft, Pearson, JPMorgan Chase, Comcast, Fannie Mae and FedEx) as a top aide:
"The pledge does not bar anyone with prior lobbying experience from serving in this administration," an Obama spokesman told Politico.com. "Broderick has substantial experience working in the Clinton administration, on the Hill and in the private sector in a variety of capacities, as well as on the president's campaign. We welcome that mix of experience."
That "mix of experience" also includes veteran Beltway lobbyist Cecilia Munoz, formerly of the National Council of La Raza and consultant to the Mexican government, who is now assistant to the president and director of the Domestic Policy Council—along with revolving-door beneficiaries Melody Barnes, Marc Berejka, Bradley Gillen and Sean Kennedy, all lobbyists turned Obama bureaucrats turned lobbyists again.
When Republicans hire lobbyists, it's a culture of corruption and influence peddling. When Obama hires lobbyists, it's a celebration of experience diversity.
Of course, these double standards and this double talk were clear from the outset. As I pointed out in my book "Culture of Corruption" five years ago this summer, the business-as-usual writing was on the wall from Day One. As soon as he was elected, Obama threw open his doors to the nation's leading lobbyists and professional D.C. back-scratchers:
Attorney General Eric Holder was registered as a lobbyist at Covington and Burling. Tim Vilsack, former Iowa governor and Obama's first agriculture secretary, was a registered lobbyist for the National Education Association. Ron Klain, Vice President Joe Biden's first chief of staff, was a lobbyist at O'Melveny and Myers. Leon Panetta was a lobbyist-lite who raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporations in "consulting fees." Former Goldman Sachs lobbyist Mark Patterson served as chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary-turned-lobbyist Tim Geithner.
But now the K Street president is news?
Like the old saying goes: There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.
Michelle Malkin [email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores. Click here for Peter Brimelow's review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild and Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies


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Дра́ган Мрджа (; род. 23 января 1984, Вршац, СФРЮ) — сербский футболист, выступавший на позиции нападающего.

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Мрджа — выпускник футбольной школы белградской «Црвены Звезды». Играя за «Црвену Звезду» Драган дебютировал в Кубке УЕФА, выиграл два чемпионских титула (2004, 2006) и два Кубка (2004, 2006). В середине сезона 2005/06 перешёл в бельгийский «Льерс», однако там особой результативностью он не отметился и был отдан в аренду «Зюлте-Варегему». После успеха молодёжной сборной на чемпионате Европы 2007 года, где вместе со сборной Драган выиграл серебро, перешёл в подмосковные «Химки». В составе нового клуба особых успехов не добился, забив в 9 матчах 2 мяча, и был продан в «Войводину». В сезоне 2008/09 завоевал серебряную медаль чемпионата Сербии, стал лучшим бомбардиром клуба и третьим бомбардиром Суперлиги с 13 мячами. Летом 2010 года перешёл в швейцарский «Сьон», подписав трёхлетний контракт.

Достижения
 Вице-чемпион чемпионата Европы: 2007
 Чемпион Сербии (3): 2003/04, 2005/06, 2013/14
 Серебряный призёр чемпионата Сербии: 2008/09
 Обладатель Кубка Сербии (2): 2004, 2006

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Футболисты Сербии
Футболисты Сербии и Черногории
Игроки сборной Сербии по футболу (до 21 года)
Игроки сборной Сербии по футболу
Игроки ФК «Црвена звезда»
Игроки ФК «Льерс»
Игроки ФК «Зюлте Варегем»
Игроки ФК «Химки»
Игроки ФК «Воеводина»
Игроки ФК «Сьон»
Игроки ФК «Омия Ардия»
Игроки ФК «Сёнан Бельмаре»
Игроки ФК «Олимпия» Любляна


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After reaching its historical peak at 67.1 percent in 2000, the labor force participation rate for all workers (age 16 and over) is projected to decline to 61.0 percent in 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The decline in the rate is largely the result of the aging population, as more and more workers move into higher age groups that tend to have lower participation rates. The overall labor force participation rate has been declining since 2000, dropping sharply following the 2007–09 recession and reaching 62.8 percent in 2016.
The continued shift of the population into older age groups will have long-lasting effects on the labor force and the overall labor force participation rate. In 1996, the entire baby-boom generation was in the 25-to-54-year-old group, with a labor force participation rate of 83.8 percent. In 2001, the first of the baby boomers moved into the 55-and-older age group.
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HomeSocietyUPDATE: Federal Court Shuts Down DOJ's Use Of Civil Asset Forfeiture To Take 85 Million Dollars From Private Safes Without Charging Anyone Of A Crime
UPDATE: Federal Court Shuts Down DOJ's Use Of Civil Asset Forfeiture To Take 85 Million Dollars From Private Safes Without Charging Anyone Of A Crime
The Editors - June 25, 2021
Late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner issued a temporary restraining order blocking the government from seizing the contents of some safe deposit boxes confiscated by the FBI's raid on Beverly Hills business U.S. Private Vaults through civil forfeiture. Jeni Pearsons and her husband, Michael Storc, joined forces with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to oppose the unconstitutional seizure and the FBI's effort to seize their money and possessions indefinitely.
In May, the FBI delivered a 19-page forfeiture notice to U.S. Private Vaults' attorneys, notifying them that the FBI was intending to seize the contents of hundreds of safe deposit boxes, including over $85 million in cash and millions more in precious metals, jewelry, and other valuables. Moreover, many of the individual box holders received similar notification letters from the FBI.
Judge Klausner's order finds that due process was violated when those notices were sent, explaining: "This notice, put bluntly, provides no factual basis for the seizure of Plaintiffs' property whatsoever."
Through the Unconstitutional act of civil asset forfeiture, the Department of Justice (DOJ) attempted to permanently seize the contents of hundreds of safe deposit boxes, including over $85 million in cash, precious metals, jewelry, and other valuables worth millions more. The owners of the boxes, however, have not been charged with any crime and have not been notified of what the government thinks they did wrong. Now, Several of those owners have joined an existing class action lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice (IJ) to stop the government's forfeiture plans.
Jeni Pearsons is the Director of Operations for a prestigious Los Angeles charity. Jeni and her husband, Michael Storc, rented a box to keep silver they purchased as a retirement nest fund. Now, the government is attempting to permanently seize Jeni and Michael's silver through civil asset forfeiture, without notifying either of them what the government thinks they have done to deserve such punishment.
"When we contacted the FBI they told us we just had to wait. But now we're told the government wants to take our property forever. And why? It's surreal," Pearsons told IJ.
Civil forfeiture is a government mechanism that helps the government seize personal property permanently without charging anyone with a crime. The government has charged (or even alleged) a crime against U.S. Private Vaults the corporation, but it has not charged (or even alleged) a crime against any of the individual box holders. Nonetheless, the FBI pushed through with its plan to permanently seize the property of over 400 box holders. Multiple legal scholars and Constitutional experts have decried the process as a violation of the Constitution.
The order imposed on Tuesday suspends the forfeiture actions for the four box holders identified as plaintiffs in IJ's lawsuit. It prohibits the government from forfeiting Jeni, Michael, Joseph, and Travis' property without first providing them with "forfeiture notices that identify the specific factual and legal basis for the Government's determination to commence civil forfeiture proceedings."
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For now the GPS give me the correct location of the player and the points.
And the Gyroscope reads well the device rotations.
My issue is I can't rotate the device like it is in the real world.
When I Start the app, it just point to south. I want it to point towards the real direction i'm heading.
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var y = Input.gyro.rotationRate.y;
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Home / News / Nigeria Military Clears the Air on Monitoring of Social Media
Nigeria Military Clears the Air on Monitoring of Social Media
Jejetv.com.ng 8/30/2017 News
Director Defence Information, Major General John Enenche
The Director Defence Information, Major General John Enenche, has defended the military's decision to carry out social media surveillance, saying it is necessary for the military to get vital information that will aid its activities.
Enenche spoke about the controversial surveillance during an appearance on Channels Television's breakfast programme Sunrise Daily on Wednesday morning, a weeks after he told Channels Television that the military is monitoring the activities of Nigerians on the social media, sparking outrage.
When asked on Sunrise Daily if it is part of the military's role to carry out such a surveillance, Enenche said the objective is not to curtail freedom of expression but to aid the military with planning. Despite the outrage the military has no plans of stopping the surveillance.
"We are monitoring the social media to sieve out information to help us in our planning. In the military we cannot arrest anybody for that, we cannot. Surveillance is observing, getting information. That is what we are doing so that we can be proactive. So that we can get information," Enenche said.
"We are monitoring the social media to help sieve out information, the one that will be anti-government, anti-military, anti-government. Surveillance is part of our job and we will keep doing it." He added that the social media is a platform where people can communicate freely and the military is only using the platform to gather useful information.
"The Social Media is a platform where people communicate with themselves, a platform where anybody can join and you can get information. Surveillance is observing, that is what we are doing so that we can be active."
Enenche during the interview also said the military is still observing Boko Haram insurgents closely despite claims that they are tired of fighting the Federal Government.
"We are following up because it is not unexpected. The actions we had put in place in the past. The reinforcement and the reinvigoration of our actions. We started with clearance operations which is supposed to dovetail into dominating the whole area and now we have seen the results," he said.
"We cut off the lines of supply and communication and then there is pressure on them. Their helping center and activity in Sambisa forest has been knocked off.''
On what the military is planning to do with the information it is getting, he said, "The information we are getting, we are yet to convert it into intelligence. We are not taking it at surface level because sometimes it might even be a decoy to divert our attention.
"So, professionally we are handling it to ensure that what they are telling us is true intelligence and that is the situation of things. But, I will tell you that It is 60% closer to the truth that they are fatigued and they are giving up.''
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If Pfizer Vaccine Is FDA Approved, What's Trump Administration's Plan For Buying It?
By Sydney Lupkin
Published December 10, 2020 at 3:56 PM EST
AILSA CHANG, HOST:
An FDA advisory panel is meeting right now to consider Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. If the panel likes what it hears, they could vote to recommend its use in the U.S., and the first doses could be given in a matter of days. But the initial supply is limited, and there's some concern about when the U.S. will buy more and whether the Trump administration already missed its chance.
NPR pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin is here to talk about all of this with us. Hey, Sydney.
SYDNEY LUPKIN, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.
CHANG: Hey. So as we mentioned, there is a possibility the Trump administration has missed its chance to buy more of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans. Can you just tell us more about what that means?
LUPKIN: Yeah. Well, back in July, the federal government agreed to buy 100 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine - that's if the FDA authorizes it - for nearly $2 billion. But it's a two-dose vaccine, which means that it only inoculates 50 million people. The U.S. population is more than 300 million, so that doesn't nearly cover everyone.
CHANG: Right.
LUPKIN: The government has the option to buy more, but negotiations with Pfizer seem kind of bumpy. It's not entirely clear what happened.
CHANG: OK, so what do we know?
LUPKIN: Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration was offered the chance to buy more doses but turned it down. And because other countries want the vaccine, too, the federal government might not be able to get more until next June. Senior administration officials almost immediately said the report was inaccurate. Then Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb said on CNBC that Pfizer offered to sell the government more doses multiple times. But an agreement for a second allotment never happened.
SCOTT GOTTLIEB: So Pfizer has gone ahead and entered into some agreements with other countries to sell them some of that vaccine in the second quarter of 2021.
LUPKIN: And that could mean there's less available for the U.S. government to buy when it's ready to do so.
CHANG: You would think. OK, so what does the Trump administration say? I mean, did they turn down more doses?
LUPKIN: So not necessarily. Alex Azar, who oversees the Department of Health and Human Services, went on PBS Tuesday. He said there was no offer for the federal government to turn down. Pfizer never gave them a definitive number of doses or when they would be delivered. So he says there really was nothing to pass on.
ALEX AZAR: I'm certainly not going to sign a deal with Pfizer giving them $10 billion to buy a vaccine that they could deliver to us five, 10 years hence. That doesn't make any sense.
LUPKIN: But Azar says they're still negotiating and making progress.
CHANG: OK. Well, ultimately, how big of a deal is this? Like, should we be worried there won't be enough vaccine?
LUPKIN: I think it's important to remember that the federal government made agreements to buy doses of six different coronavirus vaccines that are being developed, not just Pfizer's. That means we're buying 800 million doses in all.
CHANG: OK.
LUPKIN: Of course, these vaccine candidates might not all be proven safe and effective, so some may never get used. That's why a lot of these contracts include options that allow the government to get more doses. The Pfizer contract has the option to buy 500 more doses, but it requires a separate agreement. So we'll just have to wait and see how this plays out.
CHANG: All right. Let's just turn now to this FDA meeting that's happening right now. Can you just tell us how it's going so far?
LUPKIN: It's going well. This is a panel of outside experts. They're meeting to advise the FDA on whether to authorize the Pfizer vaccine. They started early this morning, and they've heard from the company, government officials and members of the public. So far, it's been mostly positive, with some discussion about side effects and how to monitor study volunteers going forward. But basically a recommendation for authorization seems all but certain.
CHANG: OK. And then once the panel makes that recommendation, what happens next?
LUPKIN: After that, it's up to the FDA to authorize it, and then distribution can start pretty quickly.
CHANG: Hope so. That's NPR pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin.
Thanks, Sydney.
LUPKIN: You bet. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR.


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Seahawks Release Doug Baldwin, Kam Chancellor
May 9th, 2019 at 3:22pm CST by Sam Robinson
Doug Baldwin is no longer a Seahawk. Two weeks after a report surfaced indicating injuries will likely force the veteran slot receiver to retire, the Seahawks released Russell Wilson's top target with a failed-physical designation, the team announced.
The Seahawks also cut Kam Chancellor with this designation. Chancellor announced intentions to retire before last season but did not officially retire in order to collect guaranteed money.
"The Seahawks have made the difficult decision to terminate/failed-physical Doug Baldwin and Kam Chancellor," GM John Schneider said. "These are two of the most iconic players in franchise history and both were instrumental in establishing our championship culture, great examples of competitiveness and leadership on the field and in the community. These legendary players will always be a part of our Seahawks family."
Knee, groin and shoulder injuries — which each required surgery — look set to end Baldwin's career. The 30-year-old wideout led the Seahawks in receiving five times and, with 6,563 yards, is the franchise's No. 3 all-time receiver — behind only Steve Largent and Brian Blades. Baldwin's 49 touchdown receptions trail only Largent in Seahawks history. Baldwin booked two Pro Bowl berths and tied for the league lead with 14 touchdown receptions in 2015.
The Seahawks signed Baldwin as an undrafted free agent out of Stanford in 2011; he led the Tarvaris Jackson-quarterbacked team in receiving as a rookie before becoming Wilson's most trusted target. Baldwin was a key member of both Seattle Super Bowl teams this decade, catching touchdown passes in both the Seahawks' Super Bowl XLVIII win and crushing loss a year later. However, his momentum stalled last season.
A knee injury hampered him during training camp and likely throughout the 2018 campaign, one that ended with Tyler Lockett as Seattle's leading receiver and Baldwin posting 618 yards — the second-lowest total of his career. While Baldwin came alive late to help the Seahawks back to the playoffs, scoring four of his five touchdowns in December, he clearly was playing hurt. This offseason, he underwent multiple corrective procedures.
Seattle traded up to select D.K. Metcalf in the second round, also adding Wake Forest's Gary Jennings in Round 4 and Hawaii's John Ursua in Round 7. The team did not make any notable veteran additions at the position, which will place plenty on Lockett's shoulders this season.
Baldwin's second Seahawks extension, signed in 2016, came with $24.25MM in total guarantees. Thursday's transaction will allow him to collect the remainder of that sum. The Seahawks will save $6.9MM this year by releasing Baldwin. In total, cutting both cornerstone players will give the team around $20MM in cap space next year, Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times tweets.
Chancellor received a $5.2MM payment earlier this year. The Seahawks will be tagged with $10.2MM in dead money in 2019 because of this move. The 31-year-old safety's release serves as a mere formality, with the neck injury he sustained during the 2017 season ending his career. These cuts leave Wilson, Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright as the only starters left from Seattle's Super Bowl rosters.
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14 comments on "Seahawks Release Doug Baldwin, Kam Chancellor"
seattlehof24 • 3 years ago
Seahawks forever.
Why are their names not highlighted for a link to Football Reference?
Thanks Sam!
That extension was the best thing Kam ever did!
Not so much for the Seabirds!
compassrose • 3 years ago
Tough day for Seahawks fans Kam was an amazing player for us one of the best to ever play the position. Baldwin will be on the ROH along with Kam. When they are ready to retire hopefully they sign a 1 day contract with Seattle to retire Hawks. Very sad to see their careers cut short.
BuddyBoy • 3 years ago
They don't need to sign one day deals as Kam can't play and Baldwin is unlikely to play again
I didn't think they did if they don't sign anyplace else but said it because of not I would have gotten the other reaction. You can never win on the board. Kam is no way going to sign someplace else. He is unfortunately done. Baldwin might sit a year and comeback. Hopefully he comes here first.
john9977 • 3 years ago
Hello… Chiefs,we could use both of these players
SanDiegoTom • 3 years ago
Did you read the article?
Going to go out on a limb and say nope, he didn't. SMH
mgrap84 • 3 years ago
Insane that only 4 starters are left from the SB winning team in Wagner, Wright, Wilson and Britt
Britt wasn't on the SB winning team.
seattleite • 3 years ago
Not convinced a Baldwin is done, but time will tell. He needs to figure it out. His body needs to heel up.
semut • 3 years ago
Well we'll see after the THREE major surgeries he needs this offseason


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