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import collectd
from pysnmp.entity.rfc3413.oneliner import ntforg
from threading import Thread

version = "0.0.1"
plugin_name = 'WallarmSNMPNotify'

class WallarmSNMPNotify(object):
    def __init__(self, plugin_name):
        self.plugin_name = plugin_name

        self.config = {
            'logging': {
                'enabled': False,
                'filename': '/tmp/wallarm_api_writer.log',
                'level': 'debug',
            },
            'configured': False,
        }

        self.dest_hosts = {
            '*/*': [
                {
                    'version': 'v2c',
                    'community': 'wallarm',
                    'secret': None,
                    'hostname': '127.0.0.1',
                    'port': 162,
                    'oid': '1.3.6.1.4.44332.1.1',
                },
            ],
        }

        self.logger = None

    def get_time(self):
        """
        Return the current time as epoch seconds.
        """

        return int(time.mktime(time.localtime()))

    def setup_logging(self):
        if ('logging' not in self.config or
                not self.config['logging'].get('enabled')):
            return
        logconfig = self.config['logging']
        logging.basicConfig(
            filename=logconfig['filename'],
            level=logging.getLevelName(logconfig['level'].upper()))
        self.logger = logging.getLogger()

    def log(self, level, msg):
        if level not in ('debug', 'info', 'notice', 'warning', 'error'):
            err_msg = 'Unknown log level {}. Change it to "info"'.format(level)
            self.logger and self.logger.info(err_msg)
            collectd.info(err_msg)
            level = 'info'

        if self.logger:
            getattr(self.logger, level)(msg)
        getattr(collectd, level)(msg)

    def get_dest_hosts(self, notification):
        # TODO(adanin) Implement a real filtering algorithm.
        return self.dest_hosts['*/*']

    def send_trap(self, host, notification):
        ntfOrg = ntforg.NotificationOriginator()
        errorIndication = ntfOrg.sendNotification(
            ntforg.CommunityData(host['community']),
            ntforg.UdpTransportTarget((host['hostname'], host['port'])),
            'trap',
            ntforg.MibVariable('SNMPv2-MIB', host['oid']),
            (ntforg.MibVariable('SNMPv2-MIB', 'sysName', 0), 'new name')
        )
        if errorIndication:
            self.log('info', 'Notification did not sent: %s' % errorIndication)

    def wallarm_snmp_notify(self, notification):
        hosts = self.get_dest_hosts()
        for host in hosts:
            thr = Thread(target=send_trap, args=(host, notification))
            thr.start()

    def wallarm_snmp_notify_config(self, cfg):
        # TODO(adanin) Add a real config parsing
        self.config['configured'] = True

    def wallarm_snmp_notify_init(self):
        if self.config['configured']:
            collectd.register_notification(self.wallarm_snmp_notify)
        else:
            self.log(
                'warning',
                'A configuration error occured. Abort initializing'
            )

plugin = WallarmSNMPNotify(plugin_name)
collectd.register_config(plugin.wallarm_snmp_notify_config)
collectd.register_init(plugin.wallarm_snmp_notify_init)

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By the end of this section, the audience should feel that the management and leadership of the organization are capable, committed, and adequately compensated. In addition, they should understand how ownership in the organization is divided. Finally, they should understand the hiring and staffing policies in place to ensure that top talent is consistently available.
the way by which communication occur between the hierarchical levels.
Programs need to define a clear framework and supervision for the organizational activities (projects) because project activities have an impact on the social context where they are implemented as well as on the organisation image and on its work culture.
Project managers co-ordinate individual projects are overseen by the Program Manager, who accounts to the donors community and to the Board of Directors of the organisation.
considering internal audit and budget tracking as programme implementation actions, so reporting about them clearly and evaluate their efficiency and transparency.
Founding managers – The most crucial individuals in a management plan are those that are responsible for thinking of the project/program concept and developing the idea into a working project/program.
Active Investors – Often it might be necessary to include individuals or organizations that have made a substantial investment of capital or will provide expertise and direction. Silent investors need not be mentioned since they have little to no impact on operations.
Key Employees – Often there are key employees that do not have an equity stake in the project/program, but bring essential talents to the project/program. These could include a marketing director, product designer, or sales person.
Directors – A organization's board of directors, if assembled, are often key decision-makers who help determine the path of the organization. As a result, they should be mentioned in the management plan.
Advisory Board – Advisory boards are useful to organizations who need assistance in particular areas such as marketing, operations, or product development. Most lenders or investors like to see that an manager is willing to ask for advice and has set up a body to provide it.
Key Advisors – Outside of the advisory board, there are usually some key advisors that have a relationship with the manager. They might be lawyers, accountants, consultants, or prominent figures in the sector of activity.
Past Failures – Many members of a new project/program's management team may have been involved in other new project/programs that have failed in the marketplace. Often, managers are concerned about including these failures as background information, feeling that it will taint their project/program. However, investors and investors often view failure as excellent experience because those individuals are more likely to spot challenges, make conservative decisions, and be more wary of poor concepts.
Core Concept – While the management team is critical to success, even the most talented managers cannot make a poor product concept into a successful product. Consumers are not dumb. They only buy products and services that fit their various needs. While poor leadership can be replaced relatively easily, a poorly thought out concept can never yield a successful organization.
Prospective Members – Many managers want to include prospective members of the management team in their plans. Perhaps they have agreements with certain individuals that they will join the team when the project/program reaches a certain size. Or perhaps they are working on the project/program while holding another position elsewhere. Typically, these individuals do not want their identities made known to the public. However, their skills or expertise might be critical to the organization's credibility. Many managers avoid this problem by including the individual's background and accomplishments, without providing their name. By having this anonymous management team member, the plan retains its credibility without injuring the individual.
The organization's immediate issues versus the long term needs and goals. Will the organization's structure need to change as the organization evolves?
Who are the individuals or groups responsible for addressing each of these needs, both immediate and long term?
What are the interrelationships between these players? How will tasks be assigned to them?
These issues, when discussed, will reveal the organization's organizational structure. While the planning will typically result in a detailed organizational plan, the organizational chart typically contains minimal amount of detail. For the most part, project/programs are organized either by product or by function. Either employees will work on a specific product, or they will work for, say, the marketing department on a variety of products. Some organizations employ a hybrid form of these two, where employees cross over from functions to work on specific products or projects.
There should be consistency between the development of an organization chart and the remainder of the plan. The chart should embody what is being espoused in the rest of the plan.
managers are often unable to delegate and organize a organization as it grows. They want to keep all of the decision making power. By crafting a plan for growth, managers can counter balance this tendency.
When there is more than one founder, it must be clear between them how duties and responsibilities will be split.
Breakdown – The primary element of the ownership section of the management plan is a breakdown of the ownership interests of all parties. Despite the sensitivity of the subject, managers must specify who owns what portion of the organization. In addition, it should be clear what form ownership is it. Stock, partnership percentages, debt, debentures, etc, are all examples of various forms of ownership which should be highlighted.
Reserve – Beside the ownership that has already been parceled out to investors and management, the plan should also detail the amount of ownership that is being held in reserve. This is the amount of ownership available to potential investors. The plan should state how this reserve, once issued, will alter the overall ownership structure of the organization.
Agreements – Typically, managers have agreements with all the various owners of the organization for various purposes. This could be a buy out arrangement between partners, plan for the dissolution of the organization, plans for owners/managers leaving the organization and other potential developments. managers should highlight their current warrants, privileges, rights, and other options that could affect the ownership structure.
In addition to these elements, if an manager is seeking financing from investors through the plan, they should allude to the financial statements included in the financial section of the plan.
Timing – Young project/programs are typically strapped for cash. The organization is building awareness and trial, sales and revenues are low, and most profits, if any, are put right back into the organization for growth. Therefore, organizations typically try to remain as lean as possible. Therefore, managers must decide at what point to begin adding staff to the project/program, providing a schedule with specific milestones and revenue levels that must be met.
Selection – It is always problematic for a organization when they select and train the wrong employee. However, for young organizations with few staff, hiring a poor candidate can have devastating effects. managers must be careful craft a set of hiring standards and procedures that will minimize the chances of bringing the wrong people on board.
Compensation – Crucial to motivating and retaining staff is the issue of compensation. This is also the portion of the staffing strategy that affects the organization's bottom line. Therefore, it deserves being mentioned how the organization plans on compensating employees. While specific salary amounts are not needed, managers should discuss the overall salary structure, how it compares to the competition, benefits packages, and bonus and incentive plans.
Beyond the staffing strategy, those reading a project/program plan want to understand how the authors plan on running their organization, what kind of an organization they envision. In this section, managers have the opportunity to explain their management philosophy and style. It is their chance to create a vision of what type of organization will be crafted, and how that organization will be a strong organization where people work together for the good of the organization.
managers must consider how they are going to get the most out of their team. It is not always easy to motivate employees. This is especially true in a young organization, where the days are long and there are fewer bodies to share the workload. Beyond adequate compensation, employees want to feel appreciated, part of a team, and that their voice and opinions are welcome. Therefore, managers should be clear about how they plan on creating and maintaining a positive atmosphere. Perhaps they will create group goals and progress measures instead of individual ones. Or perhaps there will be retreats where employees can discuss organization strategy and direction. managers must consider how they will keep their young organization lean, flexible, and motivated.
Communication is a key element for successful young organizations. It is crucial that information travel quickly in young organizations so that decisions can be made in a brief turnaround. A key advantage that start-ups have over their established competition is their ability to react quickly and pursue new opportunities or change strategy with minimal bureaucracy. managers must be clear about how they plan on maintaining this sense of agility. They should find ways to encourage creativity among staff, and find ways to keep the staff from getting bogged down in the routine decisions and not considering the overall picture.
Insurance Brokers: Every project/program needs insurance to operate, secure financing, and protect assets. Insurance brokers can provide information what insurance is necessary, rates, etc.
Advertising Executives: New project/programs must design a logo, develop promotional materials, and advertise to their target market. Therefore, contacts in the advertising sector of activity are crucial for finding an agency that is appropriate for handling these tasks.
Industrial Designers: Once a product has been developed, industrial designers are often needed to determine the graphics, styling, and look of the product and packaging. In addition, designers look at human factors such as ease of use, comfort, safety, etc.
Consultants: Young organizations often hire consultants to help solve a particularly difficult problem, help plan for growth, etc. Consultants are helpful because they are objective and often have experience with multiple organizations and industries. Therefore, contacts in the consulting sector of activity can be very helpful.
Architects: Every project/program will need to have an office. organizations that have manufacturing facilities will also need to house their operations. Architects help to design office, manufacturing or retail space for maximum efficiency.
Relatives – Often managers place friends or relatives in important positions when they are not qualified to hold them.
Crossover – managers often want their audience to feel that a successful manager from another sector of activity will be successful in their organization's sector of activity.
Agreements – The audience wants to see that the product has been protected by having all key employees sign disclosure and non-compete agreements. Not including these requirements is deadly.
Offering Too Much – Often managers are so eager to attract one investor of management member that they give him or her too much power or ownership of the project/program.
Board of Directors – Investors want to see that the Board of Directors is prestigious and active.
Stepping Aside – It is critical that the manager understands when they should step aside after the organization has grown beyond their ability to manage it.
Crisis/Succession Plan – It is critical that the manager offers a plan for what management will do in the event of a crisis or the succession of power.
Reserve – If the organization has not provided some sort of ownership reserve, then they will be unable to attract additional financing. They will have nothing to offer.
Ownership Type – Often, young organizations select the wrong for of ownership type to offer employees and investors with regards to taxes, dividend distributions, etc.
Advice – An manager must appear willing to ask for advice, and have the advisory board and professional contacts established to do so.


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Lee Display is a family owned visual merchandising and display business established in 1902!
Upon emigrating from Italy to New York City at the turn of the century, Antonino Latino started a Manhattan-based millinery business in 1902. The Company specialized in making the velvet and silk flowers that accentuated hats and fedoras worn commonly during the time.
Lee Display's products were all handmade with unique designs and made with care and precision. The business flourished and grew as the reputation for their quality grew throughout the industry.
In the 1950's, we started supplying Bloomingdale's with snowflakes, garlands, and Christmas flowers for their New York Christmas Presentations. With Anthony Latino as the owner, Lee Display pushed all its resources towards merchandising and display work. Anthony's son, Mark Latino, took over the role of CEO in 1990 and moved the business to San Francisco.
Click the link here to find out more about What is Visual Merchandising.
In 2016, our newest brand; Lee Display's Seasonals , was created. Lee Display's Seasonals provides home furnishings, home & garden decor, Christmas displays and lights, & much much more for your everyday lives!
Barneys, Belk's, Benefit, Bergdorf Goodman's, Bloomingdales, Bob Marche, Britches of Georgetown, Bullocks, Caesars Palace, DFS, Electronic Arts, Express, Filenes, Foleys, Fremont Bank, Gump's, Jamba Juice, Jordan Marsh, Knott's Berry Farm, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom's, Parisians, Pebble Beach Company, Pottery Barn, Robinsons-May Company, Saks, Sofitel Hotel, The Gap, Warner Brothers, Williams & Sonoma
Click the link here to see our entire Portfolio.
Mark Latino, CEO
Mark joined Lee Display 40 years ago in New York. He became CEO in 1990. Shortly thereafter and with the help of his father, made the big decision to move the company to San Francisco to better serve the substantial growth of Macy's west coast locations. With Mark at the helm, the company now works with over 150 Macy's locations nationwide. Mark also propelled Lee Display into new ventures including online merchandising and expansion of its base-business from Christmas decorations to specialty seasonal decorations.
James Latino
Like his father, Mark, and grandfather, Anthony, James has worked at Lee Display since boyhood. After completing his college degree and working in the tech industry for the better part of a decade, James joined Lee Display full-time as the Director of Business Development in 2015. And like previous generations of Latinos, James brings a new spirit of innovation to the Company.
Jaun Gonzalez
Over the past decade, Juan has had a hand in every product that's been created and built by Lee Display. Juan's craftsmanship and technical precision in all aspects of his field have elevated Lee Display's products and separated us from our competitors. Since 2022, Juan has been named Head of Engineering and Product Design at Lee Display. With a wide variety of expertise, Juan manages the production and fabrication of all aluminum and steel products, custom displays and holiday decor, painting and finishing, and our refurbishing and repair services.
Richard Silva
Rick is the Head of Carpentry at Lee Display. Since joining the team in 2017, Rick has been our lead carpenter creating a higher standard of production practices and streamlining our manufacturing processes for better and less-expensive products for our customers. Rick has been integral to the development of our Potting Table; from product design and launch to manufacturing and shipping. Rick continues to improve our woodworking and craftsmanship on the floor level.
Anthony Latino
Born in 1929 in Brooklyn NY, Anthony grew up working with his family at Lee Display in New York City. Due to his father's early passing at the early age of 18, Anthony took the helm of the family business where he transformed Lee Display establishing strong relationships and providing custom display and visual merchandising solutions for the leading department stores including Bloomingdales, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Bonwit-Teller and many more. He successfully grew the company for more than 45 years and remained active in the business even after he passed the torch to his oldest son, Mark.
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Works to protect birds and other wildlife and their habitats through science, education, advocacy, and conservation.
Offers courses and support for people reentering from incarceration.
Botanical garden with displays of desert plants from around the world, artwork, and other exhibits.
Protects and preserves sensitive lands for the future in an effort to ensure the survival of the unique plants and wildlife of the Sonoron Desert.
Teams of volunteers go into Phoenix neighborhoods weekly to help high risk, underprivileged youth and their families by mowing lawns, removing graffiti, and performing minor home repairs.
Establishes and maintains water stations for those who are risking their lives crossing the United States border from Mexico.
Administers programs and services geared toward the preservation of the Sonoran Desert.
Offers programs including recycling initiatives and education, litter reduction, beautification, and community improvement activities.
Provides law enforcement services including emergency response throughout the city.
Protects and promotes the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.


This is a new study discussing postural Stability and Myogenous TMD Patients. The conclusions shows that patients with myogenous TMD have less postural stbility. This has long been known to many coaches where oral appliances improve performancwe in most sports including golf, football, baseball, martial arts etc.
This study demonstrates a significant difference in body postural stability between subjects with myogenous TMD and healthy controls. In particular, sway area and sway velocity postural parameters are increased in these subjects.
Postural stability in subjects with temporomandibular disorders and healthy controls: A comparative assessment.
Nota A1, Tecco S2, Ehsani S2, Padulo J3, Baldini A4.
The influence of the stomatognathic apparatus on body posture is a continuously discussed topic with contrasting results. The aim of this study is to analyze differences in postural stability between subjects with and without myogenous TMD.
25 subjects affected by myogenous TMD according with DC/TMD (6 males, 19 females; mean age 31.75±6.68years) and a healthy control group of 19 subjects (4 Males, 15 Females; mean age 27.26±3.85years) were enrolled in the study. Both groups underwent a posturo-stabilometric force platform exam under different mandibular and visual conditions. Sway area and sway velocity of the COP (Center Of foot Pressure) posturo-stabilometric parameters were evaluated and compared applying Mann-U-Whitney statistical test.
The sway area and sway velocity parameters resulted statistically significantly higher in the TMD group (sway area p<0.01; sway velocity p<0.05) in mandibular maximum intercuspation and rest positions with eyes open.


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textile and garment export
Vietnam's garment exporters told to go green to stay competitive
Dat Thanh - November 8, 2022
HCMC – Vietnamese textile and garment exporters have been advised to adopt green practices to maintain growth and competitiveness in Canada. Data from Canada showed...
Work on underpass project in HCMC suspended
Kim Ngan - October 3, 2022
 HCMC - Work on the Nguyen Van Linh-Nguyen Huu Tho underpass project in District 7, HCMC has been temporarily suspended.
Textile-garment export target obtainable despite fall in orders
Thanh Tam - October 1, 2022
HCMC - Despite a drop in garment and textile export orders in the third quarter and a possible continued decrease in the rest of the year,...
Vietnam's Jan-Aug textile and garment exports surge 20%
The Ky - September 21, 2022
HCMC -Vietnam's textile and garment industry generated US$30.2 billion in export revenue in the first eight months of this year, a 20% year-on-year increase,...
Apparel, footwear exports to U.S., EU surge
Thanh Ha - May 19, 2022
HCMC – Vietnam's apparel and footwear exports to the United States and the European Union (EU) have grown significantly. According to the General Department of Vietnam...
HCMC to officially collect seaport fees from Apr 1
Kim Ngan - March 26, 2022
 HCMC will officially begin collecting fees from users of infrastructure facilities and public services at seaport terminals in the city from April 1 after...
Textile-garment firms have enough orders until Sept
Thanh Ha - March 25, 2022
HCMC – Many textile and garment enterprises have secured enough orders for production until the middle of the year, even until September, said Pham...
Textile exports in Jan-Oct rise 10.8% y-o-y
Minh Tuan - November 16, 2021
HCMC – Vietnam's textile and garment exports reached over US$32 billion from January to October 2021, increasing 10.8% compared with the same period last...
Textile-garment exports likely to fall after 25 years
Thanh Ha - December 8, 2020
HCMC – Vietnam's textile and garment export revenue is forecast to reach US$34 billion this year, down 14%-15% over last year, seeing a reduction...


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الرئيسية > News > Arab World > Assad: Syria Will Respond to Turkish Offensive
رابط المصدر: https://aawsat.com/node/1950096
Asharq Al-Awsat
"Arab World"
Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:41:02 +0000
Assad: Syria Will Respond to Turkish Offensive
الخميس - 18 صفر 1441 هـ - 17 أكتوبر 2019 مـ
Assad and Fayyad. AFP
Syria will respond to a Turkish aggression on any part of its territory with "all legitimate means" available, the head of the regime, Bashar al-Assad, said on Thursday, according to regime media.
We "will respond to it and confront it, in all its forms, anywhere in Syria, using all legitimate means at our disposal," Assad said during a meeting with Advisor of Iraq's National Security Council Faleh al-Fayyad.
His remarks came after an agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to fend off an assault launched by Turkey on northeastern Syria last week.
Turkey's operation has allowed Assad to send his forces to an area that had been beyond his control for years in the more than eight-year-old Syrian war.
Ankara had previously said it has taken control of Ras al-Ain and Tel Abyad, two key towns along the frontier.
The region's Kurdish-led authority called on Thursday for a corridor "to evacuate dead and wounded civilians" from Ras al-Ain. It said people were trapped in the town, urging foreign powers including the US-led coalition and Russia, to intervene to get them out.
Syrian troops accompanied by Russian forces have meanwhile entered Kobani, a strategic border city and potential flashpoint for a wider conflict, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Jon Tarry is an Australian artist who specializes in 3-D sculpture and architecture, including the design and production of large-scale public sculpture and memorials. After beginning his residency at 18th Street in 2004, through the Australia Council for the Arts, Tarry shared a wealth of experience in both his lectures about art as well as his construction of large scale 3-D sculptural works. At a juncture where there is an increasing interest in memorial and other public art projects, Tarry's perspective on working in these forms were valuable to local artists who are interested in pursuing public art commissions, designing and constructing memorial art, and also creating large sculptures for museums or gallery settings. Tarry currently lives and works in Australia.


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Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies thesis and dissertation collection
Investigating the role of micrornas in mammalian developmental transitions
dc.contributor.advisor Clinton, Mike
dc.contributor.author Bailey, Laura
dc.description.abstract miRNAs are short, non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression posttranscriptionally through inhibition of translation and/or mRNA degradation. Mammalian development is a complex series of developmental transitions, which relies on accurate spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression and we are interested in the role that miRNAs may play in these developmental transitions. An initial objective was to establish which, if any, miRNAs were dynamically regulated in a cell model of an early developmental transition, and to establish whether differential expression of any particular miRNA played a functional role in this developmental process. Having established a role for specific miRNAs, further objectives were to assess the reliability of current miRNA-mRNA target identification procedures and to assess the general role of miRNAs in cellular differentiation. In order to explore the roles of miRNAs during an early developmental transition, an embryonic stem (ES) cell model of trophectoderm differentiation was used. In this model system the expression of the key ES cell regulatory gene, Oct4, can be conditionally repressed, which induces the ES cells to differentiate down the trophectoderm lineage. The expression of microRNAs was profiled in this model system by cloning and sequencing of small RNAs. This approach identified miRNAs that were dynamically regulated during differentiation. The expression patterns of differentially regulated miRNAs were confirmed by miRNA northern analysis. The miRNA profiling data showed that mmu-miR-294 and mmu-mir-295 are expressed at similar levels in ES cells and differentiated cells, which disagrees with previous reports that these miRNAs are ES cell specific. Several of the miRNAs with higher expression levels in differentiated cells are encoded within a placental-enriched polycomb group gene, Sfmbt2, suggesting an important role for these miRNAs in extraembryonic development. One of the miRNAs that was expressed at higher levels in ES cells than in differentiated cells, mmu-miR-92a, was shown to play a role in regulation of cell proliferation. Three current methods of identifying miRNA targets were assessed. A sequencebased method using the web-based utility miRecords, which amalgamates results from numerous target prediction databases, was used to generate lists of potential targets of the Sfmbt2 miRNA cluster and of mmu-miR-92a. Amalgamating results from multiple target prediction programs may improve the likelihood that the predicted targets are real. Exemplifying this, the single mmu-miR-92a target that was predicted by six different target prediction programs had been previously experimentally verified. An experimental method of identifying direct miRNA targets, PAR-CLIP, was investigated but proved technically limiting for routine use in the laboratory. A proteome-based experimental method for identifying potential miRNA targets, called SILAC, was successfully used to identify proteins that were differentially expressed in the cell model of trophectoderm differentiation. Differential expression of two of these proteins, CTBP2 and CKB, was confirmed by western analysis. miRecords was then used to assess whether the differentially expressed proteins were likely to be targets of the differentially expressed miRNAs that had been identified in the miRNA profiling analysis. The general role of miRNAs in cell differentiation was investigated using a cell line that does not express miRNAs. This ES cell line is deficient for the miRNAprocessing enzyme DGCR8, which results in loss of expression of mature miRNAs in these cells. Compared to wild type ES cells, miRNA-deficient ES cells expressed normal levels of the ES cell marker genes Oct4 and Sox2 but elevated levels of Nanog. In contrast to wild type ES cells, miRNA-deficient ES cells did not upregulate the mesoderm marker gene Brachyury during embryoid body differentiation and showed reduced upregulation of the endoderm marker gene Gata6. These findings suggest that miRNAs are not required for maintenance of pluripotency, but are essential for proper ES cell differentiation. The results presented in this thesis show that miRNAs are dynamically expressed during a mammalian developmental transition and are involved in regulating early developmental processes. We believe that miRNAs act as an additional level of genetic regulation to ensure canalisation during embryonic development. en
dc.contributor.sponsor Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) en
dc.publisher The University of Edinburgh en
dc.subject MicroRNA en
dc.subject embryonic stem cells en
dc.subject development en
dc.subject post transcriptional en
dc.subject genetic regulation en
dc.title Investigating the role of micrornas in mammalian developmental transitions en
dc.type Thesis or Dissertation en
dc.type.qualificationlevel Doctoral en
dc.type.qualificationname PhD Doctor of Philosophy en
Bailey2012.pdf
thesis figures.zip
text documents.zip


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Speaker Theme: Adversity
Eamonn Sullivan
As Chief Nurse, on the board at the Royal Marsden, Eamonn represents the Trusts 1400 Nurses, Therapists and Pharmacists and is responsible for the patient safety and patient experience portfolios. The Royal Marsden is Europe's largest cancer centre with the third largest cancer research portfolio globally. It is rated 'Outstanding' by the NHS regulator, the Care Quality Commission.
At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, Eamonn was called upon to become the Director of Nursing at NHS Nightingale London – part of a five person leadership team charged with designing, building and operating the world's largest temporary Critical Care Unit built at the Excel conference centre, which become operational in just 9 days. Fortunately, Nightingale London was not used to its full capacity, but still cared for 55 critically ill Londoners, becoming at that time, Europe's largest temporary Critical Care Unit.
Prior to his current role, Eamonn held a number of positions in prestigious NHS Trusts, including – Deputy Chief Nurse at University College London Hospitals and Deputy Chief Nurse at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals.
Eamonn spent much of his clinical career in Adult Critical Care, he holds an MSc in Critical Care from Kings College London. In 2017 he was honoured to become a Florence Nightingale Leadership Scholar.
Outside of the NHS, Eamonn is a Major in the British Army Medical Services (Reserve). He has had the privilege of leading UK and US Army Medical Teams in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, including being appointed as the Officer Commanding Critical Care at Camp Bastion. Eamonn rates these experiences as being pivotal periods in his career.
In October 2020 Eamonn was called upon to become NHS Test and Trace's first Chief Nursing Officer – he is currently seconded into this position and returns to the Royal Marsden in January 2021.
Eamonn lives in Berkshire with his wife Yamini, an NHS Paediatric Speech Therapist, and their two children.
Richard Cotter
Richard is currently Chairman and CEO of the Fresh Oxygen Group, a strategy consultancy specialising in driving rapid business performance improvement in consumer facing branded, retail and e-commerce businesses. In addition, he is Chairman of American Golf Retail, Chairman of Grace Cole, Chairman of Jollyes the Pet Superstore, Chairman of Outdoor Holdings GP, and also a Main Board Investor NED at New Look Retail.
From playing golf against multiple major winners Sir Nick Faldo, Greg Norman and Sandy Lyle, summiting Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc with Sir Chris Bonington and building Berghaus, the eponymous British brand, into a global market leader, he has both the experience and a unique ability to correlate the risk and adventure of high-altitude mountaineering, professional sport and elite performance coaching with the risk and adventure of running businesses in corporate life. Drawing parallels which deliver success in both fields and articulating them in a pragmatic and actionable way.
He strongly believes that new generation business leaders must be capable of balancing the here and now with the ability to see what the bright future needs to look like, creating an organisation where business alignment and employee engagement are the two driving forces.
Richards speaking work focuses on challenging and energising audiences to; consider what their Leadership Brand should look like; demonstrate they have sufficient Desire, Belief and Commitment to make it happen; re-visit and evaluate their Strategic Choices; think how they build a High Performance Culture; define what a world class "Team 1" needs to look like; understand how to mobilise an organisation and create Unstoppable Momentum.
Richard has captured his experience and insight in his best-selling book The Zebra Reality, a remarkably practical 5 Step Programme designed to help businesses create unstoppable organisation momentum and achieve all their business goals.
Connie Henry
Connie is a former International Triple Jumper and 1998 Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist. Connie has broadcast experience with companies including BBC, ITV, Sky and the International Association of Athletics Federation, as well as becoming Director of the Track Academy.
Connie's own experiences of dysfunctional family life and lack of childhood security thrust her into the sporting arena, joining the Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers at just 15 years old. Connie's determination and commitment continued at St Mary's University when studying Sports Science and History and her post-graduate teacher training course at Brunel University, while becoming one of the best athletes in the country.
In the autumn of 1997, she moved to Sydney to train with Keith Connor, Australian head coach and British Olympic triple jump medallist, and within 2 years Connie travelled to Kuala Lumpur to compete in the 1998 Commonwealth Games, taking home bronze.
The next phase for Connie saw her gain freelance broadcasting experience with several organisations including the BBC, Sky and the International Association of Athletics Federation. Her work included a memorable stint with boxing promoter Frank Warren, during which she found herself ringside at the heavyweight match between Wladimir Klitschko and Danny Williams in Las Vegas.
In 2007 Connie was approached by Willesden Sports Centre, asking her to lead new track and field activities there. Connie utilised her contacts from the athletics world to grow the temporary work at the centre into 10 years of the Track Academy, a charity which has changed the lives of hundreds of young people.
Gregg Wallace
A high-profile presenter on UK TV, Gregg came to prominence as the co-host of MasterChef, Celebrity Masterchef and Masterchef: The Professionals alongside John Torode. The show has versions in over 25 countries, earning its reputation as the world's biggest food programme.
Gregg began his career as a greengrocer at Covent Garden Fruit and Veg Market and in 1989 he started George Allan's Greengrocers, a company that built up to an eventual turnover of £7.5 million and boasted over 500 restaurant clients.
Based on his business success, he was invited to co-present Veg Talk on BBC Radio 4 with Charlie Hicks, which lasted for seven years. In 2002, he was the original presenter of Saturday Kitchen, a show he still features on to this day. Other food-related TV projects include: Eat Well for Less, Inside the Factory, Turn back Time, Harvest and Supermarket Secret.
Along with various food and cookery shows Gregg has appeared on everything from Who Do You Think You Are? to 8 Out Of 10 Cats and also had a stab at Strictly Come Dancing in 2014. Away from the media, Gregg formerly owned a restaurant and was also Managing Director of an online farm shop and distributor of home grown produce to the public and restaurants. He also regularly writes for Good Food and Olive magazine.
Iain Hennessey
Iain Hennessey currently leads an Innovation Team which is working with world leading companies and local small businesses, using gaming technology, sensors and cognitive computing to predict the progression of illnesses and plan individualised treatments.
He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with honours degrees in Medicine, Surgery and Anatomical sciences, before going on to train as a paediatric surgeon in the United Kingdom and Australia. He has always been interested in innovation, helping found a startup surgical simulation company as a trainee and then progressing to become the clinical director of innovation at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Notable achievements have included forming partnerships with large multi national companies such as Sony and IBM, building a unique underground 1000sqm innovation facility for collaboration with the tech sector and developing a team of clinician entrepreneurs to drive change within the NHS.
He founded the world's first cognitive hospital AI project for patient support. This was a healthcare innovation ecosystem at Alder Hey, centred on a 1000m2 health innovation hub which also featured an award-winning team.
As Director of Innovation Iain is passionate about working with companies who are at the leading edge of technology; for example, trying out new kit such as virtual reality headsets, or visiting a super computer to see how it crunches data to produce the best care plan for a patient.
Alder Hey is pioneering the use of 3D printed body organs which can be taken into operating theatres, to help guide surgery; and they are helping to develop gaming and the use of artificial intelligence to communicate, entertain and reduce stress in child patients.
He is currently developing a long term strategy to build the worlds first "Living hospital" by adapting emerging technologies to enable the building to care for the children within it, both medically and holistically.
In 2017, he was presented with a gold award for his pioneering leadership of innovation. In 2020 Iain was appointed Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Liverpool.
TALK TOPICS INCLUDE:
Living/learning from mistakes
Human factors in the operating room
Creating a culture of innovation
Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin is the former Manchester United footballer, turned popular TV personality. Dion has most recently presented Home Under The Hammer on BBC1 and has had a successful media career since retiring from football in 2008.
One of England's best-loved footballers, Dion was best recognised for his 2 year spell at Manchester United, in which he scored on his debut. He was given legendary status at many of his other clubs including scoring 48 goals at Aston Villa where he was the joint top scorer in the Premier League in 1998. Dion also earnt four England caps when he was playing for Coventry City.
Dion has built a very successful media career as a football pundit for the BBC and Sky. He presented Late Kick Off for BBC1 East and can also be heard regularly on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Aside from his love of football, Dion is extremely passionate about music. He has invented his own instrument called 'The Dube' which is a percussion instrument. The Dube has been endorsed by the likes of Courtney Pine and has also been used by bands such as Feeder and The Maccabees.
Chemmy Alcott
Chemmy Alcott is a former Olympian who represented Team GB throughout a 20 year sporting career reaching a high of 8th in the world. She became the first and only British ski racer to win a run in the World Cup.
Since retiring from alpine skiing after Sochi in 2014, she has spent her time challenging herself partaking in the World's Toughest Ski Race in Greenland in March 2015, 100 mile road race Ride London and other sporting endeavours whilst being a regular presenter of BBC's Ski Sunday TV Show and commentating on Eurosport.
In 2018, Chemmy became a well-loved BBC Winter Olympic Sport presenter. She was enthusiastic, empathetic and gave a unique insight into the games that only someone who has been through the experience as an athlete could give.
Chemmy created the initiative X-Elle, to develop young girl's confidence in and through sport with United Learning and toured the UK visiting schools with an eventual reach of impacting the lives of 10,000 young girls.
She is also a prominent public speaker and host, touring the world relaying her inspirational story of overcoming adversity (49 broken bones including her neck when she was 11 and her leg which required over 1028 minutes of surgery) traveling all around the UK and to Dubai and Rwanda.
As a very proactive Ambassador for Right To Play each year she hosts The Big Red Ball which last year raised a massive £650,000 for areas of conflict resolution due in part to a documentary where Chemmy visited Rwanda to learn more about the power of sport. During her recent trip to Greenland, alongside the Arctic V, she helped raise £18,000 for Ski4Cancer and continues to be inspired by her charity work.
Steve McCulley
Steve switched to motorpsort as a second career and made an immediate impact. He has competed in over 50 races in the last four years, with a 50% podium finish rate, and is an ARDS 'A Grade' Instructor.
Prior to his motorsport career, he was a commissioned officer in the Royal Marines for seventeen years, where he served in all the Commando Units and deployed all over the world, including operational tours to Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan, before his career was cut short.
Whilst in command of 175 marines on his second operational tour to Afghanistan in 2011, during an extremely hostile period in Helmand Province, his leadership and management skills were fully tested in the most dire of situations. Whilst operating in an area that at the time was considered to be the most dangerous square mile on Earth, he was very seriously injured by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which put him in a coma for three weeks and physical rehabilitation for over two years.
Whilst in rehab he soon realised that his military career was over and, faced with great adversity, he turned his passion for cycling into a business and established a custom carbon bike building company – LIOS Bikes (abbreviated from the names of his children, Lily & Oscar). In November 2018 Steve won the 'Heropreneur of the Year' award, an inaugural event aimed to shine a spotlight on the business achievements of Armed Forces personnel who have founded their own companies.
As he could no longer compete on two wheels, and being a petrol head from a young age, he gravitated towards four wheels and an engine. After being introduced to Mission Motorsport in 2013, Steve soon found himself involved with the forces' motorsport charity whilst in its infancy and at the beginning of 2014 he was selected to race in the 2014 Caterham Academy.
In 2017 Steve had a 70% podium finish rate in the Caterham 310R Championships and in 2018 he is aiming to translate that success to British GT, where he will be racing a Jaguar F Type SVR GT4 in British GT for the Invictus Games Racing Team. With the ambition to continue competing at the highest levels, he continues to build upon his motorsport career in order to enhance his experience as a talented racing driver, coach and instructor.
Steve is also a polished inspirational speaker. He highlights his experience in leadership and management whilst serving in the marines and setting up a new business. Steve also speaks insightfully about the adversity he faced in overcoming life-changing injuries and he shares his passion for motorsport, that fuels his drive to succeed.
Sophie Hosking MBE
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Sophie Hosking raced in the lightweight women's double scull with Kat Copeland. The duo won their final by over 2 seconds ahead of China, to become Olympic Gold medallists.
Sophie was subsequently awarded an MBE in the 2013 New Year Honours list.
During the 2012 World Cup Series, Sophie won a silver medal. At the 2011 World Rowing Championships Sophie won a bronze medal just a fraction behind the double from Canada. In Munich at the first World Cup of 2011 Sophie and her crewmate won gold.
Sophie started rowing at the age of 14 at Kingston Grammar School after gaining a sport scholarship. She established herself as the leading lightweight woman and in 2009 won the GB Rowing Senior Trials in the single, and with Hester Goodsell winning GB's first ever lightweight women's World Cup gold in the double in Munich. In Lucerne they won gold again establishing themselves as a strong partnership for the 2009 World Championships in Poznan.
Sophie joined Durham University in the autumn of 2004 and graduated in Chemistry and Physics in the summer of 2007. She is interested in most areas of sport and also enjoys listening to and playing music. Her father was a World Champion rower in the lightweight eight in 1980.
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Poor advice leads to considerable loss
Insurance arranged
When Maureen and Brian's boarder, Judy, suggested she review their insurance needs they agreed it would be a good idea. Judy put forward a couple of different options. Maureen and Brian agreed upon life insurance for them both, and Maureen also accepted the following cover for her:
mortgage repayment
hospital and specialists costs
premium cover, which would cover all their premiums should they need to claim against the policies.
Insurance cancelled
About a year later, Maureen and Brian's financial circumstances changed and Maureen asked Judy to cancel her hospital and specialist insurance and the premium cover insurance relating to the hospital and specialist cover. Judy drafted a letter to the insurance company cancelling the hospital and specialist cover as well as the premium cover entirely. Maureen signed the letter. A confirmation letter from the insurer came a couple of days later, and Maureen did not notice that the premium cover was missing from the list of policies in place.
Maureen becomes ill and claims against cover
The following year Maureen became very ill. Maureen's claim under the mortgage repayment and household expenses policies was accepted, and the insurer started covering these expenses, but Maureen could not understand why her premiums were continuing to be deducted from her account.
Premium cover cancelled by mistake
Maureen called Judy, who was no longer her boarder, and asked what was going on. Judy said there must have been a mistake, and she would take it up with the insurer. Judy contacted the insurer and discovered the premium cover had been cancelled at the same time as the hospital and specialist cover. When she relayed this information to Maureen, Maureen said that she never intended cancelling the premium cover entirely, and only meant to cancel the portion relating to the hospital and specialist cover.
Judy asked the insurer to reinstate the premium cover policy, but because Maureen was already on risk the insurer declined. Judy referred Maureen to FSCL.
Maureen's view
Maureen said that Judy had made a mistake when drafting the cancellation letter to the insurer. Maureen trusted Judy to draft the letter, and signed it without understanding the implications. Maureen acknowledged that she had missed the premium cover cancellation on the insurer's letter but considered this a small mistake compared to Judy's error.
Maureen wanted her policy reinstated, but failing this she wanted Judy to compensate her for $48,000, being the amount she would have to pay in premiums over the next 8 years, until cover ceased because Maureen turns 65.
Judy's view
Judy did not consider she was liable for Maureen's loss saying that Maureen wanted to cancel the premium cover. Judy said she advised Maureen against the cancellation, and she gave us a diary note recording her advice to Maureen at the time.
Unreliable record
When reviewing this complaint, we discovered that the file note relied upon by Judy recording her advice to Maureen was unlikely to have been made at the time the advice was given. Judy gave us her original file, but the file note Judy referred to was not on the file. We considered it most likely that Judy had written the note after the complaint was made. While it may have been Judy's memory of her conversation with Maureen, it was not able to be relied upon as a note made at the time of the advice.
Shared responsibility for cancellation
We accepted that Maureen did not intend cancelling the premium cover entirely. However, Judy did not clarify the extent of Maureen's instructions, which contributed to the error in the cancellation letter. We considered Maureen had also contributed to the loss by signing the cancellation letter and not noticing the premium cover was missing from the remaining cover set out in the insurer's letter following the cancellation.
In our view, we considered it would be reasonable for Maureen and Judy to share the loss. We suggested that Maureen and Judy meet to discuss their respective contributions to Maureen's loss and how the complaint might be resolved. While Maureen was prepared to meet, Judy declined.
Insurer calculates Maureen's net loss
If the premium cover had remained in place the insurer would have paid Maureen and Brian's insurance premiums for the next 8 years, when Maureen turned 65. We asked the insurer to calculate the amount Maureen was likely to pay for all her insurance policies over the next 8 years and the amount she would have paid for the premium cover, leaving Maureen with a net loss of $44,704.92.
Discounted to reflect contingencies
We then discounted $44,704.92 by one third, to take into consideration the possibility that Maureen's need to pay the premiums could cease at any point – she could die or return to work meaning she would no longer be entitled to the premium cover benefit (had it still existed).
Discounted again to take Maureen's contribution into consideration
We then took the discounted figure of $29,995.29 and deducted a further 60% to take into consideration Maureen's contribution to the situation. We decided that Maureen was marginally more responsible for the loss because she had two opportunities to discover the loss and Judy did not. A 60% reduction brought the compensation to $11,998.
Discounted further because payment now has additional value
Finally, we needed to take into consideration the value of money paid to Maureen now, in advance of her obligation to pay the premiums. If Maureen were to invest $10,000 earning compounding interest of 5%, paying tax at 17.5%, she would have $12,286 after 8 years, close to the $11,998 already calculated.
We therefore recommended Judy pay Maureen $10,000. Maureen was disappointed with the amount of compensation we proposed, but accepted our recommendation and the complaint was resolved on this basis.
Insurance advisers are providing expert advice that can have serious and far-reaching consequences for their clients. It is essential that insurance advisers carefully clarify and explain the consequences of their client's instructions. When communicating with insurers, and their clients, adviser should ensure instructions are clear and unambiguous. We also stress again the importance of accurate records made at the time advice is given.


Rev. Kobata has been the Resident Minister of BCSF since March 2009, bringing a wealth of dharma experience from his tenure as a temple minister at White River Buddhist Temple (WA), Hawaii Betsuin (Honolulu), Kahului Hongwanji (Maui) and Makawao Hongwanji (Maui). He is appreciated for his interest in and support of all the organizations and affiliates within BCSF, as well as, for his open-hearted engagement with the Interfaith Community. His current community involvements include: Japanese American Religious Federation (JARF Board Member) and Japanese Community Youth Council (JCYC Board Member).


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Three hundred year old Commander Marion has begun a new commission as the commander of two star systems As she shuttles back and forth from Helion 3 to Roma 2 she is inadvertantly drawn into a time space portal that sends her back to the nineteenth century There she is pursued by Major Thomas Conrad, a Union officer, who is deterrnined to capture her After finally findiThree hundred year old Commander Marion has begun a new commission as the commander of two star systems As she shuttles back and forth from Helion 3 to Roma 2 she is inadvertantly drawn into a time space portal that sends her back to the nineteenth century There she is pursued by Major Thomas Conrad, a Union officer, who is deterrnined to capture her After finally finding her way back to her shuttle, she recalculates her wormhole reentry only to find herself shot down in World War Two Europe There she is rescued by a sympathetic Major Thomas Conrad, who turns out to be the grandson of her former pursuer.
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Mortalis: bk 2: beyond the cosmos by Cockerham. I received a free copy of this book and volunteered to review it. Wormholes and space craft abound in this story. Very imaginative of Cockerham to take the reader back to the 19th and 20th centuries. The problem of languages was skipped over eventually and the reader was given plain English. Marion is the main protagonist who has the adventures. Will she make it back home? What more adventures await her?


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Algeria for talks on economic and political reforms and strategic security cooperation, including counterterrorism.
Kerry arrived in the capital of Algiers late Wednesday from Brussels where he was attending NATO meetings on Ukraine.
Kerry was due to meet Algerian officials on Thursday before leaving for Morocco.


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Welcome to SLI (Sandy Leksana Institute)
Formerly known as Sandy Institute, Sandy Leksana Institute (SLI) is specialised in preparing candidates for international standardised tests, such as GMAT, GRE, SAT, IELTS and some other tests
Formerly known as Sandy Institute, Sandy Leksana Institute (SLI) is specialised in preparing candidates for international standardised tests, such as GMAT, GRE, SAT, IELTS and some other tests.
SLI (first under the name Sandy Institute) was established on the 4th of August 2009. Our courses were initially carried out at the founder's residence in Menteng area, Central Jakarta, but because of the growing number of students, we moved to Gedung Sentral Cikini, Jalan Cikini Raya, Jakarta Pusat in September 2012. Now, we also run courses in Gedung Jalan RP Soeroso 25, Jakarta Pusat.
Our strength lies in
our highly qualified teachers
the wide-ranged materials covered (from basic to advance) with detailed explanation
the teacher's availability to discuss materials / tasks with students every day
the primary language of instruction, i.e. Bahasa Indonesia for GMAT/GRE classes.
free unlimited simulation tests offered for our students
The Graduate Management Admission Test is a computer adaptive test (CAT) intended to assess certain analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in written English for use in admission to a graduate management program, such as an MBA.[3] It requires knowledge of certain grammar and knowledge of certain algebra, geometry, and arithmetic.
The GMAT exam consists of four parts:
1.AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment)
2.IR (Integrated Reasoning)
3.Quantitative
4.Verbal
IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is intended for those who wish either to study or to work in a country where English is used as the language of communication. Hence, it tests a person's level of proficiency in English.
There are two versions of the test, i.e. IELTS Academic required for university admissions or IELTS General Training for work and/or permanent residence.
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Tony: The Heart of L.I.
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LYNDON - If you've ever driven past Lyndon Institute, chances are you've seen Tony Cucinotta, the school's crossing guard. Rain or shine, Tony is outside, greeting students and those who pass by with a smile and a thumbs up.
According to the school's marketing director Gloria Bruce, those who are able to see Tony on a regular basis are truly blessed, as a character so genuine is often hard to come by.
Tony has been with the high-school for 17 years, arriving in the Northeast Kingdom after working in the meat industry in Boston. Here he began working custodial night shifts at the school, which wasn't ideal as the hours were late and he wasn't around his favorite thing; people.
The interaction aspect of being a crossing guard is one of Tony's favorite parts of the job. "Each day is different, you know, different schedules, you don't do the same thing all the time. And just being around the kids, you know it's a joy. Where can you come to work, have fun, and get paid? It's like being a baseball player! You're doing something you love, and they pay you!"
As classes got out on Thursday afternoon, it was obvious that the students care for Tony just as much as he does for them. No matter how poorly someone's day is going, student or faculty, their day is immediately brightened once they see him.
"Kids, they even mention that, you know and say it's always so nice to come here on our days and we have a good time because of you. You know and I really do think that they mean it. Sometimes kids will say things just to say it but I can tell that they honestly mean it," he said.
The high-school is composed of 600 students, and although Tony may not be able to keep track of all of their names, he knows them all by face. "You know a lot of their names but sometimes can't think of it right off the bat, so you say hey how's it going, and then you know it. I mean 600 kids, but you know a lot of them by name, and everybody by their face. I mean everywhere I go downtown, the parents and the kids are saying hi."
Next year will be Tony's last at Lyndon Institute. After which, he and his wife will be moving to Florida, where crossing the street will be a little bit warmer. Tony said this will be the first year he'll be able to see the children of the first-generation students he worked with at the school, and that is something very special to him.
Tony is ready for the next chapter, but incredibly grateful for the job that has allowed him to work with the kids and keep them safe for all of these years.
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2020 Oscar predictions: Who will win Best Picture? Best Actor? Best Actress?
Oscar Sunday predictions: Film experts weigh in on the upcoming awards.
By: Nick Ciletti
PHOENIX — With 11 nominations, Todd Phillips' "Joker" leads the Oscar nominations this year. But, will it win the night's top awards?
We spoke with Chris LaMont, a movie expert in the Valley and founder of the Phoenix Film Festival (which runs March 26 - April 5 this year), about who he thinks will take home the gold at this year's Academy Awards.
"Best Actor is going to Joaquin Phoenix," said LaMont. "Everyone knows that. Especially with the amount of nominations. It's an important film. And his performance is ridiculous!"
Antonio Banderas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce are also nominated in the "Best Actor" category.
When it comes to "Best Actress," LaMont said it would be a slam dunk, or in this case, a "shoe in" -- as in ruby red slippers.
"I remember seeing the trailers for Judy and was blown by Renee Zellweger's performance just in the trailer," he said.
Cynthia Erivo, Scarlett Johansson, Saoirse Ronan, and Charlize Theron are also up for the award.
When it comes to "Best Supporting Actor," the competition gets a little tougher with a category of nominees who have all won Oscars in the past.
"It's Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," predicts Chris Connelly, an entertainment expert and ABC News contributor.
Tom Hanks, Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci are also nominated.
Lamont predicts "Best Supporting Actress" may be more about hard work paying off and honoring Hollywood's mainstays.
"Best Supporting Actress is Laura Dern for Marriage Story. The thing you have to remember about the Oscars is that it's not always the best performance of the year. It comes down to who are Hollywood's main stars and how can we honor them," he said.
Kathy Bates, Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, and Margot Robbie are also nominated in the same category.
As for Best Picture, Lamont said the Academy may try to mend fences with director Quentin Tarantino with the "Best Picture" award.
"I think "Best Picture" will go to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," he explains. "I think the Academy is trying to right a wrong from 1994. Everyone said Pulp Fiction was a better movie than Forrest Gump."
The Oscars air Sunday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. on ABC15!


A gray California winter helps establish the pecking order among German sports cars.
In the winter of 1846, a group of pioneers seeking a better life in the vast unknown of the American West got trapped by weather in the mountains of the California territory. Bored and running desperately low on cheesy Pringles, they had to turn to the most cursed of sustenance: putrefied beef jerky from the Sherman Oaks Chevron station.
Did we say 1846? We meant 2018. And it's cool; only one of our three pouches of Oberto had turned gray. Still, though, we didn't know that could happen to beef jerky.
All-wheel drive might make for hellacious launches, but it doesn't help the car turn or stop when you drive into freezing rain on summer tires.
We'd fled subzero temperatures in Michigan to conduct this comparison test in the fair Southern California weather, only to arrive just in time for the area to get its first precipitation of consequence in many months. For two straight days it rained and snowed, but finally the weather cleared and we could really crank up our Conestogas.
Audi's TT RS is new for 2018 and powered by a 400-hp turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-five. Compared with lesser TTs, the RS gets a front fascia with larger intakes that flare out for more airflow, a purposeful wing and large-caliber oval exhaust outlets in back, and a price that starts at $65,875. Our example's options list was a lengthy one, but nearly all of it mattered. The $6000 Dynamic Plus package nets carbon-ceramic front brake discs and the stiffer Sport suspension; the $3500 Technology package adds navigation and a Bang & Olufsen sound system. The $1750 Black Optic package grants the roly-poly TT some menace by blacking out the exterior trim and mirror caps, and the $1000 exhaust system matches that with black tips and a loud button. All told, our Audi TT RS tallied $80,200.
That's very nearly as expensive as the Porsche 718 Cayman S it's up against. Having forsaken the flat-six that was so central to its identity, the Cayman is powered by a turbocharged flat-four as of 2016. In the S, as in the TT RS, it's a 2.5-liter, this one rated at 350 horsepower. Prices start at $67,350, but in typical Porsche fashion, the Cayman we tested stretched somewhat spendier. Notable additions include the Sport exhaust with a loud mode to match the Audi's for $2890; the adaptive PASM Sport suspension that lowers the car 0.8 inch and stiffens the springs and anti-roll bars for $2070; 20-inch wheels for $1580; and a limited-slip differential with brake-based torque vectoring for $1320. And then there's another $6380 in rinky-dink tier-two nonsense to inflate the final sticker to $81,590.
The Cayman holds the distinction of having earned a spot on our 10Best list every year it's been available, so it's fair to say we like it. But it's also fair to consider this TT a coupe version of the RS3, which joined that list this year. Should be a good fight. Wagons ho!
It's a high-style way to navigate the mountains, but the TT RS is no prima donna. With 354 pound-feet of torque at 1700 rpm and all-wheel drive, this red-orange nugget launches like a magma loogie. Launch control revs the five-pot to 3500 rpm and then dumps the clutch, so that the TT RS blows past 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds. The apogee of car cuteness until Pixar got into the game, the TT has turned nasty, running 11.6-second quarter-miles at 119 mph.
The nicest sports-car interior for less than $150,000, the last five-cylinder that matters.
Covered-wagon ride nets only moderately impressive handling, overly sanitized soundtrack.
A lovely and impressive thing that keeps the driver at a distance.
Audi's little coupe has no match when it comes to interior styling. It's fastidiously detailed, with hardly a contour change or line break that isn't set off with a new material or finish. Just look at the seats—black leather with red contrast stitching around diamond-patterned perforations, each of which allows a peek at the red underside of the seating surface. Even the seatbelts have red bands along their edges (part of the $900 RS Design package). Audi incorporates all of this without making the TT look fussy or overly busy, and the in-dash air vents seem to have benefited from as much engineering as the entire Dodge Dart.
Perhaps it's the back seat—strictly for kids—but the Audi's interior feels more spacious than the Porsche's. That said, it's in the Audi that tall drivers will find their heads jackhammering the headliner on rough roads. That Sport suspension swaps in stiffer fixed-rate dampers for the standard adjustable units. Technical director Eric Tingwall noted: "The short suspension travel, stiff compression, and loose rebound control mean this car can feel both harsh and springy—often in the same suspension event." It's fine on smooth pavement and for commuter duty, but on rough roads, you get the impression that the suspension is taking each input, then magnifying it and propelling the body upward with two times the force.
And despite that, the Audi can't match the Porsche's feel or feedback. The lack of body movement and dearth of steering feel make it hard to tell when the Audi is at its limits. You end up driving the car not quite certain how close you are to the edge of control, which is particularly unnerving in the wet.
The TT RS is an accomplishment, a dramatic departure from what the TT had been, and an impressive car. It's just a little too narrowly focused, a little too compromised, to beat the Cayman. Then again, the Cayman is very nearly a perfect sports car.
Chassis dynamics perfected, with the world's best transmission to boot.
As loud inside as an Airbus with a leaky emergency exit, extortionist options pricing.
One of the best cars at any price is hard to beat, especially on an even playing field.
Whereas the Audi's ride tends toward punishing, the Cayman's has some baked-in compliance that helps communicate loads and forces to the driver. But don't mistake softness for weakness: While the TT RS nipped the Cayman by 0.01 g around the skidpad, the Porsche outpaced the Audi in the most critical dynamic evaluation, our unequally spaced slalom that combines acceleration, deceleration, and cornering. The Cayman's steering weight increases predictably to let you know how close to the limit you are, and the low hoodline afforded by the mid-mounted engine is a boon for forward visibility that makes placing the Porsche on the road a cinch. In the Audi, the uniform radius of the bulbous nose hides the corners of the car pretty effectively.
If you wanted to read anything into the placement of controls on steering wheels, it might be that the Porsche is more driving focused.
The Porsche scrapes and scratches its low, low chin on driveway transitions, but it's the car that we wanted for those long, rainy highway slogs. Even with its suspension set to maximum firmness, the Porsche still has a comfier ride than the Audi.
There is a downside to the Porsche on the highway, though. It's loud. The flat-four is more vocal than the Audi's five under all conditions, but at highway speeds, it turns 1000 rpm or so higher. Geared tall on the low end—redline arrives at 47 mph in first and 80 in second—and short on the high, it's as though the Cayman has six third and fourth gears. And there's enough road noise to make you think that at least 174 of the Audi's 175 extra pounds are sound deadening. Porsche can't blame it on tires, as both cars rode on Pirelli P Zeros. It doesn't help matters that the Audi's Bang & Olufsen is an outstanding stereo, and the Cayman's base system sounds not entirely unlike an iPhone in a Solo cup. We also find it a little bit insulting that you can spend $80K on a Porsche and still not have automatic climate control. That's embarrassing, not so much for owners as it is for Porsche.
But speaking of sounds, oh, the Porsche's. Rest in peace, flat-six, and long live the turbo four! The more time we spend with 718s—and the further into memory that six's wail fades—the more we like the four. This thing sounds like a goblin, all mechanical grumble and spitting overrun. There's even a little aural treat when you turn the car off and the four grumpily clatters into silence as though not all its parts stop moving at the same time. Needing 14.5 psi of boost to generate full power—the TT RS swallows 19.6—the Cayman can be laggy at low rpm around town, which is never a problem with the Audi. But during exercises on roads that keep the revs up, there's nothing to worry about.
Being a manual rear-driver, the Porsche was slower than the Audi in acceleration testing—4.1 seconds to 60 mph, 12.4 and 115 mph in the quarter—but being a manual, it's also vastly more engaging. And this isn't just the better transmission in this test; Porsche manuals are the best transmissions you can buy today, period. Shifter throws are direct and tight, and the clutch's weight and progressive takeup put on a clinic other manufacturers should attend. Few things in life illuminate the joy of using a well-designed product for its intended purpose quite like rowing a manual Porsche down a winding road. Not even blasting a quicker, more powerful Audi down that road. It was enough to make us forget the rancid beef jerky.
*The first ratio is for gears 1, 4, and 5. The second is for 2, 3, 6, and 7.
* These objective scores are calculated from the vehicle's dimensions, capacities, rebates and extras, and/or test results.


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Winners of the Creative Arts Emmys were announced on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, which is also the site of next Sunday's Primetime Emmys. As only a small portion of the 102 Emmy Awards categories can be presented on that kudocast, the vast majority are handed out during this fast-paced ceremony. An edited two and a half-hour version of the Creative Arts show will air on FXX on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 8pm ET/PT, with an encore at 10:30 pm ET/PT.
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For long-distance lovers, Valentine's day can be the hardest day of the year. I remember when I was living in France and my boyfriend lived in Canada, Valentine's day was pretty brutal. While my single friends partied and my friends in a couple went on romantic dates, I was left at home wishing I was thousands of miles away.
Luckily, over the few years that we were apart, my boyfriend and I came up with some cute Valentine's day ideas for long-distance lovers. If you are suffering from long distance love this Valentine's day, give these fun DIY ideas a try!
Making and sending your sweetheart a box of their favourite things can be a great way to show your affection this year. While you may not be around to tell them how much they mean to you, it is still nice to send them some fun items they can enjoy.
A poem that you wrote or maybe one you really like to read.
My boyfriend actually did this for me one year and it was really fun! He had been to visit me the week before Valentine's day and had left my favourite wine and cheese with my roommate. On Valentine's day, he sent me on a mini treasure hunt to find them. It was such a nice surprise and later that evening we had a little wine and cheese night over video chat, each with our own wine and cheese of course!
If you want to take this idea to the next level you can send your partner flowers directly to their door. Many local florists have a delivery service to ensure your flowers show up fresh and on time.
Finally, this would not be a DIY post if we didn't throw some homemade baking into the mix! Baking is a great surprise for anyone, especially a long distance lover. As a bonus, baking is generally pretty lightweight so you won't have to deal with high shipping costs.
There are so many great recipes for valentine's day but here are some of my favorites!
These DIY gifts are sure to make your long distance sweetheart swoon knowing the effort you put into a homemade gift. Feel free to get creative with these ideas and make them your own!


get in the discord if you haven't already. and if you have then start a conversation and stop being antisocial.
So, while I continue to wait for R:2, any other multiplayer games everyone plays?
One day we'll be able to play The World R:2. And that'll be amazing.


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HEADED FOR AN AUDIT?: HCFA TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT `PROVIDER-BASED' FACILITIES
Karen Pallarito
Here's the predicament: Your hospital operates a diagnostic service center in a medical office building down the street. You've been running those expenses through your annual cost report to Medicare. But you never obtained a formal opinion from HCFA designating the site as "provider-based"-in other words, part of your core operation.
In HCFA's view, you might be out of compliance and headed for an audit. The agency is cracking down on hospitals and health systems that try to pass such costs along to Medicare without first meeting specific criteria.
Provider-based status allows hospitals to be reimbursed on a cost basis for services provided outside hospital walls. It also enables a hospital to pump up Medicare revenues by offloading some overhead to those cost-reimbursed sites.
New rules for securing provider-based status are spelled out in a little-noted section of HCFA's Sept. 8 proposal creating a prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services. Outpatient PPS doesn't take effect until 2000, but the section on provider-based designations becomes effective 30 days after a final notice is published.
The comment period was set to close Nov. 9. But last week a HCFA spokesman said it would be extended. Providers will have an additional 60 days.
What HCFA has done is "really tighten up on its provider-based requirements," says Rick Gundling, technical director with the Healthcare Financial Management Association in Washington.
Any facility or agency that is off-campus-whether it provides diagnostic services, skilled nursing or home health-will be presumed to be freestanding, not part of hospital operations, he notes. If a facility is off-site or if outpatient expenses raise a provider's total costs on its Medicare cost report by 5% or more, the hospital will need to get HCFA's determination of provider-based status for reimbursement. "It's pretty significant," Gundling observes.
Industry advisers aren't taking the issue lightly. "Integrated delivery systems that treated their ancillary facilities as provider-based in the past need to look at this issue very closely," advises Stephen Bernstein, a partner in the Boston office of McDermott, Will & Emery.
"It's going to cause some people to rethink whether they still qualify," observes John Bigalke, national partner in charge of assurance and advisory services for healthcare at Deloitte & Touche in Orlando, Fla.
Some hospital representatives are still trying to make heads or tails of the rules.
"I think it's too soon to tell how significant this is going to be," says Charles Cataline, director of health policy at the Ohio Hospital Association. "It's probably going to be as much a problem for us as for anybody."
Nevertheless, it's clear the provider-based issue could become another focal point for the federal government's assault on provider cost reports.
"I have no doubt there's going to be somebody (at the fiscal intermediary level) poring over the Medicare cost reports with a fine-toothed comb," Cataline says.
The widespread effect of the proposed rules is just beginning to dawn on providers, says James Gaynor Jr., a partner in McDermott, Will & Emery's Chicago office. The law firm is assessing concerned clients' interest in forming a coalition to prepare comments and jointly lobby HCFA.
"Because so many hospitals just never bothered to get formal determinations of hospital-based status, I don't think there's any reliable inventory of the number of these (outpatient) facilities (being treated as provider-based)," Gaynor says. Nationally, millions of dollars could be at stake, he says.
Under the proposal, any hospital that has been treating a facility or department as provider-based but failed to obtain HCFA's determination may be reaudited. "If we find it was not provider-based, we will recover all payments in excess of those payments that should have been made . . . ," according to the proposed rule.
Generally, HCFA may reopen and reaudit cost reports closed in the past three years. "The fact that an intermediary settled the cost reports . . . wouldn't preclude HCFA from saying to the intermediary, `That was a mistake. You shouldn't have done that,' " Gaynor says.
HCFA defines provider-based facilities in an August 1996 program memorandum (See box), but the latest pronouncement is far more detailed.
More-restrictive treatments of provider-based designations appear to be HCFA's antidote to the explosive growth of outpatient sites. In the 13 years since Medicare implemented an inpatient PPS, for example, the number of provider-based home health agencies has increased 436%, the agency says.
"My sense is that HCFA felt that providers have perhaps been pushing the limit on provider-based status," says Carel Hedlund, a partner with Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver in Baltimore.
In part, HCFA is attempting to prevent physicians' private offices from being passed off as part of a hospital's outpatient department. The agency does that by establishing nine "obligations" of outpatient departments, such as complying with anti-dumping rules and billing patients as hospital outpatients.
To qualify as provider-based, an outpatient facility must be controlled by the main provider. The proposed rules clarify that the facility must be 100% owned by the hospital, have the same governing body and operate under the same bylaws and operating decisions.
The proposed rule explicitly prohibits provider-based status for a facility that is owned in a joint venture with another provider.
It is unclear exactly what evidence HCFA might demand to satisfy the criteria for provider-based status. For example, the rules require outpatient facilities to be operated under the same license as the main provider is, unless the facilities are licensed separately. States like Illinois, which doesn't license satellite facilities, could be vulnerable, Gaynor says. The presence or absence of a license, he adds, doesn't say anything about a hospital's compliance with Medicare regulations.
Furthermore, the proposal fails to mention accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. JCAHO status "is one indicia of hospital-based status" under HCFA's 1996 program memorandum, Gaynor says.
Such matters may be cleared up in the final rule. Until then, though, providers are advised to review existing outpatient sites for compliance with proposed requirements.
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George Strait Team Roping Comes to a Close
You may have seen the announcement just two days ago, where George Strait announced that the 35th anniversary of the George Strait Team Roping Classic (GSTRC) would be the last event. He quotes, "It is with a lot of thought and sleepless nights that I along with my family have decided to call the 35th anniversary of the GSTRC our last one. It's hard to believe we've been doing it for more than half of our lives and for most all of our kids' entire lives.Believe me when I say this decision doesn't come easily, and I know we will miss it."
The long-standing team roping was held at the San Antonio Rose Palace for the past several years, and originated in Kingsville Texas. It was the largest open team roping in the United States, with millions of dollars awarded over the years, but contrary to what one might think, its origins were small and family oriented. Just this past year, over $500,000 was awarded in cash.
Ropers all over the country would travel to the Lone Star State to compete in the GSTRC, and it is the place where many of the greats got their start. Many of our RopeSmart Sponsor Team Ropers have competed in the event, and just this past year RS sponsored roper Dustin Egusquiza took home the win in the first go round with partner Kory Koontz as well as the Friday Fast Time on 2.
The event will be missed by many, but we are glad to have been a part of it, and to have had it in the hometown of RopeSmart. Many thanks to the King of Country for hosting such an outstanding event for the past 35 years.
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