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Opening of the XVI FINA World Aquatics Championships
Vladimir Putin took part in the opening ceremony of the XVI FINA World Aquatics Championships, which is taking place at the Tatneft Arena stadium in Kazan.
This is the first time that Russia is hosting the world aquatics championship. It is expected that 2,400 athletes from 190 countries will take part.
Earlier, the President visited the Kazan Arena stadium, where he met with members of the Russian national team taking part in the championship and wished them good luck in the upcoming competition.
Mr Putin looked over the stadium, which has been adapted especially for hosting water sports competitions. Two temporary 50-metre swimming pools have been erected on the football field: a warm-up pool and a competition pool. This same stadium hosted the the 27th Summer Universiade opening ceremony in 2013.
Address at the opening ceremony of the XVI FINA World Aquatics Championship
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Friends,
Russia welcomes the participants and guests of the XVI World Aquatics Championships, welcomes all who love sports. This is the first time this country is hosting a tournament of this kind and we have set ourselves the goal of holding it at the highest level possible.
I would like to express my gratitude to all who were involved in preparing the championship, who organised the competitions in close cooperation with experts from the International Swimming Federation. I would like to single out the contribution made by the leadership of the Republic of Tatarstan as we meet in its capital Kazan. Here they work hard to develop sports, both high achievement and mass sports. Jointly they have done everything to make sure the world championship is a success.
I am certain that the athletes will show their best skills, while the public, the fans will become part of a grand sports festival. We would like everyone who has come to Russia to feel the warm hospitality of our people, discover the variety of our unique cultures and traditions and, of course, make new trusted and reliable friends.
Gathered here today are talented, driven athletes who understand sport and its lofty ideals. The strongest will receive medals, but I am sure that the championship's atmosphere, the spirit of honest competition, camaraderie and mutual respect will remain with each of you for years to come.
I wish all the athletes new personal records, and the fans all over the world – a bright and unforgettable experience. I wish all of you vitality, good health and all the very best.
I declare the XVI World Aquatics Championship open!
Republic of Tatarstan
Published in sections: News, Transcripts
Publication date: July 24, 2015, 21:30
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/50055
Last updated at July 25, 2015, 10:45

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Ghana News Local News in Ghana Today
Local News in Ghana Today
Ghost names: A-G's department to 'chase' 12,563 non-existent employees
8 months ago read comments by Priscilla Aklorbortu
- The Auditor-General's Department has indicated its readiness in recovering all unearned salaries received by some public sector employees
- According to the report, about 12,563 non-existent employees have been receiving salaries which have amounted to a tune of GH¢467,634,792
- The MDA with the largest unaccounted for employees was the Ministry of Education
- Our manifesto: This is what YEN.com.gh believes in
Information reaching YEN.com.gh indicates that the Auditor-General's Department has plans of recovering all unearned salaries received by some public sector employees.
According to a report filed by Citinewsroom, as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic is contained in the country, the AG's department would go hunting for ghosts on government payroll.
This was captured in the Auditor-General's report on the nationwide payroll and personnel verification audit as of June 2018 that was been presented to Parliament in accordance with Sections 13(e) and 16 of the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584).
According to the report, about 12,563 non-existent employees have been receiving salaries which have amounted to a tune of GH¢467,634,792.
The Auditor-General, Daniel Domelovo Source: UGC
READ ALSO: Ghana's economy could not withstand partial lockdown beyond 3 weeks - Ofori-Atta
"Though we have the intention to disallow the continuous existence of the 7,823 employees who could not be accounted for on the payroll, we have delayed exercising this mandate owing to the unusual times in which we are, following the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus pandemic. We plan to exercise this mandate and ensure the recovery of GH¢467,634,792 unearned salaries immediately after the spread of the Coronavirus is contained", the Auditor-General said in its report.
The report also revealed that the outfit with the largest unaccounted for employees was the Ministry of Education followed by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development including the Local Government Service in that order.
READ ALSO: You are afraid of John Dumelo - Ghanaians mock Lydia Alhassan
In other news, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that it was impossible for the partial lockdown recently imposed on two regions in Ghana to go beyond three weeks.
He explained that Ghana's largely informal economy would be severely hit if the lockdown had been further extended.
On March 27, 2020, President Akufo-Addo announced the imposition of a partial lockdown on Greater Accra and parts of the Ashanti Region.
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CoinEx in 2022: Attracting more users and providing decent products and services
Answer CoinEx in 2022: Attracting more users and providing decent products and services
Recently, CoinEx, a world-renowned cryptocurrency trading service provider, released its 2022 annual review, which summarizes its achievements over the past year in terms of trading volumes, new cryptocurrency listings, services and products offered, branding, philanthropy…
According to the report, as of December 2022, CoinEx has accumulated a total of 4.5 million registered users, and has provided services in 15 languages across more than 200 countries and regions, including our Arab region.
In January 2023, CoinEx announced the end of its one-month fifth anniversary celebration, which marked the beginning of its sixth year in the cryptocurrency industry.
The company also released its 2022 Annual Cryptocurrency Report.
Read:Do you think the bitcoin price is unstable? Take a look at sterling
Here are the highlights from the report and how CoinEx managed to attract users in 2022:
With more than 600 cryptocurrencies in over 1,000 trading markets, CoinEx has reached an industry high in the cryptocurrency list.
The report states that CoinEx has supported more than 600 cryptocurrencies in more than 1,000 trading markets.
According to CoinMarketCap, as of January 12, 2023, CoinEx ranks tenth among all cryptocurrency exchanges by number of supported cryptocurrencies and eighth by number of supported trading markets.
It is fair to say that CoinEx has become the number one contender in the list of cryptocurrencies, which is quite a milestone.
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The report stated that CoinEx launched the "Merkle Tree" proof of reserve audit method in December 2022, making it one of the first cryptocurrency exchanges to detect proof of reserve.
As a method of asset auditing, Proof of Reserve aims to check whether the platform has enough on-chain assets to support the assets of its users, and CoinEx employs a Merkle tree to prove its 100% reserve percentage.
According to the official announcement, the platform's Proof of Reserve now supports BTC, ETH, CET, USDT, USDC, and SHIB, and more cryptocurrencies will be covered in the future.
Read:The launch of the social networking platform Voice on the EOS blockchain
We all know that the cryptocurrency market experienced turmoil in the third and fourth quarters of 2022.
After the failure of major cryptocurrency trading platforms such as FTX, panic gripped the market, and the security and stability of centralized trading platforms were questioned.
At this critical moment, the "Merkle Tree" proof launched by CoinEx came as an immediate relief to its users.
The company provides evidence that since its inception in 2017, CoinEx has always maintained a 100% reserve ratio with a 100% guarantee for withdrawals, and confirmed that they are not just slogans.
Continuous improvement: more than 100 rounds of product improvement and service upgrade:
As mentioned in the report, CoinEx has accumulated more than 100 rounds of product improvement and service upgrade throughout the year.
The platform has restructured multiple functions to provide completely new trading experiences.
Highlights of the promotions include:
In 2022, CoinEx launched new upgrades in market overview, contract data, new listing and fiat services. In particular, the platform provided market overview and contract data which are essential features for crypto users. With the two new functions, users can now keep abreast of market changes in real time and make smarter investment decisions.
According to official announcements, in 2022, CoinEx supported 6 new fiat currency exchange service providers and hosted a number of no-fee promotions with its new partners, demonstrating the strong efforts CoinEx has made to expand its deposit and withdrawal channels and improve its handling of fiat currencies.
Brand promotion: the key to attracting users
In April 2022, CoinEx rebranded and redefined its logo to "Making Cryptocurrency Trading Easier"with the aim of serving as the main gateway for global users into the world of crypto.
Read:Learn about the main reasons behind the drop in the price of Bitcoin to the level of 42 thousand dollars
Over 100 CoinEx rounds of product improvement and service upgrades over the past year have been directed towards this goal.
From improved web user interface through functional perfection to service upgrades, CoinEx has made a series of moves to achieve its ultimate goal: to provide ease of use.
These efforts have paid off as the company has attracted more users and its trading volume has grown.
In today's crypto space, many centralized exchanges have developed complex logos that include words like "professional", "comprehensive", and "simple".
On the other hand, CoinEx has declared one goal and one motto – ease of use.
There is no doubt that the easy-to-use products will win CoinEx more crypto beginners and expand its presence in the market.
Overall, in light of the volatile market conditions and the failure of several centralized exchanges, CoinEx's 2022 performance can be rated as Class A as it kept improving products and raising the level of services while strengthening its brand strength.
With all these efforts, the exchange has been favored by more users with its old users looking forward to more in the new year.
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The official website of the platform:
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Telegram news channel:
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Depardieu fails to attend court on drink-drive charge
Image caption Gerard Depardieu (centre) chose to go to Montenegro for a meeting with government ministers
Gerard Depardieu has failed to appear in a French court where he faces a drink-driving charge, days after taking Russian citizenship in a tax row.
The actor, who was in Montenegro on Tuesday, denied he was a fugitive. He said the trip had been planned and he was ready to face justice "any time".
A late request for an adjournment had been refused by the prosecutor.
Depardieu has signalled he will plead guilty which will probably lead to a fine and a penalty on his licence.
But his absence, and a second postponement of the case, will mean it is sent to the criminal court, where the judges are often less lenient.
He was in Montenegro preparing for a film he will begin shooting shortly and meeting officials.
After talks with Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, he told reporters: "I did not flee judges or justice. The trip to Montenegro had been planned. I notified the court. I am ready to see them any time they like, provided I'm here to defend myself."
The case centres on an incident in November, when Depardieu crashed his scooter in Paris while driving with three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood.
'Still French'
Image caption The actor says he remains French despite receiving a Russian passport
It is yet another brush with the French authorities. He has publicly opposed plans by the Socialist government to institute a top tax rate of 75%, and last month announced he was moving to Belgium.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault branded the decision as "shabby". The film star in turn accused France's Socialist government of punishing "success, creation and talent".
The film star received a Russian passport at the weekend but retains his French citizenship.
He has developed close ties with Russia and during his visit at the weekend hugged President Vladimir Putin, who described him as a friend.
Moscow has offered him a flat tax rate of 13% if he stays in the country for more than half the year. On his trip to Russia he travelled to the central region of Mordovia, which has invited him to make his home there.
But the actor said on Monday he was not turning his back on his country.
"I have a Russian passport, but I remain French and I will probably have dual Belgian nationality," he told French sports channel L'Equipe 21.
Depardieu also denied that his decision to move abroad was to avoid paying taxes. "If I'd wanted to escape the taxman, as the French press say, I would have done it a long time ago."
In his new film, he will play the disgraced former French finance minister and head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a man Depardieu has called "a little like all French people, a little arrogant".
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The time change pretty hit me hard this year. I've noticed that as I age I value my sleep more and more. When I was in my 20s and 30s I use to be able to get by on about 6 hours of sleep each night. Now if I don't get at least 8 hours I pay for it. What's the deal? Is this just part of getting older?
What's one lost hour of sleep when getting over the hump of daylight savings time? It might not seem like much, but as I've noted before, time changes wreak a special havoc over everything from traffic accidents to workman's comp filings. (Add the stock market and heart attack rates to this inspiring picture.) Truth be told, however, many of us were delinquent long before the recent changeover. Maybe the switch was simply the last straw in a long term bout of sleep deprivation. Anyone? (You know who you are.) We know we feel like hell warmed over when we make a habit of skipping out on zzzzs. We justify it, minimize it, though, by telling ourselves that it can't be so bad if caffeine and a shower can cure us before we walk out the door in the morning. Some latest research says different. When we do without solid sleep, we decrease our ability to process even moderate levels of oxidative stress – the arch enemy of the Primal Blueprint of course. The impact, as observed by Oregon State University researchers, leads to faster aging and measurable neurological decline.
The key here is a so-called "period" gene, one of four genes primarily responsible for the body's circadian rhythm, the internal clock related to day and night cycles and the essential biochemical pattern that helps govern major physiological processes. Studies have long shown that messing with the body's biological clock can impair cognitive function in the short term and over the long term impacts cardiovascular and kidney function, since sleep aids the body in organ renewal. Now there's more systemic-focused evidence for sleep deprivation/disruption's ominous reach.
The Oregon State researchers compared fruit flies of different ages whose period gene was either intact or not. "Middle age" and older flies without the intact gene fared progressively worse and showed significant damage when subjected to moderate levels of induced stress. Flies without the period gene "lost some of their motor ability to climb" and sustained "neuronal degeneration" reflective of neurological damage seen in Alzheimer's disease. In fact, a singular application of moderate stress was enough to cut a middle aged fruit fly's lifespan by 12% and an older fly's by 20%, when compared to both normal (gene-intact) flies and younger mutant flies, which didn't show significant damage from the induced stress. Based on their results, the researchers suggest that the period gene plays a significant role in regulating the cleanup of oxidative damage in the body and is subject to gradual decline as we age. The older we are, the more we physically benefit from following our body's natural circadian rhythm – and the more we put ourselves at risk when we ignore it.
As much as we'd like to chalk up this study to the particulars of the insect world, researchers believe that these genes work much the same in humans and in fact operate in nearly every cell of the human body. Despite all the years and achievements of civilization, we humans are still subject to the basic natural rhythms of the wild. When we live in denial of this correlation, it inevitably comes back to bite us in the backside.
Eating and exercising Primally both diminishes our overall oxidative stress levels and bolsters our body's ability to eradicate the oxidative damage that is an unavoidable part of living. This study underscores how we can either support or undermine our Primal efforts by cheating our bodies out of sleep. If we're religious about working in our meat/veggies or our supplements throughout the day, why undo the good once the sun goes down? If we wouldn't dream of skipping a workout, why give up the crucial biological defense of a decent night's sleep?
We mostly have good intentions when we shortchange ourselves on sleep. Maybe we're up paying bills, reading a great novel, spending quality time with the spouse, putting the finishing touches on tomorrow's presentation – or little Suzy's costume for the class play. When we look at the results from the lens of continual damage and Primal backsliding, however, we might see sleep in a new light – and be more likely to declare "lights out" when our primal rhythms rather than modern life dictate.
Your comments and feedback on the study? Let me know your thoughts. And come back tomorrow when I'll be publishing a brand new Definitive Guide.
Great post, Mark. I always emphasize the importance of getting enough sleep to my personal training clients. Diet and exercise are only two thirds of the equation!
Excellent post. One of my "Primal Goals" is to get more sleep. It helps me break through my plateau.
Mark, do you recommend using melatonin cream to enhance deep sleep? Also, is it better to work out during the day rather than late afternoon to ensure that cortisol or a ramped up nervous system is not keeping you up at night? Thanks!
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Mark I have a question, I seem to need very little sleep always have, My father and 1 brother are the same, and my 3 and a half year old seems seem to be developing along the same lines. I am now 40 and seem to do fine with 5 hours sleep during the week and 6 to 7 hours in bed but not always sleep on the weekends. Does the advice still hold I find if I get 8 hours sleep I am tired and more grumpy the next day.
Some people are naturally short sleepers.
Margaret Thatcher (the Britain's first – and so far only – female prime minister) was famously a short sleeper and could get by on 4 hours a night.
If you feel good on five hours, then there's no need to change.
She was indeed, although you might wonder if some of her decisions were affected by lack of sleep! She also drank a fair amount of whiskey too and most interestingly she followed a very Primal diet in the lead up to an election in order to drop weight and have high levels of energy, it included fair amounts of steak, lots of eggs and green vegetables!
Steven, my sleep pattern mirrors yours. Seven hours is perfect, but six, which is mostly what I get, seems to work well. In my fifty-five years, I doubt if I have had more than ten nights of sleeping more than seven hours. And when they occurred, they were memorable, as I felt as though only two or three hours lapsed between falling asleep and waking up, thus the miserable feeling throughout the day. I just sum this up to the idea that there is no such animal as a "one size fits all," as preached by "experts." After all, the "experts" were dead wrong about eating carbs instead of meat, for example.
I have to work on my sleep habits though. I've been going to sleep at 2 AM on most days, and too much sleep leads me to feeling tired throughout the day.
Cool study. There is a bit of a leap going on here from "flies with bad circadian genes" to "humans not getting enough sleep" beyond just the species. This is a link in the puzzle, but lets overstate things.
All sounds like bad news for us shift workers! No matter how well I sleep during the day, it is not the same as night sleep.
I haven't finished reading the post yet, but need to comment on that first sentence.
I didn't lose an hour of sleep. I lost an hour of "awake".
As for me, I started defending my sleep years ago!
This is slightly off topic, but does anyone know of any sleep studies that account for the time of year that subjects are studied? I'd be interested to see the results of studies done during the subject's winter season, vs studies done during the summer.
i just finished reading lights out, amazing book.
Specially appropos since I'm running primarily off caffine today. ZZZzzzz….
I quit using my alarm clock quite a while ago and love not hearing it ring! I either wake up naturally in time to work out in the AM or I don't. If I don't then I figure I needed the sleep and don't stress over it. Absolutely insist on at least 8 hours/night!
Quality sleep is great – when there is not much tossing and turning – it happens when I am tired… although not too tired, because then I tend to have a harder time falling asleep.
aahhh nas soon as Monday rolls around to start a new work week i start looking forward to Saturday and Sunday sleeping in. i only get 7-8 during the week but i think i need at least 10 a night and on weekends usually sleep 12 hours!
I have finally hit 8 hours of sleep the other day. I am one of the few crazys that looks forward to Mondays. I work in a stressful, high maintenance job that requires complete attention and focus so I live for that edge. I did fine without sleeping a full 8 hours but today I feel rejuvenated.
I am lucky enough to have put sleep as a top priority for the past few years. 8 hours is perfect for me and I make sure I get that every night. Once or twice a month I may fail to sleep for 8 hours. Sleep effects your health in several ways.
As the parent of a five-month-old, I crave a good night's sleep like a glass of water in the middle of the Sahara. When I try to take a power nap, it's like falling into a black hole. If any parents have discovered primal tips for getting sleep under these conditions, I'd love to hear them!
My tip: get the baby to sleep through the night! Both my kids were sleeping 6+ hours at 2 months because we let them cry a little. They learn to self soothe that way. The older they get, the harder it gets.
It's a very personal decision, so I hope to not offend.
Sorry, but that is NOT the Primal way. Having the baby sleep with you, so that Mama is close at hand and can feed on demand is the best way to get much needed sleep. Don't let the "expert doctors" (we know what THAT means) tell you any different. Babies were not meant to be left alone to cry. Think of the danger in the wild to hear a crying baby! This will pass soon enough. This is a wonderful time for bonding.
I hate to say it, but the thing that saved sleep for us at that stage was . . . letting the baby into the bed. It's not for everyone, but it is primal! (Kicking her out again also saved sleep, but that was a year later).
One other possibility might be to aim for what anthropologists call "biphasic sleep" — that is, crash early enough that when you get the main nighttime interruption you and your partner can wake up, be awake for an hour or so, and go back to sleep without suffering for it the next day. Apparently this is how people slept before the advent of gas lighting, and is still typical of hunter-gatherer societies. You'd be giving up your evenings (you'd probably have to go to bed around 8) but it might be worth it, if option A is no good.
Either way, good luck. And take heart! At five months, you're on the downhill slide. More sleep is coming! I promise!
That should be "around eight)". And naturallycheryl is right, crying it out does work too on most kids. Just depends on what you're comfortable with.
Our strategy (again, a very personal one) was co-sleeping. It made all the difference with both our girls. We didn't have any problem adapting them to the crib either when the time came. Good luck to you – it's such a difficult time but you will get to the other side!
Cheryl, Patricia, Jennifer, thank you very much for the parental advice! We do sleep with the little guy in our bed, and occasionally it works great and he only gets up once in the night, but other nights he just won't stop flailing around, possibly from gas that we can't burp out of him.
He likes to take a nap around 7, and that's earlier than we normally go to sleep, but then he's up until 10 or so which is definitely late for us.
Patricia, I think you're right that we just have to bite the bullet and get ready for bed after the sun goes down, when he gets ready for his initial nap. We may not be able to get 8 hours uninterrupted, but maybe we can get, say, three naps of three hours each, and that's probably more primal anyway.
Learning to go to sleep at night, rather than stay up entertaining each other under artificial light, has been one of the more challenging lifestyle shifts. The light is probably most disruptive to the baby. But we'll figure it out somehow, even if we have to resort to candles after sundown.
Neither of my children shared my room or bed from day one, they had their own crips/cots in their own rooms, they had regular bedtimes between 6 and 7 each evening (with dark curtains when necessary) and I went in to feed them as they required through the night, after the initial few months when obviously they do need to 'eat' regularly they still kept waking, until I used the controlled crying technique.
Let them cry for a few minutes only going in to quietly check they are ok and retreating, over several nights they stop 'needing' to call you unnecessarily and started to sleep 8-11 hours and have continued to be good sleepers now 18 and 21.
It is very personal but I do think it set them up for good sleep habits. Of course during their teenage years it was hard to get them to sleep senisbly but they don't have trouble if they manage to turn off all the digital media!
Don't wish the teenage years on yourself too soon … that's a whole other ballgame LOL!
That 7pm nap should actually be his bedtime believe it or not. If he wakes up after that, treat it as nighttime — feed/change/whatever he needs but in the dark w/ no talking, etc. My son is now 9 months and he typically woke 1-3x/night until he was 7 or 7.5 months. Now he sleeps 11-12 hours (!!!) and the only person I have to blame for not getting enough sleep is myself! Books I found useful were Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (didn't follow much of the advice but there is good research-based info in that book) and The 90-Minute Baby Sleep Program (I followed more of the advice in this one, it also has a good research base). Remember that babies aren't typically neurologically mature enough to sleep through the night (I'm talking 12ish hours) until 6 months or later. They have certain survival drives (hunger, or if something restricts their breathing) that cause them to wake. Also, people talk a lot about training babies to sleep but they often don't realize that it's very easy to inadvertently train your baby to wake up, too! Put him to bed early and make nighttime boring and distinctly different from daytime. Good luck!
A couple questions: is your wife working? If not, then why are you getting up also? If you both work, why are you not taking turns getting up with the baby? If your wife is nursing, then I'm not sure why you'd be getting up at all.
There will be plenty of times (over the next 18 years) for "Dad" to be doing the hard things (maybe taking Jr. to 6am soccer or swim practice), but unless Baby is on a bottle and you are both working, this seems more like your wife's sacrifice. Having been there five times, I know it's no fun to be sleep deprived…by all means, she should try some of the methods suggested. (I chose co-sleeping) Good luck… and cherish these little kiddo days, the teen-age years really do come to fast.
1. Circadian rhythms – since humans are supposedly sensitive to daylight and exposure to it affects our hormones and the like, does that mean all humans should have the same (or at least very similar) circadian rhythms? ie. We all should desire sleep (if we aren't being messed up by other factors) around the same hour at night, all should want to wake around the same hour in the morning?
2. Do all people need the same amount of sleep? Can some (healthy) humans truly get by on 6-7 hours of quality sleep a night, while others (like myself) seem to need 10 hours to feel rested in the morning?
I might have misunderstood what was being said vis anti-oxidants, oxidative stress and ageing but if i didn't it suggested that the length of life, certainly not the quality of that life ofcourse,was in no ways linked to oxidative stress.
The researchers describing their work said they were as suprised by their findings as everyone else BUT maybe i mis-understood…cos of oxidative stress !!
This set me off on a little searching and indeed it seems the oxidative stress theory of aging may be a 50-year-old timber of conventional wisdom that's about to fall.
Any advice on sleep?? I mean, i've read the blogs endlessly. I still know I don't get enough sleep. There will be some nights where I'll lay in bed for 4 hours just staring straight up. Or it seems like I wake up every hour on the hour when I do get to sleep.
I've been eating Primal for a few months now and I follow a pretty regular 5-on-2-off workout schedule. Just can't seem to get that sleep thing down.
I just went through a period where I often had trouble getting to sleep. I have to say that I grudgingly tried the "no TV or computer after 7:00" thing, and I've been getting to sleep right away!
I do the same thing if I want good quality sleep (no t.v. or computer). I also keep my bedroom for a sleeping room, nothing else….well one other thing.
Stop reading so many blogs and go to bed.
Great questions. I'll try to do a follow post to address them all sometime in the near future.
Man, this year (especially) the time change hit hard. Because I am becoming more aware of my body–I was going to sleep primarily between 9:30-10:30 each night. I was waking up between 6:00-7:00 each morning (unfortunately to an alarm, but I would usually wake up before it). The week before and the week after the change felt odd to me. It took me a full week to get to feeling normal and not moody/sleep-angered. What a crazy feeling it is to actually feel in-tune with your body so much that you realize something is off!
My hubby and I have had trouble sleeping for a long time- he in particular has been in a state of semi-exhaustion for several years now. He has a CPAP for sleep apnea but it hasn't really helped him sleep. We've also got a cosleeping baby that wakes and nurses through the night, which is precious but certainly doesn't help. Recently though I read something on the forums here about Natural Calm and decided to try it. One week into using it and I can report we're sleeping way better! It's awesome stuff. It rid me of the restless leg syndrome I've had since pregnancy too. Apparently magnesium levels are very importantant, and mine were very low. Give it a try- I ordered it online but apparently the local vitamin store has it too.
I don't mean to sound like an ad but this stuff (like primal itself) is changing our lives for the better, and in short order!
I love the sleep posts you have been doing Mark. With "Lights Out" first published in 2000 there have obviously been new findings since this great book first hit the bookstores. Some of these findings you have already mentioned here, including the importance of blue light in the evenings.
Since sleep obviously plays a huge role in hormonal balance and therefore overall health, it deserves a front row seat here in the Primal community.
Ahhh. I hate this topic. Reading about the importance of sleep always stresses me out because I'm an on call nurse so my sleep is constantly interrupted. I love my job and someone needs to do it, but I hate that it is detrimental to my health. However, since reading this site, I do try to take more naps in hopes that it buys me some benefit.
It's so easy to dip into sleep time when my schedule gets hectic and I feel there aren't enough hours in the day. It helps me to set a time to go to sleep and stick to it no matter what.
Just one of the many benefits from living primal for me was the improved sleep. I used to have inconsistent sleep patterns but now I go to bed at 11 and sleep until 6-7 and wake without the alarm clock. I still set the alarm but 90% of the time I wake before it goes off.
Awesome Article Mark! Its amazing how the importance of sleep becomes greater the older we get. I used to look forward to staying up very late in my Youth. Now I look forward to getting to bed at a decent time! If we only knew then what we know now! Thanks for the great info!
Why then do old people sleep less. My grandparents were in bed by 11-12 and up at 4-5? What gives?
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Since I started PB 1 week ago I have been waking up very early in the morning – maybe it's my genes telling me to go hunting 😉 I hope it will change a little though since I need a little more sleep to get through the day.. On that note I feel I need less sleep the older I get..
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I just had to comment on all the people that are commenting on their babies sleeping. Ferberizing (letting the baby cry it out) is the new "conventional wisdom" on how to raise a child. I am astounded that the readers of this website are promoting it. Research has shown that babies crying it out undergo EXTREME stress, and when they finally give up (not self-soothe), they are learning that crying is not an effective way to communicate and that they are ultimately alone. My wife and I did try it, but we stopped the first time my child got so upset that he vomited on himself. If letting your baby cry it out has worked for you, wonderful. It does not work for everyone. There are many articles out there that talks about co-sleeping. It is, in fact, the primary (almost exclusive) method of taking care of a baby outside of the US. I can't think of anything more instinctive than picking up a crying child or anything more Primal than a baby sharing the body warmth of his mother and father, and the intimacy and strength of the bond that develops. Do yourself a favor and look at all the options before using the cry-it-out thing. There are some safety guidelines that you should check out for co-sleeping safely that are important, but the idea that co-sleeping increases the risks of SIDS was debunked a while ago. Actually while basic safety guidelines are followed the chance of SIDS goes down dramatically with co-sleeping.
The last time I put a link in a comment on this site, the comment was blocked which is why i have avoided citing my sources, but if you would like to email me, I'll send you some really good articles. You can also google Dr. Sears and look up co-sleeping there.
I definitely don't want to appear critical of anyone for how they raised their child, and I'm sorry if I have come accross harshly. If crying it out works for you, by all means do it. For our family and millions of others it is not the best choice.
I knew the controlled crying would prompt a response and I agree it doesn't sound or feel very Primal. This was 20 years ago (my kids are 18 and 21 now), but it did work for my children, but it only took several nights, they never cried until vomiting, and in fact we never left them crying for long – more than a few minutes, what we did was go in and check they were ok, reassure them we were there but didn't pick them up, just tucked them back in and retreated.
Obviously I was lucky, but having to work regular hours in a modern life meant it did mean that at least one adult was getting a full night's rest, which is very important too. Being crabby all day long with poor sleep doesn't promote good parenting either and learning that you aren't the centre of the world and that someone will come running as soon as you demand probably isn't a bad thing either!
I have always needed about nine to ten hours sleep at night and yet I don't feel tired until well after midnight.
All through school, and my varied farm employment I always feel sluggish if I get up before midnight, no matter what time I go to sleep. Similarly, going to bed early feels strange and I will often sleep for a few hours before waking up and not being able to sleep again with tossing and turning.
After a month of having no classes, work etc I had developed a pattern of staying away for approximately 20 hours than sleeping 10 hours and I felt refreshed.
Additionally, I can not sleep on a full moon.
I, too, get stressed out reading stuff like this, though I know it's true. I'm a lifelong insomniac and this is my biggest health problem. It seems when I can get all the planets aligned, exercise and eat at just the right times, with the right things, have a relaxing, but not too boring, night, etc., then maybe I can sleep. It's a horrible problem. I have tried everything.
* I meant to say: I always feel sluggish if getting up before 10 O'clockish, not midnight.
Sleep unfortunately, I cannot control. I work as a firefighter/paramedic and am assigned to a busy rescue unit (24 hrs. on, 48 hrs. off) and we are generally woken up multiple times at night by loud alarms and flashing fluorescent lights. These calls 90% of the time, warrant a trip to the hospital (though, they don't REALLY need to go and that's another story all together), and calls usually last anywhere from 1-2 hours depending on the nature of the emergency and/or which hospital we transport to. Needless to say, I'm sure that with all of the primal eating and moving that I do, I'm sure my oxidative stress and cortisol levels are severely jacked. I try my hardest to make up for the lack of sleep on my off days but am also a full-time student so… Hopefully, the education will lead to a "day only" shift career and I can re-learn what good quality sleep is.
I went through a period of about four months when I could only get 5-6 hours of sleep per night. (I had a pinched nerve.) What I got was not restful. My blood test results went south. LDL and triglycerides skyrocketed.


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The state Department of Health last month published its new medical cannabis program regulations, and the state's largest producer of medical cannabis is challenging them in court.
New Mexico Top Organics-Ultra Health Inc. is asking a state district judge in Santa Fe to send the department back to the drawing board, claiming the agency "simply copied and pasted regulations from other states without considering how those out of state regulations would or could perform in the real world in New Mexico."
Ultra Health chief executive officer and president Duke Rodriguez has sued the Department of Health multiple times — contesting sanctions, gross receipts tax applicability to medical cannabis and the definition of adequate supply.
But Rodriguez said he continues asking the court to intervene in the department's administration of the program not because he's litigious but because, as the largest producer, he is often the first to be affected by the department's regulations.
His current lawsuit — filed Friday following the state's June 23 publication of the new rules — asks the court to find that a number of the department's new rules are "arbitrary and capricious" and should be repealed and rewritten.
"They need to go back, listen to stakeholders and start the entire process over," he said.
Rodriguez said his top complaints about the new regulations include:
• Testing requirements for pesticides, heavy metals and mold are "the strictest tolerance levels in the United States."
• The department's regulations concerning where hemp is grown and whether hemp extracts can be combined with cannabis infringe on the state Department of Agriculture's territory.
• Labeling requirements are onerous and require producers to do double the work.
• No clear criteria for when and why the department can suspend or revoke producers' licenses, with no remedy for appeal.
Rodriguez's lawsuit says the department has provided "no rational connection between the facts found and the choices made, and its rule-making process "omitted careful and informed consideration of relevant factors an important aspects of medical cannabis regulation in New Mexico."
A Department of Health spokesman declined to comment on the lawsuit.
According to statistics the Department of Health published in June, there are currently just over 94,000 people enrolled in state's medical cannabis program. Of those, nearly 50,000 qualify for medical marijuana use based on a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. About 30,000 qualify based on severe chronic pain diagnosis and almost 5,000 have cancer.
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This is 100% real: Kevin got invited onto the set of God's Not Dead 3! We talk all about how it happened, this week on the show!
This is the comment. This is the slam. I know we're living in extreme days, but these politically correct sjw are gone. I got my eye on this funky jesus music because I think it's going to bring this coty on our knees. I mean tru dog, I feel it. I know you don't think this music is boomin, but you gotta catch a fire and let it burn within because these songs speak life. It's just like i was made to love this music till the day I die, so move aside and don't be a backseat driver because if this love doesn't break thru I'm going to loose my soul.
Congratulations. This is now one of my favorite comments that have ever been posted to this site.
Hannah's comment is the best part of Inner Tube Episode 190. It's composition was way beyond me, and I am thankful for it. Where would this comment section be without it?
I'm guessing that we'll hear more Christian music (and TobyMac) references in the 190's episodes of the Inner Tube (especially from the 1990s), but this is the comment section to get the party started. I'm wonderin' why the Inner Tube hasn't done more Christian music episodes, but hold on... this is no ordinary podcast. I'm sure Josh and Kevin will each talk about their favorite song in an upcoming episode. We just have to start somewhere, and this may have captured their attention. The getaway car is building momentum for this phenomenon; gotta go.
Did you know that if you candy translates to Satan in an exotic, ancient language? Ban all candy!
That wouldn't actually surprise me, if you ran it through Google Translate enough times.


Often the power supply of an amplifier is underestimated. In mentioning this, I mean that the power supply is much more important regarding the overall sound than often thought, unfortunately.
Can you think of a better capacitor than paper-in-oil?
What are the pro's? Well, a long lifetime is one. Think of old "tube radio's" that play on for almost forever without hum.. Ten to one that paper-in-oils are used. Also the "typical" warm sound may be two. I think that this is due to their relative slow character.. Why slow? Their behavior in decoupling is good, very good (up to several hundreds in Khz, often better), so this can not be the reason. I think that it has something to do with the oil used. Have you ever opened up a paper-in-oil cap? The oil used is "syrupy" and I think that this "muffles" the sound, giving that warm character. Be careful when opening up a "pio"; In older types capacitors the oil used can be toxic! The more recent types, like from Angela.com, are not toxic or polluting. A trick to prevent an amplifier from sounding "slow" and/or too "warm", is to keep the cap's values as low as possible - just enough to get rid of the ripple. This "slowness" is often not noticed before hearing a capacitor that has the speed of an electrolytic without the "harshness"! Don't understand me wrong: the paper-in-oil is a very good capacitor which I often use when designing power supplies, but there's a better one..
The BlackGate WKZ is a good example. These electrolytics are made of a special composite (carbon etc.) and are deadened using tar which is placed between electrolytic and aluminum casing. These caps are expensive but way better than normal electrolytes and even paper-in-oils. The lifetime should be better than ordinary electrolytic's, which somewhat justifies the price.. The beauty of using a WKZ is that the power supply becomes really silent. Often we use as low as possible values paper-in-oils to keep up "speed and presence" (4, 8 or 12mF), this will result in a "near silent" supply. Values with WKZ start at 47mF... A disadvantage of the WKZ can be its voltage rating; 500Volts, with 550Volts surge.. These are the ratings a paper-in-oil starts at.. That's a reason why in real high voltage supplies almost solely paper-in-oils are used. My ideal high voltage supply (up to 500Volts) in a power-amp would be: 2mF pio - 10He choke - 47mF WKZ - 10He choke - 47mF WKZ. The paper-in-oil to pleasen the rectifier and to just evade a choke-input character. A powertube biased at 200mA will be "dead silent" when using this power supply!
What if the firm who produces WKZ claims that there is an even better capacitor? Well, they sure have my attention! The types NH, N & Nx are capacitor with no polarity: Non-polars. Don't mix them up with bi-polars! Non-polars have an indication to be able to mount them all likewise, a so called "fake-minus". Type NH indicates high voltage rating (up to 350Volts), N-type is lower voltage in which type Nx is an improved version. These are (physical) relative small caps, as well in value (as low as 0.47mF!). Type NH is a good capacitor when used in power supplies, WKZ is slightly better. This is also when using types N and Nx as kathode-bypass etc: good but not better then BlackGate FK or Elna Cerafine.
Can this be done better? This is where the super e-cap comes in: Mount two non-polars parallel to each other, each in opposite direction (fake-minus to plus and vv., see picture). BlackGate claims that the super e-cap has no inductive resonance and a ESR (equivalent series resistance) of almost zero. In accomplishing this, they take away (almost) all negative aspects of an electrolytic! One con stays: a low voltage rating (up to 350Volts), which limits the use in power supplies. I use them in my pre-amp and power-amp in cathode-bypass circuits.
Is super E-cap really better?
To be shortly: Yes! The super e-cap outperforms any known capacitor in my system! It has the sound of thè best cap: No cap! It is fast and open sounding as I have never heard before in an amplifier, and all this preserving the tonal balance. This will remain, no matter how often a super e-cap is applied.. A big amount of the quality of my pre-amp is due to the use of super e-cap in the power supply and as cathode bypass! Also the Nono-Dac benefits from the use: I even use a coupling capacitor of almost 10mF (2 x 4.7mF super e-cap) without any sibilant highs or "grainy" sound!
One thing though: These non-polars take an awfully long time to break-in: up to a couple of weeks playing each day a few hours.. First you'll "loose" low-end response and when it reappears mid and midhighs will varnish. Eventually the high quality of super e-cap will appear and sound will be better then ever. After this break-in period things will only get better. So be warned: Do not judge until after a few weeks! Be patient and you will be rewarded!
As power supply capacitors the super e-cap will be almost as expensive as the WKZ: one NH won't cost the world, but you'll need 4 of them to create 2 capacities.. In cathode bypass circuits costs will be reasonable, except for 50Volt plus circuits..
ps. This performs (much) better than "an Elna rebuilt , don't even bother taking of the plastic anymore..!
Too much super e-cap: Overkill?
In general a component is not to be used too much to prevent "signature" the sound. Does this also apply for the super e-cap? I currently use the super e-cap in the "Nono-Dac", my pre-amp "Mystique" and recently in the cathode circuits of the power-amp. This results time after time in greater speed ánd neutrality without affecting tonal balance. In my opinion super e-cap can be succeeding used without "signature"! Also remarkable ánd valuable is that each time super e-cap is used, circuits get literally more silent! Not only "black" is more "black", but also any residual ripple will be filtered out. Of course using (mostly) twice as much mF's is the cause, but still!


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30% Club HK, The Women's Foundation Welcome End to Single Gender Boards on HKEX
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HONG KONG – 30% Club Hong Kong and The Women's Foundation (TWF) have welcomed the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's (HKEX) release of Consultation Conclusions on its Review of the Corporate Governance Code and Related Listing Rules. After an open consultation process, the HKEX is putting in place key reforms that will improve board gender diversity in the short to medium term.
In particular, the following HKEX changes will lead to significant opportunities for more diverse boards over the next three years:
Single gender boards will no longer be acceptable, and currently all-male boards will have a maximum of three years to appoint at least one female board member
New hurdles for Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) who are "long-serving" (over nine years) will not only require companies to disclose and justify their successive appointments, but in some cases mandate brand new INED appointments
Companies will be strongly encouraged to set targets and timelines for gender diversity at board level and across the workforce
Given one third (32.1%) of listed companies have no women on boards, together with the pace of new listings in Hong Kong, there will be at least 1,350 board appointment opportunities for women in the next three years. This represents considerable opportunities for women leaders who are qualified to become board members.
Irene Lee, Chair of Hysan Development and Chair of the 30% Club Hong Kong, remarked, "Hong Kong offers a deep talent pool of women in a wide range of sectors. We urge boards and companies to support first time female executive and non-executive directors and look beyond the typical candidate profiles and also consider women outside the city. These new rules also present companies with the opportunity to empower their own high-calibre female executives to serve as INEDs (Independent Non-Executive Directors) on outside boards."
Tim Payne, Chair of the 30% Club Hong Kong Steering Committee, said: "The world is complex and messy and Boards need ever more diverse perspectives. New women Directors can help boards think differently and meet the challenge."
The Women's Foundation has been a long-time advocate for more diverse corporate boards since launching the 30% Club Hong Kong back in 2013. While public sentiment has indicated strong support for gender diversity on boards, actual progress has been miniscule: as of July 1, 2021, only 14.3% of Hong Kong Hang Seng Index Board's directorships were held by women. Hong Kong continues to be outpaced by other global financial centres (UK: 36.2%; Australia: 34.1%, USA: 30%) and neighbouring economies in Asia (Malaysia: 25.5%; Singapore: 18%; India: 17%).
Fiona Nott, CEO of The Women's Foundation said: "The international comparisons prove that boards in Hong Kong are falling way behind and, at their core, remain change averse. These regulatory changes will encourage boards to do the right thing, and we believe that those same boards will end up better off and eventually embrace this outside push, as their companies will perform better with new talent. If we really want the strongest corporate governance, we must aim for 50% women on our corporate boards, in management and in the workforce, so the clear next step is for all companies to set meaningful targets of at least 30% by 2027."
The benefits of increasing the number of women on the boards of listed companies have been well-documented. Greater gender diversity on boards improves decision-making, has a positive impact on corporate culture, and the bottom line, serves as a fundamental aspect of good governance and delivers benefits for the whole society.
Having more senior women as role models filters down into the whole economy and can help contribute to wider debates on issues such as pay equity, workplace policies and other critical barriers facing women. In times of increased volatility due to COVID-19 and geopolitical factors, it is even more important that Hong Kong embraces a strong corporate governance regime, including diversity, and rises to international best practice to maintain Hong Kong's position and reputation as a leading global financial centre.
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NBA Summer League 2014: Observations from Day Four of Orlando Pro Summer League
Aaron Gordon and Victor Oladipo had rough days Tuesday as Orlando fell to 2-1. Tyler Lashbrook has those stories and more.
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Amidst a flurry of World Cup tweets and .gifs of Brazilian fútbol fans crying, Twitter completely forgot there was a Orlando Pro Summer League basketball scheduled Tuesday. The Orlando Magic, playing without Romero Osby who was nursing a sore shoulder, lost to the Memphis Grizzlies, by an 80-73 final. The result lifted Memphis into first place and dropped Orlando from first to fourth.
Here are a few observations and notes that I recorded:
Aaron Gordon struggles with position switch
It's hard enough for an 18-year-old basketball player to learn how to play one NBA position, but two? That's nearly impossible. That's the challenge that Gordon was tasked with, filling in for three injured Osby, and it affected his game.
He scored just four points, all from the free throw line, and missed all three shots from the field. He also didn't record a single rebound.
"I didn't do a good job rebounding today, but it's something I'll adjust to." Aaron Gordon
"I was learning the three all week and Ro's shoulder went down, so we don't have enough big men for me to stay at the three so I had to step in," Gordon said. "I didn't do a good job rebounding today, but it's something I'll adjust to. I just got to pay attention more to what the four-men are doing and make the necessary adjustments."
I asked Gordon which position he's more comfortable with. "The three at this point," he answered.
Coach Wes Unseld Jr. agrees with Gordon's assessment.
"We've played him pretty much at the three through practice and in the first two games," coach Wes Unseld Jr. said. "Ro was a little banged up today so we decided to look at him at four. It threw us off a bit at the four spot, just not clear with all the routes, and he'll get better in that regard. But I think the three spot going forward is going to be where we play him."
Victor Oladipo doesn't find his rhythm
Oladipo, the second-year guard, shot 4-of-12 from the floor and scored only 11 points against Memphis. He did, for his part, record seven rebounds. After the game, he was quick to take part of the blame.
"You're gonna have good days and bad days," Oladipo said. "At the end of the day, you've got to learn from your bad ones and minimize them. As a young vet, I learned that a lot last year." He said what he learned last year is that the game is 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical, attributing the amount of games to that phenomenon.
Oladipo had a few good looks, but also forced some of the action. One can attribute some of that confusion to the team's simply forgetting plays, which Oladipo referred to as "mental mistakes." There were several occasions where he would pick up his dribble, expecting his big man to pop, only to watch as his bigs went the wrong way.
"I think as I go, my team goes," Oladipo said. "Which is why we didn't do so hot today. Again, it's a learning process and you got to just continue to keep getting better.
Players react to the Channing Frye signing
It was clear, in asking the guys, that they were on board with the Magic's pending signing of Frye, the veterean sharpshooter. Oladipo smiled when he was asked about it. "It's going to spread the floor," he said. "It's going to open up the lane finally. People can't sit anymore so it's going to be better so I'm excited for him to get there."
Frye, as Evan noted in his piece, is quite the floor spacer and he had an enormous effect on the Phoenix Suns' offense last season. In particular, he created open lanes for lead guards Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragić. Bledsoe was three points better and Dragic was 3.4 points better with Frye on the floor.
Phoenix, as a team, was 6.5 net points better with Frye, per NBA.com/stats. Without him, it actually posted a -0.5. Without him, there's no way the Suns challenge for the eighth spot in the stacked West.
Gordon was asked about Frye, too. "It's going to be great," Gordon said. "He's a stretch shooter, a very good pro and a veteran." He continued to say how great the reported deal will be.
"He's going to help me out a lot. He's going to give me little bits and pieces that I can pick up from."
After the game, Oladipo said there were days last year where he would cry. "It's no fun losing, and when you feel like you have a big part in losing, it doesn't sit right with me. I'm a competitor, man, I want to win. So when you're not performing to the level you want to perform at, it's tough." He said he's learned to keep it "even keel" and to have a "short-term memory."
In watching Elfrid Payton, it's clear that he's very comfortable navigating pick-and-rolls. So I asked him what the first thing he looks for when he initiates one. He offered a detailed answer.
"What the big's going to do," said Payton. "You know, I'm trying to get down and stretch it out and play off my big, whether he wants to pop or roll. If he rolls and his guy helps, then I've got the snap back coming back [up top]. So just trying to read the defense and try to make the best play possible."
Payton threw several impressive passes out of the pick-and-roll that did not result in assists because his teammates couldn't finish the plays. But he has an impressive patience and wherewithal in running them and that's important moving forward.
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Safest Emerging Markets Banks 2015
Financial institutions from two regions dominate the ranking of the 50 Safest Emerging Markets Banks.
Author: Andrew Cunningham
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A quick glance at the chart listing the Safest Emerging Markets Banks might give the impression that financial institutions outside of Asia or the Middle East were excluded from consideration. All told, banks based in Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, UAE) and Asian nations account for 44 of the 50 spots. Banks in the GCC region alone constitute close to half the list, with 23 entries.
The trend of regional and national concentration of safest banks goes on. Five out of the 10 countries represented on the list are GCC members. Three Asian nations—China, South Korea and Taiwan—account for 19 banks in the ranking. Chile and the Czech Republic are the only other countries to contribute any banks to the Safest 50.
The Middle East and Asia dominated last year's Safest Emerging Markets Banks ranking as well. The reality is, many large banking systems in emerging markets, such as those in Brazil, India, Russia and Turkey, do not come close to having financial institutions that are rated highly enough to break into the Top 50. The reason? The low sovereign credit ratings assigned to the countries. Granted, the big-three credit rating agencies—Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's—are now taking a more nuanced approach to the relationship between the rating of a country and the ratings of banks in that country. But in practice, a bank's rating cannot exceed its country's sovereign rating.
That's not a problem for financial institutions in emerging markets in the Middle East, where country ratings are generally investment-grade. For the third year in a row, National Bank of Abu Dhabi is the World's Safest Emerging Markets Bank. The company remains the only emerging markets bank to hold three AA- ratings. National Bank of Abu Dhabi also sits at number 29 in Global Finance's overall ranking of the 50 Safest Global Banks.
Not surprisingly, no emerging markets financial services company holds a rating higher than AA-.
Out of the GCC countries, Saudi Arabia has a total of nine commercial banks in the top 50. The United Arab Emirates contributes six entries—five from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and one from the Emirate of Dubai. Four banks from Qatar qualified, three from Kuwait and one from Oman. No bank from Bahrain made the cut.
Two new banks broke into the top 50 this year. Qatar Islamic Bank enters at number 44, and Kuwait's Gulf Bank claims the 49th spot in the ranking.
Banks from Qatar made a big move up the rankings, thanks to credit rating upgrades by Fitch. The company hiked its ratings for seven Qatari banks in March, having reassessed the likelihood that they would be supported by the government of Qatar, which has an AA rating. As a result, Qatar National Bank rises four places to 7th, Commercial Bank of Qatar moves up eight spots to 30th, and Doha Bank climbs eight places to 39th.
In Asia, nine Korean banks scored high enough to be included in the ranking. China has eight entries and Taiwan, four.
Four financial services companies from Latin America cracked the list—all from Chile. The highest-scoring bank from the country is BancoEstado, which garners 20 points, putting it at number 10. Banco de Chile is three spots below that.
Besides Chile, the Czech Republic is the only other non-Asian or non-Middle Eastern nation to contribute banks to the 50 Safest Emerging Markets ranking. Komerční banka grabs the number 43 spot. Rival Česká spořitelna sits in 47th place.
Banks from Qatar made a big move up the rankings, thanks to credit rating upgrades by Fitch.
THE DROPOUTS
One A rating and two of A- (scoring a total of 13 points) were sufficient to ensure inclusion in this year's ranking of the World's Safest Emerging Markets Banks, which was the same criteria used in last year's rankings. Emirates NBD claims the 50th spot with a score of 12.5. Three other banks, all based in Asia, scored 12.5 points, but didn't make the top 50 because of their asset size. The trio: Cathay United Bank and Taipei Fubon Bank, both from Taiwan, along with Suhyup Bank from South Korea. Korea Finance Corporation merged with Korea Development Bank in December and so no longer exists as a separate institution.
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Selected Qur'anic Verses: Classified by Scientific Themes
This monograph highlights the scientific significance of approximately 250 definitive Qur'anic verses. These verses cover varied scientific fields such as Astronomical Sciences, Earth Sciences (including the earth, mountains, water bodies, weather phenomena etc.), Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences and Natural Resources. These selected Qur'anic verses are only illustrative of the scientific aspects revealed in the Holy Qur'an. One study has estimated that one eighth of the Qur'anic verses relate to scientific aspects.
The references to scientific aspects are subtle yet very distinct and do not leave the readers in any doubt about their scientific significance. Many scientific findings of epoch making significance were anticipated in the Holy Qur'an more than 1300 years before their actual discovery. As for instance the Qur'an revealed the concept of the expanding Universe in the early seventh century which the astronomers and astrophysicists have only recently discovered. Again the scientists could discover only in the early 20th century that every living being has been created out of water, the Qur'an revealed it 1400 years ago. Further the Qur'an reveals and the scientists concur that animate and inanimate objects are created in pairs. The Holy Qur'an also revealed the stabilising role of Mountains on the earth which the geologists could discover only in the early 20th century. Similarly the Holy Qur'an describes with stunning accuracy the human embryology. These revelations on the one hand anticipated the modern scientific concepts in human embryology, and on the other hand rectified the errors in the Aristotelian theory of preformation of human embryo. It can be stated without any fear of contradiction that the scientific aspects covered and revealed in the Holy Qur'an are found amazingly correct by the scientific data available in the respective fields. Is it not miraculous and does it not testify eloquently to the divine origin of the Holy Qur'an? Or else, how an unlettered prophet could have spoken with unerring accuracy about the modern scientific theories and concepts in the early seventh century?
In order to enable the Urdu knowing scholars to comprehend adequately the scientific significance of the selected Qur'anic verses, Urdu translation has also been added in this monograph together with the English translation of the Qur'anic text.
The text of this monograph is preceded by a brief introduction which illustrates concisely and cogently the scientific interpretation of some of the verses of the Qur'an. Further it is multilingual in character. Besides English it caters to the needs of scholars in Arabic and Urdu as well. This we hope will facilitate the intelligentia in the Arab World and scholars in Urdu to comprehend fully the scientific significance of the verses of the Qur'an.
The monograph is compiled and edited by Committee of Scientists and Experts in Islamic Studies of Osmania University at the request of MEDNET.


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Contents: note:Includes bibliographical references and index.Summary: Addressed to students of the image--both art historians and students of visual studies--this book investigates the history and nature of time in a variety of different environments and media as well as the temporal potential of objects. Essays will analyze such topics as the disparities of power that privilege certain forms of temporality above others, the nature of temporal duration in different cultures, the time of materials, the creation of pictorial narrative, and the recognition of anachrony as a form of historical interpretation.


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Cara Therapeutics (CARA) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing new chemical entities designed to alleviate pain by selectively targeting kappa opioid receptors.
CARA scheduled a $60 million IPO with a market capitalization of $262 million at a price range midpoint of $12 for Friday, January 31, 2014, on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
CARA's most advanced product candidate, intravenous, or I.V., CR845, has demonstrated significant pain relief and favorable tolerability in three Phase 2 clinical trials in patients with acute postoperative pain.
CARA plans to begin Phase 3 registration trials for I.V. CR845 in the second half of 2014.
CARA is also developing an oral version of CR845, or Oral CR845, for acute and chronic pain, for which CARA has successfully completed a Phase 1 clinical trial to demonstrate the ability to deliver CR845 orally.
CARA has an impressive venture capital investor list, has several partnerships, plans to initiate a Phase 3 clinical trial in the latter half of 2014, and successfully completed a Phase 1 clinical trial for oral delivery.
The rating on CARA is a buy on the IPO.
CARA is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing new chemical entities designed to alleviate pain by selectively targeting kappa opioid receptors.
CARA is developing a novel and proprietary class of product candidates that target the body's peripheral nervous system and have demonstrated efficacy in patients with moderate-to-severe pain without inducing many of the undesirable side effects associated with currently available pain therapeutics.
CARA plans to begin Phase 3 registration trials for I.V. CR845 in the second half of 2014. CARA is also developing an oral version of CR845, or Oral CR845, for acute and chronic pain, for which CARA has successfully completed a Phase 1 clinical trial to demonstrate the ability to deliver CR845 orally.
To date, CARA has financed its operations primarily through sales of its equity and debt securities and payments from license agreements.
CARA has no products currently available for sale, and substantially all of its revenue to date has been revenue from license agreements, although CARA has received nominal amounts of revenue under research grants.
Since its inception and through September 30, 2013, CARA has received net proceeds of $65.9 million from the sale of various series of convertible preferred stock, $3.9 million from the issuance of convertible promissory notes and $3.8 million from the issuance of long-term debt.
In addition to its financing activities, CARA has received aggregate payments of $28.8 million pursuant to license agreements related to CR845 and an earlier product candidate for which development efforts ceased in 2007.
In April 2013, CARA received $15.0 million as an upfront payment pursuant to a license agreement with Maruishi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., or Maruishi, in connection with the license of rights to CR845 in Japan.
In 2012, CARA received aggregate upfront and milestone payments of $1.2 million pursuant to a license agreement with Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corporation, or CKD, in connection with the license of rights to CR845 in South Korea.
To date, CARA has entered into two license agreements relating to the development of CR845.
In April 2013, CARA entered into a license agreement with Maruishi under which CARA granted Maruishi an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize drug products containing CR845 in Japan in the acute pain and uremic pruritus fields.
CARA and Maruishi are required to use commercially reasonable efforts, at their respective expense, to develop, obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize CR845 in the United States and Japan, respectively.
In addition, CARA will provide Maruishi specific clinical development services for CR845 in Maruishi's field of use. Under the terms of the agreement, CARA received a non-refundable and non-creditable upfront license fee of $15.0 million and are eligible to receive up to an aggregate of $6.0 million in clinical development milestones and $4.5 million in regulatory milestones.
CARA is also eligible to receive tiered royalties, with percentages ranging from the low double digits to the low twenties, based on net sales of products containing CR845 in Japan, if any, and share in any sub-license fees. In addition, in connection with the license agreement, Maruishi purchased 2,105,263 shares of CARA's Junior A Preferred Stock for $3.80 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $8.0 million.
In April 2012, CARA entered into a license agreement with CKD under which CARA granted CKD an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize drug products containing CR845 in South Korea.
CARA and CKD are required to use commercially reasonable efforts, at their respective expense, to develop, obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize CR845 in the United States and South Korea, respectively.
Under the terms of the agreement, CARA received a non-refundable and non-creditable upfront license fee of $0.6 million and are eligible to receive up to an aggregate of $2.3 million in clinical development milestones and $1.5 million in regulatory milestones.
CARA also issued 173,611 shares of CARA's Junior Preferred Stock to CKD in consideration for $0.4 million. During 2012, CARA received $0.6 million from CKD upon the achievement of clinical development milestones under the license agreement.
CARA is also eligible to receive tiered royalties with percentages ranging from the high single digits to the high teens, based on net sales of products containing CR845 in South Korea, if any, and share in any sub-license fees.
CR845 was discovered by CARA's scientists. CARA owns six U.S. patents with claims with claims covering compositions of matter and methods of use for CR845. The earliest U.S. patent claiming CR845 compositions will expire no earlier than November 12, 2027.
The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition and a strong emphasis on proprietary products.
While CARA believes that its technology, knowledge, experience and scientific resources provide it with competitive advantages, CARA faces potential competition from many different sources, including large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, specialty pharmaceutical and generic drug companies, and medical technology companies.
Any product candidates that CARA successfully develops and commercializes will compete with existing therapies and new therapies that may become available in the future.


Power controllers make life much easier for testbed admins, allowing remote power cycling of individual nodes in the testbed. Traditionally, Emulab has used controllable power distribution units to do this. But you can also now take advantage of the builtin management interfaces that many server-class machines have (e.g., Dell's DRACs, HP's iLo, or IPMI). If you do not have any such hardware, you should skip this page.
If your nodes support IPMI, see this page for configuring power control and serial-over-LAN (SOL) consoles.
Basically, any unit that uses the Baytech CLI or the APC MIB should work.
Setting up the power controllers before you add your nodes makes adding the nodes remotely much easier. The process being: power off all nodes, then power on what you want to be the first node. It should show up in the "new node" page on the Emulab web portal. You can then add it as "pc1". Then power on the second node, etc.
What happens here depends on the type of power controller.
For IP models (the APC) you need to make sure that they have IP addresses and that SNMP is enabled.
For the RPC serial models, you need to have capture running on the appropriate serial ports so that the power command can connect to them. You also need to ensure that the "status menu" is disabled so that they do not output a full status screen before the command prompt. There is a configuration menu option in the CLI to disable this.
'node_id' and 'phys_nodeid' should be identical and be your name of the power controller (e.g. "power1", "power2", etc.). 'type' will be the same as what you added to node_types above. 'role' should always be 'powerctrl'. 'priority' is used to order all nodes in node listings (e.g., in web pages); we pick a high number for power controllers so they will come after regular nodes. Each power controller should have a different value. All other fields should be exactly as shown.
'node_id' matches that in the nodes table from above. 'IP' and 'mask' reflect the address assigned to the power controller (e.g. 10.11.12.8, 255.255.255.0).
'cable' and 'len' are integers that describe the cable number and length. Make them 0 and 0 if you do not care. 'type' should be 'Power'. 'node_id1' should match the 'node_id' from the interfaces/nodes tables. 'node_id2' should be the name (in the nodes table) of the switch the power controller is connected to. 'card2' and 'port2' are integers indicating the module and port on the switch that it is connected to.
where 'node_id' is the name of the node which is being power controlled, 'power_id' is the nodes table name of the power controller that the node is connected to, and 'outlet' is an integer telling which outlet on the power controller the node is connected to. All power controllers we support have outlets numbered 1,2,..N, where N is the maximum number of outlets on the controller (typically 8, 16, or 24). So the value of this field should be from 1 to N.
Note that you have not yet actually added any nodes to the testbed, so you should use the name that you intend to assign to each node when it is added later. The power control subsystem will work during bootstrap without there being state in the database for a node, but it is important that this field eventually match an entry in the 'nodes' table later. It is okay to use placeholder values for 'node_id' in the outlets table and then change them later to match the nodes table entries.
After all of the state has been added to the database, you can use the 'power' command to test the configuration. If you have serial consoles and have already done the console setup, then you can "console <node>" and then do "power cycle <node>" and see if the machine reboots by looking for the BIOS screen or other bootstrap output. If you do not have serial consoles or have console setup, you will have physically be in front of the machine to see if the outlet properly cycles.


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Very heart-wrenching but beautifully written! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much, Naima! Glad to see you drop by!
Heartfelt. You scripted this poem so well.
Loved this. 'Graciously Yours' in the end sums-up the generosity and true love.
You did an awesome job AdiC!


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Q: GLMM on Binomial data interpretation (R) I am trying to interpret data coming from behavioural tests with a GLMM model. Three fixed factors are tested, the effect of three different molecules, the species of the tested insect and the size of the insect. One random factor is tested : the day of the test. The answer is either 0 or 1.
I am currently trying to run several GLMMs to test if one of the factors have an effect on the probability of answer (0,1). The first model is composed of each factors :
m0 <- glmer(choix ~ modalite + espece + taille + (1 | day), data = table, family = binomial)

Then I ad the interaction between two factors and I compare them
m1 <- glmer(choix ~ modalite + espece + taille + taille*espece + (1 | day), data = table, family = binomial)

anova(m1,m0)

However I do not really understand how am I supposed to interpret the coefficients of the model and the result of the ANOVA(). How can I know if the factors are indeed significant in the response of the insects (0,1) ? When I run summary(m0) I see that none of the factors seem to be significant but with model m1, the interaction is significant so are individual factors (species), how is this possible ?
Thank you for your help !

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Once you've found a great girlfriend, the last thing you want to do is lose her through a bad misstep. No one can list all the potential things that can destroy a relationship, but we can give you a heads up on the most likely causes of a breakup with these 5 relationship killers.
Cheating is the ultimate relationship killer because once someone has cheated, regaining full trust is next to impossible. The initial betrayal of finding out that a partner has strayed is often enough to leave a relationship dead, and even if a couple does try to work past the cheating, the majority of couples won't survive.
Your girlfriend is likely very proud of your career success and appreciates being with an ambitious man; however, she also expects you to make time for her. If you stay late at work every night, cancel dates for last-minute business meetings, or if you choose to constantly spend time with your co-workers after work, she will come to her own conclusions about your priorities.
If your girlfriend was attracted to you when you were wearing Italian suits, chances are that's what she likes, and she may not be attracted to you if you begin wearing nothing but holey sweatpants and football jerseys. Letting yourself go tells your girlfriend that she's not important enough for you to maintain your appearance and you were just putting on a facade to attract her.
If you want to keep your girlfriend around, you have to find ways to make her feel special and important. You're not a bachelor anymore, so you will have to give up time watching the game with your pals in order to spend time with together with the lady in your life. Remember, if you don't pay attention to her, a lot of other men will.
People hate to have their freedoms limited by another person or persons. Controlling behavior such as blaming, anger, rage, violence, judgment, criticism and ridicule almost always results in resentment and emotional distance.


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Three men sentenced to life imprisonment for killing African-American
08 Jan, 2022, 5:05 am
Washington, January 8, 2022
The three white men who chased and killed African-American Ahmaud Arbery in the US state of Georgia two years ago, while he was jogging, were sentenced to life in prison, with two of the three murderers being denied any chance for parole.
On Friday, Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, who killed the 25-year-old Arbery with a shotgun on February 23, 2020, were sentenced to life in prison without parole, reports said.
Their neighbour, William Bryan, who later joined in the deadly pursuit and recorded it with a smartphone, was granted a parole, but that will happen only after he has served in prison for 30 years.
Greg McMichael, a retired police detective, suspected that Arbery, who was unarmed and was merely jogging near his home on the outskirts of Brunswick, Georgia, was the offender in break-in cases in the neighbourhood.
He grabbed guns and chased the youngster in a pick-up truck together with his son, who, after Arbery was cornered, clashed with him and shot three times at close range to kill him.
Greg and Travis McMichael -- 66 and 35, respectively - and Bryan, 52, were convicted of murder and other charges in November 2021.
They also face a separate federal trial on hate crime charges scheduled for February 7.
Arbery's murder has become part of a nationwide reckoning over racial injustice, and Judge Timothy Walmsley said on Friday before announcing the sentence that "sentencing does not generally provide closure".
"In this case, I think many people are seeking closure. The mother, the father, the community, and maybe even parts of the nation, but closure is hard to define and is a granular concept.
"It's seen differently by all depending on their perspective and the prism of your lives," Walmsley said.
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Nadeje Patisserie started their business by selling only one type of cake which is the Mille Crepe cake, which then they offered more varieties of crepe cakes and few other types of cakes as well. I have not tried other flavors of the crepe cakes they are selling as yet, not because I don't want to, it's because it's always SOLD OUT!! Well, obviously their business are doing good and they even have another outlet in Dataran Pahlawan Megamall now!
After some searching from the web, I found out that crepes are especially popular in France. A crepe is a type of a very thin, light and delicate cooked pancake which originates from Britanny, a region in the northwest of France. Mille crepe is a cake made of many crepe layers, and "Mille"(mil) means " a thousand" implying many layers of the crepe.
I want to try have something other than coffee. Flip ...flip flip...and I was attracted to the CALPIS Drink page! It I then ordered the Calpis Hibiscus Tea Soda, a drink which is sweet and tangy in taste.
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