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CATL, the world's largest battery manufacturer, posted stronger-than-expected financial performance as the company kept ramping up R&D expenses to solidify its leadership.
According to Chinastarmarket and Shenzhen Securities Times, CATL reported sales for the first quarter to be CNY89 billion (US$12.95 billion), up 82.91% year-on-year and beating Bloomberg's estimated CNY75 billion by 18.45%, with net income rising by 557.98% to CNY9.8 billion, more than the combined profit of the first half of 2022. CATL's gross margin and profit margin for the first quarter was 21.27% and 11.32%, respectively.
Bloomberg analysts Steve Man and Joanna Chen said in a research note ahead of the earnings release that higher battery sales and falling lithium costs likely bolstered CATL's profit surge in the first quarter, especially when the battery demand remains resilient, and earlier prices cuts by Tesla boosted EV sales and demands for CATL's batteries. Bloomberg Intelligence analysts forecasted CATL's battery sales volume might rise 40-50% in 2023.
Global battery demand is still growing rapidly, with consumption of power batteries rising by 71.8% to 517.9 GWh and that of storage batteries increasing by 175.2% to 122.2 GWH, according to SNE Research. CATL grabbed 37% of global power and storage batteries in 2022, up four percentage points from a year ago.
CATL said in March in the annual report that its strong competitiveness could be partly attributed to aggressive R&D and innovations. According to the reports, CATL's R&D expenses for the first quarter of 2023 rose by 81% to CNY4.6 billion, an 81% growth from a year ago. CATL primarily provides NMC and LFP batteries and is developing sodium-ion, condensed, and M3P batteries. CATL announced mass production of Qilin batteries in March and on April 19 unveiled condensed batteries that can power aircraft thanks to the energy density of up to 500 WH/kg.
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The project has its origins in the traditional Turkish “Nazar” charms that are carried or displayed to protect their owner from the “evil eye” or bad luck. Reinterpreted by Sebastian Bergne for today’s world as a family of objects with oversize motifs that seem to watch over us.
The pieces are made in the traditional Iznik factories of western Anatolia using a quartz based clay and glaze recipe that goes back hundreds of years. The inclusion of powerful Swarovski Elements crystals, add texture and light to the pupil and bring these stunning objects to life.
They are limited Edition.
Size: Height 28cm x Width 26cm

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P.S. 194, also known as the Countee Cullen Literacy Academy, was built in 1939. The school playground opened on November 19, 1962 with courts for paddle tennis, handball, basketball, volleyball, and shuffleboard; kindergarten and school gardens; and an open area for playground ball and roller skating. The school playground expanded to the west after 1965 when the City of New York acquired additional land between the school and the Alexander Hamilton Houses.
The Countee Cullen Literacy Academy is named for the brilliant poet and novelist who was born Countee Leroy Porter (1903-1946). Private by nature, the stories of his youth were never clearly established by him or his biographers. Cullen himself would always claim New York City as his birthplace, though others claimed it to be Louisville, Kentucky. According to some, the young Countee moved to New York with his grandmother and was later adopted by Reverend Frederick Asbury Cullen, pastor of the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church. Cullen was a graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, and won numerous poetry awards and published his works in national magazines while earning his bachelor’s degree from New York University. Before he graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in 1926, he had already published his first book of poetry, Color. Cullen returned to Harlem to work as an assistant editor of Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, and later won a Guggenheim fellowship to travel in France. Upon his return to New York City in 1934, Cullen taught at Frederick Douglass Junior High School in Harlem. He died in New York in 1946.
Countee Cullen was one of the many artists and writers who participated in the Harlem Renaissance, a remarkable artistic and literary movement that blossomed in the 1920s and 1930s. The flourishing of African-American businesses, religious institutions, and political movements provided the backdrop for achievements in literature and the arts. While periodicals such as Crisis and Opportunity served as the arena for established intellectuals like W.E.B. DuBois and young talents like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, African-Americans produced innovative works of poetry, fiction, and sociology. Pioneers like Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, and Fletcher Henderson broke new ground in the performing arts. Contemporary visual artists included painter Aaron Douglas, sculptor Augusta Savage, and photographer James Van Der Zee.
The Harlem Renaissance lent its name to this school playground, which underwent a renaissance of its own under the New York Junior League’s For Kids By Kids Playground Improvement Project. In the spring of 1999, the New York Junior League, several community groups, P.S. 194, the City Parks Foundation, and Parks joined forces to improve Renaissance Playground. Hundreds of volunteers helped to install new play equipment funded by the New York Junior League and the City Parks Foundation in a “community build” on May 1, 1999. Additional plantings and cleanings have brightened Renaissance Playground.
Volunteers also painted the play equipment in the children’s garden, painted game surfaces and decorative patterns on the asphalt pavement, and painted murals on the park house and school walls. The murals were inspired by The Lost Zoo (1940), a children’s book written by Countee Cullen. The paintings reflect the Countee Cullen Literacy Academy’s motto “Open a Book, Open Your Mind, Open the World.” The colors and design of the park house mural were derived from French artist Henri Matisse’s mural entitled “Music.”


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North Canton native to perform brain surgery live on national TV
A North Canton native and Stark County man will be the focus of a brain surgery being televised Sunday night to 171 countries.
Jonathan P. Miller, a Hoover High graduate, will be performing brain surgery on George Grindley, of the Limaville area, at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland.
The 49-year-old U.S. Navy veteran has the early onset of Parkinson’s disease. Grindley lives north of Alliance.
The sophisticated, high-tech surgery is being broadcast around the globe in what the hospital says is a first-time event. Bryant Gumbel will host “Brain Surgery Live with Mental Floss” at 9 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel.
During a phone interview Friday afternoon, Miller, 40, said that he was humbled to have been selected to perform the surgery.
“The biggest and most important (reason) is the personnel we have,” he said. “We have a really great team — it’s not one surgeon just standing at the top of the hill.”
Another reason is the hospital’s use of advanced medical technology, the Yale graduate said.
Miller said he will be performing the surgery with fellow neurosurgeon Jennifer Sweet. Also assisting will be Benjamin Walter, the medical director of the hospital’s deep brain stimulation program.
The medical procedure involves implanting electrodes deep inside the brain of Grindley. Goals of the surgery include reducing or stopping the severe tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease.
Miller has performed this type of surgery hundreds of times.
Broadcasting brain surgery live has been criticized by some in the medical community, said Miller, whose parents live in North Canton.
Miller, however, said televised surgery has tremendous benefits. Robotic cameras will record the surgery, and a television crew will not be inside the operating room, he said.
“It doesn’t’ change anything,” Miller said of the television cameras. “I have a job to do in the operating room and I’m only going to be focusing on that job and doing that job.”
Of the controversy, he said, “I think it’s a great question.”
“We’re trying to demystify brain surgery, to take away that undeserved reputation that it has for being dark and unpleasant and invasive,” said the 1994 Hoover High valedictorian. “And it’s not about death; it’s not about suffering — it’s about hope, it’s about restoring function to people.”
A production crew will be off-site, not inside the hospital, Miller noted. “If at any moment we feel they’re in the way, we’ll cut it off,” he said of the broadcast.
A portion of the six-hour surgery — about two-thirds of the procedure is in the operating room — will be televised.
Following surgery, the outlook for Grindley is promising, Miller said.
There’s a “good chance we can cut down on his medication and (the) side effects,” he said. The patient’s tremors and stiffness and slowness of movement also should be improved.
“He’s the type of guy who we might see a year from now and not even recognize him because he’s so much better,” Miller said.
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Several conservative groups are rehashing their strategies to campaign against Democrats’ elections bill.
Ken Cuccinelli, the former acting Department of Homeland Security deputy secretary who now serves as the chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative, said his organization is dumping money into several battle ground states. That money is going to television ads targeted towards moderate Democrats, many of whom seem reluctant to offer their support to the bill.
Similarly, think-tank Heritage Action announced it repurposed a $10 million effort to reform election laws in eight swing states. Instead, that money will fund a television ad campaign that’s set to air through the summer in those same states.
The groups are hoping to sway those moderate Senate Democrats like Joe Manchin who have been hesitant toward passing the bill. Without their support, Democrats will not be able to end the legislative filibuster, which they would need to do in order to push the bill through.


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By Nancy Cesarano, MarketWatch
American Express (NYS:AXP) shares added almost 2 percent after the New York financial services giant and Dow component posted fourth-quarter earnings of $896 million, or 71 cents per share, edging Wall Street's consensus view by a penny. See full story.
The Banc Corp. shares jumped more than 9 percent after the company named C. Stanley Bailey as CEO on Monday. Bailey was also named to the board of directors. He succeeds James Taylor in the position who will remain with the company as non-executive chairman.
Boston Acoustics shares jumped more than 8 percent after the Peabody, Mass., maker of audio systems reported third-quarter earnings of $1.8 million, or 43 cents per share, up from its year-ago profit of $1 million, or 25 cents per share. The latest results include a reduction to an income tax reserve of roughly $192,000, or 5 cents per share.
Brinker International, Inc. (NYS:EAT) shares rose nearly 2 percent after the company was upgraded by J.P. Morgan to "overweight" from "neutral" on potential improvement in 2005.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NAS:CTSH) shares gained more than 1 percent after the company was upgraded by Legg Mason to "buy" from "hold," citing continued strong demand for offshore information technology services, a strong competitive position and attractive valuation.
Shares of Concurrent Computer (OTC:CCUR) rose more than 6 percent after Needham & Co. lifted its rating on the Atlanta developer of digital video-on-demand systems to "buy" from "hold" and set a 12-month price target of $3.
Corinthian Colleges (NAS:COCO) shares jumped more than 10 percent after the Securities and Exchange Commission has terminated its informal inquiry of the company with no enforcement action recommended, the company said. In September, the post-secondary education company disclosed the SEC's investigation, which it said appeared to be focused on its fiscal 2004 financial projections and on communications with securities analysts and investors. The company said it "has cooperated fully with the SEC during the course of its investigation." See full story.
Devcon International shares advanced more than 11 percent after Devcon Security Services, the security services division of Devcon, said that it will buy Adelphia Communication Corp.'s electronic security services operation, Starpoint Ltd. Partnership. Devcon Security Services said it expects to pay around $42.8 million in cash for the acquisition, which is expected to bring in about $1.2 million in revenue a month. The Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based company said it will fund the purchase through on-hand cash and senior secured long-term debt. Adelphia shares sank more than 6 percent in afternoon trading.
E-Loan shares soared nearly 14 percent after the company signed an agreement with Internet giant eBay (NAS:EBAY) to provide customer financing for automobiles and motorcycles purchased on eBay Motors. It said eBay Motors is the number one automotive site on the Internet and delivers $11.1 billion in worldwide annualized gross merchandise volume. EBay shares sank nearly 4 percent. See full story.
Equant shares advanced more than 15 percent in morning trading. The company, which on Monday received a bid to be fully acquired by parent France Telecom for $737 million, said it expects to see "a very difficult 2005" requiring to a "very substantial write down of assets." It's also received a $250 million credit facility from France Telecom. See full story.
Shares of Fair Isaac Corp. climbed nearly 5 percent after Smith Barney upgraded the software and data management company to "buy" from "hold," citing valuation and improving fundamentals.
Shares of FedEx Corp. (NYS:FDX) rose almost 3 percent, boosted by an upgrade by A.G. Edwards to "buy" from "hold." Analyst Donald Broughton believes the rate at which the package delivery service company differentiates itself from its competition will accelerate.
First State Bancorporation shares added more than 3 percent after the company said fourth-quarter profit climbed 16 percent Monday to $4.2 million, 54 cents a share, vs. a profit of $3.6 million, 47 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. The average estimate of six analysts polled by Thomson First Call was for a fourth-quarter profit of 53 cents per share. First State's board also approved a two-for-one split, payable March 9 to shareholders of record on Feb. 9. The company also declared a quarterly dividend of 7 cents per share on the post-split shares Friday.
General Motors (NYS:GM) shares rose nearly 2 percent after the company said the mediation process between Fiat , over whether GM is forced to buy the Italian conglomerate's unit Fiat Auto, will conclude Feb. 1. GM maintains that Fiat has committed material breaches of the agreement between the two companies and therefore doesn't have to buy the unit.
Goodrich Corp. shares climbed nearly 1 percent after the company was upgraded to "buy" from "neutral" by Merrill Lynch on the belief that strong end market growth and margin expansion at its airframes systems unit will boost the stock in 2005. Analyst Ronald Epstein raised his 2005 earnings estimate to $1.85 a share from $1.75 and his 2006 estimate to $2.15 a share from $2. "Recent fare cuts at the legacy airlines spurred by Delta Airlines could drive better than expected air traffic growth in 2005," Epstein said in a note to clients.
Heartland Financial USA Inc. (NAS:HTLF) shares gained more than 3 percent after the company said profit in the fourth quarter increased by 77 percent Monday to $6.6 million vs. $3.7 million in the same period a year ago. On a per-share basis Heartland earnings rose to 40 cents vs. 24 cents in the same period a year ago. "We are extremely pleased with the expansion of our net interest margin, which was primarily a result of the growth in earning assets and the early redemption of $25 million of 9.60 percent trust preferred securities," said Heartland CEO Lynn Fuller.
Interactive Systems Worldwide Inc. shares shot up nearly 11 percent after the company saw a dramatic rise in the number of new players placing wagers using its SportXction System operated by Global Interactive Gaming, its UK subsidiary. The West Paterson, N.J. company said the SportXction System gained 3,098 new players during the three months ended December 31 2004 compared to 893 during the previous three months.
Intersil Corp. shares added nearly 3 percent after the company was upgraded to "buy" from "hold" at Deutsche Bank, which feels the stock's reward vs. risk profile is "compelling."
Lamson & Sessions shares tacked on more than 7 percent after the company projected net sales this year will grow 8 percent 11 percent to a range of $420 million to $430 million, "reflecting strengthening conditions in the commercial and industrial construction markets and the telecom infrastructure market." It said fourth quarter net sales are expected to rise 18 percent to a record $97 million. L&S expects earnings per share this year to rise to 70 cents to 80 cents. L&S narrowed its outlook earnings per share for 2004 to 45 to 47 cents, ahead of its prior forecast at 43 to 48 cents for the year.
Legg Mason shares surged nearly 7 percent after the Baltimore financial services provider reported fourth-quarter net income of $112.7 million or 98 cents per share, up 39 percent from $80.8 million, or 71 cents per share in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 26 percent to $637 million. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call were looking for a profit of 87 cents per share, on average. See full story.
Liz Claiborne shares added more than 2 percent after the company was upgraded by Merrill Lynch to "buy" from "neutral" on expectations the company will perform strongly in the long term.
McDonald's (NYS:MCD) shares rose nearly 2 percent after the company was upgraded to "sector outperformer" from "sector performer" at CIBC World Markets, citing a strong U.S. product pipeline, expectations of a rebound in Europe and a continued increase in cash flow. Analyst John Glass also raised his stock price target to $38 from $36 and his 2005 earnings estimate to $2.08 a share from $2.05. Glass thinks the new premium chicken sandwich line that the fast food behemoth will launch in the fall "is one of the best new sandwiches McDonald's has launched in the recent past." See full story.
Mercury Interactive Corp. shared jumped nearly 13 percent after the company indicated that fourth-quarter results would exceed expectations amid better-than-expected deferred revenue. The company now expects earnings, excluding non-recurring charges, of 40 to 42 cents a share, exceeding the average analyst estimate compiled by Thomson First Call of 34 cents a share. Revenue is now projected to be $203 million to $205 million vs. analyst forecasts of $190.7 million, as deferred revenue is now anticipated to be $63 million to $66 million vs. previous expectations of $40 million to $50 million. See full story.
Shares of NovAtel Inc. surged more than 14 percent after the Canada-based company raised 2004 earnings and revenue expectations. The Canada-based maker of global positioning systems components lifted its earnings estimate to C$9.2 million to C$9.7 million ($7.5 million to $7.9 million) from C$8 million to C$8.8 million and its revenue forecast to C$53.5 million to C$54 million ($43.8 million to $44.2 million) from C$51 million to C$53 million. The company expects 2005 revenue to grow above 2004 results, but not at the same rate due to a weaker U.S. dollar and lower revenue from its aerospace and defense business.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYS:OXY) shares rose almost 1 percent after the company reported fourth-quarter net income that rose to $665 million, or $1,67 per share, from $382 million, or 99 cents per share, in the year-earlier quarter. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had forecast earnings of $1.92 per share. Revenue for the period climbed to $3.08 billion from $2.35 billion a year ago. The quarter included net charges of $69 million, or 17 cents per share. See full story.
PetMed Express Inc. (NAS:PETS) shares jumped nearly 5 percent after the company said that profit grew 60 percent in the third quarter to $2 million, or 8 cents a share, up from its profit of $1.2 million, or 5 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. The company beat Wall Street's consensus estimate of 5 cents per share. Third-quarter sales increased 21 percent to $20.8 million vs. $17.2 million for the same period a year ago.
Shares of Pharmos Corp. climbed more than 1 percent after the company received a $12.1 million gross milestone payment from Bausch & Lomb linked to the commercial launch of Zylet, an eye-inflammation treatment. Excluding payments to the owner of the patent covering the technology and other parties for other related expenses, it expects the milestone payment to total $9 million. The Iselin, N.J. company said it could earn an additional milestone payment of up to $10 million based on Bausch & Lomb's sales of Zylet over the next two years.
Sirius Satellite Radio (NAS:SIRI) rallied more than 4 percent as Merrill Lynch reinstated research coverage of the company with a "buy" rating and $7.50 stock price target, saying a pickup in rollouts from automakers, new retail products, new subscribers and the building of advertiser relationships should benefit the stock.
Tommy Hilfiger shares advanced more than 4 percent after the company said Friday it will cut its U.S. operations, close its young men's jeans division and eliminate 200 jobs. The company hopes to save $40 million annually. The designer retail company said the job cuts represent 20 percent of its salaried American workforce. The stock closed regular Friday trading down 4 percent at $10.40. See full story.
US Airways shares gained more than 7 percent after the company's mechanics, baggage handlers and cleaning crews approved a new contract Friday, becoming the last union to give the bankrupt airline the labor cuts it sought to stay aloft. The agreement is expected to save the carrier $353 million a year.
AmeriGas Partners L.P. shares fell more than 5 percent in afternoon action after Smith Barney lowered its rating on the Valley Forge, Pa., propane retailer to "sell" from "hold," citing valuation.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. shares slipped more than 3 percent after the company offered a bullish outlook for the first quarter.
Aastrom Biosciences' shares dropped more than 19 percent on huge volume. The move comes after the journal Nature Medicine published a study from the University of California that says the method of culturing human embryonic stem cells with animal-derived serum replacement could lead to the cells being killed by the immune system. Shares of Stemcells (NYS:STEM) fell almost 16 percent.
Atari (OTC:ATAR) shares lost more than 5 percent after the company named Diane Price Baker chief financial officer.
Shares of Autodesk Inc. (NAS:ADSK) tumbled nearly 12 percent after Banc of America downgraded the computer assisted design (CAD) software maker to "sell" from "neutral" amid a lower upgrade cycle expectations. See full story.
Cabot Microelectronics shares slipped more than 7 percent after the company was downgraded to "equal-weight" from "overweight," by Lehman Brothers, saying its competitors had outperformed it over the past year.
Copper Mountain Networks dropped almost 54 percent afternoon trading. Late Friday, the Palo Alto, Calif., provider of broadband access equipment said it plans to lay off most of its employees by March 22. The company plans to retain a limited team of employees for customer support and to handle the ongoing exploration of its strategic alternatives. Copper Mountain also cautioned that it can offer no assurance that any transaction or corporate action will result from its exploration of its strategic alternatives.
Cymer Inc. shares fell more than 6 percent after Morgan Stanley lowered its rating on the stock to "equal weight" from "overweight" and cut its price target to $24.50 from $28. The firm cited lower unit assumptions for the company's 193 millimeter lithography products.
Insteel Industries, Inc. (NYS:IIIN) shares sank more than 11 percent in morning trading. The company reported first-quarter net income that jumped to $5.6 million, or 59 cents per diluted share, from $700,000, or 8 cents per diluted share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue for the period rose 33 percent to $74.7 million from $56.1 million in the prior-year period. Looking forward, the company doesn't forecast an improvement over the 2004 results.
Monsanto (NAS:MON) shares slipped nearly 7 percent after the company said it agreed to purchase vegetable and fruit seed company Seminis Inc for $1.4 billion in cash and assumed debt, plus a performance-based payment of up to $125 million payable in late fiscal 2007. Seminis supplies more than 3,500 seed varieties to commercial growers, dealers and distributors in more than 150 countries. See full story.
Nokia (NYS:NOK) , whose shares slipped more than 1 percent, and Vitelcom have agreed to settle pending lawsuits between them the Spanish and German courts. Nokia said the two companies "have entered into a royalty bearing patent license agreement covering certain Nokia patents relating to the GSM/GPRS Mobile Sommunication Standard and the grant of a cross license to Nokia under Vitelcom patents in the same field."
Procter & Gamble (NYS:PG) shares lost nearly 1 percent after the company was downgraded to "neutral" from "buy" due primarily to valuation.
Royal Group Technologies shares slumped more than 11 percent after the company said it expects to take a net loss for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2004 in the range of 39 cents to 45 cents per share, citing U.S. dollar weakness, higher raw material costs, settlement of a legal matter involving intellectual property, and a writedown of assets in Mexico. The Toronto-based manufacturer of polymer-based building materials said in the year-earlier period it earned 4 cents per share, or 18 cents per share including a tax adjustment.
Travelzoo Inc. (NAS:TZOO) shares sank nearly 25 percent after the company posted fourth quarter net income of around $1.7 million, or 9 cents a share compared with $453,000, or 2 cents a share in the same quarter in 2003. Earnings include a charge of around $977,000 related to a stockholder cash payout program. Revenue for the quarter soared more than doubled to $10.5 million on buoyant advertising sales. The Thomson First Call average estimate was for earnings of 13 cents a share on revenue of $10.9 million. See full story.
Verso Technologies, Inc. shares tumbled nearly 14 percent after the company said it has sold the assets of Nact Telecommunications, Inc, a provider of prepaid solutions for telecommunications carriers, for $4 million to private equity firm Kinderhook Industries in conjunction with Nact management. As a result of the sale, Verso said it expects to record a loss in the range of $11.5 to $11.75 million in the fourth quarter. The current Thomson First Call average estimate is for a loss of 5 cents a share, based on two analyst reports.


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Dynamite Brings Looking For a Group from the Web to Print in April
Dynamite Entertainment has announced that Looking For Group, the hilarious fantasy-themed webcomic with a readership of millions, will be released as an ongoing comic book series, representing all strips from the very beginning. Written by Ryan Sohmer and illustrated by Lar deSouza, Hawk, Ryan Dunlavey, and Ed Ryzowski, the upcoming Looking For Group series includes bonus stories from the Non-Playable Character and Tiny Dick Adventures spin-off series. The debut issue will be released in April 2015, featuring brand new cover editions by industry veteran Ty Templeton and Becky Dreisdadt.
Looking For Group follows the adventures of Cale’Anon the elf and Richard the undead warlock, as well as their companions, through Fantasy, Pop Culture, and Gaming tropes, set in a reality and time unlike our own. It’s a place where the eating of small children is not necessarily frowned upon; where beings of extraordinary power can destroy entire villages with only “because I could” as an excuse; where magic and adventure are as commonplace as setting fire to, and then reanimating, a chipmunk into a skeletal minion (it happens more than you’d think); and an epic journey can begin by an accident of fate.
Since its launch on November 26, 2006, Looking For Group has garnered significant media and industry attention and won the 2008 Shuster Award for “Outstanding Canadian Web Comics Creators.” The webcomic is read by millions online every week, along with its two spinoff comics Non-Playable Character and Tiny Dick Adventures, both of which launched to rave reviews in 2014.
Looking For Group #1 will be slated for release in April.

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Stocks climbed in the last hour of trading as sectors that had been beaten up during the week regained ground, despite a devastating earthquake in Japan.
Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced more than 60 points, rising solidly above 12,000, after plunging 228 points on Thursdayamid global concerns.
Among Dow components, 3M and Caterpillar gained, while Verizon and AT&T fell.
The S&P 500 advanced 0.8 percent, above 1,300, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq also gained. The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, fell more than 6 percent to nearly 20.
Among key S&P 500 sectors, energy, materials and industrials rose, while telecom fell.
The U.S. equity markets have had a muted reaction to the Japanese quake on fairly light volume, as equity markets treaded water throughout most of the session.
Still, the market is at a "crucial spot" technically, as the S&P 500 is just sitting above its 50-day moving average of 1,300.13, Joseph Benanti, managing director at Rosenblatt Securities, told CNBC.com. "If we close lower, we’ll see a follow through in the early part of next week," he said.
That softness could continue until the Federal Open Market Committee's announcement next Tuesday, where traders will look for a sense of the Fed's current thinking on its $600 billion bond buying program known as "quantitative easing 2."
"I think people are watching and waiting to see what happens next week," Benanti said.
Over the weekend, traders will remain focused on events in the Middle East, and its implications for oil prices, as well as the news flow out of Japan.
"Everybody's watching what's happening over the weekend," another trader said. "Nobody wants to make a bet one way or the other."
The earthquake in Japan, which triggered a tsunamithat swept across the northern coast of Japan and hit the coast of Hawaii and Northern California. The news rattled stocks, currencies, and oil at the start of the session. Most Japanese ADRs traded lower, while the yen first fell sharply lower, then rose as traders remembered how strongly the yen performed after a quake in 1995. Currency Shares Japan Yen Trust rose slightly.(Read more: Massive Quake Whipsaws the Yen).
Investors also focused on news of increased inflation in China, although the 4.9 percent rise was less than some had feared.
Treasury prices fell as traders feared Japan, the second largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasurys, would need to sell notes and bonds to fund rebuilding of the country, according to Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank. The 10-year Treasury added 26/32 points this week, pushing its yield to 3.397 percent.
Shares of oil ended lower, although U.S. light sweet crude closed above $100 a barrel for the eight consecutive session. London Brent crude closed below $114. While the earthquake will lead to a near-term reduction in global demand, traders remain nervous about the direction of events in the Middle East and Libya, where intense fighting continued.
According to Lipow Oil Associates, 18 percent of Japan's oil refinery capacity shut down.
Companies in Japan are starting to assess the damage of the earthquake and flooding. But,
Nissan reports there was damage at four of its plants while Toyota also stopped output at some of its plants.
Steel stocks gave a lift to the materials sector after news Steel Dynamics expected first quarter earnings to rise from a year ago. The steelmaker's board also approved a 33 percent boost to its quarterly dividend. Rival steel stocks gained, including AK Steel ,U.S. Steel , and Nucor .
As oil prices fell—but stayed at relatively high levels—energy stocks soared. Tesoro , Valero and Nabors shot higher.
In company news, Apple’s iPad2 goes on sale Friday, less than a year after the original iPad debut. The original iPad sold 300,000 units the first day, 500,000 the first week, and 1,000,000 in the first 28 days.
and Aeropostale will also be in the spotlight after shares in both companies fell in extended trading Thursday following disappointing earnings reports.
Medtronic fell after the company said U.S. health regulators rejected a product it was developing to stimulate bone growth.
And AIG gained after news the insurer offered to buy back $15.7 billion in mortgage-backed securities the government took from the insurer during the financial crisis. AIG is paying for the securities with cash.
Among retail stocks, Ann Taylor soared after reporting strong fourth-quarter earnings.
Gold lost some of its luster this week, falling 0.47 percent to $1,421.50. The dollar, meanwhile, fell against a basket of currencies.
"By and large the stock market has acted pretty well given the increasing headwinds it's seen over the past few weeks," said Michael Sheldon, chief market strategist at RDM Financial Group. "Anytime the market is up 100 percent in the space of 24 months it’s certainty reasonable to see some profit taking, and that seems to be what we’ve experienced in recent sessions."
Sheldon added that he wouldn't be surprised to see the markets dip a few percentage points lower over the next few weeks, and said the direction of oil prices will continue to play a key role in the market's direction. But, he said, "if job creation continues to improve, that will be a very positive sign for the U.S. economy."
In U.S. economic news, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan reading on consumer sentiment fell to 68.2 in March, a five-month low,from a revised 77.5 in February.
Business inventories rose 0.9 percent in January, the highest level in two years, compared with a 1.1 percent gain in December, the Commerce Department reported. Business sales rose 2.0 percent in January, the fastest pace in nine months, compared with a 1.6 percent gain in December. Economists polled by Reuters had expected inventories to rise 0.7 percent.
Also retail sales rose 1.0 percent in February, up from 0.7 percent in January, the Commerce Department reported. The gain was the biggest since October, and in line with expectations of economists surveyed by Reuters.
In Europe, investors will turn their attention to a meeting of the leaders of the 17 countries that share the euro later on Friday. They will discuss the bloc’s response to violence in Libya as well as the debt crisis that has hit the region’s peripheral nations.
On Tap Next Week:
MONDAY: Microsoft releases new version of Internet Explorer, Chevron analyst meeting, and HP "summit."
TUESDAY: Credit card default rates, Empire state manufacturing survey, import & export prices, housing market index, and FOMC meeting announcement.
WEDNESDAY: Mortgage applications, housing starts, producer price index, current account, and oil inventories.
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As if you were in any doubt about the emergence of a new generation of sport, YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul was ‘upset’ that his October boxing bout with MMA legend Anderson Silva only sold around 200,000-300,000 PPV buys.
The ‘Problem Child’, as he styles himself, claimed that inopportune scheduling was to blame, and even inadvertently suggested that his previous fights were watched in great numbers merely because viewers had ‘nothing to do’ during the health crisis.
“Halloween, World Series, Sunday football, this is the worst time of the year to fight but guess what? I had to fight. All my fights from now on will be in the summer,” Paul said.
Silva is a UFC legend who still holds the record for the longest title reign at any weight, but his boxing CV is rather limited – although a 2021 win over former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez, who once went the distance with Canelo Alvarez, is eye-catching.
But at 47, Silva’s best days as an athlete are behind him, and it was Paul – 22 years his junior – that would eventually score the knockout win.
Like it or not, Paul continues to grab column inches on the sports pages, and you suspect he will continue to do so – until he loses to a recognised boxer, perhaps.
In the meantime, he and his fellow YouTubers continue to rack up impressive PPV sales – the Silva fight aside, so could so-called ‘influencer boxing’ soon be more popular than the professional side of the sport?
The Biggest YouTuber Boxing PPVs
Although Paul vs Silva disappointed, the Problem Child has played his part in some huge-selling PPVs in the last couple of years.
Mike Tyson fought Roy Jones Jr in an exhibition bout back in November 2020. That was shown on Triller, rather than YouTube, and evidently the popularity of that event was the curiosity factor of watching two legends of the ring lock horns.
Jake Paul featured on that card as the co main event, taking on former NBA star Nate Robinson, whom he defeated via KO. That show saw a staggering 1.6 million PPV buys – remember, this was not a card sanctioned by a professional body, nor was it broadcast anywhere but on a streaming platform that few were previously subscribers of.
Even without the influence of Iron Mike, Paul’s 2021 bout with another former MMA star, Ben Askren, sold 1.5 million PPV buys. That is evidence of the YouTuber’s extensive reach on social media, which is thought to exceed 20 million across his various channels.
And it’s not just the American that is seizing his moment in the spotlight. Olajide Olatunji, better known to his followers as KSI, is one of those all-encompassing modern media personalities – he does a bit of acting, a bit of rapping, some streaming and so on.
He’s also, by all accounts, a fairly handy boxer, racking up a five-fight unbeaten run that has seen him defeat Logan Paul, brother of Jake, and defeat rapper Swarmz and professional boxer Luis Pineda on the same night.
That latter card was held at the O2 Arena in London, and yielded 445,000 PPV buys, but it’s two fights with Logan Paul that shifted the landscape of what is possible for ‘influencer boxing’ – combined, the pair of bouts sold a monumental three million PPV buy ins.
What Were the Biggest Selling Boxing PPVs of 2022?
For context, the KSI, vs Paul rematch did around two million PPV buys – making it the one of the most watched boxing bouts on pay-per-view in history.
It’s amazing to see how these contests shape up compared to those featuring the best boxers in the business. Streaming platform DAZN revealed that KSI’s two wins in one night back in August was amongst their own top five most-watched events in history, and the PPV buys dwarfed those of Dereck Chisora vs Kubrat Pulev and the much-anticipated clash between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano.
Canelo Alvarez’s shock defeat to Dmitry Bivol racked up 520,000 buys on DAZN, while Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Oleksandr Usyk was bought by 1.2 million fight fans in August 2022.
One of the most entertaining stars on planet boxing right now is heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, but even he struggles to sell fights like the YouTubers do. None of his trilogy with Deontay Wilder could match the 1.5 million buys of Paul vs Askren, while the numbers for his last outing against Dillian Whyte have not been published.
However, there’s reports that fight didn’t even draw one million, with Eddie Hearn claiming:
“[PPV numbers] hasn’t really been discussed, which generally means it didn’t do very well because when it done well you just tell everyone.”
So will influencer boxing replace the professional ranks as the most watched version of the sport? The PPV numbers certainly suggests that’s a distinct possibility….


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Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will soon come up with a martial arts training institute for women here. He thanked Aditya Thackeray, son of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, for his support.
"I am thankful to Aditya Thackeray for coming up with the idea and also lending his complete support. This initiative is very close to my heart," Akshay said in a statement.
According to a source, Akshay and Aditya will inaugurate the martial arts training institute for women in May. The first one is expected to be operational at Andheri Sports Complex.
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DSRIP MAKING A DIFFERENCE: NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
Millennium Collaborative Care has been proud to extend Delivery Service Incentive Payment Program support, including Innovation Fund support, to innovative initiatives under the leadership of Sheila Kee, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, that are currently addressing social determinants of health and improving the delivery of healthcare for patients at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center in Niagara Falls, NY.
Sincerest thanks to NFMMC team members for sharing insights into their daily efforts to provide compassionate, comprehensive care, and truly make a major difference in their patients’ lives.
Jenna Genova has been with NFMMC for three years. She is a graduate of Niagara University and received a Masters in Social Work from the University at Buffalo.
NFMMC ER Emerging Hot Spotters Program
By Jenna Genova, SW, Emergency Department Social Work
Throughout my time in the role of an Emergency Department social worker with the population of “Emerging Hot-Spotters” I’ve had an opportunity to meet people of all different socio economic status, and with all different reasons to present to the ED. An “Emerging Hot-Spotter” can be described as a high utilizer in the Emergency Department with three to nine visits in a four month period. Though these people originally present seeking help from the interdisciplinary staff, they ultimately require the touch and discharge plan from a social worker to ensure both safety and empathy for their present social issue that exacerbates a chronic medical condition.
When we think of having to come to the ER, one would imagine someone experiencing an emergent crisis requiring prompt medical attention. For some, coming to the ER may be their first opportunity for positive social interaction, a free meal and safety. I can specifically recall a time meeting with a patient who presented to ED for “general malaise”. This patient had a primary care doctor that he had been neglecting seeing, he was asking for a free sandwich and after receiving an alert for his multiple visits to ED, I was given the opportunity to intervene, educate and link him to local resources.
After talking with this patient extensively, at first he was apprehensive to share the root cause of the visit and discussed some of his medical diagnoses instead and his health challenges at present. While providing empathy and building rapport with this patient about his medical history he started to divulge about his son’s recent overdose leading to son being intubated and this patient, being his health-care proxy, was responsible to make the decision to extubate him and have him pass peacefully as there were weeks of no improvement. This patient became tearful in the ER and discussed having no one to talk to, to guide him through this situation and provide him with education, resources and support, and therefore has not been physically caring for himself properly. I was able to link this patient to outpatient mental health counseling, arrange for a sooner follow up primary care appointment and give him my card to call me should he need support (and he has on multiple occasions seeking encouragement and a lending ear). What is important to note is that although people present to ED requesting medical treatment, often the root of their visit stems from their need for a social worker to reduce the likelihood of a return for social barriers by wrapping them in as many services as possible to help their everyday living in their community.

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A member of a hunt club whose dogs spent four days trapped down a mineshaft has hit back at critics who claimed they don’t care about the animals.
Six hounds from Four Burrows Hunt first went missing on Saturday (November 24) in a remote field near Truro.
Several searches failed to locate them until Tuesday evening, when they were found to be about 18ft down a mineshaft close to the hamlet of St Allen.
A team of more than a dozen firefighters and rescue officers were involved in the effort to rescue the trapped animals on Wednesday morning.
One of the dogs died, while another was left severely injured. The other four survived unscathed.
The dogs managed to get underneath a wire mesh cage covering the mineshaft, after the land beside it had given way.
Hunt member Katie Hancock, whose father Paul is the hunt master, said the animals were finally discovered after the Cornwall Search and Rescue Team consulted mining maps.
She hit back at people who claimed on social media that they don’t care about their dogs, and explained why they were not found more than three days after first going missing.
“When the hounds got away we knew quite quickly that we were missing six hounds,” she said. “But we had no idea where they had gone.
“We continued looking for them until 3 o’clock in the morning, hoping that if they were trapped somewhere, because it was much quieter, we might be able to hear them. But we couldn’t hear anything whatsoever.
“We went back on Sunday and even got someone up there with a drone on Monday. We went through the full process. We communicated with all the farmers in the area, but nobody had seen anything whatsoever.
“It just felt like they had been sucked off the face of the earth, into thin air.”
On Monday the club contacted Cornwall Search and Rescue, in the hope they might have knowledge of possible tunnels or mineshafts in the area.
“We told them where we believed they were. They said they had some old mining maps, and that there are a couple of shafts in that area. So last night we went up there with them to have a look, and the first mineshaft they looked, they could see them.”
Katie said it was a “massive relief” when they were found.
“It was the not knowing that was the worst bit,” she said. “People are saying we don’t love out animals, but we were beside ourselves with worry. We just wanted them back safe and sound.
“My sister is very upset over the hound she has lost, she absolutely adored them.”
Cornwall Search and Rescue volunteers tried in vain on Tuesday night to reach the dogs, but were unable to remove them due to their size and weight and the dark conditions.
Fire crews from Bodmin and Truro arrived at the scene at 9.30am on Wednesday morning to assist. Three hours later, all five surviving dogs had been rescued.
“We are so grateful for Cornwall Search and Rescue for finding them, if it wasn’t for them, we might never have found them,” Katie said. “Of course we’re grateful to the firefighters too for rescuing them.”
Katie added that four of the hounds have been checked by a vet, and are in good health.
“It’s a miracle, given how far they had fallen, that four hounds have come out completely unscathed.”
Firefighter Jon Hodgson, from Bodmin Fire Station, added: “We were called about 9.30am, we made our way down here to assess the situation, there were six hounds probably about 18ft down a mineshaft.
“It’s not a big mineshaft. There were six dogs down there, four are okay, one is severely injured, and one is deceased.
“They were hunting on Saturday and the top of the shaft isn’t secure, so they slipped down. There’s a gap big enough for us to get down there.
“We performed the rescue of all six dogs, without the Cornwall Search and Rescue.
“They have been taken away by the master of the hounds I believe, one has gone to the vet because it is badly injured.”
Mr Hodgson added that 13 firefighters from Bodmin and Truro stations were at the scene, including officer Tony Penrose, who is due to retire in two weeks. There were also three search and rescue officers present.


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Titration vs Back Titration
Titrations are technique widely used in analytical chemistry to determine acids, bases, oxidants, reductants, metal ions, and many other species.
What is Titration?
In a titration, a known chemical reaction takes place. Here, an analyte is reacted with a standard reagent known as a titrant. An ideal standard solution used in titrations should have several properties such as,
• React rapidly with the analyte
• React completely with the analyte
• Undergo a selective stoichiometric reaction with the analyte
Sometimes a primary standard, which is a highly purified and stable solution, is used as a reference material in titrimetric methods. The quantity of the analyte can be determined if the volume or the mass of titrant, which is needed to react completely with the analyte, is known. Experimentally, the titrant is in the burette and the analyte is added to the titration flask using a pipette. The reaction takes place in the titration flask. In any titration, the point where the reaction is completed (the point of chemical equivalence) is called the end-point. End-point is detected by an indicator, which changes its color at the end-point. Or else a change in an instrumental response can also be used to identify the end-point. The instruments record responses of the solution, which vary in a characteristic way throughout the titration. Such instruments are colorimeters, turbidimeters, conductivity meters, temperature monitors, etc. There are different types of titrations. “Volumetric titrimetry involves measuring the volume of a solution of known concentration that is needed to react essentially completely with the analyte.” In gravimetric titrimetry, mass of the reagent is measured instead of the volume. In coulometric titrimetry, the time required to complete the electrochemical reaction is measured.
There are some errors associated with titrations. The equivalence point in a titration is the point at which the added titrant is chemically equivalent completely to the analyte in the sample. However, this is a theoretical point, and we cannot exactly measure this experimentally. We experimentally observe the end-point. Ideally the end-point is not exactly equal to the equivalence point (titration error), but we try to minimize the gap between the two as much as possible. There can be human errors associated with this method. Therefore, to minimize these, often a titration is repeated at least thrice.
What is Back-Titration?
In a back-titration, excess amount of the standard titrant is added to the analyte. Then some amount of the standard titrant will react with the analyte and the excess of it can be determined by a back-titration. For example, the amount of phosphate in a sample can be determined by this method. When excess amount of silver nitrate is added to a phosphate sample, both will react to give silver phosphate solid. Then the excess of silver nitrate is titrated with potassium thiocyanate. Therefore, the total amount of added silver nitrate is equal to the amount of phosphate ion and the amount of thiocyanate used for the back-titration.
What is the difference between Titration and Back-Titration?
• In titration, amount of standard solution, which is chemically equivalent to the analyte amount, is added. In back titration, excess of the standard titrant is added to determine the analyte amount.
• Normally, in a titration, only one direct reaction is taking place, which is between the standard titrant and the analyte. In a back-titration, two chemical reactions are taking place. One is with the standard and analyte, and the other is with the excess-standard titrant and a standard solution.

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BBC Comedy About British-Pakistani Family Draws Complaints
Regulator Ofcom is considering an investigation after some viewers said the first episode of "Citizen Khan" used Muslim stereotypes and insulted Islam.
LONDON - U.K. media regulator Ofcom is mulling a potential investigation into new BBC1 comedy Citizen Khan, which features a modern British-Pakistani family in Birmingham and drew complaints that it uses Muslim stereotypes and insults Islam, the Guardian reported.
The BBC launched the show on Monday night and had received 187 complaints by Tuesday, the paper said. The regulator has seen about 20 complaints so far, it added.
A probe would focus on whether the public broadcaster broke any British broadcasting rules in such areas as viewer harm and offensive content.
Citizen Khan refers to the protagonist's life as a self-appointed Muslim community leader and is also a pun referencing Orsen Welles' movie classic Citizen Cane.
The first episode of the six-part series drew an average viewership of 3.6 million people, or a 21.5 percent share of people watching TV at the time.
In the debut episode, the stingy protagonist failed to book the local mosque for his daughter's wedding and tries to persuade the mosque's manager to do him a favor.
The show included a scene that showed the Khan family discussing how much toilet paper to use and one that showed the younger daughter in full make-up reading a magazine before putting on a headscarf and pretending to read the Koran when her father walked into the room. The mother was portrayed as mostly concerned with cleaning and washing, and the father in a scene joked that his daughter's wedding wasn't her big day. "More like big four days," he said.
The show airs in the 10:20-10:50 p.m. time slot.


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Writer-director Silvio Caiozzi's award-winning film is an evocative exploration of obsession and unrequited desire. The aging Don Andrés (Julio Jung) lives in his enormous estate, which is fraying at the seams. His grandmother is dying, so he finally recruits a teenager (Adela Secall) to help care for her. Soon, however, the young woman becomes the subject of his growing fascination, one that threatens to devour him -- and destroy her.


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MEETING STARTS AT 9:00 a.m.
• Invocation - District 1
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1. Approval of the minutes of the January 23, 2018 meeting of the Board of County
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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Block Exxon Climate Fraud Investigation
Massachusetts’ Attorney General is trying to force Exxon to turn over decades of records involving what it knew about climate change and what it told the public. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up ExxonMobil’s latest attempt to block Massachusetts’ investigation into whether the oil giant misled the public and investors about climate change.
Read the entire article at Inside Climate News.
The decision clears the way for state Attorney General Maura Healey to force the company to turn over records as her office probes whether Exxon concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in global warming. Those records could open a window into the company’s internal discussions, including its handling of financial and climate data as it charted its business path going back decades.
Exxon has fought Healey in state and federal court for more than two years, but the courts have repeatedly backed her authority. Last year the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld her right to investigate. Exxon asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review that decision, but the justices decided not to hear the case.
Healey’s office issued a civil investigative demand (similar to a subpoena) in 2016 seeking a trove of documents it said would shed light on what Exxon knew about the effects the burning of fossil fuels has on global warming and how regulatory efforts to slow the effect of climate change could impact the company’s bottom line.
At the heart of the Massachusetts demand are records going back to 1976 “concerning Exxon’s development, planning, implementation, review, and analysis of research efforts to study CO2 emissions (including, without limitation, from fossil fuel extraction, production, and use), and the effects of these emissions on the climate,” according to the investigative demand.
“The biggest question those documents will answer is the extent of climate change knowledge Exxon had, when it had it, and what it did with that knowledge in making business decisions. Understanding the level of information Exxon had in its possession relative to climate change is important in building a foundation for them to understand what the company did with that information in terms of marketing and business development.”
The rejection of Exxon’s appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court means Massachusetts authorities can now test their theory that Exxon was aware of the hazards of climate change and the possible consequences, said David Shapiro, an assistant professor of public management at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He’s a former FBI agent who specialized in financial crimes.


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I wanted something that would reflect my time on the avocado farm this summer as it truly felt like home for almost three months. The sounds of the frogs at night was so peaceful and the abundant flowers and avocado trees were also a necessity for this stamp. Then we had to throw in a disc golf hole on the bottom right, anyone recognize what hole that is?
This stamp was made by my friend Kevin Hyche!
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IAB Canada’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Charter aims to promote DEI initiatives within the digital advertising industry. This Charter demonstrates the commitment of IAB Canada and its members to foster a business and workplace that is inclusive of the global communities in which we conduct business.
This Charter does not supersede any existing DEI policies or procedures within member organizations, but reaffirms the commitment of Members to promote DEI within their business(es).
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The Global DEI Census: Canada Market Report
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As stewards of the digital industry here in Canada, our responsibility is one of establishing open – honest, conversations on lived experiences. Especially as it relates to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. In doing so, our hope is that we may learn from each other, establish best practices and support the healthy growth of the digital ecosystem.
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Tattoo designs are anything virtually all of look at finding at one particular position or one more. A typical tattoo that lots of of us contemplate could be the tattoo. Before you choose on getting a tattoo design, you will discover quite a few important matters it's essential to consider which could sway your view on whether it is right for you.
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The absenteeism of thousands of candidates from the annual HSC exam this year is definitely a matter of concern, the Odisha government said on Monday while directing education officers at the district level to find out the reason behind the matter.
State School and Mass Education (S&ME) Secretary Bishnupada Sethi through a letter to all district education officers (DEOs) of the State has expressed bewilderment on how despite making the form fill-up work, students remained absent from physically appearing in the Summative Assessment-II Examination.
As per the government data, 43,489 candidates have not appeared in the Annual HSC Examination (SA-II), conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, 2022. The absenteeism in districts like Mayurbhanj, Ganjam, and Bolangir is the highest, the S&ME Department said in the letter to the DEOs.
In light of the above, the government has directed the officials to make a school-wise analysis of the reason of the absence of students from the exam.
The DEOs have been asked to submit a report on the school-wise analysis of absenteeism in their respective districts and update the same in the Google Form (https://bit.ly/ABSENT_EXAMINEE DETAILS) within the next 10 (ten) days positively without fail.


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Mountain Biking Highlight
The Döberitzer Heide is an approximately 5000 hectare area in Brandenburg, which belongs to the southeastern part of the landscape unit Nauener Platte. The area essentially comprises the areas of the former military training area Döberitz, which were designated as nature reserves, and on around 3600 hectares a major wilderness project of the Heinz-Sielmann-Stiftungbeheimaten, unique in Europe. The heath landscape lies west of the Berlin city boundary and south of the federal highway 5 for the most part in the district Havelland between Dallgow-Döberitz and the district Seeburg and the Wustermarker districts Elstalund Priort. A small part in the south belongs to Potsdam.Source: Wikipedia
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If it does what they say, the temperatures are dropping this week into the 80's so it is a perfect time for another tea in the garden. It has been a while since it was cool enough to set up outside.
Please pour yourself some lovely tea. It is Yorkshire Gold loose so you can use the strainer to catch the grounds!
My garden is making it's transition into full blow summer now. We had a cooler than usual June and I have enjoyed my
"Endless Summer" Hydrangeas. When I bought them in 2016 I was told by avid Iowa gardener, Beth Jordan that they don't do well in our above 90 degree temperatures which is oven the case June through August.
She knew what she was talking about but it seems if you can get them through the first few years - they will survive and bloom after all.
I have several American Beauty Cups and Saucers and I sure think they are wonderful.
Right now the coneflowers and monarda are the flowers that sure don't mind the heat.
The zinnias are coming along and the limelight and strawberry hydrangeas.
I am also sharing this photo of an unusual bird at my finch feeder the other evening. I have recently started bringing the feeder in at night because I kept finding it empty every morning - as well as an empty hummingbird feeder. This "bird" arrived early before dark so now we know!
You will need: 4 cups of of fresh, ripe fruit chopped in a large bowl with 1 tsp lemon juice. Add 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp ground cinnamon and 1/4 cup of flour and 1/4 cup of cornstarch - mix through.
Pour into a pie shell bottom and add the lattice top. Brush with egg yolk and bake at 425 for 25-30 minutes Pie crust recipe: 2 cups sifted flour, cut in 3/4 cup crisco (or lard) using a flour kneader. Add 5 - 8 Tb ice water to form a nice ball of dough. Divide dough as 1/2 will be used for the lattice top. Roll out on floured pastry cloth with a covered and floured rolling pin. Press into pie shell. After adding peach mix, cut the lattice strips and weave across the top. You could use this recipe for other pies.
There were 27 ladies from "Christian Fellowship" who came to relax and enjoy Afternoon Tea.
Gredia (pronounced Sha-re-tah) offered to sing and we loved her two beautiful songs.
We had mature women and young women and our new "Tea Baby" Adalea!
We were honored to have 2 women who were refugees from the Congo and Caritas Habimana who was a refugee from Rwanda.
I do things different ways for different
teas and this time I decided to use my
3 tiered servers at the table rather than a
buffet. A few ladies enjoyed hot tea but because
of the heat most of the ladies chose iced tea.
Here is what I served: the scones
were Mixed Berry Cream, the tea
was Decaf and Regular Ginger Peach, Yorkshire
Gold and Blackberry Sage. The Savories
were Cheese Asparagus Quiche, Hot Pepper Peach Ham Biscuits, and 2 types of Cheddar Cheese crackers. The sweets were Chocolate Peppermints Brownies, Miniature Lemon Pound Cakes and Lemon Fruit Tarts. I used the recipe for the lemon pound cake given in the link but poured the batter into mini muffin tins and shortened the baking time......they worked perfectly!
One last idea for you here today: I baked the Cheese Asparagus Onion Quiches in shells. Instead of using Crisco - I used lard in the dough - yes lard. I have been wanting to do this for a long time and I DO LIKE the crust better! You can buy lard at the market next to the Crisco. (use the link to the recipe above just change the cooked asparagus, etc) Instead of a large quiche - I made mini ones in the mini muffin tins)
Out in the garden some hydrangeas are
blooming and others are starting to
bloom. Monarda and Cone Flowers
are in abundance and then miscellaneous
flowers. I am so enjoying having a garden.
I baked pretty much all day on Saturday and early Sunday morning and love, love my new convectional oven. I also did one thing wrong by putting my crackers too close together in baking them - so now I learned that lesson the hard way which seems to be my best teacher always! Here is one of 2 cheese cracker recipes I baked. This one was the White Cheddar Cheese Recipe from the July/August issue of Victoria. I put springs of Rosemary on top of mine.

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Meaningless sex, in the parlance of females, is sex that they have with a man for free, rather than in exchange for betabuxx. When they get caught cheating, they assure their boyfriend or husband that it was just "meaningless sex" and therefore not a big deal. The implication is that there was no emotional attachment with the person they were cheating with, when in reality it is their betabuxx whom they are using in a mercenary way, because he does not excite and sexually arouse them the way their illicit lover does.
The idea of "meaningless sex" is illustrative of the opposite approach that men and females take toward relationships, in which females seek to use sex to get men emotionally attached to them, and men seek to elicit female emotions that will make them want to have sex. From a females' perspective, if her man has sex with another girl but doesn't get emotionally attached to her, then what happened was not as bad because at least the other girl did not capture his heart and thereby take the place of his main female. From the male perspective, if a man's wife gets emotionally attached to another man but doesn't have sex with him, then the process of seduction was not completed, because she was not physically taken by him.
Men tend to be more concerned with the sexual aspect of ownership of females since they do not typically rely on romantic partners to the extent foids do for leadership, protection, provisioning, emotional support, etc. Men also have more need to assure themselves of the exclusivity of their foids' sexual devotion to them because of the instinctive aversion to being cuckolded.

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R E C O N S T R U C T I O N
this series highlights the study of self-destruction through concept, which employs mixed media experimentation - bringing the outside in, and taking the inside out - and the proverbial utilization of creation in order to catalyze and precipitate destruction, layer upon layer, textures emerge, as reconstruction ensues.
D I S C O V E R Y
these selected works harness and exemplify the revitalization of experimentation; the utilization of three-dimensionality study and the incorporation of space, time, and light in order to demonstrate how dimensionless emotion truly is.
A W A K E N I N G
these selected works delve into the struggle; rather, the metamorphosis of my process, and the incorporation of mixed media and traditional methodologies in the form of emotion and environment.


Voyager Q hard drive dock from OWC: quick review http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/NewerTech/Voyager/Hard_Drive_Dock
Pretty slick and easy to use. After powering it up and it connecting to your computer you turn it off, drop a bare SATA drive ( 2.5 or 3.5 inch) into the slot on top. Then power it back up, format the drive and then start backing up. I making my first set of back ups presently, and will then make a duplicate set for off site storage. I went with the Voyager Q as it has USB 3.0, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and eSATA connections. Cables for all connectors are included in the package.
I have several redundant bare SATA HDDs sitting around so I didn't have to purchase any for this purpose. I am backing up about 4TB of data so I'll be using 3x 1.5TB Western Digital Green Drives.
There is not much else to say about it. If it works it works.


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A number of studies indicate that arsenic, which occurs naturally in soil and rock throughout the United States, is “an astonishingly versatile poison, able to do damage even at low doses,” writes Deborah Blum in The New York Times.
Blum notes that Dartmouth’s New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study measured women’s arsenic exposure during pregnancy, and compared it to respiratory infections in the women’s infants up to four months of age. Researchers found that the higher the mothers’ exposure to arsenic in drinking water, the greater the number of respiratory infections in their infants, Blum writes.
“We were surprised to find the connection so visible at the lower exposures seen here,” says Margaret Karagas, an epidemiologist and professor of community and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine and the senior author of the study. “If people have private wells, they need to have them tested for arsenic,” she tells Blum.
Read the full story, published 9/20/13 by The New York Times.


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The X-Tower is the summer’s hottest thing in adventuring! It is the largest adventure tower in Europe and sure to satisfy even the more demanding thrill-seekers. Climb all the way to the height of 32 metres and challenge yourself to experience something completely unique and unforgettable in the mesmerising surroundings of the Kalajoki Sand Dunes!
The X-Tower’s walls are covered by three 21 metres long climbing routes. The middle platform is reserved for making the blood-curdling Leap of Faith or for experiencing weightlessness in Free Fall. The top of the X-Tower serves as the starting point of the 330 metres long Mega Zipline, the longest zipline in Finland.
Take a look at the wide variety of experiences the X-Tower has to offer and reach for the heights – if you dare!
The X-Tower is Europe’s largest adventure tower. On the side of the tower runs an incredible 21-metre-long climbing wall!
The X-Tower’s climbing wall poses a challenge to climbers of various skill levels; there are three different routes one can take. Once you reach the top you’ll be greeted by a breath-taking view over the Kalajoki Sand Dunes and the Baltic Sea.
From the top of the X-Tower, Europes’s tallest adventure tower, you can experience the thrill of Free Fall! The starting point is a whopping 23 metres above ground level.
There are two free fall devices, so you can experience the thrill of weightlessness together with a friend! Free Fall is not for the squeamish, but we encourage thrill-seekers to challenge themselves and seek out this unforgettable experience!
LEAP OF FAITH
The Leap of Faith is just what the name suggests. First, you will climb to the middle platform of the X-Tower, Europe’s largest adventure tower. You are now standing 23 metres above ground level. Then you jump down, towards the unknown.
The Leap of Faith is a completely unique and unforgettable experience! You can also take the leap together with a friend. You will come out of the experience with a great story to tell and a memory that will last a lifetime! Do you dare to take the plunge?
The Mega Zipline is the longest zipline ride in Finland. And, fittingly, Finland’s longest zipline starts from the top of the X-Tower, Europes’s tallest adventure tower!
The starting point is a whopping 32 metres above ground level. The ride itself keeps going for an incredible 330 metres! If you dare open your eyes as you zoom through the air high above the trees, you’ll see the beautiful Kalajoki Sand Dunes and the blue shimmering of the sea.
There are two Mega Ziplines running in parallel, so you can also share the thrill with a friend! Visit, experience and enjoy!
You may print out the rules of X-TOWER here.


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A Rag Quilt is a quilt made with exposed seams that fray when laundered. A Rag Quilt is generally made with squares or strips and the seams are clipped at regular intervals to encourage fraying. Flannel is great for Rag Quilts as it will fray nicely. When choosing your fabric be sure to consider how the fabric will fray on the edges. Blocks or strips are cut from the top and back fabrics, layered with a slightly smaller piece of batting and sewn together leaving the seams visible on one side. A rag quilt is a type of Quilt As You Go. Depending on the selected batting and the size of the block, quilting is not required. If you do want the quilt quilted, it is easiest to quilt each block prior to assembling the quilt. The blocks around the outside of the quilt need to be stitched closed, before clipping the edges as there is no binding on the edges.
Benefits of a Rag Quilt
- A Rag Quilt is a fast and easy way to make a cozy quilt for kids or adults.
- Rag Quilts can be made with or without batting.
- Rag Quilt is an alternative to a traditionally made quilt.
Tools and Supplies for a Rag Quilt
You'll need the following to make a Rag Quilt:
- Basic sewing supplies
- Sewing machine
- Walking foot
- Scissors for clipping or Rag Quilt Fabric Die
- Flannel or fabric that will fray on the edges
What I Wish I knew When I Started making a Rag Quilt
Fleece makes a great backing for a RAG QUILT. Spring loaded scissors make the seam clipping much easier. An Accuquilt die with the fringe already clipped is even easier!!


It probably depends on how fast tablets start gobbling up the PC and laptop market. It seems we keep hearing that many people don't need all that processing power. If most people start buying tablets and not PCs, wouldn't x86 suffer?
Misleading headline, AMD can add ARM without dropping x86, and probably should. They have lots of experience with state of the art geometries and low power, and ARM licensing is an easy cheap R&D effort compared to starting from scratch on new processor core. Put a team in a skunkworks setting for 12 months and see what they create!
Windows on ARM will be a disruptive game changer.
Well duh! That's what Chrome is all about... putting everything in the cloud and accessing it from the web.
Saying a ChromeOS netbook is broken because it doesn't do other stuff is like saying a truck is useless because it isn't any good as a boat.
Sure that means an Chrome netbook isn't much use for compiling or software development or playing FP shooter games, but that is not what it is designed to do.
All the flexibility that gives you a laptop that can serve as a development machine - or whatever - comes at a huge price. It makes for a very expensive, heavy and power hungry system with a short battery life.
Chrome OS recongnises that most people just use a computer for web and email and can happily live an "everything in the cloud" lifestyle. These people would benefit from having a cheaper, lighter netbook.
Kinnar, 'dying' would sound a bit too soon but the trend is all too visible. I dont see many x86 based mobile platforms. Tablets, phones and the next generation of portable devices would run on ARM and other cores... Not long before the requiem for x86.
totally agreed, particularly on IPless point.
Furthermore in principle AMD is the only real competitor of intel (Via... are too insignificant). Adding ARM in portfolio is indeed interesting but dropping x86 makes no sense, even if done gradually will take several years.
AMD will sell x86 as long as there are buyers, and since embedded designs can stay in production for decades I wouldn't worry. The x86 wastes a lot of power for backward compatibility, when the new CPUs are so fast they can run old apps in emulation just fine. This is an opportunity for AMD to relieve its CPUs of 30 years of accumulated baggage.
It will be very good it there is no solitary product, if everyone is over ARM then later ARM will become like Intel a solitary processor IP Rights holder, it will be nice is there are multiple players are there in the market.


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BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 6. Iranian Government Trading Corporation (GTC) began to purchase wheat from farmers under a guarantee in the Fars Province (southern Iran), as of April 5, 2022, Director General of the GTC’s branch in the Fars Province Mehdi Jamali said, Trend reports citing the corporation’s official website.
According to Jamali, a total of 275 tons of wheat have been purchased from farmers under a guarantee in the province since April 5.
The director general stressed that wheat has been harvested in Lamerd, Mohr, Khonj, Gerash, Evaz and Larestan counties of the province, and sold to related centers established for the guaranteed purchase of wheat.
“In this regard, more than 130 centers have been opened in the province, so far,” he said.
Jamali noted that a total of 400,000 tons of wheat are expected to be purchased from farmers in the province within the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022, through March 20, 2023).
In general, 9 million tons of wheat are expected to be purchased in Iran in the current Iranian year (from March 20, 2022, through March 20, 2023). Of this, about 5.5 million tons are expected to be purchased by the GTC.
The price of 1 kg of wheat was set up at 115,000 rials (about $2.74) for the current Iranian year.
A number of products, including wheat, tea, rice, and other products are purchased from farmers by GTC under a guarantee in Iran.
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domain: agronomy