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- When Manga Develop Too Quickly, That is What Occurs
Many people love anime with a passion. The emotions this medium can elicit can be quite intense, with everything from anger to joy by viewers who get immersed in these shows. Of course, the range of emotions that viewers can experience extends to sadness as well, with some shows featuring heartbreaking moments that will make any viewer shed a tear, regardless of how hardy they might be. RELATED: The Most Popular Anime Genres & The Titles That Defined ThemAnime is such a broad medium that almost every show features tearjerkers of their own. Given the sheer number of sad scenes in anime, it can be hard to choose the most emotional of the bunch. That being said, the following scenes can easily make the cut.Updated February 16, 2022 by Ritwik Mitra: There are several anime that seek to elicit strong emotions from their viewers, with sadness being one of them. Masterful anime that has impeccable stories, writing, and direction can tug at heartstrings and give audiences a massive urge to cry, showing just how powerful this medium can be.
After all, only by ensuring that viewers are fully invested in the story and characters can a show make people cry. The following scenes in anime are beautifully, exquisitely sad, and show just why so many people are immersed in this amazing medium of storytelling. Grave of the Fireflies is one of the saddest anime movies of all time, and another great chapter in the illustrious history of Studio Ghibli. The movie takes a harrowing look at the effect of war on civilians, with the movie focusing on the lives of Seita and Setsuko. They try to roam around the harsh countryside during this time, but a lack of nutrition leads to Setsuko meeting her demise, right when Seito had managed to secure some food. It's hard not to shed tears at the moment Seito realizes her younger sister has passed away. To make matters even worse, Seito himself dies of malnutrition at the end of the movie as well. Your Lie in April is one of the most magical and heartrending anime ever made.
39;t able to fulfill her dream of exploring the world with her father.
The story focuses on the life of a boy who has lost all happiness in life after his mother's death, before a peppy violinist called Kaori Miyazono decides to cheer him up. Unfortunately, Kaori is suffering from a life-threatening disease that ultimately takes her life when she undergoes a rather risky surgery. It's a sad event made even worse by a letter describing that Kaori always had feelings for Kousei, but never really got to express them. Clannad is an anime full to the brim with devastating and saddening stories. One such story revolves around Ushio, a child who is distanced from a father who was a complete mess. Unfortunately, Ushio develops the same disease that took her mother's life and isn't able to fulfill her dream of exploring the world with her father. The scene where she passes away in Tomoya's arms is hard to watch, and is sure to result in more than a few tears.
This scene is a tearjerker for slightly different reasons than most on this list.
The idea of loving someone you can never touch is hard to digest, but this is precisely what happens in Hotarubi no Mori e. A human girl named Hotaru and a forest spirit fall in love, even though Hotaru knows that she won't be able to touch Gin since he would disappear. While attending a festival for spirits, Gin accidentally touches a human boy who had entered the premises. It's a small mistake that leads to Gin disappearing, although he did manage to hold Hotaru for the first time before he did. This scene is a tearjerker for slightly different reasons than most on this list. Kayo is a young girl who had lived with an abusive family for the longest time. However, she finally managed to escape their clutches and started living in another household with parents who actually cared about her. Watching this child after enjoying the warmth of a mother for the first time is simply heartbreaking, knowing the pain Kayo had gone through up until that point. It's one of the most powerful moments in Erased, a brilliant anime worth anyone's time. Jiraiya is one of the best characters in Naruto. The fact that people adore this character despite him being a pervert is a testament to just how amazing his other qualities really are. Watching him trying to scout out Pain's abilities only to meet a grisly end at the hand of his student is a heartbreaking sight. Pervy Sage was one of Naruto's closest father figures and watching him suffer such an untimely demise was hard to digest.
The brotherly bond between Luffy and Ace was extremely sweet and heartwarming. This is precisely why Ace's death in One Piece is one of the show's saddest moments. Watching Ace take a fatal blow to save his younger brother is hard to watch. This, followed by Luffy's tearful farewell, made for one of the most emotional moments in One Piece by a country mile. After a grisly battle against Vicious near the end of the show, Spike finally settled his score against his rival. However, this came at the major cost of his own life. Watching Spike utter one last bang before falling down for the last time is a heartbreaking scene. The music accompanying his death made his demise even sadder. For the longest time, Lelouch seemed like an anti-hero who was forced to accomplish certain heinous actions because of how he'd been wronged. However, this perception changed near the end of the series, with Lelouch performing downright villainous actions.
The final episode of the series revealed why Lelouch was performing such actions. He wanted to become the ultimate evil force in the world, before being put down to give the people hope. It was a brilliant and tear-jerking sacrifice that established Lelouch as one of the greatest anti-heroes of all time. Attack on Titan is a really depressing show from the get-go. This can be seen from the very first episode when the Titans attack the fallen city of Shiganshina. The worst part of this scene is when a Titan ends up at Eren's fallen house and eats his mom right in front of him. It's a harrowing sight that steels Eren's nerves and convinces him that he needs to fight against the Titans. Fullmetal Alchemist is an excellent anime that was so popular that it received two anime adaptations! Unfortunately, both these adaptations also feature the saddest scene in the series by a country mile. Nina Tucker seems like a happy-go-lucky girl that would live out the rest of her days in peace, but her dad had other ideas. He combined her and the family dog to form a twisted chimera that could never revert to their original forms. Future Diary is a show that's filled to the brim with its twists and turns.
While the series has its fair share of tear-jerking moments, nothing comes close to the impact of the ending. Yuno might not be the most morally sound character around, but there was no denying the fact that she loved Yukiteru with all her heart. Watching her willing let go of her own life so that Yuki could be crowned the winner of this twisted game is extremely hard to witness. It's hard to believe that a children-oriented franchise like Pokémon could have a sad moment. However, the first Pokémon movie that became a worldwide success featured one such moment. During a battle between Mew and Mewtwo, Ash tries to stop the battle only to be caught in a psychic blast and get petrified as a result. Devilman Crybaby is one of the goiest and saddest shows on this list. The manner in which human nature is deconstructed to its lowest form is hard to watch at times. The worst part of this show comes in the penultimate episode when Miki, Tare, and Masa end up being lynched by a crazy mob. It's one of the toughest things to watch in the show, made even worse by Akira's reaction. Naruto is a show with plenty of tearjerkers. The main character himself has witnessed his fair share of tragedies, with the sacrifice of his parents happening on the very day of his birth. It's both saddening and heartwarming to see both Minato and Kushina die with a smile on their face as they bid farewell to Naruto. Their sacrifices were certainly not in vain, with Naruto's efforts pretty much saving the entire ninja world from the brink of annihilation.
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This list describes characters from the anime and manga series Doraemon. Also listed are their original NTV voice actors (1973), followed by their TV Asahi voice actors (1979-2005; 2005-present). Part of the 22nd century characters are listed in The Doraemons. Each main character represents a primary school student archetype. Nobita appears in every episode of the anime, while Doraemon appears in most episodes, sometimes being substituted (for medical checkup or on leave) by his sister, Dorami. Note: In some translations of Doraemon, the names of these characters are different from the original names. 2.9 Nobisuke Nobi Jr. Albert in the Cinar dub of the series, is the title character and co-protagonist of the series. He is a cat-like robot from the future. He was yellow-skinned and had ears originally. However, his ears were accidentally eaten by a robot mouse. It left him heartbroken and caused his skin to turn blue. People often mistake him for a raccoon dog. He is sent back in time by Sewashi (Nobita's Great-great-grandson) to aid Nobita. Doraemon possesses a 4-dimensional pocket from which he can acquire various kinds of futuristic tools, gadgets, and playthings from a future department store.
He also has the tendency to panic during emergencies, characterized by him frantically trying to pull out a very much-needed tool from his pocket, only to produce a huge assortment of household items and unwanted gadgets. Still, Doraemon is very friendly and intelligent, not to mention long-suffering because of Nobita's antics. Since Sewashi sent Doraemon to the past, Doraemon has been living as the unofficial fourth member of Nobita's family and acts like a second son to Nobita's parents, since despite being a robot, he requires basic needs for a person, such as eating, and also sleeps in the closet of Nobita's bedroom. He also fears mice greatly (due to a robot mouse having eaten his ears), even go crazy about it and pull out devastating gadgets, and most of the times, Nobita saves Doraemon in such situations. Although he has no fingers in most media, he can hold things because of the suction cups in his hands. His favorite food is Dorayaki. He has also been shown to date with normal female cat. He is the elder brother of Dorami.


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The Northernmost part of bonnie Queensland
Is held in possession by stout heart and hand
Twas settled by us who came out here and then
We were known in the world as the Kennedy men.
Then we'll up with our voices and cry out with glee,
We are lords of the bush, we are happy and free,
In future may poets with pride use their pen
On all that is done by the Kennedy men.
Through swamps, through scrub, over ranges and sand,
Dalrymple - he led us, and here made a stand,
Say's he, "This will do - for a city I ken -
So three cheers fro the queen and the Kennedy men"
We all pitched our tents on the ridge near the wells,
Our foes mustered near us with fierce shouts and yells,
Next night when 'twas dark, and very near ten,
The blacks danced like fiends round the Kennedy Men.
Dal- our leader, stood firm as a rock in the storm,
Crying, "Those who are men and true Britons born,
Meet your foes hand to hand, drive the fiends to their den,"
Which was done with good will by the Kennedy Men.
If ever the hour of trial comes, 'twill be seen,
We'll be faithful and true to our God and our Queen,
And the base craven hearts that would hide themselves then,
May they never be known, as the Kennedy Men.
We pray that our Queens representatives here
May be honest and fair and give ear to our prayer;
And when the estimates pass from his minister's pen,
May they not cheat the faraway Kennedy Men
We have contended with sickness, with hunger and pain,
And we do not regret, we would do it again,
For our dear little town, the town of Bowen,
Is the pride of Queensland and the Kennedy Men
We have all that we could wish for, we have home, friends and health,
And in a short time, we'll have plenty of wealth,
Our ladies are fair, and there's one in England, I ken,
Is beloved by all true-hearted Kennedy Men.
Then here's to each friend of the pioneer band
That came out at first here in search of new land,
May we do what we ought, till the last day and then
May God bless the true-hearted Kennedy Men.
From the Queenslanders New Colonial Camp Fire Song Book. These words copied from John Meredith's transcription of same in the National Library of Australia collection.
George Dalrymple is the "Dalrymple" referred to in the lyrics:
GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK ELPHINSTONE DALRYMPLE (1826-1876) Explorer and Politician
George Dalrymple was born on 6 May 1826 at Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He arrived in Australia between 1856 and 1858 and went to the Darling Downs where he was unable to take up land as he had intended. The unoccupied north attracted him and in February 1859 he published in Brisbane Proposals for the Establishment of a New Pastoral Settlement in North Australia and organised an expedition to explore the Burdekin River watershed (Kennedy district). His party, including Ernest Henry and Philip Sellheim, set out from near Rockhampton in August and reached the site of Bowen.
In August he went with Lieutenant J. W. Smith in the Spitfire to explore the coast and examine Port Denison as a port of access for the Kennedy. As officer in charge of the proposed settlement of Bowen, Dalrymple then planned the expedition to establish the township and led the overland section. After he arrived Bowen was proclaimed on 11 April 1861. In March 1865 he was elected the first member for Kennedy in the Legislative Assembly. In 1867 he went to Britain to recover his health and returned to Queensland in 1869 and with A. J. Bogle took up Oxford Downs on the Upper Burdekin. The venture failed, as did his imported traction engine which proved impracticable on northern roads. Insolvent, he was lucky to get a government post as Assistant Gold Commissioner on the Gilbert diggings in October 1871. In September 1873 he led an official exploration of the coast north of Cardwell. They reached the Endeavour River in October, just before Cooktown sprang up as the port for the Palmer goldfields. They returned to Cardwell in December and Dalrymple, sick with fever, went to Brisbane. After a summer in Scotland he went to St Leonards, Sussex, where he died, unmarried, on 22 January 1876.

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Irish couples are worried they are not steamy enough in the bedroom, a sex therapist has revealed.
Psychosexual therapist Margaret Dunne said she has treated men and women who fear they don’t match up to 50 Shades of Grey standards.
And they have admitted their sex life is boring in comparison to E. L. James’ bestselling book and its film adaptation.
Ms Dunne said the erotic page-turner features regularly during her sessions.
She told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “It’s the topic of the moment.
“I think some people feel that maybe they should be doing more in their sex lives, they will say things like ‘I’m wondering am I very boring?’
“I have to point out to them it is fiction, it just a bit of fun. It’s fantasy.”
Ms Dunne explained that while films like 50 Shades can help couples open up about their fantasies, they can prove detrimental to a relationship.
“Women are very excited about 50 Shades but behind it all, for people who are more vulnerable, they feel under pressure to spice things up.
“They feel inferior that they are not adventurous enough in bed.”
Ms Dunne, who is a member of the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists, said that both women and men can lose confidence as they suddenly face higher expectations in the bedroom.
“There is a sense of ‘my goodness, maybe everybody else has a better sex life than we have?’
“Because in Ireland we don’t talk about our sex lives very much compared to other places.”
And she explained that men can feel “intimidated” by this growing interest in Bondage, Domination, Sadism and Masochism (BDSM) and fetichism.
“I think it wouldn’t be everybody’s cup of tea, and for some men it causes them to question: ‘Should I be doing more?’
“There is so much hype about it, with women drooling over the book, and they start thinking ‘I don’t quite seem to measure up’, when as a matter of fact, the male character has a particular drive that many men don’t have.”
She added: “In the book, the woman is very submissive, and most men wouldn’t be interested in that kind of sex.”
The Dublin-based therapist advised any sexual partners looking to get dirty under the sheets, to express their desires while setting limits, and being clear about what makes them uncomfortable.
Ms Dunne’s clients are predominantly aged between 21 and 60, with many couples seeking help for concerns such as erectile dysfunction, sex addiction, or even loss of sexual desire after fertility treatments.
She believes that improved sex education is one of the most efficient ways of ensuring that Irish people have a healthy approach to their sexuality.
“It would be extremely helpful if it [sex] was more spoken about.
“My clients very often say that they have received very little sex education, that in school it was done maybe from a biology point of view, leaving aside all the emotion.
“Or it’s done in religion class, where it’s more about how it is ‘morally wrong’ to do a, b, and c.
“The big talks that are given at schools are usually approached from the point of view that the way to deter teenagers [from having intervourse] is to instill fear that they might pick up infections.
“It’s got nothing to do with emotions, and it’s not opening up any discussion on a topic around sex.”

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I’m currently teaching Machine Quilting—Master the Basics online at QuiltCampus.com, and one of my students said that the hardest thing was to figure out how to transfer the quilting design to the quilt. I really can’t disagree with that! Quilt marking methods are many and varied as are the tools, and it’s different for every single quilt you make, so it’s not like you can just figure it out once and run with it. It’s a “figure it out” process over and over and over again.
Over the years, I’ve used many different methods, so I thought I’d share some of them here over the course of the next few posts. I can’t tell you how many parts this will have, as I’m just going to start with a couple of the methods I used way back when, and work my way through my bag of techniques and tools. Some of what I’ll share I haven’t used recently for one reason or another, but that’s not to say I won’t ever use a particular technique again, and of course someone else might find it useful.
When I was fairly new to quilting, my goal was to not actually mark on the quilt at all if it could be avoided since I was petrified that the marks wouldn’t wash out, so I spent a great deal of time figuring out how to get the quilting pattern on to the quilt without ever touching an actual marker to the fabric. One of the first things I tried was stitching through paper with the quilting design printed on it. You can draw or trace designs onto regular paper or thinner tissue-type paper, and then pin the paper to the quilt top and quilt the design following the lines on the paper. This method works okay, but if you’re using a domestic short-arm machine and the pattern is bigger than about 6″ square, it tends to shift during the quilting process and can end up being a totally painful mess instead of a beautifully quilted quilt. I would guess that longarm machines might not have this shifting issue since the quilt stays flat in the machine during quilting (though that’s only a guess, since I don’t use a longarm).
You can purchase thin paper made especially for this technique, which is gentler on the quilting stitches when you tear the paper away. One brand I’ve used is Golden Threads Quilting Paper. You can also purchase pre-printed designs from the same manufacturer. If you want to use Golden Threads Quilting Paper with your own quilting designs, you can trace one design onto a piece of the paper, then stack more layers of the paper under the first, and free motion “quilt” the designs with an unthreaded needle in your machine to transfer the designs to all the sheets. The design then shows up as a perforated trail of dots on each sheet of paper.
One of the other things I came up with was stitching through self adhesive labels with the quilting designs printed on them. I created quilting designs in the computer using a graphics program, and printed the designs onto 8½” x 11″ full sheet labels. Then I stuck the labels onto the quilt top and machine quilted through the label following the design.
It’s great that the adhesive on the back of the label sticks to the quilt, because then the pattern doesn’t shift during quilting like it can when you’re using tissue paper or regular paper. The major downside to the adhesive labels is removing them from the quilt after the design has been quilted. Removing the paper is a tedious downside whether you’ve used labels, regular paper or tissue paper, but the adhesive just ads a great amount of difficulty to the process.
I will say that some patterns are more usable with adhesive labels than others; patterns without places where many lines of quilting cross are much easier than those more complicated designs where many lines come together all in one spot. Also, cheapo labels are much easier to work with than Avery labels because not only is the paper a bit thinner, but also the adhesive isn’t as sticky. The other thing I’ve done to make the labels a bit less sticky is to stick them to a fluffy bath towel once or twice so that they collected a bit of lint before sticking them to the quilt. The labels were still sticky enough to stay positioned on the quilt top, but easier to remove after quilting.
A number of my earlier quilts were quilted using printed papers or labels, including Homes and Gardens and Love at Last Sight as well as the butterflies on Butterfly Houses. It’s a very usable technique despite the issues, especially if you need to transfer a design to a quilt that’s already basted together (so you can’t trace the design with a light box) or if you’re quilting a design on a scrappy quilt or a quilt with so many different fabrics that whatever marking tool you use is going to be difficult to see on one or more of the fabrics.
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6 Indoor Plants That Will Absorb Humidity in Your Home
You know it when excess home moisture raises its ugly head. You’ll spot foggy windows, smell a mildew or musty odor, or your skin feels clammy. A warm, moist environment is a breeding ground for bacteria and mold, and that environment can be your home if you aren’t careful. Too much indoor moisture can also cause damage all around your home.
One way to help cut down the humidity in your home is by keeping a few specific indoor plants. When used in conjunction with other humidity solutions, these plants can help absorb that unwanted stickiness and mold hazard. Over at homeandgardeningideas.com they have put together a list of 6 plants that will help you reduce the humidity levels in home.


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Persepsi masyarakat terhadap rencana pembangunan pembangkit listrik tenaga panas bumi (PLTP) di Desa Idamdehe, Kabupaten Halmahera Barat, Provinsi Maluku Utara
Development is a process to accelerate economic growth, reduce gaps and eradicate poverty. Besides that development is also a multidimensional process of important changes in social structure, attitude of the people and national institutions. Therefore, in this study the authors will examine the public perception of the planned development of Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP) in Idamdehe Village, District Jailolo, West Halmahera, North Maluku Province. The reason the author took this topic because in the village will be built PLTP. The research methodology used is qualitative descriptive. From the results of research shows that the development plan of PTLP in Idamdehe village has been socialized since 2011-2013. From the results of socialization of the community get information about PTLP. There are three groups of perceptions about the PLTP development plan that is Agree, Disagree and Doubtful.
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Lingerie Garment Care Guide
Here at Audrey’s of Broadway, we believe every woman is beautiful and every BODY should feel sexy and confident in their lingerie. We stock luxury brands such as Empreinte and Lise Charmel both providing the most exceptional and luxurious fabrics such as Calais Lace, Guipure and Silk. All of these fabrics require specific care.
We’ve put together our recommendations for your garment care with the help of Lise Charmel.
Make sure you follow the care advice on the label, use a wash bag and never tumble dry your lingerie! In addition to this, if your collection boasts silk garments, we would advise to always hand wash these items.


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2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 6. Taxation
ARTICLE 8.1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVENUE; TAX ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 6. Filing and Due Dates
6-8.1-6-4.5. Rounding to nearest whole dollar
Sec. 4.5. A taxpayer that is required under IC 6-3-4-1 to file a return shall round to the nearest whole dollar an amount or item reported on the return. The following apply if an amount or item is rounded:
(1) An amount or item of at least fifty cents ($0.50) must be rounded up to the nearest whole dollar.
(2) An amount or item of less than fifty cents ($0.50) must be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar.
As added by P.L.119-1998, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.252.

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For a breakdown of what an apprenticeship is, how it works, and how to utilise them in your business, download our free guide here.
What are they?
Apprenticeships are a method of training individuals. They are usually used within a skilled profession, whilst undertaking work at the same time. They are often perceived as a way into employment for younger people. However, apprenticeships are open to all who are aged over 16.
The government encourages organisations to use apprentices as a method of creating a skilled workforce.
In Scotland, apprenticeships are run under a contract of apprenticeship. This is similar to a contract of employment, including the rights afforded by one. However, it’s specialised for an apprentice. It will state how long the apprenticeship is expected to last and the training that will be provided.
In England and Wales, apprenticeships are run under an apprentice agreement.
There are two types of apprenticeship agreement (old style and new style). This is due to the phasing out of apprenticeship ‘frameworks’ and the introduction of apprenticeship ‘standards’. The agreements structure the apprenticeship slightly differently in relation to the training you need to offer.
The old style is still used in Wales and in some areas of England where a standard has not yet been created to replace the framework. However, frameworks are no longer available for new starters in England from 31 July 2020.
Off-the job training
Certain apprentices must receive off-the-job training, including those who are:
- Working towards both apprenticeship frameworks
- Working towards apprenticeship standard
- Under a contract of apprenticeship in Scotland
The duration of off-the-job training must be a minimum of 20% of the duration of the apprenticeship. You can provide this training at your place of work—it doesn’t need to be done off-site.
The apprenticeship levy
What is it?
The levy has been set up by the government to encourage more companies to take on apprentices. Here’s how it works:
If you have an annual payroll bill of at least £3 million you must pay the levy. This amounts to 0.5% of your payroll per month, which you pay to the HMRC. They place this into a digital account. All companies falling into this category can then apply for access to their digital account. You can then use this to pay for apprenticeships.
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New incentive payments
As a result of the pandemic, the government made plans to encourage the creation of new opportunities. These plans include providing incentive payments to employers taking on new members of staff.
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End crisis in Ashulia garment factories
The labour minister yesterday asked the stakeholders to arrange a meeting within one week to resolve different crises faced by the garment factories in Ashulia.
The apparel factories in Ashulia are often subjected to attacks due to different problems that tend to persist in the sector, said Labour and Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain at a meeting in Dhaka.
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) organised the meeting at its office to discuss the "present labour situation in the RMG sector in the Ashulia area".
The minister also said the recent incidents of unrest at different garment factories in Ashulia were based on rumours and confusions, not on the ground of demands for salary increases and other financial benefits.
“All the rumours and confusions will be removed if the garment owners, government officials, local political leaders and the workers' representatives hold a meeting and reach a consensus to run the factories smoothly,” the minister said.
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The World is fighting a war right now with Covid-19. The war that is open from two fronts, first: The downfall of the global economy and second: Protecting public health. And history has shown that if you don’t fight the war strategically that has been open from two fronts you will lose very heavily. Let us see and talk about the first front that has been open by Covid-19. The downfall of the economy and how it is affecting the growth of the economy.
The sword of economic downfall has been around the neck of every country for a while now and it was inevitable that the world is going to face a serious downfall and will fall into recession. But coronavirus had brought that fall 2 years early and the world, more importantly, the economy was not ready for this.
COVID-19 Impacting on Economy In 4 Major Ways
Covid-19 has hit the global economy very hard, let us see how this virus has had an impact on the global economy. It has affected the global economy through the following channels.
1.Direct Impact on Production
Major supplier of the raw materials or products to the whole world is china. And there is no surprise that China was the first country to take the hit of the virus. Because of which the lockdown followed and hence, production has to stop. Countries like India, USA, European nations, etc. who are dependent on this one country got affected.
The slowdown in China has effects on exporters to China. China’s largest sources of importers are Korea, Jpan, and other Asian countries, according to the World Bank. Even after new outbreaks of the disease, there will be likely to experience slow growth in the second half of 2020.
Many Manufacturing firms rely on imported goods and raw materials and immediate input from China and other countries. Many companies are also dependent on sales in China to meet financial goals. The slowdown in economic activity and transportation restriction in affected countries will have an impact on production and profitability for specific global companies.
The impact on the supply chain had affected many industries. Industries that work on the supply chain. Such has,
There is a disruption of inputs and production which has stressed out some firms, particularly those firms with inadequate liquidity. Traders in the financial market cannot correctly anticipate and understand which firm is vulnerable. The rise in risk has revealed that the key financial market players have taken an unprofitable investment position. There is no trust in the financial market as of now. All these uncertainties are created by the pandemic.
The consumer is the weakest link in this scenario. Just Because has to suffer more in this situation. The buying process of goods has changed, the people who buy food from the markets are ordering from online. Because there is a decline in consumer income there is a decline in the spending and hence lower demand and lower supply of goods.
The basic structure of economics is disturbed in this pandemic.
These were the general views on how the global economy has been affected by Covid-19. But what is happening in the home ground, what are the shifts happening in the Indian economy? Let us have a look.
How Covid-19 had impacted The Indian economy.
Recently an industry survey that is jointly conducted by industry body FICCI and Tax consultancy Druva advisor took the response from 308 industries across the country. According to the survey, Covid-19 is having a deep impact on Indian Businesses, over the coming month’s jobs are at high risk because firms are looking for some reduction in manpower. Further, it is added that the already COVID-19 crisis has caused an unprecedented collapse in economic activities over the last few weeks.
There is some Industries sector that had a huge impact because of this COVID-19. Sectors such as,
These are the Industries that Indian economy thrives on and these are the industries that had a big hit by COVID-19.
This Virus has impacted the sports industries also. Industries which brings lots of money into the state. But the government has to shut down the sports activity all around the world, sports like.
The outbreak of COVID-19 impacted the whole world and has been felt across Industries. The outbreak is declared as a national emergency by the World Health Organisation. In India three major contributors to GDP namely private consumption, investment and external trade are getting affected. But as our ancestors have said “ This Time too, Shall Pass”

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Documenting the visual effects and simplifying visual life.
Reviewed by Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH
Cerebral (or cortical) visual impairment (CVI), the most common cause of visual impairment in pediatric patients in developed countries,1 is the umbrella term for brain-based visual disorders that damage or cause maldevelopment of the retrochiasmal visual processing areas in patients without a major ocular disease.
At first glance, these patients can often appear to have normal or near-normal visual acuity levels. However, in reality, many have perceptual visual deficits, a cardinal feature of CVI, which are not typically tested during a standard ophthalmology office evaluation.
Until recently, clinicians could only guess what exactly the affected patients were seeing with any accuracy. Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH, from the Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School in Boston, explained that anecdotal evidence provided a strong clue that suggested that children with CVI can have difficulties identifying objects that are presented as abstractions or cartoons. These are “representations of images that depart from naturalistic forms and shapes [and] lack key associative information provided by color. In contrast, individuals with CVI are more likely to correctly identify these same objects when presented as colored photographs,” Merabet said.
Merabet described a recent study2 conducted in collaboration with local teachers of the visually impaired; investigators from the Department of Psychology in the Translational Vision Lab at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts; and investigators from the Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry at Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Spedali Civili of Brescia in Italy. This team’s members have done pioneering work to unravel the intricacies of CVI in children in the United States and Italy. The 2 countries employ different approaches investigating CVI, and the collaboration combines the strong points of both continents, according to Merabet.
The Europeans’ work is based on the medical model of CVI; children born with a brain injury are evaluated and diagnosed early at the hospital, followed through the national health care system, and remain under focus within that system. Conversely, in the United States, visual concerns in a child with CVI are often first noticed by parents and teachers of the visually impaired. At the same time, because universal diagnostic criteria are lacking, many children with CVI can fall through the cracks.
An interesting observation is that in the United Kingdom, the health care system has taken things a step further. There, the focus is on identifying and caring for at-risk mothers whose children may develop this neurodevelopmental disorder, effectively trying to cut the disease off at the knees. The US system tends to be more reactionary, in that once CVI is identified, the resources are then focused on affected patients, which helps explain the socioeconomic bias of health care in the United States. “Because investigations into CVI are in the early phases, the collaboration across the Atlantic is crucial,” Merabet said.
The buildup to the study was based on an observation provided by Matthew Tietjen, MEd, CTVI, a study coauthor and teacher of the visually impaired, who noticed a difference in how children with CVI perceived images with their classroom materials. Many of the illustrations were abstractions and cartoons, and he noticed that the children would often misname the objects.
“This is interesting from a scientific standpoint because of the need to understand why this happens, as well as having important educational repercussions. In many cases, children with CVI have to work harder than typically sighted children to get through school material,” Merabet said.
In one anecdote, Tietjen showed a child a picture of a cartoon elephant in frontal view. The child identified the elephant as a Sony PlayStation remote control, presumably mistaking the ears of the elephant for the handles of the remote control and the dark joysticks for the elephant’s eyes.
“As the pictures get further and further from ‘reality,’ it is harder and harder for children with CVI to understand what they are looking at. It has a lot to do with how information is taken into the brain, analyzed, processed, stored, and assigned meaning. The more abstract an image, the more tenuous the object identification,” Merabet said.
This observation by Tietjen resulted in his developing a more systematic, standardized approach to test his observation, with the goal of identifying the drivers of the identifications expressed by the children that cause the misidentifications. Based on an object-naming assessment developed by Tietjen, he and Merabet put together a series of images matched for size, perspective, complexity, and familiarity, called the 2-Dimensional Image Study.2
The investigators chose 12 images of common animate and inanimate objects, each represented from 5 possible image categories. An example taken from the article is the 5 categories of a cat (ie, a color photo, a realistic color drawing, a black-and-white realistic outline drawing, a color abstract drawing, and a black-and-white abstract outline drawing). These representations would disentangle color from form cues and use the color photo as the benchmark for identification, he explained.
The representations of the 12 objects in the 5 categories being evaluated were shown to children on a computer, who pressed the space bar when they named the objects. During this exercise, the investigators used an eye tracker to record where the children were looking from the moment the image appeared to when they identified (or misidentified) an object. Eye tracking was used to quantify gaze behavior, such as the extent of the visual search area explored and the number of fixations made.
“The takeaway is that the patients with CVI fared worse than controls on all 5 outcomes,” Merabet said.
Data analysis showed that the controls scored 100% on image identification. The children with CVI scored worse than controls on all outcomes. “As they moved from abstract to outline to color photo, they improved slightly and identified the images faster, the receiver operating curve trended upward, and the number of fixations decreased,” he said.
The visual search area did not have a clear pattern as a function of the type of image. However, the patients searched a much larger area compared with the controls. For children with CVI, when they erred in their identification of an image, they took more time to do so.
The children in the United States (n = 50) and Italy (n = 50) who participated in the study were not statistically different in terms of age, sex, and disease manifestations. However, Merabet suspects that the children from the United States tended to be from a higher socioeconomic bracket than those from Italy, where the health care system is more accessible.
Manley et al2 reported that compared with controls, the children with CVI “showed significantly lower success rates and longer reaction times when identifying objects. In the CVI group, the success rate improved moving from abstract black-and-white images to color photographs, suggesting that object form [as defined by outlines and contours] and color are important cues for correct identification.”
Furthermore, the results obtained using eye tracking with the controls and patients in the study were markedly different, in that the controls exhibited tighter gaze patterns (ie, one fixation to the body and one to the head of the object). Conversely, in patients with CVI, the area of the gaze pattern is much larger and with a greater number of fixations, indicating that the children seem to explore a much larger area (Figure), particularly if the object was misidentified.
“Finally, the distribution of the eye gaze patterns in the CVI group was less aligned with the high saliency features of the image compared [with] controls,” Merabet said. He also noted the importance of having benchmarks to know which features in the images are important to the patients being able to correctly identify the pictures. The investigators used Graph-Based Visual Saliency (GBVS), a mathematical analysis that looks at an image and identifies the features in the image that can be considered the most salient from a “bottom-up” standpoint, such as color, luminance, and edges.
The investigators used the information (the predictive ability) provided by GBVS and combined it mathematically with the individual patient’s gaze pattern, yielding a mathematical comparison between a standard and a response that informs the investigators about how well the 2 agree. The study concluded that the results have important implications in helping to understand the complex profile of visual perceptual difficulties associated with CVI.
Merabet pointed out that the exercises described underscored the importance of listening to the observations of the community, such as teachers and parents who often have tremendous insight into the visual difficulties of their students and children. The experience also showed that leveraging the international collaboration provided a larger sample size of patients, allowing more statistically robust findings. With larger study populations, there is also the potential to explore questions regarding differences in factors such as geographic location, disease manifestations, age, race, and socioeconomic differences between the groups.
The implications of these findings impact choices of educational materials used in the classroom. For children with CVI, abstractions and outlines may represent a greater cognitive burden and lost learning time. “For these children to thrive, we must design a world for them that considers their visual needs,” Merabet said.
A pragmatic approach to address CVI is to simplify the visual world for these children by using images with high relevance, which is close to the real world, and minimizing clutter. In addition, giving them more time to process images and checking on them to see whether they are identifying things properly are important. “There are nuances in terms of education that are extremely important. The most important takeaway is that you cannot take for granted that they are following a lesson and understand the content just because their peers are following,” Merabet said.
Finally, he advised that research in CVI should move forward as a community endeavor and strive to answer questions that can have an impact on the lives of these individuals. Without this effort and collaboration, he believes his team would not have achieved the level of research that they did.
The investigators are currently working on a study in which patients with CVI are presented with a real-world image of a lamp and then instructed to find it in a picture of a room. In a second version of the task, a text cue is used—the word lamp—and the participant must read it and find the object in a picture of a room. This analysis is ongoing, but early results suggest that the success rate in CVI is lower and the reaction time is longer to carry out this task. However, one interesting finding was that using a text cue slowed the patients even more compared with a visual cue.3
He pointed out that for these children with CVI, their verbal IQ score, which provides an index of an individual’s overall verbal intellectual abilities, was related to performance. The higher the verbal IQ, the greater their success rate and lower reaction time in identifying objects. This leads to the intriguing possibility that developmental outcomes such as verbal IQ may be important indices of how well an individual can perceive and interact with their complex visual surroundings.
The ultimate goal is to understand how individuals with CVI interact with their visual world and improve accessibility to educational materials for all students, regardless of visual abilities.

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Diathesis stress model psychology parenting for brain. A direct test of the diathesisstress model for depression article pdf available in molecular psychiatry 237 july 2017 with 602 reads how we measure reads. The diathesisstress model is a psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its trajectory, as the result of an interaction between a predispositional vulnerability, the diathesis, and a stress caused by life experiences. In order to allow for a stringent test of the aetiological component of becks theory, we used a short.
The vulnerability makes an individual more likely to develop a psychological disorder or suffer from maladjustment if certain stress is experienced. Friedman and schustack 2009 explained that the diathesis stress model is a predisposition, usually seen as heredity, of the body to a specific disease or disorder. A diathesis is a persons predisposition towards developing a disorder. In the language of this model, these sensitivities are referred to as diatheses. Current understandings of major depression diathesisstress. The neural diathesisstress model of schizophrenia revisited. The diathesis stress model of schizophrenia or also known as the diathesis stress theory is proposing that the brain disorder which is schizophrenia is brought by the combination of different factors including biological, environmental and genetic factors. The theoretical model posits that an individuals propensity diathesis for acquiring a disorder is a function of the dynamic interplay that exists. The word diathesis came from the greek term vulnerability or disposition. The diathesisstress model assumes that mental illnesses occur due to stressful conditions in the environment interacting with the biological and psychological characteristics of the individual. It can also take up the form of psychological, genetic, situational, and biological factors. In light of cumulative research findings, we must now encompass evidence on the premorbid.
A direct test of the diathesisstress model for depression. We discuss several limitations of existing practices for probing interaction effects and offer solutions that are designed to better differentiate differential susceptibility from diathesis stress models and quantify their corresponding implications. The diathesis stress model is a psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its trajectory, as the result of an interaction between a predispositional vulnerability, the diathesis, and a stress caused by life experiences. The diathesisstress model is a psychological theory that attempts to explain behavior as a result of genetic or more broadly developmental vulnerability together with stress from life experiences. This polygenic approach to assessing the diathesis stress model for depression has been tested using either childhood trauma 17,19,24 or adult sle 18,23,24 as measures of environmental adversity. Proposed revisionsadditions as part of the aps wikipedia initiative.
A diathesisstress conceptualization of expressed emotion. Moving toward a socialecological diathesis stress model susan m. Poor premorbid adjustment stress challenge to current level of adaptation precipitates acute. The diathesisstress model illustrates the dynamic between a diathesis and an individuals stress and how the effects of this dynamic can influence an individuals behavior. The diathesis stress model when we look for the cause of bipolar disorder, the best explanation according to research published in 2015 is what is termed the diathesis stress model. It is based on the observation that stressful life events are commonly recognized as triggers of suicidal behavior.
A heuristic schizophrenia bulletin vulnerabilitystress model. Distinguishing differential susceptibility from diathesis. A diathesisstress conceptualization of expressed emotion and. This disposition may, among other genetic biological. Claims of the diathesis stress model of schizophrenia. Apr 07, 20 psychology definition of diathesis stress model. According to the diathesisstress model of schizophrenia, the atrisk person might avoid developing the disease if stress in their life is low. Diathesis refers to a predisposition or vulnerability for the development of a pathological state. Ptsd on other disorders and diathesis stress model.
The diathesis stress model of substancerelated and addictive disorders. A person has to be both vulnerable to depression and encounter a stressful situation. Theory stating that mental and physical disorders develop from genetic or biological predisposition combined with stress. Detailed examination of these ideas can be found in these sources. This is not a question that has previously been addressed with an explicit diathesis stress conceptualization. Jan 11, 20 major depression is a widely used diagnostic category but there is increasing dissatisfaction with its performance. First, it is important to recognize that anxiety is universal and serves an adaptive function. A second model genotypeenvironment correlationprovides an alternative that represents both genetic and environmental influences relevant to the development of psychopathology. Diathetic individuals respond with abnormal or pathological reactions to physiological stimuli or the ordinary conditions of life that are borne by the majority of individuals without injury zuckerman, 1999. The diathesis stress model is a widely accepted psychological theory remember, theories are just one way of looking at something that attempts to explain why some people develop certain disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd, anxiety disorders, and major depression. Psychobiologische untersuchungen zu einem diathesestre. Ptsd on other disorders and diathesis stress model psychology. The diathesis stress model is a theory to explain mental illness which says that in order to become mentally ill i.
This report describes the state of the art in distinguishing data generated by differential susceptibility from diathesis stress models. The diathesisstress model is a psychological theory that explains behavior as a result of both biological and genetic vulnerability the meaning of the greek word diathesis, and stress from life experiences. Under diathesis refers to the disposition of a particular disease. The diathesis stress model provides a general theory of the etiology of most mental disorders.1516 37 56 1455 394 747 424 313 985 379 1158 729 374 747 400 346 991 1117 441 1171 256 17 304 106 631 706 953 552 920 1061 451 1126 316 398 194 553 120 955 1400 1206 818 1447

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While in Eastern Europe, Ukraine is defending its freedom, the Annecy Festival would like to express its full support to its population and commend their courage.
We also join those who denounce the Russian authorities’ behaviour, who are responsible for this intolerable situation. The Festival will not be hosting Russian official or government delegations this year.
As organisers of an international event dedicated to animation, our thoughts are of course with the Ukrainian artists and professionals, whose works are regularly presented at Annecy, but these thoughts also go to their Russian counterparts who dare to stand up against the regime and this current military assault.
Freedom, fraternity, sharing, and hospitality are fundamental values that the Annecy Festival fiercely defends, and several times in its history, even recently, it has made a clear stance on freedom and rejected any form of censorship and oppression.
We will always stand by the artists and professionals who support these values.
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Last Friday, in a case called TransUnion v Ramirez, the Supreme Court said the Fair Credit Reporting Act cannot give you the right to sue TransUnion for putting your name on their OFAC terrorist warning list. Led by Justice Brent Kavanaugh, a 5 to 4 majority held that people have no right to sue unless they can prove TransUnion actually showed someone the list with your name. TransUnion just putting you on the list isn’t enough.
Justice Clarence Thomas, considered the court’s most conservative Justice, strongly disagreed. He said that the law as written clearly covered TransUnion’s OFAC warning list. Justice Thomas often says it’s the job of the courts to read and apply the law–not re-write it. He said the court was re-writing a law they didn’t like.
The three liberal justices went on to point out one other angle. TransUnion was sending out false information because they made money. TransUnion couldn’t prove that anybody among the 8165 people in their OFAC warning list was really on the State Department’s official OFAC list! (Would any actual terrorist or wanted drug kingpin come to America to open a credit card or buy a car? Would they do it in their own name?)
TransUnion was making money selling a list that was totally inaccurate! Here’s what the 9th Circuit said: “TransUnion’s misconduct was repeated and willful. TransUnion used name-only OFAC searches for more than a decade, resulting in thousands of false positives and not a single known actual match identified.” Not s single known actual match.

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St Lucia was first inhabited by the Arawak Indians, who came to the island from South America approximately two thousand years ago. They were a peace loving tribe that lived mainly by fishing and farming, but after many disputes with the more aggressive Carib Indians, who arrived from South America in approximately 800 AD they all but disappeared. The Caribs enjoyed an uninterrupted life until the first Europeans landed on the island. Those early settlers named the island Iyanola.The Saint Lucian Iguana, is a unique species of historical importance, which scientists consider doomed for extinction. The iguana "Iyanola" after which our country was named and which folklore indicates used to roam all parts of the island is now restricted to two secluded beaches on the north. eastern coast.
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Soo-oo-oo Amazing! Say what - a new look for the amazingly talented Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker)? Yep - you got that right.
Zucker has already wrapped up taping at 'Days of Our Lives', but we're still seeing her onscreen and we will continue to until sometime in November - thank soap goodness!
Currently we're seeing her as a blonde onscreen but now, this beauty is rocking a completely different hair color and style and she looks extremely hot. Zucker shared the picture of her new look to her Facebook account and you got to see it - see below and let us know what you think!

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Investors trying to find those portfolio-transforming stocks tend to look for the ones that are going to generate incredible returns in relatively short amounts of time. Not many think that selling something as simple as burgers and fries for several decades at a time could be a great investment, but they probably haven't looked at a long term stock chart for McDonald's (NYSE:MCD). Not much changes with the fast food chain, but the company has produced incredible returns over the long run.
In the spirit of McDonald's business and its long term stock growth, we asked three of our contributing investors to each come up with a stock they see as having a great chance of long term success. Here's why they picked Ferrari (NYSE:RACE), Coherus Biosciences (NASDAQ:CHRS), and A.O. Smith (NYSE:AOS).
This company is nothing like McDonald's, but its stock could be
John Rosevear (Ferrari): You'd have to look pretty hard to find a company that's less like McDonald's than fabled Italian supercar maker Ferrari. But I think it's possible that Ferrari's stock could follow the path set by the Golden Arches' stock.
As investments go, Ferrari is unusual. For starters, it's a 70-year-old company that only went public in late 2015, when Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (NYSE:FCAU) sold off its majority stake. For another thing, it's a company that limits its annual production to preserve the exclusivity of its brand -- but it still has significant profit-growth potential.
Ferrari's stock has been on a tear for about a year and a half now, because the company has a lot going for it at the moment:
- Ferrari's EBIT margin in the second quarter was 21.9%. That's not only huge for an automaker, it's pretty fat for a luxury-goods maker, too. But it's business as usual for Ferrari. Simply put, Ferraris are coveted, and the company ensures that demand always exceeds supply. That, in turn, ensures high prices and big margins.
- With ordinary automakers, we worry a lot about disruption from Silicon Valley upstarts making electric vehicles and self-driving systems. But nobody (OK, almost nobody) buys a Ferrari just for transportation. If anything, once self-driving vehicles are ordinary, there could be more well-heeled folks interested in owning something like a Ferrari.
- As I mentioned above, Ferrari has a growth plan. CEO Sergio Marchionne thinks that it can increase production somewhat without compromising exclusivity. (This is nothing like a move downmarket: Think in terms of an increase from 8,000 cars a year to maybe 10,000 or 11,000.) Marchionne also plans to produce more super-high-profit limited editions (super-fast Ferraris with seven-figure price tags), carefully license the Ferrari brand to makers of other high-end luxury goods, and offer more parts and services to owners of classic Ferraris. All of that should generate significant bottom-line growth over the next few years.
The caveat here is that Ferrari's stock is already quite expensive, at about 33 times its expected 2017 earnings. That's an outrageous valuation for an automaker. But Ferrari is really more of a luxury-goods company, one that lacks the brick-and-mortar commitments that have weighed down other luxury brands -- and one that has a surprisingly good chance for profit growth at age 70.
A pure-play on a booming market
Brian Feroldi (Coherus Biosciences): One reason why prescription drug prices are so high is that biologic drugs -- which are drugs produced inside living organisms -- have historically never had to face generic competition once they lose patent protection. That allows biologic drug makers to rake in huge profits on their legacy products for a far longer period of time than they otherwise should.
Thankfully, this situation is poised to change in the coming years now that the FDA is approving biosimilar drugs for sale. In fact, the market for biosimilar drugs -- which are copycat versions of biologic drugs -- is expected to grow substantially in the years ahead, from $1 billion in 2013 to as much as $20 billion by 2020.
What's the smart way for investors to profit from this booming market? My preferred choice is Coherus Biosciences. Coherus is a clinical-stage biotech that is exclusively focused on the producing biosimilar drug candidates. The company currently has three drugs in late-stage development that are copy-cat versions of a few of the best selling drugs in the world (Neulasta, Enbrel, and Humira).
Unfortunately, Coherus was recently dealt a huge blow when the FDA failed to approve its Neulasta biosimilar candidate earlier this year. Thankfully, the rejecting was related to manufacturing issues, so the problem appears to be fixable. In fact, management recently stated that it expects to resubmit the drug by the end of the year.
Looking ahead, Coherus' investors have multiple catalysts to look forward to. All three of its drug candidates should be in U.S. and European regulators' hands before the end of 2018. News of regulatory success with any of them would likely lead to some serious share price appreciation.
Zooming out to the big picture, a report by Marker and Markets estimates that $100 billion worth of biologic drugs will lose patent protection between now and 2020. If Coherus can ultimately perfect its biosimilar drug development technology then its investors could be poised to reap substantial financial rewards in the years ahead.
Completely different business, similar results
Tyler Crowe (A.O. Smith): French fries and water heaters have absolutely nothing in common, but the things that McDonald's and A.O. Smith have done with those respective products is strikingly similar. Both have translated those two products into high return businesses that, over time, have translated into fantastic wealth building machines.
A.O. Smith's business of selling water heaters is one of those things that doesn't garner a lot of investor attention, but it is one of those essential items that lead to reoccurring sales. More than 80% of the company's sales in North America are replacements of existing equipment. When your hot water heater goes on the fritz, you aren't going to put off buying another one. This gives the company a surprisingly steady revenue stream in North America that it can leverage to expand its operations internationally while rewarding shareholders with a growing dividend and reduction in share count.
Unlike McDonald's that is facing the headwinds of people desiring healthier options, A.O. Smith has the wind in its sails. The company has established the leading market share in China already for water heaters and is finding incredible customer demand for its new offerings of household water and air purification equipment. With incredible growth rates in China -- and a similar track emerging in India -- A.O. Smith has an incredible opportunity over the next several years supplying an essential product for the middle-class lifestyle. If the company can turn these markets into high return machines similar to North America, then this incredible growth story could continue for decades.
Brian Feroldi has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. John Rosevear has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Tyler Crowe owns shares of A. O. Smith. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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Smart Graphics [electronic resource] :6th International Symposium, SG 2006, Vancouver, Canada, July 23-25, 2006. Proceedings /
Contributor(s): Butz, Andreas [editor.] | Fisher, Brian [editor.] | Krüger, Antonio [editor.] | Olivier, Patrick [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).Material type: BookSeries: Lecture Notes in Computer Science: 4073Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.Description: XI, 263 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540362951.Subject(s): Computer science | User interfaces (Computer systems) | Artificial intelligence | Computer graphics | Image processing | Pattern recognition | Application software | Computer Science | Computer Applications | Computer Graphics | User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction | Image Processing and Computer Vision | Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics) | Pattern RecognitionOnline resources: Click here to access online
Intelligent Text Processing -- Efficient View Management for Dynamic Annotation Placement in Virtual Landscapes -- Predictive Text Fitting -- Agent-Based Annotation of Interactive 3D Visualizations -- Perceptive Systems -- Experiments in the Perception of Causality -- Causal Perception in Virtual Environments -- Deep Surrender: Musically Controlled Responsive Video -- Smart Visualization -- Hierarchical-Temporal Data Visualization Using a Tree-Ring Metaphor -- AudioRadar: A Metaphorical Visualization for the Navigation of Large Music Collections -- Visually Supporting Depth Perception in Angiography Imaging -- Visual Features, Sketching and Graphical Abstraction -- A Modified Laplacian Smoothing Approach with Mesh Saliency -- 3D Sketching with Profile Curves -- Feature-Preserving, Accuracy-Controllable Freeform Surfaces for Web-Based Surgical Simulations -- The Sketch L-System: Global Control of Tree Modeling Using Free-Form Strokes -- Intelligent Image and Film Composing -- Through-the-Lens Cinematography -- Explorations in Declarative Lighting Design -- A Photographic Composition Assistant for Intelligent Virtual 3D Camera Systems -- Smart Interaction -- Copy-Paste Synthesis of 3D Geometry with Repetitive Patterns -- Smart Sticky Widgets: Pseudo-haptic Enhancements for Multi-Monitor Displays -- The EnLighTable: Design of Affordances to Support Collaborative Creativity -- Short Papers -- ArTVox: Evolutionary Composition in Visual and Sound Domains -- An Account of Image Perceptual Understanding Based on Epistemic Attention and Reference -- Using Rule Based Selection to Support Change in Parametric CAD Models -- NEAR: Visualizing Information Relations in a Multimedia Repository -- A Model for Interactive Web Information Retrieval -- Representing and Querying Line Graphs in Natural Language: The iGraph System -- MusicSpace: A Multi Perspective Browser for Music Albums -- Large Display Size Enhances User Experience in 3D Games.
The International Symposium on Smart Graphics 2006 was held during July 23–25, 2006, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. It was the seventh event in a series which originally started in 2000 as an AAAI Spring Symposium. In response to the overwhelming success of the 2000 symposium, its or- nizers decided to turn it into a self-contained event. With the support of IBM, the ?rst two International Symposia on Smart Graphics were held at the T. J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, New York, in 2001 and 2002. The 2003 symposium moved to the European Media Lab in Heidelberg. Since then the conference has alternated between North America and Europe. It was held at Ban? Alberta Canada in 2004 and at the cloister Frauenw¨ orth on the island of Frauenchiemsee in Germany in 2005. The core idea behind these symposia is to bring together researchers and practitionersfrom the ?eld of computer graphics,arti?cialintelligence, cognitive science, graphic design and the ?ne arts. Each of these disciplines contributes to what we mean by the term “Smart Graphics”: the intelligent process of c- ating e?ective, expressive and esthetic graphical presentation. While artists and designers have been creating communicative graphics for centuries, arti?cial - telligence focuses on automating this process by means of the computer. While computer graphics provides the tools for creating graphical presentations in the ?rst place, the cognitive sciences contribute the rules and models of perception necessary for the design of e?ective graphics.