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My boyfriend and I are twenty-something backpackers who are planning our first trip to South East Asia. We plan to spend the majority of our time in Thailand, but would also like to explore Northern Laos and Cambodia. We will be in the area for 2 months (May and June) and are planning to roughly follow one of the itineraries on travelfish (https://www.travelfish.org/trip_planner/thailand-indochina-tour1). The map at the bottom is really helpful for understanding our plan. We will not be visiting Vietnam and instead want to explore Southern Thailand more, and in order to do this all in 2 months we are leaning towards cutting out the stops in Laos south of Vientaine.
Do you think will will be making a mistake but cutting out central and southern Laos? If so, any recommendations for where to stop?
And secondly, how should we do this leg of our trip? We were looking at flights from Vientaine to Phnom Penh but they seemed sort of expensive. Any suggestions for (safe) budget airlines? Or are busses the way to go?
Any advice about traveling in Laos or getting through Southern Laos quickly would be much appreciated. Thank you!
You've got a few choices for getting from Vientiane through southern Laos and on to Cambodia/Siem Reap. First, as you've said, you could fly. In that case Lao Airlines is a fine and possibly your only choice. A similar option would be to fly from Vientiane to Pakse in southern Laos and then continue overland. Doing that gives you a chance to explore Pakse, Champasak and Wat Phu, and the 4,000 Islands (Si Phan Don) area, with maybe even a side trip to the Bolevans Plateau. Third, you could bus it all the way, either taking the overnight sleeper bus from Vientiane to Pakse (it won't be comfy but may at least be an adventure) or breaking up the bus trip with quick overnights in places like Thakhek and Savannakhet . Travel in Laos is slow going. Consider it part of the charm.
Personally, I didn't find Thakhek or Savannakhet to be as interesting as the other places I've visited in Laos like Luang Prabang or Vientiane or even Phonsavanh. But I really liked both Pakse and Champasak, the first as a travel-friendly spot and the second for its laid back, small Lao town feel. But it is a long and indirect route from Vientiane through southern Laos, so it would really depend on if you are interested in things like Wat Phu or the 4,000 Islands to determine if going through southern Laos is worth it for you.
Another alternative is to cross back into Thailand at Vientiane/Nong Khai and then make your way overland to Cambodia from there. You'd get to see some of the less visited parts of Thailand that way, but those areas also don't have the same level of traveller-friendly infrastructure (buses, english-languange menus, etc.) as other parts of the country.
No matter what you decide, keep in mind that passport holders from most western countries typically get a 30-day visa exemption on arrival in Thailand when you arrive by air, but only 15 days if you come overland. So if you came back into Thailand overland from Laos or Cambodia, you'll likely only get a 15-day visa exemption. It is important to factor that into your plans, so you don't get caught short on your visa situation.
I hope that helps. Cheers.

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A dining room is a place to socialize, connect, and have a good time. How you design your space has a huge impact on how well you can accomplish those goals. So, how do you even start? One idea is to start with color. In this case, we're focusing on how to do a blue dining room. Whether it be vibrant blue, soft ocean blue, sky blue, or anything else in the blue family, there are countless ways to design your dining room with blue as the central color. Here are some of our favorite tips for creating a blue dining room that meets your needs and style.
Dark blue can be an intimidating color, but it can seriously create a classy room. To create a grand, elegant dining room, go with dark blue walls, curtains, and even the ceiling. If you do, though, make sure that you incorporate more glassy, reflective surfaces so that whatever light you have in the room has decor to bounce off of and brighten the room. And if you have blue on the walls and ceiling, go with a different color on the floor, like this rust-colored area rug so that you're not enclosed by the dark blues. This will give your eyes a break from the blue and makes it so the dark blue isn't overbearing.
If you have a wall of glass windows or doors, dare to go darker with the blue on your walls. However, don't feel like you need to stop there. You can also incorporate that blue in the blinds for the windows/doors, and then add in some blue plates as well to cement the scheme. Choose artwork that is simple and brighter in color so that it stands out against the blue wall and tie that color back to the furniture (like this room does with its art and the white dining chairs).
No two dining rooms are alike, even if they do fit into the same color scheme. If you're inspired by any of the blue dining rooms we showed you today, take our advice and tips to heart, but don't focus on replicating a picture down to the exact detail. Your space is your own, and so you should create a space that's personal and meaningful to you. Have fun with the process, bring in your personality, and create the blue dining room of your dreams!
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An article by Sandee LaMotte, on the CNN website, is warning of what they call the “health dangers” of Virtual Reality.
The article - which tended to focus on the Vive and let the Oculus Rift off rather lightly - started rather trivially by pointing out the obvious dangers of using a VR headset in a crowded public space “without supervision.” While this warning might seem to come straight out of the “no shit Sherlock” Department, LaMotte goes onto warn of the inadequacy of the HTC Vive’s chaperone system - something that HTC itself acknowledges.
But in order to show that they are not limiting themselves to the Vive, the article quotes Marientina Gotsis, an associate professor of research at the Interactive Media and Games Division of the University of Southern California to the effect that: “"I see more falling than anything else. You can trip and hit your head or break a limb and get seriously hurt, so someone needs to watch over you when you are using VR. That's mandatory."
In other words: back to the no-shit-Sherlock school of logic.
But from there - in fairness - the article takes a turn in the direction of seriousness and started discussing such issues as the effect of VR headsets on the eyes. They quoted Martin Banks, a professor of Optometry at UCL Berkeley to the effect that "Looking at tablets, phones and the like, there's pretty good evidence that doing near work can cause lengthening of the eye and increase risk for myopia." But he qualified his apparent certainty, by adding: "We're all worried that virtual reality might make things worse."
The problem is that in real life, we look at a single image with both eyes and focus on whatever we are looking at. With VR and indeed with any immersive 3D headset each eye is served a separate image to create the illusion of 3D. In effect, the system is doing our brain’s work for us. Also, with VR we are looking at an image near the eye, that is then focussed by the hardware onto the retinas of the left and right eyes respectively. In real life the object of our attention is usually a lot farther away and the lens of our eyes does all the focussing (sometimes aided by eyeglasses or contact lenses).
Walter Greenleaf, a veteran behavioral neuroscientist who works with Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab admits: “We’re tricking the brain and we don’t know the long-term effect of this.”
VR Manufacturers advise taking breaks from VR immersion. But no one knows how frequently or for how long these breaks should be taken. Any specific suggestions are based on guesswork.
Another problem is that people playing video games might become so absorbed in the game that they are reluctant to break off, even if they feel eye strain. As visible eye strain is a warning mechanism, ignoring it for the sake of finishing a game could be harmful to the user.
Other problems raised include high volume to screen out ambient sounds (which conditions the brain to treat high volume as normal) and dangers of seizures in young people with no previous history, motion sickness and difficulty in re-adjusting to the real world when removing the headset.
The range of dangers is quite broad, from the physical (like spreading contagious diseases by sharing headsets) to the psychological (game addiction, mental fatigue).
The article warns that the risk is greatest for children, because they are least likely to know when there is a problem or how to communicate about it, even if they notice something. Children are also more vulnerable to latent fear and the after-effects of games they play - even if they are not frightened at the time.
Some manufacturers give advice and even propose parentally-enforced age limits. For Playstation VR, Sony advises that it shouldn’t be use by those under 12. HTC warns that the Vive isn’t “designed to be used by children.”
Ultimately it is up to parents to decide for their children and adults to decide for themselves. The problem is that there is not currently enough information upon which to base one’s decision.

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According to Scorpion Vision, Gigabit Ethernet will change the way cameras are used in machine vision systems and open up new application areas.
Scorpion Vision Software with Gigabit Ethernet cameras is claimed to be the best platform to take advantage of this industry shift based on Ethernet connectivity. The Scorpion Vision Server can run tens of vision sensor tasks or up to four demanding machine vision applications on one Industrial Vision Server. The hardware platform for a Scorpion Vision Server is GigE cameras and Quad Core Processors, with Hot Swap Redundant Disk and Industrial Ethernet Technology.
A Scorpion Vision Server can service a multi-camera production line with minimal restrictions on cable length. One machine and many cameras offers greater flexibility and control, not to mention significant cost savings.
Scorpion successfully marries the raw power available in industry-standard multi-core computers with the capability of dedicated high-quality off-the-shelf machine vision cameras. Individually, the component costs are inexpensive, but the sum of the parts is far greater.
Scorpion Vision Ltd, the UK distributor for PixeLINK cameras and Scorpion Vision software, sells a wide range of industrial cameras, including the company’s range of new Gigabit Ethernet models.
Find out more about this and 3D vision during IPOT 2008 at the NEC - stand number 241.


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The 5th of February sees people across the globe celebrate Nutella, the beloved chocolate and hazelnut spread. Since its launch in 1960s Italy, it has captured the hearts (and tummies!) of people everywhere. With that in mind, here are some of the most delicious Nutella recipes. Buon appetito!
NUTELLA RECIPES FOR BREAKFAST OR BRUNCH
These breakfast and brunch-ready Nutella recipes will set your World Nutella Day off the right way.
We love this breakfast porridge recipe because it’s filling, warm and quick to prepare. Simply place your oats an skimmed milk in a quality saucepan and bring to the boil. After your porridge is creamy and thick, add a swirl of Nutella and sprinkling of raspberries. It’s truly the perfect start to a winter’s day.
PEANUT BUTTER NUTELLA HOT CHOCOLATE
If you prefer a hot drink during the mornings, this nutty cocoa drink is the perfect mix of sweet and salty. Thick and creamy, it might be our favourite ever hot chocolate. Top with marshmallows, whipped cream, or a dollop of extra Nutella. Best enjoyed with chocolate cookies!
BROWNIES OR BLONDIES NUTELLA RECIPES
Blondies and brownie bites will never taste so good than with a bit of Nutella added! Both recipes are perfect with a cold glass of milk or a cup of tea.
Prepped and baked in just under an hour, these Nutella-swirled vanilla blondies are super tasty. The recipe recommends chilling for a couple of hours until they’re at room temperature, but if you’re like me you’ll serve them warm and extra gooey from the oven!
There’s no need for extra cocoa with these easy-to-make brownies. They’re super chocolaty, rich, chewy, and fudgy. Enjoy on their own or for a dessert, serve with cold custard or vanilla ice cream.
NUTELLA CAKES AND MUFFIN RECIPES
These cakes and muffins will be a showstopper at any party.
HAZELNUT SWIRL ICE-CREAM SUNDAE CAKE
Serving 20 people, this ice-cream topped cake is truly to die for! A sumptuous chocolate sponge, topped with vanilla Nutella-swirled ice cream is ideal for a chocoholic’s birthday or an anniversary party.
EASY CHOCOLATE FONDANTS
Gooey chocolate cakes in 10 minutes or less? Yes, that’s right. Simply scoop out the middle of a shop bought chocolate muffins, add some Nutella, and bake in the oven for a few minutes. Theses are great for when you need an impressive dessert but you’re short on time. Serve with cream, ice cream or custard.
We love these muffins because they combine sweet and fresh red berries, with indulgent Nutella. Serve as a snack at a party or for an afternoon teatime snack.
SUNKEN NUTELLA CAKE WITH BAILEYS CREAM
This cake is so easy to make and tastes fantastic too. Served with Baileys cream, it’s best for adult parties. If you don’t drink alcohol, just omit the Baileys, and add an extra bit of chocolate.
VALENTINE’S MUFFINS WITH NUTELLA AND WALNUTS
February is the month of love, so kickstart your Valentine’s celebrations early with some delicious, indulgent muffins. Add some heart-shaped sugar decorations for an extra romantic bake.
From souffles to mousse, these dreamy desserts are a delightful end to any meal.
NO-BAKE NUTELLA CHEESECAKE
You don’t need an oven to make this really simple, no-bake Nutella cheesecake. With Oreo cookies as a crust, it really is the best of both chocolaty worlds. Chill for at least four hours or freeze and serve from frozen!
Quick and deceptively easy to prepare, Nutella souffles will impress friends and family alike. Serve with a dollop of vanilla cream or some custard.
NUTELLA ICE CREAM
We think ice cream is great at any time of year, and this Nutella ice cream is particularly tasty. Serve with a drizzle of melted Nutella and a sprinkling of raspberries or nuts. You could even serve it alongside the Nutella souffles mentioned earlier.
If you’re after a quick dessert, this Nutella mousse is ready in just five minutes, plus chilling time. Serve on its own or with little shortbread biscuits for dipping. Don’t forget a wedge of pear, hazelnut halves or a sprinkling of pomegranate seeds.
NUTELLA-STUFFED DEEP DISH CHOCOLATE CHIP SKILLET COOKIE

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After receiving student input during the Fall 2020 LSA SG elections, the government defined a seperate judicial branch that operates distinctly from the legislative branch. The process to form the judiciary and define its rules took well over a year, and was handled primarily by the Judiciary Oversight and Election Code Subcommittee (and its predecessor bodies) as well as the Internal Review Committee.
The first justices of the reformed College of Literature Science, and the Arts Student Judiciary were seated by the government on March 30th, 2022. They are:
- Chief Justice Hasan Zai
- Justice Ella Sieger
- Justice Parker Short
- Justice Ben Levitt
- Justice Hope Fuller
The justices meet as needed to adjudicate disputes relating to LSA SG legislation and elections, or suits between LSA students.
Cases heard by LSA SJ are governed according to its Manual of Procedures. Information on the Manual of Procedures can be requested from Counsel Max Stoneman.


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The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Her Excellency Mrs. Irina Bokova, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to France, His Excellency Mr. Akin O. Fayomi have praised the latest publication of the new book on democratic dispensation in Liberia under the leadership of President Sirleaf.
Also, the Program Director of the Doctorate Studies of the prestigious Graduate Institute for Strategic Studies, Diplomacy and International Relations in France, Dr. Fouad Nohra, has described the book as an informative material, and at the same time praised Liberians for their resilient to leave from the past and move their country forward into a positive direction.
The latest book title: "Liberia's Emerging Democracy",-the Role of Liberian Women and the Liberian Media, is authored by Mr. Josephus Moses Gray, former Assistant Foreign Minister for Public Affairs. He is working on his second publication title: Diplomacy: The Best Course for Conflict Resolution.
In a communication, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to France, His Excellency Mr. Akin O. Fayomi said the book written from an insider points of view, will no doubt be an asset in search for knowledge on the evolution of democratic dispensation in Liberia.
He then commended the author for the effort put into producing publication he described as 'well researched', in spite of the author very busy engagement, while the Director-General of UNESCO, Mrs. Bokova praised the author for donating copy of the publication to her office.
UNESCO encourages diplomats and writers who have published books on women's issues, education and literacy, science and technology, culture and heritage, communication and media, gender equality and girls' education to donate copies of their publications to UNESCO's headquarters in Paris.
Mr. Gray is one of few African diplomats in France who have authored and published books on various subjects, while most western diplomats working in France have extensively written and published several books and journals on diplomacy and international relations.
Meanwhile, the latest book further discusses how Liberian women played a crucial role in getting warlords to the negotiating table eventually culminating to the attainment of peace and stability in the country.
In general, the book discusses the central role of Liberian women and in particular comments on the vigorous contributions of several Liberian women including our dynamic President, Mrs. Elle Johnson-Sirleaf who is making efforts to rebuild her country ravaged by years of war and improves the livelihood the population and gives hope to the hopeless and restore the nation's image abroad.
The book, he said highlights Liberian women as actors and not merely victims of conflict and discusses the strategies the women used effectively and points to their role in building bridges across society through grassroots peace building initiatives and in bringing former warlords to the peace table.
The book shows how Liberian journalists performed a critical role in bringing mayhems and atrocities committed during the heat of the war to light but also document how the journalists paid a greater price. The publication, however, indicts some local media and journalist of biased reporting by siding with the status quo, treating some candidates who contested elections with favor and giving less coverage to others.

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As a chef, your clothing represents your style and plays a crucial role in your comfort, safety, and professionalism. While aprons and chef hats are common items in the culinary wardrobe, chef shirts are often overlooked.
Comfort and Mobility
In a professional kitchen’s fast-paced, high-pressure environment, comfort and mobility are vital. Chef shirts are designed with this in mind, featuring breathable, lightweight fabrics and cuts that allow for a full range of motion. Many chef shirts also include moisture-wicking technology to keep you dry and comfortable, even during long shifts in hot kitchens.
Safety and Hygiene
Beyond comfort, chef shirts play a critical role in safety and hygiene. Many chef shirts are made with fire-resistant materials, protecting you from accidental burns and splatters. Additionally, chef shirts are typically made with easy-to-clean fabrics, helping prevent cross-contamination and keeping you and your customers safe from foodborne illnesses.
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Your appearance is a reflection of your professionalism and brand. Chef shirts offer a polished, cohesive look that can elevate your brand and create a sense of unity among your team. Many chef shirts can also be customized with your restaurant’s logo or your name, making a professional and personalized touch.
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While functionality is vital, chef shirts don’t have to be boring. Many chef shirts come in many colors, patterns, and styles, allowing you to showcase your personal style and personality. Whether you prefer classic whites or bold prints, there is a chef shirt that will suit your taste.

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Jacksonville Jaguars fan, Marine proposes to girlfriend during game
27-20 win against the Houston Texans marks 1st home game victory
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One fan had even more of a reason to celebrate the Jacksonville Jaguars' first home win on Thursday night.
Video captured a Marine proposing to his girlfriend at the stadium.
His girlfriend said yes.
Thursday's 27-20 win against the Houston Texans on Thursday night marked the team's third win in a row and fourth win in five games.
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4 edition of strange alliance found in the catalog.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-323) and index.
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By popular request, in the episode of TFBTV we rounded up an M1917 rifle made by Winchester and took it to the run and gun course. These are Mauser derived rifles with wonderful sights that cock on close and are a true joy to shoot. But, how will it perform?
– [Voiceover] Hey guys it’s Alex C with TFBTV and for today’s run and gun we’re going to be using a M1917, sometimes called the American Infield.
These are actually based on the British P14 rifle which was based on their P13 which was based on a Mauser so yeah it’s got some interesting parentage.
These are very unique looking rifles especially for World War I and numerically they were actually the main rifle of the United States infantry.
More of these were issued than Springfield rifles.
This one, of course, was made by Winchester.
Winchester made quite a few.
The controls on these are excellent.
If you’re a Mauser guy, you’ll feel right at home.
The main difference from a 98 or something like that is their cock on close, but you will notice the bolt is, essentially, all Mauser.
You can see that great big claw extractor and the big frontal locking lugs and everything like that.
Not too hard to pin what it’s based on really.
The safety is very nice, actuated by your thumb.
The bolt handle placement is very good on this rifle.
The British have really had that down since the SMLE.
Very quick to make follow up shots with on the M1917 or the P14 rifles.
These are, of course, chambered in 30-06 and they will hold six in the magazine.
We are only going to use five to be able to compare it against other rifles we’ve done this with.
The big selling point on these is they’re rear aperture sighted, which for World War I was actually very advanced, very unique.
It wasn’t the only rifle that was rear aperture sighted, but that was a big deal back then.
You had a big, long sight radius.
And the front sight is a simple post.
We’re going to fire a total of 25 shots on the course with four reloads.
Five advancing, five kneeling, five advancing, five kneeling, and the last five advancing.
Let’s see how the M1917 performs.
– Alright so here we go with the M1917.
These are really cool guns and I can’t wait to see how this goes.
(gun fire and bullets hitting metal) Let’s go talk about that, I really like this gun.
Alright I can tell you I genuinely enjoyed shooting this rifle.
I forgot that they thump pretty hard despite weighing as much as they do.
But, once I got in the zone and I really got used to it and everything, it was just phenomenal.
I felt great.
I’ll put the totals hits versus misses here.
I feel like if I redid that I could get 25 out of 25, but with the run and gun course, we generally just do one run.
And that’s what you get.
We feel that’s kinda the best way to do this.
So, once I kinda got into the zone and started doing the thumb and pointer on the bolt handle and the middle finger on the trigger, I really started going fast and felt more confident and it was just a really nice run.
This is an amazing rifle, the M1917s are great.
If I was in World War I I’d probably take one of these over anything else.
– [Voiceover] So the M1917 is what happens when you take a Mauser action and add wonderful sights to it.
This is really just an amazing rifle.
It shot wonderfully.
I’m very inspired to actually take this out now and shoot it a lot more and see what I can do at longer range and maybe some hand loads and stuff like that because I really didn’t know what to expect from this run.
I’ve shot this a little bit, but never with haste or anything.
I was reminded of how much I hate Springfield 1903 clips with the little inner clip that easily separates from the main body, but that’s inherent to the clips not necessarily the design of this specific rifle.
This run was great, I had a lot of fun doing it.
I’m reminded of how much I like the M1917s and P14 rifles at this time.
I also like to thank Ventura Munitions for helping us out with the cost of ammo.
Big thanks to everybody watching as well.
See ya next time.

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From chatbots that answer questions about personal accounts and bill payments to dashboards that display individualized account information and advice on how to better manage money, personalized offerings have become the norm in the financial services space.
Financial institutions (FIs) can no longer afford to offer consumers a set of services designed to meet the needs of many rather than each individual.
These changes are driven by several market forces, according to Rohit Mahna, senior vice president and general manager of financial services at customer service success platform Salesforce. New FinTech challenger competitors are using data to disrupt the industry with personalized offerings, and regulations are forcing larger banks and financial firms to offer customers more transparency into their account information and data.
Mahna has seen the transformation firsthand during his seven years at the company. Salesforce became one of the first to embrace APIs during his time there, debuting its first in 2014 and working to make the technology a central part of its strategy since. It recently doubled down on its API investment, spending $6.5 billion to acquire developer MuleSoft.
According to Mahna, this is a new frontier in financial services.
“It’s become all about digital transformation, about thinking about things through the mind of a customer,” he said. “It’s about figuring out what they want from an experience, and then giving them those services they want in the right way.”
Collecting data is key to servicing these customers in a more personalized way, Mahna added, as is analyzing it properly and putting it into action — all of which is made possible via APIs. PYMNTS recently caught up with him to discuss why APIs are becoming table stakes and how they are reshaping the financial services space.
The Arrival of the API Age
While a push from smaller financial players may seem an unwelcomed challenge to larger players, the trend toward a more personalized financial services industry doesn’t necessarily spell bad news for big banks. That personalization depends on both the data about the needs, wants and goals of individual customers as well as the outcomes. Larger firms have a distinct advantage when it comes to accessing the data and providing individually tailored offerings.
“Bigger banks and financial firms have a lot of data, so much that it’s almost like they’re sitting on a potential unfair advantage,” Mahna said. “They have decades of sitting on core systems, pricing engines, customer profiles, financial planning tools and so many different tools, so it’s about trying to unlock that advantage and that data.”
While banks may have the right data, they often don’t have the technology or infrastructure needed to properly analyze it. That’s where partnering with other firms comes in, particularly those that have developed artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze customer data through information-sharing via APIs. Partnerships can help larger firms reach more customers and offer them better, more attractive offerings.
Salesforce has looked to offer these options to its financial services clients via its Financial Services Cloud API suite. The solution uses its Einstein analytics platform to learn about customers and offer them more personalized services, Mahna said, helping banks take advantage of the data to which they already have access, but cannot properly analyze.
“It’s about finding ways to unlock that data, and to get more intelligence from it,” he added. “Then, most importantly, you need to figure out how to make actions and decisions on that intelligence to drive more personalized interactions and experiences for the customer.”
Pushing the Industry Forward
The push toward a more personalized and open financial services space has come with two challenges: growing competition from FinTech startups and implementation of new regulations.
The second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which recently took effect in the European Union, forces banks and financial managers to share certain data with customers. Similar regulations are being discussed or put into place worldwide, including in Asia, Australia, Canada and the U.S. These challenges are forcing banks to open up data and share information via APIs, Mahna said. As such, old-school FIs are seeing a competitive advantage in working with digital challengers and are, more than before, inclined to continue or expand their use of the technology.
“Sometimes it’s about competition, sometimes it’s a regulation thing, but we’re really seeing more and more companies [that] truly want to rethink their business processes and models to better incorporate and take real advantage of APIs,” Mahna said. “Every chief digital officer at every bank right now is thinking about APIs, or they should be, because they are realizing that APIs can take even legacy data and make it actionable to the people on the front lines.”
He expects to see APIs’ influence continue to grow in the coming months and years.
“I think APIs are going to drive not only things like Open Banking, but will also change how services are going to be delivered in the coming years,” Mahna said. “The more data you can bring to a financial advisor, the richer the conversation they can have with their clients. Bankers can not only help someone buy a house, but can also help that customer see in terms of how it will help achieve larger goals [he has], and data is the foundation of all that.”
The age of API-driven personalized financial services has arrived. All that remains to be seen is which financial players will be ready to get in the game.
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OPS HOURLY NON-SECRETARY/CLERK - Laboratory Technician
University of Florida in Florida
|Deadline||May 19, 2014|
|Date Posted||May 7, 2014|
Dr. Conrads research lab seeks a full-time(40 hours/week)laboratory technician with proficiency in cell culture, flow cytometry, fluorescent probes, fluorescent microscopy and immunofluorescence. Other responsibilities include(but are not limited to) ordering laboratory supplies, lab compliance with UF safety policies and regulations, and maintenance of laboratory space.
Minimum Requirements: Bachelor or technical degree.
How To Apply
You can apply for this position online at http://jobs.ufl.edu/postings/52331

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Books are sources of knowledge and entertainment that’s why we need to take good care of these. Books are covered so that these will be protected from being damaged if accidentally spilled with water, food or dirt. Books are usually covered with plastic or leather. You can purchase book covers or you can create your own book cover. If you know how to knit, you can knit a book cover for your favorite book. You can use your favorite color and add design to express your personality. Your book cover will be unique and special because you’re the one who made it.
To knit a book cover, here are the steps.
- Prepare the materials. Buy the materials that you need for knitting the book cover which include needle, scissors, yarn and a pair of knitting needles (size 8). You can purchase these on any local craft store near your area. Choose yarns that are washable so that you can wash your book cover if needed.
- Measure the size of the book. Get your favorite book and lay it flat on the surface of the table. Get a ruler or a measuring tape and measure the height and width of the book. Once you have the height and width of the book, add 4 inches to the width. The additional 4 inches will be used for folding the book cover. For this example, we will be using a book, which is 16 inches in width and 10 inches in height. Since you need to add 4 inches on the width, the final measurement for the book cover is 20 inches for the width and 10 inches for the height.
- Cast and knit. Cast 80 stitches on the knitting needle. Knit stitch on each row until you get the length of the book. Once you get the desired length for the book to fit on the book cover, bind off stitches.
- Create the pockets. After binding off the stitches, you need to make the pockets for the book cover. The pockets will hold the book in place. Thread yarn through the large eyed needle then fold 2 inches on the right end of the width. Stitch the bottom and top of the folded part so that you will have the right pocket of your book cover. Fold 2 inches on the left end of the width. Stitch the bottom and top of the folded part so that you will have the left pocket of your book cover. You now have your very own knitted book cover.
Remember that the measurement and number of stitches depends on the book
that you will be using. To determine how many stitches you will need
for your book, check on the label of the yarn. Put your favorite book
inside the knitted book cover that you made and show this off to your
friends. They will definitely like it and be amazed with your talent.
You can also knit book covers for them so they can also use it on their
favorite book or you can teach them the steps on how to do this.


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With this weekend’s release, Ant-Man (review coming soon) brings to a close the second phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This grand experiment in creating a shared media experience to mirror that of the comics has now spanned 12 films and three television series. If the theme of the first phase was “Origin”, the theme of the second phase was “Expansion”. Everything got bigger in Phase Two from the stakes to the literal size of the Marvel Universe as we were introduced to its cosmic aspect. Captain America: Civil War will kick off the third phase, which I think we can safely say is going to be themed “Explosion”. Things are about to get very dark for our heroes, so perhaps it’s appropriate that a light-hearted film like Ant-Man closes chapter two.
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Thor: The Dark World
4. Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Last Updated on May 6, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 1052
Because the Sherlock Holmes tales are one of the first instances of a magazine series based on one character, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may be considered, in a limited sense, a literary innovator. As a writer of detective stories, he made no secret of his admiration for Edgar Allan Poe and Poe’s creation, the French detective Dupin. His admiration for Poe’s plots was nearly matched by the impression made upon him by the American author’s ability to create gloomy ambience. Building on the work of predecessors such as Poe and Wilkie Collins, Doyle created two characters whose popularity was unrivaled until the advent of Agatha Christie’s characters Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings.
It is ironic that Doyle, who did not consider the Holmes stories to be serious literary efforts and, in fact, tried to kill the Holmes character in his story, “The Final Problem,” in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894), is immortalized as the creator of one of the most famous figures in detective fiction. Despite his own disinclination to continue the Holmes stories after he had established himself as the author of such novels as The White Company (1891), Doyle nevertheless began again. The expenses of his home and family after success had been achieved continued to increase beyond even his expanded earning power, and the public refused to believe that Holmes was dead. Some, believing implicitly in Holmes’s existence, were convinced either that Watson had made an error or that the stupid intermediary, Doyle, had garbled the information. When Doyle needed money again, the public was waiting for this particular product.
The series of tales in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905) is the answer to Doyle’s need and to the demands of the public. However, this series of stories was preceded by The Hound of the Baskervilles, a novel-length story that Doyle wrote after an acquaintance told him a similar tale one day on Dartmoor, when damp and dismal weather made playing golf impossible. Doyle’s fascination with the subject persuaded his friend to take Doyle on a small walking tour of the area. In this case, the plot came to him before he began to consider the character he would use to unify it. He decided to use a well-known character who would need no introduction. In this way, The Hound of the Baskervilles became a Holmes story, some would say the best known of all the Holmes stories. Still not committed to the idea of reviving Holmes, Doyle used the simple expedient of setting the tale in the time before Holmes’s apparent death at the Reichenbach Falls.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is Doyle’s tour de force in this genre. The barren and forbidding moor of Devon, the Grimpen Mire, the spectral hound, dark and old Baskerville Hall, all create an atmosphere that is both more exotic and more gothic than any possible venue in London. Doyle’s descriptive powers are given full reign by the stratagem of absenting Holmes from the body of the story, leaving the narration to the letters and diary of the far more credulous and impressionable Watson. Through Watson’s observing but undiscerning eye and ear, the reader senses the implied threat of the moor and is witness to the animal-like visage of Selden, the mysterious actions of the Barrymores, the contradictory and alarming behavior of the Stapletons, the horrifying sounds of the unseen hound, and even the sinister presence of the mysterious stranger who is actually Holmes.
The disappearance and surprising reappearance of Holmes is a stock-in-trade used before by Doyle to mask the solution to a riddle and, ostensibly,...
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by Holmes in order to lull a villain into a false sense of security. It is clear from Holmes’s summing up at the end of the tale that the rational detective was at no point impressed by claims of supernatural forces stalking the Baskerville family. One critic notes that the references to “light” and “darkness” in this tale represent, as in previous stories, Holmes as the light of reason opposed to the darkness of both evil and ignorance. Holmes’s appearance in the story with his lucid, analytical approach would prematurely debunk the legend and dissipate the gothic atmosphere. It would also make withholding the solution much more difficult, for it is his appearance that brings the answer to some of the most vexing questions in the mystery. Holmes’s absence also accentuates his mental acuity, since he is not present to be misled by false evidence. The Barrymores’ actions are not pertinent to the solution of the problem. The Stapletons’ actions are puzzling only if one does not know that Sir Charles’s brother had a son—Stapleton. Holmes is free of the confusing influences of the other characters and is therefore able to see more clearly into the heart of the mystery.
The villain is described by Holmes quite early in the story as being “worthy of our steel.” Stapleton, alias Baskerville, is an unusual entomologist who thinks nothing of dashing into the dreaded Grimpen Mire in pursuit of a butterfly for his extensive collection. He is, in fact, the only person who is determined enough to mark a safe passage through the treacherous bog that has swallowed up so many creatures. However, when he and Watson witness the agonizing end of a small moor pony as it sinks into the ooze, Stapleton is notable for his cold-blooded lack of concern, thus demonstrating that, despite his determination, he lacks compassion for living beings. Until Holmes unravels the mystery and kills the great hound, it is as if Stapleton is in league with the great bog and the moor. Even the fog rolls in at precisely the wrong moment and forces Watson, Holmes, and Lestrade to retreat during their ambush. He is very much a part of the gothic horror of the story.
Thus, The Hound of the Baskervilles is a compilation of the narrative and plot techniques that made the Holmes stories so popular. Further, it is a novel-length tale that is as cohesive as any short story, with all the action concentrated in one locale. Its combination of mystery and gothic techniques as well as its length makes it a standard by which Doyle’s and other writers’ efforts are measured.

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1994 Honda Accord 167K miles. Is it possible that the botts could inadvertently be damaged (like by a screwdriver or something) when replaceing the drive axles, if the mechanic is not careful. Here’s the story - After experiencing a knocking noise when making sharp turns, I had the front drive axles replaced, which fixed the problem. This was done by a mechanic I don’t normally go to, but one that was more convenient at the time, and they also service our company’s vehicles, so I trusted them. This was in June '07. Fast forward 6 months to Dec. '07 when I had may car in to my regular mechanic of 10 years for an oil change. They tell me that inner CV joint boots are leaking grease and need to be replaced. I scheduled the work for about a week later. When I brought the car back in to have this work done, they tell me that the drive axles need replaced due to excessive wear because the grease had leaked out of the boots and dirt had gotten in. They said there were a few small lacerations in both boots that looked like perhaps a screwdriver had punctured them (i.e. they were clean tears as opposed to jagged caused by something from the road). Is is plausible that the first mechanic damaged the boots when installing the axles? What else could have caused this?
It’s certainly plausible. How likely is another matter.
It could also be defective boots. Any warranty on the original replacements?
It is probable yes, but I do not think that the mechanic would have done it on purpose. He may have slipped with the screwdriver and not noticed that he cut the boot.
While what you suggest is possible, it seems unlikely to me. I don’t see why a mechanic would be using a screwdriver in the first place to install a new or reman axle. I’ve installed my share of axles and I never have. Possibly to remove an old axle but not to install one. When you say a few small lacerations, that sounds more like vandalism than a careless installation. I could be wrong though.
It is completely possible that the CV boots were damaged by something else like road debris. This is why it is important to check them at every oil change. If you catch damaged CV boots early enough, you might save yourself the cost of new CV joints.
It is going to be hard to make a case against the mechanic who replaced the drive axles in June 2007. Is that repair still under warranty? A warranty claim could make this easier on you.


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Masloff Wins Pittsburgh Mayoral Race
PITTSBURGH (AP) _ An incumbent mayor who likes to be called a ″Jewish grandmother″ beat back four challengers Tuesday in the Democratic primary, giving her an almost sure ticket to victory in November.
″Thank you to all of Pittsburgh,″ Mayor Sophie Masloff said. ″I accept this victory with deep appreciation and humility.″
Mrs. Masloff, 71, known as ″Sophie″ around the city, was City Council president last year when she was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death of Mayor Richard S. Caliguiri.
With 394 of 402 precincts reporting, Mrs. Masloff had 29,994 votes, or 28 percent, to 24,766, or 23 percent for state Rep. Thomas J. Murphy Jr.
The man who had been considered her main challenger, Allegheny County controller Frank Lucchino, trailed with 22,616 votes, or 21 percent.
Byrd R. Brown, an attorney who led the local NAACP branch during the 1960s, and City Controller Tom Flaherty, who had the local party endorsement, split the remainder.
″We’re a family and we just had a good talk about the future,″ Mrs. Masloff said of the campaign and her opponents. ″We all learned a lot. ... These are good and serious people and I salute them.″
Mrs. Masloff’s challengers conceded defeat well before midnight Tuesday. None said he planned to run as a Republican or independent against Mrs. Masloff in November.
Caliguiri, who died of the rare heart disease amyloidosis in May 1988, was mayor for 11 years, twice winning re-election by landslides.
The Democratic winner is all but certain to win the November election. Democrats represent 82 percent of the city’s 220,069 voters. The Republicans have not elected a mayor since 1933 and no GOP candidates were in the primary.
Mrs. Masloff, who uses the ″Jewish grandmother″ tag as part of her folksy image, has been a Democratic loyalist for more than 50 years.
Lucchino, 50, a lawyer and a longstanding party leader who is serving a third term as county controller, was Mrs. Masloff’s main rival in the polls, although surveys showed his support waning in the last month.
He had the support of the city’s two daily newspapers and reportedly spent more than $1.2 million on his campaign, more than twice that spent by Mrs. Masloff.
Issues included the contenders’ political personalities, economic development and jobs, the city’s 3.5 percent wage tax on residents, a 10 percent amusement tax, crime prevention, neighborhood renewal and gay rights.
Pittsburghers also voted for Democrats seeking nine nominations to City Council under a new district set-up replacing the current at-large system.
Black leaders hope the new districts will deliver two blacks to the Council.

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MADRID (Reuters) - A group of senior members of Spain's socialist party offered on Wednesday a mass resignation in a bid to force party leader Pedro Sanchez out and help break the country's nine-month political deadlock, Spanish media said.
The reports in Spain's leading newspapers El Pais and El Mundo as well as Cadena Ser radio said 17 members of the 38-strong executive committee of the party had stepped down.
A source familiar with the matter had earlier told Reuters such a plan was under way but could not confirm it had already been carried out.
Given that two other members had already resigned months ago while another member died, the committee would now have less than half of its members, technically dissolving the body, ushering in an interim management and forcing a party conference to pick a new leadership in a few weeks.
Most analysts believe the move would pave the way for the socialist party to allow a minority government of the ruling conservatives, thus ending a political stalemate that started in December last year.
The socialist party was not immediately available to comment.
(Reporting by Julien Toyer, Editing by Sarah White)


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Handmade doll by Galina Maslennikova A2-1 Russian woman with a basket
The doll's face is made of ceramics, wool boots are on its legs, the rest of the body is stuffed with cotton. Mittens on hands are knitted, felt boots on legs are rolled up from wool. "Artistic" means that this doll performs an aesthetic function, that is, it is a work of art. Obviously, the degree of "artistry" - the matter is very, very subjective. Art is designed to satisfy our need for the Beautiful, but after all, this need is different for everyone. Subjective perception sometimes leads to curiosities. For example, wanting to emphasize the high artistic level of the work, it is called “highly artistic”.
Handmade doll, author, created by artist Galina Maslennikova. They are known all over the world.
Height of the doll 29-31 cm.
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|Material||Ceramics, Cloth, Fur, Wood|
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Beaux Cormier allegedly hired two men to murder his niece to prevent her from testifying
Police in Louisiana allege three men face murder charges in a complex murder plot that ended in the death of two innocent women, including a mom who was trying to protect her family.
According to Crime-Online, Terrebonne Parish police announced in a Facebook post that they arrested Beaux Cormier, 35, Andrew Eskine, 25, and Dalvin Wilson, 22, for murder.
All three are charged in the January 13 shooting deaths of Brittany Cormier, 34, and Hope Nettleton, 37. Brittany was Beaux's sister.
According to authorities, Beaux hired Eskine and Wilson to murder his niece, who was planning to testify against him in a rape trial.
Before his arrest, the suspect reportedly carried his slain sister’s casket at her funeral. ShareSex offender hires hitmen to kill his victim. They kill his sister & a neighbor instead: ReportsCrime-Online
According to Louisiana police, Brittany lied to charged men Eskine and Wilson and claimed she was the niece Beaux wanted murdered.
Nettleton was Brittany's neighbor who happened to be at the residence at the time of the deadly shooting and attempted to help her fight off the alleged killers.
According to CBS affiliate WBRZ, the intended victim of the hit was ultimately unharmed due to Brittany's intervention.
"The shooter asking for the rape victim by name, and Brittany Cormier tells the shooter she's the rape victim, accepting her fate to save the life of the victim," Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Timothy Soignet said Monday.
"There were good people that ended up dying... it's really hit that community hard."Man allegedly hired 2 to kill rape victim, pair killed his sister and neighbor insteadcbs news
According to The Daily Mail, the Louisiana men charged in the murder allegedly admitted to the crime following their arrest. Beaux was linked to the case due to his arrest on rape charges in early 2020.
"Cormier hired Eskine and Wilson to murder the rape victim so she could not testify," Soginet said.
Police also alleged the three men conducted surveillance on the home prior to attempting to carry out the hit, and even staged an ultimately unsuccessful raid in November that resulted in a family member recording the suspects' vehicle to police.
"Hope Nettleton actually struggled with the shooter and was shot fighting him off. Andrew Eskine and Dalvin both confessed to their involvement in this incident," the sheriff said.
District Attorney Joseph L. Waitz, Jr. said prosecutors 'feel like we have a very strong case.'REVEALED: Uncle 'hired two hitmen to shoot and kill niece who accused him of rape to stop her testifying at his trial' - but they ended up 'murdering her mom and neighbor' by mistakeDaily Mail
Family of Brittany Cormier told The Advocate they are not surprised she went above and beyond to save her family from the Louisiana men charged in her murder, but are still moved as to her laying down her life.
"She would do anything for her kids," close friend Samantha LeMaire said. "But to this extent? I would have never thought it would ever have come down to this."
Authorities said Brittany's daughter and stepdaughter were found hidden and safe in a closet after the killings.
"Maybe they hid in the closet because they were scared," LeMaire said. "But I like to think she locked them in the closet to protect them."
"It's all gone west since we started investigating this case," Soignet said in a phone interview Monday afternoon. "We knew there was a pending, pretty solid rape case there, which provided motive."Brittany Cormier died saving daughter from hired killers: 'She would do anything for her kids'The Advocate


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radioactive Mod for Melon Playground
Introducing the Radioactive Mod for Melon Playground, now available for download as a .zip file at 15.83 KB! Upgrade your gameplay with this exciting new mod and discover its three standout features:
- Adds a new level of challenge to gameplay with radioactive obstacles and challenges.
- Introduces new power-ups and items to aid in overcoming obstacles.
- Enhances overall gaming experience with improved graphics and sound effects.


US prosecutors have charged a group of 80 mostly Nigerians in a romance scam that defrauded businesses and elderly women out of at least R90 million
- US prosecutors charged 80 people in connection to an international romance scam, saying that a group, consisting mostly of Nigerians, defrauded businesses and vulnerable elderly women out of around R90 million.
- Federal authorities said that 17 people have been arrested in the United States.
- All of them face charges of conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to launder money, and aggravated identity theft, and some may face fraud ad money laundering charges.
- Now authorities now trying to track down other suspects in Nigeria and elsewhere. If they're found, investigators told CNN they will work with respective governments to extradite them.
- Visit Business Insider SA's homepage for more stories.
Three years ago, a Japanese woman was contacted by a man claiming to be US Army captain stationed on Syria.
They met through a website used for digital pen pals, and the friendship swiftly turned into an internet romance. Soon, the Army captain, who called himself Terry Garcia, started asking for money, according to federal documents seen by CNN. The woman obliged, and in total, sent Garcia R3 million.
But Garcia wasn't real, prosecutors said. The identity was one of many run by an international online romance scam that a gang used to swindle people out of more than R90 million, federal authorities told CNN.
US prosecutors charged 80 people in the alleged scam, saying that the group, consisting mostly of Nigerians, defrauded businesses and vulnerable elderly women out of millions.
Federal authorities said that 17 people had been arrested in the United States, including 14 in the Los Angeles area.
All of them face charges of conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to launder money, and aggravated identity theft, and some may face fraud and money laundering charges.
Now they're now trying to track down others in Nigeria and elsewhere. If they're found, investigators told CNN they'll work with respective governments to extradite them.
"We believe this is one of the largest cases of its kind in US history," US Attorney Nick Hanna told CNN.
The gang is accused not only of running romance scams, but also business scams where prosecutors say the group hacked into emails, impersonated employees, and directed payments back to themselves.
"In some cases, the victims thought they were communicating with US servicemen stationed overseas, when in fact, they were emailing with con men," Hanna said. "Some of the victims in this case lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in this way."
Romance scammers operate in organised gangs, working together to reach vulnerable men and women across the world in hopes of creating the facade of true romance to make their next dollar, according to the Better Business Bureau and separate research from the Agari Cyber Intelligence Division, an internet security company.
BBB investigations Steve Baker told Insider in February that many scammers use packages of scripted romantic emails to woo victims out of thousands of dollars. He said that professional internet scammers buy sets of scripts that last several months and direct them as to what to say when.
"These are organised gangs and there are international networks working together," Baker told Insider. "There's gotta be a guy who takes the money, a guy who write scripts, identifies contacts, sets up profiles, and tries to make initial contact."
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In 2014 the WA State Legislature passed Senate bill 6206, which became RCW 15.120 and established the state’s industrial hemp research pilot program under the authority of the 2014 Federal Farm Bill. Under this pilot program, which is overseen by the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), state citizens as well as institutions of higher learning have the opportunity to grow hemp for grain and fiber. Thanks to farmers in eastern WA, approximately 175 acres of hemp was planted for grain (seed for food) in 2017. In 2018 the Colville tribes grew 142 acres also for grain, which was processed by the PNW’s first hemp grain processor, HempNorthwest. The primary complaint regarding the current WA hemp program is that it forbids growing hemp for cannabidiol (CBD), which locks WA farmers out of the most lucrative market in hemp right now.
The 2019 WA legislative session began in January, and there are currently companion bills in both chambers, currently in committee, that would revamp the WA hemp program: SB 5719 and HB 1401. These mirrored bills are good for hemp in WA for several reasons:
- They allow for hemp-derived CBD production and even go as far as designating CBD as a food product, which brings the compound under the umbrella of well-established food safety and handling regulations.
- The 4-mile buffer zone between hemp and marijuana has been eliminated, and the WSDA must determine a cross-pollination policy with input from the WA LCB (adult-use cannabis).
- Farmers licensed under the current WA Industrial Hemp Pilot Program would automatically become licensed under the new program.
- They call for a legislative task force to be formed for the purpose of investigating crop insurance for WA hemp farmer.
I along with James McKee with Hemp Solutions Washington and Tonia Farman of HempNorthwest (pictured above right to left) attended the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks public hearing for SB 5719 on 1/29/2019. I spoke on behalf of the Pacific Northwest Hemp Industries Association (PNW HIA), for the most part applauding the bill but also stressing that either the buffer zone between hemp and marijuana should be eliminated or at least that hemp grown for CBD, which is grown unpollinated like marijuana, should also be considered an unpollinated crop in terms of the buffer zones.
Bonny Jo Peterson with the Industrial Hemp Association of Washington helped draft the bills as a volunteer lobbyist working on behalf of WA farmers and processors who would like to work with hemp and was also present at the public hearing to testify on behalf of her organization. Everyone who testified approved of the bill. Things are looking bright for hemp in WA.
This Capital Press article does a great job summarizing the current situation with hemp in WA.


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Nigerian troops deployed in the ongoing operation Lafiya Dole in the North East have captured nine members of the Boko Haram sect who were hiding in fox holes in the Borno State.
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement on Monday that the troops of the 22 Brigade Garrison, captured the insurgent during a clearance operation at terrorists hideouts of Cinga, Mallum Maja, Bosuma and Murye villages.
Usman who said that three of the insurgents were also killed by the troops added that the insurgents were terrorizing the innocent villagers with dangerous weapons before the operation.
According to him, the troops recovered ‘nine dane guns, three machetes, one bow with arrows, six motorcycles used by the Boko Haram terrorists to ferry slaughtered cow meats to Boko Haram terrorists hideouts, one tricycle, four Tiger Generators and one solar panel’ from the insurgents.
He said “In compliance with the military high command’s directive which is to ensure that all villages and towns are cleared of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, troops of 22 Brigade Garrison in Operation Lafiya Dole, on Sunday May 1, 2016 cleared four villages of Boko Haram terrorists hiding in the area.
“The terrorists hibernating in Cinga, Mallum Maja, Bosuma and Murye villages, were armed with dangerous weapons and have been terrorizing the communities. During the operations three Boko Haram terrorists were killed while nine of them who tried hiding in foxholes and dug outs were identified and captured alive.”
Usman stated also that the troops also released 400 persons held hostage by the insurgents.
He added that the troops recovered 300 cattle rustled by the Boko Haram and handed them over to their rightful owners. -Nigerianeye


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Hotel Waterpark Resort Industry Report 2003 USA Lodging Starts Upward Trend USA Hotel Waterpark Resort Supply USA 14 New Hotel Waterpark Resorts Open USA Top 20 Largest Hotel Waterpark Resorts USA Top 15 Largest Meeting Facilities with WPs USA Under Construction & In Development Canada Hotel Waterpark Resort Supply Canada Top 15 Largest Hotel Waterpark Resorts Canada Under Construction & In Development Mexico Rest of the World
USA Lodging Outlook 20032002% Change Occupancy60.8%61.2%-0.7 ADR$83.60$84.01-0.5 RevPAR$50.87$51.45-1.1
USA Lodging Outlook Hotel room revenues, supply & demand all showing positive growth over last year. July 4 th Weekend was the turnaround. Last 3 months Occ & ADR up over same month a year ago. We are in a slow upward recovery. 2003 will end like 2002. Better in 2004! Resorts did better than last year and better than other types of lodging.
Smith Travel Research Hotel Performance Ytd Aug 2003 OCC 2002 OCC % Chg 2003 ADR 2002 ADR % Chg USA60.861.2-0.783.6084.01-0.5 Anaheim68.667.31.992.6192.68-0.1 Boston60.563.9-5.3114.22122.17-6.5 Chicago60.959.42.5100.53100.91-0.4 New York71.772.0-0.4156.17165.77-5.8 Orlando65.566.7-1.885.3088.74-3.9 Phoenix61.359.53.095.5795.87-0.3 San Francisco62.561.71.3116.94124.71-6.2
USA Competitive Supply 20032002% Chg Hotel IWPs625024.0 Rooms9781752030.0 IWP SqFt1,297,929750,90472.8 Meeting Rms28021331.5 Branded272035.0 Independent353016.7
USA Competitive Supply These 62 hotels indoor waterparks are located in the following states: 20032002 2825Wisconsin 1410Minnesota 32Michigan 32North Dakota 32South Dakota 21Montana 11 AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, IA, KS, MO, NE, OH, PA & WY
Top 10 Largest Hotel Waterpark Resorts in the USA NameLocationRoomsIndoor WPMtg Space Wilderness HotelWisc Dells WI593161,0007,300 Kalahari ResortWisc Dells WI378125,00029,344 Bavarian InnFrankenmuth MI35730,00017,000 Grand Country InnBranson MO31920,000500 Great Wolf LodgeWisc Dells WI30944,0006,000 Treasure IslandWisc Dells WI30265,0000 Chula Vista ResortWisc Dells WI30030,00014,000 Great Wolf LodgeTraverse City MI28138,0003,780 Great Wolf LodgeKansas City KS28138,0003,780 Great Bear LodgeSandusky OH27133,0006,000
Top 10 -20 Largest Hotel Waterpark Resorts in the USA NameLocationRoomsIndoor WP Mtg Space BW Sterling Inn CCSterling Hgts MI25022,76915,905 Hilton City CenterMilwaukee WI25020,00030,000 Polynesian ResortWisc Dells WI23038,0001,800 Hojo Resort CCWisc Dells WI23013,00015,000 BW Ramkota HotelSioux Falls SD2263,00060,000 Timber Ridge LodgeLake Geneva WI22530,00050,000 Grand View LodgeNisswa MN2007,50028,000 Arrowood ResortAlexandria MN20021,00010,600 Grand Harbor ResortDubuque IA19425,000120,000 Ramada PlazaFargo ND18510,00025,000
USA Competitive Supply 42 other hotels with indoor waterparks are located: In WI-Green Bay, Madison, Minocqua, Lac du Flambeau, Tomah, Prairie du Chien; In MN-Moorhead, Thief River Falls, Rochester, Minneapolis, Owatonna, St Cloud, Baxter, Detroit Lakes, Orr, Shoreview; In ND-Minot, Bismarck; In SD-Aberdeen, Watertown; In MT- Anaconda, Missoula; In other areas- Erie PA, Casper WY, Norfolk NE, Colorado Springs CO and Anchorage AK.
Profile of Hotel Waterparks by Number of Rooms Avg# Rooms Indoor WP Avg# Slides Avg# Pools Avg# Spas Mtg Space Avg# Mtg Rms Top 539176,0005.43.42.212,0297.4 Top 1033958,4006.13.12.08,7706.8 Top 2027938,722.214.171.1242,2009.8 Top 3023832,3126.96.36.1997,1828.5 Top 4020727,0188.8.131.524,7507.5
Ratio of Rooms to Waterpark Hotels with Indoor WP Avg # Rooms Indoor WP Avg SF Indoor WP SF Per Room Over 50,000 sf32889,500273 40-49,000 sf23042,000183 30-39,000 sf25733,375130 20-29,000 sf22121,55498 10-19,000 sf11911,944100 5-9,000 sf1036,95568 Under 5,000 sf902,58929
Top 10 Hotel Meeting Facilities with indoor waterparks in the USA NameLocationRoomsMeeting Space Indoor Waterpark Grand Harbor ResortDubuque IA194120,00025,000 BW Ramkota HotelSioux Falls SD22660,0003,000 Timber Ridge LodgeLake Geneva WI22550,00030,000 Hilton City CenterMilwaukee WI73030,00020,000 Kalahari ResortWisc Dells WI27229,34467,500 Ramada PlazaFargo ND18525,00010,000 Bavarian Inn LodgeFrankenmuth MI35717,00030,000 Marriott Depot HotelMinneapolis MN13216,00010,000 Hojo Resort CCWisc Dells WI23015,00013,000 Ramada InnNorfolk NE9815,0007,000
Profile of Hotel Waterparks by Size of Meeting Facilities Avg# Rooms Indoor WP Avg# Slides Avg# Pools Avg# Spas Mtg Space Avg# Mtg Rms Top 525540,6004.82.21.657,86916.8 Top 1024029,6773.02.41.639,12514.6 Top 2022224,6184.108.40.2060,52313.5
Under Construction USA NameLocationRoomsIWP SqFt Holiday InnAmana IAConvert8,934 Mountain GrandBoyne Falls MINew20051,000 BW Sterling InnSterling Hgts MIExpand9,000 Ramada NWBrooklyn Park MNNew20,000 Great Wolf LodgePoconos PANew40050,000 Great Wolf LodgeWilliamsburg VANew29738,000 Grand VictorianSheboygan WINew24740,000 MeadowbrookWisc Dells WIExpand7,000 Kalahari ResortWisc Dells WIExpand
In Development USA 46 hotel waterpark projects are in the planning stages compared to 28 last year. Michigan, Wisconsin & Minnesota are leading the way in new projects. 11,400 rooms and 1.2 million sf of IWPs are in the pipeline.
Canadian Competitive Supply We have identified 99 hotel indoor waterparks, typically smaller properties averaging 3200 sf of indoor waterpark. Located in the following provinces: 38Alberta 20Saskatchewan 13British Columbia 9Manitoba 9Ontario 6Quebec 2Prince Edw Isl 2Nova Scotia
Canadian Competitive Supply Often, these are hotels that have enhanced their indoor swimming pools with the addition of play structures and waterslides with minimal theming. In Canada, the largest concentration of hotel indoor waterparks is in the Economy Hotel sector with an average of 69 rooms and 2,917 sf of indoor waterpark.
Major Canadian Hotel Waterparks Fantasyland Hotel with 355 rooms at West Edmonton Mall’s World Waterpark with 217,000 sf. Ramada Lethbridge AB with 119 rooms and 13,000 sf indoor waterpark. Medicine Hat Lodge AB with 193 rooms and 6,000 sf indoor waterpark Others have 2500-5000 sf IWPs.
Under Construction Canada Travelodge World Hotel in Ottawa is adding 13,000 sf indoor waterpark to its 117 rooms. 7 other projects of less than 10,000 sf IWP are underway in Drumheller AB, Edmonton AB, High Level AB, Fort Nelson BC, Fort St John BC, Portage La Prairie MB and Moose Jaw SK.
In Development Canada 11 hotel waterpark projects are in the planning stages, including four major projects in Niagara Falls ON. Great Wolf Lodge will likely be first to break ground in 2004.
Mexican Competitive Supply We have identified 11 properties in Mexico that have a combination of hotel rooms, indoor waterparks and outdoor waterparks. We are in the process of surveying owners to build a profile.
Rest of the World Supply NameLocationRoomsIWP SF Jumeirah BeachDubaiUAE619 Hotel El PasoPort AventuraSpain500 Hotel AventuraPort AventuraSpain500 Esperos PalaceFaliraki RhodesGreece416 Dedeman HotelIstanbulTurkey346 Alton TowersStaffordshireUK21640,000 Amipura ResortGujaretIndia81 Ocean DomeMiyazaki CityJapan0322,752 Bergische SonneWuppertal RuhrGermany430,560 Monte MareRheinbackGermany269,100 AlphamarePfaeffikonSwitzerland25,000 De KoploperLelystadNetherlands8,850 Basingstoke IWPBasingstokeUK1,100
In Development Rest of World Waterpark Wodny IWPLodzPoland Waterpark Wodny IWPWarschauPoland Suzanne Mela’s IWPBerlin-PostdamGermany Ogmio Astra IWPVilniusLithuania
Hotel Waterpark Resort Research & Consulting Jeff Coy 507-289-7404 email@example.com www.jeffcoy.com JLC Hospitality Consulting 3320 Mayowood Road Rochester MN 55902 Bill Haralson 972-231-7444 firstname.lastname@example.org William L. Haralson & Associates 2405 Mesa Drive Richardson TX 75080


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The upcoming sci-fi RPG from The Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt RED has an official name, and we have some tempting details. CD Project RED announced today that Cyberpunk 2077, aside from apparently taking place 55 years after tabletop game Cyberpunk 2022, will include a mature multi-threaded narrative and plenty of futuristic firearms.
Players will be able to kit themselves out with assorted weaponry and cybernetic implants, all within the original spirit of "rebellion, style, edge, [and] uncertainty" influenced by films like Blade Runner. The game's depiction of Night City will include several locales familiar to fans of the tabletop game, and the gameplay sounds like it could resemble that of The Witcher games.
"While still working on The Witcher 2, we started thinking about creating a huge RPG set in a sci-fi world," Cyberpunk 2077's game director Mateusz Kanik said on its new website. "We wanted to take the universal values we used in the game about Geralt and show them from a different perspective. On top of that, we had plenty of ideas for features that couldn’t be implemented in The Witcher simply because they didn’t fit in the setting."
Cyberpunk 2077 is being developed in coordination with Cyberpunk 2022 creator Mike Pondsmith. He said that, while several developers have tried to tackle his original system and setting before, he believes he has found "the Right Feel, the Right Tech, the Right Resources and (most important) the Right Team" in CD Projekt RED.
No consoles or release date have been mentioned yet for the game.

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Providence RI (SPX) Nov 18, 2010
One of biggest factors promoting the diversity of coastal ocean life is how fast the water flows, according to new research by ecologists at Brown University. Experiments and observation in Palau, Alaska, and Maine showed that the faster the flow, the greater the number of invertebrate species that live on rocks under the water.
The findings, published the week of Nov. 15 in the journal Ecology Letters, could help improve management of delicate and complex coastal ecosystems, said James Palardy, a former Brown doctoral student and the paper's lead author. Finding the fastest water could point scientists to areas where diversity is likely greatest - and perhaps especially worthy of protection - and to zones where invasive species could establish their first beachheads.
Jon Witman, professor of ecology and environmental biology and Palardy's co-author on the paper, said the results were clear and consistent at all three regions, including in Maine and Alaska where they experimentally manipulated water flow speed.
"It totally blew us a way that we got almost identical results in two marine regions of the world separated by 4,000 miles with completely different regional diversities, and no species shared in common," Witman said. "It's a wake-up call saying that water flow is a really strong predictor of how many species are present in a particular area of the ocean."
The reason why faster flow seems to promote diversity, Witman said, is that it allows for the larvae of rock-dwelling invertebrates, such as barnacles, sea squirts, corals and sponges, to spread farther. Although the environments are quite different, it's somewhat analogous to how trees and flowers can disperse their seeds farther in a stiff wind.
The pair's goal was to speed up water flow without resorting to expensive and short-lived battery-powered pumps. Instead, the ecologists relied on simple physics that require a volume of water to flow faster when it moves through a narrowed space.
Based on prototypes developed in a giant flume in the basement of the BioMed research building at Brown, they built channels about 7 feet long and about 18 inches high. They lined the walls with plates where organisms could latch on and grow. The test channels narrowed to about half their width in the middle, taking on a bow tie shape.
The control channels remained the same width throughout. The control and test channels were placed about 3 to 6 feet below the lowest tide in each of two sites in Maine and Alaskan coastal waters.
In every case they found that the number of different species on the plates in the test channels was much higher than on the plates in the control channels. The greater diversity was no flash in the pan, either. The pattern was visible from early stages and persisted for more than a year of study. Witman also surveyed natural areas in Palau, and Palardy and Witman did the same in Alaska, finding similar effects in areas with faster flow.
Witman said his hope is that the work will not just explain greater biodiversity but will help stem the tide of its loss.
"There's a global biodiversity crisis where we're losing species," he said. "Ecology is very much concerned with sustaining natural processes."
Funding for the research came from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and Abt Associates Inc., a Cambridge, Mass., and Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm where Palardy now works as a senior environmental analyst.
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AMARILLO, Texas -- Deep beneath the dry, dusty ground outside this Panhandle city lies something lighter than air: helium.
But the supply of the gas that inflates balloons, cools MRI machines and detects leaks in NASA space shuttle fuel tanks isn't infinite.
There's only so much helium in the world, and some fear that a shortage is coming.
"Once it's used up, it's gone," said Rasika Dias, professor and chairman of the chemistry and biochemistry department at the University of Texas at Arlington. "What we have is what we have."
Still, nearly two dozen underground wells about 15 miles northwest of Amarillo work round the clock to retrieve helium and pump it to customers connected to a nearly 450-mile pipeline that stretches from the Panhandle through Oklahoma and to Kansas.
This site -- thousands of acres where cows and antelope roam -- is home to underground gas fields and the country's only Federal Helium Reserve.
More than one-third of the world's helium supply comes from this site, including nearly half of the U.S. supply.
But even helium officials in Amarillo say that after more than a half-century of steadily providing the world with helium, the facility's production days are numbered.
"There is just a finite amount of helium out here," said Leslie Theiss, field office manager for the Bureau of Land Management's Amarillo field office. "There's only so much we can do.
"The clock is winding down on this place."
That seems to be what the government wanted more than a decade ago, when Congress passed the Helium Privatization Act of 1996, calling on reserve officials to sell off most of their helium by 2015. The latest projections show that all the helium won't be sold on time, but it could be gone by 2020.
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China’s second-largest property developer and one of many world’s most indebted firms, the Evergrande Group, faces a Saturday deadline on its 30-day grace interval to repay money owed owed on a greenback bond that was due on September 23. Ought to the corporate be unable to make cost, it should default.
This deadline arrives alongside latest bulletins by China’s different property builders signaling that they’ve confronted financial upheaval as effectively. Sinic Holdings warned it couldn’t repay its offshore bonds; China Properties Group mentioned it defaulted on a mortgage; Fantasia introduced it couldn’t make its latest funds. Quite a few different establishments additionally noticed their credit score scores drop.
Regardless of these occasions, the Folks’s Financial institution of China, the nation’s central banking authority, urged collectors to remain calm, with Governor Yi Gang saying that whereas the problem “casts a bit of little bit of concern,” the federal government has the scenario below management.
“Financial development has been slowed down a bit of bit, however the trajectory of financial restoration stays unchanged,” Yi mentioned on Saturday. “Total, we are able to comprise the Evergrande danger.”
This echoes statements put out earlier by the financial institution. Final Friday, the financial institution’s monetary markets director Zou Lan mentioned the Evergrande scenario was a person phenomenon and that the actual property business “total is wholesome.” But, the nation posted a “slower-than-expected” third-quarter financial development fee of 4.9 %, The Wall Road Journal reported—a steep drop from the earlier quarter’s fee of seven.9 %.
On the subject of trusting the financial institution’s statements, Scott Kennedy, trustee chair in Chinese language enterprise and economics on the Heart for Strategic and Worldwide Research (CSIS), informed Newsweek that that belief hinges on the financial institution’s final intentions.
“If it is about reasserting the function of the state, throughout the financial system. If they offer that message, then it is totally plausible,” he mentioned. “In the event that they’re making an attempt to offer reassurance that there generally is a narrower vary of belongings that the state authorities assure, and that the market will tackle a bigger function for pricing danger and managing the issues from investments that go awry, I feel that’s that could be a tougher promote.”
Kennedy mentioned the Chinese language authorities has the regulatory instruments to maintain the monetary system in wholesome form and forestall an Evergrande collapse from wreaking havoc over the sector. Nonetheless, he mentioned in the intervening time it seems the federal government intends to make use of this example as a second to take away the blanket assure that the state will help these firms failing to repay excellent credit score.
Whereas previously, China has forgiven many firms’ money owed, Kennedy mentioned it stays intent on letting this example play out. In doing this, he mentioned they face the “very, very tough” problem of inserting danger into their monetary system whereas avoiding an financial downturn.
“In the event that they’re capable of obtain this, the potential advantages to the effectivity of their capital markets and their monetary system can be large,” Kennedy mentioned. “However the draw back after all if they do not, can also be fairly important.”
In a great scenario, Kennedy mentioned the federal government will oversee the sale of Evergrande’s belongings in a manner that permits the losses of collectors and property house owners to be absorbed. This seems to already be within the works, with the corporate’s CEO discussing selloffs in Hong Kong.
Nonetheless, if that fails and a collapse triggers market instability, Kennedy mentioned the federal government should act by injecting funds into the market and as soon as once more offering debt-ridden firms with the aforementioned blanket assure. Whereas Kennedy mentioned the financial institution could be trusted to make use of its energy to keep away from such a collapse, how a lot it may be trusted to efficiently inject danger into its markets stays unsure.
“I do not assume that they’ve absolutely satisfied all people that they are able to efficiently leap throughout this massive chasm from one form of system of reassurance to a different,” Kennedy mentioned. “I feel that’s that could be a tougher promote.”
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Disney details its upcoming slate of releases through 2027.
“I would never, ever trivialise or condone abuse of any kind.”
Jean Grey’s epic chapter should give fans the closure they need.
Showrunner Noah Hawley explains how the iconic character factors into the series’ final season.
The end is near for Professor X’s School of Gifted Youngsters over at Fox.
A look at some of the best costumes and biggest panels at this past weekend’s NYCC.
Fox also pushes back Alita: Battle Angel and teases a new Deadpool movie for December.
Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, and Jessica Chastain
Or: how an African king, a female fighter pilot, and a wizard will lead to a bold new direction
Originally planned to debut this year, both films will now see release in 2019.
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Andre Onana reacts to Alejandro Garnacho's social media post
Manchester United goalkeeper, Andre Onana has defended his teammate, Alejandro Garnacho over a social media post made by the teenager.
Alejandro Garnacho posted a celebratory picture including Andre Onana and other teammates following the goalkeeper's late penalty save in their 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. The forward player has deleted the post which included emojis, which has been considered offensive by some people.
However, the Cameroonian International posted on his official social media accounts on Thursday, October 26, 2023, asking people not to react for him.
"People cannot choose what I should be offended by. I know exactly what [Garnacho] meant: Power and strength. This matter should go no further."
The FA is aware of the social media post and has sought Garnacho's observations on it through Manchester United.
This is not the first time the FA has punished a player for what seems like an honest post. In 2020, Manchester United's forward player, Edinson Cavani, was banned for three matches and fined £100,000 when he posted a comment to thank a fan.


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Help recover minor Hindu girl Kareena
The latest victim of atrocities and sexual crimes committed against Hindu women is Shrimati Kareena, a resident of Unar Muhalla, Kazi Ahmed Town in District Nawabshah. On 6th July 2022, Kareena was abducted from her house by Khalil Rehman Jono of Mir Muhammad Jono Village. The said village is a hub of Islamic extremists and a few of its residents have been arrested and sentenced on charges of terrorism in 2016. The SSP of the area is insisting that the girl eloped as she was in love with the boy and that they have since got married at a court in Karachi. The family of the girl however are calling this as an attempt of coercion and forced conversion.

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