What is Data Preparation in Machine Learning?
Data preparation (also referred to as “data pre-processing”) is the process of transforming raw data so that data scientists and analysts can run it through machine learning algorithms to uncover insights or make predictions.
Steps in Data Preparation
Reducing the time necessary for data preparation has become increasingly important, as it leaves more time to test, tune, and optimize models to create greater value. To prepare data for both analytics and machine learning initiatives teams can accelerate machine learning and data science projects to deliver an immersive business consumer experience that accelerates and automates the data-to-insight pipeline by following six critical steps:
1. Data Collection
As a society, we’re generating data at an unprecedented rate. These data can be numeric (temperature, loan amount, customer retention rate), categorical (gender, color, highest degree earned), or even free text ( doctor’s notes or opinion surveys).Data Collection
Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information from countless different sources. In order to use the data we collect to develop practical artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions, it must be collected and stored in a way that makes sense for the business problem at hand.
2. Data Exploration and Profiling
Data exploration is an approach similar to initial data analysis, whereby a data analyst uses visual exploration to understand what is in a dataset and the characteristics of the data, rather than through traditional data management systems.
These characteristics can include the size or amount of data, completeness of the data, the correctness of the data, possible relationships amongst data elements or files/tables in the data.
Data exploration is typically conducted using a combination of automated and manual activities. Automated activities can include data profiling or data visualization or tabular reports to give the analyst an initial view into the data and an understanding of key characteristics.Data Profiling
This is often followed by manual drill-down or filtering of the data to identify anomalies or patterns identified through automated actions. Data exploration can also require manual scripting and queries into the data (e.g. using languages such as SQL or R) or using spreadsheets or similar tools to view the raw data.
All of these activities are aimed at creating a mental model and understanding of the data in the mind of the analyst, and defining basic metadata (statistics, structure, relationships) for the data set that can be used in further analysis.
Once this initial understanding of the data is had, the data can be pruned or refined by removing unusable parts of the data (data cleansing), correcting poorly formatted elements, and defining relevant relationships across datasets. This process is also known as determining data quality.
3. Data Formatting
The next step in data preparation is to ensure your data is formatted in a way that best fits your machine learning model. If you are aggregating data from different sources, or if your data set has been manually updated by more than one person, you’ll likely discover anomalies in how the data is formatted (e.g. USD5.50 versus $5.50).
In the same way, standardizing values in a column, e.g. State names that could be spelled out or abbreviated) will ensure that your data will aggregate correctly. Consistent data formatting takes away these errors so that the entire data set uses the same input formatting protocols.
4. Improving Data Quality
Here, the process starts by having a strategy for dealing with erroneous data, missing values, extreme values, and outliers in your data. Self-service data preparation tools can help if they have intelligent facilities built in to help match data attributes from disparate datasets to combine them intelligently. For instance, if you have columns for FIRST NAME and LAST NAME in one dataset and another dataset has a column called CUSTOMER that seems to hold a FIRST and LAST NAME combined, intelligent algorithms should be able to determine a way to match these and join the datasets to get a singular view of the customer.
For continuous variables, make sure to use histograms to review the distribution of your data and reduce the skewness. Be sure to examine records outside an accepted range of value. This “outlier” could be an inputting error, or it could be a real and meaningful result that could inform future events as duplicate or similar values could carry the same information and should be eliminated. Similarly, take care before automatically deleting all records with a missing value, as too many deletions could skew your data set to no longer reflect real-world situations.
5. Feature Engineering
Feature engineering is the process of using domain knowledge to extract features(characteristics, properties, attributes) from raw data. A feature is a property shared by independent units on which analysis or prediction is to be done. Features are used by predictive models and influence results.
Features selection plays a vital role in building a machine learning model that impacts the performance and accuracy of the model. It is that process that contributes mostly to the predictions or output that we need by selecting the features automatically or manually. If we have irrelevant data that would cause the model with overfitting or underfitting.
- The benefits of feature selection are:
- Reduce the overfitting/underfitting
- Improves the accuracy
- Reduced training/testing time
- Improves performance
6. Splitting Data into Training and Evaluation Sets
The final step is to split your data into two sets; one for training your algorithm, and another for evaluation purposes. Be sure to select non-overlapping subsets of your data for the training and evaluation sets in order to ensure proper testing. Invest in tools that provide versioning and cataloging of your original source as well as your prepared data for input to machine learning algorithms, and the lineage between them. This way, you can trace the outcome of your predictions back to the input data to refine and optimize your models over time.
Factors Affecting the Quality of Data in Data Preparation
The data preparation process can be complicated by issues such as:
1. Missing or Incomplete Records
It is difficult to get every data point for every record in a dataset. Missing data sometimes appears as empty cells, values (e.g., NULL or N/A), or a particular character, such as a question mark. For example:
|50 – 60||?|
|20 – 30||50 – 75|
|80 – 90||NULL|
|50 – 60||N/A|
|50 – 60||?|
|70 – 80||60 – 70|
2. Outliers or Anomalies
Unexpected values often surface in a distribution of values, especially when working with data from unknown sources which lack poor data validation controls.
3. Improperly Formatted / Structured Data
Data sometimes needs to be extracted into a different format or location. A good way to address this is to consult domain experts or join data from other sources.
4. Inconsistent Values and Non-Standardized Categorical Variables
Often when combining data from multiple sources, we can end up with variations in variables like company names or states. For instance, a state in one system could be “Texas,” while in another it could be “TX.” Finding all variations and correctly standardizing will greatly improve the model accuracy.
5. Limited or Sparse Features / Attributes
Feature enrichment, or building out the features in our data often requires us to combine datasets from diverse sources. Joining files from different systems is often hampered when there are no easy or exact columns to match the datasets. This then requires the ability to perform fuzzy matching, which could also be based on combining multiple columns to achieve the match. For instance, combining two datasets on CUSTOMER ID (present in both data datasets) could be easy. Combining a dataset that has separate columns for CUSTOMER FIRST NAME and CUSTOMER LAST NAME with another dataset with a column CUSTOMER FULL NAME, containing “Last name, First name” becomes more tricky.


Exeter Chiefs coach Rob Baxter has ruled himself out of a possible chance to succeed Eddie Jones when the latter's contract comes to an end.
Jones, who took in charge of the red rose team post 2015 World Cup recently signed a contract extension with the Rugby Football Union until 2021.
RFU interim chief Nigel Melville said he will discuss with Warren Gatland, Stuart Lancaster and other English coaches to prepare a high profile list of possible candidates to take over from Jones.
However, Baxter, who had stupendous success with the Chiefs including a Premiership title win in 2016/17 season said he is currently enjoying his role with the Sandy Park outfit.
“I would say it would be unlikely if I’m honest with you,” Baxter said on the Will Greenwood podcast on Sky Sports. “I don’t want to do it yet.
“Obviously it’s an accolade and it’s coaching at a high level. What would really excite me is working with a different group of players, some of the best players in the country which means that they’re some of the best players in the world.
“Some of the players who are involved with England I’m a huge respecter of, and it would be fantastic to work with some of those guys. It would be fantastic to see what you could achieve against some of the best teams in the world.
“So there’s loads of attractive reasons for it, but the attractive reasons have got to outweigh what you want in your life at any given time, and at the moment what I have in my life here in Exeter is more important to me.”
Baxter played for Exeter for 14 years in which he captained them for 10 years and in May 2009 he took over the head coach role of the club and in his first season he led them to a promotion from the RFU Championship to the Premiership.
“I’ve got unfinished business with [Exeter]. I like being the director of rugby at Exeter, I work with people I like. It’s an enjoyable situation; I work with players I like and I want to see the fruition of where the club can go to.
“My family are very comfortable living here and they enjoy the situation that we’re in at the moment."


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Being a Trustee is a Full-Time Job
by Village of Park Forest Trustee Joseph A. Woods
Holding elected office is a lot more involved than one might imagine.
For the most part, the public sees elected officials at various events, and may on occasion catch a glimpse of them in a social media post―or perhaps may tune into a live broadcast of one meeting or another. But behind those occasions, the effective public official spends hours in preparation for the development of public policy that will benefit the citizens whom he or she serves.
Prior to being elected a Park Forest Trustee, I had only a cursory awareness of the commitment required to serve in Office: I knew that the Mayor and Trustees develop the annual Village budget. I knew that the Village Board meets nearly every week in public sessions. I knew that every Trustee serves as a liaison to one or two of the volunteer-citizen commissions. But the amount of time and effort that must be spent in preparation for these activities? Plus the plethora of other responsibilities that are involved… Honestly, I had no idea. And, it’s no wonder that citizens may not know either!
Now, I’m not going to pretend that every elected official is dedicating 24-7 to the fulfillment of duties imposed upon them by holding Office. For everyone is conscientious of his or her duties to the extent that his or her individual commitment dictates. Truth be told though, one cannot do a good job of serving in public office unless hours are spent in preparation, interrogation, and deliberation. And to spend that much time getting ready, one needs to have a sincere dedication to the job and an unwavering commitment to public service.
As a Trustee, I appreciate researching issues to be discussed and acted on at Board meetings. I enjoy seeking input from the people who elected me, as well as from those who did not vote, to best serve the collective interest. I enjoy reporting to citizens on the whys and hows of government operations. I relish the moments spent engaging with Trustees who have served in the past, in order that I understand the genesis of those things in place.
As we move forward, there lies the importance of effective communication in agreement and in disagreement. Trustees wield the responsibility and power of the vote to affect policy for the quality and betterment of their respective communities.
So I may not have expected―when I decided to seek public office―that so much would be involved. But guess what? Even if someone had told me every single aspect, I would have chosen it anyway.
So, what’s it like being a Trustee? It’s like . . . making a difference!

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Gurudwara Thada Sahib ji
In City Amritsar Gurudwara is situated in the prikarma of GOLDEN TEMPLE
Associated with :
Guru Ram Das ji
• GURUDWARA SHRI THADA SAHIB is situated in Distt City Amritsar. This Gurudwara Sahib is situated in the prikarma of GOLDEN TEMPLE SHRI HARIMADIR SAHIB AMRITSAR. Holy Pothy sahibs brought from SHRI GOINDWAL SAHIB were kept here in order to edit SHRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB by Guru Ram Das ji.
• Sitting here SHRI GURU RAM DAS JI SAHIB used to supervise the construction of GURUDWARA SAHIB and excavation of SROVAR SAHIB. Wazir Khan (Governer of Lahore) was cured of disease by performing kar sewa here at instance of Baba Budha Ji. There is a legend that SHRI GURU NANAK DEV JI and SHRI GURU ANGAD DEV JI SAHIB also visited this holy place. Here SHRI GURU ARJAN DEV JI SAHIB recited shabad in Rag Ramkali "Athsath tirath jah sadhu pag dareh". Taking holy dip here one gets blessings equivalent to 68 holy Pilgrimages.

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Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has apologized to Sarnia’s mayor for sounding alarm bells about a minor accident at the CN Rail yard in town and prompted another discussion about just how much companies should be telling the public when there is an incident on their property.
Heather Wright, QMI Agency
Heather Wright is a freelance journalist in Sarnia-Lambton. She has been covering municipal politics for over two decades, and she began her career in Sarnia.
Sarnia will shell out a lot more than expected to close a homeless shelter.
When democracy is at stake, the Internet is not secure enough yet.
Sarnia is trying to make sure homeowners aren’t facing flooding when more frequent and violent storms roll through the community.
Roger Bouffard has been making French fries for 34 years and he’s never seen a drop in business like this.
Sarnia’s proposed anti-idling bylaw is either a “feel good” idea with “no teeth” or one small step on the way to a green community.
Sarnia is about to get the ear of the provincial government.
After a week without books and beauty, life is returning to normal at the Sarnia Library and the Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery.
There were a few tense moments and some anxious faces in Bright’s Grove after a hand grenade was found in a home.
A new report suggests cottagers in Port Franks could face bills of about $400 to help pay for flooding solutions.
Monanshi Shah can see herself becoming a doctor if she can just get over the smells.
A new focus on running has really paid off for Connor Black.
Kyle Pratt stood at the rail crossing on Broadway Street in Wyoming waiting for the train with his young daughter listening to the devastating news about the train which derailed and exploded in Quebec and the thought went through his mind; “It could happen to us.”
The map for success for the harness racing industry doesn’t appear to have a stop in Sarnia.
For Oil Springs Clerk Jennifer Turks, figuring out the value of municipal services in her municipalities is a daunting task.
Little did he know when Pastor Paul Droogers left Wyoming to lead a church in Alberta, he would land in the middle in one of the biggest natural disasters in the province’s history.
A plan to provide more physiotherapy to seniors living at home will result in seniors in nursing homes getting less help.
It may take big bucks to improve or replace the out-of-date Forest Ambulance Station.
Ken Stother is hoping an excited group of volunteers will be putting the shine back on the “diamond in the rough” that is Kenwick Park.
An environmental lawyer says there is hope for landowners who want out of wind turbine leases.

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THE ROLE OF COMPOST AND WATER STRESS AND THE SYSTEM OF SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION VEGETATIVE AND PLANT GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF POTATO PLANT
ANBAR JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,
2020, Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 41-58
AbstractA field experiment was conducted in Ramadi, Anbar province, western Iraq, in soil with a Silt Loam soil during the autumn season 2018, to study the role of compost, water stress and the surface and subsurface drip irrigation system. 50, 75 and 100% of the net irrigation depth. In the design of the splintered splinters, the transactions were divided according to the design of the complete random sections and by three replicates. Each sector was divided into two main parts, in which the compost was distributed. 1 - Without adding 2 - Addition of 10 tons’ e- 1. Each was divided into two secondary pieces. 2. Sub-surface irrigation Each secondary subdivision was divided into three sub-sub-sections as experimental units where irrigation levels 50, 75 and 100% of the net depth of the irrigation were distributed. Use the American Type A evaporation pond at the irrigation time. The results showed that the level of addition of 10 tons e-1 led to a significant increase in all indicators of the study number of air legs and paper area and the weight of the tuber and the number of tubers and the marketable and the total number of 2.38 stem plant -1, 72.75 dm 2, 124.2 g and 4.84 darn plant - 131.46 tons e-1 and 42.95 tons e-1 sequentially. The average number of air stems, paper area, weight of tuber, number of tubers, marketable value and total yield of potato plant at the irrigation level were significantly higher than 100% of the net depth of the broth, reaching 2.41 stem plant-1, 65.92 dm 2, 136.7 g, 4.89, Ton e-1 and 42.55 tons e-1 sequentially. The average number of air stems, paper area, weight of tuber, tubers, marketable, and total of subsurface irrigation was also higher than 2.34 stem plant -1,68.04 dm 2, 147.7 g, 4.79,32.39 tons e-1, and 42. 13 tons e-1 sequentially, genotype and seed priming in improving seedling performance to tolerate salt stress.
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Moto School Enduro Flow was opened by instructors and motorcycle rescuers of Rescue Group R2. They gained their experience from numerous expeditions, enduro competitions, motorcycle courses or riding as a motorcycle ambulance.
They say “a good rescuer is a living and healthy rescuer” and therefore “a good motorcyclist is a living and healthy motorcyclist”.
Training with Enduro Flow is a huge and valuable dose of knowledge, intense practice and lots of exercises that bring visible progress! In addition, Tomek offers countless advices on the preparation for travel around the world. Until we leave, we will benefit from his knowledge and experience, as this is the best investment with such a project.
About our training with Enduro Flow read in a separate article.

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Shop Talk: A Conversation with Michael Useem
In his new book, The Leader’s Checklist, Michael Useem, management professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, presents a collection of 15 principles that can help leaders navigate successfully through even the most difficult circumstances. Using such milestone events as the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners in 2010, the collapse of AIG in 2008 and the surrender of the Confederate army at Appomattox in 1865, Useem illustrates the difference between good and bad leadership, and how to achieve one’s own personal leadership success. The Leader’s Checklistis the first e-book published by Wharton Digital Press.
Useem, who is director of Wharton’s Center for Leadership and Change Management, spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about his book. Below is an edited transcript of the conversation.
Mike, you have written several books on leadership. What was the inspiration for

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text: Russia warns of ‘prolonged’ period of cold relations with U.S. by Geoffrey Smith @FortuneMagazine October 20, 2014, 10:59 AM EDT E-mail Tweet Facebook Linkedin Share icons Russia lashed out at the U.S. again Monday, predicting a long period of cold relations and saying that Moscow won’t agree to any conditions for the lifting of sanctions on it. The comments by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a speech at a foreign policy institute in Moscow Monday, come after a bruising verbal encounter between President Vladimir Putin and European leaders in Milan last week, which failed to yield any material progress in ending the conflict in Ukraine. “This period now affecting our relations will be a long one,” Interfax reported Lavrov as saying Monday, putting the blame for the deterioration of relations squarely on the U.S.’s refusal to accept the rise of other powers after two decades of the post-Cold War ‘Washington Consensus’. The E.U.’s decision to fall in with U.S. policy on Ukraine and join it in applying sanctions has angered Moscow, which had counted on the importance of their bilateral trade relations–especially in energy–to protect it. Instead the E.U., like the U.S., has banned Russia’s largest banks from its capital markets and limited sales of high-tech goods to its crucial oil sector. Europe’s de facto leader, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, had told the Bundestag before meeting with Putin Thursday and Friday that she wanted Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine, allow independent monitoring of the Russia-Ukraine border, and support free regional elections in the disputed provinces of eastern Ukraine under Ukrainian law. “We won’t agree to any criteria and conditions of the sort,” Lavrov told the NTV channel Sunday, saying that Russia was already doing more to end the crisis than anyone else. “We can find a way out of the present crisis and will help our Ukrainian brothers agree on how to restructure their country,” Lavrov said, in a reference to Moscow’s support for the “federalization” of Ukraine. The two regions partially held by pro-Russian rebels, Donetsk and Luhansk, have said declared independence and won’t accept anything less. For all the defiance, pressure on the Russian economy is slowly mounting under the combined influence of sanctions and, more importantly in the short term, the sharp drop in the price of oil, its main export. On Friday, Moody’s Investor Service cut the country’s long-term debt rating to Baa2, only two grades above junk status, with a negative outlook. The ruble has weakened to a series of all-time lows against the dollar, despite the central bank softening the decline with billions of dollars of foreign exchange interventions. At the weekend, Russia agreed to a temporary compromise–proposed by the E.U.–on resuming gas supplies to Ukraine at a price 20% below what it had previously asked for. OAO Gazprom had stopped supplying it in May citing unpaid bills of $5 billion for past deliveries. The deal should avert the risk of a shutdown in crucial supplies to some E.U. countries this winter, but it’s unclear how Ukraine will pay for the deliveries. The country is on the verge of bankruptcy after the annexation of Crimea and the war in the east wrecked its economy. Industrial production in September was down 16.6% from a year ago due to collapsing output in Donetsk and Luhansk.

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It would make our existence very difficult if we didn't get this type of funding.
We don't have the funding to do it.
The whole point is to get funding.
I think it is a dead issue due to lack of funding.
We are pleasantly surprised to hear the governor is going to start funding these programs.
Give Vegas credit. They spread us out and executed.
As a result of that, every now and then the market needs to remind investors that Wall Street is not a one way street, and things don't last forever and things don't go up forever. It is quite obvious that the Nasdaq was due for a correction.
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale Hurston


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In 1886, Puigaudeau made his first visit to the quiet seaside village of Pont-Aven. There he booked a room at Gloanec's, a popular hotel for artists on a budget. It so happens that Paul Gauguin was also making his first visit and staying at the same hotel. Puigeaudeau, along with a small number of aspiring artists were in a wholly unique position of observing and working alongside one of the most important painters of the late nineteenth century. Inspired by their contact with Gauguin, a number of these artists created a quite radical movement in painting. They call themselves the Nabis, the Hebrew word for Prophet.
Puigaudeau adopted some of the tenets of this new mode such as heightened palette, simplified forms and a vigorous brushwork that is reminiscent of pointillism. He had a passion for the subtitles of light in any form. His garden views and paintings of his home in Kervaudu are imbued with a warm light and freshness of color. Puigaudeau began these paintings sometime around 1907 when he and his family rented the manor depicted in this particular painting from M. Lebreton de Fontenelle. He would remain here until his death on September 15th, 1930.
Because of Kervaudu's location on a peninsula, the area attracted many artists to Nantes. Thus Puigaudeau found himself surrounded by his old friends, Emile Dezaunay, Alexis de Broca and Donatien Roy; and the group would regularly set forth onto the country-side on painting excursions. From 1910 to 1914, Puigaudeau happily criss-crosse through the countryside endlessly painting the sunsets on the sea and windmills.
He developed close relationships with Gauguin, Degas, Rysselberghe, Ensor and Bernard. Degas affectionately referred to Puigeaudeau as the Hermit of Kervaudu.
Berger et ses Moutons au Soleil Couchant, depicting a shepherd and his sheep at pasture, is one of Puigaudeau’s calmer and more subdued evening scenes. The sun has dipped into a swath of violet clouds, having nearly disappeared beneath the horizon. Only a faint glow remains, giving the overall work a feeling of quietude and meditation. Puigaudeau has rendered his figures relatively small in size compared to the scale of the landscape, making his trees the dominant compositional features and making his shepherd almost insignificant in comparison. This piece is unique in its delicate handling of paint; whereas some of Puigaudeau’s works are painted with heavier, thicker strokes, Berger et ses Moutons is lighter and more brushy, with areas of exposed raw canvas. The resulting appearance is both earthy and ethereal.
Private Collection, Nantes

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Muslera expects Italy clash to be decisive
Galatasaray goalkeeper Muslera will likely feature for Oscar Tabarez's men in Brazil as they seek to move through a group that also includes Costa Rica and England.
However, the former Lazio man is targeting the Italy fixture as the key clash of the group, with Uruguay looking to reach the knockout stage in consecutive competitions.
Muslera reckons the likes of Mario Balotelli, Andrea Pirlo and Gianluigi Buffon will pose the biggest test when they meet for their final group game on June 24.
"The match against Italy? That will be decisive. They have a super attack but also a really good defence," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"Italy have a complete team that are strong in all departments. Pirlo is a champion and continues to amaze me. As does Buffon.
"And then there's Balotelli. I think he could play in any team in the world.
"But we also have some great players. (Edinson) Cavani and (Luis) Suarez are amazing."
The nations met most recently in the FIFA Confederations Cup last year when Italy won on penalties to secure third place.


The U.S. Coast Guard says it is fining five Greenpeace protesters $5,000 each for dangling from a bridge over the Willamette River and blocking a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker from leaving Portland for an Arctic drilling operation.
The protesters facing fines include three who dangled on lines below the St. John’s bridge for 40 hours late last month and two support staff on the deck of the bridge.
The violations have been referred to a Coast Guard hearing office in Virginia. The protesters have the right to appeal.
A Greenpeace spokeswoman told Oregon Public Broadcasting she was working to confirm the charges.
The icebreaking vessel Fennica arrived in Portland late last month for repairs to its hull after sustaining damage in the Aleutian Islands. More than a dozen Greenpeace protesters suspended themselves from the bridge, but the ship was able to leave the city on July 30.


Whenever you spot a cockroach in your house, the first thing that might come to your mind is whether you might have a roach infestation. Well, roaches bring a host of negative effects to our homes and may cost hundreds of dollars to eradicate.
So, I understand the cause of panic when homeowners spot a single cockroach in their house. But should you be worried about the one roach you have spotted?
A short answer is NO. The sight of one roach is not a single indicator that you have a roach infestation to deal with. These pesky creatures are attracted to our homes as they search for water, food, shelter and warmth. So, the one roach that you spot, could have just moved in search of conditions to survive. However, you should treat this one roach seriously to ensure that it doesn’t develop into an infestation.
You need to know that cockroaches have evolved with humans for many years and have developed many survival tactics which have made them survive numerous mass extinction. They stay out of sight during the day, only coming out during the night to terrorise your house.
That means, unless you have an infestation, you will rarely see cockroaches. But there are a few signs that may indicate a possible roach infestation.
Signs Of Cockroach Infestation
1. Seeing Roaches During The Day
The sight a cockroach is obviously the surest sign of a roach problem. And while the best time to spot these nocturnal insects is during the night, sometimes it possible to see them during the day. If you spot a roach during the day, there is a high chance that you might be dealing with a horde of them.
Although roaches tend to hide during the day, overcrowding and competition for food and water may cause them to spill out during the day in order to survive. So, if you find roaches during the day, it’s probably the right time to start a treatment plan or seek help from pest control professionals
2. Dead Roaches Lying Around
Basically, life and death is part of a roach infestation. Thus, it is common to find carcasses of cockroaches in the places they hide. Signs of dead roaches mean that roaches are already in your house but not necessarily an infestation.
3. Roach Droppings
Another possible indicator of roach infestation, is the presence of fecal matter around your house. These creatures have a high metabolism rate, meaning they can excrete a substantial amount of fecal matter. The droppings differ in appearance, depending on the species and sizes of cockroaches.
Adult roaches will defecate cylindrical pellets-like feces while droppings from small roaches resemble ground coffee. The location and the quantity of roach feces can give you a hint of the extent of the infestation.
Check the areas most frequented by roaches such as behind the sink and food storage areas for roach droppings. If there’s a substantial amount of feces, this could be a clear indicator of a high roach traffic.
4. Presence Of Roach Eggs
Roaches breed and multiply rapidly in just a few days. So, the sight of oothecae (egg casings) left after hatching is a clear sign of infestation. Oothecae are the brown casings that are discarded after hatching. Most roach species produce an ootheca with 10 to 20 eggs but the stubborn German roach will have up to 50 eggs in a single ootheca.
Normally, most roach species attach their ootheca in secure places where pesticides and enemies like humans have a difficulty reaching.
However, the German roach carries with it the ootheca until the eggs hatch, making it hard to spot. If you have an infestation, you will spot egg castings inside closets, cabinets, around appliances such as refrigerators, ovens, stoves etc.
5. Unusual Smells
Finally, roaches have a characteristic oily odour which tends to become pungent as the infestation gets worse. The oily smell is possible with a large number of cockroaches, but can also result from oleic acid produced by decomposition of dead roaches. German roaches produce quite an intense smell than other roaches. The smell of cockroaches remains in the air and can even interfere with the taste of food.
What Attracts Roaches?
1. Food Or Something To Eat
Exposed food is one the most common attractant for roaches. Roaches will crawl and remain in your house as long as they have something to eat. They are not selective at all. From food crumbs on surfaces to left overs on utensils, roaches will eat almost anything they come across.
But armed with simple housekeeping measures, you can minimise these avenues for roach proliferation. For example you can clean the house thoroughly and disinfect the surfaces. In addition keep all food substances in sealed vessels.
However, remember that roaches do not entirely rely on foodstuffs like us. Some cockroach species will feed on non-food substances like wood, cardboard, glue, paper etc.
2. Presence Of Damp, Dark And Hidden Places
Even if roaches are deprived of foodstuffs, these creatures are known to be sturdy enough to survive up to a month without feeding. During this time, roaches tend to cling to any dark, hidden and wet places in the house. Hence, you might find them around garbage points, garage and bathroom and behind the sink.
Simply speaking, these creatures will hide in place where there’s seldom disturbances and away from human predators.
3. Exposed Trash
Just like foodstuffs, exposed trash will attract roaches like magnet. They will not only find something to eat but also a quiet haven to hide and breed.
If you want to get roaches out of trash areas, be sure to empty the garbage collection bins and clean them thoroughly.
Roaches can survive up to a month without food but not without water. They dehydrate quickly and will barely survive a month or two without water. That’s why roaches are attracted to wet places like under the sink, leaking pipes, around pet’s water and any other wet surface.
However keeping your house as dry as possible can reduce the persistence of roaches in your house.
5. Overgrown Vegetation
Overgrowing grass and weed around the house and along pathways leading to the doors may be good breeding areas for roaches. In addition natural mulch and overstayed mown grass (i.e. before disposal), may harbour roaches because of the moist and warm conditions underneath.
However such roach threats can be minimised by maintaining a clean and tidy garden through clearing and damping overgrown vegetation.
6. Things You Bring Home
Unlike bed bugs, roaches do not hitch a ride home on things like clothes and furniture. Roaches like hiding in electrical appliances and cardboard boxes. They love the warm and quiet conditions inside appliances, so be keen not to bring them home.
You risk bring them home if you buy second hand appliances that come from a roach infested place. If you are not sure whether such appliances harbour roaches, you can cast the doubts by wrapping the items in airtight plastic bags together with Nuvan strips and leave them for a week or so.
What Type Of Roach Do I Have?
Of the 4600 known species of roaches, only 30 species have evolved and adapted to live with humans. Out of these, there are 5 main types of roaches that you are likely to find near households. These include:
1. German Cockroach
The scientific name for this roach is Blattella germanica. It is the type of roach you will commonly find in warmer climates. Though it is small in size, merely about ½ in, this is one roach you don’t want to have anywhere near your house. They harbor numerous disease-causing bacteria and may cause allergy relation reactions. German roaches are also known for their resistance against common pesticides. Their color ranges from dark brown to tan and they don’t fly.
2. American Cockroach
The scientific name for this roach is Periplaneta Americana. This is the largest type of roach that you will see in your house. Its reddish brown, readily flies and about 1½ in. Although it’s the most abundant, this roach is not very dangerous. It’s however associated with a lot of nasty diseases to humans.
3. Oriental Cockroach
The scientific name for this roach is Blatta orientalis Linnaeus. It’s commonly known as the ‘water bug’ due to its tendency to inhabit damp areas such as the basements. Its color ranges from dark brown to black but the wings are non-functional.
4. Brown Banded Roach
The scientific name for this roach is Supella longipalpa. This roach resembles the German roach but can be distinguished by the brown bands on their body. In addition, just like the German roach, this roach skin castings and excretions are associated with allergic reactions.
5. Smoky Brown Roach
Last but not the least is the “Smoky Brown Roach”. The scientific name for this roach is Periplaneta fuliginosa. The name of this roach comes from its characteristic mahogany color. They commonly inhabit areas around the garage and woodpiles.
The sight of one roach should not cause you a lot of panic. This should rather get you ready for a roach control plan. Since roaches breed very rapidly, one female roach can quickly cause a roach infestation in your home.
I would recommend that you embark on appropriate roach prevention plans such as eliminating conducive environments. In addition, you can seek advice from a professional pest exterminator.


Coun. Ron Kerr says people are putting their lives at risk every time they walk along the narrow shoulder of winding Petersen Road and the city needs to do something about it.
He said the area poses a major safety concern that needs to be addressed now, rather than wait for a re-build of Willis and Petersen roads – a project that has been on the city’s radar but pending available funding.
“I’ve watched our citizens risk their lives daily on these roads and this cannot continue,” said Kerr during a council meeting Aug. 14. “Our new Master Transportation Plan has highlighted the infrastructure deficiencies in this area, but it doesn’t have to be a high-priced option to make a difference.”
Kerr wanted city staff to look into and report back on the feasibility of putting in a gravel sidewalk and bike path along Petersen and Willis roads, using the same contractor to do both the design and build of the infrastructure in order to save costs.
Coun. Claire Moglove said while she could appreciate the safety concerns, there’s no easy fix.
She said three years ago council tried to address the same issues and received a report from city staff that it would cost $1.2 million to pave the shoulders on Petersen, Willis and Cheviot roads, money the city does not have.
“The gist of that report at that time was that because Petersen and Willis roads are rural roads and because they’re fairly narrow and because they have the ditches, it is not an inexpensive matter,” Moglove said. “I don’t have a problem with staff updating that report and widening it to include the option of a bike path but we have enquired on this in the past and there does not seem to be any inexpensive way to deal with it.”
Kerr said he’s concerned with what he perceives as inaction on the part of the city.
“Three years ago this report was made and we’re still at the same point,” he said.
“I’d like to see it move along so we’re not looking at the same situation in another three years.”
Moglove countered that while she understood Kerr’s concerns, the city’s not in a position to undertake improvements that would address them.
“The reason we’re still in the same spot is the Willis road project and/or Petersen Road will cost upwards of $10 million to $15 million, depending on the extent of the work we do,” Moglove said. “You can’t just simply widen the road. There’s a culvert, there’s water, there’s ditches.”
Moglove added that council did adopt city staff’s other option in the 2009 report, which was making pedestrian connections in the area to help schoolchildren trying to get to Ripple Rock Elementary. Moglove repeated that she did not have a problem with staff coming back with another report on the extent of the work that would need to be done, but felt council was not in a position to have city staff come back with a budget request for improvements.
Kerr argued that he wasn’t asking for a lot.
“My request is for a gravel path, not a paved path, so we are not looking at the Cadillac model,” he said.
“If you spent any time driving along Willis Road and watch the citizens walking on a two-foot wide path on the very side of the roadway, you would push this up to a priority item. This is a major safety issue that we’ve let go for far too long.”
In the end, council agreed to ask city staff to come back with a report, before the end of November, outlining the costs of a gravel sidewalk and bike path along Petersen Road north to 14th Avenue and along Willis Road out to the Inland Highway.


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In the US, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) has selected communications firm Hudson Fiber Network (HFN) for smart grid connectivity across eight buildings.
HFN will deploy its communications platform to enable secure and efficient smart grid data telemetry between REITs and its buildings in Jersey City, Hoboken and Paramus.
The development will help REITs to improve management of its buildings and reduce operational and maintenance costs, in addition to improving tenant services.
The project will provide REIT’s tenants with:
- Full access to local/national WAN and data center footprint
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Jeff Robator, VP of Operations at HFN, said: “Technology and network solutions powering today’s tech-focused enterprises are growing at an exponential rate.
“Accessing the latest in fiber network via our Smart Grid technology supports all tenants’ data requirements whether public IP, private network, low-latency, SDN or direct connect cloud services. HFN purpose-builds any bandwidth scenario to optimise today and future proof tomorrow. The builds extend our presence into our client’s offices, enabling tenants to outperform through networks and eliminating their barriers for growth.”
Since establishment in 2002, HFN is connecting customers in 16 key US markets and over 90 locations of the busiest traffic hubs in New York and New Jersey.

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Comparing greek and norse mythologys
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Hello – and welcome. My name is Rick Harvey – aka The Occasional Photoblogger . Home for me is Invercargill in the deep south of New Zealand.
I take photographs for fun and I blog here at The Occasional Photoblogger for fun too.
As an opportunist photographer who enjoys taking photographs of ordinary things I see around me, I try to make them appear a little less ordinary and interesting. That doesn’t always happen though!
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Check-in time is 14:00 and check-out time is 10:30 at Hotel Italia.
Yes, Hotel Italia offers free parking.
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Hotel Italia is located 0.1 miles from the centre of Cortona. Piazza della Repubblica is the closest landmark to Hotel Italia.
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Specialized anti-corruption Prosecutor’s office agreed to a suspicion the head of the Department for the repayment of obligations of the State fiscal service of Ukraine (SFS), the head of SAP Nazar Golodnitsky.
“Today, prosecutors COAG agreed suspicion to the head of Department of repayment of the obligations of the SFS of Ukraine. He was arrested,” said Holodnitsky reporters on Thursday in Kyiv.
According to him, will decide the election of a preventive measure.
Thus, as stressed by the head of the anti-corruption Prosecutor’s office, in the case of the illegal tax installments entities is not only removed from the post of the head of the SFS Roman Nasirov.
As reported, the detectives NAB declared suspicion in Commission of crime the head of the SFS in the evening of 2 March 2017, after which he carried out his detention in hospital “Feofania”. He is suspected of committing a crime under part 2 St. 364 (Abuse of official position, entailed heavy consequences”) Criminal code of Ukraine.
On the night of March 7, Solomenskiy district court of Kiev chose Nasirova measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of 60 days with an alternative of pledge in the amount of UAH 100 million. At the same time, Specialized anticorruption the Prosecutor’s office asked the court to assign Novel Nasirova Deposit in the amount of 2 billion UAH.
The Kyiv court of appeals on March 13 upheld the decision of Solomenskiy district court Nasirova on election of a measure of restraint in form of detention for 2 months with the possibility of bail of 100 million UAH.
On the evening of March 16, Nasirova arrested for his wife posted bail of 100 million UAH.
17 Mar Nasirov was questioned NABOO.
Previously, SAP announced that the presence of a Hungarian passport at Roman Nasirov has not been confirmed.


Sunflowers are bright cheerful annuals that start blooming in August when other flowers are starting to fade. The size of plant and flower is dependent on the variety and how close together they are planted. Yellow petals with a brown center is the colour of the sunflowers that were grown by Indigenous Americans. While this variety is still the most common they are also available in various shades of red and stripes.
Sunflowers are one of the easiest plants to grow as seen by them popping up in odd places when the seeds are dropped by birds or squirrels.
While sunflowers do best in a sunny location, they will tolerate part shade. Sunflowers grow in most soils as long as there is sufficient moisture. When watering try to apply an inch (2.54 cm) which will encourage the plants to develop a deep root system. If the soil is dry for a long period of time after the sunflower has germinated, the plants will be short and the flower small.
Sunflower plants are divided into two categories: single stems and branching.
Single stemmed plants produce one flower. Some varieties have complete flowers while others are bred for the flower market and do not produce pollen. Seeds will still be produced if there is a sunflower with a complete flower, in the vicinity. Plant single stemmed sunflowers close together and the plants will be short with a flower small. Give the plant at least a foot of growing space and the plant and flowerhead will increase in size.
Single stemmed sunflowers tend to make better cut flowers as the flowers last a long time.
Branching sunflowers produce many smaller flowers over a long period of time. A branching stem is thinner than the single headed sunflower and may break or bend if the flowerheads become too heavy.
Tall sunflower plants develop an extensive root system which keeps them upright. Expect to find lateral roots spreading up to a foot on each side of the stem. It holds that plant, gathers nutrients but can be hard to pull in the fall.
Sunflowers rarely suffer insect damage but they do attract wildlife such as bees, deer, squirrels and birds. Bees feed on the nectar and pollen depending on the variety.
Deer eat the developing flower bud and will knock plants over to reach it.
Squirrels will run up the stems on large stocks to gather seeds. The weight of the squirrels can bend or break the stocks.
Birds feed and spread the seeds in the flowerhead.
For those that do not want to clean up the mess of seeds, there are seedless hybrids available. The seeds of these plants will cost more but they produce less mess, seeds, and attract fewer critters.
Linda Tomlinson has gardened in Central Alberta for over 30 years. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Reproductive and patho-physiological responses of blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) exposed to chromium with or without chelating substances
- Water pollution with chromium included significant negative impact in the hematological and biochemical parameters together with marked histopathological alteration and lowering reproductive performance of fish. The addition some chelating agents (EDTA, super phosohate and charcoal) could decrease this degree of toxic effects of chromium and improve the fish condition.
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Taylor Swift Films ‘VH1 Storytellers’
On Monday night (Oct. 15), Taylor Swift had the opportunity to sit down with 'just' 3,000 of her peers to tape an upcoming episode of 'VH1 Storytellers.' Luckily for the millions of fans who weren't in attendance at the taping, the intimate musical performances and tell-all Q&A session will air on VH1 next month.
It's not often that Swift gets to play to a small crowd. After all, Swift's 'Fearless' days are over, and since she made her country music debut in 2006, she has become one of the most in-demand entertainers in music.
The 'VH1 Storytellers' taping took place at Claremont College in Los Angeles. Always a crowd-pleaser, Swift chose the venue based on a contest. Fans voted for which school they wanted Swift to perform at, and then the top five vote-getting schools received $10,000 in grants for their music departments from Swift and Chegg for Good, a philanthropic program. In the end, Claremont College scored the most votes.
According to the L.A. Times, the taping went about as smoothly as one could hope -- Swift is always remarkably collected, and this situation was no different. From the very beginning of the evening, the 'Begin Again' hitmaker admitted that the taping was a rare and special event.
“I’ve been very fortunate to play all these arenas and stadiums, but tonight is going to be a show like I will never do again and that I’ve never done before," she explained.
Her 75-minute session included performances of new tunes from 'Red,' as well as old standby hit songs. Swift sang 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' and 'Begin Again,' as well as 'Love Story,' 'Mean' and 'You Belong With Me.'
During the Q&A segment, one of the attendees asked the open worrier if she ever second guesses herself. With her tongue in her cheek, she replied, "Only about 400,000 times every 10-minute interval."
To catch Taylor Swift's 'VH1 Storytellers' episode, tune in to VH1 at 11PM ET on Nov. 11.

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text: Urban areas are not void of nature, there is likely to be a lot which lives in the area other than people. Wanted or unwanted, domesticated or wild. This topic looks into the division between nature, the flora and fauna, and that which is constructed by people. How do they relate and co-depend? Are the two coexisting or struggling to find harmony?

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A junior officer accused of negligence in the fatal collision of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) last summer will face a special court-martial next week on charges of dereliction of duty in a trial at Washington Navy Yard, the Navy announced this week. Based on the circumstances of the case, the trial is part of a likely plea deal that would involve the officer becoming a prosecution witness in courts-martial stemming from the same collision, two military defense lawyer told USNI News.
The yet-unidentified junior officer will appear before a military judge on Tuesday on a charge of “negligent dereliction of duty resulting in death” – a violation of Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to a statement from the Navy.
Previous to this week’s announcement, the Navy said three junior officers on Fitzgerald had faced much more serious charges including negligent homicide. The less-severe charge indicates the defense and the prosecution have reached a plea agreement, Eugene Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School, told USNI News on Tuesday.
“As these things go, that’s a relatively minor offense,” he said.
“It sounds like there’s a guilty plea.”
A Tuesday USNI News request for a redacted charge sheet for the officer was acknowledged by a Navy Judge Advocate General spokesperson, but the document was not immediately provided.
In January USNI News first reported that two Fitzgerald lieutenants and one lieutenant junior grade, who were believed to be on duty during the collision with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan that killed seven sailors, faced dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide charges. Two of those officers will face a military judge next Wednesday for a preliminary Article 32 hearing in Washington.
Ship commander Cmdr. Bryce Benson, who was asleep in his stateroom when the collision occurred, faces charges that include dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide, according to a January statement from the service. His Article 32 preliminary hearing is set for May 21.
One military defense attorney told USNI News that the trial is most likely to formalize a plea deal with government prosecutors that will come with an obligation to testify against Benson during his court-martial.
“They’re probably rolling this person up as a witness,” Rob “Butch” Bracknell, a former Marine and military lawyer, told USNI News on Tuesday.
“If this person was in a position to give evidence to give against the CO, then the plea deal will come with an offer of testimonial immunity and an order to testify. It’s perfectly normal.”
Not included in the announcement was an Article 32 date for Cmdr. Alfredo J. Sanchez on charges of dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide related to the fatal August collision of USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) and a merchant oil tanker off the coast of Singapore.
“An update on dates for cases related to the USS John S. McCain will be forthcoming,” a statement from the Navy reads.
McCain CO Sanchez was on the bridge and overseeing a crew of cross-decked sailors from the crew of cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54) during the entrance into a busy merchant channel. During the transit, the sailors not qualified with the controls of the destroyer lost control of the ship and collided with a merchant tanker, resulting in the death of 10 sailors, according to a subsequent investigation into the incident.
Former McCain executive officer Cmdr. Jessie L. Sanchez was found guilty of violating Article 92 in a February non-judicial punishment hearing in overseen by Adm. James Caldwell.
Caldwell, director of Naval Reactors, was appointed in October as the Consolidated Disposition Authority tasked to oversee additional accountability actions for the McCain and Fitzgerald collisions.
The CDA’s role is to provide consistent accountability actions for an incident or a series of related incidents.
Caldwell recommended the charges for Benson, Sanchez and the three Fitzgerald officers. In addition, he’s issued non-judicial punishment for almost 20 sailors involved in the two collisions.
The following is the complete April 30, 2018 statement from the Navy.
WASHINGTON — Article 32 and now trial dates are set in the cases related to the USS Fitzgerald collision. All hearings will be held at the Navy Yard, Naval District Washington.
For USS Fitzgerald, one junior officer is scheduled for arraignment and entry of pleas at a Special Court-Martial on May 8, 2018 for violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), Article 92 (Negligent Dereliction of Duty Resulting in Death). A joint Article 32 hearing for two junior officers is scheduled for May 9, 2018. An Article 32 hearing for the Commanding Officer is scheduled for May 21, 2018.
An update on dates for cases related to the USS John S. McCain will be forthcoming.
All individuals alleged to have committed misconduct are entitled to a presumption of innocence.

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Pumpkin farmers have been forced to look out of state the make sure they have enough vegetables for the season after a soggy summer dampened prospects for a fruitful fall.
Dan Schoonmaker, a partner at Saunderskill Farms in the Hudson Valley, said that for the first time the farm is importing about 1,000 pumpkins from out of state to compensate for those lost when wet weather wiped out about 40 acres of crops this summer.
"We knew that we would not have pumpkins," he said, "and we just decided at that point to try to look around to find some, and between us and our neighbor, we located some in Massachusetts."
Soon after Tropical Storm Irene soaked his farmland in late August, Schoonmaker said the farm decided to import pumpkins from elsewhere.
He said he thinks the farm will make back must of what it spent on pumpkins. Other fall activities like hay rides and items like flowers and baked goods also help generate revenue for the farm.
Some farms in New Jersey were hit hard, too.
Marsha Demarest, of Demarest Farms in Hillsdale, N.J., said she lost six acres of pumpkins.
Demarest decided to import about 60 large bins of pumpkins, three times a week, from farms in Michigan. She's hoping that will be enough to accommodate pumpkin-picking visitors and school groups.
"It's a very rare thing," she said. "I've been in business with my husband for 42 years. This is our 125th proud family farm tradition anniversary, and it's the first time that this has happened, that I can remember."
Despite their losses, both Schoonmaker and Demarest said business has been good this year — thanks in part to a recent spate of warm weather.


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As the debate rages on over legislative proposals to delay the debit card swipe fee reforms, those of us who view the issue from the perspective of economics and the economy are fascinated by how far the focus has drifted from what really matters. Lost in the coverage of who is on which side, who is right and who’s wrong, and who truly speaks for consumers is a sincere discussion about the market failures that spurred the intervention.
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On May 31, the House rejected legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling without any accompanying spending cuts or reforms by a strong bipartisan vote of 97 to 318. This vote should prove to the President once and for all that he must agree to House Republicans’ demand that we rein in wasteful Washington spending wherever it is occurring.
Raising the debt ceiling without simultaneously incorporating enforceable spending cuts and serious reforms will only burden our future generations with outrageous debt. We must not raise the debt ceiling by $1 without simultaneously making deep cuts in spending and taking real steps towards a balanced budget.
The nation’s housing markets continue to struggle and underwater mortgages are a big deal. According to recent estimates by CoreLogic, 23.1 percent of mortgage borrowers currently owe more on their mortgage than the appraised or estimated value of their homes and approximately 10 percent owe more than 125 percent of the value of their home. Nationwide, mortgaged homes are over $750 billion underwater.
So it was of interest that the Financial Times reported that “U.S. officials investigating improper foreclosure practices have rebuffed a $5bn offer from the largest banks to settle claims as far too low, a person familiar with the discussions said.” Instead, state attorneys-general and federal regulators are reported to be seeking $20 billion.
For all the key goals that Congress hopes to achieve in financial reform, a little known or understood provision of the Dodd-Frank Act has the potential to derail efforts to increase market transparency and mitigate risk in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives marketplace.
The obstacle is a requirement that U.S.-based swap data repositories (SDRs) obtain indemnification agreements from foreign regulators prior to sharing critical market data with them – a subject highlighted during today’s subcommittee hearing of the House Agriculture Committee.
After seven years, the World Trade Organization has finally ruled on two of the most important cases brought before them, one filed by the United States on behalf of Boeing and a countersuit by the European Union on behalf of Airbus.
The verdicts are in. Both sides have been found guilty of doing what they have been openly doing for decades: using government support to develop aircraft.
Results of the first of two final WTO Appellate Body reports just released constitute the final blow to the Boeing-sponsored myth that government support to Airbus somehow caused harm to Boeing. An expected win-win has turned into a lose-lose. The WTO’s appeals process hopefully ends a steady stream of propaganda regarding massive illegal subsidies to Airbus.
In most debates around the country's looming fiscal crisis, "shared sacrifice" is the prevailing theme.
But as policymakers consider the options on the table, not every potential budget cut must be painful or risk damaging the recovery. In fact, policymakers are currently overlooking an idea that could painlessly save U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars a year while at the same time promote job opportunities for Americans.
The simple idea? Broaden competition for U.S. defense and government contracting. In particular, drastically reduce the number of “sole sourced” contracts awarded without soliciting bids from multiple suppliers.
Rep. Hoyer gave the following remarks at the Bipartisan Policy Center on the country's fiscal future:
If the United States fails to pay the bills it has incurred, it ‘would be a financial disaster not only for our country, but for the world economy.’ Those are the words of Speaker Boehner in January.
In fact, to quote another leader, ‘the full consequences of a default—or even the serious prospect of default—by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and the value of the dollar.’ Those were Ronald Reagan’s words in 1983.
That’s why it’s so disappointing that Republicans like Speaker Boehner are threatening just such an economic ‘disaster’ if Congress fails to pass their fiscal policies.
The federal government once again has reached the limit of its legal ability to borrow money, meaning it cannot issue new Treasury debt without action by Congress to increase the debt ceiling limit. As of this month, our “official” national debt - which doesn’t include the staggering future payments promised to Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries - stands at $14.2 trillion.
The debt ceiling law, passed in 1917, enables Congress to place a statutory cap on the total amount of government debt rather than having to approve each individual Treasury bond offering. It also, however, forces Congress into an open and presumably somewhat shameful vote to approve more borrowing. If the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives gives in to establishment pressure by voting to increase the debt ceiling once again, you will know that the status quo has prevailed. You will know that the simple notion of balancing the budget, by limiting federal spending to federal revenue, remains a shallow and laughable campaign platitude.
It is predictable that Congress will once again merely delay the inevitable and raise the debt ceiling, after the usual rhetoric about controlling spending, making cuts, and yes, raising taxes. We have heard endless warnings about how irresponsible it would be to “shut down the government.” The implication is that sober, rational, mature pundits and politicians understand reality, while those who oppose raising the debt ceiling limit are reckless ideologues who will harm the economy just to make a point.
Last week's collapse of the Senate's "Gang of Six" debt-reduction talks, and talk of a "Gang of Five," will deepen the public's distaste for the process and substance of the budget debates in Washington. Voters across the country resent being left out of these increasingly elite deliberations.
As much as the politicians argue, they don't seem to hear the good sense of the American people. The many closed-door meetings in Washington to decide on America's future are filled, instead, with esoteric and magical formulas purporting to close the deficit.
After a few quiet years for trade policy, the Obama administration and Congress are on the brink of a major breakthrough. Three new FTAs and an extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) are logically and politically linked and are ready to move through Congress together. Unfortunately, shortsighted thinking threatens to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory.
The three FTAs with important trading partners were negotiated by the Bush administration. The Obama administration fine-tuned the agreements, but is now ready to endorse them. After almost a decade of negotiations, the agreements are on track for final approval.


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The Aston Martin (LSE: AML) share price looks more like an old banger than a luxury sports car. The shares have fallen by at least 90% since Aston floated on the London Stock Exchange at the end of 2018.
Aston Martin’s latest survival plan involves a £653m share sale. This was announced on 15 July and is due to complete on 28 September. The cash will be used to reduce the group’s £1.3bn net debt and provide funds to support the development of new models.
I reckon this latest funding plan improves the odds of success for Aston Martin. But as I’ll explain, I have some concerns about buying the shares and would not do so until after 28 September, at the earliest.
Great brand, terrible investment?
At first sight, this situation may seem hard to understand.
As a brand, Aston Martin is as British as James Bond and just as desirable. The company’s Formula 1 team has helped to raise its profile and attract a new generation of fans.
A partnership with Mercedes’ performance arm, AMG, means that Aston’s tech is now cutting edge, too.
Despite all of these advantages, the company has been a disaster as an investment. Why?
In short, I think the answer is mismanagement, unrealistic expectations, and far too much debt.
A strong turnaround?
The good news is that I think many of these problems have now been addressed. Stock levels have been brought down to reduce the need for discounting — a no-no for luxury brands.
Aston Martin says its sports car models are fully sold out into 2023, while orders for the DBX SUV have risen by 40% this year.
The group’s model range has been updated and further new cars are planned.
The only area where things have continued to get worse is at the bank. Aston Martin’s reported a pre-tax loss of £285m for the first half this year. Net debt rose from £892m to £1,266m during the six-month period.
Is the Aston Martin share price cheap now?
It’s very hard to value shares in a business that continually loses money. I can’t look at Aston Martin’s past profits, because it hasn’t really had any since its flotation.
Broker forecasts aren’t much help, either. Although sales are expected to rise to £1.3bn in 2022 and £1.6bn in 2023, City analysts expect Aston Martin to report hefty losses in both years.
At this point, I think that all I can do is to consider the company’s own targets.
Executive chairman (and major shareholder) Lawrence Stroll hopes that by 2025, annual sales will have risen from 6,000 cars to around 10,000. Revenue is expected to have risen to £2bn, with underlying cash profits of £500m, excluding finance costs.
If Aston Martin can hit these targets without needing any further bailouts, then I would say the stock is probably cheap today.
However, I think it’s still a very high-risk situation. If I invested, I’d only buy the shares with money I was prepared to lose.
I wouldn’t rush in now, either.
In my experience, Aston Martin’s share price is likely to drop lower again when the new rights issue shares (which were sold at 103p) start trading on the market on 28 September.
If I wanted to buy, I’d wait until then.
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About American Movie Critics: An Anthology from the Silents Until Now
An anthology of unparalleled scope, American Movie Critics charts the rise of movies as art, industry, and mass entertainment. Here are the great movie critics who forged a forceful new vernacular idiom for talking about the new art,?Otis Ferguson, James Agee, Richard Schickel, Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Molly Haskell, among them. Here too are notable American writers, including Carl Sandburg, H. L. Mencken, Susan Sontag, and John Ashbery, weighing in on a range of cinematic experiences. The volume?s narrative continues to the present with a sampling of the best of today?s reviewers, including J. Hoberman, Roger Ebert, A. O. Scott, and Manohla Dargis. This paperback edition includes additional material reflecting the impact of the Internet and DVDs on film criticism.


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I’ve been experimenting with a technique to extract height data of clouds from satellite images. The screen shots below show my first attempts. The data is 250m resolution colour satellite image (need to provide link).
I’ve been able to extract the clouds and apply them to a landscape (currently not the same terrain that features in the satellite image). I’ve used several layers to which I’ve applied the height textures, and used a cutout to provide shadows. This has enabled me to show the heights of the clouds.
The clouds have then been animated by sampling different areas of the satellite image. Although this far from an effective method of animating clouds currently, with further investigation and linking it with wind direction data, it could prove to be a particularly useful method. The method could be used to tween the frames between satellite key frames.
The images show cut-out textures (view from above), and alpha blended textures (view from below). The cutout textures resemble the images seen on TV weather broadcasts, which presumably must use similar slicing techniques to extract and apply a satellite image to the birdseye view of the ground.
The potential of the height element of slicing will be in mixing it with particles to create particle clouds using height data. Combining these techniques, e.g. Harris clouds and sliced clouds, will be my next task.


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Evaluation of the effects of too-big-to-fail reforms: Overview of Responses to the Public Consultation
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On 28 June 2020 the FSB published a consultative document on the evaluation of the effects of the too-big-to-fail reforms for systemically important banks. The FSB received 28 written responses from a variety of stakeholders. This document summarises the responses received and sets out the main changes made to the evaluation report as a result.


It's alright. I mean takes skill i guess to line up the shot, but one hit kill is a noob gun. i'm neutral on the idea, but i prefer the Dragonuv or the NX one (forgot the name) but it has perfect accuracy and is a one hit kill 80% of the time.
Holy shish kebab people, the previous post was on 9-05-09! Don't grave dig for old topics!
Anyway, I think that on large maps (Snow Valley especially), the L96A1 is owned by more accurate snipers, and although people are lured by it's one hit kill capability, as long as a rival sniper knows how to snipe correctly, he will get that kill much more effectively. My personal favorite is the M24, because there is no guessing about where a shot will land. In this way, as long as I have a clear shot, the extra time spent aiming for the opponent's head will end up being totally worth it, because as they try to aim and miss, all I need to do is shoot their brains out.
Every gun has its pros and cons. In this case, L96A1 is mostly 1 hit ko whilst it lacking accuracy as well as a slow fire rate. SR25 on the other hand lacks damage but has a high fire rate and accuracy.
btw, in snow valley with no fog, if u scope from the hill from bravo and try to shoot the guy at the really far behind hill, IT TAKES 3 SHOTS TO KILL!!!! With no fog i saw each bullet hit and blood fly, but on the third hit he died.
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Hey there kiddo! Have you ever seen an old family photo album or a special toy that's been passed down in your family for generations? That's what we call an heirloom!
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — The East Lansing City Council will hold a special meeting at 8 a.m. on Saturday to interview the 16 applicants for the City Council vacancy.
During the meeting, applicants will be interviewed followed by public comment.
The applicants are:
Zachary W. Behler
Michael R. Bower
Kathleen Corkin Boyle
Travis Austin Colwell
Jennifer A. Ferguson
Douglas D. Ripley
Jeremy John Wittrock
The September 15 special meeting has been called for the purpose of replacing former councilmember Donald Power, who submitted his resignation to the East Lansing City Clerk's office on August 22. The East Lansing City Charter requires the City Council to make an appointment within 30 days of the vacancy.
The individual appointed by Council will serve until the November 2013 General Election, at which time the City Charter requires that an election be held to fill the balance of the unexpired term. The full term will expire in November 2015.
The meeting will be at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center and is open to the public. They will also be televised and re-played on WELG.
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The Samsung Galaxy S III handset will be the first handset from the manufacturer to ship with the Samsung-made 1.4GHz Exynos 4412 quad-core processor. We already learnt that a Samsung executive suggested that U.S. version of the Galaxy S III handset would ship with dual-core processor due to the lack of LT radio on Exynos 4412 chip. A leaked User Agent Profile also clues us in on the powerhouse of Sammy’s next flagship, as well as gives us a good idea of what to expect from Verizon branded Galaxy S III handset.
The user agent profile clearly shows us that Verizon’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S III handset will be equipped with Qualcomm MSM8960 processor, sporting a 720p HD display, running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS and its model number is being mentioned as SCH-I535, which appears to be in right manner with other traditional model numbers of Verizon branded Samsung devices such as – Samsung Galaxy Nexus (SCH-i515), Droid Charge (SCH-I510) and Samsung Fascinate (SCH-I500).
It should ne noted that HTC has shunned the Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core chip for its AT&T branded One X (or you can call it One XL) and it goes with the Snapdragon S4 processor. Tegra 3 chip hasn’t scored better than the S4 chipset in the benchmark tests of international and AT&T One X variants. In fact, Galaxy S III uses dual-core SoC in its AnTuTu benchmark tests.
According to Verizon’s fall smartphone lineup, Verizon is planning to release Samsung’s new flagship phone this summer. Samsung confirmed May 3 event in London for Galaxy S III device and the fact that it will be powered by a quad-core chipset under the hood. We should learn more bout the device at tomorrow’s event. Sty tuned for further updates.


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