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Territorians are about to have the chance to win $25,000 in prizes, simply by sharing their memorable Territory and Kimberley travel experiences.
Economists' forecasts for Thursday's jobs figures centre on a 30,000 rise in employment, which would leave the jobless rate at 5.5 per cent.
Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent
Tuesday's Queensland budget will include $460 million for skills and training to support jobs growth.
Scott Pape has warned Aussies to get control of their spending before interest rates ‘inevitably’ rise, while urging governments to add money skills to school curriculums.
When you go to bed tonight spare a thought for little Alice who sleeps in a car with her mother. The rental squeeze means more families like hers are forced into homelessness — leaving kids to suffer.
The Group of Seven economic powers are planning a massive infrastructure boost in poorer countries.
France's Emmanuel Macron has echoed the relief of US allies that the tumult of Donald Trump's presidency is over.
Approvals of new houses in the NT are the highest they have been in five years, according to fresh statistics.
There is a rebellion against the rising pressure for older people to downsize, with many seniors — dubbed anti-downsizers — refusing to let go of their large family homes.
The contract is worth millions of dollars but who exactly will be responsible for the maintenance of Australia’s submarines?
A property developer turned spiritual healer who is accused of scamming Perth investors has aid any losses were due to recent real estate slump
Incoming Real Housewives of Melbourne star Kyla Kirkpatrick has built an impressive property portfolio. Here’s how the “Champagne Dame” did it.
School leavers are being given a taste of what working in the defence sector is like through a new program designed to lure teenagers who are unsure whether it is the right career for them.
The Pulitzer Board has awarded Darnella Frazier a special citation for a video she said has haunted her ever since, showing George Floyd's death.
The administration of US President Joe Biden has announced a plan to all but halt the construction of Donald Trump's signature border wall with Mexico.
More than 3000 people are expected to attend the Barunga Festival after a 12-month hiatus due to Covid-19.
Former Mix 104.9 breakfast presenter Ali Burton has made her return to the station’s airwaves as the host of the afternoon drive home segment.
The red ribbon has been cut and the gates are now officially open at the Stokes Hill Wharf Ferris Wheel at the Darwin Waterfront.
A sluggish week marked by persistent concerns over whether current inflation spikes might linger ended with US stocks closing modestly higher.
A handful of Darwin suburbs that typically fly under the radar but can offer major bang for your buck – even in the Top End’s booming real estate market – have been highlighted in a new report.
A major careers expo aimed at getting women to consider a career in Defence is coming to Darwin this weekend.
Almost 60,000 people in the NT are expected to hit the road to go camping or head to one of the dozens of dry season events on this bumper long weekend.
Perth-listed company Wellfully will have its science-based wellness products sold throughout Russia after partnering with a luxury retailer.
Private companies, investment funds and government departments are employing ever-expanding teams of spin doctors to stem and colour inconvenient truths being dug up by diligent news hacks.
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Nungu sherbet is a popular south Indian drink that makes for a refreshing drink during the summers. Read on for details.
Neer Mor is a wonderful south Indian drink that is made during the summer season. Here's how you can make it at home too!
During the summers, we look for new recipes to add to our list of refreshing drinks. One such recipe that won our hearts is panaka- lemon-saffron drink.
A couple of years ago a popular beverage start-up that isn't shy to experiment launched Panakam (panaka in Kannada) as part of their summer line-up. It put a quintessential south Indian summer cooler under the ...
Madurai's food scene truly comes alive as the sun begins to set. It's also when you begin to see the first pushcarts selling paruthi paal or cottonseed milk hit the scene.
Jaggery Milk Recipe: This South Indian drink is delicious and loaded with several nutrients that help you keep warm from within.
The streets of Kochi have taken the art of 'shaken not stirred' to a whole new level, this special summer cooler is nothing like anything you have had before.
As you go down south, you would see a unique tradition of serving lukewarm water with meals. Not just local households, restaurants in Kerala and Tamil Nadu also tend to serve warm water with meals.
A popular recipe from Mangalore, ellu juice is a cooling drink prepared with sesame seeds and freshly-grated coconut. Find the recipe inside.
Kulith kalan is a delicious soup-like drink that is prepared using the dal, buttermilk and spices.

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Sony's Kutaragi speaks about plans for PS2 and current sales.
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Ken Kutaragi spoke recently on record about the status of the PS2 and its future. Kutaragi-san first started off by commenting on the PS2s biggest problem, that of course being the early shipment problems, he said that he was looking to ship 20 million PS2s in fiscal year 2002 which starts in April.
Kutaragi also made note that the delay causing chip was was the Graphics Synthesizer chip. It not only caused Sony to only ship 500,000 units at launch, but also lowered PS2 shipments by March, from 10 million worldwide to 9 million. Kutaragi-san said that everything is operating smoothly now and GS chips are in full production. As of February 15th, there have been 8.16 million PS2 units sold; 4.38 million in Japan, 2.1 million in the North America and 1.68 million in Europe. As of Feb. 15 there were 142 PS2 titles available worldwide, and Sony expects 370 to be available by March 2002 worldwide.
On a lighter note, Sony also commented on the fact that they would be shipping a total of 10 million PSOne's globally. What's astounding is that 130 million PS2s and PSOnes are expected to ship by March 2002, combined. It's good to see Sony regaining position, and the fact that the PS2 is currently the best-selling console of 2001 is great news for Sony.

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A sigh of relief is that John also doesn’t seem to be free to do a sequel immediately.
When a filmmaker is moving quickly from one project to another, certain films will definitely take a backseat. So, when Satyamev Jayate went on to be a rollicking hit, the makers Milap Zaveri, Bhushan Kumar, and Nikhil Advani and the film’s hero John Abraham were gung-ho about the sequel.
But it does seem now that John will have to wait because Milap is busy with Marjaavaan starring Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, and Tara Sutaria.
“Milap has not yet got down to penning the sequel, so writing the film will take a while. That should only happen when he is done with filming his current film that is on the floors. Importantly, both the producers Nikhil and Bhushan should agree on the sequel idea to bankroll it. So, we guess there is some time to that,” says a trade source.
A sigh of relief is that John also doesn’t seem to be free to do a sequel immediately. The actor is working on films like RAW and Batla House, both with a dose of patriotism like his last two films Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran and Satyamev Jayate. So a sequel is certainly a sure-shot winner when announced, but that will take time.
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A new fashion-flavored campaign is putting a new spin on the idea of a full-body condom.
To prove how comfortable its proprietary non-latex material really is, condom brand Skyn decided to create a line of athletic wear, and put it to the test.
A smoky, sultry 1:30 ad from Sid Lee Amsterdam features tech-infused clothing designer Pauline von Dongen describing her approach to the project, including dragonfly-wing-inspired flaps on the arms of a shirt, which can supposedly give a long jumper more, um, lift.
The shoe giant Nike recently created the fastest commercial ever advertising their newest Zoom Air sneakers. the spot features some of the world’s best athletes doing what they do best at lightning speed. That lightning speed is demonstrated via time lapse video technology of course. Let me know what you think of the spot down below.
The spot was created courtesy of an agency with one of the funniest names I’ve ever heard of “Must Be Something” also based out of Portland. Being in close proximity to your client must provide extra incentive to produce outstanding work. Anyway, let me know what you guys think of the commercial that incidentally takes a minute and 30 not the traditional 30 seconds.
Some of the athletes featured include:
Kobe Bryant: 5-time NBA champion (basketball)
Wayne Rooney: 3-time England player of the year (soccer)
Richard Sherman: Super Bowl champion (football)
Marlen Esparza: Olympic bronze Medalist (boxing)
Odell Beckam Jr.: Offensive rookie of the year (football)
Rafael Nadal: 14-Time Grand Slam champion (tennis)
Serena Williams: 20-Time Grand Slam champion (tennis)
Marcus Mariota: 2nd overall NFL draft pick (football)
Katarina Johnson Thompson: 2014 world No. 1, heptathlon (track and field)
Shane O’Neill: Pro Skater (skateboarding)
Mo Farah: Olympic Gold Medalist: 5,000M/10,000M (track and field)
Allyson Felix: Olympic Gold Medalist: 200M/4x100M/4x400M (track and field)
Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce: Olympic gold medalist,100M (track and field)
I want to see the movie United Passions last night and contrary to my earlier point it turned out to be an awesome movie. The feature is the docudrama about the history and development of FIFA. Featured below is the trailer that I’m sure most of you seen already, but wait there is more. The two production companies are Leuviah Films & Thelma Films and they received a majority of their funding from FIFA.
FIFA has full control over production and used it to make themselves seem like one of the greatest organizations in the world. What I don’t understand is why are people mad at them for this? FIFA is a business and it has an obligation to steak holders. Is there corruption? Probably. but I mean really, what do you expect? There is big money involved.
And nobody can deny that FIFA is responsible for spreading the beautiful game throughout the world.
NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo joins in the fun of American commercialism. In this commercial for insurance company Geico, Mutombo does the thing that he made into an art form during his NBA career “block.” Mutombo blocks people’s shots in various real life situations. For example, he blocks a business executive’s shot away from the trash can, a college coeds laundry is on the floor instead of the laundry basket, a 10-year old kids’ cereal is swatted all over the grocery store, all because Mutombo is so enthusiastic doing what he loves, “blocking.” All the while repeating some of his more memorable catch phrases such as “Not in my house” in his very unique accent.


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After a three year pause, U.S. federal student loan payments are set to resume Oct. 1, and you better bet your employees will be affected.
The Society of Human Resource Management’s 2023 employer benefits survey found that only 8% of organizations said they offer student loan benefits to employees. I talked with some companies that offer the benefit, and the common thread for doing so is to support employee financial well-being and to attract and retain talent.
Take for instance Nvidia, the leading maker of data center gear used in AI systems, that has now positioned itself as the key beneficiary of the AI boom. Back in 2016, the company decided to help recent graduates pay back student loans.
Nvidia offers all U.S. employees who have graduated within the past three years with a U.S. student loan reimbursement as a benefit, according to a company spokesperson. Employees (full- and part-time) who work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for up to $350 per month toward student loan repayment. There is a lifetime maximum of $30,000. However, contributions must be in addition to an employee’s regular monthly payment and made directly to the loan servicer.
I asked Colette Kress, EVP and CFO of Nvidia, why this benefit remains a priority for the company. She explained it’s a recruiting tool and allows employees to plan “for the future so they can focus on doing their life’s work here,” Kress says.
Taking a look at the retail industry, Tracey T. Travis, EVP and CFO at The Estée Lauder Companies, shares a similar perspective. Travis says she’s “particularly proud” of the company’s Student Loan Contribution Program. The company contributes up to $100 per month toward an eligible U.S. employee’s student loan with a lifetime maximum of $10,000. The student loan repayment program began in August 2017 with the first payments being made in September 2017.
It’s not just a nice-to-have option, according to Travis. “We believe that contributing to student loan repayments is not only a strategic business decision, but it’s also the right thing to do,” she says. This helps the company to “strengthen and grow our incredible talent base, while enriching the lives of our employees and the communities in which we live and work,” Travis says.
Jesse Moore, SVP and head of student debt at Fidelity Investments predicts that many employees are feeling “overwhelmed and concerned—and rightfully so.” For the last three years, 60% of Federal student loan borrowers have been taking advantage of the payment pause, Moore says. He also points out that some younger student loan borrowers have never made a student loan debt payment before, Moore says.
Fidelity’s 2023 College Savings + Student Debt Study found that two-in-three recent college graduates taking advantage of the Federal student loan payment pause have “no idea how they are going to start repaying their student loans once the emergency pause is lifted,” he says. And one of the primary ways employers are leaning in to help is by making payments directly toward their employees’ student loans, Moore says.
Fidelity began offering its student loan assistance benefit to associates in 2016. Currently, eligible associates who are regularly scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week can enroll in the program to receive a maximum of $15,000 over a maximum of seven years’ worth of monthly payments.
Moore says an additional way employers are assisting employees is under the Secure Act 2.0 of 2022, which allows offering a match into a retirement plan when the employee makes a student loan debt payment.
A Fidelity analysis of its clients offering a student debt repayment plan found a 78% overall reduction in turnover, Moore says. That’s a stat that any finance pro can appreciate.


The Crystalline Ether
Keywords:Crystalline Ether, Massive Deformable 3D-Lattice, Dislocation, Disclination, Electromagnetism, Relativity, Gravitation, Quantum Physics, Cosmology, Standard Model of Particles, Theory of Everything
This paper summarizes how a new approach to the Universe based on the existence of a "crystalline ether", which has recently been detailed in the third versions of two books , makes it possible to find a simple, unified and coherent explanation of all the theories of modern physics and of the Universe. The basic concepts of this approach can be summarized as follows: (i) the support of the Universe is a form of "crystalline ether" which consists of a solid and inertial lattice, of face-centered cubic structure, with the simplest possible elasticity, and in which matter is represented by the set of topological singularities of this lattice (loops of dislocations, disinclinations and dispirations), and (ii) this lattice exclusively satisfies, in absolute space, the basic classical physical concepts that are Newton's law and the two principles of thermodynamics. With these basic classical concepts alone, we show that it is possible to find all the modern theories of physics, namely that the behaviors of this lattice (the Universe) and its topological singularities (the Matter) satisfy electromagnetism, special relativity, general relativity, gravitation, quantum physics, cosmology and even the standard model of elementary particles.
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Tamil Nadu Muslim League distributed hand sanitisers and face masks to elderly people at an old age home in Chennai on Sunday in a bid to tackle the growing coronavirus scare.
Till date, four positive coronavirus cases have been reported from Tamil Nadu, as per the data provided by the Ministry of Health.
As of now, 319 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the country.
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In case you hadn’t noticed, heard or remembered: today is Edward Snowden’s 32nd birthday. So first of all:
Happy Birthday, Edward Snowden,
and thank you again for everything you have done to make the world aware of what the NSA, the GCHQ, the BND, the CSE, the governments of the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and others are doing against us and not in our names.
I almost feel like apologising in turn for everything that we have failed to achieve over the past two years since you revealed yourself to the world and got marooned in Russia when the USA cancelled your passport while you were en route to Latin America (I feel I need to mention this again because some people – like the stenographers at the British Sunday Times – still cannot get their research right – or be bothered to do any research at all). In the USA, although some surveillance reform is underway, it is not actually as substantial as we may have hoped. In the UK, the government is keen to press ahead with their controversial Snoopers Charter. Almost everywhere, awareness and debate of mass surveillance in the general population is low. After all, we think we have nothing to hide and therefore nothing to fear.
However, this week’s award for the most epic anti-surveillance #fail has to go to the German government. For two reasons.
First of all, there is the question of data retention that’s been discussed in Germany for years now. In 2006, the European Parliament issued a Data Retention Directive which required member states “to store citizens’ telecommunications data for a minimum of 6 months and at most 24 months.” The directive was struck down by the European Court of Justice in 2014 “for violating fundamental rights”:
The Court took the view that the Directive does not meet the principle of proportionality and should have provided more safeguards to protect the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data.
What is more, Germany’s own constitutional court declared data retention unconstitutional in 2010. There is widespread opposition against it both in the German parliament and amongst the German population. And yet, Merkel’s government are trying to bring it back. A reminder: Germany is currently being run by a “grand” coalition between Merkel’s Christian Democrats and the party that should be their nemesis but seems like more of their subsidiary these days: the Social Democrats (SPD).
The SPD had a vote this weekend on whether or not to support their coalition partner’s data retention plans. The outcome was 144 to 88 in favour with 7 abstentions. So, rather than to reform surveillance in Germany, at a time when Germany’s own foreign intelligence agency, the BND, is under fire for potentially helping the NSA spy on European corporations and diplomats (more on that later), the German government seems determined to take a few steps backwards and re-introduce a practice that was previously struck down by both its own constitutional court and the European Court of Justice.
Merkel’s phone and the NSA’s selectors
Which brings me to the second reason for why the German government really doesn’t have a lot to be proud of right now. Readers may have noticed my German post last week. In it, I essentially wondered (or rather ranted) at the following paradox: The German attorney general has just ended his investigation into NSA spying on Angela Merkel’s mobile phone, saying that he has not been able to produce sufficient evidence. He also complained that the USA just wouldn’t help with the investigation. I am not going to get into another argument about why it is ludicrous to expect someone whose potentially illegal conduct you are investigating to provide you with evidence of that self-same conduct. I would like to once again draw attention to the paradox, however, that at the same time that the German attorney general is unable to produce any conclusive evidence, the German parliamentary NSA inquiry committee, tasked with investigating NSA spying in Germany, has been trying unsuccessfully to get access to a certain list of NSA selectors that could be evidence of the fact that the BND helped the NSA with its spying in Germany and Europe.
You would think that a government with a declared interested in investigating NSA spying would support its own parliamentary inquiry and allow it to gather the evidence it needs. Not so.
Rather than to hand the list of selectors over to a committee specifically formed to investigate such matters, the German government – who, in a show of indignation declared some time ago that spying between friends just wasn’t on – send a friendly inquiry to the US government to ask if it was okay for the German government to show the list to its parliamentarians. Naturally, the USA weren’t too keen on that. So, the German government decided on a compromise: it would name one single person who would be allowed to review the list and tell parliament all about it. Well, not all about it, actually because that “person of trust” as the post is so aptly named, would not be allowed to speak about the juicier details of what they found. Needless to say – yet again – how perfectly ludicrous this is.
Unsurprisingly, the decision has come under a lot of criticism (and threats for legal action) by the opposition and privacy campaigners. Unfortunately for Merkel and her minions, who are working tirelessly to keep everyone happy (and failing because no one is), the US government has now, according to the German newspaper BILD am Sonntag, said that it won’t even agree to that single person seeing the list and that it will “will consider decreasing cooperation between the US and German intelligence services” if German parliamentarians are given access to it. It seems that the German government now has the following options:
1.) Show the list to no one at all, thus effectively ending that line of inquiry and obstructing the investigation even further.
2.) Go against the USA’s wishes and release the list.
The result of either choice will most certainly be unhappiness. And making the USA unhappy seems to be something Merkel’s government seems to be hardwired not to do. Given the length to which the German government has gone so far to obstruct the work of its own parliamentary inquiry (citing the “vital” cooperation with the USA and transatlantic relations as reasons), and that SPD chief Sigmar Gabriel, who a few weeks ago demanded the government grow some balls and just hand the list over, also demanded that Edward Snowden be called as a witness before the same inquiry committee and then did a complete U-turn on that a year ago, I think we can make some assumptions about how the current situation is going to turn out.
So I am deeply sorry, but two years post Snowden and on the day of Snowden’s 32nd birthday, things aren’t looking that bright for surveillance reform, privacy, civil liberty or even democracy in Germany.
“On the wrong side of history.”
Filmmaker Laura Poitras has recently urged the German government once again to grant Snowden asylum, saying that her own country (the USA) was on “the wrong side of history”. Given that the German government is prepared to disregard the authority of its own parliament to avoid tensions with the USA, it should be obvious that Germany will probably not, as Poitras hopes, “lead the way and grant asylum to Edward Snowden.” Rather, it seems pretty clear by now which side of history the German government is on. Sorry about that.


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SAN FRANCISCO: Fb Inc on Tuesday reported a pointy improve within the variety of posts it eliminated for selling violence and hate speech throughout its apps, which it attributed to know-how enhancements for robotically figuring out textual content and pictures.
The world`s greatest social media firm eliminated about 4.7 million posts linked to hate organizations on its flagship app within the first quarter, up from 1.6 million within the 2019 fourth quarter. It additionally deleted 9.6 million posts containing hate speech, in contrast with 5.7 million within the prior interval.
That marks a six-fold improve in hateful content material removals for the reason that second half of 2017, the earliest interval for which Fb discloses information.
The corporate additionally stated it put warning labels on about 50 million items of content material associated to COVID-19, after taking the unusually aggressive step of banning dangerous misinformation in regards to the new coronavirus initially of the pandemic.
“Now we have a great sense that these warning labels work. Ninety-five % of the time that somebody sees content material with a label, they don`t click on by to view that content material,” Chief Government Mark Zuckerberg instructed reporters on a press name.
Fb launched the information as a part of its fifth Group Requirements Enforcement Report, which it launched in 2018 together with extra stringent decorum guidelines in response to a backlash over its lax method to policing content material on its platforms. These embrace Fb`s Messenger and WhatApp cellular apps.
It expanded the report final 12 months to incorporate details about the way it enforces guidelines on photo-sharing app Instagram and stated on Tuesday it will start releasing the information on a quarterly foundation.
In a weblog submit saying the report, Fb highlighted enhancements to its “proactive detection know-how,” which makes use of synthetic intelligence to detect violating content material as it’s posted and take away it earlier than different customers can see it.
“We`re now capable of detect textual content embedded in photographs and movies with a view to perceive its full context, and we`ve constructed media matching know-how to search out content material that`s equivalent or near-identical to pictures, movies, textual content and even audio that we`ve already eliminated,” the assertion stated.
Enhancements to that know-how additionally enabled the proactive elimination of extra drug-related and sexually exploitative content material, the corporate stated.
With fewer moderators out there in the course of the pandemic, Fb has relied extra on automated instruments to police content material as conspiracy theories in regards to the coronavirus have unfold on-line.
On the decision, Zuckerberg stated contractors in some components of the world had been beginning to return to their workplaces, however cautioned that the coronavirus changes had been prone to have a heavier impression on the information within the second quarter.
Cindy Otis, a disinformation researcher and former CIA analyst, famous that coronavirus-related abuse likewise spiked in April, after the interval coated within the report.
She urged Fb to reveal how shortly it removes posts, a key indicator of the effectiveness of its methods, because it typically seems to behave solely after content material has gone viral and unfold to different platforms.
“The pandemic has been the most important occasion in disinformation and misinformation historical past,” she stated, “and that doesn’t seem to point out of their numbers they supply.”


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New Mexico State University's latest chile release islong, red and resistant to a devastating pest called the root-knot nematode, a microscopic worm that attacks the plant's roots.
“We've released a lot of varieties in the past — green, red, paprika, jalapeño, even some ornamental lines — but this is our very first release of cayenne,” said Paul Bosland, a chile breeder with NMSU's Agricultural Experiment Station and the director of NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute.
A healthier cayenne crop is important for New Mexico's producers, since they produced 5,500 tons of cayenne peppers last year, valued at $2.2 million, according to the New Mexico Agricultural Statistics Service in Las Cruces. Known as the “NuMex Nematador,” the new resistant cayenne was six years in the making.
“The particular species we have is the No. 1 most widely distributed rootknot nematode pest in the world,” said Stephen Thomas, a NMSU nematologist who led the team that extracted, processed and counted nematode reproduction. The parasitic worms, which live in the soil, attack the chile's roots, grow into them and eventually form a knot or gall on the root itself.
The microscopic pest — specifically called the southern rootknot nematode — has squirmed across New Mexico for almost 100 years. Nematodes spread largely from movement of farm equipment from field to field.
Basically, the eggs ride along until they infect a new area. “We've seen yield reductions from 30 to 100 percent, depending on the level, temperature and time of infestation,” Bosland said. Damage is especially severe in sandy soils, the prime nematode breeding ground.
Prior to the new NMSU variety, producers were left with mostly chemical controls to halt nematodes, frequently fumigating their fields with a powerful spectrum of products called nematicides. But an environmental backlash is pushing many of these potent chemicals off the shelf.
Fumigant nematicides cost about $100 per acre, a substantial production cost, he said. By having a resistant cayenne, Bosland hopes to save the grower money, as well as reduce future problems. And, if a producer couples the resistant variety with good weed management, there's a greater likelihood of slowing problems on subsequent crops, where there may not be good nematicide alternatives or resistant varieties.
‘NuMex Nematador’ was developed from a popular cayenne simply called: ‘large red thick’. “It's a standard bigfruited type that makes harvesting easier and seems to work well for the industry,” Bosland said.
However, in the past it was susceptible to nematodes. “We've taken a variety that's already adapted to New Mexico, and selected for nematode resistance. In a sense you don't lose any of the factors that made it good. In fact you've gained one since it's more resistant.”
Yayeh Zewdie, an NMSU postdoctoral agronomy research scientist who worked on the study for years, said the new cayenne's resistance is controlled by a single dominant gene with modifiers.
“Because of this, it was relatively easy to transfer the resistant gene to other varieties,” he said. Still, years of lab time went into making NuMex Nematador.
The breeding project began in 1996 at the chile laboratory with selection of plants that had both good horticultural and agronomic traits. They were then screened for nematode resistance. Zewdie emphasized that resistance to nematodes doesn't mean immunity or zero egg production.
“We have very low levels,” he said. For example, a susceptible cayenne will produce more than 100,000 eggs per unit.”


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The Nepal Telecommunications Authority has carried out a new standardisation plan for wi-fi routers that bars assistance providers from fixing the equipment and reselling them.
The telecom regulator has also produced routers usable with all networks, which means if a shopper switches to a different world wide web services provider, they can continue on employing the exact same gadget and you should not have to get a new one particular.
The router connects a computer system to the world-wide-web, and services providers at present have devoted routers that only work with their possess community.
“We took the shift in response to grievances that reconditioned routers ended up currently being imported into Nepal,” stated Purushottam Khanal, chairman of the Nepal Telecommunications Authority.
A board meeting of the authority held on July 15 accredited the minimal requirement for purchaser-premises equipment (CPE) product specifications.
The new policies came into outcome promptly soon after the board gave its approval.
The telecom regulator experienced organized a guideline for wireless routers last August to safeguard customer legal rights. The rules also address capability, security problems and benchmarks, the regulator claimed.
The created nations around the world have an e-waste plan that calls for distributors to accumulate the old router when replacing it with a new a single, Khanal claimed.
“We have obtained grievances that outdated routers were currently being repackaged and exported to Nepal.” Khanal says it is prohibited to provide second-hand routers in the place.
“Clients can not say whether or not the router they are acquiring is a new one particular or refurbished. Services suppliers sometimes give routers for free to their consumers which may well not be of good high-quality,” he reported.
“It has grow to be vital to prevent Nepal from getting to be a dumping web page for e-squander,” Khanal explained. “The quality of net assistance also depends on the high quality of the router, and a made use of router does not give excellent effectiveness.”
The authority has also created a provision that frees prospects from getting to get a new router just about every time they transform their services provider. “This can help people to minimise their fees, and also tends to make it simple for them to swap to their ideal support company,” Khanal explained.
“Company vendors switch the aged router with a refurbished device. This is illegal,” Khanal said. “Customers can keep on working with their previous router if it works nicely right after becoming managed, but it must not be passed on to a different client.”
The normal will use to routers that are bought in the market place and which individuals put in by themselves, the regulator claimed. The authority will situation style acceptance for routers before they are imported to ensure excellent and benchmarks.
The telecommunication regulator mentioned very low quality or replicate equipment could be a person of the crucial motives driving the bad excellent of world-wide-web connections.
The router employs frequency signals which can affect the velocity of the world-wide-web connection if the device is of small high-quality, the authority explained. The use of substandard terminal equipment also impacts the good quality of world wide web company.
“Before the standards implementation, the authority used to standardise the router on its possess. Now a total guideline has been printed for the two importers and provider providers,” Khanal claimed.
The import of routers has been growing in the region by the 12 months. In accordance to the Section of Customs, router imports soared by 115.84 % to Rs3.95 billion in the initial 11 months of the final fiscal yr that finished mid-June.
In the past fiscal yr, 1.16 million units of routers entered Nepal.
In the earlier fiscal yr 2020-21, imports arrived to 805,280 routers well worth Rs2.15 billion.
Nepal imports most of its routers from China. Other sources are Australia, Belgium, Lithuania, Taiwan and the United States. The charge of a router ranges from Rs2,900 to Rs4,200 based on excellent.
Nokia and Huawei are the most widespread models in the domestic industry, according to support vendors.
There were 38 million online subscribers in Nepal as of mid-May well, amid whom 9.13 million had been preset broadband users (wired) and 104,923 mounted broadband buyers (wireless), in accordance to the administration data report.
Internet penetration has attained 130.20 p.c of the population where 31.28 per cent are mounted broadband (wired) and .36 p.c mounted broadband (wi-fi).
There are 78 registered net support providers in the state, according to the authority.
Web assistance vendors have been indicating that 60 percent of the troubles about link speeds originate with the consumer. They incorporate minimal bandwidth that the shoppers have ordered, as well numerous people today using the world wide web at the exact time from 1 link, and the distance between the router and the machine.
Router issues like product high quality account for a further 20 percent of the complaints, net company vendors said.


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I’m no expert in brutality, but I do enjoy the occasional brutal death metal album. With that said – when I happen to be in the brutal mood per se, I REALLY enjoy the blast beats and guttural-infested vocals that are such distinguishing staples of the subgenre. So enough about my white belt in all things gore; let’s plunge head first into Unique Leader Records’ latest offering of death in Condemned’s third full length, His Divine Shadow. Founding member, Steve Crow, delivers some of the sickest riffs I’ve heard all year on this wooly mammoth of an album. Plus, His Divine Shadow is Condemned’s first LP to feature newer members – bassist Ryan Tyler, vocalist Sam Townsley, and drummer Tyson Jupin. Continue reading
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So we move on to week two of our State of the Art: South Carolina series. I again went on a tear for something distinctive since I had the time to look for something special after Hurricane Matthew (that bastard!); something that I could really sink my teeth into. Those that have followed my writing know that I like just about everything, but have a particular taste for complex, guitar base Technical Metal of any sort, often with female vocalists. Well this week, I chose the former, so I present you with the Ultra–Tech Metal shredders in Invoking the Abstract.

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The UK’s first carbon mapping service, capable of providing an accurate baseline measure of soil carbon levels, is now available to farmers.
The technology, known as Terramap Carbon, will gauge the level of both organic and active carbon in soils, to help drive forward farm productivity by highlighting the most efficient method to reduce a farm’s carbon emissions.
With the NFU’s target of achieving net-zero carbon by 2040, growers are under increasing pressure to monitor their carbon footprint.
This novel technology, developed by agronomy firm Hutchinsons, aims to provide a platform that growers can use to work towards this ambition.
Until now there has been no accurate means of measuring carbon in the soil.
“Unless you can measure carbon, there is no way it can be managed,” says Matt Ward, Hutchinsons services manager. “How are growers meant to achieve net zero if they don’t know where they are starting from?”
The technology, which accurately and effectively records soil carbon levels, creates the foundation required to calculate a carbon footprint – a beneficial tool to measuring farm efficiency and profitability.
Cost of the carbon scanning service
The Terramap Carbon scanning service is now available to growers at a cost of £35/ha, suggested for use once every five years.
Terramap Carbon is available as a standard or premium service, which forms part of the Omnia suite, and users don’t have to be a Hutchinsons’ customer for its use.
The standard service maps the total organic carbon in terms of percentage carbon and t/ha, 17 micronutrients, soil type, and pH.
The premium service maps both total organic and active carbon percentage and t/ha – that is the percentage of carbon that’s active in the soil, as well as cation exchange and a wider range of micronutrients.
The carbon capture service hopes to drive productivity forwards by identifying specific scenarios so growers can reduce their carbon footprint with the use of more efficient fertilisers, different technologies, better soil carbon management and energy use.
The Terramap technology consists of a unique in-field mapping system that collects data by scanning fields with a lightweight all-terrain vehicle, kitted out with a soil-sampling sensor.
Gamma-ray detection technology then measures four naturally emitted isotopes to deliver resolutions over 800 points/ha.
Since the launch of the technology for use in soil nutrient mapping back in 2018, an area of more than 35,000ha has been scanned. The technology has since been updated to establish the new carbon tool, which Mr Ward believes will help reform soil management.
Once the carbon levels are recorded, a profile can be created using the company’s Omnia Farm Carbon Toolkit, which aligns field carbon measures to a range of machinery operation costs.
When it comes to soil carbon, there are two types, which are outlined below:
1. Organic carbon
This is mainly stable and takes the soil centuries to build up and degrade, making it relatively resistant to change. It includes active carbon. This is expressed as:
- Percentage total carbon
- t/ha total carbon
2. Active carbon
This is readily disrupted and includes microbes that break down organic matter. It accounts for up to 5% of organic carbon in the soil pool. This is expressed as:
- Percentage active carbon
- t/ha active carbon
Rather than comparing carbon costs against the current farm standard of ploughing, min- till or no-till systems, users can delve into detailed calculations that incorporate power, width, work rate and fuel use.
Within the management tool, a scenario-planning feature can assess the optimal way to improve farm carbon emissions and project the effects of carbon dioxide and financial performance, accounting for:
- Land use
- Stewardship schemes
- Establishment techniques
- Cover cropping
- Other management practices.
“We wanted to move away from just presenting carbon figures on a spreadsheet into a visible and useable format, which can be used for forward planning,” adds Mr Ward.
For example, it might be more beneficial to put more land into the Environmental Land Management scheme and sequester more carbon this way than to replace or change machinery.
Operations can be added to each field throughout the season to build a real-time picture of carbon capture, while fields with the same crop versus different establishment techniques can be assessed to identify cost of and carbon capture levels.
Case study: Nick Wilson, Hundayfield Farm, Yorkshire
Yorkshire grower Nick Wilson of Hundayfield Farm was part of the Hutchinsons’ Helix Farms network that trialled and tested Terramap Carbon.
For Mr Wilson, carbon is just another part of the farming system, but the bottom line is that he is a food producer, so managing carbon must fit into this.
He currently farms 260ha of predominately arable cropping, with some permanent pasture for his beef herd, land rented out for potato lets, and winter sheep grazing on stubble turnips.
“We always look at what we do and how we can do better, and carbon is a part of that – how much we do will ultimately be driven by policy – but whatever decisions we make on farm have to be good for us agronomically and economically in the first instance.”
He believes the new carbon service will help growers obtain a baseline measurement to assist them with policy that has a focus on the environment. “It’s all about adapting what we do rather than radical change, and being able to measure what we have is the first step.”
He points out the need for growers to know where they are starting from so they have something to build from and can be rewarded accordingly.
Arable v grassland
The results of the Terramap Carbon scanning on Mr Wilson’s farm showed significant differences in the carbon balance between the arable and permanent pasture grass fields.
The farm’s agronomist, Sam Hugill, reports the average across the arable fields was about 30t/ha of organic carbon, with the permanent pasture almost double that at 57t/ha.
“Now that we have a baseline measurement, we can look at how we manage our processes to build carbon levels on arable fields, but also to prevent any unnecessary losses of carbon,” says Mr Hugill.
“The carbon management tool allows us to look at these scenarios using real and accurate measurements and then quantify the effect on our carbon.”
“Both Mr Wilson and Mr Hugill are working together to investigate the impact of rotational root crops and the use of cover crops to limit its effect on soil carbon capture.”


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Legendary Hollywood screenwriter Howard Koch was one of the great screenwriters of Hollywood's golden age. Among his best-known films are The Seahawk, In This Our Life, and Letter from an Unknown Woman. In 1943, he was awarded the Academy Award for his script of what is perhaps the greatest film of all time, Casablanca. Koch also wrote the radio script for Orson Welles's 1938 production of "The War of the Worlds," which dramatized a Martian landing and invasion of New Jersey, which generated a nationwide panic. In his later years, Koch taught writing and wrote several books recounting his years in Hollywood.
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Julian Zelizer: Crunch Time for Immigration, Budget FightsRoundup: Historians' Take
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Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America."
(CNN) -- August is going to be a crucial month for President Barack Obama.
As the 113th Congress takes its recess, legislators will be returning to their states and districts to hear from constituents.
The stakes are particularly high for Obama and Democrats, who have one last chance to sway the House Republicans before two hugely important issues are resolved: the immigration bill and the budget.
As politicians in both parties begin to prepare for the 2014 midterms and think about the 2016 elections, this fall might be the last real opportunity for the president to win congressional support for these big measures....
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This album has many rhythmic & atmospheric modern keyboards, a bit like on the "Stereotomy" album. The vocals are still very good, and the songs are more pop than progressive; the tracks are although well made and catchy enough. Not bad at all, this album has quite good keyboards textures and electric guitar solos…
Welcome to the latest mix of new progressive sounds on this equally new Prog magazine cover disc. Brand new Amplifier and Cosmograf. Up and coming British prog from Koyo and Kylver, while the appearance of Tim Burness may evoke memories of the 80s for you. James Ivanyi and the brilliantly named Orsome Welles hoist the Aussie prog flag high, and Mumpbeak, Gaudi and Bubblemath offer something a little more left field.
Welcome to P52, Prog magazine's second cover CD for 2017. You don't get much bigger than Steve Hackett, here with Hungarian jazz band Djabe, lending a new twist to Steve's own The Steppes. Or Oceans Of Slumber, who boldly take on the Moody Blues' Nights In White Satin in emphatic style. Or Japan/Porcupine Tree keysman Richard Barbieri, with new, jazz-flecked solo fare, and of course Touchstone and Ghost Community, who weigh in with some grand, melodic music. Elsewhere, the UK's Beatrix Players add melancholic beauty, and Multi Story complex intrigue. New Australian bands Anubis and Hemina show there's some exciting new music being made Down Under, and Jug Bundish do the same for Costa Rican prog.
Vajra is the compilation from the Italian based label Indica Music. Compiled by Josko, this compilation features mostly globally well known artists (Gaudi, Cell, Tripswitch, Aes Dana and more). Trying to discover new directions in music and to spice up the monotonous new age style of today, this compilation is a sexy stew of electronic and ancient world influences, spontaneously blending different styles of ambient, downtempo and dub. Vajra is a must have for ambient lovers, chillers and lazy dancers, this compilation will surely be the perfect answer for all those selective listeners.


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Companies in the UK face being hit with £1.6billion in extra costs over data standards. Researchers for the New Economics Foundation and UCL European Institute found that UK companies could be hit by massive new legal fees if the EU held that UK data standards post-Brexit were not adequate. If there was a disparity in standards between the two regions, it would see a halt in data flows and financially hamper UK companies.
Data is constantly flowing between UK based firms and those in the EU through banks, technology companies, and insurance firms.
The current data transfer has personal information and financial details, but if the UK’s standards are not found to meet the same benchmark as those in the EU, then companies will have to pay legal teams to work around the difference.
When Britain leaves the EU it will no longer have to abide by the bloc’s data protection protocols.
But the EU will require the UK to have a separate “data adequacy agreement”.
Only after this agreement is satisfied can information freely continue to pass between the UK and the bloc.
If both negotiating sides cannot find a deal to satisfy data transfer then companies will need to seek legal mechanisms to find new contractual clauses that will please the EU.
The cost of this legal process will be hefty.
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This is because a deal on user data compliance is not required for the current Brexit negotiations to proceed.
The EU can approve or disapprove of the UK being granted a “data adequacy” agreement.
However, other countries outside the EU are vying to be granted this agreement.
But, EU officials had previously said the UK was at the end of the queue for such a deal.


Fiat has announced that it will offer a special Opening Edition of the 500X when it goes on sale globally next year.
Sadly, we won’t be seeing the Opening Edition in South Africa. Only 2000 will be offered, and sold exclusively Italy, Germany, France, Spain and Switzerland.
The Fiat 500X “Opening Edition” will be available in three versions: two 4×2 options with the 140 HP 1.4 Turbo MultiAir II or the 120 HP 1.6 MultiJet II engines, and one 4×4 with the 140 HP 2.0 MultiJet II engine.
The 500X “Opening Edition” with 4×2 drive system – equipped with the 120 HP 1.6 MultiJet II engine or the 140 HP 1.4 Turbo MultiAir II – features a pastel Art Grey livery, and an exclusive selection of equipment such as automatic climate control, 18″ alloy rims, the “Safety Pack” which includes a comprehensive range of active safety systems (anti-collision, a lane change assistance system to get around blind spots, a lane departure warning system, a rear camera for reversing), as well as the “Comfort Pack” to ensure optimum on-board comfort (armrest and lumbar adjustment) plus the Keyless Entry & Keyless Go system, tinted rear windows and the exclusive Opening Edition badge.
The second version comes in exclusive tri-coat Amore Red, and boasts 4×4 drive system with a 140 HP 2.0 MultiJet II engine plus 9-speed automatic transmission. The top of the range equipment on this model is sure to attract attention. As well as a host of features as standard, the purchase price also includes a wealth of exclusive content, from the special tri-coat Amore Red paint, to the navigation pack (Uconnect Nav 6.5″ with additional USB port on the front armrest compartment), plus two-tone red and black leather interiors, visibility pack with rain and dusk sensors, electrically folding door mirrors, an electrochromic rear view mirror, steering wheel gear controls and the exclusive Opening Edition badge.


Giant Saddam Hussein statue erected at Sean Penn's house.
Against the wishes of neighbors, contractors have completed erecting a larger than life Saddam Hussein statue in the front yard of actor Sean Penn's estate in Malibu, California. Penn decided to build the giant erection after visiting Iraq several months ago and personally finding no evidence that weapons of mass destruction were being harbored in Iraq. Criticizing Penn for having a limited and uneducated perspective, neighbors say the giant erection is offensive. However, in honor and support of Mr. Penn's erection, actor George Clooney has announced plans to build a giant Sean Penn erection in his front yard. Other celebrities such as Martin Sheen, Sheryl Crow, and Michael Moore, have applauded Mr. Clooney for his support of Mr. Penn's erection and have stated their intentions to construct giant George Clooney erections in their yards. In a town already well known for it's many offensive erections, Hollywood insiders say they expect this trend to continue.
- Donald Trump announces 2016 fake presidential bid
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CINCINNATI OH - Founded over 30 years ago, lia sophia is a direct selling company that offers an extensive line of high-quality jewelry at affordable prices through a vast network of independent sales representatives, known as Advisors.
Due to lia sophia's exponential growth, management recognized that the manual system in place at the Bensenville, Illinois, distribution center was unable to support its needs. In 2006, the company opened a new 200,000 sq. ft. facility in Roselle, Illinois, and took the opportunity to reconfigure its current distribution environment to prepare for the future.
"Our systems were manual and paper-based," said Tom Lang, Director of Operations. "Warehouse staff walked to the stock locations, picked the product, and walked the orders to shipping. We realized we need a more automated facility to support our growth projections with increased capacity, and improved efficiency."
With a goal to improve the material flow and increase the throughput of the material handling system, lia sophia worked with a systems integrator that recommended QC Software's warehouse control system, known as QC Enterprise(TM), as the best fit for functionality and configurability.
Phase I was completed in the late fall of 2006 with the implementation of QC OMS(TM) (Order Management System) to plan orders for picking using specific cartonization rules that optimized the number of cartons for order fulfillment. Orders are now planned in waves of boxes for the Pick-to-Light (PTL), A-Frame or both. The PTL waves are planned for the slower moving items and to supplement A-Frame picking, whereas the A-Frame waves are planned for the faster moving items to automate the picking process. A print and apply system was added to the A-Frame's carton induction to keep pace with the A-Frame. If the A-Frame reports a short pick, the QC OMS automatically schedules and re-picks the shorted item at the PTL. This streamlining of picks has reduced shipping costs because back orders are kept to a minimum.
Lia sophia implemented QC Navigator(TM) to optimize order processing. By managing real-time control devices, QC Navigator has enabled lia sophia to route cartons to their proper pick zones. Communicating with PLCs and implementing zone skipping expedited the picking process that was further automated by implementing communication with PTL technology.
Phase II of the project was implemented in 2007 because of lia sophia' exponential growth. A second A-Frame, with a print and apply system for carton induction, was added to provide additional system throughput. To eliminate the pack-out area bottleneck, a second pack-out area was added. The new-order expedite function allowed the company to isolate individual orders for rapid processing. To complete the expansion, a new stand-alone PTL supply area with a dedicated pack-out station was added to handle the supplies order volume.
"We have two A-Frames and a PTL line," said Lang. "Our fastest moving items are in the first A-Frame, and the second A-Frame is for redundancy and additional capacity. They contain exactly the same products. Because our products are cyclical, there are days when we need to run one A-Frame and others when we need to run both. We try to start and complete orders using the A-Frame because it's the fastest path."
In Phase III, lia sophia implemented QC SMS(TM) (Shipment Management System) to streamline the automated shipping process by providing reliable shipping manifests for parcel and LTL shipments. From a financial point of view, shipping costs were significantly reduced.
QC Software's Navigator, OMS, and SMS modules had helped lia sophia improve the accuracy, capacity, and flexibility of its order fulfillment operations while enhancing personnel productivity and resource scheduling. But, lia sophia's management became increasingly concerned over the shortcomings of its existing inventory management system. In 2008, lia sophia initiated Phase IV of the project to replace its legacy inventory management system with QC Software's Inventory Management System (QC IMS(TM)). Tom Lang explained the process:
"We became increasingly concerned regarding weaknesses in our legacy inventory management system. The software wasn't stable, or well supported, and lacked some key functionality. In addition, our concerns were growing over the future financial stability of the company developing the software. We decided that it didn't make sense to continue developing the product, and we would be better off putting our energy into something to replace it. We felt that it would be better to migrate to a single platform, and we worked with QC Software to implement its Inventory Management System (IMS), so that we had a single suite of integrated software tools from a single vendor."
Lang explained a key business requirement that wasn't addressed in the legacy system. "We are in the direct selling business. We don't just sell jewelry, we sell a business opportunity. Perhaps even more critical than shipping the jewelry is getting business supplies to our independent reps. New lia sophia Advisors are supplied with what's referred to as a Starter Kit. It contains samples and the necessary staples they need to start a business. In addition, they need supplies to sustain their business. Those two types of shipments are extremely critical, and we wanted to make sure that they get the appropriate attention. We have a separate PTL line dedicated to those orders. The old inventory management system was designed to manage the jewelry inventory, but did a poor job managing the Starter Kits and business supplies. One of the key requirements of the new system was to manage both types of products."
It was essential that lia sophia implemented the new system without any business interruptions. Adhering to an aggressive schedule, lia sophia went live on QC Software's IMS module on August 11, 2008. Lang explained:
"We made the decision to go with QC Software in the early spring of 2008. We needed to get the system live prior to our busy season. Our business practice is not to make any changes to our business systems as we near our peak holiday season, as we don't want to take the risk of disrupting our order flow.
"We went live over a weekend, switching from one system to another. That's when you have to trust your software supplier, and have confidence that if anything goes wrong they will be there to support you. I felt very confident working with the QC Software team. I've implemented a lot of distribution systems, and there will always be things that you didn't anticipate. It's important that you have the team in place to respond to those things quickly, and resolve any issues and minimize the impact."
A key element to a successful implementation is the support from the software vendor. "The support we received from QC Software was fabulous," said Lang. "They are extremely dedicated and competent. Their staff was on-site at least a couple of weeks before and after the go live date to make sure everything went smoothly. You can do a lot of support over the phone, but you can't beat a physical presence on-site when you're doing a project like this."
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A team of researchers from the University of Iowa, the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Michigan, and the Tilganga Eye Institute in Nepal have tested an app for the iPad that they say can be used for glaucoma screening.
According to NPR's Shots blog, the researchers tested an off-the-shelf free app called Visual Fields Easy to screen about 200 patients in Nepal. They said the app was "very good at identifying people with moderate to severe disease," but didn't work as well when screening out people with normal vision.
Lead researcher Chris Johnson, director of the Visual Field Reading Center at the University of Iowa, presented the study yesterday at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in Chicago. He told the Shots blog that the app "works much better than I expected."
The researchers believe that conducting such screenings using a tablet could be an effective initial screening tool for high-risk groups, such as people of African or Hispanic ancestry, the elderly, and people with limited or no access to traditional eye and health care.
Meanwhile, the Shots blog noted that other researchers at the meeting presented devices that can be used on a smart phone for diagnostic purposes. David Myung, chief resident at Stanford University Hospital, showed off one such device that clips onto an iPhone and is being developed for diabetic retinopathy.


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There is much to say about English politics and its attitude towards Jews and its protecting anti-Semitism in the name of free speech, but perhaps it reached its nadir this week. It was revealed that last week Baroness Jennie Tonge, a known outspoken critic of Israel and pro-Palestinian activist, had participated in a program at Middlesex University’s Free Palestine Society program. According to the tape of the conference, the Liberal-Democratic whip in the House of Lords, Baroness Tonge declared during the program:
Beware Israel. Israel is not going to be there forever in its present form. One day, the United States of America will get sick of giving £70bn a year to Israel to support what I call America's aircraft carrier in the Middle East – that is Israel. One day, the American people are going to say to the Israel lobby in the USA: enough is enough. Israel will lose support and then they will reap what they have sown.
Nick Clegg, who is the Lib-Dem leader in the House of Commons and his party’s leading member in the coalition Government of Conservatives and Liberal-Democrats, called upon her to apologize for her remarks. Jennie Tonge resigned from the Lib-Dem Party rather than do as Clegg had requested, whereupon he announced she would no longer sit with the Lib-Dems in the House of Lords and he removed the whip from Lady Tonge.
What is strange is the level of tolerance the English have for this type of behavior. This is not the first time she has said outrageous things about Israel. While still a member of the House of Commons in an appearance at a 2004 panel at a university, she remarked that she could consider becoming a suicide bomber. In 2009 she was removed from the Lib-Dems front bench when she accused Israeli Defense Forces of harvesting organs in Haiti after the earthquake, but Clegg did not remove her whip.
There was no ethics investigation and no internal party call for her dismissal. While Lib-Dems have only been in the Government since 2010, it is not clear that they would have had a similar level of tolerance were a Member or a Lord to proclaim similar anti-Black, or anti-Muslim, or anti-gay, etc., remarks. It will no doubt be explained that this is not anti-Semitism, but only an expression of anti-Israel feeling and sensitivity for the Palestinians plight.


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Going to college lodge is like thinking about parents and teens alike. Accommodation, tuition fees, books, grants and much more are things to consider. With that in mind, it would be a difficult decision to make. It is best to do research on the context of Houston Texas colleges. Houston has a variety of universities and colleges to choose from, depending on which course you decide to take.
Houston, Texas is the fourth largest city in the United States. Everything you see there, from the big buildings, the big sports buildings to the city’s famous airport, shipping, oil and money combine with Six Flags theme parks to create a great amusement park. Above all, there are many colleges in Houston Texas to choose from. Education is accessible to all. The oldest university in Houston is Rice University, founded in 1912. The school is well-known for its engineering and science students. The school is in 17th place since the 1997 release of America’s Newest and World Report America’s best colleges.
You can bring your children to the University of Houston program, which has the potential to study more than 33,000 students. The university is made up of four different university colleges in Houston, Texas. The first university is Houston University Park, the largest and oldest in the UH system. Another institution is the University of Houston Clear Lake which is one of the most advanced institutions with higher degrees. It offers educational programs for aerospace, petrochemical, computer, finance, medical and international trade in catering to junior, senior and masters. The third is Houston Downtown University following the Open-Admission Undergraduate University. Houston is a Victoria University located about 120 miles from Houston.
There are still many colleges in Houston Texas. Texas Southern University is one of the most famous African schools in America in Houston. The school is located in the center of Houston. There is also a Texas Baptist institution, Houston Baptist University was founded in 1960. The school is a co-operative university, located southwest of Houston. He hails from the body of the largest student in Houston and the U.S. In the U.S. You can also choose to go to the News and World Report list as the top list of Western colleges and universities. ISt. Thomas University. Sam Houston State University is also the oldest teacher training center in southwestern Texas.
Houston Texas still has many colleges to choose from. No matter what the name of the institution is, it is better to want to read for yourself. It is very important to do enough research on which school is being taught or which school is being attended. Most importantly you will be able to earn your degree and share your knowledge and your future career.


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Bangor, Aquinas send girl’s basketball teams off to state with pep rallies
LA CROSSE COUNTY, Wis. (WKBT) — A pair of area high schools sent their girls basketball teams off to state Thursday morning with pep rallies.
The Bangor Cardinals are headed back to state for the first time since 1997. That year, the girls won their first-ever state title.
This year’s team has some family ties to that championship squad. Junior Haylee Leonard’s aunt was on the team that brought back a gold ball 20 years ago.
“She said it was an amazing experience and there’s memories that she’ll never forget, and I’m just really hoping to have that same experience,” said Leonard.
Aquinas also sent their girls off to Green Bay Thursday morning.
The top-ranked Blugolds are trying to cap off an undefeated season and win their first ever WIAA state title.
Junior guard Whittni Rezin says winning a championship has been a goal of theirs for a long time.
“We’ve worked so hard and we went into this season believing that we really could get that far, and it’s super exciting that we’re here and we’re just really hoping that we can pull out the win,” said Rezin.
Bangor’s semifinal game is scheduled to begin at about 10:45 Friday morning.
Aquinas defeated Shiocton 56-36 in their semifinal Thursday night and will play Howards Grove for the Division 4 championship on Saturday morning.
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Ghana will play Nigeria in the final of the African Games Women’s football tournament on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Head Coach Yussif Basigi believes it will be a tough match for both sides but his team is well prepared to face a physically strong Nigerian side. The Black Princesses beat their Nigerian counterparts on penalties to win the WAFU B U-20 Girls Cup in Kumasi last year. Going into the final, Ghana boasts three wins and one draw in the tournament following successes against Senegal (3-1), Tanzania (2-1), Ethiopia (1-0) and a draw against Uganda (1-1).
Here is what Yussif Basigi told the press ahead of the final:
On rivalry between Ghana and Nigeria
We are poised to play the final against Nigeria because each time both countries meet, it does not matter how good your team is because of the rivalry. We are prepared for them as they are for us as well.
We vary our games and with the strength of the Nigerians, I think Uganda and Senegal are equally strong but we overcame them.
On technical strength of Nigeria
Nigeria is strong and technically good and we have what it takes to play against them. Playing against Nigeria is not new as I have played against the Super Falcons during my time as Black Queens head coach.
On tactical ploy for the game
We have a tactical ploy and we look at each game to know who can play so you may see changes in the team that plays Nigeria in the final.
On free scoring Nigeria side
Nigeria has scored many goals but it depends on who you’re playing against. It happened in the WAFU B U-20 Girls Cup when they didn’t concede so the final will determine.
On psychology ahead of the game
Fortunately for us, all injured players are fit and match ready. When it comes to the psychological aspect of the game, Coach Danjuma will not open up to the fullest and I’m not perturbed with what he is saying, we will be ready for the game.
On being under pressure playing in front of home fans
We are not under pressure going into this game. Whether they have conceded or not, we will go all out in the final and I believe it will be a tough match. Together with our fans at the stadium to support us, we will overcome.
Ghana will battle Nigeria for Gold in the final at 8pm on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium.


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Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber have sent the rumour mills churning - are they back together - again?
The Canadian pop star kicked it off with a picture of the two of them, which he posted onto his Instagram last week.
Since then some have claimed the pair are just friends while others have implied that 20-year-old Selena can't get enough of the bad boy.
It seems the pop star is torn between disgust and dismay and her ex's childish antics - like most recently peeing in a mop bucket - and her attraction to him.
A source told Hollywood Life: “Even though Selena is a good girl, she’s attracted to bad boys.
“As much as all of Justin’s acting out is a turn-off for her, there’s also a part of her that’s kind of excited by it because it’s so different from how she is.”
The pair's on-off relationship is causing some problems for the Come And Get It singer and her friends.
Close pal Taylor Swift has made her feelings about the "wild kid" known; “The whole situation with Selena and Justin going back and forth is costing her friendships.
“Every time Selena breaks up with Justin, she trash talks him to all her friends and gets everyone to join in.
“Then she ends up running back to him and it’s just awkward for everyone.”
TMZ has reported that there is a caveat to their reunion: the 19-year-old has to "stop acting like a d-bag".
The Girlfriend singer has made an apology for his most recent social faux pas but was also thrown out of a nightclub in the US where the legal drinking age is 21.
We'd love to see Justin acting like less of a fool...can't say we're convinced though.
Do you think Selena should dump Bieber once and for all? Tweet us @SofeminineUK.

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The recent and intensified measures by the Chinese government and the Chinese Central Bank to contain the situation and support the Chinese economy from collapsing due to the horrific losses for the spread of Corona virus in the country, especially with the resumption of the Chinese stock markets after a very long holiday. This situation put pressure on the gold price gains, which reached the $1592 resistance. Prices witnessed a temporary downward correction to the $1572 support, where it is stable at the time of writing. Gold is still in an upward trajectory and the Corona virus is not over yet.
The economic situation in the second largest economy in the world is scary. If China’s industrial parks remain closed during the next few weeks - a possibility that may be very natural - retailers, car companies, and Western manufacturers that rely on Chinese imports will begin to run out of the goods on which they depend. In order to meet the summer commodity deadlines, retail experts say that Chinese factories will need to increase production by March 15. Wuhan, the Chinese city that was the source of the Corona virus, is a vehicle production center, and they were closed down, along with the neighboring cities, which led to the isolation of more than 50 million people and stopping factories in those areas.
Therefore, economists sharply lower the outlook for the Chinese economy, the second largest in the world. Tommy Wu and Louis Quijs of Oxford Economic University lowered their forecasts for Chinese economic growth this year from 6% to 5.4%. They expect most of the damage in the first three months of 2020.
According to the technical analysis of the gold price: Despite the recent rebound in prices, gold prices are still moving within a bullish channel, and we expect the return of purchases from the support levels at 1566, 1557 and 1545, respectively. Containing the global consequences of the Coronavirus will take more time and increase losses, which means more investor appetite for safe heavens, with the yellow metal being one of the most important of them. The bullish path is still possible to move to the following resistance levels at 1583, 1592 and 1611, respectively. I still prefer buying gold from every downtrend.
As for the economic calendar data today: Economic data is few, and most important data, which gold may interact with are the Reserve Bank of Australia announcement of their monetary policy and interest rates, then the construction purchasing managers ’index from the United Kingdom, and American factories’ orders data.


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I have made numerous small projects using counted cross-stitch. I have somewhat enjoyed the cross-stitch projects I worked on and might try it again. Here is the thing with cross-stitch. I am a pretty patient soul, but when it comes right down to it, I still find that the steady concentration involved with completing a project, even a small one, with counted cross stitch, tries my patience. I find it hard to relax when I am diligently counting somewhat tiny stitches and becoming distracted, finding myself getting off the diagram's pattern, resulting in having to pull out stitches--many stitches and many times!
Embroidery I have done in the past involved diligently tracing somewhat elaborate designs onto fabric. I have created (struggled through) some of these projects, such as christening gowns, for my granddaughters and they were truly labors of love.
For something a little more practical and useful, a dish towel is the ticket. I am especially fond of the vintage or antique appeal of a towel or other object when worked in basic and simple stitches of red or black threads called red-work or black-work. Another appeal to this type of embroidery is that you have only to deal with one color of floss with no switching off to another color. Call me lazy, it's okay.
I recall that my mother used to use hot iron transfers when she wanted to do some embroidery work, so it is nothing new and innovative, for sure, because I am no spring chicken! It finally dawned on me that it might be worth trying out the thing for myself.
At this point, you are probably asking "Where has she been?" It is dopey, I know. This method has been around forever and I knew about it, but I had never used hot iron embroidery transfers before. Now that I have tried it, I cannot imagine why I waited so long. It is much easier and saves a lot of time because it eliminates having to trace or draw anything.
I started and finished the project in this post in less than a day. Folks, I am honestly my worst critic. Being somewhat hard on myself and finding imperfections in most things that I do, saying I am happy with a finished project is saying a lot, but I really am pretty happy with it!
Now on to the dish towel project. Perhaps, you will recall that I mentioned in a previous post that I purchased a couple of antique/vintage looking dish towels at Bush's General Merchandise Store a couple of weeks ago while vacationing. I bought the towels expressly to use for some embroidery projects for a couple of special people.
This is a close-up of the finished design on the towel I embroidered.
My camera was doing something wacky and so the white towel I worked on appears to be a really awful, shocking yellow. I have no idea how that happened, but it is the same towel as is shown below. It really is white with red stripes.
You will notice that I chose a design which had the simplest of stitches. I wanted to complete the project, from beginning to end, in one day. Red-work, by nature, is usually made up of pretty simple outlines and stitches anyway. If you are someone who works with hand embroidery often and are proficient, you would probably be able to manage the required stitches in no time.
For those of you who wish to make your first attempt at an embroidery project and might need a little assistance (sort of a primer), there are some excellent sources on the internet. After just a few minutes of searching, I was able to locate a really good site. This site has grouped all of the embroidery stitches, both by "family" of stitches and in alphabetical order. By clicking on the name of each stitch listed, you will find instructions and some very good diagrams to assist in creating each individual stitch. You can check it out at: http://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch. The information on the site and the ease of navigation within the site are pretty impressive.
Any embroidery project using this hot iron transfer method will require these basic materials and tools:
- Object or Project Onto Which Your Design Will Be Worked(in my case the dish towel).
- Embroidery Hoop
- Embroidery Thread(I used a red shade because I was going for the red-work look)
- Embroidery Needle
- Straight Pins
- Hot Iron Transfers of Your Choice
I purchased my transfers at Hobby Lobby (Aunt Martha's) http://shop.hobbylobby.com/yarn-needlework/cross-stitch-and-needle-crafts/aunt-martha-s/. I really like this brand because it offers vintage looking designs. This sheet of transfers cost $1.49 at our local H.L. store. It comes with detailed instructions for use and the manufacturer states that each transfer can be used several times. This is a plus any time, in my book.
I will run through the simple steps as to how to use the transfers, including some photos.
You will first take out the your transfer sheet with instructions and choose the particular design or designs you are are going to use.
Using your scissors, you will now cut out the design elements to be transferred onto your project. You will notice that everything is printed on the sheet in reverse. You might find it easier(as I did) to locate your design if you hold the sheet up to a light source and look through the back. That way, you will be looking at the design as it will be when placed onto your project.
As you cut, be sure to leave enough paper around each design element so that you can pin the paper to the front of your project. This will hold the transfers in place and they will not shift when you start to iron them onto your project. If you trim too closely, you will have to place pins into the design and it will interfere with the outcome of your design. This is what the transfers look like when you look at the right side of the design(reversed).
Now, it is time to move your towel over to the ironing board and press it. I am a stickler for placement of design in my projects, so the following method is how I handle placement of designs on my projects.
Basically, I divide my projects into equal "portions" by folding and creasing. Sort of like a math problem, dividing the thing into sections. I do the same thing for whatever I am working on, be it stenciling, painting, solvent transfers, etc. There is nothing so distressing as to realize that something is not quite "right" when you look at a finished item.
Fold the towel, in half, lengthwise, and lightly press. Then fold it again, crosswise, and lightly press. Fold, once more, lengthwise, and press lightly again. Unfold the towel. You now have light creases and equal sections throughout the towel, etc. This will help you to find the center of the project and to determine where to place your design(s) at the bottom half of your towel. In essence, you will center your design(s) along the "cross" formed by the creases on the bottom half of the towel. You can see the vertical line (crease) going up my towel in the following cropped picture, but it is a little difficult to see the faint crease line going horizontally across.
You are now ready to arrange your design element(s), print side down, onto the front & center bottom half of your towel. Note that the straight pins should be placed around the edges and on the allowance you left when the designs were cut out. For my project, I was working with 2 initials and so I arranged the first initial "D" just off center on the LEFT bottom half of the towel and "C" underneath the first initial and just off center to the RIGHT of the middle crease. Like so:
Now time to iron on the designs. Very carefully, place your hot and DRY iron on top of each design transfer element and hold in place(do NOT move the iron around) for the amount of time specified in the instructions. Carefully remove a pin or two from a small section of each transfer and peek under it to make sure the design has been transferred to your project. It should look something like this picture when transfer process is complete.
Most of the design elements are composed of cross-stitches or "X's." Even I can manage those without too much trouble!
At this point, it is time to place your towel with its transferred design(s) into your embroidery hoop and begin stitching away.
The stitches I used were very simple. They were mostly cross-stitches, lazy daisies and back-stitches. As I stated early on in this post, you can go to any of the many websites that have tutorials on embroidery, including the link I provided in the post, as your stitches might vary somewhat from the ones I used.
Here is another very yellow picture of my finished and pressed project. It has that wonderful red-work appeal that I like so very much!
This was such a fun project and so easy-peasy. I will be gifting this to a very special person and I might tell you more about that a little later. I can see how this can become a habit because I am all revved up and ready to start another of these red-work projects very soon!
I hope you will try this method of creating some lovely embroidery. It is fun and, believe me, if I can do this, you can do it too!

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Neo Foundation (NF) announced that Everstake, a Kyiv-based staking service platform, has become the first non-NF entity to deploy a Neo3 Preview1 TestNet consensus node. As a Neo3 Preview1 TestNet consensus node operator, Everstake intends to test Neo3 features and apply all necessary updates. In the announcement, the NF said, “as more Neo3 Preview versions become available, the current and new consensus nodes will gradually join the Neo3 TestNet.”
Neo Global Development (NGD) compiled a collection of academic publications from the Neo ecosystem, which include contributions from NeoResearch and Neo St. Petersburg Competence Center (NeoSPCC).
NGD Seattle head, John deVadoss, participated in NGD’s English Neo Live event. Neo Live is an Ask Me Anything (AMA) style community event that takes place on the official Neo Telegram channel. In the AMA, deVadoss discussed the vision for the Neo Toolkit for Visual Studio, how to begin using it, debugging, Neo3 compatibility, and plans moving forward.
Road to Neo3
Neo News Today (NNT) launched a new series titled Road to Neo3, which aims to guide readers through the progress made by Neo core developers during the development of Neo3.
The first feature in the series consists of four articles on the design and implementation of the built-in oracle service. This past week, NNT released the first two articles.
The series began with a primer on oracles and their potential use cases, providing some context and goals for the native implementation under construction for Neo.
Following the introduction to oracles, the second article delved into oracle transactions, the most fundamental component of the oracle solution. It examined the proposed transaction structure and how these transactions are relayed through the network.
The next two articles in the Road to Neo3: Oracles series will be released the week of January 20th, 2020.
NEXT is running a competition to change the name of its wallet application, NeoLine, which is open from January 13th through January 21st. The new name must be in Chinese, and there will be rewards pools that distribute up to ten NEO.
January 13th, CEX.io, a UK-based custodial exchange, announced the listing of NEO and GAS with pairs against the US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), and British Pound (GBP). Along with fiat currency pairings, exchange users will be able to convert fiat to NEO or GAS via credit card (Visa or Mastercard), ACH direct deposit, or wire transfers.
January 15th, Switcheo announced an equity investment from Neo Eco Fund, which comes as part of Neo’s broader EcoBoost ecosystem growth initiative. Starting on February 11th, 2020, SWTH will no longer be directly collected as trading fees on Neo blockchain-based markets. Instead, Neo’s native GAS token will be accepted as payment for trading fees.
January 16th, Neo Colorado announced its first event of 2020 — Why Neo and how can I use it to BUIDL? — will take place on Wednesday, February 12th, 2020, in Denver, Colorado. It will be an educational forum in a series of events taking place in the week leading up to ETHDenver, called “BUIDL Week,” and will offer a structured presentation towards builders, developers, and blockchain-based businesses.
January 18th, TranslateMe announced the launch of its network reward campaign, which will reward users in TME tokens for using the TranslateMe Telegram application to participate in select groups.
January 19th, QLC Chain has announced the first batch of successful applicants of its early-bird node sponsorship campaign for voting and mining node operators. Additionally, the team has updated both its iOS and Android QWallet mobile applications.
February 12th: Neo Colorado meetup – Denver, US.


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The Ghoul Next Door: A Ghost Hunter Mystery
by Victoria Laurie
Review by Sherry Lilley
Signet Mass Market Paperback ISBN/ITEM#: 9780451240606
Date: 07 January 2014
List Price $7.99 Amazon US / Amazon UK
Links: Author's Website / Show Official Info /
MJ is home, with her crew, to rest, relax and recharge. The rest, relaxation, and recharging doesn't last long.
When her old flame, Dr. Sable, shows up and asked for help for his fiancée's brother, who seems to be haunted, she can't turn him down. Sure, there's bound to be some tension between Heath, MJ's partner and boyfriend, and Dr. Gorgeous (aka, Dr. Steven Sable), but you don't just walk away from friends in need. So MJ and Heath, agree to take a look, dragging the reluctant Gilly along.
Dr. Gorgeous and his new fiancée, Courtney, the brilliant and beautiful neurosurgeon, make a lovely couple. But they are worried about Luke, Courtney's brother. Luke describes his haunt as a shadow, a malevolent shadow, and Courtney and Steven would like it to stop.
Luke can't sleep because his dreams are so disturbing. And the shadow seems to follow him everything he goes. So MJ, Heath and Gilly set up to monitor Luke one night. Luke is apprehensive, because the haunt visits him in his sleep, but game. However, during the night, Luke gets up, walks out of the apartment, and returns covered in blood. On his heels come the police, looking for the killer of a young woman. Add in a curious, persistent reporter and a skeptical police detective, and the cast of character is nicely filled in.
Ms. Laurie's writing gets better with each book, and she was good from the beginning. From the first page, I was reluctant to put this book down. The story moved along, and was as plausible as possible, considering the subject matter. The writing is good enough that you can see what's happening to the characters, and believe it could be real. The bad "guy" is bad enough that you hope with all your heart it isn't possible. The gore is kept to a minimum, but plenty is implied. The humor, since this is, technically, a cozy, is there, but not to the point where it detracts from the story. I did enjoy the bird, who has a much bigger part then he's had in previous books. He is a charming critter.
I'm sure there must be flaws in the book somewhere, but I didn’t see any, and would recommend the book.
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There is also an option for what ribbon colour you would like, there is an image in the photo gallery with options, if no preference is given we will use a pale pink.


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