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A hole 100 feet wide and 130 feet deep was discovered recently on a peninsula of northern Siberia. No one yet knows what caused it.
By coincidence, City Utilities is planning to spend about $150 million to dig a master sewer line about that deep under Fort Wayne. It’s part of a $400 million, 18-year project that will clean up our rivers by preventing most of the combined sewer overflows that now routinely occur here.
The city’s pollution problem stems from a sewer system developed back in the days when there were fewer people and water quality wasn’t a national concern. Some of our sewer lines go back – way back. One of them will be 150 years old next year.
Ours is one of more than 700 American cities whose sewers combine stormwater with wastewater.
Every time there’s a major rain here, those sewers overflow. A billion gallons of effluent per year end up in the St. Marys and St. Joseph rivers.
The plan to clean up Fort Wayne’s rivers is a federal court consent decree hammered out between the city and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2007. Implementation, which began in 2009, is on track and slightly under budget. Now the city is seeking authorization for the second five-year phase of the project, which will be the subject of a City Council public hearing on the plan Tuesday.
As costly as the massive project is, Fort Wayne’s plan has one of the lowest per capita costs of the city-EPA consent decrees around the nation, according to City Utilities Director Kumar Menon. With lower populations than Fort Wayne, Evansville and South Bend, for instance, each have higher price tags for their river cleanup plans. And Fort Wayne’s plan phases in rate hikes as gently as possible.
Iit’s natural to balk at the figures. Sewer rates already have almost doubled since 2009. The plan now being considered will raise rates another 49 percent by 2019.
But there really is no good alternative. The rivers have to be cleaned up. Trying to reopen negotiations and change the plan at this point would risk even more expense. And putting the rate increases up for a vote every year would make planning a nightmare for the city, its businesses and its residents.
This is one bill no one savors but everyone seems to recognize the need for. As Menon says, We’ve got to do this, because it’s the right thing to do.

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The Lord Mayor has refused to say whether live animals will be part of this Christmas' nativity crib.
A life-sized stable with donkeys, goats and sheep has been erected outside the Mansion House as part of the Christmas festivities every year since 1995. Many children living in the city saw their first real-life farm animal at the crib over the years.
However, at a recent protocol meeting, Lord Mayor and Green Party Cllr Caroline Conroy introduced plans to ban the live animal element of the crib and add other elements. Cllrs present at the protocol meeting agreed to the plans as the crib is traditionally the responsibility of the Lord Mayor of the day.
Speaking on RTÉ radio, Cllr Conroy said she wanted to introduce a more "inclusive" winter wonderland experience for children. Instead of a crib, this year, Cllr Conroy wants to introduce choirs, sleighs and post boxes outside the Mansion House.
The perceived ban on live animals sparked a major backlash from the much loved former president, Mary McAleese, and Fine Gael Minister Patrick O'Donovan. Fine Gael councillors have put forward an emergency motion to reverse the live animal ban at Monday night's Council meeting.
However, it is up to Cllr Conroy to allow the motion be heard as some have argued it is not a technical emergency as defined in the standing orders. Fine Gael leader on the Council James Geoghegan has threatened to suspend standing orders and force a "proxy" vote if the Lord Mayor rules the motion invalid.
The Lord Mayor said she was "not doing anything today" when asked by Dublin Live what her plans were in relation to the live animal ban. Cllr Geoghegan had invited the Lord Mayor to discuss the matter ahead of Monday's crunch meeting but she had not replied at the time of publishing.
Cllr Geoghegan said: "We hope that having listened to the weight of public opinion, including from the Dublin Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) and Fionn Sherlock, the Enniskerry farmer, who supplies the animals every year, that the Lord Mayor can see sense on this decision.
"At the very least, the general public are entitled to know the actual reasons for why school children will not get the opportunity to see live animals like they have every other year." One Green source was not happy with how the changes to the crib were introduced and claimed they had "gone into shutdown" after they failed to sell the changes to the public.
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The Optical Lab Division of The Vision Council announced today the industry veterans who will be recognized during the Directors’ Choice Award and 16th Annual Optical Lab Division Hall of Fame banquet on Wednesday, September 16th in conjunction with the Optical Lab Division Meeting and International Vision Expo West.
The Division has named Thomas F. Puckett, Founder, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HPC Puckett & Company, as the 2015 recipient of the Directors’ Choice Award. Established in 1987 under the Optical Laboratories Association (OLA), now the Optical Lab Division of The Vision Council, this award honors individuals and companies that have made outstanding contributions to the ophthalmic industry. Now in its twenty-ninth year, the award is still recognized as one of the most prestigious honors in the industry.
“Tom has been selected to receive this award because of his passion for the optical industry,” said Drake McLean, Optical Lab Division Chair. “He has not only advised and represented hundreds of optical company owners as they navigate a rapidly changing industry, Tom has also given back to the industry by the inception of the Optical Lab Division Hall of Fame”.
Puckett will be recognized alongside this year’s Optical Lab Division Hall of Fame inductees.
“The Optical Lab Division Hall of Fame continues to celebrate the rich heritage of the optical lab industry and the individuals who have contributed to its success,” said Mike Daley, CEO of The Vision Council. “It is my pleasure to announce the names of the individuals who have had a direct hand in helping to move our industry forward.”
2015 Optical Lab Division Hall of Fame Inductees
· Jim Grootegoed, Optical Lab Products
· Jim Ryan, Lens Technology, Inc. (retired)
· Gunter Schneider, Schneider Optical Machines
· Rick Tinson, Hoya Vision
· Daryl Meister (posthumously)
Nominations for candidates for the Hall of Fame are submitted by members of The Vision Council. The selection of the individuals for the Optical Lab Division Hall of Fame is made by an anonymous committee of industry veterans. Consideration is given for contributions to the optical laboratory industry, Optical Lab Division of The Vision Council, the candidate’s individual accomplishments, personal character, reputation, and length of time active in the industry.
All members of the vision community are invited to attend the banquet, recognizing those who have contributed to the establishment of the wholesale optical industry. Tickets are free to members of The Vision Council, with RSVP. To learn more about the Optical Lab Division meeting and the Hall of Fame, or to reserve tickets for the banquet, visit www.thevisioncouncil.org/labmeeting.

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“Am I going to just continue to shoehorn other characters into it or do I make up my own guy… so that’s what I did”. Mike Mignola, 2018.
Comic books act to both link us to our past stories found in our mythology and help to create new mythology by keeping the old alive through referencing and adaptation. Comics continue to attempt to tackle and showcase the universal, and in many cases timeless nature of mythology, a main focal point of Mike Mignola’s ongoing thirty-year saga, Hellboy. Mignola often uses his own characters- predominately Hellboy, from his ‘Mignola-verse’ to not only help guide the casual mythology observer through well-established world myths, but also uses these characters to help explain his new mythology and how it works with what we have had handed down to us from multiple generations and societies). This is one way to show how these myths are similar to each other, highlighting the connections that even though we are all from diverse backgrounds, mythology links everyone to how we thought and continue think about the world.
In their article Comic Books as Modern Mythology, Gelu Teampau explains how mythology has always provided dramatic stories which are easily adaptable, which feature the same stories with “variants of the same major and easily recognizable mythical characters, events and backgrounds” (Teampau, 2015 pp.147).Teampau elaborates and lists the forms in which these stories can be seen in “numerous examples from high arts, such as classical literature, painting, sculpture, architecture or classical music are expectedly retellings or reinterpretations of the well known myths (mostly originating in the West’s Judeo-Christian and Greek-Roman inheritance)” (Teampau, 2015 pp.147). This is seen by these myths and legends being visible in in modern art and media, such as film, animation, video games and as this article explores, comic books. Teampau believes their inclusion in modern media allows the content to be “due to their power to influence and their ability to forge easily understandable and identifiable messages” (Teampau, 2015 pp.147).
Mike Mignola is a veteran in the comic book industry, now with over 40 years of experience, most of that time crafting his creator owned series Hellboy published by Dark Horse comics. In 2018 on behalf of the Society of Illustrators, Karen Green the Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University interviewed Mignola. Mignola stated “almost nothing about Hellboy was planned, I just wanted to get away with drawing monsters and not cars” (YouTube, 2018).
Teampau, while referencing Arthur Asa Berger proposed that we need to look at culture like an “onion with multiple layers, holding the myth (the sacred story) at its core” (Teampau, 2015 pp.142). Expanding on this, goes on to describe how each ‘layer’ adds to the myth- “This essential nucleus is covered by the historical events put into connection to that myth. A third layer comprises the elitist creations containing reverberations of the myth, covered, at their turn, by the layer of the popular culture creations” (Teampau, 2015 pp.142). Again, while referencing Asa Berger, Teampau states that the largest and final layer is built from the everyday activities which reflect the myth, the adaptation of the layers to make new mythology in fiction, i.e., comics, (Teampau, 2015 pp.142) Something Mignola has frequently drawn inspiration from.
By Mignola’s own account, his desire to just draw monsters he unknowingly had stepped into the history of comics legacy as a mythology preserver and creator. This further stipulated by the creator in his interview when they discussed his work on DC Comics’ Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, an alternate history of Batman where an 1888 Gotham City stands in Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper haunts its streets- another example of Mignola bending myth and history to create a new mythology and Berger’s ‘onion’ theory. “Coming off this, I made up my own story where I could draw what I want… how could I back to being at the mercy of someone sending me a script”. He continued “am I going to just continue to shoehorn other characters into it or do I make up my own guy… so that’s what I did” (YouTube, 2018).
With the newfound passion to break away from being bound by other people’s stories and guidelines of the publishers, the comic book Hellboy debut in 1993 allowing Mignola to peruse his love and wish to just draw monsters. By doing this, Mignola used Berger’s ‘onion’ theory and through the pages of Hellboy, blended all his loves, folklore, horror, Lovecraft, pulp fiction and of course mythology creating a new mythology and exposing an audience to tales and characters from our past in a new way. The character itself a half human and half demon summoned from hell during the last days of World War II by Nazi’s to help tip the war in their favour by Rasputin. However, while he was being summoned the Nazis were interrupted by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, who after the confrontation took the child in and raised him as his own and taught him to be an occult detective and monster hunter. Through his story, Hellboy joins Bruttenholm’s group B.P.R.D. (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence) and is revealed to be connected to a prophecy where he is to bring upon Ragnarök- the Norse mythological name for the apocalypse.
Dawid Przywalny, in his article Comic books as Modern American Mythology suggests culture has always been a lively element, always changing and morphing with the society which used it. When a society evolves, it also changes its language structure and its cultural creations. “Old beliefs, opinions and rituals lose their meanings and become traditions without functionality” (Przywalny, 2014 p). Therefore, if a cultural‑social change happens, it must be accompanied by a mythology reinterpretation which Mignola has done by crafting an in-depth world, built by adding his own mythology and world stories to push his narrative forward, intertwining figures and groups from history such as Rasputin and Nazis- key nemesis to Hellboy throughout the series. The series also include tales and figures from a range of mythologies; Celtic, Slavic, Arthurian legends, Greco-Roman, African to name a few. While weaving this existing canon of mythology into his story he creates a diverse palette of characters and perspectives that, just like traditional mythology reflects the changing landscape that creates a more expansive and more relevant mythology.
Overall Mignola is just one example of a Comic book writer and artist who has borrowed and retold straight adaptations of the myths we pass down or altered versions to fit within his overall story. Mignola has played a somewhat unknowingly pivotal role in comics when it comes to creating modern mythology with his simple desire to just draw monsters. His works have not only created new characters that are now connected to the mythological ones we know but he has given these traditional myths a new life, at heart keeping the values and core moral intact for a new generation and showing readers how these myths and legends can act as a bridge the worlds cultures together, showing us no matter or race or place of origin we share these similar tales that help form us all, uniting us a one community.
- Mignola, M. and Byrne, J., 2018. Hellboy Omnibus Volume 1 Seeds of Destruction. 1st ed. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics.
- Mignola, M, 2018. Hellboy Omnibus Volume 2 Strange Places. 1st ed. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics.
- Mignola, M. and Fegredo, D., 2018. Hellboy Omnibus Volume 3 The Wild Hunt. 1st ed. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics.
- Mignola, M., 2018. Hellboy Omnibus Volume 4 Hellboy in Hell. 1st ed. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics.
- Teampau, G. (2015) ‘Comic books as the modern mythology’, Caietele Echinox, 28, pp. 140–155.
- YouTube. (2018). A Conversation with Mike Mignola and Karen Green. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YCXTwkjYdM&t=3729s [Accessed 5 Oct. 2023].
- Augustyn, B., Mignola, M., P Craig Russell, Barreto, E., Kane, B. and Dc Comics, Inc (2006). A tale of the Batman : Gotham by gaslight. New York, Ny: Dc Comics.
- Przywalny, D. (2014) ‘Comic books as the modern American mythology’, Ad Americam, 15, pp. 117–128. doi:10.12797/adamericam.15.2014.15.10.

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When Akio Toyoda charged Jim Lentz to make Toyota Motor “more self-reliant” in North America, he told his subordinate “not to think of the next three or four years but the next 50 years.”
Lentz, promoted to Toyota’s chief executive in North America a year ago, described the exchange shortly after announcing a new continental headquarters on Monday, to be built in Plano, a community just north of Dallas, Texas. The Japanese automaker over the next two years will close its sales and marketing complex in Torrance, Calif., as well as its corporate offices in New York City and its manufacturing headquarters in Erlanger, Kentucky.
The new Texas headquarters will enhance North America’s self-reliance, Lentz said, by locating Toyota (TM) executives and managers from disparate U.S. locations together, thereby encouraging quicker and more effective communication and decision making.
Though Lentz declined to say how much Toyota will spend to move thousands of employees and their families to Texas from offices in California, Kentucky and New York, he said “the number is big. I was more worried about the dollars than Akio was.” Half the money, he said, will be spent as bonuses to make the move more palatable for Toyota associates, as they’re called, and for relocation costs.
Toyota began operations in the U.S. in 1957 as an importer of vehicles built in Japan and sold mostly on the west coast. The company now sells cars throughout North America that are assembled in factories all over the U.S., though mostly in the south and midwest. Because Toyota builds 70 percent of the cars it sells in these plants, it wouldn’t make sense to consolidate manufacturing functions with all others on the west coast, Lentz said.
The Toyota executive acknowledged that he drew from the playbook of Ford Motor Company’s Alan Mulally, who spearheaded cultural reform at the automaker, using the slogan “One Ford.” Toyota, internally, is referring to the consolidation as “One Toyota.”
“I suppose we’ll have to pay Alan a royalty,” Lentz said. The Toyota executive has no plan to print business cards proclaiming his slogan, as Mulally did.
Lentz did draw a distinction between Ford’s (F) initiative and Toyota’s. “Alan was trying to get the members of his organization to work together well,” he said. Toyota associates already work together cooperatively, but their effectiveness will be improved by closer proximity.
A risk for Toyota will be the number of associates who decide to leave the company altogether rather than move to Plano. Larry Dominique, Nissan’s former head of product planning, said the Japanese automaker lost 68 percent of its white-collar ranks when it decided in 2005 to consolidate white-collar personnel in a new headquarters in Nashville from offices in southern California. Nissan (NSANY) said that “just less than half” of its workers who were offered the chance to relocate accepted the offer.
“If [Toyota] lost two-thirds” of the company, “I wouldn’t be surprised,” said Dominique, who made the move to Tennessee. “I lived through it.”
Dominique said Nissan lost 30 or so workers in its product planning department, roughly 60 percent of the total, due to the move. “People have families in California, they have two incomes and a lot of them love living in California,” he said. Perhaps proving his point, he is currently back in California as an executive with TrueCar, an on-line auto shopping service based in Santa Monica.
From the design of Toyota’s cars to the company’s corporate culture, Akio Toyoda, since taking over as president in 2009, has been pushing executives to think boldly and expansively as they chart the automaker’s future. Lentz, following his lead, will move a handful of executives this year and hundreds more next year before opening the new Plano campus toward the end of 2016 or the beginning of 2017.
“I’ve been with the company for 30 years,” Lentz said. “This is the biggest thing to happen to Toyota since I got here.”


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Lunch: Whole wheat croissant from Picket Lane Bakery at the farmer's market with egg whites and Trader Joe's pumpkin cream cheese, which was disappointing because well, the croissants were too healthy. It's too dry and my family won't eat it. :( Some things aren't meant to be healthy...
Dinner: La Gloria flour tortilla, low carb, from Whole Foods with 4 shrimp, avocado, Trader Joe's fig butter, & goat cheese was amazingly delicious. I tried the tortilla the other day and couldn't help eating it.
Mother's Market & Portola Coffee Lab's menu items.
Finished with half a pint of Lagunitas IPA from Whole Foods. It wasn't too hoppy. I enjoyed it, and got a free glass.

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WesternZagros is a publicly-traded, Calgary-based, international oil and gas company engaged in acquiring properties and exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas in Iraq. WesternZagros holds a PSC with the Kurdistan Regional Government ("KRG") which covers a 2,120 square kilometre exploration block (the "Kalar-Bawanoor Block" or "PSC lands") in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and it is on trend with, and adjacent to, a number of prolific historic oil and gas discoveries. WesternZagros (operator) holds a 40 percent working interest, the KRG holds a 20 percent working interest (carried by WesternZagros) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc. ("Talisman") holds the remaining 40 percent working interest.
Basis of Presentation
Reporting and Functional Currency
The reporting and functional currency of the Company is the United States ("U.S.") dollar. All references herein to US$ or to $ are to United States dollars and references herein to Cdn$ are to Canadian dollars.
Going Concern Uncertainty
The financial data presented below has been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") on the basis that the Company will continue to operate as a going concern, which implies the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. In assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate, management takes into account all available information about the future, which is at least, but is not limited to, twelve months from September 30, 2010.
Since inception and typical with development stage companies, the Company has incurred losses from operations and negative cash flows from operating activities, and has an accumulated deficit at September 30, 2010. During the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company had expenditures of $0.5 million, before net change in non-cash working capital, for operating activities and $20.5 million for oil and gas property expenditures, and an overall increase in non-cash working capital of $3.0 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company had expenditures of $2.3 million, before net change in non-cash working capital, for operating activities and $49.8 million for oil and gas property expenditures, as well as an overall increase in non-cash working capital of $10.1 million. The Company will require additional funding over time to maintain ongoing exploration programs and property commitments, as well as for administration expenses. This requirement for funding will occur during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, with the amount dependent on the level of exploration activities pursued by WesternZagros.
There are material uncertainties that could raise significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, as outlined below:
The Company has now concluded well control operations at Kurdamir-1 and is testing a portion of the well. However, the Company anticipates it will re-drill the Kurdamir structure subsequent to the drilling of its third PSC commitment well. This re-drill will require additional capital and is dependent on the Company being able to access additional funding.
Insurance Claim Related To Well Control Operations
The Company received confirmation of coverage from its insurers during the second quarter of 2010, which mitigates the uncertainty associated with the additional costs of the well recovery operations at Kurdamir-1. However, any unforeseen delays in payment from the insurers or any change in the determination of insurance coverage could impair the Company's ability to continue funding ongoing activities under the PSC. In addition, the insurance claim provides for coverage of the Company's share of allowable costs up to a maximum of $45 million ($75 million gross), of which approximately $38.2 million, net to WesternZagros, has been incurred up to October 14, 2010.
Continued Participation of the Company's Co-Venturers in the PSC
WesternZagros is currently in active discussions with both Talisman and the Kurdistan Regional Government ("KRG") on future drilling activities on its PSC lands and the timing thereof. As part of these discussions, the Company may be required to initially, or entirely, fund 100% of the costs associated with the third commitment well if Talisman elects not to participate. If these discussions are not successfully concluded, the Company will rely on the force majeure provision of the PSC to guide the timing of future activities.
In general, the Company's ability to continue operations and exploration activities as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to obtain additional funding over time. While the Company has been successful in obtaining its required funding in the past, there is no assurance that sufficient funds will be available to the Company in the future. The Company has no assurance that such financing will be available or be available on favourable terms. Factors that could affect the availability of financing include the continued support of its shareholders; the results of its exploration activities; meeting all commitments under the PSC; the resolution of remaining political disputes in Iraq; progress on the Federal Petroleum Law and the ability to export oil and natural gas from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in accordance with the economic terms under the PSC; the state of the capital markets and the ability of the Company to obtain financing to develop reserves; and the timely receipt of proceeds from the current insurance claim associated with the Kurdamir-1 well control operations.
The consolidated financial statements, and associated disclosures in this MD&A, do not reflect adjustments in the carrying values of assets and liabilities reported, revenue or expenses, nor the balance sheet classification used that would be necessary if the going concern assumption was not appropriate. Such adjustments could be material.

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Machine Learning (ML) lifecycle management is a challenging task involving data management, model selection, hyperparameter tuning, model deployment, model monitoring, and collaboration with other developers. Tecton is a fully managed platform for AI applications that aims to simplify this task by automating the complete lifecycle of ML features. It also allows developers to build and automate data pipelines for ML applications with remarkable speed, ease, and reliability.
Tecton unifies ML data workflows on a unified platform, facilitating reproducibility and accelerated deployment across various use cases. It helps serve features at a large scale, mitigating infrastructure overhead and optimizing the cost. Tecton allows users to define and process the features using Python, SQL, or Spark. Users also have the choice of storing these features in the data platform of their choice.
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- These data sources can be connected using simple Python declarations, and different feature pipelines can be built on top of them.
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- Tecton also helps data scientists collaborate, build, and deploy features to production with DevOps-like practices.
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- Tecton maintains, compiles, and orchestrates different data pipelines, which helps in deploying production ML pipelines in minutes.
- Tecton also provides tools for monitoring the data engineering pipelines. Users can monitor the health of their workflows and automatically resolve issues.
In conclusion, Techton is an ML lifecycle management tool that unifies data workflows on a single platform. It helps developers build and automate data pipelines for ML applications. It provides features like data integrations, feature services, and easy deployment and monitoring, which accelerates the business's time to value. Although Techton's services are costlier than those of its competitors, many users still prefer the tool because of its unique capabilities.


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Synopsis: From the Preface: Every Woman wants to be beautiful. But while some are born beautiful, others are not. Those who are born beautiful may look worn out with passage of time. This is the reason why, in order to stay beautiful, women of all ages need expert advice – commonly knows as "Beauty Care". Indeed, skin care is essential for not only women but also men, for the prolongation of youthful looks.
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Leafhoppers are sap-sucking insects that attack a wide range of plants. One or two won’t cause significant damage, but lots of them can cause leaf yellowing and the overall weakening of the plant.
Leafhoppers are yellowish in colour and around 2-3mm long. As their name suggests, they (the adults) will jump off if their plant home is disturbed. The immature nymphs are creamy-white and crawl. Both nymphs and adults feed on the sap of plants.
Colonies on the underside of leaves will have up to 3 generations present at any 1 time. Leaves will become gradually paler with white surface mottling.
The rhododendron leafhopper is responsible for spreading the fungal disease bud blast, which kills the flower buds.
Treatment and control
Spray with a natural-based insecticide. Pyrethrin (a natural plant extract) based insecticides will control leafhoppers and other plant pests.Spray with a general insecticide. Most broad-spectrum insecticides will control leafhoppers. They kill very quickly on contact and also have a residual effect which lasts for a few weeks.


The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Royal Grenada Police Station (RGPF) is still searching for a man who stole a vehicle and sped away with it with a child inside.
The vehicle, a blue Suzuki Escudo with registration number PAF543 was parked along Melville Street in St. George’s on Friday night at around 9.15 p.m when the incident occurred.
THE NEW TODAY understands that the driver of the vehicle, George Collins left his five-year old son asleep in the vehicle that was parked in front of S. Kumar Variety Store.
The driver reportedly left the vehicle with the key in the ignition to go into one of the buildings to get something.
When he returned, the vehicle was not seen and he immediately alerted he police.
The vehicle was found later in the night at Mt. Parnassus, St. George as the driver had apparently lost control and it ran off the road.
Information reaching THE NEW TODAY is that a man who was attending church discovered the vehicle and took the child from it.
The robber/kidnapper reportedly ran from the scene but the child was found safe and unharmed.
A few weeks ago, the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) launched a massive manhunt for two individuals suspected of kidnapping some persons in a vehicle in the St. John’s area at gunpoint.
The accused – Timothy Williams of Darbeau and Irvin Thomas of Lowther’s Lane were apprehended and charged by police with robbery with violence, housebreaking, stealing, kidnapping and rape.


Minister’s orders falls on deaf ears
BUDGAM, Jan 02: Though the Minister for Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs(CS&CA)Department Choudhary Zulfkar Ali set deadline to speed up computerization and distribution of ration cards in the state, However on ground the order seems the orders of the Minister seems to have fallen on deaf ears as the process is still under process that too on snails pace.
Zulfkar Ali launched distribution of ration cards on June 20 this year in DC office Budgam and announced that the distribution of ration cards would be completed within week in the district but the process is yet to be completed by CS&CA Department Budgam even after six months .
It is not the first time when government set deadline for completion of error-free computerization and distribution of digitised ration cards in the district,but the earlier deadlines were also missed by the department. The fresh deadline for completion of the process was set on December 25, but CS&CA Budgam failed again.
Though the government is talking about to bring transparency in Public Distribution System (PDS) Consumers are facing lot of inconvenience on account of Ration Cards, NFSA & MMSFES rates and for getting food grains on time.
Locals said owing to absence of ration cards, the consumers of the district are facing difficulties for getting benefits of different schemes as they have to produce the Ration card as proof for various schemes.
According to data available on portal of CS&CA of Budgam district are still with errors as some family members are missing and some good income ration card holders got low income category ration cards like PHH, BPL.
According to census 2011 the district has total population of 7,35,753 souls.
Whereas data available on portal reveals that the district has only 7,11,574 beneficiaries and 1,69,421 Ration cards in all categories except exclusion.
According to information obtained from the CS&CA department Budgam reveals that the department has 1,70,000 total ration cards in the categories BPL, AAY, NPHH and PHH.
” we distributed 70.000 ration cards out of total 1.70.000 cards in which about 55.000 PHH ration cards are still in printing process,” Assistant Director CS&CA Budgam, Ali Muhammad Mir said.
“we issued 70,000 ration cards out of 1,15,000 cards under BPL, NPHH and AAY Categories as of now,” he said. “Under PHH Category about 55,000 cards are under printing process, which we expected to be completed very soon,”he added.
Regarding the missing deadlines repeatedly he said “it happens, what can we do?”, he said while expressing helplessness assured that the process of distribution of ration cards will now be completed by January 6.


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From Senate Republican Leader Fred Girod and Rep. Jami Cate
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would allow counties to give property tax relief to families whose homes, businesses, and/or properties were damaged or destroyed by wildfire.
“My community needs additional help to rebuild after last year’s fires,” said Senate Republican Leader Fred Girod (R-Lyons), chief sponsor of the legislation. “This bill has been one of my main priorities this session. It’s going to go a long way in helping my district rebuild.”
The Beachie Creek and Lionshead Wildfires swept through the Santiam Canyon over Labor Day 2020 causing unprecedented damage throughout the communities. Losses in the Santiam Canyon are significant which includes more than 700 homes, 85 businesses, and city infrastructure.
“Many did not have the insurance coverage to completely rebuild their homes and businesses,” said Representative Jami Cate (R-Lebanon), also a sponsor of the bill. “Making them pay tax on property that was rendered useless is an additional burden on those already struggling to recover. This bill is just another tool for counties to help their residents get back on their feet.”
Senate Bill 464 would apply to tax year 2020-2021 and include counties in the Governor’s 2020 emergency wildfire declarations.
SB 464 passed the Senate on a 28-1 vote and will now go to the House for consideration.

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11 toboggan runs, from the Tuff alpine pasture to Mt Bullaccia, can be found on the Alpe di Siusi.
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Tobogganing on the Alpe di Siusi is great fun for the whole family and a pure nature experience. There are 11 toboggan runs on the highplateau and on the slopes of the hills and surrounding mountains:
* Mt Bullaccia toboggan run (1.8 km)
* Spitzbühl toboggan run (1.4 km)
* Zallinger toboggan run (2.9 km)
* Molignon toboggan run (2.8 km)
* Icaro-Mt Piz toboggan run (1.7 km)
* Panorama toboggan run (1.5 km)
* Hoferalpl toboggan run (4.3 km)
* Messner mountain hut-Passo Nigra toboggan run (2 km)
* Rungun-San Cipriano toboggan run (0.8 km)
* Haniger toboggan run (3.5 km)
Another possibility is the toboggan run from the Tuff alpine pasture to the Pond of Fiè, where the finish straight of this run is located. After 2.2 km of walking the way up, you really deserve a stop for having lunch, as well as a hot beverage, before you toboggan down to the beautiful pond. If you do not want to bring your own sledge, you can also rent them on-site.

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Darren Gee and Amanda Waller were back in ultra distance action this weekend as they took on the Round Rotherham Run. Rowbotham’s Round Rotherham International Trail Event is a whole 80 km, (or 50 miles in real money) with an undulating route with, overall, 800 m of climb through the South Yorkshire Forest. Most of this trail is mainly rural land of South Yorkshire rather than a vast area of woodland.
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I just finished building my Open EVSE 40A Advanced kit. Seemed straightforward enough, but when I plugged it in, nothing happened. No matter how I adjusted LCD contrast, I just had a blank panel.
So I started measuring with my meter, to see if I could identify a problem. I started with power input. I touched probes to the incoming power at the screws on the big relay, expecting to read ~240VAC. Instead, BOOM!, big pop.
Somehow, one leg of the AC_Line connector block shorted out. Questions:
1. Any idea what happened? By touching the probes to the relay I created an additional circuit through my meter, but I can't see how that could have caused the short on the controller. I'm quite certain that both legs into the AC_Line block were well seated and didn't have exposed wire.
2. What now? I expect that the controller is toast (plus I don't know if it was working to begin with). I could buy another one ($90, ugh), but without some idea what went wrong the first time, I'm reluctant to throw good money after bad.
Note that one difference between my build and the build guide was that my kit lacked the lugs for fitting the slide connectors. I just cut off the slide connectors, stripped the insulation ends, tinned the wire ends with solder (mostly so I could bend them into nice loops) and connected them that way.
Also, I have a four-wire power cable, so I wire-nutted off the neutral line and just left it inside the box. In the "pre-boom" photo, you can see it running up the left side of the box and curling around the top of the controller. The neutral line's insulation is blackened from the nearby short explosion, but undamaged.
I can't see any way either of those choices could have been related, but I include them for completeness.
I can only guess as to what happened... Perhaps a stray strand of the AC line shorted out? Clean the board well with a solvent like rubbing alcohol, and then see if any traces were involved in the kaboom! If so you will have to add jumpers to replace the fried traces. From what I can see in your photos I think that the PCB is ok once you remove the carbon form the event.
You said that you were getting no display. Perhaps you did not have the line ac voltage on the pcb (the scorched) wires properly connected to the relay and your probing actually connected it, then because of the stray wire strand you got the kaboom?
Clean it up, dry it out and then post more pictures and your testing of the ac traces.
connector side of the PCB:
solder side of the pcb:
Newbie here -- I just completed an advanced kit, and (thanks to this weekend's successful build) recognize your components and layout.
Looking at the "Pre-Boom" layout, I see that the purple pilot wire is correctly connected, but there seems to be no ground wire connecting the board to the ground bus. That ground wire should connect from the ground bus to a terminal next to the pilot terminal.
Apparently the power supply of the board does use the ground, since the little UBEC power supply connects between 12 volts and ground. If this is true, then perhaps the lack of a ground can cause real problems on the board; perhaps this was the cause of the flash.
Another problem that appears in the "Pre-Boom" photo: The GFCI sensor coil is on the output side, rather than the input side. In your setup, the fat red and fat black wires (in the left of the photo) should be routed through the GFCI coil (the on labeled with "21917" in the photo)
I suspect that this latter problem did not cause the pop, however.
Finally, are you certain that your meter was set to "AC Volts" and not "current" ? It's a mistake that I've made all too often...
Best of luck,
Thanks for the reply, Cliff.
Indeed you're correct that I failed to connect the ground from the controller to the ground block. I'm not sure how I missed that. It is surprising that the ground would actually be used in normal operation.
Re: the GFCI sensor coil, the output side is where the build guide places it. Putting it on the input side would mean you're measuring current used by the EVSE unit as well as current fed to the vehicle. The difference in those will be negligible, but it still seems like the output side is what you really want to measure.
And, yes, I definitely had the meter set to AC voltage :-)
I guess I'll order another controller and try again. I'm not sure if failing to connect the ground had anything to do with the boom, but it seems like it was probably the cause of the failure to operate that led me to start poking around.
The pictures look okay except for the missing ground. That would not cause a boom, just a No Ground error on the LCD.
The ground is needed at the OpenEVSE Controller because it is the reference for the pilot signal and it provides a path for the welded contactor test and ground test. Without a ground you do not have a complete circuit to the vehicle.
Its hard to see in the picture but it looks like the LCD contrast was not set. Was there any relay clicks on startup or any color on the LCD?
I think Cliff is onto something, if the boom happened when the meter was applied. It was likely on the current setting or the probes were in Common and Current. You may want to test your meter. If this is the case the fuse in the meter may have blown.
You are welcome to send your board back, we will test is and replace it if necessary.
I bought a new controller board and reassembled the EVSE, this with the missing ground. No boom this time, but no joy either. I measured at various points and everything looks good (my meter is just fine, and I'm quite certain it wasn't the problem the first time around), but I cannot get anything legible on the LCD no matter how I adjust the contrast. I do see the contrast changing when I turn the pot, and when I turn it one way the LCD does change to where I can see the outlines of the display segments but no text.
I verified that the LCD controller is getting 5VDC.
I'll attach photos of the assembled unit, the LCD display with the pot turned so that the outlines of the top segments are visible but the bottom segments are fully black, and measurement of power from the EVSE controller pins that feed the LCD controller.
Suggestions? I think I probably need to swap out the LCD controller. I might blame the EVSE controller, since I'm sure it has the CPU and sends the text to display, but since I've seen the same behavior with two EVSE controllers, that seems unlikely.
FYI, this was operator error.
I needed to power cycle the whole EVSE after adjusting the contrast pot. I had been disconnecting the LCD, making adjustments, and reconnecting it. But if the LCD is not connected when the EVSE controller powers up, it doesn't initialize it.
Has the LCD contrast problem been solved. Seems I have the same issue here. No matter how i adjusted it, just cannot see the text.
I was able to adjust the contrast, but I had to connect everything then plug it in to see the results of the adjustments.


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Winter Annual Wildlife Food Plot Seeds
Winter annual food plots are very popular with hunters. More deer will visit your property with these plots present. Unless you plant something in the fall that lasts to late spring these plots will not help the herd much or the development of antlers at all. Winter annuals that are planted from late August and in September can be a great component of a year around food plot program. Our winter annual mix has sold out for several years in a row.
- This is a stable of winter food plots. It takes a while to establish and is often not well established until late November or December. It will die out in the late spring. This plant is great for early January to spring greenup for supplying a large amount of forage to elk, deer and turkey. Plant 20-25 pounds per acre if planted alone. This clover is used in our winter mixes.
- This clover is a good companion clover for crimson clover. They peak at different times so together they provide protein at a critical time of the year when atlers are being grown and does are in advanced pregnacy or have recently dropped their fawns. Different varieties are used according to the rainfall of the area in our winter mix. Arrowleaf is a winter annual white clover. Plant 12 pounds per acre if planted alone.
- Berseem is a winter clover in the Mid-South and and a summer annual in northern latitudes. This is the least winter tolerant of the annual clovers commonly used in food plots. For this reason we don’t use Berseem in our winter mixes. A strong characteristic of this clover is that it is a good reseeder. However, in many areas clover don’t produce seed heads due to the browse level of the crop.
- This is mild shade toleratnt clover. It will also tolerate somewhat low pH’s. Since this is winter clover and it does not reach significant size until the leaves have dropped in the fall the shade tolerance is of little value. Plant 15 pounds per acre if planted alone.
Austian Winter Peas:
- Deer browse on the peas as soon as they emerge from the soil. Even in a firm seed bed the deer will pull them up including the planted pea. They do leave a few to grow but usually not a lot. These winter peas do bring the deer into the plot and the peas they take are high in protein. Winter peas are an important part of our winter annual mix.
- Forage Oats are fairly easy to grow and come up quickly. Deer and elk will feed on oats as soon as they emerge. If you don’t have an exclusion cage you will never understand just how heavily quality oats are foraged. Oats are a key component in our winter mix and for use as a cover crop for perennial mixes. Forage oats supply solid protein in the fall and winter but this usually decreases by early spring. If they head out the grain will be used by turkeys and upland game birds. We have tested several varieties of oats and their is a difference. The best of the forage oats are browsed much heavier than wheat and are way ahead of all other cereal grains. Oats should be planted at 100 pounds per acre if planted alone. We stock a very high quality forage oat. It has tested stronger than any other oats that we tried. Plant 30 pounds per acre when using as a cover crop for perennial mixes.
- Winter wheat is an economical winter cereal grain. Winter wheat has tested second against the high quality forage oats in side by side testing. Combining winter wheat and oats as a cover crop for perennials at 30 lbs per acre combined. Plant 100 pounds per acre when planting alone. This is not as a prolific grower as forage wheat. Mature winter wheat seed that drops or shatters when you mow the winter plot provides seed that is a magnet for turkey, dove and upland game birds.
Range Master Forage Wheat by Eagle Seeds:
- This forage wheat produces a high tonage of palatable and nutritious forage. It is an excellent product to plant alone especially as a choice to break the cycle of continuous planting of brassicas. When planting alone 100 pounds per acre is needed when fertility and pH is low. However, if your soil is productive and your pH and fertility are high then plant 125 pounds per acre planted alone.
- The brassica family consists of leafy type plants commonly considered greens and often have a edible root such as turnip greens. Forage Tech test plots have tested several varieties of kale, rape, turnips and radishes. The best results (amount that deer foraged) were from certain varieties of turnips and radishes. Generally, planting of brassicas should be done for no more than two years in a row in the same field. Rotate by planting something else such as our winter mix without brassicas or forage oats or forage wheat. The brassicas will be foraged heavier after one or two substantial frosts. Fields planted in Forage Tech Winter Annual Mix often look like a turnip green field in October with some oat stalks sticking up. By late December the greens are usually eaten down to the radish and turnip bulbs. This is because the sugar becomes available in the folage after a solid frost or two and that is when the deer start foraging on the tops. This sugar is processed into protein in the deer digestion system. By January the deer will eat almost all of the bulbs of the turnips and forage radishes. Because of the short duration of the crop the turnips and forage radishes are most effective as part of a winter mix.

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Markle was on 'CNN Heroes' to salute frontline workers who have worked tirelessly during the coronavirus pandemic.
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, was on CNN Heroes Monday morning to salute frontline workers who have worked tirelessly during the coronavirus pandemic.
The television appearance was the first from the duchess since she revealed that she experienced a miscarriage this summer.
On the annual event, CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, Markle thanked workers who have “stood up and made sure the most basic needs of our communities were met.”
“They made sure those around them did not have to suffer in isolation,” she stated. “We saw the good in people, in our neighbors and in entire communities coming together to say they would not stand by while our neighbors went hungry.”
Markle made her remarks from a bench in her Los Angeles backyard, where she and Prince Harry have made numerous statements during the coronavirus pandemic.
“I’m inspired by the stories of compassion in our communities,” she said. “Across the country, people have put their own needs aside to come together and support the collective well-being of those around them.”
“Tonight, we are celebrating these quiet heroes, some of whom I know and others that we applaud from afar,” she added. “They showed us, all of us, that even in the darkest times when we come together, we have the power to remind someone else that there is hope and that we will be okay.”
For The New York Times, Markle recently penned an essay, The Losses We Share, detailing the miscarriage of her second child with Prince Harry, in which she noted that 2020 has been a “universally challenging” year for everyone.
In it, Markle addressed the police killings of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in Louisville and George Floyd, 46, in Minneapolis.
“In places where there was once community,” she wrote, “there is now division.”
The essay, which was published just before Thanksgiving, encouraged people to commit to checking in on one another.
“As much as we may disagree, as physically distanced as we may be,” Markle asserted, “the truth is that we are more connected than ever because of all we have individually and collectively endured this year.”


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A season high 5,862 fans were on hand on a night in which WKU honored the All-Diddle Arena Team and welcomed back the 2002-03 NCAA Tournament team celebrating its 10th anniversary.
The win was Arkansas State's first in Bowling Green in the last 11 tries dating back to the 1997-98 season.
T.J. Price led WKU with 21 points on 7-of-16 shooting, and he also led WKU in rebounding with seven and in assists with four. It was Price's fifth 20-point game of the season and sixth of his career, and he has now led WKU in scoring a team high nine times this season. Arkansas State was led by Trey Finn's 23 points and six three-pointers, and Brandon Peterson had nine points and 10 rebounds.
Despite missing its first nine shots of the game, WKU trailed by just five points at halftime, 30-25. Down 22-9, WKU went on an 8-3 run over 5:23 to bring the score to 25-17 in favor of Arkansas State. A Price three-pointer from deep brought the Hilltoppers to within eight at that point, and WKU had it to five at 30-25 a few minutes later after back-to-back three-pointers by Teeng Akol and Jamal Crook.
WKU went 8-for-17 from the floor (.471) after starting the game 0-for-9, and the two teams combined to make nine first-half three-pointers. WKU was outrebounded in the opening 20 minutes, 19-18, and Price led the Hilltopper with 10 points and five rebounds. Two Red Wolves were in double figures.
The Red Wolves outscored WKU 37-24 in the second half en route to the 67-49 victory. Two separate scoring runs did in the Hilltoppers, as a 7-0 Arkansas State burst made the score 42-29 and an 8-0 run gave the Red Wolves a 16-point lead at 63-47.
WKU never led in the game, and Arkansas State scored 20 points off 11 WKU turnovers.
WKU finished the game shooting 32.0 percent (16-for-50), and Arkansas State converted at a 42.3 percent clip (22-for-52). The Red Wolves won the battle of the boards, 40-30.
WKU travels to Florida next week for two games, beginning Thursday at 6:00 PM (CT) at Florida Atlantic. After the game against the Owls and Saturday's 6:30 PM (CT) game at FIU, the Hilltoppers return to E.A. Diddle Arena on Thursday, February 21 to face ULM.
Both games in Florida will be televised by the Hilltopper Sports Satellite Network, airing nationally on ESPN3, regionally on WKYU-PBS and in Louisville on WBNA. Clearance on ESPN Full Court will be determined in the coming days. The games will also be broadcast on the radio on the Hilltopper IMG Sports Network with Randy Lee and Hal Schmitt on the call.
Tickets for the 2012-13 WKU basketball season are on sale now and can be purchased online at WKUSports.com or by calling the WKU Ticket Office at 1-800-5-BIG RED or 745-5222 locally.


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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has plans to make representations to the UN Security Council on the deployment of peacekeeping forces to north-east Nigeria to protect vulnerable local communities in that country.
20 July 2020
The UK has no plans to make representations to the UN Security Council on the deployment of peacekeeping forces to North-East Nigeria as we do not assess their deployment to be the most effective way to tackle the conflict and create long term stability. We continue to support the affected nation states of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon to tackle the terrorist threat in North-East Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad Basin. We work closely with the UN to support the nations states' response and to support local communities. This includes support to the UN Development Programme stabilisation facility in North-East Nigeria and support to the work of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel. On 5 June 2020, we led a statement in the Security Council which reiterated our commitment to West Africa and the Sahel, including Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin. On 16 June 2020, we led a statement at the Security Council condemning the recent terror attacks in North-East Nigeria.


RepRap, makers of fine self-replicating 3D printerse, offers us a glimpse of the future. Their future is one where advanced electronics can be built in the comfort of your own home for a fraction of the price. Their latest project offers us a small look at what that future might look like.
Last week, RepRap finished printing out an entire DSLR Canon 5D camera. It includes the body and a permanently attached zoom lens. As you would expect, the camera doesn’t work. This is more like a proof of concept. The guys at RepRap are proving that advanced shapes can be printed via a cheap 3D printer like the RepRap. Here’s a video that shows more detail:
Speaking to the Fabbaloo blog, RepRapCentral says that the future will one day allow the printing of optics and dials. Combine this with 3D printable electronics, and you have a fully-functional 3D printed camera on your hands. It’s still a ways out there, but the future is always one day closer.
I can almost guarantee that advancements in 3D printable electronics will be met with the utmost resistance. The camera industry is already facing hard times, and giving people the ability to make their own cameras would hurt them even more. It’s doesn’t have to stop at cameras either. 3D printers may one day threaten the very supply and demand model that our current economy is built upon.
You can make your own Canon 5D camera right now with this handy 3D model from Thingiverse. Once again, it won’t be a working camera, but it’s still cool to see how 3D printers have come so far in creating complex shapes.


Development of Lifetime Evaluation Method Using Multilayer Coating Chip
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In order to improve Hall thruster's lifetime performance, A new lifetime evaluation method, lifetime estimation using multilayered coated chips was developed for channel wall erosion rate distribution measurement. This method uses small chips coated with alternate channel wall material and marker. By detecting the marker emission as a signal of erosion progress, this method enables direct and rapid erosion rate distribution measurements. In this study, the capability of this new method for erosion rate distribution measurement was tested and validated. Multilayer coated chips of two kinds using different marker metals were embedded into the acceleration channel wall. The channel-wall erosion rate distribution was then measured. The measured erosion rates were, respectively, 0.90 nm/s and 0.75 nm/s at 2 mm and 4 mm upstream from the channel exit.
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TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN 8(ists27), Pb_51-Pb_54, 2010
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Following active infection, herpes viruses establish a latent infection in sensory and autonomic ganglia of the nervous system. The double-stranded DNA of the virus is incorporated into the cell physiology by infection of the nucleus of a nerve's cell body. HSV latency is static; no virus is produced; and is controlled by a number of viral genes, including latency-associated transcript.
However, there is much more to the herpes virus than just chicken pox or genital herpes. For instance, after an active infection, the virus is shed (eliminated) in the urine and feces for up to several months (sometimes years in the case of the cytomegalovirus) after the active infection has resolved. This means the infected person is still contagious, which is what makes this virus so contagious. It can easily be transferred when the patient is asymptomatic.
However, asymptomatic carriers of the HSV-2 virus are still contagious. In many infections, the first symptom people will have of their own infections is the horizontal transmission to a sexual partner or the vertical transmission of neonatal herpes to a newborn at term. Since most asymptomatic individuals are unaware of their infection, they are considered at high risk for spreading HSV.
HSV-2 is commonly referred to as genital herpes because it usually causes cold sores to erupt around the genitalia. In fact, genital herpes is the No. 1 cause of genital ulcers worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and affects up to 1 in 3 adults (although most who are infected don’t even know it). (5) Both types of herpes viruses are highly contagious, and both can cause cold sores in either area of the body (or sometimes both).
Genital herpes is not usually accommodated by symptoms. Two-thirds of genital herpes cases are asymptomatic. Getting tested for both HSV-1 and HSV-2 is the only sure way to know if you have genital herpes. Blisters or sores in the genital area, fever, body aches, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, tiredness and painful urination call all be symptoms of genital herpes.
A herpes infection is caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). It has 2 main types, including HSV-1 and HSV-2. While HSV-1 can cause oral herpes, HSV-2 can be responsible for genital herpes. Oral herpes is also known as cold sores or fever blisters. It mainly occurs on the lips, around the mouth. Genital herpes is usually referred to as herpes. It mostly affects the genitals and anal area. Genital herpes is considered to be a sexually transmitted disease. It’s extremely contagious and can be spread through sexual intercourse.

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Stand tall, Clara Hughes
To say Clara Hughes was the best choice to be Canada’s flag
bearer for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games would be
No one offers a greater combination of talent and humility,
or better exemplifies the true spirit of sport.
When she was officially introduced Friday in Richmond
as Canada’s flag bearer for the Vancouver
Games, she said, “This is without a doubt the greatest honour of my
She means it.
Though one of the most gifted athletes in Olympic history—
competing and winning multiple medals in both
the Summer and Winter Games; the only athlete
ever to do so—Hughes has always been
inspired to help others through her actions.
Her efforts and determination are examples for
all of us to emulate.
“We believe that no athlete is more deserving
of the honour of carrying Canada’s flag on
home soil than Clara,” said Jean Dupre, director
general of Speed Skating Canada.
For all her accomplishments in cycling
(double bronze medallist at the 1996 Summer
Games in Atlanta ) and on the ice (bronze in
Salt Lake City and silver and gold in Turin),
Hughes’ work ethic remains as
legendary as her skills.
So too, her willingness to lend a hand—be it
simply a pat on the back and a few
words of encouragement for a teammate
or raising funds and awareness for children.
Hughes’participation with Right to Play—an international
group dedicated to improving the lives
of children in some of the most disadvantaged
areas of the world by using the power
of sport and play for development, health
and peace—is as exemplary as it is inspiring.
After winning gold at the Turin Games, she
donated $10,000 of her own money to Right
to Play to help raise awareness. She challenged
Canadian business and individuals
to match the donation and to date more than
$400,000 has been raised for programs
Following the Vancouver Games,Hughes hopes to continue
her humanitarian work.
After Hughes carries the flag into BC Place
Stadium on the evening of Feb. 12 and watches
the opening ceremony with her teammates,
she will have only one day to finalize her
preparation for the first race of her last Olympic
Games, taking part in the 3,000-metre event
on Feb. 13. But know that Hughes is a winner,
through and through.
As she prepares to wind up her Olympic
career at the Richmond Olympic Oval over the
next two weeks, her ultimate goal is to
defend her Olympic title in the 5,000 metres.
With her track record only a fool would bet


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Yesterday I had the privilege of posting on my friend and fellow BA bloggers site Elliott.org about the new GPS tracking Delta has started to offer to folks. Here it is in case you missed it!
Delta Air Lines yesterday started letting you track your pet using GPS. It’s no April Fool’s joke. You can tag Fido’s of Fluffy’s pet carrier now if you are willing to ship ’em on a cargo jet.
In fact, an airline representative told me that, for a $50 fee, Delta cargo will GPS tag anything you want to ship, not just a pet.
But the real joke would be if Delta stopped there.
Tracking pets really is a terrific idea. Americans love their animal companions. They take them everywhere. I mean everywhere.
Yet each year beloved pets are either lost, run away or for some reason die in the belly of jets. Last year, airlines lost a total of 42 pets, according to the Department of Transportation. Of those, 21 were reported killed, 15 injured and 6 simply misplaced.
If your pet is small enough, and you don’t mind paying yet another airline fee, you can take them as carry-on luggage to keep them safe. Or, with Delta, if your larger pet is famous enough — yes, this really is a rule — then you can buy a ticket and a seat for them onboard.
But has Delta gone far enough? Since you’re paying yet one more in a never-ending list of fees, why not have the option to GPS-tag a pet on the same flight as you are on? Sadly, I was told Delta has no current plans to offer the GPS tracking service on passenger jets.
We could take this even one step further. Airlines, including Delta, have had issues with unaccompanied minors getting “lost” along the way . I can tell you if I were sending a precious child on an airline unaccompanied I would love to be able to GPS track where he or she was along the journey, even for a fee.
If an airline can spend a small fortune to “enhance” their travel “app” to offer up-sells for seats, wi-fi, meals and more, then why not spend a few dollars on something that could make such a difference to so many? Peace of mind is something I value highly.
For example, I have installed on both my wife’s and my phone a simple app that can tell me where my phone is at any time in real time. I can even command it remotely to take a photo with either the front or rear facing camera. Not only does this give me peace of mind if the phone is stolen, but if something goes wrong I can find my wife in an emergency.
As fast as technology is advancing, maybe a GPS tag should not just be a cargo option, but required for the things we hold most dear in our lives. – René
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Thiết kế bắt mắt – hiệu quả là thế mạnh và kinh nghiệm của Intheblack đã thiết kế cho 1,850 thương hiệu thuộc 35 lĩnh vực ngành nghề trong 05 năm qua. Từ ngân hàng ACB đến quán ăn Cô Ba Xứ Quảng. Bạn có thể thấy khách hàng của chúng tôi hiện diện khắp nơi.
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Any agency can do pretty pictures,
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We deploy many skills
but our best work comes together to form
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Analysis and insight constitute the foundation of
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Brave is embracing change. Embracing something
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BERNIE SAUNDERS played in the NHL for two seasons as a right winger with the Quebec Nordiques. He was only the fifth Black player in the NHL. Saunders quit hockey in his twenties to pursue a successful career in pharmaceuticals. A dual citizen of Canada and the US, he lives in South Carolina.

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The hand on your face, with a gentle stroke, is just the same hand that can strike you. A finger gently ran on your spine is the same as the heartbreak on your mind. Liberation of suffering is as foolish as the love you have for unrelinquished want. These words are as useful as the policies you agree to when you check the box.
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It Sat On My Chest and Told Me This
Let it pour. Collectively we ask what and end never understanding what has become of the beginning. It’s so far removed standing still will only be the cost. There are a few things that have crossed my path…what will these things form as time gets closer to an actual change. Will I be constant enough to not perish the Rose. This rose is never just a rose, a divine spark that will die to later form a beauty never known or seen. It’s easy to kill the rose. Asked myself why flaunt this skill of destruction or darkness or distain. Yes black contrasts well with white. A romantic heartbreak. A disorder to replicate. A lovely melancholy memory of you and them sanding with just the right light to turn your stomach, make your heart quicken and make you feel just a lil human. These aesthetics lulls me to a high state of disappointment. I ride the unrelinquished love of never seeing what the past talks about…of seeing this Dark Angel fully clothed and breathing on my shoulder. How was I to clip the wings? It gestures to the scissors, which I did not own. Doing, doing anything to bring it back, joining the thoughts of tender heaves and silence thoughts. The door was never closed you see when you left, in the sound, it closed it. The light is on. Getting stuck and falling in over with the first state…why stop at the threshold of severed understanding of UNDERSTANDING. Is it understanding, tell me or is it arrogance. Unfold the arms square the shoulder lean to the side that feels heavy, there that is where you stand. Feel it. Breathe it. See the rest falling in lust with the conquest? Is there a question on your side that never seems to formulate? That is probably the seed beginning to germinate. As individual as each snowflake is a white noise veils the textures and uniformity of landscapes unrooted by production and progress. No never mind this thought that seems to unravel with confusion. Words sometimes lose their origin; sometimes the storytellers have their delusions. When I drive, on a clear day I see the snow capped mountain that surround me, I fall in love with this moment, I choke, the action in my muscles the memories in my fingers, taste of skin just a new thought away I think of it. Of this partnership I had. It was a sudden need to understand. If it was more then just a timeline in our ticker tap then maybe, I think there would have been a bigger struggle. What you don’t understand is that I wanted to change nothing. All I needed was one hand to invite, the other to hold on to the upward draft that we had. Yes we are artist. We practice this art of knowing. Lets begin by being sober. Just breathing on this time my blood gets intoxicated. How can I breath if nothing is planted to cultivate. I tell my friends get use to short and multiple relationships. Shop online, buyer’s remorse. Impulsive buys, upgrade after the last one broke. I go without. I don’t need to buy something I know I will use and abuse just because I fear. I fear I fear you don’t say it but I fear. You are never alone but constantly forgotten. To busy to remember and so bored you can never forget, cuz on this line no one is unplugged. Humans play what do you think this entire product is? Lower level duplication of something so close it sits on your nose. You don’t see it you say? The other produced to replicate what mother gave us just so she could say “My boy yes my baby I am your mamma. I know you can be as beautiful as I but don’t forget arrogance is not godly. Arrogance is Man”.


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If you borrowed less than $2M under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) through the SBA, you will not have to provide financial information to prove that the PPP loan was “necessary to support ongoing operations.” The SBA will believe that you acted in “good faith” when you made that certification as part of the PPP loan application process.
If you borrowed $2M or more (including loans to your affiliates), you should expect that the SBA will audit your loan certifications and require that you provide supporting documentation to show that your PPP loan certifications were accurate.
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/Paycheck-Protection-Program-Frequently-Asked-Questions.pdf (Q/A 46 released on May 13, 2020).
Possible Changes to PPP Loan Forgiveness Rules – Next Round of Stimulus
The House Democrats have released a bill to amend the PPP loan program forgiveness rules to accommodate the expected delays in reopening the country. HEROES Act, H.R. 6800 (introduced May 12, 2020). While the Republican controlled Senate is certain to make major changes to the HEROES Act, some House provisions may survive. Clients should be aware that the law will remain in flux through June.
The House bill (Sec. 90001 and Sec. 90004) provides that the “spend down” date for PPP loan forgiveness will be extended from June 30, 2020 until December 31, 2020. In addition, instead of having to spend all the PPP loan balance on payroll costs, rent, utilities, and mortgage interest over an eight-week period after the PPP loan is funded to qualify for loan forgiveness, borrowers will have 24 weeks to spend the funds. The House bill drops the requirement that borrowers use 75% of the PPP loan balance to pay payroll costs and allows the money to be spent on rent, utilities and mortgage interest. Finally, additional “head count” relief is provided if employees are unable or unwilling to return to work.
The House bill (Sec. 20235) reverses the IRS Notice 2020-32 and will allow taxpayers to exclude the PPP loan forgiveness from income and still deduct all the expenses used to justify loan forgiveness. However, the House bill (Sec. 20201) restricts the use of any resulting tax losses by limiting the NOL carryback period to 2018 and 2019.
The Senate is not expected to start discussing its version of the next Stimulus bill until after May 25 (Memorial Day).

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