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The indication for surgical fixation of the talar neck and body fractures is any notable displacement. Cadaver models have shown that as little as 2 mm of talar neck displacement leads to a more concentrated high-pressure contact area in the middle and anterior facets of the subtalar joint and that varus malalignment of the talar neck decreases subtalar motion by 24% to 32% in each plane. In historical series, many displaced fractures were treated nonsurgically and varus malunion was a frequent result. In a 2004 review of the functional outcomes of 70 patients at an average 5-year follow-up, hindfoot malalignment due to malunion was the single most salient predictor of pain, dysfunction, and the need for secondary surgeries. These findings led to a current recommendation that nonsurgical treatment be reserved for truly nondisplaced injuries. Reflecting the increasing rarity of nonsurgical treatment of talar neck fractures, Dodd and Lefaivre reported that 96% of cases reported from 2000 onward were treated surgically.
The widely preferred approach for surgical treatment of talar neck fractures is a dual anterior incision technique.[9,13,17,20,21] The anteromedial approach provides access between the tibialis anterior and tibialis posterior tendons. An incision is made from the medial ankle joint to the navicular-cuneiform joint. The long saphenous vein is protected, and dissection is carried down to the superomedial talar neck. Dissection along the neck itself should be minimized as much as possible. This incision can also be adjusted if preoperative planning identifies the possible need for a medial malleolar osteotomy. The anterolateral approach is between the peroneus brevis and tertius. An incision is made from the distal syndesmosis (anterolateral corner of the ankle) toward the fourth metatarsal. The superficial peroneal nerve is protected, and the sinus tarsi fat pad and extensor digitorum brevis origin are elevated to expose the superolateral talar neck and lateral process. Alternatively, a sinus tarsi approach can be used as the lateral window, with a slightly more plantar incision from the distal fibula toward the fourth metatarsal which may afford easier visualization of the lateral process.
The combination of anteromedial and anterolateral incisions facilitates anatomic reduction because talar neck fractures are frequently comminuted on the medial side (failing in compression) and noncomminuted on the lateral side (failing in tension). A dual incision approach allows reduction maneuvers to be performed while simultaneously visualizing both aspects of the fractured neck, thus helping to prevent rotational and angular malreductions. Reduction of medial and lateral cortices should be confirmed under direct visualization and fluoroscopy (AP or Canale view) before proceeding with fixation.
Fixation can be performed with dual minifragment plates, a combination of plating and positional screws or screws alone.[17,20] Longitudinal lag screws, particularly on the medial side, are often contraindicated because overcompression through medial comminution may cause varus collapse. With dual plating, the lateral plate spans from just anterior to the lateral process to the lateral head-neck junction and the medial plate spans from plantar to the medial talar body cartilage to the medial head-neck junction. Another fixation option is a posterolateral to anteromedial percutaneously placed lag screw, with or without a medial anterior-to-posterior positional screw. Although screw fixation may reduce dissection of the talar neck's tenous vascular supply, the biomechanical strength and ability to maintain an anatomic reduction may be superior with plate fixation. Thus far there is no clinical evidence of the superiority of either technique,[17,22,23] and biomechanical data are similarly inconclusive.[24,25] One biomechanical study compared screws alone with screw and blade plate fixation and found no notable differences in yield point, stiffness, or load to create a 3 mm deformation. Notably, the screws failed with bending or pullout and plate fixation failed with a fracture at the margin of the plate. Smaller, more flexible plates may not produce the same failure mechanism. Another caveat was that the screws used were conventional 3.5 cortical or 4.0 cancellous screws. Headless variable-pitch screws may improve fixation strength relative to conventional cannulated screws.
The principles of talar body fracture treatment overlap with those of talar neck fracture treatment, with the additional challenge of visualizing the talar dome. Dual anterior approaches are typically used, with the occasional addition of a medial or lateral malleolar osteotomy to facilitate exposure (Figure 4). One cadaver investigation demonstrated that dual anterior incisions expose approximately the anterior half of the talar dome, suggesting that osteotomy is useful for posterior fracture planes. In the series by Vallier et al in 2003, of 57 talar body fractures, 65% were treated with dual anterior approaches, 28% necessitated a medial malleolar osteotomy, and 5% necessitated a lateral malleolar osteotomy.
The patient is a 46-year-old man presenting with a left comminuted talar body fracture. A, AP radiograph showing the talar body fracture with partial extrusion of the lateral body. B, Lateral radiograph showing the comminuted talar body fracture. C, Coronal CT cut showing a midsagittal split with medial comminution of the talar body. D, Sagittal CT cut again demonstrating notable comminution of the talar body. E, AP radiograph showing the final fixation. F, Lateral radiograph showing the final fixation. G, Intraoperative photograph of the chevron medial malleolar osteotomy. H, Intraoperative photograph of the medial malleolar osteotomy after the final fixation. The yellow arrows indicate the posterior tibial tendon.
One of the earliest descriptions of medial malleolar osteotomy for talar body fractures is credited to Ziran et al. The technique involves an initial extension of the anteromedial incision along the medial malleolus. Anteriorly, capsule is released up to the axilla of the medial plafond and posteriorly, the posterior tibial tendon is partially released from its sheath and retracted. The osteotomy is performed obliquely with an oscillating saw directed toward the medial shoulder. The cut is completed with an osteotome to minimize damage to the articular surface and facilitate cartilage interdigitation on repair. It is thought to be important that the cut passes perpendicularly through the articular cartilage at the medial axilla of the joint to permit a congruent articular surface to be restored. van Bergen et al analyzed the optimal osteotomy angle, finding the optimal cut to be angled 60° up from the horizontal (line drawn across tibial plafond), corresponding to 30° down from the longitudinal tibial axis. van Bergen et al further described the use of two arthroscopic right-angled aiming probes, placed in the anterior and posterior axillas of the medial plafond, to find the ideal cut plane.
Other described techniques include step cut and biplanar chevron techniques. The step cut technique was found to be highly reliable in one series of 14 patients, with prompt healing by 6 weeks and no loss of reduction. The biplanar chevron technique was found in another series to produce an unacceptably high malunion rate of 30% unless fixed with a buttress plate rather than two lag screws. Fixation placement should be mindful of future procedures, including tibiotalar arthrodesis or total ankle arthroplasty. In the relatively common case of a medial malleolus fracture accompanying a talar body fracture, the talus can be exposed through this fracture plane.
Approximately 20% of fractures of the talus involve a fracture to the lateral process. This has been termed the "snowboarder" fracture because of its association with the dorsiflexion and eversion fall mechanism commonly seen in snowboarding injuries. CT is considered essential for proper diagnosis because the size of a lateral process fracture may be underestimated on plain radiographs. Although many lateral process fractures were treated nonsurgically or with excision in historical series, the outcomes were poor, likely because of underappreciation of the important contribution of the lateral process to the subtalar joint. The trend more recently has been toward surgical treatment with open reduction and internal fixation. Isolated lateral process fractures can be approached with an anterolateral approach similar to that described above, with the proximal extent of the incision beginning slightly more lateral, at the tip of the fibula. A small diameter lag screw or small diameter buttress plate along the inferolateral talar neck can be used for fixation. It is additionally important to address ligament injuries associated with this fracture because ankle instability can remain with bony fixation alone. The authors of a recent series recommended that nonsurgical treatment be reserved for nondisplaced, small-fragment and extra-articular fractures.
Posterior process fractures are associated with approximately 18% of talus fractures. It is important not to confuse small posterior process fractures with a symptomatic os trigonum. Similar to lateral process fractures, the extent to which larger posterior process fractures involve the subtalar joint may be underappreciated on plain radiographs and CT imaging is therefore essential to planning treatment. Small, nonreconstructable posterior process fragments can be excised, but large fragments should be fixed to restore the subtalar joint surface. If fixation is indicated, a posteromedial approach can be used between the medial malleolus and the medial border of the Achilles tendon, with dissection adjacent to the flexor hallucis longus tendon and neurovascular bundle.
Talar head fractures represent 5% to 10% of talus fractures. Similar to lateral and posterior process fractures, most reconstructable fragments should be fixed to restore proper joint mechanics. The talar head is an essential component of the medial column of the foot that helps maintain the longitudinal arch. In a recent surgical technique study, a dual incision technique was used, and medial-to-lateral screws recessed into subchondral bone, or a medial column spanning plate, were used for fixation.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2020;28(20):e878-e887. © 2020 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons


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For a classic cowboy look, use one or all of the following icons: horseshoe, star, cowboy hat, saddle, cow, fence, or lasso. If you plan to use more than one, alternate solid shapes (like a cow or a hat) with more "airy" shapes (such as the fencing and the lasso). Consider stenciling a quote from a cowboy song or a line from a cowboy poet like Robert Service along with the shapes.
Fence and Stars Border
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Alternate a star with five or six repetitions of the fence stencil. Overlap the ends of the horizontal bars each time you repeat the fence stencil, thus creating the illusion of a continuous line of fencing.
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As vaccines offer hope for controlling the pandemic, Mary and Parashar, Harkness Fellows and NHS consultant psychiatrists, review the impact of Covid-19 on mental health.
Justin Russell – From ‘Advise, Befriend and Assist’ to ‘Assess, Protect and Change’ – some reflections on the history and future of the probation service.
Justin Russell, Chief Inspector of Probation, charted the changing focus of probation since its inception as a national service.
In 2018 Dame Frances Cairncross was commissioned by the government to lead an independent review into the future of the UK News Industry. She highlighted the current challenges to a Harkness audience in November.
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The collection is composed of correspondence and election addresses relating to Henry Dunlop as a candidate for the constituency of Bute in the election of 1841. There are letters from Henry Dunlop to Patrick Stewart and William Mure, from Robert Smith Candlish to Henry Dunlop, from Alexander Dunlop to Henry Dunlop, and from William Mure and Robert Buchanan to Henry Dunlop. There is a letter from David Landsborough to Miss Mure. The collection contains an address to the electors of Bute, an address to the Christian electors of Buteshire, and an address to the independent electors of Buteshire, as well as a prospectus for the proposed erection of Paisley South Church with a list of subscribers and drawings of the proposed chapel and school-house.
Papers of Henry Dunlop (1799-1867)
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- Dates of Creation1834-1841
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Henry Dunlop was born in Linwood, Renfrewshire, on 7 June 1799. After education at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University, he entered the family cotton trading business of James Dunlop and Sons. Better known for his political activities, Dunlop entered the town council in 1833 and in 1837 he contested a bitterly disputed election for the post of provost. He only succeeded to the post in 1838 after a judgement in the House of Lords. In 1841 and in furtherance of interested parties in the Church, he contested the parliamentary seat of Bute as a Liberal, but the election ended in defeat for him. This interest in ecclesiastical matters led to his move from the Church of Scotland to the Free Church after the Disruption of 1843. Dunlop was chairman of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce in 1841, 1850 and 1862, and in 1848 was appointed Deputy-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Henry Dunlop died in Edinburgh on 10 May 1867.
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The biographical/administrative history was compiled using the following material: (1) Memoirs and portraits of 100 Glasgow men. Full-text [online]. Henry Dunlop [Accessed 6 January 2004].
Compiled by Graeme D Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division.
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All ten of the 2022 BU BRITE REU students were selected to present their research posters at the 2022 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.
Research Project: Analysis of Brain Hippocampus Single Nuclei RNA Sequencing in Mixed Dementia Patients
Research Project: Validation of the PEcAn Terrestrial Ecosystem Forecast Using NASA SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Observations
Research Project: Metabolic Modeling of Soil Acidobacteriota Improves with Custom Resource Inputs
Research Project: Finding De Novo Tandem Repeats Using VNTRseek
Research Project: A Spatial Analysis of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche in Mice Fetal Liver
Research Project: Spatiotemporal Patterns of RNA-binding Protein Gene Expression in the Developing Embryonic Mouse Brain
Research Project: Using Space-for-Time to Understand the Empirical Dynamics of Tropical Rainforests
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Research Project: Modeling Protein-Protein Interactions using Co-fractionation Mass Spectrometry (CF/MS) Data
Congratulations to four of our BRITE students who were awarded ABRCMS poster presentation awards:
See the awards list here: https://www.abrcms.org/index.php/program/2021-presentation-awardees
Nine of the 2021 BU BRITE REU students were selected to present their research posters at the 2021 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.
All nine students presented:
Research Project: Optimizing Feature Selection in High Dimensional RNA seq Data
Research Project: A Pipeline for Constructing a 3D Coordinate Map of PMCs In Developing Embryos
Research Project: Fine-Mapping Genetic Loci showing Novel Associations with Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
Research Project: Identifying Possible Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTRs) Using Read Mapping Coverage
Research Project: Testing the accuracy and speed of VNTRseek, a genetic variation detector, using a restricted read dataset
Research Project: Automatic Pipeline for Estimating Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
Research Project: Secondary Analysis of Host Lung Microbiome Interactions with Tuberculosis
Research Project: Characterizing alternative first exons from stem cells and cardiomyocytes
All eight of the 2019 BU BRITE REU students were selected to present their research posters at ABRCMS 2019 (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students) in Anaheim, California. Congratulations!
The following seven students attended.
Briana Hackos, "An Automated Pipeline for Nitrogen-cycling Gene Abundance Analysis"
Nebiyou Kebede, "Assessment of RSubread Using Mock Community Microbiome Data"
Nofal Ouardaoui, "The PM Map – A Proteomic and Metabolomic Data Visualization Network"
Eric Sinton, "Analyzing Lung Cancer Cell Subtypes with CELDA"
All ten of the 2018 BU BRITE REU were selected to present their research posters at ABRCMS 2018 (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students). Congratulations!
Kathryn Atherton, "Can we predict the presence of pathogenic bacteria in soils?"
Luke Dramko, "Iterative Near-Term Ecological Forecasting: Applications to Land-Atmosphere CO2 Fluxes"
Katherine Duchinski, " Single Copy VNTR Identification"
Adam Lewis, "Enhancement of the Single Cell Toolkit (SCTK)"
Olivia Marx, "Glycoproteomic Data Quality and Similarity in Influenza A Virus Variants"
Michelle Patino Calero, "Correcting for Environmental Factors in Microbiome Wide Association Studies"
Mia Price, "The Application of V-Net in Identifying Primary Mesenchyme Cells in Sea Urchin Embryo Scans"
Rahul Ramesh, "Tackling Indistinguishable TR’s and Verifying the Accuracy of VNTRseek"
Spencer Richman, "A Computational Pipeline for Creating Small Molecule Metabolite Mass Spectral Libraries"
Alyssa Taylor, "Association of variant Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) alleles to decline in cognitive function with aging demonstrated through network modeling"
Students participate in weekly social events set-up by the department. Below are a few of the events that have taken place this summer.
June 13th, Boston Duck Boat Tour
June 20th, Room Escapers
July 12th, Boston Aquarium
Edel Aron, "Identification of Potential Causal Variants on Type II Diabetes Associated Loci through Fine-Mapping"
Drew Ferrell, "Tandem Repeats Annotation and Enrichment Analysis"
Maddy Griswold, "Determination of Nucleotide Location Using Hydroxyl Radicals"
Will Herbert, "Predicting microbial community function from 16s rRNA sequencing via Random Forest"
Rowan Ogilvie, "Database for the Analysis of Peak Regions"
Albert Okundaye, "Investigating the Performance of a Genetic Variation Detection Program, VNTRseek"
Brianna Richardson, "The Story in the Stomach: the Statistical Analysis of Gut Microbe Communities in Inflammatory Bowel Disease"
Christopher Rodriguez, "u-DROP and DAFD: Tools for Microfluidic Droplet Generation Analysis"
Jacquelyn Turcinovic, "Metrics for Quantifying Differences in Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinin Site-specific Glycosylation"
Kyndall Tyler, "Understanding Cognitive Dysfunction for Early Identification"
Congratulations to Jacqueline Turcinovic! Jacqueline received a Bio REU Travel Grant from the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory to attend ABRCMS 2017. She'll be presenting her poster, "Metrics for Quantifying Differences in Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinin Site-specific Glycosylation." Great job!
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2018 BRITE REU at Boston University.
Seven students from the 2016 BRITE REU program and one additional student researcher from this past summer were selected to present their posters at ABRCMS 2016 (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students). Congratulations!
Elsa Fecke, "Glioblastoma subtype classification using machine learning algorithms"
Sunny Mahesh, "Double Dutch v2.0: Synthetic-Biology Part-Library-Optimization Tool for Gene Expression"
Graham Kulig, "High Throughput Phenotyping of E. coli Growth and Extracellular pH"
Seth MacDonald, "Locating a phosphate mimic using chemo-informatics on HADSF active sites"
Michael Hasson, “A Simulation Program to Examine Bacterial Colony Metabolism”
LeAnna Cates, “Understanding variation in microbial community composition across time and space”
John Scaduto, "SIMD Bit-Parallel Tandem Alignment”
Harsh Dedhiya, “Bit-Parallel Methods in a GPU Setting to Improve Longest Common Subsequence and Edit-Distance Alignment Algorithms”

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The Russian anti-doping agency says it plans to file doping cases against 33 athletes from a range of sports for using banned treatments from a doctor.
The agency, known as RUSADA, says the suspects who used the unspecified “banned method” include 19 track and field competitors — two of them athletes with disabilities — as well as five cyclists, a boxer and a gymnast.
All of them are from a sports academy in Chuvashia in central Russia, a region known for its track and field squads.
RUSADA says it reported a sports doctor to law enforcement under a Russian law against inducing athletes to dope. However, RUSADA says the case was closed after authorities ruled her conduct wasn’t a crime because she hadn’t been officially informed the treatment was banned.
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Nigerian Senators of the 7th National Assembly
The table below lists elected Nigerian Senators of the 7th National Assembly. The Senate includes three senators from each of the 36 states, plus one minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The 7th National Assembly (2011 - 2015) was in May 2011.
April 2011 elections
The elections were supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission headed by Attahiru Jega, a respected academic and campaigner. Ballot papers were printed abroad to limit the supply of fraudulent papers, and various other measures were taken to reduce the potential for electoral fraud. The elections were originally scheduled for 2 April, but delayed until 9 April due to late arrival of ballot papers. In 15 constituencies, voting was further delayed until 26 April, the same date on which the elections for Governors and House of Assembly members was to be held. The voting was widely held to have been fair, in contrast to previous years. Results as of 21 April for 86 Senate seats showed the People's Democratic Party (PDP) leading with 55 seats, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with 13 seats and the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) with 7 seats.
The constituencies with delayed elections were Bayelsa Central, Benue North, Cross River Central and South, Ebonyi North, Ekiti (all seats), Gombe North, Kaduna North, Niger South, Plateau (all seats), Sokoto North. In addition to the fifteen delays announced at first, elections were also delayed in Akwa Ibom Northeast because of the omission of the Labour Party (LP) logo from the ballot papers. The Bauchi South elections were postponed because the ballot papers had been coded wrongly. In Bayelsa West, Heineken Lokpobiri was first declared winner, then on 11 April the INEC cancelled that result stating there were widespread irregularities. Lokpobiri was arrested by State Security Service operatives soon after the announcement. The Niger East election was inconclusive, and was suspended after a bomb exploded in Suleja.
- "Nigeria's elections: They may even be democratic". The Economist. Apr 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- Joe DeCapua (April 8, 2011). "Nigeria Senate Elections Set for Saturday for Most of Country". Voice of America. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- "When people's vote counted". Vanguard. April 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- Abdul-Rahman Abubakar (8 April 2011). "24 Hours to D-Day - No Elections for 15 Senate, 48 House Seats". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- "PDP leads in Akwa Ibom, Rivers". Nigeria Best. April 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- Ishola Michael (9 April 2011). "INEC Postpones Bauchi South Senatorial Election". Saturday Tribune. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- Igoniko Oduma (11 April 2011). "Security Operatives Arrest Bayelsa Senator". Daily Independent. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- "CPC Breaks PDP Dominance In Niger State". Leadership. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-21.

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In one of the most extraordinary moments in NCAA history, Kihei Clark of the University of Virginia Cavaliers is responsible for both one of the best and one of the worst passes ever made.
On the evening of April 8th during the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship, Clark authored an outrageous pass that has since been dubbed “the greatest pass in NCAA history.” With less than two minutes remaining in the game and the Cavaliers trailing the Texas Tech Red Raiders by two points, Clark received an inbounds pass and, seeing no open lanes to the basket, executed a no-look, behind-the-back pass to Mamadi Diakite, who then drove to the hoop, scored, and forced overtime.
Conversely, a mere two months later, on June 9th during the Cavaliers’ second round match-up against Purdue, Clark threw a pass that has since been deemed “the worst pass in NCAA history.” With the score tied and less than ten seconds remaining in the game, Clark attempted a pass to the opposite corner of the court, but the ball was intercepted by Purdue’s Nojel Eastern. Eastern then drove the length of the court and made a layup at the buzzer, thus ending the Cavaliers’ season.
Consequently, Kihei Clark of the University of Virginia is now credited with having both the best and the worst passes in NCAA history.
Despite its tumultuous conclusion, the Cavaliers’ 2019-2020 season was a great success. The team advanced further in the NCAA Tournament than they had in nearly two decades, and, in the process, Kihei Clark achieved a unique distinction that will likely remain unrivaled for years to come.
The phenomenon of Clark’s two passes has become so pervasive in the realm of sports that it has become a symbol of the unpredictable nature of collegiate athletics. It is a reminder that, no matter how talented, experienced, or skilled a team may be, any game can be lost or won in the blink of an eye.
Thus, Virginia’s Kihei Clark is now credited with having authored both the most spectacular and the most disastrous passes in the annals of NCAA history.


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The history of Paul Clüver Family Wines goes back to 1896 when the first generation of the Clüver family began farming on the De Rust farm in Elgin. Four generations of the Clüver’s pioneering spirit in agriculture and conservation has led to today’s status of Paul Clüver Family Wines as a leading producer of world-class noble varietal wines specialising in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay while also being a showcase of Cape wineland conservation.
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Gracer wasn’t part of a contingent of horses trained by Tony Dutrow sent south to Florida from Fair Hill for the winter for one simple reason.
“I kept her up there because I didn’t think she was a good kind of horse,” Dutrow said Thursday afternoon, shortly after getting off a plane that brought him back home after a short trip to Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Not a good kind of horse? Considering the daughter of Exchange Rate has yet to finish off the board in five career starts, owns two stakes victories, placed in the Grade 2 Matron last fall at Belmont Park and broke her maiden impressively at Saratoga, perhaps Dutrow was judging the filly a bit tough. Dutrow’s assessment and the gray filly will get put to another test Saturday when Gracer faces four others in the $100,000 Dearly Precious at Aqueduct.
Maybe it’ll be a test, maybe not.
“Quite honestly, and I take nothing for granted, that field she’s in with Saturday that cannot be a step up,” Dutrow said. “And believe me, they’ve all got to run around there. I’ve been doing this my whole life so I take noting for granted, but it’s not a stellar field.”
Gracer’s been stellar in her two starts in 2014, winning Penn National’s Blue Mountain Juvenile and Laurel’s Marshua by open lengths. The best she’ll face in the 6-furlong Dearly Precious might be unbeaten New York-bred Bridget Moloney, who is 15-1 on the early line, and last-out maiden winner Sustainable.
Gracer’s got the chance to improve on her trainer’s assessment and then she might make a return to graded stakes company, where she’s been before and ran credibly.
“So she’s going to have to improve to be competitive in a graded stakes,” Dutrow said. “The only blemish on her paper right now was when she raced in a graded stakes. So, she’s got to get better. Not that she can’t. Maybe she will.
“She’s doing very good. Gracer has always done very well, she’s that type of filly, with a lot of energy and doing very good.”
Watch Gracer’s third-place finish in Grade 2 Matron.
Equibase entries for Saturday’s Dearly Precious.

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My husband grew up in poverty and I grew up in a middle class family. We have struggled over the years. Now we are better off than his family. Yes we still struggle but we have a nice home. Nicer than he has ever had. He has worked hard since the age of 16yrs old. So not every child stays in poverty because they grew up in poverty. Not only that I have family who grew up in poverty that have worked hard their whole life for what they have. So quit judging people who live in poverty for various reasons and saying their children will live in poverty when they are adults. That isn't always true. Some children that live in poverty make life better for themselves as adults. I will not respond to rude or thoughtless comments.
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Is Bigfoot real? What about the Loch Ness monster? Or the Yeti? Legends of these mythical creatures have permeated throughout our history. We hear of Bigfoot sightings from time to time, but aside from a blurry cell phone photo, there’s no real proof that these creatures exist. So why have their stories continued to be a part of our culture?
Abominable Science! challenges the science and pseudoscience of famous cryptids to argue for and against their existence, while also examining the psychology of our desire to believe in the paranormal.
Donald Prothero, author of “Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids”
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The State of the World
The world hasn’t suddenly changed, isn’t spinning out of control, and it isn’t ending. The kind of violence that has ignited recent fears has been around as long as we have. It’s grown to be part of our nature and entirely within our control to perpetuate it or end it. It’s so prevalent that we ignore it, forget long-term conflicts, and tend to be unaware that measures of violence around the globe show it is at some of the lowest levels in recorded history, though it feels like there is more.
We’re merely being confronted with ‘this madness’ up close and personal. By video and voices of those that we’ve been able to keep out-of-sight and out-of-mind until recently. We’re being confronted by the collective reflection of our individual ignorance and impotence; the choices we’ve made within systems that have brought us this far; to this place of grief, seeping rage and fear, confusion, conscience-bending and, if we’re fortunate, growth through consciousness & activism.
However, our intentional blindness and our unwillingness to be seen have created both visible and invisible barriers. Because we still see this as related to ‘someone else’, someone other than us or me.
Yesterday, someone mentioned ‘waiting for the Almighty to sort this out’. It’s not a God’s or the Gods’ job to sort this out. It’s our creation and our job to rectify it. And, frankly, it’s simple. Most of us have been taught the solution at some point in our lives. Love.
Just love. Why we’ve not collectively understood that concept, I’m not quite sure. There’s fear and disgust of other, certainly. But, surely, mercy and compassion and companionship and grace and communion and common threads outweigh them, right? If so, though, why has institutionalization of injustice pervaded? Why does exploitation of children flourish? Why do we still rape resources from the ground? Why are there things still not of my business? Why do sources of non-violence grow as we remain fascinated with violence? Why do we live within feet of our neighbors but not know them?
These are questions with answers related to individual choices.
We get to decide. How we judge, speak or silence ourselves, act and serve humanity. There are many, many resources to inform and assist us in making those decisions.
In and from a place of love, right where we live and stand. Or not. That’s how we perpetuate or end the violence, not any version of an Almighty.


Planned Parenthood gets Columbia license, files lawsuit against state
COLUMBIA - Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday it has received its license for medication and surgical abortion services at the Columbia Health Center and has begun making appointments.
“Restoring abortion access in mid-Missouri is going to be life-changing for patients in the mid-Missouri and rural areas of the state,” said Bonyen Lee-Gilmore, spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Great Plains. “For far too long now, patients who have been in need of safe, legal abortion services have faced hundreds of miles, two round trip drives, time off work, being forced further into poverty in order to access a constitutionally protected safe, legal, medical procedure.”
Planned Parenthood Great Plains also filed a joint lawsuit Tuesday against the state of Missouri hoping to block Senate Bill 5 before it goes into effect on October 24. Planned Parenthood of St. Louis and the ACLU of Missouri are part of the suit.
Senate Bill 5 was passed during a special session this summer. It adds regulations to abortion laws in the state, which Planned Parenthood says severely restrict access to safe and legal abortions for Missourians.
“The provision that Planned Parenthood and the ACLU are challenging has to do with a mandate that would require the abortion provider be the same consenting physician 72 hours before the procedure,” Lee-Gilmore said.
She said, currently, a qualified health care professional in the state of Missouri, like a nurse practitioner, can go through the informed consent process with the patient. That patient then must wait 72 hours before accessing an abortion.
The lawsuit challenges both the 72-hour waiting period and the requirement that the providing physician secures the consent three days beforehand.
Bonnie Lee, a retired nurse and a member of abortion rights opponent group 40 Days for Life, said the provision Planned Parenthood is fighting is standard practice.
“If you have a surgery, even if you’re referred by another doctor to the surgeon, you see that surgeon,” Lee said. “That surgeon tells you what he’s going to do, tells you about the risk, tells you about what’s going to take place and how they’re going to address different things, because he’s the one doing the surgery."
Lee said she feels Senate Bill 5 makes it safer for women.
“Look at one thing in SB 5 and tell me what’s not for the safety of women. Nowhere does it say they can’t have an abortion, I don’t agree with it, I think someday it will not be legal in our country, but currently it is,” she said. “SB 5 are safety laws that prevent women from being exploited by a business making profit off of their abortions.”
Lee-Gilmore said the laws in Senate Bill 5 are medically unnecessary and unconstitutional.
“They provide no benefit to patients in Missouri,” she said. “They are designed to throw road blocks to abortion access in the state and they’re designed to make abortion inaccessible all together, so we stand by our patients’ constitutional rights to access safe, legal abortion services.”
Renee Maxwell, a member of the Guild of Silly Heathens, a group of abortion right supporters, was outside Planned Parenthood Tuesday afternoon for the group’s counter protest against abortion rights opponents. She said she’s confident Planned Parenthood Great Plains will succeed with its lawsuit.
“I think over and over again the courts have shown that these trap laws are unconstitutional, this is just another trap law and it’s just more pandering from the Missouri state legislature to their base, but abortion is legal and abortion is health care and women deserve to have a right to abortion services,” Maxwell said.
Lee-Gilmore said the lawsuit requests a restraining order, blocking Senate Bill 5 before it goes into effect on Oct. 24.


Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said the government is in the process of identifying blocks to be put up for auction for commercial mining of coal to Indian as well as overseas miners.
The government on Saturday said that it has awarded grants to the four projects selected in the second round of PACEsetter fund programme. The PACEsetter fund was constituted by India and the USA in 2015 as a joint fund to provide early-stage grant funding to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative off-grid clean energy products
The UN headquarters will be powered with green electricity when the Gandhi Solar Park gifted by India comes online on September 24 symbolising New Delhi”s commitment to fighting climate change.
The dramatic changes in Saudi Arabias political administration is expected to have global ramifications, given that energy is the edifice of the gargantuan Saudi commercial empire.
India”s largest oil and gas exploration and production company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) on Friday said it has 27 projects worth Rs 87,000 crore which are on stream and will be completed in the next 3-4 years.
India will transport LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) imported from the Middle-East to Tripura using Bangladesh”s Mongla port, said a top state official on Friday.
India”s top oil and gas producer ONGC on Friday unveiled a USD 15-16 billion investment plan to double output from its domestic and overseas fields and expand its refining capacity three folds alongside diversification into renewables in a new vision document for 2040.
The government has appointed two officers on special duty and one private secretary to Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, R K Singh and Nitin Gadkari, according to official orders on Wednesday.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday said the cost of electric vehicles will almost become at par with combustion engine cars in the next 3-4 years, largely owing to decline in battery price and India should be ready for this transition.
Crude oil prices rose 2.1 per cent to Rs 3,992 per barrel on Wednesday as speculators created fresh positions on firm global cues. Analysts said raising of bets by participants kept crude prices to trade higher here.


The Covid-19 pandemic is having different impacts on the media device market. The pandemic boosted the game console market yet curbed flat-panel TV sales. The arrival of next-generation consoles combined with gaming entertainment demand driven by the pandemic will contribute to game console market growth in 2020. Global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research, forecasts that 40 million game console units will ship in 2020, a 6% increase from 2019.
Total game console unit shipments declined in 2019 as gamers waited for the launch of next-generation consoles by Sony and Microsoft in the holiday season of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 has boosted the gaming market overall. With millions of consumers forced to stay at home in the first few months, game downloads and the number of active gaming users significantly increased. The demand for game consoles also increased in 1Q 2020, but supply chain disruption resulted in lower unit shipments. As operations resumed nearly back to normal in the second quarter, game console makers reported higher unit shipments in the second quarter.
“In addition to increasing demand in gaming, long-awaited next-generation consoles are targeting launch in November 2020, which will further drive the game console market. Although governments are reopening economies, still imposed travel restrictions can impact logistics. Game console makers need to prepare for efficient production, content creation, and distribution plans to avoid supply chain shortages, especially during the holiday season when sales will peak,” notes Khin Sandi Lynn, Industry Analyst at ABI Research.
While the pandemic boosted the game console market, it challenged the flat-panel TV market. The worldwide flat-panel TV market is sluggish due to economic uncertainties, and the 8K TV market will remain low in 2020. “There had been much anticipation of 8K TV market growth given the 8K broadcast content scheduled for Summer 2020 Olympics. However, 2020 Olympics’ postponement combined with the overall economic downturn has resulted in low 8K TV unit shipments in 2020.
Despite the challenges, flat-panel TV makers continue to promote 8K TV sets. High-end TV makers such as Samsung and LG are targeting to increase sales of 8K TV units to generate higher revenues and profit margins. TCL announced 8K TV sets at CES 2020. Since consumers are struggling with the pandemic’s economic challenges, priorities on purchasing media devices have changed. Highly competitive pricing is essential to boost sales, as seen with Samsung’s promotional prices for its 8K TV sets to boost sales volumes.
“Although 8K TV set price points have declined from a year ago, the cost of most 8K TV sets is still relatively high ranging from $3,500 to $30,000. High cost and lack of content will delay 8K TV set adoptions. ABI Research estimates only around 1% of worldwide flat panel TV shipments will be 8K TV sets in 2021,” Lynn concludes.
These findings are from ABI Research’s Media Devices Market Update 2020. This report is part of the company’s Video and Cloud research service, which includes research, data, and ABI Insights. Depicted in a PowerPoint format, the Market Update provides a snapshot into current and future market opportunities and threats for a specific technology as well as focusing on a selected key market and associated trends.
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Two mums die at maternity hospital in year
TWO women attending the country's largest maternity hospital suffered a maternal death last year, it emerged yesterday.
The deaths, which occurred at the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street in Dublin, were indirectly related to their pregnancies.
One woman was suffering from long-term liver disease and the other died from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, an unexpected death usually due to undetected heart illness.
The deaths were disclosed in the hospital's annual report by the former master, Dr Michael Robson.
He also said that 9,250 women delivered 9,459 babies there in 2011.


If they ever think of water works, most people imagine pipes and pumps – more Victorian age than high tech. After all, in most cities, the big facilities that filter our drinking water and process our waste are out of sight, out of mind. But ask Ron Dizy, president and chief executive of Enbala Power Networks, about North America’s thousands of water works, and he’ll tell you they represent an enormous reservoir of untapped, low-cost energy services potential.
Connected to Enbala’s smart-grid systems, water works is just the first category of big energy consumers that, by rapidly shifting when and how they use electricity, have the ability to help smooth out micro-fluctuations in the grid’s energy flows, displacing the fossil-fuelled generators that now perform this service. What’s more, Enbala’s software could boost renewable energy, too. It provides the kind of grid stabilization needed to help manage the variability of solar and wind energy as these sources make up more of the power mix.
Dizy’s vision is taking shape at a pumping station in Shire Oaks, south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That’s where American Water, the largest publicly-traded water and wastewater utility in the United States, is collaborating with Toronto-based Enbala. American Water has connected the pumps and compressors at its facility to Enbala’s smart-grid software, which can remotely turn the machines up or down to help keep supply and demand of electricity on the regional grid in constant balance. In the industry, this is called frequency regulation.
“Think of frequency regulation as a cruise control for the electric system,” explains Scott Baker, an analyst at PJM Interconnection, which manages a section of the U.S. grid spanning 13 states, plus the nation’s capital. To go a steady 60 mph, your cruise control imperceptibly adjusts gas and brakes to keep your speed constant. “Regulation services do the same thing, adding or reducing power on the grid to keep its frequency in balance,” says Baker. And like cruise control, which adds only spurts of gas or taps the brakes to control speed, regulation services require relatively small adjustments to do their job, with tiny doses of power added or consumed to stabilize frequency.
Conventionally, grid operators such as PJM have paid specialized generators to provide these balancing services. Because frequency regulation must be supplied in real time, all the time, these plants must be designed to be extra rugged, able to ramp up or down very quickly.
To be clear, regulation services are different from the so-called demand response. “You might call them distant cousins,” says Dizy. Demand response works when big energy consumers agree to switch off big users of power, with advance notice, for a few hours, a few times a year, when demand on the grid is greatest. On the other hand, regulation services are delivered on smaller scales, but are required 24 hours a day, every day, for minutes rather than hours, he explains.
Enbala’s solution turns the conventional approach on its head. Its software eliminates the need to generate electricity to balance the grid. It performs the same trick by managing electricity demand in real time. As such, the process can behave like a battery, Dizy notes. Rather than store energy in chemical form, as in a battery, Enbala describes its approach as “process storage,” where mechanical processes – such as filtering water – can be banked in advance of their use.
When, for instance, PJM needs a tiny increase in power use, Enbala requests that the pumps at American Water’s facility boost the flow of water into a holding tank by a few per cent. Or, if PJM needs power use to fall by a fraction, massive air pumps at the facility used to aerate wastewater treatment can be turned down. The adjustments are small – a few per cent up or down, for only a few minutes.
Enbala’s remote tweaking is designed to have no net effect on the water works’ processes. “At the end of the day, we’re just shifting when we use the power,” says Paul Gagliardo, manager of innovation development at American Water. Yet both companies earn a steady stream of payments from PJM for supplying the frequency regulation service.
The benefits for American Water have tallied up quickly. After less than a year working with Enbala, the water company reports that its total energy bill at the facility has fallen by two to three per cent. Happy with the outcome, it is now rolling out the system to 20 or so of its facilities.
Dizy’s company has identified many other industries that can provide regulation services by turning their processes up or down on the fly. “We’re just beginning to scratch the surface,” PJM’s Baker says.
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The current central bank governor of the Bank of England (BoE) and the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have a great deal in common. Both were considered ‘outsiders’ as Mark Carney is the first non-British governor of the BoE whilst Rajan’s appointment marked the entry of an established and trained macro-economist into the RBI.
Both assumed their current roles in 2013 when their reputations preceded their actual entry with both governors dubbed as ‘rockstar central bankers’. The commonalities extend to their lives outside of central banking as well with both being active marathoners and both often finding themselves in the midst of controversies for voicing their views on political matters.
However, the commonalities between the two governors end there with BoE governors enjoying stability and continuity in the form of being given an 8 year term (in fact, all BoE governors appointed since 1973 have enjoyed a 10 year term). Furthermore, the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is made up of 9 members comprising the Governor, the 3 Deputy Governors, the Bank's Chief Economist and 4 external members appointed by the Chancellor.
Whilst all RBI governors appointed since 1992 have had a 5 year term, governors are technically granted only a 3-year term. This means that RBI Governors have to undergo a futile and often humiliating debate by the powers that be in New Delhi regarding the merits of a 2-year extension of the initially granted 3-year term. The RBI will also transition into a committee framework of monetary policy making this year but the Indian setup involves a 6 member committee with 3 appointed by the RBI and 3 government appointees.
Even as an announcement regarding the extension of Raghuram Rajan’s term is expected only in August 2016, it is worth objectively analysing what this governor has brought to the table.
The most important change that Rajan administered as the RBI’s governor was to effect a swift transition from being a central bank that ‘loosely targeted both GDP growth and WPI inflation’ to one that is now ‘explicitly focused on targeting CPI inflation’. Shifting to inflation targeting with the CPI inflation (rather than WPI) as the nominal anchor has been one of the most significant reforms in the history of India’s central banking that Rajan implemented. Furthermore, he implemented this reform rather effortlessly and in under 6 months i.e. an unimaginably short timeline in government circles.
Rajan then administered repo rate hikes of 75bps over the first 12 months of his tenure and CPI inflation fell from the 22 month high of 11.5% in November 2013 to 3.3% in November 2014. From January 2015 till date Rajan then cut rates cumulatively by 150bps as inflation began to tend towards 5%. Rajan’s performance on the inflation targeting front can also be judged by the fact that actual inflation was below the RBI’s target in January 2015 and January 2016.
The side-effects of credible inflation targeting were also evident in the stability of the rupee with the coefficient of variation of the INR/USD exchange rate being recorded at 4% under Rajan as opposed to 10% over the previous decade. Rajan lived up to his reputation as a first rate macroeconomist by repositioning the RBI as the guardian of the value of the rupee.
Turning to the banking front, this governor has brought about multiple policy changes to radically increase competition in the financial services sector. Since Rajan took charge, the RBI: (i) has issued 23 new bank licenses versus 12 licenses in the last 20 years; (ii) has pushed for the creation of a new Bankruptcy Code and has taken various measures to develop bond markets in India; and is (iii) trying to close the regulatory arbitrage between different types of lenders to promote healthy competition in the sector. The RBI also issued draft guidelines for “on-tap” universal bank licensing and has highlighted the prospect of introducing new differentiated bank formats, such as wholesale banks.
Whilst a greater degree of foresight being displayed by the RBI nominees on Public Sector Banks’ boards could have meant that the Indian banking system would have been in a better position today, Rajan did systematically work to tighten the screws over the non-performing assets (NPA) recognition once the problem at hand became apparent. In FY16, the RBI carried out a system-wide asset quality review (in place of bank-specific Annual Financial Inspection (AFIs)). Using its centralised database and forensic checks, the RBI forced banks to recognise 2% of their loan book as NPAs.
The RBI also adopted a conservative stance on banks provisioning against standard loans that could be inherently weak. The RBI has asked banks to raise provisioning coverage on certain restructured loans from 5% to 15% over FY17. Furthermore, the RBI has set a deadline for Indian banks to clean-up their balance sheets and make adequate provisioning by end-FY17.
So Rajan’s report card as the RBI governor has been record-breaking on the ‘macroeconomic management’ front, tremendous on the ‘engendering competition’ front and behind-the-curve but highly effective on the ‘banking supervision’ front. The next best alternative that India has is a distant second. So here is hoping New Delhi makes an objective decision regarding Rajan's term renewal - based solely on his report card and not on the views of some loose cannons in Lutyens' Delhi.
Ritika Mankar Mukherjee is senior economist - vice president, and Sumit Shekhar is junior economist, Ambit Capital.
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Former Florida governor Jeb Bush has hired a well-respected strategist to guide his campaign in New Hampshire, a key primary state analysts say is a must-win state for Bush should he seek the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
Joining Bush is Rich Killion, a Concord-based strategist who has managed two campaigns for New Hampshire governor and is tight with New Hampshire Senate President Chuck Morse. In the 2014 election, Killion guided all incumbent Republican senators to win reelection who sought it and kept the body’s Republican majority.
During the 2008 presidential primary, Killion served in a similar role advising former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. In 2012, he served as a consultant to former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty’s abbreviated bid.
“Although our party has many accomplished individuals, governor Bush’s track record of making conservative principles work for millions of Floridians clearly stands out and I’m thrilled to help him with the Right to Rise PAC,” said Killion.
Killion will serve as senior adviser in New Hampshire to Bush’s The Right to Rise PAC. He becomes the first staffer to join the Bush campaign in New Hampshire. Earlier this month, Bush announced that he had hired one of Iowa’s top Republican strategists.
In addition to confirming that Killion has been hired, aides also said Bush would make his first trip to New Hampshire in 15 years on March 13 and 14.


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EVN HCM City ensures power supply during Tết
..HCM CITY — Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN) in HCM City is planning specific measures to ensure enough power for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, which begins this week. Under the plan, it will not operate anything that requires an electricity..
Viet Nam News. Jan 23, 2017 03:31 UTC


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You will be working in the Group Internal Audit (GIA) team in Mumbai. GIA’s role, as an independent function, is to support UBS in achieving its strategic, operational, financial and compliance objectives. We do this by assessing key processes as well as governance, risk management and the control environment within all business divisions and Group functions globally. We are independent in our work and report directly to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.
We are a talent powerhouse that attracts and develops the best people by driving career growth in and outside the department. Our team is responsible for auditing Group Finance.
Roles & Responsibilities
We’re looking for someone like that who can:
• conduct reviews and audits of Group Finance and related business areas, provide practical, innovative and value-added solutions to issues identified
• analyze and assess risks (financial and regulatory reporting) and barriers to delivery (e.g. supervision, data infrastructure, outsourcing), assumed by Group Finance and support functions
• identify and evaluate the effectiveness of controls designed to address those risks
• provide practical, innovative and value added solutions to issues identified.
• document and communicate issues, root causes and risks and prepare reports of audit findings for UBS senior management
• monitor the results, risk profile and developments within Group Finance audit units and provide input for planning sessions
• cooperate effectively with our audit teams across the globe and when in charge of an audit, sustainably manage auditors and diligently support audit mandate lead
• review remediation actions submitted by the business for closure to assess whether these have addressed the relevant original risks
• develop and maintain relationships with senior management
Your Skills and experience
Your Experience and qualifications
• a university degree, (so Chartered Accountants can apply)
• experience in audit, compliance or internal risk management areas within the financial industry. This experience could have been gained at an accounting firm or in an internal audit function, and ideally involve a good knowledge of financial accounting standards (e.g. IFRS) and regulatory reporting requirements (e.g. capital adequacy, liquidity)
• strong analytical skills and willingness to keep up with industry, regulatory developments and learn new concepts and methods
• some understanding of banking operations and regulations as well a quantitative approach to problem solving.
• reliable when working independently, with sound judgment for when to escalate issues
• risk focused, and capable of using data analytics to gain insights into transactions, clients, and investment products
• able to prioritize and balance your own workload – you have strong time management skills and ability to work under minimal supervision
• fluent in English with good verbal and written skills
• a flexible and committed team player willing to travel to other UBS locations for audit assignments
• curious and willing to discover all aspects of the bank, with the ambition to advance your career in an international environment
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Uses and Benefits of Plastic Baking Sheet
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People are using silicone baking sheet for the protection of bake ware. Bake ware developed with silicone can go right from the fridge to the stove without any kind of food preparation issues.
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Written by Janet Smith (Regional Manager, Western Region)
CA$H Maine is one of over 12,000 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) programs across the country that the IRS relies on to help people file their taxes for free. In 2016, CA$H Maine’s IRS certified volunteers helped over 5,000 Maine people qualify for and keep 100% of their refunds. This adds up to over $6,000,000 that people received without worrying about hidden fees or unexpected charges.
Who Can Get Free Tax prep?
Generally, if your household income was less than $54,000 in 2016, you likely qualify to have your taxes prepared and e-filed for free.
The volunteer tax preparers at CA$H Maine’s free tax preparation sites go through extensive training and are certified by the IRS. CA$H Maine makes sure their clients receive high-quality, professional service by trained volunteers who are equipped to identify tax refund opportunities. CA$H Maine’s goal is to help its clients get their maximum refund and claim all the credits they have earned.
More Than Tax Filing Help
Tax season can be a great time to start saving money, building your assets, and thinking about managing your money. CA$H Maine’s volunteers connect tax filers to matched savings programs, free classes, and other community services. For example, while having her taxes prepared by Aroostook CA$H in 2016, Victoria signed up for a free money management class at New Ventures Maine. Victoria shares, “Now I spend less money. I set aside money without thinking about it, or being tempted to spend it.”
For more information on CA$H Maine, visit cashmaine.org.


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Home > Inspirations > Culture > The most beautiful historic libraries around the world
From the BnF Richelieu to the US Library of Congress, some of the world’s most beautiful libraries are architectural masterpieces, as well as invitations to travel. Here are ten of the world’s most spectacular historic libraries.
This is the largest library in the world: renowned for its 20 million books and 61 million manuscripts, this literary cathedral built at the end of the 19th century will strike you with its architecture, especially the monumental Beaux-Arts rotunda (50 m high!) and the majestic marble columns. It really is one of the world’s most beautiful libraries.
Library of Congress101 Independence Ave SEWashington, DC 20540www.loc.gov/
A temple to books built between 1712 and 1732, the Long Room of Trinity College is the oldest library in Ireland, but moreso the most remarkable: with guardrails and a vaulted ceiling in dark oak, rows of ancient books filling two floors, and a regiment of marble busts… Everything here seems to have stepped straight out times long past!
Trinity College Dublin, Old LibraryCollege GreenDublin 2, Irelandwww.tcd.ie/visitors/book-of-kells/
Built between 1758 and 1767, this “pharmacy of the soul,” as it says on the entrance porch, is a grandiose place: wood flooring with studded carvings, ornate walnut and cherry woodwork, frescoes and delicate stucco on a ceiling of gilded vaults… Every detail in this decidedly rococo room is a delight.
Kloster St. GallenKlosterhof 6B9000 St. Gallen
Here, there are two libraries and two masterpieces to admire. Designed by Henri Labrouste (the architect of the Sainte-Geneviève library in the Latin Quarter), the Labrouste room, now owned by the INHA, is flooded with light thanks to its nine Byzantine-inspired domes and the innovative metal structure. As for the Oval Room, restored in 2022 and now open to visitors, it dazzles with a gigantic glass roof, a glazed oculi and grand mosaics.
Bibliothèque nationale de France – Site Richelieu5 rue Vivienne75002 Pariswww.bnf.fr/fr/la-bnf-richelieu
Founded in 1837 and housing nearly 350,000 Portuguese-language books, this neo-Gothic architectural gem is striking for its church-like atmosphere, with delicate stained glass windows, a height of 23 meters, and the building’s sheer elegance, overflowing with spectacular ornamentation. The pearl of the Marvellous City.
Real Gabinete Português de LeituraR. Luís de Camões, 30Centro, Rio de JaneiroRJ, 20051-020www.realgabinete.com.br/
Built in the 18th century, this Prunksall (ceremonial hall) is the beating heart of the Austrian National Library. With its imposing dome topped by a fresco showing the apotheosis of Emperor Charles VI, it is a superb example of Baroque architecture. Several huge paintings and four magnificent Venetian globes top off the decorating work.
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, ÖNBJosefsplatz 11015 Wienwww.onb.ac.at/en/museums
The five-storey neoclassical library of Johns Hokpins University is one of the most beautiful in the United States, with gilded columns and wrought-iron railings. Built in 1878, it is one of the must-see buildings in Baltimore, an hour from Washington.
George Peabody Library /Peabody Institute17 E Mt Vernon PlBaltimore, MD 21202www.library.jhu.edu
Facing the Ottawa River on Parliament Hill, this legislative library built in 1877 is all that remains of the Canadian parliamentary complex lost in the fire of 1916, but it is also one of the main symbols of Canada: recognizable by its neo-Gothic 16-sided rotunda, the building features on the Canadian ten-dollar note.
Library of Parliament
111 Wellington StOttawa, ON K1A 0A9bdp.parl.ca/
Deep in the mountains of Styria, the library of Admont Abbey (1776) is the largest monastic library in the world and one of the most ornate. The exuberant rococo style is evident everywhere, from the wide mural frescoes to the frenzy of mouldings on the shelves. A stunning place to behold!
Benediktinerstift AdmontKirchplatz 18911 Admont
A stone’s throw from Grand Central, the East Room of the Morgan Library & Museum is a stunning place: a former private library built in 1906 by wealthy financier J. P. Morgan, it houses three floors of inlaid walnut shelves, a huge 16th century Dutch tapestry, a gorgeous ceiling covered with domed frescoes, and one of the largest collections of antique books in the US.
Morgan Library & Museum225 Madison AveNew York, NY 10016www.themorgan.org/


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A comfortable, washable, and re-usable cotton face mask to comply with local ordinances and guidance, and helps prevent the spread of viruses. The soft ear loops are the same as used on surgical face masks. Adjustable nose support ensures maximum comfort. Double layer allows filters or anti-viral tissue can be inserted for additional protection (not included). See images for dimensions.
Child size fits approx. age 4 - 12.

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MONOBLOCCO 90PA 2.0
MONOBLOCCO 90PA 2.0
The spectacle of the fire is shown off and becomes the star with the new wood burni…
The spectacle of the fire is shown off and becomes the star with the new wood burning monoblocks 90PA and 3LC.
Designed to make the flames more visible, without scrimping on handy features and high performance, thanks to the wide hearth opening, the lowered fire plan with minimised surrounds and screen, these two models are the elders of a new generation of fireplaces, where aesthetics and technology are in perfect balance.
Design details, such as the new shiny black chrome handle and the hearth that is entirely clad with Nordiker®, the patented fire-resistant material that guarantees high performance and makes the flames shine brightly for an elegant and splendid Total White effect, render these products the best ambassadors of pure heat Made in Italy.
While the technical plusses that characterise these two monoblocks – such as the new “soft close” rail system to open and close the glass doors with minimal effort, and the new system for regulating the combustion air that can be managed with a single draft device – ensure these models rank among the best in their category.
The equipment of the “full screen” Monoblocks series is completed by the supporting frame with adjustable wheels and feet, the tippable cast-iron grid with an extractable ash drawer and the casing that is compatible with the handy WIND AIR KIT, an optional accessory that, with the use of a vacuum motor, makes it possible to duct the product, bringing the heat of the monoblock to other rooms of the house.
What is more, the very thick construction materials are synonymous with reliability and performance that remains high over time.
Furthermore, each one of these models stands out by its unique features that enable it to meet specific needs: 3CL is a “model” of aesthetics and design, while 90PA has excellent performance and energy redevelopment potential:
MONOBLOCCO 90PA, on the other hand, also thanks to the very thick cast-iron hood with Power Radiant System, stands out by its very high yields and extremely low emissions, at the top of its category. As a consequence, this product automatically meets the requirements for the Heating Incentives 2.0 scheme in Italy and has obtained the 5-star Clean Air classification, the maximum recognition in accordance with the requirements for environmental certification of It. Ministerial Decree 186 that defines the emission limits of particles into the atmosphere, elements that make it the optimal choice for upgrading an old fireplace and using the incentives for tangible savings. This model is also equipped with a series of slots on the legs to make handling and placement during installation a piece of cake.
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Joakim Svenheden & Mats Bergström (Duo A Piacere)
- Joakim Svenheden & Mats Bergström (Duo A Piacere)
- Joakim Svenheden
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Sibelius, Peterson-Berger, Gershwin,
Tonformat: stereo & multichannel (Hybrid)
- Künstler: Joakim Svenheden (Violine) & Mats Bergström (Gitarre)
- Label: BIS, DDD, 2002/2003
- Bestellnummer: 6589156
- Erscheinungstermin: 29.7.2004
ProduktinfoOn their respective instrument, Joakim Svenheden and Mats Bergström are among Sweden's most respected musicians. When they make music together they are Duo a piacere - for and with pleasure!
For this Hybrid SACD the two of them have chosen a programme that suits their name: music which gives pleasure to the performers and listener alike, in sensitive arrangements by Mats Bergström himself. (Mats Bergström's gifts as an arranger - and indeed performer! - will be obvious to anyone who is acquainted with BIS-NL-CD-5020, My Love, his collaboration with mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman.) Ranging from Handel to Sibelius, the pieces are unfailingly beguiling and given performances to match! Finally, on the last tracks on the CD, the duo pays homage to another great violin / guitar team: the Danish duo Svend Asmussen and Ulrik Neumann, using the two Danes's recordings of three American standards as a point of departure for their own interpretations. In short: this disc is a rare pleasure!
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Included in the long list of 29er mountain bikes for 2012 is the carbon hardtail Raven from the reputable German manufacturer, Focus Bikes. The Raven will be available in three trim levels, which are 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0. The 1.0 weighs in at 10kg while the 3.0 is heavier at 11.34kg.
Specs of the 1.0 include a full XTR, Fox Evo 29er fork, FSA carbon cockpit, and Crank Brothers wheels while the 2.0 features Rock Shox Reba RL 100 mm fork and Shimano XT drivetrain and shifter. The 3.0 is equipped with FSA cranks, Shimano XT Black, Magura MT2 brakes, and DT Swiss rims.
All the 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 lines of the 2012 Focus Raven 29er Carbon Hardtail Mountain Bike are designed with impressive specs. Inspired by the new road bikes of Focus Bikes, the full-carbon frame of this big-wheeled cross-country bike has a lot of details to pride itself on.


A North Korean woman was forced to be a South Korean and her struggle to return to North Korea continues.
KIM Ryen-hi's improbable story began as she had her first trip abroad in 2011. She was deceived by a broker in China who said he could smuggle her into the South, where she could make a lot of money in a few months and return to China. But as soon as she arrived in South Korea, they forced her to sign a document agreeing to become a law-abiding citizen of the South. Keeping her under surveillance, the South Korean government refuses to give her a passport. She has been seeking a way to return to her family. But the South Korean government has announced she cannot return since South Korean law does not allow its citizen to be a North Korean. It has been 7 years in the South. As her time in the South gets longer, she gets more anxious. She feels like she has lost her universe. She is scared that everyday that she stays in the South, the people she loves get farther and farther away from her. She fears that she might become someone like a shadow to her family. A person who exists only in their memories…
Born in 1971, YI Seung-jun is the multi-awards-winning director of Planet of Snail(Best Feature Documentary Award, IDFA 2011) and Wind on the Moon(IDFA 2014). His recent film Crossing Beyond (the Official 2018 Winter Olympics Film) was invited to the BIFF and the Tokyo Int’l Film Festival. He is also the director of In the Absence was invited to the DOC NYC 2018, Short Documentary Competition.
Gary produced a multi-awards winning documentaries including Planet of Snail(2011), Breathing Underwater(2016). His recent film Crossing Beyond(the Official 2018 Winter Olympics Film / Directed by YI Seung-jun) was invited to the BIFF and the Tokyo Int’l Film Festival. While producing In the Absence(DOC NYC 2018, Short Documentary Competition), Shadow Flowers, and Touch the Colour, he is directing his first feature length film On High Ice. He also tutors at various documentary forums in Asia.


Oil cooler kit will increase the cooling power of your engine and will keep your engine cool even in the most extreme driving conditions. Oil cooler extends the life of your oil and thus helps to protect the internal parts of your engine by keeping it cooler. The oil cooler kit uses a fine core design to increase oil capacity and reduce oil temperature. The universal oil cooler is used for cooling engine oil, and gear oil. Use eg. our oil cooler for automatic transmissions, oil cooler for car, boat, or tractor.
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Coal mining subsidence cracks affect the moisture migration law in the vadose zone, inducing ecological and geological environmental issues in mining areas. Current research focuses on the influence of subsidence cracks on the moisture content in the vadose zone, often overlooking the impact of subsidence cracks on the direction and speed of the moisture migration. Therefore, considering the width of cracks, crack density, and soil texture types, a numerical model of moisture migration in the vadose zone of coal mining subsidence areas was established based on HYDRUS 2D, to study the law of moisture migration under the influence of coal mining subsidence cracks. The results show that when there is a single crack, the difference in moisture content is positively correlated with the crack width. The direction of soil moisture movement is diverted towards the crack, and the closer the region to the crack at the same soil depth, the greater the diversion angle. The maximum diversion angle and the size of the region where the direction of movement changes increase with the widening of the crack. The difference in average moisture movement velocity between the crack edge and the region far from the crack increases with the crack width. With an increase in crack density, the moisture content at the same soil depth decreases, and the maximum diversion angle between regions between cracks and the occurrence of diversion decreases. Under the influence of coal miming subsidece cracks, the molsture content of loam is higher than that of aeolian sandy soil, and the moisture migration speed is lower than that of aeolian sandy soil, but the soil texture type does not affect the direction of moisture migration.