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Nutritional elements of natto! Benefits and how to eat it!
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Natto is a fermented food like yoghurt and kimuchi. Many people take aversion to its “distinctive smell and stickiness”, but it is gaining attention due to its reputation as being good for your health.
On this occasion, I would like to introduce you to the attractions of natto and recommended recipes.
What kind of food is natto?
Fermented foods, such as miso, sake, and soy sauce, are an essential part of Japanese food. Natto is made by taking boiled or steamed soybeans and fermenting them with natto bacteria In the past, the method of making them involved the steamed soybeans being wrapped in straw and the natto bacteria attached to the straw being transferred to the soybeans.
How to choose natto
You can choose the natto you like based on the size of the bean pieces, type of beans, container, production location, and taste of the sauce.
Size of the pieces
- Large pieces
These are very filling and not so sticky.
- Small pieces/ultra-small pieces
These are easy to mix with rice and simple to eat. They are very sticky. They are popular and there are a large number of products.
The soybeans are finely chopped and made into natto after being peeled. These are easy to eat and have a pungent smell.
Type of beans
Most products are made from yellow soybeans, but there is natto made from “edamame” in a number of different stages of development such as “Aodaizu” when the skin is green or “Kuromame” black beans.
Nutritional elements included in natto
Natto can be obtained comparatively cheaply anywhere in Japan and contains a lot of nutritional elements beneficial for your health, giving it the reputation of being a “food that is high in terms of cost performance”. Let us look at some of its notable nutritional elements.
|Isoflavone||This is a type of polyphenol. It is said to prevent osteoporosis and have anti-aging benefits. One pack of natto (50g) contains the recommended daily intake of this element.|
|Nattokinase||This is a proteolytic enzyme contained in its stickiness. It works to dissolve blood clots. As it is weak against heat, take care not to overheat. One pack (50g) contains approximately 75% of the recommended daily intake.|
|Dietary fiber||Effect of eliminating constipation and detoxifying the body. This also has the ratio of “2:1 in terms of insoluble dietary fiber vs soluble dietary fiber” considered ideal for maintaining the health of the intestines. One pack (50g) contains approximately 25% of the recommended daily intake.|
How to eat natto and some recommended recipes
Natto can be eaten by mixing with soy sauce or the sauce/mustard that accompanies it, and then pouring over rice. You can then add mustard, chopped leek, bonito flakes, and/or egg. As the nutritional value of natto decreases when heated, we recommend eating while cold.
By mixing it with a number of different foods, you can make side dishes such as egg natto, kimuchi natto, okura natto, or squid natto. When adding tomato, avocado, cheese, or the like, you should cut them into a size that can easily be mixed with natto or make into a paste before mixing.
You can add it to make “natto chinchaku (purse)”, natto gyoza (dumplings)”, “natto-age (fried natto)” or with fried egg. You can combine natto with other ingredients and wrap in the skin of abura-age (fried tofu), gyoza skins, or wantan skins. Mixing with cooked egg is also recommended.
Natto pasta, natto udon, natto soba. Natto goes well with noodle products and can be made very simply. To prevent loss of its nutritional value, we recommend mixing it with cold noodles. In addition to Japanese-style ingredients, you can also mix with western-style ingredients such as avocado, butter, or olive oil.
Although its taste divides opinion, mixing natto with bread is also popular. You can take ”hikiwari” natto, add chopped onion and green pepper, sprinkle on grated cheese, and toast in a toaster.
Warning against overeating
However good a food product is for your health, you should be careful not to eat too much of it.
For example, in the case of natto, in just one pack (50g) there is 100kcal. It also contains 37mg of isoflavone for which 70mg is considered to be the daily limit. Considering the fact that you also eat tofu and miso, try to stick to one pack per day.
Additionally, those people taking the drug “Warfarin”, which smooths the flow of your blood and prevents blood clots should not eat natto. Check first with your doctor or pharmacist.
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Wilder backs Man Utd to make ‘morally correct’ decision over Henderson
Posted On May 8, 2020
Chris Wilder thinks it would be “morally correct” for Man Utd to allow Sheffield United to keep Dean Henderson on loan until the season is concluded.
Henderson has been in fine form on loan at Sheffield United from Man Utd this season (making Jamie Carragher’s team of the season) and has been touted as replacing David de Gea on his return to his parent club.
The 23-year-old has kept an impressive ten clean sheets for the Blades this season, and was expected to be named in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the friendlies against Italy and Denmark before those games were postponed.
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There are no guarantees that the Premier League season will restart, but if Sheffield United win their game in hand they would move above Man Utd in the Premier League table.
Fifth place could be enough to qualify for the Champions League this season if Manchester City’s two-year Champions League ban is upheld and The Sun claimed on Wednesday that Man Utd faced a ‘moral dilemma’ over Henderson.
However, Wilder hopes they make the “morally correct” decision and allow him to stay at Sheffield United for the rest of the campaigm.
“It’d be morally correct to leave him playing at Sheffield United for the last ten games of the season,” Wilder told beIN Sports.
“Although we all know that because of the legalities and the situation regarding expiry of loans, United might take that decision.
“But we’re not a threat to Man U so I’m sure they’ll be quite happy with the players that they’ve got to see them through the season. The Ford Fiesta ain’t going to get past the Ferrari!”
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We got our first look at Flowers in the Attic with a preview trailer released last month, and today we get the first preview clip from Lizzie Borden Took An Ax!
Looks creepy and fun! And no spoiler on the big question either! (With any adaptation of the Lizzie Borden story the big question is whether or not it will portray Lizzie as innocent or guilty of the murders, and for now that mystery is still intact with the Lifetime Movie.)
As far as the Lizzie Borden song from the trailer, I tried to find out who it is singing but had no luck. I’ll keep an eye and an ear out and as soon as I figure it out I will try to update the post.
Once again, Lizzie Borden Took An Ax premieres on Lifetime January 25 at 8/7c. Here’s a brief synopsis from the network:
The nursery rhyme “Lizzie Borden took an ax…and gave her mother forty whacks…when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one” has been folklore for generations. But, in fact, it was Lizzie Borden — one of the most legendary figures in American history – who first whetted the public’s voracious interest in scandalous crimes in the 1800s with her own gruesome story involving the brutal murder of her parents. Starring Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award nominee Christina Ricci (Monster), Golden Globe® Nominee Billy Campbell (The Killing) and Screen Actors Guild Award® winner Clea DuVall (Argo), the Lifetime Original Movie Lizzie Borden Took An Ax premieres January 25, 2014, at 8pm ET/PT.

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The guy who reviewed “the Patti” has helped Patti Labelle and Walmart sell more than $1 million worth of Patti’s sweet potato pie.
Walmart representative John Forrest Ales confirmed to Yahoo Food that the sweet potato pies are selling like hot cakes (er, pies) at locations across the country. “For 72 hours, we were selling one per second,” he told us. Ales wouldn’t go into specifics about sales figures, but at $3.48 a pie, that works out to just under $1 million in sales over the weekend. The pie’s product page is currently the most-visited food site on Walmart.com, Ales said. (For a bit of context, Walmart might sell two pumpkin pies every second in the month of November. But still, $1 million in sweet potato pie sales is a lot of pie.)
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- The Fitbit Charge 6 will debut in three colour options.
- The wearable will have the same design as that of Charge 5, except that it will have a physical button.
- Similar to earlier Fitbit products, the Charge 6 will include Google apps and services.
Fitbit unveiled the Fitbit Charge 5 back in August 2021. The Fitbit Charge 5 features a sleek design and a 1.04-inch AMOLED display with 450 nits brightness. The fitness tracker also has several health monitoring features such as a heart rate sensor and SpO2 sensor. The Charge 5 also has a built-in GPS, 20 exercise modes, as well as NFC support. Now, after two years, it seems like the Charge 5 is finally getting a successor soon. The new fitness tracker obviously will be dubbed as the Fitbit Charge 6, and we at MySmartPrice have managed to obtain the renders of the same from our source.
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The renders shared by our source show that the upcoming Fitbit Charge 6 will have a similar design as that of the Charge 5. However, it will have a physical button on the right edge. Though the specifications and features of the Charge 6 remain unknown currently, one can expect it to offer similar specifications as that of the Charge 5 such as an Always-on display, a heart rate sensor, a SpO2 sensor, and GPS support. The renders also show that the Charge 6 will debut in Black, Beige and Pink colour options. It is worth noting that these are not the official names of the colours.
Similar to the Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4, the Charge 6 will also support Google apps and services such as Google Maps and YouTube Music as reported by 9to5Google earlier. Fitbit has teased the launch of a new product which is set to go official on September 28. Though the teaser shared by the company doesn’t reveal any details, it’s safe to assume that the Charge 6 will debut on September 28, given that the leaks related to the same have been floating around.
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Rockstar is all set to launch GTA 5 on PC after 18 months since its original release but looking at the trailer for the exclusive video editor mode, you would hardly complain the wait.
While Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles received the game in 2013, it took a year before it came out for PS4 and Xbox One. The PC edition was delayed at least three times before it is getting launched on April 14.
Because of the powerful gaming rigs that people own, the developers were inclined to push the game and has come up with 4K resolution 30 FPS. If you have an SLI or a crossfire setup, you can easily touch 60 FPS at such a high resolution. This is purely for gaming enthusiasts who have invested a lot of money on powerful gaming rigs.
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Michigan Resident Agent: LLC Options & Requirements
Forming an LLC in Michigan is a big decision. Before filing the Articles of Organization, you will need to choose a resident agent (often referred to as registered agent in other states). In this article, we’re going to walk through what the role of a resident agent is and what your options are as a business owner.
What is a Michigan Resident Agent & is it Necessary?
Yes, a resident agent is legally required. A resident agent is an individual or service that acts as a go-between with the LLC and the state of Michigan.
In short, the resident agent assumes statutory responsibilities. He or she must agree to receive and deliver any official communications such as tax or legal documents from the state of Michigan to the LLC. Furthermore, the resident agent must be consistently available to carry out this responsibility without interruption.
Here’s what Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs specifically says:
“A resident agent and registered office must be included in the Articles of Organization. A resident agent is someone who is appointed by the company to receive any documents, notices, or demands served upon the company.”
What are the Requirements of a Resident Agent?
Aside from carrying out the statutory responsibilities defined above, a resident agent must meet the following requirements:
- The agent must be an individual resident of the state of Michigan or a corporation authorized for business in Michigan.
- The agent must have a physical address in Michigan.
- The agent must have a mailing address in Michigan.
- An LLC cannot act as its own registered agent in Michigan. However, a member or manager can act as resident agent on behalf of the LLC.
For reference, here is a screenshot of what information is required on the Michigan Articles of Organization:
Who can be a Resident Agent in Michigan?
The Alaska resident agent can be either an individual or a professional service. Here are the pros and cons of each option.
As mentioned above, if using an individual as your resident agent, the individual must be a resident of Michigan.
This means that the individual cannot be in the process of establishing residency in another state, territory, or country or receiving benefits while claiming residency in another state, territory, or country.
Otherwise, the individual can be an attorney, accountant, or even a friend or family member. Simply add the person’s name and address to the Articles of Organization.
- Convenience – Using someone you know saves the time of searching for a resident agent service. The individual is probably also someone that you trust.
- Cost – The cost will likely be much lower than using a service, perhaps even free.
- Inconvenience – The individual who acts as resident agent is required to be available without interruption. She/he may not put a hold on mail. This might make vacations a bit tricky.
- Risk that documents are not delivered in timely manner – If using an attorney, for example, you may be risking that she/he is away from the office at the time of delivery. This leaves open the possibility that the document is put in other hands, possibly slowing the process. If using a friend or family member, you run the risk of having documents misplaced or even ignored. Personal and work lives often have many distractions. For example, if quarrelling with Aunt Louise over a late or missing tax document worries you, a resident agent service may be a better option.
Resident Agent Service
If a service is acting as resident agent, it must be a business, professional, or non-profit corporation. It cannot be an LLC, LLP or LP. Resident agent services provide this type of assistance. The service’s name and address must be included on the Articles of Organization.
- Privacy – If documents regarding a sensitive issue such as a lawsuit are being delivered, the service provides a cushion of privacy between your business and the public. In addition, the address of the service, not your business (or family member or friend) is public record. This means that marketing materials or junk mail will be sent to the service, not to the LLC.
- Reliability – The resident agent needs to be available during regular business hours – all business hours. Using a service might provide a measure of comfort knowing that important documents will not slip through the cracks (as long as you use a reputable service). After all, receiving and delivering important and time-sensitive documents is what the service is experienced doing.
- Location – An LLC is not required to maintain a physical presence in the state of Michigan. The LLC may also do business in various states. Many services have you covered by providing that presence in multiple or even 50 states.
- Cost – Using a service is going to cost you more than using an individual. Still, having the peace of mind that important documents are being handled by a professional service may be worth it.
- Unfamiliarity – Using an individual usually means using someone you know and trust. With an unknown entity there is always a risk of unsatisfactory service. Of course, this is what reviews are for!
Finding a resident agent that is the right fit for your LLC may be one of many tasks when setting up your LLC, but one that is essential to running your business efficiently.
How to get a Free Resident Agent
The most cost effective way to get a free resident agent in Michigan is to use a professional LLC service that also offers a free resident agent service.
How it Works
Simply hire a service like IncFile and Northwest Registered Agent to form a Michigan LLC. As part of their package, they’ll include a free resident agent service and list their address on the Articles of Organization instead of yours.
All you pay for is the $50 Michigan state LLC formation fee + $49 or $79 service fee.
This will remove all resident agent responsibilities off your plate, take care of LLC formation paperwork and provide you with an online dashboard to keep track of things that come up in regard to your LLC in Michigan.
How to Change Your Michigan Resident Agent
If you need to change the current resident agent for your LLC, here’s how.
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau
P.O. Box 30054
Lansing, Michigan 48909
If you’d rather take a trip to the LARA office and drop it off, you can do so at:
2501 Woodlake Circle
Okemos, Michigan 48864
No matter which option you choose, there is a required $5 fee, payable by check (made out to “State of Michigan”) or by card (if you deliver your form in person).
As stated above, you may also update your resident agent information on your Annual Statement, which must be filed no later than October 1 each year. Annual Statements are filed online for a fee of $20. Since you need to file your Annual Statement each year anyway, including your resident agent change there will save you money and paperwork.
If you’re too busy, or if you’d feel more comfortable letting someone else take the reins, you have the option of hiring a company or individual to file your paperwork for you. It’s a great way to save time and stress.
Submit your form? Pay your fee? Then you’re good to go. LARA usually processes forms 3-5 days after receipt, but if you need it sooner, you can fill out an “Expedited Service Request” for 1-hour, 2-hour, same day, or 24 hours service. The fees range from $50-1,000.
Have Questions or Concerns?
If you’d like to talk to the state directly about your questions or concerns, it’s easy!
Visit Their Website
Visit Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for more information about resident agents in the state of Michigan.
Give Them a Call
If you’d prefer to call, reach out to their Lansing office at (517) 241-6470.

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By Ethlie Ann Vare
Los Angeles, Ca (The Hollywood Times) 6/9/18 – “We wanted to do something broad, where people could create their own worlds, their own rules, their own laws,” says Hollywood Fringe Festival director Ben Hill. “The Fringe Festival checks all those boxes: open access, very few rules… it creates an orgasmic act of expression in Hollywood every year.”
The Fringe Festival concept began Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947, when eight performance groups appeared uninvited on the “fringes” of the exclusive Edinburgh International Festival. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has since grown into the largest arts festival in the world, one of the biggest tourist draws in the U.K. and grossing over $100 million annually. Fringe Festivals have sprung up in dozens of cities worldwide, havens for underground and emerging arts scenes.
The Hollywood Fringe Festival was conceived in 2007 and began in earnest in 2010. This year’s HFF runs from June 7 to June 24 at venues throughout Hollywood: Franklin Avenue on the north, Normandie Avenue to the east, Rosewood on the south and Gardner Street on the west. Within that space will be 390 distinct shows, a 20% increase over 2017’s festival.
“We don’t choose the venues and put up the shows,” says Hill, noting that festival organizers act more as a liaison between artist and audience. “We have to attract the artists — Fringe Festivals are an international phenomenon, but not in Los Angeles. We have to get patrons to come fill up the seats. And we have to listen to the community: We want the theaters to benefit as small businesses from this inflow of business.”
While the majority of venues are established Equity-waver theaters, there are also productions in bars, apartments, parks, churches and occasionally in traffic — like last year’s Shakespeare-in-a-van, Hamletmobile. Genres span ensemble theater, solo performance, musicals, cabaret, dance, and immersive theater. “As an artist, you can create any kind of venue you want… as long as you have insurance,” smiles Hill.
As challenging as it is for the Fringe Festival organizers to mount 2000 performances within the “fringe zone,” it can be equally daunting for a festival-goer to decide on what to see and when. There are no marquee names to attract fans; rather, it’s a opportunity for audiences to discover new talent. “I like to pick up a program guide or check the website on my phone and play the ‘what’s near, what’s next’ game,” says Hill.
The Fringe Concierge at 1123 Vine Street #6 is open to assist festival-goers Monday – Friday 5pm to 10pm and 2pm to 10pm on weekends. The Fringe Guide is available online at www.hollywoodfringe.org/guide and searchable by category, tags, date and venue at www.hollywoodfringe.org/discover. There is also an online scheduling tool at hollywoodfringe.org/scheduler.


Govt working on regulations for power transmission links
"We need to look at regulation to see that transmission is done properly. We need to ensure that the (power) generating stations need to ask for medium and long term open access, that is why transmission planning is required," Power Secretary P Uma Shankar told reporters on the sidelines of a FICCI event.
At present, Power Grid Corporation caters to the transmission needs of the entire country.
He said transmission has to be directional, connecting the grid is not enough, "we need to ensure that generating stations look into grid connectivity".


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Former Leeds United goalkeeper Paul Robinson told talkSPORT that he doesn’t feel his old club are in a position to progress and move forward at the moment.
However, he did suggest that Leeds are unique in the respect of the support they enjoy, as arguably the biggest club outside of the Premier League.
The club’s immense support base is very significant, especially considering the young and developing team that Leeds have.
“Not with the way things are at the moment – First game of the season, they had 27,000 there – Everyone talks about big football clubs, but they really are a big football club, not just here but worldwide – Those supporters deserve more,” he told talkSPORT.
Can Leeds get into the top six?
We’re only two games into the Championship season and Leeds are still searching for their first win under Rosler.
However, it’s far too early to be able to judge Leeds and there is still every reason to believe that they can do well this season.
Leeds have the extra youth players, which increases the size of the squad and the infrastructure to be able to maintain a top six challenge.
The issue for Rosler is going to be how the side copes when they lose an extremely valuable player in a key position, which forces someone else to come in and fill the void.
If the team can make it through those periods where players are unavailable and be consistent in terms of performances and results, they have every chance of being able to prove Robinson wrong.


ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif congratulated the people of Pakistan on a peaceful transition of power on Monday.
In a series of tweets on social media platform Twitter, he said, “I want to congratulate people of Pakistan on peaceful transition of power. It’s matter of pride that today all our institutions respect Constitution as guiding principle. If stock market and strengthening currency is any indication, the journey towards our goals has already started.”
“We also look forward to keep building relationships with other countries on the basis of mutual respect, equality and peace.”
“Our focus is on providing as much relief as possible to all Pakistanis by tackling high inflation and kick-starting the stagnant economy. Together we will make Pakistan a great nation, Insha’Allah. Pakistan Zindabad!!,” he added.


Russian marines take on more than 30 obstacles in a course that exceeds 10 kilometers.
Russian 40mm Semi-auto Grenade Launcher
The RG-6 (GRAU designation 6G30) is a Russian 40 mm semi-automatic, 6-shot grenade launcher developed between 1993 and 1994 by TSKIB SOO. RG-6 is designed to fire all standard 40mm "caseless" grenades, available for the general issue GP-25 underbarrel launcher. The design of the RG-6 is, apparently, heavily influenced by the South African Milkor MGL grenade launcher, with some differences. The key difference is that RG-6 uses "caseless" rounds, and thus its cylinder is loaded from the front. The "barrel" is, in fact, a smoothbore tube, which served only as a support for front grip and sights. The double-action only trigger unit is also modified from GP-25, with manual safety and several automatic safeties. Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RG-6_grenade_launcher


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Briercrest College Receives TESL Canada accreditation
Briercrest College took a significant step forward this week in the continuing development of their Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages(TESOL) program. TESL Canada has announced that the Associate of Arts in TESOL and the Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies: TESOL have both been awarded TESL Canada Standard Two accreditation. This recognition is important for Briercrest as the institution now joins the University of Saskatchewan as the two leading TESOL providers in the province, and joins Trinity Western University as one of only two Christian institutions in Canada offering TESOL training at this level.
Briercrest College TESOL professor Darla Gamache learned of the accreditation news while in north-east China where she is working with a group of current Briercrest TESOL students who are completing their internship requirement. Having begun the accreditation process in October 2006 and having helped draft the more than 600 pages of documentation required as part of the accreditation application, Darla finds it “hard to believe that it’s finished!"
Even before receiving this accreditation, there has been enormous interest in TESOL at Briercrest. In fact, enrolment in the program has almost doubled over the past year and if this rate of growth is sustained, Briercrest is expected to have overtaken the University of Saskatchewan as the largest provider of TESOL training in the province by as early as September 2008.
The future continues to appear very promising for the program. With a great deal of energy and momentum, Briercrest’s goal is to build one of Canada’s finest TESOL programs for the glory of God and to prepare graduates who will be world changers.
To learn more about the TESOL program at Briercrest College, visit www.briercrest.ca/tesol


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For startsies, BDC VC is a behemoth. The largest VC firm in Canada, BDC VC has funded a number of the finalists on our list, including ePACT, ShopLocket and Picatic. The firm is distributed throughout the country, and is active in all of our nation’s hotbeds of technological innovation.
When asked to play favourites by naming which area of Canada is producing the best and most innovative talent, the firm’s VP of Strategic Investments and Initiatives Dominique Bélanger was diplomatic.
“Overall, in all markets across the country, there is an increased level of excitement and activity,” he said. “There’s a buzz around entrepreneurship and VC startups in the country as a whole.”
He did, however, single out the East coast. “If you want to talk performance per capita in the Atlantic region, they’re punching way above their weight.”
It’s often bemoaned that the VC infrastructure in Canada pales in comparison to the frenzied activity in Silicon Valley, but Bélanger says that lagging VC uptake is not a problem that’s unique to Canada. Worldwide, no one can hold a candle to the Valley—not even America’s own Eastern seaboard cities like New York and Boston—but Bélanger points out that the VC industry is much younger North of the 49th.
When asked about the difference between the attitudes of Canadian vs US-based entrepreneurs, Bélanger said “Canadians suffer from a low-key personality. In the US, they sell stuff they don’t have. We’re a bit more gun-shy. But that’s changing with the younger generation.” His favourite example is BufferBox, the Waterloo-based startup that secured VC funding despite their doubly difficult approach of building both a software- and hardware-based service.
Quoting Machiavelli (a VC sector hero if ever I heard of one), Bélanger said “Fortune favours the bold.” But are Canadian entrepreneurs really all that bold? “The winners are,” he quipped.
American-style bravado, financial forecasting and careful fund management only account for about 20% of the process, according to Bélanger. “80% is happenstance and luck,” he said. And then with a grin, “Luck. Other people call it ‘environmental.'”
BDC VC (perhaps wisely) sidestepped our request to express their superiority in the form of a freestyle rap. When asked why TechVibes readers should vote for BDC VC over the other firms in the category, Bélanger brought the smack-talk like only a button-down businessman could: “We’re not comparing the same types of players here.”
It seems to be a case of comparing not apples to oranges, but apples to watermelons: part of BDC’s $1.4 billion (with a “b”) Scrooge McDuck-esque war chest actually helps fund other smaller funders, including VC Firm of the Year co-nominee iNovia!
Bélanger made a strong case for BDC VC when rattling off his own team’s mandate, and the work that they do to grow the nascent VC industry here in Canada. “We deploy $36 million a year on my team to build the venture ecosystem—to build the industry.”
Is this an easy win for the BDC VC behemoth? Cast your vote for BDC VC and all your favourites in the 2013 Canadian Startup Awards!

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text: Deborah Novack, MD, PhD, was promoted to the rank of Professor of Medicine in the Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Department of Medicine, with secondary appointment as Professor of Pathology and Immunology, as of July 1st, 2017. Dr. Novack has been affiliated with our Division since 2003, where she developed her independent research program focused on the regulation of bone mass by NF-kB pathways in osteoclasts and osteoblasts, and the response of the host to catabolic and anabolic stresses including inflammatory arthritis, bone metastasis, osteoporosis, and mechanical loading. More recently, she extended her activity to understanding the role of the mitochondria in osteoblast and osteoclast biology, and the action of bacterial pathogens on bone cells. Her research is funded primarily by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Novack is also a board-certified Anatomic Pathologist, with unique experience in bone histology and histomorphometry, and serves as Attending Pathologist in the breast pathology service. Dr. Novack has mentored numerous graduate students and post-doctoral trainees, and currently functions as Coordinator of Educational Activities for the Skeletal Disorders Training Program, and as Director of the Musculoskeletal Histology and Morphology Core, Musculoskeletal Research Center. She has served in many grant review panels for the NIH and other agencies, and in leadership roles in professional organizations, including the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) and the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI); she is currently the Chair of ASBMR Advocacy and Science Policy Committee, and serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.


Air travel is getting more frustrating, according to a new survey by the U.S. Travel Association.
Two out of five air passengers wish for some other form of transportation this holiday season. In fact, travelers want two gifts: an expansion of the trusted traveler program to allow more people into a faster screening process and a change to luggage policies that include the price of checking a bag into the total ticket price.”
“Our research shows that reducing hassle without compromising security will encourage more Americans to fly – as many as two to three additional trips a year – leading to an additional $85 billion in spending that would support 900,000 American jobs,” said Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association.
When it comes to holiday air travel, most passengers pack heavy and bring their gifts. A majority say they will check at least bag.
When it comes to holiday air travel, most passengers are uninformed of airline and security policies.
• Most passengers (56 percent) are unaware of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA’s) new pat down policy for children.
• More than one third (35 percent) of passengers don’t know how much airlines will charge for their checked bag.
When it comes to holiday air travel, a striking number of passengers would rather not fly.
• Two out of every five passengers (39 percent) would rather take another form of transportation than fly to reach their final destination.


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Gridiron "stars" honored by Marines
By Gunnery Sgt. Kim Worrell
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. --
Marines from the 1st Marine Corps District in Garden City, New York, honored two local high school football "stars" June 30 at the Outback Steakhouse Empire Challenge - New York City verses Long Island All-Star Football Game held at Hofstra University Stadium before a crowd of more than 11,000 fans.Eddie Gordan, Freeport High School and line backer for the Long Island All-Star team and Victor Parsley, Holy Cross High School and defensive back for the New York City All-Star team, were each presented the "Esprit de Corps Award for Dedicated Teamwork" by Boomer Esiason, former NFL quarterback for Cincinnati, the Cardinals and the New York Jets and Colonel Tom Tyrrell, commanding officer, 1st Marine Corps District. The award recognized one player from each team, selected by Boomer and the coaches, who exemplified dedication to team, spirit and motivation. The Marines also presented Boomer Esiason, a native of West Islip, N.Y., with the "Leatherneck Leadership Award" for the work he does with the Nation's youth through the efforts of the Boomer Esiason Foundation and the Gunnar H. Esiason Scholarship program. In addition, Ron Duckstein, Outback Steakhouse joint venture partner for the N.Y. Metro-area, was awarded the "Semper Fidelis Award for Dedicated Service to the Community" for his dedicated support of events such as the Empire Challenge. The Empire Challenge "gives outstanding high school football players in the New York City and Long Island area a chance to showcase their talents on the same gridiron while raising Money and awareness to fight Cystic Fibrosis," according to a spokesperson for the foundation.The Marine Corps supported the event to help raise awareness to fight Cystic Fibrosis as well as to honor area high school talent. More than 100 young men and women from the five boroughs and Long Island who are currently in the Marine Corps' Delayed Entry Program were on-hand to watch the NYC All-Star team win 17-10 over the LI All-Star team and to witness the presentation of the awards based on leadership and the portrayal of the Marine Corps' Core Values of honor, courage and commitment.

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Alon Day, a driver from Tel Aviv, Israel, will add an international flair to Saturday’s race at Richmond Raceway when he makes his 2018 Cup series debut.
The 26-year-old Day is the first NASCAR driver from Israel to ever compete in the Cup series, according to a news release on Monday from his sponsor, Best Bully Sticks.
Day will drive the BK Racing No. 23 Best Bully Sticks Toyota Camry in Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts 400.
He also has competed in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck and XFINITY Series. In 2017, he debuted in the Cup series at the road course at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway.
Day was observing the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur and was unavailable for comment on Tuesday, a spokesman for his sponsor said.
The Richmond race will be his first on a Cup series oval track, according to the news release from his sponsor.


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Minimally invasive surgical management of chylothorax complicating esophagectomy
Chylothorax is a rare complication of esophagectomy associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Prophylactic thoracic duct ligation is generally recommended during transthoracic esophagectomy, but despite this strategy chyle leak can occur. A possible explanation is that in up to 40% of individual the anatomical route of the thoracic duct is anomalous. A two-week wait and see policy with total parenteral nutrition and pleural drainage appears to be justified in patients with a chyle output of less than 1,000 mL per day. The introduction of video-assisted thoracic surgery has offered a safe and effective therapeutic alternative in these patients. We recommend primary en-bloc stapling of the thoracic duct through a right thoracoscopic approach in the semi-prone position.


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What is a scar?
What causes scars ?
Scars are areas of the skin that got replaced with fibrous tissue after an injury. It is a natural formation during the healing process. It is still consist of collagen, except that the fiber formation is different. Collagen fibers form in random weaving pattern in normal tissue; fibrous fiber forms in single direction, cross-linked pattern.
Scars can have various presentations:
Depressed scar: boxcar scar, icepick scar,
Raised scar: hypertrophic scar and keloid scar
Colored scar: hyperpigmented, hypopigmented, and red scars
Want to rid of the unsightly scars ?
Consider the following treatment options.
Synthetic agents used to help restore the voluminous face and restore facial harmony.
- Intralesional Injection
Injection of special medicine to reduce the bulk of elevated scar
Resurfacing laser can efface scar, reduce scar redness, and improve scar pigmentation.
Micro-fine needles used to produce micro-punctures to deliver beneficial skin micronutrients. Via these micro-punctures, essential vitamins and antioxidants are delivered into the skin for enhanced penetration, and collagen is also stimulated.
A novel non-surgical face lifting technique, combines the collagen stimulation effect of MotoRoller, Sculptra, PRP derived high density growth factors, and/or placental stem cells.
Early scar respond to special medicine used to smooth texture, reduce itchiness, and lessen redness and pigmentation.
This effective procedure undermines the fibrotic tissue underneath a depressed scar, thereby elevating the scar bed.
- Scar revision
Significant scar may be excised and revised at times.
- Acne Scar
- Acne / Oiliness
- Aging Skin
- Birthmark Removal
- Broken Capillaries / Spider Veins
- Brown Spots
- Dark Eye Circles
- Droopy Brows
- Droopy Face
- Dry Skin
- Face Contouring
- Lines / Wrinkles
- Loose Skin
- Loss of Volume
- Neck Tightening
- Old Tattoo
- Redness / Sensitivity
- Skin Discoloration
- Skin Tone
- Spider / Varicose Veins
- Stretch Marks
- Sun Defense
- Thin Lips
- Under Eye Bags
- Unwanted Fat
- Unwanted Hair


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CHICAGO (CBS) -- The ongoing and delayed construction on the Jane Byrne Interchange has been a headache for drivers. Now the state says some relief is on the way, but the project still won't be done for years.
IDOT announced Friday that two ramps will open at the interchange on Saturday morning. They also announced that some lanes will open up over the next few days.
Saturday morning, the inbound Dan Ryan ramp to Ida B Wells drive will open. A second lane of the Dan Ryan flyover ramp will also open to the outbound Eisenhower. And Morgan St. exit ramp will open.
Next week, the state will open another lane on the outbound Eisenhower between Halsted and Racine.
The adjustments will relieve some traffic congestion, according to IDOT.
After the project delays, and a price tag that has grown over the years, driver Katelyn Graham Wilcox is welcoming the openings.
"Actually, I'm planning on moving closer to the Loop unfortunately just too, so I don't have to deal with [the congestion]," she said.
The project started in 2013 and was originally supposed to be completed this year. Now the state says it won't be done until 2022.
Click here for a timeline of the Jane Byrne Interchange and the work being done.
"This is a very complicated project," IDOT regional manager Anthony Quigley said.
Quigley said one of the main contributors to the delay was the aging infrastructure and roadwork needed at another location: I-55 at Lakeshore Drive.
An IDOT spokesperson said the state did not realize how bad conditions were at that spot until after the Jane Byrne project had started.
Project planners decided that working extensively on the two projects simultaneously would create too much of a traffic burden for the city. IDOT significantly scaled back its work on the Jane Byrne project during the I-55 work, according to IDOT.
The project's price tag has also grown since 2013. The original estimated construction cost was $475 million dollars. That number has now climbed to $600 million. That figure does not include engineering cost. The total projected cost, currently, is $713 dollars.
"With the impact and the delays and the coordination, we have some costs that go up over the time," Quigley said. "With the coordination to do the work at I-55 and Lake Shore Drive, that's been the big reason for the cost."
The state said during the ramp and lane openings over the next few days, there will be more detours and congestion. Drivers should stay alert and drive cautiously.
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|Hon. Agnes Nyalongwe-Mp
Education Minister in Malawi
This month Malawi has witnessed the number of confirmed cases on Covid-19 declining as well as the number of deaths reducing.
Due to this the government of Malawi through its Minister of Education Honorable Agnes Nyalongwe announced that it will re-open schools as there is a good sign of Covid-19 effections reducing.
The Minister announced that it shall go in phases as it will start with only examination classes and final year at universities. She said schools will start reopening starting from 7 September, 2020.
Then when the results are good and upon seeing the schools are managing to contain the virus by following the preventive measures then they will proceed with all other classes in all schools on 12 October, 2020.
On the other hand the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 announced also that comes September 1, 2020 all Airports shall come into it’s full functioning state. Flights within and outside Malawi will resume.
Malawi in past two months it has seen that the number of recovering from sickness has surpursed the number of those still sick. Also compared to past 4 months when it was experiencing deaths everyday now it can pass two or three days without deaths being reported.
The President Dr Lazarus M Chakwera emphasized that the Covid-19 committee to be providing daily updates on how the pandemic is trending.
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The President of Independent Schools in Malawi (ISAMA) Mr Joseph Patel had been crying out for the government to bailout the private owned schools as it was failing to pay salaries to it’s workers including teachers.
The Private Schools in Malawi had gone through tough times as it was not even able to make water and Escom bills which were still being released without considerations.
Patel smiled when government announced that Schools will be re-opend in the coming month as independent Schools depend much on School Fees to run its operations.
|Mr Joseph Patel
President of Independent Schools in Malawi


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coinbase local bank transfers in singapore: Coinbase opens free local bank transfers for users in singapore
Transfers in Singapore dollars are made by the traditional bank Standard Chartered and are not subject to commission, the company said in a statement. Previously, users could only buy cryptocurrencies with a Visa or Mastercard debit or credit card, and transfer cryptocurrencies to and from their Coinbase account.
Hasan Ahmed, director of Coinbase in Singapore, said in an interview with Reuters that the move was part of the company’s international expansion strategy. A similar service is already offered by competitors Crypto.com and Gemini.
Coinbase, which received approval in principle from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) last year to provide payment services in the city-state, is looking to expand its retail offerings in Singapore, Ahmed said.
Singapore has generally welcomed the cryptocurrency business but has been wary of encouraging retail. In October, MAS proposed rules to prevent merchants from offering benefits or financing to retail customers.
Coinbase Announcement Also Linked To Confidence In Cryptocurrency As Consequences Of Spectacular Crash crypto exchange FTX continues to influence the markets.
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The latest casualty was crypto bank Silvergate Capital Corp, as it announced it was closing earlier in March.Bank Signature
On Monday, Coinbase Global Inc stated that approximately $240 million in corporate cash balances at Signature Bankit said in a tweet on Sunday, hours after state regulators shut down the New York lender.
“Due to the FDIC’s hold on Signature transactions, we are currently facilitating all customer cash transactions with other banking partners,” the tweet read.
As of close of business on Friday, March 10, Coinbase had approximately $240 million in corporate money in Signature.… https://t.co/aP0hUtoSNP
— Coinbase (@coinbase) 1678665124000
State regulators closed New York-based Signature Bank on Sunday in what was the third-biggest bankruptcy in U.S. banking history, two days after authorities shut down a Silicon Valley bank in a crash that left billions of deposits stranded .
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has taken control of Signature, which had $110.36 billion in assets and $88.59 billion in deposits at the end of last year, according to the New York State Department of Financial Services.


India added a nuclear submarine on Wednesday when it inducts a new vessel leased from Russia.
Indian Defence Minister AK Antony is to formally commission the INS Chakra II at its base in Visakhapatnam, a navy shipyard on the country’s south east coast in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The 8,140-tonne submarine, capable of firing a range of torpedoes as well as nuclear-tipped Granat cruise missiles, was offered by Moscow to India on a 10-year lease. The vessel has a maximum speed of 30 knots, can go up to 600 meters in water and has an endurance of 100 days with a crew of 73. It is armed with four 533mm torpedo tubes and four 650mm torpedo tubes.
The Akula II-class craft is the first nuclear-powered submarine to be operated by India since it decommissioned its last Soviet-built vessel in 1991.
“Our crews will get the experience of operating under water for several months at a go as unlike the conventional diesel electric submarines, which have to come to surface at regular intervals,” an unnamed navy official told PTI news agency.
India is currently completing the development of its own Arihant-class nuclear-powered submarine and INS Chakra II is expected to help crews train for the domestic boat’s introduction into service this year.
India signed up for the Russian submarine, formally known as Nerpa, in 2004 worth over $900 million and it was originally due to be handed over in 2009.
Russia supplies 70 per cent of India’s military hardware but New Delhi has been unhappy about delays to arms orders from Moscow and has looked to other suppliers including Israel and the United States in recent years.
Five other countries deploy nuclear-powered submarines, namely Britain, China, France, the United States and Russia.


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KINGTON GOLF COURSE
At an elevation of 1,100 feet, the Kington Golf Course on Bradnor Hill is the highest golf course in England. The land is owned by the National Trust, with the Offa’s Dyke footpath passing through. Kington’s greens are noted for their high quality, with many still available for play into the winter months. Known for their warm welcome to individuals and groups of new golfers, Kington is open to both visitors and members. The course boasts unsurpassed, spectacular 360 degree views over 7 counties.


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The North Philadelphia neighborhood of Tioga-Nicetown and South Philly’s Point Breeze, so different today, were much alike just a decade ago.
Both were largely African American communities of aging rowhouses, low incomes, and modest educations. More than a third of their residents lived in poverty, a stratospheric rate even for America’s poorest big city. Their median household incomes were approximately $29,000 and $34,000 — advantage, Point Breeze.
Since then, that $5,000 gap has widened to more than $20,000.
Point Breeze today is abuzz with construction; newly built, three-bedroom homes are fetching $700,000, give or take. The median household income has swelled to about $42,000, and the poverty rate has shrunk to less than a quarter of the population — which at 27% is nearly three times as white as it used to be.
Seven miles north, Tioga-Nicetown has languished. There, the median household income dropped more than $8,000 to slightly over $21,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently released American Community Survey. The poverty rate is 35%, virtually unchanged in the last 10 years. And a three-bedroom house, albeit of pre-World War II vintage, can be had for $70,000.
The divergence between Point Breeze and Tioga-Nicetown is in some ways the story of gentrification in Philadelphia, which at least one expert predicts will run its course sooner rather than later. Of the city’s 55 neighborhoods, only eight registered income increases of more than 10% in the last decade, while 29 experienced 10% decreases, according to census data.
“The issue nationwide is that either you have places that are being gentrified, or you have places that are being continually disinvested, and there is very little in between,” said John Joe Schlichtman, a sociologist at DePaul University and author of the book Gentrifier.
In Point Breeze, the makeover is evident to all.
“Everywhere you go, they’re starting to build higher and higher,” said Kentrice McFadden, 32, who grew up there.
Tioga-Nicetown’s troubles are equally plain to see and hear. In August, bullets whizzed through the streets during a midday gun battle that injured six police officers. In the wake of the shooting, neighbors described feeling unsafe and ignored.
“As fast as we got in here, [the neighborhood] went up in flames,” said Tricia Jarmon, 48, a home health aide who moved to the Nicetown Court apartments with her daughter and grandson seven years ago. “The drugs and everything, you see things you don’t want your kids to see.”
The reason one surged and the other stagnated is in large part geography. Point Breeze is closer to the job hubs of Center City, the Navy Yard, and University City. Tioga-Nicetown is twice as far from central Philadelphia — about four miles — and as an economic driver, nearby Temple University cannot compare to the University of Pennsylvania.
In the 2000s, gentrification was already underway in the Graduate Hospital area, said John D. Landis, a professor of city and regional planning at Penn. Point Breeze was adjacent — a natural next step.
“Gentrification is sort of a checkerboard approach,” Landis said. “It doesn’t jump over areas into a new area.”
The neighborhood is also walkable, and it’s easy to hop on the Broad Street Line.
Other factors figuring into Point Breeze’s resurgence were vacant properties (a quarter of its homes were empty a decade ago), politicians friendly to redevelopment, and city policies that allowed taller buildings and offered 10-year tax abatements.
“It’s where developers see the hottest market,” said City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, who represents the neighborhood. “At one time, no one wanted to come to Point Breeze.”
In Tioga-Nicetown, people worry about the lack of jobs, safety, and such basic amenities as public trash and recycling cans.
“Every corner should have a trash can if you don’t want garbage,” said Lonzo Edwards-Woodard, 39, who works in construction.
The air quality is some of the worst in the city, with the SEPTA bus depot contributing.
Councilmember Cindy Bass, who represents Tioga-Nicetown, cited an inadequate public library. She talked about the importance of community involvement in revitalization, but said City Council could do more. Poverty, she observed, leaves people less free to advocate for their own neighborhoods.
"There is a level of chaos that comes along with poverty,” she said.
Troy and Juanita Marrow are trying to sell a rowhouse that has been in the family for more than 40 years so they can move to North Carolina. They have 12 children, toddlers to age 23, and although they mentioned crime as a concern, what worried them most was education.
“They’re not being taught,” Juanita said. “They’re not giving the opportunities for talented or gifted children.”
Transportation is another issue. Tioga-Nicetown has Broad Street Line stops and the Wayne Junction Regional Rail station. But the subway is beyond walking distance for many, and the Regional Rail’s suburban routes are of little value to the almost 60% of residents who work within the city.
“Those trains go places that 99% of Nicetown ain’t going,” said Larry Pettaway, 48, who works in merchandising.
A trip into Center City by Regional Rail costs more than double a subway ride, and trains don’t run frequently, said Dick Voith, a partner at the consulting firm Econsult Solutions and a former SEPTA board member. “Cheaper rides would be really quite important, but also they need to fix the nature of the service so it’s not gap-toothed.”
While Tioga-Nicetown’s distance from Center City has stymied redevelopment, the growth occurring nearby in East Falls and Germantown also hasn’t spread to the North Philadelphia community, due to Roosevelt Boulevard and the swath of industrial properties in between, said Domenic Vitiello, a Penn urban history and planning professor.
Race matters, too, in setting the stage for gentrification, Vitiello said. Systemic discrimination in the city’s housing policies meant homes were less expensive in minority neighborhoods, and undervalued housing stock makes gentrification possible. However, Tioga-Nicetown wasn’t next to large white communities that might have bled into it. Point Breeze was, and it offered low-priced homes to buyers looking to spend less for more house.
Those bargains, though, are largely a thing of the past. “It was cheap when I moved here,” said Brianna Cheli, who works in residential real estate and moved to Point Breeze as a renter more than three years ago. “Now it is not.”
Once a mix of homes and businesses, Point Breeze has become increasingly residential.
“It’s not like it’s our neighborhood” anymore, said McFadden, a 32-year-old mother of four.
The prosaic landmarks of her childhood — a corner store, a dry cleaner, a candy store — are vanishing. And she has felt the pinch of rent increases.
Tenants are particularly vulnerable to displacement, said Heather Squire, an affordable-housing researcher and advocate in Point Breeze, and they are less likely to find a new rental property in a neighborhood as prosperous as their old one. “When lower-income people were displaced,” she said, “they went to neighborhoods that were far worse than the one that they left.”
Keeping people in their homes can include help with deeds and homestead tax exemptions, said City Council’s Johnson, who has been an advocate for development. But, he added, the city also needs a comprehensive affordable-housing plan.
“We know developers are in it for profit,” he said. “We need to also provide incentives to build affordable housing.”
Change could come to Tioga-Nicetown without gentrification. The city could spur growth by partnering with banks to encourage support for middle- and low-income residents in the form of mortgages and home improvement loans, and could spruce up the environs with street cleaning and sidewalk repair.
“The city has to take up the dual approach of improving urban services and working with vendors,” said Landis, the Penn professor.
The gentrification that changed Point Breeze, though, might not continue sweeping through Philadelphia, he said. The city does not have a young population large enough to sustain significant gentrification, he said.
“Is demand so strong that it won’t manage to be met in places like Point Breeze? I don’t necessarily know that’s the case.”


A PEEBLES school has achieved a coveted accreditation from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), writes Mark Entwistle.
Priorsford Primary obtained the status of level one in UNICEF’s Rights Respecting School (RRS) programme.
The Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA) recognises achievement in putting the United Nations convention on the rights of the child at the heart of a school’s planning, policies, practice and ethos.
A rights-respecting school not only teaches about youngsters’ rights, but also models rights and respect in all its relationships – between teachers, adults and pupils..
Priorsford depute head teacher Keith Russell said the school has been working on developing Priorsford as a Rights Respecting School for the past year.
“Following our assessment in early June, the assessors were pleased to say that we more than achieved RRSA Level 1 status,” he explained this week. “I believe that we are the first Borders school to do so and we are all very proud of our achievement. As well as providing a clear and universally accepted set of values, the award is a great learning tool.”
To be accredited as rights-respecting, a school must show evidence that it has reached all four of the standards: rights-respecting values underpinning leadership and management; the whole school community learning about the convention; a rights-respecting ethos; children empowered to become active citizens and learners.
The school rules were also agreed with the students, staff and parents, leading to the production of a school charter.
The feedback from the assessors was that the school had a positive ethos where pupils and adults treated each other with respect. Staff, pupils and parents felt valued and were listened to. The assessors also recognised that although, as with all schools, there can still be inappropriate behaviour, it is the language used with the children to solve these issues that shows the school respects youngsters’ rights.
Mr Russell added: “We have carried out a lot of work teaching the children about their rights. Children’s rights ensure that children receive their needs to survive and function in society.
“We make a very clear distinction between ‘needs’ and ‘wants’. Whilst it is a child’s right to be able to communicate freely, we have an obligation to listen to them and give the children a right to speak.
“However, the right to communicate does not entitle them to an iPhone – this is a want.”
Councillor Sandy Aitchison, Scottish Borders Council’s executive member for education, said: “Priorsford is to be commended on its UNICEF award and its hard work over the past year to achieve it through the development of inclusive rights and responsibilities for every child in the school.
“The rights respecting elements of the UNICEF award tie directly into Curriculum for Excellence, enabling and supporting our Borders children to become good citizens now and in the future.”


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Taiwan thanks African ally for rejecting diplomatic advances from Beijing
Burkina Faso’s foreign minister quoted in interview as saying nation offered huge sums to switch allegiance to mainland China
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry thanked its West African ally Burkina Faso on Thursday for turning down mainland China’s “outrageous proposals” to switch allegiance.
Ministry spokeswoman Eleanor Wang told a press conference that the Taiwanese government welcomed and appreciated Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Alpha Barry’s affirmation of strong ties between his country and Taiwan.
Barry revealed in an interview this month in the capital, Ouagadougou, that Beijing had offered “outrageous proposals” to lure his country into its fold.
“We get outrageous proposals telling us, ‘If you sign with Beijing we’ll offer you US$50 billion or even more,’” he was quoted as saying by Bloomberg News.
Wang declined to comment on the figures involved, but said the cooperative programmes Taiwan offers to its African ally have received high recognition from Burkina Faso and the international community.
“We will continue to strengthen the cooperative relations in order to further consolidate diplomatic ties,” she said.
Burkina Faso is a poor, landlocked country whose economy mainly depends on agriculture and the export of gold. Its per-capita income was US$1,800 last year, significantly less than Taiwan’s US$47,800.
After Beijing successfully persuaded one of Taiwan’s African diplomatic allies, Sao Tome and Principle, to change sides last month, Taiwan is left with two allied countries in Africa - Burkina Faso and Swaziland.
Wang said relations with Swaziland remained strong and that the Taiwanese government welcomed Swaziland’s affirmation of close ties with Taiwan.
Taiwan has 21 diplomatic allies, with 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean, six in the Asia-Pacific region and two in Africa, as well as the Vatican in Europe.
Beijing has further squeezed Taiwan’s international space since President Tsai Ing-wen took office in May last year. Tsai, who leads the Democratic Progressive Party which has traditionally been sceptical of closer ties with the mainland, has refused to recognise a principle stating the two sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China.
Taiwan has been governed separately from the mainland since they split in 1949 after a civil war. The government in Beijing has long endeavored to diplomatically isolate the self-governed island of 24 million people, which it regards as a renegade province awaiting reunification.

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Jury still out in child burning trial
Published 5:41 pm, Tuesday, February 28, 2012
For the second night in a row, jurors were sent home Tuesday without having reached a verdict in the trial of a former prison guard accused of intentionally burning a 3-year-old he was babysitting.
Benson, 31, was arrested in October 2009 after his girlfriend's son was taken to the hospital with severe burns. Medical evidence shows the boy was intentionally held in scalding water, possibly because he soiled himself, prosecutors have alleged during the four-week trial.
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Tonight, it’s yet another awesome local band spotlight on Under the Radar as John Todd welcomes The Electric Lungs to the KKFI studios to discuss their latest music movements in the area.
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It's one of the bases for modern democracy, but for centuries, a copy of the Magna Carta lay forgotten in a British county's archives — until now.
Thought to be one of the last copies sealed by the English royal chancery nearly 800 years ago, the parchment was discovered amid other documents for the British town of Sandwich, according to the Magna Carta Research Project.
Lines of manuscript text are seen through a glass cabinet on the Salisbury Cathedral 1215 copy of the Magna Carta as it is displayed with the three other surviving original parchment engrossments of the Magna Carta to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215, in the Queen's Robing Room at the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
The Magna Carta outlined such principles as the right to a fair trial, limited taxation and the idea that no one, not even the king of England, was above the law. Historians believe that about 250 copies of the document were issued by the king to ensure the ideas were disseminated and carried out; between 17 to 24 are thought to still exist today.
The most recent find was discovered by British archivist Mark Bateson, who was looking through a scrapbook in the Sandwich archives in search of another charter. The scrapbook is thought to have been compiled by British Museum official E. Salisbury near the end of the 1800s. Paul Graeme, the mayor of Sandwich Town Council, called Bateson's discovery "an immense privilege."
"Through the American Declaration of Independence, continuing in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Magna Carta still underpins individual liberties worldwide. To own such a document — and the Charter of the Forest — is an honor and a great responsibility," Graeme told the BBC.
The Charter of the Forest was considered a companion document to the Magna Carta because it amended British forest law to allow for common citizens to access the lush wilderness and its wildlife, which was previously reserved only for members of the monarchy and those to who received invitations from the monarch.
The found Magna Carta copy is ripped, with up to half of its text missing and the royal seal gone. But even in somewhat rough condition, it is still estimated to be worth up to $15.2 million. Oriel College at Oxford has the only other Magna Carta copy that was also found with the Charter of the Forest.
The discovery completes the collection of the seven known original 1300 Magna Carta copies. Officials in Sandwich say they do not plan to sell the document but to keep it as an artifact for tourists to observe.
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Cray Wins Four 2018 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
10 December 2018
15th Annual HPCwire Awards Awarded to Leaders in the Global HPC Community
SEATTLE and DALLAS, Nov. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the 2018 Supercomputing Conference in Dallas, Texas, global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) today announced the Company won four awards from the editors and readers of HPCwire, as part of the publication’s 2018 Editors’ and Readers’ Choice Awards. This marks the 15th consecutive year Cray has been selected for multiple HPCwire awards.
This year’s awards include:
- Editors’ Choice: Best Use of HPC in Manufacturing -
Dr. Lawrence Cheung and a GE Global Research team used computational fluid dynamics on Cray supercomputers to design efficient turbine blades for clean energy wind farms.
- Editors’ Choice: Best Use of HPC in Automotive -
Rolls-Royce Corporation, LSTC, Cray, and the NCSA collaborated to enable large implicit finite element solutions to push the boundaries on solving large scale problems and reduce time.
- Editors’ Choice: Best Use of AI - An Edith Cowan University team uses AI for targeted weed control to cut ballooning agricultural costs - project powered by Magnus, the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre's Cray® XC40™ supercomputer.
- Readers’ Choice: Best HPC Server Product or Technology -
Cray® XC50™ supercomputer.
“We are thrilled that for the 15th year in a row, the readers and editors of HPCwire have recognized the company’s efforts in helping customer’s find their amazing with a Cray supercomputer,” said Fred Kohout, senior vice president and CMO at Cray. “It is particularly rewarding to be acknowledged by the influential members of the HPC community for our amazing customers’ contributions towards solving some of the world’s most challenging problems in AI, manufacturing and automotive.”
A complete list of award winners is available on the HPCwire.com website.
About Cray Inc.
Cray Inc. (Nasdaq:CRAY) combines computation and creativity so visionaries can keep asking questions that challenge the limits of possibility. Drawing on more than 45 years of experience, Cray develops the world’s most advanced supercomputers, pushing the boundaries of performance, efficiency and scalability. Cray continues to innovate today at the convergence of data and discovery, offering a comprehensive portfolio of supercomputers, high-performance storage, data analytics and artificial intelligence solutions. Go to www.cray.com for more information.
CRAY is a registered trademark of Cray Inc. in the United States and other countries, and XC50 and XC40 are trademarks of Cray Inc. Other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.


Topic: Fundamental Parameters of Cool Stars and Brown Dwarfs
We present a new technique, and improved calibrations of existing techniques, to determine M dwarf metallicities from optical and/or NIR spectra. Deriving metallicities of M dwarfs from stellar spectra is difficult due to the presence of complex molecules in their atmospheres. Recently, several methods have been developed using either NIR (Rojas-Ayala et al. 2011; Terrien et al. 2012) or visible wavelength (Woolf et al. 2009) spectra. These techniques use atomic (for NIR) or molecular (for visible wavelengths) lines to produce models that approximate M-dwarf metallicities. The models are calibrated using well-separated M dwarf companions to FGK stars with precise metallicities. Unfortunately, most of these studies have made use of a relatively small number of calibrator pairs ($\lesssim 30$). As a result, they rely heavily on stars in a narrow range of metallicities ($-0.4 \lesssim $[Fe/H]$ \lesssim +0.4$) and spectral types ($\simeq$ M0 to M4). We improve on this by identifying $>$120 FGK-M suitable stellar pairs, more than 70 of which have primaries with published metallicities. For the remaining primary stars, we derive metallicities from high-resolution spectra taken with ESPaDOnS on CFHT. We obtain spectra for each M dwarf companion with SNIFS on the UH2.2m and SpeX on the IRTF in the visible and NIR respectively. Our resulting sample spans a wide range of metallicities ($-1.1 < $[Fe/H]$ < +0.5$) and spectral types (K7 to M7). We then use this sample to test and recalibrate known metallicity estimators as well as to identify new methods of determining M dwarf metallicities. We find that metallicities derived from NIR spectra are precise (RMSE $\simeq 0.12$~dex) near solar metallicity, but are unreliable at extremely low metallicities ([Fe/H]$<-0.5$). We find the most accurate metallicities can be determined using a joint fit of visible wavelength and NIR spectroscopic features Although our results are preliminary, this new method already shows promising results (RMSE $\simeq 0.07$) over the full range of metallicities in our sample.


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text: Transistors are go! In the '50s, transistor production was in the millions. In 2003, it hit a quintillion, or a trillion million. Prices have gone the opposite direction; some people estimate that a transistor now costs about the same as one printed newspaper character. And transistors have gone way beyond diminutive. Intel says some are so small that about 200 million could fit on the head of a pin.


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Havana-The Cuban Foreign Minister said late Monday that the Cuban Embassy in Paris was attacked by a gasoline bomb.
The Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez did not provide any details of the incident in a post on his Twitter account announcing the attack. There is no indication whether any damage or injury has occurred.
Rodriguez said: “I think the U.S. government is responsible for its continued campaigns against our country. These campaigns encourage these behaviors and call for violence with impunity on their territory.”
In the past three weeks, Cuban embassies in many cities around the world have been holding demonstrations against and supporting the Cuban government in response to the protests that broke out across the island from July 11 to 12.
Cuba accused the U.S. government of inciting a social media campaign aimed at destabilizing the Caribbean country, which is experiencing a severe economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions.
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