David Cameron is the political leader thought most competent, according to a joint ComRes and ITV News poll.
In the online survey of 2,061 British adults, 28% thought that the Prime Minister was most competent, some 27% felt him the most intelligent and 28% felt him the most likely to 'get things done.'
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Research conducted on behalf of Facebook shows women face a number of hurdles when it comes to launching a start-up.
The 650-feet long hole emerged after a water main burst near the 14th-century Ponte Vecchio bridge.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker invited the former London mayor to Brussels to get a more 'accurate view of the EU'.


China's government is considering plans that could force foreign auto makers to hand over cutting-edge electric-vehicle technology to Chinese companies in exchange for access to the nation's huge market, international auto executives say.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is preparing a 10-year plan aimed at turning China into "the world's leader" in developing and producing battery-powered cars and hybrids, according to executives at four foreign car companies who are familiar with the ministry's proposal.
The draft suggests that the government could compel foreign auto makers that want to produce electric vehicles in China to share critical technologies by requiring the companies to enter joint ventures in which they are limited to a minority stake, the executives say.
The government's electric-vehicle plan is aimed at building three to five Chinese companies into globally competitive makers of all-electric cars or plug-in hybrids by 2020. It also would promote the growth of two to three global suppliers of key components, such as advanced battery and electric-motor technologies.
The plan calls for investment of as much as 100 billion yuan, or about $15 billion, in areas such as charging stations and other infrastructure, two of the foreign auto executives say. It isn't clear how much of that would be corporate investment and how much would come from the government.
The technology-transfer provisions could be changed or scaled back before the plan is finalized. The Industry Ministry recently distributed the draft to other government agencies and to state-owned auto makers to seek their opinions. If there is no major opposition, the plan could be implemented as soon as next month, according to the executives, although they expect it will likely take longer.
So not only will most Chinese produced cars continue to look exactly like reverse engineered copies of western cars but the IP they can't access directly, software, firmware and hardware like battery and motor technology, will be extorted out of western firms via the now standard Chinese business model of a joint venture with a western firm where technology transfer is their primary goal.
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How long does crested gecko lifespan last?
Although crested geckos have a small appearance but they do not have a short lifespan as their look. The face that, crested gecko has a long life as same as the other bigger pets such as dogs and cats. They are long-term commitments; therefore, they are also the ideal animals for family pets to keep at home.
If you are an owner of crested geckos, you will wonder what the crested gecko lifespan in captivity, the factors affect their lifespan and how to extend the crested gecko lifespan to help them live a long, happy and healthy life.
How long does a crested gecko live?
There is nothing can determine the age of crested geckos in the wild but it is believed that the lifespan of a wild crested gecko is about 4-5 years old or shorter. Because in the natural environment, crested gecko has to face some dangers such as predators and health problems.
But in the captive, under proper care, crested gecko can live about 15-20 years old and more. Since they can live with you for decades, you should provide them a good condition as soon as you bring them home.
Although in captivity, crested geckos do not have to face a danger from predator animals, there are also some threats such as diseases and other pets.
What are the factors can determine the crested geckos lifespan?
Genetics: Like the other reptile, crested geckos also have a rick of metabolic bone disease. This disease due to the lack of calcium and vitamin D3
The way you take care for your crested geckos: In order to produce a healthy and long life for your pet, you should give them: an appropriate cage with full installed equipment they need (lighting, heater, accessories, etc.), the proper temperature and humidity, and usually visits the vet.
The well-balanced diet: You should provide them a good commercial diet. And once per week, giving them insects and occasional fruit as a treat.

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Breakaway Abkhazia said that signing of the Association Agreement by Tbilisi with the EU may prompt Sokhumi’s “additional efforts to strengthen and deepen its strategic partnership” with Russia.
Foreign ministry of the breakaway region said in a statement on June 30 that Abkhazia “has nothing to do with Georgian-European agenda.”
“It is quite obvious that signing of the Association Agreement with the EU does not provide to Georgia an immediate perspective for membership in this union, but at the same time, it distances Georgia from cooperation with neighboring states, first of all, with the Russian Federation and Republic of Abkhazia,” it said.
“Although deepening of partnership between Tbilisi and Brussels will not have a substantial and immediate impact on the economic and political security of Abkhazia, strengthening of geopolitical presence of the West in South Caucasus and strategic location of Abkhazia as of Russia’s ally on the border of Western influence in the region may require additional efforts from Abkhazia to strengthen and deepen its strategic partnership with the Russian Federation,” the breakaway region’s foreign ministry said.
In his speech at the signing ceremony of the Association Agreement in Brussels on June 27, Georgia’s PM Irakli Garibashvili addressed, as he put it, “my brothers and sisters – Abkhazians and South Ossetians” and said: “My dears, we are all children of one country… You have the unique opportunity to enjoy benefits provided by the association with Europe.”


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Q. My daughter is just starting school and I want to make sure she continues to eat healthy food. What should I pack for lunch?
A. School lunches can be tricky. When you pack your own lunch for work, you most likely have access to a microwave, but most elementary school children do not. On top of that, most schools are peanut-safe, at minimum, or otherwise completely nut-safe. The days when you could slap together a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a hurry are over.
But this doesn’t have to mean that easy, nutritious lunches that your child will actually eat are a thing of the past. With a little planning and creativity, packing school lunches can actually be easy.
Let’s start with the basics: food safety. It seems obvious, but worth remembering, how important it is to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. Invest in a sealed, insulated lunch box or thermos.
Next, think about the foods your child likes to eat at home and create portable versions of them for lunch. If you’re sending her with foods she is not familiar with or doesn’t enjoy, she is unlikely to eat them at school. Make a list of foods that she likes and create a menu cycle so that you don’t have to think about it.
Last month we talked about how to deal with picky eaters. Similarly, children are more likely to eat a lunch that they had a hand in packing. Let her contribute ideas and allow her to help choose what goes into her lunch bag. Would she prefer pasta or breadsticks? Couscous or quinoa? Tuna or bean salad? Allowing her to select between a few healthy options will increase the likelihood that her lunchbox will return home empty.
Keep an assortment of ready-to-go foods in the fridge like cut-up vegetables and fresh fruit, boiled eggs, low-sodium lunch meats, hummus, and cheese. Do the same for shelf-stable foods. Put crackers, seed-based trail mixes (if nuts are a no-go), and cereals into small containers or baggies.
Does she really like pasta? Why not make a cold noodle salad?
A huge fan of pizza? You can make pizza rolls.
If she loves instant noodle soup, you can also make your own (healthy!) version by combining rice noodles, vegetables, seasoning, and a protein (such as shredded cooked chicken or chickpeas) in a heat-safe container. She will just need to add hot water at lunchtime. If there’s no access to a kettle in the lunchroom, you can make this same meal in a thermos.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t have time or inclination to sculpt her sandwich into a panda bear and cut her carrots into flowers like so many mommy blogs may suggest. But, a Bento-style lunchbox can make any homemade lunch feel like a special meal; it’s fun to have little containers filled with different foods, and you don’t have to buy a certain over-priced brand name yellow box of processed foods to achieve that. However, if you do, on occasion send your daughter to school with a boxed lunch from the supermarket, this doesn’t mean you’re a failure.
The goal should be healthy eating about 80 percent of the time. Allowing her to have treats the other 20 percent of the time helps her to learn how to balance ‘sometimes’ foods in her diet rather than teaching her to associate guilt or shame with foods. (Guilt and shame are emotions that should never be associated with food. But I digress… You just wanted to get some ideas for school lunches.)
The most important things to remember when packing school lunches are that a healthy meal should include at least three of the four food groups, and that these should be foods that your child enjoys. If you’re at a loss for specific lunch ideas, there are lots of resources out there. Do a quick search for blogs on the topic, check with your daughter’s teacher, or contact your local public health office. You’re bound to come away with some great inspiration.

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Jewish Social Studies 10.2 (2004) 20-54
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Hasidism, Havurot, and the Jewish Street
It took Hasidism only two or three decades to establish an efficient, long-lasting leadership in the Jewish communities throughout the territory of pre-partitioned Poland. This rapid spread of the new movement within the traditionally homogeneous Jewish society required much more than an appealing religious ideology.1 To gain power over East European Jewry, Hasidism had to become a full-fledged social movement as well. The transformation of Hasidism from a religious philosophy available to a few elitist and self-sufficient circles of Jewish mystics in Brody or Kuty in Eastern Galicia into a social movement available to any Jew in Berdichev or Warsaw was twofold. While Hasidism considerably changed the outlook of the Jewish society, above all its modus vivendi, the community simultaneously changed Hasidism, in the first place its modus operandi. The necessity to spread Hasidic ideas to the Jewish society at large—be it the idea of dvekut (cleaving to God) or that of the tsadik (spiritual leader)—compelled Hasidism to address Jewish society in its own communal language. In other words, in order to convey its ideological message Hasidism had to use the available communal forms and patterns. In turn, these communal patterns shaped the social message of Hasidism.
This article will cover only one aspect of the spread and transformation of Hasidism—namely, the role of havurot (or hevrot), Jewish traditional self-governing institutions.2 Analyzing the relationship between the Hasidic movement and the institutions of Jewish communal organization in Eastern Europe, Shmuel Ettinger wrote: "The main obstacle has been the dislocation and probable destruction of the bulk of the evidence—the minute books (pinkasim) in which community councils (kehalim) as well as various societies (havurot) which operated within [End Page 20] their organizational framework had kept their records for centuries."3 Ettinger reiterated his complaints about the "small number" of available original documents and "scarcity of communal records," upon which scholars relied in their "sweeping generalizations" as well as "far- fetched assumptions."4
It was the rediscovery of a bulk of primary documents that radically changed the available pool of sources—namely, pinkasim, or record books of Jewish societies.5 I will analyze the relations between Hasidism and havurot through the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, projected against broader geographical, social, and historical context, drawing from some 25 (out of 100 newly uncovered) pinkasim that originated from the Volhynia, Podolia, and Kiev provinces.6 This article defines, systematizes, and comments on a variety of patterns of the encounter between Hasidism and havurot. It revisits the assumption that the spread of Hasidism did not alter the established patterns of communal administration. It introduces new methodology in the research of communal documents, and it provides insights into the sources previously unknown to scholarship.
The transformation of Hasidism into a wide-ranging social movement is poorly documented and has, therefore, been neglected by scholarship. New trends in Jewish social studies have contributed to the reassessment of this important issue. However, beyond David Assaf's recently published monograph on Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin, Paul Radensky's dissertation on Rabbi David Twersky of Talnoe, and Glenn Dynner's ongoing research on the spread of early Polish Hasidism,7 almost no substantial survey exists of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century developments of Hasidism in terms of social history. Yet several insights suggested by Jewish social historians are worth mentioning, particularly in view of the fact that this article supports some of their insights with new documentary evidence, and raises questions concerning others.
As most historians have tended to see it, the spread of the Hasidic movement was promoted by vagabond preachers and healers who became sedentary tsadikim8 or Hasidic pietists who joined havurot and enforced halakhic rules,9 or by the decentralization of the traditional Jewish authority (kahal) and the emerging new forms of autonomous activity of the local Jewish communities,10 or by the Mishnah study societies that spiritually accommodated Jewish families in case of the loss [End...

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BOSTON — Massachusetts' top insurance official said Monday that the state won't allow consumers to keep health insurance policies that fall below the minimum requirements of the federal health care law.
State Insurance Commissioner Joseph Murphy said in a letter sent Monday to the Obama administration that substandard insurance policies are "virtually non-existent" in Massachusetts because of its first-in-the-nation health care law that took effect in 2007.
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A musical about malignancyBMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6318 (Published 23 November 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i6318
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What starts as a song and dance spectacular about receiving a cancer diagnosis takes an abrupt turn after the interval. Thoroughly demolishing the theatre’s “fourth wall,” the cast of A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer reassemble without their glittery outfits. One of many real patients who inspired the characters takes to the stage to describe her experience. Then the actors remember their relatives who had cancer. Then they invite the audience to share memories of loved ones who’ve died. We call out names in the dark. There are tears.
Another collaborator, Lara Veitch, has had cancer six times in her 27 years. “Being diagnosed with any serious illness is one of the most shocking things in the world.” she told The BMJ. “Your life spins out of control. That’s why it had to be a musical: it’s big and loud and colourful and mad. The aim is to demystify illness and death.”
She contributed to one of the show’s development workshops topless to show off her scars of double mastectomy. “Not having reconstruction at the age of 24 was difficult for …

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Government Approvals in Dubai
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- Road and Transport Authority
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The initial approval process is considered the first step to obtaining a trade license in Dubai. Once the initial approval is issued, the client can complete all other procedures at other government departments. Approvals from the government departments can be Customs, Road and Transport Authority, Dubai Civil Aviation, Department of Economic Development, Ministry of Economy, Municipality, RERA, and Police department, Protective System, Dubai Health Authority/Ministry of Health, Tourism, KHDA, Chamber of Commerce and TRA.


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Q: What sort of contract will guarantee me compensation for money put into a house I don't own?
My boyfriend is buying a home we will live in together. The loan is VA so I can't be on the title until we are married, but I don't want to invest money into renovations if I have no legal rights to it. Is there any sort of contract we can create and sign that promises to pay me back a portion of the money I might spend on the house if we break up?
A: I always counsel boyfriend/girlfriend client situations to ask themselves what documentation would they want if the other person were not your boyfriend/girlfriend. It is a mistake to think that the status of boyfriend/girlfriend has anything to do with the commercial arrangement of loaning money. Most certainly, the social status does not provide you with adequate protections or any secured interest. In my opinion, you need a promissory note with a security interest.
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Investing, M&A and Licensing on Gaming Industry – What You Need to Know Before
The game industry represents a fast-growing market and is leaning towards elements of realism to create a more immersive experience.
To achieve this, game companies have been partnering with brands, and both, hand in hand, are interested in expanding their business, increasing brand value, and achieving a new public.
How well a company can protect and monetize its intellectual property assets represents the possibility of expanding its business through licensing, royalty payments, advertising, and even potential M&A operations.
Best practices in Intellectual Property may be the most important factor since it is the main revenue-generating element of a video game and its management usually means the success or failure of a company.
For this reason, Workshop 3 will approach topics such as M&A, licensing in the game industry, and the collaboration of different platforms. Even further, the best practices to be adopted, from clearance of intellectual property rights to privacy, artificial intelligence, and the metaverse.
With this, you will have all you need to know before investing, negotiating, and licensing in the game industry!
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Subscribe To Young Jean Grey Is Learning An Unusual Skill For X-Men: Apocalypse Updates
Each mutant in the X-Men universe is born with a special ability, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have other talents. For young Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse, not only will we see her telekinetic (and possibly telepathic) abilities, but she’ll also be taking up archery, and director Bryan Singer is instructing Grey’s actress Sophie Turner on proper technique. Take a look!
Singer’s latest behind-the-scenes tease on Instagram shows him on a lush, green landscape teaching actress Turner how to use a bow, which he said was a skill he "learned in summer camp." Turner already has some experience using a bow during this past season of Game of Thrones, but it doesn’t hurt to practice more. This adds X-Men: Apocalypse to the growing list of modern media projects that are showcasing archery (though maybe not as heavily), like The Hunger Games and Arrow.
Although Bryan Singer didn’t give context for why Sophie Turner will be wielding a bow in the movie, it might have something to do with another photo he posted last month. This particular photo featured a group of uniformed men in a forest armed with bow and arrows. At the time, we speculated that these men might be hunting Magneto as a child or an adult in the film’s primary setting of 1983. Since regular guns and most modern weaponry are useless against his metal manipulating powers, they would need to rely on primitive weaponry to take him down.
Although this may not be the same environment where last month’s picture was shot, could Jean’s archery have something to do with these mysterious men? It’s hard to say, but her special abilities are powerful enough that arming herself with a bow seems unnecessary. On the other hand, seeing as Jean will be one of several students at Professor X’s School for Gifted Youngsters, perhaps archery is just one of the extracurricular activities offered when classes are finished. While she’s doing that, Cyclops could be performing in a school play and Storm could be on the debate team. In Jean’s case, though, after shooting the arrow at her target, she would have to telekinetically retrieve it rather than walk over to grab it. This way she gets better control of her power and improves her aim at the same time. Two birds, one stone.
We’ll seen Jean Grey with the rest of X-Men: Apocalypse’s mutant-filled cast when the film hits theaters on May 27, 2016 - and click over to Page Two to see a video of Bryan Singer impressing the young Sophie Turner with his archery skills!

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Text description provided by the architects. This lot is located at South of Lisbon, in an area that is characterized by individual lots for single unit houses. Very close to the city and also to the beach, this is a privileged area. Never than less is an area with small lots an very condensed where space for natural elements is very limited.
Surrounding and neighbourood is charaterized by small houses, almost all of them with two floors, square windows, little balconies and traditional ceramic roof.
It’s a traditional construction where all houses look the same. This new house in that neighbourhood has the hability to be imponent and original when you see it from inside of the lot but very discrete from the outside. Even with contemporary look, and no ceramic roof, it is fully integrated.
It´s also a photogenic house that get to the attention to everyone that comes around.
Usually the client ask to have a common ground floor and their private rooms at the first floor but in this case their main brief was to have a house that is mainly at the ground floor. However they want to define clearly their common area of the private.
That is how a middle axis appear to divide the space and to draw it. Its also this axis that makes the entrance into the main common area, the Living Room. At one side a long and low volume define the private area where you find all the bedrooms, to the other side a strong volume with high ceilings and strong exterior expression, will include common areas as living room and dinning rooms, Kitchen and relation with the exterior garden and swimming pool.
The middle axis also defines the entrance. With a strong vertical image, this is the point where you already feel that two diferent volumes are difined.
The lot for this house has a strange shape and it´s not so big for a ground floor house. Trying to meet the client desire and creating their home space with the relation with nature and keeping privacy and the necessary distance from the street was a big chalange. The Patios and the use of the wood fence walls was the solution.
The Patios work as a strategic way to bring light and nature to the interior of the house, allways keping privacy and necessary distance from the outside. These spaces bring calm and serenity to the interor and also work as little gardens where owner can enjoy nature with out beeing exposed to the exterior of the house.

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I was scratching my head about The Lobster before one of many orange-shirted TIFF volunteers had ripped my ticket. All I knew was that it had better be good. Taking our seats only minutes after Demolition (our first screening of the Festival), the Lobster had some big shoes to fill.
I found it hard to tell how the audience in general reacted to yesterday‘s North American premiere. Their applause and questions seemed more courteous than the more rapturous reaction to Demolition and Eye in the Sky. I, for one, immediately congratulated myself for gambling one of my precious 10-pack tickets on this wonderfully bizarre movie.
In what I believe is his first English-language feature, Greek co-writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos told us that he and co-writer Efthymis Fllippou got to talking about how they’d like to make a movie about relationships and so…they made this. In a world where pressure on singles to partner up has reached a whole new level, recently dumped Colin Farrell is forced to check in to a hotel where he has 45 days to find a mate or he’ll be turned into an animal of his choice (a lobster in his case). The rules of this world are weird but oddly familiar, with hotel residents desperately seeking oddly specific things they can have in common with their dates (beware the nosebleeds scene, as well as so many others). It’s weird, but as the survivor of many bad dates, I sort of understood this world.
The Lobster is a laugh-out-loud funny movie, especially in the increasing absurdity of the situation and the Wes Andersony matter-of-factness with which the cast (Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, and Ben Winstan) deliver their absurd lines. It’s also, as Lanthimos and Weisz kept insisting, strangely romantic (albeit in a perverse way). It’s one-of-a-kind and I can’t wait to see it again.


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Diabetes Control: Ayurveda’s Miracle Recipe for Bitter Gourd
Diabetes: It is said that eating too many sweet foods can harm the human body. Bitter gourd may be bitter in taste, but its benefits are enormous.
It also relieves the problem of bloating in the stomach. It also helps maintain blood sugar levels in the body. Bitter gourd juice is a panacea for diabetics.
The lifestyle disorder is a common problem these days, but eating bitter gourd can certainly help you control diabetes.
Here’s how to make bitter gourd juice. There are some tips to remove the bitterness of the vegetable. ayurveda dr Abraham Multani from Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh shares this healthy juice recipe.
Ingredients for making Karela juice for diabetic patients:
-3 medium bitter gourds
-1 glass of water
– how to make bitter gourd juice
First, take green and fresh bitter gourd.
Wash thoroughly now. You can peel off bitter gourd skins if you like.
After washing, cut the bitter gourd into small pieces and keep in a bowl.
After 2 hours, wash the bitter gourd thoroughly by rubbing it with water 5-6 times.
Remove the seeds from the pieces with a knife. Place the bitter gourd pieces in the blender jar. Pour 1 glass of water from above and stir.
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200610 - Zoom: Brokers and political mobilization in Brazil: Towards a representational approach
Cities are back in town Seminar "Brokers and political mobilization in Brazil: Towards a representational approach (PDF, 108 Ko), Sciences Po, Zoom, Wednesday 10 June 2020, 5-6.30 pm
When it comes to analyzing the global South, most studies regarding the relationship between those who govern and those who are governed are carried out from the perspective of clientelism in its different theoretical approaches. However, such conventional notions of clientelism will frequently either overstretch the concept or produce aestheticized models of representation and of public policies leaving in blind spots important actors, interactions and informal institutions. I propose to study the activities that motivate groups of organized or unorganized citizens to undertake political action under the concept of political mobilization. Through an ethnographic research conducted in the city of São Paulo (Brazil) between March 2017 and August 2019, I followed a parliamentary mandate and its brokers as they build networks of relationships with bureaucrats and civil society actors and solved problems of neighborhoods in the peripheries of the city. Because of a theoretical linkage of representation to government apparatus and voting as the only mechanism of authorization, brokers received little attention to their representational nature, but an important part of political mobilization is carried out from the resolution or even construction of representational conflicts, shifting them from residual or unwanted effects of representation to a central focus of analysis. Such a conclusion has important consequences for state legitimacy, policy implementation and a redefinition of the arena in which representation takes place. This research aims at elaborating a non-exhaustive typology of brokers’ repertoires of action. In addition, it seeks to identify how these interactions build stability of forms and procedures, following courses of action that are independent of electoral cycles.
Speaker: Telma Hoyler, University of Sao Paulo, DCP, USP and visiting PhD Candidate at Sciences Po, CEE
Telma is a visiting PhD candidate in political science at Sciences Po, CEE. Her research focuses on political parties influence on urban policies through an ethnographic approach. She is a member of the research project “Who governs - Comparing governance patterns in London, Paris, Mexico City and São Paulo”. Before her PhD, she worked in Sao Paulo’s City Hall in the Comptroller General Office and the Planning Secretariat.
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Lincoln ran for that Whig nomination for Illinois's seventh district of your U.S. House of Associates in 1843, but was defeated b John J. Hardin. On the other hand, Lincoln gained guidance for the basic principle of rotation, whereby Hardin would retire after only one time period to permit to the nomination of another prospect. Lincoln hoped that this arrangement would cause his nomination in 1846. Lincoln was in truth elected to the House of Reps in 1846, where by he served one two-year expression.
Although the Democratic System adopted the "Peace wing" from the party and called the war a "failure", their prospect, Basic George B. McClellan, supported the war and repudiated the System. Lincoln presented Grant with far more troops and mobilized his party to resume its help of Grant during the war exertion. Sherman's capture of Atlanta in September and David Farragut's seize of Mobile finished defeatist jitters; the Democratic Party was deeply split, with some leaders and most soldiers brazenly for Lincoln.
With The nice Union victory within the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, along with the defeat with the Copperheads inside the Ohio election in the autumn, Lincoln managed a strong foundation of social gathering assistance and was in a strong posture to redefine the war energy, Regardless of the Ny city draft riots.
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Following the Struggle of Fort Sumter, Lincoln recognized the necessity of using quick executive Charge of the war and earning an All round technique to set down the rebellion. Lincoln encountered an unparalleled political and navy disaster, and he responded as commander-in-Main, employing unprecedented powers. He expanded his war powers, and imposed a blockade on every one of the Confederate delivery ports, disbursed funds in advance of appropriation by Congress, and after suspending habeas corpus, arrested and imprisoned Many suspected Confederate sympathizers.
Historians agree that it is unattainable to predict exactly what Lincoln would've finished about Reconstruction if he experienced lived, but they make projections based on his identified policy positions and political acumen. Lincoln biographers James G. Randall and Richard Current, In accordance with David Lincove, argue that:
Thriving on his 2nd operate for Business office, Lincoln served four successive terms in the Illinois House of Associates being a Whig representative from Sangamon County.[ninety three] He supported the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which he remained involved with later to be a Canal Commissioner. In the 1835–36 legislative session, he voted to grow suffrage to white males, whether landowners or not.[ninety five] He was noted for his "totally free soil" stance of opposing both equally State Farm slavery and abolitionism.
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According to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Assessment the pickup in activity seen in the G7 countries in the last quarter of 2009 is expected to ease back in the first half of this year.
The gross domestic product (GDP) seems to grow faster in the US than in Japan and the three largest countries in the European Union – Germany, France and Italy. But still it will remain generally fragile. Consumer and business demand is suffering especially from sluggish credit growth and difficult labour market conditions.
Based on the most recent data, the OECD short-term forecasting models show that US GDP is expected to rise by 2,4 % in the first quarter of this year and 2,3 % in the second. The combined GDP of the three largest countries in the euro area is projected to grow at 1.9% in the second quarter after 0.9% in the first three months of the year. In Japan, GDP growth is forecast at 2.3% in the second quarter of 2010 after 1.1% in the first. Fourth quarter 2009 GDP grew by 5.6% in the US; by 0.4% in the three largest countries of the euro area and by 3.8% in Japan.
Presenting the Interim Economic Assessment for G7 countries, OECD Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan said: “Although we are seeing some encouraging signs of stronger activity, the fragility of the recovery, a frail labour market and possible headwinds coming from financial markets underscore the need for caution in the removal of policy support.”
Mr Padoan said financial conditions have improved considerably. Despite their improved capital positions, banks, however, remain vulnerable to credit losses. He added that the unemployment rate has edged down in the United States and Japan and may well have peaked in the euro area.


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French vote frontrunner Hollande calls for ECB rate cut
(PARIS) - The frontrunner in the race for the French presidency, Socialist candidate Francois Hollande, urged the European Central Bank on Friday to lower its interest rate to support growth.
France goes to the polls on Sunday to choose two candidates to contest a second-round presidential run-off on May 6, and Hollande is the opinion poll favourite, on course to oust right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.
Asked in an interview with Europe 1 radio on the last official day of campaigning before the first round what the ECB could do to support growth, Hollande said: "There are two ways of doing that.
"The first is to lower interest rates, and I support that," he said, adding that his second solution would be to allow the central bank to lend directly to eurozone member states rather than just to private lenders.
The ECB reacted to the eurozone financial crisis by providing unprecedented cheap credit to banks in a bid to encourage them to lend to embattled member states by buying sovereign bonds at reasonable interest rates.
But some experts pushed for it to go further towards monetising state debt, calling for it to provide credit directly to member governments and to expand its inflation-busting mandate to encompass pro-growth activism.
The ECB is forbidden by law however from purchasing government debt directly, and some economists argue that such a move would remove pressure on heavily-indebted governments to get their finances in order.
Hollande has campaigned on his platform of a wider mandate for the central bank, but in the event of his victory France will find itself on a collision course with the eurozone's economic powerhouse, Germany.
Berlin is dead set against changing the ECB's current role of focusing on maintaining price stability.
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This book seems to have divided opinion massively. I would say that if you're looking for a juice tell-all about the Rolling Stones or Keith Richards himself, you might be a bit disappointed. Although he does cover everything you'd expect him to (the sex, drugs and rock and roll), this book is mostly a memoir and he talks about his love of music, his influences and experiences which may not be interesting to everyone, although personally I loved it. I thought it was fascinating to learn about how he became who he is today and where he found his talent and inspiration.
While reading the book I started making a list of other things to research, such as musicians I'd never heard of, books I'd never read and people I'd never heard of. I found myself stopping every now and again to research something I'd never heard of, and I really enjoyed it.
This book isn't just for Stones/Keith Richards fans - it's a musical education.


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Tuesday, March 25, 12:22 a.m.
STANFORD, Calif., March 24 – Bank. Swish. Buzzer. Ballgame.
And that was it. After 39 and a half minutes of trailing a step behind University of California, senior Sarah-Jo Lawrence’s four-foot floater dropped effortlessly through the net and sent the sixth-seeded GW women’s basketball team’s bench screaming into the Sweet 16. They flooded the court as they celebrated a 55-53 victory over the third-seeded Bears in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
“So long,” Lawrence said of the time she felt took for the final shot to go in. “It took forever, but then when it went in, I was shocked. Just like, ‘is it over?'”
GW will head to the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., for the Sweet 16 March 30 against the winner of the Rutgers/Iowa State game.
The winning basket, made after an errant shot by classmate Kim Beck, was part of an 11-2 run over the last four minutes that brought the Colonials even with, and then past the Bears. Lawrence also had the tying basket, slashing through the Cal defense with 12 seconds to go for a layup to put the score even at 53.
Cal had led nearly all game. The Colonials (27-6) fought hard for the game’s entirety, but just could not seem to overtake Cal’s guards and low post scorer Ashley Walker, who led all players with 19 points.
So even when junior Antelia Parrish hit a three-pointer to cut the lead to four and classmate Jessica Adair made a pair of clutch free throws to bring the lead to just two with two minutes to play, it still seemed as if a Cal squad, playing about an hour from home in Berkeley, would be able to hold on for a close call victory against GW. That was until Bears’ guard Natasha Vital brought the ball up the floor after Lawrence’s tying bucket with less than 10 seconds to play.
Vital was forced to the sideline by the Colonials’ trap and tried to call a timeout with six seconds remaining. Official Amy Bonner called Vital for a travel and gave the Colonials the ball for what would be the winning possession.
Cal head coach Joanne Boyle disagreed with Bonner’s assessment, coldly telling reporters after the game that Vital “didn’t travel.” Boyle also said that Vital called timeout.
Unfortunately for the Bears, the play stood and GW walked off the floor with a two-point victory to a chorus of boos. Red eyes and choked-up players comprised the scenery when Cal players took to the podium for the postgame press conference.
GW head coach Joe McKeown congratulated Cal on an excellent season, but said it was too soon to rank this game among the others he has coached in 19 years at GW. Instead, he simply expressed the pride he takes in his squad.
“I’m really proud of my team,” he said. “It’s just unbelievable. It’s one of those games that is going to go down as one of the great games in GW history.”


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Rebecca sent me a message asking what Asanas (yoga poses) i would recommend to treat insomnia, a common complaint during the menopause.
I wish i could help, but without knowing Rebecca's general level of fitness, strength, flexibility and the structural qualities of her body, i think it would be far too risky to recommend poses that often require a teacher's guidance and adequate preparation.
There are four types of asanas: Standing, Seated, Lying and Inverted. Some are common body positions that we are used to in our daily activities, some are unfamiliar to those who have never practiced yoga, and should be performed only with the guidance of an expert teacher.
Health and well-being cannot be enhanced by practicing only one or two asanas. We need to practice a variety of asanas. Before designing a sequence of asanas you need to know where you are starting from and where you are going. Progress is defined by your needs.
Building the attributes of health that we lack - structural, functional or psychological - should be the goal of a sequence of asanas.
Building strength could be the goal for one person. Increasing flexibility could be the goal for someone else. For another person, the goal might be to resolve a structural disorder.
Furthermore, different breathing techniques can facilitate progress, and enhance the effectiveness of various asanas.
I am a firm believer in the benefit of Viniyoga, an individualized approach to yoga, where the methods we use are modified and the very purpose of our practice changed to suit individual needs.
Without knowing whether Rebecca's insomnia is caused by stress, depression, an over-active thyroid, medications, a change in her work routine or diet, hot flashes, or the use of stimulants such as caffeine, it's impossible to address insomnia, which is a symptom.
What i found to be the most effective poses for my occasional insomnia, are inversions such as Salamba Sirsasana (Supported Headstand) Salamba Sarvangasana (Supported Shoulderstand) and Halasana (Plow Pose) that require a regular yoga practice, a strong body and should be taught by a qualified teacher.
If you suffer from structural imbalances in your body, such as scoliosis, even a mild form of scoliosis, neck problems, retinal problems, high blood pressure, these poses are not safe for you.
There is a pose that is very beneficial and quite safe to perform: UTTANASANA (Standing Forward Bend) It calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression, reduce fatigue and anxiety. It helps women to relieve the symptoms of menopause.
If you suffer from high blood pressure or low blood pressure, do not hold for more than a breath and come out of the pose very slowly to avoid dizziness. Otherwise just hold it for as long as comfortable, breathing slowly through your nose.
Start in Tadasana (Mountain Pose) on an inhalation raise the arms above the head, shoulder distance apart, palms facing toward each other.
On an exhalation, fold forward from the hip joints (keeping the knees bent to help protect the lower back).
As you descend, lengthen and open the space between the pubis and the top sternum.
Keep the knees bent as much as necessary to allow the back to hang without tension.
Place the hands beside the feet, fingertips in line with the toes.
Variation: A more gentle version of the classical pose is to take the feet hip width apart and cross the forearms, grasping the elbows and allowing the torso to hang passively.

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This report describes the test site, equipment, and procedures and presents the data obtained during field testing at Texas Utilities Lake Hubbard Steam Electric Station, July 8-12, 1997. This was the second of three field tests that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted in 1997 as part of a major study to evaluate potential improvements to Method 2, EPA's test method for measuring flue gas volumetric flow in stacks. The report also includes a Data Distribution Package, the official, complete repository of the results obtained at this test site.


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Will Lionel Messi spend his entire career playing for only one club? That remains to be seen, as we have heard rumors of teams trying to pry the Argentine star out of Barcelona for quite some time. However, it looks like he will remain in Spain for the foreseeable future.
After locking up Neymar and Suarez to a new deal that will last until 2021, Messi is the only one of the dynamic trio without a new extension. But fear not, the club and Messi are reportedly set to negotiate a new contract extension soon, and president Josep Maria Bartomeu envisions that new deal making Messi the highest paid player in the world.
Here's everything you need to know about the negotiations between Messi and Barcelona.
What's Messi's current deal?
Messi's current contract expires in the summer of 2018. We are currently 18 months from his deal expiring, and that is usually when teams are getting a bit nervous about coming to terms on a new deal. When a player's contract in close to expiring (in final months), they can potentially sign with another club on a free transfer. That likely won't be the case here, and it's certainly something Barcelona would want to avoid.
What did the president say?
The president is confident a deal will get done.
"There are no doubts that sooner or later we will close [Messi's] renewal," Bartomeu said.
"I hope that he ends his sporting career here and after that I'm sure he will remain linked to the club. He is without doubt the best player in the history of the game and we will make a huge effort to renew his contract."
Does this mean Messi will stay at Barcelona?
It simply means that they are confident in a deal getting done, and the general belief is that Messi will stay in Spain. There is no guarantee, however, but it seems much more likely that he will re-sign rather than leave. This should calm the nerves of any Barcelona fans. Make no mistake -- if Messi were not to re-sign, it would be one of the more shocking decisions in recent soccer history. It would be like LeBron James leaving the Cavaliers and taking his "talents to South Beach."
Will he really be highest paid in the world?
Bartomeu said Messi is the best in the world and should be paid as such. Cristiano Ronaldo makes over $430,000 a week, so Messi's deal would need to eclipse that and others. Carlos Tevez, Messi's former teammate with the Argentina national team, is about to make over $700,000 a week in China.
If there's any club out there that can pay Messi that kind of money, it's Barcelona. Is Messi worth all that money? Considering his track record and the kind of video game-like moves he puts in night in and night out, absolutely. That said, it's hard to envision Barcelona keeping its core while paying Messi that kind of dough.

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By Isabel Ovalle
Ziyad Tariq Rahim, a 39-year-old Qatar resident, recently set a Guinness World Record for the shortest time to complete a marathon on each continent and the North Pole. His challenge began in Punta Arenas, Chile, and concluded 41 days and 20 hours later in the North Pole after running 3,514km.
Rahim’s love affair with running began in Quebec in 2002, when he participated in his first long-distance race. A year later, he took part in his first marathon, and began a journey that would make him the first and only Pakistani to complete marathons on all seven continents — a feat he has accomplished twice now.
The Canadian national of Pakistani origin has taken part in over 100 long-distance races in 32 countries. The banker, married with two children, plans his family vacations so he can compete. “Last year, I became the first Qatar resident to complete the 250-km Marathon Des Sables, considered the toughest foot race on Earth,” he said.
The main motivation for him to achieve the world record was raising funds for CARE, a Pakistani non-profit organisation that provides free education to underprivileged children in the country. The association has the goal of educating one million children in a decade.
Even though he also runs for Canada and Qatar, ultimately he aims to portray a positive image of his home country, which “often makes headlines for the wrong reasons,” he noted. In addition, he wants people to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
“Frequently, when most people enter the work life, they get so engaged in their daily work duties and family life that they just don’t find time to exercise. I want to reach out to them and let them know that if I, with a full-time job and a family with two young kids, can do all this, then anyone can find time to incorporate exercise into their daily routine,” he said.
Rahim said he trained at least thrice a week, doing so with Doha Bay Running Club whenever his schedule allowed it. He also plays squash and does cardio exercises. “I have a very stressful office job, so running for me is a stress reliever. I feel free and calm and get time to do all my planning,” he said.
The veteran marathon runner explained that strength for running comes from the mind. “I put on the autopilot and I completely forget I’m running.”
He also eats healthy, keeping away from fast food and eating small portions every two or three hours. While running, he drinks water or energy drinks every 15 minutes. “It’s important to stay hydrated and also eat when you’re doing a marathon,” said the expert.
His Guinness challenge started on February 26 in Punta Arenas, Chile. A day later, he travelled to the southernmost continent, Antarctica, to complete a 26.2-mile race in sub-zero temperatures. He then competed in the Cyprus Marathon, in Europe; Los Angeles Marathon in North America; The Dual Trail Marathon in New Zealand; the 56K Two Oceans Ultra Marathon in South Africa; and the Dead Sea Marathon in Jordan, finishing with the North Pole on April 9. During the 41-day test, Ziyad travelled 140,700 km in economy class, which involved spending over 300 hours flying or in transit. Due to his work and family commitments, most of his travels were on weekends.
“It was probably the most difficult challenge I have ever undertaken. Apart from the rigours of completing marathons in varied temperatures, the constant travel and jet lag compounded the suffering,” he revealed.
He travelled to Los Angeles, Auckland, Cape Town and Cyprus on weekends, which meant that after a more than 20-hour flight, he had to run a marathon and then immediately fly back to get to office and resume work.
“I was lucky that I never sustained an injury during this time, apart from the last race in North Pole, where I suffered frostbite on my nose and ears as temperatures dropped below -40 degrees Celsius during the race,” he said.
For Rahim, each race was different and posed a new challenge. “The course in Antarctica was hilly, with difficult underfoot conditions, comprising mud and ice. In Cyprus, it was a historical route with the race starting at the birthplace of Aphrodite and running along the Mediterranean; while Los Angeles was magical as we went through Sunset Boulevard and Beverly Hills.”
In New Zealand, he ran over volcanic rocks, while the Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa is considered the most beautiful ultra marathon in the world. In Jordan, he completed the race at the lowest point on Earth, the Dead Sea.
The race at the geographic North Pole “was by far the hardest race. At times, we were in knee-deep snow; my shoes froze during the race and I constantly had to change my face mask as it was restricting my breathing. But I managed to overcome the challenges and completed the Grand Slam for my country and my family,” he concluded.

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Bristol City manager Lee Johnson sounds like a happy man to have Benik Afobe back in training.
Afobe only made five appearances since heading to Ashton Gate on loan from Stoke City at the start of the season, with a view to a permanent move.
But he scored three goals and was a favourite with fans and coach alike before he suffered a painful anterior cruciate ligament injury.
The 27-year-old striker was on the cusp of a return to full training when play stopped in mid-March – and a lockdown later he is able to join in with his teammates as they came back this week, with strict social distancing measures in place.
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There are nine games remaining for all clubs in the Championship and Bristol City are only one point outside the top six. Afobe has already admitted he is dreaming of scoring the winner in the play-off final.
Johnson told BristolLive in a press conference: “(The break has) definitely taught us things and myself as a coach that loves the game and works 7am to 11pm, often the family get what’s left of you and that’s not ideal.
“So this period has been nice to be truly present if you like and sort of 6/7 years on that hamster wheel of management means it’s not the worst thing in the world on an individual level to have the break.
“For us as a football club, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.
“We’ve got people like Benik Afobe coming back and that’s almost like a new signing for us. He’s trained now two days in a row, once with me individually and then with a group today and he looks very good.”


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The African Dream, a News and Media website that tells inspiring and compelling African stories and black history, featured in Feedspot Top 30 African News Website on the web alongside BBC News Africa, Africa Confidential, CNBC Africa, Business Daily Africa, Reuters Africa, The New York Times Africa and many more.
Feedspot is a software company based in Mumbai, India. Feedspot is a social feed reader compiling news feeds from online sources that users can customize and share with other social network users.
Alongside top News and Media companies, we (The African Dream) are ranked in number 25 out of 30. This is huge for us considering the limited resources that we have at our disposal but deliver quality content to our thousands of website visitors monthly.
Founded on August 30, 2020, by a young Sierra Leonean writer, storyteller, economist, and mobile journalist, Abu Bakarr Jalloh, The African Dream came into existence as a result of the negative African stories on the internet that are persistently published by some Western media platforms. The African Dream, just like its ally Salone Messenger, primarily focuses on telling positive, inspiring, and compelling African stories from the continent and the history of black people in wholeness. Today, The African Dream has published more than a century of African stories which 90% are positive, inspiring, impactful, and compelling stories. Our primary focus is to change the Western narrative that nothing good comes from Africa and all they should report is negativity. The image of Africa has been distorted and it’s our responsibility to fix it to how we would love to see it.
The African Dream want to thank everyone that has been supportive of our mission in telling our stories. We would love to say a huge thanks to our thousands of website visitors that read our stories, like, share, comment, and subscribe. We also want to say thanks to the Feedspot team for selecting The African Dream to be on their list of Top 30 African News Website on the web.
Until the history and success stories of Africa is told by Africans, the story of greatness will always glorify the imperialists.


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Three NBPD Officers Promoted to New Ranks
The New Brunswick Police Department has among its ranks a new Lieutenant and two new Captains following a January 28 promotion ceremony at City Hall.
Sgt. James Hoover, an officer of 14 years with the department was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
Lt. Christopher Goldeski and Lt. Christopher Plowucha, both of whom have spent two decades in service to the department, were each promoted to the rank of Captain.
“Our police department consistently undergoes continued training, development and planning to equip our officers with the tools they need to do their jobs safely and effectively. With that level of commitment to excellence, strong leaders are key to ensuring the success of our department, the earned trust of the public and the superior level of service we provide to the community,” said Mayor Jim Cahill.


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According to sources with E!, the end of Fashion Police might be sooner than expected, because executives with the network think the show is a “hassle.”
Ever since the death of Joan Rivers, things have been rocky for the long-running fashion critique show. Now that Kelly Osbourne and Kathy Griffin have exited following weeks of backlash and controversy, it looks like the future of the show might be in serious jeopardy. According to sources who spoke anonymously to New York Daily News, E! might just cancel the show without any fanfare.
“They have off this month, but don’t be surprised if they cancel it quietly in a matter of weeks, when the craziness dies down a little,” a source said. The source points to an outpouring of support from celebrities (including Lena Dunham and Jane Lynch) for Kathy when she announced her departure as a major concern for the network.
“That’s not good. E! can’t survive without celebrity cooperation,” the source said.
New York Daily News also reports Giuliana Rancic is extremely unhappy on the show, and considers it an “albatross” around her neck.
As for Kathy, she remains adamant that the show just wasn’t a good fit for her. During a recent comedy set after announcing her departure from Fashion Police, Kathy told fans there was no Hollywood scandal surrounding her exit.
“It just didn’t work out. That’s it. That’s the scandal,”she said, in clip obtained by TMZ. “However, Hollywood, of course, enjoys blowing something up.”


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Are you in need of cheap but best accommodation facilities in Malindi town? Then try Woburn Residence Club for their best services in Malindi area.
For those seeking exclusivity, whether on business or on holiday, the Woburn Club, near the idyllic coastal town of Malindi, offers accommodation of the highest quality with close attention to every detail.
Apartments, executive suites and luxury bedrooms are available for daily rental or for long lease, complemented by business services and a small conference centre.
There are 18 three-bedroom apartments, nine one-bedroom malindi apartments and 14 hotel rooms/suites.
All apartments in malindi hotel have well furnished sitting and dining areas plus a separate kitchen with an electric cooker and a fridge freezer.
A three-tier swimming pool, Jacuzzi, tropical gardens and an elegant dining area with a bar complete the complex.
Other facilities include a laundry service, fully staffed reception area and a 24-hour security patrol.
Situated close to Malindi, with its extensive range of amenities, the Woburn Club is attractive and convenient, whether for a long term stay, a short holiday or an investment of choice


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Digital Content Next | March 16, 2022 - Sponsored content is making a comeback. In fact, according to a recent study conducted by the World Media Group, advertisers plan to increase or maintain their budgets in content-led advertising through trusted digital media channels. The study also revealed that brands are pursuing a "more sophisticated approach to brand integration in content."
Publishers are suited to capitalize on this significant change and take more control within the ecosystem resulting in more direct sales revenue.
Publishers must evolve and provide differentiation in these strategic areas:
Nativo, the storytelling platform, offers publishers the flexibility to drive revenue in ways that meet corporate objectives.
Advertisers are seeking more direct relationships with Publishers, but very few publishers are ready to ditch indirect demand


This year Inhabitat brought you the Japanese space agency’s successful deployment and use of a solar sail to propel its spacecraft Ikaros, and now NASA announced plans this week for its own solar sail mission. This fall it will launch the NanoSail-D into orbit 400 miles up with a Minotaur IV rocket. Once deployed, it will orbit for 17 weeks, proving the technology and allowing astronomers to snap lots of photos.
Unlike the Japan’s 3,000-square foot sail, the NanoSail will be just 100 square feet; neither is thicker than a piece of single-ply tissue paper. The sail won’t be tasked with propelling the FASTSAT satellite to which it will be attached. NASA is, rather, testing the deployment mechanism. Unravelling something so big and so thin in a zero gravity environment is no small feat.
The NanoSail will launch wrapped around a spindle in a container smaller than a bread box. The sail’s principal investigator Dean Alhorn explained: “The deployment works in the exact opposite way of carpenter’s measuring tape. With a measuring tape, you pull it out, which winds up a spring, and when you let it go it is quickly pulled back in. With NanoSail-D, we wind up the booms around the center spindle. Those wound-up booms act like the spring.”
NASA has been playing catch-up with the Japanese in this important new technology. In 2008, engineers were given just four months to devise a solar sail. They pulled it off, but the rocket carrying the sail experienced launch failure. Since then, Alhorn and his team have been improving on the hastily-put-together version 1.0. Indeed, they are already at work on FeatherSail — version 3.0.
After the NanoSail’s 17-week stint in the air, it will be “de-orbited,” and NASA will be watching the process to learn more about how best to bring older satellites out of space rather than allowing them to become that much more space junk.


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Continuing trend of rappelling down buildings, St. John’s mascot goes down 470 ft. for cancer research
Sep 29, 2012, 1:39 PM EST
First it was Rutgers coach Mike Rice rappelling down a building to raise money for cancer, and now it’s St. John’s mascot Johnny Thunderbird, the oversized red hawk, who dropped 470 feet for the cause.
The Thunderbird scaled down the side of the Harborside Financial Plaza building in Jersey City, N.J., alongside Salvatore J. Cassano, commissioner of the New York Fire Department, NBC Today Show member Sara Haines, television reporter Tina Cervasio, and radio personality Greg T.
“It was an honor and a privilege to rappel in support of the American Cancer Society’s continuing battle against this terrible disease,” “said” Johnny in a statement. “Even though safety regulations wouldn’t allow me to fly, I still feel like I added some thunder to such an awesome event.”
Supporting cancer research is a topic that closely affects the St. John’s program, as head coach Steve Lavin missed the majority of the 2011-12 season recovering from successful prostate cancer surgery.
He will be back on the sidelines for the 2012-13 season with another young Red Storm team that is looking to improve on a 13-19 record from a year ago.
Lavin brings in another strong recruiting class, led by post-grad JaKarr Sampson of Brewster Academy (N.H.), as well as shot-blocker Chris Obekpa and Texas A&M transfer Jamal Branch, who will be eligible in December.
St. John’s opens its season on Nov. 13 against Detroit.
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Noise abatement seizure powers used for first time
ForHousing worked with Salford City Council to make a community in Clifton feel safer by using noise abatement powers. It is the first time that the two organisations have utilised and coordinated their respective powers in this way.
The two organisations worked together to take action against a tenant causing a major neighbour nuisance by behaving abusively and aggressively to staff and playing music extremely loudly at all hours.
We sought an emergency injunction against the tenant living in Clifton but despite this and repeated attempts to engage with her, things did not change.
This tenant’s anti-social behaviour was having a detrimental impact on the quality of life of her neighbours.
We decided to approach the Council to serve a Noise Abatement Notice. This was the first time the landlord had used these powers to clamp down on anti-social behaviour in Salford.
The notice was subsequently breached by the tenant and a warrant was subsequently executed leading to the seizure of three televisions, two games consoles, an electronic keyboard and two Bluetooth speakers from the property.
However, even after a further injunction the noisy and aggressive behaviour continued, leading to the court ordering the tenant to be excluded from her home and the Clifton area of Swinton.
ForHousing is committed to ensuring that neighbourhoods are places where tenants feel safe and can thrive.
Despite attempts to engage with her, this tenant’s anti-social behaviour was having a detrimental impact on several of her neighbours’ quality of life.
This was the first time we had worked with the Council to utilise the Noise Abatement power in this way and this was a great example of coordinated partnership working.
We're committed to tackling anti-social behaviour wherever it exists and we will continue to work with partner agencies and residents associations to build stronger, more resilient communities.
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Automatic Hyperbaric Welding of Sub-Sea Pipelines Repair
Air diving are widely used in many shallow water areas, if applicable welding technology adaptive to such a condition developed, then operation cost of offshore structure repairs can be largely saved. In order to meet such a special requirement, an automatic GTAW welding process under high air pressures was researched. Firstly, the hyperbaric welding test chamber was designed and constructed in laboratory, and the welding machine was manufactured. Secondly, experiments under 1-7 bar air pressures were studied including linear welds and pipe butt welds, and high weld quality was obtained. Lastly, the hyperbaric welding sea-trial was carried out, and perfect 5G girth weld of sub-sea pipelines was produced.
Zhengyi Jiang, Shanqing Li, Jianmin Zeng, Xiaoping Liao and Daoguo Yang
C. F. Zhou et al., "Automatic Hyperbaric Welding of Sub-Sea Pipelines Repair", Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 189-193, pp. 3478-3483, 2011


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But the monsoons in Kerala do not last very long. The place receives quick showers of rains followed by a burst of sunshine. So you can enjoy the downpour and then soak yourself in the sun. Besides, it receives rainfall in two phases- one is in early June to September which is called the Southwest Monsoon. And the other is during the months of October and November called the Retreating Monsoon or Reverse Monsoon. Besides the bounteous natural beauty, Keralites also celebrate their very important festivals- Onam and the Snake Boat Race during this season. You can also in a treehouse to have a wholesome enjoyable experience.
What to Do in Kerala in Monsoons?
1. Romance on a HouseboatHouseboats have been the highlight of Kerala tourism since forever. And what is better than just chilling in the houseboat? Yes, chilling in the houseboat when it is raining outside! The houseboat experience is a must during monsoons in Kerala. You can gawk at the beautiful scenery outside the windows- the lush green paddy fields, clear blue waters and the tinkering music of the falling rain.
2. Go Beach-HoppingBeaches in Kerala especially come alive during monsoons. The gray laden skies on the top and shiny turquoise waters down below- is truly a visual delight. There are a number of virginal beaches in Kerala that are devoid of the commercial crowds. You can sit here in solitude to experience the beauty of nature or you can watch the traditional fisherfolk at work. Watching the swelling sea waters while sitting on the virginal sands while it is raining is an experience in itself.
3. Be a Part of the Onam FestivitiesOnam is the harvest festival of Kerala which is celebrated with a lot of pomp and show. Other than the traditional and cultural festivities of the natives, the highlight of the festival is the dance performances like Kathakali and Mohini Attam. The grand procession held in the place during the place has decorated elephants, flower hangings, traditional games and elaborate feasts etc. There is also a very popular Snake Boat Race held on River Pampa as part of the celebrations.
4. Sit Beneath the Gorgeous WaterfallsWhat is a better season than monsoon to see the waterfalls in all their glory and splendour? And luckily, the state of Kerala is blessed with a plethora of waterfalls that boast of utter beauty and charm. One can spend hours sitting at the site and gazing at the charisma of the cascading waters and soaking in the surrounding natural beauty. Waterfalls should definitely top the Kerala monsoon destinations.
6. Relax and Admire the Beautiful BackwatersLast, but not least, a trip to Kerala is incomplete without visiting the backwaters. And what better time to visit here other than the monsoons. You can hire a traditional boat and cruise down the backwaters, admiring the beautiful countryside all along the way. You can also spot wildlife and beautiful birds on the way that migrate here from other places.
Perks of visiting Kerala in Monsoons
1. Great Discounts and Deals on Stay and FoodMonsoons, for all the wrong reasons, is considered to be the ‘offseason’ in Kerala. But fortunately so, it is also the season when the hotels let out the special discounts and deals. You can find accommodation and stay options for a much cheaper rate than usual, in monsoons in Kerala. Not just this, the menu rate also experiences a dip and meals are also offered at a lesser rate than usual.
2. Fewer Commercial Crowds and TouristsAnother benefit of visiting Kerala in monsoons is that it experiences minimal tourist inflow which leads to lesser crowds. You can explore the place in peace without the hustle of a regular tourist season.
So, what are you waiting for? Pack your bags and head to the pristine land this monsoon itself.


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Summer time is not a good time for me to sew or do any crafting. It is my fun time and although I do love sewing and crafting this is getting outside, cutting grass, going on mini trips, going places I do not go to during the winter.
Yes we have to eat so I still have to cook. I have been posting about Sun Basket because one I am a dummy when it comes to cooking. My cooking is pitiful. Two the food you get from them to prepare is wonderful. I can follow it down the list of instructions checking off one by one and have a meal that is awesome.
Tonight we ate Moroccan. I forgot to tell Alexa to play some Moroccan music. That was all that was missing.
I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as my husband Little Precious and I enjoyed the food. He did state “I believe this has been the best yet.” I have enough left for tomorrow night.
If you decide to purchase any meals you are under no obligation. You can join one week get the $35.00 off with my coupon and quit the next week like I did. THEN I stressed about what I was going to cook and after one week of no Sun Basket I was back on two meals a week. This fall and winter I am going to three meals. That will cover six nights for us and we can eat out one day each week. I am a VERY happy customer. My ONLY regret is I did not find out about Sun Basket sooner.
If they offer stock better buy some I am in for the long haul.
I had been gone to the other side of the world today so I did not have time to change in to my cooking down.
My favorite shirt. I wish I had three or four.
I did not have a clue what this was going to be or taste like. Some of the items never heard of them.
This is what it looked like in the recipes book.
Wanted to me crush up the walnuts. I did not want to get the crusher thing out have to put it together, clean it and get all the nuts out of the spoke things whatever you call them so I found this pounder thing and it worked like a charm. Put the whole bag between parchment papers and took out my frustrations. It worked perfect.
These were so good. Washed them really good sliced them up and ate a few before I cooked them.. Tasty and fresh.
Turn your head sideways. My DNA hates fresh cilantro. So I am giving this to my neighbor. It has nothing to do with Sun Basket. It does not matter who or where I can’t tolerate fresh cilantro.
I tolerate Penzeys Spices Cilantro. It is not as soapy as fresh.
Mixed carrots and Baharat spice with salt, pepper, oil and cooked for about 10 minutes turning. The house smelled wonderful and these taste wonderful.
Ok I am going to spill a secret to you. I HATE TOUCHING MEAT AND I HATE TOUCHING POTATOES. There was no potatoes in this recipe I just threw that in for information. I keep boxes of latex gloves on hand for that.
Lamb is one of my favorite meats. Did you notice no antibiotics, no added growth hormones?
We eat meat but not what you call a lot of meat so I made two serving in to four.
Yes you see Cilantro.
I never in my soon to be 64 years took the insides out of the lemon and chopped up the peel to eat. I dont know what it was preserved in.. But it was good. I ate the pulp by itself. It was great.
Arugula, already chopped up.
Add lemon peel.
Add golden raisins.
Until tonight never heard of it.
Reason there is four forks. Precious took ours out on the sunporch then I took two. So naturally we ate with one and I put the other also in the dishwasher.
FORGIVE ME FOR WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO!
I am going to try to get some sewing projects going this weekend and week to come. Until then I’ll be cutting grass, weeding and two days a week cooking from Sun Basket.


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September 25, 2015
Nearly all interactions with materials occur at the surface. Consequently, surface coatings are primarily responsible for the optical, electrical, chemical, biological, and mechanical properties of many devices. Since they occupy so little volume, coatings are a cost effective method for improving the capability or performance of a system. Perhaps equally important is their historical role in protecting structural materials from corrosion and other types of degradation. This talk will discuss coating technologies developed at JHU/APL that address these demands through the development of multifunctional materials that change their properties in response to the environment. To this end, we present a corrosion inhibitor-filled microcapsule that confers self-healing properties to chemical agent resistant coatings (CARC). Used in conjunction with zinc-rich primers, it can prolong the lifetime of galvanic protection afforded by the sacrificial zinc. Under the right conditions, on-demand passivation of exposed steel delays the onset of corrosion for 6 weeks in a salt fog chamber, compared to hours for a conventional paint and 1 week for a zinc-rich paint. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy reveals how the mechanism of chemical passivation working in conjunction with cathodic protection is better than either strategy alone. We will then present inorganic coatings with the capacity to undergo self-repair even in the absence of liquid-filled microcapsules. The silica matrix has much greater resistance to elevated temperatures, wear, and ultraviolet degradation than conventional polymer coatings. These coatings also perform thermal management functions, which are capable of achieving sub-ambient cooling in direct sunlight. The simple reduction in temperature reduces the rate of corrosion as much as many complex corrosion inhibition chemistries.
Dr. Benkoski received his Ph.D. in 2003 under the supervision of Prof. Ed Kramer, where he studied “The Molecular Mechanisms of Polymer Fracture” at UC Santa Barbara. Shortly thereafter he received a NSF MPS-DRF Distinguished International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to develop a platform for light-regulated, reusable protein sensors at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was then awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at NIST from the National Research Council to develop novel techniques for generating hierarchical material structures through self-assembly at photocurable oil/water interfaces. He now serves as Principal Scientist in the Research and Exploratory Development Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where he heads a large research program devoted to the development of stimuli-responsive materials through scalable self-assembly techniques. His programs include: self-healing paint, inorganic low solar absorbance coatings, hierarchically structured conformal coatings for stem cell scaffolds, sub-10 nm lipid nanoparticles for topical drug delivery, magnetically actuated artificial cilia self-assembled from cobalt nanoparticles, hydrogel paints with antifouling and drag reduction properties, and adhesives for adipose tissue. Dr. Benkoski recently received the 2014 Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the Maryland Academy of Sciences, he is a two-time Inventor of the Year from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, his self-healing paint is being considered for deployment on the US Marine Corps’ new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, and he recently represented JHU/APL when his work on low solar absorbance inorganic coatings was highlighted by the American Chemical Society for their conference press release.

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- The first train from Kunming, the capital and largest city in China's Yunnan province, has departed for Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, reported The Hindu Thursday.
- The new direct sea rail and freight service will cut transport costs between the two regions by more than 50%, alleged the state-run Xinhua news agency.
- The plan marks the first resurgence of the Silk Road, and is in fact part of China’s Maritime Silk Road initiative, funded by the $46 billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project (CPEC).
The original, much-storied Silk Road operated from the 2nd century BC to the 14th century AD, when global factors including plague, cultural and political fragmenting, and increased sea travel in the region gradually dissolved free trade among the participants.
Its current revival is an outgrowth of Chinese overproduction and a need for expansion of traffic within new markets. Further, via penetration into regions previously unavailable for trade, the Chinese seek to establish both political and trade dominance at a time when issues of economic isolation have threatened to return it to a suffocating and economically disadvantaged past.
It is clear that excess production is one of the driving forces behind the re-establishment of the Silk Road. A clear path leading from China's abundance of retail and textile goods will continue to flood into the Pakistani markets, the trade goods have the potential to import the Chinese culture as well, including their desire to shape global trade policy.