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Last Wednesday we held "How to Hack Angel Investing," our first-ever investor education webinar. Given the positive feedback, we'll be doing deeper dives on portions of the material from the webinar on our blog in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we've compiled the reading material we referenced on the webinar in this post to help you learn more about the best practices for startup investing. Stay tuned for more, and enjoy!
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a16z podcast
This isn't a read, but for the busy people here who like podcasts for their daily commute or workouts, this is a must. The a16z podcast is released by the eponymous venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, founded by serial entrepreneurs Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. They have $2.7 billion under management. Listen for discussion and dissection of the cutting-edge trends in tech and startups, often with industry-leading guests.
Product Hunt
Our friends at Product Hunt curate a daily digest of the best mobile apps, websites, and hardware projects on the market, along with some of the latest and coolest tech news. They're also a sister company of Republic, so check them out. Startups will launch their products on the platform – sign up to keep up to date.
Dan Primos at Axios
Pro Rata is a daily newsletter written by Dan Primos, business editor at Axios. Read Pro Rata to keep up with the latest investment news in venture, and helpful explainers and background along the way.
Fortune Term Sheet
Term Sheet is a daily curated newsletter of deals and happenings in the venture and private equity space. Follow Term Sheet to keep up to date with deals and trends in private markets, as well as for a curated list of great articles relevant to the space.
Strictly VC
Founded by TechCrunch's "Silicon Valley" editor Connie Loizos, StrictlyVC delivers a daily newsletter covering the world of venture. Follow for an insider's perspective, highlights from events with industry leaders, and updates on deals in startupland.
CB Insights
CB Insights is a business intelligence platform for investors. They release a weekly newsletter read by 400,000+ people, tracking startups, emerging industries, and their investors and acquirers. CB is used by top VCs and industry leaders. Read their newsletter "Insights" for longer-form analysis of topical issues alongside more current updates.
Pitchbook - The daily pitch
Sip App
Product Hunt again – no-spam tech news! Unlike Product Hunt Daily, which focuses more on product releases, Sip tackles the most interesting and important tech stories of the day, from breaking news to profiles on favorite tech products. Read Sip for great context and explainers on the most relevant issues of the day in tech.


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Comfortable Business Class Hotel with Conference and Meeting rooms, Bespoke Wedding Packages and Functions Room Hire, Parties & Events Offers
Ideally situated in the heart of hotels in Derby City Centre is Best Western The Stuart Hotel, Derby. This modern contemporary style hotel in Derby has the perfect location from which to conduct business, pleasure or both. Derby rail station is just a short 5-minute walk away and this Derby hotel is located on the busy London Road (A6) with easy access from the motorway networks.
Best Western The Stuart Hotel has the ideal accommodation to suit every business or leisure guest from single, cosy doubles and standard doubles to executive, family and junior suites. The hotel offers complimentary car parking and wi-fi.
As part of the hotel's continued focus on improving customer service levels and standards we are proud to be one of the first hotels in the area to provide FREE super-fast fibre optic broadband internet throughout the hotel and all bedrooms.
The XS Restaurant serves modern British cuisine and the Liquid Bar serves cocktails, lite bites and drinks. Serving breakfast, dinner, afternoon tea and 24-hour room service, guests can enjoy a complete experience in this Derby hotel.
The Suite in Best Western The Stuart Hotel in Derby City Centre offers a mix of meeting rooms and event room with its own separate entrance, bar and dedicated facilities that are perfect for small or large business or social gatherings, weddings and functions. Our dedicated team will plan and organise your event and ensure it runs smoothly and professionally.
Our Wedding Showcases are an ideal opportunity for you to view the rooms' setup for your wedding day and wedding reception venue with a dedicated wedding coordinator on hand to discuss all your requirements.
Best Western the Stuart Hotel is on the doorstep to many large corporate companies and industrial estates with Pride Park, The Wyvern and Derby City football ground being less than a five minute drive. For those on a leisure break the peak district and attractions such as Chatsworth House, the Cathedral Quarter, Calke Abbey, Alton Towers and the Intu Shopping Centre to mention a few.
* Please note that the check-in time is 2:00pm and check-out time is 11:00am. To arrange an early check in or late check out please contact us for availability.

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Shasta Senior Nutrition Programs (SSNP) is now enrolling students for the fall session of computer classes especially designed for senior citizens. There are currently openings in Beginner, Microsoft Office and Internet Basics. The classes will begin on October 26, 2011 and meet once a week for six weeks. All classes will be hosted at the SSNP facility at 100 Mercy Oaks Drive in Redding. There is a material fee of $8.
For more information or to enroll please call SSNP at 226-3060.
What: SSNP Fall Computer Classes
When: Beginning Wednesday, October 26
Where: Mercy Oaks, 100 Mercy Oaks Dr., Redding, CA 96003
Cost: $8 material fee
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Date: Oct 22 2019, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Army Community Service (ACS) - Aulenbacher Str., 55774 Baumholder, Germany Bldg. 8746 Baumholder 55774 Google Map
Learn how to financially prepare for the expected and unexpected expenses of having children. Whether this is your first child, your spouse/partner's first child, or the first child of the marriage/relationship, this course is for you.
This training is required, call Army Community Service (ACS) for more information.
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NJ Media Is Dead. Long Live NJ Media.
The demise of NJN has been a major bum-out, especially for political junkies; many of have come to see the station's Jersey-centric coverage as more than essential for the little state caught between two huge media markets, but lacking a cohesive TV landscape of it's own. To be sure, mainstays like Michael Aron's On The Record and Reporters Roundtable will be sorely missed, as they have come to serve important functions for NJ's political watchers and doers.
But let's take a deep breath – because as a medium, television is both hurting and evolving; when it comes to news, even more so. What once used to be a time-sensitive ritual of getting in front of the TV set in time to watch one's favorite show has ceded ground to the Internet, smartphones, time-shifted viewing and more. And while TV broadcasters used to be unique in their ability to create and spread content far and wide, that's just not the case any more.
So in the spirit of making crisis into opportunity, let's hope that the many talented, dedicated, insightful and resourceful folks who served this state so well for so long are able to find a path forward that keeps their important work alive while adapting to changes in the media landscape. Let's see podcasts, and streaming feeds and social networking and stuff no one has yet invented. It's not just an opportunity to pick up the pieces and try to find a way to move on – it's a chance to flex with the times, grow and ultimately become better. Sure, there will always be those media consumers who are married to their TVs, but their ranks are dwindling and will ultimately disappear. So no, it's never going to be the same as it was. But change – no matter how much it may suck at the time – can be good. And when it comes to media for New Jersey, by New Jersey, perhaps the best is yet to come. (And who knows? Maybe 20 people can do the work of 200 like the governor says. Also, maybe the sun will turn purple and put on sunglasses.)
Alternate, less saccharine ending: Governor Christie and those like him (Karl Rove, the Koch Brothers, etc.) would like nothing more than to silence any outlet that might threaten their agenda of privatization and greater corporate control of American society. That includes New Jersey. Then consider the analog newspapers, and the increasingly choppy waters they must negotiate. It becomes simple, and something we all already know, because we're living it: the traditional media landscape which defined the past has changed, and will continue to change, dramatically. And whoever is most flexible and adaptive to these changes will likely retain an indomitable edge when it comes to reaching people, and trying to convince them that your ideas are better than the other guy's.
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The PEAK at Stirling Sports Village is located next to Forthbank Football Stadium, home of Stirling Albion and in close proximity to Springkerse Retail Park.
Stirling Council run a Park & Ride service which stops outside The PEAK. A timetable for the Park & Ride service to The PEAK can be found on Stirling Council's website.
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Arriving from the North and South
Drivers should travel along the M80 towards Stirling and leave at junction 9. Follow directions to stay on the A91, passing through 5 roundabouts before you arrive at the Muirton Roundabout. At the Muirton roundabout, stay left and take the second exit to Forthside Way then follow signs to 'Stirling Sports Village.'
There are 375 spaces within Stirling Sports Village. This includes 30 disabled parking spaces and 12 Parent and Child Spaces. Visitors can follow directions to the left and right of the sign shown below. If you are visiting Stirling Sports Village to attend a one-off event, such as a swim gala or dance competition, we kindly request that you park to the right of the sign below, in the direction of St Modan's H.S. and Stirling County Cricket Club. If no spaces are available at this side of the car park we request that you park in one of the areas listed below under 'Full car park'.
Full Car Park
When there are no more marked spaces available within Stirling Sports Village, visitors should park at either Springkerse Park and Ride or at Vue Cinema on Forthside Way. Both are only a short walk from Stirling Sports Village.
Springkerse Park and ride directions
Leave Stirling Sports Village via the roundabout where you arrived and take the second exit. At the Muirton roundabout stay right and take the 3rd exit marked Park and Ride. Take the first exit at the next roundabout then turn immediately left.
Vue Cinema parking directions
Leave Stirling Sports Village and turn right onto Forthside Way. At the next roundabout take the first exit and then turn immediately right. Please note this is a pay and display car park.
Parking enforcement
Please note that the car park at Stirling Sports Village is enforced by Stirling Council. If you park outwith a marked bay (i.e. on paved area) or fail to display a valid badge whilst parking in a disabled bay, you will risk a fine. Any vehicle found to be in contravention of any parking restriction in force will be issued a Penalty Charge Notice. If you are issued with a Penalty Charge Notice, you should consult directly with Stirling Council, and not Active Stirling.
In addition, cars that park on the Urban clearway on Forthside Way are also in breach of the regulations. Separate rules are in place at Sprinkerse Park and Ride and at Vue cinema and the driver is responsible for following these and parking accordingly.


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Tunnels need to be big enough to work in comfortably and to encourage air movement.
It is designed in two sections to allow rain water into the centre of the tunnel.
Tunnels will protect plants from light frosts and stimulate growth of winter seedlings (you can see here carrots and spring onions that were planted mid summer). We are now planting cabbage, lettuce, silverbeet, kale white onions, celery, broad beans, broccoli and fennel.
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"He is running, running, running."
Once again, I turn my attention to a book about loneliness. I didn't really intend to so early into the year, but here we are.
Ray is fifty-seven and can easily be defined as a loner. Treated as something of a pariah in his village – although how much of this is self-inflicted is up for debate – he knows that people think he's weird and don't like having anything to do with him. Since his father died, he's been alone in his house and keeps his interactions with other people to a minimum. But then he meets One Eye, a vicious little dog looking for some company, but who is also used to being alone and ignored.
Now bound together, Ray and One Eye begin to explore the village and the beach together, growing accustomed to one another's company. But when One Eye attacks a smaller dog on the beach, it seems that Ray might suddenly lose the one thing in his life that he actually cares about. That is, if he doesn't do something drastic to stop it…
Baume has, to all intents and purposes, written a prose poem here. I'm exaggerating a little, but in truth this is an astonishingly beautiful piece of writing. The heartstrings are tugged for both Ray and One Eye, who might not be the most appealing characters, somehow still are written with a certain warmth that ensures you're invested in them. Every page is laced with metaphors and images that stagger over and over again with a beautiful simplicity. The small world around Ray feels vivid and thoroughly realised. All five senses are in play, with Baume really seeming to enjoy describing the minutia of the landscape. She's not afraid to spend a sentence focusing on a banana skin, or a withered plant.
The lack of dialogue is a little disconcerting at first, as I'm someone who's big on characters and their interactions, but in this case there can't be too many or it ruins the whole thing. What there is, works perfectly. It all adds to the sense of loneliness, and the general unease. In fact, uneasiness is definitely a key element here. You never get the impression that Ray is a bad man, but there are definitely things that he's choosing not to tell you, and while some of them do eventually come out, there are still some answers that he takes with him beyond the final pages. He is human without question, and Baume manages to resists anthropomorphising One Eye, instead never letting us into his mind. We only have Ray's interpretation of the dog's actions to take a guess at how he feels. As such, he gets to remain a wild thing, unfathomable and undomesticated.
An utterly tragic tale that delves deep into a man on the fringes of society.
Looking for something different to read in the new year? My second novel, The Third Wheel, is available to pre-order at Amazon and Waterstones now, ready for launch on January 17th. If you like tongue-in-cheek stories about aliens and the struggles of being single in a world built for couples, it might just be up your alley. I hope you'll take a look and enjoy it! Thanks!


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A type of vasculitis, Kawasaki disease is a rare condition that causes inflammation in arteries throughout the body, including the heart's blood vessels, or the coronary arteries. Kawasaki disease mostly affects children who are younger than 5 years old, though children as old as 13 and as young a newborn can have the condition. What causes Kawasaki disease hasn't been discovered. Left untreated, Kawasaki disease can increase the risk that your child's coronary arteries and other parts of the heart may develop problems. But with treatment, most children who have Kawasaki disease fully recover without any serious or lasting effects.
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Although symptoms usually abate after a couple of weeks, Kawasaki disease can make children very ill and the impacts on the heart and its blood vessels can be significant. Coronary arteries are a critical part of a healthy heart because they supply the heart muscle with the oxygen-rich blood it needs to keep working. Kawasaki disease can weaken the wall in coronary arteries, causing a bulge where blood clots can form and potentially cut off blood flow to the heart muscle. Without enough oxygenated blood, the heart muscle can suffer damage.
Kawasaki disease can also cause inflammation and irritation in the heart muscle, the outer lining of the heart (pericardium) and other of areas of the body, such as the skin, lymph nodes and mucous membranes of the throat, mouth and nose. A child with Kawasaki disease may also develop an irregular heartbeat or problems with her heart valves.
For most children, the effects of Kawasaki disease on the heart may only last five or six weeks and no permanent damage is caused. It may take more time for problems with the coronary arteries to go away.
Each child may experience Kawasaki disease differently but symptoms tend to last 10 to 14 days and may include:
- Swollen, painful joints
- Peeling skin
- A moderate to high fever for at least five days
- Irritability
- Spotty, bright red rash
- Sensitivity to light
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Bloodshot or red eyes
- Red, dry, cracked lips
- Red, swollen palms and the soles of the feet
A pediatric cardiologist may suspect Kawasaki disease based on your child's medical history, symptoms and a physical examination. Tests to help confirm a diagnosis include:
- Lab tests: Your pediatric cardiologist may have a complete blood count (CBC) blood test done to look for elevated platelet levels and a high number of white blood cells. A urine sample can also be tested to rule out other conditions with similar symptoms.
- Chest X-ray: An X-ray produces an image of the organs, bones and tissue in your child's chest.
- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG): Electrocardiograms record electrical activity in the heart through electrodes placed on your baby's chest, arms and legs. An ECG can detect cardiac arrhythmias and damage to the heart muscle.
- Echocardiogram: Using ultrasound technology, an echocardiogram gives a pediatric cardiologist a moving image of the heart and valves.
Kawasaki disease is treated with medication to mitigate damage and ease symptoms as the illness runs its course. Children with acute symptoms may be hospitalized for a few days though if IV medications are used. Your pediatric cardiologist may prescribe:
- Aspirin: Taken at high doses, aspirin helps lower the risk of blood clots and reduce inflammation. A low dose of aspirin may be taken for 6 to 8 weeks or longer to further protect the blood vessels and heart, especially if an aneurysm develops.
- Gamma globulin or corticosteroids: Given through an IV, gamma globulin helps the immune system fight the infection and may lessen the risk of damage to the heart and coronary arteries. Children who don't respond to gamma globulin may be given corticosteroids instead.
Most children make a complete recovery after Kawasaki disease. Your child may need to continue seeing a pediatric cardiologist on a regular basis to check for problems with the heart and blood vessels. Ongoing care is important because heart problems can develop well after Kawasaki disease and your child may not have any symptoms. A child who has had Kawasaki disease may also be at risk for early coronary artery disease later in life. Adopting heart-healthy habits and seeing a cardiologist as an adult can help prevent coronary artery disease.


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Top Bahraini court upholds jail terms against dozen anti-regime activists
Bahrain's supreme court of appeals has upheld jail terms, ranging from life imprisonment to three years in prison, against a dozen anti-regime activists.
On Friday, the Court of Cassation upheld life terms for four convicts and sentenced seven others to between three and 10 years in jail. The last defendant was handed a six-year sentence.
The defendants were found guilty of "planting an explosive device underground in a sand yard in the northern village of Karrana, luring police forces to the area and then detonating the bomb."
Prison guards in Bahrain are reportedly denying proper healthcare to two imprisoned political dissidents.
Dissident on hunger strike over jail condition, mistreatment
Meanwhile, a Bahraini inmate has launched a hunger strike in protest at harsh prison conditions and mistreatment at the hands of prison authorities.
Female human rights campaigner Ebtesam al-Sa'eq wrote on her Twitter page that 29-year-old Hussein al-Tawil has been on hunger strike since Monday, and his family is fearing for his life as the detainee suffers from diabetes and serious blood sugar fluctuations.
Bahrain's supreme court of appeal upholds a five-year jail for a female activists and revokes her citizenship.
"Taweel is dying a thousand times a day due to symptoms of the disease. His eyesight is affected by unstable blood sugar levels, and irregular treatment doses," Sa'eq said.
Bahraini officials have reportedly leveled terror charges against Taweel based on his confessions. Confessions, however, are said to have been extracted under duress and torture.
Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the country in mid-February 2011.
An imprisoned Bahraini political prisoner has reportedly been denied appropriate healthcare for the past three weeks.
They are demanding that the Al Khalifah regime relinquish power and allow a just system representing all Bahrainis to be established.
Manama has gone to great lengths to clamp down on any sign of dissent. On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were deployed to assist Bahrain in its crackdown.
Scores of people have lost their lives and hundreds of others sustained injuries or got arrested as a result of the Al Khalifah regime's crackdown.
On March 5, 2017, Bahrain's parliament approved the trial of civilians at military tribunals in a measure blasted by human rights campaigners as being tantamount to imposition of an undeclared martial law countrywide.
Bahraini monarch King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah ratified the constitutional amendment on April 3, 2017.


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Yesterday (Friday) saw me head off to my local uni (University of Bedfordshire) to have body composition testing done once again. A Bod Pod is basically a giant egg-like chamber, which you sit in wearing form fitting clothing (swimwear) and a swimming cap, and it uses air displacement to work out your body composition. You can find them at good sports science universities and some hospitals. My first Bod Pod test was back in April last year (2014) and I was excited to see what changes I've made since then.
Some people think I'm mad to want to know my exact body fat %, lean mass, BMI, BMR etc - but for me knowledge is power and I know that the number on the scales at home can be misleading. Your overall weight doesn't tell you how much fat you're carrying, and where, or how much muscle you're building - and we all know that muscle is heavier than fat - so scales although great for giving us a general idea of our health/fitness can't give us all the answers, where as Bod Pod body composition testing, can. There is only a 2% margin of error with the Bod Pod, so it's a hugely reliable piece of kit and my don't-bury-your-head-in-the-sand attitude to my health/weight/fitness means it can provide me with all the information I need to continue to improve my health for the better.
I had the testing done alongside my bestie Liz, who is also very health-conscious, and works out endlessly (she does Crossfit and lifts weights - she's a proper action girl) Liz's energy and her also fairly recently discovered love for exercise really helps to inspire me and push me forward, so she was the perfect choice in Bod Pod partner.


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On July 17, in the framework of the project "Fire Safety of Forests of Ukraine", a working meeting was held with the forestry fire extinguishing experts of the US Forest Service in the session hall of the Main department of the SES of Ukraine in Kyiv Oblast. Rescuers of the Kyiv Oblast told about their own experience of extinguishing large-scale fires in ecosystems and the Chernobyl zone with their American colleagues.
The meeting was attended by Larry Sutton, a forest fires quash specialist at the US Forest Service. He spoke about the difficulties encountered during the elimination of emergencies in ecosystems, and the representative of the International Programs of the US Forest Service in Ukraine, Petro Pavlychenko.
During the event, the issues of remedying gaps in training programs for specialists in extinguishing forest fires in Ukraine were discussed, as well as the forthcoming steps to implement US emergency management approaches in Ukrainian practice.


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World Premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness
After hosting the World Premiere of Star Trek in 2009, Sydney once again got the official World Premiere for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Chris 'James T Kirk Pine, Zachary 'Spock' Quinto, Karl 'Dr Leonard McCoy' Urban and Director J.J. Abrams made it to Sydney again and walked the red carpet at Event Cinemas George St.
It was great to see the actors spent a lot of time with their fans. The photographers didn't get that much time and we had to do with some quick group shots only. Unfortunately we couldn't do any individual shots.
Besides the main stars of the film, some local celebs walked the red carpet as well, including Miranda Tapsell (The Sapphires), boy band What About Tonight, Lincoln Younes (Home & Away), Timomatic and several more.
The guests:
Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban and J.J. Abrams
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In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS opens in Australia in RealD 3D & Digital 3D on May 9
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Cryptographic Security Market To Rear Excessive Growth During 2017-2025
Technological evolution in computer, information can be transferred in digital way has increased rapidly. So, there are so many applications such as data processing systems, electronic mail systems, and bank system. In these applications the transferred information must pass through communications channels that can be monitored by electronic auditor. While the degree of security may be different for different application, as it should generally pass important information directly from sender to a deliberate receiver intermediate parties being able to explicate the transferred message and without any loss of information. Furthermore, information that is saved in memory bank of computer must be secure from threats. Cryptographic security is used to transfer a message between remote locations and to send information from one end to another end every system should include at least one encoding devices at one location and one decoding device at a second location. Cryptographic security decoding and encoding technology are available to protect the authentication and privacy for communication devices.
Technological development and the need for remote access security and wireless communication is increased due to this cryptography security application that provides security and protection on the adoption and decency of the data and network. The ongoing advancements is increasing continuously in the internet, technology and the development of new computers to support remote computation has led to increase in the requirement of network security for the secure data transmission. Some of the main challenging factors are low customer awareness about cryptography security, and lack of expertise and skilled manpower are obstructing the growth of the Cryptographic security market. The cryptography security market is witnessing a stable growth with rising security threats, lack of the ability to acknowledge such attacks. The quality performance of cryptographic security is depend on the complication of the decoding and encoding devices. The problem regarding privacy of communication for a system where an auditor can listen to every transmitted message on the communication channel.
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The Cryptographic security market can be segmented by hardware, services, organization size, application and geographical regions. By Hardware, the market can be segmented into blade, server, random number generator and research & development platform. The hardware is the main equipment of the Cryptographic security to make possible effective content transfer with secure system. The Most of the vendors are updating their hardware setup to maintain a competition in the Cryptographic market. By Services, the market can be bifurcated into consulting services, support and maintenance services and integration and deployment Services. By Organization, the cryptographic security market can be segmented as large enterprises and small & medium-sized enterprises. According to the application, the cryptographic security market segment can be bifurcated as IT & telecom, network security, government & defense, database security, consumer goods & retail, healthcare & life sciences, banking, financial services & insurance and others. Furthermore, the Cryptographic security market can also be studied according to regional bifurcations such as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa and South America. Moreover, with the feeling of enchanting experience, increase in demand, growth of technology and advancement in security system is expected to positively support the growth of cryptographic security market during the forecast periods. The cryptographic security market has seen huge growth in defense and banking industry in recent years.
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Many players are involved in the Cryptographic Security market with wider solution portfolio. Some of the key players in the cryptographic security market are Crypta Labs, IBM, HP, Id Quantique, Magiq Technologies, NEC Corporation, Infineon, Mitsubishi, Nucrypt, Qutools, Qasky, PQ Solutions, Qubitekk, Quintessencelabs, and Toshiba among others. Most of these providers are headquartered in North America region. Most of the companies to upgrade their research and development activities to introduce innovations and security methods in this field.
The report offers a comprehensive evaluation of the market. It does so via in-depth qualitative insights, historical data, and verifiable projections about market size. The projections featured in the report have been derived using proven research methodologies and assumptions. By doing so, the research report serves as a repository of analysis and information for every facet of the market, including but not limited to: Regional markets, technology, types, and applications.


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My mother loved poetry. She had an anthology of English poets - Keats, Shelley, Byron, Coleridge, Wordsworth, which sat on our tiny bookshelf. It had a dark blue cover as I recall and thin, slightly musty pages.My brother, who has a memory for these things, tells me it was Palgrave's Golden Treasury. In the margins were notes and jottings. When she wrote these I have no idea. In all my 21 years living with her I never saw her pick up that book. Perhaps it was pre me when she had more time - pre kids, pre husband, pre housewife duties, and later pre work. She did occasionally mention her love of English, by which she meant poetry, almost by way of convincing herself and us, that she had had an education beyond grade six and, despite living in a bland suburb of Brisbane and doing her daily washing and ironing chores, she did still have a brain and had once used it in a way that she, perhaps, could only remember and marvel at.
I hated those Romantic poets. At school we were forced to read their works with their fancy and, what seemed to me, convoluted language and words I couldn't understand. I think I was a little overwhelmed by them. They were supposed to demonstrate the heights of the English language and I couldn't get it at all, apart that is for Coleridge's 'Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner'. It had a bit of derring do and action and some great lines - 'Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink' is almost a cliched phrase today but he wrote it down. When I later fell in love with poetry it was with Bruce Dawe and William Carlos Williams who spoke less about melancholy love and more about my life. Simple, straight forward, grounded.
So I surprised my self when I found myself standing outside Keats House in Hampstead London this week thinking that I'd like to know a bit more about him. Of course the 2009 Jane Campion film, "Bright Star" had piqued my interest. In the film Keats was played by young English actor Ben Whishaw and his love interest Fanny Brawne by Abbie Cornish, an Australian actress. Given that Campion is a New Zealander it was quite a mixed team that put it together. Whishaw played him as a melancholic romantic and succeeded in stopping short of portraying him as the cliched tortured poet.
He didn't have it easy. Father dead when he was 9. Mother died when he was 14 from tuberculosis and brother Tom, also dead in his early twenties from TB. TB or consumption was rife. He trained to be an apothecary, a pharmacist with extra duties as assistant to a surgeon, for five years and then threw it in to write. His poetry doesn't seem to have been influenced by the horrific scenes he would have witnessed in an era before anaesthetics where surgeons were adept at swift amputations; where young Keats may have been restraining the patient at the same time as passing tools to, what by some accounts, were more butchers than surgeons. His poetry was full-on romantic. His betrothed and neighbour, Fanny Brawne, separated from him by only a wall in the duplex he shared with his mate on one side and the Brawnes on the other, was the inspiration for his love poems. At this stage, 1818/19/20, Hampstead was still a village in the tranquility of the hills north of the one square mile of London. He was prolific.
So here I am standing in the parlour looking through the window at a 300 year old mulberry tree (why did my father remove ours at 20 years - I assumed it had reached the end of its natural life). Soaking up the life of a poet I will never read but feeling chuffed that I've been in the same house as him. A bit weird. Am I a celebrity chaser?
There's a lot about Keats here, but very little about Fanny. Apparently his relationship with her didn't get much recognition until after she died when letters they had shared were discovered. She had married and had three children and died in her eighties.
Keats fell to the family curse, TB, and in an effort to beat it went to Rome for the climate but died there within a year. Fanny never saw him again. I'm beginning to understand why my mother was captivated by him, if, that is, she knew of this hopeless romantic story.
He was dead at 25.
My connection with him? It's still pretty thin but when I discovered that he was born on the same date as my son I wondered if he, having the same star sign might also be a deeply romantic person. So I sent him a couple of quotes to use when the appropriate occasion arises:
" A thing of beauty is a joy forever/ Its lovliness increases; it will never pass".
And "Parting, they seemed to tread upon the air / Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart / only to meet again more close".
And " It is a flaw / In happiness to see beyond our bourne / It forces us in summer skies to mourne / It spoils the singing of the nightingale".


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... right now. After the drake flyer, handler Steve Bechtel Jr. sent Chad for the left retired second and Chad did very well on it, coming up just left of the bird and into it. He had a smart hunt just deep and also inside for the right-hand flyer. On the island bird, he left the line betwixt and between the line to the island bird and the left station, drove deep and had to handle to it from there... after a big handle, the Judges asked the gunners/thrower to help the dog.
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I thought it was high time for me to listen to the Ukrainian National Anthem, also known as the "Hymn to Ukraine." Music was written in 1863 by a western Ukrainian Catholic priest, Mykhailo Verbytsky. The lyrics are from a 1862 patriotic poem (Shche Ne Vmerla Ookrayeena) by Pavlo Chubynsky, a Kyiv ethnographer. After various debates over the poem's words, agreement was reached in 2003 and the Ukrainian National Anthem stands as follows:
Translation (by (C) 2003 by Ihor W. Slabicky):
Ukraine's glory hasn't perished, nor her freedom
Upon us, fellow compatriots, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish, like dew in the morning sun,
And we too shall rule, brothers, in a free land of our own.
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of he Kozak nation.
Kind of beautiful, isn't it?
(Thanks to http://pages.prodigy.net/l.hodges/anthem.htm for the anthem info.)


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The following is a summary of the report: 'Researchers of Tomorrow: A three year (BL/JISC) study tracking the research behaviour of 'Generation Y' doctoral students'.
To download a copy of the report, please see: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2011/06/researchersoftomorrow.aspx
- The title of this blog post is the title given on JISC's website which I actually find a little misleading. The findings of the report suggest that although doctoral students are increasingly using open web and Web 2.0 technologies, they are:
- often passive users, not active contributors
- unconvinced of the academic value or credibility of these technologies
- confused about what open access and self-archiving is and how it works.
The report is part of a three year study which measures both quantitative data (gathered from responses to questionnaires from thousands of doctoral students) supplemented by qualitative data (gathered from a longitudinal study of 47 doctoral students).
Generation Y students are defined as those born between 1982 and 1994. These doctoral students are not 'digital natives' unlike the Google Generation (defined as those born after 1993). These students 'were educated at least up to secondary school with only limited access to computers and the internet' (p. 17).
A previous study on the Google Generation (The Google Generation Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future research (CIBER, 2008)) concluded that overall information literacy skills have not improved with increased access to information. One of the assumptions of this report was that Generation Y doctoral researchers would have information-seeking skills independent of Google and that this would impact on their research and time as doctoral researchers.
The overall aim of the Researchers of Tomorrow study is 'to establish a benchmark against which subsequent generations of scholars can be measured' (p. 17).
Findings on student behaviours
- 72% of doctoral researchers reported used institutional technologies, particularly referencing software.
- A far greater proportion (92%) use open web / Web 2.0 technologies.
- Much of this is passive use (i.e. reading not contributing) rather than active. Only 29% of Gen Y doctoral researchers were active users of web 2.0 technologies, e.g. by blogging. In the older sample group, only 23% were active users of Web 2.0.
- However, most were users of Facebook although doctoral researchers tended to perceive this as a strictly social use of Web 2.0. There was an increase in use of academic networking sites such as academia.edu, Graduate Junction (www.graduatejunction.com) and Mendeley (www.mendeley.com) amongst Gen Y respondents which they use to follow up contacts made at conferences, organise academic events and share research. Several also use Twitter to this end.
Training experience and implications
- Institutions offer training on the technologies they offer. However the relatively lower usage of these (72% vs the 92% using open web), suggests that either a) the technologies offered are inappropriate to student needs or b) that the training is inadequate or otherwise ineffective.
- Doctoral researchers tend to ask their peers for advice on open web technologies rather than turning to librarians, information professionals or their supervisors.
- Institutional engagement with Web 2.0 is often not sufficiently evident or pro-active to convince Gen Y of the credibility of using these applications in a research setting.
- However, institutional lack of support does not appear to affect competence in using these technologies.
- Doctoral researchers also often express reservations about sharing their work prematurely and often feel more confident in doing so in the final years of their research degree.
Open access
- Generally, there is lots of confusion over what open access is and how it works. There is a general misconception that open access means not peer-reviewed. Other recurring concerns were over payment, and copyright/IP implications.
- In several cases, doctoral researchers expressed confusion over open access and social media / Web 2.0.
My thoughts
There are some clear training implications here.
Firstly, there's obviously a greater need for clarity about open access although the report did note that the 2010 findings showed a greater level of understanding than in 2009.
Secondly, I'm not sure we can, or indeed should, train anyone on open web / Web 2.0. It's very much a personal choice and doctoral researchers (especially Gen Y) are mostly turning to peers for support in these areas. What we can do, I think, is legitimise open web and social media technologies within the research environment. This is also going to be a training issue for supervisors.
As I posted recently in my report back from Helen Partridge's excellent seminar, we're living in a constantly changing and complex information environment. One of our responsibilities – as I see it anyway – is to help doctoral researchers (and library users more generally) become confident and critical users of this information. How we go about doing this is, of course, another question…
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Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby has tweeted her support for Stephanie Davis after a row over dirty knickers turned nasty on Celebrity Big Brother.
Charlotte wrote:
Her fans had mixed feelings towards her tweet – some agreed that Stephanie was being bullied in the house, while others said that Steph shouldn't have left her underwear lying around in the first place.
Charlotte was referring to shocking scenes from last night's Celebrity Big Brother .
If it's possible, the house has got even more controversial – after Hollyoaks star Stephanie Davis was picked on for leaving her dirty underwear around the house – with housemates nastily comparing it to "pigeon s**t".
John Partridge , Darren Day and Christopher Maloney found a pair of Stephanie's knickers in a pile of dirty laundry, though it was unclear at this point who the underwear belonged to.
John kicked off shouting: "There's pigeon s**t in them!"
Housemates than carried on dissecting the knickers while both Darren Day the nation tried not to throw up at the descriptions of the used knickers.
"We need to name and shame now, this can no longer go on," exclaimed John, before going round the other housemates to find out whose knickers they were.
Danniella then whispered to Megan McKenna and Gemma Collins that she suspected the rogue knickers belonged to Steph, who was chided earlier this week for leaving her stuff around the house by in another explosive row .
"Jeremy will probably wash them for her," said Gemma.
"He's a mug, mate. He'll eat them," Danniella added.
Did we need to hear this? Apparently, yes.
Gemma went in to the kitchen to inspect the undies – which had been laid out on the table – declaring: "That's not normal."
Megan then defended the owner of the underwear saying: "Whoever they belong to, that's not fair."
A nonplussed Jeremy went and got the knickers and brought them in to Steph saying: "They're from Ann Summers, are they yours?"
Steph at first denied that they were her knickers, before eventually owning up to leaving them hanging around in a pile because she was going to wash them.
"Not that I should have to explain this, but I've been having problems down there," she later explained to her housemates.
"That's bullying and embarrassing," she said. "I was going to put them in [the bathroom] to get washed."
Danniella then kicked off, accusing Steph of saying that she "smelled of s**t" when she had an abscess.
But that wasn't the end of knickergate. Things got even more graphic when Steph and Jeremy had a chat in the garden.
Stephanie went into graphic detail when she explained to love interest Jeremy that she's been "f***ing horny as f*** and moist" in the house.
We'll leave what that means in relation to her dirty undies up to you. It's all just a bit too much...
Knickergate then escalated as Danniella and Gemma attempted to break out of the house , unhappy with claims from Steph that they'd bean bullying her over the knickers.
Shockingly, after talking to Big Brother, Danniella and Gemma change their minds and decide to remain in the house.
Having returned, Gemma explained to the other housemates why they left and insists that she was the victim, adding: "Things have been said the last couple of days, which you might not be aware of, that are hurtful to her [Danniella] and hurtful to me.
"We're not made of steel; we're not made of rock. It's hurtful."
However, Danniella then added a barb at Stephanie and said: "I'd be happy not to breathe the same air as her again in my life."
Nope, we're not quite sure what we've just seen either.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Saturday, the Tennessee State football team will hit the road for the first time this season for a non-conference clash with Alabama State.
Scouting TSU
The Tigers are coming off of a dominating, 58-6, victory over Edward Waters in the John Merritt Classic on Saturday. In the game, TSU set a new record for rushing yards with 439 and forced six turnovers on defense.
Scouting ASU
The Hornets fell to Sam Houston State, 51-20, last week. Alabama State gave up 685 yards of total offense, but the team's offense was effective as Daniel Duhart was 17-of-32 for 259 yards and two scores.
Three Keys to the Game
Hang on to the Ball
The TSU Tigers had five turnovers against the Tigers of Edward Waters, their most since surrendering five against UT Martin on Nov. 17, 2007. Mike German tossed a pair of picks, one of which was ran back for a touchdown. Those two interceptions are a far-cry from his zero in 2013. Luckily, Tennessee State forced six takeaways to keep the opposing offense off of the field. The Tigers cannot expect ASU to give the ball away, so limiting their own mistakes will be important.
Limiting Cyrus
Alabama State boasts one of the best backs in the country in Malcolm Cyrus who rushed for 94 yards on only 13 carries against Sam Houston State. In 2013, Cyrus was part of a two-headed attack along with former UGA transfer and current Cleveland Brown Isaiah Crowell, but Cyrus should be the feature back in 2014. ASU is pegged to win the SWAC and a strong running attack could help the squad take home the conference crown at season's end.
Establish a Passing Game
Against Edward Waters, German completed just six of his 20 attempts for a completion percentage of 30. TSU's 71 passing yards last Saturday rank the squad 92nd, nationally, after a weekend in which many FCS teams went on the road to play FBS teams. Last season, German completed 60 percent of his passes and averaged 167 yards per game. The rain definitely played a factor last Saturday, so German should be sharper with better weather against Alabama State.
The Tigers will meet the Hornets for the first time since 2000 on Saturday as TSU will look to improve to 11-1 against ASU when the teams kickoff on Sept. 6 at 4 p.m.


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We have three lovely Isa Browns who are back laying eggs for us each day – if the black crow doesn't get them! They are part of the family now, although regular care for them waxes and wanes.
Needless to say eggs feature on the menu quite often and as a family we love eggs for breakfast. But the amazing thing about using our very own eggs to simply poach for breakfast with homemade sourdough or a crusty white loaf, is simply how bright, perky and fresh they are. Really. Amazing.
If you have poached eggs before and had them collapse or spread in the warm pan of water then the eggs you have used are far from fresh.
My 5 tips for great poaching:
- Use the freshest eggs you can get your hands on
- Use a deep pan of water
- A good shlock of white vinegar helps to "set" the eggs when they enter the water
- Create that famous whirlpool with your spoon before gently pouring the eggs into the pan
- Use a slotted spoon to retrieve the egg – nothing worse than wet sloppy eggs!
One of the breakfast dishes we all enjoy is poached eggs with a crunchy, fresh salsa. This may contain finely chopped celery, red capsicum chilli, salad onion, garlic, olive oil, sea salt, pepper, basil, parsley, coriander, red wine vinegar, a dash of lime juice or palm sugar. Experiment to achieve that balance between spice, sweet and sour. Combine all ingredients and serve on top of your egg.
This may be me longing for something Asian inspired at breakfast time.


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As a consequence of the Legal Committee's initiative, Chapter 199 of the city code was amended in June 2014 to require that applications for mass gathering permits be submitted 120 days prior to the event in order to allow for notification and public comment. Regarding notification, the amended statute specifies:
If the parade or special event requires a street closure(s), the applicant must cause to be posted in the newspaper of record notice of such application within seven days of submitting an application for a special event or parade to the City Clerk. Said notice shall be published for two consecutive days. . . . Written public comments regarding the special event or parade application may be submitted to the Clerk within 10 days of the first publication of said notice.So today, this notice appeared on page 3 of the Register-Star.
According to the notice, the application, which involves shutting down Warren Street between Third Street (the street on which most visitors enter Hudson expecting to make a right turn onto our main street) and Fourth streets for five hours on the first Saturday in June, was submitted on May 18--just nineteen days before the proposed event instead of the required 120 days. The first public notification of the event appeared in the Register-Star today--eleven days after the application was submitted and only eight days before the event is supposed to take place, completely eliminating the possibility for written public comments, which, according to the statute, must be submitted "within 10 days of the first publication of said notice." Within ten days of the first publication, the event will be over and done with.
So what happened? Etsy, it would seem, has been promoting this Craft Party online for a while. Why did it take so long for it to occur to them that they might need a permit to shut down a block of Hudson's main street? And since, according to Etsy's own website, only two Etsy users are planning to attend this event, why do they need to shut down an entire block of Warren Street?
As we know, Mayor William Hallenbeck vetoed the 2014 amendments to the law pertaining to mass gathering permits, and the Common Council overrode his veto in order to adopt them. What the mayor seemed to fuss about most at the time was this sentence in the statute, which gives him discretion in granting mass gathering permits: "Exceptions to this application process may be made for good cause shown upon petition to the Mayor." Could it be that the mayor is using this sentence as license to flout the unwanted amendments altogether?
It will be interesting to see how the problem is resolved over the next week.


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West Florence students learn about STEM Careers
The Celebrate Freedom Foundation was at West Florence High School May 1 showing students first-hand a few of the STEM career options that they have after graduation.
Dave Capps, the foundation's Director of Special Projects, said that visiting schools is an important part of the foundation's goals to Educate, Promote and Honor.
"With our STEM Education program we go out on the road to do an average of 20-30 school campus visits a year," Capps said. "We pool grant money together so that schools don't have to find a way to pay for our visit. Basically what we do is bring the field trip to the school. It is harder to do field trips than ever before, red tape things. So we have real-world subject matter and experts that we bring to schools."
Capps said that the experts were veterans, from a variety of military branches, who wanted to share their personal experiences with students.
"What these veterans do when they come out is they are giving back," Capps said. "With the helicopter, we focus on aviation STEM careers but that is because it is easy for us to illustrate. We also talk about other areas like drone aviation that they can look into.
"We bring this AH1 Cobra Helicopter to school campuses and that gets their attention, students and staff," Capps said. "Once we've got their attention, we try to get them to understand that there are career opportunities that don't require a four-year degree; eighty percent of the STEM jobs that are already out there don't require a four-year degree. Filling out the top level of those careers, of course, they require a degree but 80 percent of them don't."
Part of the exhibit included a list of careers in Aeronautics including chemical engineering, computer scientist, systems analyst, aircraft technician, line maintenance technician, aeronautical drafters and test pilots, and also listed a general salary for those positions.
"With a lot of these we are talking about getting a technical education," Capps said. "Using A&P (Airframe and Powerplant mechanic) as an example, they go to technical school and in about 20 months they get an A&P and then they start learning, whether it is in a helicopter or a fixed wing jet. (A company) just right down the road from here really, if a student has a high school diploma and they get an A&P, with no experience and a clean record, they can be hired for $50,000 just to see if they will work out...Those are the kinds of things we are trying to connect students to."


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A quick review of Nativo 2007. Also available on Youtube here.
On the nose, you get clear notes of blackcurrant with a slight spicy note. Beautiful colour – dark ruby red with some brownish colours representing the age of this wine. What I mean is; apparently, the older wine get, the more brownish shade is presented in the wine, and it was clear in this wine ( Nativo).
On the palate, again clear notes of blackcurrant with some notes of oak and spices. On the second go, the fruitiness was very clear and very enjoyable. Very soft tannins.
Hughes wines are organic wines in the Swartland area. Regionally they get more evening cold mist from the sea which has a very clear soft tone on the wines (see also Durbanville region wines). This Nativo 2007 is a very enjoyable and easy drinking wine.


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Name: Benoît, Pol and Jean Frison
Product: Chicken
Location: Gibecq
The choice of elevating 'farm chickens' as part of a more global strategy of traditional agriculture for more than 30 years by the AGRISAIN Co-operative .
Today the farm is run by two young farmers:
Benoît who manages the chicken farm, but also tends a flock of 100 sheep in bio-agriculture. Pol who manages the marketing and sale of the products to the Coprosain markets. This production can best be described as 'rural', where the elevating is directly connected with the land. This means that the food of the animals originates from what is grown on the neighbouring farms in the district.


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Hawaii Emergency Management Chief Resigns Over False Missile Alert
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Why Obama Prioritizes Ousting Assad Over Defeating Syria's Jihadists (I)
n a blunder reeking of the fallout caused by supplying Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to 1980s mujahideen in Afghanistan, civilian airline passengers are now under threat from Syrian jihadists armed with portable surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS).
The Chinese Missile Crisis: A Pageant
Missiles, Dictators, Goldman Sachs, and the Grinch who stole Christmas. You need to read this article if you are following the Chinese Missile Crisis.
Large-scale Military Exercise to be Held by US, Israel
Ballistic Missile training?
What's Behind Plans to Deploy US Missiles in Europe?
Cold War part II
The US and the GCC Prepare a Conflict in the Middle East
Gulf Cooperation Council vs Iran.
Arms Manufacturer: MH17 downed by Buk-M1 Missile
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November 16, 2018
Professor Jarrod Wong, Co-Director of the McGeorge Global Center, co-chaired the 2018 Research Forum of the American Society of International Law (ASIL).
Convened at UCLA Law on Nov. 9 and 10, the Research Forum featured works-in-progress on various areas of international law by more than 70 authors and drew more than 200 attendees from 18 different countries. An ASIL Executive Council member, Professor Wong also moderated the conference keynote plenary panel on "Current Developments in International Trade."
Distinguished Professor of Law Frank Gevurtz also participated in the Research Forum, serving as the expert discussant on a panel on "Competition Law and Agencies."
On the heels of the plenary discussion of contemporary trade developments, Professor Wong is organizing and moderating at the 2019 American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, one of just six hot topics program sessions titled "NAFTA 2.0: Are We Building or Burning Bridges with USMCA?"
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) varies markedly from its predecessor, NAFTA, in its investment, environment and labor chapters, and treatment of automotive rules of origin, financial services, digital trade and intellectual property. The Session Panel will analyze the various changes to consider what impact on trade, investment, regulation and foreign relations they may have both within and beyond North America.
Join the discussion on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:15 pm at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Grand Salon Section 7, First Floor.


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Hey lovelies!!! I know it's been so long!! I miss all of you, believe me 🤗 You know how sometimes you have plans and life gets in the way and just replans (is that even a word?) everything for you? That's exactly what happened to me last week; exams began and I was busy grading and uploading grades in the system, rushing to meet deadlines, planning for the next term and what not…..humph!!! Why didn't they tell me being an adult wasn't that easy?
Well, having lived in this beautiful City for over four years now, I thought I should give all of you snippets of information about it. I truly love this place, and there are many reasons why I do and some of them are as follow:
1. Weather: As far as I'm concerned, the weather here is second to none. It's very nice; neither too hot nor too cold. The summer is beautiful because you can either dress light or wear fall clothes on some chilly days. Well, I must confess that as someone who's not used to living in an igloo, I still suffer in the winter even though the cold here is nothing compared to other countries like the US and countries in Europe. I think I've gotten used to it though (a bit), which was why the last time I traveled to my beloved country I felt like I was being baked in an oven 😜 I loved it! I still prefer my warm Africa any day, any time.
2. Beautiful beaches: Here you can find very beautiful and serene beaches, which are themselves a reason to visit Mexico. One of my favorite is the Cancun beach, it is absolutely gorgeous and has turquoise waters. The first time I visited, I was like waittt waittt, waittt what's that color, is that really Water? Yeah, I was amazed. You can save and visit this beautiful place with your family, it's especially beautiful in the summer. You'll love it, trust me.
3. Food: I love eating so I truly appreciate the variety of dishes here in Mexico. Where I come from and in many other places, there are just a few ways of eating corn, here in Mexico there are so many ways, including just boiling and roasting it. My favorite is the taco 😋 It is just yummy.
4. Transportation: According to some friends of mine who hail from Asia and other continents "the transportation system in Mexico is one of the best." I totally agree with them, it is so reliable and there are many options to choose from. You can always count on catching a train, bus or a taxi and at any time of the day! And there is also the option of walking. You can honestly live in this city without a car and still be fine. I love it for that. But those stairs in the metro can make you drop some pounds in just a week😊
5. Economic System: The government of this country has made room for small businesses to thrive. Corporations exist but they have not taken over the whole market, which is why you can still find small kiosks in the streets for startups and small entrepreneurs.
6. Flea Market: I can walk around a flea market a whole day and just window shop. These markets open on mostly weekends and it's interesting because you can find basically anything you'll find in a supermarket and even more. In these local markets, you'll find stuff ranging from electronics, phones, raw and cooked food, clothes, phone cases, kitchenware, furniture, bedsheets, home decor, vintage items is e.t.c. not to mention the beautiful mariachi music you'll hear coming from radios of vendors or even live mariachi bands.
Have you ever been to Mexico? What did you like about it? If you haven't been here, do you plan to visit someday?


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Comment on Understanding the Tax Refund Service in France and Galeries Lafayette new Self Service Tax Back Refund Machines by Fiona.
Hello Diane,
thanks so much for your blogpost!
I still have some questions after reading your comments/replies.
I processed the paperwork at Galeries Lafeyette's self service kiosks, and had the VAT stamp at an austrian airport, however was told they cannot process the refund as its not Global Blue. Do I post it back to the address you mentioned in your reply to Theresa? I also don't have my boarding pass anymore. Also don't I also need to post my receipt?
Thank you!


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Here's the top five reasons why a city in the heart of the Midwest is becoming a hotbed for a cleaner, greener future of transport:
- People – Cummins' people are intrinsic to all that the company does. With access to a pool of sparky entrepreneurs internally, and with Purdue University, Notre Dame and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology nearby, Cummins has access to some of the nation's smartest engineers, primed to develop the electric solutions of tomorrow.
- Technology – The Cummins Technical Center is the company's hub for research and development and the place where the Electrified Power business got started. The company's strengths in understanding catalysis for the Emission Solutions business kickstarted research into battery cell chemistries. The company has found that when you invest in curiosity, new solutions blossom.
- Location – Fourteen Interstate highways begin in, end at, or pass through Indiana, earning the state the nickname "Crossroads of America." Highways a plenty mean great access to customers (in fact, the state is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population), an abundance of land for off-highway vehicle testing and Lake Michigan for pushing electrified solutions to the next level.
- Service – Scaling up to produce product repeatedly and reliably is no simple task. Rest assured, Cummins has brought the same great minds together to develop its Electrified Power operations as they have done for the rest of the company's businesses. And once Cummins products are out the door, they are supported by a network of 7,200 dealerships globally, all connected to the company's headquarters in Indiana.
- Culture – Columbus, Indiana has adopted the motto: "Everywhere art and unexpected architecture." Columbus is celebrated as one of the best small cities in the world for architecture lovers and where there's art, there's inspiration for bright ideas that lead to future innovation. Be sure to check out the Chaos sculpture, the gateway project bridge and AEOS, the company's electric truck when you visit.
The world is changing fast. Cummins has the people, knowhow and facilities to drive innovation. After 100 years in business, the company knows its customers and what they need. As the world's largest independent manufacturer of diesel engines, building over a million engines a year, no one knows commercial vehicles like Cummins. Keep a watchful eye on Columbus Indiana, the 'Silicon Valley' of electric trucks.


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The Benefits of Refinancing in Calexico with Mr. Cooper
Deciding to refinance your home in Calexico can feel like a complicated decision. There are lots of influential factors and none that you take lightly. Fortunately, Mr. Cooper can help you along your refinancing journey. As a top-20 home lender and the third-largest home loan servicer in the country, we know the process well and can assist in refinancing your Calexico house. We'll start with something simple for now.
What does it mean to refinance? When you refinance a home mortgage, you pretty much pay off your existing home loan and replace it with a better one that fits your situation. If you want more predictability in your mortgage, refinancing might also be a wise time to refinance from an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) to a fixed rate mortgage.
Like new home loans, there are different types of refinances. There's refinancing to get a more favorable interest rate or loan term. There's also cash-out refinancing, which allows homeowners who want to leverage some of the home equity they have already built and take out cash to pay for important things like home improvements or college tuition.† Cash-out refinancing can also be an approach to consolidate debt, meaning that it can assist homeowners in paying down auto loans, medical bills, or credit card debt.^ Mr. Cooper can help you learn more about refinancing in Calexico, plus help you pick the best type of refinance for your needs. Read on to learn more. Then call a Mr. Cooper mortgage professional.
Debt Consolidation in Calexico, CA with Mr. Cooper
Mr. Cooper cash-out refinancing in Calexico can work well for homeowners who've established sufficient home equity, since they can access their equity as cash without having to sell their house. want to consider a refinance. Or the cash-out route can help cover home upgrades that add value and curb appeal. When used as a debt consolidation tool, refinancing can provide space in your monthly budget by combining multiple payments into a single payment. Even so, A Mr. Cooper mortgage professional can help put things in plain terms come at a cash-out refinance situation with a solid plan. A cash-out refinance is a long term obligation, and it sometimes leads to a higher monthly mortgage payment. Not sure whether a cash-out refinance is the best move for you? Call Mr. Cooper in Calexico. A friendly mortgage professional will talk through the pros and cons with you.
Should You Refinance with Mr. Cooper in Calexico?
There's a lot of resources and information online about refinancing. Even so, it can be difficult to know when it's the right time to refinance. Every homeowner's situation is unique — similar to how every home and home loan is unique! This is one reason why it can be advantageous to have an industry professional, like Mr. Cooper, working with you. We'll support you in determining the best time to refinance your home mortgage in Calexico based on current interest rates, your loan options, and potential closing costs. Give us a call and if you choose to apply, we can get the refinance process moving within just a few days. Call us extreme, but we don't believe refinancing your home or applying for a loan [content-text-5-9] but we don't think refinancing your home loan or applying for a loan should be a full-time job.
- † A cash‐out refinance increases your mortgage debt and reduces the equity you may have in your home. Your monthly mortgage payments may be higher.
- ^ A debt consolidation refinance increases your mortgage debt, reduces equity, and extends the term on shorter‐term debt and secures such debts with your home. The relative benefits you receive from debt consolidation will vary depending on your individual circumstances. You should consider that a debt consolidation loan may increase the total number of monthly payments and the total amount paid over the term of the loan. To enjoy the benefits of a debt consolidation loan, you should not carry new credit card or high interest rate debt.
- This is not a commitment to lend. All loans are subject to credit and property approval. This offer is nontransferable and may not be combined with any other mortgage offer. Advertised offer is subject to change. If a personal code is present on the advertised offer, you must provide such code to claim the offer. We may gather information about you including, but not limited to, credit bureau information, information for verification of income, information for appraisal and verification of property being used for collateral. We also verify your identity. Income, assets, and debt must meet eligibility requirements as established by Government and/or Lender guidelines.


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We're excited to welcome Sarah Mayer, the new Farm Manager at Wolf Ridge. She comes to us from southeastern Wisconsin. She has a B.S. in Chemistry and Environmental Science, Natural Resource Emphasis from Carroll University, Waukesha, WI. Wolf Ridge Almanac editor Lori Walewski sat down recently to learn a bit more about her story and […]Read Full Post
Tori Dahl is currently the Farm Field Manager at Wolf Ridge, a seven-month job she started in April, 2018. Her background includes B.A.s in Biology and English from California Lutheran University and from Antioch University of New England, a Masters in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Environmental Education, plus a Certificate in Food Justice and Resilient Communities. […]Read Full Post
"We should call that one The Great Pigdini!" "And that one can be named JEFF!" No matter what age of students you bring down to the farm, as soon as you allow them some free time to explore, they inevitably all end up surrounding the pigs. Meeting pigs isn't the only highlight of the day. […]Read Full Post
If you happen to be visiting the Wolf Ridge Organic Farm this summer, you might see some new critters stalking about. Pigs, thats right. We have 3 pigs in each of 4 pens (12 pigs total) rooting around the scrub land that was cleared a year ago. When they get moved to a new piece […]Read Full Post
Today we were proud to be part of a tour of several awesome "Farm to School" projects in the northland. Read Wolf Ridge's farm story.Read Full Post
David Abazs hails originally from the suburbs of New York City. A documentary about Amish life provided the spark to motivate David to pursue his dream when he was just seven – become a farmer. He goes on to say, "It [the documentary] was about these people without mustaches and beards and they used horses […]Read Full Post


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Speech #6: Vocal Variety, Best Run Toastmasters, Vancouver BC Canada
by: Geoff Peters geoffmobile.com
March 22nd 2012
Title: The Changing Face of Celebrity
Synopsis: Geoff talks about the historical exclusiveness of the "celebrity class" of people, introduces the idea of "micro celebrity", and talks about how anyone can become a celebrity in their own way.
Speech Summary:
Around 10 years ago, I had my first celebrity crush. I won't go into details of which celebrity it was, but let me tell you that I had all the physiological symptoms of being in love: my heart rate increased, I felt giddy and light headed, I bumped into things, and I couldn't think about anyone else. Yes, I was in "love" with a celebrity, as much as a 20 year old can be.
Fortunately, a few weeks passed, and the burning object of my desire faded away into the normality of every day life. I hoped that one day I would find my cupid's arrow pointing at a real human being, and around five years later this happened. Love. Of the one-on-one variety. But I digress. As a logical and inquisitive person, and having first experienced a "celebrity crush" I was suddenly fascinated by the whole concept of a "celebrity" and the whole enterprise: what would it feel like to be a celebrity, would it be normal?
But in today's talk I am not going to explore the topic of what it might be like to be Justin Bieber or Britney Spears. After all, the private lives and behind the scenes have been covered extensively in documentaries and "made for MTV" specials. Today I am going to talk about what I call the "changing face of celebrity" or more specifically, how it is possible for common people to become their own "micro -celebrities" and how being a celebrity is no longer such an exclusive club.
1. What is a celebrity? Celebrities are admired, have a personality and a "story", and have influence. Example: Carmageddon. Lady Gaga
Ashton Kutcher: 9.8 million followers: LAPD askd me 2tweet: 405fwy btwn 10 & 101 will b closed July16-17. In xchange I would like a free pass on that stoplight tickt IT WAS YELLOW
2. What is changing about celebrity? Youtube is allowing ordinary people to become "micro celebrities" in their own way. (a matter of scale, spheres of influence, tribe, shift from (pro to masses), to (creators to smaller audiences) Examples :Justin Bieber 18 million followers (rose to fame from a Youtube channel), Cooking with Dog (200,000 subscribers) Geoffmobile (146 subscribers)
3. Advice for budding celebrities? Use the power for good, be true to yourself (consider editing/revising). Help the world: focus locally: volunteer, support the arts, environment, spread goodwill. Can have political influence: David Suzuki, Wind mobile, tuition fees, Occupy. True to yourself: be who you want to be, and then allow people to become your fans, rather than trying to be what other want to be.
So in conclusion, a celebrity is admired, has a personality, story and influence. Ordinary people can "put themselves out there" and become mini-celebrities in their own way. And if you're an aspiring celebrity, be true to yourself, and use your influence to impact the world in a positive way.
Thanks for watching. For more videos from Geoff, please rate, comment, and subscribe!
Geoff has more videos on his website at geoffmobile.com
Have a great day!
For more information about Best Run Toastmasters club in Yaletown, Vancouver BC Canada, and how you can join us, please email Geoff at email@example.com
Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V
Audio recorded on a Zoom H1 and processed in Audacity.
Video edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).
Closing and opening music by Laundryman (the Vancouver electronic band). Visit them on facebook at:
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Thanks for the synopsis, aqua, and welcome aboard!
Just realized all the nice comments folks had left for my son are suddenly gone! That's a real shame; it was a really nice boost for a six year-old to see people saying nice things about his comic strip. I think I'm to blame though. I think I munged up two postings by date, and in correcting it, accidentally deleted the old version of this post.
If anyone out there sees this–Natasha, Mark, George, Bearman, and all–and would like to re-comment, I know my little boy would be happy for it!
Hooray, my name came first! x)
Anyways, tell him that Spiderman would approve
You're a saint, Natasha. I will.
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I can see you've got a very talented family, Mr. W!
better than i could draw at six and i went to art school
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Happy weekend!
This time last weekend I was at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, and it was a pretty awesome place to be.
Before we start, let me just put it out there that I don't actually like Guinness. Nevertheless, when in Dublin, it's sort of a necessary stop!
We went in the morning, around 11, which turned out to be a good idea, because when we went inside they have those canvas barriers making a winding queue long enough to rival something you'd see at Alton Towers. Fortunately, we could walk straight up to a ticket desk. (Tip: if you book online, your ticket is about €2 cheaper at €18, and if you book online for a weekend morning, you can visit for €16 – 2016 prices.)
You can take a free audio guide if you wish, but there is a lot of information in the exhibition regardless. Being Guinness in Dublin, they could have one room with a few posters about the making of it and people would probably still visit, but they have made a big effort here – it's a really first-class attraction.
They use all sorts of multimedia, including videos to describe each stage of the making of Guinness. They have a massive pit full of barley, a mini waterfall, fully grown hops stretching from floor to ceiling and some of the yeast that has been passed down through the generations – these are the four ingredients that make up Guinness. The latter is so important that they keep some in a safe that the boss has to look after.
There was also a mini section dedicated to cooperage – the making of the barrels. The original coopers did a lot of their work by eye – they were so good that they hardly had to measure anything to create a perfectly sealed barrel. This bit made me think that making these might be more challenging than creating a perfect pint!
On the second floor there was a bar, which we would come back to. It was also home to the Guinness taste experience, around ten minutes where they summarise again the ingredients and tell you how to taste it properly – basically, take a massive gulp to 'drink through the head', as the foam is largely nitrogen and wouldn't be that nice. Now, we had already had a sample of Guinness Foreign Extra at the end of the first floor, so this had been an unpleasant first sample, but it meant that the ordinary Guinness in the taste experience seemed heavenly by comparison.
The third floor was all about advertising: there were toucans, the Guinness harp, the snail with a pint, and massive TV screens playing some of the best. Guinness has had a fair few famous adverts, including 'Surfer', which was voted the best advert of all time back in 2002. ('Tick followed tock' / 'Good things come to those who wait' – referring to the two minutes – or 119.5 seconds, to be precise – that it takes to pour a Guinness and leave it to settle.) There were photo booths, so you could put your face in a famous Guinness advert, and then share them straight away via iPads to social media – a very smart publicity move.
Then on the fourth floor, it was time for the Guinness Academy – pour your own perfect pint! We learned the technique – a two-part pour – then poured our pints and got a little certificate as a souvenir. Of course, I would have found a pint of it absolutely impossible to drink, so I gave mine to my man and got a Fanta. I did end up wishing I had picked a Cola, as it would have stood out far less…
We headed up to the Gravity bar on the seventh floor for a look. The windows are floor to ceiling, and there is information on the glass about the famous sites within view. It was unbelievably busy though, so we got the obligatory photo, thought about getting food in the restaurant on level five, but instead went back down to the bar on level two, where we found a duo playing folk songs. It was so good, and then they started playing Caledonia and I think I loved them.
After a fun couple of hours, we had a quick look in the shop, which was full to bursting with T-shirts, rugby shirts, Guinness-flavoured chocolate, keyrings, mugs and so on. I somewhat regret not buying an extremely tacky (i.e. excellent) old-fashioned alarm clock with the Guinness toucan on it.
So that was the Guinness Storehouse! It completely exceeded my expectations and was one of the best put-together tourist attractions I've ever visited. (I used to work in tourism and visited a LOT of attractions, so this is high praise.) For someone who can't even finish a pint of Guinness, it was still easy to appreciate a brilliant exhibition, and admire an incredible story of success.