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Chapter Bylaws
The name of this organization is the Southern California Division of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), hereafter referred to as the Division. It is a not-for-profit organization deriving its status from the UNA-USA, LLC.
Sec.1. Mission.
We are dedicated to educating, inspiring and mobilizing Americans to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations and to strengthen the UN system. UNA-USA encourages U.S. leadership to work constructively through the United Nations and encourages everyone to achieve the goals of the United Nations Charter. Through our chapters and programs, UNA-USA educates the American public about the invaluable work of the United Nations, raises funds and carries out local activities related to the United Nations, and recruits, engages, and retains members around the country.
Sec. 2. Functions. The Division shall
a. Take appropriate action to promote the aims of the Charter of the United Nations in Southern California.
b. Serve as liaison between the Southern California Chapters of UNA-USA, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, solutions of problems, and coordinated action.
c. Strengthen policies and advocacies of issues of diverse interest and concern to Chapters and members in Southern California within the purposes of UNA-USA.
d. Coordinate activities of the Southern California Chapters as occasion and Chapter interests dictate, jointly or Division-wide.
e. Serve the Southern California Chapters in assisting them to carry out the purposes and programs of the UNA-USA and in applying the Chapter Handbook. Service to the Chapters shall be determined by the unique local character of each Chapter and at the behest of the Chapters themselves.
f. Strengthen existing Chapters, extend the UNA-USA by forming new Chapters and/or Contact Groups, nurture chapter Young Professionals groups, expand membership in the UNA-USA and recommend the chartering of new Chapters to the UNA-USA.
g. Provide programs, projects and events to promote the mission of UNA-USA.
h. Coordinate action on Association business and Substantive Issues which come before the National Annual Meeting.
i. Support and participate in the election of the Southern California Region's representatives to the UNA-USA CCR Steering Committee.
Sec. 3. Activities.
The Division Board of Directors, hereafter called "the Board", shall promote activities implementing National programs and strengthening Chapters' priorities as fully as possible. Activities undertaken by the Division shall have been adopted by the Board and not be in conflict with the Chapter Handbook or activities of the Chapters.
The general membership of the Southern California Chapters of UNA-USA and other UNA-USA members living in the SoCal region shall comprise the general membership of the Division.
Sec. 1. Officers.
The officers of the Division shall be a President, a Vice President of Programs, a Vice President of Communication, A Vice-President of Resource Development, a Vice President of Membership and Chapter Development, a Secretary, a Treasurer and two Chapter Representatives.
Section 2. Functions.
a. The President shall
Guide and facilitate the work of the division
Preside at Division Board and Executive Committee meetings;
Serve as ex-officio member of all committees except the nominating committee;
Serve as official representative and spokesperson of the Division at local, state, and national functions, conferences, and conventions;
Serve as a representative to the Southern California Regional Council of Organizations;
Be responsible for sound financial administration of the Division;
Sign contracts when authorized by the Board;
Co-sign checks with the Treasurer or other officer designated by the Board;
Appoint Standing Committee Chairs (see Art. VII, Sec. 1) prior to the beginning of the administrative year in consultation with Chapter Representatives and the respective Vice Presidents;
Appoint ad hoc committee chairs, newsletter editor, an auditor, and a parliamentarian as necessary.
b. The First Vice President of Programs shall serve in the place of the President in the event of the absence, death, or disability of the President.
c. The four Vice-Presidents shall in the areas of their responsibility
Provide leadership
Ensure the selection of members of standing and ad hoc committees
Jointly with the committee chairs, inform the general membership of the work of their committees
d. The Secretary shall prepare and maintain a Division Directory including a list of the Division Board of Directors, Committee, Chapters Boards, etc., and shall be responsible for the taking and preparation of minutes of the Division Board and Executive Committee meetings.
e. The Treasurer shall keep an accurate financial record of Division receipts and disbursements; co-sign checks and other documents as directed by the Board; submit books for annual audit; make records available for reporting to the Division Annual Meeting and to the Board and the Executive Director, UNA-USA.
Sec. 3. Terms of Office.
Officers shall serve for staggered two-year terms and may succeed themselves for one term in the same position. Other than the Division President, any incumbent that has served two terms in the same position may be nominated for another term in that position only if the Nominating Committee affirms at the Division Annual Meeting that it could find no qualified replacement.
Sec. 4. Elections.
Elections shall take place at the Annual Meeting held at the end of the year. In odd-numbered years, the following officers are elected: President, Secretary, Vice President of Communications, Vice President of Membership/Chapter Development. and two Executive Committee Chapter Representatives. In addition three Nominating Committee members, one a holdover and one designated as Chair shall be elected.
In even-numbered years, the following officers are elected: Treasurer, First Vice President of Programs, Vice President for Resource Development and two Executive Committee Chapter Representatives. In addition three Nominating Committee members, one a holdover and one designated as Chair, shall be elected.
The officers-elect shall take office January 1 of the ensuing year.
Sec. 5. Removal.
Any elected officer who fails to attend two consecutive regular meetings, without acceptable excuse shall be removed unless the majority of the Board, excluding the officer who failed to attend, vote to retain such officer.
Sec. 6. Vacancies.
Vacancies occurring in the interim between elections shall be filled by the Board of Directors from nominations made by the Nominating Committee or by nominations made by members of the Board should there be no candidate named by the Nominating Committee. Those elected to fill the vacancies shall fill the unexpired terms of those originally elected.
Sec. 1. Composition.
The Board of Directors shall consist of voting and non-voting members. The voting members shall be the elected officers, the Southern California Chapter Representatives (or in their absence their designee), the chair of the Southern California Regional Council of Organizations, and the Southern California Region representatives to the UNA-USA CCR Steering Committee. The non-voting members shall be the Parliamentarian and the Standing Committee Chairs. When a Chapter President is also an elected officer of the Division or where a chapter has co-presidents, a designated representative of that chapter who shall have the vote for the Chapter shall represent the Chapter.
Sec. 2. Voting.
The Board is the voting body of the Division for matters other than electing of officers and the amending of Bylaws. Majority vote shall prevail in all matters.
Sec. 3. Quorum.
The quorum shall be thirty-three percent of the Board members.
Sec. 4. Meetings.
Board Meetings shall take place two to four times a year. Special Meetings shall be held at the call of the President or at the request of one-third of the Board members; the call to a Special Meeting, by a 10-day written or electronic notice, shall state the matters to be discussed, and no other matters shall be voted on at the meeting.
Any member of the Chapters may attend Board Meetings unless the Board determines that it will meet in Executive Session.
Sec. 5. Functions of the Board.
The functions and responsibilities of the Board shall be to
a. Make policy for the organization and to have the power over any constitutional changes affecting policy.
b. Adopt Procedural Guidelines for meetings.
c. Assume fiscal responsibilities and control and manage the operating funds and capital assets for the use and benefit of UNA-USA, Southern California Division.
d. Receive, in carrying out its responsibilities under "c," a chapter per capita assessing each Chapter a membership contribution The Division assessment for each membership unit shall be $2.50 for each membership unit. GenUN members shall not be included in the chapter per capita assessment.
e. Initiate action on matters that are pertinent to the functioning of the Division; to take action on matters referred by the President and Executive Committee; to vote, as needed, on the actions of the Executive Committee that have been taken in the interim between regular and special meetings of the Board by ratification or parliamentary action to alter.
f. Decide, with the President, whether or not Committee Chairs who are not members of the Board shall be invited to attend meetings of the Board.
g. Designate two Chapters to each select a representative to serve on the Division Executive Committee each year.
h. Nominate two members to the Nominating Committee.
i. Set the date of the Division Annual Meeting at the first Board Meeting each year and call special general membership meetings when necessary.
j. Publicize to the Division general membership and Southern California Regional Council of Organizations the Division Annual General Membership Meeting agenda, activities and registration no less than 30 days prior to the Division Annual Meeting date.
Sec. 1. Composition.
The Executive Committee is composed of the seven elected officers. The Southern California Region representative of the UNA-USA CCR Steering Committee will be non-voting, ex-officio members.
Sec. 2. Meetings.
The Executive Committee shall meet as needed between regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or at the call of the President for urgent or emergency matters.
Sec. 3. Duties.
The functions and responsibilities shall be
a. To provide assistance to the President in carrying out the policies and actions authorized by the Board.
b. To conduct the affairs of the Division between meetings of the Board.
c. To report to the Board on any Board-referred or other actions taken on behalf of the Board.
d. To serve for the Board at the Board's direction.
Sec. 4. Consultants. The President may invite such other consultants to attend Executive Committee meetings as pending matters require. Consultants may have voice but no vote.
Sec. 5. Quorum. The quorum shall be three Executive Committee members.
Sec. 1. Standing Committees. Appointed Standing Committees, whose chairs serve under the appropriate Vice President and are members of the Board, include:
Program and Advocacy
Resource Development
Membership and Chapter Development
The above standing committees are appointed for two-year terms at the even or odd year election of the respective Vice Presidents. Standing Committee Chairs are responsible, in consultation with the respective Vice President, for appointing Standing Committee members prior to the first Board meeting following the election. Under the leadership of the appropriate Vice-President, areas of responsibility for each committee may be as follows except where the Board makes reassignments:
Programs and Advocacy: Annual Membership Meeting, Global Issues, Advocacy, Model UN;
Communications: Internet, Division Website, Social Networking, Newsletter;
Resource Development; Grants, endowments, fund-raisers;
Membership and chapter Development: New chapters, Chapter support
Sec. 2. Off-Board Committee Chairs.
As needed, there will be off-Board Chairs serving under each of the vice presidential areas.
Sec. 3. Ad hoc Committees.
The President, with the Board, shall decide what ad hoc committees are necessary to accomplish the purposes and functions of the Division; committee chairs and members shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Board.
Sec. 4. Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee shall consist of at least three members: the Treasurer as Chair, the Vice-President for Development and at least one other member appointed by the President with the approval of the Board. The Finance Committee shall assist the Treasurer in his/her duties, including the development of the budget and monitoring of expenses.
Sec. 5. Nominating Committee.
The Nominating Committee shall consist of five members who shall represent five different Chapters. Two of the Committee shall be members of the Board and appointed by the Board. Three members, including the Chair, shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee and elected at the Annual Meeting. In addition to the five members, each Chapter not represented in the five and in good standing, may designate to serve on the committee, one of its members who has been a Chapter member in good standing for one year. The Nominating Committee shall be responsible for developing a slate of candidates for elections held at General Membership Meetings.
There shall be an Annual Meeting for the general membership each year. The General Membership shall have the authority to elect officers, vote on bylaw amendments, and consider institutional policy issues. Additional membership meetings, including the agenda, shall be determined by the Board with any three members allowed to add items. Thirty members of the Division shall constitute a quorum at the Annual Meeting.
Sec. 1. Nominations.
By written or electronic notice 30 days in advance of the Division Annual Meeting, the Nominating Committee shall send to the general membership a slate of candidates for the offices that fall vacant each year.
Sec. 2. Additional Nominations.
Following the presentation by the Nominating Committee of its slate, nominations may be made from the floor if the permission of the proposed nominee has been obtained.
Sec. 3. Voting.
Each of the general members present has one vote.
Sec. 4. Election.
When there is no opposition for an office, elections shall be by voice vote. When there is more than one candidate for any office, if any member requests a secret ballot election shall be by secret ballot.
Sec. 5. Election of Regional Representatives
The Southern California Regional Representatives to the CCR Steering Committee will be elected according tot the Standard Operating Procedures of the UNA-USA Council of Chapters and Regions.
UNA-USA National Annual and Special Meetings
Sec. 1. Delegates.
In addition to the President (see Art. IV, Sec. 2a), another delegate and a maximum of two alternates to UNA-USA National Annual and Special Meetings shall be selected by the Executive Committee to represent the Division.
Sec. 2. Delegation Leadership.
The President shall appoint the delegation floor leadership.
Sec. 3. Expenses.
As the finances of the Division permit, a portion of the expenses of the delegates shall be borne by the Division. The President shall first have all essential expenses paid; remaining funds shall be allocated on a pro-rata basis.
Sec. 1. Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Division shall be January 1 through December 31 of each year.
Sec. 2. Budget.
The budget shall be the responsibility of the Board and shall be adopted as soon as possible after the beginning of the fiscal year. Members of the Executive Committee shall submit financial needs to the Budget Committee.
Sec. 3. Audit.
There shall be an audit of the finances of the Division as required. Copies of the Audit shall be given to each member of the Board and may be made available to general members upon request. Copies shall be furnished to UNA-USA as required.
Sec. 4. Checks.
Checks shall have two official signatures; that of the President and Treasurer, or two of four officers designated by the Board.
Sec. 5. Indemnification of Officers.
The Board shall take action to indemnify officers if such action is deemed necessary by the Board. Indemnification expenses shall be borne by the Division.
Affiliated with the Division is the Southern California Regional Council of Organizations whose purposes are: a) to educate the public on the role and organization of the U.N. and its agencies and b) to improve the effectiveness of the U.N. and strengthen it. The Council Chair is a voting member of the Division Board.
These bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any regular general membership meeting provided that the amendments have been approved by the Board and made available to the Chapters for inspection thirty days before the date of the meeting and provided that the date, place, and purpose of the meeting shall have been announced thirty days in advance.
The latest edition of Roberts Rules of Order shall be the Parliamentary Authority where there is no conflict with these Bylaws.
Revised 11/9/13 (pdf), 11/5/11(html), 11/6/04 (html), 11/18/03, 12/7/02, 11/4/95, 9/26/92, 10/15/89, 10/25/80.


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Investors are always looking for an edge -- a new and better way to understand and analyze their current and future stocks. One of the best ways to improve in any endeavor is by learning from the wisdom of world-class performers, and this is true in investing, too.
I've been researching the best quotes from venture capitalists on technology, innovation, and investing and this called to mind a terrific article from years ago by famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. Andreessen casts a long shadow in Silicon Valley. Among his many accomplishments, he helped invent the internet browser, co-founded dot-com era darling Netscape, co-founded one of the first cloud-computing companies (LoudCloud), and made early investments in Facebook and Twitter. When it comes to creating and investing in technology companies, the dude knows what's up.
In the aforementioned 2007 writeup, Andreessen puts forth his view on the question of what single factor most directly leads to success in a start-up. Thankfully, his answer and the framework that guides his thinking are directly applicable to investing in publicly traded stocks as well.
What matters most?
In the piece, which you can and should read here, Andreessen tackles the question of which of three elements -- product, market, or team -- most directly influences a start-up's odds of success. His answer might surprise you.
He begins by briefly defining what he means by each term:
- Team is how well the group of people in a start-up are suited to solve the problem in front of them.
- Product is seen as how "impressive" a given product is to those who will actually use it, the customers.
- Market refers to the number of potential users for the given product. Is the start-up trying to swim in a pond or an ocean?
He then examines the pros and cons for each of the three key inputs since they all have merit and in some way influence a start-up's success or failure. Finally, Andreessen makes his case for which of the three core start-up elements matters the most. His choice? The market.
By his reckoning, "In a great market -- a market with lots of real potential customers -- the market pulls product out of the startup." In a space where a major need is going unmet, users will happily adopt and regularly use a service or product even if it doesn't perfectly fulfill all their needs or it comes from a suboptimal team. The opposite is also true: An incredible team can produce the best product for a certain problem. But if the product is relevant only to a handful of possible users, then the start-up is unlikely to succeed.
A light to guide your search
This is powerful insight for tech investors, one that can prove immensely useful in searching for tech stocks to buy in a few different respects.
First, Andreessen's insight suggests that the biggest winners come from companies that gain leadership advantages in massive markets. Here, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is a natural example. In our commercial world, retail transactions make the world go round. Amazon has turned in truly blockbuster results from gradually expanding its market from just books at its founding to nearly everything under the sun today. The sheer potential size of the global e-commerce market is another reason I think Amazon still has decades of growth ahead of it, even though it's reached an age when most companies mature. In this way, using market size as a framework to guide your research process can lead you to the companies, like Amazon, that can continually compound at above-average rates over the long term.
Second, using market size as a theme to guide your investing search can also bring to light interesting niche players you might otherwise overlook. Continuing with the e-commerce example, companies like Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) have also thrived by tapping into a need larger providers like Amazon are unable or unwilling to address. By explicitly developing its product as an easy-to-use e-commerce platform for small businesses, Shopify has been able to differentiate itself from larger platforms like Amazon and eBay to incredible results. Shopify continues to grow like a weed -- customer count grew 60% and gross merchant value doubled in its most recent quarter -- and an important reason underpinning that growth is akin to Amazon's use case in which the size of the market fuels success.
This isn't to say Andreessen's framework is the best way to uncover winning investments. However, his approach does nicely present a somewhat counterintuitive way for investors to think about winning companies and what drives their success, and that's certainly a valuable insight all investors should understand.

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|IPM Pest and Plant Disease Models and Forecasting
|for Agricultural, Pest Management, and Plant Biosecurity Decision Support in the US
API Technical Documentation
Update Apr. 26, 2011
uspest.org/risk/models "MyPest Page" is a multi-crop, multi-model interface intended to serve users at local, regional, and national scales of pest management. Because of this diversity of users, you may wish to set up your webpages with custom embedded pest model charts and tables for one or more pests and locations. For example you could embed the disease model and temperature charts, and degree-day model tables or charts, into a County Extension webpage. All of these elements ("widgets" is the term used today) are loaded from our server into your pages (as you set them up) at the browser of the end-user in real-time (acting as simple web services for your mashups). The primary HTML tags to do this are  <object> (used here) and  (not used here).
Example 1: Embed a local (zipcode-based) apple scab chart and table plus a link to the model at uspest.org ex. for Woodbridge, CA; zip=95686:

<object data="https://uspest.org/risk/models?dtbl=a_scab&zipcode=95686" width="400" height="220" border="0"></object>
Example 2: Embed reduced-size charts for temperature and the Tomcast DSV model. Add lines in the temperature chart at 30, 50, and 70F) ex. for Corvallis, OR; station code=CRVO:

Example 3: Embed a degree-day table and chart for spotted wing Drosophila (using the <object> tag) ex. for Kelso, WA (KKLS):
<object id="model1" data="https://uspest.org/cgi-bin/ddmodele.pl?uco=1&spp=swd&enm=10&end=30&wfl=KKLS11.txt
&fcz=98626&hfl=longview_wa.txt&spyr=1&shd=1&mkt=0&mkg=1&just_table=1" width="440" height="320" scrolling="yes" border="0"> </object>
<object id="model2" data="https://uspest.org/cgi-bin/ddmodele.pl?uco=1&spp=swd&enm=10&end=30&wfl=KKLS11.txt
&fcz=98626&hfl=longview_wa.txt&spyr=1&shd=1&mkt=0&mkg=1&mkgp=0" width="520" height="320" scrolling="no" border="0"> </object>
1. At this time, weather parameter and disease risk model charts do not include mention of the location. You should add your own location labels above or beside the chart. Tables, however do mention the Weather station code, plus the station name (for degree day tables).
2. No cookies are used by default; therefore all settings must be specified in the tags and params.
Full listing of Mypest Page mashup params and values:
Chart settings - Weather/disease/other hourly driven models - use  tags: ------------ Use the 'img=' parameter to embed a chart of the selected item. ex: Embed a temperature chart:  Embed a temperature chart for station CRVO (Corvallis, OR):  Embed a temperature chart for a station nearest the specified zipcode (Davis, CA):  Options: img=xxxxx where xxxxx is the weather parameter or disease ov which you want a chart. See the 'wp' and 'mdl' parameter descriptions below to get a full list of avaible values. Image specific parameters: img_x=xxx where xxx is the width in pixels img_y=yyy where yyy is the height in pixels Table settings - Weather/disease/other hourly driven models - use <object data="...." > tags: ------------ Use the 'dtbl' parameter to embed a daily summary table for the selected item. ex: Return a summary table of temperature: <object data="https://uspest.org/risk/models?dtbl=temp" border=0> </object> Return a summary table of the apple scab model: <object data="https://uspest.org/risk/models?dtbl=a_scab" border=0> </object> Use further parameters (described below) to control the table. Degree-day model chart and table settings - use <object data="...." > tags: ------------ Use the program uspest.org/cgi-bin/ddmodele.pl to embed degree-day (DD) models. ex: DD summary table: <object data="https://uspest.org/cgi-bin/ddmodele.pl?uco=1&spp=swd&enm=10&end=30&wfl=KKLS11.txt &fcz=98626&hfl=longview_wa.txt&spyr=1&shd=1&mkt=0&mkg=1&just_table=1" width=440 height=420 scrolling="yes" border=0> </object> DD chart: <object data="https://uspest.org/cgi-bin/ddmodele.pl?uco=1&spp=swd&enm=10&end=30&wfl=KKLS11.txt &fcz=98626&hfl=longview_wa.txt&spyr=1&shd=1&mkt=0&mkg=1&mkgp=0" width=520 height=320 border=0> </object> Where: uco= stands for "use calc only" when set to "1" which skips the legacy interface to DD models spp= specifies the species abbreviation to use for the model see this list to find what models are available in our system. Contact us (scroll to bottom) if you would like a new model to be added. stm= std= enm= end= stand for starting month and day and ending month and day for the DD model cal= stands for degree-day calculation method, where: T1 is single triangulation DDs (Sevacherian et al. 1977) T2 is double triangulation DDs (Sevacherian et al. 1977) S1 is single sine curve DDs (Baskerville & Emin 1969) (this is used by default) S2 is double sine curve DDs (Baskerville & Emin 1969) A is simple average/growing DDs (tmax + tmin/2 - tlow) G is corn growing degree-days (used for sweet corn) DH is degree-hours (4 day cumulative, used for fire blight) HD is heating DDs (power industry) CD is cooling DDs (power industry) PD is P-days (potato development DDs from Wisdom DSS) tlo= stands for the lower temperature threshold (needed when not using a model from the database) thi= stands for the upper temperature threshold (needed when not using a model from the database) cel= stands for "use celsius" rather than Fahrenheit wfl= stands for the station code to use for weather data, plus the year and .txt, ex. "11.txt" fcz= stands for the zipcode to use for a 7-day NWS forecast, or exclude this parameter and the program will attempt to find a zipcode to use (this is currently a bug) hfl= stands for the historical 30-year average temperature file to use see this list to find an appropriate station to use, or exclude this parameter and the program will attempt to find the nearest location. spyr= stands for "spanyear" and normally is not needed unless your model begins in the fall and spans into the winter/spring of the next year. shd= stands for "show header off" and should always be set to "1" unless you wish to show the legacy header which includes photos of the pest (if available), and links to documentation. mkt= stands for "make table" meaning the full daily detailed table output. Normally this should be set to "0" to not display the full table. mkg= stands for "make graph" which is the standard chart output. Use "0" for off and "1" for on. mkgp= stands for "make tables popup from graph" which should be "0" unless you provide sufficient space on the webpage and in the object tag settings (such as width="800" height="700") to display a popup table. just_table= stands for "just table" for when a DD summary table is the primary output. Use "1" for on. <object> tag parameters of interest: data= the source URL you are embedding/mashing. width= the number of pixels to allow for the object to display. Normally ca. 440 is recommended for a DD summary table, 520 is recommended for a DD chart, and 800 is recommended for a chart with a popup table (using tag mkgp=1). height= the number of pixels to allow for height of the object to display. ca. 320, 320, and 700 can be used with the width recommendations above. scrolling= Set to "yes" or "1" to provide a scroll bar for the object if larger than the allotted space. border= Set to "no" or "0" to not include a border around the object. Mypage params and values: sta=xxxxx where xxxxx is the station code. eg sta=CRVO or sta=v2CRVO (for virtual station). start_date=yyyymmdd where yyyymmdd is year month day (eg 20100704 is July 4, 2010) of when to start displaying data. span=xx where xx is number of days data to display after start date f_date=yyyymmdd where yyyymmdd is year month day (eg 20100723 is July 23, 2010) of when to start displaying forcast data forecasted on a specific date. wp=xxxxx where xxxxx is the weather parameter to display. Possible values: temp dewpt rel_hum windspeed rain leafwet mdl=xxxxx where xxxxx is hourly disease model. Model values: none (to force no models -- even cookied model params) a_scab (Apple Scab) p_scab (Pear Scab) p_mild (Powder Mildew) h_pm (Hops Powdery Midlew) ch_pm (Cherry Powdery Mildew) cl_pm (Cleistothecial Powdery Mildew) str_pm (Strawberry Powdery Mildew) mm_mc (Muskmelon Melcast) wm_mc (Watermelon Melcast) p_scld (Anjou Pear Scald) fb (Fire Blight) fb10 (Fire Blight 2010) boti (Botrytis) tplb (Tomato Potato Late Blight) tdsv (Tomcast DSV) gen (Generic) chl (Chilling) chl_u (Chilling Utah Model) ddmdl=xxxxx where xxxxx is degree-day model dis_fcst=1 to disable forecast nws_dig=1 to opt for National Weather Service digital forecast (vs default of Fox) ignore_lw_sensor=1 to opt for not using any station Leaf Senor data if available (default is to it). Forces using computed LW from Fox FuzzyLW routine based on temperature, dewpt, wind and precip. ignore_precip=1 to force zero precip into the Fox FuzzyLw routine. plot_qa=1 to display plot of QA for temperature and dew point. tmpth=xx%20yy%20zz to display temperature threshold lines on temperature graph where xx, yy and zz (and so on) are desired Farenheit degrees for lines to appear. wndth=xx%20yy%20zz to display wind speed threshold lines on windspeed graph where xx, yy and zz (and so on) are desired mph speed for lines to appear. download_date=1 to get a csv file of the data. tbl=1 to also display a tabular view of the selected weather and hourly model data. ng=1 to disable display of graphs. zipcode=nnnnn where nnnnn is the zipcode to find a weather station for data. Use zipcode only if not defining a specific station (eg via the sta=xxxx).


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Analysis of the role of extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK5) in the differentiation of muscle cells (2001)
The MEK5/ ERK5 kinase module is a relatively new discovered mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway with a poorly defined physiological function. Since ERK5 and its upstream activator MEK5 are abundant in skeletal muscle a function of the cascade during muscle differentiation was examined. ERK5 becomes activated upon induction of differentiation in mouse myoblasts. The selective activation of the pathway results in promoter activation of differentiation-specific genes, such as the cdk-inhibitor p21 gene, the myosin light chain (MLC1A) gene, or an E-box containing promoter element, where myogenic basic-helix-loop-helix proteins such as MyoD or myogenin bind. Moreover, myogenic differentiation is completely blocked, when ERK5 expression is inhibited by antisense RNA. The effect can be detected also on the expression level of myogenic determination and differentiation markers such as p21, MyoD and myogenin. Another new finding is that stable expression of ERK5 in C2C12 leads to differentiation like phenotype and to increased p21 expression levels under growth conditions. These results provide first evidence that the MEK5/ERK5 MAP kinase cascade is critical for early steps of muscle cell differentiation.


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Our History
Background of Otara and Otara Health
The Otara community was formed in the early 1950's as part of the central government policy to provide low cost housing and relocate inner city Maori and new immigrant Pacific workers into the area. Housing New Zealand continues to have a large investment in homes in the area wiht only about 42% of Otara peole owning their own home. The state owned homes however were built for the standard nuclear families, not the extended families that are now living in them. As a result overcrowded households are common in Otara.
The predominant ethnic group of the area has shifted over the years from being predominantly Maori in the 50's to now being predominantly Pacific. The District Health Board estimated that in 2011 the ethnic breakdown of the area was 20% Maori, 65% Pacific, 4% Indian, 5% other Asian, and 6% other.
Health issues arose soon after Otara was formed. Low incomes and over-crowded and sub-standard housing were partly responsible for these health problems. Early in 1994 a group of community leaders and health professionals began to meet to look up what could be done to improve the situation. In 1997, due to the determination and persistence of the group, Otara Health Incorporated was formed.
Otara Health Inc. started operating in May 1998. In September 2010 they changed from being an incorporated society to a Charitable Trust and began operating as Otara Health Charitable Trust.
The organisation remains today an integral part of the community because it is of the community.
A more detailed history of our achievements from 1994 to 2011 can be downloaded below. (To save any of the documents to your computer, right click the link and choose 'save link as')


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It's been a bit hard for me to choose between all this pictures to make all of this blog posts, because during 3 days I took 650 photos (that's what happened when you have a new camera and so beautiful landscapes).
So the last day start with rain and a bit cold... We went again with a private tour to be easier and faster, because most of this "attractions" are far way from each other.
The first stop was in Okatse Canyon...
This is located approximately 50 Km from Kutaisi, the entrance cost 7 Gel (approximately 2.70 euros).
We walk around 1.5 km throw the forest, until we reach the platform where we walk and see all the canyon. This platform is 50 metres above the river.
Unfortunately we didn't see almost nothing because of the fog that was on that day, but even not seeing very well the deep, it was a bit scary, (the fog created a scary and creepy sensation).
It start to rain a bit and we got wet, was a bit bad weather to do this visit, for sure if the weather was better we would enjoy even more... when we finish this platform we took a "taxi" to come back to the beginning point, because the rain wasn't stopping (it was the most exciting adventure, I made a video)
We had a private tour guide (the dog that you can see on the pictures .... ahahaha)
Second stop was... Kinchkha Waterfall
This is near to Okatse Canyon, around 5km, is the tallest waterfall of Georgia.
The weather wasn't helping us, it was keep raining and I was getting cold so I came back before reaching the waterfall, but I still manage to take this beautiful shots :)
The third stop was in Martvili Monastery...
This is located in Martvili village and is a Ortodox Church.
The last stop was in Gachedili Canyon
This one is located as well approximately 50 km from Kutaisi, the entrance cost 5 Gel (approximately 2 euros), if you want to go in a boat trip on the river you pay more 10 Gel (approximately 4 euros), We didn't go because the weather wasn't good and we didn't have any spare clothes (just in case if we could get wet).
As you can see by the pictures the landscapes are amazing, I am so glad that my camera managed to capture this beautiful colours.
This canyon was the length of 2400 meters and 20-40 metres of depth (smaller then Okatse).
From the three days that we were there I think this one was the most interesting one, apart from the weather, of course
The outfit was the same (I didnt have space on my bag for more) was just missing one gloves and a scarf (I wasn't ready for cold weather, I confess).
If you are interesting to know more about Kutaisi you can check it here, to know more about touristic places to visit around Kutaisi you can check it here and here.
Later I will upload a short video here about this places
Soon will come the blog post about Azores :)


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I left my abuser over 5 years ago and yet, I can't seem to get over that feeling of anticipation, the knot in my stomach that humiliation and hate are heading my way when dealing with my children. Both boys over 6 feet tall. I immediately, when confronted loudly about a situation at home, retreat into my safe shell. I can't take in what they are saying, even though I should be actively listening and I completely shut down. I am aware of this and fight it every time I am confronted with their anger/anxiety/or constructive criticism. They hold some responsibility, though. They could talk to me in a different way as I have suggested but they don't, and like their father, they don't listen so it's a constant go around until the pressure is released, I am able to walk away and stop the anxiety they have brought on and return to them calm and they have calmed down.
I am suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a result of experiencing domestic violence. It's not fair to my children but it is a reality and their reality as well as some of their responses, are clearly a result of what they have seen and heard.
PTSD intrudes into my life on almost a daily basis in one form or another. I am either talking myself through handling a situation in a mindful way and not in the mindset of my PTSD or fighting not to avoid a situation because of anxiety and memory triggers.
Domestic violence can produce injuries that last far beyond the termination of the relationship. For some people, it is hard to believe that people can love you with no harm intended. They love you for you. You are perfectly imperfect. You can't wrap your brain around it because you are used to all your flaws being used against you to gain control and power over you.
PTSD can create a distorted view of the world. Your instincts and perception can be off. It's important to be aware of the red flags and triggers. It's something you have to continually work on so that you can one day be healthy emotionally. One thing that helped me was having a second party willing to be the logical one. Having support through this process has been invaluable to me and it has helped me that it was a trusted male friend.
One thing I continually remind myself of is that I am no longer a victim. I never really was. I was a target and like most bullies, the narcissist in my life picked on all that was right with me and magnified all my flaws. I was in a no win situation but I was a target and now I am a survivor and the quicker you change your mindset to that, the better and more empowered you will feel.
Love yourself. Respect yourself. Do what makes you feel safe. Surround yourself with great friends. People who believe in love and light and goodness and don't dwell on the bad and who don't need the drama.
You can't allow yourself to be a victim anymore. By seeing yourself as a victim, you open yourself up to people who want to help you and fix you. As a victim, you are vulnerable for the wrong people to step inside your life. Make yourself a survivor so you can heal and grow and know that you are worthy of being loved for who you are…warts and all.
Look in the mirror and say "I survived domestic abuse and today I am taking my life back!"


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By HCR Staff | Jan. 28, 2020
We watch a lot of football here–closely–and our review of 2019 has us convinced that Bruce Arians' Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to be strong 2020 contenders.
The 2019 Buccaneers weren't far off. They simply were a turnover machine, but even with those troubles, they were a hard out in almost every game. What we like best about the Bucs under Arians is that they play very hard. In our view, that's the very first job of any head coach–get your players to play hard.
All the fancy X's and O's are irrelevant if that doesn't happen. Arians makes it happen.
We also like defensive coordinator Todd Bowles. His defense is coming–GM Jason Licht just needs to get Bowles some help on the back end.
The Bucs also have a lot of young veterans coming into their prime. Shaq Barrett, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Ronald Jones, Ryan Jensen, Ali Marpet, William Gholston, Cameron Brate. All of these players are forming a good nucleus that isn't far away.
The biggest question will be the quarterback position. Will Jameis Winston be back?
We don't know, but we know Arians and Licht will be aggressive. We don't see the Bucs drafting a rookie and playing him, however. Arians is 67, and knows his horizon is short.
There are a number of free agent veteran QBs available, and it wouldn't surprise us to see the Bucs leverage Winston.
The Buccaneers will contend. Las Vegas may have their over/under win total, we're guessing, at 7.5 .
We'd take that over–emphatically.


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Did you know that, until it was finally pressured into pulling them – five months after they first appeared – amazon.com no longer sells "Allah doormats" – i.e doormats with the Muslim name for God on them, to wipe your feet with?
I am not Muslim. But I can assure you that I am as completely offended by this as if I were. Those doormats are a deep, disgraceful affront to every member of the Muslim faith – which, whether some people want to know it or not, includes countless millions of decent people.
I'm sure the sale of "Allah" doormats was a laugh and a half for anyone who hates all Muslims because they are Muslims. Just as "cross" doormats would be a riot to Christian haters and "star of David" doormats would tickle the funny bones of anti-Semites.
But now that they are no longer for sale at amazon.com, I guess Muslim haters will just have to find an alternative way to display their prejudice and intolerance.
Boo hoo.


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An Idea for Fixing Education: Skip College, Work at a Startup
Skip college, work at a startup. That's the idea behind a new two-year program called Enstittue that started accepting applications Tuesday.
As newspaper headlines about recent college graduates read along the lines of "educated, unemployed and frustrated" and the average college student takes on a record-breaking amount of crippling debt (on average, $25,250), the program isn't the first to suggest that there might be something remiss with our certification system.
Enstitute has, however, proposed a somewhat unusual solution.
Co-founders Kane Sarhan and Shaila Ittycheria have rounded up 30 entrepreneurs from the New York City tech scene — including the founders of Thrillist, Birchbox, Pixable and Warby Parker — and asked them to take apprentices under their wings for two years. The minimum requirement to apply for an apprenticeship is a high school diploma, though college students and graduates are also welcome.
During the first year, 15 selected fellows will fill basic administration roles, working with top-level executives at startups. In the second, they'll specialize in a specific business area at the same startups, theoretically emerging from the process with marketable skills.
Sarhan and Ittycheria, though both formally educated at traditional four-year universities, based the idea on their own experiences in the job market.
"It wasn't about the classroom," Ittycheria tells Mashable, "It was about the experience I got working for a company ... I saw so many friends and classmates who were graduating with no jobs and no skills that would get them jobs."
The question is whether a two-year apprenticeship at a startup would be any more valuable in those students' job searches.
The system may be broken, but level of educational attainment and employment (as well as salary) still correlate in the United States. No such trend has been established with startup apprenticeship.
Enstitute, however, wants to help establish this type of real-world experience as a credential. It's working with recruiters from large technology companies to set up interviews for entry-level jobs with program graduates that would give them a chance to compete directly with college graduates.
"I'll put money on it now that our fellow will outperform any green college graduate," Ittycheria says.
In the meantime, the program is also encouraging applicants to defer their enrollment at universities they've been accepted to — just in case.
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As an aside this will probably be my last blog of the year. I am working Monday and Tuesday of next week and that is it for the rest of the year. So I probably will not be able to have time to blog next week, considering I have lots to buy and I don't have all my lights up on the house. I mean I did it all but then I went to Lowes yesterday and they had all their Christmas stuff HALF OFF. I bought about 10 boxes of lights. $3 for a box of C-9 lights...are you kidding me. $3 for a strand of those tubes light, oh I had to get 5 boxes of those.
So I want to say Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah to all of you. Have a great New Year. It has been a tough year for some of us, but let me remind you how blessed we are.
I hope you all of you get some good family time this year and some good eatin'. I will see you next year.
My daughter said a Madisonism this week that I thought you would get a kick out of.
After Thanksgiving, I play nothing but Christmas songs at the house, in the car, and at work. I want to get in the mood.
Well we are in the car and the song Angels We Have Heard on High starts to play. So the lyrics are Glooooooooo-ooooooooooo-ooooooooo-ria, In Excelsis Deo.
So we are singing and Madison says, "How are we suppose to know what we are singing when they write the song in German?" . My wife and I totally busted a gut.
In my book Tim Keller is talking about how Success can be a god, which I can relate to.
Some of us are driven by success and we find our identity in success. Success becomes our god.
He also says that as he had counseled people in life he hears things from the affluent that he never would hear from the less affluent.
Things like, "Life isn't suppose to be this way."
He says he never hears this kind of talk when he is around the poor.
Why do we think that because we have money and we are "successful" s!@#$%t isn't going to happen? Do we think because we work hard and have some means that we are not going to have issues? No, but I think it does mean that we will work hard to persevere.
Okay about our topic.
I have to tell you that I only got one comment from yesterday's blog. I am not going to take it personally. I am not going to think that no one is reading. I am not going to thing that no one likes me.
I am chalking it up to too much eggnog on your behalf.
The one comment....
Word is getting around about what a great guy you are John and people are starting to take advantage of you. I do help certain people out in my office but only the ones I know, not people off the street. What I do to prevent the flood gates of what you are describing from opening is to volunteer at a clinic that is set up to help people in need. This way I help people who need it but it has nothing to do with my office.
I do agree with some of this commentor's comments. I especially like the "great guy" comment. But I get an e-mail (I don't know how they get my personal e-mail) and it asked me to help. What do I do ignore their request? It is 20 minutes out of my day, a day that I might add is NOT stocked full of paying patients at the moment. Maybe I won't help everyone "off the street" but I might help everyone that at least asked me.
Now this person says he helps "the one's he/she knows" but I have to tell you I am helping people I know from church that I don't really like.
Sometimes if you know them, you know that they are in a position that they are in, not being able to pay, because of their lack of drive. They are adults that are stupid and have been fired from their jobs and then their kid falls down while ice skating. Do you punish the kid because their parents are lazy asses?
See sometimes knowing people is worse then not knowing them. You just fill a cavity and let them go. You don't have to know why they lost their job, you don't have to see what kind of car they drive, you don't have to see their new blackberry with the data plan and cringe.
I have told you that I think of my talent as a gift from God. I told you that Jesus talked about us multiplying our talents and he talked about what it would look like if we didn't multiply our talents...not good.
He talked about Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting prisoners, and if you read between the lines, you might see fix or pull the teeth of the decayed.
"Whatever you do to the least of my brothers you did unto me."
My problem now is I can't stop. I can't say NO.
I know it is terrible business. I know in the long run it is not really helping me (meaning I don't think all of my patients that I don't charge are running out and telling their rich friends all about the gentle dentist they just went to).
I guess what I am going to do is go with the flow. As the economy is crappy, people are going to need me. If the economy gets better then people are going to need me, but this time they might be able to pay.
I will continue to help people with reckless abandon, and I am not going to think about it. If I have openings in the schedule I can either walk around the office and get pissed about seeing my staff huddled around the front talking and laughing and doing nothing or we can help someone in a bind. (This is not a jab at my staff, sometimes there is just nothing to do).
I think this is just how I would wanted to be treated if I was in a bind.
Will some people take advantage of this? Absolutely. Do they take advantage of me? Absolutely. But I try to not think about it. I don't want to not help the masses because one person is a total mooch. (At my Dentistry from the Heart free dental day, someone rolled up in a current model S500 Mercedes).
I know it is crazy. It is a terrible business model: to just help someone without any questions, to do it and never think about it again, and go home and feel God's pleasure.
It is in my genes. I just can't stop.
I am glad we had this talk (I feel like it was kind of one sided)
Have a great holiday,


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San Juan Capistrano has its swallows, while the Alsace region of France is partial to the white stork.
On Mount Desert Island, the bird that most symbolizes the advent of spring is the peregrine falcon.
Nevermind the weather. Sunday officially was the first day of spring, and though temperatures haven't much gotten up above the 40s (Fahrenheit) it has been feeling rather spring-like in much of Maine for the past month or so.
Falcons can be be found elsewhere in Maine this time of year, too, but nowhere is their presence felt more on MDI, where Acadia National Park shuts several trails down in spring and early-to-mid summer while the migratory raptors return to their cliffside scrapes (as their nesting areas are called) to reproduce. After the birds exhibit nesting behavior, the park closes down trails that pass near the scrapes in order to minimize the chance of failure caused by human disturbance.
Park officials announced last week that several trails near Jordan Cliffs, Valley Cove and the east face of Champlain Mountain have been closed because of such nesting behavior. The trails remain closed for the next five months, as long as the falcons are trying to reproduce and raise their young.
The birds were listed as endangered for 30 years by the federal government, from 1969 to 1999, and still are listed as endangered by the state of Maine.
According to Acadia officials, Falcons were first released in the park in the 1980s as part of efforts to reintroduce them to Maine. Since their numbers plummeted in the 1950s, the birds had become extinct east of the Mississippi River while their numbers in the American West had been reduced by 90 percent. Sensitivity to DDT and other pesticides had dramatically affected the species and many other birds, with the chemicals causing infertility and a thinning and breaking of eggshells during incubation.
Efforts to reintroduce the birds east of the Mississippi River, by any measure, have been wildly successful. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, after being reduced to a few hundred, there now are thousands of breeding pairs of peregrine falcons in North America.
Since the early 1990s, peregrine falcons successfully have fledged more than 125 chicks in Acadia. In 2015, the protection of these nesting territories in the park resulted in the fledging of seven chicks. The year before that, breeding pairs in Acadia produced at least nine chicks.
Peregrine falcons are known for their breath-taking aerial plunges which according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology can reach speeds of up to 200 mph. If the pairs breeding this spring in Acadia are successful, it will be the fifth year in a row that falcons have hatched, grown, and then taken flight in the national park.
To learn more about peregrine falcons, and watch their nesting and fledging activities from a safe distance, please visit www.nps.gov/acad or call 207-288-3338 for information on Acadia's peregrine watch program, which begins in May at the Precipice Trail parking lot off Park Loop Road.


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Kids Street Rug
This modern area rug for kids is perfect for your nursery decor. They will play on it while you are amazed with its cool design!
- PVC dots for skid resistance and sewn rounded corners.
- Slim profile and very soft!
- Eco friendly water based dyes are used that do not fade or alter the texture of the fabric.
- Over lock edge stitching using 100% polyester yarn.
- Woven cotton backing, 350 gsm.
- 280 GSM plush microfiber top.
- Passes all fire rated specs.
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We aim to provide experienced, independent, objective and knowledgeable consultancy support covering the end to end payroll process at an affordable price.
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"Too many projects and programmes run into difficulties that could be avoided. I aim to help clients to create robust strategies and solutions in response to business change drivers such as: globalisation and global payroll; growth; mergers and acquisitions; divestments; the introduction of HRSC; HR Transformation; Back Office Transformation; IT strategies for digitalisation or migration to the Cloud; cost reduction; a drive to outsource; or performance turnaround.
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I'll Be - Jay-Z
That's right, that's right
How we do, yeah, I'll nana uh huh, uh, come on...
What up pop, brace yourself as I ride on top
Close your eyes as you ride,right out your socks
Double, lose his mind as he grind in the tunnel
Wanna gimme the cash he made off his last bundle
Nasty-girl don't pass me the world, I push to be
Not the back-seat girl don't deep throat ???
She floats, murder she wrote, and keeps the heat close
Firm n_gga, we 'posed to be the illest on 3 coasts
Familie, bigga than Icos
Yeah, Danny DeVito, small n_gga, ?????? that's all n_ggas
No shark in this year raise it bigger
15 percent make the whole world sit up and take notice
Nana take over, ya'll take hold, it's through papa
1-Uh, straight out the gate ya'll, we drop hits
Tell me, how nasty can you get all the way
From the hood to your neck of the woods
It's ripped one thing's for sure I'll Be There
(rpt 1)
I'm too live, nasty as I wanna be
Don't shake your sassy ass in front of me
Before i take you there and tear your back out
That sh_t aint happened since the mack was out
I'm rollin' for Lana, dripped in Gabbana, 90's style
Your finest style right away it's the fit
Wanna taste the sh_t put me on a basin
Throw ya face in it, f...-a nana, ya'll can't touch-a
My sex drive all night like a trucker
Let alone the skills I posess, and ya'll gone
See by these mil's I posess never settle for less
I'm in excess, not inexpensive DVS to the 2
Thats just the way I'm built, nasty...what, classy still
(rpt 1)
Well you can ho what I got, roll wit the rock
Fella cap-o in the candy apple drop
Will tears fall to your ears if i dont stop,
Can ya throw it like a quarter-back,third in the lot?
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Make 'em turn over from the full-court pressure to undress
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Key Takeaways
- Coverage of the Sino-U.S. trade relationship fails to appreciate factors enabling China to leverage its structural efficiency and vast internal resources to stand its ground as the world's second largest economy.
- China has mobilized the entire country to prepare for a long trade war with the U.S by actively promoting industrial/technology upgrades and internal consumption.
- Costly infrastructure projects are the keystone of a long-term state commitment to shift its economic structure and spur growth through integration with the country's interior regions.
China Has Resolve to Endure Prolonged Trade War
Western focused investors usually emphasize the problems China faces (of which it has plenty) to try to gauge the trajectory of the pending trade war, as well as its economic outlook. Supply chain disruption/relocation could prove to be significantly damaging to China. Also, the already high debt leverage at the local and national level hamstrings the central government's effort to use stimulus to counter the challenges from a full-blown trade war with the U.S.
However, we tend to miss other aspects of the China story that are equally compelling. My recent 15-day trip to the Mainland, including visits to five cities of different sizes, revealed several dynamics that the Western media and some China watchers appear to be missing but are crucial to understanding how the current economic tug of war could ultimately play out. I returned from China with a greater appreciation of the magnitude of complexity of the Sino-U.S. trade relationship, and deeper concerns that there may be a misimpression we have about China, and therefore underestimate China's capacity to withstand the trade war. Barring some unexpected development, it is highly unlikely that a trade resolution will be reached in the foreseeable future and that China will compromise on some of the highly publicized U.S. demands, an outcome for which capital markets might not be well prepared at this point.
The heightening trade war continues to top the headlines and has lately sent global equity markets gyrating on a daily basis. But it's important to look beyond the headlines and appreciate the factors that are enabling China to leverage its structural efficiency and vast internal resources to stand its ground as the world's second largest economy, and as a result, the difficulties for the U.S. to achieve its trade and economic goals.
China has mobilized the entire country to prepare for a long trade war with the U.S. It is actively promoting industrial/technology upgrades, internal consumption, and the eventual trade isolation of the U.S. (rather than the other way around as President Trump has claimed). As per the World Bank, China's exports were only 19% of its GDP in 2018 vs 12% for the U.S. and 44% for the European Union (Exhibit 1). Through a combination of tax relief, currency weakening, interest rate cuts and market share expansions outside the U.S., China's economy is not as vulnerable as commonly thought to the U.S. trade tariffs (although it still hurts, and high debt leverage has so far prevented massive stimulations by the government.) While a quarter of global sovereign bonds are carrying negative yields, the Chinese central bank benchmark rate is still at a hefty level above 4%, giving the Chinese more dry powder to counter and readjust to the damage of the trade war.
Exhibit 1: Exports as a Percentage of GDP
In China, people over 40 years old (those who control wealth) remember and understand the hardship of their childhood and have witnessed the stellar rise of their living standard over the last two decades. They are psychologically and physically able to withstand a dip in living standards in a full blown trade war with the U.S. if they need to answer the patriotic calls by the government to defend its economic interest. The state media has shaped their hearts and minds that the U.S. is on a path to contain and deny China's rise, and will do everything to stand in the way of its "China dream." The highly patriotic citizens there have extremely high confidence that China is able to win the trade war long term and surpass the U.S. in the next generation or two (at least economically.)
Domestic Consumption A Key Lever of Government Policy
In preparing for a long fight with the U.S., China is actively shifting its economic structures. While there is a coordinated central government push to upgrade China's technological platforms across industries, another lever the Chinese government is pulling is internal consumption. Domestic tourism is a visible example.
Over the years, while in China, I never saw any TV commercials to promote domestic tourist destinations. Now they have become one of the top TV advertising categories. This is made possible by concerted central government efforts to promote domestic tourism, as well as by a massive infrastructure build over the past two decades, which is now showing payback in a macro way. I went to Guiyang, a tertiary city of 4.5 million in southwest China, a four-hour high-speed railway ride away from Guangzhou. The speed of the train was about 150 miles per hour, which is a feat because the entire route is in a mountainous region. I counted more than 200 tunnels during the trip (ranging from a few hundred meters to over nine miles long.) I was amazed by the cost of the train line and the massive scale of the construction, and it is only one of the six to seven lines into the same region. The train was packed, as people in summer are flocking to places all over the country for tourist trips. I visited the Forbidden City in Beijing in 2008 with no issue at all. Fast forward to today, the place regularly sells out its daily 80,000 tickets by noon. This is one example of how massive expansion of internal consumption has taken place as China is rapidly shifting from an export reliance to an internal, consumer-driven economic model.
While many China experts are concerned about the extreme cost of such buildup and maintenance, and it is true that most high-speed lines are losing money, it is incorrect to look at the infrastructure projects in isolation. China is playing a long game. These railway projects help social and economic integration of interior China, lifting the local economies to reduce regional development imbalances and create and expand internal consumer consumption. These infrastructure projects help to pull the economy up and shift the economic structure. If calculated on an aggregated basis, including the overall economic impact of the infrastructure projects, they are not money-losing spending sprees any more.
Manufacturing Shifting But Still Robust
Another narrative we have heard is that massive manufacturing capacity is leaving China. That is very misleading. I travelled to Nansha, a fourth-tier city roughly halfway between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, and also only a 30-minute drive from Dongguan, the export manufacturing hub of China. There is no panic in Nansha, and restaurants, shops, railways and malls are packed with locals on weekdays. The population mix is also changing, with IT workers replacing sweatshop labor in the area. A recent Wall Street Journal article about manufacturers moving to Vietnam pointed out that it will take a long time to move the entire supply chain out of China. One of the featured manufacturers in the article is a pump company, which can only manage to move the production of 20 of over 70 parts of a pump from China to Vietnam, as it is impossible to move the entire supply chain built in China over the past 20 years. As a result, multinational companies are adopting a "China +1" model, where they use locations outside China to ship to the U.S., and continue to use China for the Chinese internal market and other markets outside the U.S. In addition, the One Belt One Road project by China will come in handy here as well, where any relocation of the manufacturing capacity to a new, developing country requires infrastructure build, and the Chinese are more than ready to help. From Greenland to Serbia, to Myanmar, to South America, it is happening.
State-Directed Capitalism Model is Formidable Tool
The other way China is countering U.S. pressure is the coordinated action plan based on state-directed capitalism. While a Soviet style central planning regime failed in the past, the current China model of state-directed capitalism uses free market elements as a base, plus central planning execution capability, to produce a hybrid economic system. Both private and state-owned enterprises, combined with basic market economic forces, are promoted with state-coordinated efforts to help increase planning and execution efficiency, and to reduce the "friction" sometimes caused by the pure free market economy. For instance, many of the 30 provinces are given specific, yet different targeted industrial/economic development plans based on available resources or local advantages. The Guangdong/Shenzhen/Macau region seems to be designated as a high tech/biotech hub for China, Shanghai is a shipping and financial hub, other provinces are auto production, AI/automation and e-commerce hubs, etc. The whole economic system is mobilized to pool resources with a clear division of labor (without duplication and waste) to help the national agenda. This is the most formidable part of the Chinese model that can be very hard to compete against by any country or big corporation.
A more balanced and nuanced approach in analyzing the dynamics of the current Sino-U.S. trade war is a prerequisite for a more insightful analysis of the macro environment, as well as its impact on our investment strategies. No one can predict the outcome of the trade war, but we should try to stay informed and avoid both conscious and unconscious bias in our investment analyses, in order to navigate through the unchartered territory we are in right now.
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Beyoncé Prepares For the Grammy Awards (Photos)Posted by Mr.North under Behind the Scenes , Fashion , Photos
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Opening the Grammy Awards is a daunting task. Beyoncé takes us behind-the-scenes of her rigorous preparation to her performance during music's biggest night last weekend. Posted on her Tumblr page, Queen Bey shares photos leading up to her big moment with husband Jay Z at Los Angeles' Staples Center.
Beyoncé is seen in various roles studying dance moves, practicing her vocals, sitting with sound and video crews, and even taking a break to share a laugh with sister Solange. Check out the gallery below.
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Beer Can Chicken
Beer can chicken is something that everyone should try at least once. The steam from the brew flavors the meat and keeps it spectacularly moist. The can props the chicken upright, so it roasts evenly all around—and you get to drink some beer. Enough said!
- 1 can light lager
- 1 3 1/2 to 4 pound chicken
- 2 tablespoons of your favorite poultry rub or seasonings
- A foil baking pan
Drink, or if you must, pour out half of the can of beer.
Prepare your grill by setting it on high (leave one burner off and place drip pan over unlit burner). For a charcoal grill, pile the coals on one side of grill and place the pan on the empty side. Add 1/2" of water to the pan.
Season chicken with your rub and slide the open end of the cavity of the chicken, legs first, onto the open can so that it supports the chicken in an upright position. Place the can, with the chicken, right on top of the foil pan, a bit away from the direct heat. Roast the chicken, keeping the grill covered, until cooked through. When completed the inner thigh should register165°F (45-60 minutes).
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This soup is one of my favorites, because it's fairly simple to make but has SUCH amazing flavor! Plus Bone Broth is SO nourishing, it's great for energy, digestion and metabolism. If you want an easy Crock Pot recipe to make it from scratch, here's the recipe I use. Or you can buy it prepackaged if you're short on time!
I like to make a big double or triple batch of this Chicken Soup and freeze the extra for a busy day (just leave out the noodles and add them later after thawing it out)! We gotta save time wherever we can right? #busymomlife You can also sub rice for the noodles, or leave make it lower in carbs by leaving them both out and it's still delish. (If you're looking for more recipes, here is another one of our family's fav soups)
Yield: 6 servings
2 large low-sodium Chicken Broths (32 oz each) OR 64 oz of Homemade Bone Broth
3 chicken breasts
3 medium carrots, sliced
2 celery stalks, sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp Italian seasoning
1 tbsp natural chicken bouillon powder
3 cups cooked whole wheat or brown rice/quinoa pasta
salt/pepper to taste
1 tbsp olive oil
- Add the onion, carrots, parsley, chicken, celery, garlic, olive oil, chicken broth, salt, pepper, chicken bouillon and italian seasoning to your crockpot. Cook on low for 7 hours or 4 hours on high.
- Remove chicken and either cut into pieces or shred with a fork. Add chicken back to the crockpot and cook for another 30 mins.
- Stir in cooked noodles and serve! (Adapted from: mistynana.com)
*When you're in a rush, you can boil the chicken in water on the stove while you bring the remaining ingredients to a boil, then simmer. Shred the cooked, chicken then add to the rest of the soup and simmer for another 20-30 mins!
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