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As with any site, the more exposure received the better it is for your brand, in particular organic exposure. Organic is content seen by people on the site and is numbers or views that are not inflated with fake or irrelevant accounts. Although once upon a time where views came from didn't matter, today in social media it does, and knowing what tool can help you gain exposure without hurting your brand is a valuable lesson to learn prior to using any tools.
Images have gained in popularity in 2012 and is continuing as we begin 2013, it most certainly looks to be a trend that is yet to fade into the past as visual content is not only popular by social users but by the algorithms within social networks as well as amongst image sharing niche sites like Pinterest.
Businesses have caught on to the latest trend in sharing images and are using them to relate to users on social sites but it has also become a terrific way to share your brand as well as products on sites like Pinterest, since they make it super easy for businesses by providing another way for people to click to your desired site in which images are being hosted.
Pinterest has done wonders in particular for blogs and for websites who have taken interest in creating supporting pages and picking proper images. Knowing how to properly categorize your pins and label your boards imaginatively along with a well written social description explaining the board, will help create a strong page rank for your board, since every board does and can have one.
With that said, it is not always easy depending on others to repin your pins and in some instances promoting pins can help further your reach.
An image promoting site, Reachli, helps content creators and sellers of goods measure their visually shared content with an array of tools. With the ability to promote through campaigns using Reachli not only will you be able to extend your brands reach but more importantly be able to scale the types of images that best suit your audience and hone in on those skills to strengthen your strategy and further your image sharing not only on Pinterest but elsewhere as well.
Being able to measure your efforts when sharing images in particular can help you not only connect further with like-minded people but potential customers as well and knowing what works and what doesn't helps businesses weed out the unnecessary and instead use social sites for purposeful efforts and attain information that will make using those sites for your brand more beneficial.
Currently Reachli targets Pinterest but may expand in the future for more niche sites that target visual sharing into their insights. Reachli is ideal for your brand to be able to scale and strategize using measurable feedback that can help you target your audience better, which will then in return make for better connections when using social media.
Source: http://www.1singularsensation.com/how-reachli-helps-you-monetize-your-pinterest-pins/
Now you know about Facebook's measuring algorithm, EdgeRank, you are wondering how to improve your page's score. If you are clueless about EdgeRank, check out yesterday's blog "Do You Have an Edge(Rank)? to learn more about it! Here are 6 tips and statistics straight from Facebook.
1. Posts between 100 and 250 characters get 60% more likes, comments and shares than posts over 250 characters. Keep it short and sweet.
2. Posting photo albums, photos and videos get 180%, 120% and 100% more engagement respectively. Posting a link as a photo with the article title and URL in the comment area will increase reach. Be visual.
3. Asking simple opinion driven questions or fill in the blanks will bring 90% more engagement that the average post. Ask your fans what you want to know.
4. Remember that 96% of your fans aren't coming back to your page, so posting frequently is the only way to consistently reach them. Post daily.
5. Posts relating to, but not directly about your brand, perform best. For example if you are a muffin shop, your posts should be about recipes and baking tips, not politics, religion or cats. Be relevant but not pushy.
6.Test out different times to find the best time for your audience and then stick with them. Be timely in your posts, consistence is key.
If you need more help with reaching your fans on Facebook, contact Warhorse Marketing today. Our strategies and methods will help you post smarter, easier and better!
EdgeRank is the algorithm used by Facebook to determine where and what posts appear on each individual user's newsfeed. The three variables that make up this algorithm are Affinity, Weight and Time decay.
Affinity measures the relationship between the viewing users and the creator of the story. The closer the relationship, the higher the score. This way your newsfeed will prioritize stories from let's say your brother over some weirdo who added you a few years ago. Affinity is one way that interacting heavily with someone will increase the chance of their stories appearing on your newsfeed but your stories won't necessarily appear on theirs.
Different types of posts carry different weights. The higher the weight, the higher the score. In order, they rank 1. Photos/ videos 2. Links 3. Plain text updates. Engagement also carries weight. If you post a plain text post but it has several comments and likes, it will also carry a heavier weight.Also. by using new Facebook features, you will be able to reach more fans because Facebook assigns higher weight to encourage usage.
How old is the post? As a post ages, it continually loses value. This way your newsfeed will always remain fresh with recent news. How quickly the post loses value or "decays" depends on the Facebook user. If you only log in once a week, there is a chance of stories that are a few days old appearing on your newsfeed.
EdgeRank matters because 96% of fans never go back to a brand's fan page after initial engagement. Your posts are 40 -150 times more likely to reach your fans in the newsfeed than your page because 27% of all the time on spent on Facebook is looking at the newsfeed but only 16% of your fans will see your posts on average.
Now that you know what EdgeRank is and why it matters, the next step is to figure out how to improve your EdgeRank Score and get more of your fans seeing your posts! Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog where will give you some tips for improving your EdgeRank score.
Did you know that Twitter handles more search queries per month than Yahoo! and Bing combined?
I know many out there have been simply using Twitter as a social tool – chatting with others and keeping in touch with my wolf pack – and for some reason it doesn't occur that Twitter is also a powerful research tool.
Well, Twitter: message received.
Don't just use Twitter to make connections: use it to stay on top of the latest trends in your industry, learn new skills, and become the entrepreneurial rock star you've always wanted to be.
Below are 20 hashtags you can use on your quest for total world domination.
|Business to business.
|Business to consumer.
|Business/entrepreneur tips
|Business news & resources.
|Discuss buying behaviors.
|Combine with other business hashtags to learn new skills.
|Meet others launching & running their own businesses.
|Combine with other business hashtags to learn new strategies.
|Learn about others breaking the mold in their industry.
|#marketing #mktg
|Marketing news, resources and best practices.
|Online & offline networking tips and best practices.
|Links & resources for the retail industry.
|#smallbiz #smallbusiness
|Tracks conversations & small business resources.
|#socialmedia #sm
|Insights & advice to refine social media strategy.
|#startup #startups
|Startup news, resources and advice.
|Combine with other business hashtags to find specific tutorials.
Chances are, as a small business owner, at least some part of your day is spent pondering exactly how to make your business stand head and shoulders above the rest.
It's an important question and well worth whatever time you devote to answering it. Fortunately there are a few simple things you do right now, using social media, that will likely put you ahead of your competition, or at least on an even footing.
You should have a voice. One of the most important elements every business needs is a unique voice and personality. This is especially true online. People want to connect with other people, not nameless, faceless companies. Small businesses can set themselves apart from the pack by standing for something. What separates the companies with fans, from companies that compete on price is that they believe in something bigger than themselves.
One of the best ways to connect with people is to engage them emotionally is by sharing a common bond and rallying against a common threat. This gets people to "buy in" emotionally and you'll have a better chance of standing out from everyone else and sticking in their minds.
There's no better tool for these things than social media!

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Strange and Interesting Retail Store Trends of 2016
With personal branding becoming such an essential part of building a business, retail trends have been rapidly evolving and changing, offering consumers more "niche" type retail services. In the process, many retail brands are literally creating a name for themselves and have found some really unique ways to "stand out from the crowd".
Let's take a look at some of some strange and interesting retail store trends of 2016.
1. Mobile "Try on Truck" Retail Store.
True & Co. definitely has this "try on truck" mobile retail store going for them. They have plans to travel across the U.S., providing custom bra fittings for their customers. It's kind of like Bento Box meet's transformable architecture on wheels. This design was actually inspired by the "tiny house movement". The benefits of owning this type of shop is that it dramatically reduces overhead costs while providing customers with physical retail location of sorts.
2. Supermarket on a Bus?
An idea inspired by the Japanese, mobile supermarkets are basically fresh produce shopping brought right to your front door on a bus. In Japan, they typically use these "supermarkets on wheels" to bring produce and healthy foods primarily to elderly residents and areas where fresh food supermarkets are inaccessible. The trend is starting to take off in parts of the United States and are used to bring fresh produce to lower income neighborhoods.
3. The New Stand.
With today's consumer constantly being on the go while always staying connected, they have a demand and need for innovative convenience. While consumers travel on the train, they can log on to The Newstand App, shop for their daily essentials (while being introduced to new products), place an order, and pick it up at the shop at your chosen stop. This shop is not only innovative, but it also fills a very large need.
4. Turning Art into Retail.
It seems that mobility and portability is will not only be the way of the future, but it already the way of today. This design was created by Designer Lee Broom is a travelling Italian Palazzo delivery van. This concept makes it easy to travel to different locations while keeping overhead relatively low, and it's almost like art on wheels. A concept such as this has huge potential and could really work well in a variety of retail niches and will attract more interest in your brand.
5. You Can Literally Have Your Coffee on the Go.
This retail concept is probably the most unique and really brings a whole a new meaning to getting your coffee on the go, or on the road. The name of this charming little coffee bug is, "On the Road Coffee," and it seems to be popular trend in Denver, Colorado in the U.S. Again, the owners can literally keep overhead costs low while providing a unique service to areas and locations not always reached by the coffee shop or cafe down the street.
We hope you enjoyed learning about these interesting, strange, yet innovative retail trends. If you're looking for a fresh, new concept for your retail business or brand, visit this page to learn more about our Sunshine Coast shopfitting services.


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It is common to feel anxious and afraid when visiting the dentist. However, if you maintain good dental hygiene, you've no cause to feel nervous. This article has useful dental care advice that you can use everyday.
Fluoride is necessary if you want strong and healthy teeth. If you don't have fluoride in the water at your home, then you and the people you live with may be more likely to get tooth decay. You could for instance use some toothpaste that contains fluoride. You should also consider a mouthwash or rinse that contains it as well.
If you feel worried about dental care, research local dentists to see what they have to offer. Check out online reviews and find a dentist with the approach and demeanor who works well with you. It is important you feel comfortable and relaxed during appointments.
Practice relaxation before visiting the dentist so that you can minimize your anxiety while there. When you have a method that works, practice it before the procedure, during its progress, if possible, and after it is done. You'll have an easier time at the dentist if you do this.
Visit the dentist biyearly. Regular dental check ups can spot problems with your teeth before they become serious. It'll ensure you have clean, white teeth you can be proud of.
Your toothbrush should always be clean. When you are finished with brushing, thoroughly rinse it off and allow it to air dry. Get toothbrush holders for your whole family so toothbrushes do not rest on your bathroom sink. Avoid storing your toothbrush inside a container to prevent bacteria from developing. Get a new toothbrush if yours looks dirty.
Clearly, you don't have to invest a lot of time, energy or money to care properly for your teeth. A healthy smile projects youth and vitality. Use everything that was covered in the article above so that you have the best looking teeth possible.


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The HIKCUPS trial: a multi-site randomized controlled trial of a combined physical activity skill-development and dietary modification program in overweight and obese children
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Jones, R. A., Okely, A. D., Collins, C., Morgan, P. J., Steele, J. R., Warren, J., Baur, L., Cliff, D. P., Burrows, T. & Cleary, J. (2007). The HIKCUPS trial: a multi-site randomized controlled trial of a combined physical activity skill-development and dietary modification program in overweight and obese children. BMC Public Health, 7 (Article 15), 1-9.
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing health issues of our time. Key health organizations have recommended research be conducted on the effectiveness of well-designed interventions to combat childhood obesity that can be translated into a variety of settings. This paper describes the design and methods used in the Hunter Illawarra Kids Challenge Using Parent Support (HIKCUPS) trial, an ongoing multi-site randomized controlled trial, in overweight/obese children comparing the efficacy of three interventions: 1) a parent-centered dietary modification program; 2) a child-centered physical activity skill-development program; and 3) a program combining both 1 and 2 above. METHODS/DESIGN: Each intervention consists of three components: i) 10-weekly face-to-face group sessions; ii) a weekly homework component, completed between each face-to-face session and iii) three telephone calls at monthly intervals following completion of the 10-week program. Details of the programs' methodological aspects of recruitment, randomization and statistical analyses are described here a priori. DISCUSSION: Importantly this paper describes how HIKCUPS addresses some of the short falls in the current literature pertaining to the efficacy of child obesity interventions. The HIKCUPS trial is funded by the National Medical Research Council, Australia.


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Maybe Im just an anti-social person, but I don't understand all the products that 'connect you to new friends' I mean, Ive made new friends over slack and twitter (hi @chrismessina + @jnsdls + @imcatnoone etc) but that is because we cross paths on similar interests, startups etc. I don't actively go on to Twitter and think....hmmm in the market for a new pal today - who shall I chat to? So I dont understand being matched randomly either. I understand the prop of a topic based matching system 'introducing you to a fellow bot lover' or something along those lines. Maybe its my old age of 26 that I'm just not the target for this but I'd love to know about the market who love this kind of thing. We had a pen-pal app on the other day which I feel similarly about but others like them!
@bentossell @chrismessina @jnsdls Oh hayyyyy Ben. Happy we're frands.
@bentossell @chrismessina @jnsdls @imcatnoone Hi Ben!! Thanks for your comment! Yeah, some people says that!! Everything and use cases are up to users. Some people just chat about their business and exchanges their info like Chit chat. Even some of them like to meet up. So, I would understand your idea. Even for me, I really love to meet up many people in personal like you, I think!! The reason of why our team has a passion for Foxsy is we all lived in other countries!! In my case, so far, I have lived in some foreign countries like Brazil, London, Italy, and now San Francisco. As I have met a lot of great folks in other countries, I have noticed I should have shared this experience as many people as possible in my life!! Coz, when you meet up with some great, in my case, like @Chrismessina, I have felt. My life is super awesome! hehe Even thought this is a great experience and idea, everyone needs to talk to get to know each other before meeting up. Basically, by using Foxsy, we can increase the possibility of meeting with the right person based on your interest, topic, language, career, education, community, etc!! (That's we are working on now) Plus, Foxsy tries to provide the best approach to both of users. That's the reason for using Face recognition system to have a proper pic to understand who you are. Also, we implement a sentimental analysis for the Letter to figure out which negative and offensive words should not be there!! Thus, we keep two chances. When Users send a seamless message to others. They might not be able to get a reply from them. Moreover, the Letter receiver feels the aggressive and seamless messages are kinda wasting their time. We are here to increase the possibility the right person to chat based in their life to make meaningful and beautiful connections!
@imcatnoone @bentossell @chrismessina @jnsdls, I love to join the squad!! hehe Anyway, thanks for giving us the comments!! Just followed you!!
@bentossell I'm old too and this is one person's opinion but what I've seen: - friend groups are very important if your single and kind of doing the dating game... It's not something that is explicit or conscious but the amount of effort towards it changes as life becomes more stable? - friend groups and networks are super important if you're new to a town or country or job or you don't like your old friends and are reinventing yourself. In general humans need friends. - if you don't work at an awesome company, you aren't around friends all day. You wait all day to leave and go home... And you crave like minded people. But your tired from work and randomly introducing yourself is hard All in all though I'm a tired, old 26 year old who sees these apps and thinks I'm too old and tired for that.
@jinhtanaka none of that is to knock your product! It looks awesome and is a really neat flow for messenger
I would have to agree *and* disagree with @bentossell here. I think the 'connect to meet new folks apps' work if you fit into a very specific group (extroverted, going out a lot, just moved and are in a foreign place without any fam or friends, etc.). So you certainly have a target group to focus on and work toward acquiring. But for the introverted folks or average folks in general, probably not. Simply because we gain friends through our own upbringing, work or mutual friends. But that's okay. Your app doesn't and shouldn't be for everyone. What's more, as a woman, I'm hesitant about apps like this simply because I don't want to use another platform that can push a man to insult me if I don't want to be his friend or don't want more than just friendship, despite that being the purpose of the app. Either way, good luck with the product overall and congrats on launching!
@imcatnoone yeh I get your points too and agree with them mostly (although I'd consider myself extroverted, like to go out a lot etc)
@imcatnoone @bentossell I'm CTO at Foxsy. Opinions from women are most important for us! We are always thinking how women can enjoy Foxsy without like offensive message and so on. For example, a first message to others (We call it "Letter" in Foxsy) are checked if it doesn't include any bad words, or negative expressions by natural language processing. Anyway, thank you for your interesting comment, Cat!
@imcatnoone @bentossell Totally agree with you!! My career and life background are based on connecting people together!! Even organizer, Recruiter / Headhunters, and the marketplace for tourist and tour guide. Everyone has a specific preference for their community. But, as we get many feedbacks from people through the interview was they prefer to talk and to have one to one conversation. Meanwhile, our social connections are getting bigger and bigger. Therefore, there is a gap between to being a group and to make a friend. Foxsy can be a middle man/ bot to connect these gaps!! Back to your experience, we implement a Sentimental analysis to analyze if the Letter/ text contents have a negative and aggressive context in order to protect the Letter receiver which could be women too!! We try to make the fill in the gap. For instance, when someone wants to meet up to her, they intend to send a nice message to her. However, there is a lack of user information. That cause a bit difficulty for the sender to approach to others. Thank you. we do our best!! Again, thank you for your comment, Cat Noone!!
@bentossell @imcatnoone if you like to meet up with people and go out, I'm down for that!! Live in San Francisco. This time, I would skip using Foxsy to have a coffee with you!! Thanks for your comment!! Arigato!!
Hi everyone!! My name is Jin. Founder and CEO at Foxsy!! @chrismessina, thank you so much for hunting Foxsy!! You are my Master, thank you!! We have worked on Foxsy since the last April. This time has we changed the service from a romantic dating partner to that new chat friends!! It's a big step and update for us. Basically, our mission is to make meaningful and beautiful connections with the right person! Therefore, we really want to differentiate our service as the identified chat service from an anonymous chat. Because it is very important fo users that they know who they are talking with a proper conversation so that they can start to build some kind of friend's ship etc. Anyway, love to get the feedback from everyone!!
I have been following Foxsy from last couple of months now and it has become better with time. I like the concept and it is really helpful for a new guy in any city. I would like to see much better design for the detailed profile webview. That seems very basic right now. Apart from this, the experience is very smooth. All the best Foxsy team!
Pretty smart idea. And nicely executed as well.
@weirdowizard Thank you for praising Foxsy, Darshan!
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Friday Late Nite Links of Apple
- Everyone but everyone is laying off people: Google, Sony, Microsoft, Intel, Motorola, and on and on. Almost 200,000 tech jobs lost since August 2008. Everyone is laying off, that is except for Apple who posted a record profit of $1.6 billion for the last quarter having sold 4.3M iPhones as well as a bunch of other Apple tech paraphenalia. If your book isn't easily available on the iPhone, maybe you are missing a key marketing opportunity? Dunno.
- For years, people have been uploading poor quality bootleg Monty Python to YouTube and MP has finally caved, started its own channel, offering up some of its most popular content in high quality and for free. Bad business move right? Of course not, else why would I be posting about it. Since Monty Python launched its own channel in November, "their DVDs also quickly climbed to No. 2 on Amazon's Movies & TV bestsellers list, with increased sales of 23,000 percent." I'm sure no one here wants to see a 23,000 percent increase in sales. Keep on with the DRM, publishing folks. It's making you so much more money, I'm sure.
- John Scalzi says that this NYT Article identifying some obscure town names in Britian
In the scale of embarrassing place names, Crapstone ranks pretty high. But Britain is full of them. Some are mostly amusing, like Ugley, Essex; East Breast, in western Scotland; North Piddle, in Worcestershire; and Spanker Lane, in Derbyshire.
- But this Sunday's NYTimes is to feature an article about female orgasms. Apparently women respond to any sexual stimuli. Maybe we get turned on by penguins doing it but it doesn't look like that was tested:
"No matter what their self-proclaimed sexual orientation, women in the study, unlike men, showed strong and swift arousal when the screen offered men with men, women with women and women with men."
- In support of the WaPo book review section which might be getting the ax, The New Republic tries again to raise awareness for print book review sections, reprinting an old article in which a columnist argued that newspapers failing to give book coverage are saying books are unimportant.
When you deprive the coverage of books of adequate space and talent, you are declaring that books are not important, even if you and your wife belong to a book club and your Amazon account is a mile long.
Hortense Powdermaker
Re Monty Python: in other inexplicable, give-away-DRM-less-content-and-make-lots-of-money news, Amazon's best-selling MP3 album in 2008 was Ghosts I-IV by Nine Inch Nails, which people could legally download for free.
Weird, eh?
Apparently women respond to any sexual stimuli.
Yeah, but according to the Times Online,
the wealthier a man is, the more frequently his partner has orgasms.
No wonder Harlequin/M&B have all those billionaire tycoons.
I loved the NY Times article on British place names. Like Scalzi, I giggle like a fifth-grader over such things. We've actually been to Penistone (pronounced "pennis-tun"), and I did take a photo of the town sign (in the days before digital, alas).
Considering how much trouble print newspapers are in, I'd think they would be working hard to promote the entire concept of print media, books included. The people who still get a "daily paper" are often those who still read dead-tree books.
And yay for Monty Python!!!!


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On October 15, South Asian-centric arts organization Tasveer opened the 10th Annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival with their Opening Night Gala. Themed "Coming Home," SSAFF 2015 explores the issues of identity, transition and diaspora through an impressive total of 59 films from nine different countries. Through its ten years, SSAFF has become the largest South Asian film festival in the United States, and aims to add their voice to the continuing conversation surrounding social justice and human rights through film.
AMC Pacific Place downtown was filled with actors, filmmakers and movie lovers, mingling in gorgeous attire and enjoying catered Indian cuisine from Chutney's. The opening party included a screening of several film shorts and the feature film For Here Or To Go?, a comedy told through the eyes of a young Indian software engineer in Silicon Valley, witnessing firsthand the challenges faced by immigrants in America. Our burgeoning, tech-filled city was the perfect place for its premiere. The film addresses the festival's theme of "Coming Home" in a lighthearted but thought-provoking manner, exploring cultural displacement and the very real challenge of establishing a life in a new location and through a tangled bureaucracy.
The gala surged with energy from the first moment. The red carpet opened just a short thirty minutes before the screening was to start, and the director of For Here Or To Go?, Rucha Humnabadkar, was one of the first to arrive in a beautiful tunic inspired by traditional Indian saris. The directors of the night's two short film selections, Vivek Elangovan (Fox Hunt) and Sai Selvarajan (Sugarless Tea) also graced the red carpet, as did many other filmmakers, including Sumit Judge, the director of Vishal, and Monalisa Dasgupta.
Attendees took the opportunity to wear exquisite saris, and most were highly detailed and colorful, but SSAFF Creative Director Smeeta Hirani stunned in a sexy all-black ensemble with exposed midriff. Naturally, the SSAFF leadership were all present, including Executive Director Rita Meher and Festival Director Kiran Dillon. Other representatives of the world of film and broadcasting made appearances, including KUOW's Community Engagement Director, Caroline Dodge, and KUOW journalist Liz Jones. Goers from the political sphere included recent Seattle City Council candidate Debadutta Dash and Deputy Public Affairs Administrator of Renton Preeti Shridhar, who also showed her Indian pride in a gorgeous sari—in fact ethnic pride could be felt throughout the whole celebration.
The gala was alluring, uplifting and, on a personal level, quite nostalgic. As a first generation American, I have observed the challenges that immigrants face on a day-to-day basis through my parents, who originated in the Philippines and India. Coming up the escalator at AMC Pacific Place, one could already smell the steaming lentils of the reception's buffet–and it really did feel like I was "Coming Home."
It brought me joy to see that the Indian community is not only thriving in Seattle but greeting others with open arms. Among the many art events in Seattle, I did not expect that SSAFF would be the one that I attended that completely eschewed the sense of long-established cliques and exclusivity. I reveled with gratitude in the welcoming nature of a community that is already embedded in my roots, and I hope others will find their own way of connecting with this festival this year and in years to come.
SSAFF continues through October 25. Be sure to check out their extensive schedule.


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Gorgosaurus was a tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the late Cretaceous period. This dinosaur was an earlier relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and Tarbosaurus.
Gorgosaurus was a tyrannosaurid similar in size to other tyrannosaurs like Albertosaurus and Daspletosaurus but smaller than Tyrannosaurus rex and Tarbosaurus. Gorgosaurus reached an adult size of roughly 26–30 feet(8–9 meters) long and just over 3 tons in weight. It lived alongside Daspletosaurus so it is possible that the two species were rivals. Gorgosaurus hunted large dinosaurs like hadrosaurs, ceratopsians, and ankylosaurs and, like most other animals, may have been cannibalistic.
Gorgosaurus' main features are two horn-like bumps on its head above the eyes. They were probably used for display as these would be no use in battle, unlike horned ceratopsians. In that case, they would've been brightly colored.
Gorgosaurus is shown to be bright blue with yellow under the chin to the belly and tail included with very bright black stripes. Some are munch darker colors of blue or green then blue.
Like Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus had large, muscular legs. It's been theorized that Gorgosaurus would have been extremely fast, especially for a large animal. Gorgosaurus likely had a top speed of around 48 kilometers per hour (30 miles per hour).the dino eats other dinos
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Gorgosaurus is the primary antagonist in the new movie.
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Gorgosaurus is one of the dinosaurs featured in Wonderbook.
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The depcition of Gorgosaurus was incorrectly named Nanuqsaurus in Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D, when the movie states it is a Gorgosaurus. It was renamed, though, to be more accuarte, since the Gorgosaurus species found in Alaska where the movie took place was no longer vaild and the formation now has Nanuqsaurus as the theropod, which is much smaller than even Gorgosaurus.
Due to recent tyrannosaurids like Yutyrannus being discovered, scientists believe that some tyrannosaurids like Gorgosaurus may have been covered in feathers or down but as the Gorgosaurus model for Walking with Dinosaurs 3D was made before the discovery of Yutyrannus, the Gorgosaurus lacks feathers or down - unlike March of the Dinosaurs, where it had plenty of feathers.
In Walking with Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie, it's stated that Gorgosaurus is only a little bit smaller than T. rex, but much faster. While it was most likely faster, Gorgosaurus was not "a little bit smaller." This theropod, while large, was less than half the weight of a fully grown Tyrannosaurus. This makes it much smaller than T. rex.
March of the DinosaursEdit
Read more at the March of the Dinosaurs Wiki
Gorgosaurus appeared in the ITV TV film March of the Dinosaurs. Unlike the pack hunter Albertosaurus, this was a solitary hunter instead.


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12:30am Up in the HOH room are Shane, Ian and Britney. Ian tells them that at first he didn't know who to nominate if he won the head of household competition next week, but says now he knows he would nominate Joe. Ian says that no one would care if Joe left. Britney and Shane agree. Shane then says that he would even be a pawn against Joe to make it less suspicious. Ian says that it would probably not be best to nominate Shane before the power of veto because Joe's chances would go from a 1 in 7 chance to a 1 in 6 chance of winning the veto because Shane automatically plays for the veto due to the veto ticket. Ian leaves the HOH room. Britney tells Shane to never ever again say you will go up as a pawn because they will vote you out. Shane says that he was just trying to make it easier for the others in their alliance. Britney tell him that she knows he meant well but Shane is too big a target in the game and that Frank and Boogie could vote him out.
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2:20am Frank, Ashley and Wil are in the stereo room talking about Janelle. Wil and Ashley talk about how much Janelle has lied. Wil tells Frank that Janelle has made you out to be a bigger target than you really are. Ashley says that she has seen through Janelle since day one. She would back stab us in a heartbeat. She throws us under the bus all the time and she tells lies that we get associated with. Wil says that Joe was so happy when he and Frank were nominated. Wil and Ashley talk about how when Shane used the veto on her, Janelle had wanted him to use it to save Joe and not her.
2:40am – 3:10am Janelle and Joe are alone in the backyard talking. Janelle tells Joe that she told Ashley she doesn't trust Wil anymore. Janelle says that she thinks she might have gotten put up to save Wil but with the votes for her to stay. Joe pissed at Wil and says that in the last two weeks Wil has destroyed his team. Joe says that last week Wil threw me under the bus and now he's throwing Janelle under the bus. Joe says that he might even want Wil out over Frank even though he doesn't like Frank. Joe says that he doesn't know if Ashley trusts Wil or not. Joe talks about how he can't read Ashley. Joe says that he will keep quiet and pretend he is good with Wil to try to keep Janelle safe. Joe tells Janelle that he thinks she might want to just expose Wil's lies. Joe talks about how he thinks there is some bigger plan in action. Joe tells Janelle that Frank is talking like he is going to be here next week for sure. They talk about how they don't trust Wil and how in week one that he didn't come to make friends. Joe says that he never thought Wil would be this bad to his allies. Janelle and Joe head to bed.
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3:20am – 4am Danielle and Dan are up in the HOH room talking. Danielle tells Dan that she is way closer to him than Shane and Britney. Danielle tells Dan that Britney would pick her over Shane. Dan says that Britney demeaned her players as a coach. Dan says Shane isn't incompetent and to let him voice his thoughts. Danielle says that she would take Dan over Shane because Dan never left her side and Shane voted to evict her. Dan asks Danielle how close she thinks Ian and Britney are? Danielle says that she doesn't think anywhere near as close as us. Dan says that Ian, not Shane. Danielle says that Britney says Ian reminds her a lot of her little brother. Danielle asks if that scares him? Dan says no, just in case he is on the block with Britney. Danielle says that personally Ian likes Dan more than Britney. Danielle says that she doesn't question Ian when it comes to Dan and says that he has a lot of respect for him. Dan says that Ian has gotten a lot better at this game but that he just needed someone who had confidence in him. Dan tells Danielle that a lot of the game is luck and how you react to situations that influence the outcome. Dan then talks about being the coach of Danielle, Kara and Jodi. He then talks about how weird it was to see the episodes of the show after his season was over. Dan and Danielle then decide to go to bed.
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Story published June 2016 UPDATE 2017, Cornell Small Animal Hospital stopped declawing. I'm shocked and appalled at Bruce Kornreich, the Ass. Director of the Cornell Feline Health Center's comment about declawing in this 2016 news story. Here's an excerpt from a story in the Ithaca Voice, Bruce Kornreich, the associate director of the Cornell Feline Health Center, said that declawing …
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The truth. It's time for a change. A few years ago I took up this important cause to help end declawing because I knew that so many of my fellow cats were being harmed and suffering. I asked my mom for her assistance. She had many creative endeavors going on, and she was quite busy with her photography career, but …
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EA-96-095 - Fermi 2 (Detroit Edison Company)
Mr. D. R. Gipson
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Generation
The Detroit Edison Company
6400 North Dixie Highway
Newport, Michigan 48166
Dear Mr. Gipson:
This refers to the routine inspection conducted on January 9 through March 19, 1996, at the Fermi 2 facility. A portion of the inspection documented the circumstances surrounding the icing of two Diesel Generator Service Water (DGSW) pumps. The report documenting the inspection was sent by letter dated April 4, 1996, and an open predecisional enforcement conference was conducted on April 15, 1996.
Based on the information developed during the inspection and the information that was provided during the conference, the NRC has determined that a violation of NRC requirements occurred. A violation of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion 2 was initially proposed in the inspection report and was discussed during the conference; however, after further consideration we believe the violation is more appropriately characterized as a failure to promptly identify and correct a significant condition adverse to quality in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI. This violation is cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice) and the circumstances surrounding it are described in detail in the subject inspection report.
During surveillance testing on February 5, 1996, at 2:31 p.m., DGSW pump C (service water pump for Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) 12) failed to develop normal discharge pressure, flow and motor current. EDG 12 was subsequently declared inoperable<1>. During the investigation of the DGSW pump C failure, your staff focused narrowly on determining the cause of the pump failure, and failed to recognize the potential for a common mode failure of the remaining Ultimate Heat Sink service water pumps. By 8:36 p.m. on February 5, there was sufficient evidence of icing to warrant testing the Division 2 pumps after (1) the Plant Manager and NRC Senior Resident Inspector had observed icicles hanging from the DGSW pump C minimum flow valve, and (2) pressurization of DGSW pump C with air allowed it to run normally. Testing of the Division 2 pumps was not initiated until EDG 12 was restored to operable status, after approximately 29 hours had elapsed. When DGSW pump B (Division 2) was tested at 7:26 p.m. on February 6, it operated erratically for approximately 90 seconds and the outside ambient temperature was substantially higher than the previous day when DGSW pump C failed. Your investigation team concluded that the cause of the pump failure was a buildup of ice around the pump shaft and spider bearing.
The failure to promptly identify and correct a potential for common failure of the Ultimate Heat Sink service water pumps is significant due to the potential loss of the cooling water source for all four emergency diesel generators, the residual heat removal system, and the emergency equipment cooling water system. These systems are essential for mitigating the consequences of an accident and safe shutdown of the facility. Moreover, several significant weaknesses were highlighted by this event. First, a nonconservative operating philosophy resulted in an assumption the cause could not affect other pumps rather than prompt action to check for a common mode failure when operators and management were initially confronted with the potential for icing. Your staff narrowly focused on items which supported a view that the DGSW pump C problem was isolated (e.g., similar problems had not previously occurred, and DGSW pump A had operated normally an hour earlier during surveillance testing) rather than taking aggressive action to assure other equipment was not similarly affected. Second, station management oversight of the situation was not effective. Management failed to assure that the root cause evaluation and corrective actions adequately addressed the potential for common mode failure. Weaknesses in corrective action were previously evident in the February 1995 event involving both divisions of reactor instrumentation being monitored simultaneously with unexpectedly intrusive data acquisition equipment (EA 95-050), and the October 1995 event involving failure to promptly recognize that a safety related battery was rendered inoperable during charger maintenance.
In light of the above, this violation is of significant regulatory concern and has been categorized in accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions" (Enforcement Policy), NUREG-1600, at Severity Level III.
In accordance with the Enforcement Policy, a base civil penalty in the amount of $50,000 is considered for a Severity Level III violation. Because your facility has not been the subject of escalated enforcement actions within the last 2 years, the NRC considered whether credit was warranted for Corrective Action in accordance with the civil penalty assessment process in Section VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy. Credit is warranted for corrective action that included the monitoring of air space temperature, requiring the reading of lessons learned and how to recognize potential common cause failure modes, evaluating design changes to the RHR complex and evaluating similar safety related and non-safety related equipment configurations. Although the NRC recognizes that application of the civil penalty assessment process would not result in a civil penalty in this case, the NRC is exercising discretion in accordance with Section VII.A.1 of the Enforcement Policy and is proposing a civil penalty of $50,000. Discretion is being exercised because the nonconservative operating philosophy exhibited during the event resulted in increased duration of the problem and associated risks; and because the failure to promptly address a common cause failure mode for the Ultimate Heat Sink service water pumps represents particularly poor licensee performance.
Therefore, to emphasize the need for a conservative operating philosophy when confronted with anomalous conditions, I have been authorized, after consultation with the Director, Office of Enforcement, and the Deputy Executive Director for Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Regional Operations, and Research, to issue the enclosed Notice in the base amount of $50,000 for the Severity Level III violation.
You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. In your response, you should document the specific actions taken and any additional actions you plan to prevent recurrence. After reviewing your response to this Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR). To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction.
Sincerely, Hubert J. Miller Regional Administrator
Docket No. 50-341
License No. NPF-43
Enclosure: Notice of Violation and
Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty
cc w/encl:
N. Peterson, Supervisor, Compliance
P. A. Marquardt, Corporate Legal Department
James R. Padgett, Michigan Public Service Commission
Michigan Department of Public Health
Monroe County, Emergency Management Division
Detroit Edison Company Docket No. 50-341 Fermi 2 License No. NPF-43 EA 96-095
During an NRC inspection conducted on January 9 through March 19, 1996, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposes to impose a civil penalty pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act), 42 U.S.C. 2282, and 10 CFR 2.205. The particular violation and associated civil penalty are set forth below:
10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion XVI, "Corrective Action," requires, in part, that measures be established to assure that conditions adverse to quality are promptly identified and corrected. In the case of significant conditions adverse to quality, the measures shall assure that the cause of the condition is determined and corrective action taken to preclude repetition.
Contrary to the above, from approximately 8:36 p.m. on February 5, 1996, until 7:26 p.m. on February 6, 1996, the licensee failed to promptly take action to identify and correct a potential common failure of the Ultimate Heat Sink service water pumps, a significant condition adverse to quality. Specifically, on February 5, 1996, at 2:31 p.m., Diesel Generator Service Water (DGSW) pump C failed to develop normal discharge pressure, flow and motor current. By 8:36 p.m. on February 5, there was sufficient evidence of icing to warrant testing the Division 2 pumps after (1) the Plant Manager and NRC Senior Resident Inspector had observed icicles hanging from the DGSW pump C minimum flow valve, and (2) pressurization of DGSW pump C with air allowed it to run normally. However, testing of the Division 2 Ultimate Heat Sink service water pumps was not initiated until 7:26 p.m. on February 6, 1996. (01013)
This is a Severity Level III violation (Supplement I).
Civil Penalty - $50,000.
Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Detroit Edison Company (Licensee) is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, within 30 days of the date of this Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each alleged violation: (1) admission or denial of the alleged violation, (2) the reasons for the violation if admitted, and if denied, the reasons why, (3) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (4) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (5) the date when full compliance will be achieved.
If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Consideration may be given to extending the response time for good cause shown. Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.
Within the same time as provided for the response required above under 10 CFR 2.201, the Licensee may pay the civil penalty by letter addressed to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, with a check, draft, money order, or electronic transfer payable to the Treasurer of the United States in the amount of the civil penalty proposed above, or may protest imposition of the civil penalty in whole or in part, by a written answer addressed to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Should the Licensee fail to answer within the time specified, an order imposing the civil penalty will be issued. Should the Licensee elect to file an answer in accordance with 10 CFR 2.205 protesting the civil penalty, in whole or in part, such answer should be clearly marked as an "Answer to a Notice of Violation" and may: (1) deny the violation listed in this Notice, in whole or in part, (2) demonstrate extenuating circumstances, (3) show error in this Notice, or (4) show other reasons why the penalty should not be imposed. In addition to protesting the civil penalty in whole or in part, such answer may request remission or mitigation of the penalty.
In requesting mitigation of the proposed penalty, the factors addressed in Section VI.B.2 of the Enforcement Policy should be addressed. Any written answer in accordance with 10 CFR 2.205 should be set forth separately from the statement or explanation in reply pursuant to 10 CFR 2.201, but may incorporate parts of the 10 CFR 2.201 reply by specific reference (e.g., citing page and paragraph numbers) to avoid repetition. The attention of the Licensee is directed to the other provisions of 10 CFR 2.205, regarding the procedure for imposing a civil penalty.
Upon failure to pay any civil penalty due which subsequently has been determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of 10 CFR 2.205, this matter may be referred to the Attorney General, and the penalty, unless compromised, remitted, or mitigated, may be collected by civil action pursuant to Section 234c of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 2282c.
The response noted above (Reply to Notice of Violation, letter with payment of civil penalty, and Answer to a Notice of Violation) should be addressed to: James Lieberman, Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-2738, with a copy to the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice.
Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. However, if you find it necessary to include such information, you should clearly indicate the specific information that you desire not to be placed in the PDR, and provide the legal basis to support your request for withholding the information from the public.
Dated at Lisle, Illinois
this 21st day of May 1996


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Starting with the early days of transition in Europe and Central Asia in the late 1980s, the World Bank has supported justice reform efforts throughout the region. The development of the justice reform portfolio and the content of the projects reflect the evolving needs of support for justice sector institutions. The list below includes selected World Bank justice projects and programs in Europe and Central Asia.
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- Legal & Judicial Reform Project - Albania (2011)
- Judicial Modernization Project - Additional Financing - Azerbaijan (2011)
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- IDF - Combating Corruption: Strengthening Anti Corruption Capacity in the Office of the Prosecutor General - Bulgaria (2007)
- Judicial Statistics - Kosovo (2007)
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Guide (2011): These Guidelines set out criteria and indicators to help addressing key questions pertaining to the use of ADR. They offer guidance on the issues that should be considered for any potential ADR project and the relative importance these factors have. They comprise (i) an assessment of lessons learned in ADR reform, and consequent good practice; (ii) a detailed discussion of the various issues to be considered in ADR interventions; (iii) a wide range of structural options for ADR interventions; (iv) case studies that provide practical examples; and (v) a series of diagnostic tools.
Alternate Dispute Resolution Manual (2011): A Guide for Practitioners on Establishing and Managing ADR Centers is useful when working on the establishment or improvement of ADR Centers. The Manual specifically: (i) Summarizes good practice guidelines in the establishment of an ADR Center; (ii) provides a rich body of case studies incorporating IFC and non-IFC related ADR Centers globally; and (iii) provides a comprehensive appendix of pro forma documents for use by ADR Centers.
Selected documents focusing on the issues of justice reform in the ECA region:
- Macedonia: Legal and Judicial Implementation and Institutional Support Project, Implementation Completion and Results Report (2013)
- The Status of Contract Enforcement in Poland (2013)
- The World Bank: New Directions in Justice Reform (2012)
- Estimating Staffing Needs in Justice Sector (2012)
- The Law's Majestic Equality? The Distributive Impact of Litigating Social and Economic Rights (2012)
- Initiatives in Justice Reform 1992-2012 (2012)
- Court Auctions: Effective Processes and Enforcement Agents (2012)
- World Bank Report: Kyrgyz Republic Judicial System Diagnostic: Measuring Progress and Identifying Needs (Russian) (2011)
- Improving the Performance of Justice Institutions (2011)
- Pre-trial procedures in administrative justice proceedings in England and Wales, France, Germany, and the Netherlands: a comparative study with a view to the possible development of pre-trial procedures in administrative law in Turkey (2010)
- Comparative study on expert witnesses in court proceedings (2010)
- Surveying justice: a practical guide to household surveys (2010)
- Initiatives in justice reform 2009 (2009)
- The current regulatory framework governing business in Bulgaria (2008)
- Building Support for the Rule of Law in Georgia (2008)
- Resourcing the judiciary for performance and accountability (2006)
- Transforming Judicial Systems in Europe and Central Asia (p.329 of ABCDE: Beyond Transition, 2007)
- Justice Sector Assessments: Handbook (2007)
- Good budgeting, better justice: modern budget practices for the judicial sector (2007)
- Rule of law reform in post-conflict countries: operational initiatives and lessons learnt (2006)
Justice Sector data from World Bank sources:
Actionable Governance Indicators: The Actionable Governance Indicators Data Portal consolidates information and provides a one-stop-shop platform to navigate these indicators and their documents and offers customized tools for data management, analysis and display.
BEEPS (Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey): The BEEPS is an ongoing project that aims to provide feedback from enterprises on the state of the private sector in participating countries by assessing the constraints to private sector growth, including the constraints posed by dysfunctions in the justice system. A primary goal of BEEPS is to capture indicators of the business environment and firm-state interaction. It is a joint initiative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank.
Doing Business (IFC): The Doing Business database provides estimates for different aspects of the ease of doing business across countries worldwide. One of those aspects is the ease of enforcing a standardized commercial case through the court system, disaggregated according to time, cost, and procedural complexity. The 2013 data on "enforcing contracts" is now available.
The Doing Business chapter on "enforcing contracts" is generally considered to be the most relevant for those working on justice reform. This year's chapter explains why commercial dispute resolution matters and who has carried out reforms in this area. It then looks at what it has identified as common features of judicial reforms relating to commercial dispute resolution, such as updating claim thresholds, introducing case management systems and automation, creating specialized commercial courts and making judgments publicly available.
Governance and Rule of Law Indicators (World Bank Institute): The World Bank Institute collects and analyzes data on governance for empirical research, capacity-building, and learning programs. The page attached below presents the updated aggregate governance research indicators for six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of
Justice Sector Data from External Sources:
European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ): The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), composed of experts from all the 47 member States of the Council of Europe, aims at improving the functioning of justice systems in these countries. Among other things, the CEPEJ collects and analyzes data. It has established an evaluation scheme comprising more than 100 quantitative and qualitative indicators. A pilot report was published in 2005. Improved and updated reports were published in 2006, 2008, and 2010. The 2012 edition is the most recent one.
The World Justice Project: Rule of Law Index: The Rule of Law Index is a quantitative assessment tool designed by the World Justice Project to measure the extent to which countries around the world adhere to the Rule of Law. The Index provides detailed information regarding a variety of dimensions of the Rule of Law, which enables policy-makers and other users to assess a nation's adherence to the Rule of Law in practice, identify a nation's strengths and weaknesses in comparison to similarly situated countries, and track changes over time. The Index, which constitutes the World Justice Project's definition of the Rule of Law, consists of 16 factors and 68 sub factors.
American Bar Association: Judicial Reform Index: Drawing on standards proposed by the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and other national and international bodies, the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative has developed a method for evaluating a nation's progress towards judicial reform. The group rates nations on 30 different indicators divided into six categories: 1) quality, education, and diversity; 2) judicial powers; 3) financial resources; 4) structural safeguards; 5) accountability and transparency; and 6) efficiency. The summary of the index is attached. So are copies of the evaluations completed to date.
The EU Justice Scoreboard: The EU Justice Scorecard is a comparative assessment tool, designed by the European Commission to evaluate the justice systems of all EU Member States. It presents trends on the functioning of national justice systems over time and is designed to be an evolving tool that will gradually expand in the areas is covered, the indicators, and the methodology. The 2013 EU Scorecard is the first to be published.


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UZI is an implementation of the Unix kernel written for a Z-80 based computer. It implements almost all of the functionality of the 7th Edition Unix kernel. UZI was written to run on one specific collection of custom-built hardware, but since it can easily have device drivers added to it, and it does not use any memory management hardware, it should be possible to port it to numerous computers that current use the CP/M operating system. The source code is written mostly in C, and was compiled with The Code Works' Q/C compiler. UZI's code was written from scratch, and contains no AT&T code, so it is not subject to any of AT&T's copyright or licensing restrictions. Numerous 7th Edition programs have been ported to UZI with little or no difficulty, including the complete Bourne shell, ed, sed, dc, cpp, etc.
Since there is no standard memory management hardware on 8080-family computers, UZI uses /"total swapping" to achieve multiprocessing. This has two implications: First, UZI requires a reasonably fast hard disk. Second, there is no point in running a different process while a process is waiting for disk I/O. This simplifies the design of the block device drivers, since they do not have to be interrupt-based. UZI itself occupies the upper 32K of memory, and the currently running process occupies the lower 32K. Since UZI currently barely fits in 32K, a full 64K of RAM is necessary. UZI does need some additional hardware support. First, there must be some sort of clock or timer that can provide a periodic interrupt. Also, the current implementation uses an additional real-time clock to get the time for file timestamps, etc. The current TTY driver assumes an interrupt-driven keyboard, which should exist on most systems. The distribution contains code for hard and floppy disk drivers, but since these were written for custom hardware, they are provided only as templates to write new ones.
UZI implements almost all of the 7th Edition functionality. All file I/O, directories, mountable file systems, user and group IDs, pipes, and applicable device I/O are supported. Process control (fork(), execve(), signal(), kill(), pause(), alarm(), and wait()) are fully supported. The number of processes is limited only by the swap space available. As mentioned above, UZI implements Unix well enough to run the Bourne shell in its full functionality. The only changes made to the shell's source code were to satisfy the limitations of the C compiler.
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"Staycation" is banished from the vocabulary, hopefully for good
The word was bandied about the media in the early summer as a quick way of illustrating a malaise about gas prices. People weren't interested in seeing the world this year, we were told. They're taking staycations instead. Staycations, apparently, are like vacations, except you don't travel far from home, or away from home at all. Which still makes them vacations, but whatever.
When I was growing up, we just called that "budgeting." When we couldn't afford to go skiing one winter, my mom didn't give the decision a snazzy name to make it seem cool or trendy. We just did something else. What irks me most about staycations is that by giving a sensible economic solution a catchy name, we legitimized the fears that kept some people home. It was like agreeing that travel was too expensive to be done now.
Money is indeed tighter for lots of us, but that doesn't make exploring and learning impossible. There's a whole industry of travel magazines, websites, and package tour companies, and airlines designed to tell you how to haul yourself around the world for peanuts, including Budget Travel (where I was once an editor), SmarterTravel.com (piled with deals), and guide book series like Lonely Planet,Rough Guides, and Pauline Frommer's (I write for that, too). The fear that you have to stay home instead of seeing Paris is why they were created to begin with, and as bad as the economy has gotten, it's still not so bad that you can't attain your dream trips without a little saving and a little smart planning.
Here's the kind of stuff you can find if you just switch where you're getting your information. Would you believe that right now you can get round-trip airfare to Ireland, plus six nights in a B&B and a rental car, for $499 per person from the East Coast, and $615 from the West Coast? You can get round-trip airfare to Paris plus six nights in a hotel there for $699 from the East Coast, or the same package to London for $599. And right now, the major U.S. airlines are throwing fare sales that can fly you clear across the country for as little as $99 each way.
Some of us spend that amount in a few months on our cable TV bills as we staycation. Except if you go to Paris, you'll remember what you saw there for the rest of your life.
Or here's another idea: Instead of taking six trips a year, how about one good one? I know people who go to Breckenridge for a few days for a ski blowout, then the next month hit Vegas for a few days to gamble, and so on, until the middle of the year, when they're out of money and complaining that they guess they'll never see Paris. In fact, they could have.
You don't have to say no to traveling. You just may have to say no to traveling the way you used to, or to say no to luxury for now. Start by saying goodbye to "staycationing" forever.


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People of all ages experiment with inhalants. The National Institute on Drug Abuse covers common usage inhalants by age group. Users who start between the ages of 12 and 15 most commonly abuse inhalants like glue, spray paint, and lighter fluid. Whereas new users between 16 and 17 most commonly abuse nitrous oxide or "whippets." Adults tend to abuse a class of inhalants known as nitrites—such as amyl nitrites or "poppers."
No matter what age you are and no matter what your inhalant of choice is, you are risking your very life with your use. Inhalants have a profound effect upon the brains and bodies of users and many, even first time users, pay for their experimentation with their life.
The Brain
Most inhalants (nitrates are the exception) depress the central nervous system, as do many drugs. The effects of inhalants are very similar to those of alcohol; users can lose control of their balance and coordination and slur their speech as the inhalants effect the cerebellum (the part of the brain that coordinates and regulates muscular activity). Chronic abusers suffer tremors and uncontrollable shaking.
The damage inhalants do to the brain may also result in light-headedness, hallucinations, and delusions. With repeated inhalations, many users lose their inhibitions and self-control. Some may feel drowsy for several hours and experience a lingering headache.
When inhalants lead to cellular death in the cerebral cortex (the part of the brain that plays an important role in consciousness), permanent personality changes, memory impairment, hallucinations and learning disabilities may occur.
Inhalants can moreover cause brain damage by stopping oxygen flow to the brain.
Nitrites, unlike other inhalants, enhance sexual pleasure by dilating and relaxing blood vessels.
The Body
Because there are over a hundred different products that can be used as inhalants, there are a wide range of effects on the body.
Short term effects include:
- headaches
- muscle weakness
- abdominal pain
- severe mood swings
- violent behavior
- belligerence
- slurred speech
- numbness
- tingling of hands and feet
- nausea
- hearing loss
- depressed reflexes
- stupor
- loss of consciousness
- limb spasms
- fatigue
- lack of coordination
- apathy
- impaired judgment
- dizziness
- lethargy
- visual disturbances
Serious long-term effects include:
- weight loss
- muscle weakness
- disorientation
- inattentiveness
- lack of coordination
- irritability
- depression
- liver and kidney damage
- hearing loss
- bone marrow damage
- loss of coordination and limb spasms due to damage to myelin (a protective sheathing around nerve fibers that helps nerves transmit messages in the brain and peripheral nervous system)
- serious liver and kidney damage
Inhalants can also be lethal. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse: "Sniffing highly concentrated amounts of the chemicals in solvents or aerosol sprays can directly cause heart failure within minutes. This syndrome, known as 'sudden sniffing death,' can result from a single session of inhalant use by an otherwise healthy young person. High concentrations of inhalants may also cause death from suffocation, especially when inhaled from a paper or plastic bag or in a closed area."
As nitrites are a special class of inhalants, their effects relate to enhancing sexual pleasure and performance. Because of this, abusers frequently display unsafe sexual practices that increase the risk of contracting and spreading infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
According to the Alliance for Consumer Education, 17,000 people use inhalants each day. Most of those users are currently or will deal with a related addiction. Although inhalants don't contain a specifically addictive component, users do develop tolerance over time and will experience withdrawal symptoms. Studies show withdrawal symptoms can be part of inhalant dependence and are clinically significant. These symptoms may include:
- Hand tremors
- Nervousness
- Excessive sweating
- Hallucinations
- Chills
- Headaches
- Abdominal pain
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Who needs the NBA when you have top-level street ballers like The Professor. He tours the world giving clinics, demonstrations, and playing in exhibition games.
He is most well-known for his dribbling tricks and his ball handling skills. Those are some of the skills that define the flashy streetball style that people love to watch in playgrounds and gyms throughout the world.
The Professor has been a streetball king for years, and this is just a little demonstration of why he is still on top.


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By Ryan Geller, News Editor
May 16, 2018
America got it wrong about property from the very beginning.
The founders of this nation saw other humans as property. The government of this nation has enshrined genocidal maniacs on its money to remind us all that property ...
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Harrow disc actually offers an economical way of agricultural work. They are known as handy tools for conventional farmers who require narrow working width. Harrow disc is a kind of rugged farm tool used for cultivating the soil where crops are to be embedded. This farm implement can remove crop remainders and unwanted weeds. Cutting-edge harrows are tractor-driven raised by hydraulic wheels or three point lift. Generally, harrow discs are used to chop off residue incorporating it into the top soil and break up virgin land eliminating clumps as well as loosening the soil packed.
The entire procedure helps to promote the prompt decay of dead plant materials. In short, harrow disc helps to manage the work of ploughing. This device does it all from the mechanical control of weeds to spring and fall tillage. Harrow discs by JRS are user-friendly and easy-to-maintain. It provides years of reliable and maintenance free performance and prolonged lifespan for having self-aligning impenetrable gang bearings to keep dirt awayWe manufacture harrow discs by keeping the international quality of standards in mind. Our skillfully made discs are perfect for using in dry, rigid and stumpy soil no matter what the land condition is. In order to meet the distinct requirements of different clients, JRS farmparts comes up with the entire range available to the customer in varied specifications.


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Hopefully Warm weather is near- It's March already!
It is time to start thinking about Regulators, BCD servicing as well as cylinder hydros, VIP's and fills-
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Cheap Car Tires, Equal Cheap Ride
Eddie Carrara
If you don't have any money to buy good quality car tires, and you have no choice to go cheap, than go cheap, but I guarantee you will regret your decision after the first year. Buying tires for your car is a huge expense, especially if you have to buy performance tires or SUV tires. Saving twenty dollars per tire seems like a good savings, but if you're buying, inferior tires and you have to live with a vibration or pull for the next couple of years, was it worth it?
I personally don't buy car tires for my vehicle every day, but I am involved in the decision process for my customers each day. I recommend at least three decent tires for their vehicle and let them choose; very seldom, I will have a customer ask for cheap tires.
I never let the tire store recommend a tire because nine times out of ten, they will recommend something they're trying to get rid of, cheap tires! I like to get recommendations from people who have already bought the tires and have driven on them for several thousand miles. I personally use TireRack for my evaluation of tires for my customers because at TireRack they have real customers writing reviews, and customer reviews are a priceless resource.
Buying the Best Tires for My SUV
Customers don't like to praise products; most people only take the time to write reviews because they are dissatisfied, so if you find a tire that has a lot of positive reviews, you have found a good tire.
At the time of writing this, I had just purchased 4 new tires for my SUV, OUCH! I spent $225 per tire, but it was well worth it because of the ride quality and the tread life the tire promises. I bought the Michelin LTX from TireRack, after reading all of the customer reviews, stating that they have driven over 70k miles on that particular tire; it was a no brainer for me.
The tires that I was replacing were Good Year Fortera, which only lasted 26k. By reading the customer reviews, I found out I had gotten good mileage out of those tires, my first thought was "REALLY, 26k miles is GOOD?"
I have always liked Michelin car tires but have never bought them for an SUV. I actually called Honda and complained about the poor mileage I got from the Good Years, and the Honda Representative sent me a check for a $200 credit on tires, NICE! Squeaky wheel gets the oil :)
How to Choose Good Tires
You don't realize it, but tires are the liaison between you and the road, the ride quality will depend on the type of tire you have installed. If you're having a set of super low profile tires put on, verses having a set of highway tires installed, the ride quality is going to be totally different, the low profile tires will give you a ride like you don't have any air in your tires, and the highway tires will give you an extremely smooth ride with low noise.
My recommendation is to stick with the tires size that originally came on the vehicle for the most comfortable ride, if you want to lower the speed rating to save a few bucks, that's OK, as long as you stick with the original size. You can check out tire information at Tirerack.com, you can also look up tire ratings while you're there; it really is a great resource. You can find out how well the tires you're considering will handle weather conditions, tread life, cornering, and stopping, and it's all found in one place.
Another great resource is Consumer Reports, I checked the results between Consumer Reports and TireRack, and it was very comparable. I find that if you do your homework before making a large purchase, like tires, you're less likely to get burned, and you can recommend decent tires to your friends and relatives.
Some people may think it's a waste of time researching tires, but think about it, you could potentially drive on a set of tires for 70,000 miles. I hope you make the right decision, because when the average car owner drives 12k miles a year, it means you will be driving on the tires for about 6 years, unless you buy cheap car tires that only last 26k, then you only talking 2 years, that's still a long time, so choose wisely and do your homework!
How to Save Money on Tires
As I mentioned before, you can save about $20 per tire just by purchasing tires with a lower speed rating, for example, if your original car tires had a speed rating of (V) you can lower it to an (H) rated tire without compromising ride quality. The speed rating is the top speed limit the tire manufacturer considers safe for that specific tire, a (V) rated tire is considered a sport/performance tire and an (H) rated tires is more of an all season/highway tire, both are really good tires, but the (H) rated tire is a bit cheaper.
Just be real cautious of tire sales, when you hear about the sale, buy 4 tires for $100, don't walk away, RUN! Those types of tires will cause problems till the day you toss them in the trash. Usually a tire like that won't last a year because the tread surface becomes chopped or cupped and creates all kinds of vibrations and pulling problems. So, if you're looking to save money on car tires, do your homework first and save the right way.


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How to Make Your Own Environmentally-Friendly Tub Cleaner
Scrub-a-dub-dub... It's Time to Clean the Tub
If you've ever used a bathtub spray to clean your tub, you may have found you choked on the fumes, coughed after breathing them in, or held your breath to avoid inhaling. If these sprays produced this reaction, imagine what those chemicals do when they enter the human body, either through the lungs or when they come into contact with skin? More frightening still, many of the toxic chemicals found in common household cleaners, may be carcinogenic. Is it any wonder cancer rates are rising?
Scrubbing liquids may not be as smelly as their chemical counterparts but once again, the question is, what chemicals do they contain? Are these chemicals you want on your skin or on family members' skin? Reading labels can be eye-opening.
Each time you use a chemical-laden product to clean your bathtub, you are putting all family members at risk. The next person who bathes or showers is exposed to chemical residues left behind on surfaces. Bathtubs can be particularly hazardous because young children like to play in them with their toys and their skin is exposed to those chemicals. Adults like to soak in bathtubs, exposing their entire skin area to any chemicals that wash off and into the hot water. Why take the chance?
Additionally, even if you manage to rinse off the residue, prior to bathing, those powerful chemicals are washed down the drain. While they are hidden from view and are easily forgotten, they set in motion a chain of events that impacts the environment. Chemicals can spread through various channels, poisoning whatever they come into contact with, be it soil, subterranean streams or the ocean itself.
Many people want to start using environmentally-friendly products in their homes but may find the cost prohibitive or they find that products that have been "green washed" still contain harmful chemicals, after they get past the marketing and read the labels and see the same line-up of chemicals. In some smaller places, green products are hard to find.
A simpler choice may involve making your own tub cleaner. You can do this at a fraction of the cost and by using everyday household products you may already have on hand. The old adage that simple is best is very much the case when it comes to a homemade tub cleaner.
Which Will You Choose?
Will it be chemicals and convenience or simpler ingredients and safety?
A DIY Environmentally-Friendly Tub Cleaner
So how does one make their own tub cleaner using safe ingredients they have round the house? It really doesn't get any easier. Simply use baking soda and vinegar to scrub and add a shine to your bathtub.
Many people know that these two products can be used for cleaning but they either haven't used them or wonder if they work well as cleaners or if they are truly effective in combating germs.
Long before chemical cleaners emerged, people relied on baking soda and vinegar for many household cleaning tasks.
Method One
Baking soda can be sprinkled on a sponge and used to scrub the bathtub. This works well for stubborn tub rings. It does require a bit more "elbow grease" but cleaning this way isn't that difficult and once you get used to the process, this isn't hard to adopt as a habit.
Method Two
A second method is to make a scrubbing paste, by combining baking soda and vinegar. this can be put on a scrubber and used on hard-to-clean spots.
Cleaning Tips
A paper towel can be soaked in vinegar, and wrapped around taps, while you are scrubbing out the tub. Your taps will come up like new.
Fill a spray bottle with vinegar and spritz tub after scrubbing with baking soda. Vinegar cuts through grease and grime and can help to whiten surfaces.
To add a finishing shine, moisten a cloth with vinegar and wipe over enamel. Gentle buffing will produce a wonderful shine.
Why Baking Soda?
Baking soda is a scouring agent that combats grease, grim, stains and odors. Baking soda neutralizes acids, has disinfectant and antiseptic properties, and works as a fungicide against some organisms.
Why Vinegar?
Vinegar kills bacteria, viruses, and mold which makes it perfect for use in the bathroom.
When one looks at the cost of chemical cleaners as compared to the cost of baking soda and vinegar, there's no comparison.
Tips for Using Baking Soda and Vinegar
- Use a large empty plastic spice container with a holed lid for your baking soda (the bigger the holes, the better). This way you can shake it out, as needed.
- Fill a clear spray bottle with straight vinegar or with vinegar and water.
- When you are finished cleaning your tub, shake some baking powder, then vinegar down the drain. The mixture will fizz and will work to keep drains clear.
- You will notice how much nicer your bathroom smells, sans the chemical odour that is left in the wake of chemical cleaners.
- Most homeowners appreciate the savings, after they switch to using baking soda and vinegar to clean their tub. No more having to buy expensive cleaners.
- You never have to worry about running out. If you've ever used a spray cleaner, you know how soon these cans empty or, more frustrating still, how either the propellant runs out or the nozzle stops working while the can is still partially full.
- And finally, nicest of all, each time you bathe, you'll feel secure in the knowledge that your tub is a safe haven, free of harmful chemicals.
Frugal Tub Cleaner
More Uses for Baking Soda
- Using Baking Soda for Hair Washing
Baking soda makes a good DIY cleaning agent for hair.
Non-Toxic Cleaners
Making the Switch to Green Cleaning?
© 2010 Athlyn Green
Thumbs up on the hub. Great work.
Really interesting, useful Hub! Baking Soda and Vinegar are the Best!! Thanks!!
Green tub cleaning is such a great idea, especially since more people are realizing the need to be more environmentally health conscious.
Very good hub. It isn't necessary to use chemicals to clean the house.