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Carbon Cycle Science
Projecting climate into the future and forecasting regional impacts depends on our understanding of the exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere, oceans and land ecosystems. NOAA is charged to provide the atmospheric measurements and analyses required to track the fate of carbon dioxide emissions caused by the burning of fossil fuels and biomass, and to reduce uncertainties in how the exchange of carbon responds to the variations and trends of climate and land use.
What is the Carbon Cycle?
Carbon is exchanged, or "cycled" among Earth's oceans, atmosphere, ecosystem, and geosphere. All living organisms are built of carbon compounds. It is the fundamental building block of life and an important component of many chemical processes. It is present in the atmosphere primarily as carbon dioxide (CO2), but also as other less abundant but climatically significant gases, such as methane (CH4).
Sources and Sinks
Because life processes are fueled by carbon compounds which are oxidized to CO2, the latter is exhaled by all animals and plants. Conversely, CO2 is assimilated by plants during photosynthesis to build new carbon compounds. CO2 is produced by the burning of fossil fuels, which derive from the preserved products of ancient photosynthesis. The atmophere exchanges CO2 continuously with the oceans. Regions or processes that predominately produce CO2 are called sources of atmospheric CO2, while those that absorb CO2 are called sinks.
Why is the Carbon Cycle important?
CO2 in the atmosphere acts like a blanket over the planet by trapping longwave radiation, which would otherwise radiate heat away from the planet. As the amount of CO2 increases, so will its warming effect. CO2 is the largest contributor (currently 63%) to this effect by long-lived gases and its role increases each year. The additional burden of CO2 in the atmosphere will remain for a very long time, of the order of thousands of years, if we have to rely on the natural mechanisms of erosion and sedimentation to process the added CO2.
What do we know about the Carbon Cycle?
Owing primarily to the burning of fossil fuels and secondarily to changes in land-use, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has been increasing globally since the onset of the industrial revolution. Based on 50 years of direct observations of the atmosphere, it is clear that this trend continues and is accelerating. From observatories and cooperative sampling sites around the world, NOAA measures global greenhouse gases and works with partners to improve the accuracy and reliability of these measurements in order to improve our understanding of the sources, sinks, and trends of this important gas and to improve our predictive capability. This continuing record is critical to understanding the potential evolution of global climate as well as aiding or verifying international management strategies.
Radiative forcing of all the long-lived greenhouse gases, relative to 1750, and the NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) on the right axis, which is indexed to 1 on January 1, 1990.
What don't we know about the Carbon Cycle?
- Needed Developments
Although we have a good sense of what is happening with CO2 on a global basis, and have a sound system for following large-scale trends, regional information is needed if society is ever to manage or verify carbon emissions. We must understand regional variations in the sources and sinks of CO2 because they help identify possible sequestration or emission management options. Ideally, these regional evaluations would be done on a global basis. Our first and perhaps most important step is to focus on the North American continent.
Regional Attribution
North American CO2 source and sink model.
Global measurements establish a baseline for understanding CO2, but they do not show the smaller details needed to manage CO2 regionally or to mitigate regional impacts. The U.S. has initiated new programs in these areas to improve our understanding of regional source and sinks in which NOAA plays a vital role:
Analysis of North American Production and Absorption of CO2.
Two of the primary aims of the North American Carbon Program (NACP), a multi-agency effort, are
- to measure the uptake and loss of CO2 by monitoring ecosystem emissions and
- to verify estimates of human and natural emissions or uptake.
NOAA's responsibility is for the latter of these efforts.
Vertical sampling of the atmosphere
In support of this effort, NOAA is developing a vertical sampling network over North America, including routine samples from aircraft and nearly continuous measurements from very tall towers, to determine the distribution of CO2 throughout the height of the atmosphere. Without this effort, credible accurate estimates of regional emissions over time based on atmospheric measurements are not possible.
Impacts of increasing CO2 on other systems
Continued emission of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere will affect climate and ocean chemistry, subsequently influencing both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The warming effects of increasing CO2 and other greenhouse gases impinge on agriculture, natural systems, and a host of environmental variables. Increasing CO2 in the atmosphere also directly translates to increasing acidity of the oceans. Carbon dioxide dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, which is corrosive to the shells and skeletal material of many marine organisms. Subsequent impacts on ecosystems are largely not understood.
Improved modeling and monitoring
Understanding regional influences on atmospheric CO2 requires a carefully designed sampling and analysis network. Our approach involves making use of analysis modeling, where data are used to optimize models so that they can best explain observed spatial and temporal variations in atmospheric CO2. Analysis modeling also helps us identify where new sites are needed or where old sites could be repositioned to obtain better results. We are increasing the suite of natural and human emitted gases to improved our ability to attribute the observed changes in atmospheric CO2 to specific sources and sinks. This interactive approach for observation, analysis, and modeling will lead to the development of a stronger, more precise predictive capability for NOAA and its partners and thus a more reliable source of information for society.
What is NOAA's role?
- Major Partnerships
- WMO Global Atmospheric Watch
- U.S. Federal Agencies
- University of Colorado
- NOAA Partners
NOAA is responsible for acquiring and maintaining the global, regional, and local record of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. NOAA's network is the backbone of the global system embraced by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that not only provides accurate and timely information on CO2 and other gases, but also fosters international cooperation and collaboration on an issue that is of global importance. Maintaining such a network requires a dedication to accuracy, precision, cooperation, and complete transparency. NOAA's scientists not only are involved in maintaining a large portion of the world network, but also provide the calibration necessary for an integrated network and serve on several advisory groups and expert committees for assuring quality control, improving understanding, and identifying future needs. Only through careful management and interpretation of accurate, high-resolution measurements can we manage our environmental resources efficiently and effectively.
The NOAA global cooperative air sampling network used to determine the AGGI. Red dots are weekly flask sampling sites and blue circles are continuous measurement sites.
- Contributions to Climate-Relevant Efforts
What will we need to know in the future?
Anthropogenic emissions, emissions limitations, sequestration, and ocean chemistry will likely play leading roles in the future atmospheric CO2 burden. Coupled models will be required for long term projections. Answers to key questions such as the following will require careful observation and skilled modeling, all of which we aim to achieve, working together with our partners. We will also need an early warning system for potentially large, but hard to predict, changes in the carbon cycle, such as massive emissions of CO2 from frozen carbon compounds in Arctic permafrost as it warms up.
- How can we gain enough confidence in these models for them to aid in decision making?
- Which features can be validated?
- Can we estimate the length of time that a particular sequestration option is secure?
- What are biophysical limits of biological sequestration?
- How much CO2 can be stored in geological reservoirs, how much in the oceans?
- What are likely environmental impacts of different strategies?
- How does the effectiveness of sequestration compare to decreasing the "carbon intensity" of our activities?
How does society benefit from this knowledge?
If society is to manage or reduce carbon emissions in the future, reliable and accurate information will be needed on local, regional, and global scales. Atmospheric measurements of the spatial and temporal trends of CO2 in the atmosphere are essential for reaching quantitative understanding the sources and sinks of this gas. Without accurate measurements, the effectiveness of mitigation or verification of emission reduction become very uncertain. So is evaluation of new energy strategies. The current world-wide network operated by NOAA provides a global foundation for monitoring and understanding these trends. Our developing North American network will increasingly provide the kind of regional information and source characterization necessary for rational management of carbon emissions. Society will be increasingly prepared to deal with the shifts of regional and global climate. In the future, coupling CO2 models with other environmental models will improve predictions and long-term stewardship strategies.
Theme Presentations
- Carbon Cycle Introduction
- Carbon Cycle Research in ESRL and beyond - part 1 and part 2
- A Brief History of the ESRL Global Carbon Cycle Observing System
- The CarbonTracker Modeling Effort
- Carbon Cycle Linkages to Air Quality
- The Need for Accurate Atmospheric Transport in Carbon Cycle Research
- Looking Ahead: Toward Development of an Integrated Earth System Analysis


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Why is this month called July? The short answer is that July is named for Julius Caesar. The longer answer involves the ancient Romans' attempt to keep track of the year.
There are two bright lights in the sky which can help us mark the passage of a year: the Sun and the Moon. Since the year is defined by the Earth's motion around the Sun, it is best to measure it using the Sun's apparent changing position among the stars. However, this observation is difficult, since we do not see the Sun and the background stars at the same time. The first ancient culture to do this was ancient Egypt, where the rising of Sirius just before the Sun occurred right before the annual flood of the Nile. Egyptians marked the beginning of each new year with this event.
Sirius vanishes for several months each year when Earth's orbital motion puts the swath of sky containing Sirius on the far side of the Sun, and therefore behind the Sun from our point of view. Eventually, Earth's continued motion brings that swath of sky from behind the Sun, allowing Sirius to rise just before dawn. To measure years by the reappearance of Sirius, then, is to measure them by the positions of the Earth and the Sun–a solar calendar.
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The Moon, by contrast, is much easier to observe each clear night. Most ancient cultures, including the ancient Romans, measured months by tracking the cycle of lunar phases from new to full and back to new. Since a lunar phase cycle takes 29.5 days on average, we might expect the month lengths to alternate between 30 and 29 days. However, the Romans considered even numbers unfortunate, so their months, beginning with March, had the following lengths:
Martius 31, Aprilis 29, Maius 31, Junius 29, Quintilis 31, Sextilis 29, September 29, October 31, November 29, December 29, Januarius 29, Februarius 28
Yes, January and February were tacked on to the end of the year at first (the Romans originally did not count days at all between December and March) and later moved to the beginning. (In 153 BC, Roman consuls began to take office as of January 1, making that the start of the civil year). February was given an even number of days (making it unfortunate) so that the year as a whole would be fortunate, with an odd number of days.
Unfortunately, there is not an even number of lunar phase cycles per solar year. A cycle of 12 lunar months is 354 days long, 11 days shorter than the cycle of seasons which is about 365.25 days long. (The Roman calendar outlined above has 355 days, because the Romans preferred odd numbers). If this is not corrected, each month occurs 11 days earlier each year, compared to the start of the seasons, and months are no longer associated with the seasons. This is exactly what happens in the Muslim calendar. To keep months roughly aligned with the seasons, an extra 13th lunar month must be added to some years, as in the Hebrew calendar. Thus, the Romans periodically added an extra month, called Intercalaris, between February and March. After all, February was originally at the end of the year.
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However, it was up to the Roman priests to decide which years would have the extra month. Priests often used this power to arbitrarily shorten the terms of political opponents and lengthen the terms of their friends. Also, the extra month was considered unlucky and avoided in times of crisis, such as the Second Punic War against Carthage. By Caesar's time the calendar had become so chaotic that regular Roman citizens, especially those far from Rome, did not know the date.
Even as he waged civil war against his rivals for power in Rome, Caesar began many popular reforms as dictator. He offered citizenship to many more Romans and enlarged the Senate to provide more representation. He canceled one fourth of all debts. And he reformed the calendar so even the average Roman could know the date.
While in Egypt, he consulted the Greek astronomer Sosigenes, who told him of the Egyptian solar year of 365 days. Caesar thus decided to add ten days to the 355 day Roman calendar. First, in 46 BC, he realigned the months with their traditional seasons by using Intercalaris and by adding two more months between November and December. 46 BC thus became a 445-day year, the 'last year of confusion.' Beginning in 45 BC, the new 365 day Julian Calendar was to come into effect. Caesar added 2 days each to January, 'Sextilis', and December, and one day each to April, June, September, and November. The original long months (March, May, Quintilis, and October) remained 31 days long. February, the 'unlucky' month devoted to religious rituals, also remained unchanged.
The extra month Intercalaris was dropped forever, replaced by an extra leap day every four years. As Romans had added the extra month in late February, Ceasar placed leap day there as well. The year took its modern shape starting in 45 BC:
January 31, February 28 (29), March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, Quintilis 31, Sextilis 31, September 30, October 31, November 30, December 31
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On the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated. The Roman Senate felt that a fitting tribute, given Caesar's work with the calendar, would be to name a month of the year after him. Caesar had been born on the 4th day to the Ides of Quintilis (Quintilis 12th). When that month came around in 44 BC, the Senate proclaimed that from that year on, Quintilis shall be known as Julius (or July in English).
Romans at first counted inclusively, i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4/1, 2, 3, 4/1, 2, 3…. This led them to use leap years too often. The first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, noticed this and suppressed all leap years between 9 BC and AD 8. In recognition of this, the Senate offered Augustus a month, and he chose Sextilis, the month when his greatest victories had occurred. Thus Sextilis became August.
As it turns out, the year is not exactly 365.25 days long; its closer to 365.2422 days. The Julian year is thus 11.8 minutes too long on average. There is some evidence that Caesar, Sosigenes et al. knew of the error but considered it insignificant. However, those 11.8 minutes add up to 1 day about every 130 years. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII noticed that the year had gotten off by 10 days since AD 325, when the Nicene council set the rule for calculating the date of Easter. The Pope decreed that October 15 would follow October 4, 1582, and that century years are leap years only if they are divisible by 400 (thus 2000 was a leap year, but 2100, 2200, and 2300 will not be). Our current calendar, then, is the Gregorian calendar, not the Julian.
But consider this: Pope Gregory did not change the length of the year, nor the lengths of the months, nor the fact the the leap day is in February. All of these decisions by Julius Caesar remain in effect. Caesar, then, still deserves his place of honor in the year.
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August 6, 2013
A team of students from Michigan State University took second place honors at the 2012-13 Texas Instruments (TI) Analog Design Contest in Dallas.
Electrical engineers Mike Mock, Xie He, Yuan Mei, Nate Kesto, Chaoli Ang and Justin Bohr won $7,500 for their success with an Electrocardiogram (ECG) Demonstration Board. Mock '13 and Bohr '13 now work for TI in Dallas in Analog Applications.
Mock said the team worked together on the portable ECG for months. Their challenge was to design, simulate, fabricate and test a portable demonstration board that is capable of measuring and displaying a reliable and low noise Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal.
"The basic idea was to create a portable demonstration board that users can interact with at trade shows and tech shows to allow them to display their actual personal ECG signal," Mock explained. "We designed an analog front end board that interfaced with a Stellaris microcontroller running an oscilloscope application."
The project was first displayed at the MSU College of Engineering Design Day in Spring 2013. "I never thought it would be possible to walk up to a device and actually display your heart rate right on the spot so you can see if you are healthy," he added.
The team is currently being showcased by Texas Instruments in a video and on the company's blog, "Around TI." See the video.
Texas Instruments sponsors the TI Analog Design Contest each year as a way to inspire engineering students and foster tomorrow's innovators. During the 2012-13 school year, 450 students from 47 accredited engineering colleges and universities participated.
The annual Engibous Summit, named after former TI chairman and CEO Thomas Engibous, included the top 10 finalist teams, which represented seven universities. These top engineering university students presented their projects to a panel of notable TI and guest judges during the three-day event in Dallas. This year's winners were announced in July.
First place prize of $10,000 went to Rochester Institute of Technology freshman Adam Munich for an improved Tesla coil. The third place prize of $5,000 was awarded to a team from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez for an easy-tune automatic guitar tuning system. The People's Choice award and $1,000 went to a team from the University of Texas at Austin for a food safety device.
The 2014 TI Analog Design Contest, renamed TI Innovation Challenge, will open on Sept. 2, 2013, to eligible contestants in the U.S., Canada and, for the first time, Mexico. Visit www.ti.com/tiic-na for more details.
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. By employing the world's brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology. TI is helping more than 100,000 customers transform the future, today. Learn more at www.ti.com.


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And yes... no second place! Both Ruud and Carl should be considered winners because of the complexity of the challenge. The rationale behind this decision is that Ruud was able to solve all the questions while Carl did not manage to factor the final challenge (but he was more accurate on some details and provided more detailed write-up than Ruud). Congratulations to both of them!
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By Erica Molfetto
Ohio University second-year doctoral student Diana Marvel conducted research in rural Ecuador during summer 2013.
She was the program assistant for the Service-Learning in Ecuador program led by Pete Mather, coordinator for Ohio University's Higher Education and Student Affairs program and Mario Grijalva, director of Ohio University's Tropical Disease Institute.
The Tropical Disease Institute at Ohio University seeks to improve the health status of underserved populations through sustainable and comprehensive research, service and educational initiatives related to infectious diseases. Since the Institute was founded in 1987, their service has produced the initiation of Chagas disease control and T. cruzi blood screening programs in rural Ecuador.
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"In the service-learning program we engaged in appreciative conversations with community members that focused on community strengths and assets rather than community deficits," Marvel said. "This is significant because the communities are underserved and under resourced."
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Through interviews, mapping exercises and participant observation, data on individuals' skills, interests and resources were collected by Catholic University of Ecuador to ultimately create a composite Asset Map. The map is being used to inform the future action lines of the Healthy Living Initiative.
According to Marvel, the curricular focus of this program is service learning pedagogy and rural community development.
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Austrian Florian Praegant and Portugal's Ricardo Santos set the clubhouse target on three under par in the early stages of the inaugural Gujarat Kensville Challenge.
Both players posted four birdies and a solitary bogey on the opening day of the €200,000 event, which marks not only the start of the 2011 Challenge Tour season but also the Tour's first visit to India.
Despite temperatures peaking at 30 degrees at the Jeev Milka Singh-designed Kensville Golf Club in Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, Santos remained cool to hit 16 greens in regulation in his round of 69.
Santos' first gain came at the fourth hole, where he hit a nine iron to four feet and rolled in the putt. That birdie was soon cancelled out by his only blemish of the day at the next hole, where he three-putted from long range.
But the 28 year old made amends after the turn, running up successive birdies on the 12th and 13th holes courtesy of putts from three and ten feet respectively.
Another birdie on the 16th hole, where he pitched his seven iron to ten feet, saw Santos come home in 33 to join Praegant in a share of the lead.
He said: "My driving was the key to my round today – I was excellent off the tee, which took a lot of pressure off my irons. My putting was also decent – I had 32 putts, which wasn't bad going because the greens here are obviously very hard with the sun.
"The course is in good condition, especially considering the fact that it's only three years old. It's a tough course, but I enjoyed playing it. Having made a good start, hopefully I can now keep it going over the next three days."
Like Santos, Praegant also took advantage of the shorter back nine to join the Portuguese player at the top of the leaderboard.
After turning in one over par the Austrian must have feared the worst, but he stormed back with birdies at the tenth, 12th, 14th and 15th holes to surge through the field.
He said: "The course is in great shape, except maybe for one or two of the greens, which are a touch firm. It's a tough course with lots of out of bounds, so you have to keep it straight, especially off the tee. Luckily I managed to keep the ball in play all day.
"I played some good golf today, and didn't really miss any of the birdie chances I created. I want to take it round by round and not put too much pressure on myself, but it's always important to get off to a good start and I'm glad I've managed to do that."
Experienced Swede Klass Eriksson, five times a winner on the Challenge Tour, is one shot back on two under par after compiling four birdies and one bogey in his round of 70.
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Of the home contingent, it was Gaganjeet Bhullar who was making the most headway, notching four birdies and a solitary bogey in his opening 12 holes to race into a share of the lead with six holes of his round still left to play.
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- A military-inspired fishtail parka in Italian-woven nylon, designed with a detachable faux fur-trimmed hood.
- Parka length: 86cm/33.9in. This is based on a size UK S as proportions change slightly according to size.
- Model's height: 175cm/5ft 9in
- Outer: 100% polyamide
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- Press-stud welt pockets, press-stud flap pockets, sleeve zip and pen pockets
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The rest of the desktop
Outside of the Start screen, the Windows 8 desktop remains familiar to Windows users. The Windows desktop experience hasn't seen any substantial change since Windows 95 introduced the Start menu and the taskbar, but it has evolved continuously since then, most recently with Windows 7's icon-based taskbar and Aero snap window management.
Windows 8 continues this evolutionary process. The core desktop experience will be familiar to Windows users, but that's not to say that it's completely unaltered. For the desktop user, three areas show substantial changes—Explorer, Task Manager, and multimonitor support—and each of them deserves a closer examination.
Explorer's interface has been substantially rearranged and now uses the new ribbon interface. The ribbon has been a contentious UI device since its introduction, and I don't expect that to change with Windows 8.
On the one hand, the new Explorer does include some useful new features. The "copy path to clipboard" feature fills a handy gap for organizations that share files on file servers, as it lets you easily grab the UNC path to the file and stick it in an e-mail. The "up" button, taking you to the parent folder of the current location, has also been reinstated, which will please many.
The File menu now includes by default the ability to spawn both a command prompt and a PowerShell prompt at arbitrary locations—another feature that Windows users have long wanted but which has hitherto not been standard functionality.
The standard ribbon gripe—it moves stuff that I knew the location of, so I have to re-learn where things are—remains as true here as it always did. I don't think the new organization is particularly better or worse, just different.
Some decisions are a bit surprising at first. Burning files to DVD or sending them by fax or e-mail are on the "sharing" tab, as are the more traditional file sharing settings. Still, the options are all easy enough to find. The ribbon undoubtedly works, and the few new features are welcome. It just takes a bit of getting used to.
A few issues are, I hope, simply due to the beta quality of the operating system. First, the Windows 7 style Explorer, with a command bar below the address bar rather than the ribbon above the address bar, still pokes its head through in a few places. The unloved and under-used "Contacts" folder in every user's profile, for example, isn't ribboned.
I can only imagine that the Contacts folder is set for removal or something. The same Explorer interface is apparent in Control Panel, too. Switch to a Control Panel location within Explorer and the ribbon goes away; the address bar jumps to the top of the screen. This is apparent in the special Fonts folder, too.
Whenever the Windows 7-style Explorer is in use, whether it be Fonts, Contacts, or Control Panel, pressing alt will bring up the traditional menu bar. Explorer is a weird hybrid of old and new.
There's also an odd visual artifact (it seems to be independent of video drivers, so I'm guessing it is a genuine Windows problem) when switching between these two Explorer views. The background to the address bar, which should be translucent, turns black.
(My guess: Explorer is not correctly calling the Windows API to set a portion of the window to be translucent.)
Switching between the old mode and the new mode is displeasing. The window flickers and the toolbars flash; it's glitchy and feels like the ribbon has been shoehorned into a place that it doesn't really fit. Keeping the address bar's position consistent, placing it directly beneath the title bar, with the ribbon below it, might make the application feel more consistent. But this might not be possible with the current ribbon control.
As a reflection of the use of widescreen monitors, the details bar has been moved from the bottom of the Explorer window to the right-hand side. This means that it's no longer possible to display the details bar and preview bar simultaneously; you get one or the other.
The other big change is the dialog boxes used for copy and move operations. These already saw a series of substantial improvements with Windows Vista, and they're better still in Windows 8. When a copy is in progress, open up the "details" view to see a neat little graph showing the historic and average transfer rates. If you have multiple copy operations going at the same time, instead of a dozen little progress dialog boxes, they all get aggregated into a single box.
Each operation can be paused independently. If you disconnect from the network, for example after closing your laptop, rather than aborting any transfers in progress, copy operations will be paused. They can be resumed once reconnected.
The experience when copying or moving conflicting files has also been changed, with clearer visualizations of the differences between files.


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Approval of the Swiss bank settlement.
The two major Swiss banks, Credit Suisse Group and UBS AG, have welcomed the decision by US District Judge Edward Korman to approve the USD 1.25 billion settlement. The verdict reached by Judge Korman in the fairness hearing has cleared the way for the settlement to be made. It is now up to the court to draw up a distribution plan by autumn 2000 and to determine how the funds are to be distributed. The banks hope that those Holocaust survivors or their heirs with an entitlement to the monies from the fund will receive the amounts they are due as soon as possible. The Swiss Bankers Association will publish on the Internet a list of names of the holders of dormant and closed accounts dating from the Second World War era who may have been victims of the Holocaust.
The settlement reached between the two major Swiss banks and the class action lawyers, as well as the Jewish organisations, was agreed on 12 August 1998. It settled all claims filed against Switzerland, Swiss companies and Swiss organisations - with the exception of three separate suits filed against insurance companies - in connection with deposited assets, Nazi gold, refugee policy and slave labour. The court has since been engaged in a worldwide search for those possibly entitled to monies from the settlement, has carried out fairness hearings and regulated the conclusion of the settlement between the parties concerned. Last December the Volcker Commission published its report, which provided a comprehensive examination and assessment of the Swiss banks' handling of dormant accounts. The report concluded that the banks had, on the whole, managed the assets with which they had been entrusted in a legal and correct manner. However, the Commission indicated that the banks had acted inappropriately in a number of individual cases and demonstrated a lack of sensitivity towards victims of the Nazi regime. The recommendations made by the Volcker Commission were - to a large extent - accepted by the Federal Banking Commission, thus enabling the courts to approve the settlement.
The Swiss banks have spent an enormous amount of money on their unique, global investigation, and the major banks have, in the interests of the entire country, agreed to a settlement which allows them to generously compensate those who suffered as a result of the errors and omissions of the past. By doing so, they have helped to mitigate the consequences of one of the greatest tragedies of our history. They have expressed their hopes that this process will now be carried out rapidly and be concluded with the agreement of all those concerned.
New York/Zürich, 26 July 2000
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Today was the third time I have ever been on MySpace, and the first time it didn't make me ill. Why? Because MySpace somehow reunited Ben Folds Five, and got them to play their last studio album front to back, and they're hosting the video.
If you're a BFF fan, this is going to make your day. If you're not, you're probably going to complain that I made this post.
Thanks to Clint for the heads-up via IM.
P.S. I wish there was a place you could go and just rent time on a drumset. I feel the need to rock out. Like, a gym for instruments... that would totally kick butt.


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Cut the Rope sequel in the works
Zeptolab announces that a sequel to the mobile hit Cut the Rope is in the works.
Mobile developer Zeptolab has announced that their sugary-sweet Cut the Rope (shown above), is getting a sequel. The official title hasn't been confirmed, but what is known is that Om Nom will return, and the game won't be called Cut the Rope 2.
Cut the Rope is a physics-based puzzle game for iOS and Android in which the player feeds candy to a bug-eyed green monster named Om Nom. Whereas Cut the Rope featured a number of differently-themed boxes, each containing dozens of levels, the sequel promises that Om Nom's new adventures will move beyond their typically cubic confines.
A couple of new images that accompany the announcement also reveal a new character, simply called "The Professor."
Cut the Rope has been a surprising success for publisher EA, having sold over three million copies so far. The art is crisp and cute, and the touch-screen gameplay, centered around finger-swipes and taps, packs a surprising amount of variety. The best part is that it's only a buck in both Android and iOS flavors.
Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Cut the Rope sequel in the works.
Zeptolab announces that a sequel to the mobile hit Cut the Rope is in the works.


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Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love and X-Men: First Class.
Bacon has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, was nominated for an Emmy Award, and was named by The Guardian as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


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Use your voice to do many of the same things you do with gestures on HoloLens—even take a quick photo or open an app. And when you're using the holographic keyboard, try dictation mode for an easy way to type.
If you turn Cortana off, "Hey Cortana" voice commands won't be available, but you'll still be able to use other commands (like "Select" and "Place").
Voice commands
Get around HoloLens faster with these basic commands. To see more commands, check out Cortana on HoloLens, or just say "Hey Cortana, what can I say?"
Select. Use this instead of air tap. Gaze at a hologram, then say "Select."
Go to start. Say "Go to Start" anytime to bring up the Start menu. Or when you're in an immersive app, say "Go to Start" to get to the quick actions menu.
Move this. Instead of air tapping and dragging an app, say "Move this" and use gaze to move it.
Face me. Gaze at a hologram, and then say "Face me" to turn it your way.
Bigger/Smaller. Gaze at a hologram, and then say "Bigger" or "Smaller" to resize it.
Hey Cortana, restart. Restart your HoloLens.
Hey Cortana, shut down. Turn off your HoloLens.
Hey Cortana, move <app name> here. Gaze at the spot you want the app to move to.
Hey Cortana, take a picture. Snap a quick photo—even in an immersive app.
See it, say it
Many buttons and other elements on HoloLens also respond to your voice—for example, Adjust and Close on the app bar. To find out if a button is voice-enabled, rest your gaze on it for a moment. If it is, you'll see a voice tip.
Dictation mode
Tired of typing? Switch to dictation mode any time the holographic keyboard is active. Select the microphone to get started, or say "Start dictating." To stop dictating, select Done or say "Stop dictating." To delete what you just dictated, say "Delete that."
You need an Internet connection to use dictation mode.
HoloLens dictation uses explicit punctuation, meaning that you say the name of the punctuation you want to use. For instance, you might say "Hey comma what are you up to question mark."
Here are the punctuation keywords you can use:
Period, comma, question mark, exclamation point/exclamation mark
New line/new paragraph
Semicolon, colon
Open quote(s), close quote(s)
Hashtag, smiley/smiley face, frowny, winky
Dollar, percent
Sometimes it's helpful to spell out things like email addresses. For instance, to dictate firstname.lastname@example.com, you'd say "E X A M P L E at outlook dot com."


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by Tyler Peck, sports information graduate
FLORENCE, S.C.- The No. 29 women's tennis team at Georgia College & State University (9-11) were defeated by Peach Belt Conference opponent, No. 8 Columbus State University (21-3) 5-0 earlier today (May 8).
The Bobcat duo of Marjorie Ceppo (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Gabby Acuna (Peachtree City, Ga.) lost 9-8 (7-3) in first doubles against the No. 11 Cougar twosome of Eva Petschnig and Lindsey Groenewald. The team of Ceppo and Acuna drops to 8-11 on the season.
At second doubles, Diane Danna (Paris, France) and Bertille Lion (Lyon, France) fell 8-6 to the No. 19 team of Hanane Toumi and Roxana Dondera. Lion and Danna are a team best 10-9 on the year. The third doubles match saw similar results as Angy Cuellar (Bogota, Colombia) and Adriana Acuna (Peachtree City, GA.) lost 8-1 to Erin Reynolds and Daniela Castillo.
Georgia found themselves down 3-0 and needed to win five of six at singles but could not get the job done.
Gabby Acuna was shut out 6-0, 6-0 at fourth singles to Castillo. At six singles, Adriana Acuna was beat by Reynolds by 6-1, 6-2.
The loss closes out the season for Georgia College, including the fifteenth-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Bobcats will lose just two seniors from the squad, as Ceppo and Gabby Acuna have played their last matches as Bobcats.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports.


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Martelle Senior Center, located in Martelle, Iowa provides the following services: Senior Center. Martelle Senior Center has a very good hospital, Jones Regional Medical Center, located nearby, which scored a 96 out of 100 in its most recent Medicare review. The Martelle Senior Center's nearest hospital is 7 miles away. The zipcode (52305) in Iowa, where Martelle Senior Center is located, has an above average safety rating based on recent crime statistics.
Martelle Senior Center is a Senior Center. Senior centers are often lively places that bring together older adults who want to be engaged in their communities and with their peers. Senior centers provide the services older adults need to be healthy, happy and as independent as they can be. More than 10 million Americans take part in activities through the 15,000 senior centers around the country. Senior centers offer a wide range of services and activities for older adults. At most senior centers, you can have a meal, make friends, get fit, take a class, be creative, get a ride, get help, have fun, help out and more.
Senior Centers play a vital role. They help create and environment that encourages a senior to interact with others, get out of the house on a regular basis, and enjoy themselves. They can be an important element of a healthy aging-in-place strategy for an aging loved one. To find the exact services, hours of operation, and qualifications, please contact the center directly.
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Fresh off the plane, I arrived in Dar es Salaam eager to begin work with Tujijenge Tanzania as a Kiva Fellow. First task: find accommodation for the year. Without Craigslist Tanzania, the whole process promised to be daunting.
It was. Here are some of the reasons:
Go to a real estate agent, he charges you $20 for a tour of available properties. But after showing you a gaggle of multiple bedroom apartments after you ask for a single room you get the sense he's just showing you anything and everything to get his money. "I said my budget was $600, this place costs double that!"
In addition, Dar es Salaam traffic is as horrendous as the beltway around Washington DC, but without smog checks. A few places I've taken a fancy to might be only 5 miles from work, but without my own mode of transportation, I'd have to take a bus to the city center, then switch onto a bus heading back the general direction I just came from – with just a slight change in angle.
Then there are the too-good-to-be-true houses where rent is $500 with air conditioning and hot water. You arrive to find a hot apartment with cold water. They say they can install an a/c unit and water heater, but it will take two weeks and the rent will be $800. Good grief. With rent being paid 6-12 months in advance, chances are you'll be sweating all year but at least you will have cold showers to cool you off.
I saw one house I really liked. I was told the rent was $500 so I thought I could bargain down to $400. When the owner saw that a Mzungu (white person in Swahili) wanted the place, the price quickly inflated to $900…way beyond my budget. Do you see a dollar sign on my forehead? All the landlords here sure do.
Then there are the "dalali." These unscrupulous real estate hacks are known for pulling a range of stunts to scam you. Word spread fast around town that I was looking for a place. Subsequently I've been contacted by several dalali. As dodgy as they are, I am desperate. So I tried a few out. If they miss your call, they call you back and let it ring long enough so you see they called. That way you call them back and they save precious cell phone credit. They tell you to meet them somewhere and then show up late and stick you with their taxi bill. They could take a bus for much cheaper but they don't care, remember the dollar sign on my forehead? Often, a dalali says he has an apartment to show you but when you get there, tenants who have paid through December are comfortably living there. Sometimes they drag you through several cafés desperately searching out the owner's sister's boyfriend's friend's mother who has the key. You wait half an hour then they say you must come back tomorrow, but in truth there is no apartment to see. Really they are just wasting your time … and theirs. I can't understand why they do it at all, they don't make any money from the whole shenanigan.
And as everything takes so long to accomplish, after an entire day of searching for housing, you realize you've seen only two places. But you've spent $10 of credit on your phone and $15 on fuel.
Oh yeah, and add the Swahili language barrier to all of this.
"Bado ninatafuta nyumba ya ndoto yangu…" (Still looking for my dream home…)
While I continue searching for housing, you can support the borrowers of Tujijenge Tanzania by using the following link: http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&partner_id=87&status=fundRaising&sortBy=New+to+Old&_tpg=fb


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"Conviction," Formerly Known as "Betty Ann Waters"
Stars Hillary Swank as a woman who passes her GED, gets her BA and then a law degree all so she can get her brother, played by Sam Rockwell, acquitted of a charges of murder.
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SANTA CRUZ – A UC Santa Cruz student was air-lifted to Valley Medical Center in Santa Clara County on Wednesday morning after falling approximately 75 feet down a ravine.
Passersby found the male student at the bottom of the ravine near the pedestrian bridge by the student health center around 9 a.m., university spokesman Jim Burns said.
Burns said he believed they heard the student calling for help and they contacted 911. Burns said he had no word of the student's condition at this time.
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The first official day of winter was Dec. 21; however, many people saw the signs of the season way before that.
Sure, it�s been a bit brisk in the mornings lately, but another token of winter is dreaded dry skin. For those who battle it yearly, this is the time when skin becomes a little less human and a little more reptilian.
�Our skin serves as a natural barrier, protecting us against various environmental factors,� said Dr. Ashley Walker, a physician at CaroMont Dermatology in Gastonia. �In winter, the cold temperature is harsh on the skin, but the dry air is most damaging to this natural barrier. As the humidity decreases, water transfers from the skin to the environment.�
This can make people�s lips chapped and their skin dry and cracked, which leaves them open for infection. But winter weather isn�t the only thing taking a toll on skin.
�Attempting to stay warm, we heat our homes, take long, hot baths and cozy up to fireplaces,� she said. �While staying warm allows the skin to keep its natural oils intact and protects us from freezing, all of these efforts to warm the body ultimately deplete moisture from the skin.�
Walker offered these tips for preventing and treating dry skin:
* Run a humidifier in your home to add moisture to the air.
* Make your baths or showers last only five to 10 minutes.
* Use lukewarm water rather than hot water when bathing.
* Use fragrance-free lotions, bathing cleansers and laundry detergents, and don�t use fabric softeners. Fragranced products can irritate skin.
* Stay away from alcohol-based products like hand sanitizers because they dry out skin.
* Instead of using products that are water-based, choose lotions that contain ceramide, which will put essential oils into skin and allow it to retain moisture.
* Apply moisturizing lotions or creams �head to toe� within five minutes of bathing, when skin is still damp.
* Reapply lotion after washing hands and throughout the day if skin is dry or itchy.
* When shaving, use shaving cream and replace blades often.
* People with skin conditions such as eczema may need to use prescription-strength medicines, as winter weather can further irritate symptoms.
* Bundle up when outside to protect yourself from the elements.
* To help your lips, cover them with a scarf or coat when outdoors and avoid licking them.
* Use lip balms with petrolatum frequently, especially before you go outside and before bedtime.
* Avoid acidic and spicy foods if your lips are already dry, as these could make them worse.
* Sunburn and sun damage can happen even in the winter, so apply a moisturizing broad-based sunscreen with at least SPF 30 daily.
�It is important to keep the skin moisturized all year round, and these tips can be followed as needed during all seasons,� Walker said.
You can reach lifestyles reporter Andrea Honaker at email@example.com or 704-869-1840. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/andi384 and read her blog at lifelessons.blogs.gastongazette.com.


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North Carolina�s court system is woefully underfunded, to the point that the former judge who runs the administrative arm of the courts is correct when he observes that a lack of money makes it difficult for the system to function efficiently and mete out justice fairly.
John Smith, a former prosecutor, chief District Court judge and special Superior Court judge from Wilmington, knows that money is tight; but it is his job as head of the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts to warn legislators about the consequences of failing to properly fund the system. That includes not only the courts themselves, but judges, prosecutors, magistrates and public defenders who work in the courthouses.
More than 6,000 employees work under the AOC but, as the Associated Press reported recently, Smith told the House Committee on Judicial Efficiency and Effective Administration of Justice that he needs 700 more to handle the work that is expected in the coming years. It would cost $100 million.
Since taking the job at AOC in 2009, Smith has focused on efficiency as well as the need to update the long-outdated computer systems. Two years ago he initiated $13 million in voluntary budget cuts in a pre-emptive effort to hold off sharp reductions from the General Assembly. But lawmakers pushed through cuts that included eliminating 61 magistrates and 200 court employees.
Since then legislators have restored some of the magistrates and added money for court interpreters to meet a growing need.
The good news, at least for now, is that the caseload is dropping � especially traffic-related offenses that can quickly overflow the court calendar. The bad news is that cases are still backlogged and the workload heavy.
Regardless of finances, North Carolina residents will continue to demand fair trials and quick resolutions to cases, to the extent possible. That system will be unable to function as intended without proper administration and sufficient money.
The House committee that just began meeting last month will look at ways to improve efficiency. As they perform that task, committee members should rely heavily on the expertise of a man who has seen the system from the prosecutor�s table, the bench and now from the administrative side. He has shown the willingness and ability to keep the wheels running as smoothly as possible and to make tough choices.
When one committee member asked Smith if he had a solution for the numerous problems he outlined, Smith did not hesitate. �More funding,� he said.
A version of this editorial first appeared in the Wilmington Star-News, a Halifax Media Group newspaper in North Carolina.


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Camp on Black Water Virginia
March 31st 1863"
My dear Sister;)
Your very interes-
ting letter was recieved yesterday
and notwithstanding the assurance
that it is your last I find my-
self replying to it as promptly as
ever, You are the most modest
woman of your merits that I
ever met - now contend that you
can't write a letter and yet you
write the best (Mary W- excepted) I
ever read. I wonder if a little flat-
tery would have the effect it usu-
ally has with ladies. If I thought
so I would try my best to induce you
to write me at least one other letter."
I regret so much my dear sister,"
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din is at home, and they have any cake, send me a piece and
a bottle of wine by him, Jerrie got the mill very cheap. why
did'nt he take it all, Did he go into the sugar specula
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TOPEKA – (May 2, 2014) – A California home security and marketing company has been ordered to pay a $10,000 penalty for violating the Kansas No-Call Act, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.
Outreach Marketing Group, Direct Source Media and Secure 1, Inc., were ordered to pay the fine in a consent judgment approved this week by Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks. In addition, Hendricks ordered the company to refrain from further violations of the No-Call Act.
"Consumers who have chosen to register their phone numbers on the Do-Not-Call list have an expectation that they will no longer receive these calls," Schmidt said. "Our office will continue to enforce the law against those who choose to violate consumers' privacy."
The attorney general's office received three complaints from Johnson County residents in 2012 and 2013 alleging the company called them to sell home security systems or security monitoring systems. The consumers' phone numbers were registered on the Do-Not-Call list.
The case was investigated by the attorney general's Consumer Protection Division. Assistant Attorney General Meghan Stoppel of Schmidt's office litigated the case.
Earlier this year, Schmidt proposed a new law, which will give the attorney general additional authority to enforce violations of the No-Call Act when telemarketers call consumers' cell phones. That law was passed unanimously by the Kansas Legislature and signed by the governor. The law takes effect July 1.
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The problem with solution is the set of problems it creates. An enterprise solution is like a game of chess. Strategy. Tactics. And the invisible hand of luck, hardworking business owners
Parts 1 and 2 detailed how to Set up an Instagram account and how to manage the account around your business. The article focuses on managing your account for growth.
Managing Multiple Accounts
Instagram now allows you to easily manage up to five separate Instagram accounts within its app. This is great for professional social media marketers and is also incredibly useful for those who run both personal and business accounts from one handset as you will receive all your notifications on one handset and can easily switch between accounts to post and respond to comments.
To add an additional account follow the steps below.
Review your Analytics Information
Regularly review your user and follower data to respond to changes in engagement trends accordingly.
Review your Strategy Regularly
Your strategy may need to be adjusted based on the information that you receive from your account analytics. You may wish to adjust your posting times if user trends change, if new popular hashtags emerge and also to observe public holidays or current events. Remember to keep in mind what your objectives or goals for your account are.
On average captions that contain at least one hashtag generate 12.6% more engagement than those without.
Company branded hashtags are a great way for your followers to engage with your company and or specific products. Where possible keep branded hashtags consistent across platforms.
Added hashtags within your captions is a great way to contextualise your posts i.e. adding locations to posts.
You can include up to 30 hashtags per post and if you choose to add more generic rather then branded or post specific hashtags then can do so discretely by adding them as a comment on your post.
Discrete hashtag posting.
step 1 - keep a selection of frequent hashtags in a document or notes section of your phone.
step 2 - Add a dot symbol, dash or asterisk on each separate line just above your hashtags
step 3 - post picture with caption.
step 4 - Copy and paste the characters and hashtags as a comment on your post
Where possible try to add your hashtag comment as soon as you post your image. Previously you could post hashtags hours, days or months after your post and they would show up in a hashtag feed in the order in which the hashtag was posted. Now the hashtag feed displays chronologically in order of when the picture was posted and not when the hashtag was added. Therefore retrospectively posting hashtags means that your post may display at the midst of a potentially crowded hashtag feed.
Video Content
Many brands and marketers alike struggle with the concept of posting video content on Instagram. Initially Instagram videos were a mere 15 seconds. Earlier this year Instagram extended the length of videos to 1 minute. This of course allows you to edit
The growing importance of Video content
Instagram now allows you to see how many times people have watched a video on IG. You will begin to see view counts on videos
Landscape vs Portrait vs Square Posts
So in the early days of Instagram users were limited to posting square images which often lead to some details being cropped from pictures and for architectural and landscape photographers this was a small but important constraint which some found detrimental. Listening to user feedback lead to users being able to post images in a variety
Landscape pictures are great to use when posting longer captions. With the standard rectangular phone display screen you will automatically see more the caption when either scrolling or selecting the picture.
Portrait images allow you to capitalise on the screen real estate available on mobile handset and can give great visual impact huge visual effect when users are scrolling through their Instagram feeds.
The best captions are those that ultimately inspire your followers to take action but those that inspire, contextualise your brand and give your customers insight into your brands values and personality.
The character limit for captions is 2200 but do not feel compelled to use the full character limit. Often times less is more. Remember that with your strategy
You are unable to post links to your website in your posts but you can link back you your profile with an @mention and posting a link in the biography section.
Developing a house style is important as well as deciding whether you want to use slang in your captions. This will all depend upon your brand and how you wish for your brand to be perceived.
Your Call-to-Action
Not every post must contain a call to action and I would advise against having a call to action in every post just to achieve balance. Instagram captions are truncated after the first 3-4 lines of text, particularly if you use square or portrait images, so the first part of the caption should be engaging, encouraging your readers to click to read on. Emoji's can also help to break up longer captions and draw the eye to your call to action.
Asking questions can also help to engage your customers i.e. their thoughts on new products in your range or about themselves.
Mentioning other Instagram users often aids engagement. On average Instagram @mentions in captions earn 56% more engagements than those without. When mentioning people in captions you should do so based upon relevance to the post.
Forming Partnerships
Another way to grow your account is to collaborate with other Instagram users.
You can contact Influencers in your niche to build partnerships such as free offer for sharing your posts on their feed or Paid Shoutouts.
Feature Accounts
There are a number of accounts that focus specifically on particular niche topics or industries such as fitness, fashion and even coffee. Feature Accounts can amass large followings and free or paid partnerships could provide a powerful platform for your business. Example include CheckoutAfrica and NothingtodoinLagos.
Cross promotion
You can leverage the follower numbers that you have on other apps to attract followers to your Instagram account by advertising on your Facebook or Twitter accounts for example that your company is on Instagram and what the benefits of following you would be i.e. competitions, inspiration, product video footage reviews etc.
Laverne Thomas
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Many business owners find it difficult to actively manage their social media accounts and market their product or service around the demands of day-to-day
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) Brett Olson scored 16 points and Denver never trailed in defeating UTSA 71-57 on Thursday night.
Chase Hallam had 12 points and Marcus Byrd scored 10 points in 11 minutes for the Pioneers (12-8, 8-2 WAC), who shot 61 percent in the first half to open a 39-19 lead. They led by as many as 28 points in the second half, even though they cooled off to a 38 percent clip from the outside.
Cam Griffin had seven of Denver's 20 assists, and Royce O'Neale had nine points, six assists and a team-high seven rebounds.
The Pioneers were playing for the first time since Jan. 23, when they lost at New Mexico State to snap a seven-game winning streak.
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Yoga May Lower Fatigue, Inflammation After Breast Cancer Treatment
Exercise can be especially hard for people with a history of breast cancer because treatments may result in long-term physical side effects, including pain and fatigue. Hatha yoga, a set of postures and movements meant to align muscles and bone, may offer a gentler alternative to more vigorous forms of exercise.
According to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, practicing this form of yoga for as few as 3 months may lessen fatigue and inflammation.
About a third of people affected by breast cancer report that fatigue gets in the way of daily activities. Pain and fatigue from treatments may result in less physical activity, which can lead to more inflammation and greater risk of disability and death.
Though past studies have highlighted yoga's benefits, this study by Ohio State University researchers is the largest known randomized, controlled trial to compare levels of inflammation in the blood and draw conclusions about the effects of the practice. A randomized, controlled trial is considered the "gold standard" among clinical trials because people in the study are randomly assigned to an experimental group or a control group (without the intervention). The chance assignments help eliminate bias.
Researchers wanted to measure yoga's impact on mood, fatigue and inflammation. They focused on women affected by breast cancer because treatments can be taxing.
The trial team recruited 200 women, who were randomly assigned to two groups. In one group, women participated in 90-minute hatha yoga sessions twice a week for 12 weeks. Researchers encouraged the women to practice the poses at home as well. That group was compared with a control group who did not practice yoga, but was put on a wait list to receive the same instruction once the trial was over.
All women in the study:
- were between the ages of 27 and 76 years
- were yoga novices
- had Stage 0 to IIIA breast cancer
- reported 5 hours or fewer of vigorous exercise per week
- completed all breast cancer treatments before the start of the study
Women gave blood samples after fasting, which were used to measure levels of inflammation. They completed surveys about energy level, sleep quality, foods and beverages consumed and mood at three points: before the yoga, immediately after the 12-week classes and again at 3 months after the classes ended.
Immediately after the 3 months of classes ended, women reported, on average, a 41 percent drop in fatigue and a 12 percent higher vitality score compared with the non-yoga group.
Three months after the classes ended, fatigue among women in the yoga group was reduced by 57 percent and inflammation was reduced by up to 20 percent compared with the control group. Yoga did not appear to affect mood in this study.
The results were striking because negative symptoms were reduced even though the women, overall, did not lose weight. Some past research involving exercise suggests inflammation is unlikely to be lowered without weight loss, but yoga may work in other ways to lower inflammation in the body.
The yoga group was not compared to an active control group so it's possible the extra support from a group setting contributed to the positive results above and beyond the yoga practice. The researchers note, though, that women did not report changes in social support that would be expected if group support was a key factor.
In addition, while this study was well-designed, it comes from a single institution. Further study is needed to support these results.
What This Means for You
Yoga can be tailored to people of all fitness levels, including those who have not exercised before. Its benefits include reducing fatigue and inflammation, as well as improving the quality of sleep. The breathing and meditative components may also be beneficial.
As with any exercise program, it's important to work with your doctor to determine the level of activity right for you. Yoga instructors should be able to help modify poses to match your abilities.
Living Beyond Breast Cancer hosts "Yoga on the Steps" educational and fundraising events for people affected by breast cancer in Denver, Philadelphia and Kansas City, Mo., each year. For more information about these events, visit yogaonthesteps.org.
To learn more about the health and wellness benefits of yoga, check out our Guide to Understanding Yoga and Breast Cancer
Kiecolt-Glaser, JK, Bennett, JM, Andridge, R, et al. Yoga's impact on inflammation, mood, and fatigue in breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial. JCO. 2013; doi:10.1200/JCO.2013.51.8860


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Malaga set to retire Isco shirt
Malaga starlet Isco looks set to leave his club this summer, with Manchester City and Real Madrid leading the chase for the youngster.
Madrid's activity in the transfer market can now officially start with new manager Carlo Ancelotti in place and club president Florentino Perez believes they will soon sign the youngster. He recently stated: "If all goes well, we can announce his [Isco] signing soon, always after announcing the coach."
Malaga, until their 2010 takeover, had long been Spain's perennial 'yo-yo' club with the Andalusian club often gaining promotion to La Liga only to return to Liga Adelante the next year, however since the influx of finance provided by Sheikh Al Thani the club has gone onto great success which culminated in reaching this season's European Cup quarter final.
Unfortunately this is likely to be where the golden trail ends with Malaga currently in the midst of deep financial difficulty with the club being forced to sell the majority of their better players - including Isco.
Isco will be fondly remembered at Malaga as the young talent who really made his mark at La Rosaleda - with supporters long knowing it would only be a matter of time before they had to surrender the jewel in their crown to the highest bidder.
Sheikh Al Thani however, has not ignored the adulation gained by Isco from the supporters and confirmed yesterday on his official Twitter page that the shirt number 22 -which Isco wore for Malaga - will be retired. He tweeted: "shirts No . 22 will not be available to any other player in the Malaga cf courtesy to the player Isco."
This is a rather bold move considering Isco's age and relative inexperience with the club but such is the impact he had on the club and its supporters.
Whilst we await official confirmation of this decision taken by Al Thani to appear on Malaga's official website we now know for sure Isco will be leaving Malaga with it expected that the Euro under 21 Championship winner will be in Madrid later this week to formally complete his move to the Santiago Bernabeu.
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WASHINGTON - There is plenty of blame to go around for the pending automatic budget cuts that have put the U.S. military on the brink of a readiness crisis, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday.
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon said that neither Congress nor the Obama administration has "clean hands." The debt crisis forcing the cuts was decades in the making, yet both sides opted for the easy path "when we should have explored the bravery of restraint," he said at a committee hearing.
The committee's top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, urged lawmakers to prevent the cuts, called a sequester. Smith said it is time to stop talking about the impact of the reductions and "take immediate action to stave off the impending disaster that would occur should sequestration be implemented."
The sequester is scheduled to begin on March 1 and is the result of Congress' failure to trim the deficit by $1.2 trillion over a decade. The Pentagon faces a $46 billion budget reduction through the end of September, and additional cuts would come in future years as long as the sequester remains in effect. The military also has to absorb a $487 billion reduction in defense spending over the next 10 years mandated by the Budget Control Act passed in 2011.
The military's fiscal challenges are further complicated by the lack of a budget for the current fiscal year. Congress hasn't approved one. Lawmakers have instead been passing bills called continuing resolutions, which keep spending levels at last year's rates. That means the Pentagon is operating on less money than planned, and that compounds the problem, defense officials said. A freeze on hiring is already in place and the military has cut back on maintenance at bases and facilities, they said.
"The wolf is at the door," Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said at a hearing of the committee.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the armed forces are just days away from a readiness crisis due to the sequester.
Carter, Dempsey, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale, and the uniformed leaders of the military services appeared before the committee to highlight the impact of the looming budget cuts on national security.
"Sequestration will upend our defense strategy," Dempsey said. "It will put the nation at greater risk of coercion."
Military officials have been conducting a vocal campaign to head off the budget cuts by emphasizing how the reductions will degrade the military's ability to respond to a crisis. The Defense Department announced last week it is cutting its aircraft carrier presence in the Persian Gulf region from two carriers to one, a move that represents one of the most significant effects of the sequester. The U.S. has maintained two aircraft carrier groups in the Gulf for much of the last two years.
At Wednesday's hearing, the service chiefs provided specific example of how the sequester, combined with the lack of a 2013 budget and the long-term reductions, would impact the armed forces.
Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, said training for helicopter pilots would be pared back and that could have deadly consequences in a place like Afghanistan where the rugged terrain and weather conditions makes flying dangerous.
"If we have to reduce the amount of training we give our pilots, they will go in there with a hell of a lot less capability," Odierno said. "That means there'll be mistakes made."
The Navy's top officer said by 2014 he would be unable to send ships to support U.S. Southern Command, which controls U.S. forces operating in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The Navy also could not fully support counterterrorism operations in Somalia and Yemen, said Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations.
"So we're not there when it matters, and we're not ready when it matters," Greenert said.
Gen. Mark Welsh, the Air Force chief of staff, said about half the Air Force combat units are below what he would consider acceptable levels of readiness.
"Sequestration threatens to carve crucial capability from our Air Force, with alarming and immediate effects on people, readiness, infrastructure, and eventually on modernization," Welsh said.
Training for Marines is already being degraded, said Marine Corps commandant Gen. James Amos. "By the end of this year, more than 50 percent of my tactical units will be below minimum acceptable levels for readiness for deployment (to) combat theaters," Amos said.
Despite the urgency of the warnings, the House of Representatives doesn't appear to have a plan from stopping sequestration from occurring, said Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn. He said the House is going to be in recess next week, leaving little time to head off the automatic cuts.
"We're not doing anything," Cooper said.
"There isn't even very good attendance at this hearing," he added, noticing that about only half of the committee's members were at the hearing.
Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., and other Republicans on the panel complained that Carter and the service chiefs waited too long to plan for the impact of the sequester and warn Congress and the American public of the consequences.


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Janelle Monae is basically the toast of Paris Fashion Week, for reasons that should be completely obvious. Here she is attending the Stella McCartney Spring 2016 show in Paris in a pair of faux leather Stella McCartney Platform Creepers. This cutout version isn't currently available (we're guessing they are from Stella's Resort or Spring 2016 collections), but a solid version can be had for $1,100.
These creepers are currently something of an It Shoe amongst the street style set. Will gargantuan braids or Mondrian-adorned handbags be next? I certainly hope so. I feel Janelle and her fabulous personal style are both largely under-appreciated in her native US, and I'm glad Paris is giving her the front row treatment she so richly deserves.


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Principal Karen Weiss
A wise Rabbi once said that Judaism is not taught - it is caught!
B'yachad (together) students and parents at Congregation B'nai Israel have many opportunities to participate in "Jewish experiences educationally, spiritually, artistically, intellectually, and even gastronomically so they may 'catch' the joy of being Jewish."
Our Family and Kinder Shabbat Services are participatory and designed to give all our families the opportunity to learn the Shabbat prayers and feel comfortable within the warmth of our synagogue community. Interspersed throughout the year are Family Workshops, age appropriate programs and holiday celebrations. Our faculty is creative and dedicated to giving our children the best and most meaningful Jewish education. They enthusiastically accept the challenge and responsibility of making our 5,000 year-old traditions relevant in modern times.
Religious School begins with Hebrew Prep, a combined Kindergarten through second
grade class, and continues through the Hey class, until seventh
grade. Our curriculum gives each child a solid background in Hebrew
Reading, Prayer, Jewish History, Jewish Values, Israel, Bible, Holidays
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express what they have learned, our students have previously written
and performed in Friday Night Service presentations and holiday plays.
They have also produced their own videos and class publications.
Our learning is also turned into action as our students are actively involved in collecting Tzedakah, and performing acts of Gimilut Chasadim - acts of loving kindness for both local and Israeli organizations. Over the years, our students have collected toys, books and food for those in need. Our efforts have enabled a small school in Israel the opportunity to establish an English Library, and youthful victims of terror in Israel to receive Teddy Bears. Local hospital patients have received traditional Purim packages of goodies collected and wrapped by our students.
We are proud that by the time our students reach Bar/Bat Mitzvah they are prepared to lead Friday Night, Shabbat Morning, and Sunday morning Services and that many of our graduates elect to continue their Jewish education at the Bergen County Hebrew High School.
Please feel free to contact Karen Weiss, principal of our Religious School, at the synagogue with any questions or inquiries.
To download the Hebrew School application in PDF format, please click here. You can enter in the information right on the computer using Adobe and e-mail it as an attachment to our Principal, Karen Weiss. Or you can print it, fill it by hand, and fax or mail it to us; See the "Contact Us" page for the details.