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Human genome was shaped by an evolutionary arms race with itself
by Tim Stephens
UC Santa Cruz
New study of primate genomes reveals an ongoing battle to control "jumping genes," driving the evolution of greater genomic complexity
New findings by scientists at UC Santa Cruz suggest that an evolutionary arms race between rival elements within the genomes of primates drove the evolution of complex regulatory networks that orchestrate the activity of genes in every cell of our bodies.
The arms race is between mobile DNA sequences known as "retrotransposons" (a.k.a. "jumping genes") and the genes that have evolved to control them. The UC Santa Cruz researchers have, for the first time, identified genes in humans that make repressor proteins to shut down specific jumping genes. The researchers also traced the rapid evolution of the repressor genes in the primate lineage.
Their findings, published today (September 28, 2014) in Nature, show that over evolutionary time, primate genomeshave undergone repeated episodes in which mutations in jumping genes allowed them to escape repression, which drove the evolution of new repressor genes, and so on. Furthermore, their findings suggest that repressor genes that originally evolved to shut down jumping genes have since come to play other regulatory roles in the genome.
"We have basically the same 20,000 protein-coding genes as a frog, yet our genome is much more complicated, with more layers of gene regulation. This study helps explain how that came about," said Sofie Salama, a research associate at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute who led the study.
Retrotransposons are thought to be remnants of ancient viruses that infected early animals and inserted their genes into the genome long before humans evolved. Now they can only replicate themselves within the genome. Depending on where a new copy gets inserted into the genome, a jumping event can disrupt normal genes and cause disease. Often the effect is neutral, simply adding to the overall size of the genome. Very rarely the effect might be advantageous, because the added DNA can itself be a source of new regulatory elements that enhance gene expression. But the high probability of deleterious effects means natural selection favors the evolution of mechanisms to prevent jumping events.
Scientists estimate that jumping genes or "transposable elements" account for at least 50 percent of the human genome, and retrotransposons are by far the most common type.
"There have been successive waves of retrotransposon activity in primate evolution, when a transposable element changed to become expressed and replicated itself throughout the genome until something turned it off," Salama said. "We've discovered a major mechanism by which the genome is able to shut down these mobile DNA elements."
The repressors identified in the new study belong to a large family of proteins known as "KRAB zinc finger proteins." These are DNA-binding proteins that repress gene activity, and they constitute the largest family of gene-regulating proteins in mammals. The human genome has over 400 genes for KRAB zinc finger proteins, and about 170 of them have emerged since primates diverged from other mammals.
According to Salama, her team's findings support the idea that expansion of this family of repressor genes occurred in response to waves of retrotransposon activity. Because repression of a jumping gene also affects genes located near it on the chromosome, the researchers suspect that these repressors have been co-opted for other gene-regulatory functions, and that those other functions have persisted and evolved long after the jumping genes the repressors originally turned off have degraded due to the accumulation of random mutations.
"The way this type of repressor works, part of it binds to a specific DNA sequence and part of it binds other proteins to recruit a whole complex of proteins that creates a repressive landscape in the genome. This affects other nearby genes, so now you have a potential new layer of regulation available for further evolution," Salama said.
KRAB zinc finger proteins are the subject of intensive research as scientists try to sort out their many regulatory roles within the genome. The idea that they are involved in repression of jumping genes is not new–previous studies by other researchers have shown that these proteins silence jumping genes in mouse embryonic stem cells. But until now, no one had been able to demonstrate that the same thing occurs in human cells.
The UC Santa Cruz team developed a novel assay to test whether a particular KRAB zinc finger protein could shut down certain jumping genes. The first authors of the paper, postdoctoral researcher Frank Jacobs and graduate student David Greenberg, came up with the strategy of testing primate retrotransposons in non-primate cells by using mouse embryonic stem cells that contain a single human chromosome. In the environment of a mouse cell, jumping genes that were repressed in primate cells became active. Greenberg then developed an assay for testing individual zinc finger proteins for their ability to turn off a primate jumping gene in the mouse cell environment.
"We did all our tests in mouse cells because they lack all of the primate zinc finger proteins, so when you put primate retrotransposons into a mouse cell they're all active," Salama explained.
The results demonstrated that two human proteins called ZNF91 and ZNF93 bind and repress two major classes of retrotransposons (known as SVA and L1PA) that are currently or recently active in primates. Assistant research scientist Benedict Paten directed graduate student Ngan Nguyen in a painstaking analysis of primate genomes, including the reconstruction of ancestral genomes, which showed that ZNF91 underwent structural changes 8 to 12 million years ago that enabled it to repress SVA elements.
Experiments with ZNF 93, which shuts down L1PA retrotransposons, provided a striking illustration of the arms race between jumping genes and repressors. The researchers found that, while it is good at shutting down many L1PA elements, there is one subset of a recently evolved lineage of L1PA that has lost a short section of DNA that includes the ZNF93 binding site. Without the binding site, these jumping genes evade repression by ZNF93. Interestingly, when the researchers put the missing sequence back into one of these genes and put it in a mouse cell without ZNF93, they found that it was better at jumping. So even though the sequence helps with jumping activity, losing it gives the jumping gene an advantage in primates by allowing it to escape repression by ZNF93.
"That's kind of the icing on the cake for aficionados of molecular evolution, because it demonstrates that this is a never-ending race," Salama said. "KRAB zinc finger proteins are a rare class of proteins that is rapidly expanding and evolving in mammalian genomes, which makes sense because the transposable elements are themselves continually evolving to escape repression."
Corresponding author David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering and director of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, said the study involved close collaboration between his group's "wet lab," directed by Salama, and the "dry lab" where researchers under Paten's direction used the computational tools of genome bioinformatics to reconstruct the evolutionary history of primate genomes. Haussler, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator who has used his background in computer science to do pioneering work in genomics, said he established the wet lab to enable just this kind of collaboration.
"Both parts were integral to this study, and there was a lot of back and forth between them. This paper shows how important it is to integrate computational and experimental approaches to fundamental scientific problems, such as how and why we continuously evolve to be more complex," Haussler said.
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Deep Learning with MATLAB
Deep learning often seems inaccessible to non-experts. In this video series, you'll see how MATLAB® makes it easy for engineers and scientists to apply deep learning to their problems. Watch the short videos, explore the well-documented code, and read the detailed blog posts to quickly understand deep learning.
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Training a Neural Network from Scratch with MATLAB Use MATLAB for configuring, training, and evaluating a convolutional neural network for image classification.
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Men's shoe size 10 US in UK
What is the equivalent of a US size 10 men's shoe size in the United Kingdom?
Men's shoe size 10 in USA is equivalent to size 9.5 in the United Kingdom.
This equivalence between a US size and a British size for shoes usually applies for almost all brands. It should be noted that this equivalence may not be met for certain brands of footwear, however, this is something that is very rare since as a general rule, a men's size 10 US is equal to a size 9.5 UK.
What are the dimensions of men's size 10 shoes in USA?
US men's size 10 and its British equivalent (9.5) refers to feet whose measurement is 10 5⁄6 inches (27.5 cm). For a correct choice of the shoe size to be used, it is recommended to know the exact measurements of the foot to make a correct selection of the size.
To know the exact measurements, a correct measurement must be taken, for which the foot must be measured from the heel to the longest toe. In the case of shoe sizes, only the length of the foot is taken into account, since the width is calculated in proportion to the length.
Therefore, if a man's foot measures 10 5⁄6 inches or 27.5 cm, she should wear a size 10 in the USA or a size 9.5 in the United Kingdom.


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What do you all think about a question answered by Dr. Sam Vaknin???
What do you all think about a question answered by Dr. Sam Vaknin???
Was curious about what you here on the forum thought about an answer I received from a question that I had posed a while back to Dr. Sam Vanknin. Would like your input as well. The question was my usual obsessive one about my exn and the ow. It was basically as to what he thought about a narcissist staying long term and even spending the rest of his life with a woman that possesses great wealth AND many qualities that a narc would find appealing and want to have (and we all know what those would be such as unlimited adoration etc....) did he see the narc ever leaving that source of supply. His answer was that the only "need" a narcissist has is for supply and if the supply is high end supply then why would a narcissist mess this up??????
Even though (before I get the posts where I shouldn't be worrying about narc and ow now) I get that, and I'm steadily working on that part (the obsession) I guess I can't help but feel confused about the conflicting things I read or hear. I respect Dr. Vanknin's opinions and I know he himself is a narcissist, however, you people here on the forum have lived through the real experiences where MOST of you tell me that on the contrary NO MATTER what this ow can offer it will still fail. No crystal balls here and I get that too, but do any of you think with Dr. Vaknin's opinion on this question that he is indeed correct that IF the narc considers the person to be giving high end supply they will remain constant to him?? I'm not forgetting the part where the ow may actual have a mind of her own, and one day flee, but in this case I'm not thinking so.
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- New hardened deadbolt anti-rotation design
- Includes 2 stainless steel keys with an ergonomic design to reduce the amount of torque, and keep them from bending or breaking
- Includes side mount, snap-in bracket
- Disc-style cylinder with center keyway
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- Product dimensions: 4" x 8" (10.2cm x 20.3cm)
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Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Explanation: Comet dust rained down on planet Earth last August, streaking through dark skies in the annual Perseid meteor shower. So, while enjoying the anticipated space weather, astronomer Fred Bruenjes recorded a series of many 30 second long exposures spanning about six hours on the night of August 11/12 using a wide angle lens. Combining those frames which captured meteor flashes, he produced this dramatic view of the Perseids of summer. Although the comet dust particles are traveling parallel to each other, the resulting shower meteors clearly seem to radiate from a single point on the sky in the eponymous constellation Perseus. The radiant effect is due to perspective, as the parallel tracks appear to converge at a distance. Bruenjes notes that there are 51 Perseid meteors in the composite image, including one seen nearly head-on. This year, the Perseids Meteor Shower will peak in the early morning hours on Friday, August 12.
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I'm a C, C++, Objective C and PHP programmer. I develop various things for PCs, Macs and the iOS platforms. On and off I'm developing an iPhone game which I expect I shall never finish. I feature progress reports on how far I am from completing it in this blog along with me rattling on about learning French and any other junk I need to get off my chest. I shouldn't really need to say it in this day and age, but obviously, the opinions here are mine and not those of anyone who pays me... unless I've been bribed, in which case, all bets are off. There's more here.-
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If words like "C++", "12 inch rotary debugger", "dangling pointers" (phhwwoooarr!), "caffeine drip" and "early grey hair" are baffling, confusing or frightening to you, it's probably best that you skip this post. It's all technical, boring and generally an opportunity … Continue reading
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Another interesting change made by the 2015 Nevada Legislature was the repeal of Nevada's Offer of Judgment statute, NRS 17.115. This change should have little or no practical effect because every offer of judgment I have ever seen that was served in Nevada litigation was made under the duplicate provisions of this statute and Rule 68 of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.
One day I might look back in the legislative history and figure how and why these duplicate provisions came to be. But for now, I am grateful that the confusing back-and-forth every couple of years between the Nevada Supreme Court and the Nevada Legislature to keep the law and the rule in sync will be over.
Thank goodness. Perhaps there are few other provisions that the legislature had taken control of that could be ceded to the courts. (Rules of Evidence?)
If you have questions about offers of judgment in Nevada, contact Mike Mills who will gladly talk to you at 702-240-6060.


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Conversion Pad: Single Phase Kiosk to LPTS
AE Concrete offers a full range of electrical vaults, chambers, and pads. We offer standard designs and can also modify or build fully custom products to fulfill your project needs. Vaults/chambers come with standard lid options rated for either static or traffic conditions and have been customized to achieve air traffic loading when required.
We also provided precast products for BC Hydro and will be happy to assist you with your Material Requests.
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- Products Certified to CPCQA Groups: B1, C1*, D1 and S
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- Site Installation, Backfilling & Suitability for Use is the responsibility of others
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Product manufactured to exceed industry standards.
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TECHSPEC® Illumination Grade PCX Cylinder Lenses are similar to Plano-Convex (PCX) lenses in profile, but include a portion of a cylinder instead of a sphere. These lenses focus light in one dimension and can transform a point of light into a line. TECHSPEC® Illumination Grade PCX Cylinder Lenses are available in circular and rectangular versions, along with multiple coating options. Cylinder lenses are ideal for line projection in machine vision applications or guidance systems.
Note: For negative focal length cylinder lenses, see our TECHSPEC® Illumination Grade PCV Cylinder Lenses.


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Privacy Policy of Silent Gliss Corporation
1. Data protection
Silent Gliss is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and complying with the applicable data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").
This Privacy Notice provides you with information about how the company of the Silent Gliss Group referred to in section 2 (hereinafter Silent Gliss, we or us) is collecting and processing, what we do with this information, and what rights you have.
2. Data controller
Silent Gliss Corporation
Registered office address: 4F Sanko bldg. 9-9 Yotsuyasakamachi, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0002
Country: Japan
Registered in Japan Company Number: 9011101007478
3. What types of personal data do we process?
Silent Gliss will, depending on the purpose why we collect and process your personal data (if any), we may collect and process personal data about you including:
- personal details such as your name, phone number, physical and electronic address;
- your photograph, where necessary, for the purpose of identifying you in the course of our legitimate business;
- if you are an employee of Silent Gliss: your social security number, date of birth, citizenship, family details such as the name of your spouse, partner or children as well as other data from the employment relationship (for example, time recording data, leave times, work incapacity times, bank details);
- if you are a prospect employee of Silent Gliss: professional information about you, such as you job title, details about your education, your work experience, letter of reference;
- if you are a prospect employee or an employee of Silent Gliss: information supplied by third parties such as references from former employers and information from criminal records checks (if necessary for your role);
- when you access our website, data transmitted by your browser and automatically recorded by our server, including date and time of the access, name of the accessed file as well as the transmitted data volume and the performance of the access, your web browser, browser language and requesting domain, and IP address;
- when you register to the partner area of our website we will ask you to provide the following information:
- Company
- Full address
- Phone number
- Email address
4. On which legal basis and for which purposes do we process personal data?
4.1. Legal basis for processing
Depending on the purpose of the processing activity (see 4.2.), the processing of your personal data will be one of the following:
- Necessary for the legitimate interest of Silent Gliss, without unduly affecting your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms, however, provided that such interests are not overridden by your privacy interests (see below);
- Necessary for taking steps to enter into or executing an employment contract with you, or for carrying our obligations under such a contract;
- Necessary for taking steps to enter into or executing a contract with you for the services or products you request, or for carrying out our obligations under such a contract, such as when we use your data for some of the purposes in sections 4.2;
- When we use special categories of personal data, necessary for establishing exercising or defending legal claims or where the processing relates to personal data manifestly in the public domain;
- In limited circumstances, processed with your consent which we obtain from you from time to time (for instance where required by laws), or processed with your explicit consent in the case of special categories of personal data such as your medical information;
- We may have other legitimate interests and we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are;
- In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal data from you or may otherwise need the personal data to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
If we ask you to provide personal data to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contact with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal data is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal data).
4.2. Purposes of processing
Partner area of our website
You may wish to sign-up to our partner area of our website to get more detailed information about our products and specifications. We will process your personal data provided to us in the signing-up process to verify your identity, provide products and services to you and ensuring their proper execution, manage the relationship with you, including communication with you in relation to the products and services you obtain from us.
We may also handle customer service-related queries and complaints through the partner area.
We ask you on our website whether you want to "Sign up" to receive information from us. Where you enter your personal data into this box you agree that we may process such personal data to send you advertisement such as the latest case studies, events updates and product news by e-mail, phone, text message and post. You can unsubscribe at any time by contacting us using the contact details at section 9.
Communication to us by email, contact form etc.
From time to time, you may wish to contact us with queries or complaints regarding our products and services. You may contact us by e-mail, phone and our in-website contact form. We will use any details which you provide to us as set out in section 3 to investigate and resolve your query or complaint and to improve our service in the future.
Where we collect and process personal data of our dealers and customers, we will use these for the purpose of performing the respective contracts, providing products and services to you and the customer, ensuring their proper execution, managing the relationship with you, including communication with you in relation to the products and services you obtain from us.
We may also collect and process personal data of our dealers and customers to handle customer service-related queries and complaints.
We may use your e-mail address to send you marketing communications or newsletters by email, either where you have actively consented to these or where we are entitled to do so by law. If at any stage you no longer wish to receive these types of email, please use the opt-out link at the bottom of every email or contact us using the contact details at section 9. Please note that even where you have opted-out of marketing communications, we may still need to send you service messages, for example, a confirmation email about a product you have ordered.
Cookies / Tracking and Other Techniques regarding the use of our website
We use cookies on our website, which allows for an identification of your browser or device. A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your computer and automatically saved by the web browser on your computer or mobile device, when you visit our website. We use session cookies in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website. Session cookies are cookies used during a session and are deleted from your device after you terminate the visit of our website.
You may configure your browser settings in a way that it rejects cookies or deletes them prematurely. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies.
Performing employment contracts
Where we collect and process information about our employees, we will use these for the purpose of performing the respective employment contract, for the purpose of managing the Silent Gliss Group of Companies and for administrative purposes. This includes using information to enable us to comply with the employment contract and with any legal requirements, keep a record of employee performance, absence and disciplinary processes pursue our legitimate interests and protect our legal position.
Telephone communications
When you telephone Silent Gliss your call may be recorded for training and quality purposes. We will only do this in order to make sure that our Care Centre staff are operating as well as they can, allowing us to provide you with our greatest level of customer service. We do not use call recordings for any other purposes.
5. Our disclosure of your information / Categories of Recipients
We do not sell or rent any of your personal data to any third party.
We may disclose your personal data to the following categories of recipients:
- to Silent Gliss Group companies in order to ensure a consistent high service standard across our group, and to provide services and products to you;
- to our third-party services providers who provide data processing services to us (for example, to support the performance of our website, enhance the security of our website or process salary data);
- our service providers including our group companies and companies outside our group;
- to any competent law enforcement body, regulatory, government agency, court or other third party where we believe disclosure is necessary (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person;
- to a potential buyer (and its agents and advisers) in connection with any proposed purchase, merger or acquisition of any part of our business, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal data only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Notice;
- to our legal and other professional advisers for them to advise us and to our insurers and insurance brokers in the event of a claim or to manage or administer our insurance policies;
- to any other person with your consent to the disclosure.
Our servers are based in the Japan, Switzerland and/or EU and we generally store and process your personal data within the Japan, EU and Switzerland ("CH"). If at any time we need to make an ad-hoc or ongoing transfer of your personal data outside of the Japan, EU and CH, we will take steps to ensure that the information receives the same level of protection as if it remained within the Japan, EU and CH, including by entering into data transfer agreements, using the EU Commission approved Standard Contractual Clauses, or by relying on certification schemes such as the EU - US Privacy Shield. Our website servers are located in Switzerland. If you would like more details of the mechanism under which your data is transferred outside of the Japan, EU and Switzerland, please contact us using the contact details in section 9.
6. Security of your information
We employ appropriate technical and organisational security measures in an effort to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification or unlawful destruction or accidental loss. However, it is important to remember that no web-based platform can be 100% secure and we cannot be held responsible for unauthorised or unintended access that is outside of our control.
If we become aware of any breach of your personal data, we will take steps to promptly assess and remediate the breach. Where appropriate, and in accordance with our legal obligations, we may also take steps to notify you about the breach, where we believe that the breach has resulted in a high risk to your rights and freedoms.
7. Retention of your information
We apply a general rule of keeping personal data only for as long as required to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected. However, in some circumstances we may retain personal data for longer periods of time, for instance where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, tax and accounting requirements.
In specific circumstances we may also retain your personal data for longer periods of time so that we have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal data, we will either delete or anonymise it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal data has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal data and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
8. Your rights
In accordance with and as far as provided by applicable law (as is the case where the GDPR is applicable), you have the following rights in respect of your personal data:
If you wish to access, correct, update or request deletion of your personal data, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details in section 9.
In addition, you can object to processing of your personal data, ask us to restrict processing of your personal data or request portability of your personal data. Again, you can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details in section 9.
You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" link in the marketing e-mails we send you. To opt-out of other forms of marketing (such as postal marketing or telemarketing), then please contact us using the contact details in section 9.
Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal data with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal data conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
We will respond to and manage any requests which you make in relation to the rights set out above in accordance with data protection laws. In addition to the above, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. However, we are keen to address any issues with our use of your personal data or the exercising of your rights, and in the first instance we would ask that you attempt to resolve the problem with us directly. However,
In relation to all these rights, please contact us using the details given below. Please note that we may request proof of identity, and we reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
In addition, you have the right to enforce your rights in court or to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.
9. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Notice, or any queries or complaints about how your personal data is processed, or if you wish to exercise any of your information rights, please contact us:
Tokyo Sales Office: +81 3 3350 4809
Osaka Sales Office: +81 6 6626 2810
Silent Gliss Corporation
Registered office address: 4F Sanko bldg. 9-9 Yotsuyasakamachi, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0002 Japan
Registered in Japan Company Number: 9011101007478
10. Changes to personal data
We are committed to keeping your personal data accurate and up to date. Therefore, if your personal data changes, please inform us of the change as soon as possible.
11. Status of this Privacy Notice
Version effective as of 1. Mar. 2019.
We may amend this Privacy Notice at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply. If the Privacy Notice is part of an agreement with you, we will notify you by e-mail or other appropriate means in case of an amendment.


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As Valentine's Day approaches, I am happy to say I am in love. But let's talk about cars!
After several months of driving my Pontiac G6, I thought I would post an update on her performance. She drives like a dream, and she talks to me too! She tells me when there may be ice outside, and when I need to go fill her gas tank. This latter turned out to be quite handy since, for inscrutable reasons, GM decided that "needle to the right" means the tank is EMPTY-- the opposite of other cars I have driven. So, I kept glancing at the fuel gauge and seeing the needle over to the right and thinking I had a full tank! Wrong. (Speaking of gasoline, I am getting 21.5 mpg for town driving...better than many cars on the road, but I am SURE we can do better than that!)
Now that the winter cold has arrived, I must confess that the salesman was correct! I have learned to LOVE the automatic start feature, and not just for the head-turn factor. (The kids love being able to start the car as they walk up to it, and catch looks of surprise on passers-by.) On these cold mornings, I start her up from the warmth of the house and she is warmed and ready to go when we come running out, late to school as usual!
Another nice touch in the GM Customer Service arena: A few days after I purchased the car, I sent an email to UAW Local 5960 thanking them for making a beautiful car for me. Although I did not receive a response to my email, a few weeks after my purchase I received a phone call from a woman at the Orion Assembly Plant in
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PTM Tarps Heavy Duty Clear Polyethylene Tarp - 12' x 12' - TC1212
PTM Tarps Heavy Duty Clear Polyethylene Tarp - 12' x 12' - TC1212
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text: Edit Your Credit Card Details in Office 365 19. Jan 2015 Insight Hosting Training: Office 365 Every mailbox in Office 365 must be linked to an active Office 365 subscription in order for it to be used to send and receive email. When we setup your mailboxes - the first thing that we do is create a subscription for the correct number of mailboxes that your organization requires, when this step is complete a credit card must be entered in order to pay for the subscription. From time to time it may be necessary to update the details of your credit card if your card expires or is lost or stolen.Since this procedure does need to be done from time to time, we have created a step by step guide to walk you through the simple process of changing your credit card details. Please note that you must be designated as an administrator for your organization in order to update the credit card details. If you don't see the admin tab when you login to Office 365, please let us know so that we can make the necessary adjustments to your account if you are the designated person that will be making the credit card updates.Information required to complete this process:1) Your email address2) The password for your Office 365 account3) The new credit card detailsStep 1In order to change your credit card details, you are going to login to Office 365 using a web browser. The simplest way to do that is to go to http://outlook.office365.com/ and login using your Office 365 email address and password - the screen should look like the image pictured below. Step 2Once you have logged in to Office 365, click the Admin tab in the top right corner of the screen and select Office 365 as pictured below. Step 3Clicking on the Office 365 Admin link brings up the Office 365 dashboard pictured below - this screen provides an overview of your service and notifies you of any downtime alerts or other issues with the service. Step 4From The Office 365 Dashboard, click on the Billing link in the left hand side menu, then click on Subscriptions to view your subscription. Step 5Finally to edit your credit card details click the "Edit credit card details" link on the right side of the page under "Actions". Follow the prompts to either modify an existing card or add a new one.


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The rumor is that the first year of marriage is the hardest. This is probably the biggest lie you'll ever hear. Well… it can either be true or false. It's your attitude that makes the difference.
It is a give and take type of relationship. We are all selfish people, so take as you feel necessary. Ask for attention. Ask for a compliment or a gift. It's okay, just don't take advantage. More importantly though, give. If you can continue to give unconditionally, it changes everything. Your spouse's happiness is a contagious thing. Give the last bite of ice cream, send them a sweet text, come home with your spouse's favorite candy after a grocery trip. It's really the little things. Do you other married couples agree or have any other advice?
So how's my marriage? Married life is and has been so much fun. You can be inappropriate all the time, every day!
Probably TMI, but here's a conversation we recently had after a work trip:
MG: What makes you feel sexy?
Me: Umm… I like compliments.
MG: I like your nostrils
LOTS of laugh as a result. What do you think? Are my nostrils sexy?
On another note:
My sister and I had a Google Hangout date. This is how we chat:
I don't think we're crazy cat ladies, do you? Okay… maybe it's undeniable.
Have a fantastic weekend (yay for Labor Day),


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Big-name sports stars aren't the only ones who use risky performance-boosting drugs or supplements. High school youths, especially athletes, often use supplements ranging from energy drinks, vitamins, herbs, and minerals to illegal anabolic steroids.
Star athletes have suffered serious and even fatal harm from these drugs and supplements. The possible short- and long-term threats include stroke, heart attack, and cancer. Yet many teens who've used steroids, ephedra, and other substances don't know about the risks. Even worse, some do know the risks and choose to ignore them.
Sports supplements don't need FDA approval before they are put on the market. Always talk with your healthcare provider before taking any dietary supplements.
Parents, coaches, and teachers must learn the dangers so they can teach children not to use these unsafe substances.
Here is a rundown of some supplements and their safety:
Anabolic steroids. The claim is that these substances build muscle mass and strength. Fact: They are illegal and unsafe. They boost the risk for stroke, heart disease, liver damage, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. They also cause testicular shrinkage and breast enlargement in men. Red flags for anabolic steroid use are:
Sudden bulking and muscling up
Violent mood swings
Very severe and widespread acne
Hair loss
Breast enlargement in boys
Androstenedione. The claim is that these substances build muscle mass and strength. Fact: "Andro" is a banned substance. It raises the risk for heart disease, cancer, liver damage, and stroke. It can also cause testicular shrinkage and breast enlargement in men.
Creatine. The claim is that this substance builds muscle mass and may cause weight gain. Other side effects are diarrhea, belly pain, and muscle cramps. Creatine use in children and teens has not been greatly studied. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that people younger than age 18 should not take it.
Vitamins and minerals. Young athletes who are eating healthy don't need vitamin and mineral supplements. But there may be situations, such as special or restricted diets, that may need vitamin supplements. Talk with your healthcare provider about your diet to see if you need a supplement. Some supplements containing the mineral chromium claim to build muscle and reduce fat. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), these supplements don't improve sports performance or build muscle.
Whey and casein protein. Protein is important in an athlete's diet for muscle growth. But studies show that young athletes get three times the amount of protein they need.
The AAP strongly condemns the use of performance-enhancing substances. It recommends a sensible strength and conditioning program along with a well-balanced diet with proper hydration for the best long-term improvements in performance.


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Easter is one of my favorite times of the year. My family gets up and we go to church service together and then after church we head to my family's house which is an hour south from us. I have a big family so my parents, cousins, aunts and uncles pack the house! Everyone in our family brings a dish and then we enjoy Easter dinner together. After the dishes and food is cleaned up we head outside where the kids hunt for Easter eggs and open then open their Easter baskets. Finally the adults continue to catch up with each other the children all play together. This is how it's always been ever since I could remember as a child and some of my favorite memories of past Easter's. It is a jam-packed day!
With Easter here I love to make goodies for my family. Sure cookies and cupcakes are yummy but I try to go outside of the box with something different. One of my families favorite candies are Hershey's Whoppers Robin Eggs, we could polish off a bag in a matter of a few minutes! I decided to surprise them by making a them in a star ingredient in making a milkshake — A Whopper of a shake!
- Qty 20 Hershey's Whoppers Robin Eggs
- 1 Cup Half & Half
- 1 tbsp Baking Chocolate Powder
- 1/2 Cup Of Sugar
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 Dry Milk
- 4 Cups Of Ice
- Place the half & half, baking chocolate powder, sugar, vanilla, dry milk and ice in blender and mix until fully blended. Then add the Hershey's Whoppers into the mix and blend. Then pour in a nice mug and enjoy!
This recipe is nice and creamy and yet refreshing. With the savory Hershey's Whoppers Robin Eggs in the mix it definitely gives a nice malty chocolatey taste! Hershey's offers a wonderful selection of candies for Easter; from chocolates to lollipops any child would be thrilled to have these tasty treats in their Easter baskets! Looking for craft, recipes or decorations for Easter, Hershey's website has quite a few great suggestions!
Have you baked using Hershey's candy products? If so what did you make?
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Virginia Minnesota
A story of a fragmented friendship finding new ground, director Daniel Stine's feature film debut Virginia Minnesota begins with a young woman at a crossroads. Her direction in life a question mark, Lyle (Rachel Hendrix) heads off on an impromptu road trip, running into a former friend, Addison (Aurora Perrinau). Addison is also adrift, and the two find themselves on the road together. Separated by a childhood trauma, Addison and Lyle must face their shared history in order to move on as adults. Through the trip they learn not only the influence of their lost friendship on their current lives, but how their new bond will shape their future as young adults.
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Newcastle upon Tyne, in the North East of England, has an estimated population of 300,000 people. The city, or the 'Toon' as it is referred to locally, is synonymous with culture, a welcoming atmosphere, and, unfortunately, rather poor weather.
As of 2017, the two universities in the city, Newcastle University, and Northumbria University, boasted 23,000 and 26,000 students respectively. Taking those statistics into consideration, almost a sixth of the entire population in the city are students — and we aren't surprised.
Student Hut ranked Newcastle as the number one city for students in the UK, thanks to its vibrant nightlife, well-connected transport system, and over-arching value for money. Beating off stiff competition such as London, Leeds, and Manchester is no easy feat, however, the home of the Magpies definitely held its own when it came down to the nitty gritty – making it the perfect location for students looking at university courses.
That got us thinking, some of the biggest rivalries in the UK exist between North and South. Take music for example: Queen vs The Beatles, Rolling Stones vs Dire Straits, and Blur vs Oasis. However, drumsticks aside, how do the two compare when it comes to cost, especially for a student about to take the leap into further education? In this article, we pit Newcastle in the North, against London in the South.
Rumour would have it that the nightlife in Newcastle consists of nothing more than partygoers venturing outside without a jacket on in the depths of winter. Although the previous two claims may boast a smidgen of truth, the city does actually offer significantly more in the way of entertainment. Stack, a recently developed shipping container complex located in the city centre at the end of Northumberland Street, plays home to a variety of alternative eateries and bars, and regularly hosts live music sessions.
For a more classic vibe, Tyne Bar, nestled in between the picturesque Ouseburn Valley and Tyne Lock, is a rustic pub which screams Geordie lifestyle. Free food on a Tuesday, do we need to go on? A short stroll up Ouseburn leads you to The Cluny, a venue which has played host to some of the UK's biggest acts. You may have heard of low-key visitors such as Arctic Monkeys, Mumford and Sons, and Gerry Cinnamon.
Alternatively, Jesmond, the suburb which houses most of the second and third-year students, consists of a variety of bars which host daily drinks promotions.
In the centre of town, a stone's throw away from Monument, find yourself in fits of laughter at the ever-popular Stand. An alternative comedy club, The Stand, has links to the world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival. You might go home with sore ribs from laughing, but at least your bank won't have taken a battering, with most shows costing around £7.
One of the main stand-out features about the North East, compared to most alternative UK destinations, is the cost of taxis. As most students live within a five-mile radius of the city centre, a standard taxi fare certainly won't break the bank.
Average night out price in Newcastle: £30
It should come as no surprise that the UK capital is a hub for bohemian modernity. Hipster bars and quirky clubs litter the streets of London offering students a variety that you would struggle to find anywhere else in the world. Camden Lock, once the workplace of Amy Winehouse, is one of the most happening areas in the city, with more terrace bars and street food stands than you could shake a stick at. Get your hands on a 'Camden Card' to take advantage of 20 per cent discounts in a host of bars and restaurants.
In order to keep the bar tab down, the White Post Cafe in Hackney Wick is particularly popular among students. If you arrive between 5 and 7pm you can get your hands on half price drinks, while chilling out to a range of DJ sets, live music, and everyone's favourite – dogs navigating their way around the bar.
On the other hand, if a pint or two is more up your street, then get yourself down to the Bavarian Beerhouse. Erdinger on tap, delivered in their specialty six-pint jugs, is accompanied by traditional German cuisine.
Obviously, the club scene is electric in London. Junction East in Shoreditch, and the Roxy in Soho have both established themselves as perfect student venues thanks to cheap midweek drinks deals.
There is no denying London plays home to some of the most fascinating cultural experiences in the world, and not all of them involve spending money. Free Tours By Foot are just one company who offer a host of cost friendly night time entertainment alternatives, including the likes of a Jack the Ripper Tour.
The one significant drawback of a night out in London is the taxi fare home. For a similar journey distance to that in Newcastle be prepared to pay four times the price.
Average night out price in London: £60
One of the main bonuses of living in Newcastle is the fact both universities are situated slap bang in the city centre. Thankfully, the vast majority of halls are positioned a maximum of 15 minutes' walk away, ensuring that you get to indulge in another brief spell of sleep in the morning. Claude Gibb halls are one example of student accommodation which sits right on the doorstep of Northumbria University. These digs are often a popular choice for students in their first year, providing the opportunity to immerse yourself in the whole university experience. Choose between £74.90 per week for non-catered, or £116.90 per week to include breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
In the following years of study, students typically relocate to the neighbouring suburbs of Heaton, Jesmond, or Sandyford, where rent prices can vary from £70 per week to £120 per week, often with bills included.
Due to the fact London has 40 universities and more than 400,000 students, pinpointing a place of choice to live generally hinges on the institution. Popular areas in the North include Camden and Finsbury Park. In the East, Mile End and Stratford attract large student populations. West London hotspots include Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith, while Brixton and Tooting have existed as firm favourites among students frequenting in South London for quite some time.
Obviously, depending on location and quality of accommodation, you can expect to pay approximately £150 per week in a shared house in London, with university halls costing around £200 per week for first year students.
Both cities have a lot to offer in regard to student life, whether it be daily activities, night life, or of course, a quality education. However, as we have noted there exists a massive disparity in terms of cost of living.


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MINNEAPOLIS (UMCom) Jan. 30, 2017: Bishop Bruce R. Ough, president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops, issued a statement regarding President Trump's executive order on immigration at a press conference sponsored by the Minnesota Council of Churches. The event, held at Hennepin United Methodist Church, gathered faith leaders to discuss the topic of immigration. Bishop Ough participated in today's event in his role as resident bishop of the Dakotas-Minnesota Area of The United Methodist Church. The statement maintains The United Methodist Church's unity in standing with other faith traditions to denounce the order, as well as calling all to remember Jesus' words from Matthew 10:40: "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me."
"I call upon the people of The United Methodist Church to see the face of Christ in the refugee," Bishop Ough said. "Say 'no' to the walling off of our country and our hearts and say 'yes' to their hope – our hope – for new life. Let us unite and work together to bring the soul of this country to a living birth!"
The full text of Bishop Ough's statement follows:
Today, I stand with colleagues representing several faith traditions to strongly denounce President Trump's widespread attack on immigrants and refugees. President Trump's reckless, ill-conceived executive orders will divide families, impose a religious test for Muslims facing forced migration, penalize communities providing sanctuary and wall off the United States from our neighbors. These actions are expensive, unnecessary and profoundly antithetical to our values of compassion, dignity and justice for all individuals regardless of nationality, religious affiliation or legal status.
The biblical witness is clear and unambiguous. Walls are unbiblical. Hospitality is biblical. Denying one's neighbor is unbiblical. Welcoming the stranger is biblical. It is not surprising that Judaism, Christianity and Islam teach the reign of God as a banquet to which all peoples are invited. We are to welcome the sojourner, love our neighbor and stand with the most vulnerable among us. These very values from our sacred texts and faith traditions are currently reflected in the mandate of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and must not be usurped by any executive order. Orders, legislation or administrative actions that would have the U.S. State Department disqualify refugees from protection and resettlement based on their nationality or religion are a denial of the very principles this nation was built upon, contradict the legacy of leadership our country has offered the world, and dishonor our shared humanity.
Jesus was explicit in his teachings. In Matthew's gospel Jesus says, "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me." (Matthew 10:40).
Refugees and immigrants arrive among us, not only with their needs, but also bearing gifts of energy, resourcefulness, love of liberty and hope. These gifts have always contributed to the renewal of our society and the church.
Above all, these strangers bring to us the Christ. When we welcome a stranger we welcome Jesus, and when we welcome Jesus we welcome our creator. Refugees, immigrants, those yearning to be free—these are the ones whom Jesus spoke about when he said, "I was a stranger and you welcomed me" (Matthew 25:35).
Repeatedly Jesus tells his disciples:
"For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it." (Matthew 16:25)
The original Greek language is far more poetic, powerful and prophetic. In finer translations of the Greek language, we hear Jesus saying:
"Whoever seeks to build a wall around their soul shall destroy it; whoever tears down the wall (around their soul) shall bring their soul to a living birth."
The very soul of our country is at stake. When we abandon strangers who are at risk of bigotry, xenophobia and violence we not only destroy their hope, we destroy our own souls. When we fail to assist the refugees fleeing danger, we not only place them in harm's way, we do harm to our own souls. When we build walls of concrete, or walls of divisive rhetoric, or walls of fear, or walls of immoral immigration policies, we build a wall around our own souls.
Christ calls us to tear down the walls around our souls that we might live fully and abundantly. Thus, I call on the Trump administration and the U.S. Congress to rescind the harmful executive orders and save the soul of our country. I call upon the people of The United Methodist Church to see the face of Christ in the refugee. Say "no" to the walling off of our country and our hearts and say "yes" to their hope – our hope – for new life. Let us unite and work together to bring the soul of this country to a living birth!
Bishop Bruce R. Ough, President
Council of Bishops
The United Methodist Church
January 30, 2017


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Plant Library
September Charm Anemone
Anemone x hybrida 'September Charm'
Plant Height: 3 feet
Flower Height: 4 feet
Spread: 3 feet
Hardiness Zone: 4a
Other Names: Japanese Anemone, Windflower
An outstanding selection for the mid to late summer garden; branching stems of silvery pink flowers with golden centers are great for cutting; good for a partial shade area; may need mulch in colder winter areas; beautiful when massed or in containers
Ornamental Features
September Charm Anemone has masses of beautiful shell pink buttercup flowers with gold eyes and a hot pink reverse at the ends of the stems from mid to late summer, which emerge from distinctive pink flower buds, and which are most effective when planted in groupings. Its lobed leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.
Landscape Attributes
September Charm Anemone is a dense herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
September Charm Anemone is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
Planting & Growing
September Charm Anemone will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity extending to 4 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 3 feet. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen! As this plant tends to go dormant in summer, it is best interplanted with late-season bloomers to hide the dying foliage.
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
September Charm Anemone is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.


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Kp < 5 | Kp = 5 (G1) | Kp = 6 (G2) | Kp = 7 (G3) | Kp = 8, 9- (G4) | Kp = 9o (G5) |
The K-index, and by extension the Planetary K-index, are used to characterize the magnitude of geomagnetic storms. Kp is an excellent indicator of disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field and is used by SWPC to decide whether geomagnetic alerts and warnings need to be issued for users who are affected by these disturbances.
The principal users affected by geomagnetic storms are the electrical power grid, spacecraft operations, users of radio signals that reflect off of or pass through the ionosphere, and observers of the aurora.
This chart updates every minute. The Estimated 3-hour Planetary Kp-index is derived at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center using data from the following ground-based magnetometers: Sitka, Alaska; Meanook, Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Fredericksburg, Virginia; Hartland, UK; Wingst, Germany; Niemegk, Germany; and Canberra, Australia. These data are made available thanks to the cooperative efforts between SWPC and data providers around the world, which currently includes the U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), the British Geological Survey, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), and Geoscience Australia. Important magnetometer observations are also contributed by the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and the Korean Space Weather Center K-index Watches are issued when the highest predicted NOAA estimated Kp-indices for a day are K = 5, 6, 7, or >= 8 and is reported in terms of the NOAA G scale. K-index Warnings are issued when NOAA estimated Kp-indices of 4, 5, 6, and 7 or greater are expected. K-index Alerts are issued when the NOAA estimated Kp-indices reach 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.
The K-index quantifies disturbances in the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field with an integer in the range 0-9 with 1 being calm and 5 or more indicating a geomagnetic storm. It is derived from the maximum fluctuations of horizontal components observed on a magnetometer during a three-hour interval. The planetary 3-hour-range index Kp is the mean standardized K-index from 13 geomagnetic observatories between 44 degrees and 60 degrees northern or southern geomagnetic latitude. The label 'K' comes from the German word 'Kennziffer' meaning 'characteristic digit.' The K-index was introduced by Julius Bartels in 1938. SWPC has used the K-index since the forecast center began operations.
For Further information about the K-index, SWPC provides a short summary of it's characteristics, and please visit the official Kp index web page at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
The chart JSON is available at: Observed Planetary K Index (3 hour intervals).
The last 30 days of mid-latitude, high-latitude, and planetary K- and A-indices are always available.
SWPC also maintains tables of geomagnetic indices, including the Planetary K-index, back to 1994.
Additional Planetary K-index data is available at the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC).
For further information about the Kp index, please visit the official Kp index web page at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).


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The Widmore Corporation is a conglomerate of companies which have been featured on Lost and in The Lost Experience. It is owned by the Widmore family and appears to have ties to the Hanso Foundation and Paik Heavy Industries.
Notable companies[]
In Lost[]
- Widmore Construction was shown in a flashback episode, where Drive Shaft are filming their videoclip near Battersea Power Station, which has a Widmore Construction banner hanging from one of the building's walls. ("Fire + Water")
- Widmore Labs appear to have sponsored or manufactured the balloon for the real Henry Gale, as their logo was featured on its side. Furthermore, Widmore Labs were the manufacturing company behind the pregnancy tests, seen a number of times on the show and used by Sun, Kate, and Rachel. ("The Whole Truth") ("I Do") ("Not in Portland")
- Widmore Industries was seen on the London building where Charles Widmore has an office. ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
- The Widmore Corporation organized the boat race in which Desmond participated, leading him to shipwreck on the Island. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- In the flash-sideways Widmore holds office in Los Angeles. ("Happily Ever After")
Bad Twin[]
The novel "Bad Twin" heavily features the Widmore family, with private investigator Paul Artisan hired to find Zander Widmore by his twin brother Cliff Widmore. The book at times mentions some interesting facts about the company, as well as its connections to The Hanso Foundation and Paik Heavy Industries.
- In Chapter 4, Widmore is said to have "begun with mid-town real estate, then expanded to the financial district, Florida, California, the Caribbean..." and that "aspects to the Widmore businesses... arcane construction and engineering projects, investments in wide range of scientific enterprises... At times there had been murmurs of Widmore involvement in off shore ventures that would have been illegal on U.S. soil; other rumors hinted at classified defense contracting or private security work of questionable ethics."
- In Chapter 6, Googling "Widmore Corporation" pulls up "over ninety-seven thousand references... sites about the sale of eleven-million-dollar co-ops on Park Avenue, and articles about the construction of office towers in Singapore... references to joint ventures with something called the Hanso Foundation, and links to engineering journals about new techniques for reinforcing concrete... society-page mentions of benefit galas, and investigative pieces about alleged environmental violations in obscure corners of the world."
- In Chapter 6, we learn that Widmore and the Hanso Foundation both are housed in the Widmore offices on East 57th Street in New York City.
- In Chapter 8, we learn that Widmore was doing a deal to go into partnership with Paik Heavy Industries.
- In Chapter 23, in an apparent new change in the board at Widmore, Alvar Hanso was replaced by Thomas Mittelwerk.
In The Lost Experience[]
The Widmore Corporation is mentioned on Thomas Werner Mittelwerk's answer phone on the Hanso phone line alongside Paik Heavy Industries. He addresses them as colleagues currently involved in active projects with the Foundation. Similarly, Peter Thompson says that anyone making threats against his colleagues or representatives of the Widmore Corporation will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
It was later established that Rachel Blake worked for the Widmore Corporation before quitting her job and receiving a healthy severance pay, which she used to finance her investigations in Europe against the Hanso Foundation. Rachel speaks very little about her old job, though does boast that the computer she used, a Hillis Teraflop in the basement of the Widmore Corporation building, was "badass".
In Find 815[]
It is discovered by Sam Thomas that the Maxwell Group is a division of Widmore Industries. The Group is for some reason attempting a salvage operation on the Black Rock shipwreck. There is also an implication that someone inside the Maxwell Group is helping Sam in his attempts to find out what happened to Flight 815.


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The Driver Education Components
The Driver Education course has two components: THEORY and LAB
Driver Education Theory includes over 30 hours of classroom instruction. Successfully completing the theory portion of driver education satisfies Our School's and the State's graduation requirement.
Driver Education Lab meets on non‐theory days and consists of 12+ hours of driving simulators; 3+ hours of behind‐the‐wheel training in a standard passenger vehicle. Enrollment in driver education lab and successful completion of both the simulator and behind‐the‐wheel components is required for Illinois licensing of teens 16 and 17 years of age. Driver Education lab is not required for graduation.
Our School's driver education students are eligible to participate in the Cooperative Driver Testing Program : To learn more about this in‐house licensing test and program requirements. TBD
Our School offers Theory Only enrollment. Approval by the department chair, Jason Boumstein, is required prior to enrollment. Please contact the student's advisor who will schedule the enrollment. Students fulfill the Our School graduation requirement upon successful completion of the class. Theory Only is graded as pass/fail. An instructional permit application will not be provided. There is no student fee for Theory Only class.
Our School does not offer Lab Only enrollment with one exception. If a student successfully completes Theory Only (classroom instruction) at Our School, the student can re‐enroll in the class and take it as Lab Only. Approval by the department chair, Jason Boumstein, is required. The student must enroll in Driver Education for a second time. There is a student fee for Lab Only class.
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We wanted to extend our range of 3-wheel electric forklifts to the next model – 1.6 tonne capacity. One of our young design engineers was given charge of this project with the mandate to look at this model from an international perspective. It had to be Made in India, Made for the World.
A study of what kind of customers would use this forklift and for what applications, formed the foundation for the specification. We then reviewed the top 5 global players' offerings in this range and gained sufficient insights to go ahead with development.
During the journey we gained new capabilities – indigenous development of wet disc brakes, electro-hydraulic controls and adapting a rear wheel drive power train with power steering for forklift operations. The forklift meets Indian and ISO safety standards. Besides functionality and specification, a lot of attention to operator ergonomics and lines of the machine resulted in a product that is truly distinctive.
We are happy and proud that this new model was awarded the CII Design Excellence Award for 2014 for Industrial Design under the sub-category Tools, Equipment and Gauges at an even hosted by the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry)in November 2014.
The CII Design Excellence Award is arecognition and celebration of Indian design. This award discovers new paradigms of design in India, which answers the call of making Indian industry and manufacturing more competitive and innovative. The award presents the emerging face of design in India and its newer manifestations
Team GMH receiving the award (L-R) Anshuman Singh, M.D. and C.E.O. – Future Supply Chains, Big Bazaar, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Dy. General Manager, Marketing – GMH, Neville Wankadia, Sr. General Manager, Service – GMH, Arnab Ghosh, Manager, Marketing – GMH and Dr. Harish Bhatia, Director – Kamikaze
Godrej Material Handling has received the Warehouse / Material Handling Company of the Year award at the 9th Express Logistics and Supply Chain (ELSC) Leadership Awards, held on 29th September 2015, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The Awards selection was based on the criteria of the company size, automation processes being used, innovative ideas, new concepts, and technologies that generate real value for money and CSR initiatives.
On receiving the award, Cavas Dumasia, Vice President, Sales and Marketing - GMH said, "The award is a culmination of special efforts we have taken towards increasing our engagement with customers by offering a wide range of products and services. We continue this customer focus through our initiatives of key account management, network expansion and improving our processes such as TOC, service contract implementation etc. to enhance customer experience."
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One of Texas' largest school districts is reviewing more than 400 of its library books following a Republican lawmaker's statewide inquiry into school library titles dealing with topics like race, gender and sexuality.
The North East Independent School District in San Antonio says it was already in the process of reviewing its library books when state Rep. Matt Krause, who chairs the Texas House's General Investigating Committee, announced his inquiry in late October.
Krause — who is also a candidate for Texas attorney general — sent schools statewide a 16-page list of roughly 850 books related to gender identity, sexuality, race and sexual health, and asked officials to tell him how many copies of the books their libraries hold and how much their districts spent on them.
He said at the time that he was targeting titles that "might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress because of their race or sex or convey that a student, by virtue of their race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously."
These titles include And Tango Makes Three, a children's book about a same-sex penguin couple and their daughter; the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Confessions of Nat Turner and the nonfiction We the Students: Supreme Court Cases For and About Students.
Some school districts, like Austin and Dallas, have said that they won't comply with Krause's request.
San Antonio district found 414 of those titles in its schools
North East ISD spokesperson Aubrey Chancellor told NPR over email that the district was reviewing its books when it learned of Krause's request, at which point it determined that its libraries held 414 of the books on his list.
That's out of some 800,000 books across the district, she later clarified, and the breakdown varies across its 67 campus libraries.
Chancellor said district officials asked staff to review those books out of an abundance of caution and to make sure they don't contain any obscene or vulgar material.
"For us, this is not about politics or censorship, but rather about ensuring that parents choose what is appropriate for their minor children," Chancellor wrote.
She said the process is moving quickly, with more than 100 books having been reviewed and deemed age-appropriate in a matter of days.
Most are appropriate and will remain on the shelves, she added, but some may contain content that "needs further review to ensure the books are accessible based on age appropriateness."
Faced with student criticism, the district spokesperson calls it a "reshuffle"
Some North East ISD students have already voiced their opposition to the statewide inquiry and review: An online petition titled "Remove the Krause List from all NEISD schools" has accrued nearly 2,000 signatures in about five days.
The petition notes that titles on Krause's list primarily include books about race, resources for safe sex, books about gender identity and stories centering LGBTQ relationships, and said such books offer students important information and a place to see their stories represented.
"Many black and lgbtq students in NEISD are appalled and hurt by NEISD's decision to comply with Matt Krause and suppress our harmless resources and stories," it reads. "We are asking for NEISD to take action against the suppression of our resources, and we are asking students to help us in advocating against this Krause list."
When asked about the petition, Chancellor characterized the review process as part of a broader effort to determine the age-appropriateness of books and move them around as needed.
"If a book needs to be moved from elementary to the secondary level or whether a book at the high school level needs to be placed in a separate section that requires parental permission," she wrote. "The idea is more of a reorganization and a reshuffle — the purpose is not to remove books."
The district is also forming a book review committee to determine which books may need to go in a separate section of the library and launching an electronic tool that parents can use to see which library books their children are checking out.
It's part of a larger GOP push to decide what Texas schools can teach
Krause is one of several Texas Republicans to have recently demanded information about school library books that they deem inappropriate as the highly politicized debate over critical race theory plays out in districts across the country.
Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott asked the state's association of school boards to shield students from library books with "pornographic or obscene material," and then directed state education officials to develop standards for blocking the presence of such books in Texas public schools.
Texas Public Radio has more on Republicans' latest efforts to dictate what can be taught in classrooms.
This story originally appeared on the Morning Edition live blog.
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