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Namibia Senior Rugby Team tournaments
Rugby has without a doubt been Namibia's most successful team sport code since the country gained Independence in 1990. Namibia missed out on qualification for the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, but since then Namibia has qualified for four successive World Cups in Wales in 1999, Australia in 2003, France in 2007 and New Zealand in 2011.
In 2010, Namibia participated in the South African Vodacom Cup competition for the first time in eight years, following successful negotiations between the NRU and the South African Rugby Union.
Namibia created history on June 20, 2010 when they beat Georgia 21-16 to win the IRB Nations Cup for the first time in their history. Namibia was the only unbeaten team at the tournament after they beat Romania 21-17 and Scotland A 23-20 in their earlier matches.
Confederation of African Rugby
Namibia has made its mark on the African continent as the second strongest rugby nation after South Africa. The Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) introduced the CAR Cup for African nations in 2000 and over the following decade Namibia won the title three times.


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Content, content, content. It's an obvious part of any interactive experience. In fact, you've probably heard content is king, or queen, or some sort of royalty. Yet, content is elusive. Often, you don't realize your content isn't cutting it until it's too late. Does any of this sound familiar?
The Real Solution
No SEO trick and no technology product alone will solve the content problem for you. The real solution to the content problem is hard work that demands change in your (or your company's) approach to planning, designing and developing interactive experiences. That's what gets results. There's no shortcut. And indeed, the path to content that counts is a hard road. But it cannot be the excuse for compromising the quality of experience we provide to our users.
Get Strategic
Content strategy is planning for every aspect of content to get results. That goes far beyond writing the copy. When getting strategic about content, focus on three key areas: analysis, editorial and architecture. While explaining content strategy in detail literally requires a book (or two or three), I'd like to share with you a concise introduction to each area in this article.
Figure 1: Content strategy usually involves analysis, editorial and architecture.
1. Analysis
Analysis is taking a magnifying glass to your content situation. The better you understand it, the better you can plan exactly what needs to change to reach the results you'd like to have. Two typical activities in the analysis phase are a content audit and a context analysis. Sometimes, these activities are lumped together into a content analysis. The exact term is not that important as long as you do the analysis thoroughly.
Content Audit
An audit is a close review of your existing content. If you have any content to start with, you need to know exactly what it is. The audit tells you what you're working with. By the end of an audit, you'll have answers to questions such as:
- What content types, formats and topics do you have?
- What is the quality of your content? (For help, consult this content quality checklist.)
- How is your content structured?
- Where do you have obvious content gaps and overlaps, or redundancies?
When you're ready to try a complete content audit yourself, check out the guide Content Analysis: A Practical Approach.
Context Analysis
A context analysis looks at the elements that surround and affect your content. At a minimum, consider and answer these questions about your goal, your users, and your processes.
- What is your business or organizational goal? Why?
- How will content help you achieve that goal?
Users / Audience
- Who are your users, or the people you want to attract and influence? Why?
- Where (in what channels) are your users looking for content — on websites, on mobile, on social networks?
- If you have an existing website or interactive experience, how is it performing?
Processes / Ecosystem
- How do you create, maintain and govern content now?
- How do you plan to do so when you launch the website or interactive experience?
- What are your competitors doing in the realm of content?
As a simple example, let's look at American Express' OPEN Forum, a site for small business owners. Why did American Express want to attract and influence these users? Because reaching these users was a step toward their business goal. Mary Ann Fitzmaurice Reilly, SVP of Partnerships & Business Development for American Express OPEN, notes, "…our biggest opportunity is with small business growth — if they grow, we grow." And, American Express decided to help them grow through a unique approach to content. Rather than create more content about their credit cards, American Express decided to create content about small business owner concerns. (More about this approach in the next section, 2. Editorial.)
We could discuss analysis for days, but I'd like to introduce other aspects of content strategy to you as well. For a more detailed explanation of this analysis, I highly recommend the analysis chapter of Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson. Also, I shared my step-by-step experience in the presentation Content Analysis: Know Thy Content.
The real benefit of analysis is ideas and insights for planning content editorial and architecture. So, let's take a closer look at those sides of content, using the OPEN Forum as an example along the way.
2. Editorial
Editorial plans mostly for the people side of content, such as:
- What style or voice should your content have to attract and resonate with users?
- What topics and themes should your content cover and when?
- Who is responsible for what content?
- What are your standards or criteria for credible content?
Many businesses and organizations who are not media properties completely lack editorial oversight for their websites and other interactive experiences. That can result in problems ranging from errors to missing a competitive advantage. Let's turn back to our OPEN Forum example. In the world of finance, much content is a combination of dull explanations or legal mumbo jumbo. OPEN Forum takes a different approach.
Figure 2: In the stodgy world of finance, American Express OPEN Forum offers a fresh approach to content.
The design might not look dramatically different from other finance sites, but the content is much different. To help small businesses, OPEN Forum regularly offers credible content about topics that small business owners care about. American Express produces some content, invited expert columnists create some content, and small business users contribute some content. Even though different authors contribute content, the content is original to OPEN Forum. Can you notice how different it is from aggregating random content or simply optimizing pushy landing pages? Through its consistent voice and handy content on OPEN Forum, American Express has positioned itself as a trusted advisor to small businesses. Because the articles, videos, and podcasts are deeply useful to small business users, they're far more valuable to American Express.
Of course, having so many content contributors poses some risk of creating content that feels disjointed. To reduce this risk, what's going on behind the scenes? The right editorial staff and processes ensure the content from different authors is coordinated. For example, while most websites lack an editor, OPEN Forum has an editor-in-chief. And, for robust editorial review and production, American Express partners with Federated Media. As you plan your content processes, you will consider what roles to hire in-house and what roles to hire as freelancers.
Besides the right people and processes, editorial planning results in an important tool: the Editorial Style Guide. This guide documents important decisions about your content for everyone involved to reference. A style guide typically explains:
- Target audiences / users
- Key messages
- Voice and tone
- Criteria for topics
- Sample content
- Usage, punctuation, and grammar guidelines
- Trademark and legal considerations
For a helpful start, you might want to consider taking a look at The Yahoo! Style Guide.
So, all of this editorial work sounds interesting, but does it actually get any results? Yes, it does. Since 2007, OPEN Forum has built an audience comparable in size and engagement with other small business media properties. But that's not the best result. In the lucrative small business market, American Express's successful editorial approach is a differentiator. More than that, it's a quiet coup. The results did not happen overnight. They took time. But, compared to its competitors, American Express now owns small business online.
I know what you're thinking. "But American Express is a big company. Should a smaller one care about editorial?" Yes. A smaller company or an individual can do it on a smaller scale, with less content, fewer contributors, and probably fewer visitors. Editorial is about attracting the right visitors (or audience) and holding their interest through content. Size does not matter nearly as much as quality.
That's a basic introduction to editorial. But, content concerns don't stop here. Now, let's turn to architecture.
3. Architecture
Architecture plans mostly for the machine side of content — while keeping the people side in mind. Architecture addresses how your content is organized, structured and repurposed. Architecture gets your content to the right place. This planning might start with a site map but won't end there. You likely will need to define content models and taxonomies using metadata. In essence, you need to tell your content management system and other platforms what content you have, where to display it and how to display it.
Let's look at a simple example, again from American Express OPEN Forum. The site has clearly defined templates for its articles, videos and other content types. Those content types come together (or aggregate) as meaningful topic pages. Take a look at this one for innovation. That aggregation happens dynamically because of good architecture.
Figure 3: This topic page brings together all of OPEN Forum's original content about a topic (in this case, the topic is innovation), thanks to good architecture.
When you plan architecture well, you gain other benefits. Both search engines and people will find your content more easily. Your content becomes more accessible and flexible, not to mention easier and more efficient to keep consistent.
That's some basic architecture. Now, let's kick it up a notch. Is OPEN Forum part of AmericanExpress.com, the core American Express website? No, it's not. Now, that might bother some user experience designers and information architects out there. Shouldn't this be one cohesive experience? Yes, it should. But, that doesn't necessarily mean all of the content has to be in one website or in one place. AmericanExpress.com serves more visitors than small business owners. So, putting all that small business content on AmericanExpress.com could easily get in the way of other visitors. Instead, OPEN Forum and AmericanExpress.com link to each other at relevant points.
Figure 4: OPEN Forum is not part of the core American Express site.
Okay, now let's kick it up several notches. Content strategy pioneer Rachel Lovinger has articulated convincingly that advanced architecture also makes your content more nimble to use across different interactive experiences, from your website to your mobile application. She notes,
"Publishing content that's marked up with smart structure and metadata allows it to be delivered on a wider range of channels, while still retaining the context and relationships that make it meaningful and useful to both your audience [visitors or users] and your brand. Think of it like providing publishing instructions with the content, where each different platform uses only the instructions that are relevant."[2]
For example, if your content is structured well, you can offer mobile versions of your content more efficiently, as American Express has. You also will have a much easier time creating widgets or an API to distribute your content, as NPR did. (See image below.) Does this kind of planning get results? Within 12 months after releasing this API, NPR doubled its users (audience). [3]
Figure 5: NPR structured its content well enough to offer a useful API.
You or your organization might think such multichannel architecture issues are mostly technology issues. Now hear this: They're content issues, too. Consider how your content's architecture will help you reach the right users in the right channels.
From: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/04/12/make-your-content-make-a-difference/

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Dancing with the Stars is no stranger to having pretty diverse cast members. This show is undoubtedly reality gold and gives viewers a profound glimpse into the lives of people who have barely been relevant for decades, but this upcoming season is full of both vintage and modern celebrities hoping to regain their moments in the spotlight. Whereas some of these stars do not need an introduction, some of them undoubtedly need to be mindful of their actions because this show is their small chance of some redemption in gaining the respect back from the public eye.
Maureen McCormick of The Brady Bunch is one of the more surprising cast members of this season, but if she still has her Marcia Brady moves, she should be golden. Vanilla Ice, a former one-hit wonder, is set to be on this season as well, which has fans eager to see if "Ice Ice Baby" will be one of his songs. James Hinchcliffe, Jana Kramer, Marilu Henner, Rick Perry, Calvin Johnson, Babyface, Laurie Hernandez, Jake T. Austin, and Terra Jolé are a few more stars who have been brushing up on their moves in preparation for the new season. Sure, fans of the show are eager to see them all perform, but who fans really want to see is Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte.
After his meets at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Lochte and other teammates put themselves in harms way, but not in the way that their original story had entailed. After fabricating a robbery story, it was later discovered that the four American swimmers had created the story to avoid getting in trouble for what they really did. Regardless, DWTS is his chance for redemption.


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Peter Korn, Maine-based furniture maker, woodworker and author, shares insights on the rewards of creative work. [6:30 p.m., Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third St., S.F.]
Andrei Tsygankov: The San Francisco State University professor discusses Vladimir Putin's efforts to expand Russia's world influence and solidify control of political and social environments in Russia. [7:30 p.m., Los Altos Youth Center, 1 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos]
Stephen Palumbi: The marine biologist gives a talk titled "The Extreme Life of the Sea: Amazing Ways Animals Live in Amazing Parts of the Ocean." [5:30 p.m., Aquarium of the Bay, Embarcadero and Beach Street, S.F.]
Ravinder Sehgal: The biologist discusses the impact of human-induced change on the prevalence of avian malaria in birds from the tropics to the Arctic. [7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Universalist Church and Center, 1187 Franklin St., S.F.]
Literary events
Anchee Min: The Shanghai-born author discusses "The Cooked Seed: A Memoir." [7:30 p.m., Kepler's Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park]
Michael Saag: The physician and pioneer in the studies of HIV discusses "Positive: One Doctor's Personal Encounters With Death, Life and the U.S. Healthcare System." [7:30 p.m., Books Inc., 2275 Market St., S.F.]
Peter Stark: The adventure writer talks about "Astoria." [7 p.m., BookShop West Portal, 80 West Portal Ave., S.F.]
Fred Minnick: The author, journalist and whiskey expert talks about "Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey." [7 p.m., Elixir Cocktail Club, 3200 16th St., S.F.]
At the colleges
Two Roads Diverged: Cultural scholars Mick Moloney and Lenwood Sloan discuss Irish and black contributions to American arts and culture. [7 p.m., University of San Francisco, McLaren Conference Center, Room 252, 2130 Fulton St., S.F.]
At the public library
Write Your Will: The seminar, led by estate and probate lawyer Stuart Bronstein, helps participants create fully functional wills. Bring a nonerasable pen. [6:30 p.m., Richmond Branch, 351 Ninth Ave., S.F.; register: (415) 355-5600]
Cell-phone cinema
The 2014 Disposable Film Festival presents its opening-night event — a program of short films made on everyday devices such as cell phones and pocket cameras. [8 p.m., Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St, S.F.]
Local activities
Piano concert: Classical pianist Evgeny Kissin appears in recital, performing music by Schubert and Scriabin. [8 p.m., Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]
Benefit salon: "Nicaragua Solidarity Then & Now," a salon with poetry and film, benefits health, women's rights and human-rights efforts. Guests include poet Alejandro Murguia. [6:30 p.m., Eric Quesada Center, 518 Valencia St., S.F.; www.altruvistas.com]
Comedy show: Kung Pao Kosher Comedy's "Comedy Returns to El Rio" series presents stand-up by Steve Lee, Bob McIntyre and Kat Evasco. [8 p.m., El Rio, 3158 Mission St., S.F.]
Georges: The wild-caught Atlantic striped bass, with fragola, grilled asparagus, green garlic and piquillo-pepper broth, is recommended today. The spring-vegetable salad, with soft-cooked egg and Manchego is also highlighted. [415 Sansome St., S.F.; (415) 956-6900]
Rock band: Skaters, from New York City, perform a concert featuring material from their debut album "Manhattan." [9 p.m., Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F.]
Prog rock-pop: The Lonely Forest, an indie band from Washington, headlines Popscene. [9 p.m., Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St., S.F.]
Ballet cinema: The Royal Ballet's signature work "The Sleeping Beauty" is presented from the Royal Opera House in London. [7 p.m., Century San Francisco Centre 9 and XD, 845 Market St., S.F.]
Documentary: The 2012 biography "Pablo" tells the story of Pablo Ferro, the poor Cuban immigrant who rose to the heights of the Madison Avenue advertising industry to become one of the most celebrated title designers in movie history. [7:30 p.m., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., S.F.]


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Put all thoughts of sleazy night-spots filled with hordes of drooling men out of your heads. Pole dancing is the latest fun fitness craze to sweep the nation, now celebrated by International Pole Dancing Day. If you're keen to pole-ish up your moves, shimmy on down to Ego for one of the free introductory women's sessions, which are being held across the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia.
Ego, Edinburgh, Thu 7 Sep, 6.30-8.30pm. Free.


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Loyalties : A Novel of World War II. / Thomas Fleming.
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New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming tells a haunting love story set against one of the more perplexing and least explored chapters of World War II.In Berlin, Berthe von Hoffman dreams of an angel in the depths, embracing her husband's submarine-and remembers Kristallnacht, when Hitler declared all-out war on the Jews. The stench of evil in that memory draws her to the headquarters of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, enigmatic head of the German secret service-and guiding spirit of the Schwarze Kapelle, the circle of courageous men and women who comprise the secret dangerous resistance to Nazism.Aboard the USS Spencer Lewis off Iceland, Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Trumbull Talbot is denouncing President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unconstitutional undeclared war against Germany when a torpedo fired by Berthe's husband, Kapitanleutnant Ernst von Hoffmann, cut the destroyer in half.
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Again more winners, now are published the winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for November 2009 edition. Those photos were uploaded in November and voted in December. We will contact the winners via e-mail during the next 30 days in order to organize the prizes.
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State Figures for Educating & Imprisoning Illegal Immigratns Inaccurate
"Reports revealed that Arkansas spends about $169 million annually to educate and imprison immigrants and their families." THERE IS NO WAY THIS AMOUNT IS CORRECT. 1.
I don't know how the ADE arrived at their figure, but to get a good estimate the figure would have to include the following:
· Per pupil spending at $7,795 for at least 70% percent of the 34,772 K-12 Hispanic students in Arkansas. My figures below show an approximate figure of $210 million for just this per pupil spending alone without including the other costs listed below. ADE's figure of $169 million was supposed to also include the cost of imprisonment for the illegal aliens as well. 2
· Cost of Pre-K programs for which probably ALL the illegal alien families qualify. In 2006 the state was spending $ 71 million a year on preschool programs. 7.4 % of all K-12 students in Arkansas are Hispanics. If just 7.4% of illegal immigrants were in Pre-K programs, that would be over $5 million. Surely there are some figures somewhere on the number of Hispanics in Pre-K programs. (I think more money was added for Pre-K in 2007)
· College tuition (many illegal aliens are attending college in Arkansas, and some are receiving scholarships).
· Numerous required programs for Spanish speaking children in all the schools. These programs would cost in the millions no doubt. Hiring additional teachers for those classes gets very expensive.
· Remedial programs for Spanish students. Most of the illegal aliens have to take remedial courses which adds to the cost of education.
· Money being allocated by the state for facilities to take care of the students because of the massive influx of illegal aliens in areas like Springdale. Springdale received an $8.2 million from the state to build five new elementary schools (the highest allotment in the state) in 2006. 3 The Hispanic student population there has more than doubled since 2001 and is now 38% of the student body with 6,258 Hispanic students. 4 The state pays less than half on these facilities plans so the cost of the five elementary schools would be at the very minimum in the neighborhood of $20 million. 38% of 20 million is about $7.5 million for students of illegal aliens in just this one district. In 2006 the state paid 86 million and the local school districts paid 214 million so $20 million may not be nearly high enough to base this figure on. (See below for another injustice this is causing)
· "In all, 1, 646 long-term projects have been approved in what the state calls the 'partnership program' for facilities, with a total state and local cost of $ 1. 4 billion. 5 The state's share is $ 631 million and will be paid with cash." 7.4% of the students in Arkansas are Hispanic. 7.4% times $1.4 billion is approximately $104 million so $104 million would be spent on facilities to benefit a population that is mostly illegal.
At this time, I don't know the cost of special programs for Spanish speaking students, or the remedial programs. I am sure there are still some things I am missing as well. But I know someone out there does know how to figure the costs on these.
However ADE has just awarded Springdale $1.3 million grant for 100 Springdale teachers to learn to instruct students who don't speak English fluently. 18% of the Hispanic students in the state are enrolled at Springdale; so it would take about five to six million dollars for teachers across the state just to have this training, not to speak of all the teachers that have to be hired to teach the students, and other special programs. http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/199301/
Since some Spanish speaking students are enrolled in all classes, I presume this would mean that all teachers should have this training, which could get expensive indeed.
I noted that the cost of imprisonment for illegal aliens in the newspaper report was figured just for cost of keeping them in jail. What about all the cost for law enforcement, court costs, prosecuting attorney's fees, appointed attorneys, etc it took to arrest them and to get them in prison.
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That's right folks - we moved with 1 1/2 weeks notice! One night as we were driving home I wanted Tony to go through a certain neighborhood (because I have this thing about looking at houses). He didn't want to and went a different way and we saw a house for rent that we had actually looked at a year ago.
He called the guy renting the house, worked out a great deal for us and signed the lease. We moved a week and a half after the lease was signed! Needless to say, the sorting through and purging I was planning on doing when we moved did not happen. I have giveaway boxes by my side as I am unpacking and am filling them up, slowly but surely.
Although it isn't a perfect house and not one we would buy, there are many things I love about this house:
~ We have a garage!! At this time it is still full of boxes, but soon we will be able to park in it!
~ Backyard - BIG backyard! The boys and I already played outside and had a blast! There is also a great patio with a firepit and a spot for a garden. Austin wants to grow corn and Drew wants to grow carrots.
~ We have a new fridge and a garage fridge. The fridge that was here is not very big and the bottom shelf is
cracked, so we bought a fridge since we will need one wherever we buy next.
~ Trees! Squirrels! Birds! It is great to look out the back window and see squirrels running around.
~ The den is big enough for me to have my craft table set up. This is a first in my adult life and I am looking forward to relaxing as I create. Being able to stop and not put everything away for dinner will be very refreshing.
~ We are allowed to paint (and we did). After living in no-paint apartments for the past three years it is really nice not to have all white walls.
~ Austin has two closets, one full of shelves. All of his Legos are set up in scenes on the shelves. It looks great, and he has played with them more since they are more accessible.
~ Drew is so happy he has blue walls! His xylophone and drum pad are also set up all the time so he can make music whenever he wants.
~ Finally, I don't feel guilty about the boys playing like boys and chasing each other around the house and yelling and (fun) screaming. It is so nice not to tell them to be quieter because "our neighbors are on the other side of the wall".
We will most likely live in this house until I am finished with school (May 2013). Then we will decide where to live, here or Indy or wherever I find a job and we agree on. It should be a nice place to call home for the next couple of years.


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1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. "A train of agreeable reveries." (Goldsmith)
2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. "These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town." (Latimer)
3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; followed by to, rarely by with. "That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another." (L'Estrange)
4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
Synonyms: Pleasing, pleasant, welcome, charming, acceptable, amiable. See Pleasant.
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Global Bio Alcohol Market - Industry Insights and Forecast 2015-2019 is a new market research publication announced by Reportstack.
Market Definition and Growth of the Bio Alcohol Market:
Bio alcohols are sustainable organic chemicals that possess important physiological properties through the fermentation of sugar or cellulose. Bio-alcohols are environment-friendly and mainly used in transportation as an alternative to gasoline.
The growing scarcity of non-renewable resources is a key driver of this market. Bio-based chemicals are increasingly replacing petroleum-based products owing to a rise in crude oil prices. In addition, reduced carbon footprint of the bio-alcohol production process is expected to help the Bio-alcohol Market grow at a CAGR of 9% during the forecast period.
Currently, bio-alcohols are produced from feedstock such as biomass that majorly include organic wastes. However, with the advancement in technology the usage of cellulosic biomass will give more impetus to the growth of this market. These are made up of very complex sugar molecules using biomass such as corn stover and switchgrass. It is expected to open up huge opportunities in the Bio-alcohol Market in this period.
Complete report available @ Global Bio Alcohol Market - Industry Insights and Forecast 2015-2019.
Leading Companies in the Bio alcohol Market:
The other prominent vendors in the market include BASF, Cobalt, CoolPlanetBiofuels, DuPont, Fulcrum, Harvest Power, Valero, Mascoma, and Mitsubishi Chemicals.
Key Application Areas for the Bio alcohol Market:
The transportation sector accounted for a majority share of the Bio-alcohols market followed by infrastructure and medical sectors in 2014.
Leading Biofuel Producing Countries:
Germany was the largest producer and consumer of biofuels as of 2014.The stringent government regulations towards a greener and sustainable environment drive the Bio-alcohols market in Germany. However, the lack of availability of bio-based raw materials is still a major challenge the Germany market faces.
US was the second largest consumer of biofuels as of 2014. The government has taken several initiatives to shift to the production of bio-based production of chemicals. The Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003) in US states that the companies willing to produce high-performance renewable chemicals and bio-based products will be eligible for loan guarantees to build the manufacturing plants.
Key Trends of the Bio-alcohol Market:
Key advances in biotechnology have enabled researchers to use cellulosic biomass for enhanced biofuel production.
Many chemical producers are expected to shift to biofuels during the forecast period.
There is an upsurge in the demand for biofuels from emerging regions that has opened new opportunities for the bio alcohol market.
Emerging regions such as South America are showing growing inclination towards newer applications of Bio-ethanol, a major product in the market.
The entry of foreign players such as BASF in China is likely to impact this market in a positive way.
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Key Drivers and their Impact on the Bio alcohol Market
Key Challenges and their Impact on the Bio alcohol Market
Key Trends and their Impact on the Bio alcohol Market
Five Forces Analysis of the Bio alcohol Market
SWOT Analysis of Key Vendors of the Bio alcohol Market
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Publisher: Scribner
Age group: Adult
Pages: 531
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Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When Marie-Laure is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure's reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum's most valuable and dangerous jewel.
In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure's converge.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015.
Goodreads Choice Winner.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.
62 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list for Hardcover Fiction (as of 22 July 2015).
All the Light We Cannot See definitely comes with high credentials. In addition to all the official acclaim it has gathered, it is one of those books I feel everyone who has read it has loved. All over the book blogosphere and booktube, this book has been praised since it came out. And the praise just continues. And for a very good reason.
All the Light We Cannot See must be one of the best, most well-researched and magical books I've ever read. The way Doerr writes continually took my breath away. The way he can turn simple things into something magical astounded me and page after page I fell in love with the book itself and reading in general more than I thought it would be possible.
The short chapters following the lives of Marie-Laure, an intelligent and blind French girl, and Werner, take you on a journey to a time in history that we all know something about. Through their very different positions in life, the reader gets to experience the side of those who are "evil" and those who are the "victims". The narrative visits Parisian museums, schools for the Hitler Youth, seaside French villages and the war zone. It jumps in time from the days before the war to the war itself, and eventually its aftermath.
Despite the fact that the years surrounding The Second World War have been written about extensively, I felt like All the Light We Cannot See took a whole new approach to that time period. I loved the way Doerr leaves things for imagination. He provides just enough for the reader to figure out what is happening, and it felt, at least to me, that the fact that he does not spell everything out made matters much more grim that they would have been if he would have spelled them out in detail. An example of such a scene and one that will stay in my mind comes in the book after Marie-Laure and her father get separated:
On the fourth day, all the prisoners are piled onto a cattle truck and driven east. "We are close to Germany", the man whispers. They can glimpse it on the far side of the river. Low clumps of naked trees bracketed by snow-dusted fields. Black rows of vineyards. Four disconnected strands of gray smoke melt into the white sky.Despite the fact that the synopsis somewhat lets to assume that Marie-Laure is the sweet, good girl and Werner is the boy who gets sucked into the ideologies of Hitler, the situation is not quite as black and white. What makes this book excellent, in addition to the vast amount detail and research Doerr has put into it, is the complex characterization and character development that takes place within the pages. As the time goes by and the book processes, these characters grow up in so many different ways. They suffer, they learn from their mistakes, and they make discoveries that have huge impact on their destinies.
The locksmith squints. Germany? It looks no different from this side of the river.
It may as well be the edge of a cliff.
It was extremely interesting to see how Doerr entwined the two stories together. For most of the book, Marie-Laure and Werner are separated by ideologies, nationalities and locations, but still manage to share something that later on becomes very fundamental to their survival.
This book took my breath away with its magnificent writing, engaging characters and the amount of information and research it includes. It made me laugh, cry, hate humanity and trust in the goodness of people. It made me appreciate literature and fall more and more in love with reading.
All the Light We Cannot See is, no doubt, one of the best books I've ever read.


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Café No 9 - New Edinburgh café off Leith Walk steps out usual gay hub
- The List
- 30 November 2010
'I think people are a bit sick of big chains and their coffee is a bit rubbish sometimes too . . .'
For a new LGBT café owner in Edinburgh, straying away from the pink-tinged pavements of Broughton Street may be a bold move, but one which Innes Drummond believes is necessary.
Drummond's venture Café No 9 recently opened in Croall Place off Leith Walk. Having previously run a guesthouse with her partner for ten years, she saw a gap in the market for a new fuel stop outwith Edinburgh's usual gay hub.
'Blue Moon and all those places have been on Broughton Street for what feels like forever,' she says. 'I lived around there for years but it's nice to have something in Leith for a change.'
The café, which opened just over a month ago, is already starting to attract a healthy clientele due to its wholesome menu and relaxed vibe, with an array of homely breakfasts, lunches and a No 9 fish special on offer every day. Avoiding the hipster clichés (note to Ilene Chakin, creator of The L Word's café queen Kit Porter: your fictional lez-caf was nice, but it would take more than rice cakes and luke warm mochas to keep [lead actress] Katherine Moennig going in real life, I should coco), Drummond's bright and welcoming café is more comfy chic than corporate coffee joint.
'What we're doing is a bit more personal than chain places,' says Drummond, who has lived in Leith for 15 years. 'I think people are a bit sick of big chains and their coffee is a bit rubbish sometimes too …'
With word of mouth fast putting Café No 9 on the local grub map, Drummond is still keen not to get typecast.
'It's not just a "gay" café – we want it to be somewhere for people in Leith to be able to come and feel at home. It's a real mixed bag.'
Maybe time to wander off the beaten Broughton track …
Café No 9 is open Mon–Fri 8am–4pm; Sat/Sun 9am–5pm.


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Police are linking two thefts of high value clothing worth £25,000 in Lancaster and Garstang.
Earlier this month, a large quantity of outdoor jackets and boots valued at more than £10,000 were taken from an industrial unit in Wyresdale Road in Lancaster.
Burglars got into the property by removing a window and cutting through metal bars.
At 7pm on Monday, November 23, officers were called to an address on the Creamery Industrial Estate at Barnacre, near Garstang, after reports of a burglary.
A large quantity of clothing, including hunting jackets, camping jackets and trousers valued at close to £15,000 were taken after a window was removed to get into the building.
Police believe the shop was the UK's sole supplier of some of the products taken, including clothing by Swazi, Norrona and Woolpower.
PC Matthew Betts of Lancaster Police said: "These crimes were similar in nature and we would appeal to anyone with information to contact us.
"Some of the clothing removed is not available anywhere else in this country and I would ask anyone who has been offered or bought this products to contact us immediately."
If you can help, contact police on 101 quoting crime reference number WB1509595 for the Garstang thefts or WB1509463 for the Lancaster incident.


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AveXis, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
13. Net Loss Per Common Share and Unaudited Pro Forma Net Loss Per Common Share (Continued)
pro forma basic and diluted net loss per common share was calculated as follows:
Loss from continuing operations
Less: deemed preferred dividends on common stock
Net loss attributable from continuing operations to common stockholders
Loss from discontinued operation
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
Weighted-average basic and diluted common shares
Pro forma adjustment to reflect assumed automatic conversion of all shares of preferred stock upon the closing of the proposed initial public
Pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding basic and diluted
Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per common share
14. Employment Agreements
On August 7, 2014, the Company entered into employment agreements with four employees. The terms of these agreements ranged between 2-3 years. Each of the agreements
provided for an annual salary, a discretionary bonus as determined by the Company's Board of Directors, an additional bonus should the value of the Company's common stock as traded on a national stock
exchange equal or exceed certain pre-defined thresholds for a period of 90 consecutive days (the "Valuation Bonus") and severance obligations in the event of the termination of employment by the
Company with or without cause or by the employee for good reason, as defined in the agreements. As of September 30, 2015 (unaudited), three of the above employment agreements remain in effect
(see Note 15).
aggregate amount of Valuation Bonus potentially payable pursuant to such agreements at December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2015 (unaudited) was $1,075,000 and
$450,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2015 (unaudited), no Valuation Bonus had been earned by any of the employees or accrued by the Company.
Company is accounting for the Valuation Bonuses as liability-based awards under ASC 718. The Valuation Bonus awards contain both a performance condition (i.e., the
Company's stock needs to be traded on a nationally-recognized stock exchange in the United States) and a market condition (i.e., vesting is contingent upon the achievement and maintenance of
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John Brain knows what it's like to be over 50 and looking for work. He's been there.
He remembers a sense of having been discarded by society, despite possessing marketable skills.
The experience galvanized Mr. Brain, 60, to form Fifty-Plus, a non-profit organization to assist out-of-work professionals 50 and older.
"The original issue was to create an organization that would address the problem of age discrimination in employment," said Mr. Brain, who teaches a public relations course at Towson State University. "In short, I think we have a youth-oriented culture, in comparison with most countries."
Fifty-Plus is in its formative stages and is operating out of Mr. Brain's Baltimore home until the organization has enough clients to move into an office. Once Fifty-Plus is up and running, its goal will be to find management positions for its clients, and help clients who would rather start their own businesses.


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Following their formation in 1993, Hammerfall underwent numerous personnel changes before settling on their current lineup, which includes principal songwriters Joachim Cans (vocals) and Oscar Dronjak (guitars). In Flames skinbeater Jesper Stromblad contributed to their debut, although Patrick Rafling replaced him soon after. Since the release of their debut Glory to the Brave in 1997, Hammerfall have become one of the toasts of the Eurometal scene, residing in Germany's Top 100 for over two months, with Glory dubbed Album of the Year by Rock Hard magazine. The Swedish rockers have also played numerous metal fests, including the Wacken Open Air Festival; they returned in 1999 with the EP I Want Out. Renegade was issued a year later.
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Are the Rangers Doomed?/
Late last night, David Schoenfield had an interesting piece up. Schoenfield is of course the head of the ESPN SweetSpot Network, and is almost always a good read, in case you haven't made your way over there for whatever reason or another.
In the piece, he makes some great points about how the franchise, only two years ago, appeared to be headed toward dominance in baseball. Of course, baseball happens.
No one could have predicted that, after one of the hottest starts we'd seen, Josh Hamilton would be a .257 hitter after May 10th.
Beyond Hamilton, Michael Young had just come off of a fantastic .854 OPS season in 2011 as primarily a DH, and when it became clear that he couldn't replicate in 2012 as he posted up a .683 OPS in 2012.
Yet, down the stretch in 2012, the prevailing thought was that the Oakland A's were somehow "lucky" and would eventually die. They didn't. The Rangers lost the AL West on the final day of the season, partialy due to Hamilton's dropped fly ball, and given his list of weird "injuries", it was just another reason for fans to run him out of town.
The pitching injuries obviously began in 2012, with both Colby Lewis and Neftali Feliz falling victim to Tommy John surgery, but when 2013 began and Matt Harrison was virtually out for the entire season, and then Lewis was ruled out after requiring hip resurfacincg, it seemed to all be behind the organization. If only.
Pitching injuries haven't been the only issue. Aside from now Harrison, Martin Perez, and Derek Holland that will have missed significant time this season, position players like Jurickson Profar and Geovany Soto are also missing time.
That doesn't even include the fact that Adrian Beltre has missed time. Even Jim Adduci, who was barely in the lineup, fell victim to a currently-popular narrative that is calling out Major League Baseball on the bases, one on which Adduci fractured a finger sliding into on April 18.
More than just injuries, the 2nd base split that was Donnie Murphy and Josh Wilson is essentially done, as Murphy is on the DL and Wilson was DFA'd. Rougned Odor is currently manning 2nd base, and it remains to be seen how well he will adjust to Major League pitching, even though his defense has passed the eye test thus far, at least to me.
Dave goes on to mention that many of the top prospects in the system before 2012 haven't contributed to the Rangers thus far. Other than Leonys Martin and Rougned Odor -- who is admittedly only with the Rangers this soon because of Profar's injury -- many of the players are no longer with the club. Most now belong to the Cubs, while Cody Buckel, one of the former shining stars of the organization, is dealing with Steve Blass Disease. In other words, he simply can't find the strike zone despite having fantastic "stuff".
The most gut-wrenching part about Dave's analysis? The fact that run differential matters. I'm paraphrasing a bit, but it was clearly pointed out, and he's right. At some point, for this ball club to be competitive in 2014, the run differential has to change. With the starting rotation on the fritz, and by extension the bullpen, that puts the lineup right in the headlights. This is what Prince Fielder and Shin-Soo Choo were brought in for: To team with Adrian Beltre and Alex Rios to create runs, and therefore wins, for the 2014 Rangers.
It's literally going to be a race. It may or may not be close. But hell, we'll all see each other at the finish line and find out.


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In the morning we visited my grandparents and the kids raced around their garden for a while, before going home to watch E's new Tractor Ted in the Summertime DVD. Then, we went to my parents' house and the kids picked some of Grandmum's tulips to bring home. Grandad found an egg (probably Wood Pigeon) in the garden.
Total wild time – about 1 hour in total


text: Without a doubt this Madison Avenue cafe interior is a must see. If your standing right outside it might seem that the cafe has totally turned sideways! The truth is, its just an illusion created by the images of books that are printed on to custom tiles and if you look carefully the lighting does not hang from the ceiling... it sticks out from the walls. This illusionary design was created by a Manhattan-based nemaworkshop, famous for creating numerous trendy retail concepts. Drop by D'Espresso for top quality Illy Italian espresso, for those of you with a sweet tooth make sure to check out their gelato bar and pastries!


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Dr. Phanindra Goyari, Professor in the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad (UoH), has been awarded the 'Bharat Ratna Dr. Abdul Kalam Gold Medal Award 2017' by the 'Global Economic Progress and Research Association' for his individual achievements in the field of 'Education and Research', specifically for his contributions towards 'Guiding Research Scholars, Research Publications and Teaching of Economics'. The award carries a gold medal, a trophy and a certificate. This award was presented during the 47th National Unity Conference on 'Individual Achievements & National Economic Growth' held in Chennai on October 15, 2017.
Recently, Prof. Goyari has successfully completed his UGC Raman Fellowship period and Post-Doctoral Research works at Texas Christian University in USA. He has been teaching Econometrics, Model Building and Simulation in Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Mathematical Methods for Economics, Optimization in Economic Theory and Statistics for Economics to MA and IMA students. His present research interests are broadly in agricultural economics (with special reference to summer paddy issues, and nonparametric econometric modeling), tourism economics, tribal and development issues of Northeast India. Some of his successful research scholars are now working as regular faculty members in various institutions like IIT Kharagpur, SMVD University, NIPFP New Delhi, Apex Professional University, Ravenshaw University, North Orissa University, Central University of Jammu, and various colleges in India. Publications of his research team have appeared in journals like The Journal of Developing Areas, Economic and Political Weekly, Finance India, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics Research Review, Agricultural Economics Review, Indian Economic Journal, South Asian Journal of Management, Journal of Economic Policy and Research, The Indian Journal of Economics, South Asia Research, Asian Economic Review etc.


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Project Blinkenlights
Project Blinkenlights was founded with the creation of Blinkenlights, the original interactive light installation that came to life on September 11, 2001 (no kidding) at Haus des Lehrers in Berlin, Germany. Many people know that Project Blinkenlights evolved out of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and are inquiring about the history of Project Blinkenlights so we want to share this story with you.
Hacker Spirit
In 2001, the founder of the Chaos Computer Club - Wau Holland - died at age 49 from a stroke. This came as a shock to the german hacker community and all the members of the CCC who admired Wau for his lifetime achievements and his special personality.
In 2001 the CCC was about to celebrate its 20th anniversary. So in the wake of the bad news we decided to create a party we all will never forget in honor of Wau. So we went ahead and planned that party, a five-day exhibition on the CCC (running under the XXCCC moniker) and a special project being a present to the CCC and the city of Berlin.
The CCC decided to turn the famous Haus des Lehrers building at Berlin Alexanderplatz into world's biggest interactive computer display.
It's all in the name
The name "Blinkenlights" is a term that is part of hacker history. If you look it up in the Jargon File, you find it to be defined as "front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer". The original wording derives from a funny sign computer people liked to put on the door of the rooms housing their technical equipment.


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ARL Technology Recognized as One of Army's Top 10 Inventions
November 23, 2009
A U.S. Army Research Laboratory team was recognized at the U.S. Army Greatest 2008 Inventions ceremony in September for creating armor that has saved lives on the battlefield.
Active duty Soldiers selected the Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Armor Weight Reduction Spiral Program as one of the top ten Army inventions for its impact on Army capabilities, potential benefit outside the Army and inventiveness.
"This award reflects the voice of the Soldiers," said Lt. Gen. James Pillsbury, Army Materiel Command's deputy commander, to the group of scientists and support staff at the ceremony. "Each and every one of those (inventions) is helping Soldiers survive."
Soldiers' casualty rates from improvised explosive devices sharply increased at the end of 2007, and ARL materials researchers knew available armor would be too heavy to put on ground vehicles. The team, along with other agencies and industry partners, created new, lighter weight armor in an extremely "aggressive" timeline of just half a year.
Most at the ceremony agreed that the biggest impact came from the stronger, light weight MRAP armor, and casualty rates dropped significantly after the MRAP was fielded.
According to Dr. Scott Schoenfeld, chief of the Weapons and Materials Research Directorate's Materials Research Branch, the data coming from theater reflects the protection the armored vehicles give to Warfighters, many of whom can now walk away from their vehicles after an IED attack.
"We used to get reports like (one Soldier killed in action) and now the reports are more like vehicle recovered" said Schoenfeld. "In some cases they can even continue the mission."
Although the data is encouraging, Schoenfeld said hearing the personal stories of Soldiers who survived attacks is the most rewarding part of his job.
Maj. Mike Hammond is a three-time Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran who attended the conference as Pillsbury's aide-de-camp. He said it was a great opportunity to meet the scientists who were behind the MRAP armor that kept many Soldiers in his unit alive.
"I'm a big fan of the MRAP. I've seen it in action. It did what it was supposed to do," said Hammond. "I don't think we could exist without them (scientists)."


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installed service pack 2 had issues... wouldnt boot properly. reformatted. installed all updates. installed service pack 3 clicked restart. getting only a black screen.
not sure what to do from here? i managed to get it into one of the safe modes. but thats it
sigh... all of a sudden while in safe mode it said update complete and restart to finish or w/e. i clicked restart and it booted normally. i dont know how or why something finished in safe mode but as of this second im logged on normally.
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Normally I don't like writing about places that have become too cool too fast, but Prego da Peixaria has got to be an exception.
Burgers have been very in vogue in Lisbon for some time now, and "Prego" is definitely the Portuguese version of a burger. It's not made with minced meat, instead, it's with a beef steak. Or in the case of Peixaria, a word which stands for Fish Shop, some burgers are also made with Cod, Tuna or shrimp and squid, all served in different types of bread, like carob or Madeira's traditional flat bread "Bolo do Caco". The latest addition is crab burger, really delicious!
The moment you are inside O Prego, eating one of their many curious and delicious burgers and pregos it's impossible not to notice every detail of the restaurant. The wall of herb plants, the giant Lisbon graffiti in the back, the fancy light bulbs, the peculiar signal tabs are just some examples of the decoration, very vintage. But again, I think I love everything there, even the frenzy when I get there, the place is crowded and I have to wait almost half an hour to get a table. As I told you, it's a complete exception! About that, a tip: getting there before 13:00 or before 20:00 is the best way to ensure not having to wait for a table. Really!
All in all, a trendy place that is worth the wait!


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From the very first time I picked up a Harry Potter book, I related to and adored the character of Hermione Granger. She's intelligent, driven, focused, and dedicated, yet she is also awkward in social situations, fearful of failure, obsessive in her projects, and annoying in her relentless rule-following.
It seems that, for every reason she is likable, she is insufferable. There is a definite yin and yang within her personality. Just as she is someone you think you could be or already are, she is someone you wouldn't necessarily want to know. Through these contradictions and complexities, Hermione became a stabilizer among characters like proud blood-traitor Ronald Weasley and fearless boy-who-lived Harry Potter.
In essence, Rowling wrote Hermione so profoundly that an intangible character became a finite human being that many of us can see ourselves in.
However, despite my genuine love of all things Hermione and continual defense of her necessity in the overall plot, I never before realized how thoroughly I connect with one particular aspect of her personality and practices: her incessant desire to learn, to know, and to understand.
While the boys wonder about the name "Nicholas Flamel," Hermione pursues his record through the ancient tomes and dusty pages of a library that contains information well beyond her year.
When the pink toad known as Dolores Umbridge removes any trace of learning from Defense Against the Dark Arts curriculum, paving the way for the Dark Lord Voldemort, Hermione incites a desire to learn among her peers and, as a result, a full-fledged rebellion.
After horcrux-deluded Ron abandons she and Harry, Hermione reads and re-reads the only books available to her–Albus Dumbledore's biography and The Tales of Beedle the Bard–until the next step on the quest becomes apparent.
Greater knowledge, man, it's worth pursuing. Hermione proves it.
Academia and learning were where Hermione succeeded above all others. (We will just ignore the "Harry and the Half-Blood Prince's perfectly annotated book" incidents.) Books and cleverness are dominant aspects of who she is and everyone knows it.
At every turn, it was Hermione's intellect that helped herself, the boys, and her other classmates on their way, no matter how much they grumbled about her studying and hand-raising. Her intelligence and logic were as valuable as Harry's heroism and Ron's loyalty, if not more so in certain situations.
The truth of the matter though, is that while Hermione wanted to learn, she also desperately needed to learn. She was a young woman who woke up one day to a new world that, while beautiful and complex, did not wholeheartedly want her to exist within it. As such, Hermione sought to empower herself in the ways that seemed most natural to her: studying and learning.
It wasn't until last week, amid responding to an email from my new graduate studies advisor, that I realized that I have sought to empower myself in the same ways. Apparently, without realizing it, I've become, or quite possibly have always been, a Hermione Granger.
Of course, as moments of clarity are want to be, the whole situation felt a bit absurd at first. If you've ever been fitted for glasses and experienced the sudden realization that the world looks different from what your eyes alone have allowed you to see up to that point, then you understand my meaning. It's the experience of finally seeing the clear image that has always existed before your own blurry eyes.
You see, I'm still on an extended RV trip with my family and I just wanted to have the "graduate advising hold" removed from my account so that I could register for classes later this year. But, being more than 2,000 miles from home means I'm not exactly available to do the whole "don a pretty dress, worry over finding a parking space, search out the office that I've somehow never noticed before, smile big, and make small talk" routine with an advisor.
Luckily, the advisor for my graduate program was kind enough to run me through the routine via email, minus all of the typical rigmarole. He began by covering all of the simple yet important details that I will probably forget and relearn at least twice before the semester starts. Then he set in with the questions. What is my educational background? What about professional? Why did I choose this program? Have I taken undergraduate statistics? Am I prepared for graduate school?
Oh. Oh goodness. There is a special kind of anxiety that is reserved for instances of simply not knowing quite how to answer questions. It's awful and terribly disconcerting to say the very least.
I then found myself writing what quickly became less of an email and more of an unintentionally egotistical essay filled with "buts."
Yes, I attended these universities, but I attended them in this order. I took these classes, but I studied these subjects in-depth as "a bit of light reading." I feel this way, but I also feel like this. As I struggled to explain why a person with a B.A. in English would want to delve into criminal justice, why I had already begun to do so, a "but" slid into every too-long-and-too-detailed paragraph. For every stated fact there was some seemingly necessary addendum.
At the same time, every statement about myself felt absurd. I know that graduating two years early and studying extra subjects for fun sound like lies of the kiss-up, trying-to-impress variety. I know that purposely picking a foreign topic to study at the graduate level sounds incredibly ridiculous. Despite knowing those things, both notions are true in terms of who I am and what I've done.
Still, who is going to buy my truth when it smells strongly of baloney?
I had to question the entire situation. What do you do when the truth sounds like a series of lies, and you don't want to lie to make the truth sound truthful? The only conclusion I've come to is that you just stop. You stop worrying. You throw caution to the wind. You let the admissions counselor judge you, critique you, and come to some half-arsed conclusion if it makes him feel good. You give up on appealing to others and fitting yourself into expectations, preconceived ideas. Maybe, just maybe, you realize the truth.
You realize that you're a Hermione Granger, and that's completely okay. Okay?
It's perfectly fine to be something that sounds false as long as it isn't actually. The truth is what matters, plain and simple, not how the truth sounds. Who you are and what you do are worthwhile and essential to a balanced world. There must be a Hermione for every Harry, Ron, Neville, Seamus, Luna, Severus, Minerva, Dumbledore, and so on and so forth.
It's alright to be the brains, the student, the autodidact. Having knowledge is half the journey to understanding. Just don't forget that there will always be something you don't know or understand, and that is why you must keep trying, keep living. Learn, grow, and know as much as you like. Dismiss the "tone of surprise."
Ron (by way of the wonderful HP Queen Jo) once commented on Hermione, saying her philosophy was "when in doubt, go to the library." I'm come to realize that I believe and do the same thing because, as a much older man, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, once said, "the scholar and the world" are together in "the love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books."
If you're like me, if you're a Hermione, embrace it. You'll be glad you did.
Without further adieu, if you ever have to explain who you are, narrowing your whole being into one measly message, do not feel ashamed, fraudulent, or confused. All the words you've read will be insufficient to describe you. You're just a Hermione Granger–one of a large community of insufferable know-it-alls–and there is nothing "just" or "merely" about any of us.
("Hermione Reads Before Bed" by Lorena Garcia, fan artist)


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Jaelyn Fellona
Jaelyn Fellona has studied classical ballet under Petrus Bosman at the Virginia School of the Arts. After graduating early from high school, she joined the International Ballet Theater as a Soloist, under Vladimir Shoumeikin and Irina Matyash.
Ms. Fellona has toured the United States, Canada, and Europe dancing leading roles in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Paquita, Bolero, and Le Corsaire, as well as a number of interesting character roles.
In 1998 Ms. Fellona was invited to perform at IBT Anniversary Gala at the French and Russian Embassies in Washington, D.C. Working at IBT has given her an opportunity to be coached by such famed ballerinas as Irina Kolpakova and Alla Osipenko.
Jaelyn speaks fluent Russian: her fascination with the Russian culture started when she was first exposed to the language during long hours of ballet classes taken with the Russian-speaking troupe of IBT. She then spent a full academic year in St. Petersburg, Russia, studying International Relations and perfecting her Russian language skills at the St. Petersburg State University.
Ms. Fellona has been teaching classical ballet for over 18 years. She has successfully trained many students to compete at the Youth American Grand Prix Philadelphia semi-finals, as well as finals in New York City. Her students have been placing first, second, and third, as well as top twelve.
A convinced follower of the Vaganova teaching technique, Jaelyn strongly values commitment to excellence, hard work, discipline and artistic growth in a positive environment. She is accustomed to ask the very best of her students while giving in return the care and attention each student deserves. Ms. Fellona finds most important to pass on to her students the love of dance, «for this art form is so much more than technique.»


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Frogs N Flies slot - Free Play - Game Review
Frogs N Flies Slot Machine is a five reel game that is offering 1024 ways to win. It is created by Amaya and features a wild symbol, free spins, scatters and prizes up to £2,500.
When you play this slot, all the action will take place at the hunting ground for the frogs, which is the bottom of a lake.
There are transparent reels on most of the screen and air bubbles are used in between as dividers.
The overall design quality is good with the background image and symbols matching really well.
Since the game uses the ways to win system, rather than the regular pay-lines, you are not allowed to choose the number of pay-lines to bet on. Instead, you have to place the bet on all the 1024 ways to win using the bet size of 40 coins.
The number of coins can be increased to 200 coins, up to five times the original bet amount. This is equivalent to 5 coins on each line. The coin values go up to £0.10, so you can bet the maximum amount of £20. You can win the top prize of 25,000 coins.
The regular symbols in the game include a lotus flower, turtle, fish, frog, and card symbols from nine to Ace with a tiny lake weed image on each.
The frog is a wild symbol in the regular game. When playing in the free spins, another wild with a fly will be added and it will land on the three middle reels.
The game logo is the scatter symbol and it pays out the top prize. In addition to that, a combination with five scatters will award the top jackpot prize and 20 free spins. Four scatters will give 10 spins and 1000 coins, while three gives 5 spins and 200 coins.
The scatter with the frog will appear in the regular game and free spins, showing up on the fourth and second reel.
Frogs N Flies Slot Machine will offer entertaining gameplay, so you might want to give it a try.


text: Maca is a radish-like root that grows in the Andes Mountains of Peru and is used as a food source for hundreds of years now. It is commonly pronounced as "mah-cah" and is mainly available in powder/flour form. In ancient ages, Andean shepherds used it as a vegetable, fed it to their livestock and also used for its medicinal purposes. Apart from the above said uses, maca is also used in ancient times for increasing the shepherd's fertility for boosting livestock sperm counts. This root was also taken by the Inca warriors for increasing their strength and stamina, which they used in the battlefield.


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Customizing Base Theme in a Sub-Theme
The Approach
In the previous chapter we touched upon the layout and structure of the base OpenPublish theme. To fully leverage the base theme for bootstrapping new theme development custom themes should be created as a sub-theme of the theme called openpublish_theme, included in the openpublish distribution. Sub-themes automatically inherit everything from the base theme and then specific aspects can be overriden/further customized.
Some common examples:
Suppressing and Overriding CSS Files
Not all CSS files in the base theme are equally portably to the sub-themes. While, there's a good chance you may keep some, you may want to override others. To disable a CSS file present in the base theme, all you need to do is create a file with the same name in a sub-theme and add css definition to the .info file of the sub-theme. When sub-theme is the active theme, OpenPublish will first look in the sub-theme folder and only if file is not found there, will it check the folder of the base theme. When you re-create a css file in your sub-theme, you can either enter new styles in it (overriding) or leave it empty (just suppressing).
Let's look at some examples:
- Suppressing html- elements.css: create an empty html-elements.css in the sub-theme and add the following line to the ardi.info:
- Overriding layot.css - copy the file to sub-theme and modify there. Also add following line to the ardi.info:
Tip: in most cases, location of files in a theme does not matter. You can place files right under your theme folder or in any sub-folder. If the path to the file is indicated in the .info file (like for .css or .js files), you just need to indicate correct path there. If the path does not need to be indicated in the .info file (e.g. for tpl.php files") you don't even need to do that - OpenPublish will find these files anywhere under the theme folder.
However, if you are overriding a css or javascript file, you need to place it in the exact same location as it was in the base theme (e.g. for css files: under "css" folder) otherwise overriding won't work and both files, from base and sub-theme, will be included, even if they have the same name. Also, two for the sake of consistency, if you are overriding a tpl.php already present in the base theme, we recommend placing it in the same folder structure that it has in the base theme.
Attention: don't forget to clear cache after any significant theme-related operation, like suppressing or overriding or change path of a css file. You can clear cache by visiting following URL: http://yourdomain.com/admin/content/clearcache (where yourdomain.com is the root of your Drupal installation) or by going to Administration > Content Management > Clear Cache in the admin menu (black menu on your left).


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As useful as the nonparametric statistics are, they are fairly blunt tools and can easily overlook real differences. Also, they can only tell us that "something is happening," but cannot describe it in any precise detail.
Parametric statistics assume more about the quality of the data, but in return they can tell us more about what is going on with those data. The most common parametric statistics assume the "General Linear Model"—that is, they assume that the "true," underlying distribution of the data can be described by a straight line (or one of its variants). We will look particularly at correlation and analysis of variance.
Correlation and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) are among the most powerful of the parametric statistics. Both test for the presence of a relationship between two characteristics, and are based on an assumption that is called the "general linear model." This assumption states that the relationship between characteristics (or "variables"), in its ideal form, can be described as a straight line. In other words, a change in one variable always produces a change in other variables and that change is always in a certain direction (greater or less) and at the same strength. For many relationships, this makes sense. The harder you swing a hammer, the bigger the dent you make in the wood. The harder you push on the gas pedal, the faster you go. The harder you work in school, the better the grades you get. And so on. As long as you can reasonably make this assumption (that there is a relationship, and that it is "linear"), then you can apply the linear model. Correlation requires the additional assumption that both variables are "normally" distributed; ANOVA only requires that one of the variables be normally distributed.
The advantage of correlation and ANOVA over, for example, c-square, is that they can tell you not only whether there is a relationship but also what the relationship looks like and how strong it is. This is a direct result of the linear assumption: The shape of the relationship can be described by the line that best fits it (that is, by the direction and the slope of the line). The strength can be described by how closely the data fit the ideal line which describes the relationship.
Correlation is the statistical tool which most clearly expresses the general linear model. To perform a correlation, you must have observations of two characteristics for each case you wish to include, and the observation must both be measured on interval scales. You must further be willing to assume that the distribution underlying the observations is "normal," or balanced about the mean.
There are several formulas connected with correlation:
r = Σ (y -
y ) (x - x )
Σ(y –
y)0.5 Σ(x - x)0.5
The correlation coefficient is an index number which will always fall between –1.0 and +1.0. The closer the value is to 1, the stronger the relationship. If the sign of the coefficient is positive, it means that the value of one variable increases if the value of the other one increases. If the sign is negative, it means that an increase in the value of one variable is associated with a decline in the value of the other.
b = Σ (y –
(x – x )
Σ (x –
x )2
a =
y - β x
t = r .
√Σ (y
y )2 / (n – 2)
Σ(x – x )2
The obtained value of t is compared to the standard values of t in a table. The degrees of freedom are "n-2." Since you have no way of knowing whether the true value of the correlation is higher or lower than the obtained coefficient, you are testing both possibilities. This is called a "two-tailed" test. In the tables of t-values, the proper values for a two-tailed test at .05 level of probability are listed in the "0.025" column (the .05 is split between the two sides of the distribution).
Analysis of variance applies the general linear model to situations in which one of the variables is measured on an interval scale, but the other variable (the "x," or causal variable) is membership in a group. For example, a neighborhood group might be complaining that they are not getting their fair share of the city's park & recreation money. ANOVA will allow you to determine whether there is merit to such a claim. An advantage of ANOVA over correlation is that no assumption need be made that the relationship between the two variables is a straight line. Analysis of variance will work with "U-shaped" or other curvilinear relationships.
In the natural order of things, every member of a group will not behave in exactly the same way. There will be a certain amount of variability within each group. However, if the groups are truly distinct, then it is reasonable to assume that each group also behaves differently from the others. These two sources of variance, within-group variance and between-group variance, should add up to the total difference observable in the entire community. In an idealized situation, all of the variance would be seen between the groups. In other words, if the "group" designation is not causing the difference in the other characteristic, there would be no variance between groups and there would be similar variance within each group.
Analysis of variance calculates a statistic called E2. The formula is:
E2 = 1 – Σ (y –
y group)2
Σ (y –
y total)2
E2 calculates the proportion of the total variance which is due to group membership ("between group" variance). One cannot calculate between-group variance directly, but it is what is left over after within-group variance is taken into account. The formula calculates the ratio of within-group variance to total variance and subtracts the result from unity (1), arriving at the ratio of between-group variance to total variance.
Just as a t-Test is used to determine whether the correlation ratio could be explained by chance variation, there is also a test to determine the significance of Analysis of Variance. It is similar to t, and is called the "F-test." For analysis of variance, the F-statistic is calculated by the ratio of the variance between groups to the variance within groups, standardizing each to take the number of groups and the size of the sample into account:
(y –
y between)2 /
(groups – 1)
Σ (y –
ygroups )2 / (observations
– groups)
The two "standardizing" factors are measures of the "degrees of freedom" in each of the terms. As with the t-statistic, one consults a table of F-values using the two measures of degrees of freedom to determine the significance of the analysis. The following table contains only few of the possible values of F. If necessary, consult an F-table in any statistics text or in a collection of standard math tables.
Degrees of freedom for Observations (n-c)
df for Groups (c-1)
F-Table for .05 Level of Significance
Analysis of variance tells you if there is a relationship, and how strong it is. The statistics do not tell you where the relationship lies. You must determine that by inspecting the pattern of the group means and the within-group deviation from those means.
Now that you know the mathematics behind the tests, the simple truth is that you will almost never calculate these statistics "by hand." Instead, you can use the "function key" in Microsoft Excel. You can get to it several ways—there is a "Formulas" tab at the top of Excel (where "Home" and "File," etc. are—depending on which version of Excel you are using). Or, at the very beginning of the data entry bar (just above the matrix of cells, the bar that shows what you have entered or are entering into each cell) there is a "fx" box (it stands for "function of x"). If you click on the "fx" box, it gives you a slate of pre-loaded formulas (if you don't find it using fx, go up to the Formulas tab and look in the libraries there). The function for correlation is called CORREL You can find separate functions for the slope and intercept and the F-test (F.TEST). Unfortunately, there is no Excel function for ANOVA.
Analysis of variance and correlation are complicated enough that an entire course could easily be offered on the variations commonly used with either one of them. For example, this unit has not touched on curve-fitting, multiple regression, causal modeling, factor analysis, canonical correlation, or analysis of covariance. This is a very powerful tool and is worth pursuing in much greater detail, if you have the inclination.
The regression coefficient (the square of the correlation coefficient) is a "PRE" measure—it gives you the "proportional reduction in error" obtained by using the information from the analysis. In other words, if you observe a correlation of 0.5, that means you can increase your odds of correctly predicting an outcome (reduce your error) by 25% (the square of 0.5). Similarly, a correlation of 0.3 increases your accuracy by 10% and a correlation of 0.7 by 50%. One implication of this is that you can find a significant correlation of, say, 0.3 but it can be not very important (only a 10% increase in accuracy).
There is another sense in which the discussion here is lacking: I have presented the statistics in their basic form. Almost all of them have corrections which must be applied in special circumstances. Correlation requires that the data be normally distributed; there are some techniques for loosening that requirement. Adjustments like these are the topics of courses in statistics.
Choose one of the following cases. Don't just "tell me" that there is a difference—prove that the difference you observed is, in fact, a "significant" difference (at the .05 level)by reporting and explaining an appropriate quantitative (statistical) test.
1. Using
the US Census online (http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
), or any other source available to you, develop a table listing two
characteristics of the cities in
2. Compare
the average per capita income for
3. Consider the hypotheses that you developed in the unit on research design. Select one or more that can be (1) measured operationally by using Census or other publicly available data series and (2) can be tested using correlation or ANOVA. Develop the data and test your hypothesis. Then test the robustness of your initial test, by repeating it using data from a different time or a different place. What light do the data throw on your hypotheses?
H.M., Jr. 1972. Social Statistics, 2nd Ed..
Rubber Company. 1959. CRC Standard Mathematical Tables, 12th
Draper, N.R. & H. Smith. 1966. Applied Regression Analysis. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Krueckeberg, D.A. & A. Silvers. 1974. Urban Planning Analysis: Methods and Models. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Willemain, T.R.
1980. Statistical Methods
for Planners.
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Superhumanoids have been booting-up in Los Angeles for the past half-decade, gradually earning a vocal, devoted fan base through gigs at the usual Silver Lake and Echo Park indie hangouts and prepping "Exhibitionists," its debut album.
A warm album that draws heavily from the 1980s tones of Human League, the modern-day future disco of the "Drive" soundtrack and synthetic R&B, "Exhibitionists" at its best delivers memorable, singalong dance-pop that feels one placement in "Girls," "True Blood" or an Apple ad away from a breakout. The anthemic "Geri" is lyrically bitter and instantly memorable, and the echoed soft-rock ballad "Bad Weather" is a wonderfully strange R&B diversion.
However well-crafted and hummable it is, "Exhibitionists" is hardly groundbreaking. Each song feels borrowed rather than handmade. "See It All" suggests a cover of U2's "With or Without You" as run through a frequency modulator. "Do You Feel That?" rides the classic Krautrock "motorik" rhythm, but doesn't drive it far enough afield to indicate a band too interested in unguided exploration.
Taken individually, Superhumanoids' songs are sticky enough to land in your head for the afternoon, and a few tracks dropped onto a mix tape might advance an argument for the record's success. But as a grand work of musical art, "Exhibitionists" is lacking.


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IRS provides guidance for taxpayers affected by Hurricane Matthew
On Oct. 13, 2016, the IRS issued News Release IR-2016-132 (IR-2016-132), directed towards taxpayers affected by Hurricane Matthew. The release is followed by IRS News Release IR-2016-131 , issued on Oct. 11, 2016, that designated specific counties in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Matthew, whose residents will have until March 15, 2017, to file their tax returns, otherwise due on Oct. 17, 2016. As of Oct. 14, 2016, designated counties in North Carolina include Dare, Duplin, Gales, Hyde, Jones, Pender, Green, Harnett, Sampson, Bertie, Johnston, Wayne and Wilson.
IR-2016-132 noted that additional individual assistance areas could be added to the federal disaster area in coming days based upon continuing damage assessments by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These additional disaster declarations will allow for extensions of time to file returns to taxpayers impacted by Hurricane Matthew who are located in other states. Based on the FEMA information, the affected states include Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
According to IR-2016-132, taxpayers affected by Hurricane Matthew, but not yet covered by a federal disaster declaration with individual assistance, may qualify for relief from penalties if they are unable to meet the Oct. 17 extended deadline for filing 2015 tax returns. As noted earlier, in areas with disaster declarations for individual assistance, taxpayers will have until March 15, 2017, to file returns otherwise due Oct. 17, 2016.
Taxpayers living outside of the federally-declared disaster area may receive a penalty notice from the IRS for late filing. If this happens, those taxpayers can request abatement of the penalties, based upon reasonable cause, by replying in writing to the penalty notice and explaining that they were impacted by the hurricane.