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There's no doubt that power meters have transformed the way cyclists train, and as prices continue to drop they become ever more attractive to competitive cyclists.
I really WANT a power meter, the question is do I really NEED one?
If I was an elite athlete or if money was no object then I would have absolutely no hesitation in buying one today.
However as I don't meet either of these criteria I need to find out if a power meter is a worthwhile investment for the rest of us.
At the moment I rent a pair of Vector 3 power meter pedals every 4 weeks. I use them to do my FTP test. It costs me 10 euro a time and the bike shop is 10 minutes down the road.
The thing is I'm 60 years old so I'm not part of generation rent, I like to own stuff.
I was all set to buy a single sided power meter (see my blog on why single sided is good enough for most of us). Just out of interest I did some extra testing this weekend and blew my single sided theory right out of the water (for me anyway).
Now I want a double sided power meter! (You'll see why shortly).
That'll cost around € 700 then, not too bad I suppose.
The problem is that when I dropped the pedals back to the shop, I found they are selling some 3 month old, ex rental, Merida carbon bikes with Ultegra groupset.
All up weight is 6.2Kg vs 10.4Kg for my bike.
The cost to change? Just € 700… hmmm!
So why do I want a power meter anyway?
- To measure my FTP on a monthly basis.
- To use on my training rides to show my power zones.
- To measure my training intensity in post ride analysis.
This got me thinking about whether my heart rate monitor was doing such a shabby job after all.
A power meter and a heart rate monitor both tell you how much effort you are putting into the ride DURING the ride. That's what I need, I'm happy with estimates for the post ride analysis.
Measuring direct Power a more precise metric and unlike HR is not affected by external factors such as temperature, fatigue, caffeine and late nights. Power is instant HR is laggy.
The question is, on bike, how accurate do we need to be with our power zones? And given that all power meters give different results anyway, in the real world how much better is a power meter than an HR monitor.
I'm not going to try and answer the questions here but I'll share my results and thoughts for you to make your own decision.
I'll explain why I'm sticking to using an HR monitor for training, though I do use power pedals for my monthly FTP and for monitoring KPIs on my post ride analysis I use the Golden Cheetah power estimates.
I mentioned before that I'm 60 years old, I've had an ECG and all looks well however my doctor asked me to keep my HR at 150 or below on the basis the strain goes up dramatically above this number. (And I am old).
She wasn't happy that I regularly go past 170 bpm for extended periods; she even mentioned I could try riding slower or not ride up mountain. (Every road out of our town goes up a mountain)
A bit of haggling got the number up to 160. My FTP test indicates my THR is 166.
Now I watch my HR like a hawk and telling me to ride at 180 watts or 250 watts is irrelevant to me. 160 is the magic number. Whatever power I am generating at 160, that's my max!
While I had the pedals this weekend I was interested to plot their output over a longish ride against my HR. I also wanted to see how the Starva and Golden Cheetah Power estimates stacked up.
Golden Cheetah estimates should be more accurate than Strava because Strava doesn't account for wind speed and direction which has a huge impact on the power you must generate to move the bike forward.
The other reason I don't use the Strava power estimates is that Strava don't let you import them or even screen grab them. I had to manually copy them for this comparison.
Unfortunately the GC calculation got screwed by the wind turning 180 degrees half way through the ride.
Anyway here's the results of my ride:
You can see the interactive chart and play around with it on Tableau here
From the top:
1: Golden Cheetah Power Estimate with the wind direction at 180 degrees Wind Speed 4kph.
2: Strava Power Estimate as shown on Strava ride activity analysis.
3: Garmin Vector 3 dual power meter pedals Ant+ and Wahoo Elemnt Bolt.
4: Decathlon HR chest strap monitor Ant+ and Wahoo Elemnt Bolt.
5: Grade estimate as shown on Strava ride activity analysis.
I'm sure you'll agree they all track pretty well
There are some anomalies around the Repechos (Spanish for Steep Slopes!) which are big downhill sections where I'm struggling to keep up with the pedals. But other than that I would suggest that all these methods are good enough for me.
Here's another view of the same ride from Today's plan
Plotting Heart rate against power from the Garmin Vector 3/Wahoo Elemnt Bolt setup:
Heart rate is in red, Power in green, the terrain is the grey shadow behind. You can see the ride is flat to 45 minutes, then hard uphill for 35 minutes, Steep downhill for 15 minutes then rolling hills for the last 55 minutes.
Now take a look at my left right balance and see why I changed my mind about buying a left hand only power meter: (for now)
This is the same chart as before but now I have added the power balance, blue dots. As you can see, when I am producing good, steady power my left/right balance is pretty close to 50/50.
When my power output is choppy my left/right balance goes all over the shop, this is really noticeable in the rolling hills after 1 hr 40mins when I am getting tired.
As a single sided power meter reads the left leg power and doubles it the values for these readings will be really understated for a lot of this ride.
10% of the Left hand values are less than 30% of the total, so 100 watts actual power would be reported as 60 watts using a single sided meter!
To take another view on this here's my FTP test from the night before
(not sure where the last 60 seconds went)
You can see I kept my heartrate (top red line) between 165 and 170 bpm and was able to put out various different power outputs at the same HR. For example at 165 bpm I put out 191 watts as well as 247 Watts slightly further into the ride.
You can see that compared to the long ride my Left/Right balance was almost perfectly 50/50 so a single sided meter would be fine for FTP testing.
This is my first look at these results and I'll spend more time on this over the next few weeks.
I hope you find it useful and I would love to hear your views on this. Please leave me a comment below.


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Loved getting to know more about Caroline! Another great article, Paige!
From The Desk Of … Sweet Caroline Designs
If you google "lots of color + pink buffalo check + powerhouse" you will most definitely find an image of Caroline Frierson. She is beautiful inside and out and has the most colorful spirit. She is gracious, kind, quick witted and incredibly gifted in her ability to create fabulous products. Caroline burst on the wholesale gift scene launching Sweet Caroline Designs with a loud BAM when she launched her first ever wholesale collection this summer. After years of owning her own store she took the plunge and closed her doors to focus solely on a wholesale business which had been brewing in her mind and her heart since attending The Southern C Summit in February. Walking away from he Summit she knew her life was about to make a drastic change and she embraced it just as she does everything in life, with her million dollar smile and her incredible work ethic.
I met Caroline at Americas Market in July and we instantly bonded. I had spotted her at the Summit in a long palm skirt but never had the opportunity to chat with her. As I stepped into her booth in the temporaries I was overwhelmed with her fabulous pale pink set up filled with so many patterns that I adore. It was a sea of pink gingham, palm, roses and the best pink cheetah I had ever laid eyes on. There is something special about Caroline and you notice it immediately. It was no surprise to me or any one else in attendance that she won the Best Display award. Every single thing in the booth along with the space itself was chosen with much thought and research. She was on fire!
Don't you love every single pattern in this image? It is truly happy overload and every single one of us needs more joy and pretty images to focus on for sure! I have the huge blessing to talk with Caroline many times since market in July as she has become a precious friend. I am inspired by her attention to detail and her ability to instantly decide which products will make the cut for next season and which ones have seen their day and need to be left behind. Always thinking of expanding and the days ahead you will be so encouraged by her spirit and her fabulous business mind. In the business of wholesale you have to be willing to look at the numbers and decided which directions to go for the future. Caroline has the ability to decide in a moment where she sees herself in the next season and it all began with one ticket to a conference. You will absolutely love this story I have for you!
First of all, tell me about Caroline. Where did you grow up and how did your childhood influence your life and your path today?
I born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana and grew up on a cotton farm called Frierson Plantation. My dad is one of four boys and growing up all four brothers farmed with my grandfather. All four families lived out there so we always had a ton of cousins to play with. It was a really fun place to live growing up! We were always playing outside and using our imagination. It was the BEST childhood. Being outside all the time was so inspiring. We were always so creative, building forts, picking flowers, gardening, riding horses, riding four wheelers and just focusing on the simple things in life. Since we lived out in the country, we couldn't always go into town so we had to be creative and figure out fun activities and ways to entertain ourselves. (For example) After school during Harvest season, we would go over and play in the cotton gin and also play in the cotton trailers. The cotton trailers held all of the cotton picked that day. We would build tunnels in them and houses. It was so fun!)
As a child what did you want to be when you grew up?
I think I always really wanted to be an artist. I was always doodling or doing some kind of art project. I just didn't know exactly what kind of artist until college. I took a couple of classes and chose graphic design because I thought there would be more job opportunities.
You owned a store for a number of years. How did that journey begin and what was it like?
After I graduated from Ole Miss, I moved back home to Shreveport and started working at a cute little paper store called The Paper Tulip. I was the in-house graphic designer. While working there I started doing lots and lots of custom designs. Shreveport is still very old fashioned and we love the elegance and the first impression of a fabulous invitation. I was designing such cute and over the top invites. After working there for 2 years, I got this crazy idea and convinced my dad to let me open up my own studio. I loved creating that special invitation for someone whether it was a baby shower or wedding, I did it all! I don't really know many invitations I have created through the years. Probably thousands, literally! Through the years the studio grew into a store front and most all of the merchandise was designed by me. I had coffee mugs, notepads, stationery and really anything paper. People loved coming in because they could find something unique and special. People reached out to me all the time asking if I did wholesale but at that time I did not. It would have been too hard to have a shop, design custom invites and do wholesale. I did lots of research and knew wholesale was something I was interested in but I just didn't know if I had the guts to do it. When I do something I like to give my 110 percent and also timing was everything. I had the shop for about 6 years and I wouldn't change it for anything. Some of my customers have become some of my very best friends and I wouldn't be where I am today without my them and my shop.
You attended The Southern C Summit in February and everything changed for your business. Tell me about that experience.
This past year, I got married and that was a huge change for me! Luckily, we were able to stay in Shreveport and I could keep running my business as usual. Honestly though, I was really burned out. I was staying up till midnight or later trying to meet deadlines. I worked lots of weekends during my busy seasons. I also knew that kids were in our future and I couldn't keep up the pace I was doing with where I was headed. The only thing I did know was that I wanted to still create but just wanted to figure out a way to have a life outside of work. I loved designing but I wasn't getting to design just for me anymore. I really missed that. One day, my mom was browsing Instagram and she found The Southern C Summit. She immediately called me and was like you have to go to this! She is really good at finding cool things on Instagram. Later that day, I read about it and signed up! That was probably the best decision I could have made for myself. At The Summit, I met so many cool, like-minded, creative people. I enjoyed the location, the atmosphere, the seminars, the speakers and so much more. I left The Summit with so much knowledge and encouragement from my peers. On Monday after I returned home, I had a breaking point. I knew in my heart the best decision for myself would be to close the shop down and go completely wholesale. It was always a dream of mine, I just needed that extra push and I got that from The Southern C. When I told my parents and husband, they were all 100 percent supportive. From there, I hit the ground running! I created a plan, closed the shop down in May and launched my wholesale line for the first time at the Americas Mart Home and Gift Market in Atlanta this past summer.
Launching a wholesale business was a risk and an adventure. Tell me about those first few weeks.
Huge Risk! But I really like challenges. I knew I didn't make my life any less stressful or easier by going wholesale but it was for me so it was completely different. It was very scary. A lot of money on the line but I knew I wouldn't be a failure. Before market, I decided I would start cold calling stores and see if they were interested in picking up my cute line. I figured if I could get a few stores buying from me before market that would be a great first start. That of course was really interesting. I got a lot of "No's" in the beginning and that's when I realized wholesale was going to be harder than I thought! I went into market thinking 20 accounts was a lot and market blew me away. I left there with 130 accounts and met so many amazing and interesting people. I loved every minute of it. I even won Best Display and that's when I knew I belonged in this crazy world!
How has the business grown and what has the journey been like?
So far the business has grown so much in such a short amount of time! I just hit 10,000 followers on Instagram which was a huge milestone for me. That probably has been the most challenging part of the wholesale business because creating new content and social media is a full time job and I'm trying to do it all by myself. Right now, I have one employee, Mallory, who is the greatest and keeps me so organized! My family and husband still help a lot too, but I do see hiring more help in the new year. It's just hard because I like doing everything myself but I'm learning to always accept help. You can be a better person by allowing people to help you.
What is your favorite product?
Right now, probably the planner. I love writing lists each day and crossing things off, it makes me feel very productive. Also it's probably my favorite because I have put the most energy and time into it.
Favorite color?
PINK, of course! Pink is a HAPPY color!
Favorite pattern?
My favorite pattern, that's really tough! Probably one of my palm prints. Love me some palms!
Most popular product?
Again, the planner! Not only does it keep your life together, it's also really pretty. I like things that are pretty and functional.
What inspires you to create?
So much! Right now, nature has been a huge inspiration. I love drawing plants and flowers. So many shapes, lines and color.
Your Instagram has taken off? What is your secret to the growth you have seen?
Instagram is an area I have worked really hard on. One reason is that it is free marketing! I wake up every morning and the first thing I do is grab a cup of coffee and scroll through Instagram. I also have figured out good times to post. For me 7 am is the best response. I do recommend investing in professional photography if you can because good quality pictures are appealing. I also have figured out how to take flat lays and creating fun images. I think my page is successful because I stay true to myself and my brand.
What is one tip you think everyone should know about launching a wholesale business?
It's tough work! If you believe in yourself then others will believe in you as well. HAVE CONFIDENCE!
Anything people shouldn't do?
Don't say no to people wanting to help you. Always accept help whether its advice or shipping out tons of merchandise. You're going to need it!
What is your favorite way to unwind?
Spending the evenings with my husband, Brett and our cute pup, George. He is a golden doodle and were obsessed! We love going on long walks in the evening together. I also love to cook and I really love to shop! One reason I work so hard is so I can shop LOL! Oh, and I run about 5 miles every morning. I love my morning runs because it's my time to think and pray and no one is going to bother me.
Five must haves.
Computer – I think my life is on my computer.
Face Wash
Mascara and Concealer for the nights I stay up too late designing and need some help so I don't look so bad the next day:)
Running Shoes – Never know when you need to go on a run and take a breather!
Coffee……lots of coffee!
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Egypt's 'full military coup:' How it happened
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was ousted in a military coup Wednesday, with security forces forbidding him from leaving the country, arresting a number of top Muslim Brotherhood officials, and raiding media outlets in the midst of broadcasts.
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Saad El-Katani, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Foreign
Justice Party (FJP), and Rashad al-Bayoumi, one of the FJP's
deputy leaders, were both detained, security forces told Reuters.
Arrest warrants were also issued for 300 members of the
Brotherhood and security forces were preparing to disperse
pro-Morsi demonstrations throughout the country.
A Muslim brotherhood spokesman said Morsi and Essam El-Haddad, a
presidential aide, were being held at a residence used by the
country's presidential guards.
"The Egyptian Armed Forces first declared, is still declaring and will always declare that it stands distant from political forces. The Armed Forces, based on its insightfulness, has been called by the Egyptian people for help, not to hold the reins of power, yet to discharge its civil responsibility and answer demands of responsibility," said General Abdul Fatah Khalil al-Sisi, the head of the EAF, in a statement announcing the military's decision to end Morsi's presidency.
"Suspending the constitution provisionally; the chief justice of the constitutional court will declare the early presidential elections; Interim period until president is elected. Chief Justice will have presidential powers; A technocrat, capable national government will be formed; The committee will offer all its expertise to review the new constitution; the Supreme Constitutional Law will address the draft law and prepare for parliamentary elections," he went on, as translated by Al Jazeera.
In that connection, Egypt's top generals told US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey by phone Thursday that the country would soon be back under civilian control.
National security adviser Essam El-Haddad said that "no military coup can succeed in the face of sizeable popular force without considerable bloodshed." He admitted that the army and police may use violence to clear the streets of Cairo.
Through his official Twitter page, Morsi advised all Egyptians prior to his detention to resist the coup peacefully and without violence.
At least five staff members of Al Jazeera's Egyptian broadcast team were detained and prevented from broadcasting images of a pro-Morsi rally near Cairo University. Shadi Hamid, an Egypt analyst with the Brookings Institution, said that staff of Brotherhood-associated Misr 25 were arrested as well.
Egyptian troops, including commandos, were deployed to key sites and intersections throughout Egypt, including Suez and the highway to Alexandria. Hundreds of soldiers took part in a military parade near the presidential palace, according to Reuters.
MENA, Egypt's state news agency, reported police were continuing their efforts to arrest "a number of members of the Muslim Brotherhood who are accused of inciting violence and disturbing general security and peace."
US President Barack Obama, while being careful to avoid saying "military coup" in his address, called on security forces to "avoid any arbitrary arrests of President Morsi and his supporters."
Military vehicles heading in direction of pro Morsi rally pic.twitter.com/74n7NBWlpc— Kareem Fahim (@kfahim) July 3, 2013
Morsi refused to step down, proposed unity govt
Morsi previously offered a consensus government as a way out of
the country's crisis, but refused to offer any meaningful
A proposed coalition government would have included a Prime Minister elected by political powers, according to a presidential statement. The statement added that "the scenario that some parties are trying to impose is rejected by the people."
Crowds cheer as army copter flies over prez palace protesters who are already celebrating:they believe they've won pic.twitter.com/ut9gip1Yek— Bel Trew - بل ترو (@Beltrew) July 3, 2013
The military ultimatum given to President Mohamed Morsi came and went with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets. Morsi previously rejected the deadline, which gave him 48 hours to meet the demands of the people before facing army intervention.
Just before the afternoon deadline imposed by the military expired, Morsi again rejected army intervention. The leader said that abiding by his electoral legitimacy was the only way to prevent violence. He criticized the military for "taking only one side."
"One mistake that cannot be accepted, and I say this as
president of all Egyptians, is to take sides," Morsi said in
a statement issued by his office. "Justice dictates that
the voice of the masses from all squares should be heard."
A meeting between Commander-In-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Abdul Fatah Khalil Al-Sisi, and political forces was held, Al Arabiya reported. The most important issue discussed was reportedly that of sending reassuring messages to the Brotherhood's leaders.
Protesters on #tahrir are chanting "People and police are one hand" #egypt #egyptianrevolution2013— PaulaSlier_RT (@PaulaSlier_RT) July 3, 2013
The Brotherhood said the army's actions amounted to a coup and warned that its members were ready to become martyrs to defend the president.
"There is only one thing we can do: we will
stand in between the tanks and the president," Gehad El-Haddad, the MB official
spokesman, told Reuters on Wednesday before Morsi was put under
house arrest.
"We will not allow the will of the Egyptian people to be
bullied again by the military machine."
Egypt's army are discussing a new government with the prime minister until the next period of elections #egypt #egyptianrevolution2013— PaulaSlier_RT (@PaulaSlier_RT) July 3, 2013


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Wilderness junkies finally have a Denver basecamp for getting down to business.
Wayfinder Co-op, a coworking space for outdoor enthusiasts and businesses, will be opening its doors this January.
Founders Joe Ewing, Britten Ferguson and Chris Baker signed a lease for the office in 7,750 square feet at 525 Sante Fe Drive. So far, 23 companies have signed letters of intent to move in.
"We have a blank slate to build exactly what we want," Ewing said. "Having a south-facing wall and a parking lot is a big draw because we can have that exposure."
Ewing and Ferguson previously worked out of Baker's 500-square-foot office on Platte Street. When Baker's lease was ending, the three founders of outdoor-related businesses needed to find new space, and hatched the idea for Wayfinder.
"None of us saw the value of paying too much for a space that wasn't really expanding our network," Ewing said. "We wanted to figure out something that could be mutually beneficial … we wanted to turn this into a real hub for the outdoor community here in Denver."
The company is paying $17 per square foot for its new space, which used to be a Paper Plus office. Tom McLagan with Dunkeld-14 and Hyder Construction is the property's landlord.
Wayfinder will provide the normal perks of a coworking space – free coffee, beer and printing. The space has room for eight private offices, 24 dedicated desks and 50 "flex members," Ewing said.
The coworking space plans to charge at least $315 per month for a dedicated desk and $550 per month for a private office.
Unlike other coworking spaces in Denver, outdoor entrepreneurs have the chance to be co-op members for $100 per month, which gives them access to yearly dividends. And Wayfinder will be extra outdoorsy.
"There are going to be hammocks and dogs," Ewing said.
The coworking space plans to have discounted gear deals and memberships to nearby climbing gym Movement Climbing + Fitness. Tenants and co-op members also can rent pop-up retail space to showcase products or guiding trips in the cafe area, Ewing said.
Carabiner Coffee will have a broken-down VW van as the centerpiece of its cafe in Wayfinder, and members will have access to a mapping room to plan their next excursion.
The co-founders invested roughly $30,000 in personal funds and $100,000 in outside capital to launch.
Hyder Construction and Nick Allen are the general contractor and architect, respectively. The office is blocks from coworking space Battery 621.


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£400,000 to Build Mutant Potato 'Library'
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BBSRC has agreed to fund a £382,000 project to study genetic mutation in potato; which could lead to improved varieties of one of the world's most important foods.
After wheat and rice, potato is the world's third most important food crop. By 2020 it is estimated that more than two billion people worldwide will depend on potato for food, feed, or income.
Despite this, the genetic study of potato has lagged behind many other plant crops. This three year project will develop the first 'library' of potato mutants which can be used as a resource for further genetics research and development of agriculturally valuable strains.
Dr Glenn Bryan from the James Hutton Institute in Dundee, Scotland, will lead the project.
He said: "Potato, despite its global importance as a crop, has never been subjected to the same types of mutational analysis as models and other crop plants. By making a library of mutants and using the genome sequence we can make great progress in understanding potato traits.
Dr Bryan said: "This is a very exciting time. We have some nice preliminary data but the grant allows us to do this on a much larger scale and I am excited to see our first mutant panel being developed in the near future. This should lead to several new collaborative links."
For any plant or animal some mutation of the genetic code occurs naturally, and in plant crops any resulting changes in the function of one or more genes can result in beneficial traits.
Developing mutants with desirable traits can therefore be a useful tool for crop scientists looking to breed those characteristics into a plant population.
However in potato this can be difficult as many species are 'tetraploid', meaning they have four copies of each gene, whereas most plants and animals only have two copies. Creating a potato plant that has a mutated version of all four copies of any one gene is extremely hard.
But Dr Bryan's team plan to use a 'diploid' species of potato, with two copies of genes, called Solanum verrucosum for their work.
They plan to create plants with two copies of various mutant genes, as the first ever mutant collection of potato: a valuable research tool in genetic studies.
The mutant panel will be assessed for variation in traits relevant to potato breeding such as; tuber characteristics, plant architecture traits, and tuber sprouting and a panel of around 100 interesting mutants will be selected for further study.
In pilot experiments some interesting mutants have been identified and these will be studied as part of the grant to test a new approach for isolating mutated genes.


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All eyes will be on the Farm on Saturday. | SF Chronicle
The showdown between the No. 3 Cardinal and No. 6 Ducks is the first ever at Stanford featuring a pair of top 10 teams. | Mercury News
The Stanford defense needs to come together to stop the Ducks. | Stanford Football Blog
If you like advanced stats with your football, you'll enjoy this. Football Outsiders says Stanford's efficiency on value drives will be the difference against Oregon. | Pac-12 Blog
Stanford's triple-OT win over USC has already been tagged as a Pac-12 Classic for the future Pac-12 Network. | College Hotline
In what could be a bit of gamesmanship, Steve Sarkisian says he'd take Matt Barkley before Andrew Luck. The Huskies play the Trojans this week. | LA Times
Stanford continues to study the effect of hits to the head with high-tech mouthpieces. | Contra Costa Times
The top-ranked women's soccer team will host Montana in a first round NCAA tournament game on Friday. | The Stanford Daily


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Aerosol and ozone are important components of the atmosphere, which play essential roles in affecting air quality and climate as well as adversely impacting human health. In this work, a chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) is used as a tool to improve our understanding of these two species in response to anthropogenic perturbations in the context of global change.
A new physical condensation-coagulation and chemical oxidation aging scheme for carbonaceous aerosols has been implemented in GEOS-Chem. Atmospheric parameters, including water vapor, ozone, hydroxyl radicals and sulfuric acid concentrations, affect the hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic conversion lifetime (τ) for carbonaceous aerosols. The updated τ shows large spatial and temporal variations with the global average calculated to be about 2.6 days (up to 11 km altitude). Compared to the control simulation, the updated aging scheme increases the global burdens of BC (OC) by 9% (3%). Considerable enhancements of carbonaceous aerosols are observed in the Southern Hemisphere. Additionally, the updated aging scheme improves model simulations of carbonaceous aerosols for the remote areas in the Northern Hemisphere revealed from the comparisons to multiple observational datasets.
The impacts of land use/land cover associated with global change on global wildfires over the period 2000-2050 are investigated. Compared to the 2000 levels, the 2050 fire frequencies are projected to increase by about 27%. Changes in fire meteorology (including temperature, precipitation and relative humidity) driven by 2000-2050 climate change are calculated to increase the global fire frequency by approximately 19%. Relative to the present-day conditions, fire frequencies under the 2050 conditions are found to increase by 4% in response to changes in lightning activities driven by climate change. Changes in land cover by 2050 driven by climate change and increasing CO2 fertilization are expected to increase the global wildfire occurrences by 15% relative to the 2000 conditions while the 2000-2050 anthropogenic land use changes show little effects on global wildfire frequency. The 2000-2050 changes in global population are projected to reduce the total wildfires by about 7%.
Model evaluations against in-situ measurements and balloon campaigns over Summit, Greenland in the Arctic show that snowpack NOx emissions missing from current model contribute over 50% to the model simulated surface NOx mixing ratios during late spring to early summer. Simultaneously, model simulated surface ozone mixing ratios during this period are found to be underestimated by ~9 ppbv (19%), which possibly attributes to the missing snowpack NOx emissions in the model, model uncertainties in assimilated meteorological fields as well as the underestimates of stratosphere-to-troposphere events during this period.
Driven by intensification of agricultural fertilizer applications in the sub-Saharan Africa, future African surface soil NOx emissions are projected to substantially increase. Constrained by field measurements, model simulation by GEOS-Chem shows that surface ozone mixing ratios increase by up to 2.2 ppbv in response to the 150 kg N ha-1 fertilizer application rate, which potentially causes about 2-2.5% yield decline for crop productions.
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Huang, Yaoxian, "GLOBAL MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC OZONE AND AEROSOLS: MODEL IMPROVEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS", Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2014.


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Marvin Gaye's wife Jan Gaye has described the terrifying moment the troubled Motown legend threatened her life with a knife during a drug-fuelled rage.
Marvin Gaye's wife though he was going to kill her while high on drugs.
Jan Gaye - who married the soul singer in 1977 and filed for legal separation two years later, though they remained in an on/off relationship until his murder in 1984 - has opened up about her tumultuous relationship with the troubled Motown legend and has accused the 'Let's Get It On' hitmaker of putting a knife to her throat and telling her to ''provoke me'' to ''put us out our misery''.
The incident was sparked when Marvin accused Jan of
having affairs and flew into a wild jealous rage while intoxicated on cocaine and magic mushrooms - which cause hallucinations.
The 59 year old says the explosive row was the point when she realised ''the madness'' of drug abuser Marvin's behaviour had ''reached a dangerous new level'' and she was terrified he was going to kill her.
In an extract from her tell-all autobiography 'After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye' obtained by the Daily Mirror newspaper, she recalled: ''The time the madness reached a new and dangerous level. His eyes turned red with hatred. I was filled with fear ... he took a kitchen knife and put it to my throat. I was petrified, paralysed. I thought it was all over.''
She added: ''He told me 'I love you so much. This love is killing me. I beg you to provoke me. Provoke me right now so I can take us both out of our misery. I was too frightened to say a word. Too frightened to move. Fortunately, his rage subsided and he put the knife away. But by then I knew what I had to do.''
Subsequently, Jan left their Los Angeles home immediately, taking with her their two children, daughter Nona and son Frankie.
Jan - who was eventually driven into the arms of other men by her controlling spouse - and Marvin eventually divorced in 1982 after she could no longer tolerate his behaviour.
However, she spiralled into her own drug hell, getting hooked on crack cocaine but she eventually turned her life around and now lives a peaceful life as a grandmother in Rhode Island
In the tome, she admits: ''I borrowed money from ex-lovers, friends, and family. I got a job cleaning house for a lady who paid me half in cash and half in cocaine ... In spite of my history, I have survived. Marvin's history, with all its brutal complexities, cut short his survival.''
Marvin was shot dead by his dad Reverend Marvin Gay Senior on April 1, 1984 after getting into a fight with him after breaking up an argument between his parents at their Los Angeles home. He was just 44 at the time of his passing.
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Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
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Aircraft & Commercial Enterprises is a Woman-owned, small business located in Derby, KS, providing services globally to the Aerospace, Military, Transit, Industrial and Automotive Markets.
A.C.E. specializes in Electrical products such as connectors, backshells, wire harness protection, labeling & identification, transit wire & cable, shrink tubing, and fasteners.
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Have you recently earned, won, or defrauded the government of millions of dollars? Are you still searching for that special someone who can offer you the love, stock options, and the gold ingots youve always dreamed of? Is the phrase floating cocktail barge music to your ears? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the 19th Annual Yacht and Brokerage Show which runs this Thursday through Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., in conjunction with the Miami International Boat Show is for you.
Stretching ten blocks along the Indian Creek Waterway in Miami Beach, the show will feature 500 vessels covering 1.2 million square feet of water. Meanwhile, not one, but two cocktail barges will offer live entertainment and international food. While the boats on display are worth over three-quarters of a billion dollars, entry is (awesomely) free. Only in Miami, folks.
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Grade 8 Transition to OLOL High School
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"#HereIAm Getting Ready for High School" is an excellent resource developed by the Wellington Catholic District School Board to support and guide our Grade 8 students in their transition to high school. Ms. Smiley, the Student Success teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes C.H.S. visited all feeder schools in November and December to share this excellent publication with our Gr. 8 students.
Guidance counsellors completed their visits in January to discuss high school life and option selection (including registration procedures).
Remember...at Our Lady of Lourdes CHS, "There are no strangers here, only friends we have not yet met!" We look forward to meeting our future friends!!


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<entry-title>Wiki is better than email</entry-title>
The wiki works better than email for content (examples, issues, brainstorms etc.) for numerous reasons. Here are a few:
- s/n scaling. Not everyone is interested in every issue on every format.
- efficiency: reading current state vs deltas. You can read one wiki page to get the status/thread of an issue whereas with emails you often have to read thru numerous emails (and threads) and apply them like deltas/diffs in your head to understand where an issue etc. ended up.
- search/discoverability. search for the web/wikis works much better in practice than searching mailing lists (web search of email archives has no thread-smarts for example).
- public domain. Wiki contributions are required public domain, while in email there is no UI to enforce this, thus email should be use only "informatively" for notifications and never for capturing material of any substance.
- tradition. microformats have been documented on a wiki since their inception, as a result the wiki is the definitive resource for all matters microformats; not any of the mailing lists. The community has had a longstanding tradition preferring use of the wiki for content over email. We realize this is fairly novel for a standards community, as most standards communities are email-centric (e.g. W3C, IETF). However, for all the above reasons we believe using wikis for content is far superior to email and thus hope that other standards communities shift more of their activities to being web/wiki-based rather than email lists.
additional documentation
- See the book http://www.wikinomics.com/ for more details and explanations on how wikis are more efficient than email for a variety of workflows.
- This picture helps illustrate one of many scenarios - and though we are not sending word documents, the point is, that iterating content through email is far less efficient than iterating content on a wiki:


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Welcome, as a new user of SalesPitch, PensionPro's contact management system for Prospects, Proposals and Referral sources. This article will give you an overview of SalesPitch and links to several articles to help you optimize SalesPitch functionality.
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The dashboard in SalesPitch is called the Scoreboard. The Scoreboard provides real-time information to the user in order to avoid running paper reports and making follow-up activities with potential clients and prospects easy and identifiable. The Scoreboards show lists of Proposals, Prospects and Influencers. Any of these lists can be opened by double-clicking the record to see the underlying details of the entry. There are also many hyperlinks to help the user easy access important data with just a click. There are four Scoreboards in SalesPitch:
- Proposal Status - The Proposal Status Scoreboard displays general information for any Proposals that do not have a closed date entered on the Proposal screen.
- Revenue Pipeline - The Revenue Pipeline Scoreboard displays financial information for any Proposals that do not have a closed date entered on the Proposal screen.
- Influencers - The Influencers Scoreboard displays information about the Contacts that have been linked to Proposals and Plans in PensionPro. The Scoreboard will total both activity from SalesPitch, as well as Plan activity from PensionPro's core system, to illustrate those Contacts that are the most influential to business success.
- Prospects - The Prospects Scoreboard displays information about those individuals or companies that represent prospecting opportunities. Prospects are typically those individuals or companies that a user would like to do business with but have yet to form a relationship. For example, if Accountant A sends a user business, but is only 1 of 10 accountants in a firm, the other 9 accountants could be Prospects.
Like all dashboards in PensionPro, SalesPitch Scoreboards can be filtered, grouped and sorted to show important and targeted information. By grouping information on the dashboard, the user can summarize information to identify numbers of proposals by status, by sales representative, or even Investment Provider. For more information about filtering, grouping, and sorting, click here.
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How do Ethereum transactions work? Gas price/limit explained.
Ethereum is a platform designed to store information, run DAPPS (Decentralized Apps) and execute smart contracts for just about anything, on an open source public blockchain using EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) software.
Anyone can create a DAPP to run on Ethereum, for example CryptoKitties is such a Dapp that had taken the crypto world by storm EOY 2017. So how can the blockchain be protected from bad code? What if a script was executed to run in a continuous loop, potentially permanently stalling mining of the blockchain? This is where GAS comes into play.
Transaction (TX) fees and Gas
The Ethereum Network is powered by Ether (price ticker ETH), the native cryptocurrency for the Ethereum Blockchain (link). In order to deploy a contract or execute an operation it must first be fueled by ETHER. The price is usually set by the miners and you can agree to pay this price and ensure your transaction is included in the next Block to be mined, or you can opt to pay more, or to pay less. Paying more will bump your transaction/event to the top and ensure it is fast-tracked in the next block, but pay too little, and the miners may decide not to mine it at all and your transaction will likely not be executed.
But how does this prevent miners being caught in a continuous loop from bad code? Gas is calculated based on how much work is needed to be done to process your transaction, or execute your contract. You could think of Gas as the fuel in an car's engine and the car is the Ethereum Network; the more miles the car has to do drive (the more calculations have to be made), the more "liters" of fuel (Gas) is needed. The PRICE of these "liters" of fuel/GAS is decided by market fluctuation (in other words: the demand for transactions on the Ethereum Network) and paid for in ETHER to the Miners.
If you do not buy enough Gas/Ether to fuel your transaction it will run out of fuel and it will stop. You will not receive your ETH back, as the miners have still done the work and still need to be paid; they will still collect the fee. Your transaction has now FAILED, it will still be recorded on the blockchain but your funds will not reach their destination or your contract will not be executed. This is what is referred to as; running out of Gas. In this way any bad code will be halted and cannot run indefinitely.
It is easy to assign a set amount of Gas to transfer ETH as a currency between addresses, but for more complex executions such a deployment of a smart contract it may not be so easy to work out how much gas is required. You do not want to run out of gas part way through execution and have your process fail, or to pay way over the odds. In this way you can set a gas limit. This is the maximum amount of gas you are willing to pay, anything unused will be refunded to your wallet, such as MIST or MyEtherWallet, but if the gas limit is reached you will forfeit the amount. Having a limit is another way to prevent script from running indefinitely on the network.
So how does GAS work in practice?
In order to generate a standard transaction on the Ethereum Network USUALLY your wallet software will automatically calculated and pre-enter the needed Gas Price (taken from the default settings in your wallet) and Gas Limit, so under normal circumstances you don't have to worry much about this. BUT, in certain cases, for example when the Ethereum Network is overloaded and would require a higher amount of Gas. Also when you need to make more complex transaction, for example with a smart contract (usually when contributing to ICO's), it might be needed to adjust the default settings in your wallet, and this is what you need to know:
What is GWEI?
First of all: when dealing with the cost of Gas you will see something called GWEI. What is that, you may ask? Just like in Bitcoin, where the smallest denomination of a Bitcoin, 1/100millionth of a Bitcoin, is called a "Satoshi", the smallest denomination in Ether (the currency of Ethereum) is called WEI and is 1/Billionth of 1/Billionth of 1 Ether, so that means 18 decimals after 0 (0.000000000000000001 ETH = 1 WEI). Currently however Gas is calculated in GWEI, which is 1 Billion WEI or equally 1/Billionth of 1 Ether (0.000000001 ETH = 1 GWEI). So in short it looks like this:
1 GWEI = 1/Billionth ETH (or: 0.000000001 ETH)
Gas Price
As explained before, every type of transaction on the Ethereum Network requires a number of calculations the network needs to perform to execute the transaction. Every type of calculation has a preset cost in Gas that and if you add all the required calculations for a transaction up, you get the total amount of Gas that is needed to be paid from the transaction fee (TX fee). The price in Gas per calculation is a generally fixed for the network, however the price you need to pay per Gas (the Gas Price) can fluctuate based on demand or workload on the Ethereum Network (or how many transactions need to be processes in total).
The Gas Price influences how long it may take before your transaction is included in a next block (when your transaction is processed). If the Gas Price that is set in your wallet's settings is too low it might take a long time before it is processed (which in some cases might not be a problem) or even not be processed at all (this you don't want to happen). In other cases you may need to have your transaction to be processed faster or as fast as possible, preferably in the next block; in that case you need to set a higher Gas Price. A higher Gas Price motivates the Miners to include your transaction in an earlier Block than someone else's transaction.
To know how high the Gas Price in your settings (or customized for a particular transaction) should be on average, you can visit https://ethgasstation.info/ to see the latest recommendations for Gas Prices.
Gas Limit
As explained before Gas can be viewed as the "liters of fuel" the Ethereum Virtual Machine needs to run calculations to perform transactions, so in that sense 1 Gas is 1 "liter of fuel". And the more complex a transaction, the more calculations need to be processed, the more of those "liters" of Gas is needed. A simple transaction in Ether itself requires the lowest amount of Gas, currently (2018) it is 21,000 Gas. Transactions with the (ERC20) tokens that run on the Ethereum Blockchain Network are more complex and require more Gas (usually around 55,000 Gas). If you need to interact with a smart contract (for example an ICO), even more calculations are needed for a transaction, which means even higher amounts of Gas: 150,000 Gas or more.
The Gas Limit prevents the indefinite spending on a transaction (for example when there is a loop in the code of the script), when the Limit is reached, you have run out of Gas and the transaction fails (even though you have spent the Gas). Usually for standard transactions your wallet knows how much Gas Limit should be used, so generally you don't have to worry about it. For ICO contributions it is very important to know how much the Gas Limit should be in order to not run out of Gas before the transaction is processed.
Side note: if you would set a higher Limit than the transaction requires, the miners will only use the Gas needed and refund the remaining ETH of what was held back to fund the transaction fee.
How is a transaction fee calculated and examples?
The ethereum transaction fee is actually calculated very simply: multiply the amount of Gas used with the Gas Price in GWEI. When you send a transaction you will not know yet how much the fee will exactly be but the maximal fee that can be spent on the transaction would be your Gas Limit multiplied by the Gas Price. To know how much the cost of Gas actually was in ETH, you can divide the total amount of GWEI spent on Gas by 1 Billion, your cost of gas will be displayed in ETH. To know how much it was in Dollars, you need to multiply the cost of Gas in ETH by de USD price of ETH. After your transaction is processed you can easily find all that info on an Ethereum Blockchain Explorer, for example https://etherscan.io.
So to summarize these calculations:
Cost of Gas in GWEI = Gas Limit (or Gas used) x Gas Price in GWEI
Cost of Gas in ETH = Cost of Gas in GWEI / 1 Billion
Cost of Gas in USD = Cost of Gas in ETH x price of ETH in USD
Example of a standard transaction with Ether:
Gas Price = 30 GWEI
Gas Limit = 21,000 Gas
Price of Ether = $ 1,250
Cost of Gas = 30 x 21,000 = 630,000 GWEI
Cost of Gas in ETH = 630,000 / 1 Billion = 0.00063 ETH
Cost of Gas in USD = 0.00063 ETH x $1,250 = $ 0.79
Example of a standard transaction with an ERC20 token:
Gas Price = 30 GWEI
Gas Limit = 55,000 Gas
Price of ETH = $ 1,250
Cost of Gas = 30 x 55,000 = 1,650,000 GWEI
Cost of Gas in ETH = 1,650,000 / 1 Billion = 0.00165 ETH
Cost of Gas in USD = $2.06
Summary and TLDR
To process ethereum transactions on the Blockchain of Ethereum Network a transaction fee is required to pay to the miners to process the transaction and to prevent spamming and protect against loops in scripts. The transaction fee is needed to pay for the fuel (Gas) for the Network and different types of transactions need different amounts of fuel/Gas. The maximum amount of Gas that can be used for a transaction is set at Gas Limit. The price you pay per Gas is Gas Price and is displayed in GWEI currently. A GWEI is 1 Billionth of 1 ETH.
If you pay a higher Gas Price per Gas your transaction will be included sooner in a block than with a lower Gas Price. If the Gas Price is too low, it might never be processed. If the Gas Limit is too low, your transaction may run out of Gas before it gets processed (reach its destination) and fail. Adjusting the correct Gas Limit is sometimes needed, but the Gas Limit for standard transaction are usually calculated automatically by your wallet software.
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- Most people will purchase two (2) for front mats. Rear mats do not have a place for emblems.
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The best way to Make the Best Poster
Using posters in promoting your event or technique is a great and artistic method to advertise. It is usually an incredibly affordable method to advertise. If your posters are correctly placed in public areas with higher footfall it is possible to expose your event, product or brand to hundreds or else lots of people each day.
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Maintaining your initial design ideas simple is the vital thing. Choose a design your market can relate to. Don't overcrowd the paper and keep your wording simple so that any age and types of customers that pass by will be able to understand it. Leonardo da Vinci said, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." You simply need to have a look at any Apple products to determine the truth in this quote.
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BREAKING: SB 384 has cleared the Senate GO Committee. READ MORE about the Senate's decision to choose nightlife over all life.
Senator Wiener and the Los Angeles Times use Ghost Ship tragedy to argue for bill, ignorant of California's own artistic history
The Los Angeles Times sure knows how to make a point: on the backs of the dead. In its coverage of SB 384—the dangerous bill allowing bars to stay open until 4 a.m.—the paper claims the Ghost Ship fire could've been prevented had there been a 4 a.m. last call. The 2016 fire, named after the unlicensed living/performance space in which it broke out, killed 36 and was one of the single deadliest building fires in California history. The Times would have you believe it would never had happened if only the kids were drinking at 3 a.m. in some well-financed, well-inspected club. This assertion ignores economics, the cultural history of California, and the role underground venues play in the music scene. More importantly, it cynically exploits the deaths of 36 young Californians to argue for a giveaway to the entertainment lobby that could cost more lives still.
SB 384 is an on-the-face dangerous bill—it leads to longer public drinking times, more concentrated populations of intoxicated people, and more fatigued and intoxicated driving, along with more subtle vectors for harm—that supporters justify through the short-sighted idea that localities should set their own last-call times. They push past the likely increase in drunk driving, violence, and disruptions to residents with unproven claims of economic benefit (tax revenues would likely be offset if not negated by increased costs to civic services, and largely paid to the state, not the local jurisdiction) and a deeply troubling, disingenuous claim that it would improve public safety.
The Times's argument hinges on the idea—ascribed to Scott Wiener, the senator that sponsored SB 384—that more nightclubs making more money would allow for more nightclubs total. If there were more nightclubs, Wiener suggests, then promoters would "avoid ad hoc venues like Ghost Ship."
This claim doesn't stand up to even the briefest scrutiny. The Ghost Ship fire was not a result of a late-night party. It happened at 11:20 p.m., when every other bar and club in the Bay Area was still open—meaning its attendees were drawn there not by its late hours but by something else. That "something else" comes from unlicensed venues' ability to book performances that are inherently unprofitable. Even a basic familiarity with economic principles suggests that, unless Wiener and friends intend to flood California with so many new late-night venues that the market is saturated and rents plunge, so long as there are more "mainstream" acts to play large clubs, that's who will be booked, and the people drawn to more esoteric performers will continue to be forced to seek them at the margins.
That's not a new dynamic caused by the rent crisis. The "fashion, music, art" that one DJ tells the Times will be fostered by late last call has always flourished in California. Think about the Beats in San Francisco in the '50s, or the Funk Art movement based around Davis and the North Bay in the '60s and '70s. Those artists changed the face of the culture without needing to tie anything to lucrative entertainment promotions. NPR notes that Los Angeles in the '60s had as strong an art scene as New York—the same New York whose 4 a.m. last call so-called leaders like Wiener argue makes it more appealing than California. Think about the LA sound of hip-hop in the '80s through mid '90s; spawned as it was through out-of-the-trunk albums sales, those artists thrived despite, not because, of support from mainstream clubs. The Bay Area rock scene in the '90s and '00s revolved around the explicitly dry, all-ages Gilman St. Project in Berkeley. To claim that California is culturally impoverished because of liquor laws requires either ignorance, amnesia, or an outright contempt for what California has created.
Or perhaps all three. Make no mistake, hucksters like Wiener and the Times aren't citing precedents or deep familiarity with the Ghost Ship attendees. They are making up stories to justify handing the keys to public health over to massive nightlife operators and Big Alcohol. Judging by the soulless eagerness to build their case on the fresh wounds of real tragedy, they do so without compassion, perspective, veracity, or shame.
TAKE ACTION to oppose this cynical and dangerous bill.
Last week, Heineken was forced to pay the piper in a blatant violation of the three-tier system that governs California alcohol sales. Lucky for them, the piper didn't ask for much.
According to California Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC), the brewer was running a Facebook- and Twitter-based marketing scheme wherein consumers registering with Heineken were given coupons redeemable for a free beer at specific establishments. The problems were many and evident. Facebook and other social media outlets are extremely popular with younger users. Despite the potential to draw an underage audience, "age gates" (e.g. prompts to enter a date of birth) are difficult to implement on social media sites, and even if a clickthrough to the company website were required, they are comically easy to circumvent. Although the retailers were obligated to verify age when redeeming the coupons, that put them in the unenviable position of trying to take away the free beers Heineken already handed out.
As opportunistic and harmful as this sort of unfettered access to the youth market seems, ABC's concerns were more fundamental. By running the promotion alongside specific, named retailers, Heineken violated the three-tier system which maintains that distributors serve as the gateway between brewers and retail outlets. This system prevents manipulation of markets, protecting consumers and promoting competition. Protecting its integrity is essential to regulatory organizations, and ABC acted decisively on its principles.
Of course, the decisive act amounted to a $30,000 fine. Since A-B InBev and SABMiller merged this summer, Heineken has become the second largest brewer in the world. They spent well over $150 million in marketing last year, with at least 25% of that being dedicated to digital campaigns. Proportionally, if they had spent $20 on their marketing, they would've been fined a about a cent and a half. (By comparison, Greece recently fined Athenian Brewery—Heineken's subsidiary in that country—the equivalent of $33 million for unfair business practices.)
The three-tier system has been around since the repeal of Prohibition, so Heineken must have known they were stepping out of line. Fortunately, ABC was there to throw the book at them. Too bad they were only allowed to toss a paperback.
Devotion vodka is hiding something behind its nutrition label—the alcohol. They're very up front about the 96 calories per serving, and certainly proud of the 0g of sugar and cholesterol. In that "healthfulness," Devotion joins Michelob and a growing host of other alcohol companies to tout the healthfulness of their booze. Devotion CEO Drew Adelman touts the brand's status as "the first company in a large pool of brands to feature a nutrition label on our bottles, 'baring all' with pride," according to MediaPost Agency Daily. But all of this hides the fact that alcohol-related harm has never derived from sodium, sugar, cholesterol, trans-fats, FODMAPs, or anything like that. Alcohol-related harm has always derived... from alcohol.
This is not Devotion's first attempt at cornering the "healthy booze" market. Alcohol Justice featured them on the front page of its 2011 report on Questionable Health Claims by Alcohol Companies" after it infused its product with protein and a casein (a body-building supplement). Despite the enthusiastic support of renowned fitness icons like Jersey Shore's Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, the brand has now pivoted away from the physical fitness angle and towards an earthier health consciousness. Now billed as sugar-free, gluten-free, non-GMO, and American-made, Devotion seems to be striving to reach the patriotic organic farmer with Celiac disease.
Yet the ultimate problem remains: Devotion is highly distilled alcohol. According to the NIAAA, alcohol's toxic effects on the body include: damage to the heart muscle, elevated blood pressure, fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver, inflammation of the pancreas, weakened immune system, and increased risk for cancers of mouth, throat, liver, and breast. Ironically, there is little evidence that vodkas—even grain vodkas—contain any gluten in the first place. Alcohol itself causes a number of acute digestive problems, including GI pain, inflammation, bowel issues, and inhibited nutrient absorption, which are similar to those attributed to gluten. But if Devotion is to be believed, stomach pains are due to pizza crust, not the caustic, clear organic poison called alcohol. By tying itself to the values of simplicity and transparency, Devotion is pulling the wool over its customers' eyes.
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One of the most painful losses is that of a child; whether the child spent time only in the womb or for a few short hours or even days on earth. It's also one of the most unrecognized losses because many who have never experienced the pain have trouble understanding the heartache. But it's a heartache that is felt deep within a person's soul. I'll never forget the day I was told I was miscarrying. It was at that moment that I heard for the first time the sound of a heart breaking…my heart. If you have suffered through a pregnancy loss know this: it's not your fault. And you are not alone. May these poems below provide you with peace and comfort as you navigate your own grief; a grief that in time will lessen.
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Reason for HANA DB patch level update
We are copying HANA DB from SLES 11.3 revision 102.01 to RHEL 6.5 revision 102.00 through Backup / Restore method using SWPM (homogeneous system copy). While restoring any HANA DB it is necessary to have at least same or higher patch level into the target environment. This is reason we are updating target HANA DB environment from revision 102.00 to latest available patch level 102.04.
Download SAP HANA patches
Download following updates (Database, Studio & Client) from SAP marketplace and transfer to HANA server
Current available patch level is 102.04 (PL04). So we are updating into PL 04. We will download Studio, Client & DB for update.
SAP HANA Backup before update
Take complete backup before rev update start
Extract HANA Patches
Move all SAR files into HANA host server and extract using switch –manifest SIGNATURE.SM
If you extract more than one component SAR into a single directory, you need to move the SIGNATURE.SMF file to the subfolder (SAP_HANA_DATABASE, SAP_HANA_CLIENT, SAP_HANA_STUDIO etc.), before extracting the next SAR in order to avoid overwriting the SIGNATURE.SMF file. For more information, see also SAP Note 2178665 in Related Information.
Do the same for client & studio as well
HANA Update via STUDIO
Run SAP HANA Platform Lifecycle Management from HANA STUDIO
Select the location from HANA host
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Saturday, October 9, 2021
Dinner, Dancing, Live & Silent Auctions!
Ethan Allen Hotel, Danbury
$85 per person or $800 for a table of 10
Cocktail/Spring-Inspired Attire
Can't attend? Follow the link to register and you can bid on the silent auction online!
Celebrating the Dr. Janice Jordan Excellence in Education Award recipients
Robyn Gerety (Primary Educator) & Leah Esposito (Secondary Educator)
Robyn Gerety (Primary Educator) & Leah Esposito (Secondary Educator)
The event is our biggest fundraiser attended by parents, educators and community members. The evening includes dinner, dancing, plus live and silent auctions. At the event, the Dr. Janice Jordan Excellence in Education Awards are presented to educators whose creativity within the classroom, school or district has had a significant impact on student performance and achievement.
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2019 Kentucky Derby Party
Saturday, May 4, 2019
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2018 Barnum Ball
Saturday, April 7, 2018
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2017 Barnum Ball
Saturday, March 18, 2017
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2016 Barnum Ball
Saturday, March 19, 2016
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2015 Barnum Ball
Saturday, March 21, 2015
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A sprung pendulum bogie with hydraulical brakes is a perfect choice for the user that prefers a trailer that follows the tractor nice and easy during road transports at high speed and/or driving on bad roads. The suspension package is linked in the middle with a straight in detail axle in both ends.
Note! In this picture the sprung pendelum bogie is equipped with air brakes which is extra and not standard on the bogie.


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Argonne National Laboratory
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Argonne National Laboratory, the first U.S. national research laboratory, located in Argonne, Illinois, some 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Chicago, and operated by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy. It was founded in 1946 to conduct basic nuclear physics research and to develop the technology for peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Argonne National Laboratory now supports more than 200 basic and applied research programs—in science, engineering, and technology—that are directed to maintain basic scientific leadership, guide energy-resource development, improve nuclear-energy technology, and promote environmental-risk management.
The Argonne laboratory houses several major research facilities that are available for collaborative and interdisciplinary use by government, academic, and industrial scientists. Four of these facilities—the Advanced Photon Source (APS), the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS), the Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS), and the High-Voltage Electron Microscope- (HVEM-) Tandem Facility—have been designated official U.S. Department of Energy National User Facilities.
The APS, which opened in 1996, is a 7-gigaelectron volt (GeV) synchrotron particle accelerator that is designed to produce brilliant (highly collimated) and intense beams of high-energy X-ray synchrotron radiation for advanced X-ray imaging and diffraction studies. Using the APS, scientists have performed X-ray diffraction analyses to unravel the structures of complex biological supramolecular assemblies, including ribosomes, enzyme-inhibitor (drug) complexes, and bacterial toxins.
ATLAS is a superconducting linear accelerator that accelerates beams of heavy ions up to and including uranium for high-energy nuclear physics research. One example of this work involves experiments to probe the details of nuclear structure in order to answer fundamental questions concerning nuclear stability. The IPNS provides a powerful source of neutrons for neutron-scattering experiments in materials science research; applications include high-temperature ceramics and advanced superconducting materials. The HVEM-Tandem Facility combines electron microscopy with ion-beam irradiation to study, for example, high-temperature superconductors.


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PRTI Initiatives
Committee on Enhancing and Coordinating Poudre River Flows
This new PRTI initiative serves to increase coordination and communication among consumptive and non-consumptive water users that will benefit the healthy and working aspects of the Poudre River. The Committee includes PRTI members, ditch companies representatives, staff from local municipalities, and members of the recreation and environmental communities. The committee meets on a regular basis to share information and coordinate flow activity on the river whenever possible.
Poudre Basin Information Website
The Poudre Basin Information website is an initiative to develop information that supports education, dialogue on issues, and decision-making. The Open Water Foundation is leading the effort to develop this resource, integrating cross-jurisdictional datasets and information from various sources, including the PRTI membership. The resources on this website also support current and future PRTI initiatives.
Annual Poudre River Forum
The annual Poudre River Forum brings together those on the Poudre who farm, deliver clean potable water, drink beer, recreate, and advocate for river health to learn from one another and to explore how we can move from conflict to collaboration. Join us at each year's event to learn and engage with other Poudre River enthusiasts! More information www.PoudreForum.com | Connect with us on Facebook @PRTIworkgroup | #PoudreRiverForum Subscribe to the Forum email list email@example.com


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What productive things can I do when I'm bored? Sometimes the hardest part is getting started – so, how on earth did our moms get it all done?! Girl, do I have the motherlode of
How would you feel if I told you that you could getting up to 20% cash back on things you're going to be buying anyway? And yes, that includes equipment upgrades for you blog and
Wooden toys are a wonderful way to inspire imagination and development in young children. The best wooden toys for toddlers are perfect for developing skills including hand-eye coordination, balance, memory, language and social skills, and
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