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Medical Micro Needling
What is medical micro needling?
Micro needling, also called dermal rolling, is a treatment used for natural collagen induction therapy. It uses a special roller with tiny stainless steel needles to create channels into the epidermis.
How does micro needling work?
The idea behind the micro needling treatment is simple. Rolling the skin creates tiny channels deep into the dermis of the skin. These channels cause the production of numerous growth factors that induce the synthesis of collagen. The simulation of growth factors is how the body naturally rebuilds skin density and heals wounds. Using micro needlers with specially formulated creams allows specific cells to be targeted for maximum therapeutic effect, including anti-aging or the reduction of pigmentation. Micro needling is very safe when conducted properly and heals quickly.
Why is micro needling preferred over other modalities?
Micro needling uses collagen induction to stimulate growth factors and rebuild the skin while keeping the epidermis intact. This regenerative healing causes collagen to be formed from the base of the skin upwards. Other modalities, including chemical peels and lasers, cause a thermal shock to the skin, stripping away the skin's outermost barrier and creating abnormal cells. Scar tissue can actually be produced when collagen formation takes place on the skin's outer layers.
What conditions can micro needling treat?
Micro needling can be effective in softening fine lines, tightening the skin, restoring elasticity , thickening the skin and reducing scarring and pigmentation.
Who should not use micro needling?
Medical micro needling cannot be performed on pustular acne lesions, active herpes outbreaks, or any other acute infection or inflammation of the skin, and is not recommended for those with the following:
- Blood clotting problems
- Poor healing
- Skin Malignacies
- Active Pustular or Nodular Rosacea
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Severe solar keratosis
- Raised moles/warts
- Open cuts
What are the typical results of medical micro needling?
Patients will experience healthy collagen and fibrogen growth, remodeling of the dermis and epidermis and a decrease in scar tissue from acne, scars, UV exposure and the effects of age.
Is the micro needling procedure painful?
A lidocaine cream is applied topically to numb the treatment site. After treatment, Vitamin B, pantothenic acid serum and linseed or kiwi seed oil are massaged into the skin to soothe the treatment site. Patients will experience slight redness, similar to a sunburn, for a few hours after treatment.
How long does each treatment take?
Treatments last approximately one hour and twenty minutes.
How many treatments will I need before I see results?
Treatment schedules vary depending on the severity of skin damage and will be discussed at your consultation. The effects of micro needling continue for approximately 28 days after each treatment and collagen remodeling can continue for up to one year.
What do I need to do to maintain my results?
In order to maintain your results, you will be given a dermal roller and topical solution containing actives such as high potency vitamin C, vitamin A and hyaluronic acids to use at home. Patients are instructed to avoid exposure to the sun, use of other topical agents containing fillers, emulsifiers and preservatives and to avoid irritant agents.


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The final video in the series!
@1:15: This is an incredibly pertinent topic with respect to compatibilism, determinism and libertarian free-will. There are some over simplifications here that make it easy to accept in broad terms.
The discussion does go into the topic of free-will. I'm going to refrain from any comments on the subject. Needless to say I'm in disagreement but the degree and explanation would be too far from the point of the video.
Many of the good things from Christian Hedonism are covered here. I don't really have anything to add.

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Supervisor Michael Mayo, Sr. Criticizes Move to Take Away Mental Health Authority From County Board
Milwaukee County Supervisor Michael Mayo, Sr. today said that any efforts to remove the County Board's authority over the County's mental health system are an attempt to place blame on the Board for mismanagement at the Behavioral Health Division.
Milwaukee County Supervisor Michael Mayo, Sr. today said that any efforts to remove the County Board's authority over the County's mental health system are an attempt to place blame on the Board for mismanagement at the Behavioral Health Division.
"The County Board does not have day-to-day supervision of operations in BHD, and criticism of the Board for mismanagement at BHD is misplaced," said Mayo, a member of the Health and Human Needs Committee. "Even before the state Legislature made it very clear under Act 14 that day-to-day operations of County operations lie with the County Executive, the Board did not run operations. The Board sets policy.
"I strongly support mental health services for the most vulnerable people in our society, and I am open to any suggestion that will improve services to the mentally ill. But we also have to be mindful of spending the taxpayers' dollars on the most effective and efficient means of delivering those services."
Mayo said that any proposal for a state or regional takeover of mental health services has risks for taxpayers.
"If the state takes over mental health services, will the state pay for them? I hope the state is not trying to stick it to Milwaukee County again," he said. "If some sort of a regional authority takes over mental health services, as has been suggested by some, will this new entity be accountable to the people? And again, who will pay for these services under this new authority.
"These are questions that need to be answered before we take authority of the mental health system from the County Board. I'm open to suggestions that will improve mental health services, but taking away our authority is not the answer.
"I will put my record against the County Executive and the Governor for support of mental health services any time. I have always advocated for a safety net for those who cannot take care of themselves. I just don't think taking away the County Board's authority is the right direction to take."
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Texas Ag Commissioner Regifts Louisiana Oranges to Other State Officials/
Story by San Antonio Express-News
AUSTIN — Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller's Christmas gift may be less than appealing to some Texas farmers.
Miller on Friday sent boxes of oranges to several other state officials.
"Pride of Becnelville," boasted at least some of the boxes, according to photographs sent to the Houston Chronicle. "Grown in Plaquemines Parish."


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lagos—Electricity consumers in Awoyaya area in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State, have bemoaned the poor power supply to the community in the last few days.
They complained that the irregular electricity supply has compounded their socio-economic situations.
Speaking on behalf of the residents of Old container area of Awoyaya in Ibeju Lekki, simply identified Mr. Fred, they described the electricity supply in the area as disappointing, lamenting that: "Electricity supply here is frustrating.
For the past weeks, we have been forced to live in darkness without any explanation. It has really affected the socio-economic activities here because there is no business that can strive in darkness. We believe the transformer is bad and in need of replacement else the problem will be far from over if repaired again."
On the power situation, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC, Godwin Idemudia, called for calm, as the company was putting in place structures to tackle the crisis.


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William Grant Still: A Bio-Bibliographyby
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Dabrishus, Michael et al. William Grant Still: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood, 1996. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313036446.
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Dabrishus, Michael, Carolyn Quin, and Judith Still. William Grant Still: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood, 1996. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313036446
Dabrishus, M., Quin, C. & Still, J. (1996). William Grant Still: A Bio-Bibliography. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313036446
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Presenting the life and professional career of The Dean of Afro-American Composers, this is the first comprehensive book on the writings by and about Still, the compositions with manuscript sources, the performances of Still's works, and the reviews of those performances. It includes a touching personal reminiscence by his daughter Judith Anne. The full resources of the extensive collection known as The William Grant Still and Verna Arvey Papers at the University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, give this book the distinction of being the first one about Still that utilizes diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and family papers to provide information on his works and performances.
Still performed, composed, and arranged in the commercial music field before he began to write orchestral works and opera. He is called the Dean of Afro-American Composers because of his pioneering efforts on behalf of American music and his achievements as an African American. Still was the first African American to write a symphony that was performed by a major symphony orchestra in the United States, the first to conduct a major symphony orchestra, the first to conduct a major symphony in the Deep South, the first to direct a white radio orchestra, the first to have an opera produced by a major company, and the first to have an opera televised over a national network. His career tells an important story about the development of an American style of music.


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Tennessee is home to a wide variety of trees and shrubs and no one knows that better than our team at Southern Spray. We hire professional Green Hills lawn care technicians who have extensive knowledge and experience so that they are able to identify the unique needs of your plans. Through an inspection and overall landscape health evaluation, our tree and shrub care technicians in Green Hills will develop a customized treatment plan just for you! After all, we recognize no two lawns are the same.
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Map of the local innovation industry. Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Los Angeles.
Space Exploration
Space Exploration for Mankind | http://Glactica.com
Putting supercomputers in small satellites to solve the problems of Big Data.
Satellites are now smaller and cheaper to launch. The first companies to provide this build/launch/manage technology will dominate a forthcoming $76B market. It is difficult to operate ...


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I arrived at this short wedding early to have a good look round the venue. The sun was shining and it was lovely and warm. I spotted a few different locations that were great for my newlywed shots after the ceremony, including a row of lavender and a weeping willow!
The bride was a little late, but she looked stunning as she pulled up with her entourage in a white limo! The bridesmaids wore princess pink dresses and the Bride glowed as she walked towards the venue. Normally when the bride arrives myself and the planner make sure everyone including the groom is inside and waiting, so that the Bride and her dress can be a surprise for everyone. However, this bride didn't mind that everyone was outside enjoying the weather! She greeted friends and family, and the only person not there was her groom – so it would be a surprise for him.
As it was a warm day the ceremony room had all the windows and doors open, and white flowing fabric blew inwards with the breeze. With Ewell Court House backing onto a park, the views were fab. We looked out onto flowers and trees, the occasional walker and passers by didn't intrude at all.
After the ceremony I used the park for their couple photos, using the locations I had looked at before, I took them on a 15 minute walk around a few key points. Allowing them to have a bit of quiet time away, together as newlyweds, I always find my couples love this time away before they head back into the party.
After this I took a few natural shots of their friends and family milling around, trying to create different and interesting shots, working with symmetry and playing with precise moments. I wish them all the happiness for the future.


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Art In Wax : Encaustic Art By Hazel Rayfield
Period art :: Posted by: Hazel on February 9th, 2019
New Miniature Art In Wax Dolls House Paintings – Period Style !
"The Lady In The Sitting Room"
This new piece of my miniature art for a dollhouse has a lady of a period (you decide) with her sewing and her aspidistra planter on the table by the fire place, this is definitely the Lady of the house's Room with her pink drapes at the window.
I have layered this painting on a rustic painted card for an antique look and it is for sale in a wood frame, the frame is handmade, especially for my art, bespoke in fact by a uk craftsman. Size 2 x 2 1/2 inches overall when framed. The frame is front loading so the painting is stuck in.
A Miniature Challenge
My husband likes to challenge me ….
And after recently seeing my miniature sewing machine painting said "you could do a spinning wheel " so I thought why not I'll give it a go !!! This what I've come up with…….
"The Cat In The Spinning Room"
A period style scene with a cat in the foreground and a lady using a spinning wheel in the background, this tiny painting has lots of details and is very much a new style for my miniature art. I felt this painting needed a more ornate frame so it is for sale in the gold effect frame, which is a Streets Ahead miniature. Overall size including the frame is 2 1/2 x 2 inches approx.
Buying These Paintings
These two miniature paintings are currently ( at the time of writing) listed for sale in my Etsy online store.
I ship worldwide from Southend-on-Sea, England, in fact my art is currently in 16 countries on 4 continents as far as I know ….. which I am very proud of and have to pinch myself when I think about it !!
Visit my Etsy store here : https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ArtInWax
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Five weeks. It's time to put my head down, submit to the work ahead and push forward.
Today marks day one of our Fall 1 homeschool block. We greased the wheels this summer, but for now, it's time to go hard until September 29.
What I'm looking forward to:
- routine
- the whole world being back to school so it's not just us
- earlier bedtimes
- good books to share together
- my new planner
- Friday fun days with our homeschooling peeps
- our history curriculum
- time for family games
- Emily Dickinson poetry focus
What I'm not looking forward to:
- the first week of getting back to routine
- tears during math and Latin
- checking to see all work is completed
- longer school days
- how messy the house stays
- pencils everywhere
All in all, I anticipate this year to be challenging but worthwhile. This will be the only year I will have all five kids together studying together. Clearly, I have to vary the intensity of the workload given the age of the child, but I like the idea of all of us tackling the same themes and subjects this year. My hope is to learn to enjoy this one piece life, working together toward a common goal.
And the first goal in sight is September 29. Buckle up.


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France will face Nigeria in the last 16 of the World Cup after playing out a goalless draw with 10-man Ecuador at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
Captain Antonio Valencia saw red for the South American side midway through the second half for a reckless lunge on Lucas Digne.
The result means Ecuador fail to qualify for the last 16 as Switzerland's 3-0 win over Honduras means they progress as runners-up in Group E.
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France's Antoine Griezmann and Ecuador's Oswaldo Minda vie for the ball in their World Cup group game


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QUESTION: During which era could you reasonably expect a gallon of gas to cost thirty-three cents?
A) Early 1920's
B) Mid-1940's
C) Late 1960's
D) Early 1980's
The American Treasure Tour is always getting new additions to our happy and odd collection. Today, we are going to talk about a piece SO NEW it has not even found its home yet! It is a sign advertising the quality of vinyl records. For 33 cents, you could buy a 33-1/3 record, and the store provided a "Garrantee" that the record would "Not to rip slip or slide." Okay, so we can hope the store owners were better at maintaining their records than they were at spelling, since they seemed to overlook the "u" and add an extra "r" in "guarantee." These things happen. But what a great bargain they were offering for their presumably used records!
We have talked a little bit about the record album in past blogs, but it warrants a closer examination since they are not only such a definitive element of music history, but also enjoying a revival in popularity. Prior to 1948, 78 rpm (rotations per minute) were the only albums available. They were made out of a shellac compound with deep grooves that only allowed for about five minutes per side. Columbia (CBS) Records introduced the first vinyl albums - they proved much more appealing. The sound quality was superior, they allowed for smaller, tighter grooves that allowed up to twenty minutes' worth of music per side, and have survived the test of time, despite the onslaught of digital technology.
Unfortunately for record collectors, none of the albums displayed at the American Treasure Tour are for sale, but if you find a place selling them for 33 cents, pick them up!
ANSWER: C) Late 1960's. In the year 1960, gas generally cost around one quarter. By 1970 it was 36 cents.


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Strikers is located in Rev's Bowling and Entertainment Center and serves a menu of quick serve items like pizza, burgers and sandwiches.
It's understandable that you cannot expect great things from a bowling alley food stop, but our experience here takes the cake.
While waiting for public bowling on Tuesday night, a bunch of us went to kill time at Strikers B&G. It was obvious from the beginning that this was a self-serve establishment, but I couldn't believe it was to that extent. We decided to order a platter for $24 consisting of: mozzerella sticks, fried zucchini, yam fries, samosas, jalepeno poppers, and 4 dipping sauces. At first what we thought was a deal turned out to be a rip-off. About 4 pcs each of the above mentioned from Costco, and half of the platter were the soggy yam fries. If this were my business, I would be embarassed to sell this for that price. At most, it should have cost $10, considering the BBQ shack next door had meat platters costing less.
To top if off, service was literally non-existent. We had to order and pay at the counter. We were given cheap $-pizza paper plates and basically had to bus our own "dishes" after the meal.
However, the pizza is pretty good - otherwise my food rating would have been a 1, but definitely have to delivered to your bowling lane.
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1. Add some holiday graphics or seasonal images to your book promotion banners to remind people that your book would make a great gift.
2. Start using the words gifts and presents in social media promotions for your book
3. Offer package deals including discounts for buying multiple copies. Or have a buy one and get one for a gift for a friend at half off
4. Dream up a gift basket that would work with your book and post on your blog or book landing page. If it's a business book including items like a nice pen, executive calendar, an "I'm the Boss mug" and more. Be creative.
5. Donate a percent of book profits to charity for the week of Christmas. Be sure to write a blog or press release about this action.
6. Change some of the calls to action on your book's website. Include words like "buy this book as a gift" or "makes a great present for the marketer in your life."
7. Donate copies to a school or offer to be included in a silent auction or holiday fundraising event.
8. Include book promo material with your holiday cards to anyone that you've collected a business card from or added to your contact email list and suggest your book as a holiday gift or give a discount – like 10% off.
9. Run a holiday contest for everyone who purchases your book in the month of December. Make them eligible to be entered in a drawing for a prize.
10. Share a list of holiday gift book ideas on your blog or book landing page.
11. Help other writers by promoting a complementary book with yours.
12. Write a seasonal post, story, or article for your website that fits in with the theme of your book.
13. Seek out bloggers to help you. Offer a free copy of your book in return for a review. Offer to guest post for a blog in your subject area.
14. Offer a little something extras. For example: buy before 12/31/14 and in January you'll receive a special New Year's Newsletter with extra tips or special information.


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Number 875 - Blues Brothers
Number 875
The Blues Brothers
Don't just sit there and pretend this wasn't going to happen. Are actors allowed to "piss poke" about music and for it to be taken seriously? HELL YES .... and why?
Because Jack Black said so, that's why.
Don't worry i am not going to defend David Hasselhoff here, that would be poor taste.
"Comic actors John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd received a lot of flak for their Blues Brothers shtick -- mostly for the albums, not 1980's beloved classic film. But they should be given credit for exposing many people -- including this reviewer -- to the music of blues and R&B veterans. The Blues Brothers soundtrack was released on Atlantic Records. On the surface this doesn't seem unusual, since the Blues Brothers' Atlantic debut, Briefcase Full of Blues, was a number one album; but the movie was released by Universal, and its parent company, MCA, passed on the soundtrack. The rollicking remake of the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'" was a hit, featuring an arrangement notable for the horn section that replaces Steve Winwood's rumbling organ work. Ray Charles has a good time with "Shake a Tail Feather," and he's helped out by Jake and Elwood Blues (Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively). The cover of Solomon Burke's "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" is a lot of fun, thanks to the great overall rhythm and Elwood's lightning-fast stage rap, while James Brown and the Reverend James Cleveland Choir provide a blast of gospel music on "Old Landmark." Aretha Franklin's "Think" is explosive, and Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" is slyly irresistible. Charles, Brown, Franklin, and Calloway all have small roles in the film, yet so does John Lee Hooker, but he's not represented here" ~ Bret AdamsFor Steve Winwood see Number 622
For James Brown see Number 741
For Ray Charles see Number 518
For Aretha Franklin see Number 563
For John Lee Hooker see Number 530
It just goes to prove that anyone can sing the blues and make it sound half credible. And don't even think for a second im slagging of this genre, because i am not, i am glad that some forms of music can be accessible just like nursery rhymes!
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (funny that) and the Album ranked at Number (Nope)
This song has a crowbarred rating of 59.3 out of 108
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Vinyl Side of Midnight Playlist 11/16/2008Posted: November 16th, 2008 by Stevie
This is the playlist for this week's Vinyl Side of Midnight, which can be heard on 89.7 FM WLNZ in the Greater Lansing area, or you can tune in internationally on the web on www.wlnz.org – hosted by Mike Stratton, Sunday nights, 9pm – midnight, Eastern Standard Time
Charles Tolliver – Repetition, from Mosaic Select on Mosaic
Dan Cray Trio – That Old Black Magic, from Over Here, Over Heard on Crawdad
Ray Brown Jr. – Can't Take My Eyes Off You from Friends and Family on SRI Jazz
Brother Jack McDuff – Cold Duck Time from Best of the Concord Years on Concord
Bebo Valdes & Javier Colina -Ritmo from Live At The Village Vanguard on Calle
Milton Nascimento & Jobim Trio – Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser, from Novas Bossas on Blue Note
Randy Brecker – Sambop from Randy In Brasil on Mama Records
Chico O'Farrill – Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite from Calle 54 Soundtrack on Blue Note
Zen Zadravec Quartet – Song For Christine from Coming Of Age on Zen Zadravec Music
Antonio Ciacca Quintet – Chipewha from Rush Life on Motema
Bobby Hutcherson – Pannonica from Mirage on 32 Jazz
Thurman Green – Daughter of Cochise from Dance Of The Night Creatures on Mapleshade
Garag Mahal – Hotel, from wOOt on Owl Studios
Jimi Hendrix – Third Stone From The Sun, on Are You Experienced on MCA
John McLaughlin – Raju, from Floating Point on Abstract Logix
Joe Baione – Oh Yeah! from Oh Yeah! on Joe Baione
Sex Mob – Dawn Raid on Fort Knox from Sex Mob Does Bond on Rope a Dope Records
William Parker Quartet – Groove Sweet from Petit Oiseau on AUM
Anat Cohen – After The Rain from Notes From The Village on Anzic
Coleman Hawkins – Soul Blues from Blues Wail on Prestige


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Grey Lynn Community CentreCreate, work, learn, play together
Grey Lynn Community Centre is where it all happens, come along and attend one of the many diverse classes running weekly here at the Centre or you can rent out one of our six rooms to have a function or run a class yourself.
The clean modern rooms vary in size to accommodate from 10 up to 200 people. During the school holidays we also run a kids holiday programme for ages 5-12years of age. That runs each day from 8am till 3pm or 5:30pm except on public holidays.
Corporate Christmas parties, fundraisers, children's birthdays, you name it we have the size and space for all events. If you're looking for a venue to run your programme call us and we will recommend a space that fits your needs. Or monthly meeting we have rooms to cater for eight to two hundred people.
Also housed within the building are Citizens Advice Bureau for all those questions you may have and Plunket.
Our purpose is to be the 'hub' in Grey Lynn, where our community meets to learn skills and get to know each other, forming an integrated and supportive community.
The Centre is a place that is welcoming, comfortable and accessible to all who want to use it. Our primary community includes the people of Grey Lynn, Westmere and Arch Hill.
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Takeover rules set for a mammoth makeover8 min read . Updated: 20 Jul 2010, 12:25 AM IST
Takeover rules set for a mammoth makeover
Takeover rules set for a mammoth makeover
Mumbai: The corporate acquisition game is set to become more expensive after a panel set up by capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) suggested sweeping changes in Indian takeover rules, by raising the ownership level beyond which an acquirer has to make a mandatory open offer to buy shares from other shareholders and saying that the acquirer has to offer to buy all the remaining shares in the target firm so that all shareholders have an equal chance to exit their investments.
The panel has also suggested a new method to decide the price at which shareholders can tender their shares in an open offer, a move that could benefit all shareholders who want to sell their holdings to an acquirer.
The most significant change is that the threshold for an open offer will be raised from the current 15% to 25% and the acquirer will have to make an open offer to buy 100% of a target company's shares against the current 20%, if the recommendations of the panel headed by C. Achuthan, a former head of the Securities Appellate Tribunal, are accepted after public discussion.
The new 25% threshold will bring Indian takeover rules close to the takeover rules in some developed markets such as the UK, where open offers are triggered once the shareholding crosses 30% of a target company.
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While the new takeover norms tilt the scales in favour of incumbent managements during takeover battles by raising the cost of an acquisition, Achuthan clarified that the panel was more focused on protecting investor interest: "If the person does not have enough money to meet the cost of acquisition, he better not acquire," he said.
The changes recommended by the Achuthan panel aim to keep only serious takeover artists in the game, make it easier for existing majority stakeholders to consolidate management control and treat all retail shareholders at par during open offers.
Some market experts, however, feel that the new rules will put existing managements under pressure. "Hundred percent public offer is good for investors. But allowing 25% leeway for the acquirers can be a little destabilizing for the promoters. It is dangerous. I get a feeling that promoters need to keep their holdings high to ward off potential hostile attempts. On that count, the present system seems good," said K.R. Choksey, chairman of brokerage firm KR Choksey Shares and Securities Pvt. Ltd.
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The suggested changes in takeover rules come at a time when mergers and acquisition activity is growing in India. The first takeover norms in India were put in place in 1997 and were reviewed in 2002.
Nearly 10 months after the committee was formed to recommend suitable changes in the existing takeover code, investors can now look forward to better corporate governance practices in their companies and ensure that minority shareholders' interest is not compromised during takeover battles.
To ensure that all shareholders of the target firm get a fair value for shares tendered in an open offer, the panel has proposed that the minimum price payable shall be the highest of four options—the negotiated price that triggered the open offer, the volume-weighted average price paid by the acquirer in the preceding 52 weeks, the highest price paid by the acquirer during the preceding 26 weeks, or the market price based on the volume-weighted average market prices in the preceding 60 trading days.
At present, open offers are priced at the higher of weekly averages of market prices for 26 weeks or two weeks.
Indian company law gives an investor the power to block special resolutions if it holds above 25% in the target firm. While the panel's proposal will make it easier for private equity (PE) investors to increase their holdings up to 24.99% in target firms, setting the open offer trigger at 25% could be a setback for these investors, who wanted Sebi to allow them to acquire beyond the 25% threshold to have a say in the management of listed companies, without requiring to make an open offer.
Anant Kulkarni, executive director (private equity) at JM Financial Investment Managers Ltd, said: "This is a welcome change because this was one of the constraints in PIPE (private investment in public equity) transactions, especially in mid-cap companies. It gives more elbow room to PE (private equity) investors."
"It can help listed mid-cap companies to raise PE money more easily than before. It would be more helpful if it (the threshold) could be raised to 26%. This is because, unlike in private transactions, in PIPE deals we don't have typical shareholder rights," he added.
PIPE deals involve investment by PE firms in listed companies.
The recommendations that acquirers should offer to buy the other 75% of a target company's equity once the 25% threshold is crossed could help even small investors exit at the offer price. "...an open offer ought to be for all the shares of the target company to ensure equality of opportunity and fair treatment of all shareholders, big and small. With the existing norm to acquire a minimum of just 20% by an open offer, often only large existing investors get the advantage of selling shares, while small retail investors are kept deprived from an exit option," says the panel's report.
The panel's proposal to acquire up to 100% in a target firm through an open offer, will, however, be exempted for voluntary open offers by promoter groups.
In case of voluntary open offers, when an entity already holds more than 25% stake, the open offer size has been proposed for a minimum 10% stake. If the entity wants to increase its voting rights without making an open offer, it can do so by acquiring up to 5% in the target company in a given fiscal year. Under the existing rules, such offers can be made only by shareholders holding more than 55%. However, such voluntary open offers will not be allowed for an acquirer that has bought shares in the target firm in the preceding 52 weeks.
In case of indirect acquisitions of the target company, the offer price would stand increased at the rate of 10% per annum, estimated on a pro-rata basis for the period from the date of announcement of the primary transaction. All open offers, under normal circumstances, have to be completed within 57 business days from the date of announcement.
According to a recent government directive, every listed entity is required to maintain a minimum public shareholding of 25%. For companies that currently do not comply with this rule, the promoters are required to bring down their stake by at least 5% every year till the promoter holding comes down to 75%. The Sebi panel's proposal to make an open offer for the entire 75% stake after the open offer trigger may lead to an acquisition of 100% stake by an acquirer firm, resulting in a delisting of the target firm. The panel suggested that if the delisting clause is triggered due to such acquisitions, the acquirer can either opt for delisting or bring down its holding to meet the continuous listing requirements.
In case the acquirer intends to delist the target firm, the former may state its intentions upfront. But if the delisting code is triggered without any such disclosure, the acquirer would be required to either proportionately reduce both its acquisitions under the agreement that triggered the open offer and the acquisitions under the open offer or to bring down his holding to comply with continuous listing requirements. This option is not available under the existing regulations.
According to Sourav Mallik, executive director (mergers and acquisitions) at Kotak Mahindra Capital Co. Ltd, currently, the average promoter holding in firms is in the range of 49%. "So in this context, the 25% shareholding is not a threat. But every company is not an average."
"Additionally, for a company with a promoter holding of the average 49%, the cost of financing the extra bit for the open offer will not go up by that much," Mallik added.
In an effort to strengthen the corporate governance norms in Indian firms further, the committee has also suggested alterations in the definition of control. Sebi currently defines control as "the right to appoint majority directors on board or control the management or policy decisions...directly or indirectly, including by virtue of their shareholding or management rights or shareholders agreements or voting agreements or in any other manner".
The panel said that only those acquirers could be allowed to take over a target firm's control which genuinely have the ability to control the management and take corporate policy decisions. The panel recommends that the definition of "control" has to be modified to include "ability" in addition to "right" to appoint majority of the directors or to control the management or policy decisions would constitute control, in case of acquisition of control through open offers. Further, for any such open offers, it will be mandatory to take a recommendation by a committee of independent directors of the target firm. This is currently optional.
The committee has removed the ambiguity surrounding indirect acquisitions. "Currently, there are two dates and this creates a lot of confusion. Now we have only one date, the date on which the parent company is taken over. That will be the trigger and the price will be as on that date," Achuthan said.
However, if the local company waits for the transaction to consummate and then makes the announcement (for open offer), they have to compensate the shareholders for the notional loss incurred due to the delay in payment. "This we have recommended to be the interest that they would have earned in a bank fixed deposit," he added.


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Sunny Health & Fitness SF-B2605 Magnetic Folding Exercise Bike – This era is all about fitness. Everyone wants to be fit and healthy, but not all of them has got time for gyming so they buy the equipment needed for it, and one of the most popular gyming equipment is exercise bikes. Today we are here with a newly launched bike known as Sunny Health and Fitness SF-B2605 Magnetic Folding Bike. This is a foldable bike which is ideal for losing weight and staying fit without going to gym.
In this article, we will talk about some merits and demerits of it. Also, we will tell you some of the customer reviews for it. So, let's begin.
People love this bike as this gives a great performance and you can easily use it for your daily workouts. You can use this bike anywhere in your house even while watching TV which people are adoring. Also, people are amazed by the cozy seats. The only facts which disturb them are that it doesn't monitor pulse rate.
Well, according to me this bike can help you with your daily workouts, and you don't have to visit gyms a lot. With this, you can tone your body and burn the calories. Also, you can use it anywhere and easily fold it back. Plus, this comes with an affordable price. The only negative is that it doesn't monitor pulse rate, but if you a new-bee and want it to use just for fitness then you must consider buying it.
The Marcy Club Revolution Cycle is an affordable indoor exercise cycle best suited for beginners and experienced riders. Highlights include 40 lbs flywheel, adjustable handlebars, and water bottle holder. A standard limited warranty of 2 years catches the deal.
This is an all-rounder in fitness training at home. One of the best rated stationary exercise bikes for home, it is a must for all. The Marcy XJ 3220 has been top rated exercise bike for the year and comes with so many features. Value for money, this bike comes with adjustment features for both handle and seat.
Marcy Club Revolution Cycle: The cycle, as indicated by the name, will give you a complete experience of workout in club style and also without any monthly installment. Helping you in your real cardio workout, the cycle provides a natural and stable riding platform. With a 40lbs flywheel that supports variable manual resistance, the machine has a weighted construction. This massive designing makes the cycle stand for many years in your home.
The cycle is designed keeping almost everyone's body types in mind. It makes the muscles tone and define, burns fat and helps in losing weight, and workout on it targets mainly buttocks, hamstrings, and back portion. Balanced flywheel gives a smoother & continuous momentum to your riding. Manual resistance is easy to adjust. Dimensions are 40L x 20.5W x 43H inches. Weight capacity bearable: 300 lbs.
Is Marcy Club Revolution Cycle the best spin exercise bike brand for you? Here are some factors to keep in mind before buying the bike.
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The users of this exercise cycle reviewed the bike and gave it an overall 4.0 ratings. One rated it as well-constructed, and very sturdy. For others, it is easy to put together, no noise at all, and smooth as well. However, a few number of people have some issues too. Read more reviews here.
Still thinking to buy a recumbent exercise bike for use at home? or are you confused which brand or model to buy? Is budget your concern? Well, no more. Keep reading to find everything about the Nautilus R614 Recumbent bike in this post.
The Nautilus R614 Recumbent bike is a perfect exercising bike for home, both for beginners and for experts. At a price of just $ 299, It is a low priced high-quality recumbent bike with backrest and an adjustable height that is easy to mount on.
Nautilus R614 provides a perfect cardiovascular exercising experience with least impact on joints. And with a trusted brand name, quality and customer satisfaction are optimum with this bike.
Let's take a closer look at what this bike has to offer its users.
Well, these are quite superior features at this price; almost similar to its higher variant that is available for some few hundred dollars more. So why spend that extra money when you can get so much in so less. Right!
So for your convenience, I have collected together some excellent piece of information that will help you further analyze your choice.
Now quality is paramount, and one should not settle for any less quality than for what he is paying. Regarding this, the Nautilus has surpassed my price-quality ratio. The R614 is a high quality, well-built equipment that is durable and dependable. Other than this, the bike is very sturdy and stable in performance even at high speed, all thanks to its large foot pedals. Comfort quality is excellent as the seat is perfect broad and with back support. All in all, you wouldn't get a more worthy bike in terms of quality and functionality at this price.
Put it all together, what you get is a perfect recumbent exercise bike for home. The Nautilus R614 is offering you too much to its name without any drawbacks. About two dozen programmed exercise for beginner and experts, to take care of your fitness. Efficient exercising that you can track and transfer to record in your fitness app to manage your routine. And test program to check your fitness progress.
What else can you ask for? Such features are found in many high priced exercise bike that is now available to you at a low price but reliable brand name. So, why are you waiting? Get your fitness on track right away with this well recommended recumbent exercise bike for home.
Exercising is a must considering our changes in lifestyles and food preferences. Upright exercise bikes are great to work out at home or the gym. Some exercises can be done on this machine to reduce thigh fat, build thigh and calf muscles as well as burn excess calories. It is a great machine ideal for home use.
Schwinn AD6 Airdyne Upright Exercise Bike is one of the most liked upright bikes in Airdyne Series. Highlights include BioSynch linkage system, RevMeter RPM gauge and 6 workout metrics in the console. A typical 15 years Frame Warranty catches the customer's attraction.
The bike is simply the best cardio machine to convince any customer for buying in its very first look. Providing superior performance and comfort is the priority of AD6. The durability of the bike is good enough to exercise with it at your home gym. You will find a new shrouding over 'BioSynch linkage system' safeguarding your workout on the bike. Large LCD offers desirable to display to the user. The frictionless fan also works well, assuring rider's smooth workout. Brakes are free from friction. Having a unique RevMeter RPM gauge, it provides perfect interval training. The wind resistance given in the AD6 bike is exponential, providing your hard pedaling, the higher resistance.
So, this was a thorough description of 'Schwinn AD6 Airdyne Upright Bike'. Given below are few Cons & Pros for your help.
Must Read – Schwinn 170 Review
The customers, as can be seen, have rated the product well. Overall, the AD6 has got 8.0 ratings by the customers who bought the machine for their home gym.
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|Upright Stationary Bike
|Frame – 15 yrs; Electrical – 2 yrs
|Weight Capacity:
|300 lbs (136 kg)
|49.7″L x 25.7″W x 50.9″H
The good and the bad everything about the Exerpeutic 400XL Folding Recumbent Bike- Review
Don't have enough time to hit the gym? Is limitation of space restricting you to buy exercising bikes for home?
Well, Recumbent bikes are your best friend for healthy exercise routine within your home. And with the Exerpeutic 400XL Folding Recumbent bike even space will no longer be a problem. Use it, fold it and store it, simple!
From the house of a famous American manufacturer Paradigm Health and Wellness, The Exerpeutic 400XL is of high quality and has the competitive price. The exercise bike is a top notch given its features, especially the semi-recumbent design that makes it convenient to mount and fold up after exercising.
While you read through this review. You will get to know the features of the Exerpeutic 400XL along with what's right and wrong about this exercising bike.
Let's take a look at the highlighted features of Exerpeutic 400XL Folding Recumbent Bike
● Although different people have different experiences, mine was a not so good one with the bike seat. It is uncomfortable as it's hard and smaller for heavier people. Well, Using seat cover or towel over it might do some help though.
● The accuracy of the monitoring system is bit doubtful. The pulse rate tracker does not give accurate readings. Moreover for knowing the calorie burned you have to feed in inputs like your height, weight, and what you took for food, etc. but in this model, it just gives rough estimates based on pre-fed data.
● Although customers are liking the product but given the price-quality ratio, the bike doesn't feel a very durable product.
Well, since it's evident now, the ' good' about the bike overweight the 'bad' and given its low price and strong brand name, it is one bike you can surely give a try.
Given its super utility foldable feature, this is sure a good fit for smaller houses and of course a healthy you.
The best exercise upright bike is the most conventional type of bicycle that is being used since the 19th century. The basic design of the upright bike has changed only a little since the inception of these bikes. But the detail of the bicycle has changed with the increase in the technology. Now the material of the bicycle has changed from stainless steel to modern materials.
The upright bikes initially were only used to travel from one place to another, but with the rapid growth in the production of cars and bikes the sales of these bicycles have subsequently lost sales. The people now not much often to travel by bicycles because it is more time consuming and tiring. But due to its excellent health importance, it has never lost the heart of the engineers and doctors. The best part about a bicycle is that it is eco-friendly, causes no pollution, and does not require any fuel.
With keeping in mind the importance of bicycle for human health, these cycles were converted to best upright stationary bikes which anyone can place in their homes or the gym, and can work-out on these excellent bikes without having to travel originally. This is a good approach to give bicycle what was taken from them. Upright Exercise Bikes are excellent for the health and are very beneficial. Cycling causes less strain and injuries than any other form of exercise or physical work-out.
Cycling an hour or even half an hour will use all your body muscle and involve them. Thus cycling is an excellent versatile exercise for everyone. Cycling can be very intense as well as lite depending upon the type of the person and him aim. If the person is recovering from some illness or sickness, then he can prefer low intensity, but if he wants to do more high intensity is good.
Cycling regularly can improve cardiovascular fitness, increased muscle strength and flexibility. When we are talking about some of the best upright bicycles for the gym or house, then here is what we shall suggest you to look for.
The first in our list will be Exerpeutic 1200 Folding Magnetic Upright Bike; this is the cheapest folding stationary bike that you can get with good technical specifications and features. This is a perfect exercise equipment for your home. It is foldable and hence easier to store even in your home. The second, Fitdesk 2.0 is a very solid investment because it is built to last long. This bike is designed for those who are super busy and don't have time to work-out. There is a pad to hold your laptop, so you don't miss out on anything important even while exercising.
The Schwinn 170 has two LCD screens to help you watch on your fitness data. The bike
has built-in USB port to let you connect your laptop to it and helps you transfer data between
the laptop and bike. Now talking about the Life Fitness C3 Go upright Lifecycle, this bike is found most often in gym and fitness centres. This is built to last for long with good built quality. It has backlight display console so that you can exercise even in the dark and keep a look on your fitness level.
Schwinn 130 Upright Bike is the most searched exercise bike in Schwinn Series. Highlights include 22 preset programs, dual track LCD window system; Connect goal tracking and 20 resistance levels. A generous ten years Frame Warranty catches the deal.
The Schwinn 130 Upright Bike is the most rated exercise bike for non-commercial use. With this upright bike perform 22 different exercise programs. It has 8 programs that are targeted towards beginners as well as trained in equal proportion. It has two LCD display to track exercise and record data to give you precise details of your fitness.
The second top Upright Bike in Schwinn Series is the Schwinn 130 Upright Bike. This non-commercial exercise bike is sold with a frame warranty of 10 years and is designed for your house only. The bike supports comfortable and well-managed cycling along with programming for your workout.
The Schwinn 130 Upright bike helps you in stabilizing your muscles while making the balance of your body weight during cycling. Being the features easy to use, a unique console has been designed keeping you in mind. This product uses a high-speed, high inertia perimeter weighted flywheel, in-console speakers and 20 levels of resistance for your hard workout.
Another built-in feature given to the riders is contact heart rate monitoring. They can quickly examine the pulse rate of their heart on the screen. You can use Schwinn Connect Website for your progress tracking.
Is this the exercise bike you are searching for? Here are some Pros and Cons of Schwinn 130 Upright Bike for making your decision easy.
Schwinn 130 Upright Exercise Bike is an ideal bike for beginners and trainees. The frame of the bike is light and pedals are small. It is best preferred for losing weight, and for cardiovascular workouts, improvement of strength, and muscles toning.
Teenagers can make the best use out of it since it is an upright bike, it works on both the upper and lower body simultaneously. Losing weight and becoming fit is a lot r now. Bike best suits for people who are willing to do vigorous workouts. Since it doesn't have a back support, it isn't comfortable for Seniors. Teenagers and youth can ride the Schwinn 130 bike without any difficulty.
The Schwinn 130 Upright Bike has 80-20 ratio when it comes to the reviews of customers who bought the product. Positive reviews, as per their sayings, have featured the bike entirely and declared this exercise bike as the best one to buy. But, the negative reviews are of mixed values. Someone has the problem with the fans, while the other one complaint of the pedaling behavior of bike.
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|Charging USB Port and Data Exchange
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|300 lbs
|41.3″ L x 21.4″ W x 55.6″ H
In this today's fast world having so much of rush everywhere, it is tough to make yourself fit and healthy. Every single man is running after success and money, and for that, he is always ready to do an extra task more than his working capacity. And believe me, you do it also. But what's the result?
You get tired of ending up making your body too weak. What's next? Now, you will join Gym. And most probably everyone does. But are you able to manage time to go to gym from your busy schedule? If you will ask yourself, then you will get the answer in 'NO'. So, what's the solution to it? First possible and best solution is to make your home a personal gym. In this way, you always have time to exercise, you can be fit. You can take rest in between too. Read further for your answer.
Instead of going to a gym, most of the people prefer to do exercise at the home itself. So, today, we have come with a post on one of the best exercising bikes to keep you healthy without going the gym. It's very easy to assemble 'Schwinn 170 Upright Bike'. It is made up of the solid body throughout and the pedaling of the bike is also very smooth. It is a beautiful piece of exercising machinery that can hold a man of 5'11" height & above 200 pounds easily.
See Also – Schwinn 130 Review
But, you will not get a single problem when riding sitting down.
Schwinn is a renown brand in the fitness industry, and it is ruling the world from more than 100 years. Schwinn 170 Upright Exercise Bike is another perfect combination of fitness with value and innovation. Schwinn 170 offers magnetic resistance of 25 levels, robust 3-piece crank system, padded and a large seat with adjustability along with oversized pedals, forearm rests, and adjustable handlebars.
Schwinn 170 is an ideal upright exercise bike, and it is best for youth and not recommended to seniors or people with chronic pain since it doesn't have a back support. It is the best bike and worth the investment for people who want to have an experience like the outdoor bikes.
This product has very positive reviews from its customers as can be seen by the star rating of the bike. The exercise bike gives an excellent performance during your regular workout. People love this bike and prefer to buy it over others due to the incredible features it has.
You can work on the bike while watching TV or doing other tasks. Also, many people reviewed about the seat flexibility of the product. The only negative issue that is found among customers is with long height persons.
According to me, if you are searching for a good exercise bike in this cost, and you are having normal physical dimensions, then this bike suits best for you. You can burn the calories in your body with this bike. Also, it is easy to assemble it.
So, don't think much and consider buying it.
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Schwinn A10 Upright Bike is an iconic exercise of very low price bike in upright series. It is used for healthy and active lifestyles, the bike is a great machine for your cardio needs. Highlights include simple assembly, a unique console designed, a data screen, seven workout modes, and a sound system.
The manufacturer provides a warranty of 2 years for frame, 6 months for machine parts and 6 months for electrical issues.
Schwinn A10, being a good choice for new ones, offers an outdoor bike feel in a packed design. You can balance the weight of your body while riding using your core and stabilizing muscles. With eight resistance levels, the bike features an eddy current resistance system that is controlled by a computer. Several different programs are available for your workout that keeps you fresh. Monitoring workout readings such as RPM, speed, distance, time and pulse on the provided LCD console is very easy.
Schwinn A10 is bike powered by the battery, includes adjustable T-knob handlebars, a grip heart rate monitor, a padded saddle and flat platform pedals. Having much better stability on the feet level, this bike will also boost the metabolism of your body.
Here are some Cons & Pros for the product.
With an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, customers who bought 'Schwinn A10 Upright Bike' are satisfactorily doing their regular workouts with the product. Due to the low price, the buyers like the deal. It is a basic trainer but has some convenient and useful positive points. Most of the customer's reviews are positive.
When it comes to exercise at home then an upright exercise bike is the best. The Schwinn A10 Upright Bike has been rated the best exercise bike, it comes with a warranty of 2 years and has a very high comfort level, making exercise at home easy and fun, and the best part is that it has seven exercise modes with a LCD display.
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|Upright Stationary Bike
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|Frame – 2 Years
|User Weight Capacity:
|270 lbs
|27.5 x 16.5 x 47.5 inches
R72, a compact version of modern R72 Recumbent bike, is super affordable, and it is manufactured by the well-known brand i.e. Sole Fitness. Recumbent bikes provide a little amount of impact and most amount of support. It's best for people having a foot or joint issues.
It has an adjustable seat and provides support to back so that lower back pain can't trouble you. It is compact and so8 easy to setup. You can easily adjust it to your office or home. It comes with Lifetime warranty on frame, 1-year warranty on parts, one-year warranty on electronics and one year Warranty on Labor. You also get a 30-day money back guarantee
This recumbent exercise bike offers many options so that you can make your workout interesting and challenging. It has 20 levels of resistance, ten built-in workout programs, and heart rate programs.
This exercise bike offers built-in cooling fan and MP3 compatible sound system. To keep users hydrated, it has a built-in bottle holder.
The seat of this bike is adjustable, and it has 14 positions to suit riders of different heights.
This bike is an excellent value for money. It is one of the most solidly built recumbent bikes under $800. It is for mid level user. But if you want to achieve more, then a recumbent bike with more resistance would suit you. It is an entry-level model, and it is designed for low-impact exercise. Though anyone can use it, it is particularly useful for people having back pain, or they are recovering from injury.
When it comes to price, this bike has best features as compared to others. Overall, this is a top option for $799. We have found that the Sole R72 Recumbent Bike has many good things but a few negatives also. However, the good outweighs the bad. You can purchase this bike manually or online. It is available on (www.Amazon.com).
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PhD in Advanced Methods in Biotechnology and Biodiversity
degreePhilosophy Doctor
duration4 years (8 semesters)
ECTS points45
descriptionPhD students participate in courses provided by various labs of the Faculty, e.g.: Advanced molecular cytogenetics; Chromatin immunostaining methods; Plant morphogenesis in vivo and in vitro; Cyto- and histochemical analysis of embryonic animal tissues; Biomarkers in studies of exposure and effects of xenobiotics in the environment; Biotechnology of microorganisms; Practical bioinformatics; Plant functional genomics; Techniques for biodiversity of soil microorganisms, plants and animals. All courses aim at training the students in application of a wide variety of advanced methods that are used in research led by the faculty labs. Additionally, the students have the opportunity to improve their presentation skills attending the Effective presentation workshop. They can also participate in departmental and faculty seminars, as well as in a selection of lectures provided by guest researchers in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme – LLP/Erasmus. All courses are in English.
All PhD students are also involved in research projects leading to the PhD degree. The supervision is provided by the senior academic staff. The projects are conducted in collaboration with the future supervisor and are in line with the research profile of the department involved.
tuitionEU/EFTA citizens applying on a regular basis – no tuition fee, no application fee;
Non-EU/EFTA citizens: 4 200 EUR per year + 100 EUR – application fee.
deadlineJuly, 15th
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institutionUniversity of Silesia in Katowice
education requirementsBoth Polish and foreign students are eligible to apply provided that they have the M.Sc. or equivalent degree in the discipline that is adequate to the proposed PhD project. The duration of doctoral studies is up to four years. On-line recruitment registration is open at the University of Silesia recruitment website. Candidates are obliged also to provide printed applications to the Faculty Office.
The complete application submitted to the Faculty Office should include:
• diploma of the MSc or equivalent degree with supplement;
• letter of recommendation from the faculty staff and his or her declaration of will to become the supervisor;
• declaration of the future supervisor on the availability of funds necessary to conduct research project by the PhD student;
• synopsis of the research project that will lead to the doctoral degree;
• list of the candidate's publications and conference presentations (please include also copies of the first page of each publication);
• certificates of foreign language skills;
• three ID photos;
other requirementsThe candidates are ranked on the basis of the following criteria:
1. the outcome of an interview with a candidate in English, conducted by the recruitment panel (from 0 to 10 points);
2. the scientific achievements documented by the list of publications and conference presentations: publication – 5 points, conference (oral, poster) presentation – 2 points, participation in a research grant – 3 points;
3. certificates of foreign language skills (2 points for each language).
The candidates may apply for stipends financed by the Rector of the University of Silesia.
Study programmes
- BEng in Materials Science and Engineering
- MA in English Studies, specialisation: American and Canadian Studies for Intercultural Relations and Diplomacy
- MA in Pedagogy, specialisation: Resocialization with Intercultural Education
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- MSc in Computer Science
- MSc in Materials Science and Engineering
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- MSc in Physics: Nanophysics and Mesoscopic Materials, Modelling and Applications
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PARIS (Reuters) - A Ukrainian activist belonging to topless feminist group Femen was convicted for exhibitionism by a Paris court on Wednesday for having attacked a statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a wax museum in the capital.
Iana Zhdanova, with "Kill Putin" written on her nude breasts, attacked the likeness of Putin at the Musee Grevin in the capital with a wooden stake in June.
The activist, who has lived in France for two years as a political refugee, laughed in court after the judge ordered her to pay fine of 1,500 euros ($1,897) for vandalism and a crime called "sexual exhibition" in French, as well as other damages payable to Musee Grevin.
"I'm laughing because it's very strange," said Zhdanova, 26, outside the courtroom. "I'm very surprised by this decision."
Zhdanova's lawyer, Marie Dose, said it was the first time a French court had sentenced a Femen member for sexual exhibition, calling it a precedent that would thwart the group's ability to protest. Dose said she would appeal.
Femen specialises in shock bare-breast appearances to dramatise women's rights causes, mainly in the male-dominated hierarchies of Russia and its former Soviet allies, with Putin a particular target.
"In a society like ours where the display of (sexual) commercial messages is everywhere, it makes no sense," Dose said.
The wax statue of Putin fell over during the attack, a part of the head shattering. It has since been repaired.
Most recently, a court acquitted nine members of Femen who staged a topless protest inside Notre Dame Cathedral last year.
Reporting By Chine Labbe, Writing by Alexandria Sage; Editing by Andrew Callus


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'Does anyone know how old he is?' Mizzou QB Drew Lock reflects on being mocked by Texas' Tom Herman
ATLANTA -- Missouri senior quarterback Drew Lock still has some thoughts about a particular interaction against Texas last season.
After Lock threw his 44th touchdown of 2017, he looked toward his sideline and mimicked the act of tightening backpack straps, performing his signature "securing the bag" celebration for the 44th time of the season.
Later in the game, as the clocked ticked down in the Longhorns' 33-16 defeat of Missouri in the Texas Bowl, Texas coach Tom Herman mocked Lock as his players started celebrations of their own. During a media session Wednesday at SEC media days, Lock was asked about the incident and still had some strong feelings about it.
"If a head coach- does anyone know how old he is? I don't know -- a head coach at the University of Texas, which is one of the top five programs of all time, is mocking a dance I do after I throw a touchdown, I think I'm playing some pretty good quarterback right there at that time," Lock said.
Lock was 18-of-34 passing for 269 yards, one touchdown and one interception in the Tigers' loss.
The senior is considered one of the top returning quarterbacks in the SEC after he passed for 3,964 yards and 44 touchdowns last season. The latter number, of course, meant he secured the bag 44 times last season.
"It just so happened that, that last time was the one time that everyone blew up about it," Lock said. "It was to our sideline. Let that be noted. It was not toward Texas. I have never talked directly to the University of Texas at that game."


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Hello Friends, I feel it is time to enlighten you as to the nature of my up-coming adventures....
Plastic pollution is one of the greatest unseen threats to our maritime environment, every year millions of tonnes of plastic rubbish finds its way down rivers and streams into the sea. Much of it is broken down by waves and sunlight into micro-plastics, which spread out across the planet. Eventually these micro-plastic particles are pushed around by wind and weather into ocean gyres, many people have heard of the north pacific ocean-gyre, but in fact there are five.
Studies of these gyres "have shown concentration of plastic to plankton at a ratio of 6:1" (Capt. Charles Moore) The issue then becomes that these micro-plastics begin to act as a sponge for toxins, which slowly work their way up the food chain, into our food, bodies and eco-systems. Plastic pollution in the sea is an obstacle that we collectively need to tackle and overcome, in order to maintain the lifestyles that we currently exercise. Without healthy oceans there are neither healthy fish nor healthy people, something has got to change.
My role, as an artist in this mission will be to aid in the communication of the data collected to a wider audience. The challenge here is to "Make the Unseen ~ Seen", in other words to educate and enlighten people as to the affects of our global actions and ways to initiate change… We will be carrying out research and community projects through out our voyage, for example conducting Under-water beach clean-ups and carrying out hair sampling in order to test Mercury levels in Guyana.
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create positive role models for young women
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create narratives of awareness around chemicals in environment and chemicals related to human disease
inspire the precautionary principle in consumer choice and highlight earth friendly / body friendly choices


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300 Posts Later, How Has My Blogging Changed?
It is funny that I am sitting here writing my 300th blog post on this site. I have had other sites in the past, but this one has been the one that has kept me fulfilled and also been a cathartic way of expressing my anxiety and my struggles with it.
I thought it only fitting that I use this post to reflect on my blogging life and style. It is true to say that I haven't always been a prolific blogger, especially when I have been having bad spells. However, I have always felt at home writing about my problems, and I hoped that they might inspire others to seek help or to know that there are others out there suffering in the same way.
When I first started writing on here with my first post I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to say or how I wanted to say it. It was more a case of just posting random things about my day and my health, which was good, but not exciting I guess.
Although I have done the occasional 'list' blog post, I don't usually like doing them. I know they are popular and they are informative, but I never really started this blog to make money or do what everyone else does, it was more a case of saying what I wanted to say.
I have changed styles a little I think, I have recently started a musical reflection series and an anxious mind series, and I love doing them both. I don't have a lot of time to blog these days, but I enjoy writing them just in case anyone reads them and likes them 😉
As you might also know from my site, I don't usually write long posts, I don't think people want to read a long piece about me or something I'm doing, they just want the edited highlights.
So, what next? Well, I want to carry on writing and doing this blog because it has become more than just a blog for me now. I also see this as a little piece of me that my daughter can look back and read. My dad did it with cassette recordings that I still have, and I hope that this will still be around somewhere when she gets older.


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PHILADELPHIA — "It's been a rough week" is how the Rev. Charles Zlock, pastor of the St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, started his 10 a.m. homily on Sunday.
It seemed like an obvious reference to the searing trial that ended Friday with the conviction of a senior Philadelphia archdiocese official, Msgr. William J. Lynn, on a charge of endangering children by placing a known pedophile in an unwary parish.
But the 120 worshipers attending St. Mary's on Sunday, though upset by the case, were mostly heartsick for a different reason: After final services next Sunday, this handsome church in northwest Philadelphia, a center of life for nearby residents since 1849, is scheduled to close.
For the unsettled Roman Catholics in this 1.5 million-member archdiocese, the closing is one more blow in sweeping and bitterly contested cutbacks. Across the city, thousands are already incensed because church leaders have closed 27 cherished schools.
Even as it struggles with the revelations of sexual abuse and the failure of top officials to act, the Philadelphia Archdiocese, long considered an eminent stronghold of Catholic power and tradition, is being battered from several sides.Continue reading the main story
Faced with an unheard-of $17 million deficit this year — worsened by millions of dollars in legal fees — Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who arrived in September, announced last week that he was closing the youth office, shutting down the nationally known monthly newspaper and laying off 45 archdiocese employees. He has put the archbishop's 13,000-square-foot mansion up for sale.
It was the threat of school closings, not the evidence that church officials failed to protect children, that brought hundreds of livid parents into the streets this year.
"We've been through a really hard 18 months," said Matthew Gambino, referring to the seemingly abrupt convergence of woes since Monsignor Lynn's indictment in February 2011. Mr. Gambino was the editor of the venerable archdiocese newspaper, The Catholic Standard and Times, until it was closed last week; now he edits an official Web site.
Philadelphia's elaborate network of parishes and parochial schools was developed more than a century ago, after the settlement of European ethnic groups that have long since dispersed. For too long, officials here avoided making unpopular decisions, said Rocco Palmo, an expert on the Catholic Church and writer of the blog Whispers in the Loggia.
Parishioners were never told that the church was sinking in the red, Mr. Palmo added, and this year's announced cuts, which will be far from the last, took many by surprise.
"Chaput has taken on the toughest job any bishop in the United States has faced in at least 50 years," said Mr. Palmo, who has been appointed by the archbishop to an advisory council, praising him for changing the culture of what had been an insular and often imperious clergy.
The sprawling archdiocese covers Philadelphia and four nearby counties. Some suburban churches, like St. Joseph's, in Downingtown, are thriving: with a membership of 15,000, it is one of the largest parishes in the archdiocese.
But the child abuse scandal continues to resonate, it was clear during multiple Sunday services at St. Joseph's, where Monsignor Lynn, after he had retired from a senior job supervising priests, served as pastor from 2004 until his indictment in 2011.
Some worshipers and priests said they thought Monsignor Lynn had been a scapegoat for the wider failings of the church hierarchy.
"They had to blame somebody," said Betty Celii, 72, a parishioner at St. Joseph's for about 50 years. "I'm sure there's more work to do."
Bishop John J. McIntyre, an aide to the archbishop, made a special visit to St. Joseph's and repeated the church's apologies to victims of sexual abuse.
In a sermon that drew applause, the acting pastor of St. Joseph's, Msgr. Joseph McLoone, said, "We want to rid the church of this profound stain, this powerful evil."
While the archdiocese says it has strengthened measures to detect and punish abusers, the misdeeds of the past will continue to be in the news. This fall, another priest and a former Catholic schoolteacher are to be tried on charges of child sexual abuse. Eighteen priests who were suspended last year because of accusations of abuse remain in limbo as the church investigates.
But cutting parishes and schools may be the most divisive issue in the coming years. At St. Mary of the Assumption, in the Manayunk neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia, parishioners are appealing to the Vatican to overrule the archbishop.
Anne Andersen, 49, who lives nearby, has been a member all her life and attended the parish school, which was shut down a number of years ago.
"Our hearts are here," she said of the parish, and she hopes the appeal will succeed, noting that several families with young children were present, hints of a possible demographic renewal.
Joe Hadfield, 70, and his wife, Carol, were married in St. Mary's 50 years ago next Saturday. "It was family," Mr. Hadfield said of their years in the parish, recalling great Fourth of July picnics.
Knowing that the church would be shut down, the Hadfields had driven in from their home in the suburbs to hear services there one last time, they said.
They heard Father Zlock say Mass at St. Mary's at 10 a.m., after conducting 8 a.m. services at another church; because of the priest shortage, he has presided over two smaller parishes, both of them now closing.
Father Zlock said he was exhausted after being "screamed at" over the last year and a half by parishioners who were worried about their children and the loss of churches and schools. The Philadelphia officials and priests, he said, had become "arrogant and complacent" over the years, contributing to the crises today.
But like many others, he praised Archbishop Chaput for tackling unpopular issues head-on. "Chaput has put a steamroller in place and said we're going to fix this thing," he said.
"Two years from now we're going to be a smaller, leaner church," Father Zlock said. "But the people who will be here will be spiritually vibrant and engaged."
Archbishop Chaput declined to be interviewed, but in a speech last week he called for a zealous new missionary movement in Philadelphia. He lamented that only 18 percent of registered Catholics here attended Mass weekly, compared with 40 percent in Denver.
Mr. Gambino, the archdiocese news editor, also said he was optimistic about the future.
"A lot of times in life you have to hit rock bottom before you can pull yourself up again," he said. "I think people are ready to move forward."Continue reading the main story


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Tim Baker, MU Extension Horticulture Specialist
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Release Date: April 16, 2015
Headline: Chinese Solar Greenhouse
I recently attended an update on high tunnel technology at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. One of the speakers was a grower who was sharing his experiences building and using a Chinese Solar Greenhouse.
I first heard the term, "Chinese Solar Greenhouse," from our former State Vegetable Specialist, Dr. Sanjun Gu, at the Great Plains Growers Conference several years ago. Dr. Gu is from China, and had a lot of photos of this interesting technology.
This technology allows producers in China to grow warm season vegetables during the winter months, with no additional heating. Can you imagine growing tomatoes in January without extra heat? They are doing it in China, at latitudes similar to ours. In other words, it is in a cold part of China, not the tropics.
How do they do this? The key is good insulation. The greenhouses run east and west. The north side, as well as the east and west end walls, are very thick, made of earth or some other material to provide insulation as well as storing heat. The south side is covered with plastic, but is covered at night by a straw mat, which provides further insulation to be able to retain the heat at night that was gained during the day.
A grower north of Springfield heard Dr. Gu's presentation, and was intrigued enough to build a Chinese Solar Greenhouse. He has followed most of the design principles, although he has not found an insulating material to cover the greenhouse at night. That has meant a few nights where the temperature inside approached freezing, which required additional heat.
The grower has tried several crops, including early and late tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers, which lasted until Christmas. He also has grown carrots, head lettuce, kale, chard, celery, parsley, and various salad greens which have been seeded and harvested all winter long. In addition he has tried ginger, which does quite well.
Chinese Solar Greenhouses certainly have a lot of advantages, especially if a grower has a market for crops during the winter. There are a few disadvantages, including the extra cost of construction. It will be interesting to see what this grower's conclusions will be after a few more years of using this structure.
Two Photos courtesy of Patrick Byers, University of Missouri Horticulture Specialist, Springfield, MO
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