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As we continue down this digital hellhole, we continue to run away from our own humanity.
Holing up in our homes and staying away from each other in fear of coronavirus is serving to accelerate our move toward the digitization of our humanity.
Before we all started burying our faces in our phones and clicking refresh on our browsers every 10 seconds, we used to go outside. We'd go to the supermarket, talk to our neighbors while we were doing yardwork, meet people for meals at restaurant and talk to the people around us, and talk to the people we ran into at local stores and events.
These interactions exposed us to people from all walks of life with different perspectives, attitudes, and opinions informed by their different life experiences.
As we started to turn to the internet and social media and started getting studied by every Artificial Intelligence apparatus monitoring these sites, we started having our content recommended or served to us based on things we'd seen, written, or watched.
So began the digital echo chamber in which we now all find ourselves. Instead of being served different opinions and ideas from unforeseen sources, these recommendation engines only serve us more of the same. We just get more and more detail and versions of our original thought.
Our reservoirs of ideas are now an inch wide and a mile deep. Combine that with the anonymity of the internet, and we get like-minded people with no tolerance for dissent and the strongly-worded, vulgarity-laced feedback from those who disagree.
With all this goes our tolerance or open-mindedness for anyone who may approach a subject from a different perspective.
And before you know it, I give you America 2020. In a year full of unusual and memorable events, our self-inflicted stay-at-home exile is only serving to make this condition worse.
Where once some parents, like myself, spent days trying to keep my kids off their screens, we now mandate that they jump on Zoom to take classes and interact with friends. We've only accelerated the seemingly inevitable digitization of ourselves as we continue to run from our own humanity.
Where once this country celebrated our freedom of thought, we now race toward a future of freedom from thought.
Perhaps this is what we should be #resisting.


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LET'S TALK GOOD FINANCE: Outdoor Spaces and Liveable Places with Real Ideas
Date: Friday, June 11, 2021
When: 10:00am - 11:00am
Booking: https://realideas.org/event/lets-talk-good-finance-outdoor-spaces-and-liveable-places-with-real-ideas/
Our Green Minds project partners, Real Ideas Organisation, are hosting a G7 Fringe. Working with Good Finance they are hosting a 'Let's Talk Good Finance event'. This webinar is for charities, social enterprises and community businesses who would like to learn more about social investment could be a useful financial tool.
Let's Talk Good Finance offers social enterprises and charities the opportunity to:
- Hear from charity and social enterprise leaders who have already accessed social investment working across the environmental sector.
- Learn about different types of social investment and better understand when social investment is not suitable or appropriate.
- Find out what resources & support is available around social investment.
- Ask questions in a safe and non-judgemental space.
This event is open to all social enterprises and charities across the UK, so please join us to find out more.

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Consumer Finance
One of the most significant consumer finance firms in the US market.Chambers USA
Practice Overview
Consumer financial services is one of the nation's most heavily regulated industries. Companies creating new products, considering significant transactions, undergoing regulatory examinations, or facing enforcement actions or litigation need an experienced legal team to ensure their long-term success.
Buckley has a seasoned, industry-leading team of more than 100 lawyers focusing on consumer finance that counsels clients on the ever-growing array of federal and state statutes and regulations governing their products and services. Our lawyers are intimately familiar with these statutes and regulations and with the business dynamics of each product segment of consumer finance. The depth of our work gives us an unparalleled view of the marketplace as companies seek to tackle challenges and address emerging risks.
Buckley advises clients — from global financial institutions to start-ups — across products, markets, and industries. Our clients include depository institutions; mortgage companies; auto, student, and specialty lenders; secondary market loan purchasers; credit, debit, and payment card companies; the full spectrum of online financial services products, including marketplace lenders and other fintech companies; money transmitters and payment processors; debt collectors and debt buyers; and retail installment sellers. In addition, we represent private equity firms that own these companies or are considering acquiring them.
We regularly counsel clients in matters involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Justice, state attorneys general, and other federal and state regulators.
Our work has included:
- Creating Winnow, a comprehensive, interactive, and searchable database of more than 44,000 state law requirements through which financial services companies can generate legal inventories tailored by business type, license, and product (mortgage, auto, credit card, consumer, and commercial loans, among others); it also includes laws related to servicing of these products, and topics like marketing and advertising, debt collection, telemarketing, notary requirements, electronic signatures and documents, powers of attorney, and privacy and data security
- Advising fintech companies on approaching IPOs, performing due diligence of business models, licensure, and regulatory compliance, drafting opinions for underwriters and investors, and drafting risk factors for securities filings
- Representing a consumer lender in connection with an FTC investigation into data security and lending practices
- Providing counsel and assistance on an array of matters (including those relating to origination and servicing) to an established UK-based financial services company launching a web-based platform in the United States, which offers low-interest, unsecured loans to consumers that are repaid primarily through payroll deduction
- Advising a bank regarding its credit card, open and closed-end consumer loan program (including closed-end personal loans as well as overdraft, personal, and home equity lines of credit) and provided revisions to its account-opening, advertising, and other disclosures for such products
- Assisting fintech companies with their bank partnerships, including providing regulatory counsel on compliance matters, ensuring acquisition of proper licenses, and negotiating bank partnership agreements
- Representing a manufactured and mobile-home lender in investigations by the CFPB and DOJ into its lending and servicing practices
- Advising a marketplace lender on compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act
- Conducting a compliance gap analysis for a consumer finance company with a multistate footprint to evaluate regulatory risk under federal consumer protection laws, along with ongoing regulatory counseling and transactional advice for the company
- Conducting a state law survey for a telecom client regarding finance charge limitations, payment requirements, and default rights
One of the most significant consumer finance firms in the US market.Chambers USA
"Implications of the SCOTUS Viking River Cruises decision for arbitration agreements covering California consumer protection claims" by Fredrick S. Levin, James McGuire, Sarah Davis, and Lauren L. Erker
For practitioners seeking to send California consumer claims to arbitration, the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana ("Viking"), offers guidance for avoiding the pitfalls of California's McGill rule, which has been a roadblock...Buckley Commentary & Analysis
"9th Circ. FCRA ruling highlights furnishers' role in disputes" by Sasha Leonhardt and Cierra D. Newman (Law360)
In recent years, consumers have raised a variety of arguments to dispute negative information on their consumer reports — in some instances, raising not only factual questions about the existence or amount of a debt, but also more complex questions about whether a debt is legally permitted under...Articles
Special Alert: Federal court says state bank, fintech partner must face Maryland's allegation of unlicensed lending before state ALJ
A federal court late last month told a state-chartered bank and its fintech partner that they must return to a state administrative law proceeding to fight a Maryland enforcement action alleging that their failure to obtain a license to lend and collect on loans violated state law — potentially...Special Alerts
"Mortgage regulation developments: Qualified mortgage updates and Covid-19 assistance" by Sasha Leonhardt (ABA)
Throughout the past year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") continued to actively issue rules and other guidance applicable to the mortgage industry. This survey highlights recent developments related to qualified mortgages ("QM"), specifically the publication of four final rules...Articles
"BankThink: Has CFPB gained an upper hand in enforcement cases?" by Amanda R. Lawrence and John B. Williams III (American Banker)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in late February issued a procedural rule with little fanfare or press that nonetheless may mark a significant strategic shift in how the agency pursues enforcement — and give it more latitude in tackling what appears to be an increasingly crowded...Articles
"FTC updates data security expectations for nonbanks" by Elizabeth E. McGinn, Amanda R. Lawrence, Sherry-Maria Safchuk, Lauren Bomberger (Bloomberg Law)
Persistent cyberbreaches are compelling government responses to protect consumer data, particularly consumer financial information. Laws passed in California, Colorado, and Virginia are among the most influential at the state level, but federal regulators are also moving to implement additional...Articles
"New 9th Circ. rulings may restrict McGill Rule's scope" by Fredrick S. Levin, James McGuire, Ali M. Abugheida, and Megan E. Whitehill (Law360)
In the 2017 McGill v. Citibank NA decision, the California Supreme Court held that any arbitration clause that bars a plaintiff from seeking public injunctive relief in any forum is unenforceable. The so-called McGill rule has become a central feature of the California arbitration landscape, and...Articles
"The pendulum always swings twice: Disparate impact under the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations" by Jeffrey P. Naimon and Sasha Leonhardt (American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Committee Newsletter)
For over forty years, courts took the lead on interpreting the Fair Housing Act's ("FHA's") prohibition on discriminatory housing practices, including home mortgage lending. While different administrations have varied as to whether the Supreme Court's disparate impact theory from the Griggs v. Duke...Articles
"CFPB order offers insight into pandemic mortgage servicing" by Jeffrey P. Naimon (Law360)
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in December issued a consent order based on alleged violations of its 2014 mortgage servicing regulations. The consent order, which also bootstraps claims of unfairness and deception to alleged technical violations of the servicing regulations —...Articles
"CFPB credit stance has broad specialty finance implications" by Jeffrey P. Naimon (Law360)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion at the end of November that could compel specialty-finance companies — including those offering income-share agreements, litigation funding, merchant cash advances and earned wage access products — to take a fresh look at whether...Articles
"6 key ways the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 would revise the CCPA" by Amanda R. Lawrence and Sherry-Maria Safchuk (Corporate Compliance Insights)
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the state's landmark privacy regulation, became effective only eight months ago – and yet, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), a modified version of the CCPA, has garnered enough support to appear on the November 2020 ballot in California...Articles
"Implementing the CCPA regulations: Are you ready?" by Amanda R. Lawrence, Elizabeth E. McGinn, and Sherry-Maria Safchuk (Cybersecurity Law Report)
The final regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act, introduced by the California Attorney General last October, became effective on August 14, 2020. The AG has already implemented many of the changes suggested in the public comments, but there are still several open questions that...Articles
Special Alert: California's new consumer financial protection law expands UDAAP and enforcement authority
On Monday, August 31, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1864 , which enacts the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) and changes the name of the Department of Business Oversight (DBO) to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). Key takeaways...Special Alerts
"After storm and fire: How states protect service members" by Jeffrey P. Naimon and Sasha Leonhardt (Law360)
This has been an active year for National Guard call-ups to active duty, as the U.S. addresses hurricanes, wildfires and the novel coronavirus pandemic. National Guard activations are likely to remain high for several months due to ongoing responses to COVID-19, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...Articles
"Data security best practices for licensed lenders' telework" by Sherry-Maria Safchuk and James C. Chou (Law360)
State-licensed/registered brokers, lenders and servicers have increased their focus on data security as the spread of COVID-19 has extended work-from-home orders, and what now seems to be a lasting acceptance of remote work means that the tools used to secure data will remain relevant when the...Articles
"Budding decentralized finance industry comes with risks" by Ali M. Abugheida (Law360)
The sudden rise of Compound Labs Inc.'s COMP governance token in recent months pushed decentralized finance into the headlines, raising the profile of blockchain-based finance systems to a more mainstream audience. This article provides a short primer on decentralized finance and discusses some of...Articles
"Educational tools may bring regulatory risk for fintech cos." (Law360)
Financial services providers are increasingly combining delivery of products and services with advice designed to help consumers make better-informed financial decisions. Fintech companies, which typically rely upon data and analytics as fundamental components of their business proposition, should...Articles
"What constitutes reasonable security per Calif. privacy law?" by Amanda R. Lawrence and James C. Chou (Law360)
California Consumer Privacy Act compliance has been focused on developing the policies, procedures and infrastructure to support new privacy rights for California residents, which include, among other things, the right to know what personal information companies have on them, the right to delete...Articles
"Accurate FCRA reporting during Covid-19" by Marshall T. Bell and Jessica L. Pollet (Bloomberg Law)
As financial institutions respond to a flurry of regulatory recommendations and mandates in response to the Covid-19 crisis, those relating to consumer reporting may be among the most difficult to decipher and operationalize. Federal and state authorities have made it clear that they expect...Articles
News & Blogs
CFPB denies petition to set aside investigative demand in student loan discharge probe
On September 19, the CFPB published a recent decision and order denying the petition of one of the nation's largest private student loan servicers to set aside the CFPB's civil investigative demand (CID) in connection with its investigation into potential violations of the CFPA's prohibition of...InfoBytes
CFPB issues guidance on adverse action reasons by creditors using AI
On September 19, the CFPB issued guidance about legal requirements that creditors must follow when using artificial intelligence and other complex models. In prior guidance , the agency stated that lenders must provide specific and accurate reasons for adverse actions against consumers. The latest...InfoBytes
California AG advocates for medical payment reforms
California Attorney General Rob Bonta submitted a letter to federal agencies urging the federal government to adopt regulations and statutory protections to help protect patients who may need to use medical credit cards and installment loans to pay for healthcare-related bills. The letter notes...InfoBytes
CFPB adjusts annual dollar amount thresholds under TILA, HMDA regulations
On September 18, the CFPB released a final rule revising the dollar amounts for provisions implementing TILA and its amendments that impact loans under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 (HOEPA) and qualified mortgages (QM). The Bureau is required to make annual adjustments to...InfoBytes
Ginnie Mae released the Social Impact and Sustainability Framework and supports broader access to mortgage financing
On September 14, Ginnie Mae announced the launch of its "Social Bond" label to indicate underlying collateral that is designed to support a positive social and affordable housing outcome, and released the Social Impact and Sustainability Framework. The "Social Bonds" revision to Ginnie Mae's...InfoBytes
Risks in college tuition payment plans revealed in CFPB report
On September 14, the CFPB released a report highlighting risks associated with college tuition payment plans. Analyzing nearly 450 college websites, the report found that many plans lack clear disclosures and have confusing repayment terms, potentially causing students to miss payments and...InfoBytes
Chopra shares prepared remarks about the lessons from 2008
In his recent address at the Better Markets Conference and his address at the Mortgage Collaborative National Conference, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra reflected on lessons from the 2008 financial crisis, discussing the regulatory failures exemplified by mortgage entities' risky practices and...InfoBytes
California AG announces settlement with mortgage servicer
On September 1, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced a settlement with a mortgage servicer for its alleged failure to properly process and grant mortgage deferment requests from California military reservists called to active duty. California's Military and Veterans Code, which...InfoBytes
California appeals court reverses dismissal of Rosenthal Act class action
On August 30, a California Appeals Court (Appeals Court) reversed a lower court's ruling that a mere alleged debt, whether or not actually due or owing – as opposed to a debt that is, in fact, actually due or owing – is insufficient to state a claim under the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection...InfoBytes
CFPB contests Kentucky banks' motion to block enforcement of Small Business Lending Rule
On September 5, the CFPB filed an opposition to a motion for a preliminary injunction made by a group of Kentucky banks (plaintiff banks) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the plaintiff banks filed their motion for a preliminary...InfoBytes
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Buckley recognized by Chambers USA for consumer financial services, white collar, and fintech practices
Chambers USA named Buckley LLP a nationwide Band 1 firm in all consumer finance categories in its 2022 rankings, recognizing six of its partners in those practices. The firm received top recognition in Consumer Finance Compliance, Consumer Finance Litigation, and Consumer Finance...Announcements
Legal 500 2021 recognizes 17 Buckley attorneys in six practice areas
"While some firms will provide lengthy and expensive legal analysis, Buckley's team relies on their depth and breadth of expertise to provide useful guidance from various team members quickly and efficiently," a respondent told Legal 500, which ranked Buckley LLP as a top law firm and...Announcements
Buckley recognized by Chambers USA for consumer financial services, white collar practices
Chambers USA named Buckley LLP a nationwide Band 1 firm in all consumer finance categories in its 2021 rankings, recognizing nine of its partners in those practices — more than any other firm in the country. The firm received top recognition in Consumer Finance Compliance, Consumer...Announcements
Legal 500 2020 recognizes 21 Buckley attorneys in six practice areas
"Buckley attorneys are incredibly responsive while providing top quality legal services," is how respondents described the firm in the 2020 edition of Legal 500, which ranked Buckley as a top law firm and recognized it in six categories:
- Corporate Investigations and White ...
Buckley recognized by Chambers USA as a "top-notch" firm in financial services and white collar work
Buckley has once again received top recognition in financial services regulation, white collar crime/government investigations, and fintech from Chambers USA, which ranks the country's leading firms and lawyers in a range of practice areas based on research and client interviews....Announcements
The Legal 500 2019 recognizes 17 Buckley attorneys in five practice areas
The Legal 500 once again ranked Buckley as a top law firm and recognized it in five categories:
- Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense: Corporate – Tier 4
- Corporate Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense: Individuals – Tier 2 ...
Buckley recognized by Chambers USA as a "first-rate firm" in financial services; "crème de la crème" for White Collar practice
Buckley has once again received top recognition in financial services regulation and white collar crime/government investigations from Chambers USA, which ranks the country's leading firms and lawyers in a range of practice areas based on research and client interviews.
In total...Announcements
The Legal 500 2018 recognizes five practice areas and 17 attorneys at Buckley Sandler
Buckley Sandler LLP again has been noted as one of the nation's top law firms by The Legal 500 in its 2018 rankings, with recognition in five practice areas:
- Financial Services: Litigation
- Financial Services: Regulation
- Corporate ...
Buckley Sandler recognized by Chambers USA as "an excellent firm" with "a fine stable of expert attorneys"
Buckley Sandler once again has received top recognition in financial services regulation and white collar crime/government investigations from Chambers USA, which ranks the country's leading firms and lawyers in a range of practice areas by researching the firms and interviewing...Announcements
Buckley Sandler launches APPROVED licensing service
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 7, 2018) – Buckley Sandler LLP today formally announced the launch of APPROVED , a new approach to licensing for financial services companies. Buckley Sandler is building upon years of financial services experience and licensing know-how to offer APPROVED, a technology-...Press Releases
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4th Annual Eastern Ontario Active Transportation Summit
Are you a downtown business person, who wants to discover the economic potential of pedestrian and cycle friendly communities? Or a town planner, or staff person, wanting to learn best practice techniques for building a healthier town? Maybe you're a resident that wants to be able to get around your community more easily and safely, on foot or on a bike. Many people from a variety of stakeholder groups came to the Summit to learn about simple concepts that make towns healthier, more vibrant, and stronger economically.
Our partners understand the importance of working towards the goal of having residents recognize Carleton Place and Lanark County as a safe, vibrant and healthy place to live. We are grateful for the hard work and support of our partners who have helped bring this Summit to Carleton Place. These partners include:
Eastern Ontario Active Transportation Summit!
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This summit offered valued learning opportunities for Eastern Ontario communities to focus on the topic of "Building Healthy Active Communities".
We collaborated with Share the Road to provide a - "Bicycle Friendly Communities Designation Workshop" on June 1, 2017. This hands-on workshop provided groups of participants from various areas with tangible ideas for how to achieve or elevate current bicycle friendly community designation with local infrastructure in mind.
We had the ever popular Mayor's Slow Bike Race, where Mayor's or their designates race as slowly as they can on their bicycles without putting a foot to the ground or falling over, to the finish line. The winner this year was Adam Tilley representing Belleville who earned the coveted position of the Mayor's Sow Bike Race Champion. Last year's champion Louis Antonakos did his best but could not beat Adam at his snail like pace.
The summit provided success stories about making communities more walkable and bikeable through trails, sidewalks, parks and pathways. We had an excellent list of presenters who shared ideas, resources, expertise, successes and struggles implementing active transportation in our eastern Ontario region.
We also launched the new "Eastern Ontario Active Transportation Network" where members can sign up and stay connected, learn and share ideas and resources as we all move forward within our respective communities for the common goal of "Active Transportation in Eastern Ontario". Come and join the network as we work together to grow our impact on active transportation in Eastern Ontario. If you are in Eastern Ontario and would like to become a member please contact Danielle Shewfelt at email@example.com
Transport Canada Defines Active Transportation
"Active transportation refers to all human-powered forms of transportation, in particular walking and cycling. It includes the use of mobility aids such as wheel chairs, and can also encompass other active transport variations such as in-line skating, skateboarding, cross-country skiing, and even kayaking. Active transportation can also be combined with other modes, such as public transit."
Active transportation is about how we plan, design and use our communities. It is about creating safe and active communities where children can walk and bike, youth are engaged; seniors walk to their neighbours, trails and pathways that connect us to natural spaces and community destinations. It is about strong economies, tourism, our environment and our wellbeing.
"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."- Steve Jobs
Our organizing committee included members from the town of Carleton Place, Carleton Place Economic Development Committee, the Healthy Communities Partnership, Leeds Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, Mills Community Support, the Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month, and Share the Road.
To learn more about the presenters and to view their presentations from the day have a look at our Speaker Bios & Session Descriptions below.
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Tropical rainforests play a critical role in regulating climate change by drawing carbon dioxide from the air in a process known as carbon sequestration. But years of increased greenhouse emissions have taken a toll on rainforests in the Amazon and Africa by significantly impacting their ability to recycle carbon.
A 30-year study led by researchers from the University of Leeds and international collaborators has found these so-called carbon sinks have been on the decline since the 1990s.
Professor Simon Lewis, a senior author from the School of Geography at Leeds, told Express.co.uk unless steps are taken to save the rainforests, the carbon sinks will continue to shrink.
He said: "The world's tropical forests are absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and acting as a brake, slowing down the rate of climate change.
"In the 1990s they were sequestering – removing – about 17 percent of all fossil fuel and land-use change emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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"They're really important in slowing the rate of climate change and what we show in this study is that, more worryingly, this carbon sink, this ability to sequester carbon is starting to decline."
Professor Lewis and 98 other authors published the findings of their study today (March 4) in the journal Nature.
The scientists observed some 300,000 trees in 565 undisturbed tropical forests for more than 30 years.
Nearly 100 institutions took part in the large-scale study to measure tree growth and tree death over three decades.
Rainforests store carbon through sequestration by removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the trees and the soil.
However, the intact rainforests' ability to store carbon peaked in the 1990s and since the 2010s has dropped on average by about one-third.
The decline was marked by rainforests being less able to absorb carbon by 33 percent and intact forests shrinking by about 19 percent, while global carbon emissions skyrocketed by about 46 percent.
This carbon sink, this ability to sequester carbon is starting to decline
Professor Simon Lewis, University of Leeds
According to the study, trees in the rainforests are dying, which is exacerbated by climate change, drought and rising temperatures.
Although some studies have found abundant carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can boost plant growth, there is an imbalance in the system.
Professor Lewis said: "What we've seen over the past decades, is that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere helps trees grow.
"So there's a boost to the growth and that's what we've seen in terms of this carbon sink.
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"But over time, the negative impacts of climate change and CO2 in the atmosphere – rising temperatures, the occasional droughts hitting the rainforests – that is offsetting and slowing down some of the growth, and boosting tree mortality.
"So over time, these negative impacts are increasing and, therefore, overall the carbon sink is slowly starting to erode."
The unfortunate trend shown by the study is the carbon sinks will continue to shrink until they reach a tipping point where they release more carbon back into the atmosphere than they absorb.
The study estimated the planet's carbon sinks will become a carbon source by the mid-2030s.
There is, however, some hope strong regulation and policies can be implemented to protect the rainforests.
Otherwise, the natural barriers once slowing down the effects of climate change will start to accelerate them.
Professor Lewis: "The UK Government has just legislated for a net-zero target of 2050 and more and more countries are agreeing to commitments for net-zero in the future.
"But what is also needed is much more near-term climate policies.
"There need to be climate policies that also help people, so this might be insulating homes so we use less energy and less emissions and all have nicer homes."
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my gardens in mid-august
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Some plants are doing well and others are giving up. Your yard looks fantastic though :)ReplyDelete
Happy belated Birthday, my sweet friend! It sounds like it was wonderful and you deserve it.
Oh and I pinned that tomato sauce. YUM!
Your garden is so pretty so full of colour. I must admit I only did a few flowers by seed this year and no veg.ReplyDelete
Maybe next year.
The only flowers looking halfway decent here now are the purslane, which love the heat. My petunias bit the dust two months ago probably, and my cone flowers are looking sad too. Just too hot here.ReplyDelete
It's so nice to see a pretty garden in August. Everything is struggling here in the dry heat. Come October we will start to bloom again just as you are winding down.ReplyDelete
Your garden is doing really well isn't it Melanie! Everything looks so pretty, and you still have so many beautiful flowers! I am a teeny bit envious of all the colour and beautiful flowers! Hope that the weather is good that you can sit outside and enjoy the efforts of your hard work! xxReplyDelete
What a beautiful garden you have. Greetings!ReplyDelete
Hi Melanie, your gardens are looking beautiful! I wish I could pick a handful of cherry tomatoes every day. I'd probably just stand there next to the plant stuffing my face. I looooove cherry tomatoes. Our plants are doing well here; we've had a wet summer so they've done better than usual. My apple and plum trees produced poorly this year, which was disappointing, but that just happens sometimes. I hope you're having a good weekend.ReplyDelete
Your garden is still looking good. We seem to be getting all our summer heat and humidity right here at the end, don't we?ReplyDelete
You have such great blooms in your lovely gardens. Love your variety and the colors. Can't grow hostas down this far south, so I'll enjoy yours.ReplyDelete
I live in a tropical jungle so things bloom year round, including weeds. :-)
Have a great upcoming week ~ FlowerLady
Your flower gardens still look so fresh and pretty, Melanie! In August things start to look a bit tired here...especially since we've had so little rain.ReplyDelete
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Your garden looks great. The flowers are starting to look a bit bedraggled here, especially those in containers. I'm looking forward to taking the geraniums out and replacing them with mums for the fall. The tomato plants are full of tomatoes that are finally starting to ripen, so that's been great!ReplyDelete
You have so many beautiful flowers blooming---sometimes we don't plan it but we plant flowers that carry us from month to month. I have Joe Pye weed ,too but it's dark blue in color. A friend said her petunias were droopy and sad, she cut them down and in 2 weeks they were gorgeous. Have you ever done this? Mine are so scraggly.ReplyDelete
Geesh--this heat is miserable and again, the humidity. I get out in the early morning or late or around five and water (not everyday). I'm okay with it but I feel so bad for my dogs. They become lazy and sad looking without the exercise, but they're not dumb--they know when to hide from the sun and heat.
The wedding was fun---I'll share tomorrow.
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My garden has been suffering a bit from the heat and no rain.. my phlox are going like crazy but coneflower are spent, it seems like my garden comes in earlier than yours. I have chocolate joe pye weed, the leaves are dark brown and white flowers and bloom more toward fall. Your garden looks so pretty1ReplyDelete
I just got a great idea from this post.ReplyDelete
I bought a vintage mirror to use for Joshua's wedding and now it is just sitting in a corner of my garden house. I am going to put it somewhere in the garden.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Your garden is flourishing beautifully and it is a joy to behold. I think gardens are an extension of our souls-you are so in tune to your garden. You know Texas and of course we are living in a 3rd story apartment so my garden is sweet but tiny! Cheers to your garden and your green thumb!
Your garden is still lovely! I think we must have the same hosta with late white blooms as all of our others have finished blooming and this one is just now getting pretty. Wish we had enough sun in this valley to grow all your plants!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, your flowers look so lush and healthy! My gardens look bedragled already, but I haven't spent the time tending them as I should. I didn't know you could grow peaches either. They look gorgeous!ReplyDelete
You have so many beautiful blooms there right now...absolutely stunning!ReplyDelete
You have so many beautiful blooms there right now...absolutely stunning!ReplyDelete
Your mystery groundcover appears to be goutweed, a much hated invasive that is impossible to get rid of. So if you like how it looks, enjoy! LOL Many gardeners despise it, but I have no direct experience with it. Just beware. One lady said Roundup doesn't even kill it.ReplyDelete
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Dr Archontis Giannakidis is currently a Senior Lecturer in Data Science with the School of Science and Technology. He is Module Leader for ''Discrete Mathematics & Computational Complexity'' (Year 2) and ''Convex Optimisation'' (Year 3), and supervises undergraduate final year and Masters dissertations. Dr Giannakidis's research focuses on the intelligent processing of biomedical and other types of data. He advises PhD candidates in the above field.
Career overview
Archontis is a Data Scientist specialising in Deep Learning. In 2010, he was awarded his PhD in Electronic Engineering (Subject Area: Inverse Problems) from the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. He subsequently joined Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA as a Postdoctoral Fellow Researcher for the Life Sciences Division. In 2013, he moved to Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK to work as a Cardiac MR Image Analysis Scientist. In September 2017, Dr Giannakidis was appointed to the role of Senior Lecturer in Data Science for NTU. He was also affiliated with the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK from 2013 to 2020.
Research areas
Dr Giannakidis has participated in numerous cutting-edge research projects funded by UK (EPSRC, Innovate UK, BHF, GEO) and USA (NIH, Department of Energy).
His main research areas of interest are: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Biomedical Image Analysis, Convolutional Networks, Sequence Models, Autoencoders, Probabilistic Graphical Models for Deep Learning, Deep Generative Models, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Diffusion MRI, Cardiovascular MRI.
His research focuses on the intelligent processing of large amounts of data towards: (i) automating intellectual tasks normally performed by humans, (ii) learning efficient (dense) data representations, (iii) revealing hidden patterns in the data, (iv) optimising decision-making.
Opportunities arise to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil / PhD in the areas identified above. Further information may be obtained on the NTU Research Degrees website https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/research-degrees-at-ntu
Current PhD students:
- Tuan Aqeel Bohoran. Project title: Fully automated quantification of myocardial infarct size using artificial intelligence methods. Funding: European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 801604.
- David Gwillym Jenkins. Project title: Revolutionising landslide-tsunami prediction with advanced machine learning techniques. Funding: Internal.
Visiting PhD students:
- Michael Lystbaek (Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark). Project title: Developing an artificial intelligence application to support autonomous building design.
External activity
Dr Giannakidis has been a member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and the Technical Chamber of Greece. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Dr Giannakidis was in the organising committee for international conferences. He is a member of the Editorial Board of ''Frontiers in Physiology'', the 2nd most cited Physiology journal in the world. He is a regular reviewer for major international journals such as IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Physics in Medicine and Biology, and Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. He has been asked to give numerous invited talks.
Sponsors and collaborators
- Project: Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. Funding organisation: Government Equalities Office. Date of Award: 2018. PI: Prof Daniel King, Nottingham Business School, NTU. Total Funding: ~£50K. Role: Co-I (Deep Learning for automated coding of free-text responses).
- Project: Designing weight and cost optimised automotive joints for novel lightweight materials using computer-aided engineering. Funding organisation: Innovate UK / EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Industrial Partner: FAR-UK. Date of Award: 2018. PI: Dr David Chappell, SST, NTU. Total Funding: ~£175K. Role: Co-I (Optimisation).
- Dr Grant T. Gullberg (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA)
- Prof Gerry McCann (University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)
- Dr Valentin Heller (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK)
- Dr Polydoros Kampaktsis (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)
- Dr Michail J. Beliatis (Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark)
Peer reviewed journal articles
- J14. Siouras A., Moustakidis S., Giannakidis A., Chalatsis G., Liampas I., Vlychou M., Hantes M., Tasoulis S., Tsaopoulos D. (2022). Knee injury detection using deep learning on MRI studies: A systematic review. Diagnostics 12(2):537.
- J13. Ghonim S., Ernst S., Keegan J., Giannakidis A., Spadotto V., Voges I., Smith G. C., Boutsikou M., Montanaro C., Wong T., Ho S. Y., McCarthy K. P., Shore D. F., Dimopoulos K., Uebing A., Swan L., Wei L., Pennell D. J., Gatzoulis M. A., Babu-Narayan S. V. (2020). 3D late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts inducibility of ventricular tachycardia in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 13(11):8321.
- J12. Giannakidis A., Gullberg G. T. (2020). Transmural remodelling of cardiac microstructure of cardiac microstructure in aged spontaneously hypertensive rats by diffusion tensor MRI. Frontiers in Physiology 11:265.
- J11. Nielles-Vallespin S., Khalique Z., Ferreira P. F., de Silva R., Scott A. D., Kilner P., McGill L.-A., Giannakidis A., Gatehouse P. D., Ennis D., Aliotta E., Al-Khalil M., Kellman P., Mazilu D., Balaban R. S., Firmin D. N., Arai A. E., Pennell D. J. (2017). Evaluation of microstructural dynamics underlying myocardial wall thickening in-vivo by diffusion tensor cardiac magnetic resonance: validation and clinical translation in human dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69(6), 661--676.
- J10. Giannakidis A., Melkus G., Yang G., Gullberg G. T. (2016). On the averaging of cardiac diffusion tensor MRI data: The effect of distance function selection. Physics in Medicine and Biology 61(21):7765--7786.
- J9. Tran N., Giannakidis A., Gullberg G. T., Seo Y. (2016). Quantitative analysis of hypertrophic myocardium using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Medical Imaging 3(4), 046001.
- J8. Giannakidis A., Gullberg G. T., Pennell D. J., Firmin D. N. (2016). Value of formalin fixation for the prolonged preservation of rodent myocardial microanatomical organization: Evidence by MR diffusion tensor imaging. The Anatomical Record 299(7), 878--887.
- J7. McGill L.-A., Ferreira P. F., Scott A. D., Nielles-Vallespin S., Giannakidis A., Kilner P. J., Gatehouse P. D., de Silva R., Firmin D. N., Pennell D. J. (2015). Relationship between cardiac diffusion tensor imaging parameters and anthropometrics in healthy volunteers. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18:2.
- J6. Giannakidis A., Nyktari E., Keegan J., Pierce I., Suman-Horduna I., Haldar S., Pennell D. J., Mohiaddin R., Wong T., Firmin D. N. (2015). Rapid automatic segmentation of abnormal tissue in late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance images for improved management of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation. BioMedical Engineering OnLine 14:88.
- J5. McGill L.-A., Scott A. D., Ferreira P. F., Nielles-Vallespin S., Ismail T., Kilner P. J., Gatehouse P. D., de Silva R., Prasad S. K., Giannakidis A., Firmin D. N., Pennell D. J. (2015). Heterogeneity of fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity measurements by in vivo diffusion tensor imaging in normal human hearts. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132360. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132360.
- J4. Giannakidis A., and Petrou M. (2011). Improved 2-D vector field estimation using probabilistic weights. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 28(8), 1620--1635.
- J3. Petrou M., Giannakidis A. (2011). Full tomographic reconstruction of 2-D vector fields using discrete integral data. The Computer Journal 54(9), 1491--1504.
- J2. Giannakidis A., Petrou M. (2010). Sampling bounds for 2-D vector field tomography. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 37(2), 151--165.
- J1. Giannakidis A., Kotoulas L., Petrou M. (2010). Virtual sensors for 2D vector field tomography. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 27(6), 1331--1341.
Book chapters
- C2. Giannakidis A., Rohmer D., Veress A. I., Gullberg G. T. (2012). Diffusion tensor MRI-derived myocardial fiber disarray in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy: visualization, quantification and the effect on mechanical function. In Cardiac Mapping, 4th edition (M. Shenasa, G. Hindricks, M. Borggrefe, G. Breithardt, and M. E. Josephson. eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, pp. 574—588, ISBN: 9780470670460.
- C1. Giannakidis A., Petrou M. (2010). Conductivity imaging and generalized Radon transform: a review. In series Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 162 (P. D. Hawkes, ed.). Academic Press, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA, pp. 129--172, ISBN: 9780123813169.
Peer reviewed conference proceedings
- P9. Bohoran, T. A., Kampaktsis P. N., McLaughlin L., Leb J., Moustakidis S., McCann G. P., Giannakidis A. (2023). Embracing uncertainty flexibility: Harnessing a supervised tree kernel to empower ensemble modelling for 2D echocardiography-based prediction of right ventricular volume. In the Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Machine Vision (ICMV 2023), November 15-18, Yerevan, Armenia.
- P8. Lystbaek M., Giannakidis A., Beliatis M. J., Olsen M. (2023). Removing unwanted text from architectural images with multi-scale deformable attention-based machine learning. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IEEE IST 2023). October 17-19, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- P7. Bohoran, T. A., Kampaktsis P. N., McLaughlin L., Leb J., Moustakidis S., McCann G. P., Giannakidis A. (2023). Right Ventricular Volume Prediction by Feature Tokenizer Transformer-Based Regression of 2D Echocardiography Small-Scale Tabular Data. In: Bernard, O., Clarysse, P., Duchateau, N., Ohayon, J., Viallon, M. (eds) Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart (FIMH 2023), June 19-22, Lyon, France. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13958. Springer, Cham, pp. 292--300.
- P6. Siouras A., Moustakidis S., Giannakidis A., Chalatsis G., Malizos K. N., Hantes M., Tasoulis S., Tsaopoulos D. (2022). Automated Recognition of Healthy Anterior Cruciate Ligament in Sagittal MR Images using Lightweight Deep Learning. In Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IEEE IISA 2022), July 18-20, Corfu, Greece.
- P5. Giannakidis A., Kamnitsas K., Spadotto V., Keegan J., Smith G., Glocker B., Rueckert D., Ernst S., Gatzoulis M. A., Pennell D. J., Babu-Narayan S., Firmin D. N. (2016). Fast Fully Automatic Segmentation of the Severely Abnormal Human Right Ventricle from Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Images using a Multi-scale 3D Convolutional Neural Network. In Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Systems (IEEE SITIS 2016), November 28 - December 1, Naples, Italy, pp. 42--46.
- P4. Giannakidis A., Gullberg G. T. (2011). Tomographic Reconstruction of 3D Cardiac Diffusion Tensor Fields by Utilizing Reduced Number of Projection Measurements. In Proceedings of the 11th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (Fully 3D 2011), July 11-15, Potsdam, Germany, pp. 455--458.
- P3. Neacsu F., Boutchko R., Giannakidis A., Gullberg G. T. (2010). A Level Set Approach to Segmenting a Deforming Myocardium from Dynamically Acquired SPECT Projection Data. In Conference Record of the 2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference (NSS MIC 2010), October 30 - November 6, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, pp. 3588--3592.
- P2. Giannakidis A., Kotoulas L., Petrou M. (2008). Improved 2-D vector field reconstruction using virtual sensors and the Radon transform. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2008), August 20-24, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, pp. 2725--2728.
- P1. Petrou, M., and Giannakidis, A. (2008). Complete tomographic reconstruction of 2-D vector fields using a system of linear equations. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual Medical Image Understanding and Analysis Conference (MIUA 2008), July 2-3, Dundee, Scotland, UK, pp. 132--136.
Peer reviewed conference abstracts
- A15. Jenkins D. G., Heller V., Giannakidis A. (2022). Slide model-invariant prediction of landslide-tsunamis using machine learning. In the 7th IAHR Europe Congress, September 7-9, Athens, Greece.
- A14. Jenkins D. G., Heller V., Giannakidis A. (2021). Landslide-tsunami wave type classification using deep feed-forward neural networks. In the 2021 Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference (YCSEC' 21), March 29-30, National Oceanography Centre (virtual), Southampton, UK.
- A13. Ghonim S., Ernst S., Keegan J., Spadotto V., Giannakidis A., Voges I., Smith G. C., Lee S.-L., Boutsikou M., Montanaro C., Li W., Pennell D. J., Gatzoulis M. A., Babu-Narayan S. V. (2019). Late gadolinium enhancement CMR predicts ventricular tachycardia inducibility in repaired tetralogy of Fallot. In the 22nd Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (SCMR 2019), February 6-9, Bellevue, Washington, USA.
- A12. Giannakidis A., Oktay O., Keegan J., Spadotto V., Voges I., Smith G., Pierce I., Bai W., Rueckert D., Ernst S., Gatzoulis M. A., Pennell D. J., Babu-Narayan S., Firmin D. N. (2017). Super-resolution Reconstruction of Late Gadolinium Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Images using a Residual Convolutional Neural Network. In the 25th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2017), April 22-27, Honolulu, HI, USA.
- A11. McGill L.-A., Ferreira P., Scott A. D., Nielles-Vallespin S., Giannakidis A., Kilner P. J., Gatehouse P. D., de Silva R., Firmin D. N., Pennell D. J. (2016). Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Comparison of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension and Healthy Cohorts. In the 14th European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Annual Meeting on CMR (EUROCMR 2016), May 12-14, Florence, Italy.
- A10. Giannakidis A., Haldar S., Nyktari E., Keegan J., Suman-Horduna I., Pennell D . J., Wong T., Mohiaddin R., Firmin D. N. (2015). Rapid automatic segmentation of enhanced tissue in LGE MRI of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation validated against endocardial voltage and lesion patterns. In the 23rd Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2015), May 30 - June 5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- A9. Giannakidis A., Ferreira P., Gullberg G. T., Pennell D. J., Firmin D. (2015). Transmural gradients of preferential diffusion motility in the normal rat myocardium characterized by diffusion tensor imaging. In the SCMR-EuroCMR 2015 Joint Scientific Sessions, February 4-7, Nice, France.
- A8. Giannakidis A., Ferreira P., Scott A. D., Nielles-Vallespin S., Babu-Narayan S. V., Kilner P. J., Pennell D. J., Firmin D. (2014). Scanner-efficient diffusion tensor imaging of human cardiac microstructure using the fast composite splitting reconstruction algorithm. In the 17th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (SCMR 2014), January 16-19, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- A7. Giannakidis A., Melkus G., Liu J., Saloner D. A., Majumdar S., Gullberg, G. T. (2013). Fast-track cardiac diffusion tensor imaging with compressed sensing based on a novel circular Cartesian undersampling. In the 21th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2013), April 20-26, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- A6. Veress A. I., Giannakidis A., Gullberg, G. T. (2013). Mechanical effects of myofibril disarray on cardiac function. In the Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering Summer Bioengineering Conference (ASME 2013), June 26-29, Sunriver, Oregon, USA.
- A5. Boutchko R., Fernandes A., Pan H., Abdalah M., Giannakidis A., Boswell M., Mitra D., Gullberg G. T. (2013). ReMI: An Object-relational Image Database for Nuclear Medicine Research. In the Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM 2013), June 8-12, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- A4. Giannakidis A., Veress A. I., Janabi M., O'Neil J. P., Abdullah O. M., Hsu E. W., Gullberg, G. T. (2012). Relating diffusion tensor MRI-derived alterations in myocardial microstructure to reduced wall motion in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy. In the 20th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2012), May 5-11, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- A3. Giannakidis A., Abdullah O. M., Brennan K. M., Hsu E. W., Gullberg, G. T. (2010). Assessment of Microstructure Variability in the Hypertrophied Myocardium using Diffusion Tensor MRI and the Log-Euclidean Computational Framework. In the 2010 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC 2010), September 8-11, Kyoto, Japan.
- A2. Lutz T., Shi X., Giannakidis A., de Silva S., Goulianos A., Watts P. C. P., Yaici K., Evans B., Kondoz A., Petrou M., Silva, S. R. P. (2008). The Guardian Angel Project: Carbon nanotubes electrophysiological electrodes based unobtrusive wireless sensor network system to improve Health and Well-being in the 21st Century. In the 9th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes (NT '08), June 29 - July 4, Montpellier, France, pp. 310.
- A1. Hadjileontiadis L., Giannakidis A., Panas S. (2000). Alpha-stable modeling: a novel tool for classifying crackles and artifacts. In the 25th Annual International Conference on Lung Sounds (ILSA 2000), September 20-22, Chicago, Illinois, USA. MIUA 2008), July 2-3, Dundee, Scotland, UK, pp. 132


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Trains and the railroad have always been a big part of Canoe. The earliest recordation of the presence of a depot in the Canoe area may be a blip in The Standard Gauge, a Brewton, Alabama newspaper which noted on December 8, 1898; " A nice new depot is nearing completion at Canoe." North of Canoe, the Alger Sullivan logging railroad ran through the woods around Seizmore and Big Escambia Creek.
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Executive Summary
China In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) market is likely to grow with double digit CAGR during the period 2018 – 2024. China represents one of the largest clinical laboratory markets in the Asia-Pacific region, and the fastest growing among the top ten IVD country markets. With an aging population, a rapidly growing middle class and a government encouraging preventive care, China IVD market is slated to show substantial growth in the future. China's quickly aging population means the country is experiencing an explosion of chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. All of these conditions can be diagnosed and monitored using IVD products. Further, the average Chinese consumer is now willing and able to pay more for healthcare than a decade years ago. Hence, China has the potential for more dramatic growth in the future.
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- Immunoassay captures maximum share of the China IVD market.
- Clinical Chemistry holds the 2nd position in China IVD market being followed by Molecular Testing.
- The molecular testing market in China is expected to grow in double digits during the forecasted period.
- China SMBG market is dominated by foreign IVD companies such as Roche.
- Microbiology and Hematology segments are competing closely with each other to grab maximum share of the pie.
China IVD Market Company Analysis
- Roche captures maximum share of the China IVD market.
- Sysmex Corporation and Mindary Medical are other top two players in the China IVD market.
- Sysmex is expanding its business portfolio in China, such as by entering the immunochemistry field there in 2015.
- At present, many local players are present in China IVD market and their combined market share was over 47 percent in 2016.
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This 103 Page report with 34 Figures and 3 Tables has been analyzed from 10 View Points:
1) China IVD Market and Forecast (2007 – 2024)
2) China IVD Market Share and Forecast (2007 – 2024)
3) China IVD Market & Forecast – By Segment (2007 – 2024)
4) Development Environment and Regulatory Status in China IVD market
5) China IVD Market & Forecast – Company Sales Analysis (2010 – 2024)
6) Registration for In Vitro Diagnostic Reagents in China
7) Regulatory History/Status/Trends in China IVD Market
8) Reimbursement of IVD Products in China
9) Profiles of Select Private Clinical Labs and Diagnostic Services Companies
10) China IVD Industry Drivers & Challenges
China IVD Market – By Application Segments
- Clinical Chemistry Market
2. Immunoassay Market
3. Hematology Market
4. Coagulation Market
5. Microbiology Market
6. Molecular Testing Market
7. Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG) Market
8. Point of Care Testing (POCT) Market
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China IVD Sales & Forecast – By Company
- Roche Diagnostic
2. Abbott Laboratories
3. Sysmex Corporation
4. Mindray Medical International Limited
5. Shanghai Kehua Bio-Engineering Co. Ltd.
6. Others
Profiles of Private Clinical Labs and Diagnostic Services Companies in China
- Zhejiang Di'an Diagnostics Technology Co., Ltd
• ADICON Clinical Laboratories
• Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Center Co. Ltd.
• Kindstar Global (Privately held)
• BGI-Shenzhen (Privately held)
• OriGene Technologies (Privately held)
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Frank Summers Moore, 71, a McMinnville resident and Rogersville native died July 11 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville following an illness of five years. He was a nursery sales representative, member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and son of the late, Frank Williams and Gertrude Wallena Summers Moore. Mr. Moore was married Sept. 3, 1971 to Leigh Colvard Moore who survives.
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Ignorance all the way. Some knowledge might be used for less than noble purposes but that's another story.
Ignorance parading as knowledge.
An insatiable desire for knowlege by ignoramuses that parade as clever people!
In the book of Hosea, about the 4th chapter it says, 'My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge... There, *dusting hands off* that should answer that one. VGQ+ -Buddy
Dangerous knowledge in the hands of the dangerously ignorant.
Knowledge in the hands of an ignorant person ...
Knowledge without wisdom and Ignorance without opportunity to change.
As they say "A little learning is a dangerous thing."
Weapons in the hands of the ignorant. I've always appreciated this quote: "I do not fear any nation that gathers nuclear weapons, I fear the man who only seeks one, for he intends to use it"
Ignorance, by it's nature of being the foundation for bigotry,hatred of things or people of which it has no knowledge.It is counter to the evolution of invention and thought which is necessary for a society to grow and prosper,providing opportunity for humanity to better the lot of those in need.While some may say we are doing a poor job in many countries of being a good steward of the planet that discounts all the amazing things that society has and will achieve in the future. Teach to read,not read to,feed the mind!
Out of the two, ignorance.
The biggest threat to the status quo in society is knowledge. Knowledge changes society. However, ignorance is the biggest threat to the members of the society. It propogates sexism, racism, homophobia, etc.
Ignorance is unavoidable because no one knows everything and even collectively, we all know only a fraction of what there is to discover. Yet willful ignorance of what can be known and love of ignorance is is a major threat to society as well as to the individual. Knowledge may be inconvenient and troubling, but it is also liberating and life-enhancing.
the biggest threat would be showing ignorance in using the well achieved knowledge properly for the betterment of the society .
This is one of those questions, which came first, the chicken or the egg. I think there is such a thing as too much knowledge, and maybe along side that too much ignorance of that knowledge. Hand in hand, getting too far in some very wrong ways, and being ignorant of the same ways that get us in trouble yet provide so many miracles. We never seem to see when we should travel sideways with something good, but keep going forward and hurting the good. It's usually always for money. So, maybe a little intended ignorance isn't always dumb.
Well in the movie the matrix they say ignorance is bliss, and if you have knowledge sometimes you may wish you didnt so you would not know how bad you have it.
Apathy. Knowledge without action is no different than not acting because of ignorance. There should be an ongoing discussion about priorities in this country, and the National Budget should reflect those priorities, but it ain't happening. And the one action that we can be most proud of and that would help keep our politicians honest (if that's possible) and on tract is voting. But how many of us are doing it, even after the 2000 election where just a few votes determined the outcome (every vote DOES count)?
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New York
CNN Business
One company's trash is another company's alternative fuel source.
(UPS) announced on Wednesday it's buying 170 million gallons of renewable natural gas — a fuel that is produced naturally from bio sources like landfills, dairy farms and wastewater treatment facilities.
The purchase, which UPS described as the largest of its kind in US history, will help the company deliver its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of its ground fleet 12% by 2025.
"Our customers want to ship more but with less impact," Mike Casteel, director of fleet procurement at UPS, told CNN Business.
Courtesy of UPS
UPS estimates that using renewable natural gas instead of diesel can lower greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%.
By switching to renewable natural gas, UPS estimates its vehicles will reduce as much as 1.2 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions through 2026. That's the equivalent of removing more than a quarter million vehicles from the road.
The move comes as shipping companies face tougher rules on truck pollution from regulators in the United States and recently Europe.
The benefit from renewable natural gas comes from capturing harmful methane emissions that were going to be released into the environment anyway. Methane gas is 25 times more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide.
Each gallon of renewable natural gas that's used by a truck is a gallon that doesn't need to come from fossil fuels.
"The idea is to use energy that's already being created — instead of wasting it," Casteel said.
Renewable natural gas, also known as biomethane, isn't new.
"It's been around for a long time but it's starting to spread a little more due to the climate change discussion," said Jade Patterson, a natural gas analyst at BNEF.
More than 26 renewable natural gas projects were developed in the United States between 2011 and 2018, according to Deloitte. Another 63 new projects are currently in the works, Deloitte said.
Here's how it works: Before it can get released into the atmosphere, methane gas is removed from buried waste at landfills, dairy farms and wastewater treatment plants. That methane gas is then turned into renewable natural gas in a purification process that removes water and carbon dioxide.
Once processed, the renewable natural gas gets injected into the nation's existing natural gas infrastructure. It can then be used to fuel trucks that run on natural gas.
UPS estimates that the total production and use of renewable natural gas results in up to a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel.
In this case, UPS has agreed to buy up to 25 million gallons of renewable natural gas from Clean Energy Fuels, a Newport Beach, California-based natural gas company that was co-founded by billionaire T. Boone Pickens.
UPS operates more than 6,000 natural gas trucks in its fleet and is on track to use 100 million gallons of natural gas this year.
"We're on a quest to make as much of that renewable natural gas as we can," Casteel said.
The problem with renewable natural gas, however, is that it's relatively expensive to create, and thus is in limited supply. That's especially true because the United States has a glut of traditional natural gas, care of the shale boom.
"It's dirt-cheap to produce regular natural gas," said Ned Harvey, managing director at the Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit focused on clean energy. "It's pretty difficult to compete with gas coming out of the Permian Basin."
To incentivize the production of renewable natural gas, the government provides credits in the form of the Renewable Fuel Standard, which also supports ethanol and biodiesel.
That program allows UPS to buy renewable natural gas at the same price as traditional natural gas. UPS is hoping that its large commitment will give confidence to suppliers and other commercial users.
Still, the long-term future of this space is in electric vehicles, not renewable natural gas-powered ones.
Not only are electric vehicles much better for the environment, but they're becoming increasingly economical as companies continue to invest in new technology.
Earlier this month, Germany opened its first electric highway for trucks on a 6-mile stretch of the autobahn.
And a startup in Sweden recently started testing a driverless truck, marking the first time a fully self-driving truck without a backup driver has been allowed on a public road.
UPS already has about 300 electric vehicles in the United States and Europe as well as around 700 hybrids. And the shipping giant has reserved 125 electric semi-trucks from Tesla
(TSLA) and is working with Cincinnati-based Workhorse Group
(WKHS) to design electric delivery trucks.
Casteel said UPS is "actively engaged" with multiple manufacturers about expanding its electric vehicle fleet.
"We find it very hard for gas or anything else to compete with the opportunity created by the electrification of trucking," said Harvey.


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Cross3D module for 3D Printing.
Guest Posts and Printosynthesis Group.
Guest Post by Jung Hoon.
What is 3D Printing?
This technology helps manufacturers to create innovative and complex products effortlessly, most commonly recognized as additive manufacturing. This process uses a 3D Printer to create a three-dimensional object layer-by-layer by exactly reproducing its digitized model.
Working Process of 3D Printing
- First of all, you have to design the image in the 3D format using relevant software and save it as the STL file format. This file design becomes the blueprint that is used to reconstruct the structure in physical form.
- Now upload the STL file and change the computer settings according to your requirements. You have to select the materials for the layers of the 3D object model.
- When the printer starts working, it will deposit the layer of material filaments over the print board to get your final 3D output.
- 3D Printing involves an assortment of operations, rules, and properties to deal with vectors in three dimensions. A Cross product calculator helps you find the cross product of two vectors in three-dimensional space before getting a 3D print of any image.
Importance of 3D Printing
- 3D Printing enables prototype making inexpensive and fast, which in turn is helpful to create quality end products. However, you can use a vector cross product calculator to efficiently produce accurate assumptions and calculations to deal with three-dimensional Printing. The use of a vector cross product calculator helps to reduce manufacturing errors.
- 3D print manufacturing consumes less production time as compared to traditional manufacturing.
- 3D Printing Provides a competitive edge through better design, creating complex structures, permits customization, upsurge space efficiency, reduced inventory, and warehousing costs.
- It helps you maintain a perfect equilibrium between demand and supply and a vector multiplication calculator to help make calculations about vectors of any 3D image in space to customize designs more accurately.
Cross module for 3D Printing
There are many Free 3D Cross modules available on the internet. They are available in many file formats such as MAX, OBJ, FBX, 3DS, STL, C4D, BLEND, MA, MB. You can find professional Cross 3D Modules for any 3D design projects like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), games, 3D visualization, or animation.
FDM Plastic 3D Printers helps you to undergo deep-rooted testing to create a perfect cross 3D product within the stipulated timeframe. The FDM technique is far cheaper to minimize your manufacturing cost. Take helps form a vector product calculator to get an accurate 3D cross-module before printing it.
Materials for cross 3D modules Printing
You can use various materials as per your choices, such as Stainless steel 316L or Metal – die steel d11, etc. After selecting material, there comes the rebinding stage, where we use high temperature to remove the bonded particles in the 3D object. It makes a 3D object with a solid and perfect structure by maintaining the high temperature.
3D printing perks for cross 3D module
- 3D designing creates a perfect way to produce a well-planned 3D cross-module with the help of cross product calculator.
- It allows you to Create space for designers to add new structures into the prototype design
- It provides its assistance to create a nice-looking and detailed 3D cross product model
- You can save your production cost and time
- 3d Printing Makes it easy to develop e perfect visualization of complex 3D cross modules.
- It provides a Multi-dimensional view for a single object
- It helps to Reduce marketers stress in pitching the end product
Common 3D printing technologies
Many 3D printing technologies help you to get a perfect cross 3D product
- Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) uses a melted material to give you the end product of your choice. It takes a layer over layer structure to create a desired 3D object at a high melting point. This 3D Printing technology is essential in the manufacturing sector to develop small tools and products flawlessly.
- 3D Metal Printing helps you to convert any highly complicated design model into an actual product. Upload a proper CAD drawing to attain the desired prototype. It allows you to create end products quickly with minimal wastage of raw materials.
- Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) belongs to the additive manufacturing process and uses layer over layer to create the required end product in 3D format. This technology is precise and deployable for small-scale productions to get rapid prototyping and resin printing.
- Stereolithography (SLA) implements a CO2-based laser to heat and then fuse the thermoplastic powder to shape entirely adaptable material parts with high elongation at break. This technology needs high heat and chemical-based solutions. Among all the technologies, SLS is a highly versatile one.
- Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is a perfect combination of fine-tuned lasers and advanced additive procedure to provide a laser-based technology with the help of powdered metals. DMLS metal 3d printing works a par standard and enables complex designing. It also eliminates the need for casting or machining.


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George H: Born c 1836, Died 8 May 1883
Mary Flemming: Born c 1841, Died 7 May 1901
Fannie: (9y10m) Born 5 Dec 1870, Died 5 Oct 1880
INSCRIPTION: Sacred to the memory of George H., Beloved husband of Mary Cullender, died May 8th 1883 in his 47th year. Also our daughter, Fannie, Died Oct 5th 1880 in her 10th year. Mary beloved wife of George Cullender, Died May 7, 1901, Age 60 years. May they rest in peace.
Cullender, George H., Fannie, and Mary
George H: Born c 1836, Died 8 May 1883


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