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An African Union delegation arrived in Cairo early Sunday on a four-day visit for talks with senior government officials.
The African Union High-Level Panel for Egypt delegation comprises panel chairman Alpha Oumar Konare, the former Malian president, Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former president of Botswana and Dileita Mohamed Dileita, the former premier of Djibouti, sources at the Cairo airport told Anadolu Agency.
Egypt's state-run MENA news agency quoted a diplomatic source with the African Union as saying that the visit came at an invitation from Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi.
The delegation is scheduled to hold talks with Fahmi, Transitional Justice Minister Mohamed Amin al-Mahdi, Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II.
The delegation will also meet with members of the electoral commission, according to committee's chief Abdel-Aziz Salman.
The African Union suspended Egypt's membership two days after the army ousted elected president Mohamed Morsi last year, a measure taken automatically by the pan-African body in the event of unconstitutional change of government in a member state.
Egypt completed the first phase of an army-imposed transitional roadmap in January by holding a referendum on an amended version of its 2012 constitution.
Egyptians will elect a new president on May 26-27, the second milestone of the roadmap that should be completed with parliamentary polls later this year.Last Mod: 06 Nisan 2014, 10:37


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Studies show that high cholesterol and obesity are linked to erectile dysfunction, and both can be improved through diet. "A heart-healthy diet that prevents cardiovascular disease and maintains a healthy weight is also good for erectile functioning," says Feloney. An ideal diet plan involves eating foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol and having frequent servings of fruits, vegetables, and plenty of whole grains.
Of the drugs used for depression, tricyclic antidepressants may be associated with erectile problems and other drugs may be substituted to prevent this complication. Currently available substitutes include bupropion, nefazodone, and trazodone. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (eg, fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, citalopram) can also cause difficulties with ED, but they might also have other significant sexual side effects, including decreased libido and anorgasmia.
"Although having sex at 70 is not the same as having sex at 20, erectile dysfunction is not a normal part of aging," according to Michael Feloney, MD, urologic surgeon and expert on sexual dysfunction issues at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. "You should still be able to have a satisfying sex life as you age." If you are experiencing erectile dysfunction, these 10 dos and don'ts may help.
Testosterone replacement therapy may improve energy, mood, and bone density, increase muscle mass and weight, and heighten sexual interest in older men who may have deficient levels of testosterone. Testosterone supplementation is not recommended for men who have normal testosterone levels for their age group due to the risk of prostate enlargement and other side effects. Testosterone replacement therapy is available as a cream or gel, topical solution, skin patch, injectable form and pellet form placed under the skin.
In rare cases, the drug Viagra ® can cause blue-green shading to vision that lasts for a short time. In rare cases, the drug Cialis® can cause or increase back pain or aching muscles in the back. In most cases, the side effects are linked to PDE5 inhibitor effects on other tissues in the body, meaning they are working to increase blood flow to your penis and at the same time impacting other vascular tissues in your body. These are not 'allergic reactions'.
Epidemiological studies have also assessed links between serum testosterone and non-coronary atherosclerosis. A study of over 1000 people aged 55 years and over found an inverse correlation between serum total and bioavailable testosterone and the amount of aortic atherosclerosis in men, as assessed by radiological methods (Hak et al 2002). Increased intima-media thickness (IMT) is an early sign of atherosclerosis and has also been shown to predict cardiovascular mortality (Murakami et al 2005). Cross-sectional studies have found that testosterone levels are negatively correlated with carotid IMT in independently living men aged 74–93 years (van den Beld et al 2003), diabetic men (Fukui et al 2003) and young obese men (De Pergola et al 2003). A 4-year follow up study of the latter population showed that free testosterone was also inversely correlated with the rate of increase of IMT (Muller et al 2004).
Mood disturbance and dysthymia are part of the clinical syndrome of hypogonadism. Epidemiological studies have found a positive association between testosterone levels and mood, and depressed aging males have lower testosterone levels than controls (Barrett-Connor, Von Muhlen et al 1999). Furthermore, induction of a hypogonadal state during treatment of men for prostate cancer leads to an increase in depression scores (Almeida et al 2004). Trials of testosterone treatment effects on mood have varied in outcome. Data on the effects on men with depression are conflicting (Seidman et al 2001; Pope et al 2003) but there is evidence that testosterone treatment of older hypogonadal men does result in improvements in mood (Wang et al 1996) and that this may occur through changes in regional brain perfusion (Azad et al 2003).
Some of the effects of testosterone treatment are well recognised and it seems clear that testosterone treatment for aging hypogonadal men can be expected to increase lean body mass, decrease visceral fat mass, increase bone mineral density and decrease total cholesterol. Beneficial effects have been seen in many trials on other parameters such as glycemic control in diabetes, erectile dysfunction, cardiovascular risk factors, angina, mood and cognition. These potentially important effects require confirmation in larger clinical trials. Indeed, it is apparent that longer duration randomized controlled trials of testosterone treatment in large numbers of men are needed to confirm the effects of testosterone on many aspects of aging male health including cardiovascular health, psychiatric health, prostate cancer and functional capacity. In the absence of such studies, it is necessary to balance risk and benefit on the best available data. At the present time the data supports the treatment of hypogonadal men with testosterone to normalize testosterone levels and improve symptoms. Most men with hypogonadism do not have a contraindication to treatment, but it is important to monitor for adverse consequences including prostate complications and polycythemia.
Regardless of the method of testosterone treatment chosen, patients will require regular monitoring during the first year of treatment in order to monitor clinical response to testosterone, testosterone levels and adverse effects, including prostate cancer (see Table 2). It is recommended that patients should be reviewed at least every three months during this time. Once treatment has been established, less frequent review is appropriate but the care of the patient should be the responsibility of an appropriately trained specialist with sufficient experience of managing patients treated with testosterone.
"This study establishes testosterone levels at which various physiological functions start to become impaired, which may help provide a rationale for determining which men should be treated with testosterone supplements," Finkelstein says. "But the biggest surprise was that some of the symptoms routinely attributed to testosterone deficiency are actually partially or almost exclusively caused by the decline in estrogens that is an inseparable result of lower testosterone levels."
An international consensus document was recently published and provides guidance on the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) in men. The diagnosis of LOH requires biochemical and clinical components. Controversy in defining the clinical syndrome continues due to the high prevalence of hypogonadal symptoms in the aging male population and the non-specific nature of these symptoms. Further controversy surrounds setting a lower limit of normal testosterone, the limitations of the commonly available total testosterone result in assessing some patients and the unavailability of reliable measures of bioavailable or free testosterone for general clinical use. As with any clinical intervention testosterone treatment should be judged on a balance of risk versus benefit. The traditional benefits of testosterone on sexual function, mood, strength and quality of life remain the primary goals of treatment but possible beneficial effects on other parameters such as bone density, obesity, insulin resistance and angina are emerging and will be reviewed. Potential concerns regarding the effects of testosterone on prostate disease, aggression and polycythaemia will also be addressed. The options available for treatment have increased in recent years with the availability of a number of testosterone preparations which can reliably produce physiological serum concentrations.
Medications for erectile dysfunction don't work for everyone and may cause side effects that make a particular drug hard to take. "Work with your doctor to find the right treatment. There are still options for people who fail at medical treatment," advises Feloney. Alternatives to erectile dysfunction drugs include vacuum pump devices, medications injected into the penis, testosterone replacement if needed, and a surgical penile implant.
Begot, I., Peixoto, T. C. A., Gonzaga, L. R. A., Bolzan, D. W., Papa, V., Carvalho, A. C. C., ... & Guizilini, S. (2015, March 1). A Home-Based Walking Program Improves Erectile Dysfunction in Men With an Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology, 115(5), 5741-575. Retrieved from http://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(14)02270-X/abstract
An occasional problem achieving an erection is nothing to worry about. But failure to do so more than 50% of the time at any age may indicate a condition that needs treatment. About 40% of men in their 40s report at least occasional problems getting and maintaining erections. So do more than half (52%) of men aged 40 to 70, and about 70% of men in their 70s.
The partial synthesis in the 1930s of abundant, potent testosterone esters permitted the characterization of the hormone's effects, so that Kochakian and Murlin (1936) were able to show that testosterone raised nitrogen retention (a mechanism central to anabolism) in the dog, after which Allan Kenyon's group[183] was able to demonstrate both anabolic and androgenic effects of testosterone propionate in eunuchoidal men, boys, and women. The period of the early 1930s to the 1950s has been called "The Golden Age of Steroid Chemistry",[184] and work during this period progressed quickly. Research in this golden age proved that this newly synthesized compound—testosterone—or rather family of compounds (for many derivatives were developed from 1940 to 1960), was a potent multiplier of muscle, strength, and well-being.[185]
Performance anxiety can be another cause of impotence. If a person wasn't able to achieve an erection in the past, he may fear he won't be able to achieve an erection in the future. A person may also find he can't achieve an erection with a certain partner. Someone with ED related to performance anxiety may be able to have full erections when masturbating or when sleeping, yet he isn't able to maintain an erection during intercourse.
Sexual dysfunction and ED become more common as men age. The percentage of complete ED increases from 5% to 15% as age increases from 40 to 70 years. But this does not mean growing older is the end of your sex life. ED can be treated at any age. Also, ED may be more common in Hispanic men and in those with a history of diabetes, obesity, smoking, and hypertension. Research shows that African-American men sought medical care for ED twice the rate of other racial groups.
Testosterone is significantly correlated with aggression and competitive behaviour and is directly facilitated by the latter. There are two theories on the role of testosterone in aggression and competition.[77] The first one is the challenge hypothesis which states that testosterone would increase during puberty thus facilitating reproductive and competitive behaviour which would include aggression.[77] Thus it is the challenge of competition among males of the species that facilitates aggression and violence.[77] Studies conducted have found direct correlation between testosterone and dominance especially among the most violent criminals in prison who had the highest testosterone levels.[77] The same research also found fathers (those outside competitive environments) had the lowest testosterone levels compared to other males.[77]
Alprostadil (also known as prostaglandin E1 [PGE1]) is the prominent known smooth-muscle dilator of the corpus cavernosum. Its mechanism of action is believed to be the promotion of intracellular accumulation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate, thereby causing decreased intracellular accumulation of calcium and resulting smooth muscle relaxation. Alprostadil can be delivered to the erectile tissue either via an intraurethral suppository that is massaged and then absorbed across the corpus spongiosum of the urethra to the corpora cavernosa, or directly injected into the corpora cavernosa. When administered urethrally, doses are substantially higher than when directly injected (typical dosing is 500 mcg to 1 mg intraurethral compared with 2.5 mcg to 20 mcg intracavernosal).
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Low testosterone levels may contribute to decreased sex drive, erectile dysfunction, fragile bones, and other health issues. Having low testosterone levels may also indicate an underlying medical condition. See your doctor if you suspect you have low testosterone. A simple blood test is all it takes to check if your testosterone falls within the normal range.
^ David KG, Dingemanse E, Freud JL (May 1935). "Über krystallinisches mannliches Hormon aus Hoden (Testosteron) wirksamer als aus harn oder aus Cholesterin bereitetes Androsteron" [On crystalline male hormone from testicles (testosterone) effective as from urine or from cholesterol]. Hoppe-Seyler's Z Physiol Chem (in German). 233 (5–6): 281–83. doi:10.1515/bchm2.1935.233.5-6.281.
Cognitive abilities differ between males and females and these differences are present from childhood. In broad terms, girls have stronger verbal skills than boys who tend to have stronger skills related to spatial ability (Linn and Petersen 1985). It is thought that the actions of sex hormones have a role in these differences. Reviewing different cognitive strengths of male versus female humans is not within the scope of this article but the idea that cognition could be altered by testosterone deserves attention.
Autopsy studies have found histological prostate cancer to be very common, with one series showing a prevalence of greater than fifty percent in men over age sixty (Holund 1980). The majority of histological cancers go undetected so that the clinical incidence of the disease is much lower, but it is still the most prevalent non-skin cancer in men (Jemal et al 2003). Prostate cancer is also unusual in comparison to other adult cancers in that the majority of those with the disease will die of other causes. Treatment of prostate cancer with androgen deprivation is known to be successful and is widely practiced, indicating an important role for testosterone in modifying the behavior of prostate cancer. In view of this, testosterone treatment is absolutely contraindicated in any case of known or suspected prostate cancer. The question of whether testosterone treatment could cause new cases of prostate cancer, or more likely cause progression of undiagnosed histological prostate cancer that would otherwise have remained occult, is an important consideration when treating ageing males with testosterone.
^ Butenandt A, Hanisch G (1935). "Umwandlung des Dehydroandrosterons in Androstendiol und Testosterone; ein Weg zur Darstellung des Testosterons aus Cholestrin" [About Testosterone. Conversion of Dehydro-androsterons into androstendiol and testosterone; a way for the structure assignment of testosterone from cholesterol]. Hoppe-Seyler's Z Physiol Chem (in German). 237 (2): 89–97. doi:10.1515/bchm2.1935.237.1-3.89.
Erectile dysfunction is the inability to develop or maintain an erection that is rigid enough to allow penetration of the vagina, and therefore functional sexual intercourse. Generally, the term erectile dysfunction is applied if this occurs frequently (75% of the time) over a significant period if time (several weeks to months). If this is the case, the term impotence may also be used.
Men's levels of testosterone, a hormone known to affect men's mating behaviour, changes depending on whether they are exposed to an ovulating or nonovulating woman's body odour. Men who are exposed to scents of ovulating women maintained a stable testosterone level that was higher than the testosterone level of men exposed to nonovulation cues. Testosterone levels and sexual arousal in men are heavily aware of hormone cycles in females.[46] This may be linked to the ovulatory shift hypothesis,[47] where males are adapted to respond to the ovulation cycles of females by sensing when they are most fertile and whereby females look for preferred male mates when they are the most fertile; both actions may be driven by hormones.
Several pathways have been described to explain how information travels from the hypothalamus to the sacral autonomic centers. One pathway travels from the dorsomedial hypothalamus through the dorsal and central gray matter, descends to the locus ceruleus, and projects ventrally in the mesencephalic reticular formation. Input from the brain is conveyed through the dorsal spinal columns to the thoracolumbar and sacral autonomic nuclei.
Common side effects from testosterone medication include acne, swelling, and breast enlargement in males.[10] Serious side effects may include liver toxicity, heart disease, and behavioral changes.[10] Women and children who are exposed may develop virilization.[10] It is recommended that individuals with prostate cancer not use the medication.[10] It can cause harm if used during pregnancy or breastfeeding.[10]
The mechanism of age related decreases in serum testosterone levels has also been the subject of investigation. Metabolic clearance declines with age but this effect is less pronounced than a reduction in testosterone production, so the overall effect is to reduce serum testosterone levels. Gonadotrophin levels rise during aging (Feldman et al 2002) and testicular secretory responses to recombinant human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) are reduced (Mulligan et al 1999, 2001). This implies that the reduced production may be caused by primary testicular failure but in fact these changes are not adequate to fully explain the fall in testosterone levels. There are changes in the lutenising hormone (LH) production which consist of decreased LH pulse frequency and amplitude, (Veldhuis et al 1992; Pincus et al 1997) although pituitary production of LH in response to pharmacological stimulation with exogenous GnRH analogues is preserved (Mulligan et al 1999). It therefore seems likely that there are changes in endogenous production of GnRH which underlie the changes in LH secretion and have a role in the age related decline in testosterone. Thus the decreases in testosterone levels with aging seem to reflect changes at all levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis. With advancing age there is also a reduction in androgen receptor concentration in some target tissues and this may contribute to the clinical syndrome of LOH (Ono et al 1988; Gallon et al 1989).
A related issue is the potential use of testosterone as a coronary vasodilator and anti-anginal agent. Testosterone has been shown to act as a vasodilator of coronary arteries at physiological concentrations during angiography (Webb, McNeill et al 1999). Furthermore men given a testosterone injection prior to exercise testing showed improved performance, as assessed by ST changes compared to placebo (Rosano et al 1999; Webb, Adamson et al 1999). Administration of one to three months of testosterone treatment has also been shown to improve symptoms of angina and exercise test performance (Wu and Weng 1993; English et al 2000; Malkin, Pugh, Morris et al 2004). Longer term studies are underway. It is thought that testosterone improves angina due its vasodilatory action, which occurs independently of the androgen receptor, via blockade of L-type calcium channels at the cell membrane of the vascular smooth muscle in an action similar to the dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers such as nifedipine (Hall et al 2006).
Hormone deficiency or hypogonadism, whether primary or secondary, has been thought to impact erectile function. Approximately a third of men in the European Male Aging Study demonstrated low testosterone, suggesting that hypogonadism is overrepresented among men with ED.11 Hormone deficiency, however, is less frequently the cause of ED than diabetes or vascular disease. Many entities with a strong relationship to ED also diminish bioavailable testosterone, including obesity, diabetes, and opioid use. Other hormones involved in testosterone metabolism or availability, like thyroid stimulating hormone and gonadotropins, also may impact erectile quality, presumably through regulating bioavailable testosterone. Understanding the relationship between testosterone and ED has been impaired by a lack of standardized measurement of this hormone and the cyclic nature of its release and consumption.
The most common treatment for erectile dysfunction is drugs known as phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitors. These include tadalafil (Cialis), vardenafil (Levitra), and sildenafil citrate (Viagra). These are effective for about 75% of men with erectile dysfunction. They are tablets that are taken around an hour before sex, and last between 4 and 36 hours. Sexual stimulation is required before an erection will occur. The PDE-5 inhibitors cause dilation of blood vessels in the penis to allow erection to occur, and help it to stay rigid. Men using nitrate medication (e.g. GTN spray or sublingual tablets for angina) should not use PDE-5 inhibitors.
Trials of testosterone treatment in men with type 2 diabetes have also taken place. A recent randomized controlled crossover trial assessed the effects of intramuscular testosterone replacement to achieve levels within the physiological range, compared with placebo injections in 24 men with diabetes, hypogonadism and a mean age of 64 years (Kapoor et al 2006). Ten of these men were insulin treated. Testosterone treatment led to a significant reduction in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) and fasting glucose compared to placebo. Testosterone also produced a significant reduction in insulin resistance, measured by the homeostatic model assessment (HOMA), in the fourteen non-insulin treated patients. It is not possible to measure insulin resistance in patients treated with insulin but five out of ten of these patients had a reduction of insulin dose during the study. Other significant changes during testosterone treatment in this trial were reduced total cholesterol, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio. Similarly, a placebo-controlled but non-blinded trial in 24 men with visceral obesity, diabetes, hypogonadism and mean age 57 years found that three months of oral testosterone treatment led to significant reductions in HbA1C, fasting glucose, post-prandial glucose, weight, fat mass and waist-hip ratio (Boyanov et al 2003). In contrast, an uncontrolled study of 150 mg intramuscular testosterone given to 10 patients, average age 64 years, with diabetes and hypogonadism found no significant change in diabetes control, fasting glucose or insulin levels (Corrales et al 2004). Another uncontrolled study showed no beneficial effect of testosterone treatment on insulin resistance, measured by HOMA and 'minimal model' of area under acute insulin response curves, in 11 patients with type 2 diabetes aged between 33 and 73 years (Lee et al 2005). Body mass index was within the normal range in this population and there was no change in waist-hip ratio or weight during testosterone treatment. Baseline testosterone levels were in the low-normal range and patients received a relatively small dose of 100 mg intramuscular testosterone every three weeks. A good increase in testosterone levels during the trial is described but it is not stated at which time during the three week cycle the testosterone levels were tested, so the lack of response could reflect an insufficient overall testosterone dose in the trial period.


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Split leather
What is Split Leather
How to split leather or what is split leather? The divided layers of hides are known as split leather. When a calfskin is divided into several layers over the entire surface is called the "Splitting Process". After the wet blue tanning process, the leather tends to turn thicker than that it was raw. Mostly thicker calfskin like cow and buffalo are likely to go through the splitting process. Those layers are divided in an average thickness of 5mm to 10mm. The divided layers are distinguished as grain split or top-grain split and flesh split. Sometimes, the thickness of the hides is enough for a middle split. The split, divided by the grain split, is also called "drop split". The drop-split leather is rough on both sides like the back of a leather.
When the tanners adjust the splitting machine they have to consider that the thickness of the skin is higher at this stage due to the water content of the wet skin. The water content of a wet hide is three times heavier than a dry hide. This water content also makes the skin looks a bit thicker. The tanner has to take into account this difference in thickness while adjusting the splitting machine so that the desired thickness of leather can be attained once the leather is dry.
After the splitting process, the top surface is called the upper side and back part is called the flesh side. Outside the tannery, only the flesh side is recognized as the upper split leather.
What is wet blue leather
Wet Blue refers to moist chrome-tanned leather. In this process, the leather is tanned, but not dried, dyed nor finished. The bluish coloring is produced by the chrome tanning agent with a chemical (Chromium (III) oxide) which is blue. This chemical makes the leather looks blue.
Nowadays leather is dyed through multiple colors but these sort of dyes have no opacity. The wet blue tanning process is mostly applied all over the world. The wet blue process makes all the rawhide look the same. After the wet blue process, the leather is now ready for split shaving. After split shaving, the leather is re-tanned and ready for dying.
You can also read how leather is made.
Split Leather
The grain split is considered more valuable. The fiber structure is substantially denser in the upper layer of the grain side which is tear-resistant. The grain split is referred to tanned.
After leaving the tannery, the name "grain split" is no longer used. The leather merchants then tan it according to the type of article they want. On the other hand, the term "split" no longer applied in connection with the grain side. The drop split between the two rough sides is then no longer mention as "flesh split", but only as split or suede leather. In order to make the leather more intelligible, the splitting is an important process.
As the quality of the split leather is less than the top grain leather, there are rules about the usage. But the rules vary from country to country. Some countries don`t allow to finish the split leather, and some allow.
It is unquestionable that a split leather does not have the same quality features as a top-grain leather. If a split leather is finished in such a way that it looks like a grain leather, the client can't perceive the quality. It's a kind of disguising the split leather by creating an artificial grain effect and also by embossing.
Applications of Split/ Suede Leather
Alike the upper side or grain side leather split leather are also coated and processed into different articles and applications. Below are some examples of split leather articles.
Leather Clothing
In the clothing sector goat, suede and pork split are much familiar. Pig split leather is normally a bit stiffer and not as tear-resistant as goat suede leather. Therefore, pig split leather is mostly used for low-priced leather clothing.
Leather shoes
When it comes to footwear/shoe sector, suede leather is widely used for sneakers and sports shoes because of its breathability and a soft wet feel. Suede leather is commonly used for
Suede is very common for shoes.
Split finished leather - Laminated split leather
In order to get a feel and look like upper or top grain leather, split leather is finished and coated in different ways. Generally, the split is finished and coated according to the buyer's requirements or else tanners give a normal coating if they tend to sell it as a stock lot. These are also called laminated split leather.
A new form of coated split leather from 2011 onwards is a split leather which is coated with a textile fabric. The proportion is then 11% other material of the coating and 89% split leather. So far, this material has been named Rodeo, Pilot Leather, and Tasan. The material is mainly named as textile coated split leather. It is not to be offered as genuine leather. But, some countries consider it as a false declaration and correct grounds for complaint.
Embossed split leather
The embossed split leather refers to split leather, which is coated with different types of color layer and embossed with various dices. These split leathers then look like a normal top grain leather. The quality is not so good because the fiber structure of split leather is not like the top grain leather. The strength is less than that a top grain leather or upper leather. But it is quite hard to distinguish a split leather when embossed.
Split wet blue leather of Bovine Leather
Bovine leather manufacture's wet blue split leather in a wide range. Keeping in mind the ever-evolving requirements of our clients, we are devoted towards trading an optimum quality range of Split Wet Blue Leather.
- Tear resistance
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We supply cow split leather and buffalo split leather according to tanning as below:
Wet blue drop Leather/ Second layer leather :
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Size: 10 - 18 sq.ft; 7 - 9.9 sq.ft; 5 - 6.9 sq.ft
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Upselling is a sales technique where the salesperson encourages a more expensive purchase by a customer by persuading them to get an upgraded version of an item or to purchase add-ons. Remember our food processor example? That food processor could probably be best used with a book of recipes, which also can be purchased at the same company's website.
Affiliate marketing also gives you the freedom to choose what you promote. In other words, it offers you the luxury of being picky. Not only do you get to decide precisely which programs to work with, but in most cases, you'll even select the individual products and services you want to promote. As such, you always have full control over what's featured on your site.
Merchants receiving a large percentage of their revenue from the affiliate channel can become reliant on their affiliate partners. This can lead to affiliate marketers leveraging their important status to receive higher commissions and better deals with their advertisers. Whether it's CPA, CPL, or CPC commission structures, there are a lot of high paying affiliate programs and affiliate marketers are in the driver's seat.
It's also an incredibly low-risk marketing strategy with a high ROI. Most other promotional channels require some kind of payment upfront and there's a chance that it may not work. In these cases, you've lost some precious marketing budget and not gained anything in return. However, with affiliate marketing, you're only charged once a sale is confirmed. You can define the payment terms as 60 or 90 days to allow for refunds or processing issues. An affiliate agency will generally charge a nominal amount to cover overhead and then leverage their relationships to build your affiliate network. This format protects both parties cash flow and ensures you've already received the money from the customer before you have to pay the affiliate. It's a performance-based method that rewards top-performing affiliates who refer genuine customers.
Forms of new media have also diversified how companies, brands, and ad networks serve ads to visitors. For instance, YouTube allows video-makers to embed advertisements through Google's affiliate network.[22][23] New developments have made it more difficult for unscrupulous affiliates to make money. Emerging black sheep are detected and made known to the affiliate marketing community with much greater speed and efficiency.[citation needed]
A text file that is sent from a website to a file within a user's web browser. Cookies are used for various reasons on the web as a whole. In regards to affiliate marketing, Cookies are used to assign an ID to a user that has clicked on your affiliate link to get to a merchant website for a predefined period. If the user returns within that predefined period (whether or not they click on your affiliate link again) then you will be credited with the sale. Example – a user clicks your affiliate link (cookie gets "dropped" to their browser) and then bookmarks the merchant's website to buy later. The user returns before the Cookie Expiration and makes the purchase. You would receive credit – and this commission – on the sale.
Obviously, around Christmas period, people tend to buy more, therefore, post recommended products before this period to take advantage of sales that will go on on Amazon affiliate marketing. It is better to start creating a seasonal schedule for your blog posts early enough. There are several holidays, so you can plan ahead of them to make more sales and earn your commission.
The Amazon Associates affiliate program uses a tiered commission structure to pay out to affiliates. The more you sell, the more you will earn. That's why many affiliates will attempt to promote two different types of products – cheap and expensive. By promoting cheap products under $10, you will likely receive a lot of purchases. For example, many affiliate marketers will promote e-books that may only cost $5. Since Amazon only pays up to 8.5% commissions, you're not going to earn much by selling a $5 e-book. However, making a lot of sales of smaller items helps to boost your sales count in the, which also boosts the amount of commission you receive. Here is the current Amazon Associates Affiliate Program commission structure:
Effectively, these advertisers have a couple of choices. They can use an affiliate network that acts as a go-between, connecting the advertiser to affiliate marketers and managing the tracking and payments in exchange for a service fee. Or the advertiser can license affiliate-tracking software to deploy on its own servers or as a cloud-based service.
Also referred to as "spyware". Adware is usually included in free computer programs users download without realizing the Adware is also part of the package. In many cases, the advertisements are unwanted and difficult to get rid of, even after uninstalling the offending program. Most merchants will not work with affiliates who want to promote their offers via Adware. Get more information on affiliate adware.
Now here's the tricky bit: let's say you're part of the Amazon.com program (for the US) and you generate an affiliate link for Amazon.com. If I, a polite little Canadian, skates over to your site and decides to buy a giant jug of maple syrup from your link, you won't get any commission if I end up buying from Amazon.ca. You will only earn commissions from Amazon.COM.
Curious on affiliate marketing and how can it help build your business? We used to be surprised when the first question from a lot of our future clients is "what is affiliate marketing?" but not anymore. This is something we're often asked by clients who are familiar with the term but don't know exactly what it means. Perhaps you've heard it suggested as an effective marketing channel but aren't quite sure what it is. Or you understand the concept of an affiliate marketing program but want to learn more about how it works.
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Trying to cut corners with marketing methods is a huge no-no in affiliate marketing. By cutting corners, we're talking specifically about black hat SEO. Get banned by Google, and you'll be spending your time building a new site. Don't learn from your mistakes, learn right now. Blackhat SEO only ever leads to a broken site. Google will hunt you down, and it will punish you!
Also sometimes spelled as "Click Thru Rate". A metric used to show the number of times your affiliate link has been clicked on compared to the number of times the link has been viewed displayed as a percentage. To find your CTR, simply take the number of clicks the link has received and divide it by the number of impressions (times the link was shown) and times the result by 100 to get your CTR percentage. Example – if you are displaying a banner ad that has had 100 impressions and received 1 click, then you would take 1 (clicks) and divide it by 100 (impressions) to get .01 (result) and multiply that by 100 to arrive at a CTR of 1%.
Cost per action/sale methods require that referred visitors do more than visit the advertiser's website before the affiliate receives a commission. The advertiser must convert that visitor first. It is in the best interest of the affiliate to send the most closely targeted traffic to the advertiser as possible to increase the chance of a conversion. The risk and loss are shared between the affiliate and the advertiser.
Just one thing probably you would like to update in this post is the list of themes for Amazon affiliate website. I believe 3/5 are not available in the marketplace now. So it's little annoying when you go in search for a theme and read the whole lot of information and started liking it but later you figure out that theme is no longer available for sale.
You'll also have a better understanding of your target audience's needs and desires. This is essential since it helps you build trust with your visitors. If they feel like they can rely on your judgment and recommendations, they'll be more likely to click on your links and make purchases based on your suggestions. Therefore, the best niche will have plenty of potential consumers and will be something you can create knowledgeable and trustworthy content about.
Now, when I choose who to target for this ad, I would only target dog owners at least 25 years old who have "liked" Amazon.com in the past and live in the United States. Notice in the title I asked, "Are you a dog owner?" Well, I already know that everyone I'm targeting IS a dog owner! This, along with the catchy image, will grab their attention and cause them to read the body of the ad. If the body of the ad sounds interesting to them, they will click the ad and end up on Amazon.com through my Amazon Associates affiliate program link. Once on Amazon, the sky is the limit. Amazon is able to convert visitors like CRAZY. Just get potential buyers through the door and let Amazon handle the rest.
Ooh that makes sense! Yeah, surname would probably be a big one. I've also heard that they keep tabs on any old addresses you've registered and if the address is the same as someone buying from you, then that doesn't count either. I can't imagine they'd be able to know who ALL your friends are, but a good thing to be mindful of! When I first started I thought, hey, why not just make a FB post and tell everyone to buy off me? haha then I realized maybe it's not that simple.
Wow. Thank you for parting the mists of the mystery of affiliate marketing. I was drowning in vagueness and confusion for a few weeks there and now I feel like I have enough information to at least create a strategy around when I might want to start. I had no idea that it was so country-specific, which is important because I get just as many hits from European countries as I do the U.S.
For example, the content on Super Weddings is useful whether you're organizing a wedding today or next year. All the content on the site is created accordingly. To make things easier for the audience, it is separated into categories to make it very convenient for the reader to find what they're looking for. This, of course, is also very good for SEO.
The seller, whether a solo entrepreneur or large enterprise, is a vendor, merchant, product creator, or retailer with a product to market. The product can be a physical object, like household goods, or a service, like makeup tutorials. Also known as the brand, the seller does not need to be actively involved in the marketing, but they may also be the advertiser and profit from the revenue sharing associated with affiliate marketing.
The Amazon Associates program allows you to generate revenue by placing links to Amazon products on your personal website. Each time someone purchases a product by clicking on a link from your website, Amazon will give you a small commission. With a few quick tips, you can easily apply to become an Amazon Associate so that you can start generating revenue from your personal website.
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Becoming a part of an affiliate network is an excellent strategy for bloggers looking to up their current income or even just to begin actually making money from their blog. There are several options when it comes to affiliate marketing as well as strategies for making affiliate marketing work for you. Below I will teach you what is affiliate marketing, examples of affiliate marketing in blogging, affiliate strategies and some of the top affiliate networks to join.
Ebates is a fan favorite. Even though they have been around for years, a lot of people still aren't using it. And it's easy money. Who doesn't love that? Because it crosses so many industries, it can be an easy program to promote. Even if you aren't in the save money/make money industries, if you are talking about your organizing your office or trip to Jamaica it's an easy mention. "Don't forget to stop by Ebates first to get 8% back on your The Container Store purchase" or "Get 12% back this week when you book your Hilton stay through Ebates." Bonus points: Ebates gives people an extra $10 when they sign up and make their first purchase. And you get $15! (Plus bonuses.)
Some commentators originally suggested that affiliate links work best in the context of the information contained within the website itself. For instance, if a website contains information pertaining to publishing a website, an affiliate link leading to a merchant's internet service provider (ISP) within that website's content would be appropriate. If a website contains information pertaining to sports, an affiliate link leading to a sporting goods website may work well within the context of the articles and information about sports. The goal, in this case, is to publish quality information on the website and provide context-oriented links to related merchant's websites.
In affiliate marketing, first click is often used to describe an affiliate program where the first affiliate to get a user to click a link and make a purchase within the limits of the cookie expiration is the one to be credited with the sale, even if the user landed on another affiliate's website and actually converted after clicking on a link from the second site. There has long been a debate between whether first click or last click is most beneficial to both the affiliate and the merchant.
With the ability to rank organically in search engine queries, bloggers excel at increasing a seller's conversions. The blogger samples the product or service and then writes a comprehensive review that promotes the brand in a compelling way, driving traffic back to the seller's site. The blogger is awarded for his or her influence spreading the word about the value of the product, helping to improve the seller's sales.
This is like a free graduate level college course every month available just for the reading. And unlike most college professors, these guys and gals are actually earning in the real world. Michelle made well over a million USD last year from mainly affiliate programs,AFTER she paid her running expenses and US taxes. She sure didn't do it by reviewing bicycle pedals 😉
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In the case of promoting consumer products, like tools, books, toys and household items, the biggest affiliate network, by far, is Amazon. Amazon Associates affiliate program lets you promote any item that is sold on their platform. Amazon Associates is Amazon's affiliate marketing program that allows website owners and bloggers to create links and earn referral fees when customers click through and buy products from Amazon. It's completely free to join and easy to use.
Since you are going to do a lot of product reviews and recommendations, you are going to have to pick a topic that you have the passion for or something you have a wide knowledge of. If your passion is not within that topic, then you are likely to lose interest eventually. Therefore, it is pertinent to choose something of your interest. You can also find content writers and reviewers from Upwork or Fiverr!
Someone who does affiliate marketing is a sales person for an outside company. The affiliate marketer receives a specific percentage of each sale he or she sends to the company. To track orders from affiliates, companies give each affiliate their own special link. Affiliates send people to the company via these links, and when people make purchases, the affiliate receives a percentage of each order.
Indicate who is the main contact for the account. Select the first bubble, labeled "the payee listed above," to indicate that you are setting the account up for yourself. Select the second bubble, labeled "someone else…," if you are setting the account up as a representative of a company. Click "next: your website profile" to finish setting up your Associates account.[4]
Websites consisting mostly of affiliate links have previously held a negative reputation for underdelivering quality content. In 2005 there were active changes made by Google, where certain websites were labeled as "thin affiliates".[34] Such websites were either removed from Google's index or were relocated within the results page (i.e., moved from the top-most results to a lower position). To avoid this categorization, affiliate marketer webmasters must create quality content on their websites that distinguishes their work from the work of spammers or banner farms, which only contain links leading to merchant sites.


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1Q Core Miss (ex-Tax, Non-core Gain) on Higher Expense; Despite + Backlog Momentum, Expect Shares to U/P. EVR reported 1Q EPS of $1.66, but adjusted for lower tax rate ($0.27) and Investment Gains relating to deferred comp (~$0.05, we est.), core EPS came in closer to $1.34, below our $1.39 and cons. of $1.56. Versus our estimate, stronger IB fees (+$0.07) led by robust underwriting results, better comp leverage (+$0.04), and lower minority interest / sharecount (+$0.02) were more than offset by higher non-comp expense (-$0.18). While revenues exceeded our forecast, they did miss cons. excluding the investment gain. See pg. 2 for our detailed earnings variance. Bottom Line: Despite positive management commentary citing growing backlog, this quarter's result was more indicative of the Evercore of old given its spotty 1Q track record (missing cons. two-thirds of the time – see Ex. 2). Our sense is that the earnings bar had been raised somewhat given strong three-month performance (+16% vs. S&P Fins. +7%), and while we could see some selling pressure this morning, we expect long-term holders to stay the course given continued strong backlog momentum (+4% YoY, vs. independent peers -30%) and an undemanding valuation of 11.9x (vs. 1Y avg. of 12.3x and 3Y avg. of 3.7x
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1Q19 Earnings Recap: NTRS the Clear Standout but Still Cautious on the Trusts. STT and NTRS closed out Trust Bank earnings today, with both firms reporting headline EPS beats vs. cons. However, core trends and messaging differed materially, with STT disappointing on guidance for both fees and NII; whereas NTRS gave more constructive guidance on both revenues and expenses. The divergence in the day's share performance (NTRS +4%, STT -4% vs. S&P Fins. +1%) makes sense in the context of our 2019E / 2020E estimate revisions (NTRS +6-7%, STT -2%); based on our updated forecasts, NTRS is the lone Trust bank that will not post earnings declines (YoY), reinforcing our view that "flat is the new up" for the Trusts. While NTRS surprised positively vs. peers, looking across a broad swathe of Regional and Money Center banks, results were less impressive, reinforcing our preference for the Money Centers (BAC, C, JPM) where both revenue and efficiency trends, as well as balance sheet metrics, are tracking better. For a detailed look at our Income and Balance Sheet comparative, please review pgs. 7-9.
AMTD reported FY2Q of $0.93 vs. our estimate of $0.91 and cons. of $0.92, with the beat vs. our estimate driven by higher NII and commissions, as well as lower expense, partially offset by lower BDA fees. We note revenues did miss consensus expectations (see pg. 2 for full variance). The firm also provided updated guidance on items including commission per trade (CPT) and advertising spend. We see downside risk to 2H19 cons. given lower BDA balances and lower CPT, partially offset by lower marketing spend and lower sharecount. After digesting management remarks, we also changed our estimates to reflect updated guidance / flow-through from FY2Q results, with our estimates largely unchanged (see summary of changes below). We may revisit our numbers following tomorrow's conference call.
NTRS reported 1Q19 EPS of $1.48; adjusting for higher severance, core EPS was $1.52, slightly ahead of our estimate and cons. of $1.47. Versus our forecast, the beat was driven primarily by stronger fees across both Custody (+$0.02) and Wealth Management (+$0.02), which also drove better efficiency (+$0.02), partially offset by weaker FX trading (-$0.01), and a slightly higher tax rate (-$0.01) See pg. 2 for detailed variance. Bottom Line: NTRS delivered solid results in a tough quarter, as fee trends were better than expected, and management did a good job of controlling expenses. Deposit trends were also (relatively) better – while liability balances came slightly in below our forecasts (average deposits down -2%, non-interest bearing down -7%), deposit repricing trends were much better than expected (+7bps QoQ, vs. BK +13bps and STT +15bps). We would expect shares to outperform given stronger results at NTRS versus Trust peers, but remain wary of NII guidance given continued deposit declines and high NII bar implied by current cons.
STT reported 1Q19 EPS (ex-items) of $1.24, in line with our $1.24, and ahead of cons. of $1.19. Versus our estimate, revenues came in slightly above on higher processing fee income (+$0.01, which included the benefit of a tax-advantaged lease sale), with core efficiency (ex. restructuring and related costs) in line, partially offset by a higher provision (-$0.01). See pg. 2 for detailed variance (ex-items). Bottom Line: While STT shares have outperformed peers in recent weeks (MTD +460bps ahead of NTRS, +1060bps ahead of BK), these results demonstrated greater EPS resiliency. Following a string of disappointing prints at STT the past few quarters, these results are more encouraging, and should drive modest outperformance. The lone area of concern we will be looking out for is NII / deposit guidance as avg. noninterest-bearing deposits declined -12% QoQ (total deposits -2%) which could negatively impact NII guidance. We look forward to additional color on the call this morning (04/23/19).
This week our WR Banks & Brokers Index was up +2% WoW, outpacing the S&P 500 by 100bps but lagging the S&P Fins. (+3%). After a week packed with earnings, the clear winners, namely JPM (+8%), Citi (+6%), and MS (+6%), were firms that either absolutely crushed earnings or outlined a clear path to delivering meaningful long-term shareholder value. BK (-5%) and WFC (-2%) suffered from lackluster core results and disappointing outlook commentary, with NTRS (-3%) rounding out the bottom three as shares traded in sympathy following BK's tough 1Q print. Looking at YTD trends, no change to our top three performers in SF (+43%), Citi (+34%) and EVR (+31%), but there was a slight shakeup among the bottom three, with BK (+3%) joining fellow laggards WFC (+3%) and LAZ (+2%).
ETFC reported 1Q19 EPS of $1.09 ($1.01 ex items) after the close, vs. our estimate of $0.96 and consensus of $0.93. Beat was primarily driven by better fee income and lower expenses. Commentary on the call was very encouraging as mgmt. reiterated operating margin target of 50% in 2020 (which we believe is conservative) and cited good momentum in Corporate Services which continues to contribute meaningfully to deposit / cash growth. Updated 2019 NIM guide (315-320bps) was a touch lower vs. prior guidance of 320bps but this was more than offset by better earning-asset growth which we expect to continue. Overall guidance supports upward revisions to cons.; shares are up ~3% after-market (as of this writing) and we expect strong follow-through tomorrow. With shares trading at a discount to high-ROE bank peers despite much stronger earnings growth / lower credit risk at ETFC, risk / reward remains very favorable in our view. Updated PT of $63 supports 26% upside to shares; reiterate Outperform.
BK reported a 1Q19 miss this morning, and weaker-than-expected results, along with disappointing guidance on the conference call sent shares tumbling (closing down -9.5% vs. S&P Fin. flat). 1Q19 results reinforced multiple tenets of our negative thesis for the Trust Banks, including fee income pressures, persistent declines in deposits / NII (which we have highlighted since our Sep. initiation), and limited expense flexibility, with key trends lagging peers (Ex. 5-13). In addition to 1Q NII miss, management guided to 2Q NII down 3-5% QoQ; looking beyond 2Q, if deposit costs continue to increase (given mgmt. commentary that competition continues to intensify) and asset yields are unchanged, with limited growth in balances, we believe NII declines should be sustained through at least the remainder of 2019. Even if we assume greater expense flexibility and continued sharecount declines / robust capital return, pressure on both NII and fee income suggests cons. EPS is still 6-7% too high. Weaker revenue momentum should also impact the multiple which, relative to STT / NTRS, has climbed to near post-crisis peak levels (Ex. 3-4). Updated PT of $46 implies -5% downside shares; maintain Underperform as BK remains our preferred short among the Trusts.
Impressive 1Q Revenue Beat in Choppy Tape; Shares, Cons. Heading Higher. MS reported 1Q19 EPS of $1.39, well above our est. of $1.19 and cons. of $1.17; adjusting for a lower tax rate, core EPS was ~$1.28. Versus our estimate, the revenue beat (+$0.08) was broad-based, with the biggest contributors FICC (+$0.04), Wealth Management fee income (+$0.03), and Investment Mgmt. fees (+$0.03), which more than offset modestly weaker Equities (-$0.01) and IB (-$0.01). See pg. 2 for our earnings variance sheet. Bottom-Line: MS shares have outperformed the broader market following results at peers (~240bps outperformance since earnings season kicked off on Apr. 11th), but we expect continued follow-through as results showcased broad-based strength in a difficult revenue environment, with cons. likely heading higher as well. Valuation also looks very compelling with the firm delivering core ROTCE of ~14% (vs. <1.3x TBV). Maintain Outperform.
1Q Miss as NII Pressures Continue; Shares, Cons. Heading Lower. BK reported 1Q19 EPS of $0.94, below our $0.98 and cons. of $0.96. Adjusting for a lower tax rate ($1.01), core EPS was closer to $0.93. Versus our estimate, the core miss was driven by weaker NII (-$0.01), lower management fees (-$0.01), and higher efficiency ratio (-$0.02), though absolute dollars of expense came in below our est. Bottom Line: These results reinforce top-line challenges for the Trusts with both NII and fee income down high-single-digit % YoY, with NII headwinds exacerbated by non-interest-bearing deposit declines (-7% QoQ, -23% YoY). This has been a key driver of our cautious thesis on the group, and even with the better market backdrop in 1Q (which should help 2Q19 results), we struggle to see a path to achieving management's goal of delivering EPS growth in 2019 (adjusted basis), with these results likely to weigh on shares / prompt negative revisions.
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Finance Meeting in China Canceled Over Venezuela Dispute, Sources Say
(Bloomberg) -- The Inter-American Development Bank canceled a meeting set to be held in China next week after the nation refused to allow representatives of Venezuela's opposition to participate, according to people familiar with the matter.
They asked not to be named as they weren't authorized to speak publicly on this topic.
The organization's board said on Friday that the gathering planned for March 28 to 31 will not be held in Chengdu, and it will recommend a new date and location within 30 days. The U.S. had threatened to pull out if a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido was prevented from participating, Reuters reported earlier.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and People's Bank of China -- which was hosting the meeting -- did not reply to faxes sent on Saturday in Beijing seeking comment.
China has so far held back from strongly supporting either Nicolas Maduro's regime or Guaido, mostly falling back on citing a longstanding policy of noninterference in other states' affairs. The Asian nation is one of the biggest investors in Venezuela, and has been an ally of socialist administrations dating back to Hugo Chavez.
"This IDB conference is not a place for political issues, it should focus on financial issues and should not be politicized," Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing on Friday when asked about the issue. "The Venezuelan representative issue should be resolved on a practical basis. If some countries deliberately obstruct this, then they should shoulder responsibilities."
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Ljubljana, SloveniaELIXIR Software Carpentry - Ljubljana https://elixir.mf.uni-lj.si/course/view.php?id=46 https://tess.elixir-europe.org/events/elixir-software-carpentry-ljubljana **ELIXIR Software Carpentry - Ljubljana** **16-17 May 2019, Faculty of Medicine,** **Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana (Slovenia)** ELIXIR Software Carpentry is a workshop intended for all those who would like to learn more about the basics of R - software environment used in bioinformatics for statistical computing and graphics. The workshop will include a keynote lecture about data management in ELIXIR-SI. The workshop will be in English. The course will take place in the computer classroom at the Institute of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics (IBMI), Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, Ljubljana. **The course is free of charge. The limit of participants is 20.** If the number of registered applicants exceeds this limit, selection of participants will be made. It will be based on the time of their registration and their affiliations, as well as geographic distribution. Sessions will be intensive and hands-on, and taught by experienced software carpentry instructors. The course is recommended for anyone who would like to learn more about using statistical computing and graphics in the bioinformatics field, both for research or operational work. **Program topics:** - Keynote lecture about ELIXIR-SI data management - Introduction to Linux/Unix command line - Git - R **The course is organised by ELIXIR Slovenia in collaboration with Data & Software Carpentry.** More info about the course is available on the **[ELIXIR-SI eLearning Platform (EeLP)](https://elixir.mf.uni-lj.si/course/view.php?id=46)**. 2019-05-16 09:00:00 UTC 2019-05-17 16:00:00 UTC ELIXIR Slovenia, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Vrazov trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Ljubljana Central Slovenia Slovenia SI-1000 Statistics and probability Data management Computer science University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine email@example.com Data & Software Carpentry Life Science ResearchersBeginners in statisticsPhD studentsMaster students 20 workshops_and_courses registration_of_interest EeLPeLearningStatistics R-programmingSoftware Carpentry
Statistics in Omics
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VUmc, NetherlandsStatistics in Omics https://www.dtls.nl/?post_type=course&p=16971 https://tess.elixir-europe.org/events/statistics-in-omics This introductory course gives an overview of many statistical tools to analyse omics data. The course can be followed by researchers with a minimum or elementary background in quantitative data analysis. Participants will learn and practice commonly used tools including:… The post Statistics in Omics appeared first on Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences. 2019-06-24 09:00:00 UTC 2019-06-28 00:00:00 UTC VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands, VUmc, Netherlands VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands VUmc Netherlands [] [] [] workshops_and_courses [] []
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Aaron Eckhart's new movie Battle: Los Angeles tries to combine the realistic urban warfare of Black Hawk Down with the classic alien invasion film. We got our first glimpse at crazy battle footage - including a glimpse of those aliens.
The stars of Battle: L.A., Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez, came to Comic Con along with director Jonathan Liebesman (The Killing Room) and producer Neal Moritz. And they showed a ton of new footage:
The footage opens with a little background on the 1942 Battle of Los Angeles, when anti-aircraft artillery responded to reports of an unknown aircraft. It then switches to a more modern-day Los Angeles, clearly under enemy fire, although the nature of the fire isn't entirely clear. As the military evacuates LA, a Marine platoon is ordered to find a group of survivors and bring them back to the evacuation point. But time is short; the Armed Forces plan to bomb LA in just three hours, hoping to obliterate the invading army. The Marines clearly know little about these invaders, except that they are "not of this world."
As the Marines track down the survivors' signal, they are ambushed. We aren't able to see the enemy, although they don't appear to be much taller than humans. Their alienness is betrayed by their gunfire. Most of this footage looks far more like something out of a Iraq War movie than a science fiction film, but the gunfire resembles something out of a laser gun, as if to remind us that we're dealing with extraterrestrials.
We only get the barest flashes of the alien invaders. We occasionally get a glimpse of something sand-colored, a foot taller than any human they encounter, wearing a round, flat helmet. It is not clear at first whether they are entirely biological, or partially mechanical, but it is very clear that they are soldiers. The only hint we get of the aliens' anatomy is when a group of Marines rip one open, looking for weaknesses. And even then, we only see its chest: tough, stringy tendons that are torn apart.
We get a better look at the alien ships. These are messily mechanical monstrosities, obviously built for function over form. The smaller ships vaguely resemble Serenity from Firefly, but there are also larger ships that more closely resemble flying saucers.
On the panel, Jonathan Liebesman talked about trying to make the aliens feel like a real invading army:
That was one of the challenges we faced in the movie. What I love about James Cameron is that all of his designs are functional - they all look like they could work. [These] aliens have an army, generals, medics, lieutenants. We wanted to make it look like they could work.
And Liebesman talked up the aliens' weird design:
We wanted to do an alien that wasn't an insect or a creature. Ridley Scott in Alien really pioneered these fantastic creatures, and in District 9 we got these great insects. We wanted to do something that was literally alien... They have a hint of biomechanicalness to them.
In a separate press conference about the film, Moritz clarified that the aliens are attacking all across the U.S., but we just see the invasion from the vantage point of one Marine battalion in L.A. This ground-up view of the attack gives a "fresh twist on the genre" of alien invasion.
And Eckhart told the press conference that the destruction of L.A. in the movie is massive and awe-inspiring. There were freeways shut down, with cars littered across them, and bombs going off everywhere. "We shot so many rounds it was insane." He added:
When I met Jonathan for the first time, we sat in a room in L.A., and Jonathan had this beautiful display on his computer. He pulled something up on Youtubem and it was Marines fighting in Fallujah, house to house, and he said, "That's what I want the film to look like." I said, "I'm in." We made an urban combat movie with aliens... They put us in boot camp for three weeks where we ate together, slept together, showered together, called each other names [and] shared rations... Neal and Jonathan really gave us the tools to make it real.
Said Moritz, "Early on in the process, we were very conscious that we were taking two genres, a war movie and an alien movie, and combining them." Liebesman shot a short demo film that convinced everybody that those two genres could be combined successfully.
Liebesman told the press conference the destruction of L.A. isn't depicted in terms of landmarks — the aliens aren't using "Wikipedia Travel" to look for monuments to wipe out, like the Hollywood sign. They're looking to wreck the city as a city.
Rodriguez revealed at the press conference that her character wasn't in the script until right before filming — Moritz had promised to put her in another movie if he killed her off in Resident Evil 4. And they needed someone to provide intelligence, so her character, a geeky tech sergeant, was added. Rodriguez is less of a fighter and more of an intel person in this movie — but she does kick ass "in a cool, geeky way," she adds.
So why are the aliens coming to Earth in the first place? Liebesman explains: "Earth is 70 percent water. The aliens in our movie use water for may different things, so they are here for those natural resources."
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Anonymous (8 years ago) Reply
Moritz had promised to put her in another movie if he killed her off in Resident Evil 4
the hell are you guys smoking over there... do you mean the 4th fast and furious movie? also, major letdown to tell us about all this great footage, then just give us a crummy press conference vid...
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a different light on a close eontuncer of the 4th kindThursday, April 8th, 2010my taken aboard a flying saucer experience was as a kid, pre-teenager but, i do not remember the exact age (i refuse to call it an abduction): late 1960′s, a small town in the Ozarks where the Apollo Moon mission rockets were built, ranked 2nd in the state of MO for quality of education (high school) (#11 on the Russian nuclear bombing list so i have been told, no proof but, seems reasonable?) a great place for alien observation and contact.as a child i had an emotional problem, sort of, i never understood why.throughout my late teenage years through about 26 yrs old, i would wake up in cold sweat dreams saying, "so, that is what it is all about!) at that age, i woke up one night and remembered. i had been taken aboard a flying saucer and taught stuff. (i.e. what it is all about is the meaning of life "creating and being created!")i was also taught things in physics which have always intrigued my curiosity. because of which, i have since obtained 7 college degrees and read extensively in real physics books and ancient culture spirituality. i have spent 12 yrs writing fourteen pages of what i call an abstract in absolute explaining the theory of the universe, as the universe itself is "an infinitely self observing entity of pure conscious intelligence" using pure thought as the basis. as in number theory proof of the existence of the numbers 0 and 1 in which if it wasn't accepted as a pure thought concept all math, physics and engineering would not exist. along with i was able to derive by pure thought of self observation constants of physics, such as Planck's, and musical spherical harmonics as being able to define the structure of the universe (M-theory if you prefer). i know flying saucers are designed using pure mathematics for their shape and power sources (natural logarithm, exponential and spherical musical harmonics).since understanding this experience, i have never feared either life or death. in order for there to be life there has to be no such thing as death.it is the not understanding that gives the real trauma of the experience. understanding can be blissfulness!i also believe from my research of ancient cultures epics of creation these beings in my close eontuncer of the 4th kind experience are our relatives and ancestors from another planet in our solar system not yet detected by modern society (the gravitation anomalies in the orbits of the known planets require another planet exist in our solar system). this is not to say detected by us means they were not specifically known in ancient times- so, i do not say discovered.
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It surprised me too but I really liked this film


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