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Medical laboratory instrument designed to measure characteristics in a number of biological samples.
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Olympic Rings Fruit Pizza
Ring in the Olympics with this festive fruit pizza from out Test Kitchen. A chocolate cookie crust is topped with cream cheese frosting and colorful fruit.
Total TimePrep: 40 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min. + cooling
Makes12-16 servings
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 cups whipped topping
- 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
- 1/2 cup fresh blackberries
- 1/2 cup diced fresh strawberries
- 1/2 cup pineapple tidbits, drained
- 1 large kiwifruit, peeled and chopped
- In a bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugars. Beat in the egg, melted chocolate and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Place waxed paper over a 15x10-in. baking sheet without sides. Shape dough into a flattened rectangle and place on prepared baking sheet. Cover dough with waxed paper; roll dough to within 1/4 in. of edges of baking sheet. Remove top sheet of waxed paper; invert dough onto another greased baking sheet. Remove remaining waxed paper.
- Using a 4-1/2-in. diameter plate or bowl and a knife, trace three touching circles along a long side of the dough. Trace two more circles centered below and overlapping upper circles by 1 in. Cut around outer edges of the rings; remove dough around rings and use to make cookies if desired. Bake rings at 350° for 14-16 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Add whipped topping; mix well. Transfer cooled crust to a serving platter. Spread with frosting. On top rings, from left to right, place blueberries, blackberries and strawberries. Place pineapple and kiwi on lower rings. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 336 calories, 19g fat (10g saturated fat), 44mg cholesterol, 144mg sodium, 37g carbohydrate (21g sugars, 2g fiber), 4g protein.
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This is awesome! Its a great way to get kids involved with current events and eat their fruit too. I simplified this recipe with store bought sugar cookie dough. Still very good and a lot of fun for the kids!


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Scott State Park, Cheyenne Bottoms among 24 finalists
PRATT -- Voters have until Dec. 31 to decide on the top eight tourist attractions in Kansas. The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced 24 finalists in June. More than 16,000 votes have been cast.
Two Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks recreation areas are among the 24 nominees -- Scott State Park and Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (co-nominated with Quivira National Wildlife Refuge).
"We've had packets of paper ballots sent from churches, nursing homes, and schools," said Marci Penner, Kansas Sampler Foundation director. "We've also had votes from just about every state in the U.S. Some people send personal notes on why they love Kansas. It's just a wonderful project to stir up Kansas pride."
In addition to Scott State Park and Cheyenne Bottoms/Quivira, the 24 finalists include the following:
- Arikaree Breaks, Cheyenne County
- Ball of Twine, Cawker City
- Big Brutus, West Mineral
- Big Well, Greensburg
- Brookville Hotel, Abilene
- Chase County Courthouse, Cottonwood Falls
- Cimarron National Grassland, Morton County
- Constitution Hall State Historic Site, Lecompton
- John Steuart Curry Murals, State Capitol, Topeka
- Davis Memorial, Hiawatha
- Eisenhower Museum and Library, Abilene
- Fort Larned National Historic Site, Pawnee County
- Garden of Eden, Lucas
- Gypsum Hills Scenic Drive, Barber County
- Kansas Cosmosphere, Hutchinson
- Kansas Underground Museum, Hutchinson
- Keeper of the Plains, Wichita
- Monument Rocks/Castle Rock, Gove County
- Pawnee Indian Museum, Republic County
- St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria
- St. Mary's Catholic Church, Benedict
- Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County
One month remains for the public to cast their votes to determine the top eight Wonders of Kansas. To vote, go online to www.8wonders.org or call 620-585-2374 for a paper ballot. The voting deadline is Dec. 31 at midnight.
"Reports from many of the attractions reveal that they are getting extra visitors who say they are on a journey to see every one of the finalists," Penner said.
Governor Kathleen Sebelius will recognize all finalists in a private ceremony in the state capitol on Kansas Day, Jan. 29, 2008, before publicly announcing the top eight Wonders of Kansas in the rotunda.


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I am lovesick obsessed teenager at heart. Not to mention my OCD, which makes obsessive behavior pretty typical for me. I was OBSESSED with New Kids on the Block during my younger days. I really need to share a photo of my room so you can understand the depth of my obsession. My mom was nice enough to let me "decorate" however I wanted, which meant a picture of Joe or Jordan plastered on every inch of my room. Even pictures pinned on my lampshade. I mean everywhere.
It felt like yesterday.
During college, the movie, Titanic came out. I again felt that same OBSESSIVENESS. It just got me. I determined that I was so connected with it, that I must have died on the Titanic in my previous life (or something). I watched it seven (yes, 7) times in the theater. I waited in line (with my now, husband :) at midnight the day the VIDEO was released. One of my prized possessions is a limited edition framed piece of wood from the ship in the movie that my then-boyfriend, now husband bought me. I have books, magazines....and yes, I was obsessed with Leo. Weren't you?
{i'll never let go, jack....i'll never let go}
My friend, Shannon finally convinced me to read THE vampire book this summer. Like many, I was leery of the whole sci-fi vampire "thing". However, it's so much more than that!
It was AMAZING. I LOVED IT.
I finished it in two days (my family missed me those days while I was in la-la land), and rented the movie the next day. And the day after that? Ran to the store for New Moon. At that point, I knew I had it.....the Twilight Fever and I now I know...I have it bad.
My 12-year old neighbor (yes, I'm friends with a seventh grader...) texted me the night of the New Moon Premiere, and asked if I was going. I wasn't, and I thought "why not?!" Her mom wouldn't let her go since she had school the next day, but me...the 32 year old....I should have gone! This is what obsessive teenagers/cougars do! It was too late to try to go, but I figured I could convince my hubby to take me this weekend for our date night. Well, we had a fabulous dinner and then headed to the theater. He decided New Moon just wasn't up his alley (he's probably right), and wanted to see something else.
Not me...I was going with or without him. And I did just that! :)
We went to our separate theaters....
and boy, did I enjoy my time alone with Jacob (& Edward)!
I walked out smiling to myself (a big smile), I just couldn't help it! :)
Now, I can't stop thinking about the movie (and Jacob)
....and I need to go buy Eclipse!
Please confess. (don't be afraid)
Are you with me on this or should I stop acting like a silly lovestruck teenager?


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Item Song by Priyanka Chopra
Bollywood News: According to the latest updates from BTown, Actress Priyanka Chopra is going to dazzle in an item number for Priyadarshan's movie, titled, 'Tezz'. It is rumored that Priyanka's first solo item number is going to be sexier than Katrina Kaif's 'Sheila' and Malaika Arora's 'Munni'.
At first Priyanka shows hesitation in stepping into the shoes of item girl but not she has broken her taboo and agreed to shake her body to the electrifying song to be composed by Sajid-Wajid. 'Tezz' stars Ajay Devgan and Kangana Ranaut in the pivotal role. Earlier, the actress teamed up with Shahrukh for the item number 'You Get Me Rockin & Reeling' in 'Billu'. Well, let's see whether she can give a tough fight to 'Munni' and Sheila' and scores higher than them.Tags: actress priyanka, girl, malaika arora, priyanka chopra, song, Tezz


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Alan Padilla can't really remember when he started drawing, but his mom can. "I just talked to my mom a few days ago and she showed me some of the drawings that I did when I was six or seven years old," reminisces the talented artist. "They weren't that great, but she saw my interest in drawing back then." As a teenager, Alan had a rebel spirit and even used to play in a punk band. The music gave him even more artistic inspiration as his art reflected that influence through imagery that included drawings of skulls and evil angels.
Thirteen years ago, a tattoo shop offered to buy some of Alan's artwork to use for future tattoos. "I was surprised to find out that I could make money off of my art. I never thought that I would be able to make a living off of it, but it was nice to know that I could make extra money from it." Whenever possible, Alan would stop by the tattoo shop after work and would see the artists applying tattoo's on customers. "That kind of opened the doors for me to start tattooing," he explains.
While he longed to do art full-time, Alan was working in construction and carpentering when he started tattooing. "I was making good money, but I was also killing my back," he says of the manual labor. He would tattoo whenever possible, usually on the weekends and nights after work. Once Alan had built up a clientele and felt that he would be able to pay his bills by tattooing, he decided to take the pledge to become a full-time tattoo artist. It's been eight years since he made that decision, but the ever-humble artist still doesn't consider himself a professional. "Every time that I work with a great artist, I learn more, but I will say that I feel a lot more confident since I've been doing it full-time."
His "charra" paintings were influenced from his hometown in Mexico. As a kid, his town was used a lot to film soap operas, due to all the old buildings and many actors in the soaps would dress up in outfits from the Mexican Revolucion.
"I hope my art takes me to the moon," says Alan jokingly. "I really hope that my art will inspire a younger generation, since I have had people that inspired me. I want people to know that they should never give up on any goal that they may have in life, because anything is possible and I'm an example of that."
You can see more of Alan's work on AlanPadillaArt.com, Facebook.com/AlanPadillaArt, Instagram: @AlanPadillaArt or stop by Time Line Gallery in San Pedro, California.


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Shipping and logistic activities
Logistics is a key component of the function of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). Logistics supports the smooth functioning of GISRS through providing advice, guidance and assistance with regards to shipping virus samples, provision of reagents and other laboratory supplies, and interaction with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), biosafety and courier service. It also includes the management of urgent shipments during outbreaks and other emergencies.
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- Facilitating workshops on shipping of infectious substances.
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WHO Shipping Fund Project
The Shipping Fund Project provides shipping services for all National Influenza Centres who have shared their influenza specimens with the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System. Other national influenza laboratories may also be eligible to benefit from the project.
The project covers the cost of shipping specimens from the national laboratory to a WHO CC or a H5 Reference Laboratory. It also allows for the simplification of certain aspects of shipping infectious substances - for example: procedures for requesting the shipment of influenza specimens. In addition, logistic and technical support for the shipment are available from WHO Headquarters for the dispatching laboratory.
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Genesis started life as a progressive rock band, in the manner of Yes and King Crimson, before a series of membership changes brought about a transformation in their sound, into one of the most successful pop/rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s. In addition, the group has provided a launching pad for the superstardom of members Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins, and star solo careers for members Tony Banks, Michael Rutherford, and Steve Hackett. Their roots go back to 1965 and a pair of rival groups, the Garden Wall and the Anon, formed by students at the Charterhouse School in God... Read more


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TPG circles in $3b sale of Shell petrol stations
Private equity firm TPG is in the final stages of a $3 billion auction for Royal Dutch Shell's refining and retail business in Australia, along with a consortium involving Macquarie Group.
There is also speculation a third party - potentially an Asian energy business - is also vying for the Shell assets, including its refinery in Geelong, several import terminals and a network of 900 branded service stations.
BP is also thought to be mulling the sale of its downstream business in Australia as the oil majors seek to channel investment into higher-returning businesses in oil and gas production and bigger growth markets.
''Production growth, or lack thereof, is the key focus of investors in the supermajors and therefore money is always going to be ushered more and more upstream away from the downstream,'' Credit Suisse analyst Mark Samter said.
Both Shell and BP have declined to comment on the speculation about the potential sales. But a BP spokesman said that only last month the British parent company had sanctioned $US150 million of investment for 2014 in the Australian retail business, while maintenance work due this year at its Kwinana refinery in WA was expected to cost tens of millions of dollars.
Refineries have delivered sub-standard investment returns in Australia in the past five years but there is speculation an Asian energy business, such as Thai-owned PTT, might be interested. The 110,000-barrels-a-day Geelong refinery has previously attracted interest from Chinese interests in the sale process run by Merrill Lynch.
It is believed Shell's retail partner in Australia, Coles, is monitoring the negotiations.
Analysts said that the distribution and retailing end of the majors' Australian businesses would be of significant interest to new investors, particularly private equity, but that the refineries would be more problematic to sell.
''Now Australia is a net importer of fuel we are very attractive from the point of view of regional and international investment in the Australian market for those companies, unlike BP and Shell, which are really upstream companies rather than downstream marketers,'' said Nic Moulis, chief executive of the Australian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association.
He said Mobil had kicked off the trend several years ago for energy majors to exit the ''chips and chocolate'' business of fuels retailing in Australia to focus on exploration and production and it was unsurprising Shell and BP were thinking of following suit.
Mr Samter said petrol and diesel importing and retailing was a ''very obvious market for private equity to be looking at'' given ''enormous synergies'' on offer from parts of the business.
''There's a serious appetite for these types of assets, they are very high quality, defensive, pretty high visibility; it's a competitive market but it's a rational market,'' he said, noting Australia stood out among developed countries as still having growth in fuels retailing.
Australia's fuels production and retailing sector has seen massive change over the past decade, with the closure of two refineries and a third to be closed next year and significant changes in the ownership of petrol stations.
The changes have accelerated in the past 18 months with the entry of giant commodities trader Trafigura into petrol retailing in Australia through more than $800 million of acquisitions by its Puma arm, owned 40 per cent by Angolan state oil company Sonangol.
Caltex Australia, the only locally listed refiner and marketer, is in the middle of a major transformation, with its Sydney refinery to be converted to an import terminal this year and an increased focus on importing, distribution and marketing.


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Philadelphia Phillies – Awards: Runs Batted In Champs.
During the team's 126 years existance in the National League, the Phillies would be just as successful producing RBI leaders as they would be creating home run champs. Thirteen Phils would combine to win a total of twenty-three RBI titles for the ballclub, including one title that would be won in a tie with another National Leaguer.
The first Phil to win an RBI title would be Hall of Famer Ed Delahanty, who would win the title in 1893 as he knocked in 146 runs. The next Phillie batter to win the crown would be fellow Hall of Famer Sam Thompson, who would capture the title in 1895 as he would bring home 165 men. Delahanty would regain the title the following year, 1896, as he would send 126 runnerrs home. Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie would become the third Phil player to win the fourth title in the team's history as he would drive in 127 players in 1898. Delahanty would capture his third RBI title in 1899 by driving in 137 runs. Hall of Famer Elmer Flick would make it three RBI titles in a row by Phillies batters, as he would become the fourth Phil to capture the crown, knocking in 110 runners in 1900. Sherry Magee would become Phils' RBI champ number five, as he would knock in 85 batters in 1907. He would then win title no. seven for the organization by knocking in 123 runs in 1910. In 1913, Gavvy Cravath would become the sixth Phil RBI champ, as he would knock in 128 players. Magee would win his third RBI title, and title number nine for the Phils, as he would plate 103 runs in 1914. Cravath would win his second title in 1915, making it the second time in the organization's history that the Phillies would capture the title three years in a row, as he would send home 115 runs, as he would help lead the team to its first National League title. Hall of Famer Chuck Klein would become the seventh Phil to win the title, just one year after knocking in the team's record 170 RBIs, but falling short to Chicago Cub Hack Wilson, who had knocked in the major league record 191 RBIs in 1930, as he would knock in 121 RBIs in 1931. In 1932, Don Hurst would win the title, becoming the eighth Phil to do so, as he would knock in 143 RBIs that season. Klein would regain the title during his triple crown season of 1933, knocking in 120 runs, as the Phils would win the title for three straight seasons for the third time in the organization's history. It would be seventeen years before another Phil would win an RBI title. When it is, it would be done in 1950, by Whiz Kid Del Ennis, as he become the ninth Phil to win the title, sending home 126 runners, as he would help lead the Whiz Kids to the National League pennant. The tenth Phil to win the RBI crown, for the sixteenth time in the organization's history, would be Greg 'the Bull' Luzinski, who would knock in 120 runs in 1975. Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt would become the eleventh Phil to win the title in 1980, as he would knock in 121 RBIs as he would help lead the Phils to their first World Series Championship. He would recapture the title in the strike-shortened season of 1981, as he would knock in only 91 RBIs. He would regain the title in 1984 as he would tie for the lead with fellow Hall of Famer Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos (now the Washinton Nationals (III)) with 106 ribbies. Schmidt would then win his fourth and final title, the twentieth in the club's history, in 1986, as he would knock in 119 batters. In 1992, Darren Daulton would become the twelfth Phil to win the RBI crown, as he would knock in 109 runners. Ryan Howard would become the thirteenth Phillie batter to win the RBI title as he would knock in 149 runs during his NL Most Valuable Player season of 2006. He would recapture the title, winning the club's twenty-third title in the process, in 2008, as he would lead the league by bringing home 146 runners, as he would help lead the Phils to their second World Series title.
Among the thirteen title winners, six would win it at least twice, with Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt winning the most titles with four, followed by fellow Hall of Famer Ed Delahanty with three. Six Hall of Famers would win the title while playing for the Phillies (Delahanty, Sam Thompson, Nap Lajoie, Elmer Flick, Chuck Klein, Schmidt). Ryan Howard's 149 RBIs in 2006 would be the most ribbies knocked in by a Phil who would win the RBI title, while Sherry Magee's 85 in 1907 would be the least. The Phillies would win five RBI titles in the 19th Century, seventeen in the 20th Century and two so far in the 21st Century. Three times in the team's history (1898-1900, 1913-1915, 1931-1933), the Phils would win the title three years in a row, with the first time being done by three different players, all now Hall of Famers (Lajoie (1898), Delahanty (1899), Flick (1900)).
Who would be the most likely Phil to win the next RBI title? Like with home runs, it would most likely be the big man, Ryan Howard.
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Europe v UK: How safe is your yield?
Rising rates heighten yield risk
Central bankers in the US and the UK have been preparing investors for the first rise in interest rates since they adopted looser monetary policy in the wake of the credit crisis to prevent a collapse of the financial system.
Equities, which have been among the greatest beneficiaries of the low interest rate environment, are heavily exposed to the risk of rate hikes.
Higher interest rates not only erode the value investors place on equity yield but they can also directly threaten the yield itself; a rise in interest rates can increase companies' costs, reduce cashflow and earnings, all of which can impact their ability to pay a dividend yield.1
There is also the question of how global growth will be impacted by tightened monetary conditions. Concerns here were underlined by China's currency devaluation in August, with fears it could be a precursor to a sharp slowdown in the world's second-largest economy and emerging markets in general.
And the ramifications of the resulting sell-off in equity, commodity and energy prices are now being felt. Over the last three months dividend forecasts have been cut for 40% of Europe's biggest companies exposed to China, according to financial information services firm Markit.
In a high-profile example, UK mining and trading company Glencore unveiled a number of cash-saving measures last week (7 September 2015), including suspending the dividend, to avoid losing its investment-grade credit rating.
This infographic visualises the drivers of the European and UK equity markets' yields. Specifically, it illustrates 10 'yield groupings', and the relative importance of the companies in them to the markets' overall yields. It does this by showing the average market value (see right-hand Y axis) of the firms in each of the groups, which is important when analysing market-capitalisation weighted indices.
By the UK market, we refer to the FTSE All-Share index, and for Europe, MSCI EMU Europe, as it tracks the stockmarkets of the European Economic and Monetary Union's 10 member states. These are both market-capitalisation-weighted indices, so the bigger companies have greater influence on their overall yields, which are presently 3.6% and 3.1% respectively (historic data).
It should come as no surprise to seasoned market watchers that the UK's yield is driven by a few large companies – indeed only five large names generated 45% of all UK dividends in 20142.
But the infographic goes one step further, by illustrating the proportion of firms in each yield grouping which have dividend cover3 of greater than 2.5 times (again, based on historic data). At a very simple level, the higher the proportion here (see left-hand Y axis), the safer are the dividends in the respective yield groupings.
The largest companies drive the UK stockmarket's yield…
In the UK, while the yield is higher, and dividends marginally better covered by company earnings at the overall market level (see data in the infographic's second section, under the yield-concentration graphics) the yield is concentrated in a few large corporates, where the cover is relatively low.
So, for instance, there are 18 companies with yields of 5.5% or more, and they have an average market value of £26 billion.
This yield grouping includes four of the UK's five largest quoted companies: international integrated oil and gas groups Royal Dutch Shell and BP, global banking leader HSBC and world-leading pharmaceutical name GlaxoSmithKline – none of these four have dividend cover of more than 2.5 times (historic data).
Underlying the concentration of the UK equity market's yield in the biggest companies, seven of its 10 largest companies (to the right of the 'market yield' line) have historic yields in excess of the market's 3.6% overall yield, and again none of these names has cover of more than 2.5 times.
Among the biggest 10 UK quoted companies, only international banking group Barclays and domestic leader Lloyds Banking meet this requirement.
… to a greater extent than their counterparts in Europe
In Europe, while the market yield is lower overall (again, see data in the second section, under the yield-concentration graphics), it is driven to a lesser extent by the region's largest corporates.
Exactly half of the market's 10 largest companies are positioned to the right of the market yield line, albeit, in a similar story to the UK, none of these names have cover of more than 2.5 times.
There are 20 European companies which yield 5.5% or more, but the firms in this group have a lower average market capitalisation (£16 billion) relative to the other nine yield groupings, than is the case in the UK.
And this group only includes two of the market's largest names, as opposed to four – global integrated oil and gas business Total and banking leader Banco Santander.
The data in the second section of the infographic also makes interesting comparisons between the markets' valuations and overall level of indebtedness, by examining their respective price/earnings (PE) ratios4 and the proportion of companies in each market with 'low' net financial gearing5, defined as being net financial gearing of under 50% (based on historic data).
Finally, the last section shows the yield and dividend cover of the various industry groupings in each market. We will examine the differences here in more detail in the fourth part of our income explainer series.
Investors should research their investment thoroughly and consult their financial adviser. Investing for equity income places your original capital at risk.
The historic equity market performance above shows that investments in equities can be volatile.
Their values may fluctuate quite dramatically in response to the results of individual companies, as well as general market conditions.
Please remember that past performance is not a guide to future performance and may not be repeated. The value of investments and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amounts originally invested.
1. DIVIDEND YIELD: the amount of money that a company is expected to pay out to a shareholder in dividends, expressed as a percentage of the current share price.↩
2. According to Capita's UK Dividend Monitor Royal Dutch Shell, HSBC, BP, GlaxoSmithKline and Vodafone, respectively the UK's first, second, third, fourth and sixth-largest quoted companies (as at 31/08/15) paid 45% of total dividends in 2014, or £43.5 billion, versus the market's £97.4 billion (including special distributions)↩
3. DIVIDEND COVER: the number of times an organisation is capable of paying dividends to shareholders from the profits earned during an accounting period, commonly calculated by dividing dividends per share into earnings per share.↩
4. PE ratio: This is used to value a company's shares. It is calculated by dividing the current market price by the earnings per share.↩
5. NET FINANCIAL GEARING: A ratio of a company's level of long-term debt, minus its cash balances, compared to its equity capital.↩
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Linzer Cake (Adapted from Eating Well)
1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup whole almonds
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
4 large eggs, separated and at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar, divided
2/3 cup raspberry jam
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar,
1/2 pint fresh raspberries
Preheat oven to 350
In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
In a food processor, add almonds and process until finely ground. Pour in milk, oil and almond extract - pulse to combine.
In a medium bowl, beat egg whites with a mixture on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in 1/4 cup sugar -continue beating until stiff peaks form.
In a large mixing bowl, add egg yolks and remaining 1/2 cup sugar - beat on medium until the color turns pale yellow and the mixture doubles in volume, about 3 to 5 minutes. Scoop the almond mixture in and gently stir the two together. Add the flour mixture and stir until just until combined.
Scoop about 1 cup of the beaten egg whites into the batter - stir until combined to lighten the mixture. Gently fold the remaining whites into the batter, just until incorporated and no white streaks remain. Evenly divide the batter between 2 9" cake pans coated with nonstick spray - gently spread the mixture to cover the bottom with an off-set spatula.
Bake until lightly browned and a toothpick placed in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 18 to 20 minutes. Remove and place pans on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto the wire rack and let cool completely.
On your serving platter, place one layer, top-side down and spread raspberry jam over it. Cover it with the second layer, top-side down. Sift confectioners' sugar over the cake. Add fresh raspberries on top.
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There's no denying a collective fascination with prolific artists. Just how did Mozart produce so many symphonies in his 34 years? How did Picasso produce thousands of works in so many media, given his tumultuous love life – even if he did live to 91? The questions really have no simple answer, and so the mystery endures.
Among major contemporary writers, Joyce Carol Oates, now 70, yields a similar reaction. Since 1964, when her first novel debuted, she has published 54 novels and novellas. Then there are the 31 collections of short stories, as well as the volumes of essays, plays and poetry. By the most conservative estimate, that's two-plus books a year.
Just how does she do it? To Oates, her level of production isn't all that mysterious.
"I love to write," she stated. "It's a fascinating experience to deal with language and to tell stories involving people who are, for me at least, fascinating."
Oates declined to be interviewed by telephone, preferring to answer questions by e-mail.
"There have been 'prolific' writers and creative artists through the centuries – most of them men, as the work of women tends not to survive in quite the way that the work of men has. We can assume that the products of a highly energetic imagination like Mozart or Picasso are natural to them, and not unnatural or freakish; the same is perhaps true for others of us, less 'immortal.' I don't truly think of myself as a 'workaholic' – in fact, I don't work nearly as much as I would like to."
She somehow finds time to make public appearances, too, though one place she has never visited is San Diego – until now.
Oates will appear twice locally: at UCSD's Faculty Club (a reservations-only event) today at 3 p.m. and at The Book Works in Del Mar tomorrow at 7 p.m.
She has a loose and flexible plan for what she'll do for her local appearances.
"I will be discussing and reading from different books – probably my new novel, 'My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike,'or a recent book, 'Wild Nights!' at the bookstore; at the university, I will read a short story, discuss fiction and answer questions, if there are any."
It's hard to imagine there won't be questions, about these books or her multitude of other titles.
Oates' fiction is provocative, often intensely so. She tends to veer toward disturbing, dysfunctional dimensions of our culture: a family deeply traumatized by a crime ("We Were the Mulvaneys"), a life that disintegrates in the face of fame and exploitation ("Blonde") and, in her most recent novel, the mysterious murder of a 6-year-old ice-skating champion that destroys the rest of her family ("My Sister, My Love").
Two of these books are rooted in actual lives: "Blonde," a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001, takes up the biography of Marilyn Monroe. "My Sister, My Love" echoes the story of JonBenet Ramsey.
This intersection of history, events and fiction has been a recurring subject for Oates, whose 1992 novella "Black Water" caused a stir because its tale closely paralleled that of the car crash on Chappaquiddick Island with Ted Kennedy at the wheel that resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
"This approach is of particular interest to me," she stated, "when it allows the writer to explore the specific and historical, as if it were emblematic, representative and even, in some ways, prophetic. Writing about Norma Jean Baker, a sort of Dust Bowl casualty in the California of her time who nonetheless triumphs and becomes the quintessential Hollywood confabulation, was a considerable challenge, the most difficult novel of my writing career in many ways: technically, emotionally, psychologically.
" 'My Sister, My Love' provided me with the opportunity to investigate a notorious yet unsolved American mystery as well as to present sympathetic young people, a very young sister and her adolescent brother, who are casualties of contemporary American life as it is lived in certain quarters."
Working-class roots
Oates was born in the upstate New York town of Lockport and raised in the nearby farming community of Millersport. Her mother was a homemaker; her dad worked for a manufacturing company, Harrison Radiator. She went to a one-room schoolhouse in her early years, did work around the farm and read widely as a teenager. Faulkner, Dostoevski, Hemingway and the Brontes were early favorites.
Oates won a scholarship to Syracuse University. After earning her B.A. in English, she went on to get an M.A. at the University of Wisconsin; Madison.
While in Wisconsin, she met fellow graduate student Raymond J. Smith, whom she married in 1961. They founded and ran The Ontario Review, a literary magazine, along with a small press, the Ontario Review Press. Smith died of complications from pneumonia earlier this year.
She has also been on the creative writing faculty of Princeton University for three decades, and among her recent students is acclaimed novelist Jonathan Safran Foer ("Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"), who credits her with nurturing his work.
"Teaching at Princeton is a wonderful activity," Oates says. "Our students are very smart, industrious, highly motivated, talented, and willing to revise. My colleagues include Edmund White, Chang-rae Lee, Paul Muldoon, Jeffrey Eugenides, Toni Morrison, Susan Choi, Sheila Kohler, Susanna Moore, among others. It's a pleasure to be in such distinguished company.
"My writing can become addictive to me, obsessive and exhausting. So it is very good to get out into the world, to read students' work and discuss it with them, as well as to 'teach' classic and contemporary literature." In an American grain
Oates was 26 when she published her first novel. She's won numerous literary awards, including the National Book Award for her novel "them" in 1970 and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story in 1996.
"I think of myself as a wholly American writer in the tradition, however our styles may vary, of Melville, Poe, Twain, Dreiser, Faulkner, Hemingway – holding a kind of mirror to our lives that, despite its idiosyncratic distortions, is an authentic reflection of our lives."
As an extension of identification with this tradition, Oates imagines the lives of five enduring American writers in "Wild Nights!" These are, as her subtitle says, "Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James and Hemingway."
They are haunting tales, some surreal. She imagines Poe after death ("Poe Posthumous"), still believing he lives, transplanted to a small rocky island hundreds of miles west of Chile and residing in a lighthouse until dark events intervene. Emily Dickinson is transplanted to the present in "EDickinsonRepliLuxe." More specifically, there is a robot version of the poet, purchased by a Mr. and Mrs. Krim, which ultimately turns their lives upsidedown.
"American writers are fascinated by their now-iconic, 'classic' predecessors," Oates states. "There is a kind of hypnotic spell cast by the 19th-century writers of idiosyncratic genius and by the incomparable tragic figure, Hemingway. The major attraction in writing about them in fiction – I've written about each of them in critical essays – was to immerse myself in their language and in their worldviews, to the degree to which I could do this."
It may seem unfair to query a writer with this many books if she prefers certain works over others, but Oates seems perfectly willing to offer an answer.
"Writers tend to prefer their recent work. I usually name 'Blonde' as one of my favorites of my own books, since it has received so wide and often so sympathetic a response from readers. Other novels close to my heart are 'We Were the Mulvaneys' and 'The Gravedigger's Daughter.' "
And, as you might suspect, she has new books in the works, two in fact slated for publication in 2009.
" 'Dear Husband,' she says, "is a collection of recently published stories that have appeared in such magazines as The New Yorker, Harper's, and McSweeney's, on the general subject of marital and love relationships and the tensions between parents and adolescent children. 'A Fair Maiden' is a mystery/suspense novel about a 16-year-old girl who becomes erotically involved with a 68-year-old man of wealth and charisma."
Her prodigious love of the literary life continues apace.
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Joyce Carol Oates, reading and signing
When: Tomorrow, 7 p.m.
Where: The Book Works, Flower Hill Mall, 2670 Via de la Valle, Del Mar
Tickets: Free
Phone: (858) 755-3735
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Joyce Carol Oates, wordsmith
Any comprehensive list of Joyce Carol Oates' books would be epic in length. Here is a partial history of her fiction. She has also published books of plays, poetry and essays as well as "The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982" in 2008.
"My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike" (2008)
"The Gravedigger's Daughter" (2007)
"Black Girl / White Girl" (2006)
"Missing Mom" (2005)
"The Falls" (2004)
"The Tattooed Girl" (2003)
"I'll Take You There" (2002)
"Middle Age: A Romance" (2001)
"Blonde" (2000)
"Broke Heart Blues" (1999)
"My Heart Laid Bare" (1998)
"Man Crazy" (1997)
"We Were the Mulvaneys" (1996)
"What I Lived For" (1994)
"Foxfire" (1993)
"Black Water" (1992)
"Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart" (1990)
"American Appetites" (1989)
"You Must Remember This" (1987)
"Marya : A Life" (1986)
"Solstice" (1985)
"Mysteries of Winterthurn" (1984)
"A Bloodsmoor Romance" (1982)
"Angel of Light" (1981)
"Bellefleur" (1980)
"Unholy Loves" (1979)
"Cybele" (1979)
"Son of the Morning" (1978)
"Childwold" (1976)
"The Assassins" (1975)
"Do With Me What You Will" (1973)
"them" (1969)
"Expensive People" (1968)
"A Garden of Earthly Delights" (1967)
"With Shuddering Fall" (1964)
selected Short-story collections
"Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway" (2008)
"The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense" (2007)
"High Lonesome: New & Selected Stories, 1966-2006" (2006)
"I Am No One You Know: Stories" (2004)
"Faithless: Tales of Transgression" (2001)
"The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque" (1998)
"Will You Always Love Me? And Other Stories" (1996)
"Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque" (1994)
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories" (1993)
"Where Is Here?" (1992)
"Heat: and Other Stories" (1991)
"Oates in Exile" (1990)
"The Assignation: Stories" (1989)
"Raven's Wing: Stories" (1986)
"Last Days: Stories" (1984)
"A Sentimental Education: Stories" (1980)
"All the Good People I've Left Behind" (1979)
"Night-Side" (1977)
"Crossing the Border" (1976)
"The Seduction & Other Stories" (1975)
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Stories of Young America" (1974)
"Marriages and Infidelities" (1972)
"The Wheel of Love and Other Stories" (1970)
"Upon the Sweeping Flood and Other Stories" (1966)
"By the North Gate" (1963)


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Clear Duck tape
thumb tack
permanent marker
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I taped two large yogurt containers together and then made tic marks at every inch inside the top cup with a black Sharpie marker. I used a thumb tack to punch a single hole in the bottom of the top cup as well.
We found that it was easier to watch the water level with a little food coloring in it as well.
I had Will make an estimate of how long it would take to get from the first mark to the second one (1 inch apart) and then compared it to the actual time. Then I placed a 1/2 inch mark in between and had him estimate how long he thought that would take. We then compared it to the actual time.
Then I punched a second hole in the bottom of the top cup and had him estimate the time between the inch marks based on his previous results. Then we did it again for the 1/2 inch mark with the two holes.
We calculated how long it would take to empty the top bucket with two holes in it, knowing that it is 5 inches deep. Lastly, we calculated how many times we would have to fill our container to reach one hour's worth of time.
This was a fun, easy experiment!


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Earth Day will officially be celebrated this Friday, April 22. Earth Day, which promotes an appreciation for the Earth's environment and an awareness of environmental problems, was first celebrated April 22, 1970. The Special Collections Department holds a wide variety of collections related to environmental issues, conservation, and sustainability. Many of these are listed in our Environment and Sustainability Collections Guide and Natural History Collections Guide.
Soil conservation has been a concern in the past, just as it still is at the present time. You can find a variety of collections and publications here in Special Collections related to soil conservation since soil conservation is very much related to agriculture, one of our main collecting areas.
Above is an example of soil erosion the Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service) tries to prevent – a buried tractor near Carlton, Colorado in 1953. The caption reads "This tractor and drill was used to plant wheat fields. Wheat has blown out and blown soil has difted around the machinery. Non-resident is farming the field and was not watching the land to protect it from blowing." [from MS 460, Box 23, Folder 14]
We recently made available online the finding aid to the United States Soil Conservation Service Oral History Collection (MS 198). Douglas Helms, Historian for the Soil Conservation Service, conducted a series of oral history interviews in 1981. The interviewees were all long-time employees of the Soil Conservation Service. The collection consists of the interview transcripts, which contain a wonderful variety of memories and stories of these early pioneers of soil conservation here in the United States. For more information on this collection, please take a look at the collection's online finding aid.
In addition to the oral history collection, another collection we hold related to soil conservation is that of the National Association of Conservation Districts (MS 460). The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) was formed in 1946 in order to provide national leadership to state and district conservation associations. Soil conservation districts had been set up nationwide beginning in 1937 and came from the desire to involve more farmers at the local level in soil and water conservation. The collection contains a wide variety of materials documenting the efforts of the NACD including reports, correspondence, meeting materials, publications, newsletters, speeches, bills and legislation related to conservation, speeches, and photographs. Included in the collection is correspondence and reports from at least one of the people from the oral history collection described above – Gordon Zimmerman.
One of many photographs (above) within the collection, this shows a once better than average farmstead in Baca County, Colorado which was abandoned during the dust storms of the 1930s. One of the many goals of the National Association of Conservation Districts is to prevent the year after year crop failures which occurred during the Dust Bowl. [from MS 460, Box 21, Folder 1]
Before and after photographs are included in the collection, showing land improvements due to conservation efforts:
Philipsburg, Montana in 1880 [from MS 460, Box 23, Folder 14]
Philipsburg, Montana in 1880 [from MS 460, Box 23, Folder 14]
Despite the hard work of many organizations, soil erosion and other conservation issues are still a problem to this day. A recent report, Losing Ground, issued by the Environmental Working Group and based on studies by Iowa State University scientists, reports that farmland soil erosion in Iowa is much higher than government estimates. (For more on this report, visit the Environmental Working Group's Losing Ground website).
And, finally, our department holds many, many collections related to conservation – including soil conservation both nationally and here in Iowa. These include the Hugh Hammond Bennett Papers (considered the father of soil conservation), Iowa Soil Conservation Districts Records, and Wallis R. Tonsfeldt Papers. If you would like to take a look at some of these, for Earth Day or any other time, please come visit us in Parks Library!
Gully caused by an eight inch rain on June 17, 1951 five miles southwest of Mapleton, Iowa. Notice the man standing in the Gully! [from the Wallis R. Tonsfeldt Papers, MS 558]


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3200 Phaethon has a strange orbit. Sometimes it is far from the Sun, out past Mars, in the main asteroid belt. Other times it gets very close to the Sun, inside of the orbit of Mercury. This picture shows how Earth crosses 3200 Phaethon's orbit in December. That is when we can see the Geminid meteor shower.
Original Windows to the Universe artwork by Randy Russell using orbital information from NASA/JPL.


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International Office
The International Office (IO) advises and supports visiting scientists and researchers, PhD students and postdocs from abroad as well as international users of our research facilities - together with their families - in organizing, preparing, and implementing their stay here in Dresden.
We want to be your central contact point for any and all questions you may have regarding your stay at the HZDR.
Our services include:
- Providing general information about the HZDR
- Assisting international guests with formalities that need to be completed upon arrival
- Providing general information about procedures with public authorities
- Offering support for families, e.g. we'll help you find the right accommodation and/or register your children for kindergarten or school
- Organizing and providing information about suitable leisure and recreational activities
- Organizing international summer students and mentoring programs
For detailed information, please see our welcome guide.
Office (Building 240 , Room 106):
We look forward to helping you and/or giving you the name of the right person to get in touch with.
Contact: International Office
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You can call the last number also in urgent cases at any time.
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Our videographer Elena Parker -- a serious food and film buff -- is really good at throwing movie-themed dinner parties. She and her friends cook together, serve up, and eat while they watch. We've asked her to start sharing the menus for her favorite films with us -- here's the first installment!
- Elena
Imagine entering the drawing room in which "New York's most chosen company is somewhat awfully assembled." Sounds stuffy, no? But — if you were doing so, if you happened to be wearing a gorgeous red gown, and if you also happened to be Michelle P
The Age of Innocence (and one of my all time favorite films).
Set among the high society of late 19th century New York, the food in The Age of Innocence is more than mere set dressing. The plot, emotions of the characters and satirical voice of Wharton herself shine through the meals — both in the plates and assemblies. As the film plays out the forbidden romance between Newland Archer (Daniel Day Lewis) and the passionate and unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), their meetings over teas and seated around dinners vary from the utterly romantic to hopelessly crushing and all of the veiled emotions are crystallized in the meals.
This particular menu is meant to reflect an event held at roughly a half hour into the film: dinner at the van der Luydens. I choose to mark this occasion because it is the film at its most sardonic — you don't want your guests crying into their first course, after all. To quote the film's narrator, "Dining with the van der Luydens was, at best, no light matter... dining there with a Duke who was their cousin was almost a religious solemnity." This statement is no less than perfectly captured in the image that accompanies it: pieces of a whole baked fish and servings of caviar being lifted, gingerly, onto a plate.(On a side note, keep your eyes peeled for the single most amazing acting moment of all time at 30 minutes 14 seconds, when Day-Lewis simply says the word " yes." You have permission to swoon.)
Dinner at the van der Luydens: A Menu from The Age of Innocence
Nineteenth Century Roman Punch by amanda
Whole Baked Fish in Sea Salt with Parsley Gremolata by TasteFood
Potato Leek Au Gratin by AlexisC
Black Tea Jelly by merrill
Meyer Lemon Macarons by DolcettoConfections
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OlympTrade is owned by Frandom Holding Ltd and Smartex International Ltd. The latter, Smartex, is registered at the FinancialCommission.org/ that is said to function as a complaint resolution authority for unregulated forex and binary options brokers. Smartex registered Address is: 103 Sham Peng Tong Plaza, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles. The phone number is: +357 25030996. Olymp Trade is mainly focused to offer Binary Options in Russia. The company is also registered at FMRRC which stands for 'Financial Market Relation Regulation Center'. It is a non-commercial organization created for the purpose of regulating brokers. Basically, a broker pays to become a member and to receive a certificate. According to FMRRC's own website, the role is to "provide traders with maximum security of their transactions in financial markets."
Is OlympTrade a Scam?
Recently, in 2016, Olymp Trade also became accepted as a new member to the FinaCom (Financial Commission). Just like FMRRC, the FinaCom's role is: "the services of the Financial Commission is to provide its customers with a neutral 3rd party mediator to help resolve complaints in cases of disputes where customers are unable to come to an agreement with their broker."
The remaining question is whether these two websites and third party "regulators" can really provide Olymp Trade's clients with a safety similar to what CySEC can provide?
According to an Olymp Trade representative in our forums, they have also applied for a CySEC regulation regulation but we've seen that ploy before. Another source, Financemagnates, writes: "Acting on the principles of Dispute Resolution Organization (DRO), the Financial Commission tries to guarantee traders protection (e.g. offering a compensation fund of $10,000 per case". I am not certain what "tries to guarantee" means but a compensation fund does sound comforting if true.
Editor's Note – Why Doesn't Olymp Trade Suck in 50 Words
Olymp Trade doesn't suck because after registration, you will immediately gain access to a free 10,000$ demo account. Furthermore, the company is a member of the Financial Commission (FinaCOM PLC). This is a third party and a neutral authority which is there to resolve complaints made by traders.
Why Does Olymp Trade Suck in 50 Words
One of the downsides is the very limited assets list. There are only 13 tradeable assets and only two categories of them; currencies and commodities. The second reason why I am a bit skeptical is regarding their regulation. The FinaCOM seems to have been around for a couple of years but I am not sure whether they are as effective as CySEC or not. Another reason for concern is the FMRCC regulation, a non-official source of oversight based in Russia. Time will tell.
Should I Open an Account with Olymp Trade?
Moving on to the unique and proprietary Olymp Trade platform. Once inside, you may to switch between demo and the real account. The demo account is set to 10,000$ and the minimum trade size is only 1$. Yes, that means you can do 10,000 trades for practicing purposes before you run out of virtual cash. The best part is all the tools, indicators and the advanced charts the platform offers. If it's not enough, you can select the technical tab and it will open yet another chart with even more tools. Basically, it's just like a light and mini version of MetaTrader 4.
Execution is fast and to make it even faster you can switch to One Click trading at any time so you don't have to confirm trades before execution. Furthermore, VIP members will benefit from a 90% payout which in relation to many other brokers is well above average. To become VIP, you "only" need to deposit $2000.
In conclusion, the efforts are good. The platform is well-designed, the education center comes in many languages and the 10$ minimum deposit together with a free no-deposit demo is a very welcoming gesture. There are bonuses for first time depositors and the bonus policy is not aggressive. You can choose not to accept a bonus at signup. Read more about Olymp Trade bonuses further below. My only concern is whether the Financial Commission and the FMRRC can really do a job that equals them to a regulator and that remains to be seen, I am skeptical. If you have any experience trading with Olymp Trade, join our forum discussion and share your information.
Olymp Trade Complaints
This broker is very new and due to their clients mainly being from Russia, it's difficult to find English complaints. I did however find a website (mywot.com) with Russian comments and translated as many comments as I found. Unfortunately, most of them seemed to be regarding binary options in general and coming from people who had only tried the gambling approach. Some comments were positive about Olymp Trade, regarding the benefits of the technical tools on the platforms and withdrawals not being troublesome.
A few complaints were regarding price differences where a client claimed he had executed trades on two different PC's at the same time with different results and the other claimed the demo prices were different than the real account (not sure how you can manually execute two trades at the exact same time unless you are using a software, this was not mentioned in the comment). Therefore, I'm not sure whether those claims are true or not but some delays and price differences are typical with all brokers (as other commentators also pointed out in the comments).
Olymp Trade Ratings
User Friendliness 17/20
The website is user-friendly thanks to the inside platform interface guide that explains each section of the platform. The FAQ section includes answers to many questions that a client may have and the "about company" page explains Olymp Trade's goals and everything you need to know about them. Thanks to the instant access to the free demo account after registration, practicing is not a problem for the beginner. Finally, the education section is not restricted and comes in 10 different languages.
No. of Assets and Expiry time 8/20
The number of assets are only 13 of which 10 are currencies and the remaining are commodities.
Interestingly, you can type your own expiry times in the Olymp Trade platform. However, you may not enter a value below 1 minute and not above 180 minutes. You cannot enter half minutes either. There are no other types of options other than the high and low but OTC trading is available, even during holidays.
Commissions, Support and Effective Return 17/20
The returns are at 80% during market hours and with a deposit of 2000$ you can increase the payouts to 90% which is very high in relation to many other brokers. There are no commissions at Olymp Trade. A live chat is available and the email support promises a response within one business day.
Deposit, Payment and Bonus 17/20
The minimum deposit is only 10$ and the VIP account only requires 2000$ and is considered to be fairly small in relation to other broker's VIP accounts. Bonuses depend on how much you deposit but a 100$ depositor gains 100 in bonus. You are required to turnover 25 times the bonus volume before you can withdraw the bonus, your own funds can be withdrawn prior to reaching the turnover but it will also cancel the bonus.
Website Extra's 15/20
The unique Olymp Trade platform offers many tools. There are candlestick charts offering several time frames and indicators to choose from. To name a few, there is RSI, MACD, SMA and Stochastic Oscillator. Clicking "technical analysis" will give you access to a fully functional candlestick chart where you can draw lines, change time frames and use a larger variety of tools and indicators! One click trading is also available and the platform can be switched from Live to Demo with a couple of clicks.


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For once, someone is taking an active role to prevent a disaster rather than responding to one. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is leading an effort to build new levees and restore wetlands in San Francisco Bay to keep water from flooding nearby communities.
She is not alone.
For nearly 100 years, levees have prevented such a catastrophe, but many are now worn and on the verge of collapse.
The levees are important because some parts of Silicon Valley that they protect are as much as 13 feet below sea level.
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Add to that the forecast that the sea level will rise more than a foot over the next few decades and the likelihood of disaster grows even more. And the fact that this part of the state has an array of active earthquake faults only increases the potential for ruination.
Much is at stake with the Feinstein initiative. Major infrastructure components such as the three major airports, highways, and power plants ring the bay.
In addition, dozens of major high tech companies reside near the water's edge including Facebook, Google, Intuit, Yahoo, Dell, and Cisco, just to name a few.
These and other companies could suffer terribly in the absence of repair.
The cost of the repairs is estimated at $1.5 billion, a lot of dough at as time when all levels of government are struggling to keep "above water," financially speaking. But that's what makes the Feinstein proposal so interesting.
She is calling for a partnership between governments, environmental foundations, and businesses to fund the effort. It's a kind of shared ownership of the massive problem.
Remarkably, for once all the important players are on the same page.
In what Silicon Valley Leadership CEO Carl Guardino describes as "enlightened self-interest," key leaders in the private sector have signed on.
They have been joined by environmentalists who want to preserve and expand wetlands, which would benefit from the repaired levees. Players from national, state and local governments are invested as well.
The levee restoration initiative is in the earliest stage of work, with a new steering committee scheduled to have its first meeting within a few weeks.
But unlike most questions that divide California to the point of dysfunctionalism, this effort holds some promise. That's a refreshing change for a state known best for not getting things done in a timely fashion.
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The Chronicle Magazine
Roger Nelsen Icons of Mathematics: An Exploration of Twenty Key Images
Roger Nelsen, professor emeritus of mathematics, coauthors a book about 20 icons of mathematics— geometrical shapes such as the right triangle, the Venn diagram, and the yang and yin symbol—and explores the mathematical results associated with each.
Mathematical Association of America, 2011. 327 pages.