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As the we see more people out utilizing our crosswalks throughout town, we at the Rangely Police Department would like to remind everyone that pedestrians in any of our marked cross walks have the right away and vehicles must come to a complete stop to allow the pedestrians to cross the road in accordance with C.R.S 42-4-802. Pedestrians crossing the road outside of a marked cross walk are required to yield the right away to passing vehicles.
We would also like to remind pedestrians if you are wanting to wait for the roadway to clear entirely before you cross, please don't stand immediately in the cross walk as the passing vehicles are required to stop by state law. Drivers that fail to stop for pedestrians in cross walks are subject to a citation!
Safety Tips For Pedestrians
As a pedestrian, it is your responsibility to make yourself visible and avoid dangerous behavior and situations. When possible, utilize the sidewalk, if not available, you should walk against the flow of traffic. Always obey crossing signals, but make sure to look both ways before crossing into the street. Even if you have the right of way, it is important to realize that vehicles may not always stop. Make eye contact with drivers and pay attention to the environment around you. If you are wearing headphones or talking on your cell phone while crossing the street, it is important to pay attention to your surroundings and take extra care to avoid dangerous situations.
Safety Tips For Drivers
It is important for drivers to be aware of crossing pedestrians at all times, whether they are in marked or unmarked crosswalks. Obey the posted speed limit and always be prepared to stop for pedestrians who may not see or hear you. It is also the driver's responsibility to maintain a safe speed when driving through residential and school areas. You should always avoid aggressive driving and never pass a vehicle that is stopped at a pedestrian crosswalk. When turning, make sure to be alert for pedestrians and give them the right-of-way. It is common for pedestrians to enter the crosswalk while you are waiting for a gap in traffic.


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Divorce Can Be A Lengthy Process
For those who have experienced a divorce in the State of Minnesota, he or she will tell you that it can be a lengthy process; sometimes taking more than a year. There can be so many things to figure out in a divorce—who will the children live with, will we be able to keep the house, how will we pay our debt, will I have to divide my pension?—and all of these things take time to figure out, and may require several trips to the courthouse, attorney's offices, or other sources to help problem-solve.
Reassurance offered from your attorney, the Judge, or others, that "that this too shall pass" and that your divorce will eventually be granted and that you will be living separately (after a year), can be of small comfort if you, your spouse, and your children are presently living together during a tense, unstable (and hopefully not) volatile or abusive waiting period. This can be a period of time where emotions are raw, people are feeling vulnerable, and the potential for conflict is enormous. Is there a way that you can legally separate prior to the completion of a divorce proceeding?
Living With Status Quo Is No Longer Possible
Sometimes there is no easy option to temporarily relocate and live with a friend or family member. Sometimes such a move entails having to separate from your children, or to have your children move schools; hardships that may prove too great a cost and impose too great a burden on a family in the throes of a dissolution.
Is it better to simply try to get along and avoid conflict for as long as you can? Or is it better to try to hasten the process along so that you and your family no longer have to suffer through an arduous divorce process, even though you find you are having to make sacrifices and compromises which you do not believe are right for you or your children?
Bridges To Stability
Lawmakers have recognized the hardships that can be created by the amount of time needed for a divorce to be completed. For that reason, there are laws that allow a spouse to seek temporary relief, or 'bridges' to provide some stability for a family going through a lengthy divorce. The process of seeking this kind of relief is formally referred to by the Courts and lawyers as a "Motion for Temporary Relief"; and it is available to a person or family in need of temporary measures, to regain some stability or control over a very unstable living situation.
There are several kinds of relief that a Court can award in these situations, including ordering that one spouse leave the family home, so that there is some physical separation between the spouses. Some of the other kinds of relief that a Court can award include:
- Custody and Parenting Time Rights
- Spousal Maintenance
- Child Support
- Attorney's Fees & Court Costs
- Prohibiting Removal or Disposal of Property
- Prohibiting Harassment or Mistreatment of Family Members
- Prohibiting Removal of Children From the State
- Excluding a Spouse from the Family Home
Minn. Stat. §518.131 subd. 1(a).
Urgent Circumstances
When seeking temporary relief, it is important to consider that a Court will need to know why a party cannot wait several months until after a trial to have the relief she or he is seeking (custody of the children, excluding spouse from residence) granted by the Court. The party seeking temporary relief has the burden of showing the Court, by Affidavits, documents, and arguments to the Court, that there is some risk of physical or emotional harm to the family, or that there is risk of damage to or loss of property, and therefore immediate Court intervention is needed. If you have fears or concerns that you or your family is at risk of having any of these circumstances arise, (physical or emotional harm, loss or damage of property, loss of or interference with financial support from your spouse, removal of a child from the Court's jurisdiction) then please consider asking about a Motion for Temporary Relief.
I have experience in representing clients who are seeking temporary relief in these circumstances and know just how challenging the situation can be for a family. Please don't hesitate to call our office at 651-647-0087 and ask for me if you have questions.

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Fest Name: Exodia 2012 Organising College Name: IIT Mandi Fest Type: Techno-Cultural Fest Start Date: 11th February 2012 Fest End Date: 12th February 2012 Fest Info:
IIT Mandi, one of the pearls in the splendid tiara of The Great Himalayas, hereby takes a stride to add to the shimmer of the gorge by bringing forth its very first Tech cum Cult fest – "EXODIA" and to endorse your presence as a delight.
We will make sure that you don't miss admiring any flavor served to you at our doorstep.
Exodia – reflects the Godly powers, the inexorable, in short, the watchword of IIT Mandi.
We are the youngest member of the IIT family with an aspire to accomplish the epitome of brilliance in the technical field, hands on with a flaming yearning to bless the country with citizens bearing multidimensional personalities and this fest, the one and only of its own kind, will be a testimony to the above said.
Be it nature's mesmerizing splendor or the substantial endeavor, nationwide nascent talents or exhilarating performances, masterminds of modern youth or the wisdom-filled words of techno-experts, emerging astounding technologies or soothing rhythms of music, tapping feet with the craziest dancers and the list of "THE ULTIMATE" goes un-ended.
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Many interesting events are scheduled for this edition of Exodia-2012
Technical: Desmania,Dementia, Desmania, Junkyard Warz, Sell-X and may more….
Cultural : Groove Fanatics,Synchronians,Charlie Madchap,Band-Slam and many more….
Literary: Spin-A-Yarn, RJ Hunt, Devil's Advocate and many more………
Online : Logitude, Animus, Obfuscation, Dalal Street, Apptivity………
fRaY (Gaming) : fRaY, Counter Strike 1.6, NFS Most Wanted, FIFA 12………..
Informal : Treasure Hunt, Couple Event (Coming Soon),Minute of Life, Last Man Standing……….
Contact Info
Contact Name: Himanshu Dewan Mobile Number: 7503960684 Email: email@example.com Website: http://exodia.in/ Registration Link: http://online.exodia.in/sign_in Fest Submitted by: NA
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IIT Mandi, is all set to host its maiden Techno-Cultural fest. In its pursuit for minds of technical/cultural brilliance, it is bound to assure you a hugely cordial environment.
We, at IIT Mandi are looking forward to your visit to the aesthetic state of Himachal.
Our team will be available round the clock to make sure that your short stay with us is fun, secure and comfortable. Keen to befriend our guests!
How to reach
Mandi is a small town in Himachal Pradesh. It is at the center of Himachal Pradesh.
From Delhi:
After landing in Delhi, go to ISBT (interstate bus terminus), Kashmiri gate. In ISBT, buses to Mandi will be available on platform 6-8.
You can catch the buses going to Manali or Mandi. The distance between Delhi and Mandi is ~475 km.
This distance can be covered in approximately 12 hrs (it depends on traffic on the roads and other conditions) by bus. If somebody plans to come by car/jeep or other personal vehicle, the journey time may be less than 12 hrs.
There are different varieties of bus facilities from Delhi – ordinary, deluxe and AC buses. For details, one can visit hrtc.gov.in (this is website of himachal road transport corporation).
Other state buses and private buses are also available to Mandi.The alternative to reach Mandi from Delhi is to travel by train up to Kiratpur Sahib by Delhi-Una Himachal express (4553). From Kiratpur, there is no option other than traveling by road. The bus frequency from Kiratpur may be good, but the details are not known to us. All the buses going from Delhi and Chandigarh to Mandi have to pass through Kiratpur.
From Chandigarh:
From Chandigarh also, one can get buses to Mandi and Manali. The frequency from Chandigarh may be good because buses from Delhi pass through Chandigarh and some buses start from Chandigarh itself. The other choice from Chandigarh to Mandi is to travel by taxi.
The distance between Chandigarh and Mandi is 200 kms. This distance can be covered in approximately 6 hrs by bus. By taxi, it may take around 5 hrs.
From Punjab:
People who can reach Chandigarh, can get buses heading towards Manali which will pass through Mandi.
You can also get buses for Manali from Ludhiana (via Kiratpursahib) and Jalandhar (via Anandpursahib). For details you can check (http://www.punjabroadways.gov.in/).
From Harayana: If you van reach Amabala (~275 Km from Mandi) via train or bus, there are many semi-deluxe, deluxe and ordinary buses available for Mandi (http://hrtc.gov.in/hrtc/default.aspx). Other options will be either through Delhi or Chandigarh whichever is convenient for you to reach.
By Air:The nearest airport to Mandi is the Kullu Airport at Bhuntar, at a distance of about 75 km from Mandi town. This small domestic airport cannot house large aircrafts and consequently only small aircrafts fly to Kullu.
Flights to Kullu are restricted only from Delhi, and Shimla. There are no international Flights to Kullu or from other major cities of the country. Anyone interested in coming to Mandi by air needs to first take a flight to Delhi.
Delhi is well connected to different parts of the country as well as the important cities of the world. From Delhi, the travelers need to take any of the connecting Flights to Kullu which is a journey of about 90 minutes.
Two of the airways operating Flights to Kullu are Indian Airlines and Kingfisher Airlines. The latter has more frequent Flights to Kullu. In fact, Kingfisher Airlines operates daily Flights to Kullu. Flights to Kullu are prone to getting delayed or cancelled in the monsoons on account of bad weather conditions.


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When purchasing a new home, it is essential to consider the necessary insurance and other matters associated to obtaining your home, particularly if you are a first-time buyer.
This part contains overviews to the types of insurance policies which are correlated in paying, buying and owning a property. You have made a huge investment so you need to look after it carefully.
Household Insurance (Contents and Buildings)
You now have obtained a new property. The next part is to protect it along with all your other belongings.
Household insurance has two basic parts: contents insurance and buildings insurance. You can have them separately, although some insurance companies offer one single policy enclosing both services, which can significantly save you a lot of money.
Contents Insurance insures all the belongings inside your property, as well as the things you take with you outside. You may be amazed how much your belongings are worth regardless if you are not a huge spender; these can be added up to tens of thousands. 'Contents' refers to everything from carpets and furniture to cameras, jewelries, and clothes. You can personally decide what your insurance policy covers and the rate depends on how much it comprises.
To know exactly how much cover you need, create a list of everything you own in the property and its individual value. If you already have this kind insurance on your former home, make certain that it will be transferred from your previous property into your new one on the day you move in.
Buildings Insurance covers the property itself, as well as the basic essentials such as bathroom and kitchen fittings. It also offers cover for unexpected events such as flood, fire, or even subsidence.
If your property is part of a bigger building (such as flats) your building insurance may be obtained in a joint policy by each person in the building.
Legal Expenses Insurance is part of the 'building insurance' which covers access to private legal remedies for events such as neighbour disputes and nuisance.
Which Insurance Policy?
There is a vast amount of choices with regards household insurance, so searching for the one that suits your needs can be a bit overwhelming. If you already have household insurance in your former home, this can be moved upon your transfer.
Just be sure that you are getting the utmost deal for your new home which may be under a different premium than your last one. Get lots of quotes from several insurance companies for more options.
Top Tip: Some lenders offer their own insurance services, but it is not essentially wise to get your home insurance coming from your mortgage lender. Their premiums are often more expensive than to those services sold by insurance companies. If your lender is presenting you the convenience of an insurance service bought from them, look very cautiously at how much it would cost you and equate it to some other insurance services elsewhere.
Protection in case of Illness or Unemployment
Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI)
The impending future is constantly unknown. You could unexpectedly face a crisis wherein you won't be able to pay your monthly mortgage payments. It is a very sensible precaution to insure against losing your property should such conditions arise.
It is tremendously inadvisable to rely solely on the Social Security system. You should consider pulling out Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) to cover your mortgage fees should you become incapable to continue repaying them.
Specific standards have been formulated for MPPIs by the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Association of British Insurers.
These specify that such policies should:
- Begin paying after no more than 60 days (to give you time to find two months' worth of payments)
- Continue paying your dues for at least 12 months
- Provide at least 6 months' notice of any alteration in the service offered
- Assess medical condition and not automatically decline conditions such as pregnancy complications and backache
- Self-employed people should be covered under 'unemployment' if they have notified the Inland Revenue that they have listed for the jobseeker's allowance and have unwillingly stopped trading.
You have to guarantee that your insurance policy covers as many circumstances as possible. Be sure to check the exclusion clauses as well; for instance, a lot of insurers will not cover unemployment if it is due to some medical conditions which you already had prior to obtaining the policy, stress or back pain, and even to pregnancy.
Life Insurance
For those people planning to apply for mortgages in order to purchase properties, life insurance is an essential purchase to make. Most lenders insist that borrowers should get life insurance.
This specific insurance may seem like a pointless service, but it is seriously worth considering. The point this service is to offer enough protection to cover unresolved mortgage payments should you pass away before completing your mortgage balance. This is mainly important if you have your own family or significant others, as it would ensure that they still could have a home in the event of your passing.
- Waiver of premium means that if you turn out to be too ill to work or involuntarily unemployed and you do not have some sort protection for illness or unemployment, your life insurance will still be paid off even if you do not have the funds for them. You just have to pay about extra 2.5 percent to have this waiver of premium in your current policy.
- Terminal illness benefit incorporated in the policy at no added price: this means that if you are diagnosed with a terminal illness then your insurance will still be paid out when you pass away, despite the fact that the insurer already knows your condition beforehand.
Removals Insurance & Additional Legal Matters
Only some household insurance covers your belongings for the period of the move, so if yours does not, you should take out an extra insurance for any casualties that might arise during the move.
The policy, however, might NOT cover:
- Bank notes, bonds, shares, stamps deeds, and securities
- Dents and scratches
- Damage or loss due to strikes, delay, or weather conditions
- Belongings that weren't professionally packed (make sure your things are packed by professional removers or your privilege may be put at risk)
Check the maximum compensation that you would be able to receive as it is frequently quite low. Ask them to write exactly what will be covered, as well as the time limit for taking a claim.
Legal Protection Insurance
It is likely to take out insurance cover on every legal aspects of purchasing a property. It can be used against developers and builders, removal firms, sellers, utilities (water, electric companies, gas,), surveyors, conveyancers and solicitors.
Other Legal Matters
Your Will
When you purchase a property for the first time, you already attained a huge asset. If you do not already have one, it is wise to draw up a will in order to identify exactly who will receive your property when you pass away. It is not hard to put together a will yourself, but referring to a guide is also important for it to be made properly. If you are quite hesitant to make one yourself, then consider on consulting a solicitor.
Inheritance Tax
Though this specific tax is a common set up for the wealthy, current house prices may mean a lot of families are now accountable for such tax. The first £325,000 of the inherited property is tax-free. The government charges 40% tax on prices above that range.
Some inheritances are tax-free, for instance, those between married couple. If one significant other gives everything to the other, this evades tax at the time of death of the first next of kin, but the problem happens to when the second one expires.
Thus, when drawing up your will, it is logical to spread your possessions through your children(s) and of course, to your spouse.
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Nuts & Bolts - Content Marketing: 3 Questions for Marketers Going Native
Be clear with consumers about paying for content (i.e., "native advertising"), because tricking consumers with native advertising hurts marketers more than it helps.
"Marketers are not best served when readers are fooled by a site to see their advertisement as editorial content," writes Ryan Skinner in his Sept. 24 blog post, "Who Paid for This Content?!"
The "'get a click at all costs' mindset" causes a bad customer experience, says the analyst at Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research.
"These issues would be solved if online publishers made it 100 percent clear—24-point bold clear—that content paid for directly by an advertiser is just that," Skinner says.
Consumers are more than willing to absorb content from marketers if it's useful, informative or entertaining, he explains. But there is a risk for marketers, even if they reach that bar. Skinner says, sometimes brands "don't translate their advertisements to the native context (your latest product news won't fly next to native editorial)." In another scenario, the "10 Things a Kitten Would Tell You If Kittens Could Talk" post draws consumers in, but the brand disappears.
In order to successfully tie native advertising to brand value, Skinner suggests marketers ask themselves:
1. What constitutes relevant and contextual insertion of our brand directly into a site's native content?
2. What value are you able to get from the site on top of the specific insertion?
3. How does the native placement interact with everything else you're doing (on that site and elsewhere)?


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I was eagerly waiting for a small puppy to maintain cheerfulness in my family; however when I began every sort of investigation, it was revealed to me that embracing a puppy can be rather challenging. Hitting upon the ideal miniature four legged addition to my family had now become imperative, with quite a few things to think about. Also, I had to ensure if the puppy I would prefer was the suitable one for me and my specific state of affairs.
Although one may be sure that each and every one puppy seems adorable and skips harmlessly around the backyard or recreational area yet one has to take many things into consideration such as potty instructions, performance exercise, and individual time.
I inquired myself whether I had a big enough locale for a puppy that will soon develop into a fully developed dog; in fact I was very much interested in adopting a Boxers but research revealed that when Boxers mature, they require ample room owing to their stature and heaviness. Since I was living in an apartment building therefore, I would only be able to take the would-be puppy to the park merely once or twice weekly.
Since I had a new family unit, therefore I thought about the breeds of Beagles, Labrador Retrievers, and Small Schnauzers. A few most important concerns were to spell out how to take on a puppy and where from?
My buddies and colleagues told me about quite a few locations from where I could take on a puppy; for instance online sources, records in the majority of community newspapers, community board at the neighboring veterinary bureau, pet salvage and so forth.
Finally, I decided to accept a puppy from a self-supporting individual, who happened to be a stock raiser; the course of adoption turned out to be quite easy and straightforward. I paid him for the puppy and the latter arrived home with me.
I am endeavoring to make myself and my family appreciate that accepting a puppy is similar to adopting an infant. They require affection, attention, tolerance and sympathy.


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Mold and moisture issues can cause headaches, drowsiness, and even lead to coughing up blood. If you are a homeowner or commercial building owner, J&M Keystone, a mold remediation and restoration service in San Diego, offers several tips for home care to prevent mold:
1. If you have had water damage or a leak it is important to get the area dry within 24 to 48 hours of the spill. This will help prevent mold from growing.
2. Another household tip would be to clean gutters regularly. Uncleaned and drained gutters can cause water damage from the build-up and even cause mold to begin growing.
3. Keep indoor humidity low. It is a good idea to spend the money and purchase an indoor humidity meter. It is a good rule of thumb that your humidity level indoors should be between 30 and 50 percent.
4. Vent your appliances. Whether you are boiling water or running the washer, it is important that the moisture is vented outside and does not accumulate in your house.
5. Run a bathroom fan. It is essential to run your bathroom fan when in the shower or running a bath. Condensation can build up and cause damage.
If you are renting, it is important to contact your landlord about the mold issue. If the problem is not resolved you may need to take action and call local, state, or federal housing authorities.
STATISTICSAccording to the Washington Post, 10 to 20 percent of the world's population allergic to mold. In addition, there has been an increase in the number of infants with bleeding in the lungs that is correlated to mold and moisture issues in homes and public buildings. In 2007, a study by Brown University reported that the presence of mold is correlated with depression.
J&M KEYSTONEIf you have found mold in your home or office, do not try to clean it alone. Contact J&M Keystone in San Diego and employ a mold remediation specialist. No matter how large or small the problem may seem, it is important to solve it and breathe clean air. J&M Keystone can help by testing your indoor air quality, removing mold-damaged materials and disposing of them properly, and treating contaminated areas with biocides. Do not run the health risk of cleaning it alone and take a chance that the mold will come back. J&M Keystone has a team of certified flood technicians and skilled tradesman who can be dispatched 24/7. If you have an emergency, J&M Keystone has a quick response time, averaging 60 minutes. Contact them today for help.
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What Are the Legal Rights of Fake News Victims?
"Fake news" was one of the biggest real news stories of 2016.
As the New York Times reported,
While some fake news is produced purposefully by teenagers in the Balkans or entrepreneurs in the United States seeking to make money from advertising, false information can also arise from misinformed social media posts by regular people that are seized on and spread through a hyperpartisan blogosphere.
In one case, the Times reports, a 35-year-old in Austin, Texas with just 40 Twitter followers tweeted about "paid protesters being bused to demonstrations against President-elect Donald J. Trump."
He had jumped to a conclusion about the "paid protestors" because he saw a large number of busses the same day protests took place.
In fact, the busses had been hired to transport people at a software conference.
But his erroneous Tweet was shared more than 16,000 times on Twitter and more than 350,000 times on Facebook.
In that case, the Tweet was essentially "harmless" — the election was over and it doesn't appear that that the misinformation had any lasting effects.
But fake news can also lead to real-world violence.
Comet Ping Pong
As NPR reported,
A man with a rifle who claimed to be "self-investigating" a baseless online conspiracy theory entered the Washington, D.C., pizzeria Comet Ping Pong on Sunday, according to local police.
The man allegedly pointed the gun at a restaurant employee, who managed to escape, then fired the weapon multiple times inside the restaurant.
The restaurant has been the victim of what NPR calls a "wholly fictitious conspiracy theory" that it is the center of "an international Satanic child sex abuse cabal hosted by powerful Democrats, including Hillary Clinton."
The man who shot up the restaurant said he was looking for "child sex slaves." He surrendered to police after assuring himself that there were none on the premises.
In addition to the armed attack, the restaurant owners have received hundreds of death threats.
What can a business — or an individual — do if damaged by a fake news story?
As NPR reports, Derigan Silver, a professor of media, First Amendment and Internet law at the University of Denver, says that "victims of fake news stories have legal recourse under defamation law."
Defamation is a tort and can also be a crime. To be liable under tort law, a defendant must:
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- induces disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable opinions or feelings against a person.
Defamation in writing is called libel, and spoken defamation is called slander.
Defendants can be liable for making a defamatory statement in the first place and also for republishing it.
Different standards apply to defamation against public or private individuals. Under the US Supreme Court's decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, a public official or anyone who has voluntarily assumed a position in the public eye must prove that a defamatory statement was made with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard as to whether it was true or not.
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Business confidence in the North West rose eight points during April to 20 per cent, making it the second most confident region in the UK, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Companies in the region report higher confidence in their own business prospects, up three points to 27 per cent, and higher economic optimism, up 11 points to 13 per cent.
Together, this gives an overall confidence of 20 per cent, which is second only to the West Midlands (28 per cent).
Businesses' hiring intentions show that a net balance of 19 per cent of firms in the region now expect to hire more staff during the next year, up eight points on last month.
The Business Barometer questions 1,200 businesses monthly and provides early signals about UK economic trends both regionally and nationwide.
Martyn Kendrick, regional director for the North West at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said: "It's great to see the North West bouncing back after the fall in confidence experienced earlier on in the year.
"Despite facing into a number of headwinds, it's encouraging to see firms in the region feeling optimistic about their growth and planning to increase their headcount and capacity as a result.
"Whatever challenges and opportunities lie ahead for businesses in the North West, we'll be standing firmly by their side. As well as offering practical support and advice we have committed to lending £1.3 billion to North West firms in 2019."
National and sector picture
Across the UK, overall confidence climbed four points to 14 per cent as both firms' optimism about the economy and their confidence in their own prospects continued to climb from lows recorded earlier this year.
Companies' economic optimism rose to four per cent, while confidence in their own business prospects climbed three points to 23 per cent.
After the West Midlands and the North West, London had the next highest overall confidence at 19 per cent.
Those in Wales were the least confident, with an overall confidence of minus one per cent, 15 points below the national average.
The overall confidence of UK firms in manufacturing, construction and services all improved – but retail sector confidence fell.
Manufacturing and construction confidence rose for the first time in three months, increasing six points to 16 per cent and two points to 15 per cent respectively. Services confidence increased by five points to 12%.
Meanwhile, the retail sector – which posted the highest confidence in March – fell this month by six points, placing it on a par with the manufacturing sector at 16 per cent.
Hann-Ju Ho, Senior Economist, Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said: "While business confidence remains low when viewed against the historic average, it is certainly encouraging to see an increase in overall optimism for the second month in a row.
"Firms appear more positive about both their own trading prospects and the broader economy, although their assessment of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU remains unchanged. We will have to wait and see whether this partial rise converts into a sustained recovery."


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Panos, actually my hand's been itching ever since I knew this theme existed Since these sets will be around for another year in the US I've been resisting to buy them - First I need to complete themes from the years I was not into collecting.
I visited my major local toy store this evening again...the ghost pirates and the safari theme are the least to sell...
OMG how so??
No zoo where you are? I couldn't deal with that! I can't imagine kids growing up without seeing real giraffes and elephants. Though truly the zoo in my city isn't so great either, but there's a really good one in New Orleans, about an hour away.
The only way I endorse zoos are if they are housing animals that can not survive in their natural habitat due to previous injury. If the animal is healthy they need to be free not imprisoned.
Yes but what most people don't realize is that the animals in zoos today were born and raised in captivity, and as such, they cannot be released into the wild. They will slowly starve to death. Better to give them a comfortable home in a zoo. Also, zoos perform an important function in preserving species that are extinct or nearly extinct in the wild. Most modern zoos participate in Species Survival Plans to try to keep these animals from dying out. They also help educate people about animals and their environments.However, i have to agree that certain animals do not belong in captivity. It's sad to see a tiger pacing up and down trying to find a way out of its cage. These animals usually have a territory of 60 square miles, and simply cannot be happy in a zoo habitat no matter how much enrichment it recieves. other animals seriously don't seem to know the difference.I also don't approve of keeping large marine mammals like orcas in small tanks and making them perform tricks all day long. Not much better than a circus if you ask me.
To prevent species extinction, they need to start prosecuting poachers with life time prison sentences or death.
As to the zoo thing it is really funny, because the people who love and support zoos feel that way because they love animals, and those who hate zoos and want to abolish them feel that way because they love animals. Just two different points of view!


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Trouble in paradise
Stephen Cragg, in the Maldives to observe on behalf of the Bar Human Rights Committee the prosecution of ex-President Mohammed Nasheed, reveals a very different side to the 'paradise' islands.
The Maldives is a destination probably best known to some barristers as a place to soak up some winter sun and relieve the stress of professional life, on one of the luxurious island resorts which are strung out both north and south of the capital city of Male, home to about two thirds of the 300,000 population of the Maldives.
Male is a remarkable place. The island is barely a mile square, but teems with motor cycles and other vehicles in the heat of the day, through streets lined with tightly packed concrete buildings. It is here that all the organs of this tiny state are located, including the Parliament and a supreme court housed in a much grander building than our own.
And on this island an extraordinary legal drama is playing out. The ex-President, Mohammed Nasheed, is on trial for arresting, when he was in power in 2011, a criminal court judge. If he is convicted then he will almost certainly go to prison for more than a year – which will rule him out of the Presidential elections set for 2013.
Nasheed's ascent to the Presidency
The back story to the current situation is fascinating. In November 2008 Mohammed Nasheed became the first democractically elected President of the Maldives under a new constitution, a product of a coalition of progressive parties which combined to defeat the incumbent President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who had been in power for over 30 years. Amnesty International and others had widely attacked the old regime's human rights record. Nasheed himself had been arrested and detained no fewer than 16 times by the old regime. He was named an Amnesty "prisoner of conscience" in 1991.
In power, Nasheed became globally recognised through his high profile climate change policy work on behalf of the Maldives. No part of the country is more than 2.4 metres above sea-level, and he declared an intention for it to be the first carbon neutral country in the world. Nasheed, educated in the UK, was described by David Cameron as "my new best friend" in an interview in November 2011.
But although popular abroad, at home things were more difficult. Although Nasheed was able to bring in a number of social welfare reforms, one particularly intractable problem was that of judicial reform. Hundreds of judges hold jobs for life in the Maldives. Many have no legal training and many are badly educated. Many have little work to do. Reform of the judiciary was seen as such an important task that it was included in the new 2008 constitution, which also established an independent judiciary for the first time in the Maldives.
The Judicial Services Commission
A Judicial Services Commission (JSC) was set up by the constitution with the aim of introducing new standards for the judiciary which each judge had to meet before having his or her post renewed. However, the JSC failed to bring in any standards in the two years allowed and in August 2010 almost all judges, good and bad, were re-instated in post. A report by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in February 2011 expressed concern about the failure of the JSC "to fill its constitutional mandate of proper vetting and reappointing the judges."
The JSC (made up of politicians, lawyers and judges) was also ineffective in its other role of overseeing complaints about judges. Complaints about the worst judges built up and were not investigated. A large number of complaints were made about the head of the criminal court, Judge Abdulla Mohammed. A local newspaper quoted the then Home Minister as accusing the judge of "deliberately" holding up cases involving opposition figures, barring media from corruption trials, ordering the release of suspects detained for serious crimes "without a single hearing", and maintaining "suspicious ties" with family members of convicts sentenced for dangerous crimes. The JSC did uphold one complaint against Judge Abdulla, but the judge responded by obtaining a civil court injunction against the JSC to prevent any action being taken.
Nasheed loses power
Frustrated by an inability to remove allegedly bad judges, Nasheed (or one of his ministers, it is still not entirely clear) ordered the detention of Judge Abdulla on 16 January 2012. He was taken to an island and kept there for almost three weeks, despite the protests of lawyers and judges. It does not seem that he was badly treated, and the government emphasised the lack of other effective powers to justify its actions.
The detention of the judge brought about protests and, in February 2012, President Nasheed lost power in controversial circumstances. During a particular period of civil unrest on 7 February, President Nasheed signed a document resigning his office. He later claimed he had been forced to do so, and that he had been removed in what was effectively a coup. Within hours the vice-president Dr Waaed had been sworn in as the new President, and many of the Gayoom regime supporters have returned as ministers.
Divided opinion
Maldivans have been bitterly divided as to whether the transfer of power was legitimate or whether Nasheed had been a victim of undemocratic forces. Nasheed's biographer, Mark Seddon, described it as a "violent coup organised by the Gayoom clan in an unholy alliance of tourist resort owners and hard line Islamists". A Commonwealth-backed Commission of National Inquiry (CONI) was set up to look at the events which led to a transfer of power, and reported in August last year. The CONI concluded that Nasheed had voluntarily ceded power. The CONI report, though, has itself been heavily criticised for accepting the present government's version of events, and not giving sufficient weight to the realities facing Nasheed.
Things have got worse for Nasheed, though. He was arrested and charged with abusing his powers by detaining Judge Abdulla. He is subject to what is essentially "island" arrest. A failure (inadvertent, he said) to answer one summons led to a very heavy handed arrest (which can be seen on youtube). A July 2012 report of the UN Human Rights Committee also suggests a regression of human rights observance with "incidents of torture in the Maldives...both systematic and systemic".
Observing the case
I visited the Maldives on behalf of the Bar Human Rights Committee to observe at what would have been the first day of Nasheed's trial on 4 November last year. However, Nasheed's legal team raised a technical issue about jurisdiction of the magistrates' court in which the case was due to heard. It was not a court provided for by the constitution (and allegedly had only been set up to provide a job for an MP's wife). So on the morning of 4 November, the Maldivan high court adjourned the criminal case to hear argument on the jurisdictional issue. A further hearing was set for 8 November 2012, but by that time the Supreme Court had effectively taken over the issue (as it seems to have the power to do), and the whole process has now ground to a halt.
During my stay I was able to talk to a range of Maldivan lawyers (including the prosecutor general), politicians, and activists. Almost all criticised the failure of the JSC to bring about reform of the judiciary in the way expected by the new constitution. Opinion was split between those who thought there was no option but to prosecute Nasheed, and those who wanted the wider context to be taken into account by the prosecutor. There was a strong feeling amongst some that the politicians of the old regime had escaped prosecution for much worse abuses of power. Nightly protests were organised against the prosecution. The foreign government representatives I spoke to clearly saw Nasheed as a force for good in the region and desperately want a solution to the current proceedings which will allow him to stand in the election next year.
Nasheed's legal team is petitioning the prosecutor general to consider again whether the case against Nasheed is in the public interest. A range of defences will be advanced when the trial proceeds next year.
The underlying narrative
The first instinct of lawyers, rightly, is to be alarmed when judges are arrested and detained. It may be that Nasheed's actions (or those of his ministers) were badly thought through, and certainly unlikely to elicit support from foreign governments and the Commonwealth. But what is clear from my few days in the Maldives is that this is not a simple story of abuse of power. Rather the underlying narrative is that of a president desperate to bring change to a new democracy after decades of oppression, and finding himself thwarted by the inability of the organs of state set up by the constitution to deliver much needed reform. How the Maldivans deal with this trial may well decide the course of its government for years to come.
Stephen Cragg's full report on his visit can be found on the BHRC website at http://www.barhumanrights.org.uk/bhrc-trial-observation-report-maldives.
Stephen Cragg, Doughty Street Chambers


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The Stoner Mom is a blog about the experiences of a young mother and cannabis consumer. She wants to break stereotypical notions of marijuana users, and show that they can be responsible, engaged parents. She talks about how it helped make her a happier person and a better mom. We recently caught up with The Stoner Mom, and she told us about her blog, and life as a parent and outspoken cannabis consumer.
You've been on an incredible journey of self-discovery to get to this point. What were the main turning points for you? How did you learn from them to get to where you are now?
Having children taught me that I am mortal, and that I only have one shot at life.
Therapy taught me why I do the things and I do, and how to use that why to manage my life effectively.
A failed first marriage taught me exactly what I want in the next one.
In my late twenties, I experienced some personal revelations that changed and shaped the way I look at the world and my role in it. Sort of like a spiritual awakening or something, only my awakening was the realization that it is my right, and mine alone, to live my one life, the way I choose to live it.
It sounds really trivial to say, but that simple mantra really helps me So there was that, and also divorce, obviously becoming a mother, renouncing my religion, finding my husband David, building thestonermom.com. All these things brought light to the fact that I control my position in life, and no one else.
How has cannabis played a role in shaping the person you are today? How would you describe your love of the flower?
Since I added cannabis to my self-care routine I have become "more" of the things I like about myself. Having medication that calms my nerves, relaxes my mind, regulates my sleep, enhances my senses and alleviates my pains not only makes me a happier, calmer and more present person, and also make me a far more patient and understanding mom.
And when I say that I don't mean, "when I'm high I am a better mom." What I really am referring to is the overall peace that regular marijuana users experience, something that you don't necessarily have to be high to feel. Regular marijuana users rarely get "high" in the sense that recreational users might think. For regular medical patients, marijuana just alleviates our various symptoms and encourages deeper, more introspective thought.
What was the general reaction when you "came out of the cannabis closet" as a parent?
Shock. I had built a reputation on being one of those "perfect" parents and more almost everyone that originally contacted me said something along the lines of "I had NO idea!!" I didn't lose any friends or have any drama whatsoever when I came out.
What were some of the craziest comments or feedback you received?
The only weird or negative feedback I have experienced as The Stoner Mom has just been trolls on YouTube. It's usually either something about how I am "always high" (actually, as a regular user I am rarely high) or it's something about my looks. And it's usually written in such a away that indicates the person is either underaged or not the sharpest tool in the shed.
How do you talk to your kids about cannabis use?
My oldest is 10 and I talk to her honestly about what marijuana is and why I use it. She knows it is no different from the pills I take at night that keep me mentally healthy and functioning.
To be honest, coming out to my kids about depression was way harder than coming out about cannabis. They were more concerned about mom being depressed then the mysterious substance mom uses when they aren't around.
What's your advice to other moms (and dads) who are still "in the closet"? How can they begin the journey towards living more authentically?
First advice is, it feels weird and even wrong to talk to your kids truthfully about cannabis because that's what we were taught in school and at home. Moms and Dads of today need to realize that this is our time, our generation, and we don't have to parent our children the way our parents parented us.
It's like car-seats. For awhile we didn't have them. Then they came out and people thought they were dangerous. Now they are the standard. Marijuana legalization and the de-stigmatizing of cannabis users isn't going to stop anytime soon. It's not going to suddenly reverse, so parents can feel a little more comfortable bringing up pot in casual conversation.
How would you describe the key differences between the typical experience of a "stoner mom" vs. a "stoner dad"?
I think when someone thinks "stoner dad" the perception is a "loser" dad. Perhaps unemployed, definitely hangs out on the couch, eats all the snacks, and possesses a laid back attitude that borders on negligent.
I believe that "stoner mom" has a cleaner slate, ie there is no collective visual representation of one. We tried with Nancy from Weeds but I think that was a pretty one-dimensional (and unrealistic) depiction of a woman with children who uses marijuana.
Men are far far far more likely to not only use cannabis but to admit to using cannabis. Men partaking in marijuana use is far more socially acceptable than women. Stoner Mom's face a much tougher stigma, as the idea of the maternal figure using illegal drugs is tantamount to neglect. Never mind if the mother has cystic fibrosis or MS or cancer or any of the multitude of things that cannabis treats.


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For my card today I finally was able to use my Sherri Baldy My Besties stamp, I coloured her with copics and prismas and paper pieced her skirt. To give her skirt a puffy look I used my metal ball tool on the reverse side of the skirt going around in little circles. I've been feeling banners lately and wanted to incorporate them as much as I could. I was able to use them in three ways, banner dies x4, banner chipboard and banners out of my design paper. I used some distress ink on my DP and on the beautiful doilie, for the doilie I also attached a feather by bending it slightly so it could flow around the edge.
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-Paper: C'est La Vie(Bo Bunny), Irresistible(Authentique)
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Beware. I have warned you. Derin Devlet is coming for you. Derin will steal your rights, your freedom, and perhaps even your life. Derin can manipulate the news, drive the economy up or down, start wars, alter history, and control the media.
They have warned us and yet Derin is still there; lurking, immortal, invisible yet affecting our everyday lives, all to Derin's whim with little regard to anything else except maintaining the power and the continuity of Derin Devlet.
You may know Derin by another name. Throughout the long history of the world, Derin has borne many names. Derin Devlet is his Turkish name, translated literally to Deep State.
While many Americans believe the "Deep State" to be monolithic, if a secretive, behind-the-doors group of well-organized individuals holding vast power and controlling the government, the reality is different.
Some would argue it's the Civil Service, career bureaucrats engaged in what some see as subverting elected officials' policies. Others see it as preserving the law. The deep state exists in various manifestations.
The first use of the term seems to be in 1817, John Fitzgerald Pennie's "The Varangian, or Masonic Honor," offered this dialogue of two servants working a large banquet hall filled with contriving earls and knights.
Second servant: "Oh, could I but pry into these deep state secrets! I would give my very head to — Third servant: "Thus mayst, for aught 'tis worth.… Would I could pry into a venison pasty…. I will see what cheer the buttery yields."
Second servant: "Then art thou come in right good time: there's glorious feasting here. But thou, dull fellow, hast no great regard for plots and state affairs."
Third servant: "No; but I have for the sad state of my deserted bowels." (https://www.thenation.com/article/what-is-the-deep-state/)
Here's the way Mr. Trump seems to see the Deep State.
If an allegation against, let's say Billary Hinton, is unprovable, then the Deep State protected him, or her, or this fictitious person who bears no resemblance to any person living or dead or soon to be living or dead or otherwise real.
If an allegation is proven against, let's say, Dichael Bohen, or Dichael Slynn, or the other 35 individuals indicted (so far) by someone with a name like Mobert Bueller, (again all fictitious individuals I mean 37 people indicted in one organization in government and not part of Organized Crime? Come on!) the Deep State conspired to make it happen.
One might make an argument the deep state exists, in an existential sense, by looking at the effect it has on public perception with little firm evidence of its reality. The Deep State lives in the minds of many, and thus it exists.
I offer here a proof of this Deep State and the power it wields. John McCain did not die. He was promoted to Director of Deep State from Beyond, and his one job is to torment Donald Trump. You have only to read the maniacal ravings of Mr. Trump and see McCain's evil hand forcing the President to hit Tweet, Tweet, Tweet all night long.
Derin Devlet is coming for you. Don't say I didn't warn you.


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Fans Choose the Best-Ever Weekly Shonen Sunday Manga
From modern favorites to vintage classics, see which titles ranked highest among Japanese fans
For more than 60 years, Weekly Shonen Sunday has published some of the most popular shonen and sports manga to come out of Japan. But which of those many titles are the best of the best? Fans have chimed in with their opinion!
Japanese polling site goo Ranking polled 14,846 people, asking which Weekly Shonen Sunday manga titles they considered the best ever. The results span from recent and currently-running titles to well-loved classics. We're counting down the top ten here—is your favorite in the mix?
Note that this poll was conducted by a third party, and contains no input from Crunchyroll News staff:
10: Touch (Mitsuru Adachi)
9: Karakuri Circus (Kazuhiro Fujita)
8: Musashi no Ken (Motoka Murakami)
7: Urusei Yatsura (Rumiko Takahashi)
6: MAJOR (Takuya Mitsuda)
5: Mobile Police Patlabor (Masami Yuki)
4: Silver Spoon (Hiromu Arakawa)
3: Zatch Bell! (Makoto Raiku)
2: Ushio and Tora (Kazuhiro Fujita)
1: Case Closed (Gosho Aoyama)
Other big-hitters high in the rankings include Ranma 1/2, Osomatsu-kun, and Yakitate!! Japan.
How did your favorite fare?
Source: goo Ranking


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You struggle for the right word… and agonize over even the most familiar names and faces.
It can feel like your brain is wasting away.
But it's not just a matter of getting old…
Something could literally be ROTTING your mind.
Whether it's excess inflammation… a bacterial infection… or some other mysterious mechanism we haven't quite figured out yet… addressing the cause can REVERSE the symptoms!
One of the most promising ways to save your brain is actually a trick developed by ancient tribes to keep food from spoiling.
And it can keep your brain from turning to mush, too.
Preserve your precious memories
For ages, the Zulu warriors of South Africa relied on drinking a special type of fermented milk to keep them physically strong… and mentally sharp as a tack.
This "soured" milk worked so well at helping the Zulu people come to power, it gained the reverence of ALL South Africans…
And for hundreds of years, amasi has been a staple of their diets.
The fermenting initially came out of necessity – without refrigeration, there was no way to keep their dairy fresh.
Although they didn't yet understand the science behind it, they'd learned the hard way how consuming spoiled food and beverages can make you sick.
But it turns out that this method of preserving milk can ALSO do wonders for saving your precious memories.
That's because like many other fermented foods and beverages, amasi is JAM-PACKED with beneficial bacteria.
And because much of your brain function actually comes from your gut, probiotics are ESSENTIAL to keeping your wits about you.
But while maintaining your "gut health" is a big part of keeping your brain healthy… it's not JUST about fully stocking your microbiome with a diverse array of beneficial bacterial strains.
Research has shown that probiotics can specifically boost your brain activity in several ways:
- REDUCING inflammation that can damage the brain, nerves, and blood vessels.
- BALANCING hormones
- FACILITATING the production of brain chemicals (a.k.a. neurotransmitters), and
- HELPING your body absorb nutrients.
For instance, some strains of these so-called "good bugs" found in a healthy gut are known to contribute to the production of the neurotransmitter GABA.
When GABA isn't working properly, you can feel anxious… lose sleep… and watch helplessly while your cognitive function takes a NOSEDIVE.
There's something else…
When you've got enough of the "good guys" populating your gut bacteria, it forces the "bad guys" out.
So just as fermenting milk into amasi beats back food-borne pathogens… drinking amasi can do the same for your gut.
It's particularly effective against one nasty bacterial strain, E. coli.
This bug doesn't just make you sick…
According to a 2016 study out of UC Davis, E. coli can INVADE your brain… and WREAK HAVOC.
Researchers have found COLONIES of E. coli congregating in the amyloid deposits of brains stricken with Alzheimer's.
Around the world, amasi is made commercially with various types of lactic acid-based bacteria – namely, Lactococcus lactis.
But it's nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find amasi in any U.S. store.
You could make your own – amasi starter can be ordered and recipes can be found online.
Or, you can also drink another fermented milk beverage called kefir. Its probiotics on your brain are more or less equivalent to amasi.


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Research in this area focuses on the interaction of the Bacteria and the Archaea with their environment.
Recent work in Dr Rich Boden's group examines CO2-utilising Bacteria that grow at the expense of inorganic sulfur compounds (chemolithoautotrophs) in deep-sea and shallow-sea hydrothermal vents (specifically the genera Thiomicrospira, Thiomicrorhabdus and Hydrogenovibrio), and the soil dwelling Thiobacillus thioparus and the thermophilic Thermithiobacillus tepidarius, isolated from the thermal spring suppling the Roman Baths in Bath, UK.
This work builds on 15 years of research into the physiology and biochemistry of sulfur-oxidising Bacteria and Archaea to better understand their diversity, ecology and genomics. In the last 5 years, the Boden group has collaborated with the Joint Genome Institute (USA) to publish the genome sequences of T. thioparus DSM 505T (Hutt et al., 2017) and Ttb. tepidarius DSM 3134T (Boden et al., 2016) and have in addition, separately sequenced the genomes of a number of other taxa (Thermithiobacillus; Thiobacillus thiophilus DSM 19892T; Annwoodia aquaesulis DSM 4255T; Xanthobacter tagetidis DSM 11105T; Thiomicrospira thyasirae DSM). These data are now in use in evolutionary and comparative physiology studies.
Through our on-going collaboration with the Scott laboratory at the University of South Florida, we have produced comparative genomic analyses of deep-sea hydrothermal vent Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrospira and Thiomicrorhabdus spp., examining specifically their respiratory chains and abilities to metabolise a variety of sulfur species (Scott et al., 2018). More recently, our collaborative studies have elucidated CO2-concentration systems amongst the same genera, comparing species that grow in shallow-water, low-temperature vent systems around Svalbard with those from deep-water, high-temperature systems in the Pacific (Scott et al., 2019).
Selected publications
Scott KM, Leonard JM, Boden R et al. (2019) Diversity in CO2-concentrating mechanisms among chemolithoautotrophs from the genera Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus, and Thiomicrospira, ubiquitous in sulfidic habitats worldwide. Applied Environmental Microbiology 85: 1-19.
Scott KM…(Incl. Boden R) et al. (2018) Genomes of ubiquitous marine and hypersaline Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus and Thiomicrospira spp. encode a diversity of mechanisms to sustain chemolithoautotrophy in heterogeneous environments. Environmental Microbiology 20: 2686-2708.
Hutt LP…. Boden R (2017) Permenent draft genome of Thiobacillus thioparus DSM 505T, an obligately chemolithoautotrophic member of the Betaproteobacteria. Standards in Genomic Sciences 12: 10.
Boden R, Hutt LP et al. (2016) Permenent draft genome of Thermithiobacillus tepidarius DSM 3134T, a moderately thermophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic member of the Acidithiobacillia. Standards in Genomic Sciences 11: 74.


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Best 2030 target-date fund gains of 2019
Although outpaced by broader markets, clients about a decade away from the traditional retirement age of 65 enjoyed impressive gains from their 2030 target-date funds.
With nearly $140 billion in combined assets under management, the 20 target-date 2030 funds with the biggest gains of 2019 largely benefited from both their fee structures and asset allocation strategies, according to Greg McBride, a senior analyst at Bankrate.
"Not all 2030 target-date funds are the same," McBride says. "Investment allocations can differ from one fund to another, and so do the expense ratios. These are the factors impacting the relative performance of funds with the same 2030 target."
Holdings in the top-performers would have rendered a gain right on target with the target-date market, data show. With an average return more than 21%, returns among the top-performers were slightly shy of the Morningstar Lifetime Moderate 2030 Index, as tracked by the MFS Lifetime 2030 Fund (MLTAX). All, however were bested by the S&P 500's stellar 31.22% gain last year, as tracked by SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), as well as the Dow's 25.01% gain, as tracked by the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) over the same period, data show.
"With the stock market rising 30% in 2019, those funds carrying a higher allocation to U.S. stocks had the wind at their backs," McBride says. "But that can cut both ways, and those with a higher allocation to stocks will lag when the market has a down year."
Fees were on target with the broader industry. With an average net expense ratio of 0.49%, these funds were only slightly pricier than the 0.48% investors were charged, on average, for fund investing last year, according to Morningstar's most recent annual fee survey, which reviewed the asset-weighted average expense ratios of all U.S. open-end mutual funds and ETFs.
The largest target-date 2030 fund, the $41.6 billion Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Investor Shares (VTHRX), had a 0.14% expense ratio and 21.07% gain in 2019, data show. The biggest overall fund, the $897.7 billion Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares (VTSAX), had a 0.04% expense ratio and a 30.8% return over the same period.
"Investors should make sure they are comfortable with the investment allocation of a particular target-date fund before investing," McBride says. "It may be more aggressive or more conservative than comparable funds, largely based on whether it devotes a higher percentage or lower percentage to stocks."
Scroll through to see the 20 target-date 2030 category funds with the best returns as of 2019. Funds with less than $100 million in AUM and investment minimums over $100,000 were excluded, as were leveraged and institutional funds. Assets and expense ratios for each, as well as three-year net flows and year-to-date returns, are also listed. The data shows each fund's primary share class. All data from Morningstar Direct.


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Special Olympics Missouri receives $1 million challenge grant for Training for Life Campus
Capital campaign in final push toward completing fundraising, Chamber's Civic Progress Committee plays instrumental role
Published: Friday, May 27, 2016
By: Randy Allen
The Chamber was pleased to participate in a press conference held by Special Olympics Missouri for the purpose of announcing receipt of a $1 million challenge grant for Training for Life Campus to be built in Jefferson City.
We know the Training for Life Campus will have a great impact on our community and we're excited about helping Special Olympics Missouri reach its goal to make this project a reality. The campus will truly be a vibrant hub for our community.
From an economic impact standpoint, the SOMO Training for Life Campus is expected to bring between $227,000 and $378,000 per year to the Jefferson City economy.
The following statements are excerpts from their press release:
Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) has received a $1 million challenge grant from the Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, OK, to put the non-profit one final step from being able to build the Training for Life Campus. With this grant, SOMO's capital campaign currently has raised $16 million in cash, pledges and in-kind gifts.
The total is enough to build the 44,000 sq. foot facility that will be the anchor of the campus. Fundraising for the outdoor fields and sports equipment will continue through the remainder of the year. SOMO still needs to raise an additional $2.8 million to ensure its athletes have the best facilities possible.
Final designs are being prepared and construction will begin in spring 2017. The campus construction is targeted for completion by summer 2018.


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Sheilagh Macafferty, behind Alex Scottish Wears, is a costume designer who founded Sacramento Costumers. Sacramento Costumers, a collective where individuals grow their own brands and work collectively to complete larger projects, such as the opera or masks for the community.
As CEO of the Sacramento Costumers cooperative, she helps people (ages 5-75) learn or hone their skillset, prepare for a career, learn the trade, build their brands find community with sewing, designing, fashion, costuming, and zero waste practices.
Having started in costuming as Wardrobe Mistress in 1977 with Frederic Apcar Productions, Sheilagh costumed the 2015-16 season at the Pistarckle Theater in St. Thomas, USVI, and is currently costumer to the Sacramento Philharmonic Opera. The April 25th performance of "Barber of Seville", has been rescheduled for November 24, 2020.
Her deep love for Tartans comes also from her background of years of performing as seen here:
Did you know that you can design and register your own tartan? 'Tis true. For personal, family, business, or organizational use. Go to: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk
Sheilagh Macafferty's most recent last name is Irish. While there are some Irish tartans registered, historically tartans depicting familial ties are a Scottish thing. It is believed that tartans developed when the military Highland Independent Companies introduced the idea of using the pattern for identity between 1725 and 1739. However, the first tartans, inaccurately called plaids in America, were most likely woven in ancient times. There are the tartans of Madras and India, which went on to become part of the Antillian heritage, spreading throughout the Caribbean islands and the gorgeous weaving of color in South America.
Back in the 1950-80s, her father was the Drum Major for the Sacramento Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Bagpipe band. The Camerons were the official band to the Camillia Queen's court, back when Sacramento was known as the Camellia Capital of California. His band and the tartan she wore in Highland dance competitions were the Cameron of Erracht(Modern).
The City of Sacramento Pipe Band wears the Holyrood Tartan.
This darkened version of Old Campbell is officially used by the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland; Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment); and 42nd Regiment of Foot. The tartan is also among the most common in civilian use, especially popular for formal events and weddings, owing to its muted tones.
The Royal Stuart (or Royal Stewart) tartan, first published in 1831, is the best-known tartan of the royal House of Stuart/Stewart and is one of the most recognizable tartans. Today, it is worn by the regimental pipers of the Black Watch, Scots Guards, and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, among other official and organizational uses. It is commonly worn by the general public as a general British symbol, and very popular in the fashion world, though in theory, it is the individual property of Elizabeth II.
The fashionable black version of the Stewart tartan is popular in formal wear.
Many Families commissioned subdued, green, and brown tone versions of their tartans for hunting. The one offered in a mask is very likely a fashion plaid but is similar to the Manley hunting tartan.
This fashion fabric, popular for its minimalism, is much like the Erskine, Scott, and McFarlane tartans.
The colorful tartan offered in the current mask collection is a fashion fabric, she has coined" Brighten Your Day". This tartan is for all of us, we're in this together, one big human family.
Visit Sheilagh.Studio to learn more about her brands
Sheilagh Designs, Alex Scottish Wears, Earth Arts n Culture, and Uppity Upcycle Couture.
This online mask marketplace shopping experience is provided by the nonprofit The Atrium -a Creative Innovation Center for Sustainability. Seeking to build a kind, creative and sustainable future for all. Creatives on this mask marketplace are using the funds raised from these masks to buy supplies to make free masks for those on the front lines and those in need.
Up Kindness, Inc is the 501c3 nonprofit legal entity that houses the Atrium and all its projects.


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Net income for the quarter was $429 million, up 50 percent from a year earlier, on total revenue of $2.15 billion, up 30 percent year-over-year. EMC posted earnings of 19 cents per share on a diluted basis, a 46 percent increase from the second quarter of 1999.
The 19-cents-a-share figure, which was adjusted for a 2-for-1 stock split June 2, beat a First Call/Thomson Financial estimate of 17 cents per share. A year earlier, EMC posted profits of $286 million, or 13 cents a share.
Shares in EMC, which announced the results before U.S. markets opened today, closed up $4.44, or 5.7 percent, to $83.
Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC set several milestones for the quarter, topping $2 billion for the first time in quarterly revenue and seeing accelerating growth in several areas: 96 percent in enterprise storage software to $351 million; 36 percent in enterprise storage systems; and 30 percent in midrange storage systems to $141 million. Total storage revenue surged 43 percent year-over-year.
"This was our strongest quarter ever," Mike Ruettgers, EMC's chief executive, said in a statement. "Storage has become the hottest of all information technologies because it now determines an organization's ROI--return on information."
Some of the revenue gains come from Aviion servers and Clariion storage systems, which EMC acquired last year with the purchase of Data General. Clariion midrange systems posted their best quarter ever.
"EMC is running on all cylinders," Technology Business Research analyst Brooks Gray said. "They've got some very positive growth going with CLARiiON. For that to jump from $98 million in Q1 to $141 million in Q2 shows their marketing and sales force efforts around that product line are really starting to work."
Symmetrix storage systems nearly doubled revenue year-over-year, pulling in $749 million in revenue. The Symmetrix 8000 storage family pulled in $500 million in its first quarter of availability.
Storage area network revenue shot up eightfold from a year earlier and 55 percent sequentially to $400 million.
EMC also reported strong international growth, with year-over-year storage revenue up 111 percent in the Asia-Pacific region and 42 percent in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Despite gains, EMC faces increasing challenges from Hewlett-Packard, which recently unveiled compelling storage alternatives; it also faces competition from a storage alliance formed by Compaq Computer and IBM.
Storage sales are booming in part because of the demand created by the Internet. The market for storage management software, for example, grew 47 percent in 1999 over the previous year, according to market researcher Dataquest. The market research firm predicted revenue of $14.7 billion in 2004, up from $4.2 billion last year.
EMC led the storage software management market last year with 18.2 percent share, compared with 17.3 percent for second-ranked IBM/Tivoli, according to Dataquest.
EMC's success selling storage software is one of the most important factors driving profits, Gray said.
"The continued software growth, that's what's fueling their margins," he said. "It attests to the fact they have the leading software management system in the storage market. Their performance levels, quality and the service that goes along with it, the competition isn't there yet."


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Cones, crews and combined travel lanes have largely defined transit down Broad Street for the past 16 months, as the $64.9 million GRTC Pulse corridor construction continues rumbling along. The 7.6-mile-long, 15-stop bus rapid transit route will zip an estimated 3,500 daily riders down Broad and Main Streets, from Willow Lawn to Rocketts Landing, once it's finished — which, contractually, needs to happen by June 30, 2018.
When the BRT does go into effect, the regular GRTC bus system will simultaneously launch a new network of routes through the city, and all buses will no longer run from the hours of 1 to 3 a.m. As for parking? All on-street parking will be prohibited 24/7 between Fourth Street and 14th Street to accommodate curb-running, exclusive bus-only lanes.
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When we got our hotel room in Atlanta, Daisy said she wanted the tallest floor to me. We got stuck with whatever room was ours. I thought it was an odd thing for her to say. Then in the mornings, she opened up the blinds and gazed at the view. We were on floor eleven I think, so it was a decent view of Atlanta.
Our hotel was right next to Turner Field. I wanted to see a Braves game but they recently moved to Suntrust Park way up on the north part of Atlanta. Which is a shame, would of made things much better for me. I ended up not going to a game because of the distance.


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Advantages of Selling One's House to Real Estate Investors
There are various reasons that can compel homeowners to sell their houses. Some of the reasons include serious financial challenges or when people are moving to new areas. One can decide to sell their houses through the realtors or the real estate investors. In some cases, experienced homeowners can decide to sell their houses on their own. If homeowners require the cash within a short time, they should involve the real estate investors. Homeowners should research on the investors that they want to involve in the sale process. One can get the service from the investors who are in different areas or they can check their website. When one sell their house to real estate investors they will enjoy the benefits listed below.
When homeowners sell their houses to the investors, they will not be required to undertake repairs before the houses are sold off. Homeowners that are facing challenges may not be in a position to hire some of the contractors due to the high charges that are demanded. The real estate investors undertake repairs in their preferred design after making some deductions from the original cost of the house. Since homeowners will not incur any expenses; they can save a lot of money.
Homeowners are able to get the cash after selling their houses within a short time. When homeowners sell their houses to the investors; they will seal a deal and make payments within a day or a week which is a short period. Since the cash is availed in good time, homeowners can meet their financial needs and avoid borrowing from other sources. The investors are not paid commissions when they buy the houses. Some of the realtors charge high commissions which may not be affordable to homeowners. Additional costs that homeowners will be expected to pay when they sell through the realtors include the taxes, appraisal and inspection fees.
The investors have ready cash so they will not back out of the deal since they do not depend on the banks for financing. When homeowners opt for other buyers; they can be inconvenienced if they fail to secure the loans from the banks. Homeowners will be forced to look for alternative buyers when expected buyers fail to secure the loans from the bakes. The investors buy the houses at any time and do not wait for the foreclosure period. Since the investors have ready cash; they will pay homeowners who will, in turn, clear the pending amount to the mortgage companies. Since the houses are valuable assets, one should sell them to investors that will pay them well.
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