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Guarding the borders of this vast nation, BSF (Border Security Force) has been recognized as the most acclaimed combat force with bravery and honor. This force is one of the most prestigious para-military forces of India, which offers tremendous opportunity for people for career in this most prestigious organization. A life with BSF is full of adventure, achievement and bravery. Being central government profile, jobs in BSF is considered as the most preferred job profiles among the masses of job seekers.
With its recent proposal for acquiring potential human resource for ministerial cadre, BSF intends to recruit Assistant Sub-Inspector (Stenographer), and Head Constable (Ministerial) for the year 2014-15.
Important Dates:
- Last date for submission of Completed Application: 30 days from the date of publication of this advertisement [03-August-2015]
- Last date for submission of application form from far-flung areas: 45 days from the date of publication of this advertisement [17-August-2015]
Details of the Vacancies:
- Assistant Sub-Inspector (Stenographer): 25 positions (Out of which Departmental-04)
- Head Constable (Ministerial): 111 positions (Out of which Departmental-17)
Scale of Pay:
- Assistant Sub-Inspector (Stenographer): Rs.5200–Rs.20200 with Grade Pay Rs.2800 in Pay Band – 1
- Head Constable (Ministerial): Rs.5200–Rs.20200 with Grade Pay Rs.2400 in Pay Band – 1
- Other allowances and perks will be as per rules of BSF
Academic Qualification & Skills:
- Assistant Sub-Inspector (Stenographer): The applicant should have completed Intermediate or Senior Secondary School Certificate (10+2) examination or equivalent. The candidate must have Shorthand speed of 80 words per minute in English OR in Hindi for 10 minutes. Transcription of dictation in English in 50 minutes on computer OR transcription of dictation in Hindi in 65 minutes on computer.
- Head Constable (Ministerial): The applicant should have completed Intermediate or Senior Secondary School Certificate (10+2) examination or equivalent. The candidate must have Typing speed of 35 words per minute in English OR 30 words per minute in Hindi corresponding to 10500 KDPH in English/9000 KDPH in Hindi with average of 5 key depressions for each word on computer.(Time-10 minutes)
- The age of the applicants should be in-between 18 to 25 years as on last date of submission of application.
- However, there will be relaxation for SC, OBC, Departmental and PWD candidates as per rules of BSF.
- The candidate must have to comply minimum physical requirement standards as per the norms of BSF.
Selection Procedure:
- The selection will be done through the following procedures
- Written Examination
- Physical Measurement (PST)
- Short Hand Test (only for ASI -Steno)
- Typing Speed Test (only for HC-Min)
- Verification of Documentation (Checking of Documents/ certificates)
- Medical Examination
- Candidates will be selected in order of merit
- The candidates will have to undergo a pre-recruitment medical test before final joining
Application Fee:
- For SC/ST/Departmental/ Women candidates: Fees Exempted
- For all Others: Rs.50 (Rupees Fifty only)
- The fee can be paid in the shape of Crossed Indian Postal Order / Bank Draft drawn in the favor of the concerned officer as mentioned in the official recruitment advertisement at //bsf.nic.in/doc/recruitment/r173.pdf).
How To Apply: The candidates need to apply through the prescribed application form as available on the portal of BSF at //bsf.nic.in/doc/recruitment/r173.pdf
- After filling up the form, the candidates have to attach the Application Form with all necessary credential documents and DD or Pay Order (fees) and send that to the address mentioned at the complete advertisement on or before 30 days of completion of this advertisement.
- The envelope containing the application form must be super-scribed as "APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF ASSISTANT SUB-INSPECTOR (STENOGRAPHER) OR HEAD CONSTABLE (MINISTERIAL) IN BORDER SECURITY FORCE 2014-15" in bold and capital letter.
- The candidates need to attach 2 numbers of self-addressed envelope affixing Rs.39 postal stamp on it
- The recruitment will be provisional in nature subject to become permanent in future.
- The applications completed in all respect must be enclosed in an envelope and should be forwarded to the detailed address mentioned in the detailed official advertisement at //bsf.nic.in/doc/recruitment/r173.pdf


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Tony Hawk says he's no longer involved in Tony Hawk Pro Skating franchise
We can already assume how the latest tweet by famous skater Tony Hawk came about, seeing as how it does more than hint at the reason. It starts off with "To anyone asking me to 'remaster' old games", which was enough to make us chuckle.
Imagine the poor sod's email inbox, with skating world plus skate-dog mailing to complain about what's essentially Activision's franchise. Fair play to Tony though, as he kept his cool and remained articulate.
He pointed everyone in the direction of Activision, reminding that it's them who actually own the license. However, it's the latter part of the tweet that caught everyone's attention.
Basically, Hawk points out that if he had the skill or the authority to code games for newer systems on his own, he'd be happy to do so. Even though the press is obviously having a filed day with this one, we're yet to see whether anyone takes mr. Hawk up on the offer.
To anyone asking me to 'remaster" old games, or complaining about THPS servers being down: Activision owns the THPS license but I am no longer working with them. If I had the skills / authority to reboot servers or code games for newer systems on my own, I would be happy to...— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) February 26, 2018
There's already some speculation of remasters and even though we consider remasters to be financially lucrative means of ensuring stagnation of the entire gaming sector, there's very little to be improved in skating games, mechanics wise.
Or is there? Naturally, we'd love it if Tony proved us wrong, but we're not really counting on it, are we? Skating games, even though lucrative, aren't really your go-to titles to improve a company's fortunes, and Activision knows this.
In fact, the company's last shot at flogging a dead skating horse was back in 2012, with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD being the last in the line and being removed from Steam in 2017. Six years of not touching the franchise says more about the interest for its revival than anything else.
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As Nepal faces several types of disaster, fire is one of the main. According to Ministry of Home Affairs, annually over two dozen die, more than hundreds injure and people have lost the property worth of million rupees.
Interestingly, most of the victims are people living below the poverty line. However, the loss of life and property can drastically reduce in case of fire trucks available in the country.
Serving in Nepal for two and half years as ambassador to Nepal Ambassador Scott DeLisi had seen all the trauma and tragedy. This may be the reason ambassador Scott DeLisi decides to do something to bring a fire truck to Nepal.
Ambassador DeLisi also finds international actors like actors Malcolm McDowell, Michael Imperioli, and Scott Glenn. Music stars Nuno Bettencourt, from the rock band Extreme, and Chris Adler from Lamb of God, as well as the famous mountaineer Reinhold Messner, is amongst those who will also drive the fire trucks over treacherous roads from Birgunj to Kathmandu.
In his efforts to provide fire truck Michael Kobold, who has been living in Nepal, stands firmly managing all the logistics required in Nepal including handling local issues.
Along with famous international actors, famous names from Bollywood such as Manisha Koirala, Sunil Thapa, and Nepal's imminent actor Rajesh Hamal are also joining the campaign.
With an aim to make it successful, the Nepal Fire Truck Expedition launched a crowdfunding campaign on 27 November with a goal to raise $200,000 that will be used to ship the fire trucks and finance the expedition, as well for creating a compelling feature-length documentary about the expedition as it makes its way through Nepal.
Led by former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, Ambassador Scott DeLisi and the legendary mountaineer and television personality Russell Brice. It is a project that has been seven years in the making and originally included the late actor James Gandolfini, star of the hit television series The Sopranos.
Although the expedition team faced delays after the two devastating earthquakes that hit Nepal in 2015 and the border blockade, the patience and persistence have paid off as numerous other international celebrities and adventurers have decided to join the expedition. The crowdfunding campaign is the last stepping stone before the expedition can finally take off.
International celebrities, diplomats, and adventurers are joining forces to drive ten fire engines across the Himalayas to Kathmandu and donate them to the local fire department, which serves 5 million people with only 3 fire trucks. The publicity generated through this unique event will boost Nepal's tourism industry.
The official expedition website contains promotional videos featuring the stars who are conveying their excitement of coming to Nepal.
The expedition is expected to have an enormous worldwide outreach through social media. The adventure will also be filmed by a camera team who will produce two sets of content: two one-hour-long episodes for PBS in the U.S., as well as a 90-minute feature film. The programs are meant to inspire people to visit Nepal.
By participating in the crowdfunding campaign, backers will not only support the expedition but also Nepal's local economy. It includes luxury fashion and travel accessories that are handmade in Nepal by young women who were victims or were at risk of human trafficking.
Backers can choose from a range of rewards, starting from the official expedition mug and an exclusive access to the documentary film, to high-end items such as uniquely designed travel wallets, handwoven cashmere hats, and the official expedition watch.
Leading such a big campaign, ambassador DeLisi has shown his love to Nepal and people leaving in difficult situation. Even few such fire trucks, they will save life of poor and their property. It is great thing for them.


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New Library to cost treasury $31,600 a month in rent
However, the Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) failed to advise the public of the cost based on square footage payable to Clarence Thomas Limited, or if this is the amount now being paid to house the students in the same building.
He was at the time providing answers on some 'petty' contracts that had been inked by the Ministry in December last in the House of Assembly sitting on Thursday June 28, 2018.
Hon Walywn was asked to provide the cost of removing the public library from its former location and what is the amount of the annual rental payments for the new location of the public library.
No money paid?
According to the Minister for Education and Culture, "the amount of money expended to date for the fitting out of the new premises for usage by the public library at the old Clarence Thomas Limited (CTL) building is zero dollars."
He said, the Road Town Public Library was officially closed on May 16, 2016 and had been closed for a period of two years and one month.
According to Hon Walwyn, the scheduled date for reopening of the Road Town Public Library is not available at this time.
He said however "the contracts were signed and sent to Treasury for processing of first payment on August 31, 2017 but no payment was processed because of the hurricanes.
The Chairman of the National Democratic Party stated, with the catastrophic hurricanes in September 2017 that devastated the largest secondary school in the Territory, a decision was made to use the proposed library space at the old CTL building located in Pasea Estate for housing the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) on a shift system.
Where is our public Library?
"This space will continue to house the ESHS until the rebuilding of the old campus is completed," he said.
Many residents and commentators have lambasted the Minister for having the Library remain closed for so long. They have asked "does the Minister for Education know what a library means to a country and in this case, to our Territory?"
A library promotes culture, a library is a public space with the requisite resources that allows all citizens access to tools for the development of good citizenship. A library is fundamental to a healthy community, many have argued.
21 Responses to "New Library to cost treasury $31,600 a month in rent"
one eye (04/07/2018, 15:31) Like (44) Dislike (11) Replykeep this guy mvw away from the Treasury
Gosh man! (04/07/2018, 15:45) Like (51) Dislike (3) Reply
Rent for What????????
These people sick man. You paying the mortgage for CTL whole building with that?
That is money squandering . I believe some peddle back is involve here cause never in my dreams I thought rent can be so high and to put in book and study tone at that.
Read a book MF (04/07/2018, 16:24) Like (72) Dislike (1) ReplyWhy rent when you could build one
NO COMMENT (04/07/2018, 16:34) Like (36) Dislike (1) Replyuntil the square footage is ascertained for those who understand the numbers. Value per sqft is of utmost important in order to determine common sense thinking here. How many more lease/rent properties by gov't are in this similar bracket per sqft?
half full (04/07/2018, 21:25) Like (15) Dislike (22) ReplyConsidering the square footage, it's One of the most affordable commercial space in BVI - plus there is parking.
Worker Purcell estate (04/07/2018, 16:55) Like (8) Dislike (2) ReplyThat's the same building where the school is present and the owner was collecting payment long before the hurricane the workers were placed in different government departments when the old library closed
MEME (04/07/2018, 17:21) Like (30) Dislike (0) Reply
Library is long overdue and badly needed.
Money to be paid to rent the building identified could easily pay for a building properly outfitted to house a decent library with better access. Let us wise up and stop paying other peoples mortgages.
clarence who? (04/07/2018, 17:42) Like (19) Dislike (2) Reply
why are they paying rent to anyone? the schools and library are public, gov't backed. why does he get all this money and how can they stand the light of day? Guess which bank they use...eh? ha ha.
NDP supporter (04/07/2018, 19:41) Like (32) Dislike (3) ReplySo this deal is why he betrayed Ronnie and voted for bald head. Now I understand.
rasta (06/07/2018, 13:56) Like (2) Dislike (0) ReplyOops
Welsah (04/07/2018, 20:55) Like (25) Dislike (0) ReplyTaxpayers better think twice for this upcoming election because we are paying for all these tabs. Country still suffering and it remains business as usual without any change in behaviors. The youths are watching for sure. Who to set the examples?
A youth (05/07/2018, 01:47) Like (9) Dislike (2) Reply@welsah. And they tell us to work hard while they are helping themselves to the top amongst themselves. Let them come around this time. We witnessed the wall, the airline, and now these outrageous rent rates. When will it end?
wize up (04/07/2018, 21:19) Like (9) Dislike (6) ReplyI have a question: how much was the former landlord raking in??(some of us gets offended when the coppers not going into our affiliates pockets)....just saying
Morality (04/07/2018, 21:49) Like (25) Dislike (4) ReplyWhere is the social conscience? They dont have the vision and courage to build a national library.but they are content to flush taxpayers' money down the drain for political gain. That is disgusting and sick. It is a public disgrace and there should be a public outcry.
Hmmmm (04/07/2018, 22:11) Like (15) Dislike (0) ReplyWhere are the marchers?
idea (04/07/2018, 23:41) Like (42) Dislike (0) ReplyI have an idea. With our 'museums' damaged or destroyed by the 2017 hurricanes, let's build a cultural complex that can house both a national library and a decent museum.
Worth the thought.
Jill (05/07/2018, 00:01) Like (6) Dislike (1) ReplyWow! I understand that property is rented by the Sq ft but does government need that much for a library? when certain people cannot have it that way they go around speaking ill of government. Government need to look at the most reasonable options and not considered renting at that cost.
Political Observer. (PO) (05/07/2018, 16:22) Like (10) Dislike (0) ReplyThe lack of a government-owned facility to house the central library is due poor planning, oversight.........etc is a failure that has to be shared by sucessive governments. No government seems to see the value in securing a permanent home for the Central Library. Every country has a library, ie, the ones with a high literacy rate......etc. Libraries are more than books. They housed and archived historical documents. They are public spaces where people go to read borrow books, read newspapers, view historical documents, conduct research........etc. Due to the failure to see the urgency and importance of a library, government is paying $31K to rent a space to house the library. The money being spent on rent should be used to construct a central library.
NezRez (06/07/2018, 19:43) Like (5) Dislike (0) ReplyUtterly ridiculous! You know we have crown land that can build a library for 1/3 or 1/2 the cost and never have to pay someone for using their land ever again. This is outrageous spending. This is why the UK don't trust us with money anymore. Waste waste waste!
Windy (07/07/2018, 11:04) Like (5) Dislike (2) ReplyOne must realize that not all that money doesn't go to CTL. A big part goes to a couple politicians
Shocked (10/07/2018, 14:17) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyThis is robbery if you ask me. Some,of these businesses men have no shame. The Government is broke as is and here the kind of money they charging? Financial rape...God have mercy on them all.


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By Johnny Papan and Heath Fenton
VANCOUVER – Slow is one of the most infamous punk groups to come out of Vancouver. Despite only having a short two year stint from 1985 through 1987, the band's record Against the Glass is considered a staple in Canadian music. After a long three decades from performing together, Slow has reunited for a homecoming show and anticipated new album. Vocalist Thomas Anselmi spoke about the band's return and future.
"We got offered quite a lot of money to tour," Anselmi explains about why the band got back together. "At first I was viewing this as a cash grab. I have a kid so there's more at stake than my fine artistic sensibilities. Then when we started playing together that all changed. We actually took a step back and decided not to do a big tour right away because the music was sounding so good and the writing was going so well. It's like Pretty Woman. At first it was for the money but now it's for the love."
Slow's career is no stranger to controversy. When their megahit "Have Not Been the Same" started garnering the band some traction in the mid-80s, they were invited to play the Expo 86 World's Fair. Happening in 1986, this was only the second time Canada would host a World's Fair, the first taking place in Montreal in 1967. Expo 86 drew criticism from locals when the city was forced to evict over a thousand low-income residents from their homes in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. When organizers approached the hot-new local group Slow to perform at the event, the band found it as a great opportunity to do something… ballsy.
"A lot of bands were not playing out of protest. We decided that was a mistake especially since there was a grand at stake. We've always been a band that reacts to where we're playing and what the atmosphere is. Even aside from the mass evictions etc., that Expo represented something ugly, something that was in opposition to our values. So we decided to fuck it up."
During their most controversial performance, Anselmi stripped his clothes, only performing in his boxers, occasionally "poking out" beneath the elastic waist of his garment throughout the set. At the end of the performance, guitarist Stephen Hamm dropped his shorts to his knees, flashing his family jewels to the unexpecting audience while raising his arms triumphantly. Expo 86 shut the power and cancelled the night's festivities. This led to audience havoc, resulting in chants of "Expo sucks!" outside of the BCTV onsite studio. Despite having a week left, Expo 86 cancelled the remainder of the event entirely. Slow was detained for indecent exposure and was later released. After a plethora of negative press received after the event, the band soon disbanded in 1987.
Anselmi confirms that Slow is now working on new material and will be recording in mid-December. The band plans to stay true to the Slow sound.
"Great bands are an alchemy of the various members and how they interact. So we're just playing and it sounds like Slow. It's not hard to keep out the influence of modern rock because none of us listen to it. We are just looking to take some chances, change some minds, break some hearts and fuck some people up."
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That's right. Last week, I became a homeschooler. And it was one of the scariest things in my life to finally commit to.
It was scary because I now have the education of my three beautiful children in the palm of my hands. My educational decisions could literally make or break them.
No pressure…no pressure at all! (*Starts biting off nails*)
It's scary because this decision was a big leap of faith. I've prayed, cried, and worried over this decision for the past 5 years. Nope. it was not an easy decision for me, even though I have heard God call me to homeschooling before my oldest went to kindergarten.


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Nutanix delivers hyper-converged infrastructure which can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. The infrastructures facilitates the deployment of Virtual Machines (VMs) using Hyper-V, VMware or Acropolis hypervisors. The solution is pretty good for enterprise storage requirements but it does not protect enterprise workloads from data loss. Without a reliable backup strategy, organizations risk their important data despite having setup enterprise-level infrastructures. That's why enterprises should deploy cloud backup to make their workloads data loss-proof.
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Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure comes in two basic forms: on-premises infrastructure and cloud based infrastructure. Depending on the vendor, businesses can setup cloud backups for both kinds of infrastructures.
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Hopefully, this group of elves will move on sometime and be replaced by elves that like doing things like, say, dusting. A girl can only hope.
Friday, February 22, 2008
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I have long thought that the shop had elves. Unfortunately, they have never been the kind of elves that tidy up and do all your knitting for you in the night. These were the kind of elves that liked throwing yarn off the shelves. This is often what I would see when I first came into the shop in the morning. The funny thing is that these elves have either gotten bored with that trick or have been replaced by new elves because now what I come out to in the morning it this. And this. For some reason, I am constantly finding unwound skeins. The funny thing is that I never see it happen. I'll just walk around the shop in the morning and see unwound skeins all over the place.
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"Legal" marijuana: patients with confirmed exposure to JWH-018 and JWH-073
March 30, 2011, 12:00 am
"Spice" Girls: Synthetic Cannabinoid Intoxication. Schneir AB et al. J Emerg Med March 2011;40:296-299.
This paper, from UC-San Diego, reports on two patients who presented to the emergency department after smoking a product labelled "Banana Cream Nuke". It had been purchased at a convenience store and carried the warning "not for human consumption". The ingredients listed on the label were: alfalfa, marshmallow, blue violet, nettle leaf, comfrey leaf, Gymnema sylvestre, passion flower leaf, horehound, and neem leaf.
Patient #1, a 22-year-old woman, described feelings of anxiety, tremulousness, and palpitations after using the product. These symptoms had mostly resolved on arrival at the hospital. Findings included normal vital signs and pupil size with some lateral gaze nystagmus. Urine drug screen, including THC, was negative. She was observed for one hour and discharged.
Patient #2, a 20-year-old woman, complained of anxiety. She was tachycardic (126 bpm) but otherwise had a normal physical exam.
Residual "Banana Cream Nuke" from the package was sent for analysis, which identified the synthetic cannabinoids JWH-018 and JWH-073 — chemicals also found in "Spice" and "K2".
Congratulations to the authors for taking the extra step and having the product these patients smoked analyzed. This confirms previous observations that "Spice"-like products predominantly cause transient anxiety and tachycardia, although paranoia and hallucinations have also been described. However, as the authors point out, they couldn't test for every possible drug and "Banana Cream Nuke" might contain other chemicals not yet identified.
A letter in the February issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine (2011;57:187-8) described 3 patients who smoked "Spice" or similar products. Clinical features included agitation, vomiting, somnolence, tachycardia, and mydriasis. Urine drug screens were negative in all three. No analysis of the product( s) was carried out.
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... The hardness ranges from 250 to 270 Bhn; incoming coil hardness is 170 to 190 Bhn. Hardness above 230 Bhn creates machinability problems for our customer. The coil is fed into an uncoiling machine, and the straightened coil then passes through induction heater No. 1 to raise its temperature to 325-375ºC. Immediately it passes through induction heater No. 2, where the typical temperature would be around 700ºC. An intermediate part is produced in five stages: cutoff, upsetting, extrusion, piercing, and sizing. Cooling of the blank is not controlled, and after heater No. 2, there is no external heating.
A: I assume that the forged part is something like a CV joint or other cup-like shape. It is common to heat bar steel by induction prior to forging and less common to heat the bar or coil before shearing. Often it is possible to heat the bar before warm shearing, then heat it to 1,400ºF (760ºC). For 52100 steel, the transformation temperature is close to this and any heat-up during forging can cause some pockets of austenite to form, which in turn can lead to hard spots.
One of the most effective ways to be sure that the hardness is kept on the low side is to slow-cool the parts in an insulating material or in a furnace running at about 1,200ºF. A disadvantage of slow cooling in a furnace is that some decarburization can occur. Slow cooling in a mixture of coarse sand and charcoal will encourage slow cooling but retard the decarburization.
Uniform cooling rates are key to uniform hardness. Air cooling or loading directly into boxes is the worst way to cool an air-hardening grade like bearing steel.
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Now a days fighting for human right has become common, but how about women, who are always neglected, harassed, tortured, raped, particularly in India. Don't they deserve special attention ? The Nirmala Foundation came into existence, when a minor girl from pipli was gang raped. The trauma was so severe that after prolonged unconsciousness of almost 6 month, she died in hospital. We at Nirmala Foundation fight for women's rights and help in rehabilitation of women, who go through such type of heinous incident. Please come forward and extend your helping hands. Who knows your small help may mean million dollar for these helpless women.
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Marketing is one of the most important things a real estate investor can do to grow his business. It is also one of the areas that is easiest to make multiple mistakes. From failing to properly plan, failure to track your results and even worse, failure to control spending; marketing is fraught perils that beginning investors and long time investors alike must be aware and prepared to avoid. come watch and join us at Real Estate Marketing.
There are 3 main areas of marketing to concentrate on when seeking to grow sales and revenues. The first is education, the second is planning and the third is tracking for adjustments and success. All three are important for investors to watch as they seek to grow sales and revenues and more importantly, build a business model that is sustainable through any real estate cycle.
Educating yourself as a real estate investor and marketer is absolutely paramount if you are going to have success and grow your business. There is simply no excuse for not understanding the basics of each as they both are extremely important for the longevity and ability to stay relevant and profitable. Here a few examples of places to become educated on good marketing techniques for real estate investors.
1. Local Library – There may not be a better place to become educated on real estate marketing than the local library. Break the topic down into two subjects and you can have the basics down inside of a week. Under the real estate section there are multiple titles that explain the basics of real estate investing from beginner levels to expert levels. In addition, many of these books will give a basic outline of some simple marketing techniques and tools to get you started. When you combine that knowledge with a good Marketing 101 book from the library, you can quickly pick up the basic outline of why marketing must be done and how properly set up a marketing plan. The best part about an education from the library is the cost – practically free!
2. Real Estate Investment Clubs – Often times, these clubs are referred to in the industry as REIA's. Associations of local real estate investors who come together several times a month to discuss topics relevant to real estate investing. These are great sources for so many things related to real estate investing, including marketing ideas and plans. By attending and immersing yourself into these groups, it is easy to develop friendships, partnerships and even mentors who can answer questions and provide guidance. By paying attention to what the top performers are doing in the field and how they are marketing their businesses, you can pick up ideas and integrate those ideas into your marketing plan. It is called modeling and it is one of the best ways to educate yourself on what is working in a particular real estate market. The biggest upside to becoming educated at a REIA is that you are surrounding yourself with the type of people that are going to be vital to your future success. The costs are usually very affordable and you can often avoid mistakes made by other investors before you.
3. Go it Alone – There probably does not need to be a tremendous amount of discussion under this heading. It speaks for itself and generally goes against all advice I could ever give any business person, especially a real estate investor. As far as education is concerned, it is an approach that many investors choose to take and often at a tremendous cost. Going it alone means deciding to jump into the deep end of the pool with both feet and learning as you go. Trial and error can be good and can sometimes lead to good results, but often after many hours and many ups and downs. Strictly looking at costs, many investors have experienced huge losses in the areas of marketing to learn what works in their particular market and often are a little behind the actual trends due to not properly learning to track and adjust.


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Alley Oop's Oil Roots
The popular Depression era comic strip caveman Alley Oop began in the imagination of a cartoonist who drew Permian Basin oilfield maps.
Alley Oop appeared for the first time in the summer of 1933 when Victor Hamlin, a former Ft. Worth Star-Telegram reporter, published the soon wildly popular tales about a caveman. Hamlin began syndicating his daily cartoon in the Des Moines Register in Iowa.
Hamlin's idea for the comic strip, which soon would run in more than 800 newspapers, reportedly began in a small oil "company town" in the Permian Basin.
The West Texas oil town of Iraan (pronounced Eye-Rah-Ann) today proclaims itself as Hamlin's inspiration for Alley Oop. Story begins with major oilfield discoveries in the Permian Basin, beginning with a 1920 discovery by W. H. Abrams in Mitchell County. But it was the success of the Santa Rita No. 1 well in May 1923 that convinced independent oil companies to explore the full 300-mile extent of the basin from most of West Texas into the southeastern corner of New Mexico.
Iraan first appeared as a company town following the discovery of the prolific Yates oilfield in October 1926. The town's name combined names of the townsite owners, Ira and Ann Yates. Discovered in southeastern Pecos County, the Yates field brought prosperity to Midland, Odessa and other communities by producing more than 40 million barrels in just three years.
According to one comic strip historian, the cartoonist came up with the idea for Alley Oop while working in the Permian Basin oilfields. As Iraan boomed in the late 1920s, Hamlin, originally from Perry, Iowa, began working in the oil patch.
"He could watch dinosaur bones being removed by the steam shovels and scrapers as they cleared the sites for drilling, wells, and pumps," Mike Hanlon explains. Hamlin developed a life-long interest in geology and paleontology.
According to Steve Stiles in The Man Who Walked With Dinosaurs, "Hamlin moved on to doing art for an oil industry publication and one day, while wandering through the desolate landscape of the oilfields, began musing about the dinosaurs who had once roamed through the very same territory."
Hamlin, who reportedly witnessed the first oil gusher at Iraan, worked as a cartographer for petroleum company making their site maps. The official start date of his Alley Oop was a daily strip was August 7, 1933. The Sunday page began September 9, 1934.
The biggest roughnecking days are over in Iraan by 1960 – when the band "The Hollywood Argyles" sang Alley Oop was "the toughest man there is alive." The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960.
Tourists visit the Alley Oop Museum and R.V. Park on the northwest edge of Iraan. Thanks to improved recovery techniques, oil production from Yates oil wells continues – and the field is estimated to have one billion barrels of recoverable oil remaining.
Although Hamlin retired in 1971 and died in 1993, his daily strips (now by Jack and Carole Bender) today appear in 600 newspapers. Alley Oop was one of 20 U.S. Postal Service commemorative Comic Strip Classics postage stamp series in 1995. When visiting West Texas, stop by Iraan and visit the Alley Opp Park and Fantasy Land.
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A guy thinks dentists are con artists who tell you need a lot of dental work you really don't and even though he has pretty decent insurance, it still won't pay for much. So he goes in for his six-month cleaning and when they tell him it's time for x-rays he agrees. When the dentist does an exam and looks at the x-rays she says, "The old filling on this tooth is cracked and decay has set in underneath. Because it's such a large filling in the first place, we will need to do a crown instead to avoid cracking the tooth." The guy, who was skeptical at the outset and knows that a filling will be covered by insurance but a crown will cost him hundreds out of pocket, replies, "No, I don't need anything so fancy and complicated. I just need a simple cleaning. I'm not in any pain or experiencing any sensitivity. Thanks." So the dentist reiterates her concerns and issues her cautions, but allows the patient to decide his own course of care and leave after a simple cleaning. The guy leaves feeling satisfied that he has paid nothing out of pocket and not been "taken for a ride" for something over and above the level of professional service he needed.
Cut ahead five and a half months later. It's Saturday night on Labor Day weekend. The guy is at a BBQ and snacking on something when he feels his tooth crack. The tooth had thoroughly decayed and because it was left untreated, spread. Now the guy needs an emergency root canal. He is reluctant to admit it, but wishes he had listened to his dentist when she advised him to replace the old filling and repair the tooth with a new crown to avoid just this sort of result.
What would you choose if your dentist advised you to get a crown under these circumstances? Would you opt for a simple cleaning and wait and see or would you proceed with the treatment, deferring to her professional judgment and expertise? Would it change the equation for you if it were your children's teeth rather than your own? Stay tuned for the next post where you can choose your own adventure story about a couple that tells their lawyer, "We just need a simple Will."
*Thank you to Dr. Anderson & his wonderful staff (especially Alicia, Elaine, and Christine) for reviewing this dental fable for me! Dr. Jeffrey M. Anderson, DDS PC


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Do You Know Me? (2 of 2)
What if someone asked, "Do you know Jesus Christ?" What would you say?
"Sure. I know Jesus Christ. He is the Son of God, the dividing line between BC and AD, the King of kings. He changed water into wine, healed people, fulfilled 300 or more prophecies with His birth—which was by a virgin—walked on the water, hung out with potentates and prostitutes, and changed the course of the world with His life and message, which He left in the care of twelve disciples, one of which was a loser. Yeah, I know about Jesus."
But while all of the above is true of Jesus, it is only biographical information about Him. The question was, "Do you know Jesus Christ?"
Do you know what makes Him tick, or what is on His mind? Where does He hang out? What does He love, and what does He hate? Is there anything that is especially special to Him? Where does He live, and what makes that place home?
Paul writes that his "determined purpose is to know Christ" (Phil. 3:10, Amp.). He goes on to say that he wants to understand the power Christ has, to fellowship with Him as a friend, and to share His sufferings. This goes beyond information. Paul is saying he is determined to be an integral part of Jesus' life.
While it is hard to get to know some folks, such is not the case with Jesus. He invites us into His heart, asks us to share His life, and promises never to leave us and always to join us. True, there were a few occasions when Christ retreated by Himself to the wilderness, but more often than not, He asked others to join Him: "Watch with Me." "Pray with Me for awhile." "Follow me." "Come to Me." "Bring Me your burdens." "Dine with Me." "Understand this about Me."
To know Christ: that is a destiny worthy of our determined pursuit. There is no aspiration greater. I'm not talking about being informed about Him, but truly knowing Him.
As for me, it is not enough to be informed about Christ. I want to know Him, and I believe this is your desire as well.


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One could be forgiven for seeing the advertisements for Adrift and thinking that it's just another "young couple in peril" flick, in which two lovebirds use the strength of their bond to survive typically unsurvivable circumstances. All the pieces are there: disaster, romance, "based on the hit novel," a soundtrack featuring a singer who purposefully mangles her vowels, Shailene Woodley. Yet this isn't that movie. Adrift will undoubtedly be shrugged off by grown ups who feel more mature than a YA romance (I'd have certainly dismissed it had I not been tasked with reviewing it), and while it wouldn't be wholly inaccurate to do so, I'd like to offer my assurance that Adrift shouldn't be so easily dismissed.
In fact, I'm cheesing at the notion of the opposite: a group of teens sitting down to watch a pop-weepy only to be rocked by a harrowing true tale of a two sailors lost at sea.
The film begins at the moment Tami (Shailene Woodley) awakens aboard a recently wrecked sailboat. She's disoriented and hurt, but she's an able sailor, and she immediately gets to work bettering her situation. Soon after she gets the ship in order, she finds her fiancé, Richard (Sam Claflin) clinging to life atop a piece wreckage. They reunite and make a plan to find land before Richard succumbs to his injuries or, worse yet, they both die of starvation. From there we move back in time to Tami's arrival in Tahiti some time prior. She's a wanderer at heart — one of those "say yes to everything" types — and soon after she touches down at her latest destination, she and Richard meet and fall in love. We bounce back and forth between the two narratives until love meets the storm and the castaways meet their fate.
This structure is both an asset and a hurdle to the film. With the shipwreck sequences being so dour (and so effectively shot), they are almost the exact tonal opposite of the romance scenes. In contrasting these two extremes, neither is given time to outstay it's welcome. This bodes well for the scenes at sea, which are particularly intense. After spending any amount time in a state of sustained terror (being lost at sea tops my personal list of fears), it's nice to get a break. Unfortunately, this also gives the romance segments a sort of montage feel. These lovely interjections function just fine, but the two leads are both so electric and have such an easygoing chemistry that it's hard not to want more.
Director Baltasar Kormákur opens the film with an impressive long take which immediately put to bed every stereotypical supposition I had made in anticipation of the film. A movie with the structure of Adrift has to live and die by the quality/believability of both its action and setting, and right off the bat it's clear that both will be handled well. This prolonged establishing shot places us in an unforgiving ocean while also outlining the geography of the tattered ship where we will be spending the bulk of the runtime. We need only look at director Baltasar Kormákur's previous work to see what we're dealing with. He made The Deep, another tale of survival at sea; 2 Guns, the action flick which places Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in a desert; or one of my favorites, Everest, the deeply effective tale of a doomed adventure to the peak of the titular mountain. Adrift evokes the same sense of adventure which fuels these films, while utilizing Kormákur's impeccable eye for scale. Put your sea legs on. You will need them.
Both Woodley and Claflin transcend the typical YA romance structure by undercutting every potential stereotype. Claflin's Richard could easily be the mysterious foreigner with ulterior motives, but he's not. He's a good man who cares about Tami and whose only sin is falling victim to the chaos of nature. Woodley's Tami could easily be the blank slate upon which any young woman with wanderlust could project herself. Instead she gives us a fully constructed character with agency and abilities well beyond what most movies conceptually similar to this one typically offer. She's not powerlessly wooed by Richard, nor is she ever under his thumb. And frankly, if you ask me who I'd rather trust my life to if ever lost at sea, I'm going with Tami.
Then again, if I'm ever lost at sea, I'm committing flare gun suicide by day three. Screw the ocean.
If ever a movie existed that I'd like to see a behind the scenes reel for, it's Adrift. As I understand it, many of the water sequences are filmed in a real body of water, and not just a tub surrounded by green screen. It makes a world of difference when it comes to keeping the stakes appropriately high, and in a movie like this one – namely, one which would crumble hard if suspension of disbelief weren't maintained – it's essential.
I'll say about Adrift exactly what I said about Everest: if this movie is at all of interest to you, see it on the big screen. You'll be glad you did.
Adrift opens in Philly theaters today.
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Dan Scully is a film buff and humorist living in a tiny apartment in Philadelphia. He hosts the podcast I Like to Movie Movie and is the proud father to twin cactuses named Riggs & Murtaugh. Also, he doesn't really mind when Batman kills people. Follow him on Twitter and Letterboxd.


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Today I'm going to start a series called "The Anchor Spotlight." Today's Anchor in the Spotlight is Benedict Gagliardi. We know Ben as an upbeat concertina virtuoso with a penchant for interesting tune types such as mazurkas, barn dances and hop jigs. We certainly appreciate what he brings to the session, and we are grateful that he's willing to drive all the way from Connecticut to join us when he can.
It was brought to my attention that Ben and a friend, Jon Warner, competed in the Comhaltas North American Convention and Regional Fleadh Cheoil in New Jersey back in June of 2014 and that they won first place in the duets category. Go Ben and Jon! I can't embed a video from the Comhaltas website, but if you click on the picture below you will be taken to the video directly.
Ben has also been in various bands–Full Gael and more recently, The Vox Hunters, with Armond Aromin. In addition, he is an instructor at the Connecticut Acadamy of Irish Music, where he teaches concertina and leads the Academy's slow session. For Ben's official Bio, go to the "Our Anchors" page.


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Looks like September was a bad month for baby smugglers. Most recently, two people were sentenced to death yesterday by a court in Fujian province for the abduction and sale of 46 baby boys, according to Shanghai Daily. The two, along with 11 others involved, sold the babies (all aged 1 year or younger) for up to $6,000 a child.
The case follows closely the September 19 life sentencing of another ring leader, Li Wangshao, a 44 year old woman sentenced by a court in Shanghai for the sale of 21 babies. Leading a gang of 16 others, Li kidnapped the children from Yunnan province for sale in Beijing, Jiangsu, and Shandong provinces.
Babies for sale is nothing new in China, a country where boys are often heavily preferred over girls. Those limited by the one-child policy, upon having a girl, may turn to the black market to procure a son.
The arrests have been part of an ongoing campaign initiated in April 2009 to crack down on human trafficking in China. According to Xinhua, the campaign has rounded up almost 2,400 trafficking gangs, a substantial increase from last November's figure of 982. 13,500 trafficking cases have been handled, and a further 15,000-odd suspects have been given lighter penalties, resulting in what looks like a grand total of around 30,000 perpetrators. Not bad for a government initiative.
Even more importantly, since April over 10,000 women and almost 6,000 children have been freed. In order to find where these children belong, the police have established a DNA database to collect samples from parents of missing children, rescued children, homeless children, and those in social welfare institutions. Coupled with their found babies website, these efforts hope to put as many babies back with their rightful families.
Figures for how many children go missing in China every year remain elusive and vary widely (from hundreds to tens-of-thousands.) Six thousand looks like a good start, but the DNA database alone holds over 34,000 samples from parents reporting lost children. An effort to lock down more exact figures for missing children might be an important step for the future of this process.


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Ok, ok. I know it's not Friday. I would love to start calling this Fitness Saturday, or Fitness Weekend, but it just doesn't have the same ring to it. Sooooo, hopefully you beauties will forgive me and I'll get my post done on the actual day it's supposed to be live.
I absolutely LOVE the little graphic above. So many times we go through life wishing it away. Wishing it was tomorrow. Or Friday. Or wishing for some other distant day in the future without even realizing, today is the only "today" that we have. We'll all have bad days of course, but I always have to remind myself, "this is it. The only April 15th, 2017 I will ever have. What can I do to make today count?" What can YOU do to make your "today" count?
I'm sure you're all at the edge of your seats waiting for my little weekly fitness update so here it is: 1.5 pounds down and 1" total gone. I've been slowly (as in, speed, I'm sloooow), been getting back into my runs and I am so thankful every time I finish one. Running is SUCH a mental game for me, especially this early in my running season. Before I've even gone a quarter of the way, I'm wondering if I can finish. Lol. I always seem to, and I when I'm done, I'm usually pretty sure I could run world.
I've also been using my FITSTAR app and still loving it - you can read about it here, but the quick synopsis is it's a customized workout from the makers of FITBIT (you can download the app even if you do not have a FITBIT). I really think I'm starting to see more definition in my arms and abs. It could be wishful thinking, but I don't think so:)
Before I get to my style picks, I've created a downloadable PDF for you to track your weekly goals and accomplishments. I'm not great about writing every single thing down daily like I probably should, but, I definitely do weekly, and am so much more focused when I do. Hope you find this helpful:)
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Sooooo, I am having such a thing for pink right now. I could wear it everyday. Below, I'm linking to a few of my favorite workout and athleisure kicks, all in my current favorite color. I honestly thing every woman in the world would be happier if she just had pink sneakers:)
Enjoy your Easter friends - what are some of your health and fitness goals this upcoming week?


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January 10, 2011
All of area lakes with the exception of Flathead Lake proper are frozen but still use caution on some of the larger lakes like Swan Lake, Bitterroot Lake and MC Gregor Lake
Perch fishing has been nominal in Crow Reservoir and the East Bay of Polson Bay. It has been best in Turtle Lake and Lake Mary Ronan, where the kokanee also have begun to bit at night.
There will be other opportunities at Nine Pipe and Pablo Reservoirs beginning this Saturday January 15 when they will be open for fishing.
My tackle of choice for perch is either a ¼ or 1/8 oz Trilobite or a willow leaf jig below a fly. I've found a piece of night crawler or a combination of perch eyes and maggots as best baits.
East Bay and possibly stone Quarry Bay on Flathead are good bets for big shallow water lake trout; either a whole fish or link sausage being most often used as bait.
Mac fishing on open water in Flathead can be great for those willing to brave the elements. The best depths often from 200 to 300 feet where mysis shrimp populations are highest. The shrimp diet creates bright orange flesh making these fish great eating. The ever more popular Spring Mack Days Tournament begins March 11 and continues for 3 day weekends until May 22.
With a possibility of $125,000.00 in prizes available in a variety of categories including tagged fish valued anywhere from $100.00 to $1000.00, the top 3 being 1- tagged fish worth $10,000.00; 3 worth $5000.00; and 5 worth $1000.00 makes this over all the most profitable contest in Montana. As an added note the top angler will be awarded a jacket and the other 9 best will be receiving sweat shirts monogrammed to make known their fishing prowess.
Here are some reports of good fishing days in the recent past:
- David McDaniels had an 85 fish day fishing open water (Glo Grub combos worked best) on Flathead Lake.
- Alvin Haase and Steve Naethe caught 10 Lake trout through the ice on Stone Quarry Bay the largest being 38 and 40 inches (They were fishing with whole fish)
- Ray Theiler kept 79 perch from Lake Mary Ronan all of them over 8 inches. Our new puff ball glow hook 3 to 4 inches below an attracter caught the most fish.
- I caught over 40 perch through the ice at Turtle Lake 14 of which were between 8 and 10 inches. I fished with a willow leaf jig below a fly.
Here is a list of Western Montana ice fishing tournaments worth considering for family fun:
2011 Final Winter Derbies
|Dates & Hours
|Contest Name
|Contact Person
|Species of Fish
|Entry Fee
|# of Participants
|Jan. 22-23, 2011 6am-5pm
|Pike on Ice
|Brad Walters
|Seeley & Salmon Lakes
|northern pike
|Jan. 22-23, 2011 6am-7pm
|Fisher River Valley Winter Fishing Derby
|Dean Herreid
|Upper, Middle, Lower Thompson, Crystal & Loon Lakes
|pike, rainbow trout, perch, salmon
|Feb. 1 – 26, 2011 8am-6pm
|8th Annual Perch Pounder
|Gene Fincher
|All Region 1 Waters
|Feb. 12, 2011 3am-2pm
|11th Annual Lake Mary Ronan Perch/Salmon Derby
|Chancy Jeschke
|Lake Mary Ronan
|yellow perch, salmon
|Feb. 12-13, 2011 6am-5pm
|The McGregor Lake Fishing Derby
|Mike Feldmann
|McGregor Lake
|rainbow & lake trout
|Feb. 19, 2011 9am-3pm
|Ryan Wagner Memorial Fishing Derby
|Mike Sartori
|Murphy Lake
|yellow perch, northern pike, large mouth bass, trout, sunfish,
|$5 adult, $2.50 12-17, Free 12 & under
|Feb. 26, 2011 10am-2pm
|Lion Lake Canyon Kids Christmas Fund Fishing Derby
|Don Lietz
|Lion Lake
|perch, trout
|Mar. 5-6, 2011 8am-5pm
|2nd Annual Bitterroot Bash
|Gene Fincher
|Bitterroot Lake
|salmon, rainbow trout
|Feb. 26-27, 2011 6am-2pm
|The Perch Assault "Ultimate Assault" at Lake Mary Ronan
|Mike Howe
|Lake Mary Ronan
|yellow perch
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Good Fishing
The Macman
P.S. My favorite winter time tournament is at McGregor Lake in February the 12th and d13th. There is a new management at the MCGregor Lake lodge. Mike and Carolyn have reassumed ownership.. I don't know how they feel about that but to me it is a definite plus. For information give them a call at 406-858-2253


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Tragedy struck Dallas this past weekend as a toddler became the 21st child to die in a hot car this year in the United States, according to the national safety advocacy organization KidsAndCars.org. That is nearly twice as high as the number of children who died due to being in the car under hot temperatures than this time last year.
With temperatures in the mid-90's on Sunday afternoon, the child's father noticed that the boy wasn't in his regular children's Bible service class, according to CNN. A member of the Dallas Matu Christian Church stated that the boy's father went to his car, found the boy inside and carried him into the church, shouting that someone needed to call 911. After paramedics performed CPR, the boy was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A couple days before, 4-year old Samaria Motyka died in a car in Pennsylvania, where the temperatures rose to 97 degrees. CNN reports that a woman who takes care of the girl usually dropped her at daycare in the mornings but on Friday the woman drove to work. At the end of the day, she returned to her car and found the girl unconscious. Attempts of reviving the girl from paramedics were unsuccessful.
"The biggest mistake people make is thinking that it can't happen to them"
According to Jeanette Fennell, KidsAndCars.org founder and president, there are typically two sets of circumstances that lead to this kind of tragedy. Children will either get into a car on their own or an adult leaves them in the car because they were distracted or didn't think the heat would have such negative effects on their child. The organization has given parents tips which will help prevent them from forgetting their child is in the backseat, including putting something they need in the backseat which will force them to look in the backseat where the child is sitting. Fennel says that an average of 37 children die every year from heat stroke in a vehicle. 87% of kids that die this way are 3 years old or younger.
"The biggest mistake people make is thinking that it can't happen to them," Fennell said. "Everyone should practice those safety measures and do whatever they have to do to remind themselves to check the backseat."
Parents please be aware of your child's presence in the car, especially during these summer months where cars can reach dangerous temperatures in a matter of 5-10 minutes. Tragedies like these are 100% preventable. If you or somebody you know has been injured in an auto accident, call The Michigan Law Firm, PLLC. Call us today, at 844.4MI.FIRM for a free consultation.


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A lack of sleep at an early age could help to trigger manic depression in children, the findings of a new study suggest.
Researchers working at the Indiana University School of Medicine tested 300 children, some of whom had already been found to exhibit the RORB gene, known to have a disrupting effect on the body's internal clock.
They found that four different variants of the gene could be linked with manic depression, with a lack of regular sleep therefore associated with the onset of strong mood swings and possibly periods of mania.
Writing up the team's findings in the journal BMC Psychiatry, lead researcher Alexander Niculescu said: 'Our findings suggest that clock genes in general and RORB in particular may be important candidates for further investigation in the search for the molecular basis of bipolar disorder.'
He added that these findings also support the view that bipolar disorder is often characterised by 'circadian rhythm abnormalities' and called for more research to be done into the topic.
Meanwhile, a secondary school in north Tyneside is set to start classes an hour later to see if pupils' learning abilities improve with an extra hour's sleep.


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Samskip's investments secure supply chain against Brexit
Two years of pre-Brexit investment in North Sea container shipping services is proving decisive in winning shippers away from cross-Channel ferry routes at a critical time for UK-EU relations, according to leading multimodal operator Samskip, the company said in a press release.
With many questions remaining over the exact nature of the future EU-UK trading relationship, Samskip says that regular, reliable and cost competitive container services are a key element in planning for the future.
The company recently scaled up sailings between Hull and Benelux ports to 11 per week, adding to its existing three calls per week into Tilbury and a weekly call into Grangemouth. Container volumes are growing quickly to fill the extra capacity.
Samskip's Brexit preparations began in early 2017, with the introduction of larger tonnage on its Rotterdam-UK routes. Preparation accelerated in 2018 to include the launch of a new three-times a week Amsterdam-Hull service and a separate twice weekly link between Antwerp and Hull to offer an additional UK-destined containerised solution to the markets of Belgium and Northern France.
This enhanced containerised shortsea capability integrates with the largest multimodal network in Europe, connecting into Norway, Iberia and the Baltic, to inland barge services, and rail connections throughout the EU and beyond. Samskip recently supplemented its six times weekly rail service between Rotterdam and Melzo (Milan) by launching new regular rail connections between Italy and Amsterdam, opening up new routes, new connectivity and further strengthening containerised links between the Continent and the UK.
"Three continental ports and three UK East coast ports, plus Samskip's separate dedicated Irish services, linked to deep reaching rail and barge services into Europe offer a diversity of routes to defray current and future transportation risks," says Foulds.
He also contrasts Samskip's strategic approach with post-Brexit risks associated with ferry-based trucking. "Lack of space at UK ferry ports introduces the prospect of delays and trucking queues returning as goods are customs cleared. This influences where drivers want to work at a time when there is already a Europe-wide shortage of drivers. It's a real concern to our customers." Samskip has verified that its UK port operations have ample capacity to cope with longer clearance processes, he adds.
"The viable reach of trailers is already shrinking and Brexit has accelerated the process on routes between the UK and Sweden, Italy and the Czech Republic. A round trip between the Czech Republic and a UK destination occupies a driver for a week; a driver picking up in Hull could make 6-7 deliveries to Manchester per week. Samskip's three-port strategy in the UK also minimises truck miles and reduces carbon emissions."
Brexit is sharpening the focus on Samskip's traditional advantages of scale and security, a feature underpinned by its established status as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO). However, to meet growing demand, Samskip is also broadening its logistics offering, with cross-docking services in Amsterdam able to consolidate part-loads inside the port, bringing more flexibility to the multimodal option.0 Links
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