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When it comes to measuring an a bank's financial resilience, capital is valuable. It works as a bulwark against losses and provides protection for accountholders during periods of financial trouble for the bank. When it comes to safety and soundness, more capital is preferred.
Commercial Bank received a score of 6 out of a possible 30 points on our test to measure the adequacy of a bank's capital, falling short of the national average of 13.13.
A bank's Tier 1 capital ratio is an important measure of this buffer. Commercial Bank's Tier 1 capital ratio was 12.61 percent, higher than the 6 percent level regulators consider adequate, but less than the national average of 25.65 percent. A higher capital ratio means the bank will be better able to stand up to financial headwinds.
Overall, Commercial Bank held equity amounting to 8.60 percent of its assets, which was lower than the national average of 12.03 percent.
In this test, Bankrate tries to estimate the impact of troubled assets, such as past-due mortgages, on the bank's reserves set aside to cover loan losses, as well as overall capitalization.
A bank with extensive holdings of these types of assets could eventually be required to use capital to absorb losses, decreasing its equity cushion. It also means that there are likely to be many assets that are in non-accrual status and no longer earning money, pushing down earnings and elevating the chances of a failure in the future.
Commercial Bank did better than the national average of 37.49 on Bankrate's asset quality test, racking up 40 out of a possible 40 points .
The percentage of problem assets a bank holds compared to its total assets is a handy indicator of asset quality.As of December 31, 2017, 0.63 percent of Commercial Bank's loans were noncurrent -- in other words, they were more than 90 days past due or were in non-accrual status. That's below the national average of 1.01 percent.
Banks maintain a reserve to deal with troubled assets known as an "allowance for loan and lease losses." The size of that reserve can be a widely used indicator when evaluating a bank's ability to manage troubled assets, especially when compared to the total amount of problem loans. Unfortunately, the FDIC did not provide information on Commercial Bank's loan loss allowance in its most recent filings.
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On Bankrate's earnings test, Commercial Bank scored 18 out of a possible 30, above the national average of 15.12.
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The innate immune system constitutes the first line of host defense during infection, hence it plays a pivotal role in the early recognition of microbes and subsequent initiation of a pro-inflammatory response to invading pathogens.
The innate immune system is mainly centered on the physical and chemical barriers to infection, in addition to different cell types known to recognize invading pathogens and activate antimicrobial immune responses. Physical and chemical defense mechanisms include the epidermis, the ciliated respiratory epithelium, the vascular endothelium, and various mucosal surfaces with antimicrobial secretions. The cellular components of innate immunity include antigen-presenting dendritic cells, phagocytic macrophages and granulocytes, cytotoxic natural killer cells, and lymphocytes. The important ability of the innate immune system to recognize and limit microbes early during infection is primarily based on employment of complement activation, phagocytosis, autophagy, and activation of various immune cells in order to ensure a successful host defense mechanism against microbial pathogens.
Activation of various immune cells requires an appropriate recognition and sensing of the pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by a range of pattern recognition receptors (PPRs) expressed by the immune cells, followed by the initiation of an intricate signaling cascade. This cascade results in an inflammatory process that involves recruitment of various leukocytes to the site of infection, activation of antimicrobial effector mechanisms, and subsequently, induction of an adaptive immune response that will ultimately promote the clearance of infection.
However, various microbial pathogens have developed elegant strategies to evade the innate immune system. Those mechanisms are widely diverse and occur at all the steps of the host infection process. Those strategies include but are not limited to:
• Evasion of the frontline barriers.
• Adhesion to epithelial cells and proliferation on their surfaces.
• Alteration of their PAMPs to become less immunogenic.
• Exploitation of the host cytoskeleton and membranous structures in order to invade and/or gain access inside the infected host cell.
• Establishment and maintenance of an intracellular niche inside the infected cell.
• Interference with the host signaling cascade by distorting the balance between positive and negative signals or through activation of anti-inflammatory responses that are induced by different virulence factors.
In the last few years a great effort has been made to understand the molecular mechanisms governing this subversion, and various host factors and bacterial virulence factors were identified.
The objective of this research topic is to discuss known strategies of bacterial evasion from the innate immune system, to tackle the complexity of those strategies, and to uncover novel mechanisms that may be involved.
Keywords: immune, pathogens, infection, innate immune system, antimicrobial immune response
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Simlipal national park originated primarily as a hunting ground for the royalty. It was formally designated a tiger reserve in 1956 under Project Tiger in May 1972. It was elevated to a national park status in 1979. Located in the Mayurbhanj district of India's coastal state of Orissa, Simlipal is an ecosystem complete with forest vegetation (mainly sal trees), fauna and the adjoining Santhal tribal settlements. High plateaus and hills, the highest peak being the Mangesheri, surround the forest. At least 12 rivers cut across the plain area. The prominent among them are Burhabalanga, Palpala Bandan, Kahairi and Deo. This sprawling forest also has many waterfalls that are a perpetual attraction to the tourist. It has withstood two cyclones-in 1982 and 1999-without any irrevocable damages and continues to enchant visitors.
Several rivers like Budhabalanga, Khairi, salandi, Palpala, etc. originate from the hills and meander through the forest like veins and arteries in the body. many of them have formed cascading rapids and foaming falls before leaving for the plains. The panoramic view of the waterfalls at Barehipani (400 meters) and joranda(150 meters) are simply enchanting of fish, is found in abudance in most of the rivers.
The silence of Similipal is occasionally broken by the chirping of the birds to an avian delight.
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Director representing employees of UES Crédit Agricole S.A.
Date first appointedJune 2018
Term of office ends2021
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Simone Védie began her career as a secretary in small companies specialising in import-export, then in advertising, publishing and design. In 1984, she joined Crédit Agricole S.A. (formerly Caisse nationale de Crédit Agricole), where she held various positions within the Marketing and Communications department (formerly the Private individuals and Corporate Market department). In May 2018 she became Secretary to the Head of Innovation within the Customer Relations and Innovation Division. In June 2018 she was elected Director representing the employees of UES Crédit Agricole S.A. (technical employees).
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Flexible TreeView v3.0
Saturday, 30 April 2011
After a long period of development, we are pleased to offer you the new major release. This release doesn`t contain many visual changes, instead it has great internal changes, making it possible for users to work with data on a new, much better level.
Performance increased by 90%!
The redesigned control architecture is a key upgrade in this release. This makes it possible to increase operating speed by 90% with a high number of nodes, in both bound and unbound modes. Working with Flexible TreeView, your users will be able to accomplish their tasks as quickly as possible.
With these changes, Flexible TreeView now is the most fastest among all tree-like controls on the market.
Used pseudo code for bound mode:
tree.ClearAllNodes(); object dataSource = GenerateDataSourceItems(itemsCount); StartTimer(); tree.BeginUpdate(); tree.DataSource = dataSource; tree.EndUpdate(); StopTimer();
tree.ClearAllNodes(); StartTimer(); tree.BeginUpdate(); for(int i=0; i<nodesCount; i++) { Node node = new Node("Node"+i); Tree.Nodes.Add(node); } tree.EndUpdate(); StopTimer();
The table below shows how quick treeviews can add the specified amount of nodes.
* The table shows average performance calculated for many iterations.
Also, please check the 'Huge data source' new sample in the supplied Samples Suite demo application where you can test the Flexible TreeView performance manually.
Flexible TreeView performance improvements hint
In fact, the availability of columns influences the speed of adding and deleting nodes in Flexible TreeView. If there are columns in the tree, when changing node content, it doesn't need to recalculate maximum width of all nodes in order to show a horizontal scroll, meaning that its work is significantly accelerated.
Therefore, in order to accelerate your work with nodes, you should add at least one column, if possible.
Flexible TreeView also offers a very useful feature - Smart Vertical Scroll. When selecting a node, smart vertical scroll feature scroll the treeview automatically in a horizontal direction, in order to show user the selected node (in a multi-level treeview), meaning that there is no need to scroll manually. At the same time, scrolling speed was formerly constant and some users found it to be fast, others found it too slow.
Also, some bugs have been fixed. Please read change log for details.


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This chapter presents and demonstrates the design and development of a virtual environment that can be used as an interactive gaming platform for certain biological and medical health delivery tasks which require the use of hand-held tools. Game-based interactive training environments have emerged over the past decade as a potential tool for training surgeons in various procedures in both invasive and minimally invasive surgeries. In addition, as a part of earlier training and education curriculums, such virtual interactive environments have been gaining acceptance as an effective hands-on approach for teaching various biology related subjects. These environments can be used to train subjects in mastering various hands-eye coordination tasks to more advanced tissue and organ manipulation such as dissections. The interactive gaming environments consist of deformable objects where the trainee (player) through a multimodal interface can interact with the environment using the graphical objects. Each training task has associated metrics for performance measures to classify player's performance.
Design and development of a virtual environment that can be used in the context of gaming (serious games) to enhance dexterity skills in various manual tool handling tasks related to various biological and medical sciences is the main motivation of this chapter. The notion of developing a training environment to enhance the manual dexterity of users has been one of the intriguing topics for research and development in various disciplines. Enhancing such training environment with score keeping and performance evaluation has been one of the main challenges. This is even more pronounce when the user interacts with the virtual environment through multi-modal user interface devices. One of the earliest training environment for enhancing the manual dexterity of the user is in nuclear waste management. For example, a system for automating the handling of the nuclear waste using automation and robotics is proposed by (Seward, 2005). It was also concluded by various nuclear training agencies (NEC report, 2011) that one of the key objectives of training environment must be for operators who need to remotely manipulate special long toolings attached to a the end of the robotic manipulator. Similarly, a system for supporting spatial awareness using an intelligent tutoring for training astronauts involve in telemanipulation is proposed by (Roy, 2004), (Belghith, 2012). The proposed system includes various performance measures and devices for user interface which can guide the player at various performance levels.
For the past two decades, both academic institutions and industrial developers have contributed to the new design and improvement of virtual training environment associated with the medical and surgical education (Downes,1998; Payandeh, 2002; Lap Mentor, 2014; Virtual lab, 2014; Ribaupierre, 2014). This new interactive paradigm is referred to as Serious Games. These are simulations of physical word models that can be used to train users in addressing a problem. They can also be designed to have some entertaining factors but they are mainly designed for education and training. Similar to the utilization of real physical objects (e.g. animals or cadavers), as part of enhancing various skills in manual dexterity and/or hand-eye coordination, virtual environment can also offer similar benefits. They can be designed to increase the sense of presence of the user by including both sense of (haptic) touch feedback and simulation and visualization of realistic behavior of virtual objects. In addition, by modeling and computing complex behavior of objects during the interaction tasks (such as cutting or suturing) it is possible to present the user with the increased sense of realism and acceptance. Dexterity training environment can also be designed in order to offer the user mentoring and guidance in the form of force feedback, graphical cues and audio feedback. Combined with the various multi-modal scores to measure and asses the performance of the user, such virtual training environment can eventually be a natural complement or even a replacement to the physical training set-up. Such replacement needs to be further validated for any integration into the exiting teaching curricula (Graafland 2012).
Haptic Rendering: The computational model which allows the creation of reaction forces between the virtual tool being manipulated by the user and the physics-based object. Such computed reaction forces are then send back to the haptic device for creation of sense of touch at the hand of the user. In case of virtual deformable object, such reaction forces on the object may also cause the object to deform or tear apart.
Multimodal Interface: Ability for the user to interact with the virtual environment through various sensing modality such as sense of touch, hearing (audio) and visual (graphics). This type of interface is accomplished with various computer supported external devices.
Haptic Feedback: The ability to create a sense of touch at the hand of the user while interacting with the virtual environment. This is usually done through control of electromechanical devices which are manipulated by the user.
Remote Medical or Biological Manipulation Training: Surgical and biological tasks that require the user to manipulate an environment through usage of tools are referred to as the remote manipulation. In such training tasks, it is required for the user to gain demanding remote dexterity skills or tedious eye-hand coordination expertise.
Virtual Fixtures: Guidance of the user while manipulating virtual objects can be facilitated by creating artificial constraints in the virtual scene. These constraint surfaces can be activated in order to create various multimodal cues. These cues can be in the form of the guiding or reactive forces, graphical images or auditory output.
User Performance Evaluation: Design of serious games requires evaluation and guidance of the user both during the gaming session and after the end of a session. During the gaming, the performance can be communicated in terms of number of successes or failures during a procedure. After a session, various metrics which are more representative of a given session can be compiled and compared in relation to the other players or expert player of a given gaming session that can be used to characterized the performance of the user.
Physics-Based Deformable Objects: In order for the graphical object to have physical attributes in the virtual environment, computational models which can represent the physical of the real object are included in their simulation models.


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Poker, a card game only gain popularity worldwide in just a few centuries, and its popularity continues to grow. Before giving all simple tips you should know before you tell management that poker games at the table or online to win, I will tell you all the basics you need to know about poker.
We all know that we live in a time when the team is an important part of everyday life. With the skills and knowledge that we can do almost everything in the comfort of our homes via the Internet. We buy clothes and music, you can listen to music or movies and television series, and you can even order our internet medicine. So why should it be different poker? Not so! We can play online poker on the Internet to their liking, or we also offer free and make money. Wasting money is also a natural consequence. Remember that if you have provided the platform and online poker, you only need a mouse and a credit card if you decide to offer. However, if you play with friends around a table, you need a four-suit 52-card deck and a little money on the floor.
Well I'll tell you four tips that a poker player can have more success if you play with friends at a table with age. The first and most important rule of all, you have to correctly place their cards in hand! If you do not have a good grip on your card, it will be difficult not only to see all the cards in your hand to the right, but also can make your opponents cards! This event probably cost him the match and lose your money. Second, avoid looking directly into the eyes of the enemy, especially if you're nervous because you lose and are about to lose again. Thirdly, control reactions in your body. Learning not to give your food when nervous or excited. Try not to be nervous, as tensing your body produces sweat, which can be very sensitive in the front, which can be a dead giveaway and then have fun and enjoy. Do not bid more than you can, especially when playing a serious game with strangers.
Poker, a unique card game, full of fun. You can always risk losing their appeal never played. Poker, a card game that has its own language, which are more than two dozen words and phrases they know is a must for all poker players. Poker is a card game that has grown autonomy. In fact, it has been developed so far that the scammers and criminals, poker players were originally with professional poker players that are broadcast on television talk has replaced newspapers and magazines, and are as popular as professional athletes .


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Iceni Velo Open (& WERL) 10-mile Time Trial
Iceni Velo Open (& WERL) 10-mile Time Trial
24/06/2017 –
Wortwell Community Centre
Tunbeck Close
Wortwell, Norfolk IP20 0HS
This is our Open 10-mile time trial on the B10/43 course (Wortwell - Bungay - Wortwell). You must enter in advance, by June 13th.
The results are now available to download
The start sheet is now available to download
More information (including online entry) is available on the CTT website: solo event | tandem event


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This is a mother Wallaby and her little Joey that is trying to figure out the world outside the pouch. Inside the pouch he has his own snack bar! Mothers milk, warm temperature and a great place for naps!
Smith's Australia Adelaide Mission
Elder Carl and Sister Marilyn Smith called to serve the Lord


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Amitabh Bachchan Gets Emotional On Announcement Of Giving Dadasaheb Phalke Award
BB has now written a blog about Amitabh Bachchan announcing the Dada Saheb Phalke Award. In this blog, Amitabh Bachchan has written that he does not feel that he deserves it originally. He wrote, "I have been humble with the love and appreciation I have been receiving from the moment the announcement of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award..it has… Read More »


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Kettlebell-size avocados are here to prove that sometimes, size *totally* matters
by Kells McPhillips, July 13, 2018
Real talk: Avomania is a thing. There's an all-avocado restaurant, the kitchen market is flooded with single-focus tools for the fruit, it's a full-on category of home decor, and the image alone makes us so happy that it replaces the role a significant others. All of that adoration clearly went to the superfood's head, because now a new giant breed—aptly regarded as the "avozilla"—is taking over in Australia.
A combination of the West Indian and Guatemalan avocado breeds, the super-size fruit is five times larger than your typical variety, reports CNN. In fact, the largest avozilla plucked from the trees so far has been 1.8 kilograms (almost four pounds!), AKA the size of a small kettlebell. Each retails for $8, but unsurprisingly, the enormous, nutrient-dense fruits are selling like, well, avocados. They've yet to even make it to the bins at Aussie grocery stores because the demand is so high that they're snatched up practically straight from the vine (although they're reportedly for sale at specialty stores in a few major cities).
The enormous surface area of the enhanced breed does not detract from its well-loved flavor, according to David Groves, the avozilla farmer in Queensland. "I'm pleased to say they're just as buttery as a Shepard or a Hass."
Though the crop is native to South Africa, a farming family in Queensland recently brought 400 trees' worth of the extra-large fruit to the Land Down Under. Another farmer in Bundaberg just planted 2,000 more trees to get a slice of what's clearly an incredibly lucrative business.
The enormous surface area of the enhanced breed does not detract from its well-loved flavor, according to David Groves, the avozilla farmer in Queensland. "I'm pleased to say they're just as buttery as a Shepard or a Hass," he says. (Although, if you are in the market for a sweeter version of the brunch staple, its Peruvian doppelgänger, lucuma, might be more your speed.)
As for us non-Aussies, we'll just have to patiently await the day these trees migrate to all corners of the globe. In the meantime, we're gonna to need to find some bigger toast.
This is how Costco is making your avocados last twice as long. Plus, here's how you can replicate the green superfood Starbucks frappé that's all the rage in South Korea.
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Book Launch - James Whitfield
Thu, Jun. 27, 2019 4:30pm
Wollondilly Library, 42 Menangle Street, Picton
Join James Whitfield for the launch of his book 'Picton to Mittagong Main Line Railway Centenery 1919 - 2019'.
Books for sale and signing available. Light refreshments provided.
Event is FREE, bookings essential www.library.wollondilly.nsw.gov.au/bookings or call Wollondilly Library on 4677 8300.


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Highwire Coffee converts '80s Chronicle delivery truck into coffee on wheels
If you lived in the Bay Area before the early 2000s, you might recall the bulky San Francisco Chronicle paper delivery truck heading down the road. By 2008, the trucks were phased out of use but, if you pay close attention, you might catch one in the East Bay.
Highwire Coffee Roaster launched a coffee truck this month that serves East Bay cities, but there's more than meets the eye. Just beneath the surface of the orange-coated seal is the shell of a former Chronicle delivery truck that dates back to 1981.
The truck was spotted by Robert Myers, co-founder and CEO of Highwire Coffee Roasters, in a classified ad. What started as a search for an Airstream trailer, like the one at their Flowerland location in Albany, ended with Myers finding the almost 40-year-old truck — and that's when the whole plan changed.
ALSO: 41 things only kids who grew up in San Francisco in the 80s will remember
"Everything about the truck spoke to me — the color, the shape, the wheels, the back story. Rich [Avella] and I have a shared love of old cars, and this was an easy 'yes,'" Myers said.
The truck has transformed from its former newspaper days into a sleek and modern coffee operation. Inside you'll find stainless steel, wooden panels, two espresso machines, a coffee grinder, and a coffee brewer.
"We made equipment and capabilities modifications and gave it a thorough mechanical upgrade," he said.
There's some deja vu at play here. Before Highwire acquired the truck, another Bay Area coffee business owned it back in 2012. Beulah's Bean Truck served Alameda but has since shuttered. Prior to their ownership, the vehicle had been used as an ice cream truck, according to Patch.
Around the bay, it's not uncommon for old vehicles to get drastic makeovers. In 2018, a couple transformed a 60-foot Muni bus into a living space, complete with bunk beds and shelving. That summer, they took it to Burning Man.
ALSO: Powell Street turntable: San Francisco's most popular cable car pickup spot through the years
Highwire Coffee opened its first location in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood back in 2011, and since then has expanded to two brick-and-mortar locations, one Airstream trailer at Flowerland in Albany, and is a regular at the Ferry Building farmers market.
The coffee truck began serving caffeinated drinks by wheels in August and currently operates in Oakland and Alameda. If all goes well, Myers says they hope to expand service around other Bay Area cites.
Susana Guerrero is an SFGATE producer. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com | Twitter: @SusyGuerrero3


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Case Studies
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Companies of various industries work with us for seamless meeting planning, association management, and marketing services. Our experience spans across areas of all types, sizes, and locations. No matter the nature of the request, Paragon Events evaluates the current situation and proposes solutions to enhance our clients' level of success.
Below includes our library of case studies that illustrate exactly how Paragon Events delivers experiences that turn heads, warm hearts, and stop time. Each scenario, while special in its own way, shares the commonality of our exceptional customer service paired with our world-class expertise.
Do you need support planning a Customer Service Awards series? Paragon Events delivered a Corporate Road Show Challenge for hospitals in 13 cities around the world delivering a first-class event that conveyed the client's message and enhanced the overall brand.
Do you need support planning a Customer Service Awards series? Paragon Events delivered a Corporate Road Show Challenge for hospitals in 13 cities around the world delivering a first-class event that conveyed the client's message and enhanced the overall brand.
Are you launching a global product and need the support to showcase it to the world? Paragon Events supported a Healthcare Company product launch by getting top executives involved in this new corporate initiative. Learn more to see just how we successfully executed this initiative.
Do you want to share your company's mission and vision and host an appreciation event? Paragon Events collaborated with a top healthcare company to show appreciation for healthcare professionals, physicians and medical community members. See how we can help with your next appreciation event.
Are you looking to host an Awards Function at a unique location to show your customer appreciation? Through our connections, we Paragon Events secured a private experience for guests at one of the most popular attractions in South Florida. Check out the ultimate venue we secured and how we can help with your next event.
Looking to plan your next summit? Paragon Events organized a 'Governor's Summit on Healthcare for the Uninsured' to highlight issues and support the importance of programs while implementing solutions for ongoing problems. Learn more about exactly what we did to make this summit was one for the books.
Does your event need someone to oversee the entire program design, development, implementation and executing of a symposium. Paragon Events stepped in to provide a Continuing Medical Education (CME) program for a 2 ½ day health care provider educational Symposium. Learn more about the services we provided.
Planning a recruiting event to hire top talent or draft the next sports hall of famers? Paragon Events was hired to create and plan a college recruiting baseball tour to provide an opportunity for young athletes to be considered for College Baseball Scholarships. Read more about how we executed the recruiting event.


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I'm not going to comment on the reasons for the millage or its merits from an arts management perspective-please check out Diane Ragsdale's excellent post for a round-up of commentary and some hard-hitting opinions about the big picture. Henry Ford Community College provides extensive supports along with remedial instructions, career and employment counseling in various aspects, PT cost defraying employment, on campus day care facilities and on campus library. The Arts Council operates within a Royal Charter which governs all its decisions.
If one has a problem with their feet and they use them, they are most likely to find protection from the support that they get and their condition will not be spread to. These supports are usually recommended by the doctors for those who have feet disorders and any kind of condition that may be harmful to their health which is caused by their feet.
The City is developing an Arts and Culture Master Plan as a framework for the City's future vision, policy and action plan for arts and culture. Increase racial equity inside arts organizations, with a special focus on large, well-established ones, to achieve more racially diverse staff, boards, audience, and programming.
An example of the benefits of teaching the arts would be the study of a teacher who taught the water cycle lesson through movement and music. The wide selection of DonJoy's braces and supports ensures that patients are able to find the product that works for their sports injuries, degenerative diseases or deformities.
Together with increased National Lottery income, this means that Arts Council England should receive £262 million of National Lottery funding in 2014 to 2015, compared with £151 million in 2010 to 2011. They believed our students had to experience cycles of inquiry wherein they learned about the arts and through the arts, and that they needed to see teachers of different disciplines collaborate (Berghoff, 2003, p. 2).


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Muscat: Creation of job opportunities for women is the ministry's vision and mission, according to Maitha bint Saif Al Mahrouqi, undersecretary of the Ministry of Tourism.
"Only 26 per cent of women work in Oman's tourism industry. Women's leadership in the tourism sector is very important and there is an urgent need to attract more Omani women at various professional levels," said Al Mahrouqi at the opening of the 2nd Lady Leaders of Tourism Event at Oman Tourism College on Sunday.
"Various government initiatives are underway towards realising this objective, and the private sector must focus more on creating job opportunities for women from local communities", she noted. According to Al Mahrouqi, one of the most resilient industries, and one of the five sectors identified for Oman's economic diversification, tourism is poised to play a significant role in the Sultanate's future.
"The tourism industry is the most active industry in the world," Al Mahrouqi added.
"Our government's mission is not only to create job opportunities, but they should be sustainable jobs," Al Mahrouqi remarked.
The Omani government is considering tourism to become one of the nation's main sectors, though others consider it to be a secondary sector.
Al Mahrouqi also stressed the need for developing responsible and sustainable tourism to minimise the cultural, social and environmental impacts of tourism.
'Responsible Tourism' is one of the major areas of Oman Tourism Strategy 2014.
"The private sector is expected to play a key role in this", she said.
Al Mahrouqi also revealed the government's plan to boost Omani tourism through developing 11 regions into tourism clusters.
"Each region will have its own identity," she explained.
More than 150 industry leaders, representing 30 tourism companies, including international hotel chains, SMEs, tour operators and tourism developers, as well as industry stakeholders, attended
the event.
Prof. Dipra Jha from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gave a presentation on the scope and relevance of community partnerships in a responsible tourism industry. This was followed by a lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism by Shaima Al Lawati, the CEO of Sustainable Square Oman.
Also, a joint exhibition was held with various social organisations, together with the Oman Cancer Association, Oman Hereditary Blood Disease Association, Omani Women's Association, Oman Water Association, Injaz Oman and Dar Al Atta'a.
Two examples of responsible tourism were displayed during the seminar by Ritz Carlton Community Footprints Programme, which was delivered by Sameer Al Ghafri, and Responsible Tourism in a local community was presented by Abdulrahman Al Abri of Misfat Old House.
Further, a panel discussion on the Benefits of Responsible Tourism to Companies was held, being led by Prof. Dr. Heba Aziz, German University of Technology, along with participants Shaima Al Lawati, Sustainable Square Oman, Rasha Al Madani, Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah and Abdulrahman Al Abri, Misfat Old House.
Topics discussed by industry leaders included aspects of responsible tourism, in a bid to create better places for people to live in, and better places to visit, through minimizing negative economic, environmental and social impacts, and generating economic benefits for local people and host communities.
Other points discussed included conservation of the natural and cultural heritage, and creating enjoyable experiences for tourists through meaningful connections with local people and a greater understanding of their cultural, social and environmental issues.
According to organisers, Lady Leaders in Tourism is an initiative to provide women working in the tourism and hospitality industry with opportunities to network, learn and support each other, as well as inspire other women to join the industry. The event closed with a networking lunch.


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Here are three brilliant new Intuity colleagues! Say hello to Karin Klingel, Tobias Schmücker and Thomas Lipp. They all have a different background and unique skills, so we're really happy to have them!
After a career in advertising, a bachelor's degree in media publishing and several years as a branch manager in art book retailing, Karin recently joined Intuity's administrative team. She is interested in books, magazines, design, and culture but her true passions are all things food and cat videos.
Tobias is a Creative Technologist who's work is focused on connecting the digital and analog world. With his background in design, animation and software development, he's passionate about shaping the future by bringing crazy ideas to life.
Thomas Lipp is a conceptual, visual and interaction designer. His master's thesis is concerned with the phenomenology of knowledge, philosophy of culture and its interconnections with design and media. He is focused on research, opening up new perspectives and constructive criticism.


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Day 1-2 of the Garden Route: Africa's Big Five
We were all still pretty upset about the whole shark cage diving misfortune (I think Steff and Motassem might have been kinda relieved though :p) but it was time to quit sulking and begin our journey through the Garden Route. Everyone knows you can't go to Africa without visiting a National Park and seeing the Big Five so that was our first stop. Ideally, you'd want to visit Kruger Park in South Africa; however, that would require a plane ride and a minimum of 3 days so we had to settle with Botlierskop Private Game Reserve. Unfortunately, this is a privately owned reserve so you do not get the full wildlife experience; however, the staff were amazingly friendly and the place was big enough to make the experience as 'real' as possible. Moreover, I preferred Botlierskop over some of the other game reserves because they offer tours to day visitors too (most others only offered their services to overnight guests). This is a great advantage because a night in a game reserve costs 4-5 times more than a regular hotel. Therefore, we stayed at the Wolhuter Holiday Accommodation which is around a 20 minute drive for Botlierskop. The drive from Cape Town to Botlierskop is beautiful and is definitely counted as one of the attractions of the trip in itself. We drove through mountains, green endless fields and wine yards. For the first time in my life, I actually drove through a rainbow!
Tip: Make sure you bring enough snacks for the night because you will be arriving pretty late and there are no good restaurants around the accommodation (we had an extremely bad/funny restaurant experience here).
Well rested and ready to meet Africa's Big Five, we were on our way to Botlierskop by 8 AM. We started the day with a 2-hour horseback safari. This is an awesome way to get up-close and personal with the animals. The guide was super friendly and more importantly she knew her animals! You can easily tell that these people are very passionate about what they do; you even hear their voice crackle when they speak about the animals they lost to poachers (I'll be getting into that later).
Africa's Big Five are the African lion, African elephant, Cape Buffalo, African leopard and rhinoceros. The term Big Five was actually coined by big-game hunters and refers to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot.
During the first hour, the guide took us through the lower area of the reserve, we met some ghazals, buck, zebras, giraffes, elephants, rhinos and buffalo. During the second hour, Maddie and I split up with another guide since we have horse-riding experience and wanted a more thrilling gallop through the reserve.
As fun as it would've been, we couldn't exactly take the horses to see the lions because that is the equivalent of waving a piece of cheesecake right in front of me. Therefore, it was time to bid my loyal steed (always wanted to say that) goodbye and begin our three hour private game drive. I hate myself for not blogging this trip sooner because I forgot the names of all our guides, and that sucks because they were absolutely awesome. During the horse ride, our guide kept saying that we'd get more details about the animals during the drive, we thought she was just being humble because the information she gave us seemed fascinating enough; however, she was right. The game drive was basically a three hour National Geographic special. Our guide went as far as describing how high each buck can jump! It is truly amazing to get to know these animals and get an insight on their lives. Our guide was even fortunate enough to raise one of the baby rhinos himself; although he describes the experience as exhausting, we all saw the sparkle in his eye as he spoke about it. Honestly, I cannot say that this experience is anywhere near Kruger Park (I have been to national parks in Kenya and Tanzania and they are on a whole other level); but if you're on the Garden Route and want a taste of Africa's wildlife, this private game reserve will definitely do the trick.
Like I said earlier, as amazing as the place is, a private game reserve is not Kruger Park. One of the biggest disadvantages of these reserves is that the predators, specifically the African Lions, are kept in separate enclosures. In Kenya and Tanzania, spotting lions is a privilege, not a guarantee and that is in fact the authentic experience. In our case anyway, the guide got so carried away with all the other animals that we ran out of time before getting to the lions' enclosure (he only did that because he knew our next planned activity was all about the lions so we wouldn't miss out). Despite the fact that I am a sucker for lions, I'm kinda glad the guide spent more time with all the other animals because we gained some invaluable insight on their lives and more importantly, the dangers they face from poachers.
The time for peasants was over, it was time to meet and walk amongst the kings of the jungle, African Lions. Before you freak out, believe me when I tell you that I am absolutely against and utterly disgusted by animal cruelty. I've read and watched documentaries about drugged tigers in sanctuaries and elephant conditioning and taming in some regions of the world. I have shed tears over the way baby elephants are buried up to their necks in mud while enduring days of torture to break them into 'obedient', 'domestic' animals. Hence why I did my research before booking the Walking With Lions experience and still feel a little unsure about it today. The lions you walk with are the ones living in the game reserve, they are not caged or put it in displays in zoos. Nevertheless, reserves are not the same as being free in the wild, so why are they there in the first place? According to our guide, the lions were either rescued from poachers or from fatal injuries (fights against other lions for pride leadership). Moreover, the lions were not tamed, it is strictly forbidden to pet, touch or come anywhere near the lions. You had to keep a safe distance, never give the lion your back and maintain a height over 1.5 meters at all times. It made me feel better to see the lions were still treated as the predators they are, they were feared and respected, even by the guides. It was made clear that we were joining the lions on a walk, not the other way around. They stopped when they wanted to stop and walked when the willed it, they controlled the reigns not us. Finally, I compared the weight and physique of the lions to those in the wild and found them to be very similar. That is not the case with zoo lions though since they are fed way too much and kept in small enclosures. However, I recommend you contact Walking With Lions before booking your experience with all the questions you want answered anyway.
Overall though, it was a wonderful experience. being so close to such majestic and powerful creatures was beautifully humbling. The way they walked side by side, the way they marked their territory with every step and the way they never really stopped hunting… they really are the kings of the jungle.
Ironically speaking, African Lions live in savannas, grasslands, dense bush and woodlands, not jungles. So why are they titled the kings of the jungle? Well that actually comes from different African dialects (Swahili, Zulu, Afrikaans, etc.) where they refer to these regions as the 'jungle'. The example the guide gave us was: if he found me in the Savanna in the middle of the night, he would say 'Hey! What are you doing in the middle of the jungle at this hour of the night?!' The real question though is… what are you doing here in the middle of the night Uluthando, what are you doing?
Finally, it was time to bid the animals farewell and make our way to the beautiful small town of Storms River where I would face my greatest fear… Bungee Jumping!
Day 3 of the Garden Route: Adrenaline Dose
Today, we flirt with death. We started off the day with a zipline tour through the jungles Tsitsikamma which is located around a 30 minute drive from Storms River. We booked this tour with Tsitsikamma Canopy Tours and were very happy with their service. The entire thing takes around 2.5 hours and consists of around 10 ziplines, some are speedy and thrilling while others are more chilled and allow you to take in the sights. After completing the tour and having breakfast (included in the zipline package), we made our way back to the hotel where we sat around in a circle reviewing all our life's choices and sulking about the decision to bungee jump.
I kid you not, I can feel the anxiety kick back in just by writing about it. I can still vividly see us sitting around our lodge, no one spoke to the other, we were too preoccupied with our own thoughts. Each one of us considered backing out at least a 100 times, but pride got in the way and pushed us on. Mohamed said he wasn't going to do before we even started planning the trip, so he was loving life at this moment. As the rest of us debated with ourselves and with each other, he sat there with the biggest smile on his face. I think we went through all 5 stages of grief in that one dreadfully long hour. Finally, the wait was over and it was time to drive to Bloukrans River. Bloukrans Bungee is 216 meters high, it is known as the highest bungee off a bridge and the third highest bungee in the entire world (highest bungee ever being 230 meters high off a skyscraper in Macau). You can book your jump now via Face Adrenaline; I am still alive thanks to them so obviously I do not have any negatives things to say here.
So this is how the whole bungee jumping things goes: First, you sit around for an hour or so questioning the soundness of your mind for signing up in the first place, during that hour, you'll go through a whole swirl of emotions, none of which are pleasant. Next, you get in your car with a tingling anxiety reaching down into your stomach which you try to get rid of by listening to a bunch of motivating songs like 'Lose Yourself' and 'Till I Collapse'. By the time you get there, you're feeling a little better but that quickly fades when you get your first glance of the bridge and the people jumping off it. Whilst waiting for your time to sign up and weigh in, you just stand there with a yellow face watching other people jump. Some of the 'older' crowd will even attempt at small talk with this particular opening 'why on earth would anyone do that to themselves, I wouldn't do it if they offered me a million dollars' to which you'll reply 'I'm actually about to do it in a bit'. Some of them took a few more stabs at us after we told them we'd do it, other just shook their heads in confusion. Finally, you sign a few papers with unsteady hands and make your way to the bridge. There is nothing worse than the wait, its kinda like taking a bandage off, each jumper is another lost hair. Luckily, I was chosen to jump first. I'll tell you this much, this video taken was hilarious. My expression was literally the face of fear, I was not laughing, not smiling, not even crying… it was just good old fear! HOWEVER, as soon as you drop (they tell you to jump but my knees buckled and all) all fear disappears, the adrenaline kicks in, the world grows silent around you and its almost like your own heartbeat is the only thing you can actually hear. Exhilaration, excitement and so many other words that still won't do it justice, the only thing that would is for you to just try it yourselves. I am afraid of heights so I promise I know what you'll go through but I also promise that it is all so worth it!!!
Despite the post adrenaline exhaustion, the plan was to keep the day going on a thrill high. The next activity on the list was Black Water River Tubing. Due to lack of time, we opted for the half day of tubing, which I thought was more than enough anyway.
What I thought we'd be doing: To be perfectly honest, when I booked this tour I genuinely thought it would be a thrilling, adrenaline packed ride in a tube through white waters. I imagined freezing cold water, small waterfalls and turbulent tides. I imagined painfully funny falls, clumsy flips and toe stubbing crashes :p
What we actually did: Well, the waters were nor white or turbulent. That isn't to say it's not a great tour, I still recommend this activity; however, book it knowing its a relaxing ride through the river and nothing else. Needless to say I think we were all secretly glad to find it was chilled out as it was the perfect recovery after bungee jumping. The guides in this trip were particularly awesome… and a little crazy. They made the weirdest noises as we rode down to the river and of course I joined as best I could (weird noises are my forte but I had lost my voice from earlier). Once in the river, we sat back in our tubes and let the water carry us around half the time, the other half, we had to actually peddle on using our hands, a funny yet tiring thing. All in all, it wasn't what I expected but it was still hilarious. Oh, and we did get some stubbed toes (Maddie can't spend a day without stubbing a toe or two and claiming they 'fell' off).
It was on this tour that I received my "famous" nickname, Nomvula, which is Zulu for bringer of rain and often given to babies who are born during storms… or at least that is what I was told. There is actually a song called Nomvula too check it out: Nathi- Nomvula
After one of the most memorable days of my life, it was time for a filling dinner and a goodnight sleep at the Swallows Nest Country Cottages in Storms River. With only two more days left, our trip was almost coming to an end and that sense of sadness was starting to fall upon us. The adventure wasn't over yet though, check out my next post for my final two days in this beautiful, action pact, stunning and wonderful country.


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How many animal sacrifices does it take to stay on a god's good side? When it comes to the Egyptian sun deity Ra, that number seems to have been in the thousands. A new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science reveals that to meet a massive demand for mummified raptors, ancient Egyptians may have bred kestrels and then forced the birds to gorge themselves to death.
Animal mummification was a common practice in Egypt from 600 BC to AD 250. To pay homage to their gods, Egyptians would kill and mummify animals that corresponded to the gods' avatar species—kestrels, for example, for the falcon-headed Ra. This was most likely the fate of SACHM 2575, a Eurasian Kestrel from the Iziko Museums of South Africa that the researchers autopsied.
Using CT imaging, scientists from Egypt, South Africa, and Germany performed a virtual autopsy of the mummified young kestrel. Unlike most other tributes, this bird's insides weren't removed during the mummification process, giving scientists a peek at the preserved contents of its stomach. The X-ray images show fragments of several house mice—bones, fur, numerous teeth—as well as the remains of a sparrow, all of which were consumed within the same day. Part of a mouse's tail was also found stuck in the kestrel's esophagus, indicating that the bird died of suffocation. Based on these clues, and on kestrel feeding habits, scientists think it's likely that the bird's final, fatal meal was a case of forced gluttony.
"This animal was fed far beyond its inclination and capacity," says Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology at the American University of Cairo and lead author of the study, "something that would be unlikely if this were a captured wild bird."
To expedite their sacrificial rituals, ancient Egyptians often killed different animals, including birds and cattle, by various means, such as strangling or beating them. In the case of SACHM 2575, based on the contents of the bird's stomach, force-feeding seems to have been the chosen method.
Normally kestrels take about 10 hours to digest their food; as part of that process, they regurgitate pellets that contain large bones, fur, or other indigestible bits. But SACHM 2575 clearly never got a chance. At the time of death, the kestrel had already finished digesting one or two of the mice, and at least some of the sparrow, but it had not yet regurgitated a pellet. Therefore, the researchers concluded, the unfortunate bird was already more than full when it consumed—and choked on—the final mouse.
SACHM 2575 is not the first kestrel to be scanned by Ikram and her team (though it's the first with intestinal evidence), nor will it be the last. "It seems that the Egyptians had established some sort of controlled breeding and rearing program for these creatures," says Ikram, "and the fact that hundreds and thousands of raptor mummies have been found supports this idea." She and her fellow researchers are now planning to examine other mummified specimens to further explore this potential breeding network. In doing so, they hope to shed more light on the ancient Egyptians' connection to nature and to other higher powers.


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By Leo Tolstoy
Ranging in scope from long novellas to fables and folktales just a couple of pages lengthy, Leo Tolstoy's brief fiction presents a wonderful chance to turn into heavily conversant in Russia's nice novelist.
quantity 2 of the Collected Shorter Fiction reveals how Tolstoy's growing to be non secular preoccupations flowered right into a sequence of outstanding past due masterpieces that equivalent whatever within the prior novels for depth and gear. Readers of The loss of life of Iván Ilých, The Kreutzer Sonata, Father Sergius, grasp and guy, and Hadji Murád will realize the intense novelist now transfigured by way of his passionate quest for salvation and forgiveness.
Aylmer and Louise Maude's vintage translations are supplemented through new translations through Nigel J. Cooper of six tales, together with that experience by no means ahead of seemed in English.
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As war raged across Europe, Americans were aware of the plight of children in Europe through daily newspaper accounts of bombings, rationing and suffering throughout the continent. However, the situation was far worse than Americans imagined because they were not aware of the full extent of the Nazi campaign to exterminate Jews, Gypsies and other civilian populations in Poland, the Soviet Union and elsewhere.
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