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In a move aimed at reducing wasted picnic time and repetitive shooing injuries, the EU has introduced compulsory health warnings on wasps. From Friday, even the smallest chewing wasp will need to be labelled, or face a fine that could run into millilitres of nectar.
Critics of the legislation have claimed that labelling won't prevent victims from stinging, and are calling instead for an outright ban on the vindictive, stripy little bastards. But the wasp control industry opposes such a move, which could threaten citronella factories right across Europe.
Wasps are an intrinsic part of many European cultures, with cottage industries growing in their wake. "Flappy whacker manufacturing needs this like a hole in the head", claimed Sophie Vespa of 'STING', the Societe Tres Ineffectual pour Negation du Guepes. "For generations, we have enjoyed the tradition of panicking and wildly flailing at anything airborne, it's not summer unless someone shrieks and then knocks over your wine. For every black eye, there's a properly crushed wasp in a Camembert. We don't need red tape obscuring yellow stripes."
Pro-wasp lobbyists are also opposed to the move, forming a rare unity with those that would happily pull their wings off. "We oppose wasp labelling and all discrimination against wasp use. Wasps are not illegal, it's up to the individual if they choose to wasp or not", claimed Bernard Rochester.
"There must be freedom of choice for those that prefer to ignore the harm that wasps can do, something which is fast disappearing in this so called democracy. If you tolerate this, what will be targeted next? Flying ants? Greenfly? Parasitic pubic lice? It makes my skin crawl just to think about it."
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Stoke City defender Ryan Shotton is in trouble with the law.
The Daily Mail reports Shotton has been charged with assault after an alleged nightclub brawl that left a man needing stitches in his head.
Shotton, 23, the Potters' young player of the year last season, is alleged to have thrown a punch in a fight outside the Pink nightclub in Hanley, Staffordshire.
He is due to appear in court on Friday.

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Thursday, January 19, 2017
Betsy DeVos May Be in the Top One Percent in One Category, But She Is in the Bottom Half in Another and That Makes Her a Hard Sell
When I first read the exchange between Betsy Devos and two senators on the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), I was speechless. As a professor, this is a relatively rare occurrence. Once I came to my senses, a few potentially poignant ideas came to me, but before I share them, I will give you an opportunity at speechlessness. Here is the exchange:
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) asked DeVos if all schools that receive federal funding should meet the requirements of IDEA.
DeVos: "I think they already are."
Kaine: "But I'm asking you a should question. Whether they are or not, we'll get into that later." He then repeated his question.
DeVos said: "I think that is a matter that is best left to the states."
Kaine responded: "So some states might be good to kids with disabilities and other states might not be so good and, what then, people can just move around the country if they don't like how kids are being treated?"
Devos repeated: "I think that's an issue that's best left to the states."
Kaine said: "What about the federal requirement? It's a federal law, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act." He repeated his initial question again.
DeVos then offered an anecdote about a Florida voucher program for students with disabilities.
Kaine interrupted her: "Just yes or no. I think all schools that receive federal funding — public, public charter, private — should be required to meet the conditions" of IDEA. He asked if she agreed.
DeVos: "I think that is certainly worth discussion."
Kaine: "So you cannot yet agree with me."
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) explained that the IDEA is a federal civil rights law that must be followed. She asked DeVos if she stood by her statement that it was up to the states to follow it.
DeVos: "Federal law must be followed where federal dollars are in play."
Hassan: "So were you unaware when I just asked you bout the IDEA that it was a federal law?"
Devos: "I may have confused it."
My guess is that if you are reading this post, you already knew what the IDEA is and, if so, that makes you more qualified to serve as Secretary of Education than Betsy DeVos. You may also know the following, but I offer it for the good of the order. Students with disabilities typically make up roughly 10 or 11 percent of the public school population. In some schools, it dips to around 8 percent. In others, it is around 14 percent. It is the second largest chunk of funding that the federal government spends on public education. Title I funds, directed at low-income students, are the biggest chunk at around $14 billion. IDEA funds are a close second at $12.5 billion. Nothing else comes close.
The Office for Civil Right at the Department of Education is charged with investigating discrimination complaints in education. It protects against race, gender, disability, language status, and age. Of all the complaints it receives, 39% are in regard to disability.
How any Senator could deem a person qualified who is not sure of, misunderstands, or thinks that the most (or second most) important law she will be charged with enforcing is voluntary is . . . . Well, I just cannot find the word to finish that sentence. Is it shocking, astonishing, unbelievable, or maybe just the new world order where basic knowledge and facts do not matter.
Then a snarky light went off. Betsy DeVos may be part of the top one percent in terms of wealth and that may qualify her to do a lot of things. It may have offered her a lot of skills. But on education, she may very well be in the bottom half in terms of knowledge. Owning charter schools is a lot different than knowing something about education. I own several stocks and I know very little about any of them. I own a couple of cars--one for a decade and I still cannot manage to get the driver's seat to return to its original position as I am told it is supposed to when I get in. Nor can I sync my garage door opener to my car. And I have read the owner's manual on these topics a couple of times. And I am generally a pretty hand person.
But, of course, no one is nominating you to be Secretary of Education and no one is asking me to fix their car or offer stock advice, so those are not really accurate points of comparison. If we compared DeVos to those who actually follow public education, either closely or casually, I would venture to say she is, at best, in the bottom 25% in terms of knowledge. Now, let's get serious. Is this someone any Senator should confirm as the Secretary of Education?
I have no particular brief for Ms DeVos. But IDEA is a spending-power statute, is it not? So isn't it true that "Federal law must be followed where federal dollars are in play," as Ms DeVos testified? States could elect not to receive the relevant federal funds and a state that did not accept those funds would have no IDEA obligations.
Sens. Kaine and Hassan are correct that IDEA is a "federal law" and therefore "must be followed" - that's the Supremacy Clause. But it imposes no obligations upon states where "federal dollars are not in play."
Or am I misunderstanding?
Posted by: Aaron Saiger | Jan 23, 2017 5:22:41 PM
Isn't Ms DeVos also correct to reject Senator Kaine's suggestion that "private schools" that "receive federal funds" have duties under the IDEA? If Private School X agrees to educate Y and give Y FAPE, and the state remunerates School X for doing so, then School X receives federal funds. But I don't think that School X, having agreed to educate Y in a particular way and to accept federal money for doing so, in this way incurs any duty under IDEA to give some other student Z FAPE, even if Z is enrolled in X. Similarly, X need not provide Z with a least restrictive environment. And so on. Or have I misunderstood the IDEA?
P.1 of this DoEd manual says that many disabled students will receive no IDEA services in private schools. https://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/speced/privateschools/idea.pdf
Posted by: Aaron Saiger | Jan 23, 2017 5:34:20 PM
Aaron, if I follow you correctly, I believe you are correct. Or to state it more directly, IDEA does not operate like Title VI. A private school that received any federal dollars of any sort would have to comply with Title VI. This is not true with IDEA. It is not a generally applicable statute. A school only becomes subject to it by receiving IDEA funds (I believe), although Eloise Pasachoff could probably give a more definite statement off the top of her head.
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I hope you are the kind of person that checks whether a website has a green lock in its URL address bar – before you enter any personal information, like credit card data on checkout pages?
But what about the data you enter at login or in a contact form? Did you know that they are not securely transferred as long as a website doesn't use SSL?If there is a green padlock next to a https://-address, this basically indicates the existence of an SSL certificate for this website.
This means, the information exchanged between a web browser and the website's server is encrypted.
In my last article, I discussed why you should make a switch from http to https with your website. In this article here, I will help you understand some of the terminologies of this topic so that you can comprehend the impacts on your website and online business. I will then discuss your options when it comes to actually setting up an SSL certificate. And I'll finally throw some best practices and tips at you.
3 Reasons for Securing Your Website with HTTPS and SSL
In my previous article, I talked about the fact that Google has been calling for a 'HTTPS Everywhere' since 2014. Since January 2017 it enforced this call by making SSL a ranking factor for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). And from October (2017) on, your website will actually be penalized in its SEO ranking, if it's not secured by an SSL certificate.
Why do you think is that?
Google sees 3 reasons for securing your website with HTTPS and SSL. These are:
☞ Authentication. – Authentication addresses the issue of verifying the ownership of your website.
☞ Data Integrity. – Data Integrity is all about whether the data on your site has been interfered with – during transit.
☞ Encryption. – Encryption refers to the security of communications between the client and the server so that it cannot be read by a third party.
Tech Lingo Explained
"HTTPS is HTTP over TLS."
– Is this tech lingo for you ???
I know, these abbreviations sometimes make an understanding really hard. Just as its "deciphering" does. So, let me try and explain what all this actually means.
HTTP is the name for a protocol in computer science that describes how data is being transferred between a browser and a website. Once upon a time, someone had the idea to name this procedure HTTP. And now it is this way. Officially, HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol.
TLS stands for Transport Layer Security. What it does, it encrypts the communication between the web browser of a visitor (on one end) and the server of the visited website (on the other end).
Every single connection is uniquely secured.
Let's make an example, and let's assume you are accessing my website with your browser (which you do right now). If you find more than one article interesting (let's say 2) and have opened these in several tabs, you now established 2 connections between your browser and my server. Each of these two tabs use a unique key to access my website. My server and your browser negotiate the details of this security setup (algorithm, cryptographic keys) at the start of the session. That's the TLS handshake.
Before you even see one letter on your screen appear, these details are negotiated.
Known eavesdropping techniques or man-in-the-middle attacks are suspended from this.
HTTPS contains an additional S in its name, which stands for Security. It means, that a level of security has been added by encrypting the data in transfer. The data in a transfer is no longer transferred in plain old text, but by a big string of random characters. That's called encryption.
http:// means, this is a website.
https:// means, this is a secured website. It is using SSL to encrypt data and authenticate the website.
SSL is often named in the same breath as TLS. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and is actually the predecessor of TLS. It provides communication security over a computer network. The terms SSL and SSL certificates have been used for some years now to point out that there is "security inside".
SSL Certificate
To use SSL on a website, a certificate needs to be installed on the host's server. This is done by the web host or provider.
An SSL Certificate is made up of two keys: A 'Private Key' and a 'Public Key'. These keys are literally the "key" to having a secure website. The certificate is uploaded to your web host's server and then broadcasts the security transfer protocol.
SSL Certificates expire after a certain time period and must be re-issued. Typically, this is after 1 or 2 years.
Setting Up An SSL Certificate On Your Website
To conform to Google's standards, you will have to switch your website from http to https. You achieve this by setting up an SSL certificate. There are basically three ways to do that.
SSL Certificates from your Web Host
You get an SSL certificate from your web host. Many web hosts today offer SSL certificates for free as part of their packages. It was not always this way. But today, many hosts have to offer them for free in order to maintain competitiveness in the market. It is the easiest way to get an SSL certificate and you usually can use their support in case you need a helping hand.
Free SSL Certificates
You can, of course, use an external provider of SSL certificates. SSL certificates differ in what kind of validations are included. Which one you should choose depends on your business. They also come with different price tags.
Let's Encrypt is a free SSL certificate provider, that some web hosts provide a one-click installation for. But I need to warn you here, as it has its limitations. If you want to learn more about them, I recommend you read Chelsea McGuiness' article, in which she reveals some of the downfalls of this offer.
Sucuri has an excellent guide on how to install SSL on your website.
If you're a little tech-savvy and not afraid of the learning curve ahead, check out this resource!
Premium SSL Certificates
But there are also certificates you have to pay some money for.
An affordable SSL certificate can be acquired at StartSSL or NameCheap.
Alternatively, there are premium certificates that cost more than $1000 per year.
If you have high revenues and really need the extra warrants such an expensive SSL certificate brings, then go for it. For most online entrepreneurs, a standard SSL certificate will do the job. If you are on a track to upgrade your business, this might be the way to go, though.
You can spot the differences in SSL certificates in the URL address bar in this image.
Whilst free SSL certificates only show a green padlock in the address bar,
Premium SSL certificates will show the company name next to the green padlock.
Both connections are secure, but they differ in what kind of validations are included.
When sorting through the different kinds of SSL certificates available, here are the 3 different characteristics you want to look out for in your decision process:
1. Level of Encryption – recommended is 256 bit
2. Browser Recognition – 99% is recommended
3. Warranty
If you want to add this layer of security and would like a helping hand because of all this tech lingo, you may consider reaching out to someone who is comfortable with technologies for modern businesses.
I help online entrepreneurs in taking the stress out of tech and setting up their business so that it is safe and reliable.
Let's discuss your needs in a free Discovery Call!
Best Practices & Tips
When you are finally done with switching your website from http to https, can you sit back and have a cup of coffee? – Yes, sure!
But you want to do a few checks before moving on with other tasks on your list.1) While the domain of your website is not changing, the address of your website has changed. It has gone from http:// to https://.
From a technical perspective, there are two different ports that are involved here. Traffic to your website may experience a drop until Google re-indexes your site. I, therefore, suggest you make sure your redirects work properly and you submit a new sitemap.2) I have stumbled over this one. I am using an analytics service called Metricool, to get a few insights about website traffic and social media engagement. The moment I did the switch from http to https, they were no longer able to track my website. I noticed a big plunge the next time I got their evaluation. After making them aware of this plunge, they researched and let me know that because of my switch to https they didn't get any more data in!
'Of course!', I thought to myself.
==> So, if you use any external analytics tools or any other tool that rely on the precise address of your website, make sure you adjust that in their settings. 3) Test whether the configuration of SSL on your website is done properly.
At Qualys SSL Lab you can test that. It grades the web server configuration (A, B, C) and tells you what should be changed to be more secure. Typically, these changes need to be handled by your web host.
If you see no green padlock next to your address bar in the browser, it means there is a problem.
Try Why No Padlock to find out why your page is not fully secure.
Over to You
I hope you found this article helpful. Not having an SSL certificate on your website will be penalized by Google from October 2017 on. Even if you only have a simple contact form on your website (which almost everyone has and should have), your online reputation will be affected by these new rules.
Got any more questions or unresolved puzzle pieces? You're very welcome to use the comment section below or drop me a line if I can be of further help!
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The first two recordings of many more yet to come in the Food and Agribusiness Webinar Series are now available.
U.S. Rice Supplies Expected to Tighten in 2017/18; U.S. Prices Projected Higher, May 25, 2017 Presenter: Nathan Childs, agricultural economist with USDA's Economic Research Service. This webinar focused on USDA's projections for the 2017/18 U.S. and global rice markets. The main themes were: A 10-percent decline in U.S. rice production is expected to reduce U.S. rice supplies 7 percent in 2017/18. Tighter supplies and higher projected prices are behind expectations of smaller domestic use and U.S. exports in 2017/18. In the global market, production is expected to again exceed use, with global ending stocks in 2017/18 projected to increase to the highest level since 2001/02.
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A romantic, gothic and musical love story, the Bristol Old Vic's award-winning production The Grinning Man, based on a classic Victor Hugo (Les Misérables) novel, continues to put a smile on every face in the West End.
Drawing audiences into its fantastical world – with a dark heart – The Grinning Man is based on Hugo's book The Man Who Laughs, telling the dark tale of a strange new act with a terrible secret.
One day, a strange new act arrives at the fairground. At first paraded as a freak, and then celebrated as a star, can he find true love in the sightless girl, the only person who can see him for what he is? Helped by an old man, a lone wolf and a blind girl, his story must be told.
Original cast member Louis Maskell, playing the titular role of the disfigured Grinpayne, and Julian Bleach, who plays the vengeful and deceptive clown Barkilphedro, return to lead the West End transfer. Sean Kingsley and Ewan Black, who previously co-starred in the award-winning Bristol Old Vic production of the musical, have been confirmed to play Ursus and Trelaw in the West End premiere. Sanne den Besten, new to the cast, plays Dea.
The Grinning Man was first brought to life by Kneehigh writer Carl Grose, with a beautiful score by Tim Phillips and Marc Teitler. The show reunited director Tom Morris with two puppeteers who began their careers inside Joe and Topthorn in the original production of War Horse – Finn Caldwell and Toby Olié – and first opened as the climax of Bristol Old Vic's 250th anniversary programme, receiving critical acclaim.
The show is macabre, magical and visually astonishing; Jon Bausor won the UK Theatre Award for Best Design for his work on The Grinning Man. The show plays in a specially configured space in Trafalgar Studios.
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Geom Therapeutics to Present Data From Antibiotic Drug Development Programs at ASM Microbe
May 30, 2018
Twelve posters and two oral presentations summarize nonclinical studies of Geom's novel cephalosporin GT-1 and novel beta-lactamase inhibitor GT-055
San Francisco, CA, May 30, 2018 – Geom Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel antibiotics for multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative infections, today announced upcoming data presentations at the American Society of Microbiologists (ASM) Microbe 2018 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Twelve posters and two oral presentations demonstrating the nonclinical results of GT-1, a cephalosporin with a novel uptake mechanism and GT-055, a novel beta-lactamase inhibitor in combination with GT-1, have been accepted for presentation.
Dirk Thye, M.D., Executive Chairman of Geom Therapeutics, Inc., said, "We are very excited to introduce our two novel compounds to the infectious diseases scientific community. GT-1 and GT-055 are intended for the treatment of multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections, including infections caused by species of Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas, which are among the most critical bacterial threats to human health. Geom's presentations at the ASM Microbe 2018 meeting summarize key research and development results and provide the foundation for GT-1 to enter human clinical trials in the second half of 2018."
Details of the ASM Microbe 2018 presentations are as follows:
Friday, June 8th
Oral Presentation Session 012 - New Agents Discovery Summary Session: Early New Antimicrobial Agents
(8:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.)
GT-1: A Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin For MDR Gram-negative Pathogens, As Monotherapy, And In Combination With GT-055, A Novel β-Lactamase Inhibitor;
D. Thye
Oral Presentation Session 147 - Trouble-shooting Preclinical Antibacterial Development: A Consensus PK/PD Approach
(2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) Targets Associated with GT-1 Efficacy against Acinetobacter Baumannii Using the Murine-Thigh Infection Model;
J. Bader, E. Lakota, M. Zhao, A. Lepak, B. VanScoy, D. Biek, Y. Cho, S. Bhavnani,
P. Ambrose, D. Andes
Saturday, June 9th
Poster Presentation Session 233 - AAR04 - Antimicrobial PK/PD & General Pharmacology: in vivo Studies
(11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
552: In Vitro ADME and In Vivo Pharmacokinetic Profiles of GT-1, A Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin, in the Mouse, Rat, and Dog;
Y. Cho, H. Kwon, B. Hannah
554: Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) Targets for GT-1 Efficacy Using A Murine-Lung Infection Model;
E. Lakota, A. Lepak, M. Zhao, J. Bader, D. Taylor, D. Biek, Y. Cho, S. Bhavnani,
P. Ambrose, D. Andes
556: Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) Targets Associated with GT-1 Efficacy against Acinetobacter Baumannii Using the Murine-Thigh Infection Model;
J. Bader, E. Lakota, M. Zhao, A. Lepak, B. VanScoy, D. Biek, Y. Cho, S. Bhavnani, P. Ambrose, D. Andes
Sunday, June 10th
Poster Presentation Session 412 - AAR08 - New Antimicrobial Agents and New Research Technologies: New Cephalosporins, Penems, and Carbapenems
(12:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.)
571: Antimicrobial Activity of the Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin GT-1 Tested Alone and Combined with the β-Lactamase Inhibitor GT-055 against Molecularly Characterized Enterobacteriaceae Clin. Isolates;
H. Sader, L. Duncan, J. Thompson, Y. Cho, D. Biek, R. Flamm
572: Nonclinical Safety and Toxicological Profile of GT-1, A Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin;
S. Azri-Meehan, B. Hannah
573: GT-1, A Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin, with Potent Activity against Select Biothreat Pathogens Either Alone Or in Combination with A Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor (GT-055);
S. Zumbrun, S. Halasohoris, M. Lemmon, P. Desai, L. Miller, S. Int Veldt, Z. Huang, B. Hannah, D. Biek, R. G. Panchal
574: Activity of Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin GT-1 and ß-Lactamase Inhibitor GT-055 against Resistant-K. pneumoniae in Time-Kill and Murine Thigh Infection Studies;
S-h. Oh, J. Kwak, J. Lee, H. Han, K. Oh, Y. Cho
575: In Vitro Activity of GT-1 and GT-1/GT-055 against Recent Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates;
M. Hackel, D. Biek, Y. Cho, D. Sahm
576: In Vitro Activity of Novel Siderophore-Cephalosporin, GT-1, and β-Lactamase Inhibitor, GT-055, against KPC- Or OXA-Type Carbapenemase- and ESBL-Producing E. coli, K. pneumonia Clinical Isolates from A Characterized MDR Panel;
P. Nguyen, N. Pinto, N. Vu, Y. Cho, J-H. Byun, R. D'Souza, D. Yong, K. Lee
577: Antimicrobial Activity of GT-1, A Novel Siderophore Cephalosporin, Tested against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Acinetobacter Spp. Isolates;
Duncan, P. Rhomberg, D. Biek, Y. Cho, R. Flamm, H. Sader
578: Serum and Iron Effects on the In Vitro Activity of Siderophore Cephalosporin
S-h. Oh, J. Kwak, J. Lee, H. Han, D. Biek, K. Oh, Y. Cho
579: Efficacy of the Siderophore Cephalosporin GT-1 against P. Aeruginosa in A Neutropenic Mouse Thigh Model of Infection;
K. Oh, D. Kang, D. Biek, Y. Cho
Copies of all poster presentations will be available on the Geom website following the ASM Microbe meeting:
About GT-1
GT-1, a novel siderophore cephalosporin antibiotic, is being developed for the treatment of MDR Gram-negative bacterial infections. GT-1 is actively transported into Gram-negative cells by exploiting iron uptake systems that use low molecular weight iron-binding molecules, known as siderophores, to transport iron into the cells. This "Trojan Horse" strategy facilitates the uptake of GT-1 into the bacterial periplasmic space in high concentrations where GT-1 binds to its penicillin-binding protein targets and disrupts cell wall synthesis, leading to cell death. This increased transport into bacterial cells potentiates activity against Gram-negative bacteria, including MDR Acinetobacter spp. and P. aeruginosa. All IND-enabling studies have been completed for GT-1 and Geom plans to submit an IND to the FDA in 2H 2018. For more information about GT-1, please visit http://www.geomtherapeutics.com/GT-1
About Geom Therapeutics
Geom Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel antibiotics for MDR gram-negative infections. Geom is a joint venture with LegoChem Biosciences, a publicly traded Korean biotechnology company (KOSDAQ:141080) and the inventor of GT-1. GT-1, our lead product candidate, a cephalosporin with a novel uptake mechanism, has demonstrated broad spectrum efficacy against gram-negative pathogens and is in development for the treatment of serious bacterial infections, including those caused by MDR P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. We are conducting a Phase 1 study with GT-1 in partnership with The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We have built an exceptional research and development team with deep expertise in the development of new antibiotics from discovery through approval. Our mission is to improve patients' lives by developing novel antibiotics to treat resistant infections for which there are no available therapies. For more information, please visit www.geomtherapeutics.com


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THE Vodafone Site Solution Innovation Centre (SSIC) is the first 6 Star Green Star SA accredited building in South Africa. It is said to be the greenest building in the southern hemisphere and houses techies who are working on solutions for the future.
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How To Train In The Winter
For a majority of Traceurs summer is the season of choice due to the bodacious dry surfaces which are sublime for sticking large jumps. These students of movement go about on their merry way training their hearts out and progressing at astounding speeds. Then without warning winter swings around and brings the good ole' frozen water with it; At this point many Traceurs revert to the life of simple indoor conditioning, oblivious to what they are missing. The froth of snow that cakes the world around you is not detrimental and today I will show you why.
A Traceur's Christmas
The holidays have arrived and you can almost feel the joy in the air; I am going to grant you the only gift I can: A blog post. The following is a list of gifts for the Traceurs in your life as well as a short analysis on the meaning of this magical season.
Each Traceur is an individual, there is no exception to this inherent Parkour rule; But why? Many of us would like to believe that we as Traceurs have the ability to shape our style through sheer Parkour training, this is partly true but for the most part our past experiences are what result in our current style. This information may be discouraging to some of you who have a less than Ideal past, I for example come from a gaming background; Very few skills acquired through gaming can be used as a Traceur; But it is important for you to remember that the same is true moving forwards: the activities you choose today will determine your style tomorrow.
Careers For Traceurs
Today we will be delving deep into the world of Parkour jobs. Some will make you laugh and others will make you seriously consider what lies ahead for you; At any rate you'll pick up a few things on your read through. And now without further ado I present to you, the Parkour Job guide.
How To Produce A Video
Ever wonder how the pros forge their beautiful videos? well wonder no longer! I am here to enlighten you in the ways of video production.


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Fear the Walking Dead: Dead Run is an exhilarating tactical runner that puts you inside the apocalyptic fall of Los Angeles from AMC's hit series Fear the Walking Dead.
Relentlessly pursued by the undead, you flee across familiar LA landscapes as the city is overrun; an abandoned church, a high school, the local sports arena. Shoot too much and you'll slow down. Don't shoot enough and you'll be overtaken.
Fear the Walking Dead: Dead Run Features:
- The official mobile game of AMC's hit show
- Run for survival – Annihilate enemies and stay alive as long as you can in a world falling apart
- Exciting episode levels – 3 special show levels available, with more coming soon. Relive the most horrific events from the TV series and see if you would survive.
- Play as your favorite characters from the show –
Unlock Travis, Nick, Madison, Strand, Daniel and Chris. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses and come with their own weapons. Will they survive in your game?
- An arsenal at your fingertips – Over 40 weapons at your disposal. Load up with a powerful arsenal of shotguns, rifles, handguns and more.
- Outlive your friends – Connect to see who makes it the farthest through the city. Run past the lurching bodies of your undead friends!
Download for free now!
NOTE: Fear the Walking Dead: Dead Run does NOT run on iPad 2.
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Bell Off-Road Sessions
This August 2nd through 4th, Bell and Osheaga teamed to up to create a series of intimate and raw performances entitled "Bell Off-Road Sessions" featuring several OSHEAGA 2019 artists in some of our most favourite locations around Parc Jean-Drapeau!
Dean Lewis
Dean Lewis comes from that magical musical land on the other side of the world. From the unforgettable smash hits of INXS, The Bee Gees, and AC/DC (the real thunder from down under), to the new vanguard of musical luminaries like Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala, Australia has given the world an endless array of incredible music. We couldn't be happier to welcome another amazing Aussie artist to the ranks of the greats, and he's just getting started!
Hailing from the beaches of Sydney, singer/songwriter Dean Lewis recently released his debut feature length album, A Place We Knew, to rave reviews. He's already racked up more accolades than you could shake a stick at, and his singes Waves and Be Alright have been certified platinum many times over, charting in countries all over the globe! His music has been featured in cult favourite TV shows like Riverdale, Suits, Greys Anatomy, and Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instrument, and his songs of vulnerability and resolve have been the soundtrack to countless stories of young love, but he's as likely to be played on alternative and indie radio as he is a new mainstay on commercial radio.
Drawing inspiration from rock and roll gods like Oasis and Bruce Springsteen, Dean is humble about his success despite the fact that his sold out shows attract throngs of dedicated fans who line up for hours for a glimpse of the tall Aussie with the golden voice. If all that wasn't enough, he now racked up more than a billion streams of his music online! You can catch Dean at Osheaga this summer – it's one performance you won't want to miss!!
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Lennon Stella
One of the brightest stars you'll find shining in today's musical constellation is an incredibly talented young Canadian singer with the midas touch, Lennon Stella.
No stranger to fame, the 19-year-old singer from Whitby, Ontario had a massive viral hit on YouTube, singing Robyn's Call Your Girlfriend with her sister Maisy in 2012. That same year, the Stella sisters were cast on the hit TV show Nashville (which also happens to be the city where her family relocated a few years earlier), launching a successful career on-screen for both girls. (Speaking of TV, fans of GOT take note: Lennon's music can now be found alongside SZA, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, and The Lumineers on the new Game of Thrones soundtrack, For The Throne).
Lennon, who grew up on a farm in rural Ontario, didn't have access to Internet or TV as a child, but she did start playing guitar at age 5, and music has always remained central to her life (which is par for the course when your name is Lennon!!).
She and Maisy were raised in a musical family – their parents, MaryLynne and Brad were a country music duo known under the name The Stellas, and Lennon's grandfather, Ray Penhale, toured with 50's vocal group The Platters!! So it's no surprise that the music bug has bitten Lennon in a big way!
Stylistically speaking, her sound is hard to define – she is as comfortable playing the Grand Ole Opry as she is performing at indie pop showcases, but good luck catching her in a small club anytime soon, as she's currently touring major venues in Europe and will be embarking on a major North American tour supporting The Chainsmokers and 5 Seconds of Summer this fall!! You can catch her at Osheaga this summer, though, and we're sure it's gonna be one of those legendary shows that transports the entire crowd to a higher ground!
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Alec Benjamin
When Alec Benjamin first started performing his own makeshift concerts in the parking lots of venues where some of his favourites artists were performing, he couldn't have imagined he'd end up headlining those same venues so early in his career! By now, the 25-year-old troubadour from Phoenix, AZ has already written a slew of hits like If We Had Each Other, Boy in the Bubble, Paper Clown, and the ubiquitous Let Me Down Slowly (featuring the unmistakable vocals of R&B star Alessia Cara), which have made him one of the most streamed new artists in the world… and he's just getting started!
Citing a broad range of influences that range from Eminem to Paul Simon, Tears For Fears to Post Malone, Alec is a singer-songwriter in the truest sense of the term. He may wield an acoustic guitar or sit behind a piano when he composes his playful and introspective tunes, but he's also got a penchant for lo-fi beats, boom boxes, and hip-hop production, making for a unique sound that is undeniably… Alec!
His DIY attitude is not just limited to his early parking lot concerts, either – it's an approach that permeates all that he does – he's already released multiple mix-tapes, including his newest release, the enormously popular, Narrated For You, which has generated massive buzz so far. He's also been cited by some of his own heroes as an influence. John Mayer, whose rock star gaze stared out from a poster in Alec's childhood room, tweeted about his love of Alec's music, eventually joining him onstage at the El Rey in LA in May of 2019, and Billie Eilish covered his song Water Fountain on her own Instagram account, something that understandably blew Alec's mind!!
Things really took off for Alec in 2017 when 12-year-old Merrick Hanna danced to Alec's song I Built A Friend during his audition on America's Got Talent. Since then, Alec's been on a rocket trajectory that's taken him on a headlining tour through Europe most recently and you can see him live in Montreal at Osheaga this summer! It's one show you can't miss!!!


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Computers and electronics retailer Microcenter (not to be confused with Microsoft) is selling first generation SurfaceRTs for only $179.99 with the touch cover included. This is a great deal, but of course there is a catch. You cannot order online and will have to physically go to the store to grab one. Microcenter is promising each store will have at least 100 in stock. Good luck to those trying to grab one!
Check out the $199 deal here from Microsoft Store. You can buy 64GB Surface for $379 here.
Shop Microsoft Store's Hot Black Friday Offers Today.
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We want your experience at Levy Dermatology to be as pleasant and stress-free as possible. Knowing what to expect and being prepared will help achieve that sense of calm and well-being.
Having necessary information available during your visit helps your physician and staff provide you with the best possible care and service.
Please read the following information carefully, and call us at 901.624.3333 if you have any questions before your appointment.
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To schedule your appointment please call 901.624.3333. You will need the following information when you call:
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Your first visit to Levy Dermatology involves a few special steps so that we can get to know you.
For a seamless welcome to our practice, please read through this website.
Go to the Contact tab for all the practical information you need, such as a map and directions to our office, practice hours, payment policies, and more.
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If you are a new patient, please arrive 15 minutes before your first visit to fill out any paperwork.
We take most of the major insurance plans at Levy Dermatology, P.C. Please remember that insurance is considered a method of reimbursing the patient for fees paid to Levy Dermatology, P.C. and is not substitute for payment. As a courtesy to our patients, we will verify your insurance benefits for you and, if possible, notify you of those benefits prior to or at the time of your visit. Many insurance policies have co-pays, co-insurance payments, and deductibles. Some companies pay fixed allowances for certain procedures and others pay a percentage of the charges. In order to control the cost of billings, we request that any amount owed from your visit be paid on the day of service. Please double check with your insurance company to verify your benefits prior to your visit.
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Out of respect for other patients and our doctors' time, kindly give us the courtesy of canceling prior to 24 of your appointment. Failure to do so will incur a $35 cancellation/no-show fee to your account for a medical or surgical appointment and $80 for any cosmetic treatment (due to the larger time allotted for these procedures). We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with this policy.
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Elevating their songwriting once again to all new breathtaking heights, the undisputed champions of the US power metal circuit are back in all their splendor with yet another ambitious and timeless installment of unparalleled brilliance. Continuing as well as greatly broadening the Faustus themed concept first introduced on 2003's Epica, its successor The Black Halo offers an even deeper and darker glimpse into an already complex and introspective storyline. The music follows in single file behind the lyrical atmosphere, and though the band have delved into some new territories, they had no problem maintaining that distinctive Kamelot sound in the process of exploration.
In the unlikely chance that you are a fan of power metal and have not yet experienced the greatness that is Kamelot (God help you!), here is a brief synopsis of what to expect. With the unmistakably warm and passionate vocal phrasings of the talented Roy Khan, his voice is always a highlight to look forward to, and on The Black Halo it is more enthralling than ever before. While Thomas Youngblood's fretwork is often times very intricate and powerful, he never allows his abilities to interfere with his sensational songwriting skills. A musician who actually knows how to exercise restraint, Thomas possesses an admirable trait that most guitarists of his caliber lack. While I am sure it is very challenging to NOT layer shredding solo upon shredding solo over your entire song and ruining it in the process (Clears throat… Yngwie Malmsteen), this doesn't appear to be an issue for Youngblood. Rhythm sections don't come much stronger than the pounding basslines of Glenn Barry and the thunderous drumming of Casey Grillo; both, like Youngblood, never play for the sake of playing – only when necessary.
Like most other Kamelot recordings, The Black Halo is a stunning aural adventure of epic proportions. Again supported by a cast of various guests, the band has succeeded in conceiving another musical masterpiece. Lead off single "March Of Mephisto" finds Dimmu Borgir's Shagrath delivering a sinister vocal performance, while Jens Johansson of Stratovarius fame lays down some stellar keyboard leads on the same track. Other guests include members of Aina, Masqueraid, Seventh Avenue, and Heaven's Gate, but none are quite as striking as the female operatics on the follow-up single "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)" courtesy of Epica enchantress Simone Simons. Simone's interaction with Khan is very intimate and, as the title suggests, haunting. While the song may have had the strength to stand on its own, the addition of her alluring vocals has bumped it up to the highest level possible.
Clocking in at roughly nine minutes, "Memento Mori" is the longest Kamelot composition to date. Visiting many moods along the way, the track begins with a ballad-like aura, before promptly bursting into an almost tribal war drum passage that recurs from time to time in the form of a chorus or a bridge. Considering the length of the song, it actually passes rather quickly, not allowing the listener to slip into boredom. Amid the lengthier main arrangements are a few strategically positioned interludes that let the disc breathe momentarily, but never enough to slow pace of this opus. No Kamelot album would be complete without a full-blown ballad, and The Black Halo fills its quota with the beautiful piano and string driven "Abandoned" that splits the tracklist in half.
Kamelot have been and still are a force stronger than any hurricane to be reckoned, proving that the state of Florida has blossomed much sweeter and metal significant fruits than just oranges, and The Black Halo is just another prize in the band's trophy case that insures their seat on the throne for another full term. Six word review? Power Metal Album Of The Year!


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Segmentation of Images using Deep Learning
Posted by Kiran Madan in A.I. / Data Science on May 16, 2017
In computer vision, image segmentation is the process of dividing an image into parts and extracting the regions of interest. More precisely, image segmentation is the process of assigning a label to every pixel in an image such that pixels having similar characteristics have the same label. Historically, most problems in computer vision involved using image processing techniques for segmentation followed by using a machine learning technique for labeling the segment. However, after ImageNet 2012, deep learning became the go to method for most computer vision tasks
Image net 2012 was a big turning point in the history of computer vision. The comprehensive victory of the team led by Alex Krizhevsky established deep learning as the gold standard technique when it comes to image classification. The following years showed significant improvement in classification accuracy, from 84.7% in 2012 to 96.92 in 2016. Along with the semantic classification of whole images, progress was happening in bounding box detection and other localization tasks. The next logical step was to label each pixel in an image.
The initial experiments in deep learning based image segmentation involved a sliding window setup where a patch around the pixel is taken which provides local context. One benefit of this idea was that the training data is significantly larger than the number of pixels available, which helps in cases like medical segmentation where training data is low in number. However, the drawbacks of this method are 1) the invocation has to happen on all pixels and 2) there is lot of redundancy in the available data. Additionally figuring out the optimal patch size is also a difficult problem. Increasing the patch size gives more contextual information, however, they require more number of max pooling layers, which leads to lower localization accuracy. Both these problems were solved by using fully convolutional networks like FCN and UNet.
The main ideas behind these networks are :
- The later layers have features which help explain what the image contains. However, for exact localization of objects of interest we need more high resolution features. Therefore skip connections are used to combine information from the earlier layers with the low resolution information from the deeper layers. (the unet architecture can been seen in Figure 1)
- Using deconvolution networks for upsampling.
- UNet also introduced a different cost function which gives higher weightage to error in borders. This leads to models with more precise segmentations.
Fig 1). U-Net architecture. The arrows show the skip connections between the layers. The number of feature maps are shown on top of the boxes.
Fig 2) This shows the performance of UNet vs Image processing in the task of segmenting bright lesions in a fundus photo. The image on the right is predicted by UNet. Compared to the image on the left, it has significantly higher sensitivity and specificity.
Like Alexnet in classification, both FCN and UNet were significant milestones in the history of image segmentation. UNet won the ISBI cell tracking challenge in 2015 with a IOU score 50% higher than the second placed algorithm. Given the way deep learning has been growing in stature, it is easy to assume that image processing techniques no longer have any place to play in image segmentation tasks. (Figure 2 compares the performance of UNet and an image processing based technique at identifying bright lesions in a fundus photograph). However, deep learning still requires a significant amount of labeled data, which is not available in many domains. So at least in the near future image processing techniques will continue to play a part in most computer vision tasks.
[1] Ronneberger, Olaf, Philipp Fischer, and Thomas Brox. "U-net: Convolutional networks for biomedical image segmentation." International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. Springer International Publishing, 2015.
[2] Shelhamer, Evan, Jonathon Long, and Trevor Darrell. "Fully convolutional networks for semantic segmentation." IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence (2016).


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WASHINGTON — In Memphis, black Medicare beneficiaries are nearly six times as likely as whites to have a leg amputated, a complication stemming from vascular disease and diabetes.
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In Mississippi, 57 percent of women aged 65-69 got mammograms in a two-year period versus 74 percent in Maine.
And, in Alaska, 71 percent of Medicare patients with diabetes got an important annual test for blood sugar compared with 91 percent in Vermont.
Reducing such racial and regional disparities, detailed by researchers at Dartmouth Medical School, will be a major focus of a $300 million initiative to be announced Thursday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program, targeting 14 communities and regions around the country, seeks to improve the quality of health care and to eventually provide models for national health reform.
Dartmouth researchers say that one goal of the project is to cut down on hospital admissions for certain medical conditions. Discretionary stays in the hospital pose a risk to patients and a substantial cost to society.
States with particularly high rates of hospitalization for conditions such as poorly controlled diabetes or worsening heart failure include West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi. All had rates of more than 100 discharges per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries. States with particularly low rates included Washington, Utah and Hawaii.
The United States spends more than $2 trillion annually on health care. While overall life expectancy has improved, many patients fail to get the most appropriate treatment. Some get too much care. Others get too little.
"Despite having the most expensive health care system in the world, patients are subject to too many mistakes, too much miscommunication and too much inequity," said Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the foundation.
She said the money would allow communities to bring together doctors, employers, patients and others to determine which chronic illnesses would be targeted. The foundation will provide resources and technical expertise. Doctors will learn about changes they can make to improve care. Patients will learn how to better manage their conditions, said Lavizzo-Mourey.
Cities participating in the grant program are Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Memphis, Seattle and Kansas City, Mo. Three states are also participants: Maine, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Regions getting grant money include Humboldt County, Calif., South Central Pennsylvania, Western Michigan, Western New York and Willamette Valley, Ore.
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Australia's government-owned nuclear and scientific agency been has criticised for unfairly using its public ownership to win a contract to supply nuclear medicine to hospitals in New South Wales.
A report by the Productivity Commission has found that the Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) breached some rules on competitive neutrality when it outbid a small private company, Cyclopharm Limited, in a tender process.
After a nine month investigation into the awarding of the contract, the Commission's Competitive Neutrality Complaints Office found ANSTO breached regulations, suggesting it leveraged the benefits of public ownership in its tender submission.
Cyclopharm referred the complaint to the Productivity Commission last year claiming that ANSTO's subsidiary Petnet had failed to comply with rules on competitive neutrality.
Cyclopharm said the prices included in the Petnet tender did not reflect the true costs and its forecast profits were not commercially acceptable.
In the report released yesterday, the Productivity Commission made two key findings in favour of Cyclopharm's complaint that competition rules were broken.
"Forecasts over ten and 15 years demonstrate that Petnet Australia's operations are unlikely to achieve a commercial rate of return on equity over either time period. This represents an ex ante breach of competitive neutrality policy," the report says.
"To comply with with competitive neutrality policy it would need to adjust Petnet's business model such that it can be expected to achieve a commercial rate of return that reflects its risk profile of the full investment."
Cyclopharm's managing director James McBrayer has welcomed the findings and has called for a shakeup up at ANSTO to ensure small companies are able to compete on a level playing field with government.
"We are very pleased with the outcome and feeling quite vindicated through all our efforts over the past nine months," Mr McBrayer told AM.
"We would expect that the New South Wales Department of Health will rescind the tender based on the fact that ANSTO was supposed to be in compliance with competitive neutrality which they are clearly not.
"We would be seeking that the New South Wales Department of Health re-let the tender as we have been disadvantaged from day one. We would expect that the department would do the right thing in awarding us the tender while the review process is underway."
Mr McBrayer called on the federal government to call ANSTO to account to ensure it plays by the rules.
"ANSTO gets about $165 million of taxpayer's funds each year. ANSTO's role is to support Australian industry in this particular area instead of preventing it from happening," Mr McBrayer said.
ANSTO has defended its conduct in the tender process but says it will review the Productivity Commission's findings.
"ANSTO will now carefully consider the report, its recommendations, and the need to ensure continued supply of radiopharmaceuticals to Australian patients," a spokesman said.
"That said, ANSTO notes that Royal Prince Alfred Hospital produces and sells FDG at significantly lower prices than both PETNET and Cyclopharm."
The New South Wales Ministry of Health is yet to respond to the Productivity Commissions findings and said it would be inappropriate comment until the report has been completely reviewed.


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Column: At post-Blatter FIFA, can World Cup vote be clean?
PARIS (AP) Perhaps the only thing scarier than the scale of corruption that U.S. investigators are uncovering in football is the thought that a sizeable chunk of those indicted administrators might soon also have laid paws on the sport's crown jewel, the World Cup.
Back in 2013, it seemed like a smart move when the power to decide where soccer's showcase tournament is played was taken away from Sepp Blatter and the FIFA president's discredited Executive Committee.
Their scandal-tainted selection behind closed doors of not just one but two dubious World Cup hosts - Russia for 2018 and Qatar for 2022 - had caused a reputation-shredding stink for FIFA. So at a May 2013 congress on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, 200 of FIFA's member associations approved by 198 votes to 2 that from now on they would make future World Cup hosting decisions themselves.
A larger electorate, the thinking went, could be harder for World Cup bidders to bribe and otherwise corrupt and influence than the smaller Executive Committee of two dozen members. So the change seemed like a modest victory for reform, accountability and transparency in an organization that desperately needed industrial-strength doses of all those things.
Based on what U.S. justice officials are now turning up, the guardianship of the World Cup still looks far from safe. So far, 16 of FIFA's member associations have been implicated in the ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation of decades of soccer bribery and graft, by virtue of the fact that either their presidents or ex-presidents - or both in the cases of Brazil, Honduras and Guatemala - are among those indicted or who have pleaded guilty. Throw in the football associations of Argentina and South Africa, also named in DOJ indictments, and the figure rises to 18.
That is 18 out of the total of 209 national football associations that are affiliated with FIFA. Or, put another way, approaching 10 percent of the electorate in future votes to choose World Cup hosts. Although that doesn't necessarily mean that entire associations must be riddled with corruption or that future World Cup votes will be, that so many of them are operating under DOJ clouds is bad for trust, confidence and credibility in the whole system.
So reforms that FIFA is now applying to the way it does business must also go beyond the governing body's headquarters in Zurich. To turn FIFA into something other than a byword for bad management and abuse of power will also require rooting out bad management lower down football's pyramid, among FIFA's membership. Having one without the other would be like putting lipstick on a pig and won't fool anyone.
''It's not just FIFA,'' Ben Wheatland of anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International says. ''It needs to be on every level. There needs to be that transparency, and the openness and a degree of accountability, which at the moment there just isn't.''
Wheatland was one of three authors of a Transparency International report last month that found many FIFA associations are shockingly poor at letting the outside world know exactly how they account for their revenue and millions of dollars the Zurich HQ gives them to work and grow football. One in five FIFA members don't even have a website, TI found.
''That's the first step on the ladder of being able to hold these people to account,'' Wheatland notes. ''If they don't even have that then they're just not playing ball at all.''
Even FIFA recognizes there are problems, telling its 209 member federations in a letter released this week of ''major deficiencies'' in their handling of tens of millions of dollars in project money this year.
The next vote for a World Cup was expected in May 2017, to choose the host for 2026. But that timing now looks unlikely, thrown off by the U.S. and Swiss corruption probes that have brought down Blatter, who is suspended from FIFA and under investigation by Switzerland's attorney general for suspected criminal mismanagement.
Rescheduling the vote for 2026 will be a job for Blatter's successor, to be elected in February. If he's smart, the new president will use that ticking clock as leverage: tell all member federations that those which fail to reform, that don't have websites, publish full accounts and, for good measure, don't have term limits and integrity checks for their top officials or publish their salaries simply don't deserve to have a hand in picking future World Cup hosts.
After all, if FIFA members can't run themselves properly why should they be trusted at all? Short answer: they shouldn't. Given that its decision will impact how taxpayers' money is spent in the country selected, the World Cup electorate should be squeaky clean.
So should the vote. That should mean completely open ballots so federations can then be asked afterward to explain why they voted as they did. There also should be rules to ensure that bidders' spending is transparent, limited and accounted for.
''You can't just trust these people to make this decision behind closed doors,'' Wheatland says. ''Even if most of them aren't corrupt, the opportunity for corruption is there.''
John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester(at)ap.org or follow him at http://twitter.com/johnleicester


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Can you please provide a little more information. Usually it is not recommended to dynamically create the database during runtime, however we have API allowing you to do exactly this. At the moment we are working on implementing a Fluent API for defining mapping and extending the model with artificial types and properties and then persisting the changes to the database. We have released this API in the internal build last week, however the documentation is not yet up. You can have a look at this help article for more information.
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You can use the information you have about the your products table to generate the column of the gridview in runtime. You can have a look at this help article about the WPF GridView in order to see how. And you can use the same information and implement fetch plans in your OpenAccess setup so that no unnecessary data is retrieved. More information on this here.
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Brett Simison is an award-winning editorial, commercial, and fine art photographer based in Vermont. Over the course of his career, he has worked for clients in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and Central America, ranging from assignments in the jungles of Guatemala, to teaching photography at the college level. His work was profiled in Shutterbug Magazine and has been featured in group and solo exhibitions throughout New England including The Vermont Center for Photography, The National Museum of the Morgan Horse, and The Jackson Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont.
Brett specializes in feature stories and portraiture.
The native of Citronelle, Alabama now lives with his wife Amy, son Connor, and daughter Charlotte in the city of Vergennes, Vermont.
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Judges announced that the three men are wanted for orchestrating the killing, injuring, arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during the first 12 days of an uprising to topple Gadhafi from power, and for trying to cover up the alleged crimes.
The warrants turn Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam Gadhafi and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi into internationally wanted suspects, potentially complicating efforts to mediate an end to more than four months of intense fighting in the North African nation.
Presiding judge Sanji Monageng of Botswana said Monday there were "reasonable grounds to believe" that Gadhafi and his son are both "criminally responsible as indirect co-perpetrators" for the murder and persecution of civilians.
She called Gadhafi the "undisputed leader of Libya" who had "absolute, ultimate and unquestioned control" over his country's military and security forces.
Libyan officials rejected the court's authority even before the decision was read in a Hague courtroom, claiming the court had unfairly targeted Africans while ignoring what they called crimes committed by NATO in Afghanistan, Iraq "and in Libya now."
"The ICC has no legitimacy whatsoever. We will deal with it. … All of its activities are directed at African leaders," government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim told reporters Sunday.
Monageng said evidence presented by prosecutors showed that following popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, Gadhafi and his inner circle plotted a "state policy … aimed at deterring and quelling by any means — including by the use of lethal force — the demonstrations by civilians against the regime."
She said it was impossible to put an exact number on the casualties, but said Gadhafi's security forces likely "killed and injured as well as arrested and imprisoned hundreds of civilians."
Prosecutors at the court said the three suspects should be arrested quickly "to prevent them covering up ongoing crimes and committing new crimes."
"This is the only way to protect civilians in Libya," said the statement from the office of Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
Shortly before the court announced the warrants, French President Nicolas Sarkozy reiterated his call for Gadhafi to step down.
"After 41 years of dictatorship, it is perhaps time to stop, for him to leave power," he told a news conference in Paris. "Mr. Gadhafi knows perfectly well what he must do for peace to return. It only depends on him."
In Tripoli, two loud explosions shook the area near Gadhafi's compound Monday. NATO jets were heard over the Libyan capital minutes after the blasts as sirens from emergency vehicles blared in the streets.
The thunderous late-morning blasts were felt at a hotel where foreign journalists stay in Tripoli.
Smoke rose from the area near Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya complex, where Libyans hold daily rallies in support of the government. Gadhafi is not believed to be staying in the compound.
It wasn't immediately clear what was hit or if there were civilian casualties.
A coalition including France, Britain and the United States began striking Gadhafi's forces under a United Nations resolution to protect civilians on March 19. NATO assumed control of the air campaign over Libya on March 31 and is joined by a number of Arab allies.
Adam Schreck in Tripoli, Libya contributed to this report


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Meet the JIC STARCUBE teams: Free Wifi
- How would you explain your project to your grandmother?
Grandma, you know when you go to shopping center and receive a message exactly with an offer you like it? This is what we are doing, help marketing managers send messages their customers will love . This is something she would understand.
- How is your project changing the world?
That is way too big statement. We are not changing the world. We are not any green energy or Uber. But we are changing the world of marketing managers from the retail industry. That is the world we will have the biggest impact on.
- What about your project are you the most proud on?
The biggest achievement we have accomplished with this project is the interaction we have with the user. We focus the most on that part of the project because we want the people who connects to Wi-Fi to have the simplest interaction with the system not something containing hundreds of steps. Maybe in the future, we will be able to make it one-click log-in.
- Where (how) did you come up with your startup idea?
It started with a guy named Andre. He has now a big pub but it used to be only a small restaurant. He always said that everyone on the market collect bad data because they do not validate the information and there is no affordable solution on the market. There are some large players, but you need to pay hundreds and hundreds of Euro for it. That's how it started and we decided to transform it from a custom project to a scalable business.
- What did you have to give up for your project?
Time with my sons and wife. That is the thing I regret the most that I do not have enough time to spend with my family.
- If you would have become a large company with millions in profit, how would your headquarter look like and what benefits would you offer to your employees?
One of my college professors said one thing that I still want to put in practice. The ideal world inside the company would be that each individual to see themselves as a company inside a larger structure or like a wheel inside a big system; if one of the wheels doesn't rotate than entire system is blocked Each one of them should think and behave as a company.
In terms of design, I like to keep things simple, functional and fun. Regarding the benefits, I know that flexibility is the crucial thing to have a good relations with your employees. It is same with my other company. We are flexible with no bossy attitude. We have employees with kids and I understand how it works with them. Simply I am just being human with my employees.
I do not see employees as an employees, I see employees as a colleagues. Therefore, most of my employees see me as a friend not as a boss.
- What are you going to do with the money after you sell your project for billion dollars?
Start a new one. I am an entrepreneur. What do you expect from me?
- Why is it cool to do business in Brno?
I am from Romania and I do not like to say this but the Czech startups have a certain advantage based on the geographic and economic position in the European climate. Even having a company with a brilliant idea in Romania will not be so shinny as having company with an average idea in the Czech Republic. In Brno, there are located some very nice companies in terms of internet technology. That is why it is better to have a startup here.
However, I am not ashamed to be from Romania and I am not planning to quit my business there. If the situation will impose it I would open a branch here.
Laurentiu Stefan Cenusa from Romania runs project Free WiFi that helps companies build a database of clients connected to public Wi-Fi. The gathered data allows companies to make sense of their behavior and target them with advertising campaigns based on client demographics, localization and behavior.


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Different scientists construct flexible electronics from innately bendy materials corresponding to graphene, a lattice of pure carbon just one atom thick. Eric Yu of Royole fashions the corporate's foldable Smart Cellular Theater system during CES Unveile in Las Vegas, Nevada January four, 2016. As a child, I used to be studying Popular Electronics, Radio Electronics and Electronics World. Now, for the primary time, Professor Atsufumi Hirohata from York's Division of Electronics has trialled another non-damaging technique using a scanning electron microscope. An inflatable sheath embedded with integrated electronics can wrap round and move with a beating heart to monitor electrical exercise. Transient electronics might be a solution-a device will be programmed to final a couple of years, and then completely dissolve when it is rendered out of date. Earl Boysen's Web site Go to Writer's Web site which focuses on electronics circuits and ideas.
She uploaded an old photograph of a family at a Christmas dinner, and showed ways to reinforce the picture by cropping, coloring, and eliminating spots, blurs and even wrinkles. Here are those that we preferred the very best — simply the most fascinating gadgets and kit that we checked out. The technique goals at unleashing an investment in electronics of up to one hundred billion euros up to 2020. Target's John Butcher, vice president of electronics, introduced the brand new flooring plan check at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Their present model, lower than a micron thick, dispenses with the polymer backing, instead stamping the electronics instantly onto the pores and skin and sealing the array with a twig-on bandage. Since 2009, Samsung as a vendor firms of Electronics has meeting crops and sales networks in 88 international locations and employs about 370,000 people.
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Title: Self-Printed: The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing (Second Edition)
Author: Catherine Ryan Howard – Twitter | Blog
Genre(s): Non-Fiction
How To Purchase: Links on Catherine's blog
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
The only self-publishing guide with a No Saying "Gatekeepers" rule, now fully revised and expanded
Do you think that no one has the right to stand between you and your published writer dreams? That the publishing industry is going down in flames and self-publishers are going to rise like a 99c phoenix from the ashes? That all literary agents are interested in doing is blogging sarcastically about the rhetorical question at the start of your query letter, that editors will just use your submitted manuscript for kindling and that you'll be senile before you hear back from either of them? That once you've uploaded the book you finished yesterday afternoon to Amazon, it'll be mere minutes before the money starts rolling in and you can quit your day job? Do you say things like "gatekeepers", "The Big Six", "E.L. James", "legacy publishing" and "indie author" a lot? Are you self-publishing to "show them all"?
If you've answered yes to one or more of these questions then I do apologise, but this isn't the book for you.
This book is for writers who consider self-publishing to be a good Plan B, or even a sideline to traditional publication. Who want to do it the cheapest and easiest way possible while still producing a quality product. Who understand that much like Starbucks outlets and Nespresso coffee machines, traditional and self-publishing can peacefully co-exist. Writers who know that they don't have to sell a million copies of their book to start earning a living from their writing, but that they do have to work hard and treat it like a business. Who are blessed with common sense and live in the real world at least most of the time. Who find my jokes funny, at least occasionally.
If this sounds like you, then Self-Printed: The Sane Person's Guide to Self-Publishing may be just the "How To…" guide you were looking for.
It will tell you everything you need to know in order to publish a Print On Demand paperback and e-book, and (crucially) sell them, without sounding like anti-Big Publishing propaganda produced by the Ministry of Truth.
Be warned: you are now entering a No Saying "Gatekeepers" Zone…
Remember what I've said about how I give out stars? I haven't actually blogged about it, but it's on my Review Policy. 5 stars means that something changed my life and gave me a different perspective. I reserve the elusive 5 stars for books like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I read when I was young and impressionable, or We Need to Talk About Kevin, which made me bawl when I wasn't pregnant. I gave this book 5 stars. That means that if you want to self-publish, you have to read this book. I might make it required reading for everyone who submits to me. (No, I won't, but I might start lecturing people with page numbers from this book.)
To be quite honest, I knew most of what was in this book already. This is the book I wish I'd read several months ago, rather than having to scrape together bits and pieces of information from a variety of sources and many, many blog posts. However, as this book so asserts, there's a lot of bad information out there. Because I am terribly untrusting, six-months-ago-me wouldn't have read the book because I didn't want to waste money on something that may just be another "How I Won the Lotto of Publishing/Self-Publishing!" clone.
But believe me when I say this is the book that you need to read if you want some no-nonsense, hilariously delivered, intensely sane advice.
I have two dissenting opinions from Ms. Howard, which I will dispense in a moment, but I want to underline the fact that I agree with 98% of this book. To me, a lot of it is common sense, but as she notes, common sense doesn't seem so common. (Was that her or Mark Twain? Or both? I don't care, we're all correct.)
First dissenting opinion: Get Your Own ISBN's
Now, I will say that my opinion is different than hers because I get ISBN's for free. I've explained this to people before, and they seem confused. By free, I mean, without cost. I mean, I could get one hundred ISBN's, and they would cost me zero dollars. That is because I'm in Canada and I'm self-publishing as a Canadian "publisher." (They see self-publishers/self-employed writers and publishing companies as the same thing.) If you're in Canada and you want to get your free ISBN's, signing up is a simple process. Just go here: The Canadian ISBN Service System.
That being said, I feel like having your own ISBN makes you seem more professional. Of course, I can afford to be professional since I get ISBN's free. But this is one place I think a self-publisher should be consider carefully. Just as any entrepreneur or self-employed business person, we have to think like the patrons of the big companies and give ourselves maximum discovery potential. I think ISBN's help accomplish that. My final caveat, in a section slathered in caveats, is that I haven't researched this very much because of the whole free thing. So I suggest you do the same and create your own opinion.
Second dissenting opinion: Don't use her chapter to format your eBook
I respect Ms. Howard, but her chapters on formatting your eBook made me cringe. It's not difficult or frustrating. Not even a little bit. But I will forgive her because she hasn't seen The Best Guide Ever Created:
Take Pride in your eBook Formatting by Guide Henkel (To which I also give 5 stars, for anyone interested.)
If you got at least a B- in Computer Science in high school, you should be able to figure it out. If you're not technically saavy, well, go ahead and hire him. He knows what he's talking about. But it's not hard. It took me a few hours on a Saturday to figure out how to do it. And now I'm sure it will take a lot less time now that I've been through it once. (As in, half an hour to an hour … if that.)
In conclusion: Read this book
You will laugh. You will learn stuff. You will feel not so alone in this whole self-publishing journey. You'll go forth into the world, confident and professional and convinced of the importance of a matching blog color scheme.
Have you added my forthcoming release, Guarding Angel, to your Goodreads to-be-read list? You can also find me on Twitter and Pinterest.


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Dougans Racers Charge Best in the Desert's Laughlin Desert Classic
RPM Off-Road's Apdaly Lopez Wins Day 1 and Eduardo Laguna Earns a 3rd Place Overall Podium Finish
Desert racing returned to Laughlin, NV this past weekend with the inaugural Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic presented by Canidae Tap It. A two-day race, the Laughlin Desert Challenge was the first Best in the Desert race in recent years to separate the Trick Trucks into their own race separate of all other classes, allowing elite class to reach their full capabilities and terrorize the partially new 16 mile course that included the legendary Laughlin Leap and The Fly Over where race vehicles flew completely over Highway 162.
#5 Apdaly Lopez charged out of the gate to take the first day overall by +00:00:06 over Josh Daniel. On day 2, Lopez beat Daniel out of the infield and was leading out front for two laps before suffering a flat. At that point, there was only one speed for the Dougans powered #5 Trick Truck. The fearless Lopez hung everything on the line and completely soared the road crossing. "This is off-road and we don't touch asphalt," Lopez commented after the race. Unfortunately, in pushing the #5 to its limits, Lopez suffered a driveline failure that ended his day and hopes at the overall.
#17 Eduardo Laguna picked up the slack and earned Dougans a 3rd place overall finish on the podium. Laguna started in 10th place on day one and moved all the way to fourth on the road by the start of lap two. Soon after, Laguna lost an oil belt, forcing him to stop and repair the issue. On day two, Laguna averaged 60.6 mph and finished +00:00:43 off on the day and finished 3rd overall to secure Dougans Racing Engines yet another podium finish on the 2016 race season.
Of the 28 racers to start the race, only 8 made it to the finish line. After laying down a solid qualifying run, #184 Nick Vanderwey cruised to a 6th place overall finish. Vanderwey landed in 11th place overall after the first day of racing and finished +00:18:07 off the winning pace at the end of day two.
Justin "Bean" Smith and Tracy Graf shared driving duties in the #58 Trick Truck. Smith got off to a rocky start on Saturday and crashed a mile in to the race after jumping out front of Jason Voss. Smith lost 15-20 minutes getting it flipped over and redialed in with Graf who was navigating that day. Smith passed a few guys back and finished the day near the back of the pack. Graf piloted the #58 on Sunday and earned the duo a solid 7th place finish.
Hot off his second consecutive Mint 400 win, #41 Justin Lofton went to Laughlin looking to continue his successes in hopes of building another championship season. Lofton qualified third fastest on the 2.4 mile time trial course and lined up next to #5 Apdaly Lopez on day 1. The first day immediately set Lofton back after earning a flat on the first lap, a negligible roll over on the second lap, then another flat on the fourth lap. He finished the day second to last but came out blazing on day 2. Lofton went from 17th to 4th and had fun passing those vehicles trouble free. The flawless day 2 landed Lofton in 8th place overall at the end of the race.
Despite finishing a lap down, Jeff Terzo made it to the finish line in his first race in the #37 YouTheory Racing Trick Truck.
Nine Dougans Racers succumbed to the brutal Laughlin course and did not finish the race, including #16 Cameron Steele, #27 Steve Olliges, #38 Eric Hustead, #4 Justin Matney, #46 Troy Vest, #5 Apdaly Lopez, #54 Robert Johnston, #59 Cole Potts and #95 Scott Whipple.
2016 Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic presented by Canidae Tap Unofficial Results
3rd – #17 Eduardo Laguna
6th – #184 Nick Vanderwey
7th – #58 Tracy Graf
8th – #41 Justin Lofton
Photography by Jason Zindroski


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Rosati Ice, based in Clifton Heights and the oldest Italian ice manufacturer in America, is the fastest-growing school lunch dessert across the U.S.
The 106-year-old company continues to expand its partnerships with hundreds of school lunch programs, currently in 37 states and counting.
The key to Rosati's success? Its secret Italian ice recipe, which was created to comply with school lunch program guidelines as well as to appeal to students.
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Al Everetts, Rosati Vice President of Great Taste, created Rosati's unique recipe with fruit juice, qualifying the product as a half-cup serving of fruit. All Rosati products are also dairy-free, gluten-free, cholesterol-free, and contain no artificial dyes, which caters to students with dietary restrictions and food allergies.
"Our Italian ice gives students what they want, a tasty snack with their lunches," said Rosati President Rich Trotter. "However, it also offers just the right combination of nutrition to satisfy dieticians and parents as well."
Rosati's partnerships with school lunch programs started in Norristown 19 years ago. Since then, Rosati Ice has supplied its Italian ice cups to schools in states across the country, making the tasty snack a national favorite among students in grades K-12.
"Kids are a great indicator of a new product's future success," said Trotter. "When one of our products does well in the school program, we know it has a great chance of being equally successful at retail."
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