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AlphaPlex-545 (Terbium) Acceptor beads conjugated to antibody against human Histone H3 that is unmodified (H3K4), for use in Alpha no-wash multiplexing epigenetic assays.
Alpha technology is a no-wash homogeneous proximity immunoassay that includes Alpha Donor and AlphaPlex-545 Acceptor beads to quantitate activity on histone, peptide, or protein substrates. In vitro modification of substrate is performed by incubating enzyme with appropriate cofactor and histone substrate. Following the enzymatic reaction, methylation or acetylation is monitored using specific antibody-conjugated AlphaPlex Acceptor beads. Following enzymatic reaction,streptavidin-coated Donor beads are added to capture the substrate, the beads are brought into close proximity in the absence of epigenetic mark on Histone H3 (Lysine 4) on the target substrate. The Donor beads are excited by a laser at 680 nm to release singlet oxygen. The singlet oxygen causes a reaction in the Acceptor bead and light emission is produced at 545 nm. This emission is proportional to the amount of unmodified / non-methylated / non-acetylated substrate present.
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Q: Can I apply all updates by downloading and clicking a .deb?
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?

Can updates be found in a standalone .deb format? I want something just like the Service Packs in Windows, which can be easily downloadable version-wise from anywhere without using any script and can be applied simply by double clicking.

A: *

*I'm not 100% sure, but I think you can use the alternate cd installer to update your ubuntu from i.e. 12.04 to 12.04.1: http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/
You may use the cd as a "deb package cd repository" -- once you burn it and insert in the CD driver, it will be picked up.

*The normal desktop cd has an option to upgrade from older versions. It doesn't touch your personal files, only system files and packages. Also, it doesn't keep the settings you specified in /etc/: https://askubuntu.com/a/148923/5538

*Try the keryx project: http://keryxproject.org/

Keryx is a free and open source tool for easily managing packages on
  offline Debian based computers including support for Ubuntu and Linux
  Mint.

Downloads, Wiki, Forums.

*Try using the Synaptic package manager: http://techspalace.blogspot.com/2009/04/offline-update-ubuntu.html
Steps:

*

*Download/install Synaptic Package Manager

*Select the packages you want to install. Do not apply the update!

*Go to File and select Generate Package Download Script

*Save the file and bring it to the computer that has Internet.

*Run that file.

*It will download all the packages and its dependencies.

*Put them in a removable drive.

*Bring the drive back to the old machine.

*Open Synaptic Package Manger again.

*From File menu choose Add Downloaded Packages.

*You may also want to try http://apt-offline.alioth.debian.org/ -- install apt-offline-gui or apt-offline package
Screenshots

A: In short No.
Equivalent service pack of ubuntu 12.04 LTS (version 12.04.1) can be found in ISO format once the release point is reached.
Or you can use upgrade/update manager to download all updates.
If you want it for an offline computer you can go with ISO option or see here

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NASA Worldview is the best starting point for users new to satellite data, and is freely available online. First-time visitors to the site are offered an interactive tour, and the intuitive interface allows for easy navigation. Some air-quality issues can be readily seen: very high concentrations of smoke and dust, for example, appear gray and yellow, respectively. Worldview allows users to add information layers, including AOD and CO, as well as markers relevant to air quality such as fires, thermal anomalies, and dust score. Worldview supports qualitative analysis, but limits data to daily values (there is no averaging function, for example).
Choose whether or not to take the Worldview tour (you'll only be prompted to take the tour the first time you visit the site).
The timeline lets you pinpoint the date for which you want to view satellite data. There are a few different methods that you can use to navigate the timeline.
First, click Days, Months, or Years to set the range of the timeline.
Click and drag the slider to quickly sweep through and choose a particular date.
Click directly on the timeline to jump to a specific date.
Click the left or right arrows to move forward or backward day by day.
Use the button above and below the year, month, or day to advance the date or return to a previous date.
6. If you'd like to see an animated series of maps for easy comparison, click the animation button.
a. Choose how fast the animation should run by adjust the frames-per-seconds slider.
b. Move the white arrow on the timeline to set your start date and the blue arrow to set your end date. Then click the play button.
c. You can also easily create an animated gif by clicking the gif button.
A base layer is the background image of the planet over top of which the satellite data you choose will be superimposed.
Click icon to show and hide layers.
Drag the base layers to reorder them.
Tip: While you can have multiple layers active, you can only see one at a time. The topmost active layer is the one that you are seeing.
When you select an Air Quality overlay (ex: Aerosol Optical Depth) you'll have the option of choosing which satellites (Terra, Aura, and Aqua) and instruments (MODIS and OMI) you want to gather data from. It's generally a good idea to choose Aqua and Terra/MODIS.
Once you've chosen a satellite, select your overlay by clicking the orange box.
Return to your view by closing the Add Layers screen.
Tip: You can have multiple overlays active at the same time. To change the opacity of an overlay click .
To pan the map, drag it with your mouse.
Use the icons on the right.
To zoom to a specific location, double-click that location on the map.
To zoom in on a box, hold down the Shift key and use the mouse to draw a box around the selection you'd like to zoom in on.
You can also have the map automatically focus in on an event.
Click and select the event you'd like to zoom in on.
To create a permanent, shareable link to a particular view, click .
To change between Arctic, geographic, and Antarctic views, click .
To download an image of your current view, click .
To see more information on Worldview and its data sources, click .
Select the data product you would like to download by clicking one of the radio buttons.
To select data for a particular point, click .
Q: Why is part of the screen black?
A: Worldview relies on polar-orbiting satellites. A polar-orbiting satellite is one that circles the entire earth, usually in about a day. Because Worldview provides a near-real-time view of what the satellites see, if the satellite has not yet passed over the section of the earth you want to see, Worldview will show a black section of screen. Check back in a few hours.
Q: Why is there no data?
A: Satellites cannot see through clouds. If there is significant cloud cover (often 30% or more), then the satellite will be unable to return data.
Q: Why is there no overlay for NO2?
A: At this time (summer, 2016) an overlay for NO2 has simply not been developed.
Q: What are those glares on the ocean?
A: Those are solar glares caused by reflections from the sun.
Q: Why are their slices in the map?
A: Because Worldview is projecting the round earth on a flat screen.
Q: Why are their slight color differences in the land/water/cloud cover?
B: Remember these are near-real-time images and are taken at different moments in time. Colors will change along with the angle of the sun's rays.
Q: How far back does the data go?
A: Most data products go back to 2012.


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Atlanta Braves Analysis
2022 Atlanta Braves Season in Review: Charlie Morton
Charlie Morton had a down year by his standards. Can he rebound?
By Sam Peebles@SPeeblesSports Dec 22, 2022, 10:00am EST
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Atlanta Braves Charlie Morton 2022 Review
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There is no way to sugarcoat it, Charlie Morton did not have the results the Atlanta Braves and their fans were hoping for in 2022. He did pitch in the most games of anyone in the Braves' rotation, so he did have that going for him. However, he only averaged 5.55 innings pitched per start.
To be fair, Morton was coming off of a major leg injury, which can't be discounted. Now that the Atlanta Braves Front Office has signed him through the 2023 season (with a team option for 2024), we have to hope that he can bounce back to look more like the 2021 version of himself that we all grew to love.
Let's take a step back and reminisce on how Charlie Morton was acquired. Most of us probably know by now that his rookie season way back in 2008 was with the Atlanta Braves. He was traded on June 3rd, 2009 as part of the infamous deal that brought in Nate McLouth from the Pirates. Interestingly, Morton's first start as a Pirate was against the Braves.
Over the years, this trade has been looked at as a terrible trade for the Braves. More recently, when the Braves acquired Morton again it was brought up quite a bit on social media due to him being a dominant pitcher for the Astros and Rays in recent years, along with remembering how much of a flop McLouth was.
That being said, Charlie Morton actually did not emerge as an excellent pitcher until well after team control years. From 2008-2015 he only had two seasons where he was even marginally better than league average on an FIP- basis; his FIP- across the whole span was 107 (seven percent worse than league average), and his xFIP- wasn't much better at 104.
Once Morton became on Astro in 2017 is when he really started to hit his stride. Since then, he has thrown together an 82 FIP- and 81 xFIP-, even when you include this most recent season (108 FIP-, 90 xFIP-).
In the 2020 offseason, the Braves signed Morton to a $15 million, one-year deal. This was then followed by two consecutive years of Charlie Morton rejoining the Atlanta Braves via a $20 million, one-year deal with a club option.
This past extension was surprising at first after Morton had a down year by his recent standards, but after seeing how crazy this free agency spending has been, surprising is no longer the word that should be used.
What were the expectations?
According to ZiPS via Fangraphs, Morton was projected to pitch 164.7 in 30 starts with a 3.44 ERA, 3.54 FIP, 0.93 HR per nine IP, fifty-six walks, and one-hundred-eighty-six strikeouts (3.32 K/BB ratio). Given that he was coming off a 4.5 fWAR season, and had a 6.0 fWAR season in 2019, expectations were generally pretty high — even given his advanced age and what goes with it, expectations were still for a 3.5+ WAR, frontline-type starter.
It is safe to say he did not meet these expectations without even digging too deep into the numbers.
Morton's overall numbers were not great. As mentioned above, he did start the most games of any Brave, but was third on the team in innings pitched. He ended up pitching 172 innings in 31 starts, with a 105 ERA-, 108 FIP-, 90 xFIP-, 1.5 HR per nine IP, sixty-three walks, and two-hundred-five strikeouts (3.25 K/BB ratio).
You can tell from the prior sentence that given the huge difference in FIP and xFIP, homers were the real sticking point for Morton in 2022. His K/BB ratio was worse in 2022 than in 2021, but it was not a drastic drop-off.
Morton's quality of contact allowed also plummeted, which goes hand-in-hand with his homer-happy season. However, we can look at his expected ERA (xERA) and see a drastic change. His xERA, which converts xwOBA-against to an ERA scale, was 4.11, the first time in the Statcast era that it exceeded 4.00. This is more painful considering that leaguewide xwOBA was down in 2022. Last year, Morton's xERA was 3.32.
All in all, Morton tallied just 1.5 fWAR in 2022, his lowest in any season where he made more than 10 starts since his last year with the Pirates.
Last month, we took a much more granular look at what exactly went wrong with Charlie Morton in 2022.
In a nutshell it can be summarized by pointing out that:
Morton's strikeout rate was down, and walks were up (although it was not a massive shift).
Hitters were making solid contact at an alarming rate, especially on his fastball.
Morton gave up more HRs at the highest rate of his career.
Hitters were not swinging and missing as often on Morton's fastball.
Morton's walk rate rose from 7.7 percent in 2021 to 8.7 percent in 2020. For reference, he was in the top forty-two percent in limiting walks in 2021 and was bottom thirty-eight percent in 2022. His strikeout rate dropped from 28.6 percent in 2021 to 28.2 percent. Interestingly, the strikeout rate was down across the league because Morton was in the top eighty-one in 2021 in strikeout rate, yet was one percent better in comparison to the league in 2022 at the top eighty-two percent.
Based on how xERA is measured, and that his K/BB ratio did not drop-off much, we could assume that quality of contact against him went up; This assumption would be correct.
In 2021, Morton's hard-hit rate allowed was in the best ten percent of the league at 32.5 percent. In 2022 his 42.1 percent hard hit rate put him in the bottom seventeen percent of MLB. It is no wonder his HR per nine innings almost doubled from 2021 to 2022.
The most alarming part of the hard-hit rate against him is that hitters made hard contact against Morton's fastball 47.2 percent of the time. Morton threw a fastball 33.3 percent of the time in 2022. This combination can, and eventually will, lead to negative results.
There were some positives to his season. He did have a stretch of 60.1 innings in 10 starts from July 3rd through August 27th in which he had an ERA of 3.28 (albeit with a 3.74 FIP), in which hitters struggled to a .193/.276/.343 against him. His K/BB ratio was also well above his 3.2 career average at 3.85.
Morton's curve continued to be an excellent pitch as well. Hitters did hit it better this year than last with a .235 xwOBA against it, compared to .227 in 2021. However, considering the league average xwOBA against the curve in 2022 was .267, Morton's was still very good.
Hitters also swung and missed 41.8 percent of the time against his curve, which was his most used pitch (38.0 percent of the time). In the month of June, hitters had a terrible .173 xwOBA against his curve.
As previously mentioned, his strikeout rate was still top tier. His curve had a lot to do with that. His put away percentage for his curve was 29.0 percent. What this means is that 29.0 percent of the time if a hitter had two strikes and a curve was thrown, they made an out.
Ultimately, in terms of what we are used to seeing with Morton, more went wrong than right. However, there were some bright spots to where if he can make the adjustments needed, he can still be an above average pitcher for the Atlanta Braves.
Fundamentally, the fact that Morton never really figured out his homer issues while more or less pitching like the same guy otherwise led to whiplash in his season. When he wasn't tagged for a homer, he often looked brilliant. When he was, the starts got ugly. Given that the homers seemed to plague him randomly, as HR/FB will cause, it led to a really inconsistent season.
On July 3, Morton uncorked a dominant vintage Morton start against the Reds, allowing just a hit and a walk over seven scoreless frames while striking out ten Reds in a very small ballpark, while nursuing a 1-0 lead for most of those frames.
(The Braves ended up losing this game after Morton's departure due to some unusual bullpen meltdown action.)
The curveball helped him get out of all sorts of jams, so long as he could spot it at least decently. Check out this Houdini act thanks for Jonathan Villar, in another nice game for Morton (7/3 K/BB ratio, zero homers allowed):
But, when Morton was horrible, it was tough to watch. Probably the worst game of his season came on September 25 in Philadephia. The Braves won, but with little thanks to Morton, who allowed two homers and had a 4/3 K/BB ratio, but was allowed to keep pitching despite the lack of any success. After being handed a 2-0 lead in the first, Morton immediately blew it by allowing a leadoff homer and then two more runs; after the Braves tied it, he allowed a second homer to Kyle Schwarber. After the Braves had a two-run homer to put them ahead by a run, Morton was left in for the fifth until he was wiped out by a rain delay, and gave up two more runs in the process.
These two homers by Schwarber show some of Morton's challenges over the course of the season:
As does something like this — an 0-2, not-poorly-located fastball that still gets demolished.
Things, of course, came to a head when Morton was asked to stop the Braves from being eliminated in NLDS Game 4. After wriggling his way out of trouble in the first, Morton had to do so in the second, and a very poor curveball was poorly-timed for the Braves:
What to expect in 2023
According to FGDC via Fangraphs, Morton is projected to pitch 166.0 innings in twenty-nine games with a 25.9 percent strikeout rate, 7.7 percent walk rate, 3.80 ERA, 3.63 FIP, and a 2.6 fWAR.
These projections predict a better performance than Morton's 2022 that had him pitch to a 28.2 percent strikeout rate, 8.7 percent walk rate, 4.34 ERA, 4.26 FIP, and 1.5 fWAR. The idea is that if Morton could xFIP like he did in 2022 at age 38, he should be able to do so again at age 39, and hopefully have the HR/FB regress to something tolerable. But, given Morton's huge issues in that department in 2022, it's not clear whether it's just going to happen innately, or if Morton needs to change his sequences or mechanics to get there. The Braves didn't seem too concerned about the FIP-xFIP gap when extending him, but the only way we'll know whether he can overcome it is by watching his 2023 season.
Charlie Morton does still have the tools, as we saw with his still well above average curve, but time will tell if we see the 2021 version of Charlie Morton, or the 2022 version.
Braves Season in Review: Charlie Morton
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Most people choose to relax Italy,Spain, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Sweden, France. But do not forget about the other countries, which are no less beautiful than the big European countries. One such country is Slovenia.
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The bus tours in Slovenia there is onea significant drawback - the duration of the trip. The road will have to spend more than a day, and not all people can withstand this load. On the other hand, the pharmaceutical industry is now ready to offer several types of anti-anxiety medications that help with motion sickness in the long road. Whatever it was, often bus tours in Slovenia include crossings and flights. The choice is always directly available to the tourist.
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Strolling through the streets of cities in Slovenia, the tourists feel very comfortable - a lot of bridges, decorated in the old way of attractive buildings and restaurants.
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\section{Introduction}

	Measurements of the bound states of charm quarks produced in collisions involving nuclei can provide information on a wide range of effects in both the early and late stages of the event.  At the center of mass energies probed at the Relativistic Heavy ion Collider (RHIC), the production of primordial $c\bar{c}$ pairs usually proceeds through gluon fusion, making charm quark production sensitive to modifications of the gluon distribution in the nucleus \cite{RamonaOldShadowing}.  After formation the pair must propagate through nuclear matter, where the quarks can experience energy loss \cite{CNM_Eloss} or multiple scattering which can affect the observed transverse momentum distributions of heavy flavor hadrons \cite{Cronin}.  Such interactions can also disrupt the heavy quark precursor state before it has hadronized, resulting in quarkonia suppression.  Even after exiting the nucleus and projecting onto a final state, the fully-formed quarkonia meson can be disrupted through interactions with co-moving hadrons \cite{Capella}. In collisions where quark-gluon plasma is formed, quarkonia suppression due to color screening is expected to be a large effect \cite{MatsuiSatz}.

The PHENIX collaboration has previously analyzed data on quarkonia production in $d$+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV \cite{PPG109, PPG125} to study these phenomena.  In this small collision system, quarkonia suppression via color screening in a deconfined plasma is not expected to be the dominant effect.  There have since been multiple calculations which can describe these results, by incorporating the previously described effects to varying degrees \cite{RamonaShadowing,MaCGC,Arleo2013,Ferreiro_comovers}.  The existing data are not sufficient to discriminate between these calculations and allow us to quantify the influence of each suppression mechanism.  Therefore, additional measurements needed.

To this end, the PHENIX collaboration has measured $J/\psi$ production in $p$+Al, $p$+Au, and $^3$He+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV.  By changing the target nucleus (Al versus Au), the level of modification to the nucleon's parton distribution function is expected to vary, with larger effects expected in the larger Au nucleus.  The path length through the nucleus that the charm quarks travel also changes with nuclear size, so energy loss may be affected.  This allows us to experimentally vary the initial state effects that charm quarks may be subject to.  By changing the projectile between $p$,~$d$, and $^3$He, we can experimentally vary the number of produced particles that co-move with the charmonium state outside the nucleus \cite{PPG221}, which may affect the level of breakup that occurs in the late stages of the collision.

\section{Measurement}

The PHENIX detector has two muon spectrometer arms \cite{MuonNIM}, which cover the forward and backward rapidity intervals 1.2 $ < |y|< $ 2.2 and can measure $J/\psi$ through decays to $\mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ down to $p_{T}$ = 0.  Muons produced in the collision travel through a hadron absorber and into a set of wire chambers that provide muon tracking.  Further tracking and muon identification are provided by the MuID, which is layers of streamer tubes interleaved with additional steel absorber panels.  To be considered in this analysis, muons must pass through all absorber material and be detected in the fourth layer of MuID tubes.  The acceptance and efficiency of the detectors are found by running a full GEANT4 \cite{GEANT4} simulation of the PHENIX muon system.

The $^3$He+Au data set was recorded in 2014, and the $p$+Al and $p$+Au samples were recorded in 2015, all at the same center of mass energy per nucleon of 200 GeV.  The two muon spectrometer arms allow data to be recorded in both the forward and backward rapidity ranges simultaneously.  PYTHIA simulations show that in the forward (p,d, or$^3$He -going direction), $J/\psi$ production samples an $x$ range in the target nucleus of $x\approx$ 5$\times$10$^{-3}$, which is in the shadowing region of the gluon parton distribution function.  In the backwards direction, the $x$ range sampled is in the anti-shadowing region near $x\approx$ 8$\times$10$^{-2}$.

\section{Results and Discussion}

The $p_{T}$ dependence of the nuclear modification factor of $J/\psi$ produced in minimum bias $p$+Al collisions is shown in Fig. \ref{fig:RpAl}.  The error bars (boxes) represent the statistical (systematic) uncertainty on the points, and the global systematic due to the uncertainty on the $p+p$ denominator is shown as a black box around unity.  The backward and forward rapidity results are shown in the left and right, respectively.  In both cases, we see some evidence for a small amount of enhancement, although within uncertainties the nuclear modification factor is consistent with one.  In this small system, there are no major effects observed on $J/\psi$ production.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.495\textwidth]{pAl_S_logo}
    \includegraphics[width=0.495\textwidth]{pAl_N_logo}
    \caption{The nuclear modification factor of $J/\psi$ mesons produced at backward (left) and forward (right) rapidity in $p$+Al collisions at 200 GeV.}
    \label{fig:RpAl}
\end{figure}

This is in contrast to the larger $p$+Au and ${^3}$He+Au systems, where significant modification is observed at both forward and backward rapidity.  At backward rapidity, in the Au-going direction (left panel of Fig. \ref{fig:RpAu}), we see a suppression at low $p_{T}$ that disappears with increasing $p_{T}$.  It is interesting to note that the modification is the same (within uncertainties) for both systems, despite the factor of $\sim$2 difference in the number of produced charged particles $dN_{ch}/d\eta$ between these system \cite{PPG221}.  This may suggest that, over this range of $dN_{ch}/d\eta$, late stage breakup of $J/\psi$ is not sensitive to the co-moving particle density within these uncertainties.

At forward rapidity, Fig. \ref{fig:RpAu}, right panel, there is a similar structure observed.  Here $J/\psi$ production samples the shadowing region of the gluon parton distribution function inside the nucleus.  Again we see identical behavior for the $p$+Au and $^3$He+Au systems.  Given that we are varying the projectile but not the nuclear target, this could suggest that initial state effects inside the nucleus such as energy loss or nuclear shadowing are the dominant effects on $J/\psi$ production in these small systems.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.495\textwidth]{pAuHeAu_S_logo}
    \includegraphics[width=0.495\textwidth]{pAuHeAu_N_logo}
    \caption{The nuclear modification factor of $J/\psi$ mesons produced at backward (left) and forward (right) rapidity in $p$+Au and $^3$He+Au collisions at 200 GeV.}
    \label{fig:RpAu}
\end{figure}

We now compare these new results in small systems to existing data on larger collision systems, using PHENIX data recorded in Cu+Cu, Cu+Au, Au+Au, and U+U collisions at RHIC \cite{PPG071, PPG163, PPG119, PPG172}.  The data are shown in the two panels of Fig. \ref{fig:RpAll}, where the same data is plotted in each rapidity range for symmetric systems.   The $p_{T}$-integrated results from small systems are compared with these larger systems as a function of $N_{part}$.  Within uncertainties, we observe a similar trend across all systems, with a large suppression developing with increasing system size.  Taken together, these data probe a very large range of system size, temperature, and energy density.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.495\textwidth]{all_bkwd_prelim}
    \includegraphics[width=0.495\textwidth]{all_fwd_prelim}
    \caption{The nuclear modification factor of $J/\psi$ mesons produced at backward (left) and forward (right) rapidity in $p$+Al, $p$+Au, $^3$He+Au, Cu+Cu, Cu+Au, Au+Au, and U+U collisions at 200 GeV.}
    \label{fig:RpAll}
\end{figure}

\section{Summary}

	Quarkonia measurements have been a cornerstone of the PHENIX physics program from the earliest days of RHIC.  With these results, we have additional data that can constrain models of charmonium production in small systems, which allows us to quantify effects which are crucial for fully understanding the role color screening may play in the significant $J/\psi$ suppression observed in large systems.  While PHENIX is no longer recording data, analysis of the large Au+Au data sets recorded in 2014 and 2016 is currently underway.

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Top ten money-saving apps revealed
Smartphone users now have access to an exclusive world of saving tools, discount hubs and budgeting tips.
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WITHOUT even noticing, residents in Loughborough have a money-saving device at their fingertips - with the help of their smartphone.
Thanks to the vast amount of money saving apps available on the market, smartphone users now have access to an exclusive world of saving tools, discount hubs and budgeting tips. But which are the best at keeping those purse strings tight?
Online mobile retailer Mobiles.co.uk reveals the ten best money saving apps currently available on iPhone and Android, so Brits can look to get their finances in order from the comfort of their sofa, in time for a summer spending spree.
Mobiles.co.uk's top ten money saving apps include:
Vouchercloud
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First up is well-known deals specialist, Vouchercloud. This app can save users money both online and on in-store purchases. By using location settings, anyone who downloads the app can utilise local discounts to find deals on dining, days out and entertainment.
New app, by Loughborough student, is proving to be a success
For Brits who are constantly struggling when it comes to splitting the bill, Mobiles.co.uk recommends Splitwise which helps to make sure bills are shared fairly. Friends can be added to an expense, the app will do all the maths and allow users to keep track of who has paid for what. This type of app can be particularly useful for roommates who share utility bills and friends and families who are planning summer holidays.
Getting carried away during a week and straying from a budget can be a problem for many British families. The BigOven app allows users to create a shopping list recipe by recipe, removing any unnecessary extra items from the final shopping bill. In addition, the app allows users to save money by keying in up to three leftover ingredients into the app. It will then suggest dishes that can be made by buying the least amount of ingredients.
If budgeting is a downfall, Spendee is a free budgeting app with a easy-to-use interface. Those who download the app can track exactly where their money is going, with spends broken down, and separating expenses into simple categories. Users can create their own budgets in 'wallets', view graphs and charts to get a closer look at their spending habits and even synchronise their bank accounts.
Keeping track of energy usage throughout the year is a simple way to cut down on costs but filtering through individual bills can be a laborious task. iPhone users can download Meter Readings which will allow them to add up to nine meters, including electric, gas, water and solar. Meter readings also sends reminders when a reading is due. The app also has a built in price comparison feature, so it's easy to keep track of when energy usage is creeping up and ensure providers are offering customers the best price on the market. Other similar apps are available for Android users.
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Andrew Cartledge, mobile expert at Mobiles.co.uk, said: "From saving on in-store purchases to helping with utility bills, it can be tricky to keep on top of all your finances. Making the most of the help currently available via smartphone apps is really a simple way to make sure you are getting the most out of your money.
"Each of the apps we have identified offer users a unique way of saving money. There are so many now available to download so we recommend Brits have a good browse and make the most of these handy tools!"


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Two hippopotamuses have tested positive for COVID-19 at Antwerp Zoo in Belgium in what could be the first reported cases in the species, zoo staff said.
Hippos Imani, aged 14, and 41-year-old Hermien have no symptoms apart from a runny nose, but the zoo said the pair had been put into quarantine as a precaution.
"To my knowledge, this is the first time in this species. Worldwide, this virus has been reported mainly in great apes and felines," said the zoo's vet, Francis Vercammen.
The coronavirus is thought to have jumped from an animal to a human, and it is proved to have passed from humans to animals.
Pets including cats, dogs and ferrets have become infected following contact with their owners, while in zoos, cases have been reported in animals such as big cats, otters, primates and hyenas.
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Alberta Teachers' Association > News and Info > ATA News > Volume 51 2016-17 > Number-18 > Association moves to save website
Association moves to save popular website
May 30, 2017 Cory Hare, ATA News Managing Editor
2Learn.ca to continue under ATA umbrella after loss of government funding
The Alberta Teachers' Association will take over operation of the 2Learn.ca website to ensure its resources don't go dark after a loss of government funding.
Delegates at the Annual Representative Assembly (ARA) approved a request from Provincial Executive Council to add $146,000 to the 2017/18 budget to enable the Association to assume control of the website and hire a staff member to perform ongoing site maintenance and resource curation.
Since 1997, 2Learn.ca has been providing curated learning resources to teachers, students and parents, attracting more than three million hits by more than 30,000 visitors each month. However, its government funding dried up two years ago, and its operators weren't able to find alternative sources.
In February, Provincial Executive Council (PEC) approved bridge funding of up to $60,000 to carry the 2Learn Education Society through the current fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31. As a long-term solution, PEC wanted the Association to take over the site, so it brought a resolution to ARA seeking approval to add the necessary funding to the Association's budget.
The resolution generated some debate, with some teacher delegates suggesting the government should pay for such resources.
"I would much rather see this resolution changed to urging the department to pony up and cover the costs of resources that teachers use," said one delegate.
A counterargument made by President Mark Ramsankar, among others, was that the teaching profession should take ownership of resource development and dissemination.
"We should be striving to be the authoritative voice on education," Ramsankar said.
In the end, the budget request passed by a wide majority.
John Hogarth, executive director and board chair of the 2Learn.ca Education Society, said the organization is delighted that the Association is inheriting, preserving and continuing to build on its work over the past 20 years.
"We know that the ATA will bring ongoing first class attentive care to the enterprise," Hogarth said.
At the time of its inception in 1997, 2Learn was meant to be a short-term project aimed at helping teachers navigate an emerging resource: the Internet. Over the years, the project grew and continued to assemble a repository of curriculum- and age-appropriate resources and complete many pilot projects, said Catherine Macklam, a former teacher who has been the society's provincial team leader since its inception.
"I'm a teacher too. I know how difficult it is to spread your time thin. The last thing you want to do is spend hours looking for sites," she said.
The society has been a partnership between the Association, the provincial government, the University of Alberta's faculty of education and the College of Alberta School Superintendents. In the early days, the Alberta School Boards Association was also a partner and Telus was a corporate sponsor. In recent years, much of the society's funding came from the province.
With the decision to take over operation of the website, the Association will review its content and decide what to keep and what to discard, said Dan Grassick, the executive staff officer who sits on the society's board. The Association will also hire a staff member to perform ongoing maintenance and site cleanup, as is currently done. The takeover is also an opportunity for the ATA to do other things with the site, such as promote its own publications and programs, Grassick said. ❚


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News : Brioni Summit of Micronations - preview
Brioni Summit of Micronations - preview
02 May 2010, Juha Huuskonen
Tomorrow on Monday there is chance to see some interesting presentations on Micronations and global economics.
Among the presenters is Georg Zoche from Transnational Republic, who will introduce his new book Weld Macht Geld. The book documents the events that took place in Bretton Woods conference, focusing on the not widely known fact that United Stated used some dirty tricks to establish US dollar as the key world currency. The book also explains an alternative proposal formulated by Keynes which was based on creating a new global currency. These topics are very relevant today, since after the crash there has been talk about a need for a Bretton Woods type of conference and a shift for a new global currency... And here in Finland we just got the news that Finland should lend 1.7 billion euro for Greece, as a part of the efforts of European Union to save the economy of Greece (and the euro currency) from sinking. This will definitely cause some heated debate here during next weeks, and hopefully people will be motivated to learn a bit more about global currencies.
The Brioni Summit of Micronations on Monday 3rd of May, 6 pm at Dubrovnik, Eerikinkatu 11, Helsinki
More information below and at www.ykon.org.
Davor Miskovic (Drugo More - The Other Sea, Rijeka)
Lina Dzuverovic (Electra, London)
Irene Revell (Electra, London)
Georg Zoche (Transnational Republic)
YKON welcomes you to an evening introducing the preliminary plans for the Summit of Micronations and Utopian thinkers, which will take place at Brioni Islands (Croatia) in 2013. The evening includes presentations of the co-organisers of the Summit: Drugo More and Electra.
Special guest Georg Zoche - co-founder of Transnational Republic - will present his latest book "WORLD-POWER-MONEY" tackling the systemic relationship between currencies, political power, war and crisis. Zoche furthermore offers a perspective on the question: What could replace the US-dollar after its apparent decline as world key currency?
YKON / www.ykon.org
YKON is an artist-run non-profit advocacy group for experimental countries and utopian thinkers. YKON evolved from the First Summit of Micronations" produced by Artists' Association MUU. The current members are Ulu Braun, Zeynep Falay - von Flittner, Sasha Huber, Tellervo Kalleinen, Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Pekko Koskinen and Tomas Ivan Träskman. YKON is currently also developing a contemporary version of Buckminster Fuller's World Game.
DRUGO MORE - THE OTHER SEA / www.drugo-more.hr
Drugo more is a non profit organisation based in Rijeka, Croatia. Founded in 1999, Drugo More integrates art, culture, theory and policy actions in the local context of the Adriatic region. The organization develops alternative visions and models for the cultural development of the region.
Davor Mišković is the president of Drugo more, part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy in Rijeka and president of the Clubture Network. He worked at the Faculty of Science and Croatian Ministry of Culture. He curated and organized numerous cultural events, conferences and educational programs
ELECTRA / www.electra-productions.com
Electra is a London based contemporary art agency established in 2003, which specializes in curating, commissioning and producing ambitious cross-disciplinary projects. Electra curated Momentum 2009, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art 'Favoured Nations' and commissioned numerous works, for example Reverse Karaoke, a project by Kim Gordon and Jutta Koether.
Lina Dzuverovic is the co-founder and Director of Electra. Formerly Lina was New Media Curator at London's ICA; prior to this she worked for The Wire magazine, Mute magazine and The Lux Centre.
Irene Revell works as curator and producer at Electra. Previously she worked and volunteered for small music charities Share Music and COMA (Contemporary Music-Making for Amateurs), and has a background in the DIY music scene, promoting gigs and festivals such as the Bring Yourself Fest.
TRANSNATIONAL REPUBLIC / www.transnationalrepublic.org
The Transnational Republic is a political grassroots experiment to establish a democratic system of citizen representation within globalization. It was founded in 1996. Transnational Republic took part as delegates to the First Summit of Micronations in Helsinki 2003.
Georg Zoche is co-founder of the First Transnational Republic. Within this project his attention was brought to the question of currencies: What is the political role of currencies within globalisation? In which way do nation states use their currencies as political tools to exercise power? The astonishing findings to the questions mentioned above were published in book form in 2009 as "Welt-Macht-Geld". (World-Power-Money)
Exciting, entertaining and knowledgeable this book deals about the power of money. Zoche is reporting unheard-of facts and wouldn't his book be loaded with some 300 references to supporting documents, one would be tempted to take it for a fantastic fairy tale:
* 1944, during the Bretton Woods conference, the US clandestinely changed the wording of the conference documents, thus rendering the US-dollar world key currency and the US world super power. When Great Britain called foul and protested against this fraud, it was coerced by the USA under enormous pressure to the ratification of the agreement.
* During the past six decades, the USA took advantage of the privileged role of their currency, financing their political interests e.g. the wars in Vietnam and Iraq by externalising their costs on the rest of the world.
* To finance the war in Iraq, the Federal Reserve deliberately chose the hazardous gamble of fueling a housing boom thereby pushing the world into the biggest financial crisis of all times.
But Zoche not only explains the coherence between war and crisis, illuminating where and how the money disappeared. His book also offers a perspective on the question that is now coming to the forefront: What could replace the US-dollar after its apparent decline as world key currency? Reading about the British plan which was defeated in 1944, even die-hard economists will be flabbergasted: Keynes had envisioned a world economy free of interest, with a new global currency based on barter (instead of credit), thereby maintaining the equilibrium between the nation states.


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To collect the data necessary to effectively coach individual consumers' tooth brushing habits and, more broadly, to develop innovative new products, Colgate developed a connected, AI-powered electric toothbrush. The brand promoted launch with PR and direct response mobile advertising.
With the users' permission, the new Colgate E1 Connect Toothbrush, allows Colgate to examine and analyze consumers' teeth brushing data to both provide the user with oral-care coaching and help the brand innovate future products more quickly and intelligently.
Brushing data is stored in the handle and is automatically uploaded to the Colgate app on a user's iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth. Over time, the learning algorithm develops recommendations based on a user's individual brushing patterns and shares ways to improve his or her brushing performance. The Check Up feature provides a personalized mouth map to show where a user brushed and where he or she missed, enabling improvement over time.
In addition, the app includes free games to entertain kids by turning the brush into a game controller.
To demonstrate the new product's benefits for consumers, Colgate sought to illustrate both the importance of feedback to good oral health and technology's ability to facilitate better health outcomes. The specific goals of the E1 Connect Toothbrush's launch campaign were to:
Establish the new product in the market
Drive sales of the brush
Prompt ongoing use of the iOS connected application to generate data
While Colgate knew that the product could be used by anybody with teeth, it wanted to establish a strong online presence with early technology adopters, who would be likely to review, share, and promote their experiences with the connected toothbrush. The brand also wished to reach those consumers who were inclined to use connected devices, and who were already comfortable having their daily activity tracked and analyzed.
The Colgate.com/oralcare site is one of the most visited Oral Care information resources in the world, giving Colgate unparalleled access to the active oral care consumer and enabling the brand to survey visitors and develop insights around campaigns and messaging opportunities. Colgate capitalized on its access to the community of oral care consumers to test three messages:
Artificial intelligence will improve your oral health
A connected toothbrush will improve your brushing
Colgate E1 can help your children develop brushing habits
Informed by the results of this research, Colgate focused its post-launch direct response messaging on the product's AI capabilities, which could help consumers improve their brushing.
The launch campaign consisted of a $125,000 Public Relations activation by Cohn & Wolfe that engaged key influencers to create content related to the product's launch and its distinctive AI-powered capabilities.
After the PR-only launch, Colgate developed an acquisition strategy for both Facebook and Instagram. This effort capitalized on Facebook targeting data and geo-targeted approaches to focus on locations where there was an Apple store. The budget for this part of the campaign was $300,000, with the majority devoted to mobile.
The success of the E1 Connected Toothbrush project was contingent on mobile and the activation of the product's iOS application. To maximize the benefits of the electric toothbrush, consumers needed to download and synchronize their toothbrush with their mobile phones. After an initial three-month period of driving sales at the Apple Store, Colgate established a direct-to-consumer acquisition channel. Optimized for mobile as a priority channel, the brand's direct response advertising has appeared primarily as native and in-app mobile advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
PR efforts delivered 338 million impressions, exceeding the impression goal (25 million) by 358 percent. Of those impressions, 315 million were earned impressions, illustrating the positive response that this campaign generated in the marketplace.
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–Marcus distributed information on the Balanced Score Card. This is a living document. He asked for feedback from the group.
–Marcus will get into the WASC report over the summer and see what else we need to address.
–We need to go into next school year knowing what we need to do. The first two sections are over view and data review.
–Michelle mentioned the Core Curriculum the district is putting together. She mentioned what the district is doing with the Standards Maps. At this point we do not know what this is. Tony referred to her page 8b.
–Tony said the district does not have clarity about what this will look like.
–David said they are not using the Common Core to design the Common Curriculum for English.
–Part A concerns readiness and challenges. This is followed by Next Steps.
–Patrick mentioned the lack of funds for professional development.
–Patrick said they will be dropping the CLA's next year. He said this was mentioned in the WAD from last week.
–ELD Current Status—we list what we are doing now. Some of this is ELD department and the rest is other departments. Language Objectives are listed as well. We are not doing the BBC school-wide so we still have to address having a language objective in each classroom.
–Vocabulary development is spelled out on page 9. Brick word and mortar words are the same.
–Section 3 of the Lau Plan will be studied next year. Tony mentioned some training that will occur this summer with Q-tell. Jen Fong will help with PD next year.
–Special Ed is the next section.
–Administrators must attend the IEPs and administrators must arrange coverage for teachers who need to attend the IEPs.
–Ray expressed the challenges of scheduling the IEPs. He also said there is a box to excuse administrators and teachers on the IEP—full exclusion or partial, depending on which box is checked.
–Proportional Representation—Ray discussed this and said we have talked about this before. For 30 students, 3 or 4 Special Ed students is the max.
__Michelle said this has come up before—she would like some PD on how to arrange this. Ray said his department would be happy to do this. Marcus said he would like to know from general ed teachers where we should start with PD.
–Ray said the teachers who are delivering resource services, they should be in the classroom, not in room 352. It should be a 100% commitment.
–Some in the group said they do not feel comfortable asking the resource teachers why they can't come to class when they say they can't.
–Increased administrative monitoring of how Special Ed resources are allocated in classrooms.
–Resource also includes the paraprofessionals. Ray said we have some of the best paras in the district.
–Marcus said that the Inclusion model has only been pushed for the last several years. He mentioned our new AP, Lisa Warnke, and her experience in this area. He is happy to have her on board.
–Michelle wants other departments listed besides English. Marcus said this is a school-wide activity. This has also been discussed in the SSC meetings.
–Marcus said we need to add more to Closing the Achievement Gap. We are having an extremely hard time with our Latino students. Some of the students in 9th grade are drinking, etc. We have12% now Latino students in the 9th grade and this will double next year.
–Patrick mentioned conflicts of getting the dens together.
–Marcus mentioned that the English Department has a small number of teachers working with the 9th graders. Marti said it is the same in the Math Department.
–David suggested that more teachers teach 9th grade so there are more teachers available for discussions and improvements.
–Michelle mentioned a former professional development on different cultures—Sharroky Hollie and how helpful that was.
–Marcus said he became very expensive very fast.
–Tony referred everyone to page 16 and cultural responsive teaching.
–Explore dens and define dens. Are they useful?
–Look for opportunities in the Master Schedule and CPT for 9th grade teachers to collaborate.
–Look for opportunities in extra-curricular after school activities.
–Patrick said Kristy Morrison and Doug Page said at the UBC meeting yesterday they would like to fund raise to save Futurama.
–Jessica talked about the SAP meetings. This helps with the 9th grade transition students.
–Ray requested .7 Adv. Algebra and .7 Chemistry on the schedule (item deck).
School Climate—Jessica would like to add Wellness to this area.
–Ray talked about the Move-Up Assembly and why some of the students wanted to leave as all the scholarships went to Asian students. Michelle said we should include events like sports teams, athletic teams, Talent Show winners, etc. David Barrios said we should revisit how we plan this assembly, to recognize a broad range of achievement.
–Marcus mentioned increasing attendance in class. He will take more of a hands-on approach to this next year.
–Patrick mentioned teachers helping with the hall sweeps next year.
–Jessica wanted to add the SST meetings to outcomes of Measurable Outcomes.
–The PTSA came up with increased communication, reflection tool for students and teachers on how students are feeling in class about the instruction and one more. We do need to communicate more with the parents.
–Michelle wanted to mention a priority of small class sizes. If we get more students can we hire more teachers? Marcus said yes.
–We will table this item until next year.
–Denise said she caught 2 students cheating yesterday.
–Marti told of students taking photos of AP exams with their cell phones.
–Joseph told of his experiences in doing this survey—his first.
–The passing period time (5 or 7 minutes) was not clear.
–Most preferred the weekly homerooms.
–SSR overwhelmingly retained—most wanted 15 minutes.
–Joseph will revisit the survey to prepare the results.
–We need more staff to fill out the survey.
–Mat talked about all the details that department heads handle.
–Marcus said he can't see the district eliminating the department heads. The principals express this to the district.
–As of now Department Heads have the 4th period free.
–Michelle said there has to be a formal agreement for next fall to have the department heads report to school 2 days prior to the teachers arrival.
–Ethan said the district will put those duties on the responsibility of the administration.
–If the department head positions are not retained, the former DHs will have another class to teach.
II. Department Head Duties 5/30 and 5/31 and 6/1.
–Marcus asked everyone to plan to return for these 2 days.
–Michelle would like to use the 2-3 days at their own discretion.
–Marcus would like to meet for an hour on 5/31 at 11:00am.
–David asked if there would be 2 full days of meetings. We will do a 3-2—Friday and Monday meetings and Tuesday a free day.
–Patrick said 2 days of meetings would be difficult as it is hard to get things done.
–Suggestion was made to have meetings in the am and work allowed in the afternoon.


Many people don't understand the importance of crate training a dog, and can't understand why I would want to keep a pet in such a confined space.
When properly crate-trained, a dog will see its crate as a "den" - a safe, cozy place to sleep and get away from excess noise and busyness.
That's the most important part - properly training him that a crate is safe, not scary or lonely. What many owners do wrong is forcing their dog to go into a crate right away for extended periods of time, or banishing the dog for "time-out" to his crate.
The first thing that you have to realize and understand is that our dogs aren't children, and they don't understand time-out. Dogs live for the moment, so by the time you drag him over and get him into the crate for his time-out, he has no idea what this is all about! So yes, using a crate for this purpose is mean and inhumane.
But properly crate training a dog or puppy will help calm him. These dogs enjoy being in there, and even seek it out on their own to rest and relax in. The key is to gradually get your dog used to going in and staying in.
Start out slowly - when I crate trained Justice, I merely tossed a treat into the crate and let her go in, get the treat and come back out.
Then I got her to go in for a treat, and closed the door of the crate for 5 seconds, verbally praising her, then let her out again. Working in tiny increments, you can acclimatize your dog to like her crate!
My dog, Justice, happily curled up in her crate.
Your dog is not house trained yet, or still has occasional accidents in the house (or maybe quite often!). By crating your dog/puppy while you are gone away, you can prevent these accidents from happening and make house training a breeze. Why? A dog won't urinate or defecate in a crate that is the proper size, as they don't like to lay in it. Keep reading to find out how to size a crate.
The same goes for at night - crate training a dog or puppy will prevent night-time accidents, too!
Your puppy likes to chew shoes, furniture, clothing and basically anything it can get its sharp little teeth on. While you are away, crating him will prevent this habit from taking a firm hold on your puppy.
Jumping up on furniture while you are away - that's right, you already know the answer. Crate the dog - he can't get to the new couch then, can he?
Stealing food from the counter top - dogs can be sneaky... I know of someone who's dog even breaks into the freezer if not crated and steals food to munch on!
Separation anxiety - if your dog gets very worried and anxious when you leave him, properly crate training will help him to feel more secure when you leave. What do I mean?
A crate can be a safe, comforting spot for your pet. When this is the case, leaving him in the crate when you leave will prevent him from destructive habits, as well as make him feel safe in his "den". You can even leave an object that smells like you in it, if you'd like.
You may be wondering what the proper size is for your dog's crate. My simple rule of thumb - only buy a crate that is big enough to let your dog stand up, turn around, and lie down.
If the crate is any larger, and your pooch will be able to urinate/defecate in one corner, and sleep on the opposite corner (and they will... trust me, I've seen it all!).
The two main crates available are wire crates and plastic kennels. I use a plastic Vari kennel, with the squeeze-lock on the door instead of the dial-lock. Some dogs learn how to get the dial to spin and then let themselves out of the crate!
ThatPetPlace.com has some great Vari Kennels that I highly recommend. Why this recommendation? This type of crate is more closed in (den-like) and cozy for a dog. It is also stronger than a wire-crate, which is important for transporting your dog, whether in a car or an airplane.
Which brings me to another point. When traveling, it is always safer for you (as well as for the dog) to crate him or have a dog seat belt on him. Many accidents are caused by pets being loose in a vehicle, and in case of an accident, your dog is safer in a crate or in a seat belt, and your own safety may depend on it as well.
One last reason for crate training a dog is in the case of an overnight veterinary visit. Going to the vet is scary enough for most dogs, and being forced into a crate can make it that much more difficult if he's never had to before. Having your dog comfortable with a crate will go a long way to making this type of vet visit go a lot smoother.
Now that you know all these great reasons to crate train your dog, you can see why many people choose to do so. A multitude of problems can be prevented by simply choosing to properly crate train your dog. Take your cue from me, it's the best way!


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Meraas proposes DXB Entertainment's restructuring, 100% acquisition
Transaction aims to protect the interests of all stakeholders of DXBE
Published: December 20, 2020 18:24 Babu Das Augustine, Business Editor
Meraas Leisure and Entertainment LLC (Meraas), a holding company announced Sunday to undertake a capital restructuring and eventual acquisition of DXB Entertainments. Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
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Dubai: Meraas Leisure and Entertainment LLC (Meraas), a holding company with multiple landmark projects across Dubai, Sunday announced its intention to undertake a capital restructuring of DXB Entertainments PJSC (DXBE).
The proposal also includes a conditional cash offer to acquire 100 per cent of the issued and paid up ordinary share capital of the DXBE.
"As the majority shareholder of DXBE, Meraas intends to launch the proposed offer to support DXBE's prospects given its financial condition," Meraas said in a statement.
The proposed transaction intends to provide DXBE with a sustainable capital structure, by reducing debt, amidst a challenging market environment. Under the terms of the proposed offer, DXBE's shareholders will be entitled to receive Dh0.08 in cash for each share held through participation in a tender offer which, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, is expected to be launched in January 2021.
To secure the company's future, Meraas' proposed offer also aims to protect the interests of other stakeholders, including employees, operating partners, suppliers, and customers.
Terms of the offer
Meraas (and Meraas Holding) intend to convert the balance of the existing convertible bond instrument issued to Meraas by DXBE in 2018 into new shares in DXBE in accordance with its terms. This will amount to a conversion of Dh1.479 billion (being the outstanding balance estimated as at 31 December 2020 including the amount of principal and accrued interest outstanding) into new shares in DXBE at a conversion price of Dh1.04 per share.
Debt acquistion
Meraas intends to acquire the senior bank debt of DXBE, with an outstanding balance (as at 31 December 2020 including the amount of principal and accrued interest outstanding) estimated at approximately Dh4.255 billion, and subsequently convert such Senior Bank Debt into new shares of DXBE at a conversion price of Dh0.08 per share.
Acquisition of shares
Following the convertible conversion and the bank debt conversion, DXBE will increase its issued ordinary shares from approximately 8,000 million to 62,822 million which consequently will result in Meraas and Meraas Holding acquiring an additional estimated 41.63 per cent resulting in ownership by Meraas and Meraas Holding to 93.92 per cent of DXBE's total issued ordinary shares at that time.
Following completion of the above, Meraas intends to submit an offer to acquire the total shares of DXBE (the Original Offer). Meraas also intends to exercise its rights to acquire the shares of any minority shareholders that did not accept the Original Offer by submitting a mandatory notice to force the minority shareholders that did not accept the Original Offer to sell all their shares in DXBE to Meraas.
Following completion of the original offer and squeeze out, Meraas intends to procure the de-listing of DXBE from the DFM.
As per the Merger and Acquisition Rules issued by the Securities and Commodities Authority, DXBE will appoint an independent valuer to prepare a valuation report to determine DXBE's fair price per share. If the valuation report indicates that the fair price per share is more than Dh0.08 per share (as offered by Meraas), Meraas has the right not to proceed with the transaction or any of part of it as described above.
DXB Entertainment
Launched in 2014 and traded on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) under the trading symbol DXBE, DXB Entertainments PJSC, is the Dubai-based owner of Dubai Parks and Resorts. Spanning 25 million square feet of land, the company has a diverse portfolio of world class brands and rides to offer pioneering entertainment in the areas of theme parks, retail and hospitality.
DXBE comprises three separate theme parks: Motiongate Dubai, a Hollywood movie inspired theme park; Legoland Dubai, the first Legoland theme park in the Middle East; and Bollywood Parks Dubai, a first-of-its-kind entertainment destination that showcases the authentic Bollywood movie experience. It is also home to a Legoland Water Park.
The entire destination is connected by Riverland Dubai, a uniquely themed retail and dining destination and guests can stay at the Lapita Hotel, a Polynesian themed family hotel, a part of the Marriott Autograph Collection.
The large-scale Dh13.2 billion development is located on Sheikh Zayed Road opposite the Palm Jebel Ali in Dubai equidistant to Dubai and Abu Dhabi International Airports.
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BRADLEY, Charles, married Mary Jefferis about 1752, daughter of Robert Jefferis, Jr., of East Bradford, by whom he had sons,--George, born 1753, Joseph, and Enoch. Joseph went to Warrington, in York County, where he married in 1782 and left children: Of Enoch nothing further is known. George Bradley married Mary, daughter of Philip and Mary (Gilpin) Taylor, of Thornbury, born 12,23,1753. They resided for some time in West Bradford, and had issue,--Emmor, Ruth (m. to Elias Stanley), Orpha, Caleb, Joseph, Hannah, Elizabeth (m. to Reuben Taylor), Lydia (m. to Thomas Lamborn), Ziba, Rachel (m. to Benjamin Lamborn), and Albina.
Emmor, born 9,19,1777, died 1,25,1837, married Deborah, daughter of Col.. John Hannum, and for a few years afterwards taught school in West Chester, then bought a part of the Hannum property, in East Bradford, and built a house thereon in 1810, and resided there the rest of his life. His children were John, Alice Ann, (late secretary of the Chester County Mutual Fire Insurance Company), Taylor, Rachel, Elizabeth, and Sarah.


EL PASO, Texas, July 19 (UPI) -- Jury selection has begun in the trial of Hector Noé Mota Nevarez, an accused member of the Texas-based Orrantia drug-trafficking organization.
As attorneys began the process Wednesday, U.S. Marshals stood guard outside the courtroom in El Paso, Texas.
Federal prosecutors say Orrantia was tied to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel.
Federal, state and local law enforcement agents began investigating the Orrantia group in 2015 and arrested 18 suspected members last year, after a nearly two-year investigation.
The Orrantia organization is accused of smuggling into the El Paso area hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana, prosecutors said last year when they disrupted the trafficking group.
The joint investigation with federal, state and local authorities resulted in the confiscation of about 5 kilograms of cocaine, 600 kilograms of marijuana, seven vehicles and over $138,000 in cash, prosecutors said.
Mota Nevarez, also known as "El Paquetes," is the only accused Orrantia member not to plead guilty or accept a plea agreement. His case is scheduled to go to trial in front of an El Paso jury Friday and is expected to last a week.
Government prosecutors intend to call a Drug Enforcement Administration agent to testify about "the price of cocaine at the time of this case and common practices and occurrence in drug smuggling in the El Paso area," prosecutors wrote in court filings.
Mota Nevarez was convicted in Colorado in 2009 of possession of a controlled substance. His upcoming trial could offer a rare opportunity to hear how a drug-trafficking organization established ties with the Sinaloa Cartel.
Mario Armando Orrantia, 52, a naturalized U.S. citizen, led the El Paso-based affiliate of the Sinaloa Cartel and recruited additional members, with most living in the border area. Authorities said Orrantia's group used El Paso bars and businesses to launder profits from sales of marijuana and cocaine in Texas, Ohio, South Carolina and Colorado.
Orrantia pleaded guilty in March and will be sentenced later this year.


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MO prison scandal inspires proposal to monitor state payouts for lawsuit claims
February 22, 2017 By Jason Taylor
A proposal which is a response to the Missouri Corrections Department scandal is being considered by state lawmakers.
Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty
$7.6 million in state money was paid out to employees who filed lawsuits for being harassed, abused and intimidated in a four-year period from 2012-2016.
House Democrat Minority Floor Leader Gail McCann Beatty of Kansas City notes the settlements required the alleged victims to sign documents stating no violations took place.
"They get paid off, and then nothing is done to correct the problem" said McCann Beatty. "And we have created a horrible environment for employees that are the lowest paid state employees, probably in the country. Now we've put them in an environment that is absolutely horrible as well."
The settlements were exposed by a story in The Pitch newspaper in November. After hearing about the scandal, McCann Beatty made an inquiry to the state attorney general's office to find out how much the state was paying out to cover settlement claims.
She distributed a handout showing results over the past five years while introducing the proposal to the House Budget Committee Tuesday.
Those numbers revealed the state had set aside $30 million for such settlements, but paid out a total of $60 million. McCann Beatty notes the money's used to cover all claims against the state, regardless of who handles the litigation.
"There are three areas that the attorney general does not have purview over in these cases. They do their own investigations, have their own outside council, yet the state's on the hook for whatever those settlements are – the Department of Conservation, the Department of Transportation and our public universities."
The Proposal calls for lawmakers to be made aware of all activity involving the State Legal Expense Fund, which issues the payments. Reports would have to be made on a monthly basis by the attorney general's office.
No one testified for or against McCann Beatty's proposal. Committee Democratic Ranking Minority Member Michael Butler of St. Louis and Republican Kathie Conway of St. Charles offered support. "I think this is a very common sense answer to a very horrible problem that we have" said Conway.
Republican David Gregory of St. Louis County wondered if it would be wise to have a public record of claims paid by the state. "Do you think that it could be dangerous for plaintiff's attorneys and their clients to know what the state is willing to pay on certain claims and lawsuits?"
McCann Beatty responded that the information could probably be obtained through a sunshine request.
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