There are 4 reviews of Jewels of Blu.
Yucky first impressions usually are a call for greater patience, and that's the case with Jewels of Blu. Confronted by a big blob of pulped fruit drowned in acetone, I was ready to run but decided to stay just a bit longer. Within minutes Jewels of Blu became a perfectly acceptable perfume if nothing special.
That acetone wash evolves into an overall lactonic feel which combines with a lightly handled base of patchouli, vanilla and skin-like musks. The vanilla has intriguing dry cocoa tones in the heart phase but, alas, they're no longer in evidence in the drydown. For those who have not yet tried it, you will need to imagine this quite accomplished base married to a rather vague peachy fruit note – it doesn't seem quite right and it doesn't seem wholly wrong.
Fresh, fruity and floral, top notes seduce in bursts of peach and apricot, blending into veils of Rose de Mai and Ylang Ylang, with bottom notes of Vanilla Bourbon, Egyptian Jasmine and Patchouli.
Very pretty, fuity, but mature, perfume which mellows into a lovely sensual, soft vanilla-tinted drydown. The only problem is this just doesn't last on me - after half an hour I can hardly detect it at all. I like my perfumes to last at least a few hours, so I would not consider buying it, which is a shame because it is lovely.
Jewels of Blu is so beautiful. If you love aldehyde like No. 5, Touch by Burbury, Gucci Rush, than you would love this fragrance.
Very feminine. The opening is sweet, the heart is sweet and very aquatic, and the basenotes are subtle vanilla. I didn't detect patchouli on my skin. Highly recommended for those of you like sweet scent.
Juicy and summery, yet deep. The topnotes, unmistakably, are sweet peach nectar, and fleshy, syrupy apricot. Pink pepper (rose de mai) adds a very subtle kick, that doesn't come through for very long. The heart of the fragrance is a calm, very "blue" smelling jasmine, not unlike Ralph Lauren Blue. Please don't think I'm suggesting Blu smells like RL Blue; it's just that its jasmine is watery, and cool. Jewels of Blu is far more complex than RL Blue, and instead of being a soft floral, it's sultry and exotic. Vanilla and patchouli are blended so perfectly, and are integrated so exquisitely into the other notes, that they remain secretive. If patchouli isn't to your liking, you will never know it's in Jewels of Blu; it's used to support the other notes, not to take the stage. A sensual musk rounds out Jewels of Blu, ensuring that it cannot be a cheerful fruity floral. This is an intriguing perfume that's bound to get many comments and compliments. Like all the Aqabas, the packaging is exquisite: a woven cane box containing a tinted glass, jeweled bottle.
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Fair Trading Act full proclamation soon
Julien Neaves
FAIR Trading Commission executive director Bevan Narinesingh says there should be the full proclamation of the Fair Trading Act by the end of this Parliamentary session. "The idea is that legislation will be coming very soon."
He was speaking last week at the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) Fair Trading Act Forum at the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre, Port of Spain .
He said the commission will enforce anti-competition activities by companies with a 40 per cent market monopoly or "dominance" such as unreasonable price fixing, sharing of markets and bid rigging. He explained the commission was not against an entity having dominance and it should be rewarded if done through skill, foresight and diligence.
"But dominance should not be abused." Narinesingh said the penalties for those found in breach by the High Court is 10 per cent of the companies annual turnover. He explained the court will look at how long the practice has been taking place and how cooperative the company was.
He added: "The reputational damage may be worse than the fines." He said there needs to be greater awareness and sensitisation by the commission which is not only investigator but educator. He explained as investigator, and with the full proclamation, the commission will be allowed to seize electronic documents and will be assisted by police to enter premises. He said anyone hindering an investigation will face fines and summary convictions.
Narinesingh said there is also an amnesty provision where a company can come in and report any anti-competitive activities. "We are not a punitive entity. We need to promote and protect competition." He added: "If your practices are against competition please stop."
He said a lot of business activity will be affected by the full proclamation of the Act. "There will be beneficial effects with the Act coming into force." He said competition will lead to income growth, increased income equality and lower poverty levels.
Narinesingh said the commission has a one-month commitment to respond to a merger request but that does not mean the approval will be in one month as the commission may ask for further information.
Amcham CEO Nirad Tewarie said the commission could respond the day before the month ends and stressed there was a need for a predictable business environment. One attendee said a lack of regulatory certainty can discourage international investors.
"Fair Trading Act full proclamation soon"
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I was concerned going into Hook & Ladder Manufacturing Co. for lunch today. Before the start of the Great Sacramento Vegan Burger Battle, the Impossible Burger at Hook & Ladder was my very favorite burger in town. The Jule's cheese sauce, sautéed mushrooms, and especially the whole grain mustard really made that burger, and I seemed to be in there every week to get my burger fix.
So I was worried that I wouldn't like burger they'd created for this month's burger battle. It couldn't possibly be as good as the other one, could it? The answer is yes, it could and it is. The patty is still the Impossible Burger, but the other goodies on the bun are vegan mayo, pickled red cabbage, and smashed avocado. If you'd like a little heat with your burger, you can add pickled Fresno chilies for a dollar. I wasn't that brave, but the burger didn't need them. It was fabulous without the chilies.
Hook & Ladder is located at 1630 S Street, and their phone number is 916-442-4885. Their website address is https://hookandladder916.com/, and their Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/HookandLadderSacramento/. The restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Oh, my goodness, I just had such a good burger at VEG! They are offering several different burgers during this month's Great Sacramento Vegan Burger Battle, which made trying to pick just one really difficult.
After much deliberation, I chose the Far East Burger, which consists of their version of the Impossible Burger (it has a different combination of spices than other Impossible Burgers I've had), ginger tamarind cabbage slaw, mushroom bacon, pickled radish, and black garlic hoisin sauce, served on a really good bun. I often find myself poking through my burger because there's something or another that I want to take off of it (usually onions), but with this burger, I loved every part of it.
If this one doesn't tempt you, check out their falafel burger, or one of their other three Impossible Burger creations.
On my to-do list for today was to visit one of the restaurants serving a Portobello burger for the Great Sacramento Vegan Burger Battle. The Crocker Café, inside the Crocker Art Museum, seemed like a good bet, especially since I'd really enjoyed the smoked Portobello mushroom slices on their tree-hugger BLT when I was there last week.
Lunch at the Crocker Café turned out to be a great choice, as I really, really liked their Vegan Crocker Burger. In addition to the wonderful smoked Portobello, there were lots of other good things on the bun -- roasted red pepper, watermelon rind pickle, arugula, chimichurri, Vegenaise, and shredded Daiya cheese. The Asian noodle slaw that came with it was flavorful, if spicy.
One caveat: it is not possible to eat this burger without making a gigantic mess, so be sure to load up on napkins when you order it. The two napkins I optimistically picked up weren't even close to enough.
You don't have to pay admission to the museum in order to visit the Crocker Café, but you'll have to pay if you want to see the art. I have an annual membership, so I could have stayed to look at the exhibitions after lunch, but I was running short on time. I did take a few minutes to admire the gorgeous Chihuly chandelier right above the entrance desk, though.
While I could happily eat an Impossible Burger every day during this month's Great Sacramento Vegan Burger Battle, I know many of you prefer house-made veggie burgers. So today, I decided to meet up with my friend Kathy, who writes the Sacramento Revealed blog, to try the house-made burger LowBrau is offering this month.
The LowBrau vegan burger consists of a hearty black bean patty, served with lettuce, red onion, bread and butter pickles, almond crema, and chimichurri on a pretzel bun. It was a little on the spicy side, which was fine with me, but if you have a low tolerance for spicy food, you may want to mention that to your server.
LowBrau has several other vegan items on their menu, including a tasty German potato salad that Kathy and I shared. This was a very satisfying meal.
LowBrau is located at 1050 20th Street, and their phone number is 916-706-2636. Their website address is http://www.lowbrausacramento.com/, and their Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/LowBrauSacramento/. The restaurant is open Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Another day, another Impossible Burger! For today's Great Sacramento Vegan Burger Battle meal, Phil and I had lunch at the Patriot in Carmichael, where they are serving two different versions of the Impossible Burger.
Revolution Wines keeps adding more and more vegan options to their menu, so I wasn't surprised to see that they were participating in this month's Great Sacramento Vegan Burger Battle. They are offering two different types of burgers -- their version of the Impossible Burger and an oyster mushroom banh mi.
My husband Phil and I had lunch there today because I really wanted to try their Impossible Burger. It was wonderful -- an Impossible Burger patty, Miyoko's mozzarella cheese crumbles, vegan aioli, crispy onions, and field greens on a vegan bun. I'm a huge Impossible Burger fan, so this is likely just the first of many Impossible Burger posts you'll see this month!
Revolution Wines has two different vegan desserts on their menu too. The peach crisp with vegan vanilla gelato sounded really tempting, but I was in the mood for chocolate. This chocolate mousse was garnished with shortcake crumbles and cherry sauce. It may look small, but after that huge burger, I was happy to split this dessert with my husband.
Revolution Wines is located at 2831 S Street, and their phone number is 916-444-7711. Their website address is http://rev.wine/, and their Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/revolutionwines/. The restaurant is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.


Over 80% of the population wants to write a book. Are you one of them?
Over 80% of the population wants to write a book. Are you one of them? Have you been thinking of writing a book geared towards your business?
First, I want to say I'm not writing about massive passive income from your book, nor is it about a vanity book for the sake of having a book. But if you're going to write a book, you might as well launch it to Best Seller, right?
Your business needs a book for different reasons. I always say a Best Selling book parallels your business. It needs to take a jump in priority on your list because it gives you ….
All of this means MORE INCOME.
How about putting that all on autopilot? That's just icing on the cake!
So why haven't aren't you done with your Best Selling book yet? What's been holding you back from more clients and more money??
Ok so this is what I hear: I don't have time — it's long and hard, I'm not sure what to say, I don't know how to publish it/get it out there, what if people don't like it, I'm not a good writer, I'm not sure it's going to "work" or do anything …. And on and on…. ever felt like this?
Here's the big question of the day: Are you going to let any of this hold you back from your success and big life? Then why are you allowing whatever excuses are going on your head to rule? Which story are you going to buy? The one that says you can do it or the one that says it's hard and impossible? Because in the end, the only person you need to believe in you IS YOU.
A Best Seller does SO MUCH for you that I can't even describe. People come to me to write their book and they leave with more clarity about their business and life, a changed mindset, a renewed zeal for their business because they've gotten really focused and directed, and the biggest thing is that they've revealed a lot about themselves (that they didn't even know or realize) because now they've written their thoughts and stories on paper. I can't even begin to describe that bonus outcome to you.
Now, I'm going to tell you how you can do this easily and also to share with you what to avoid when writing your book and the afterwards that everyone seems to forget.
What kind of a book you need to write — short read, lead magnet Best Selling book. This means that your book can be read in 2 hours or less, which is about 65 pages. Why? Because people consume easily consumable value. Make your book too long and it will sit on the shelf for 'later'.
Creating the Best Seller as a lead magnet by seeding the book inside and out will help you attract readers that turn into paying clients, and your book can be used in your funnels. Remember, you must seed your book if you want someone to become your client from reading it. Most people don't inherently know how to seed their book, so if you need help with that, get good help because that missing piece will lessen the effectiveness of using your book as a client lead magnet.
How to pick a topic that will get read — know your purpose, know your reader (who is likely also your ideal client), know your secret sauce, and have PASSION for it all. Your book is an answer to your calling. It's your zone of genius. You should be able to talk about it forever, all day long. When you share something that you truly are passionate about, you don't have to worry that it won't get read. People are automatically intrigued with passionate people.
How to finish your book in less than 3 months — Chunk it down. 65 pages is easily written in 65 days. Just think about a page a day. Totally do-able, right? You can even "cheat" a little by looking at blogs you've written, templates, downloads, and webinars and repurpose them. Theme down your chapters — 10 chapters, 6-ish pages each, 3–5 point per theme, 1.5–2 pages per point … DONE in about 2 months. Then use the next month for editing, cover design, uploading to Amazon, etc. So in 3 months – VOILA! You have a book.
How to avoid the biggest mistakes during and after writing your book– Not marketing your book and not using it all over the place in your funnels — this is the crucial missing piece to most book plans (this is part of the purpose of seeding your book). Without a working book funnel, it won't get you clients on autopilot and isn't that the end goal?
If you think that merely writing your book or throwing it out on Amazon will get your book out to your ideal clients, think again. You must start marketing during the writing process, through your (Best Seller) book launch, and then after it's published, for years to come. You can't sit back and think the book is going to work for you. You have to continually leverage your book for more exposure, visibility and clients. It is a tool to grow your business, and it can't do anything for you without your help. Without a strategic plan to use your Best Seller, you might as well not write it. Oh, and don't forget that seeding that I keep mentioning. It can't be missing!
Now here's the thing, I know that this process may still sound scary for some of you. You want that book really really badly…. But this is holding you back. The way to get over that fear and turn it into excitement and motion is to connect to your why. Connect to that desire and figure out why your business and your message, along with the people you are going to touch are so important to you.
And listen, there's another really big thing …. You have a CALLING IN LIFE. I believe we all have a purpose here on this earth and it wasn't to live some mundane rinse and repeat life. It wasn't to hide our gifts, talents and learnings either. There are people waiting for you and only you can fill that spot in their life. You were meant to show up not just to your life but to those other people's lives. Think of the people who have drastically impacted your life for the better — what would your life be like now if you had not met them (or read their books)? Think of the people waiting on YOU.
This is not just about you. It's bigger than you. So go get that book done!
Is Pursuing a "Best-Seller" the Way to Go?


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Science Current Events and Science News | Brightsurf | June 13, 2017
Taking diabetes medications as prescribed, exercising and managing weight
People with diabetes who took their medications at least 80 percent of the time and people who exercised four or more times per week were at lower risk for poorly controlled blood sugar, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits.
Do anti-wrinkle creams work? (video)
Skin can stay firm and stretchy thanks to protein fibers in the tissue beneath the surface.
Researchers found that cellular stress enhances the activation of certain type of immune cells with implications in many chronic inflammatory conditions.
VST captures three-in-one
Two of the sky's more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbour in this enormous new three gigapixel image from ESO's VLT Survey Telescope (VST).
Climate change risk for animals living in prime conditions
The study examined whether birds might be able to evolve to adapt to changes to the natural environment within their range -- the geographical area where the birds nest, feed, migrate and hibernate over the course of their lifetimes.
What drives hacktivism? Weighing the payoffs against the risks
A new study examining factors that contribute to the likelihood of a hacktivist carrying out an attack showed, unexpectedly, that the payoffs are the main predictor, not the risks involved.
Magnets, all the way down!
If you can't move electrons around to study how factors like symmetry impact the larger-scale magnetic effects, what can you do instead?
Genetic variants linked to higher BMI may be protective against Parkinson disease
Genetic variants linked to higher body mass index (BMI) are associated with lower risk of Parkinson disease, according to a study published by Nicholas Wood and colleagues from the University College London, UK, in PLOS Medicine.
A&A special issue: The VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz large project
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a series of articles on the results of the VLA-COSMOS 3 GHz Large Project.
Making art activates brain's reward pathway -- Drexel study
Coloring, doodling and drawing all showed significant bloodflow in the section of the brain related to feeling rewarded, a new study by a Drexel University art therapist found.
New evidence that all stars are born in pairs
Though astronomers have long known that many if not most stars are binaries, the question has always been, Were they born that way, or did one star capture another?
Researchers discover what may be earliest stage of Alzheimer's disease
Older adults with elevated levels of brain-clogging plaques -- but otherwise normal cognition -- experience faster mental decline suggestive of Alzheimer's disease.
Transcranial direct current stimulation improves mental manipulation of body part imagery
The lateral occipito-temporal cortex (LOTC) is known to be involved in the perception of body parts.
Galaxy alignments traced back 10 billion years
A new study led by Michael West of Lowell Observatory and Roberto De Propris of the University of Turku, Finland, reveals that the most massive galaxies in the universe have been aligned with their surroundings for at least ten billion years.
Does access to quality playgrounds vary with a child's socioeconomic status & obesity risk?
A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one US county examined differences in access to playgrounds and associations between youth weight and playground accessibility and quality.
Concussion effects detailed on microscopic level
New research has uncovered details about subcellular-level changes in the brain after concussion that could one day lead to improved treatment.
Research finds link between spacing out and giving up
People whose minds tend to wander are less likely to stick to their long-term goals, according to new research led by the University of Waterloo.
Researchers pinpoint how detecting social signals may have affected how we see colors
The arrangement of the photoreceptors in our eyes allows us to detect socially significant color variation better than other types of color vision, a team of researchers has found.
Study sheds light on determining surgical margins for feline tumors
Researchers are paving the way for more precision in determining surgical margins for an aggressive tumor common in cats by analyzing tissue contraction at various stages of the post-operative examination process.
Shining light on low-energy electrons
The classic method for studying how electrons interact with matter is by analyzing their scattering through thin layers of a known substance.
Can use of a drone improve response times for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests compared to an ambulance
In a study involving simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, drones carrying an automated external defibrillator arrived in less time than emergency medical services, with a reduction in response time of about 16 minutes, according to a study published by JAMA.
Scientists make plastic from sugar and carbon dioxide
Some biodegradable plastics could in the future be made using sugar and carbon dioxide, replacing unsustainable plastics made from crude oil, following research by scientists from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath.
What makes a mother risk her life to protect her children
Faced with imminent danger, parents will defend their young with their own life.
Molecule may help maintain brain's synaptic balance
Many neurological diseases are malfunctions of synapses, or the points of contact between neurons that allow senses and other information to pass from finger to brain.
People 'phone snubbed' by others often turn to phones, social media for acceptance, Baylor study
People who are phone snubbed -- or 'phubbed' -- by others are, themselves, often turning to their smartphones and social media to find acceptance, according to new research from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.
The role of vitamin A in diabetes
There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A -- until now.
Topical drug darkens human skin in a dish without UV
Researchers in Boston have developed a class of small molecules that successfully penetrates and darkens human skin samples in the laboratory.
Discovery by NUS researchers improves understanding of cellular aging and cancer development
A team of researchers led by Dr Dennis Kappei, a Special Fellow from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore, has discovered the role of the protein ZBTB48 in regulating both telomeres and mitochondria, which are key players involved in cellular ageing.
New technology enables effective simultaneous testing for multiple blood-borne pathogens
Identification of new pathogens requires a rapid response from industry to develop new tests and the FDA to assess test safety and efficacy.
Clinical study shows TempTraq detects fevers quicker than the current standard-of-care method
A University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center (UH) study shows TempTraq, a patented, wearable, Bluetooth continuous temperature monitor in the form of a soft, comfortable patch, can detect a rise in body temperature up to 180 minutes earlier, in a majority of patient cases, than the current standard-of-care (SOC) method.
Study shows pharmacists knew more about penicillin allergy than MDs
A new study shows many physicians who treat patients with 'penicillin allergy' listed in their charts may not fully understand important facts about penicillin allergy.
Treating nutritional iron-deficiency anemia in children
In a study published by JAMA, Jacquelyn M. Powers, M.D., M.S., of the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, and colleagues compared two medications, ferrous sulfate and iron polysaccharide complex, for the treatment of nutritional iron-deficiency anemia in infants and children.
Graphene transistor could mean computers that are 1,000 times faster
Transistors based on graphene ribbons could result in much faster, more efficient computers and other devices.
Donor microbes persist two years after fecal transplant to treat C. difficile infection
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor microbes remained in recipients for months or years after a transplant to treat the diarrhea and colitis caused by recurrent Clostridium difficile infections -- a serious and stubborn cause of diarrhea after an antibiotic treatment for some other illness.
Discovery of human blood cell destinies revises knowledge of immune cell development
Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) research has identified a human blood cell type that can only differentiate into monocytes, and is equivalent to mouse cells identified in earlier work.
University of Huddersfield collaborates with Australian firm for scientific research
Dr. Jason Camp is working with Circa Group, who produce the solvent Cyrene, to investigate the potential of a non-toxic and more greener way to produce a wide range of medicines.
Female and male mice suffer, recover from TBI differently
Male mice have much greater brain distress in the week following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) than female mice, including skyrocketing inflammation and nerve cell death, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center.
Cloudy with a chance of radiation: NASA studies simulated radiation
NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) is simulating space radiation on Earth following upgrades to the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new nanoscale memory cell that holds tremendous promise for successful integration with superconducting processors.
Autism risk linked to fever during pregnancy
Fever during pregnancy may raise the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the child, according to a study led by scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
Bed bug awareness poor among US travelers, but reactions are strong
Most US travelers can't identify a bed bug, and yet the pest evokes a stronger response than any other potential hotel-room deficiency -- putting the hospitality industry in a difficult spot.
UMD bioengineers develop new technologies to drive next-generation therapies for MS
Researchers in the University of Maryland Fischell Department of Bioengineering Jewell Laboratory are using quantum dots - tiny semiconductor particles commonly used in nanotechnology - to decipher the features needed to design specific and effective therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases.
Pediatric nurses miss care more often in poor work environments, Penn study finds
In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcome and Policy Research and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia examined the factors influencing the likelihood of missed nursing care in a pediatric setting.
NASA eyed rainfall rates in Tropical Storm Merbok before landfall
Tropical Storm Merbok formed in the South China Sea west of the Philippines on June 11 and made landfall east of Hong Kong, China on June 12.
Clinical trial shows traditional treatment is better for iron-deficiency anemia
A clinical trial compared new and traditional treatments for iron-deficiency anemia and determined that the traditional treatment, ferrous sulfate, can more effectively treat the anemia in young children.
Rare genetic disorders: New approach uses RNA in search for genetic triggers
In about half of all patients with rare hereditary disorders, it is still unclear what position of the genome is responsible for their condition.
Researchers show how a cancer gene protects genome organization
UNC School of Medicine researchers have cracked a long-standing mystery about an important enzyme found in virtually all organisms other than bacteria.
Opioid epidemic hits nearly all age groups in both rural and urban US areas
For this report, we took a regional approach, examining the data on opioid abuse and dependence, including cost information and respective treatment protocols, in five of the largest-populated cities and their respective states, and compared rural and urban areas.
Taking the guesswork out of forensic analysis of fingermarks
Scientists are using lasers to take the mystery out of the process of identifying the chemical compositions of fingermarks at a crime scene.
Elevated brain amyloid level associated with increased likelihood of cognitive decline
Among a group of cognitively normal individuals, those who had elevated levels in the brain of the protein amyloid were more likely to experience cognitive decline in the following years, according to a study published by JAMA.
Researchers repurpose former experimental cancer therapy to treat muscular dystrophy
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) have demonstrated that a drug originally targeted unsuccessfully to treat cancer may have new life as a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Long term exposure to aircraft noise linked to high blood pressure
Long term exposure to aircraft noise, particularly during the night, is linked to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure and possibly heart flutter and stroke as well, suggests research published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Ancient otter tooth found in Mexico suggests mammals migrated across America
An ancient otter tooth recently discovered in Mexico suggests certain mammals migrated across America during the Miocene geologic epoch.
Researchers discover new structures in bacteria, seek to determine function
Using high magnification imaging, a team of researchers has identified several never before seen structures on bacteria that represent molecular machinery.
Autumn Eurasian snow variability in response to atmospheric circulation
investigate the autumn Eurasian snow variability, intending to provide a better understanding of the factors involved in Eurasian snow changes and their impacts on the wintertime Arctic Oscillation.
Immuno-PET shows promise for detecting and treating pancreatic tumors
A first-in-human study presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) demonstrates the feasibility and safety of the novel human monoclonal antibody HuMab-5B1 with highly specific targeting for the cancer antigen (CA) 19-9, which is expressed on pancreatic tumors and a variety of other malignancies, including small cell lung cancer and tumors of the gastrointestinal system.
Research suggests seal oil could help people with Type 1 diabetes
A research team at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre in Toronto has published a paper that suggests seal oil has the potential to help promote nerve regeneration in patients with Type 1 diabetes.
A SMARTer way to discover new stroke treatments
Researchers examined if a particular trial type could be successfully applied to stroke patients -- and whether this approach may accelerate discovery of new treatments.
Human reproduction likely to be more efficient than previously thought
How difficult is it to conceive? According to a widely-held view, fewer than one in three embryos make it to term, but a new study from a researcher at the University of Cambridge suggests that human embryos are not as susceptible to dying in the first weeks after fertilization as often claimed.
NREL-led research effort creates new alloys, phase diagram
A multi-institutional team led by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered a way to create new alloys that could form the basis of next-generation semiconductors.
Makeup of vaginal microbiome linked to preterm birth
In a study of predominantly African-American women -- who have a much higher rate of delivering babies early compared with other racial groups -- researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
3-D-printed patch helps guide growing blood vessels
A research team led by Boston University Biomedical Engineering Professor Christopher Chen is pioneering an infused 3-D-printed patch that guides the growth of new blood vessels, avoiding some of the problems with other approaches to treating ischemia.
Understanding multi-decadal global warming rate changes
The multi-decadal global warming rate changes are primarily attributed to multiple ocean surface temperature changes, according to research by CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics and Australian Bureau of Meteorology and it is the net impact of multiple ocean surface temperature changes, rather than a single ocean basin change, that plays a main driver for the multi-decadal global warming accelerations and slowdowns.
The designation as a Biosphere Reserve improves the life quality of the citizens
The environmental evolution and the socioeconomic and cultural evolution in Urdaibai since it was designated a Biosphere Reserve have been analyzed at the UPV/EHU.
Cognitive-related neural pattern to activate machines
A study conducted by the Spanish universities Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has identified a functional brain pattern linked to cognitive behavior able to activate an iPad's touchscreen.
Major new appetite regulator successfully manipulated in mice
A study from Imperial has found new a link between certain brain receptors and obesity, giving a possible new drug target for appetite regulation.
Stanford researcher sheds light on life of lesbians in Nazi Germany
History doctoral student Samuel Clowes Huneke analyzed several police files from the 1940s that illuminate the limited toleration some lesbians found during the Nazi regime.
Active implants: How gold binds to silicone rubber
Flexible electronic parts could significantly improve medical implants. However, electroconductive gold atoms usually hardly bind to silicones.
Ultrasound for children with abdominal trauma
Despite evidence showing that the routine use of sonography in hospital emergency departments can safely improve care for adults when evaluating for possible abdominal trauma injuries, researchers at UC Davis Medical Center could not identify any significant improvements in care for pediatric trauma patients.
Largest genome-wide study of lung cancer susceptibility identifies new causes
A huge study identified several new variants for lung cancer risk that will translate into improved understanding of the mechanisms involved in lung cancer risk
A docking site per calcium channel cluster
In our brain, information is passed from one neuron to the next at a structure called synapse.
Biologists have always been fascinated by the diversity and changeability of life on Earth and have attempted to answer a fundamental question: How do new species originate?
Spying on fish love calls could help protect them from overfishing
Scientists from The University of Texas Marine Science Institute and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered a way to use the incredibly loud, distinctive sounds that fish make when they gather to spawn to protect them from overfishing.
Why does an anesthetic make us lose consciousness?
Neuroscientists at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen have now discovered that certain areas of the brain generate less information when under anesthesia.
Body contouring is only for the rich and insured
Only a small percentage of obese patients who have undergone bariatric surgery to help them control their weight follow up this procedure with further plastic surgery to reshape their bodies and remove excess rolls of skin.
A seaweed derivative could be just what lithium-sulfur batteries need
Lithium-sulfur batteries have great potential as a low-cost, high-energy, energy source for both vehicle and grid applications.
Altered virus may expand patient recruitment in human gene therapy trials
For many patients, participating in gene therapy clinical trials isn't an option because their immune system recognizes and fights the helpful virus used for treatment.
Gut check: A molecule that balances the immune system in the gut
In the May 19, 2017 issue of Scientific Reports, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina identified a fundamental way immune cells in the gut learn the difference between good and bad microbes.
Scientists discover more effective, and potentially safer, crystallized form of DDT
A team of scientists has discovered a new crystal form of DDT that is more effective against insects than the existing one.
ARPA-E making progress toward achieving mission, says new assessment
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is making progress toward achieving its statutory mission and goals, says a new congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Fighting fire blight and detecting Salmonella
ETH researchers have created an effective weapon against the plant disease fire blight and a new method for detection of Salmonella.
Mass. General-led study replicates tanning response in cultured human skin
Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a way of increasing pigmentation in human skin without the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation.
Hope for better lung cancer treatment on horizon
The researchers demonstrated a better way to recruit the right participants for promising new anti-cancer drugs called FGFR (fibroblast growth factor receptor) inhibitors, which are being investigated for treating lung squamous cell carcinoma.
Single dual time-point PET scan identifies dual Alzheimer's biomarkers
Identifying Alzheimer's disease before major symptoms arise is critical to preserving brain function and helping patients maintain quality of life.
Scientists reverse mechanism of fatty liver disease
Researchers have identified the mechanism which causes a build-up of fat in the liver in a disease affecting one in five in the UK -- and were able to reverse it in a mouse model.
From Genome Research: Environmental pressures on opportunistic fungal pathogen
With an estimated one million cases diagnosed worldwide each year, the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, which can cause life-threatening fungal infections in immunocompromised patients, is an important health concern.
When the rubber hits the road: Recycled tires create stronger concrete
UBC engineers have developed a more resilient type of concrete using recycled tires that could be used for concrete structures like buildings, roads, dams and bridges while reducing landfill waste.
Risky bingeing: Women in Appalachian Ohio report higher rates of alcohol misuse
How much alcohol women drink may depend on where they live.
Researchers advocate statistical approach to search for Earth-like planets
A team of astronomers at the University of Chicago and Grinnell College seeks to change the way scientists approach the search for Earth-like planets orbiting stars other than the sun.
Study provides further support for genetic factors underlying addictions
Impairment of a particular gene raises increases susceptibility to opioid addiction liability as well as vulnerability to binge eating according to a new study.
Argonne X-rays used to help identify a key Lassa virus structure
Research done at Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source was vital to the process of identifying the structure, which provides a guide for designing a Lassa virus vaccine.
Media microaggressions against female olympic thletes Up 40 percent
Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Journalism have found that microaggressions against female athletes in the media increased by nearly 40 percent from the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Mosquito-killing fungi engineered with spider and scorpion toxins could help fight malaria
A new study from the University of Maryland and colleagues from Burkina Faso, China and Australia suggests that a mosquito-killing fungus genetically engineered to produce spider and scorpion toxins could serve as a highly effective biological control mechanism to fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
NASA's Aqua satellite sees Tropical Depression Calvin soak Mexico
Tropical Depression 3E briefly strengthened into a tropical storm and was renamed Calvin before it made landfall in southwestern Mexico.
Study sheds light on Neanderthal-Homo sapiens transition
Archaeologists at The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Sydney have provided a window into one of the most exciting periods in human history -- the transition between Neanderthals and modern humans.
Loneliness contributes to self-centeredness for sake of self-preservation
Research conducted over more than a decade indicates loneliness increases self-centeredness and, to a lesser extent, self-centeredness also increases loneliness.
Small scale, big improvements
Chemical reactions that make improvements in water purification and batteries possible occur at scales too small to see.
US aid to combat malaria in Africa is associated with reduced risk of childhood mortality
In a study published in PLOS Medicine, Aleksandra Jakubowski of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US, and colleagues show that funding from the US President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) in 19 sub-Saharan African countries was associated with a 16 person reduction in the annual risk of under-five child mortality in the years following introduction of the Initiative.
Photopower for microlabs
Miniaturized devices such as microsensors often require an independent, equally miniaturized power supply.
'Big Food' companies have less power than you might think
A Dartmouth study finds that 'Big Food' companies are striving to make food more sustainable from farm to factory but have less power than you might think.
VLA gives new insight into galaxy cluster's spectacular 'mini-halo'
New images give an unprecedented view, revealing multitude of new substructures that shed light on mechanisms creating the massive radio-emitting structure.
Uterine fibroid embolization helps restore fertility
A minimally invasive treatment can help restore fertility in women with uterine fibroids, according to a new study.
Assembly failure
The most frequent genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia -- rare and related neurological disorders marked by progressive deterioration of motor or cognitive abilities -- may be due to errors in RNA splicing, an intermediary step for translating genetic instructions into functional proteins.
Emphasizing individual solutions to big issues can reduce support for government efforts
Experiments by political science graduate student Seth Werfel suggest that making individuals aware of how they can help solve large-scale problems makes them less likely to support government-based solutions.
E. coli bacteria's defense secret revealed
By tagging a cell's proteins with fluorescent beacons, Cornell researchers have found out how E. coli bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics and other poisons.
Ammonia on-demand? Alternative production method for a sustainable future
Highly efficient ammonia synthesis at room temperature, with the highest yield ever reported, was achieved by researchers from Waseda University and Nippon Shokubai Co.
The importance of time and space in brain development and disease
New research shows time and space during brain maturation are critical and better understanding of these physical changes could lead to new treatments and better diagnosis of a variety of conditions.
Charred flowers and the fossil record
One of the main types of fossil used to understand the first flowering plants (angiosperms) are charred flowers.
Silver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensors
Researchers have now managed to pinpoint what happens when light is absorbed by extremely small nanoclusters of silver atoms.
Hot rocks, not warm atmosphere, led to relatively recent water-carved valleys on Mars
Some scientists have interpreted water-carved valleys on Mars formed within the last few billion years as a sign of either an active groundwater system or of transient warm periods in the atmosphere.
International study identifies new genetic risk factors for testicular cancer
Moffitt researcherslaunched a large analysis of five major testicular cancer studies to investigate genetic risk factors linked to TGCT.
'Overturning established fact' leads to new new target in MLL-rearranged leukemia
A University of Colorado Cancer Center paper published today in the journal Cancer Cell challenges existing understanding of potential therapeutic targets in MLL-translocation leukemia.
Helium droplets offer new precision to single-molecule laser measurement
Chemical reactions necessarily involve molecules coming together, and the way they interact can depend on how they are aligned relative to each other.
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When a 6yo child has never met their grandparent . . .
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Helping DS & us get ready for next child after 6 yr gap.


Thanks to Donna and Stu for fair and supportive assessments.
This weekend Gwilym has been at Quantock Lodge running a NRASTC (National Rescue Award for Swim Teaches and Coaches) for us as we are a RLSS Approved Training Provider. Well done to all 7 candidates who passed following an independent assessment by Andy and Andy.


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China denounces US' planned F-16 sale to Taiwan
Beijing warns of countermeasures if $11b sale of fighter jets proceeds
A US-made F-16 fighter jet launching a flare during a military drill in Taiwan's Pingtung county in May. Washington is the main arms supplier to Taiwan and Beijing has repeatedly denounced US arms sales to the island. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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WASHINGTON • China has denounced the planned US$8 billion (S$11 billion) sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, one of the biggest yet by the United States to the self-ruled island, which Beijing considers a renegade province.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said Beijing had made solemn representations to the US over the planned sale.
China's state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Ms Hua as saying that it was a serious violation of the "one China" principle, under which Washington recognises Beijing and not Taipei, and undermined China's sovereignty and security interests.
Ms Hua urged the US to stop arms sales to and military contact with Taiwan. Otherwise, the Chinese side would "certainly take countermeasures", Xinhua said.
Leading US Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Friday that Congress should move quickly with the sale as Taiwan faces pressure from China's increased military presence in the region.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jim Risch, a Republican, welcomed the proposed sale of the Lockheed Martin Corp F-16V jets.
"These fighters are critical to improving Taiwan's ability to defend its sovereign airspace, which is under increasing pressure from the People's Republic of China," he said in a statement.
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mr Jim Inhofe, and fellow Republican Senator John Cornyn said Taiwan "remains an important pillar of security and stability" in the region.
The sale of the jets would "deter aggression given Beijing's increasing assertiveness and military build-up", they said in a joint statement.
Similarly, the Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Eliot Engel, and the panel's ranking Republican, Mr Michael McCaul, said in a joint statement that the deal "sends a strong message" about US commitment to security and democracy in the region.
China repeats warning to US against arms sale to Taiwan
US says Taiwan defence spending to rise with China threat
Taiwan holds military drills, vows to defend against Chinese aggression
Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, both Republicans, also issued statements backing the deal.
Washington has no formal ties with self-ruled and democratic Taiwan but is bound by law to help provide it with the means to defend itself.
It is the main arms supplier to Taiwan and there is broad support for this in Congress.
China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control and has repeatedly denounced US arms sales to the island.
The New York Times on Friday quoted unnamed US officials as saying that the Trump administration, which is engaged in a major trade war with China, was moving forward with the sale and said the State Department gave informal notification of the plan to the House and Senate foreign affairs committees on Thursday.
The paper said that once those committees gave the go-ahead, which would probably come within days or weeks, there would follow a formal notification to Congress, which would trigger a 30-day period for objections.
The State Department and White House declined to comment.
After the US-approved sales of tanks and Raytheon's anti-aircraft Stinger missiles to Taiwan last month, China said it was "ready to go to war" if people "try to split Taiwan from the country".
Beijing said it would impose sanctions on US companies involved in any deals.
On Thursday, Taiwan unveiled its largest defence spending increase in more than a decade, to NT$411.3 billion (S$18.2 billion).
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on August 18, 2019, with the headline China denounces US' planned F-16 sale to Taiwan. Subscribe
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Immigration minister meets with youth group, plays soccer
Canada's immigration minister laced up his sneakers and worked up a sweat playing indoor soccer with a group of immigrant and refugee teens on Friday in Vancouver, following a meeting with the youth group.
Minister Ahmed Hussen sat down with the group of young people, called Fresh Voices, who had all experienced the immigrant or refugee settlement process in Canada.
The teens shared their recommendations, thoughts and questions with the minister, who arrived in Canada from Somalia as an unaccompanied refugee when he was 16.
"I'm always prepared to listen to people on the ground who are accessing the system, whether it's refugee loans or other issues related to immigration, to see what we can do better," said Hussen after the closed-door meeting.
"We had a great conversation around services that are accessed by refugee and newcomer youth, how those services sometime help, but sometimes miss the unique needs of refugee and newcomer youth," he said.
The minister said he gained insight into the struggles some recently-arrived families have with things like learning a new language.
"Some of the issues that came up are that people are busy making a living and working minimum wage jobs to support themselves and their families, so they may not have the time to access language programs," said Hussen.
Golsa Golestaneh, 19, came to Canada as a government-assisted refugee after leaving Iran in 2012 and spending two years in Turkey.
She didn't get a chance to ask the question she had about possibly losing her permanent resident status if she goes back to Iran for a visit, but she was happy that the minister seemed interested in the issues around language classes.
But Golestaneh said she wasn't entirely satisfied with the answers the group got from Hussen.
"When it comes to the responses that you get from politicians, it's always kind of tricky," she said. "I'm never satisfied with political responses, because it's never really honest."
"I would be satisfied if I see him taking something away from this meeting, rather than whatever he shared with us."
But Hana Woldeyes, 19, who immigrated to Canada from Ethiopia with her two older brothers in 2013, seemed impressed by the meeting with Hussen.
"It has been wonderful," Woldeyes said. "He answered most of our questions and we talked about some of the recommendations that Fresh Voices had."
"It was awesome having him here and then looking up to him in general. He has walked in our shoes and we're following his footsteps, so it has been great," she said.
Sajedeh Zaki, 17, who originally came from Afghanistan, was also generally happy with the meeting.
"It was absolutely lovely to be sitting with a federal political character right next to us and talk about important topics to make a change," said Zaki, who asked Hussen whether refugee and immigrant services are indefinite, or if they run out.
"He mentioned that no, you can have those service that are for immigrants and refugees up until you're a citizen," she said, adding that some stuff didn't get addressed.
"He didn't really touch upon the family reunification, which is also really, really, important."
As for the minister's soccer skills, Woldeyes was impressed.
"Oh, he's good, yeah he was really good," she said. "I challenged him a bit."
This article by Rafferty Baker originally appeared on CBC on 7 Apr 2017
In 2012, Canada resettled 26% fewer refugees than in 2011.


Two time Super Bowl winning NFL Coach Tom Coughlin and author, beauty expert and cancer survivor Caitlin Kiernan discuss the lessons they learned from cancer and how they share them with others in the hope of making people's lives better as they face the challenges of a cancer diagnosis. Coach Tom Coughlin talks about the foundation he established, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation. Caitlin Kiernan tells us about her book Pretty Sick- The Beauty Guide For Women with Cancer, How to look your best when you feel your worst.


Track #4 on Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' tenth studio album The Boatman's Call.
Brompton Oratory is a large Catholic church in the heart of London, in Knightsbridge.
6. Are You the One That I've Been Waiting For?


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The 1996–97 Pilkington Cup was the 26th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition. Leicester won the competition defeating Sale in the final. The event was sponsored by Pilkington and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.

Draw and results

First round (Sep 14)

Second round (Oct 12)

Progressed to next round by virtue of scoring more tries*

Third round (Nov 2)

Fourth round (Dec 21 & 22)

Fifth round (Jan 25 & 26)

Quarter-finals (Feb 22 & 23)

Semi-finals (Mar 29)

Final

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1996–97 rugby union tournaments for clubs
1996–97 in English rugby union

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Sinks that are slow to drain.
Frequent need to plunge toilets.
Standing water in showers or tubs.
Fouls odors coming from the drain.
A backup in the sink when running the dishwasher.
In the past, drain clogs were addressed by inserting a drain snake to remove enough of the clog to allow water to flow freely. This method is ineffective because it does not address the real cause of drain clogs. While debris such as hair, paper products and sanitary items contribute to a drain clog, there is also another factor to consider: build-up. Build-up along the walls of your drains accumulates over time from the residue in dirty water. As the build-up grows, it restricts water flow and catches items along the drain line. A drain snake will remove the stuck item, but not the build-up. This means without water jetting, you'll be running into another clog sooner rather than later.
High pressure water jetting addresses both the item clogging the drain and the buildup on the walls of the drain. We use specialized nozzles that are inserted into the drain and blast high-pressured water into the system. The water removes both the clog and the buildup, restoring your drains back to their original diameter. High pressure water jetting is the only method that truly cleans and removes the entire clog.
Less chance of reoccurring clogs.
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Optional field trips (May 22): Campus tours with a sustainability theme will be held throughout the day (bring comfortable walking shoes, water bottle, and be prepared for the weather conditions as appropriate). Further details to be announced.
A variety of accommodation options are supported by the SHECA 2018 Planning Committee, and which meet required sustainability goals: visit https://www.mcgill.ca/travelservices/accommodations/mcgill-official-hotel-program-montreal-west-island/paid-guest or https://www.mcgill.ca/accommodations/summer.
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Q: php replacing old code with DateTime class I have a function that creates time intervals between two time marks. The function works but I'm struggling to upgrade from strtotime() and use the DateTime class.
Below is a patch of code I wrote without getting errors
$timestart = new DateTime("14:00:00");
$timestop = new DateTime("20:00:00");
$date_diff = $timestop->diff($timestart);
$time_diff = $date_diff->format('%H');

Next is the entire code untouched. I get DateInterval could not be converted to int erros using the code above. Please kindly advise how to correctly implement the class.
Live example: http://codepad.org/jSFUxAnp
function timemarks()
    {

        //times are actually retrieved from db
        $timestart = strtotime("14:00:00");
        $timestop = strtotime("20:00:00");

        $time_diff = $timestop - $timestart; //time difference

        //if time difference equals negative value, it means that $timestop ends second day
        if ($time_diff <= 0)
        {
            $timestop = strtotime( '+1 day' , strtotime( $row->timestop ) ); //add 1 day and change the timetsamp
            $time_diff = $timestop - $timestart;
        }

        //create interval
        $split = 3;
        $interval = $time_diff/$split;

        //get all timemarks
        $half_interval = $interval / 2;
        $mid = $timestart + $half_interval;
        for ( $i = 1; $i < $split; $i ++) {
            //round intervals
            $round_mid = round($mid / (15 * 60)) * (15 * 60);
            $result .= date('H:i:s', $round_mid) . ", ";
            $mid += $interval;
        }
        $round_mid = round($mid / (15 * 60)) * (15 * 60);
        $result .= date('H:i:s', $round_mid);

        return $result;
    }

outputs 15:00:00, 17:00:00, 19:00:00

A: Actually you're using DateTime, these are just aliases for creating DateTime instances
The equivalent would look like this:
$timestart = new DateTime("14:00:00");
$timestop = new DateTime("20:00:00");
$date_diff = $timestop->diff($timestart);
$time_diff = $date_diff->format('%H');

So this has to work, I tested it and I got correct results!


Kathmandu, June 10: World Bank's Country Director for Nepal, Qimiao Fan called on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today and reaffirmed support for the priorities and programs of the new government. Fan was accompanied at the meeting by the World Bank's new Country Manager Faris Hadad-Zervos.
Fan informed the Prime Minister that the World Bank Group is preparing a new Country Partnerships Framework to align with the tenure and priorities of the new government. He said the Bank is fully behind Nepal in its efforts at institutionalizing federalism, according to a statement issued by the WB in Nepal.


We are happy to announce a new release of our extension, AS3 Manager. This extension package for Joomla! 3 allows you to manage your Amazon S3 objects and buckets from your Joomla admin. You can upload and delete objects, and create and delete buckets. You can create download files and packages (consisting of multiple files), for free or for sale. If you want to sell digital downloads you can use our download plugin for Virtuemart which is compatible with AS3 Manager.
The latest is a maintenance release which includes some new features. It concentrates on imroving the workflow, by making it much quicker to create downloads by bulk importing them into Joomla. Note that the files themselves remain hosted on your cloud host, by creating downloads you are creating a matching records in Joomla which allow you to control access to the files. Now you can do this for multiple files with a couple of clicks. The process is explained here.
Version 2.1.1 fixes some issues with browser caching and Cloudflare caching. Thanks to David Hayes for the contribution.


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The discography of Irish new wave group The Boomtown Rats consists of seven studio albums, seven compilation albums, 23 singles and three video albums. The Boomtown Rats' debut release was the 1977 single "Lookin' After No. 1" which was originally written by frontman Bob Geldof in 1975 while waiting for his local unemployment office to open in his native Dun Laoghaire then a major port an hour south of central Dublin. The group's next single "Mary of the 4th Form" was released in the same year, along with their self-titled debut album.

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Welcome to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery - Explore the art, history and heritage of the Highlands!
Learn about Scottish history and discover how the Highlands are linked with the rest of the world. Experience Highland contemporary art and crafts - or just browse around before enjoying a cup of tea in our newly renovated Cafe. We've just carried out an extension and refurbishment which will give you a bigger and brighter cafe area and a bigger shop offering a wider selection of gifts.
Our new winter opening hours are: Tuesday - Friday 12:00-16:00 and Saturday 11:00-16:00. Now we'll be open five days a week all year round, giving you even more days to come and visit our exhibitions, not forgetting the new look shop and cafe!


Less than a month since the release of his fifth studio album, Scorpion, Award winning Canadian rapper, Drake has made a record breaking achievement of getting 10 billion streams on Apple music and being the first featured artist to do so.
Contrary to reports that claimed Drake was missing out on over a half million dollars due to not making Scorpion available in the form of physical copies for purchase – 10 billion streams seems to be equal if not more profitable than the projected income of physical albums sales.
Apple music has since congratulated the rapper for his new achievement.


The pilot project of building three stretches of road with plastic waste proving successful, Himachal government will now use the entire plastic waste collected in the last month for road surfacing.
The entire plastic waste (1,381 quintals) would be used for laying plastic-bitumen mix roads in the state. This waste would be sufficient to tar a stretch of 138 km a government spokesperson said.
The State Pollution Control Board in collaboration with the Public Works Department had built three road stretches on a pilot basis by using shredded plastic waste on the outskirts of Shimla.
The results have been good in the past four months as there was no major damage to the roads laid by using plastic-asphalt mix. The plastic blend helps in lowering the cost of tarring and increases the durability of roads because of higher binding strength of plastic.
Experts say if plastic waste could be mixed up to 15 percent, this would lead to saving of equivalent quantity of asphalt, reducing the overall construction cost. The plastic waste replaces 10 to 15 percent of the bitumen and thus saves Rs.35,000 to Rs.45,000 per km of road surfacing.
On Oct 2, 2009 Himachal Pradesh Government banned production and sale of all types of polythene based items made of non-biodegradable materials.
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This id definately some radical thinking. Way to go.
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Is it really safe? I mean it could contaminate the water & land in the long term when road breaks up or gets washed away in few years. and that will be much more hazardous thing. May be… I'm wrong.


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Software development kit functionality is a big reason why developers flock to Amazon Web Services. AWS public cloud supports a range of SDKs and programming languages.
Part of Amazon Web Services' popularity stems from its openness and orientation toward APIs. In fact, AWS is the focal point of what's being increasingly referred to as the API economy.
When users need to dig a little deeper into Amazon Web Services (AWS) functionality, they must also examine the vast ecosystem of software development kits (SDKs) that AWS offers to help developers do more with its public cloud services.
Amazon SDK is very much a plural phenomenon, with 10 primary SDKs listed. Individual SDK variations cover major languages such as Java, Ruby and Python. It also supports newer languages designed for distributed processing, such as Go, and mobile platforms like Android and iOS.
"SDKs may feel more familiar to programmers used to working with a particular language," said Dan Sullivan, a consultant with DS Applied Technologies. "The Python SDK is used like other Python packages."
The key is that capabilities provided by the SDKs mean there is "no need to work with REST (representational state transfer) operations directly," Sullivan said.
SDKs encapsulate API functions; much of what can be done with REST APIs can be done in SDKs. And SDKs work well with Eclipse -- a free, complex integrated development environment that is relevant for Java -- as well as Visual Studio.
AWS SDKs provide downloadable working code systems as well as working examples that highlight specific features.
They really just provide special sauce to wrap the APIs.
"I spent three or four years working with AWS before going to Dell," said Andrew Siemer, chief architect at Austin-based software engineering firm Clear Measure. "Then, when I came to Clear Measure, we spent a lot of time trying to make Microsoft Azure work the way we wanted, but we weren't really succeeding.
"There is a big difference between AWS and Azure cloud," Siemer added. "Amazon, from Day One, was always driven by APIs; it was an early service in the economy that is now powered by APIs."
At Amazon, Siemer said, it is more or less a "fireable" offense to go around the APIs. While Azure has mostly caught up with Amazon's API approach, he said, the Amazon approach goes deeper.
From an SDK perspective, Amazon treats the APIs as the first SDK, meaning you can start right there. SDKs are there to provide depth.
"If something is not expressed in the API, you can go back to the SDK," Siemer said. "We have come so far in building apps that most things are now expressed via some code based on the SDK." Depending on the specifics of each language, there is a good chance an AWS SDK will have something for you. "They really just provide special sauce to wrap the APIs," he said.
Many Web services are to be found under the AWS umbrella, said Tony LaFrance, senior software designer at Embotics, a cloud management software vendor that incorporates the AWS SDK into its products. "The SDK is pretty large," he said. "Most of what we did first was integration with [Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)]. As our product grew, we added even more services from AWS."
Users can accomplish a lot through the AWS Management Console. Even so, most functionality is exposed through APIs so that businesses can incorporate it into their products and workflows.
Embotics uses the SDK for EC2 and for Amazon Simple Storage Service. Other AWS tools help with load balancing and other tasks. AWS also has automated tools that allow users to do additional provisioning or to tear down resources.
AWS offers an abundance of documentation online, much of it specifically focused on developers using SDKs. This makes it easy to find examples related to what you want to do.
"The whole point of an SDK is to be open to allowing you to build your own functionality," LaFrance said. "It is there so you can build something that Amazon didn't necessarily think of or doesn't see the benefit of doing, but where it would benefit your business application."
Documentation to help users is generally easy to find. In the worst case, if even that is not available, it is still easy to test SDK functionality and make any necessary adjustments.
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Nevertheless, the premise of how to calculate sales revenue is a topic that can seem deceptively simple or fiendishly tricky, depending on the complexity of the business and how much detail you delve into. To fix this, here's a primer on everything you need to know to work out revenue correctly.
Revenue: why it's bad practice to cross the streams
Revenue means the income that a business receives from selling its products or services, as opposed to, for instance, profit from its investments in other companies or a one-off transaction unrelated to its everyday trading. An example here is selling-off obsolete machinery previously used in the business.
A business should describe those types of income as 'other revenue' or even 'extraordinary revenue'. In practice, it's not uncommon to blend them together but the focus of this post is to discuss the broad principles involved in how to work out total revenues rather than to debate whether to merge streams.
In reality, the main reason some businesses owners bundle various types of revenue together, aside from simplicity, is to make the top-line of their income statements look impressive to investors. This dark art is a shady way to make a meagre gross profit margin suddenly seem more palatable.
How to work out sales revenue?
Revenue is a beast with many faces. It's often called sales turnover, total sales, or sometimes, sales revenue. These terms are broadly understood to mean the same thing but we cover the precise differences between turnover and revenue here.
The next decision is to decide which flavour of sales revenue suits your purpose. Do you want to see a snapshot of how much revenue the business generated over a given period? Or do you prefer to analyse the precise effect of a specific price promotion within the monthly management accounts?
The raw total for sales revenue is known as the gross revenue. However, once a business deducts the cost of promotional discounts or product refunds, this will reveal a more insightful figure called the net revenue or net sales. We cover the principles of net revenue calculation in full here.
Whenever a business records its revenue for VAT purposes, the net figure is the one to use. The business should also exclude any sums collected on behalf of third parties. Some of these exclusions are obvious (e.g. VAT applied to sales) while others are less so. For example, a travel agency that collects funds on behalf of a boutique hotel should only record as revenue the commission it earns on these transactions. The money the agency collects on behalf of its principal (i.e. hotel) isn't revenue.
Going back to basics for a moment, many people describe the revenue formula as the number of units that a business sells (or its amount of customers) multiplied by the selling price per unit of its goods or services. This overview of the basic calculation will only provide a credible result once you grasp the mechanics of how and when to record revenue in the business accounts.
Brace yourself, as this next section is a rollercoaster. Ride out the rest of this post and you will understand why revenue and cash are two separate ideas. This knowledge will serve you well.
What is the revenue recognition principle?
If you hand over a fistful of change to your local fruiterer for grapes, it's obvious when the transaction occurs. The revenue gets formally recognised as the moment the goods and money change hands.
But what if this is a wholesale deal with credit terms? Or an online purchase where the product ships weeks after the payment? And if it's a contract handled over many months, such as the manufacture of a bespoke drill or the development of custom software, the whole concept grows much less clear.
Here is where the revenue recognition principle kicks-in. These guidelines describe how a business should record a transaction in its accounts and, crucially, in which period it must record this revenue.
Let's begin simply. Many SMEs choose to run their accounts on a cash basis. This idea means the business recognises its revenue based on the date when it receives the payment for a sale, irrespective of other factors, such as the invoice date for the transaction.
Even so, most businesses prefer the accruals principle of revenue recognition over the cash-based one, as this provides a more accurate picture of financial performance. Despite the cute name, an accrual is not a small, furry, animal. Instead, this describes a flexible method to determine the moment when revenue should be recorded or, sometimes, spread over a period. Here's how it works…
When is the moment of recognition?
Whenever a business sells its goods or services, there are several key dates in the process, as shown below. The question is: at which point should the business recognise this new revenue?
Customer accepts a quote and order is confirmed
Goods shipped to customer
Invoice sent to customer
Customer pays first instalment
Customer pays final instalment
The rules on this head-scratching topic were changed in 2018 by the Financial Reporting Council in its IFRS15 document. For a straightforward transaction, the broad premise is recognition occurs at the point that ownership of the goods transfers to the customer for a mutually agreed amount of revenue.
Naturally, this is a greatly simplified explanation of the actual five-step process outlined in IFRS15, which is designed to cover every type of transaction. All five stages are listed below and also helpfully summarised by ACCA (i.e. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) here.
1. Identify the contract
2. Identify separate performance obligations
3. Determine the transaction price
4. Allocate the transaction price to performance obligations
5. Recognise revenue when each performance obligation is satisfied
How does revenue recognition work in the real world?
The takeaway is that for complex deals and, in particular, when a business provides a service over an extended period, you need to consider carefully when the revenue is recognised and how to treat this.
In many situations, the date of recognition is academic but not always. If a transaction straddles more than one year, it can affect the annual corporation tax the business owes. This is fiddly when a refund occurs several months after the original transaction. For instance, if you sell a sofa in January and it is returned six months later due to a manufacturing fault, the refund should be reflected in the period this relates to and not applied retrospectively. In other words, the refund is recorded in the June accounts.
There are scenarios when revenue recognition doesn't happen at a specific moment and is said to occur over a longer period of time instead. We cover this specific point and other aspects of how the new IFRS revenue formula applies to real-world situations here. Meet you on the other side.
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A new coalition wants to make the college application process more accessible and understandable for high school students. Private and public universities from across the nation are coming together to form the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success—a new online portal that will help streamline the college application process free of charge.
There are 80 institutions across the country that have joined to form the coalition, but Boston College is not one of them. BC officials are currently reviewing the benefits of joining the coalition before making a final decision.
Many Boston-area colleges and universities like Amherst College, Harvard University, Tufts University, and, most recently, Northeastern University have agreed to join this national movement that hopes to provide students with all of the necessary tools to ensure that they present a competitive and comprehensive application when they apply for admission to college.
The new website, which will launch in the summer of 2016, aims to improve the current application process by giving students of all economic backgrounds access to planning tools that will help bridge the opportunity gap between higher and lower income students. By providing a supportive platform free of charge, the group believes that "early engagement supports under-resourced students during the preparation process," according to its newsletter.
The website itself is currently still in the works, but among its key features will be a collaboration platform, an application portal, and what the coalition calls "the locker"—a tool available to students that will help them to privately collect select classwork, awards, journals, and letters of recommendation, among other documents.
The locker aims to be a place where students can keep all of his or her documents organized in one place and can be accessed as early as freshman year of high school.
In order to become a part of the coalition, public institutions must provide low-cost education to in-state students, while private ones must commit to meeting 100 percent of the demonstrated need of domestic students.
When asked about BC's position in relation to the coalition, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Nanci Tessier said that BC became aware of preliminary discussions regarding the possible new application in the fall of 2014.
One of the most discussed aspects of the new online portal has been the virtual locker and the potential benefits it can afford students across the nation.
A main reason many institutions have joined the effort has been the prospect of both presenting students with the tools necessary to put them on the path to go to college while also ensuring that they can go to an affordable college, according to the coalition's newsletter.
Being a part of the coalition, however, will also increase each institution's national exposure, an attractive prospect for BC.


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The wingspan is about 11 mm for males and 13–16 mm for females. The forewings are sordid greyish white or ochreous white, densely suffused and irrorated with grey and dark fuscous, more so along the costa and especially on the posterior sixth of the wing. There is a rather faint, sinuate and vertical transverse darker grey fascia at three-fourths, the upper fourth straight and darker, the lower three-fourths strongly convex posteriorly, suffused and fainter. This fascia is suffusedly edged with paler posteriorly. There is a series of faint darker dots along the costa before the apex, in the apex and along the termen to the tornus and the base of the costa is suffused with blackish. A faint darker spot is found on the costa before the middle and there are two round black dots in an inwards-oblique series in the disc beyond the base. There is also a large, conspicuous black spot in the fold before one-third, sometimes reaching the dorsal edge and rising above the middle of the disc. The second discal stigma is very small, before two-thirds, with a small elongate mark right below it, sometimes beyond it. The hindwings are glossy pale bronze grey, finely irrorated with fuscous, more so towards apex.

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8th June will be another big date to mark on your calendar since the irreversible Brexit vote.
This summer, the showdown between the Conservative Party, Labour Party and other political parties is inevitable. This snap election is politically-charged and the national interest of the country is once again at stake. Perhaps it may produce an unsurprising result or deliver another shocker following the Brexit. As a British-Chinese community, what can we expect from the political parties if we were to cast our vote? Unbeknownst to many of us, Chinese for Labour believes supporting the Labour Party ensures our voice, as a community, will be heard.
About The Chinese for Labour Group
Formed in 1999, Chinese for Labour is a UK political group that strives to become the voice of the British-Chinese community – one of the fastest growing non-European ethnic groups in the UK. As the group is affiliated with the UK's Labour Party, it shares the same mantra: by the strength of our common endeavour, we achieve more than we achieve alone; as well as the strong sentiment on building a fairer Britain for the masses and not for the few. Chinese for Labour runs in tandem with the main party but is driven by the strong purpose of promoting the interests of the Chinese people in the Labour Party and improving the quality of life of the Chinese community in Britain.
The party also hopes to…:
• Increase the recruitment of Chinese people to the Labour Party
• Increase the involvement and representation of Chinese people within the Labour Party
• Increase Chinese support for the Labour Party at elections
With over 500,000 British-Chinese in the UK, Chinese for Labour's main focus this year is to encourage more young British-Chinese – the voice of a new generation – to get actively involved with the organisation, and to get the Chinese votes out and to "expose this morally corrupt Conservative government" (Sonny Leong).
In a recent article, Seven Weeks to Expose Seven Years of Broken Conservative Promises, Sonny Leong CBE (currently the Chair for Chinese for Labour, a member of the Development Board of Labour Party 1000 Club and the director of Left Foot Forward), sees the General Election as "unnecessary", believing it to be move to secure Theresa May's position and power within her Party.
The executive board also consists of Ashton McGregor (the Vice Chair, who was a former Chair of Chinese for Labour and Labour councillor), Dr Jayne Lim (Vice Chair). Vincent Lo (Treasurer), Chris Ng (Secretary), Alex Chair (Membership Secretary), Lady Katy Blair (Women Officer), Dr Stephen Lui Nam Ng (Press Officer), Alvin Shum (Communications officer), Peter Wong (Welsh Officer) and Chris Chen (Committee Member)
So how can Chinese for Labour help the Chinese community?
Owen Jones, a journalist from The Guardian, had highlighted the "need to talk about Theresa May". Many would think she appeared to be safe but she was the politician who wanted Britain to leave the European convention on human rights, voted against the adoption for same-sex couples, against an equal age of consent, keeping a record of 12 months' internet activity for each person and the politician who sent those 'Go Home' vans around the ethnically mixed communities (as eloquently listed in the video). Stirring those far right sentiments, Theresa May is said to have also appointed the most right-wing government since the war.
How does that affect the British-Chinese community itself? Plenty. Currently, the Conservative austerity programme has cut funding for the Chinese community centres. The recent high profile funding cut of the Westminster Chinese Library, which holds the largest Chinese collection of Chinese books in the UK and is managed by a Chinese-speaking Chinese Community library, is a major blow to our community – affecting jobs, and our access and service to this public collection. Chinese for Labour will fight to save these community centres all around the UK by lobbying the main Labour party.
Chinese for Labour hopes to champion the rights of the Chinese and lobby the main party to make or change policies that directly benefit the Chinese in the UK, for example:
a) The Labour party has a compassionate stance on immigration so that genuine needs can be met such as, hiring a chef from China or getting a spouse visa.
b) With the Conservative party leaning increasingly to the right, there has been a 20% increase in hate crimes targeting ethnic minorities such as the Chinese community. Labour will be put a stop to this by recruiting 10,000 more police offices. Under Theresa May, the police have lost 20,000 officers.
c) The Labour Party vows to reduce hate crime by taking a reasonable stance on immigration and non-white people. This is very much needed in an ethnically diverse nation. If you have been a victim of hate crime, you would know the feeling of being forced to become an outsider in a place you call home. Is this the country you want to continue living in?
d) The Chinese are well known for looking after their elders and that means we have to save the NHS against being underfunded. This is what a Labour government will do.
Chinese for Labour is hoping to reach out to the British-Chinese community and urging it to play a part and change the seven years of Conservative power on 8th June 2017. It desires to campaign for an alternative vision for Britain – one that is fairer, caring and more compassionate. So do vote for Labour on 8th June 2017 if you do not wish to see a country that is divided and isolated. Chinese for Labour also wants more people from the community to get involved, to share ideas and join in events at their London headquarters.
This article is supported by Chinese for Labour.
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