Christiana is a Professor in Tax Law at Queen Mary University of London. She teaches on the EU Tax Law, International Tax Law and Transfer Pricing courses of the LLM Programme. She is also an Adjunct Professor of European Union Tax Law at New York University and a Visiting Professor at Sorbonne University (Ecole de droit de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1). Christiana was also a Visiting Professor at Sorbonne University in 2012-2013 and a Visiting Professor at the University of Lausanne in 2014-2015.
In March 2015, Christiana was appointed to the European Commission's Joint Transfer Pricing Forum (JTPF) as an expert. The JTPF is a very prestigious body which assists and advises the European Commission on transfer pricing tax matters. In May 2016, Christiana was also appointed to the European Commission's Platform for Tax Good Governance, as an expert. In addition, Christiana is a researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and has conducted research for the Singapore Management University.
Christiana has published extensively in the area of EU and International Tax Law and is considered a leading expert in her field. Since appointed at Queen Mary in 2006, Christiana's research outputs were included in both RAE 2008 and REF 2014. Christiana's book entitled European Union Corporate Tax Law was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. This is the first book to be published in the area and has received excellent reviews. Christiana's latest book, entitled Advanced Issues in International and European Tax Law was published by Hart Publishing. This book has also received excellent reviews and was cited by the US Treasury in its White Paper on the on European Commission's State Aid Investigations into Transfer Pricing Rulings.
Christiana speaks regularly at tax conferences and teaches abroad. She has lectured at New York University, the University of Cambridge, Boston College, the University of Lausanne, the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the European Commission, the Academy of European Law, the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, the University of Lisbon, the University of Amsterdam and various other universities. She has also designed and conducted workshops on International and EU tax law for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, the UK Treasury and various south European organizations and accounting firms.
Christiana studied at Oxford University for her BA in Jurisprudence and for the BCL. She also has a PhD from the London School of Economics. She is a solicitor of England and Wales and an advocate of the Cyprus Supreme Court. Before joining Queen Mary, Christiana worked for Allen and Overy LLP. Christiana is also a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, and the Cyprus Bar Association.
She is also a member of the BEPS Monitoring Group, a member of the OECD's International Network of Tax Research, a member of the European Association of Tax Law Professors and a member of the Examination Sub-Committee of the ADIT (Advanced Diploma in International Taxation). In the past, she was external examiner at the University of Dundee and University College Dublin.
Christiana's research interests are in the area of European Union tax law, international tax law, tax treaties, transfer pricing, tax policy and good tax governance. She also has an interest in international treaty law and EU state aid law.
"This book […] is both comprehensive and insightful. As Philip Baker QC comments in the Foreword, "many of the issues covered in this book are ones that the European Community is just beginning to consider" (p.xii). [...] In the meantime, Christiana Panayi's book offers the reader the opportunity to reflect on some of the obstacles before us, as well as on possible outcomes. As the author rightly observes, "these are certainly interesting times, even in tax law"". See  1 British Tax Review 96-98.
"It is a comprehensive analysis of EU corporate tax law, demonstrating great knowledge and insight. It represents a great addition to existing literature and—this reviewer has no doubt—will soon become a reference in this area". See  5 BTR pp. 691-694.
"Professor HJI Panayi's unique and most valuable book has the potential of becoming the turning point in this increasingly complex field". See  44 Intertax pp.284-287.
"A book like this is a well-designed guide for those coming to the area for the first time, as well as a record for the future […]. It is a welcome addition to the literature in the fields of both international taxation and EU direct taxation." (Book Foreword by Philip Baker QC).
Research Handbook on EU Tax Law (Edward Elgar Publishing), edited together with Professor Edoardo Traversa and Professor Werner Haslehner (forthcoming).
"International Tax Law following the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project",  11 Bulletin for International Taxation 628-660.
"The Europeanisation of Good Tax Governance", 36 (2018) 1 Yearbook of European Law 442-495.
(Publication Review) The European Union and Direct Taxation  British Tax Review 370-372.
(Publication Review) Catching Capital – The Ethics of Tax Competition  British Tax Review.
David Quentin: "A Materialist Political Economy of Corporate Tax".
Peter Wilson: "BRICS and International Tax Law".
Conducted seminar on my paper The Europeanisation of Good Tax Governance at the tax faculty of New York University, in January 2018.
Speaker at workshop on Fiscal Federalism at Cambridge University in July 2017. Title of Paper: "The Harmonisation of EU Direct Tax Law".
Participated as an expert at the meeting of the Joint Transfer Pricing Forum (February 2016).
Plenary speaker at the Annual International Tax Conference of the Malta Institute of Management. Title of conference: "Taxpayers' rights in a changing international landscape". Title of paper: "Tackling Tax Avoidance in the European Union".
Organised seminars on EU Tax Law at the Malta Institute of Management.
Organised and conducted the Queen Mary – HM Treasury/HMRC training seminars on EU Tax Law in January-February 2013.
Speaker at conference organised by the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in January 2012. Title of conference: "CCCTB and Third Countries". Title of paper: "The CFC rules within the CCCTB".
Speaker at conference organised by the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in March 2010. Title of conference: "Tax Treaties Issues from a Legal and Economic Perspective". Title of paper: "Rethinking treaty-shopping: Lessons for the European Union".
Speaker at the Chartered Institute of Taxation seminars in January 2010. Title of paper: "Marks & Spencer and UK Group Relief Rules: A never ending saga?".
Conference organised by the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, in cooperation with the Taxation and Customs Union DG of the European Commission, in February 2008. Title of conference: "Common Corporate Consolidated Tax Base: The Possible Content of Community Provisions." Title of paper: "Thin Capitalisation and Inbound Investment".
Speaker at conference organised by the Academy of European law (ERA Congress), in Trier, Germany in October 2007. Title of conference: "Does competition law still allow for tax planning by European firms? How to reconcile taxation and state aids." Title of paper: "UK System: Tax Benefits for UK offshores".
Speaker at Fiscalis Seminar entitled "Tax Treaties and EC Law", organised by the European Commission in October 2006. Title of paper: "Effects of the Accession Treaty on pre-existing tax treaties: legal aspects". Subsequently published in EC Tax Review (2007) vol.3.


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Ultra Color Rich Extra Plump launch campaign. 2008, august + september.
The game is controlled by moving the real Avon new lipstick in front of the screen of the portable LCD or moveable interactive installation.
The goal for the girls is to earn points by aiming with the lipstick and painting as many virtual lips as possible.
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If you are like me you hate the sound of your alarm clock in the morning. The makers of this clock have found a unique way to get you out of bed in the morning. See gallery of clock at the link.
You know what they say, "time is money". The "Shredder Clock" wants to ensure that none of your time is wasted, as it will begin shredding whatever currency you put in, if the alarm does not get manually shut off immediately -- you won't find a snooze button on this thing.


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Watch Explorers Track Struggling Polar Bears Across Russian Arctic
Russia may contain more polar bears than any other country, but scientists are only beginning to understand them—while racing against melting ice that threatens their existence.
See How They Track Polar Bears in Russia
By John Wendle
The Russian biologists were already on their third round of vodka shots over a dinner of canned reindeer meat, buckwheat, and pickles when a neighbor ran in and shouted, "bear!"
Old Soviet forks clattered against plates as the group of scientists all stood at the same time and rushed out of the tiny kitchen in the Sea View, a grandly named hotel in the almost completely abandoned town of Amderma on the shore of the Kara Sea. "The polar bear is by the school!" the young woman yelled again, as the men got dressed in a chaotic jumble of boots, gloves, coats, and hats.
Sergey Naidenko and Yevgeny Ivanov ran into their room and grabbed a lightweight German gas rifle. Yevgeny tucked a number of tranquilizer darts into his down jacket—then everyone ran out into the gloom of a spring evening in the Russian Arctic.
Outside, Sergey grabbed the darts from Yevgeny, jumped on a snowmobile behind a local Nenets hunter with a rifle slung over his shoulder, and went tearing off across the hardened snow in the direction the bear had run. The rest of the group navigated down to the frozen seashore through deep snow hiding mountains of rusted junk left by the Soviet Union's second largest Arctic air base.
The neighbor climbed up onto a dilapidated fuel tank, put one half of a pair of broken binoculars to her eye, and scanned the ice. Far in the distance, the bear ran across the horizon—then disappeared against the white. Ten minutes later, Sergey and the man returned. No luck.
Polar bears—along with lions, elephants, giant pandas, humpback whales, and others—are often known as "charismatic megafauna." These are the big animals that help conservation organizations raise money. The internet is built on pictures of their young. In recent years, the profile of polar bears has risen even more as the threat of global warming has grown more tangible—the species is now the canary in the coal mine for climate change. But, in Russia, where possibly half the population of the world's polar bears live—almost nothing is known about them.
Except for the tips of their ranges near Norway and Alaska, and some Youtube videos posted by Russian oil workers, the status and habits of Russian polar bears is largely a void. This expedition of Russian researchers hoped to begin to change that, but, as usual, they were running out of time and money. And now the one bear they had seen had disappeared out on the ice. (Learn more about climate change for kids.)
Counting Russia's Bears?
"If you want to point at a single black hole in our knowledge of polar bears," says Steven Amstrup, chief scientist at Polar Bears International, "clearly it is the Russian Arctic."
Ilya Mordvintsev, head of the expedition and a biologist at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution in Moscow, agrees. "For the Kara Sea, we have zero information. We do not know the population. We do not know the number of bears here. For us it is a blank."
For the poster boy of global warming, next to nothing is known in Russia. "It's really important to highlight that the information is missing and how important it is to our understanding of all polar bears in the Arctic," says Karyn Rode, a biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center. "The more detailed the information we can get from multiple parts of the polar bear's range—that's going to really help us better fine tune our assessment of how they're dealing and going to deal with sea ice loss." (See how ice is disappearing.)
The last time polar bears were regularly surveyed in the Russian Arctic was during the Soviet Union, when crews on ice breakers cutting paths for cargo ships would count the bears they encountered. When the USSR collapsed, this data was lost, says Mordvintsev. Occasionally, large scale, but not in depth aerial surveys were carried out.
Ironically, a Soviet hunting ban is partly responsible. Because penalties were severe, bears were almost never shot. But this also meant authorities saw no need for a census, which is typically used to determine the number of bears that can legally be killed in a year.
Only in 2010 did scientists from Mordvintsev's institute begin studies again. But to this day they lack government funding. While studies and censuses in the U.S., Canada, and Norway often involve hundreds of hours of helicopter and plane time, this Russian team had only three days of flight time in a Soviet-era Mi-8 helicopter.
What is more, while the Chukchi Sea adjacent to Alaska and the Barents Sea north of Norway have seen some studies in collaboration with foreign scientists, above Siberia, only a small corner of the 358,000 square miles of the Kara Sea has been surveyed, while the 270,000 square miles of the Laptev Sea have never been surveyed. "Nothing is known at all," says Mordvintsev.
And time is running out to learn about the Russian bears. At the end of March, NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported a record low of just 5.57 million square miles of sea ice covering the Arctic, down for a third straight year in a row. "I have been looking at Arctic weather patterns for 35 years and have never seen anything close to what we've experienced these past two winters," said NSIDC director Mark Serreze.
Polar bears hunt from sea ice. Without it, "they are forced to practically starve," says Mordvintsev.
Polar Bear Mom Fights Back
New Threats to Polar Bears?
Speeding this situation along is Russia's renewed oil and gas speculation and military expansion—all heralded at the just-completed International Arctic Forum in Russia. The theme this year was "Man in the Arctic." On March 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Franz Josef Land, which has been targeted for a clean up of an estimated 90,000 tons of Soviet trash in an effort to build a positive narrative. Today, much of the research on big animals in the Russian Arctic is being done by the oil industry. But, so far, they are not sharing what they are learning. "We do not know this information," says Mordvintsev. "This is a big problem."
Furthermore, as sea ice melts faster and faster, bears are being driven on shore, where they come into conflict with people. Although the bears' appearance in Amderma ended without incident, the town, the site of a former gulag prison, is no stranger to their visits. The Russian researchers believe that this trend will increase as bears move in search of food.
Indeed, the goal of their helicopter mission was to tranquilize female bears, collar them and take DNA samples so their movements could be tracked. Mordvintsev has data from one bear they collared last year, but he needs more in order to be able to determine if bears are coming into or leaving the Kara Sea region.
But, with the state of the ice in the region deteriorating so quickly—the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme believes the Arctic Ocean could be largely free of sea ice in summer as early as the late 2030s—Amstrup believes that, while research in the Russian Arctic is important, we already know what we need to know about polar bear habits and habitat in order to save them from extinction. "Research questions are important at the detail level but not important at the ultimate level," he says. "We can't build a fence to protect sea ice habitat from rising temperatures."
The last day of the expedition, funding for the project only allowed a morning flight. Around nine, the men gathered in front of the hotel and boarded a giant truck—the town's "bus"—to the airport. With sinking hopes, they loaded their equipment in the helicopter, told the pilots to find the tracks of the bear they had seen the evening before, and took off.
Zigzagging along the coast for the next three hours, they saw beluga wales, ringed seals at their holes, reindeer, arctic hares, and hundreds of sea birds, but no polar bears. For this year at least, in the Kara Sea, Mordvintsev and his team will not have any information.
"The future of polar bears, for us," he says, "is still not clear."

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Q: Adjusting the matching pages for a PageMod through multiple button clicks I'm actually working on a add-on for Firefox, in my index.js, I have a pageMod
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    include: "*.leclercdrive.fr",
    contentScriptFile: blabla
    }
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I have also set a Menubutton on the Firefox toolbar:

What I need to do is when the user clicks on the icon, the add-on is turned off, and when another click is performed, the add-on is turned on, and so on...
Actually, I've tried using:
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With a var i = 1, first click i=2, include = "*.notexisting", second click i=3, back to "*.leclercdrive.fr", i=1 ...
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OppoTech News
Oppo Unleashes the OPPO A7 to the World
by PTB November 20, 2018
written by PTB November 20, 2018
OPPO has finally revealed its newest phone, and it's called OPPO A7. According to the official site, the device will be available in Glaring Red and Glaze Blue color options. It has a 6.2" HD+ screen, IPS Display, 155.9×75.4×8.1mm dimensions, and weighs 168g.
The device has a waterdrop notch which houses the 16-megapixel front camera. The A7's dual camera rear setup has a 13-megapixel resolution and 2-megapixel depth sensor equipped with AI technology to make photos stand out. The rear of the device has an anti-reflective plastic coating for a better grip. Also mounted at the back is the fingerprint reader, located above the OPPO logo.
The A7 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor, with a battery of 4320mAh/16.28Wh. The device also has a 3GB/4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, with an expandable capacity of up to 256GB of microSD storage. The OPPO A7 also has the Android 8.1 Oreo as its operating system out of the box, with ColorOS 5.2 on top. It also has dual-nano sim support, as well as a microSD slot.
The A7 might not be a very imposing device on its own, but considering the huge difference with its predecessor, it is obvious that OPPO has really come a long way with producing this device.
The OPPO A7 is now available in the Philippines for Php 13,990.
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ARMED ROBBERY A man with a gun robbed a 19-year-old Berkeley woman in the 2400 block of Parker Street of her backpack, police report. Last week Tuesday, April 2, the woman was walking just after 11 p.m. on Parker near Dana Street when the man pointed the gun at her and demanded her bag. Her laptop was inside. The man took the backpack and ran east on Parker. Witnesses said he was black, in his 30s, about 6 feet tall with a heavy build. He wore a black beanie cap, a black hooded top, a light-colored shirt and dark pants.
LAPTOP ROBBERY AND THEFT Sunday just before 6:45 p.m. two people went into Sack's Coffee House and took laptops from two customers there, according to police. First, one of the culprits threw a cup of lemonade in a 22-year-old Berkeley woman's face and took her computer. Police said the other laptop was taken when people ran out of the store after the robber: His associate then took a laptop that had been left unattended by a Berkeley man who ran out to help with the chase. Police said no descriptions were available. The coffee shop, which is popular with UC Berkeley students, is located at 2701 College Ave., at Derby Street. The coffee shop has been targeted repeatedly by thieves and robbers, including in February.
TWO MORE LAPTOP THEFTS AT BERKELEY CAFÉS Police handled two other laptop thefts from Berkeley coffee shops last week, from Berkeley Espresso (1900 Shattuck Ave. at Hearst Avenue) and Alchemy Collective Café (1741 Alcatraz Ave. at Ellis Street).
On April 1 at 6 p.m., a 49-year-old Berkeley man was sitting inside Berkeley Espresso working on his computer when a young man snatched the laptop and ran off with a partner, police said. BPD said the first man was described as black, 18-22 years old, 5'6″-5'8″ tall with a slim build, in a black hooded top and black pants. The other man was described as Hispanic, of similar age and height, with a heavy build, wearing a multi-colored jacket.
Two days later, April 3, a 22-year-old Oakland woman was sitting inside Alchemy at 12:55 p.m., with her computer on a table in front of her, when two people — including a man in a mask — ran in and took it. The strangers ran off. Police said the masked man was described as black, in his 20s and about 6 feet tall, wearing a black beanie cap that had eyeholes cut out of it. No description was provided for the other thief.
CELLPHONE THEFTS FROM FOUR WOMEN Police also handled two cellphone thefts within about 30 minutes April 1, followed by another one Saturday.
On April 1 at 8 p.m., a 20-year-old Berkeley woman was walking in the 2400 block of Bancroft Way near Dana Street. As she used her phone, a male stranger grabbed it, then rode away on a skateboard, police said. Witnesses said he wore a black hooded top and shorts. They did not know his race.
About 25 minutes later, a 22-year-old El Monte woman was walking on Allston Way (at Shattuck) when a male stranger grabbed the phone and ran off. He was last seen heading west on Center Street. The thief was described as about 5'6″-5'8″ tall with a thin build, in a black hooded top, dark pants and white shoes. His race was unknown.
Saturday, two young Berkeley women, ages 18 and 22, were waiting for the bus at about 4:50 p.m. at College Avenue and Derby Street when two strangers grabbed their phones from their hands, police said. The thieves got into a vehicle and another man drove them away.
One of the men was described as black, 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build, with short black hair, wearing a black T-shirt. Another was described as a black man who appeared 28-30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall with a skinny build, black hair, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and ripped jeans. The third — the driver — was described as a Hispanic man, 18-20 years old, with a "buzz cut" hairstyle, wearing a white T-shirt.
UPDATE FROM JANUARY LAPTOP THEFT Police arrested a Richmond man who has now been charged in connection with a laptop theft at Passione Caffe in downtown Berkeley in January. In that incident, a 33-year-old Berkeley man was sitting with his laptop in front of the café, at 91 Shattuck Square (at Addison Street), when a man ran up and took the computer. Detectives investigating the case ultimately identified 20-year-old Lonnie Deshun Jacobs as the culprit. BPD got a warrant and arrested Jacobs on April 4 on suspicion of felony theft, BPD reports.
According to court records online, the Alameda County district attorney's office charged Jacobs on Monday with grand theft from a person, a felony. He entered a not guilty plea, according to records online. Jacobs was convicted in 2014 of home burglary, which was listed online as a strike, according to court records. He remains in custody with a bail of $20,000 and is set for a pretrial hearing Tuesday at the René C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland.
AUTO BURGLARY ARREST AFTER INTERRUPTED VEHICLE THEFT Police arrested a man on probation Saturday who was searching through one vehicle after trying to steal another one, according to police. Saturday at 8 a.m., a resident in the 1800 block of Alcatraz Avenue (near Adeline Street) heard someone trying to start his vehicle. The resident went outside and found a man inside the vehicle who then rode off a bike. About 10 minutes later, a police officer found the man "rummaging through a vehicle parked several blocks away," according to police. Officers searched the man and found burglary tools and drug paraphernalia, police said. Officers arrested Ernest Bennett, 42, whose address is unknown, in connection with attempted vehicle theft, theft, possession of burglary tools, possession of narcotics paraphernalia and violation of probation, police said. Bennett remains in custody at Santa Rita Jail. He is ineligible for bail because of his probation status, according to court records online. He is scheduled for arraignment Thursday morning at East County Hall of Justice in Dublin.
Note: This story was updated shortly after publication, when BPD provided the information, with the Jacobs arrest and victim cities of residence.


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Optimization of food compositions according to the ideal protein profile
S. V. Zverev, V. I. Karpov, M. A. Nikitina
The paper emphasizes the importance of not only the quantitative but also qualitative composition of protein in nutrition. The authors propose protein classification into three main groups according to the concept of reference (ideal) protein. A mathematical model is examined to solve the task of rational mixture production upon the given profile of reference protein. Two variants of the criterion for formation of optimal composition are described. One of them presents the classical sum of squares of the residual for essential amino acid scores and 1. The second also presents the sum of squares of the residual for essential amino acid scores and 1 but with regard to only those amino acids, which scores are less than 1. The minima of these criteria at the set of variants for the content of ingredients are taken as targeted functions. The algorithm and the program of calculation were realized in the program environment Builder C++ 6.0. The macro flowchart of the algorithm is presented and detailed description of each block is given. The program interface before and after the start of the calculation module is shown. The main windows and interpretation of the presented data are described. An example of realization of the proposed mathematical apparatus when calculating a food model composition is given. Plant components (white kidney beans, flax, peanut, grit "Poltavskaya», dry red carrot) were used as an object of the research. Most plant proteins were incomplete. It is possible to regulate the chemical composition including correction of a protein profile by combination of plant raw materials. Analysis of alternative variants demonstrated that minimum essential amino acid score in the first composition was 0.79 (by the first criterion), in the second 1.0 (by the second criterion); the reference protein proportion in the mixture was 10.8 and 13.5, respectively, according to the first and second criterion. The comparative results by other quality indicators for protein in the mixture are also presented: the coefficient of amino acid score difference (CAASD), biological value (BV), coefficient of utility, essential amino acids index (IEAA).
Impact of yeast sediment beta-glucans on the quality indices of yoghurt
A. I. Chirsanova, A. V. Boistean, N. Chiseliță, R. Siminiuc
The objective of the study was to investigate the potential application of beta-glucans obtained from yeast sediment resulting from the manufacture of local Viorica wine (2018 harvest). To determine the amount of beta-glucans in the yeast sediment, two were used: the calculation method and the laboratory method, obtaining similar quantities, 29.92 ± 0.47 and 28.17 ± 0.32 respectively. The beta -glucans obtained were incorporated in various concentrations (0.1%; 0.2%; 0.3%; 0.4% and 0.5%) in the yogurt obtained from skimmed milk. The effect of beta-glucan addition on the physicochemical properties of freshly prepared yogurts was investigated. The addition of beta-glucans positively influenced the formation of the gel relay resulting in a decrease in the fermentation time of yogurt. The final pH point of 4.5 was reached one hour earlier (in 4 hours) compared to the control sample (in 5 hours). The results showed that there are no significant changes in physicochemical properties (titratable acidity, pH, viscosity and syneresis). The results obtained report that beta-glucans can be used as a thickening agent for low-fat yogurts by shortening the fermentation period and not essentially changing the sensory characteristics. Experimental results showed that the glycemic index of yogurt samples with the addition of beta-glucans have similar values in the range of 28-30. Respectively, the yogurts under study are attributed to food category with low glycemic index.
Potential for the application of DNA technologies in the brewing industry
E. G. Lazareva, Kh. Kh. Gilmanov, A. V. Bigaeva, S. V. Tuylkin, R. R. Vafin
The article presents an analysis of the literature data on research related to the use of DNA technologies in the brewing industry. Significant relevance among them is the work on combating widespread falsification of food products, including alcohol. Classical methods of assessing the quality and safety of beer do not allow us to identify the substitution of raw materials declared by the manufacturer — one of the large-scale areas of falsification. Therefore, the question of applying new approaches to the assessment of the authenticity of brewing products is relevant. In particular, the most complete identification of falsifications in the alcohol industry is made by molecular genetic analysis methods. This article discusses the methods of extraction of nucleic acids, as well as markers used as genetic targets in the DNA authentication of alcoholic beverages. The analyzed material indicates the possibility of using molecular genetic methods based on the polymerase chain reaction as modern laboratory tools for determining the authenticity of manufactured goods. In addition, the potential of using DNA technologies in the fight against contamination of industrial enterprises has been identified.
Application of the thin-layer chromatography method for analysis of plant antioxidant activity
N. V. Kupaeva, E. R. Vasilevskaya, L. V. Fedulova, E. A. Kotenkova
Plants are a rich source of effective non-toxic biologically active substances. Various physicochemical methods of analysis are used for evaluation of plant antioxidant activity. Composition of ethanol extracts of red, yellow and white onion husks, dried rosemary, basil, and chaga were studied by high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) method. The antioxidant activity of the obtained fractions on a chromatographic plate was assessed by subsequent DPPH screening. The extracts red and yellow onion husk and rosemary demonstrated the highest antioxidant activity, variability of the qualitative composition and similarity of antioxidant profiles, while extract of white onion husks did not contain any antioxidant classes. Intensive spots with Rf of 0.13-0.97 were observed along the whole chromatogram track corresponding to red onion husks. It was also found that all tested extract, excepting white onion husk and chaga, contained spots with varying degrees of intensity in the Rf range of 0.96-0.98, which corresponded quercetin Rf value.
Water in bakery production technology products with delayed bakery
Ya. G. Verkhivker, E. M. Myroshnichenko, O. V. Petkova
In bakery water is used as a solvent for salt, sugar and other raw materials: for dough preparation, preparation of liquid yeast, starter cultures; goes for household needs cleaning of raw materials, equipment, premises, for heat engineering purposes — the production of steam necessary to humidify the air in proofing cabinets and ovens. Water plays an important role in the technology of delayed baking of bread products or in the technology of frozen semi-finished products: it is used during kneading to obtain an optimally developed gluten frame for better form and gas holding capacity; to obtain cold dough, which is the basis for slowing down the onset of the fermentation process, while fermentation should be minimized or completely absent; the amount of water affects the consistency of the dough for better dimensional stability during defrosting. Also, a low-temperature process, deep freezing strongly affects the structural and mechanical properties of the dough and the quality of the finished product; secondly, under certain parameters of freezing, the structure of the intracellular water of yeast can lead to a decrease in their activity, and even to the death of microorganisms. Therefore, the issues of the quality and quantity of water at any technological operation in bakery production with delayed baking are issues of the quality of finished products and therefore are very relevant.
To the question of determining glycemic index by glucose
I. S. Vitol, E. P. Meleshkina, G. N. Dubtsova
The analysis of methods for determining the glycemic index (GI) of food products in vivo and in vitro. The authors note that the difference in the methodological approach to the determination of GI in vitro leads to obtaining results that are difficult to compare. A modified method for determining the GI for glucose is proposed, which is based on the method for determining the glycemic index for glucose, which makes it possible to assess the digestibility of various ingredients in products in terms of sugar load, and to calculate the glycemic index for glucose formed in the process of "digestion" of the test product in vitro. The modified technique provides for the use of digestive enzyme preparations: Acedin-pepsin and Panzinorm to provide a deeper "digestion" in vitro, providing a deep degree of hydrolysis of the main macronutrients in in vitro model experiments. The conditions for carrying out enzymatic hydrolysis reactions (temperature, pH, reaction duration) were selected experimentally. The studies carried out to determine the GI in vitro, according to the proposed method, showed comparable values, which indicates the possibility of using this method for the determination of GI in vitro. The results obtained should be considered as indicative, since the authors adhere to the position that the true value of the GI index can only be determined by blood analysis. But in this case, the value of GI is influenced by many factors, including the individual characteristics of the human organism.
Spectrophotometric method for evaluating proteolysis in cheeses and aromatic additives with a cheesy taste
The spectrophotometric method for measuring protein content can be used to evaluate the degree of proteolysis in cheeses. At a wavelength of 280 nm, tryptophan and tyrosine are absorbed, a high amount of them is found in casein, the main protein of cheese mass. It was found that the value of the absorbance coefficient of the solution of proteins extracted from flavoring additives with cheese flavor (FA) and cheeses depends on the degree of proteolysis of proteins in the cheese mass and differs in FA and different types of cheeses. The highest absorbance coefficient is observed in the FA samples A1%1cm = 10.30, in which from 65 to 81% of the protein is converted into a soluble state. In cheeses, the degree of proteolysis is from 23 to 33%, and the absorbance coefficient of solution is from 1.1 to 2.4 (with the exception of Cheddar cheese), which indicates an incomplete transition of amino acids absorbing radiation at 280 nm into the extract released from cheeses. Using the spectrophotometric method, the results of measuring the content of soluble protein in cheeses and FA, strictly correlating with the results achieved by the Kjeldahl method (R2 > 0.81), can be obtained. To get reliable results of evaluating the content of water-soluble protein in cheeses, it is necessary to carry out measurements on a sample of cheeses belonging to the same species group, having the same specificity of proteolysis and slightly different absorbance coefficient between samples within the instance.
Research of the polyethylene packaging layer structure change in contact with a food product at exposure to ultraviolet radiation
O. B. Fedotova, N. S. Pryanichnikova
The sanitary and hygienic safety of modern packaging is determined by the layer of packaging material in direct contact with the food product. This layer in most cases is a synthetic polymer of the polyolefin class — low density polyethylene. This material is used as a stand-alone packaging and in multilayer and combined packaging materials. During thermal and photooxidation, compounds can form in it that negatively affect the safety of the package, which can migrate into the product. Food technologies use methods of disinfecting packaging materials and packaging before filling or bottling products. These methods include ultraviolet irradiation of the surface, which has a bactericidal effect. Using spectral methods of analysis, researches have been carried out on changes in the polyethylene layers structure in the film's composition, multilayer films and combined packaging materials when exposed to pulsed ultraviolet radiation in a wide spectral range (irradiation with a pulsed xenon lamp). Deformations of polyethylene macromolecules chemical bonds on the surface and boundary layers under the influence of pulsed UV-irradiation have been revealed. The IR spectra of ATR (Attenuated Total Reflection) were obtained, the analysis of which showed that the monofilm is subject to the greatest destructive effect, as evidenced by the appearance of characteristic absorption bands responsible for the formation of aldehyde, ketone groups, as well as for the polymer chain termination. It is shown that the use of food soot in the composition of multilayer packaging films blocks their photo destruction. Upon irradiation of a combined material based on cardboard intended for bottling milk, an absorption band was found in the spectra, which is responsible for the onset of the destruction process with the formation of aldehyde and carboxylate groups with the formation of aldehyde and carboxylate groups.
Comparison of changes in structure in three different packaging objects containing a polyethylene layer shows the feasibility and necessity of using combined and multilayer materials for food products packaging, in which, even under extreme UV-irradiation, there are practically no photo destruction processes, which is confirmed by spectral researches.
Determining the authenticity of turmeric
N. L. Vostrikova, M. Yu. Minaev, K. G. Chikovani
The paper examines the problem of the composition instability in the ready ground spice, turmeric. Analysis of the prevalent methods for turmeric adulteration and substances used for these purposes is given. The visual assessment of color tints of the turmeric root, spices containing it and chemical dyes based on chromium salts is presented. The studies on determination of the lead and chromium content were carried out to study the content of these metals and test the hypothesis of using lead chromate as a dye in adulteration of turmeric. Using the method of electrothermal atomic absorption spectroscopy, it was found that the lead content in the analyzed turmeric samples varied from 1.72 ± 0.58 to 5.03 ± 1.80 mg/kg, while the chromium content was in a range of 5.56 ± 0.85 to 16.15 ± 2.32 mg/kg. As a result of species specific PCR, wheat DNA was revealed in all purchased samples of ground turmeric. The levels of the main raw material replacement were established, which were 0.14% to 14.95% with the correlation coefficient close to 100%; efficiency of the reaction was 1.95, which was 97.5% when expressed as percentage. These levels of an undeclared allergen in the product composition can cause a serious allergic reaction. The authors tested the hypothesis of introduction of sodium and potassium salts for correction of the color spectrum in the ready spice and its correspondence to the natural color within the color spectrum of turmeric. As a result of the complex study of the spice composition, quite high values of chromium were found, presumably not only from the lead chromate compound but also from chromic acid salts, as the high level of potassium that significantly exceeded the native content of this element was found.


When traveling to Morocco, you can choose to fly to either Casablanca or Rabat. If you fly into Casablanca, you will be asked to pay a supplement fee for your round-trip airport transfer. Wherever you arrive, a Projects Abroad staff member will be there to meet you.
You will also need to obtain a visa in advance if you plan to arrive into Ghana before traveling to Lomé. It is a three hour journey from Accra to Lomé.
Your induction will depend on what time your fight arrives. If you arrive in the morning, a member of staff will usually give you your induction that afternoon; if you arrive in the late afternoon or evening you will receive your induction the following morning. You'll be shown - among other important sites and landmarks - internet cafés, the post office, where to change your money, and how to get to each place from your host family. You will also be introduced to the other volunteers in Morocco who will be very excited and eager to meet the newest volunteer. You will then be taken to our office in the Agdal District of Rabat and a member of staff will go through the Morocco Handbook with you and all necessary safety and security measures.
Depending on the time and your program, you may be introduced to your placement during that afternoon. If not, we will pick you up and take you the next day. Whenever it happens, you'll be taken from your host family on public transportation to give you a chance to test out the route and see the landmarks. If you are participating on a Standard Project, all necessary work-related transportation costs will be covered by Projects Abroad.
All volunteers stay with host families. All our host families are based in the Medina district, within the huge peach walls of the old city. Most families live in the traditional riads, with inner courtyards and a maze of staircases leading you up to big, cool rooms. There is usually beautiful tiling in the public areas and cushions, which circle around the walls of the entire room. Volunteers will get an authentic Moroccan homestay experience.
Our Projects Abroad office in based in the Agdal District. Agdal is a very safe area and lies just north of the center of town. It is very accessible, being on regular bus routes and is easy to find as it is just two streets away from a large mosque called Mosque Badr - a perfect landmark. The office has a bathroom, kitchen, hall and two rooms – including one for the volunteers. The volunteer room has tables and chairs and a library of over 150 teaching-aid books that can be used by our teaching and care volunteers.
Morocco has the four usual seasons. Between November and March, volunteers should bring a sweater and jacket with them as it can get chilly, especially in the evenings. There is more chance of rain during the winter months. By height of the summer - July-August - temperatures can reach over 90 degrees Farenheit.


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Biografia
Nato e cresciuto a Lanciano (in provincia di Chieti), agli inizi degli anni Ottanta si trasferisce a Roma, dove consegue la laurea in Lettere con una tesi sulla religiosità nel cinema di Pasolini (pubblicata in Pasolini, autori vari, Sciascia editore).

È stato per due anni allievo della Scuola di drammaturgia diretta da Eduardo De Filippo.

Suoi racconti sono stati pubblicati in diverse antologie, tra le quali: Dodici (Edizione del Giano), Peccati veniali (Coniglio Editore), Qualcuno ha morso il cane (Coniglio Editore), Buon Natale & felice anno nuovo (Castelvecchi Editore), Sorridi, siamo a Roma (Ponte Sisto).

Nel 1985 ha esordito con il documentario I ragazzi su due ruote, seguito l'anno successivo dal documentario sul Grande Raccordo Anulare di Roma Gra - Il pianeta anulare, entrambi prodotti da Rai 3 e tratti da soggetti di Ugo Pirro.

Dal 1986 al 1996 ha alternato l'attività di aiuto regista  a quella di sceneggiatore,

Nel 1992 ha scritto il soggetto e la sceneggiatura del film Parenti serpenti, diretto da Mario Monicelli e tratto dall'omonima pièce teatrale. La sceneggiatura ha ricevuto diversi premi e riconoscimenti sia in Italia che all'estero.

Nel 1996 ha esordito nella regia con il film Come mi vuoi. Nel 2007 ha realizzato il suo secondo lungometraggio, Cover-boy.

Nel 2009 ha scritto il soggetto del documentario Sound of Morocco prodotto e distribuito da Cinecittà Luce, presentato al IV Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma.

Nel 2016 è uscito nelle sale il documentario Porno e libertà, presentato in anteprima al Festival di Rotterdam. Venduto in oltre 30 paesi, ha vinto il Nastro d'Argento 2017 come miglior documentario italiano.

Filmografia

Regista
 I ragazzi su due ruote - documentario (1985)
 GRA. Il pianeta anulare - documentario TV (1986)
 Come mi vuoi (1996)
 Cover-boy (2007)
 Porno e libertà - documentario (2016)

Sceneggiatore
Di cui anche soggettista.
 GRA. Il pianeta anulare - documentario TV (1986)
Parenti serpenti (1992) regia di Mario Monicelli
 Come mi vuoi (1996)
 Cover-boy (2007)
 Porno e libertà - documentario (2016)

Note

Bibliografia

Collegamenti esterni

Studenti della Sapienza - Università di Roma
Registi cinematografici italiani
Registi televisivi italiani

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Here I include a link to a much higher quality rip of the music (from the original CD) and show you the difference from the standard music.
I also include a link the Cryptic Passage multiplayer executable released by Sunstorm interactive. Other optimisations can be found in other guides.
The Blood music in this steam release is a compressed .ogg format that has been sampled to a maximum of ~16KHz, this removes about 5kHz from true CD quality. Additionally, the music incorrectly cuts off the first two seconds of the music and includes the first two seconds of music from the next track! [Note this has been fixed from the GOG release that this release is based on] I assume this happened because Audio CD's normally have two seconds of silence between each track, in this case their entire rip is offset by two seconds.
You can see the difference from the music (first image) and a high quality CD rip (the second image) in the figures below. Note the frequency cut off and the shifting of the music between the two images.
Note: The Soundtrack that is available from GOG as a download extra has mp3 versions of the music.
Feel free to mirror this elsewhere.
Note that if you attempt to "verify the cache" of Blood, these files will be replaced with the originals.
You don't need to do anything other then that!
As a bonus, here is the official Cryptic passage multiplayer executable that will allow you to play Cryptic Passage in Multiplayer mode.
Again, feel free to mirror.
This will launch the blood SETUP file and allow you to create a Network game using the correct Cryptic Passage maps and art tiles.
Doing this correctly requires a little advanced knowledge of getting multiplayer working. I suggest you consult the other guide for some help with that.
This is more fit for the GOG forums.
Hmm? that's strange the music on the steam version doesn't work for me at all. where as I thought the GOG version's music was more High Def.
I guess the file has been lost from most of the internet (I grabbed it years ago). Sure, go ahead and use the file! I will be interested in seeing your launcher when its finished. Good luck with it.


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In the UK, it has been claimed that one in five adults struggle to read and write – that's 8 million adults who are deemed functionally illiterate with an apparent reading score below level 2 (a report by the Sutton Trust). Worse still, that's 8 million adults who can't read or enjoy my blog! Something must be done!
As a child I was a voracious reader, greedily absorbing anything and everything I could get my hands on. My mum regularly read to me when I was little – although she herself is the first to admit that she is not naturally a keen reader.
Computers and mobile phones were not the norm then, and although I spent quite a bit of time on my Nintendo (!), reading was my main hobby.
All my school classmates – girls AND boys – enjoyed reading. It wasn't until I started working in the film industry that I came across people who happily BOASTED that they had NEVER read a book in their life. Well I was SHOCKED. How can someone in this day and age, go through their school years and into adulthood, without ever having read ONE SINGLE BOOK?!
Most of these 'bibliophobic' people used the excuses that they found books 'boring', that reading was for 'geeks' or that they just couldn't concentrate on one thing for too long. While these excuses perhaps masked deeper problems and learning difficulties, no-one actually admitted that they simply struggled to read or hadn't had the privilege of being taught properly.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand that when we are good at something, we tend to enjoy it. I always struggled with maths at school (I blame a 'mental block' brought on by my fear of a very early school teacher) and while in the end, I still managed to do fairly well in exams (which suggested that I wasn't really THAT bad at numbers), the declaration I often made that I HATED maths most definitely was born out of my early mathematical struggles. As I became less fearful of Pythagoras' theory, I found that secretly, and only on rare occasions, I quite enjoyed solving number puzzles.
Having never read a book in your life is certainly not something to be proud of, neither is it something to be embarrassed or ashamed about if you have genuinely struggled with literacy your whole life.
Dyslexia seems to be a common problem amongst people who have difficulty accurately comprehending the written word and some sufferers have often been met with indifference and even ignorance by the education authorities. This is still an ongoing problem today although thankfully educational support has grown, although awareness still needs to be raised. In fact, a number of successful writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby), Agatha Christie (Poirot) and George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion) suffered from dyslexia.
Of course there are those who don't seem to suffer from any learning difficulties at all, have received a good education and can read and write to a reasonably acceptable adult standard, yet do not see themselves as academically intelligent and therefore dismiss books that they fear they will not understand. This is a real shame as there are so many books out there for all levels – you don't have to read the likes of War and Peace to be considered a bibliophile.
Some of my relatives haven't read a single book in their lives and can't understand why I would choose to curl up with a good novel, rather than watch reality TV. Besides from this being a totally ignorant and narrow-minded view, it is also highly dangerous – for our physical well being as well as our mental stability and ability to think for ourselves.
Keeping your brain active and staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress or possibly even prevent the onset of Alzheimer's and Dementia. Reading improves your memory, focus and concentration and can provide you with stronger analytical skills (Agatha Christie should be able to help you!).
Stress levels can also be reduced through reading. If I watch TV before bed, I sometimes feel quite agitated – the noise of the TV and the bright visuals causes me stress – even if I am not aware of it, whereas quietly reading a good book (no matter how thrilling it is) helps me to relax. A well-written novel can transport you to other realms, while an engaging article will distract you and keep you in the present moment, letting tensions drain away and allowing you to relax.
Reading a wide range of books, newspapers, magazines etc helps to expand your vocabulary and adds to your general knowledge. It may also help to increase tolerance and understanding of others and create an ability to see 'outside the box'. While my general views on life have of course been influenced by my up-bringing and what I have learnt at school and university, I have also developed my ideas and opinions through reading other ideas and opinions. Watching Dallas on a daily basis and playing Super Mario 24/7 does not give you a very realistic view of the world.
Everyone should at least have the opportunity to find enjoyment in the written word.
And for those who prefer to be spoon-fed the visual story, that's fine, but do not sneer at people who are imaginative enough to form their own cinematic adventure.
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Thanks for your post regarding reading and learning to read. You have put the facts succinctly and with caring and compassion. It is thoughtful that you have given links to organisations who help people who are having trouble learning to read or because of circumstances have never had the opportunity given to many. Thanks for an informative post, I'm sure it will help many people.
🙂 thanks Elise I really hope it helps.
Ekaterina Botziou is a friend. This article is about people in the UK where she lives. Ekaterina is funny and wise and beautiful and comes from the heart.
I used to read quite a bit, and then pretty much got bullied out of the habit in my teens. It's only in the last couple of years that I've made a concerted effort to read for leisure and relaxation. (Plus friends I've made through book blogs have stretched my reading comfort zones. If you'd told me that I would read books like "The Great Gatsby", Young Adult fiction and, even, romantic fiction, I would have looked at you with a degree of scepticism).
It's good when I see blogger friends promote reading not only through their blogs, but also by handing books out for World Book Night. There needs to be more initiatives like this to not only get people reading, but keep them reading.
I agree with you Ekaterina that our early experiences influence our likes and dislikes. To help pass on my love of reading I help out one afternoon a week at my son's school listening to is class read. Every single child aged 6-7 can now read appropriate books for their age. Some are so advanced they are on 'Free' readers and can choose any book. To me it's one of the greatest gifts we can pass on to our children and snuggling up at edtime with my son and reading a book together is just such a lovely feeling. My husband unfortunately doesn't share this passion precisely because he is dyslexic and wasn't diagnosed until well into adulthood. For most of his school years he was labelled 'stupid' as a result.
Yes it's such a shame that people who have had bad experiences as a child have been robbed of this passion. Let's hope more youngsters can be diagnosed at an early age and get the help they need.
Great post Ms. Botziou – very thought provoking.
I agree with you about the stigma that is occasionally attached with reading with regards to the ideology that only 'losers' potentially engage in such a pastime.
In Australia, a friend of mine who is currently working with eight year old students explained that half the children in the class he teaches cannot read or write, and the other half are unable to understand the English vernacular. Although there are a number of plausible excuses to explain away why some people do not read, do you believe that potentially, on an international level, the education system is beginning to fail the adults of tomorrow by having a 'near enough is good enough' kind of attitude? Do you believe that internationally, teaching courses at universities are becoming increasingly shorter and the teachers of tomorrow have less of a knowledge base than those who taught the previous generations of humanity? Do you think that perhaps the human race is genetically becoming intellectually inferior to previous generations, and perhaps soon a pandemic will arise where millions of people are indoctrinated into finding reading to be an incredibly challenging arena? Just a few thoughts Ma'am.
Again, a very well written and insightful post.
Thank you for your comments totaloverdose – I think that in the UK especially, there is such a focus on 'passing exams', that students are sometimes taught in more of a robotic fashion, and are simply taught to 'tick the correct boxes' rather than form opinions of their own through understanding of the written word. In fact, I used to be regularly marked down in my English classes for being 'too flowery' and not coming up with the expected 'bullet point' answers.
Also teachers themselves are under a lot more pressure to perform and I know some who have been criticised for their individual teaching style and for not following the correct, regimented teaching criteria. Of course this is not so for every school, and some are striving to put more emphasis on the enjoyment of learning and the importance of tolerance and mutual respect within society.
I sincerely hope that such a pandemic as you have suggested will not arise, but quite frankly, in today's nanny-state nothing would surprise me.


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Development magazine Winter 2013
Development - Ownership
U Square @ The Loop: Public-Private Collaboration Revitalizes Cincinnati
By: James T. Neyer, executive vice president and principal, real estate development, Al. Neyer Winter 2013
Situated just across the street from the University of Cincinnati campus, U Square @ the Loop buzzes with activity. The two city blocks of LEED-certified, mid-rise, mixed-use development house students and young professionals; provide a welcome array of restaurants, shops and gathering spaces; and are home to several university offices.
Water Tower Shoppes Retail Rebirth
By: Blaine Strickland, senior vice president, Crossman & Company Winter 2013
Water Tower Shoppes in Celebration, Fla., was not always the destination retail center that it is today. Just three years ago, Walt Disney Company (developer of Celebration) executives and most locals detested the "black eye" they drove past every day.
The View from Development '13: Continued Recovery Sparks Tempered Optimism
By: Ellen Rand and Ron Derven, contributing editors, Development Winter 2013
If Sigmund Freud were alive today, his signature question might not be "what does a woman want?" Rather, it might be "what do the millennials want?" Underlying the optimism expressed at NAIOP's Development '13: The Annual Meeting for Commercial Real Estate about recovering markets and revived demand was a clear sense of uncertainty about what changes might be afoot in both office and industrial space demand and design owing to the growing presence of millennials in the workforce.
The Distribution/Fulfillment Center of the Future, 2020 Design Competition
By: Sheila Vertino, former editor-in-chief of Development magazine and a freelance writer based in the Washington, D.C. area Winter 2013
During the spring and summer of 2013, NAIOP conducted a design competition in which it sought concepts for the Distribution/Fulfillment Center of the Future. NAIOP invited architects to conceptualize and design the physical "goods exchange" structure that will accommodate distribution, fulfillment and retail functions in the year 2020.
Green Globes Updated
By: Sharene Rekow, vice president of business development, the Green Building Initiative Winter 2013
The most dramatic changes in the history of green building certification programs are unfolding in 2013, as both Green Globes and LEED undergo major updates. Changes to the Green Globes program are intended to improve technical rigor and enhance ease of use, as well as to reflect how current building science influences materials selection and other choices in building design and construction.
Healthy Transit Systems Can Drive Local Economies
By: Mark Aesch, CEO and founder, TransPro Consulting, as well as a former CEO of the RGRTA and author of "Driving Excellence" Winter 2013
Public transportation has long been regarded as a vital component to a healthy local economy. Today, local economic engines can be further fueled by creative land use concepts involving transit elements. Rochester, N.Y., for example, was able to attract hundreds of millions of investment dollars for a variety of innovative, transit-related development projects.
How Cities Can Get More Development For Their Transit Dollars
By: Julie D. Stern, managing editor, Development Winter 2013
Transit-oriented development has been promoted as a way to combat congestion, pollution and other problems associated with sprawling, auto-dominated suburban growth patterns. City leaders typically believe that developers will only invest in projects located along rail-based transit lines, including light-rail transit and streetcars. Yet a recent report demonstrates that the type of transit matters less than how much government support it gets.
NAIOP Sustainable Development Award Honors StonebridgeCarras for 200 I Street
By: Kathryn Hamilton, vice president for marketing and communications, NAIOP Winter 2013
Bethesda, Md.-based StonebridgeCarras was named the recipient of NAIOP's annual Sustainable Development Award, which was presented during a special ceremony at Development '13: The Annual Meeting for Commercial Real Estate.
From the Archives: Development Ownership Articles from the Previous Issue
Developer of the Year 2013: Vulcan Real Estate's Bold Vision
Development magazine Fall 2013
Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen's real estate development company, Seattle-based Vulcan Real Estate, is leading one of the largest urban redevelopment efforts in the U.S. Vulcan's ability to articulate a vision; collaborate with multiple public and private entities; obtain expensive infrastructure improvements; and finance, design, deliver, and fill office, scientific, medical, residential, and retail structures turned around an underused, aging industrial neighborhood just south of Seattle's central business district.
South Jordan Health Center: Developing a Sustainable Medical Facility
When the University of Utah and Kennecott Land decided to build a new health center in the rapidly growing planned community of Daybreak in South Jordan, Utah, they had ambitious goals: to provide the community with a facility that would offer the best in health care services and state-of-the-art medical technology while also limiting the building's impact on the environment. Most full-scale medical facilities use an enormous amount of energy, which makes obtaining LEED certification a challenge. But by implementing sustainability features into the building from the earliest design stages the development team was able to exceed its expectations.


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Water bills do not appear to be going down anytime soon. Plants that need little water and make good groundcover include rockrose, Spanish lavender, blue fescue, ice plant, thyme varieties and alyssum.
How to Add Fragrant Lavender to Your Cooking – Lavender, or Lavandula, is part of the mint family with 39 known species of flowering plants. This perennial herb is indigenous to the Mediterranean area and is easy to grow. Most people think of lave.
(='Schola') Lavender is actually a low-growing shrub, native to the Mediterranean region. The fragrant flowers and foliage make it a favourite for herb gardens and in the perennial border.
To dry lavender cut and bundle stems then hang them upside down as shown below in a cool dry dark room. Display dried flowers in a pot.
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Noteworthy Characteristics. Amsonia is a genus of about 20 species native to light woodlands or grasslands of Southeast Europe, Turkey, Japan, and Central and Northeast United States. They are clump-forming perennials with narrow, alternate leaves and clusters of blue, 5-petaled flowers. Genus name honors 18th-century Virginian physician Dr. Charles Amson.
Lavender thrives in full sun and well-drained soil which makes it a great drought-tolerant flower.


Two Houston basketball players have contests that go beyond the game.
Both 6-7, sophomores Zander Yates and Mason Miller have after- practice big-boy challenges of seeing who can jump the highest, touch the top of the backboard the most and win the most dunk contests.
They weren't the only ones who were up for the Trashy v. Classy rivalry that is Collierville v. Houston.
Wearing coats and ties, skirts and dress, Houston students dressed up for the game on Friday and Houston players on the bench would jump up when a teammate attempted a 3-point shot.
Applause also went up from the Houston student section when their chant of "We want Gilmore," was answered when senior Jackson Gilmore entered the game in the fourth quarter.
He did not disappoint. In his first year on the basketball team, he knocked down two treys as the Mustangs continued to expand their lead before winning 63-37 at Houston.
"That is always exciting when he comes in. He always works hard in practice," said Yates.
Exciting is how Yates described the Mustangs' second victory over the Dragons. Houston won in Colllierville 46-27 on Jan. 11.
"We executed well on offense and our defense was great too. We knew what they were running so we scouted them well. We worked together as a team," said Yates.
The victory put Houston at 18-7, 7-2 in District 15-AAA. Collierville is 12-12, 3-6 in district.
The moniker for the rivalry began as perception.
"The Trashy v. Classy is really how both schools perceive each other. We are trashy because of how Southern Collierville kids can be. The Houston kids are known to be more formal and preppy. Both schools go all out each year," said Collierville forward Connnor Phillips, a 6-4, 200-pound junior and tallest player.
Collierville students dressed in camouflage. The basket was in camouflage for the Dragons the first quarter. They did not score a point, trailing Houston 9-0 at the end of the quarter. It was the first time this season they had been held scoreless in the first.
With 7:04 left in the second quarter, Kevin Wright scored the Dragons' first points after Houston took a 14-0 lead.
"We just have trouble shooting period. We don't score the ball well. We don't have a go-guy that can go out and get you 20 on a given night. We have had that in the past," said Collierville Head Coach Jonathan Mooneyham, referring to Jalen Lynn, a Colllierville grad, who scored 40 points on Thursday for Mid-South Community College. He sank 12 of 15 3-pointers.
The Mustangs played man-to-man defense in the first.
"When we are aggressive we are capable of being a good defensive team. They had some limitations and we were fortunate enough to take advantage of them. They missed a bunch of open looks early on. That just happens," said Leonard.
The second quarter was almost even with Houston outscoring the Dragons 19-17 for a 28-17 halftime lead.
Mooneyham said the scoreless first quarter did affect his team mentally.
The Dragons loosened up in the second quarter.
"We were only down 11 at half and that is certainly still a ballgame. You don't go down 11 at half and think the game is over," he said.
Both teams were scoreless almost three minutes into the first. Alex Marsh, who played an excellent game for the Mustangs, scored their first five points with a trey and basket before 6-7 Fazion Fields, T.J. Madlock and Miller scored.
Madlock's 3-pointer extended it to 14-0 and Miller to 16-2. The Dragons' first 3-pointer came from Kyle Warren. A great under-the-basket shot by Houston's Hank Pearson put Houston up 20-7.
Matt Cox, Wes Davis, Wright, a driving layup by Jeff Hubbart, free throws by Javere Washington and Wright sparked the Dragons scoring in the second.
Marsh sank two consecutive treys that helped give Houston a 26-15 lead with 1:01 left. Fields and Madlock each scored in the second.
With Mooneyham hoping the Dragons would continue their scoring, the second half started like the first. The Dragons were held to four points in the third quarter.
Madlock, Nick Tarrence and Fields pushed Houston ahead 36-17. Hubbart's basket and free throw and Warren's free throw were the only scorers for the Dragons in the third.
A steal by Fields and his dunk with 3:27 left in the third was a boost for Houston.
"When Houston got a transition dunk is when the momentum shifted totally in their direction," said Phillips.
Miller's block led to a free throw by Tarrence and Miller finished with four straight points for a 44-21 lead at the end of three.
"We struggled to score in the second half. We got back down in a hole and tried to find ways to get the ball to go in and it never seemed to go. Not to take away from them, they played solid defense but we got open. We got some solid looks out of our offense, we just didn't make the basket. They had a part to do with it for sure. At some point when you are open you have got to put the ball in the hole," said Mooneyham.
With a dunk of his own, Miller expanded the lead to 49-24 with 6:24 to play. Before that Phillips had a basket and a free throw. Max McClintock, Houston's 6-2 senior, put the Mustangs on top 51-26 and Miller scored two free throws. Jordan Jenkins and Hubbart had free throws for Collierville.
Within a minute, Gilmore sank two 3-pointers. His first made it 56-30 and second 59-34. C.J. Wilson sank a trey for Collierville. Davis scored four of Collierville's 16 fourth quarter points.
Ethan Roberts' free throws gave Houston its largest lead of the game, 63-35.
"With the game well decided and putting in our guys who don't play much, we told them we are playing against the game, we're not worried about the score," said Mooneyham.
"For us to scrap that is what we talk about all the time. We just have to play hard. There is nothing we can do about the fact that we are not very big but I told them there are two things you can control, your attitude and your effort. We talk about that a lot.
The Mustangs played solid from beginning to end said Leonard.
Miller, the son of former Memphis Grizzlies player and current University of Memphis assistant basketball coach Mike Miller, had missed 11 weeks due to back problems.
The Mustangs' "drives and kick game (pass to open shooters) is what beat us. They had good drivers and shooters that compliment each other," said Phillips.
Miller scored a game-high 12 points. Marsh scored 11, Madlock 10, Fields 8, Tarrence 8, Gilmore 6, McClintock 4, Roberts 2, Pearson 2. Houston sank 11 of 17 free throws.
The top scorer for the Dragons was Wright with 9. Davis added 6, Hubbart 6, Wilson 5, Washington 3, Phillips 3, Warren 3, Cox 2. Collierville hit 14 of 25 free throws.
Wright, Hubbart, Washington brought "a lot of energy to the team" Phillips said.
Mooneyham praised Phillilps for his game.
The Mustangs are a talented team who use height to their advantage.
"They have got some nice pieces and they have some guys who can make threes. Miller is a talent. When you have a point guard like Madlock (the leading scorer with a 16-point average) that can make plays, bigs that can rebound and some guys that can just sit in the corner and make shots that makes life a little bit easier," said Mooneyham.
In his second season at Houston, Leonard was head coach 12 years at Christian Brothers High School, seven years as head coach at Christian Brothers University (1990-97), an assistant coach at Memphis, North Texas and LSU and Director of Basketball Operations at LSU before being hired at Houston by one of his former CBU players Chad Becker, the Houston athletic director. It is his 44th year of coaching basketball.
"You can't change your expectations. I was fortunate enough when I was at CBHS (and CBU) to have some success. The college game is very different (than high school) because of the shot clock. When you watch what made guys successful college players you realize that they're not the most talented guys. They are guys who don't take no for an answer. They show up to do their job. They do their work every day. They are in a constant improvement mode. In high school you are dealing with younger bodies.
"If you can get kids in that mode early on, then your team gets better in a hurry," Leonard said.
One thing he learned about the Mustangs on Friday is "they like to win. Coming off a big win (against Southwind) I was curious to see how they would play. It's a rivalry game. There shouldn't be a reason not to be ready to play. I want to be going into the tournament playing well.
"My thing is how well did we make plays, do our assignments. If we do our assignments the rest of it takes care of itself. We came ready to play (against Collierville). When you throw it up and you are ready that gives you a chance," he said.
The Dragons will continue to work on shooting.
"It's not that we didn't get open looks. I don't know that there is an easy answer for it. We work on it. We shoot a lot. We have a couple of kids I feel confident shooting. Jeff Hubbart is a really good shooter. He shot it well Tuesday night. He had been in a slump. Tuesday (against Germantown) he made four threes and had 18 points. I thought he was going to be back for us. He had a hard time getting the ball to go in (tonight)," said Mooneyham.
He also expects to see 6-1, 148-pound junior Christian Baker dunk.
"A lot of people don't know how well Christian can dunk. He has a monster vertical and delivers impressive dunks," said Phillips.
His funniest experiences this season were road trips to Baton Rouge and Birmingham for games.
The Dragons left Houston disappointed.


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PQ's youngest MNA quits caucus, says party is beyond rehabilitation
Fournier leaving the caucus also means the PQ falls in fourth place for number of seats in the National Assembly, with nine compared to QS's 10.
Catherine Fournier says she will work to build a broad coalition of sovereigntists
Colin Harris · CBC News · Posted: Mar 11, 2019 11:04 AM ET | Last Updated: March 11
'Even if the Parti Québécois eventually reforms itself, I believe that it's too late,' Catherine Fournier said Monday at a news conference in Longueuil. (Radio-Canada)
The youngest sitting member of the Parti Québécois has quit caucus to sit as an independent, sovereigntist MNA.
Catherine Fournier says she wants to build a non-partisan consensus between Quebecers who want to achieve independence, and that the movement is too fractured to achieve its goal under any of the existing parties.
The PQ is past the point where it can be saved by new leadership, she said.
"Even if the Parti Québécois eventually reforms itself, I believe that it's too late," she said at a news conference in her home riding of Marie-Victorin, which covers part of Montreal's South Shore.
She said her former party lacks the credibility and confidence of the public to be the vessel of the sovereignty movement on its own, and that it has been in decline since the 1995 referendum loss.
At 26 years old, Fournier is the youngest MNA in the National Assembly.
No plan to form new party
Fournier leaving the caucus also means the PQ falls to fourth place in number of seats in the National Assembly.
Québec Solidaire, which also has the goal of an independent Quebec as part of its platform, has 10 seats in the provincial legislature.
She will return to the National Assembly as independent, and says she has no plans to start her own party.
"The last thing that the sovereigntist movement needs today is a new sovereigntist political party," she said.
Instead, she said work must be done to create a sovereigntist network across partisan lines and include young people in the conversation.
After a dismal election result, what does the future hold for the Parti Québécois?
Fournier said the PQ has known she was reflecting on her future since her re-election in October, and that her decision should come as no surprise to the party.
The party received just over 17 per cent of the popular vote in that election, one of its worst-ever showings. Even then-leader, Jean-François Lisée, lost his seat to QS.
Interim PQ leader Pascal Bérubé had a different take from Fournier's, saying the caucus was "shocked" by the news of her departure.
"We learned at the same time as you," he told journalists on Monday afternoon.
Bérubé said the party is in an "unprecedented" moment of reflection, where everything is on the table — as long as sovereignty remains at the heart of its platform.
He also questioned whether Fournier could be a legitimate representative of her voters, given that she is leaving the PQ just five months after running under its banner.
Fournier responded on Twitter, saying Bérubé's reaction is emblematic of the party's problems.
La réaction du Parti Québécois exprimée par son chef intérimaire Pascal Bérubé est à elle seule une bonne démonstration de ce qui ne fonctionne plus dans ce parti. #polqc
—@CathFournierQc
In a statement, Québec Solidaire wished Fournier luck in her endeavour, but added that it believes QS is the right party to make Quebec a country.
It pointed to its merging with the hardline party Option Nationale ahead of last fall's election as proof it can be the home for the province's sovereigntists.
With files from Radio-Canada
Pascal Bérubé named interim Parti Québécois leader
CAQ agrees to grant official party status to Parti Québécois, Québec Solidaire
'We are waiting for real action': Opposition MNAs demand Legault lay out plan to fight climate change


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Home News Clean bill of health for Liverpool ahead of Newcastle clash
Clean bill of health for Liverpool ahead of Newcastle clash
Despite a gruelling fixture list of late, Liverpool are set to have a full squad to choose from against Newcastle this weekend.
Whilst the rest of the Reds' Champions League rivals have injury issues, the men from Anfield look set to have a fully available squad and, though that won't last, it's certainly something to be happy about.
Last week against West Ham, Ben Woodburn, Danny Ings and Gini Wijnaldum all missed out thanks to a virus whilst skipper Jordan Henderson was rested as a precaution.
They are all in contention to face the Magpies, though, in another crucial game in the top four race.
Meanwhile, Nathaniel Clyne is pushing to be back in the side after playing a full U23 game following a lengthy injury and so Klopp's got a good selection headache ahead of him.
With Champions League games on the way, too, he'll surely be pleased at the plethora of players he's got at his disposal.
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>>>of the same tired arguments that the ICR publishes.
>> that the "populace" is not as "ignorant" as they smugly think!
>seen in YEC and OEC web sites anymore. Moon dust anyone?
critically evaluate the claims of the ICR.


Though many consumers have begun paying their bills online, they have been slow to turn off paper bills and statements. Pitney Bowes sought to reach consumers who have resisted calls to go paperless by providing an integrated solution for mail delivery, document storage and bill payment.
Centralis created a cross-channel suite of applications: a primary web-based user experience augmented by mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and other platforms. Our design work, which included process definition, wireframing and visual design, was informed by two rounds of user research and usability testing to ensure that the product offers clear advantages over existing online bill pay and mail management options.
Pitney Bowes has been hailed by the press as a "game changer" that is "designed to meet consumer demands to 'let me have only the information I want, when I want it, where I want it, how I want it'". Based on positive consumer and industry response, Pitney Bowes plans to launch Volly to the general public later this year.


DMMK: Is T-Home and Viiv really so boring ?
Over the last months, the guys from 37signals have written a book on a subject they are quite familiar with: building successful web apps. The title is "Getting Real", it has 171 pages and is not available in any book store. Instead you can only buy it online as a downloadable PDF. It is now out for about a month. So far, so uninteresting. If you search Amazon for books on web design you get over 3000 hits. Who should care about an additional one that's not even available on Amazon and wasn't published by a well-renowned publishing house ? Well, let's find out ! 37signals has just blogged a 30-day status update on their experiences as a self-publisher. So, how many books did they actually sell in those first 30 days ?
We've sold roughly 5750 copies of Getting Real. We're counting a transaction as a copy sold, but out of those 5750 transactions, 530 were 10-copy site licenses. So, if you wanted to count each of those site licenses sales as 10 copies, you can add another 5000 or so copies to the total.
The answer: depending on how you count between 5750 and 10.750 issues !! Not bad - but did they earn any money with this ?
Total revenue for the book has been around $120,000. Since the book is distributed electronically in PDF format, it's nearly all profit.
Springer-CEO Döpfner wants to fight Google ! Huh ?
"We are the number one in print, ProSiebenSat.1 is the number one in TV - this will enable us to defy our real competitors of the future - EBay, Google and Yahoo."
"For almost every writer, the number of sales they lose because people never hear of their book is far larger than the sales they'd lose because people can get it for free online," Doctorow says. "The biggest threat we face isn't piracy, it's obscurity."
Ben McConnell's advice: Take the words "writer" and "book" and substitute them with your job and associated product.
Keep track of what bloggers are saying about your company and its products.
Last, but not least: Be Honest !!
Amazon quietly launched the beta version of a brand new service two days ago: a search engine called A9.com It includes not only the usual search the web functions, but also quite a few other cool things, like an integrated version of their "Search inside the Book" feature. As one can imagine, the blogosphere is already buzzing about this - big time ! John Battelle's Searchblog, for example, has 1, 2, 3 interesting postings concerning A9... Btw, I am still waiting for a Mac OS version of one of these toolbars everybody is offering these days !?