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Foliar Fertilizer Helps Crown Beet King
Posted in: Farming By Bill Strautman June 1 2009
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Sugar beets are a high nitrogen user early on, but if there's too much N available later in the season, sugar content suffers. Because growers are paid on a sugar content basis as well as on tonnage, this can be a concern.
To manage this concern Dwight Perry and his agronomist Gerald Anderson, PAg., use an in-row, foliar and fertigation-based fertility program that has earned Perry the Beet King crown in his area, two years out of the last four.
Perry had been applying a typical N-P-K fertility program to his sugar beets based on soil test results.
"Lots of times they'd call for 100 pounds of N, and that's expensive now. When Gerald joined Agri-Trend, he asked if I'd be one of his clients. I've known Gerald for a long time through other things and I couldn't turn him down," says Perry, who farms near Chin, Alberta.
"Gerald does his tests and we end up feeding micronutrients rather than ordinary fertilizers. The scary thing about beets is you have to have the N down by fall. Otherwise you have poor sugar extraction. You'll have big beets but there's less sugar in them. Gerald works to ensure all the N gets used up, but everything else is there for the plant."
The field rotation starts with processing peas for Safeway, then sugar beets. The next year, Perry's nephew seeds potatoes, then the fourth year is a cereal crop.
"Because we're following processing peas, we don't put any N on the field at all anymore. When we seed the peas we know we're putting sugar beets on the next year, so we make sure the field is good and level for both crops," says Perry.
John Olfert has worked with Perry for the past 20 years and has built most of the equipment Perry uses, including a 24-row planter. A squeeze pump and some plastic tubing, designed by Olfert, delivers liquid fertilizer and extra water to the seed row.
Anderson, who operates AgAdVenture Agronomy Consulting out of Coaldale, says Perry applies four gallons per acre of Alpine, plus micronutrients as required, according to soil and tissue samples from previous years. That goes on with the seed, dribbled in the seed row.
"To that he adds 16 gallons of water. The reason for that is, you're seeding sugar beets at a depth of half an inch and quite often you're not into moisture. So instead of going down to moisture, he's creating what he refers to as a ribbon of mud," says Anderson.
Perry has used this 'ribbon of mud' concept at various times through his farming career, where water is applied with the seed to help encourage quick germination.
"It's an interesting idea, if only it was absolutely fool proof. It isn't – we do add a lot of water in the seed row, but it still seems to dry out," says Perry.
"We don't pack the fields like we used to. With beets, we used to have the field as hard as a road. The drill would drop the seed in a trench, cover it up with dry dirt, up would come the water from below and the seeds would be sitting in moisture."
"But that never happened in my fields. The idea of the stream of water is you'd make enough of a mud strip in the row that the beets came up for sure. Because we don't get any irrigation until May 10th or 15th, we'd end up losing the longest days when we seed too late."
Perry carries the water and fertilizer mixture in saddle tanks mounted on the tractor.
Anderson says following the in-row fertilizer application, when the crop reaches the four or five leaf stage, they come in with an early foliar – another application of Alpine plus micros.
"What goes on is two gallons of 28-0-0, two litres of Alpine, plus a micronutrient package. Then we monitor through the season, with most of the rest of the fertility going on through the irrigation pivots," says Anderson.
"I usually pull at least two tissue samples in-crop and do them early enough that we can respond. One is taken in the middle of June that directs us for a month or so. Then I pull another sample in the middle of July."
The sugar beets get monitored at least once a week. Anderson checks brix levels from the leaf, plus watches for disease, bugs and weeds. He also monitors soil moisture content with a soil probe that reads in percentage moisture.
"I have an irrigation software chart I created myself, for irrigated crops. I monitor that, decide how much water we need, then tell John and he makes it happen," he says.
"We're responding to the tissue samples according to need. I've used 10-10-10, 3-18-18, Alpine and other products. Whatever we see from the tissue sample, we look at what our options are, we may blend some different products, then we apply it through the pivots."
In 2008, Anderson uncovered some research that suggests boron pulls sugars down from the top of the plant to the roots, to help created a better microclimate around the roots.
"We hadn't been applying extra boron later in the season because sugar beets are a biennial and you're not setting any seed. So we'd left the boron out of the late application. But I thought if we're pulling sugar down, these guys are paid on both tonnage and sugar content. If we can bump the sugar content at the end of the year, that might be a good thing. So we did and he had better sugar content than average," he says.
Perry admits he gets a little nervous when he writes a $10,000 cheque for micronutrients on 300 acres. "But for those beets, that was our total fertilizer program. And we do end up with high tonnage," he says.
Anderson says the target yield has been 25 t/ac. each year with 20 percent extractable sugar. In 2005, they managed 28 t/ac, which qualified for runnerup Beet King in Perry's growing district. In 2006 he grew 32 t/ac, which won the award.
"In 2007, we were hit with 85 percent hail at the end of July, applied a foliar immediately after and pulled off 27 t/ac. For 2008, it was a cool, wet growing season and his final results were 24.8 t/ ac adjusted with 17.173 percent extractable sugar.
That is compared to an average for his area of 20.29 t/ac and 16.57 percent extractable sugar. The overall averages for all areas were 21.14 t/ac and 16.44 percent sugar," says Anderson.
Those totals made Perry the 2008 Beet King in his area, for two crowns in four years.
"We are as far as Tempest goes, but we're only one of eight areas. We've never been close to getting the best overall. That's usually someone from Vauxhall or Taber East, where they have
higher heat units. But if we can beat the neighbors in Tempest, that's a pretty nice deal! I don't take any credit for it.
That's Gerald's doing," says Perry. Anderson says in the hail year of 2007, with 85 percent hail damage on his beet crop, they put on a foliar package with the pivot to get the crop restarted and still ended up with 27 t/acre. A neighbor who was also hailed out chose not to use the same treatment, so it gave Anderson a chance to
compare results.
At the end of the season, I checked with the neighbor and his field yielded just over 20 tonnes/ acre. Dwight got over 27 tonnes. For a package that cost $14/acre, when the crop returns $40/tonne, it was a pretty good return," says Anderson.
The agronomist says there's only two things a producer can control – the cost of inputs and production.
"If we can get increased production at the same price, we're winning. If we can get the same production at reduced costs, we're winning. But if we can do both, we're really winning," he says.
Anderson says at their annual review in the fall of 2008, Perry confirmed that his total fertilizer bill was well below what it was prior to them starting this program.
"Not only is he winning production awards, which translates as good returns, but the best part is that his net return has increased dramatically because of the reduced input costs. We're winning on both ends of the program."
Says Perry, "I wouldn't consider doing anything different right now. I'm very pleased with what Gerald has put together for us."
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Bill Strautman is an ag journalist with more than three decades of experience in the western Canadian agriculture industry. Originally from a mixed farm in north-west Saskatchewan, Bill has lived and worked in all three prairie provinces.
He currently owns a fifth-generation century farm east of North Battleford.
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Cannabis study reveals how CBD offsets the psychiatric side-effects of THC
Summary: CBD blocks the ability of THC to overstimulate the ERK pathway in the hippocampus, preventing negative side effects associated with cannabis use.
Source: University of Western Ontario
Researchers at Western University have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause cannabidiol, or CBD, to block the psychiatric side-effects caused by tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis.
It has been previously shown that strains of cannabis with high levels of THC and low levels of CBD can cause increased psychiatric effects, including paranoia, anxiety and addictive-behaviours, but why that was occurring was not fully understood.
Steven Laviolette, PhD, and his research team used rats to investigate the role of a molecule in the brain's hippocampus called extracellular-signal regulated kinase (ERK) which triggers the neuropsychiatric effects of THC.
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The research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience demonstrates that rats that were given THC had higher levels of activated ERK, showed more anxiety behaviours and were more sensitive to fear-based learning. Rats that were given both CBD and THC acted like the control rats: they had normal levels of activated ERK, less anxiety behaviours, and were less sensitive to fear-based learning.
Based on these results, the research team proposes that CBD blocks the ability of THC to overstimulate the ERK pathway in the hippocampus and thus prevent its negative side-effects.
Based on these results, the research team proposes that CBD blocks the ability of THC to overstimulate the ERK pathway in the hippocampus and thus prevent its negative side-effects. The image is in the public domain.
"Our findings have important implications for prescribing cannabis and long-term cannabis use. For example, for individuals more prone to cannabis-related side-effects, it is critical to limit use to strains with high CBD and low THC content," said Laviolette. "More importantly, this discovery opens up a new molecular frontier for developing more effective and safer THC formulations."
PhD Candidate and Vanier Scholar Roger Hudson, lead author on the study, says another interesting finding was that CBD alone had no effect on the ERK pathway. "CBD by itself had no effect," he said. "However, by co-administering CBD and THC, we completely reversed the direction of the change on a molecular level. CBD was also able to reverse the anxiety-like behaviour and addictive-like behaviour caused by the THC."
Laviolette says they will be following up these studies by continuing to identify the specific features of this molecular mechanism. The research team will examine ways to formulate THC with fewer side effects and to improve the efficacy of CBD-derived therapies.
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"Cannabidiol Counteracts the Psychotropic Side-Effects of Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in the Ventral Hippocampus Through Bi-Directional Control of ERK1-2 Phosphorylation". Roger Hudson, Justine Renard, Christopher Norris, Walter J. Rushlow and Steven R. Laviolette.
Journal of Neuroscience doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0708-19.2019.
Cannabidiol Counteracts the Psychotropic Side-Effects of Δ-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in the Ventral Hippocampus Through Bi-Directional Control of ERK1-2 Phosphorylation
Evidence suggests that the phytocannabinoids Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) differentially regulate salience attribution and psychiatric risk. The ventral hippocampus (vHipp) relays emotional salience via control of dopamine (DA) neuronal activity states, which are dysregulated in psychosis and schizophrenia. Using in-vivo electrophysiology in male Sprague Dawley rats, we demonstrate that intra-vHipp THC strongly increases ventral tegmental area (VTA) DA neuronal frequency and bursting rates, decreases GABA frequency, and amplifies VTA beta, gamma and epsilon oscillatory magnitudes via modulation of local extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation (pERK1-2). Remarkably, whereas intra-vHipp THC also potentiates salience attribution in morphine place-preference and fear conditioning assays, CBD co-administration reverses these changes by down-regulating pERK1-2 signaling, as pharmacological re-activation of pERK1-2 blocked the inhibitory properties of CBD. These results identify vHipp pERK1-2 signaling as a critical neural nexus point mediating THC-induced affective disturbances and suggest a potential mechanism by which CBD may counteract the psychotomimetic and psychotropic side-effects of THC.
Strains of marijuana with high levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and low levels of cannabidiol (CBD) have been shown to underlie neuropsychiatric risks associated with high potency cannabis use. However, the mechanisms by which CBD mitigates the side effects of THC have not been identified. We demonstrate that THC induces cognitive and affective abnormalities resembling neuropsychiatric symptoms directly in the hippocampus, while dysregulating dopamine activity states and amplifying oscillatory frequencies in the ventral tegmental area via modulation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway. In contrast, CBD co-administration blocked THC-induced ERK phosphorylation, and prevented THC-induced behavioural and neural abnormalities. These findings identify a novel molecular mechanism that may account for how CBD functionally mitigates the neuropsychiatric side-effects of THC.
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October 1, 2019 Gail Wiltse
All drugs act differently on different people,so how can you extrapolate that THC (for which our bodies have receptors) sans CBD (for which our bodies ALSO have receptors) causes psychiatric symptoms and CBD prevents them?
For instance I've been using cannabis (smoking through a water pipe/bong) pretty much daily for 50 years, different strains do give different experiences. Since my State (WA) went legal with MMJ, and even more so since it legalized recreational (which killed the medical cannabis dispensaries for people who use it medically), I started using a small amount of RSO about 2 hours before I go to bed. I always ask for the full extract from a high THC Indica plant, but a couple weeks ago I was sold a high CBD version instead. I didn't notice, at first, because it was my usual brand, so I opened the package and dispensed and ingested the usual amount, I was awake ALL night, I could NOT go to sleep. After tossing and turning all night long, I got up in the morning and read the back of the package because the high THC always lets me sleep, and discovered there was less than 1% THC and a very high level of CBD. CBD is supposedly what mellows the THC to allow one to be mellow and even fall asleep, but it keeps me awake.
You may not be interested in the following but the mindset of WSLCB might be interesting enough for you to investigate why some people are prohibitionists and/or insensitive to the needs of others and manage to get into positions where their insensitivity affects other people:
The rec store budtenders are not well trained in giving help to medicinal cannabis patients about which strains would be best for their conditions; plus the State only allows home growing for medicinal patients if they deign to sign onto the registry, now; it used to allow it for ALL patients who had a recommendation from a Dr. The State also allows 300+ pesticides to be used on cannabis during cultivation, which should NEVER be allowed to be used on ANY medicinal cannabis plants. Obviously, the State's WSLCB doesn't care about the people who NEED cannabis for medical reasons (though I believe ALL cannabis use is medicinal, even when the user is not aware of that).


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HomeLatest NewsThe largest Russian bank takes refuge in China after the sanctions imposed...
The largest Russian bank takes refuge in China after the sanctions imposed by Europe
By Puck Henry
Russia moves a new piece in its game against the West. Sberbank, the largest Russian state-controlled bank, hopes to open a subsidiary in China before the end of 2023, its vice president, Alexandr Vedyajin, announced today at a press conference.
"I hope that by the end of 2023 we will be able to open the subsidiary in China, usually that takes between a year and a half and two years. We hope that by the end of 2023 we will have a subsidiary in that country," he said, quoted by the Interfax agency.
Vedyajin said that Sberbank maintains "active communications" with the Chinese regulator, which has been provided with a "huge package of documents." "The Chinese regulator very scrupulously checks all the documents and asks for them in large quantities," he added.
Sberbank, disconnected last May from the SWIFT international interbank messaging system by the European Union (EU) as part of the sanctions for the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, currently has only one subsidiary in India, the only abroad.
The future of Russia is determined. The goals of the special operation, negotiations and nuclear weapons in the article by Dmitry Medvedev.
The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine called for depriving Russia of the status of a permanent member of the Security Council and expelling it from the UN KXan 36 Daily News
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Eega
aka ఈగ aka Naan Ee aka Eecha aka Makkhi
Written by Janardhan Maharshi and S. S. Rajamouli
Directed by S. S. Rajamouli
Eega is the best movie of 2012, and I will argue this fact until you are blue in the face and die and are reincarnated as a fly. And I'll be right, because Eega is a rocking awesome flick that keeps you entertained and has fun with it's crazy story.
The concept of Eega is so utterly brilliant I am surprised it isn't used more in films from countries where belief in reincarnation is more mainstream. But beyond the general idea of revenge lasting beyond the grave because the victim is reincarnated, which far too often is just depicted as boring old ghosts, Eega takes that and turns in into an awesome tale where the murdered victim reincarnates as a fly, and must take down a powerful and evil man while one of the weakest creatures on the planet. Flies are even used as a punching bag by bullies, as they say things like "what was that, a fly?" when hit or other such taunts. But a fly can be powerful, especially when backed by the intelligence of a human and the benefits of a micro artist fashioning tools and weapons for the insect.
Eega literally means fly, and when Nani is reincarnated from an underdog in love to an ultimate underdog, his hero arc is at one of the lowest points in cinematic history. How many heroes come back from being killed off in the first act? Only Bill Cosby and Patrick Swayze! But Nani returns in fly form, and his revenge builds from irritation and protecting the woman he loves to vengeance upon the man who ended his life because he stood in the way of getting said woman.
Eega was filmed in Telugu (as Eega) and Tamil (as Naan Ee – the name I first heard of this film as), and later dubbed into Malayalam (as Eecha) and Hindi (as Makkhi). All of these words can be seen flashing on the screen during the final musical number.
Bindu (Samantha) – A visual design sculptor that does micro art as a hobby. Bindu works for Project 511 charity helping educate underprivileged children. Nani has the hots for her, and she's spent the better part of two years teasingly ignoring him and his advances as part of a long term game of hard to get. But this has tragic consequences when the night she finally professes her love is his last on Earth… Samantha also goes by Samantha Ruth Prabhu and has become one of the top South Indian actresses recently.
Sudeep (Kiccha Sudeep) – A corrupt businessman and womanizer, Sudeep even killed his wife for her money, though he's not beyond using her memory as emotional manipulation. Sudeep enjoys killing his enemies beneath his bare feet, feeling the life drain out of his targets. Sudeep is the living embodiment of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast.
Nani (Nani) – A nice guy hopelessly in love with Nani, though she secretly likes him back. Nani donates the tiny paychecks he earns from his firecracker business to her charity just to get excuses to talk to her. Nani is his stage name, his birth name is Naveen Babu Ghanta. Also Nani is so close to the word Naan Ee it makes his choice as star be even better, even if Nani is only in 1/3 of the flick.
Nani Fly Form (CGI) – "Come into my parlor" said the spider to the fly. The fly then kicked his spider butt! That fly was Nani, who has reincarnated in fly form to take down the man who killed him and save the woman he loves. And Nani the fly taunt Sudeep by wiggling his fly butt throughout the pic!
Make no mistake about it, Sudeep is evil. A corrupt businessman, not above dating the wife of a potential business partner just because he can. No one stands in the way of Sudeep. He takes what he wants, when he wants it. If anyone dares stand in the way, his many resources will soon result in the person having an unfortunate accident. We can see his smooth operator technique in action as the gun range. Sudeep is first seen blasting away with his giant phallic symbol, and soon becomes engrossed by a hot lady also firing away. Sudeep sweeps in to show her how to shoot correctly, the two forming together and blasting the big gun in a display that shows censorship is easily defeated by creative souls.
Sudeep masks his lothario ways behind the facade of the good businessman who donates to charity and puts on a charismatic displays of generosity. Becoming friends with the women he targets so he can sweep in and take them off their feet and then leave them by the wayside when he's through with them. This leads to his interaction with Bindu and the charity she works for, Sudeep only paying attention and money to it so she'll be around. His seduction technique is so direct it is almost laughable, though it is required to be that obvious to show how Bindu isn't paying attention to it in the slightest, distracted by Nani being his adorkable self.
Sudeep then goes full on evil, his eyes so red with rage I think Sudeep might develop long term eye damage if he keeps irritating his eyes like that. Intense smoking that's somehow more evil, and shaking rage. Shoving people aside to get a better view of Nani, the reason he's being denied. Sudeep's ego cannot take the hit that some random guy is succeeding where he is not. He must destroy Nani. Nani must die. Nani gets squashed like the bug he becomes, beneath Sudeep's feet.
Sudeep now has no rival to the the woman he set his eyes on, who he wants only because he can't have her. And an upcoming charity trip that Sudeep managed to get just the two of them going to is the perfect excuse for him to have his way with her.
But hope is not lost, for Nani's soul is transported to a fly and he hatches in full grown mode the next day (I was wondering if we'd see Nani as a maggot and eating trash, but they just skip that!) Nani has to get used to being a fly, a great sequence of him flying around in constant danger of being squashed or swatted by oblivious humans is a crash course in a new life. But true love does not forget easily, and soon Nani remembers who he is and who he cares for. But he is so weak that Sudeep doesn't even feel him crashing into him at full strength.
What's a fly to do?
Though still a fly, his human intellect is there in full effect, and flies can still be irritating. Flies can even cause awful accidents as the irritated human tries to swat them and causes problems. One of the best and most Twilight Zone scenes in the film is when Sudeep crashes and flips his car trying to squash the irritating fly, who then writes on the dirty windshield "I will kill you". Sudeep rightfully becomes insanely paranoid, as would anyone when a bug is attempting to murder you.
Nani finds Bindu's home and manages to convince her that the fly is actually Nani returned. He literally writes with her tears, tears she sheds over the loss of Nani. He tells of his murder and his plan of revenge, and Bindu wants to help.
Did you ever think you'd see a movie with a fly training montage? Okay, maybe if the Rescue Rangers had a feature film. But not a real life fly. Nani trains to build fly muscle mass (if you are still in this for tactical realism, you are doing this wrong!), Bindu fashions him goggles to protect against bug spray, and tiny pointy weapons to use to irritate Sudeep with scratches.
Sudeep's paranoia begins to have a toll, it is affecting his business life and personal life. The fly that cannot be squashed is ruining everything, and Sudeep is taking care of wrecking the rest. Sudeep sinks so low he teams up with dark forces, and by that I mean an actual dark mystic who creates some zombie birds to battle Nani the fly (which leads to some awesomely thrilling scenes!) But can Nani's revenge be gotten? Can true love survive if one of the participants is a fly? The answers, my friends, are contained in Eega, just waiting for you to watch them.
Eega is a rocking film, and the Eega song will be stuck in your head far after the film has finished. The plot never spends too long on any one section, it is constantly moving and keeping the film interesting. The longer running time will seem to go by in a breeze.
Rated 9/10 (micro art, production company art, censored art, bug expert, thief nonexpert, bad business deal, fly internet searching buddy, very serious internet website, very serious internet website)
Posted by Tars Tarkas - November 13, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Categories: Bad, Movie Reviews Tags: Hamsa Nandini, India, Janardhan Maharshi, Kiccha Sudeep, Nani, S. S. Rajamouli, Samantha, Telugu, Thagubothu Ramesh
2 Responses to "Eega"
J Hurtado says:
One of my favorite parts is while the fly is writing on the windshled the back ground score singing CHAM CHAM CHAMA CHAM CHAM CAHM PES TA (I will kill you)
Yeah, the songs go great with the action that is happening and they still spout poetic lines like during the training montage sequence when it goes on and on about revenge. Everything works so well together to make Eega enjoyable.


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2',3'-cGAMP (sodium salt)
Activators & Inhibitors
Chemical Modulators
2',3'-cGAMP (sodium salt) #35573
Western blot analysis of extracts from THP-1 cells differentiated with TPA (12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-Acetate) #4174 (80 nM, 16 hr) and then untransfected (-) or transfected with 2',3'-cGAMP (sodium salt) (10 μg/mL, 6 hr; +), using Phospho-STING (Ser366) (D7C3S) Rabbit mAb #19781 (upper) or STING (D2P2F) Rabbit mAb #13647 (lower).
Chemical structure of 2'3'-cGAMP (sodium salt).
2',3'-cGAMP (sodium salt) 35573
2',3'-cGAMP (sodium salt) is supplied as a lyophilized powder. For a 5 mM stock, reconstitute 500 μg of powder in 139 μl of DMSO. Working concentrations and length of treatment can vary depending on the desired effect.
Store lyophilized at -20ºC, desiccated. In lyophilized form, the chemical is stable for 24 months. Once in solution, continue to store at -20ºC and use within 1 month to prevent loss of potency. Aliquot to avoid multiple freeze/thaw cycles.
Molecular Weight 718.4 g/mol
Molecular Formula C20H22N10Na2O13P2
CAS 1441190-66-4
Solubility Soluble in DMSO at 50 mg/ml or water at 10 mg/ml.
2',3'-cGAMP (sodium salt), also known as 2',3'-cyclic-GMP-AMP, is a second messenger produced by the enzyme cGAMP synthase (cGAS) in response to cytoplasmic DNA (1,2). cGAMP binds and activates the stimulator of interferon genes (STING), a transmembrane adaptor protein that is a critical component of the cellular innate immune response to pathogenic cytoplasmic DNA (1-4). The binding affinity of 2',3'-cGAMP to STING is stronger than other cyclic di-nucleotides such as c-di-GMP, 3′2′-cGAMP, 3′3′-cGAMP, and 2′2′-cGAMP with a reported Kd value of 3.79 nM compared to 1.21 μM, 1.61 μM, 1.04 μM, and 287 nM, respectively (5).
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HomeFitnessHow the Fitness Industry Has Changed Over the Past 50 Years
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A lot has changed in our society and world in the last 50 years. We have experienced future-changing events like 9-11 and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as positive changes like new technologies, our world getting closer through communication and more opportunities for more people.
It's no different in the fitness industry, which has made significant strides over the past 50 years. Let's take a look at what this industry has accomplished.
The Start of the Modern Industry
Fitness options were limited in the past, and now they are abundant. Most of the boost that has occurred happened in the past 50 years. The change started to take off in the 1970s and 1980s with a commercial fitness boost that grew from there. In addition, the 1980s were when professional certifications began for fitness professionals.
Some fitness trends of the 1970s weren't so different from today. Namely, popular gym choices were yoga and stationary bikes, which are still popular and continuously trending today. At-home workouts were also popular back then, just as they are today.
Another important catalyst in the 1970s was companies encouraging their employees and management to exercise. This contributed to companies either partnering with local gyms or creating in-house ones. At the time, this trend was centered mostly on executives, and over time has grown to include all employees as a part of many company wellness programs.
Major Growth
Most modern gym chains didn't open until the 1980s or later. Fifty years ago, in the 1970s, there were limited options, including Gold's Gym and the YMCA, and bodybuilding became popular with the help of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
As of the 1970s, gym clubs moved beyond just including certain men to a broader audience. The number of private fitness clubs grew from about three thousand in 1978 to about 20,000 in 2002, with memberships increasing from 1.7 million in 1972 to 42.7 million in 2006. Paid employees in clubs went from 129,925 in 1992 to 329,841 in 2002.
The U.S. gym, health and fitness club industry obtained a market size of about $30.74 billion by 2021, with expectations to keep growing from there.
Household Names
The fitness industry is often big news, or at least it includes prominent figures and brands that roll off the tongue of everyday people.
Over the years, most people have heard of major gyms on the scene, such as Bally Total Fitness, Gold's Gym, 24 Hour Fitness, LA Fitness, and Planet Fitness. We've pretty much all heard of figures like Jack LaLanne, Jillian Michaels, and Jane Fonda. Word spreads about fitness types and trends, whether they come and go or they stick around. Some examples include hot yoga, Pilates, Barre, and HIIT training.
Increasing Technology
Technology has long been part of the fitness industry, with things like computers for managing gym operations and fitness machines that share workout and physiological data. Technology in the industry has only continued to advance, just as it has in every part of society.
Over time, we have seen the advent of fitness wearables, apps, live-streamed workouts, and more advanced exercise machines. It's now easy to track data from all your workouts and integrate data between gym and outside-gym sessions.
Serving the Fitness Industry Since the Beginning
Paramount Acceptance is celebrating 50 years in business! It was part of the early days of the modern fitness industry, established by a couple of the industry's founding fathers, Bob Rice and Ken Melby. It began as a way for these two fitness professionals to simplify billing processes for their clubs and members and continues to provide services to streamline gyms and health clubs today.
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Over the past two weeks, an ongoing investigation of two AP Statistics classes has been occurring, regarding an incident where students were caught cheating on an exam.
AP statistics teacher Angie Esswein declined an interview on the situation but did comment on her initial reaction.
"Cheating on a test can feel like betrayal to a teacher after one works hard to write fair and accurate assessments and teaches the material that is covered on the test," Esswein said.
After one student took a picture of a ¨cheat sheet¨ they created with answers to the test, it was sent to a group of students on various social media platforms, who then proceeded to continue to spread the image. Some students used the cheat sheet to prepare for the exam, while others chose to ignore it.
Word eventually got out to administration, which has identified all the students who were involved and given out consequences to these students, AP statistics students Sidney Cheung and Sylvie Xu said.
Dean Steven Puccinelli said that with cases like these, the administration usually looks at whether it is their first offense. Then it is his job to talk to the student about academic integrity and what consequences they will be facing.
For first offense students, the consequences vary from a zero on the assignment or test to a student's semester grade being lowered a full letter grade, or even suspension from school depending on the extent of the violation, according to the FUHSD Academic Honesty Policy.
In situations like this one, all students who were involved in any way were ultimately found at fault and given certain consequences depending on the extent of their involvement, Puccinelli said.
Xu was sent the photo by a classmate in a group chat, but denies using it for the test.
¨We all try really hard for this class … and the fact remains we did not cheat and they did not believe us,¨ Xu said.
Puccinelli gave more insight on integrity and how it has to be upheld from multiple perspectives which makes it difficult to trust what the student says.
¨Even if a student denies it … the integrity of the test is compromised [we] cannot trust that this is your information,¨ Puccinelli said.
Xu will be facing consequences regardless because she came into contact with the photo and for the fact that she knew about the situation but failed to report it, Xu said. This is in line with the protocol that Puccinelli described.
Puccinelli said when a student has knowledge of a violation of academic integrity they should report it because then they will also be found at fault.
Xu's grade will be lowered a whole letter grade. Sbe believes the consequences are unfair and alternatives should have been put in place for those who did not cheat.
"We offered alternatives…we [were] willing to take the test [again],"Xu said.
Puccinelli said that the only person can truly know what happened is the student themselves and he described the meaning of academic integrity.
¨Integrity is about being able to look at yourself and know in your own heart if you're doing right or wrong,¨ Puccinelli said.
Wow, quite amazed at the prevalence of this incident. Considering how many were implicated, I wonder if this behavior extends further than one small Stats test.
Though I am an AP Statistics student, allow me to clarify that I had no affiliation with the recent scandals. Perhaps other students shared my experiences: we were unreasonably suspected of a crime we were unaware of. As a party indirectly affected by the foolish actions of a student, I believe that all of the Statistics students were been entitled to a detailed synopsis of the case. Had we been better informed beyond "A student cheated on the exam", us students could have assisted in solving this. All in all, given the length of time it took to resolve this issue and the measures taken, I would go as far to say that this matter was handled in an unprofessional manner highly unfitting for Homestead High School.
I think this article of other people perspectives on how students academics can be looked at by accusing them of cheating in a certain way is wrong.
If you want to peruse your academic goal and move on to do better things in the future. Well I wouldn't say cheating is the only option. Just graduate and win at any cost.
While this comment is very late, it is quite obvious that after the first word was leaked to administration, everybody was more than eager to save themselves rather than preserve their integrity. There are rumors that the first student to report the incident left the office with their grades and record unscathed, as the others involved were brought in for inquisition and were punished accordingly. While administration believes reporting these incidents is a display of integrity, selling out your own classmates in an incident such as this, especially for a reward or reprieve, shows one's true lack of integrity. What kind of integrity is implicated by selfishly giving up your acquaintances and friends? While it is still necessary to report incidents that could endanger students, something like this cheating incident only shows the disgusting self-preserving side of human nature. Administration would have found out in all due time, and the perpetrator would have been punished accordingly, but compelling students to protect themselves by tearing down their classmates does not show integrity. The only result is the students giving up their fundamental honor that binds them together as a civilized people. This isn't to say the test scores shouldn't have been canceled, but encouraging such dishonorable behavior does not build integrity, it destroys it.
The film referenced above is a compelling story with a compelling message: Those who give up others for their own benefit only lose their integrity as humans, but those who stand by their comrades preserve it.
It is certainly unfitting to promote a loss of integrity, and even less so to reward it.


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The Duke of York at Buckingham Palace in London. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA.
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The Duke of York has broken royal protocol to comment on Brexit - saying that it would make 'no difference' to businesses whether the UK is in the EU or not.
Prince Andrew was a UK trade envoy until quitting the role in 2011.
He is one of the first royals to openly speak about Brexit, and appeared less than concerned about the impact it could have on jobs and businesses.
Speaking to ITV News, he said: "Businesses we see could be successful either inside a large internal market, or operating in an even larger external market.
"There are swings and roundabouts to all these sort of things."
He also welcomed President Trump's state visit believing it pathed the way for a stronger post-Brexit relationship with America.
"The conversations that were had were entirely constructive and positive - from both the president, prime minister and ministers on both sides.
"I got a sense it made no difference whether we were staying in or leaving, there was still going to be a very close relationship with the United States on a whole range of issues - not least in the business world."
His comments were quickly siezed upon by pro-Brexit social media accounts.
The prince is not the first royal to talk about Brexit this week - while in Cumbria the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke to a group of farmers, and asked if they were "worried" about the impact of Brexit.
The farmers told the royals that it could be "absolutely dire" for their livelihoods, with one saying it was like "turkeys voting for Christmas".


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More Recruiting...Barry Humphries
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As previously posted, Gary Peters has committed to the Tigers, bringing us to 15, chosing CU over Bammer Moday evening. Adding Peters brings the DB commits to 4, and we should now be full at Corner. Peters scores 3 stars from scout.com and 4 stars from rivals. Rivals has Peters ranked as the 14th best corner in this class. This addition should add some needed depth for our defensive backfield.
Clemson did miss out on Byrnes star Marcus Lattimore- story. This is one of the few from Byrnes to not give Clemson an upper hand. Lattimore is all-world, and I would like to pull in a big name running back again this season, but this is really no surprise. Lattimore will chose between Auburn, UNC, Oregon, Penn State, and South Carolina.
Barry Humphries has decided to transfer, after being kicked off the team by Coach Swinney. His own statement says he wants PT, after being listed as the 4th string Center, but we all know that smells of bullshit and he was really kicked off. There has some transgression recently. First off, theres no way Humphries would NOT get any PT, and theres no way that there are 3 guys better than him at Center. The truth is that he's been in the doghouse since the DUI, and being on the two-game suspension on top of that for the MTSU and GT games on top of that must've given him impetus to further piss Dabo off. Apparently when Ard tried to interview him, he said "Fuck you" and hung up the phone....hilarious and something Ard would be told by thousands of Tiger fans. But what is clear to me is that he doesn't care about his teammates and hasn't grown up yet.
The more serious consequence is that we're now 2 short on the OL. Medlin is already taking a medical redshirt, and now we lose what I believed would be the guy to win the starting job at Center over Cloy, or at least get significant PT spelling Austin or McClain.


Unscrupulous stores are bleeding Houston residents dry.
Locals are reporting rampant price-gouging across the flood-battered city — including one store selling bottled water for $99 a case.
The Texas Attorney General's office says it has received at least 600 complaints about unscrupulous price hikes in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey.
"The majority of these complaints involve price gouging for bottled water, fuel, groceries and shelter," spokeswoman Kayleigh Lovvorn told The Hill.
Reports include gas stations charging as much as $20 dollars for a gallon, and businesses charging embattled residents almost $100 for a 24-pack of bottled water, she said.
"Not as an excuse but as an explanation, we don't typically sell cases of water. The mistake was made when employees priced a case of water using the single-bottle price for each bottle in the case," a spokesman told CNBC.
Those caught price-gouging face steep penalties — $20,000 or up to $250,000 if the victim is 65 years or older, state Attorney General Ken Paxton told the station.
"These are things you can't do in Texas. There are significant penalties if you price gouge in a crisis like this," Paxton said.


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Q: Confused by sequence diagram including <> I'm looking for some clarification on this assignment I have. We are supposed to type up the code (not asking that of anyone on here) of this diagram but I do not understand exactly whats going on.

Based on me research, I understand that all classes are instances of a metaclass, but what I dont understand is are the objects frame, context, and diagram supposed to be objects of our metaclass? or are they independant from the metaclass? Or can you even tell that based on the diagram? I would be able to do this just fine without the presence of the metaclass.

A: A Sequence Diagram does not document inheritance hierarchies.
To figure out if any of the instances in your sequence diagram inherit from that Metaclass, you would need to refer to Class Diagrams and/or Profile Diagrams.
I would not just ignore that Metaclass, since the sequence diagram clearly shows it exists. It could be the (logical) base class for real class(es) that come from a library or framework on which your code depends.
Judging from the sequence diagram, it looks like Frame does NOT inherit from GraphUtilities, since if it did it could have just sent the format and getColor messages to itself. Also, generally speaking, most "utility" classes are not designed to be subclassed.

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I don't usually write a blog that is simply a link to someone else's blog. But today I'm making an exception. Steve Mouzon established an organization called Original Green. His four characteristics of sustainable places (Nourishing, Accessible, Serviceable and Secure) and four characteristics of sustainable buildings (Loveable, Durable, Flexible, and Frugal) are a great way to start thinking about what sustainable development really is.
Steve's regular blogs are always worth a read. But today's entitled The Unburdening of America is particularly good. You don't have to agree with all of Steve's assumptions to find this a good way of thinking about how we are building today and how we should be building. Take a look.


My pine is unable to boot after sharp power outages causing the pine to lose power.
When I tried to boot and view its output via HDMI, it is stuck.
Is there a way to scan / repair my SD card to save the OS image on it right now? It has configuration for packages on there which took me some time to get right in order to work as I need.
I am running the longsleep build if this information helps.
Here over the last couple of years I have had the issue where the Pine64 running Ubuntu 64bit would not boot.
I removed the 32 Gb SD card and used an SD to USB device and would check and repair the SD card with GParted.
Worked fine afterwards. Note that this appeared to be some sort of issue with the OS rather than the SD card.
The issue of not rebooting did crop up and over time with updating the issue has gone away.
Last week updated the build to Ubuntu 18.04 64 bit via command line with no issues. Boots and reboots just fine now.
The Pine 64 here is utilized as an automation server and is up 24 / 7.


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Installing Window Blinds in Rentals – Whose Responsibility?
Recently a tenant called complaining there are no window blinds in their unit. We told the tenant that the owner is not willing to put up window blinds and that the blinds were not part of the offer. This issue should have been raised before the move in for the owner to accept or reject. Still the tenant felt it was the landlord's obligation.
Is the tenant right? There was no request made prior to leasing and the lease is silent on who is responsible for putting up blinds.
So – Who has the Responsibility for Installing Window Blinds in Rentals? The Landlord or the Tenant? Is there a law which requires the landlord to provide window blinds?
Per Florida Statute, at the beginning of a residential rental lease, the landlord (or its agent) must make sure window screens are installed and in reasonable condition, and management must repair screens once annually. Although there is only a yearly obligation to repair or replace screens, it is recommended that the landlord up – keep the screens throughout the year, to avoid potential code enforcement/inspection issues.
The statute specifically states – the landlord, at commencement of the tenancy, must ensure that screens are installed in a reasonable condition. Thereafter, the landlord must repair damage to screens once annually, when necessary, until termination of the rental agreement.
However there is no language in the Florida statutes that requires that the landlord to provide window blinds. That is a cosmetic improvement. So unless there is a local municipal building or housing code or ordinance requiring it – the Florida statutes do not. And if the property is a single-family unit, the landlord can modify the written lease requiring the tenant to be obligated to comply with code. In the past, I recall looking at Miami Dade municipal code and blinds were NOT an obligation of the landlord – rather it is solely a product of what was negotiated in your lease.
Bottom line – Tenant should have negotiated this upfront. Remember you are renting an unfurnished property, not a furnished property. Installing window blinds in rentals are not the responsibility of the landlord unless there is special stipulation in the lease.


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Noise Curfew - Quiet hours are 10:30pm.
Nothing New. Possibility of using motors to build a new CNC?
CNC running. coy is showing people how things are working.
Pi for the gigabot put into the polar. Bug in the firmware causing the nozzle to collide into the buildplate. Still working on it.
Put tools we should get on the wiki wishlist.
Dark Ian would like to improve the wishlist, open to suggestions how to make it better.
Group decides and Jim vouched to have those put on the wardens spreadsheet.
Advanced welding classes this Friday and Saturday.
There will be a Kikad workshop this Thursday.
KiCad class this Thursday (the 28th) at 7:30. See blog for info.
Oscillating belt sander is currently down. Seems like something is wrong with the gearbox in it.
Kevin cracked into it, but isn't sure if the motor is serviceable or not.
14 members here, 4 online votes. All vote YES.
Jim- We had gotten a complaint from upstairs about noise last week in the morning because of COY!
Was definitely the Air compressor making the noise.
Anyone want to try and build a killswitch for the/ compressor?
Brad- Get Generic Business card for the hive.
We should maybe look into getting bulk ordered business cards for the hive.
The slot machine needs to go home. If the owner doesn't claim it soon, it will wind up in purgatory.
Dark Ian-COO. Making homemade beef jerky.
Nancy- Kitchen Warden. Adventures in Healthcare.
Tony- Lorin Student. Playing with ultimaker at UC. Joining hive and introducing himself.
Bill Steele- Bonding pla with weld-on.
Will- Laser cut stuff, got rear ended.
Alex- Working with CNC. Cut first project.
Tim- New member. Tinkering with new projects. Not too productive otherwise.
Brad- CNC warden. Wife's birthday. Went to Disneyworld for one day.
Isabelle- New person. Interested in 3d printing. Hear from us from a friend.
Coy- Hooked up new steppers from CNC. Working on Safes.
John- New member. Working on 3d model to print a chuck for a laithe. Working on a giant 3d monster.
Jim D- Treasurer. Working on Arduino project for automatic door opener for his CNC at home.
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Do you think the Mayor and Governor should bring casinos to Chicago?
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by Loretta A. Ragsdell asks: June 1, 2011 February 10, 2021
Trevor Esper
"I say no because of the crime out there. It will just add more to it. It might bring jobs, but it's the upper class jobs and that leaves us out."
"Yes, I think we should bring Casino gambling to Chicago because it will help create jobs. I think the mob might get involved like they always do. I would be in support of it."
Talanda Burton
"I'm up in the air with that. One, I say yes because it may bring jobs. Two, I say no because there are other, better things we can do with that money to improve Chicago like building playgrounds or (creating) programs for the kids to give them something to do. To beautify Chicago because the streets are messed up."
Monica Rice
"I really don't care because I don't too much gamble, so it really doesn't bother me. I'm not concerned about the crime it might bring because I don't really care."
Jeffrey Burton
"I think it's a good idea because it will bring more employment to the city and revenue to the city where it can help create more programs for the kids. So, if we bring the (casino) money into the city, we can use it for better purposes."
Jeanette Latoya Steels
"I say yes because I think it will bring a lot of jobs to Chicago. And, I also think we won't have to pay for those trolley buses to go to this place and that place. And, we don't have to buy those scratch offs anymore. We can go straight to the casinos. I don't think it will bring any crime element because I'm quite sure they've got security."
"No, because the Mob is going to control it, and it will get out of hand. You know, it's political, so I don't know."
Joseph Phillips
"Yes. I guess it will help with the revenue and the problems with the city. It will bring jobs as long as it keeps the mobsters out. I'd like to see them put it downtown somewhere because that's where all the money is at anyway."


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Yikes, this arugula had a bitterness I wasn't expecting! It was past peppery, into something slightly caustic. So I knew that a simple arugula salad wasn't the ticket.
WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVER ARUGULA PESTO Leftover pesto is handy to have around! One night I tossed it with tiny new potatoes for a no-mayonnaise potato salad. Another night, I stirred it into some goat cheese and then slightly warmed it in the microwave - a terrific appetizer. Another night I added some vinegar to make a quick salad dressing.
Wash the greens. While they dry, in a small skillet, let the olive oil warm on MEDIUM. Add the almonds and let cook in the oil, watching the heat so not to burn, til the almonds turn golden.
While the almonds cook, whiz the arugula in the food processor - you may need to work in batches. Add the almond/oil mixture and Parmesan whiz to combine. Season to taste.
Now that sounds like genius Alanna! Great simple ideas - especially for summer.
Great idea. The arugula I got at the Farmer's Market was sadly just too strongly flavored. And I had the same experience when I tried to grow my own. Love this idea to tame it down a bit.
I prefer arugula pesto to basil pesto - has more bite I find. Spinach pesto is great too, but arugula pesto is definitely my favourite.
Wow, I really must try this. The reason that I don't make a lot of pestos is that basil is pretty pricey. But arugula is not and this looks just as tasty.
I'm mad for arugula, have been buying a lot at farmers' market this year. What a great idea, the pesto out of it!
I love bitter, but arugula can be a little harsh, even for me. I've made a similar pesto w/ walnuts, but toasted almonds sound like a great way to take the edge off.
I love arugula pesto, too, Alanna. When I get a particularly peppery arugula (which is most of the time, because the arugula here is usually picked too late!), I add a handful of fresh basil to the mix just to temper any bitterness.
Ah, the arugula challenge...I think that (and beets) is why we pick our own at the farmers market rather than get the CSA prepack. There's a great essay on arugula: http://bonappegeek.com. Allana, you really have the touch! I took your almond ingredient and added it to an asparagus pesto (from Recipezaar) that needed something -- better!


Say Bonjour to the lady raises the difference between Parisian and New York education, which in the end, complete each other so perfectly!
Meet Florence Mars and Pauline Leveque, the two New York Base French Mommy behind this wonderful children's book, out today!
How came the idea behind this book? And how have you collaborated on it together?
Florence: Since we moved to the US seven years ago I kept a journal of all the things that surprised me, I really have been observing the locals with great attention! Arriving in NY it came as a complete shock how different Parisians and New Yorkers really are. As a mother of three and as the boss of Bonpoint (read our previous interview with Florence here) in the US I have had A LOT to observe around parenting issues and I thought it would be interesting to do a book about all those little differences. It was very natural to ask Pauline to join the fun as she is not only a very good friend and a mother but also a very talented illustrator.
You are both Parisians, waiting your children in NY, how do you personally feel upbringing children the "French" way differs from the "American Way"?
Florence: The French way is all about respecting rules, doing things "comme il faut". And the American way is definitely about making sure your kids are comfortable; something that we really do not care so much about in Paris! The French children are very chic but American more at ease. Our kids will be able to behave very well in a restaurant at age 6 but yours will be able to give a speech in public at this age!
Pauline: It is a wonderful and thrilling experience, but the true answer to your question is precisely the purpose of the book! It took us about 150 pages of illustrations and text to answer it.
What do you miss from your childhood in Paris that you wish you could share here with your kids?
Florence: The jardin d'acclimation !!!
Pauline: I guess, French culture, because it's a part of their family heritage, but also a few things of the daily life. I remember the amazing smell of the French bakeries, the colors of the open markets in the streets on a Sunday morning, the beauty and charm of Paris.
What are you grateful for in NY that your kids wouldn't have in Paris?
Pauline: The cultural diversity. The energy. The way the Americans teach confidence to their kids.
What French tradition do you insist on keeping with your mini New Yorker Kids?
Florence: The French tradition that we will not give up with our mini New Yorkers is the diner. It is every night around the table all together. I cook. Nobody is fooling around. We share the food and the conversation. All the rules for "la table" are no jokes in our house.
Pauline: To say "Hi", "Please" and "Thank you". For my son to learn how to be a gentleman. For my daughter that "show off" is the contrary of elegance. I also want to teach them to appreciate the chance they have to live in such an amazing city like New York, where all the colors, languages and cultures of the worlds are around them.
What do you hope to share with this book?
Florence: We hope to make people smile. And not only French parents! Education is such a big deal here it is sometimes hysterical. French mothers are way too strict and Americans probably too cool. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle!
Pauline: Both education have their strengths and weaknesses, we haven't tried to prove that one or the other was better or less, but just to express with humor how different they could be. This being said, I have no doubt that whatever nationality a mother and father are, they love their children the same way.
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RTE's Ray D'Arcy 'perplexed' amid speculation about The Den's return
"I don't understand why it didn't come back - I'm still perplexed"
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Ray D'Arcy admitted he was "perplexed" that The Den wasn't brought back.
Ray took up the role of presenter of The Den again in 2020 for a special Comic Relief edition of the show, which then led to a new six-episode run on Sunday nights in 2020.
It led many fans to hope the show would return permanently - but nothing was ever announced.
The radio host took to the airwaves to respond to RTE Director General Dee Forbes' recent comments at an Oireachtas Committee on Arts and Culture at which she teased the return of the beloved show.
At the recent Oireachtas Committee, Ms Forbes said that the show wasn't gone off the airwaves for good.
This was in response remarks made by Fine Gael TD Brendan Griffin who said cancelling the show was a "huge mistake".
Ray said: "He put a question to Dee Forbes. He was talking about the golden age of children's television and then he got onto The Den.
"Can't disagree with you Brendan. And as happens in those Oireachtas committees, the questions can be quite long so Brendan continued.
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"And he said he was perplexed. And I'm perplexed as well and everyone I meet is perplexed. I still don't understand."
He added: "This is how conversations go: 'Howiya Ray, how's things? Great. I really loved The Den. Why didn't it come back?'
"And they expect me to have an answer… I don't understand why it didn't come back - I'm still perplexed.
"Dee Forbes went on to say… I'll do it verbatim so I don't misrepresent her… 'I'll have to say The Den is a personal favourite of mine, deputy. I remember it the first time around and as you said it fulfilled a fantastic role during the pandemic. We keep things under review constantly and I think it fulfils a particular role. We've stood it down for now.'"
He then went on to say that Dee's comments were more than "I've ever heard".
"I suppose we're none the wiser there on that one but anyway thanks Brendan, thanks for representing us at the Oireachtas Committee on Arts and Culture," he added.
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A suitable structure?
David Prosser explains why investment companies are more suited to illiquid assets than their open-ended counterparts.
The suspension of Neil Woodford's £3.7bn Woodford Equity Income Fund is a mess – both for the fund's investors and for the wider cause of encouraging more people to increase their saving and investment for the future; the headlines now being made by Britain's best-known fund manager will be a real deterrent to novice investors.
The really frustrating aspect of this affair is that regulators, advisers and investors cannot say they were not warned. This is no one-off shock – these suspensions happen regularly, most recently three years ago when a swathe of property funds had to shut up shop for a period after the EU referendum result sent markets into a spin. Such episodes are an inevitable consequence of holding illiquid assets in an open-ended fund structure.
In a nutshell, if you put hard-to-sell assets in a fund where investors' withdrawals have to be paid out of the fund, you're asking for trouble. If there are too many withdrawals, you'll run out of cash and more liquid assets that you can sell to pay up. Then you're forced to try to sell the illiquid stuff in a rush, which is a recipe for disaster, or to suspend the fund, which understandably sends investors into a panic. In a closed-ended fund, by contrast, investors buy and sell shares that offer exposure to the underlying assets, but the pool of assets itself is unaffected by these trades.
For those who have spent years sounding the alarm, the difficult thing has been getting anyone to listen. The relative merits of different types of fund structure is a dry, technical debate – people want to know which funds will generate the investment returns they need, not which ones are open- or closed-ended.
The Woodford row is your periodic reminder that this conversation does matter. And if it's unreasonable to expect all investors to get to grips with it, advisers and regulators certainly have a responsibility to engage on their behalf.
One important lesson here is that investment companies still aren't getting the support they deserve. For years, regulators maintained an uneven playing field, with open-ended funds allowed to pay commissions to intermediaries, an option that was never available to their closed-ended peers; as a result, advisers shunned investment companies. That anomaly was finally closed down in 2012 with the retail distribution review's ban on commission payments, but other issues were not tackled – and the legacy of overlooking investment companies remains.
There is no requirement, for example, for advisers offering lists of recommended funds to even consider investment companies; many claim to scan the whole of the market, but ignore closed-ended funds as a matter of course. Open-ended funds, meanwhile, have been allowed to go on offering exposure to illiquid assets, from property to unquoted companies, despite their obvious unsuitability for this task. The rules on risk warnings remain too lax.
Regulators will no doubt consider whether a new approach is required in the wake of the Woodford crisis. But financial advisers should not feel the need to wait for a steer from the watchdogs. Those who have previously written off investment companies as unduly complex for their clients might like to think again about the obvious advantages of a different type of fund structure.
Don't assume, by the way, that this debate is only relevant when we're talking about illiquid investments. It's certainly true that investment companies are a useful way to secure access to asset classes such as private equity, infrastructure, property and many more where liquidity is a potential problem. But even in the most liquid asset classes, including blue-chip UK equities, a manager who does not have to worry about inflows and outflows of investors' funds has a clear advantage over the competition who does. It leaves them free to get on with the job of managing the fund.
One final point. The other big selling point of an investment company is that it's a stock market listed entity governed by company law, including the requirement to have an independent board of directors whose duty is to shareholders. Again, this sounds technical. But no such requirement applies to open-ended companies – had Mr Woodford had to answer to such a board at Woodford Equity Income, maybe the current crisis might have been averted.


But is Jane Kim a Bumgarner? Or a Livan Hernandez?
The Giants' oh-so pretty proposal to pave a parking lot and put up a paradise near its stadium met with near universal approval when it was unveiled last month. Everyone from current Mayor Ed Lee to former Mayor Art Agnos—themselves very different types of politicians—came out in support.
But today, progressive supervisor Jane Kim, who represents the area of the city that includes AT&T Park, announced that she's seeking to put a measure on the ballot in the fall to challenge those plans. Her proposal would cut the heights of some of the buildings in half and force the developers to subsidize a significantly higher percentage of housing units at below market rates. It's a move that caught even some of her allies off guard, with Agnos likening it to a "wild pitch form a pretty good player." It also puts Kim at odds with progressive leaders like Democratic Party Chairman John Burton and State Senator Mark Leno, who have indicated support for the Giants plan.
So what's behind Kim's proposal? Let's run down some of the possibilities.
Jane Kim Is Protecting Public Land: The Giants would be building on land owned by the city. That sets up good optics for any ballot measure that argues that the public should be receiving a better deal.
Jane Kim Wants to Shake Down More Affordable Housing: There's a pretty brilliant negotiating maneuver that Kim may have just pulled off. Wait until the Giants are all in with their proposal and then raise the stakes against them. The Giants had agreed to set aside 33 percent of all units built as affordable to those making less than 140 percent of the area median income ($142,000 for a family of four). That's right around the level that Kim wanted citywide in the ballot initiative that she passed last year (though it was just a nonbinding advisory measure). Now that the—mixed metaphor alert—Giants train is leaving the station, Kim's move shifts the goalposts to 33 percent of the units affordable to families earning up to 120 percent of AMI, or $122,000 for a four-person household, and another 17 percent affordable to people making up to 150 percent of AMI. What that means is that the developers would be making less money off the units, because they'd be redirecting more of it towards subsidizing the BMR units.
Jane Kim's a Crafty Politician: It's widely-expected, but by no means guaranteed, that Kim will be running against moderate Supervisor Scott Wiener for the seat occupied by termed-out State Senator Mark Leno in 2016. If that happens, she'll need to coalesce the left vote against a centrist opponent. Anything that gets Chris Daly to call it a "a bold and righteous proposal" is a good step towards that end.
Jane Kim's a Closet Dodgers fan: Okay, this doesn't seem likely. But don't think that Giants brass aren't considering that possibility today.


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The Abra River, also called Lagben River, is the seventh largest river system in the Philippines in terms of watershed size. It has an estimated drainage area of  and a length of  from its source in the vicinity of Mount Data in Benguet province.

Geography
The Abra originates in the southern section of Mount Data. It descends westward to Cervantes, Ilocos Sur, and flows into Abra. At a point near the municipality of Dolores, it is joined by the Tineg River, which originates in the uplands of Abra.

Crossings
This is listed from mouth to source.

 Quirino Bridge (, Santa–Bantay boundary, Ilocos Sur)
 Old Quirino (Banaoang) Bridge (Santa–Bantay boundary, Ilocos Sur)
 Calaba Bridge (Ilocos Norte–Abra Road, Bangued)
 Don Mariano Marcos Bridge (Abra–Kalinga Road, Tayum–Dolores boundary)
 Sto. Tomas Bridge (Manabo, Abra)
 Aluling Bridge (Tagudin–Cervantes–Sabangan Road (Cervantes)
 Cervantes–Mankayan–Abatan Road (Cervantes, Ilocos Sur)

References

External links

Rivers of the Philippines
Landforms of Abra (province)
Landforms of Ilocos Sur

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RIO Ferdinand shared a sweet family snap as he celebrated Christmas with Kate Wright and his children.
Rio Ferdinand looked over the moon as he posed for an adorable family photo alongside new fiancé Kate Wright and his three children.
The former footballer, 40, posed with his bikini-clad wife-to-be for a cute photo in front of an idyllic backdrop during a trip to the Maldives.
Kate, 27, looked stunning in a bright red bikini and santa hat as she posed on her knees surrounded by Rio's children from his marriage to late wife Rebecca Ellison; Lorenzo, 12, Tate, 10, and Tia, seven.
Sticking up peace signs with her fingers, the former The Only Way Is Essex star flaunted her incredible figure as she sat in front of her beau Rio, who held up Tate and Lorenzo's legs as they showed off their gymnastic skills.
"Bit delayed on the Christmas post, been offline for a few days!," Rio captioned the image.
"Loads of love from us (the nutters)," he added.
The photo was tagged at Kuredu Island resort, a top-rated popular resort and spa on the tropical island.
Rio and Kate are newly-engaged after he popped the question to the stunning blonde in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The footballer popped the question in front of his three children and Kate shared the gorgeous photos with her 913,000 Instagram followers.
The stunning images showed former England ace Rio and Kate embracing in front of a picturesque view while being cheered on by Rio's children, who then joined the couple in a group hug, with the beautiful skyline as a backdrop.
Rio had three children with wife Rebecca Ellison before her tragic death from breast cancer in May 2015 at the age of 34.
The grief from Rebecca's passing was the main focus in his 2017 BBC One documentary, Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad.