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SWAN HELLENIC PRESS RELEASE 08th December 2021
Renascent Swan Hellenic's SH Minerva sets sail for Antarctica
The cultural expedition cruise pioneer's purpose-designed new ship is on her way to Ushuaia ready for a New Year maiden Antarctic cruise departing 29th December.
Nicosia, Cyprus: Today, Wednesday the 8th of December 2021
Swan Hellenic announced that its new ship SH Minerva had left Helsinki for Argentina and her first cultural expedition cruise of the Antarctic, a 10-day New Year celebration of discovery departing Ushuaia on the 29th of December 2021.
SH Minerva was delivered on the 3rd of December following her christening on the 23rd of November and 3 days of highly successful sea trials in which the next-generation polar expedition vessel performed beyond expectations in all respects, from manoeuvrability and stability to top speed and emissions. The elegant new purpose-designed ship sailed through the Kiel Canal on the 6th of December.
She is the first in a series of three stunning high ice class cultural expedition cruise vessels made for premium cruise experiences worldwide, with a strong bias for extreme latitude areas. SH Minerva features a 5-megawatt diesel-electric propulsion system with selective catalytic reduction and a PC5 ice-strengthened hull with extra-large stabilisers for exceptional passenger comfort. At 113 m, the 10,500-ton vessel has been specially designed to explore the most inspiring and inaccessible places on the planet.
The vessels have been designed to meet the latest environmental regulations. SH Minerva is completely self-sufficient for up to 40 days or 8,000 nautical miles. Preparations have been made to implement battery technology which would also make it possible to operate silently. The vessels are equipped with exhaust gas cleaning, advanced wastewater treatment systems and the waste storage facilities required for operating in sensitive polar areas.
Providing spacious 5-star accommodation for 152 guests in 76 spacious cabins and suites, the vast majority with large balconies, SH Minerva is operated by an onboard team of 120 to provide the highest levels of personal service.
Now in the expert hands of industry veterans Captain Tuomo Leskinen and Hotel Director Philipp Reutener, SH Minerva is set to take her first guests on a 10-day cultural expedition cruise of the Antarctic to celebrate the New Year. There, they will explore the inspiring sights and wildlife of the peninsula and milder Shetland Islands in the company of Expedition Leader Pablo Brandeman, polar expert Steve Blamires and renowned ornithologist Andy Bunten.
Internationally acclaimed chef Jörg Lehmann will be bringing the distinctive Swan Hellenic gastronomic vision to life aboard SH Minerva, presenting varied menus of freshly cooked delicacies that include original Italian and Asian fusion dishes, created in partnership with award-winning Consultant Chefs Andrea Ribaldone and Sang Keun Oh.
At delivery, Helsinki Shipyard Project Manager Jonas Packalén commented:
This is a proud day for us all. SH Minerva is even more beautiful and elegant than we dared hope! We wish her and her crew fair winds and following seas, with special thanks to everyone involved in the project for their unstinting dedication!
Swan Hellenic CEO Andrea Zito added:
I, too, would like to congratulate everyone at Helsinki for their superb work in creating this wonderful new ship. We are delighted with the quality of their work, underlined by the superb performance SH Minerva achieved in her sea trials. With Swan Hellenic now a unique presence on the waves again, we very much look forward to taking our guests to see what others don't, exploring the Antarctic in exceptional comfort and style.
Minerva will be followed by her sister ship SH Vega (NB517) and the slightly larger NB518, which are both already under construction at Helsinki Shipyard.

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Dee may refer to:

People

Surname
 Dee, an alternate spelling of the Welsh surname Day
 Dee, a romanization of several Chinese surnames, including:
 Those listed at Di (surname)
 Some Hokkien pronunciations of the surname Li ()
 Di Renjie  (630–700), Duke Wenhui of Liang, a Tang dynasty official
 Arthur Dee (1579–1651), a physician and alchemist
 Billy Dee, retired African American adult film actor
 Bob Dee (1933–1979), American football defensive end
 Daisy Dee (born 1970), Dutch singer, actress and TV host
 Dave Dee (1943–2009), English singer-songwriter, musician, A&R manager, fundraiser and businessman
 Ed Dee (born 1940), American author
 Frances Dee (1909–2004), American actress
 Gerry Dee (born 1968), Canadian comedian
 Jack Dee (born 1961), British comedian
 Jeff Dee (born 1961), American artist and game designer
 Joey Dee (born 1940), American singer, of Joey Dee and the Starliters
 John Dee  (1527 – 1608 or 1609), English mathematician and alchemist
 John Dee (disambiguation) for other people with the name
 Kiki Dee (born 1947), English singer
 Kool Moe Dee (born 1962), American hip hop MC
 Leo Dee (1931–2004), American artist
 Marvin R. Dee (1917–1977), American lawyer, businessman, and politician
 Merri Dee (1936–2022), American journalist and philanthropist
 Mike Dee, American sports executive
 Mike Dee (baseball coach) (born 1958), American college baseball coach
 Mikkey Dee (born 1963), Swedish drummer with the band Motörhead
 Papa Dee (born 1966), Swedish rap, ragga and dancehall musician
 Roger Dee (1914–2004), American author
 Ruby Dee (1922–2014), African-American actress and activist
 Sandra Dee (1942–2005), American actress
 Simon Dee (1935–2009), British television interviewer and radio disc jockey

Given name
 Diminutive for the name David, common in the UK and Ireland
 Dee Bradley Baker (born 1962), American voice actor
 Dee Brown (disambiguation)
 Dee Dowis (1968–2016), American football player
 Dee Dee Myers, first female White House press secretary
 Dee Dee Ramone, punk musician
 Dee Benson, American judge
 Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
 Dee Delaney (born 1995), American football player
Dee Duponte (1910/11–1971), Hawaii territorial politician
 Dee Gordon, American baseball player
 Dee Harvey (1965–2012), American R&B singer
 Dee Hepburn (born 1961), a Scottish former actress
 Dee Martin, American football player
 Dee Palmer (*1937), English musician
 Dee Roscioli, American actress
Dee Scarr, scuba diver and environmentalist in Bonaire
 Dee Snider, singer

Stage name or nickname
 Dee (singer), Canadian
 Dee (artist), Swedish
 Dee (nickname), a list of people nicknamed "Dee"

Fictional characters
 Judge Dee, a semi-fictional character based on Di Renjie, Duke Wenhui of Liang
 Anastasia Dualla or Dee, character from the television series Battlestar Galactica
 Deandra Reynolds, "Sweet Dee" of the television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
 Dee Dee, Dexter's sister from the cartoon Dexter's Laboratory
 Dee, a secret character in the Darkstalkers fighting game series
 Gandra Dee, a Duck Tales character
 Waddle Dee, a Kirby character
 Deema, on the American animated television series Bubble Guppies
 Dee Thomas, from the sitcom What's Happening!!

Mascots
Dee, one of the mascots of PBS Kids since 2013

As an abbreviation
 Department of the Environment and Energy, Australia
 Dundee railway station, station code
 Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport, IATA code
 Dead-end elimination

Other uses
 De'e, a town in Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi, China
 Dee, a song in the album Blizzard of Ozz
 Dee (gender identity)
 A D-shaped electrode in a cyclotron
 A D-shaped ring, a D-ring or dee-ring
 The letter "D" in English alphabet#Letter names
 Dee, the concept car BMW i Vision Dee

See also
 D (disambiguation)
 River Dee (disambiguation)
 HMS Dee, Royal Navy ships
 Dee Dee

Hypocorisms

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As the days shorten and the temperature drops, it's very tempting to just stay indoors and binge on comfort food but that's going to lead to more lows. Read on for our top tips on getting out and braving the cold, keeping active, maintaining a mood-boosting diet and banishing the winter blues.
Stay away from stodgy snacks and sugary treats. Although they will give you a short-term boost, you'll only feel worse when your blood sugar drops back down. If you want a warming dish, start the day with some slow-burning porridge oats to give you more energy over a longer period. Stock up on good carbs by preparing lunch or dinner with brown rice or wholemeal pasta served with some high-protein meat or fish.
With less sun, you need to keep your vitamin levels topped up with some fresh fruit and green veg. Stock up on superfoods such as broccoli, spinach, blueberries and apples to keep those bouts of colds and flu at bay.
Exercise is more important than ever during the winter months. Show yourself what you can do by getting out there and braving the elements. Don't use the weather as an excuse not to exercise, head for the gym if you want to stay out of the wind and the snow. The same goes for the whole family. Go out and support your little ones if they are playing Sunday league football on a freezing cold morning or competing in that dreaded cross-country race.
Exercising in the damp weather is bound to throw up more frequent stain removal challenges. Whether it's mud from the pitch or dirt from a run on the roads, simply add a small dose of Vanish Oxi Action Gel to your wash to remove even the most stubborn stains.
Sunlight is in short supply during the winter months and it's one of the main causes of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Make the most of the natural light by making sure all the curtains/blinds are drawn. If there's any sun or it's a bright day, try to get out in the fresh air, preferably around noon when the sun when the sun is at its strongest. Just a brisk 20 minute walk is enough to get the dopamine, serotonin and the endorphins flowing to help you feel more positive.


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Utah schools may finally see a long-term benefit as a contested sale of school trust land near St. George approaches a settlement.
The 1989 sale of 2,400 acres of land to St. George businessman James Doyle led to a lawsuit by state education interests who said the State Division of Lands sold the land for a fraction of its value.The plaintiffs also said the sale was unconstitutional. A complex series of events preceding the sale gave Doyle preferential rights to purchase the land. A report by the Legislature's auditor general and an opinion by the Utah Attorney General's Office said the statute under which the land was sold did not meet constitutional muster.
Money earned from the use or sale of school trust lands goes into a permanent account and the interest supports education. The sale of the land to Doyle for approximately $1.1 million robbed schools of the expected income that should have come from the land, school officials said.
The lawsuit, filed first by the Utah Education Association and then taken over by the State Office of Education, will be dropped if agreements are reached.
A draft settlement could give the trust an additional $3 million or more if Doyle is able to sell or trade the land, said Margaret Bird, school trust specialist for the State Office of Education.
The proposed agreement would give the trust 30 percent of the first $10 million Doyle received from the sale of the St. George land or of lands he received in a trade. The schools' share then would drop to 12.5 percent on Doyle's additional earnings on the land, if any.
The Washington County land abuts the Green Springs Golf Course in Washington and is potentially very valuable for development. But a portion of the land has been identified as critical habitat for the endangered desert tortoise and further development has been barred by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Before the service declared a moratorium on development, some development already had occurred. Doyle sold a parcel of the land to Deseret Mutual Investment Co. to get money for the down payment on the tract.
Doyle proposes to sell portions of the land to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and/or trade it for BLM land in Nevada. Ted Stephenson, BLM project manager, said the bureau has approximately $2 million remaining in this fiscal year's budget for tortoise land acquisition, and more money will be available in the coming fiscal year. He said the agency is interested in acquiring part of Doyle's land, if the lawsuit can be settled.
The BLM has been provided funding to acquire tortoise habitat to create a 61,000-acre preserve to protect the desert creature.
Final details of the settlement with Doyle have not been worked out, but a resolution is expected soon, said Bird.


Texas Governor Rick Perry appears to be out doing his opponents who have made the curtailment or actual elimination of the EPA a major part of the Republican presidential election (here and here). While Newt Gingrich wants to disband the EPA, Perry has brought in the big guns and announced that he actually prays to God to seek divine intervention in curtailing pollution laws.
Yet the Bible does say "Have faith in God," Jesus answered. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it, and it will be yours." (Mark 11:22, 24). Thus, it is possible to offer the following prayer: "Dear Lord, bless your humble servants and reduce the burden for our corporations by rescinding parts 239 through 282 of 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act as well as the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) under authority of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)." That is so much more constructive than those silly "end world poverty" or "bring peace to the world" prayers.
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/another-texan-throws-hat-in-the-ring-1744241.html A Texan has been president or vice president 36 out of the last 58 years.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/14/obamas-approval-rating-drops-to-lowest-ever-according-to-gallup/ After the tea party orchestrated S&P downgrade, Obama drops further in the polls. Perry and Romney will duke it out with Bachmann playing the spoiler.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/13/rick-perry-a-candidate-who-will-do-anything-to-beat-romney-and-obama.html Paul Begala met Perry in 1985. He gets him.


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Jin Yin Hua: The principal drug, being sweet in taste and cold in nature, clearing away heat and toxic material.
Fang Feng and Bai Zhi: Dispelling exopathogens, expelling toxic heat through the superficies of the body.
Dang Gui, Chi Shao, Ru Xiang and Mo Yao: Promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, alleviating swelling and pain.
Bei Mu and Tian Hua Fen: Clearing away heat and resolving masses.
Chuan Shan Jia and Zao Ci: Activating the flow of Qi and blood in the channels and collaterals, expelling pus and promoting festering.
Chen Pi: Regulating the activity of Qi.
Gan Cao Jie: Removing toxic materials, regulating the stomach.
Clearing away heat and toxic material, subduing swelling, promoting festering, activating the circulation of blood and arresting pain.
Syndrome due to heat-toxin accumulation. Qi stagnancy and blood stasis in the early stage or carbuncle and pyogenic infection, marked by red, swelling, heat and pain of large carbuncle, or fever, slight aversion to cold, thin whitish or yellowish tongue coating, and rapid forceful pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as phlegmon, mammitis and purulent tonsillitis.
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Through the hazy shimmer of a dim white dwarf star that's 410 light-years from Earth, astronomers have peered upon something extraordinary. A planet, closely orbiting this dead star, has apparently survived the cataclysmic implosion that claimed its sun's life.
It's just the second body ever discovered orbiting a perished star, reports The Washington Post.
The planet didn't make it out unscathed; it's a scorched world completely stripped of its outer clothes. Those layers now drift around it like debris around a shipwreck, hinting at its once-rocky planetary glory. Only a metal core of the former world remains intact, but intact it remains — and that's impressive, given what this planet had to endure.
It could be an ominous glimpse into the future for Earth, as our solar system is scheduled to encounter the same fate as this white dwarf did in about 5 billion years.
All stars that are too small to go supernova or collapse into a black hole, like our sun, will eventually run out of their hydrogen fuel and die. Stars don't shuffle off this mortal coil without a fight, however. As their fuel runs dry, these stars balloon to massive sizes, called red giants, which consume the orbits of nearby planets. In our solar system, Mercury and Venus are sure to be completely swallowed up. Earth will get charred as well.
With a little luck, though, Earth's metal core might get spit out intact, too, like this faraway planetoid.
After the red giant phase, our sun will convulse and peter out, eventually shriveling down to a mass about the size of our planet that dimly glows, a shell of the once-radiant star it was.
That's what has happened to the white dwarf, known as SDSS J122859.93+104032.9, survived by its cold metal planetoid.
"We have this glimpse into our possible future," said Jessie Christiansen, an astronomer at NASA's exoplanet science institute who wasn't involved in the new study. "It's exciting, and you can imagine that happening here."
This unusual discovery was found using the world's largest optical telescope, the Gran Telescopio Canarias in Spain. The dead solar system was flagged after it was noticed that its light signature was consistently being disrupted by an orbiting stream of gas, which we now know was the debris that surrounded the surviving metal planet. The discovery by astronomers at the University of Warwick in England was published in the journal Science.
Due to this planet's close orbit to its sun and the surprising fact that it survived the death of its sun, researchers surmise that it must be incredibly dense, most likely a solid ball of iron.
Scientists now want to find other worlds like this one in the hope of better understanding the fate of our own solar system. Given that clouds of debris are common to see around white dwarfs, there's hope that the galaxy is filled with such sustaining worlds, which might improve the odds that our solar system will also survive the sun's death.
"All of that suggests that up to half of all white dwarfs have planetary systems that survived their evolutions and are flinging in material," said Christopher Manser, one of the study's astrophysicists.
And if planetary systems can survive around their white dwarf stars, there's optimism that life might experience a second genesis while circling around them too. It's a warming thought, that life in our solar system might live on even after the sun dies.
Astronomers from University of Warwick said they've detected a big fragment from a former planet, orbiting in a disk of debris encircling a dead star.


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Students, teachers, and Mill City Grows staff fill the Morey School's garden beds!
About the Project: The Morey School garden was borne out of incredible enthusiasm, unstoppable commitment, and a wonderfully collaborative team of teachers, administrators, and facilities staff. The garden is used daily for lessons in grades preK-4, and in its first season grew over 150 pounds of food! Every student in the school is able to eat soup and salad from their garden. "This is what education should be," said a third grade teacher at the school. We agree!


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Jamri fou un estat tributari protegit del tipius zamindari al districte de Bhandara a les Províncies Centrals. El formaven quatre pobles amb una superfície de 39 km² però molt poca part cultivada. El sobirà era un gond i el seu principal ingrés era la venda de fusta. La població el 1881 era de 571 habitants.

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It's all too easy to wish you were in a different season of life. When I was a young girl, I couldn't wait until I was older and able to do some much more, being "so grown-up" like the young ladies who were around 18 years old. Now that I'm there, I really don't feel so grown-up, and I wonder how the time managed to fly by so quickly. I wish I had cherished and enjoyed my girlhood a little bit more instead of wishing I was older. You only get to be the age you are once in your life.
Another thing I have always wanted to be is a wife and a mother. I've sometimes wished the time would go by faster so that I could be old enough and ready to marry and have children. After all, it has always been my childhood dream. But for now, that dream must wait. I am in a season of life with many opportunities and freedoms that I won't have when I have a husband and children to care for. Yes, I still long to get married, and I do look forward to the responsibilities it will entail, but I am learning to be content and make the most of the season I am in right now.
Time passes by quickly. We must enjoy the youth God has given us while we have it.
I was reminded of this in a very visual way as I attempted to learn to age my face in stage makeup class.
First, I had to age my face 10 years. Although not much really changes in 10 years, skin doesn't always stay so even and smooth as it is now, and a few wrinkles begin to show.
Then I had to age my face 30 years. Because it is makeup for the stage, we do have to go a little more dramatic than how things look in real life, and these pictures makes me look a bit older than the ages I was aiming for! But, as I studied to see where wrinkles would show up, applied the makeup to try to show them, and then really looked at myself in the mirror, I realized how much of my youth I take for granted.
Don't get me wrong. I think wrinkles are beautiful in the faces of those who have lived long and productive lives. I look at pictures of my grandmother and her face covered in a thousand little wrinkles, and I think it is one of the most beautiful faces I know. She has lived a long life of service to the Lord, and it shows on her face. As a culture, we place too much value on the fleeting looks of youth, spending so much time trying to hide the aging that naturally comes with time. The marks of age are a testament to God's grace.
But, I must admit, I was glad to wash my face and "become young" again. =) One day, Lord willing, I will be older and have tell-tale signs of age on my face. One day, by God's grace, I will have children and grandchildren. My skin won't be as smooth; wrinkles and shadows will show up in places that for now are smooth and light. But that time is not now. For now, I am enjoying the youth and health God has allowed me to have, and trying to serve Him in my youth in the position He's placed me.
We must live one day at a time, praising God in the place and position He has us in right now. While preparing for the future, we should embrace the present and live life to its fullest for God's glory.
Are you going to the New Attitude Conference again this year?
I just wanted to thank you both for being a huge inspiration. Your energy, love of God and life, and humility are truly wonderful. I am a homemaker and a writer, and whenever I am feeling down and just want to sit and do nothing, I now read your blog. It gives me the energy to clean or write or be kind to my husband with a grateful heart, for the glory of God.
I am a Muslim, by the way, and I also deeply appreciate the positive message that you spread through your religious beliefs. As religious people, we can sometimes get caught up in emphasizing disagreements and negative aspects that we see in other people and situations. Your open and positive approach (for example, you don't dictate exact codes of modesty but celebrate the spirit and practice of it in our lives) means that even though we may differ in certain beliefs, we can celebrate our common love for God and our desire to be His servants.
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Katie: I'm glad you are reading our blog, and that it is an inspiration to you! It is by the strength and grace of Jesus Christ that I can write and live as I do - praise Him!
I for one, love wrinkles and gray hair. But everything in time.


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Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said he is ready to keep playing for another three seasons to achieve some "dreams" even though he will then be past 40.
Buffon suffered his second Champions League final defeat with Juventus in their 3-1 slump to Barcelona on Saturday.
The Italian World Cup winner could do nothing against goals by Ivan Ratikic, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
Juventus at one stage fought back to 1-1 and Buffon said: "In the second half, there were times when we believed we could steal a victory. Unfortunately we did not make it.
"But we had a good match, that is the important thing. We have no reason to blame ourselves." Buffon said.
Asked about his own future, Buffon, now 37, said he still wanted to win a first Champions League title.
"I want three more years at this level to reach a few more dreams," said the player who has already won six Italian titles as well as the 2006 World Cup.
He could be the latest in a long line of Italian goalkeepers with longevity.
Dino Zoff, another Juventus legend, played at the 1982 World Cup when 40. Walter Zenga, a star at Inter Milan and the Italian team and now coach at Sampdoria, was still playing for New England Revolution in the United States at 39.
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said Buffon was part of a "fabulous team" because of their achievement in winning the Italian double and reaching the Champions League final.
"Of course I am said because you don't play in a final every year, but at the same time the team gave everything," said the proud Allegri.
"This season has been good for our confidence and we mean to improve, not just in terms of results because that would mean we win everything,"
"We want to consolidate and strengthen the team's qualities. Our aim is to stay at the top in Europe. And the most important is to win the Scudetto (Italian title),"
"We were close in the Champions League, maybe we can win next year." Allegri said.


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Q: Web Services HTTP usando Java estoy trabajando con una api rest desarrollada en java para proporcionar servicios rest HTPP.
Para obtener los datos enviados desde el cliente estoy usando tanto @HeaderParam, @QueryParam, @PathParam. Lo que ocurre es que quisiera capturar los datos enviados desde el body de la petición en el cliente como la imagen que adjunto a continuación

A: para poder ver datos como request y response al momento de llamar a servicios Rest, la opción mas adecuada es habilitar el log en el framework, Asumo que estas trabajando con Spring framework, es necesario mencionar que libreria o framework utilizas . Si asi, dentro de los archivo de propiedad de tu proyecto por ejm application.yml o application.properties debes agregar lo siguiente
logging:
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donde "com.proyecto.service" seria el paquete root de tu proyecto

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Steve Jackson has been awarded the UK GSN Medal 2017 for his contributions to the field of genome stability and particularly for the realisation of the therapeutic potential of targeting the DDR.
Powerful genetic screening approach in haploid mammalian cells from Forment et al.
A paper by Forment et al. describes a genetic screening approach combining chemical mutagenesis and next-generation sequencing in mouse haploid cells as a powerful tool to identify mammalian genetic interactions.
On 29 September 2016 Stephen (Steve) Jackson, Professor of Biology at the University of Cambridge (UK), received the 2016 Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine for his fundamental research into DNA repair in human cells and for the successful application of knowledge of that process in the development of new cancer drugs.
Cambridge spin-out Carrick Therapeutics raises $95 million in funding, representing the largest-ever early stage investment in a UK university spin-out company.
In a paper by Balmus et al., the authors report that Paxx/Xlf double-knockout mice display embryonic lethality associated with genomic instability, cell death in the central nervous system, and an almost complete block in lymphogenesis, phenotypes that closely resemble those of Xrcc4−/− and Lig4−/− mice.
A new paper, published in Cell Reports, demonstrates that PAXX and XLF (paralogs of the nonhomologous endjoining factor XRCC4) have distinct roles during V(D)J recombination. V(D)J recombination is the process by which T cells and B cells randomly assemble different gene segments – known as variable (V), diversity (D) and joining (J) genes – in order to generate unique receptors (known as antigen receptors) that can collectively recognize many different types of molecule. PAXX and XLF are required to join broken DNA ends generated during antigen receptor gene assembly. This work was the result of a collaboration between our lab and that of Ludovic Deriano at the Pasteur Institute.
Three papers were published last month describing a small molecule inhibitor that hypersensitizes tumour cells to DNA-damaging agents (http://bit.ly/2aTZpfA); insights into the mechanism of vascular aging (http://bit.ly/2auaFkJ); and how global genome nucleotide excision repair (GG-NER) is organised into distinct domains (http://bit.ly/2aG6fFE).
Postdoc Christine Schmidt is co-corresponding author on a paper in ACS Nano. In this study the authors have used rolled-up nanomembranes to study how 3D spatial confinement affects the way single cells grow and divide.
Steve has won the University of Cambridge Vice Chancellor's inaugural Impact Award for the School of Biological Sciences, in recognition of his work on the DNA damage response, leading to the development of PARP inhibitors, a new class of anti-cancer drugs.
Steve Jackson has been awarded the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science for his "fundamental research into DNA repair in human cells and for the successful application of knowledge of that process in the development of new cancer drugs".
A novel highly efficient gene edting technique is described by Chiang et al., in Scientific Reports. This method combines an All-In-One Cas9D10A nickase vector with FACS enrichment, high-throughput genotypic and phenotypic clonal screening strategies to generate isogenic knockouts and knock-ins highly efficiently, with minimal off-target effects.
Steve has been awarded this prestigious prize for "his outstanding contribution to defining the link between the basic mechanism of genomic DNA instability and its relationship to cancer.


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Kansas needs low taxes
Bob Weeks May 26, 2015 0 Comments3 Mins Read
Two research papers illustrate the need to maintain low taxes in Kansas, finding that high taxes are associated with reduced income and low economic growth.
As Kansas legislators seek to balance the state's budget, most Kansas opinionmakers are urging higher taxes instead of spending restraint. Many claim that government taxation and spending are the driving forces behind growing the Kansas economy. An example is the motto of the Kansas Economic Progress Council, which is "… because a tax cut never filled a pothole, put out a fire or taught a child to read."
Two research papers illustrate the need to maintain low taxes in Kansas, finding that high taxes are associated with reduced income and low economic growth. Research such as this rebuts the presumption of government spending advocates that low taxes have killed jobs in Kansas.
One paper is The Robust Relationship between Taxes and U.S. State Income Growth by W. Robert Reed, published in the National Tax Journal in March 2008. The abstract to this paper states:
I estimate the relationship between taxes and income growth using data from 1970 – 1999 and the forty-eight continental U.S. states. I find that taxes used to fund general expenditures are associated with significant, negative effects on income growth. This finding is generally robust across alternative variable specifications, alternative estimation procedures, alternative ways of dividing the data into "five-year" periods, and across different time periods and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) regions, though state-specific estimates vary widely. I also provide an explanation for why previous research has had difficulty identifying this "robust" relationship. (emphasis added)
In his introduction, Reed writes that previous studies had found: "To the extent a consensus exists, it is that taxes used to fund transfer payments have small, negative effects on economic activity." His paper found a stronger relationship.
Reed issues a caution on the use of his conclusions: "It needs to be emphasized that my claim for robustness should be understood as applying only within the context of U.S. state income growth. It should not be interpreted as being more widely applicable to other contexts, such as employment growth, manufacturing activity, plant locations, etc., or to the relationship between taxes and income growth outside the U.S."
This illustrates one of the ways we focus on the wrong measure of growth. Politicians focus on jobs. But to business, jobs are a cost. One of the better goals to seek, as Art Hall specifies in his paper Embracing Dynamism: The Next Phase in Kansas Economic Development Policy, is income growth, along with population density and population migration, productivity growth, capital investment, gross business starts and expansions, and customer service and throughput measures of state economic development agencies. Hall writes: "If Kansas performs well in the measures provided, it will also perform well in terms of job count."
Another example of research finding a negative impact of taxation is State Taxes and Economic Growth by Barry W. Poulson and Jules Gordon Kaplan, published in the Winter 2008 Cato Journal. In the introduction to the paper, the authors write: "The analysis reveals a significant negative impact of higher marginal tax rates on economic growth. The analysis underscores the importance of controlling for regressivity, convergence, and regional influences in isolating the effect of taxes on economic growth in the states." (emphasis added)
In its conclusion, the paper states:
The analysis reveals that higher marginal tax rates had a negative impact on economic growth in the states. The analysis also shows that greater regressivity had a positive impact on economic growth. States that held the rate of growth in revenue below the rate of growth in income achieved higher rates of economic growth.
The analysis underscores the negative impact of income taxes on economic growth in the states. Most states introduced an income tax and came to rely on the income tax as the primary source of revenue. Jurisdictions that imposed an income tax to generate a given level of revenue experienced lower rates of economic growth relative to jurisdictions that relied on alternative taxes to generate the same revenue. (emphasis added)
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Stocks for Beginners with Phil Muscatello, Ep #65
by TradingStrategyGuides | Jun 17, 2021 | Podcast | 0 comments
Phil Muscatello launched a podcast about 2.5 years ago called "Shares for Beginners" ("shares" are what they call "stocks" in Australia). It took off quickly. Phil has a background in radio and thought podcasting was a good way to use his skills and talents. His podcast was a great way to learn more about trading and gather insights that he could also share with an audience. He also launched "Stocks for Beginners" to host trading experts from the United States. He's been shocked and delighted with the success he's found in podcasting. So what has he learned? Find out in this episode of How To Trade It!
In this episode of How To Trade It, @phil_muscatello shares what he's learned from hosting his own podcast, Stocks for Beginners. Check it out! #stocks #stock #trading #StockMarket #Investing #DayTrading #StockPicks #StocksForBeginners Click To Tweet
[1:08] Learn more about Stocks for Beginners
[2:44] How Phil's performance has improved
[3:52] Investing in ETFs + trading
[8:10] What Phil has learned
[11:58] Is investing for everyone?
[15:53] Why don't more people invest?
[17:10] Go listen to Stocks for Beginners!
How Phil's performance has improved
Phil admits he had been trading pretty poorly for a long time. He started using podcasting as an experience so he could learn more about the right way to trade. Over the last couple of years of podcasting and learning from the best of the best, his trading has improved exponentially. He admits that he's more interested in investing, with a core portfolio of long-term ETFs. He dabbles some in options trading with credit spreads. He's learned that patience, risk management, and having a trading plan in place are key.
If you're approaching the stock market for the first time, and want to get in on the action, Phil emphasizes that you have to understand yourself first. You must also understand how much is involved in becoming a good trader. Whatever technique you use, you have to understand it will take years to master. Knowing yourself means knowing whether or not you'll stay interested over the years. Or it tells you that you should take a long-term approach and let it compound over many years.
Investing in ETFs + trading
Even when the economy isn't doing well, the S&P 500 is the best of the best. They're doing the research, and you're piggybacking off of what they do with an S&P 500 ETF. Phil also invests in the ASX 200 and a Nasdaq ETF in his core portfolio. You won't outperform the market, but you won't do worse. Plus you get lower fees with the management of those portfolios. Phil points out that the downside is that you get the good stocks with the bad. That's why he also trades individual stocks at a managed risk level to improve overall performance.
If you have diversification with an ETF, you won't get killed if one stock goes bad. It's also important to understand that with an ETF, you can end up with over-concentration and over-correlation. Some people buy numerous ETFs thinking they're diversifying but they end up with the same weightings for the same or similar stocks. How do you know what's in your ETF? The ETF provider will have a PDF on their website that discloses the stocks they're investing in at each specific weight.
@phil_muscatello prefers investing in ETFs and dabbles in risk-managed trading on the side. Why? Found out in this episode of How To Trade It! #stocks #stock #trading #StockMarket #Investing #DayTrading #StockPicks #StocksForBeginners Click To Tweet
Is investing for everyone?
Phil believes everyone should be investing—and should start young. You don't need hundreds of thousands of dollars to get started. There are enough apps and programs available so you can get started with small amounts of money. A couple of months ago, Phil was at a dinner with his family. He and his nephew were discussing trading.
He looked at his niece who seemed zoned out. Trying to pull her into the conversation, Phil told her to look into it as well. But she said she "wasn't interested." So Phil got her set up on a micro-investing app to get her more involved. Phil believes everyone can invest, even from an early age. It doesn't require any special skills. You just need to put a little bit away every pay period. You can learn the basics then take it further.
Why don't more people invest?
Phil believes it's because people are not taught to invest. It's not something you learn in school or college. When Phil started trading there was no internet or online trading platforms. He had to call a stockbroker to make a trade. The tools just weren't there—but they are now. Everyone can learn how to trade with what's available online.
Phil's goal with Stocks for Beginners is to channel the expertise of his guests and to ask questions that a beginner would be asking. It's not structured lessons with a goal or a plan. He's giving people information so they can understand the language and the concepts of investing and go from there. Listen to the whole episode for the full vision and mission of his podcast!
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In summer heavy banks of fog shroud most sunrises and many sunsets near La Jolla, California. When the sun breaks through, especially at sunset, though, the scene can be dazzling or, sometimes, subtle such as when the sun glimmers through walls of fog just above the vast ocean. Here are a few images taken in August along the rugged California coastline. What the images cannot capture so well is the absolute quiet and purity of those moments in time when the torrey pines silhouette against the setting sun, a firm breeze rolls in off the ocean and its just cool enough to need a sweater.


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Seven laptops or digital devices with unencrypted health, employee and financial information have been lost or stolen in Alberta in the past month, prompting disbelief Thursday from Alberta Privacy Commissioner Frank Work.
"It just makes me crazy," Work said. "I think that's just utterly irresponsible now in this day and age."
Medical charts belonging to 2,700 pediatric gastroenterology patients participating in a study were on one of the stolen laptops, which belonged to a researcher at the University of Alberta.
A missing digital recorder stolen from Alberta Sustainable Resources contained statements related to wildlife investigations. And a laptop stolen from the same department contained contact information for junior forest rangers, as well as an employee evaluation.
A laptop from an unnamed trust company had emails containing mortgage application information, social insurance numbers, credit bureau reports and other personal financial information for 135 people, a loss that worried Work the most.
"In that case, that's information that can really be used for an identity theft," Work said.
Two laptops containing information about patients, all under six years old, were stolen from a speech pathology office.
Another laptop from a marketing firm that contained information on 27 Alberta employees was left in a European airport. The last missing laptop belonged to a genetic research company. It contained employee information that included social insurance numbers.
Work says people shouldn't put personal information on laptops if they don't have to. Many internet security companies, such as Norton and Symantec, offer encryption programs that make it easy for people to protect data.
"It's not like we're asking people to do anything incredibly difficult here," Work said, "especially if you weigh that against telling 35 employees that you lost their RSP information, their employment files and so on."
Police have told Work that most laptop thefts involve criminals who try to resell them quickly for $50 or $70 to someone who simply overwrites the files and does little with the personal information.
However, the information is out there, which is still troubling, Work said.
"You have a responsibility to your patients, your clients, your employees to encrypt their information when you're carrying it around with you. And the law says you have to do that."
Alberta law doesn't have any provisions for Work to penalize individuals, organizations or government agencies for privacy breaches. He can only work with offenders on remedial measures.
People who've been the victim of privacy breaches by private sector businesses can sue for damages under Alberta law, Work said.


My ultimate question is embodied in the title but I thought it might be helpful to others if I detail what instigated my inquiry and my examination of the problem.
To me, the first rule of software updates is Primum non nocere -- first, do no harm. So with my Windows 7 system containing both Office 2003 and Office 2010 I blithely proceeded to install this month's updates from Microsoft, containing updates for both versions of Office. While Microsoft officially does not recommend running multiple versions (see, for example, Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Excel it is possible; I have had two versions installed for a year or more and have never run into an issue before. One thing that is always mentioned is installation order, i.e., the one you want to open files by default should be installed last. I wanted 2010 as my default so I had indeed installed 2003 first then, years later, 2010. So with this round of Windows updates, either it installed patches to 2010 before 2003, knocking out the file association, or the 2003 patch was more comprehensive, in the sense of touching the file association while the 2010 did not. In any case, after updates, double-clicking a .xls file opened 2003 rather than 2010.
Re-install versions in the desired order; I find this unreasonable.
Run the repair option of the Office installer on the desired version; still seems more work than one should need.
Run excel from the command line with "/regserver" on the one to be the default and "/unregserver" on the other. Good idea, but further search indicated that neither 2007 nor 2010 support "/regserver" contrary to some posts (e.g. Default Program With Multiple Versions Installed).
Since this was a Windows Update issue and Microsoft provides free support for such, I inquired there as well, but succeeded only in getting the suggestion to uninstall all other versions, period; not acceptable to me.
What worked for me was going back to the file associations control panel and manually selected the Office 2010 version of Excel. While it appeared no different in the control panel, it did fix the double-click issue. So if all it takes is this simple fix after an update, I can live with that. What I am wondering is: Has anyone seen any other problems related to having multiple versions of Office installed?
A client could not open any of his xls and xlsx files for the people he services. His Office and Windows updates had just installed at the previous shut down. His Windows 7 system is running Office 2000 and the machine also came with a non-activated ability to use Office 2010.
Looking at the fault, which claimed that the program associated with these files was either not installed, or not a valid Windows program, led me to file-associations. I saw that about 30 different file-types had become linked to Office 2010. I set all the associations in use or potentially so to be back with the older Office program, that is about 15 of them, leaving the others for now uncorrected. All has so far been well.
When I return to him next month I wonder if I will find that further Windows Office updates are available to rectify the matter more formally, but for the moment I have asked him to avoid any Office updates and have switched off automatic updating, in case the matter becomes more confused. I propose at that time to remove the non-activated Office 2010, remembering that this might be via some obscure machine manufacturer's SYSPREP type menu I may have to find, as seen elsewhere historically, rather than an uninstall via control panel programs and features applet. The state of the residual file types might then need correcting, possibly by a Office Repair from the Toolbar menu, I would guess.
Similar to a situation reported back in 2011.
This solution has been well tested for Word and Excel. Outlook seems to work just fine, though I don't use it as a mail client. I don't use Access, so I wouldn't be able to tell how well it works.
Install all the versions of MS Office you like, using the dedicated scripts (currently existing scripts are for MS Office 2000/2003/2007/2010). The process uses the usual install CD.
Run all of them side-by-side from their isolated virtual C: drives.
NOTE: I can see how a Windows user could get stuck at 1; a virtual machine might be a good workaround. However, even MS apps run better under Linux in certain circumstances.
Over the years, Access versions have caused the most issues. Once you upgrade a database, you often cannot modify it with a down rev version.
There are issues with running multiple versions of Access. Whenever you start up a different version of Access, the installer program comes up to initialize the application. Pretty annoying.
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At that point we were sort of kind of hopeful that we would find a Walmart, that we could get some not so expensive wine and middle of the road beer for the wedding and be there on time, but our hope was far from abundant. Hope Abundant is the theme of our sermon today, as we continue in our five part sermon series focused on distinctively Christian hope – what it is, what it feels like, what it looks and sounds like, what it does.
The world defines hope as wishful thinking, but the church defines it as confident expectation. Even as people of faith we can stumble into what has been called a theology of scarcity, as opposed to a theology of abundance. There is hope that sort of comes and goes, some days pretty strong and other days hardly there, and then there is hope abundant, a hope that is given is in the waters of Baptism and grows the older we get and the more of life we live and especially the more time we spend with Jesus Christ, who is the very reason for the hope that is within.
In today's sermon, the first part will focus on Hope Abundant is a matter of moving from the lesser to the greater, and in the second part it's a matter of moving from the greater to the lesser. In Part #1, we focus on what Jesus changing 120 gallons of water into wine reveals about Jesus, what it revealed about Mary, we imagine how it may have changed forever the hearts of that wedding couple, and we learn what this, the first of His signs did to the hearts of the disciples.
And then there was the wedding couple. We don't really know their story, but they sure had a story to tell! No doubt this wedding couple told their story (again and again) A story of how Jesus took their social blunder and turned it into a rousing success. A story of how one of their invited guests took their stone water jars set aside for Jewish rites of ceremonial washing and turned them into jars of expensive wine that has the neighbors talking 2000 years later. A story how Jesus of Nazareth had taken care of them in close up and personal kind of a way. One can imagine them telling anybody who would listen, "Let me tell you, this Jesus is like no one else, ever since He came into our marriage life hasn't been quite the same, you keep your eyes on him, this changing of water into wine has to be a sign of greater things to come.
At least six of the disciples already had their eyes on Jesus. Jesus had invited them to follow Him, and they had. They heard Him preach and they paid attention to Him teaching, and they were believing in Him. John summarizes this story in this way, "This, the first of Jesus signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him." A better translation might be that they put their faith in him. No doubt the disciples' faith was growing (by leaps and bounds). No doubt their faith grew when John the Baptist cried out Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world. No doubt their faith grew when they saw healing a man possessed by a demon and no doubt and their faith grew when he healed Peter's mother in law, and their faith grew when he healed all kinds of sick people one evening, and no doubt their faith grew when He first forgave the paralyzed man and then made him walk, and no doubt their faith grew the day he raised from the dead the son of a widow from Nain and then He walked on water and then He raised from the dead the daughter of Jairus and then he raised from the dead Lazarus. Every one of these sneak peaks was getting them ready for that dark Friday when Jesus emptied Himself, that we might be full. That day when human hope seemed to be draining away, when in fact, this was the very hour the Triune God had been planning for. This was the hour Jesus came for. This was the hour He gave hope, and he gave it abundantly.
In the hours and days and weeks and months leading up to that appointed hour, Jesus kept on giving them sneak peaks. As He did so, Mary's confidence just kept on being contagious, the wedding couple just kept on telling their story again and again, disciples just kept on seeing the signs, hearing the truth, and believing the best was yet to come.
Hope Abundant first is a matter of moving from the lesser to the greater, and in the second part it's a matter of moving from the greater to the lesser things of life. If Jesus has already done the greater things for us, why wouldn't we trust Him for the (lesser things?) Paul writes to the Romans about these greater things, "What then, shall we say to these things. If God is for us who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also graciously give us all things?
Jesus identifies Himself in John 10 first as the door of the sheep and declares, "I have come that you may have life and have it abundantly." Then as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep. Christian hope is something so much greater than wishful thinking, it is expecting the promises of God to be fulfilled one day at a time and even into the future, based on historical fact.
Worldly hope vs. Christian hope is the difference between just sort of surviving life and spilling over with life. The difference between a hope that sort of flickers on and off depending on the circumstances and a hope that shines bright most days and every once in a while people have to almost shade their eyes it's so bright. The difference between hope that we pretty much keep to ourselves and a hope that just keeps showing up in our conversations and attitudes.
Three lessons about the hope that keeps on showing up in way that we think and the way that we talk and the habits that we form. The first lesson comes from Mary. We know that hope has shown up and it's spilling over when we urge one another to ("do whatever He tells you."). Hope sounds like a dad telling his son to keep on laying down his life for his bride, even though she doesn't seem to be appreciating anything he does. Hope looks like a mom telling her married daughter to keep on appreciating her husband, even though he falls short on a regular basis. You'll know that Christian hope has shown up and is happening when groups of young moms of young children come together and cry together and laugh together and together they find strength to endure.
Secondly, we take our cue from the couple from Cana. Hope happens when we tell the story of Jesus (again and again). Hope happens when older Christians tell younger Christians again and again how God has brought them through depressions years, has brought them through World War II years, has brought them through the 60's, has brought them through all kinds of trouble. Christian hope has shown up when recovering alcoholics and drug addicts go to meeting after meeting and say it again and again, "Hi, my name is so and so, and I'm an alcoholic, let me tell you my story." Hope happens when one messed up but forgiven sinner tells another messed up but forgiven sinner again and again how sweet it is that his sins have been paid for at the cross, how sweet it is that heaven is his, how sweet it is that our God specializes in new beginnings and second chances.
Third, we take our cue from the master of the feast tasted the water now wine and couldn't stop raving about it. Hope happens when we believe that the (really good wine is yet to come). Hope showed up in the flesh when Jesus Christ rose up from the dead on a bright sunny Sunday morning. Hope shows up on our lips as often as we get a taste of the forgiveness of sins at our Lord's Table and look forward to the feast that is to come. As often as we hear that our sins are forgiven and go looking for someone to forgive, as well. As often as we are loved by God in the preaching and teaching of His Word, and go out looking for some troubled neighbor to help and befriend. As often as we make it through a day that threatened to overwhelm us, but by God's grace, it didn't, and then we go looking for some stressed out neighbor to encourage. Hope happens as often as we realize the good old days have not passed us by, but are yet to come.
The rest of the story in Bradenton, Florida, is that we found the Walmart. By this time it was 2:30 or so, and the wedding would start in a half hour. We zipped into the store, and I found a clerk and with all kinds of urgency I asked where the liquor department was. She said, "We don't have liquor here." Before I could cry out or say anything, she said, "only beer and wine!" The rest of the story is that we got to the wedding in time, the ceremony was lovely, the reception was beautiful, there was plenty of wine, the loneliness of the single life was vanished by the joys of a Christian marriage, and as much as is possible here and now, they are living happily ever after. I came that they might have life, and that they might have it abundantly! Amen.


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Iconic Budweiser Clydesdales Come To Turf Paradise March 2nd
Clydesdales At Turf Paradise
Iconic Budweiser Clydesdales Come To Iconic Phoenix Racetrack March 2nd
Kicks Off A Month Of Special Events For March
The Budweiser Clydesdales are coming to Turf Paradise Saturday March 2nd. Gates open at 11am. The Clydesdales arrive at noon and will perform on the main track after the second race.
Before they perform, the Clydesdales will be on display at the east end of the facility where fans will have the opportunity to photograph these legendary horses.
Grandstand admission is $3. There is also a full card of live horseracing. The day also includes $4 Bud and Bud Light aluminum bottled beer, and a kids fun park with bounce house inflatables.
The Budweiser Clydesdales made their first-ever appearance on April 7, 1933. A gift from August A. Busch, Jr. and Adolphus Busch to their father in celebration of the repeal of Prohibition, the presentation of the original two six-horse hitches of champion Clydesdales moved father, sons and drivers to tears. The phrase "crying in your beer" was officially coined shortly thereafter.
The Clydesdale appearance is just the start of a long list of special events coming to Turf Paradise in March.
The Weiner dog races return to Turf Paradise March 9th. Wiener Mania at Turf Paradise is Arizona's biggest Dachshund race with a costume contest and a "Parade of Wieners." Plus a full card of live horseracing. The wiener dog races are benefiting Arizona Adopt a Greyhound and Happy Tails Dachshund Rescue. Register here.
March 23rd is Fan Appreciation Day at Turf Paradise. The first 4,000 paid admissions will get a free wall clock. The day also features a full card of live horseracing, and a bulldog costume contest. To register for the contest email AlbertTheBulldog@cox.net.
Weiner Mania and Fan Appreciation Day also feature a kids fun park with bounce house inflatables, live music, and $3 aluminum bottled beer. Grandstand admission both days is $3.
On March 24th Fiesta Sunday returns to Turf Paradise. In addition to a full card of live horseracing, the day also features live Mexican music and food. Grandstand admission on Fiesta Sunday is $5.
Turf Paradise is Arizona's first sports franchise, and has operated continuously at the same location at 19th Ave and Bell since 1956. It offers one of the longest racing seasons in the United States thanks to Arizona's great weather. Through Off Track Betting networks its races are viewed at OTB locations all over the United States and worldwide.
Wiener Mania and Fan Appreciation Day also feature a kids fun park with bounce house inflatables, live music, and $3 aluminum bottled beer. Grandstand admission both days is $3.


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Q: Was Groot inspired by Tolkien's Ents? Related: What is the inspiration behind Tolkien's Ents?
The Ents/Onodrim and Groot are both walking, "talking" (quotes in terms of Groot) tree-like beings. Groot was first shown in Marvel comics in Tales to Astonish #13 (1960) and Tolkien published  The Lord of the Rings on the
29 July 1954, 11 November 1954 and the 20 October 1955, with the Ents first appearing in The Two Towers (11 November 1954). There was therefore around 6 years between them. Also on the LOTR fandom Wiki page for the Ents it states "The Marvel character Groot bears many similarities to Ents".
Considering how The Lord of the Rings became so iconic in world literature, as well as the short space of time between its publication and the introduction of Groot, was the character of Groot inspired by the Ents and is there any input from Groot's creators about this?

A: While the Groot character was first introduced only five years after Lord of the Rings was first published, there does not seem to be any nod to fantasy. Rather, the character seems to originally have been more of a sci-fi monster "from outer space".
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Great Atlas monsters were also retconned to be major players in
  Earth-616's history: Fin Fang Foom, Xemnu the Titan, Goom (and his son
  Googam), and Spragg the Living Hill. All of these monsters are
  branches on Groot's family tree.

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A: Well, this is a little tricky. Let me put forth some points before I answer this. Groot and the Ents are both:

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*Tree-like characters

*Have the ability to speak

However, there are quite a few differences too:

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*Ents have a larger vocabulary (at least to the way it sounds to the humans/humanoids)

*And Groot can't practically die, he can regenerate from even a small twig (as seen in GOTG vol.1), while the Ents can be actually killed.

*Groot can grow at an extremely advanced speed at will, growing to his normal size from a twig or growing from his normal size to a giant form. On the other hand, the Ents cannot do so.

However, I found something interesting. According to ScreenRant's here (point # 8), the Ents were most likely the source that inspired Groot's character.
Some other characters that were inspired by Ents included Warcraft's Skylanders, Dungeons & Dragons, and a character in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series.
CONCLUSION: It is not completely known if the Ents were a source, but they might as well be.


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Tune into Eamonn Holmes' show at 5.30pm to hear our editor, Tom Phillips, run through some of the biggest claims of the last week.
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Digitally altered Diane Abbott video
Before this election started, concerns were raised about the possibility of "deepfake" videos being deployed during the campaign.
To date, we haven't seen any deepfakes, other than deepfakes intended to warn people about the existence of deepfakes.
However, we have seen videos that use much cruder techniques.
Today we've seen a video spreading online of Diane Abbott, digitally altered to show her in clown makeup, and talking about why you should vote Labour.
It's not difficult to see that the makeup has been digitally added to the video (you can see the original unedited video here.)
It's notable because spoof subtitles have been added to the video, which becomes interesting when you take into account that many people watch videos on social media without sound. While this obviously isn't intended to fool anyone, it might be worth bearing in mind that subtitles don't necessarily reflect what's actually being said in the video.
A&E waits: record levels—but data only goes back to 2010
Last week many media outlets reported that A&E waiting times had hit their "worst ever level". This is technically correct, but it's worth noting that comparable data only goes back to 2010.
In October 2019, 83.6% of patients attending all types of A&E departments (including things like dental A&E and urgent care centres) in England were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. We don't have data on the situation before the four hour target was introduced in 2004, although it seems likely that the situation was worse in the preceding decade, when public concern about "corridors of shame" prompted the introduction of the target in the first place.
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Changing tax
This morning Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, and among other things discussed her party's plans for "a proper reform of business rates". She didn't specify exactly what this entails, but did say "business rates is the one tax that business organisations tell us isn't working for them".
Presenter Nick Robinson asked her several times how the Conservatives were going to fund a reduction in business rates.
After asking for the third time "where does the money come from?", Ms Leadsom responded:
"You're assuming money comes from somewhere. What I'm trying to explain to you is since our reduction in the headline rate of corporation tax, the HMRC's tax take has actually increased by something like 45% because more businesses comply".
Ms Leadsom did not go as far as to say a reform of business rates would be funded through a reduction in corporation tax, but she did suggest that lowering corporation tax was a way of potentially generating more revenue for the government.
A couple of hours later, Boris Johnson announced that the Conservatives would postpone their proposed further cuts in corporation tax, saying that this would free up £6 billion for the NHS.
Those slightly contradictory messages aside, it's far from clear how far corporation tax reductions have increased tax revenue overall.
The government began reducing corporation tax at the start of 2011/12. Corporation tax revenues fell over the next couple of years, but then have increased in every year since 2014/15. They haven't gone up by 45% in that period, though. They have increased by around 45% since 2009/10, but that was two years before the Conservatives started to reduce corporation tax, when tax revenues were at a low in the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis.
And revenues as a percentage of GDP have remained fairly flat over the past decade (and are relatively low by historic standards), as you can see on this helpful chart from HMRC's tax receipts document.
There's no way to definitively know how corporation tax reductions might have impacted other tax revenues (such as income tax), or to what extent they may have contributed more broadly to economic growth.
As we said last time we wrote about this, "the exact impacts on economic growth are hard to predict", although HMRC's estimates suggested that the previous corporation tax cuts could result in between 0.6% and 0.8% growth in GDP over 20 years.
A routine check-up of Labour's dental claims
Labour has announced it wants to scrap certain dentistry charges if it wins the election, which would make it free to get a check-up and get other basic services. These "band one" charges currently cost £22.70.
Jeremy Corbyn trailed the policy yesterday saying one in five patients delay going to the dentist because of cost, leaving 100,000 people in hospital with preventable problems with their teeth.
One in five patients delay going to the dentist because they can't afford to see one - meaning 100,000 end up in hospital with preventable problems with their teeth.
Not under Labour.https://t.co/TiEsu9u6Xo
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 16, 2019
The one in five figure is significantly out of date, and it's misleading to directly link dental costs to 100,000 hospital admissions, as he does.
The one in five claim is what the Adult Dental Health Survey found in late 2009/10. 19% of respondents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland said they had delayed dental treatment at some point in the past because of the cost.
Why such out of date figures? That survey only happens every 10 years, so it means we can't be certain Labour's "one in five" figure is still accurate in 2019.
Just over 100,000 hospital admissions in England in 2018/19 were related to tooth decay, and another 17,000 to gum disease. These aren't necessarily all different people, as one person can have multiple admissions for similar ailments.
It's misleading for Jeremy Corbyn to connect all these cases directly to people not being able to afford dental care, as he does in his tweet. This isn't substantiated by the data, which can't tell us the circumstances behind those admissions to hospital.
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Air Force Academy taps Boingo for sports arena DAS and Wi-Fi
Wireless networks will support more than 50,000 Division I college sports fans.
AuthorMatt Vincent
Boingo Wireless(NASDAQ: WIFI) has announced its selection as the exclusive neutral host distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider for the Air Force Academy's Falcon Stadium and Cadet Field House, home of the Air Force Falcons' NCAA Division I sports teams.
Boingo will design, install and manage integrated small cell networks in both facilities, designed to significantly improve wireless connectivity for fans and staff. Boingo says its neutral host DAS model maximizes carrier participation and provides ample coverage for the venues' cumulative capacity of more than 56,000 spectators, even at the height of a game or event. Boingo will also manage Wi-Fi advertising and sponsorship services for the venues via its Boingo Media group.
"Boingo has unique expertise in both large-scale network design and management, and in deploying wireless solutions for military personnel, making them an ideal partner for our Air Force Academy Athletic facilities," comments Dermot Coll, CEO for the Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation. "The new DAS and Wi-Fi systems will enhance the game day experience for our fans and campus visitors, and will open up future opportunities for us to engage with Falcons fans directly via their favorite mobile devices."
See: White paper examines neutral-host DAS deployments
Boingo notes that the combined capacity of the Wi-Fi and multi-layered DAS networks will provide full coverage for the stadium and field house, allowing spectators to share their experiences via video, photos and social networks real time. With capacity for more than 46,000 fans, Falcon Stadium is home to both the Falcons football team and the Air Force Academy's graduation each spring. The Cadet Field House, one of the premier athletic facilities in the U.S., is home to an indoor track, ice hockey arena and basketball's Clune Arena.
"Our new long-term agreement with the Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation gives us another opportunity to serve airmen, and to provide them with the best possible connectivity experience," says Doug Lodder, Boingo Wireless' vice president of business development. "We'll bring our network management experience for large-scale NFL stadiums like Soldier Field and our relationships with Tier 1 carriers to the Academy athletic arenas to deliver a major league wireless experience, and a 'one-stop shop' solution to the Athletic Corporation."
Boingo is a notable provider of small cell networks at large universities and major league stadiums, including Chicago's Soldier Field, University of Arizona's Arizona Stadium, and Pinnacle Bank Arena, home of the University of Nebraska's Huskers basketball team. Boingo also has global agreements with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) and Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) to deploy Boingo Broadband and IPTV services at Air Force, Army and Marine Corps bases worldwide, delivering high-speed wireless Internet and IP television to our nation's troops.
Related story: Andrew's DAS technology keeping football fans connected


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Nina Turner Showed That a Left Candidate Can Win Black Workers
Nina Turner's primary loss this week stings, but a close look at the numbers makes clear her loss wasn't the result of a bold left-wing candidate being unable to win over black workers. On the contrary: in black working-class districts, Turner performed well.
Black Voters
We Need Class Politics to End Our Second Gilded Age
We talk with historian Matt Karp about how ending our great age of inequality will take a renewed working-class politics.
Anti-Trump Movement
No, Joe Biden Won't Give Us Social Democracy
There were many good things in the stimulus package. But claims that Biden's Democratic Party has embraced structural change are overblown: an injection of much-needed cash isn't the same thing as empowering workers or creating a constituency for change.
The Politics of a Second Gilded Age
The mass inequality of America's first Gilded Age thrived on identity-based partisanship, helping extinguish the fires of class rage. In 2021, we're headed down the same path.
How Abraham Lincoln Fought the Supreme Court
It is not enough to question the decisions, the justices, or even the structure of the current court — we need to challenge, as Abraham Lincoln did, the foundation of its power to determine the law.
Bernie Sanders's Five-Year War
How he lost and where we go from here.
How the Antislavery Movement Ignited a Political Revolution
The antislavery movement of the mid-nineteenth century fused moral appeals against the sin of slavery with demands that spoke to the material interests of ordinary Northerners. Matt Karp, author of "The Mass Politics of Antislavery," explains how that movement led to emancipation — and what lessons it offers to those trying to forge a political revolution today.
Bernie Sanders Can Still Win the Nomination and the Presidency
There is no use in sugarcoating the scale of last night's defeat. But there is still a pathway to victory for Bernie Sanders.
Decent, Responsible Moderates for Bernie Sanders
The United States is the only developed country in the world that does not guarantee all its citizens health insurance, family leave, childcare, and a college education. The Democratic Party elites opposing Bernie Sanders and these measures aren't "moderates" — they're conservatives.
Slavery Was Defeated Through Mass Politics
The overthrow of slavery in the United States wasn't a byproduct of capitalist development nor the triumph of an enlightened activist vanguard. It was a battle waged and won in the field of democratic mass politics — a battle that holds enormous lessons for radicals today.
Elizabeth Warren's Electoral Track Record Is Incredibly Worrying
A new look at the 2018 midterms shows that while Bernie Sanders has already won back "Obama-Trump" voters, Elizabeth Warren was decimated in exactly the kinds of places Democrats need to win in 2020.
Bernie Is the Candidate Who Can Beat Trump. Here's Why.
Do you want to see Donald Trump defeated in 2020? Of course you do. The candidate who is best positioned to do exactly that: Bernie Sanders.
Is This the Future Liberals Want?
In a 2020 campaign against Donald Trump, a bet on Elizabeth Warren is a risky wager on its own terms. But over the next twenty years, a turn toward progressive technocracy is not a bet at all — it's an unconditional surrender to class dealignment.
Antislavery Wasn't Mainstream, Until It Was
After Republicans lost their first election in 1856, the nineteenth-century Nate Silvers were happy to declare the antislavery movement a radical, fringe idea. Four years later, Abraham Lincoln won on a radical program of change.
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As 2020 approaches, we indulge in some crass Sunday morning horse-race punditry.
51 Percent Losers
The midterms have given the Democratic Party a boost. But their professional-class politics are a cul de sac — we desperately need a political revolution driven by the needs and aspirations of the multiracial working class.
Populism for Plutocrats
Democratic leaders still haven't learned: you can't fight the forces of oligarchy without naming the enemy.
Expanding the Slaveocracy
Historians Eric Foner and Matt Karp on the international ambitions of the US slaveholding class — and the abolitionist movement that brought them down.
When the South Held the Keys
The slaveholding class defeated in the Civil War were no ragtag band of sectionalists — they were the masters of the US state.


Claudia Tenney was elected to serve as a member of the United States House of Representatives on November 8, 2016, after serving as a member of the New York State Assembly since 2011.
Claudia is an accomplished attorney and longtime small business owner. She was the co-owner and legal counsel to Mid-York Press, Inc., a commercial printing and manufacturing firm started by her grandfather in 1946, in the heart of the 22nd Congressional District. Claudia also maintained a private law practice and established Tenney Media Group where she served as the publisher and corporate counsel. Tenney Media Group published and printed free community newspapers — the Mid-York Weekly and the Pennysaver.
Apart from the influence of Claudia's family and her legal training, Claudia's approach to public service has been shaped by experiences beyond politics. Claudia was the only American employed by the Consulate General of Yugoslavia, which led to her strong relationship with the large Bosnian refugee population in the Utica area. She also published and produced the first Bosnian newspaper in Utica.
Claudia remains an active member of her community, serving on numerous boards and volunteer organizations throughout the district.
Claudia is the daughter of the late Honorable John R. Tenney, who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of New York in the Fifth Judicial District from 1969 through 2003, and the mother of U.S. Naval Academy graduate Trey Cleary, who serves as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.


Oh, joy. Another advert that has as its premise the idea that it's funny and cute to be a malicious imbecile. I almost prefer T-Mobile's Biker Chick.
You know what would be really hilarious? Video of Tim grabbing this jackass' smartphone and chucking it off the cliff. ROTFLOL!
Of course, the "friend" who took the picture will now be living every moment waiting for the guy to get revenge on him. He'll have to watch every single thing he does, because his photo victim will be there with one finger constantly on the camera trigger. He's just one hilarious broken-leg fall, snake bite, bear mauling, or Donner Party feast away from internet glory, himself.


Roger Waters' set at the current year's Bridge School benefit on Oct. 22 reunite with his old buddies in My Morning Jacket — and a cover of Bob Dylan's "Eternity Young" that included a help from Neil Young.
You can look at Waters' Bridge School interpretation of the Dylan classic in the fan-shot footage above. As Rolling Stone notes, this gig wasn't the first run through My Morning Jacket served as Waters' supporting band — they were additionally close by when he played at the Newport Folk Festival in 2015.


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Environmental action – TCPI starts the new year with less plastic
This January, TCPI has distributed reusable mugs and bottles to its employees both on site and in the offices, enhancing the use of fewer plastic bottles and cups. Considering an average of 3 plastic cups per day per person, this action avoids the use of 700 plastic cups per year per each individual. Another initiative…
TCPI wins Supplier Award
On January the 16th, TCPI received from TOTAL Raffinage France (Plateforme de La Mède), the Best Supplier Award under the Phoenix Project in the areas of Quality and Safety. Eleven suppliers were awarded, including two in the Electricity and Instrumentation (E&I) supplier category, one of which was TCPI. The whole team who participated in this…
Environmental action – Forest promotion and conservation
On December the 7th TCPI participated in an initiative to benefit the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. This action resulted from a partnership between TCPI, the "Plantar Uma Árvore" Association and the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests, contributing to the recovery of an ecologically degraded area through maintenance and plantation aiming at the restoration…
TCPI Quality Week
The Quality Week promoted by the PONTICELLI Group was successfully held at TCPI from 18 to 22 November. The topic was the importance of "Knowledge Sharing and Transfer". We talked about our knowledge, who owns it, to whom it can be transferred to, the return and sharing of experience, how to apply it in the…
TCPI opens a new LINKEDIN page
TCPI has opened a new page on the social network LinkedIn following the new image guidelines. The approach has been improved overall, more extensively and accurately enhancing our skills, business areas and work experience: linkedin.com/company/tcpi TCPI also intends to more effectively present its employees and followers with elements and posts of interest by disclosing relevant…
TCPI wins "5 Stars Safety Award"
It is with great pride and satisfaction that we share the following award to TCPI: "5 Stars Safety Award", project contribution to 3 million safe work hours. A recognition award from Fluor and ExxonMobil for the safety culture, effort, dedication, technical and professional experience of the entire Antwerp DCU Flare Project in Belgium.
PRESS RELEASE – Acquisition of TCPI by the Ponticelli Group
We are pleased to announce that Ponticelli Group, through its Portuguese subsidiary Portumo Madeira, acquired Tecnoprojecto Internacional (TCPI) on the 7th February 2019. TCPI was founded in 1986 by José Manuel Brandão, specialist in engineering, construction and electrical maintenance and instrumentation services, who will continue to be a minor shareholder and a Director of the…
TCPI RENEWS ITS CERTIFICATIONS UNTIL 2021
In 2018, TCPI has renewed its certifications until 2021. The certifications of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Management Systems in design, construction and maintenance in the electrical, instrumentation and automation domains were renewed until 2021. Also, the VCA certification for the construction and maintenance of electrical installations, instrumentation and automation was renewed until…


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Carrer dels Arbres
The magazine Carrer dels Arbres was created in 1979. Initially it was an add-on to the Museum's bulletin, Amistad, but it soon became more important as a tool for the dissemination of research work in the field of Archeology, history, art, geography and linguistics, often made from the funds of the Badalona Museum or with documentation from the Historic Archive of the City of Badalona.
The publication has had four periods, with different periodicities, but has always maintained the rigor and spirit of popularization. The year 2016 began to be published in digital format.
On this page you can consult the different magazine issues of the four periods in pdf format.
Magazine Carrer dels Arbres. First era.
Magazine Carrer dels Arbres. Second era.
Magazine Carrer dels Arbres. Third era.
Magazine Carrer dels Arbres. Fourth era.
El Eco de Badalona
Weekly founded in 1868 by the journalist Francesc de A. Planas i Casals. It was the first periodical publication in Badalona, focusing in local news. It had two periods: the first includes a brief period, from 1868 to 1869, and the second, from 1878 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1936.
Magazine El Eco de Badalona.
Comarca Expres
Biweekly magazine founded in 1976 in the middle of Transition to cover the political, social, labor and cultural information of Badalona, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Montgat and Tiana.
Magazine Comarca Expres.
Revista de Badalona
Magazine founded in 1941 by the Press and Propaganda Delegation of the FET and the JONS. Revista de Badalona was the first periodical publication of local information, published in the city after the Civil War (1939) and one of the first in Catalonia. It is also the longest-running journalistic newspaper in the city: it began publishing in 1941 until 2012.
Magazine Revista de Badalona.
Reforma de Badalona
On September 11th, 1976, the first issue of Reforma de Badalona appeared, it was a continuation of Revista de Badalona. It was published for less than a year until the name of Revista de Badalona could be recovered for the publication.
Magazine Reforma de Badalona.
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Badius. A whole world indoors.
Josep Cortinas i Badalona
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Municipal Government Commission
The Government Commission emerged with the approval of the Municipal Law of Catalonia in January 1934 and produced a change in the functioning of the municipal administration.
Provisional Management Commission
The Provisional Management Commission was appointed by the Army War Audit on January 28, 1939, at the end of the war, and included the mayor, five councilors, and the secretary.
Permanent Municipal Commission
The Permanent Municipal Commission represented the City Council of Badalona in everything that was not reserved for the Plenary Session of the City Council.
Municipal Board of Associated spokesman
The Municipal Board of Associated spokesmen was a body made up of councilors and an equal number of taxpayers.
Badalona City Council minutes books
The minutes books include the transcript made by the secretary of the City Council, of the content of the meetings of the Plenary Session of the Badalona City Council.
MARBLE SARCOPHAGE FRAGMENT
OLD WOMAN'S HEAD
PORTRAIT OF PAU RODÓN
HERMA OF THE GOD BACCHUS
THE SOCARRATS OF CAN BOFÍ VELL
BAETULO'S OINTMENTS
THE OSCILLUM OF BADALONA
THE GREAT ILLUSION. THE CINEMA IN BADALONA
AHBDN, a reference for the people of Badalona
AHBDN, over 40 years keeping memory
The Image Archive, the graphic history of the city
Epityrum. A roman recipe.
EAD. The water conduit of Baetulo
EAD. Familiar workshop. Let's make a three on a row
EAD. An experimental archeology project


A supporter of a king. In later use specifically (NZ) a follower or supporter of the Maori King during the New Zealand Wars of 1845–72; a member or supporter of the King Movement.
NZ. Of, relating to, or designating a supporter of the Maori King during the New Zealand Wars of 1845–72; of or relating to the King Movement.
Late 18th century; earliest use found in The Public Advertiser. From king + -ite.


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Vietnam Imported More Mining Rigs in 3 Weeks This Month Than All of Last Year
Written by admin on January 27, 2018	in News
The Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department has revealed that in the first 3 weeks of this month almost 8,000 mining rigs were imported into the city. This number exceeds the entire count of mining rigs imported into Vietnam last year.
Nearly 8000 Mining Rigs Imported in 23 Days
The Ho Chi Minh City (HMC) Customs Department has revealed the number of mining rigs imported during the first three weeks of January.
Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, the customs department's deputy director told the HMC Law Department on January 24 that 7,932 mining rigs were imported into the city between January 1 and 23, Tuoi Tre reported. He added that the total value of these rigs is "nearly $12.3 million…[and] the amount of tax paid to the [city's] budget is nearly 28 billion dong [~$1.23 million]." Tianphong elaborated:
Currently, the price of bitcoin mining rigs is quite high, from 70 to 80 million [VND]; some places even [sell them for] up to 100 million [VND] per machine.
The publication noted that most mining rigs are imported from China, adding that they cost approximately 20-25 million dong each but were sold for 35-40 million dong each in early 2016. By mid-2017, "the price of mining rigs increased to VND 45-60 million per machine and at present, although the price of bitcoin decreased, the price of mining rigs still increased to VND 80-90 million per machine," the publication added.
News.Bitcoin.com recently reported that a total of 7,005 known mining rigs were imported in 2017. Most of them, 5,527 rigs, were imported between November and December 21. Only 1,478 rigs were declared entering the country between January 1 and October 31 of last year, according to the HMC Customs Department.
No Regulations Yet
Tuyen explained that mining rig imports and mining operations in the city are "still normal because there are no regulations for the import of such goods," Tianphong quoted him. Currently, "the State Bank has confirmed that bitcoin and other similar virtual currencies are not legal means of payment in Vietnam" and residents using them as such "will be fined 150-200 million [VND], and may be subject to criminal prosecution from January 1, 2018," the publication emphasized.
Nguyen Hoang Minh, deputy director of the HMC branch of the State Bank, was quoted saying:
Virtual currency in general, and bitcoin and litecoin in particular, are not currencies and are not legal means of payment under the Vietnamese law.
What do you think of the Vietnamese mining industry growing so quickly? Let us know in the comments section below.
Written by Kevin Helms, Post from www.bitcoin.com
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