So what's the difference between raw bee pollen and plain old bee pollen? Well, the differences might surprise you. I recommend consuming raw bee pollen along with other products of the hive like raw honeyand royal jelly in as natural a state as possible.
For the same reason it is better to consume a fresh, raw peach than it is to eat a can of peaches that have been heated and packed into an aluminum can coated with chemicals and then sat on a truck and a shelf for 3 months before you buy it.
Mother Nature knows best and if she had her way, we'd eat everything raw and unprocessed.
And people are figuring this out - the raw foods movement is growing rapidly. Progressive cities like Vancouver and Toronto have raw food restaurants now. Grocery stores like Whole Foods that promote raw and organic are thriving.
Futhermore, most foods packaged in a can or a box are heavily processed before they make their way into the can or box.
Processing would include things like refining, bleaching, coloring, heating, drying, chemically separating, grinding, enriching, preserving or crushing. All of these things kill enzymes and destroy nutrients.
Raw foods also won't be found in pill or tablet form. To place a raw food in one of these forms, you first need to process or refine a food until it either the desired component of the food is isolated or you've removed the moisture from it. Again, this process destroys the vital living components of a raw food like bee pollen.
There are several nutritional supplement manufacturers out there who claim that their supplements in pill form are 'raw' and 'living.' While they may have a unique product that is more 'living' than a regular supplement,no manufacturing process will yield a truly raw food.
The only way to do this is to leave a food how mother nature intended it - eaten directly from the plant or tree that is was grown on.
Raw Bee Pollen - What is it?
Raw bee pollen is simply bee pollen that hasn't been processed or refined or ground down to a powder or dried with excessive heat.
There are many bee pollen marketers out there who claim that their processing and refining and encapsulating of bee pollen yields a superior and more bio-available product.
They claim that by removing the outer shell of the pollen that it makes the nutrients more easily absorbed by the human gut.
I would argue that this process of refining the bee pollen actually does more damage to the delicate nutrients than it does good.
By processing the shell, you expose the delicate nutrients in the pollen to oxygen and light, both of which oxidize and break down nutrients.
The end result is actually less nutrients being delivered to the consumer, not more.
There is also the question of what nutrients are physically removed anytime you process a food as nutrient dense as bee pollen. Accidental or not, bee pollen is the most nutrient dense food on the planet and to remove some of the vital compounds of the pollen will undoubtedly lessen its effectiveness.
1) Buy a bagged or bottled raw bee pollen that you can physically see the pollen granules. Avoid buying a pill or tablet unless you simply can't stomach raw bee pollen or if you travel a great deal. I take bee pollen capsules with me whenever I leave the comfort of my kitchen. Ultimately, it is much, much healthier to consume bee pollen in pill form than not to at all.
2) If you find a product that looks like it hasn't been processed, the next thing you need to find out is how it was dried. You want a raw bee pollen that was freeze dried if possible.
3) Next, find out if the raw bee pollen was bagged and bottled within a couple of days after harvesting and then either frozen or refrigerated.
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Brakhat Girls College, Tallewal has issued advertisement in The Tribune Chandigarh dated 15.03.2016 P N 10 to fill the vacancy of Librarian in Punjab. It is good chance to get job with Punjabi University Patiala and brighten your future. Learn eligibility criteria and apply latest by 30.03.2016 - 15 days from the date of advertisement.
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Brakhat Girls College, Tallewal (Branala) in Punjab.
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Eligible and interested candidates should need to apply latest by 30.03.2016 - 15 days from the date of advertisement. And also send a copy of application to Dean College Development Council, Punjabi University, Patiala.
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Home Sports Cross Country Warfel, Valle lead the charge in SCIAC Championships
Warfel, Valle lead the charge in SCIAC Championships
The Occidental men's and women's cross country teams were able to find their footing on a difficult soggy Prado Park course during Saturday's SCIAC Championship meet in Chino Hills, as both teams finished in the top half of the field.
In the weeks leading up to the championship meet, the Tigers focused on the mental aspect of running to help them keep their composure.
"Because Prado Park is a difficult course with rolling hills and poor footing, we made a concentrated effort to keep a positive mental attitude throughout the race," runner Tommy Warfel (senior) said via email. "Courses like this can make racing difficult because they prevent you from developing a good rhythm."
Despite the rolling hills and a large puddle slowing down runners, Warfel and a host of sophomores thrived in the unfavorable conditions, pushing the men to a third place finish in the men's meet and a third place finish in the overall SCIAC standings.
Leading the trio of young Tiger speedsters was Austin Sankaran (sophomore), who was the second Tiger to complete the course, placing 17th overall with a time of 26:45.58. Sankaran's placement in the top 20 was also enough to earn him a Second Team All-SCIAC selection. Close on Sankaran's heels were classmates Keenan Leary (sophomore) and Jovani Barajas (sophomore), who both placed in the top 30 with times just over 27 minutes.
But while the sophomore's performances were impressive, it was Warfel who had the race of the day for the Tigers.
Running in his SCIAC swan song, Warfel acted as the trailblazer for the Occidental squad, crossing the eight-kilometer finish line in sixth place overall with a time of 26:14.06. His performance marked a solid improvement from the SCIAC Multi Dual meet Oct. 17, as he shaved five seconds off of his time and finished one spot higher. Additionally, Warfel's placement within the top 10 earned him a place on the First Team All-SCIAC team.
"Tommy ran the best race of his life, and to have that happen at the last conference meet is a dream scenario," head coach Rob Bartlett said. "He is going to have some great memories to show for all the hard work he has put in."
On the women's side, it was Roxanne Valle (first-year) who led the way for the Tigers, earning a 12th place finish by completing the six-kilometer race in 24:06.31, despite battling an illness all week. In addition to setting the pace for Occidental, Valle's gritty performance was also good enough to earn her a Second Team All-SCIAC selection.
"I got sick during the week and found it difficult to practice," Valle said via email. "The day of the race I just knew I had to give it my all and stay mentally strong."
Aside from Valle, Occidental received solid performances from Eva Townsend (sophomore) and Aria Blumm (sophomore). Both also posted sub-25 minute times, and had individual finishes of 20th and 21st, respectively. Rounding out the top five for Occidental were Mel Devoney* (junior), who finished 32nd overall with a time of 25:10.66, and Natalie Gradwohl (first-year), who finished 44th with a time of 25:34.04.
Overall, the women captured a fourth-place finish at the championship meet and finished fourth in the overall SCIAC standings.
"What is exciting is that we had four first years in our top seven and three in our top five, and we will have everyone on our roster back next year," Bartlett said. "It is a young team that will only continue to develop."
The next meet for the Occidental men's and women's cross country teams will be the NCAA West Region Championship race Nov. 14 at the Pomona-Pitzer course. There, both the men's and women's teams will attempt to qualify for nationals by placing within the top three.
*Devoney is a Weekly staff member.
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Sign-On-And-Go Security
By: eWeek Editors | October 01, 2001
Even as Microsoft and Sun Microsystems duel to build competing identification systems, the technology exists today to deploy a single sign-on Web services marketplace.
The technology exists today to deploy a single sign-on Web services marketplace, even as Microsoft and Sun Microsystems duel to build competing identification systems.
Security Assertion Markup Language is an almost completed standard by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, a nonprofit consortium for the creation of interoperable industry standards. Based on XML, SAML allows a single sign-on for Web applications across the multitude of Web access management platforms available today.
Leaders in Web access management - such as Access360, Baltimore Technologies, Entrust, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Netegrity, Oblix and VeriSign - have committed to the standard. When its ratified early next year, these companies can incorporate SAML in their software, enabling an interoperable infrastructure for identity and access management.
Many of them have already incorporated early versions of the standard in the software they sell today, with free upgrades promised when SAML is complete.
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SAML will play a key part in Suns own authentication process, but a spokeswoman said she couldnt speak for the entire alliance of partners that Sun announced last week. Microsoft is not actively working on SAML, but recently started participating in discussions on how to make it work with its Passport authentication process.
Examples of how the technology could be used include business-to-employee portals that provide employees access to their health benefits, time sheets, expense reports and 401(k) portfolios, all using a single user profile; and a business-to-consumer portal in which a credit card company partners with several online retailers to allow customers to shop from site to site without ever having to re-enter their ID numbers.
"The value to the end user is convenience," said Enrique Salem, Oblixs senior vice president of products and technology.
SAML will allow companies to know a customer has permission to conduct business on various participating networks, said Bill Bartow, Netegritys vice president of marketing. "SAML is the language used to describe this communication."
SAML does have obstacles. No. 1 is that Microsofts Passport and Windows platforms so far dont support it. Instead, Microsoft is using Kerberos - a standard protocol developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that runs on the Unix platform - as its authentication mechanism.
A Microsoft representative would not comment on SAML. But Doug Bayer, director of Windows Security, attended the last SAML meeting in August, when the committee discussed integrating Kerberos and SAML.
"I think its very clear to everyone in the SAML committee that interoperability with the Microsoft way of doing things is a requirement in some form or another," said Irving Reid, Baltimore Technologies principal technical architect.
Frank Prince, a Forrester Research senior analyst, agreed that Microsoft will be a critical partner in SAMLs success. "In their e-marketplace, they own [access to] all the software, so they dont really need SAML yet," Prince said. "Microsoft is a market unto itself."
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  expect(Game.count).to eql(3)
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Justia › US Law › US Codes and Statutes › Louisiana Laws › 2017 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › TITLE 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure › RS 13:2589 - Compensation of justices of the peace and constables in criminal matters
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2017 Louisiana Laws
TITLE 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
RS 13:2589 - Compensation of justices of the peace and constables in criminal matters
Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 13:2589 (2017)
§2589. Compensation of justices of the peace and constables in criminal matters
A.(1) Justices of the peace and constables shall receive no fees in criminal matters or in peace bond cases, but in lieu thereof they shall receive such salaries as are fixed by the parish governing authority and paid by the parish, which salaries shall be graded, but which in no case shall be less than seventy-five dollars per month. This salary of not less than seventy-five dollars per month shall include and shall not be in addition to the amount of the salary provided for in R.S. 33:1702.
(2) Every justice of the peace and constable shall attend at least one of the Justice of the Peace Training Courses offered by the attorney general pursuant to R.S. 49:251.1 every other year, and a justice of the peace or constable who fails to do so shall not earn or receive the compensation provided in this Section, until he attends a course and receives a certificate of completion from the attorney general.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 30:2531 through 2531.5 and 30:2532, governing the distribution of fines for littering, and notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A above, the local governing bodies receiving the fines imposed by R.S. 30:2531 through 2531.5 and by any parish ordinance shall reimburse those justice of the peace courts and ward constable offices who handle litter violations for the time spent and expenses incurred by the respective justice of the peace, and constable, deputy constable, or special deputy constable for handling those litter violations.
C. In Caddo Parish, in addition to the reimbursements provided for in Subsection B of this Section, the justice of the peace courts and ward constable offices shall also be reimbursed for handling property standards violations.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 87, §1. Acts 1986, No. 401, §1; Acts 1989, No. 296, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §§2, 10; Acts 2001, No. 689, §1; Acts 2008, No. 656, §1.
NOTE: The Title and Section 10 of Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148 purport to repeal R.S. 13:2589(B). However, Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 148, §2 includes R.S. 13:2589(B) with amendments, though introductory language of §2 does not mention this Section.
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The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) announced today that the Marigold Mining Company's Marigold Mine in Nevada, United States has been recertified in full compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code (Cyanide Code).
The Marigold Mine was initially certified in full compliance with the Cyanide Code in January 2007 and was the first operating mine to be certified under the Cyanide Code. The Marigold Mine was recertified in January 2010, March 2013, and in February 2016. As required under the Cyanide Code, the Marigold Mine was again audited against ICMI's Verification Protocol within three years of its previous certification by an independent professional third-party auditor. ICMI has received and accepted the auditor's Detailed Audit Findings Report, which found the Marigold Mine in full compliance with the Cyanide Code's Principles and Standards of Practices. The Summary Audit Report and Auditor Credentials Form are available on the ICMI web site on Evolution Mining's Signatory Company Page: https://www.cyanidecode.org/signatory-company-categories/marigold-mining-company-united-states. The operation must be re-audited every three years to evaluate continuing compliance with the Cyanide Code.


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What is SIPE and what are the risks?
By Outdoor Swimmer • 25th November 2020 @outdoor_swimmer
Sarah Spencer and Dr Lindsay Forbes shine some light on swimming-induced pulmonary oedema (SIPE) - a poorly understood but potentially deadly condition
Swimming induced pulmonary oedema (SIPE) is a condition that causes severe, sudden breathlessness during open water swimming. It appears to be fairly rare, but is seen more often as the popularity of open water swimming increases. SIPE can be described as an attack of shortness of breath that is out of proportion to the effort being put in, during or immediately after swimming. It can occur on its own or may include symptoms such as a whistling or crackling sound in the chest, an unexplained cough, coughing up phlegm or fluid and a feeling of tightness in the chest. SIPE is not normally linked to water inhalation and does not occur immediately on entering the water. Symptoms usually improve once on dry land. However, if someone is unaccompanied or cannot get out of the water quickly, it could be life-threatening.
If someone is unaccompanied or cannot get out of the water quickly, it could be life-threatening
Get out of the water
SIPE is an under-researched condition that is poorly understood. It is thought that the combination of water immersion, exposure to cold and exercise can increase the pressure in pulmonary capillaries (tiny blood vessels in the lungs) causing fluid to leak into the air spaces of the lung.
While SIPE can be experienced in all water temperatures, it seems to be more common in cooler water as the body reacts to cold by forcing blood away from the extremities into the chest
If you develop this type of shortness of breath while swimming, it is important to get out of the water as soon as possible. It is likely the symptoms will become more severe the longer you continue swimming. In most cases, the symptoms will resolve on their own once you are out of the water, usually within 24 hours. However, some swimmers may require medical attention on site or may need transferring to a hospital A&E department. Hospitalisation overnight is not usually necessary. Little is known about whether or not there are any long-term effects associated with SIPE, however one small study reported that lung function in some of the participants was worse in the week following SIPE.
Lindsay Forbes Lindsay (LEFT) is a public health doctor based at the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent. She is researching long term health conditions and how they are best managed by health services.
Sarah Spencer Sarah (RIGHT) is a Research Associate at the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent. She works mainly in public health research and is carrying out a PhD project on the epidemiology of swimming induced pulmonary oedema.
Research shows that around 30% of people who had an episode of SIPE experienced it again. So far not much research has been carried out into the risk factors for SIPE but researchers are currently studying which factors might be the most important so that we can give good advice to people. Some of the latest research suggests that risk factors may include high blood pressure, taking fish oil supplements, long distance swims and female sex. Other hypothesised risk factors include cold water temperature, being aged over 40, wearing a tight wetsuit, over hydration, a high level of exertion, swimming position and lack of warm up. SIPE is thought to result from a number of these factors being present at the same time to create a "perfect storm".
While SIPE can be experienced in all water temperatures, it seems to be more common in cooler water as the body reacts to cold by forcing blood away from the extremities into the chest. As a result, SIPE appears to occur more commonly during outdoor swimming in temperate climates rather than during pool swimming.
It may be possible to reduce the risk of a SIPE occurrence or recurrence by addressing some of the risk factors, however we cannot be sure that any of these things will definitely make a difference. The best advice at this stage is not to swim alone in open water. We don't yet have a clear idea about treatment or prevention of SIPE, but there are interesting possibilities from surprising quarters. For example, Viagra may help prevent it. But the jury is still out on that - no robust studies yet have shown that it definitely works. But in the future we hope that we can offer a preventive treatment to people who have had a previous attack.
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"Do we have to homeschool French?"
by Marian Buchanan
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Short answer: no. Longer answer: there are good reasons to learn French (some to do with social advantages, others to do with brain development), and certain things to be aware of when a child or youth enters the school system after a time of homeschooling.
In a recent email enquiry, a young teen who was about to homeschool grade 8 asked if French was a mandatory homeschool subject for getting accepted into high school when she returns to the school system for grade 9 and beyond. I told her homeschoolers don't have to follow the Ontario curriculum, so many don't study French, yet they still get accepted into high school if they decide to enter the system after homeschooling.
The reason is that attending public school is a child's right under the Education Act (the flip side of education being mandatory), so the school has to accept any student who is a Canadian citizen (or permanent resident) and who lives in the school's assigned area. As far as I know, getting placed in the requested grade is not usually a problem for grade 9, when prior OSSD credits haven't yet come into the picture, it's usually only in grade 10 and above that the school might require more proof of grade level, and place a youth in whichever grade corresponds to their overall level of learning rather than their age. Also as far as I know, being behind in one subject doesn't necessarily jeopardize being accepted at grade level for the rest of the courses.
I didn't go into those details with the teen who was asking about French requirements, but I did reassure her that the OSSD only requires one credit for French, and since she'd already taken it up to grade 7 and would presumably be taking it in grade 9 and beyond, she should be able to get that one credit fairly easily.
In seeking confirmation about all this on the higheredforhomelearners yahoogroup, I was given the following additional information and thoughts:
Know how to frame your eligibility:
"It is always good to ask what the requirements would be [if, instead of a homeschooler, it was] a family moving in from another part of the world. Would they let the student in? I think that would answer your question. If there is push-back just ask them what they would do in [that] situation."
The French credit is not as mandatory for the OSSD as you think:
"Cultural credits are an option [as an alternative to French]. French is not required to graduate (just a strongly pushed agenda). Native Studies is an option. When my boys were briefly in high school, French Canadian culture was also an option. We refused to enrol them in French and after a bit of push back the guidance office gave us alternatives."
Shortly after replying to this teen, I received another enquiry about teaching French as a homeschooler. This time it was about whether doing French immersion at home would qualify as meeting the minimum number of hours required for being accepted specifically into the Academic section of grade 9 French. The listed requirement is 600 hours of instruction by the end of grade 8. In helping this parent with this more specific question, I discovered the following, from page 16 of the French curriculum guidelines: (http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/fsl912curr2014.pdf)
"Generally, the program a student selects at the secondary school level is determined by the total number of hours of French instruction accumulated by the end of Grade 8 (a minimum of 600 for Core French, a minimum of 1260 for Extended French, and a minimum of 3800 for French Immersion). The principal has the right to permit individual students to enrol in a course for which they may not have the entrance requirements if they have achieved the necessary language competence through other means." [emphasis added]
The table of prerequisites is on page 17, but the last sentence above (and the use of the phrase "or equivalent") kind of makes them irrelevant.
Also (as you can see if you look at the table in the document), there are no prerequisites for the Open courses, only the Academic and Applied. So unless you're attached to the Academic or Applied option, you could always just opt for the Open courses.
So... MUST you homeschool French? No – especially if you're homeschooling throughout high school.
Do you nevertheless have to homeschool French IF you want to go into the school system at the high school level? Not really – it depends on what you want. Open courses have no prerequisites.
But should you anyway? Here are some thoughts on that:
French is one of Canada's official languages. If you want to work in certain sections of the Canadian government, you'll need to be bilingual. Many non-governmental jobs may also require it. Here's how one parent put it:
"Growing up in rural Ontario, I saw no need for French so I didn't take it in high school. I ended up getting a job with a large Company with manufacturing facilities across the eastern part of the country including Quebec. So I ended up going on business trips to Quebec and kicking myself for not having learned French! As a home schooler, I thoroughly support parental choice in the education of their children with lots of input from the children. However, sometimes a story to help influence those choices is in order to encourage studying things that may be useful in later life, unforeseen at the time."
Being bilingual is a good ability to have for social reasons, too: being able to communicate with a broader range of people, and exposure to another culture, are good ways to broaden one's horizons.
Just as importantly, the fact of living bilingually, and the language learning process itself, are also helpful for developing cognitive abilities more generally.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/10126883/Why-learn-a-foreign-language-Benefits-of-bilingualism.html
So, in case you do want to help your child learn French (and develop more general cognitive abilities in the process), here are some resources we have listed in our Resource Directory:
http://nallenart.com/
https://www.frenchessentials.com/
https://www.pearsoncanadaschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS2xDi
https://learn-from.com/
https://www.lernsys.com/en/french-language-introductory-course – Lessons 125-135 are free to view – they're later on in the course, after some foundations are already built, so you won't be able to start learning French through them, but they'll give you an idea of the way the lessons are presented.
Additional resources included after the original October 2018 publication in the OFTP Members' newsletter:
https://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/
https://hookmeonlanguages.com/
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/La-Librairie-De-Lecturea-z
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Machinery skates are designed for transporting industrial machinery and other heavy equipment. Nylon wheels are strong and will not mark floors. Skates have a rubber pad, and easily help guide the machinery over firm and level surfaces. Roller skates have a rugged steel frame, a handle for carrying or steering the skate.


We used Onsite Truck and Trailer Repair Inc., located in Lexington KY for mobile truck repair on one of our units on May 12, 2013. The pulley tensioner on the truck ceased and broke the serpentine belt. We called Truckers Assist and you guys referred us to Onsite Truck and Trailer Repair Inc., a company that provides mobile truck repair service in the Lexington KY area. These guys were onsite within 60 minutes of us placing the call to you. On the way down to our truck, they stopped at the CAT dealer in Lexington KY and picked up the tensioner and serpentine belt needed to repair the truck. They had our truck repaired and had us back on the road within a 4 hours. My driver and I were extremely pleased with the level of service we received from these guys. I would highly recommend them to anyone requiring Mobile Truck Repair service in the Lexington KY area.


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Raúl Llanos (born 23 January 1949) is a Cuban former sports shooter. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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The Jeep Yunto Concept made its debut Wednesday at the Shanghai auto show, and it appears to be a plug-in hybrid.
The automaker has been tight-lipped about the concept's drivetrain, but the vehicle on display in China clearly shows "PHEV" badges on the front doors.
No surprise there, as the Chinese government is currently pushing alternative fuel vehicles in a bid to reduce fuel consumption and emissions while also tackling the country's air pollution problem.
Jeep hasn't said if or when the Yunto will yield a production model, but if it does show up at Chinese dealers, the plug-in hybrid would be the first of its kind there for the brand.
Yunto means "cloud" in Chinese.
LED headlamps, an open, airy cabin, and an interior that seems heavily influenced by Scandinavian design all indicate the concept design is something new for Jeep.
Motor 1 reports that a production version of the Yunto would likely only be for the Chinese market, though a Chrysler version might show up in the U.S. at some point down the line.
A three-row Jeep plug-in hybrid would fit well with the company's current portfolio, offering customers the rugged aesthetic they've come to appreciate while improving fuel economy at the same time.
Analysts have speculated that plug-in versions of both the Yunto and any Chrysler derivative would likely be powered by some version of the Pacifica Hybrid's driveline.
Should the Yunto make it to market, it would find itself competing with well-established players, including three-row crossovers that include the Chevrolet Traverse, Ford Explorer, Nissan Pathfinder, Subaru Ascent, Toyota Highlander, and Volkswagen Atlas.
For all the latest green concept cars and production vehicles shown this week, visit our Shanghai auto show news page.


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Q: Good Practices to Serve Optimization System as Web App What I am Doing
I am developing optimization system with genetic algorithm; just finished PoC on JupyterNotebook and going to serve it as web application with Python3.
This optimization process needs a lot of computational resource to evaluate each candidate chromosome, so I am planning to adopt parallel distributed processing.
How It Will Work
Below shows how this system will work (now planning).

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*Users upload file with parameters from browser and reserve optimization

*System queues the optimization job

*System shows reserved job list and optimization result on browser

My Plan and Question
Here shows what I am planning (I am not familiar with web application).

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*Request to upload API and save parameters in DB and pickle

*Check if there are any reserved optimization jobs every n minutes with cron

*Execute optimization if need and save result in DB and update job status (waiting -> finished)

I think this will work but I am not sure this is good.
Do you know good architecture practice to do this?

A: I think having a cron job would complicate the order flow and be inefficient. Try using a message broker (eg. rabbit-mq) and celery to schedule and run the jobs.

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In collaboration with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department and community partner, Good Samaritan Project, KC CARE's Linkage to Care Program received two awards last week.
The team was awarded Community Leadership Award was given by the CAEAR Coalition and were also recognized as a National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Model Practice. The NACCHO Model Practice award recognizes organizations that have a strong commitment to innovated client care for HIV+ individuals.
Pictured above are Kaley Garza, Hannah Larson, Olivia Johnson, Jess Harman, Seth Howerton, Kia Price (of Good Samaritan Project), and Daniel Spachek. Karen McCully is not pictured, as she was called away to work with a Linkage to Care client.
The Linkage to Care team works with newly diagnosed HIV+ clients and provides them with intensive, time-limited case management as they become linked to HIV primary care and other Ryan White services. LTC case managers also work with clients who have fallen out of care to help them reengage in medical care and achieve better health.
Congratulations to the Linkage to Care Team, and thank you for all your hard work!


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E-Gals complete historic perfect season in district play
By Ryan Richardson
September 26, 2018 | 1:46 am
Updated September 26, 2018 | 1:46 am
Apollo capped off district play without losing a single set all season for the first time in program history. | Photo by Ryan Richardson
Tuesday's sweep of Daviess County was a monumental win for the Apollo volleyball team, as it marked the first time they made it through an entire season of district play without dropping a single set.
They E-Gals (19-4, 6-0 District 9) were rarely pushed to the limit, and their 3-0 (25-10, 25-17, 25-19) victory over the Lady Panthers (12-7, 2-4) was no different. DCHS was able to keep the second and third set close early, but late runs allowed Apollo to finish the district perfect.
AHS head coach MaryAnne Howard said the goal from the beginning was to be one of the best teams in the area. Now that they've far exceeded those expectations, the E-Gals will start looking toward the playoffs.
"It's a testament to how hard these girls have worked all season long," she said. "We've had goals from the beginning of being the very best we could be and being one of the best teams in the region. They've taken care of business, but now we have to focus and get ready for postseason play."
The match at Daviess County started heavily in favor of Apollo, as they jumped out to 6-1 lead. A bit of back-and-forth kept the gap steady through a 13-7 advantage before the E-Gals went on a long run. Behind back-to-back aces from Anslee Hopewell and some big kills at the net, AHS stretched the lead to 22-9 and easily closed out the set.
The Lady Panthers tightened up their game, but it still wasn't enough to overcome a talented Apollo squad. Still, Howard said the players have had to stay focused when it comes to district opponents.
"We've been focused all year long about district play and how important it is to bring our game," she said. "The players know each other very, very well because of the proximity of all the schools. Everybody is going to bring their 'A' game every night. Tonight was a tremendous match between both teams."
Apollo worked their way to a 12-6 lead in the second set, but Ashton Johnson helped put Daviess County on top at 16-15. The teams were at 17-all when the E-Gals went the rest of the set without losing a point. Natalie Ewing led the cause at the net and finished off the set with a light touch on one point and a hard spike on the next.
"Natalie really took over at the net," Howard said. "I think each time we step on the floor, she gets better and stronger."
The final set was much like the second, and a pair of short runs late helped AHS create separation and roll to the three-set victory.
Leading the way for Apollo was Ewing (12 kills, 5 blocks), Carlee Widmer (21 assists, 9 kills, 5 digs), Jenna McMillen (5 kills, 6 digs, 2 aces), Anslee Hopewell (8 digs, 2 aces), Hallie Wilson (7 digs) and Taylor Blair (5 kills).
For Daviess County, Johnson led the way (6 kills, 4 digs), and she was helped by Ryann Keller (6 assists, 4 digs), Sydney Speed (7 digs), Hannah Axley (7 assists), Kendal Goetz (6 digs), Elizabeth Moore (4 kills) and Jasmine Beasley (4 blocks).
Tuesday marked the seventh consecutive victory for Apollo, and they've dropped only a single set in that span. Even when the E-Gals have come up short this season, they've lost by thin margins.
In their four losses, they've dropped 10 sets (13 including sets lost in a victory), and Howard said it's helped shape this year's team.
"We've played a tough schedule this year," she said. "The teams we have lost to were close games the whole way through. I think those losses have helped build us to where we're at now. I think we're playing at a high level."
The E-Gals will try to maintain that level of competition this weekend when they play in the JCIV Tournament, which features some of the top teams across the state and is played at the OVVC in Louisville.
Daviess County will stay home for a 7:30 p.m. match Thursday against Hancock County.
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Grounded, Part Five: Layered Projections, American Blues Theatre
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Scenes From Stupid F*cking Bird Productions
Stupid F*cking Bird is Aaron Posner's riff on Chekhov's The Seagull. Click through the images to see photo and read about the designs for four separate productions: Woolly Mammoth Theatre...
Stupid F*cking Bird, Part Two
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Stupid F*cking Bird, Part One
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Under The Poppy. Photo by Rick Lieder. Nerve is a site-specific immersive theatre in Michigan, developed by fiction writer Kathe Koja. Her book, Under The Poppy, set in a Victorian brothel, features whores dressed...
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Students will be able to make inferences when comparing and contrasting two stories.
Listen to student ideas, and after they have guessed, ask them how they knew or came up with their guess (e.g. experience hiking or birdwatching).
Write the word "infer" on the board and explain that to infer means figuring out something that wasn't completely explained in the book.
Tell students that you can make inferences by activating your prior knowledge and using evidence that the author gives to you. Explain that evidence can be found when an author shows or tells you something specific. For example, hiking boots can be evidence of going on a hike.
Bring out the second set of items that relate to the similar activity and ask students to compare the two groups of items by finding what is the same.
Draw a Venn diagram on the board and write the comparisons on one side.
Explain that students just compared or found the similarities or things that are the same in the two groups of items.
Ask them to look again and find things that are different. Record their ideas on the Venn diagram.
Explain that to contrast means finding the differences between two things.
Point to the Venn diagram you used and tell students that this is a special tool that readers can use when comparing and contrasting two similar stories.
Ask students to raise their hands if they have ever heard of Cinderella.
Tell students that you are going to read aloud two different versions of the Cinderella story and that are going to practice making inferences while comparing and contrasting the two stories.
Read aloud the two stories to the class. While reading, pause and ask students to make inferences about each story. Write up inferences on the board to capture student thinking.
After reading, discuss with the class how the stories are similar and how they are different.
Pass out the I Can Infer worksheets and have students complete them for the two stories read aloud.
Gather a small group of students to analyze the stories together. Work as a team to make inferences and find comparisons and contrasts within the books.
Pass out the Finding Comparisons or the What's Happening? worksheets and have students complete them using information from the read alouds.
Assess whether students are able to make accurate compare and contrast statements about the read aloud books during the classroom discussion.
Collect student work to check if students were able to make inferences and support their inferences with evidence from each book.
Have students share their inferences and supporting evidence with the class.
Encourage students to discuss their thinking about each of the stories as they share their work.
Join Joe and Kyla as they explore the Museum of Natural History. Read all about their adventure and then answer the questions.
Your students will practice fiction comprehension while they read this short story about best friends and then make connections and predictions based on the reading.
They will use manipulatives to promote visual and kinetic learning styles.
Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.
After students have finished their story, have them consider these who, what, where, why, and how questions as they relate to the plot.
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Since August 2013 until a few days, I have collaborated with Da2 Siempre Studio in the enlargement projects of the Parque de Atracciones of Madrid and Warner Beach Park.
I had the pleasure of working with them, modelling and correcting 3D sculptures/concepts of characters from Nikelodeon, Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo and some more, to be made actual size by specialist on the area.
In the following links is a part of the information relating to each project along with some images of characters that have passed through my hands. I will show more, as soon as further updates are published on their respective websites.
Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg and Henery Hawk (http://blog.parquewarner.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/6.jpg).


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Q: How to use VSTS Build/Release to continuously integrate/deploy Docker containers to Azure Service Fabric? I'm asking this question here because Azure's documentation says a sample for Linux Containers is 'coming soon'. Anyone has any insight on when this tutorial might be available?
Meanwhile, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on how to effectively do this.
My use case is:

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*a microservices based application (say Microservices A, B, and C); each microservice should run in its own Docker container

*use Visual Studio Team Services Build capability to build container images and push them to Docker Hub

*use VSTS Release capability to individually deploy the microservices (containers) to a Service Fabric cluster as microservices are independently developed, that is, I don't want to update the entire application in Service Fabric, but only redeploy the changed microservice/container to the respective node(s)
There could be a custom solution for this where one can add Tasks to the Build and Release in VSTS (like Docker Build and Shell Script tasks), call some scripts to update the Application Manifest and Service Manifest to kick off the updates to the Service Fabric cluster, and so on.

A: Whether your containers are services in the same app or different app, you can still deploy them independently. Only changes are being applied at deployment, you don't even have to have the non-changed services in the deployment package. Look here to see an example for Service Fabric service (not in containers), but deploying containers using service manifest is conceptually the same: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-set-up-continuous-integration


Before you will learn how to make photo slideshows you should make up your mind what you are you going to get exactly and what kind of options do you have. There are two possible ways for you to do that: you can either buy a professional application with a great variety of different effects and options or download movie maker for free. The second variant is not worse then the first one, and despite the fact that there are not so many alternative programs propagating in a free mode there are still some programs you can choose from.
You should definitely use our application and you will not have to install anything.
It is one of the most famous, with extremely simple in usage and informative menu and a full set of, basically, basic functions for making photo slideshows. In this program you can simply add a ready clip, separate pictures or cadres, and also music track. There if also another available options for the user to decide on transitions frames, apply special effect, create titles and other effects. You can add starting materials to the timeline, besides this clip maker tool gives you a possibility to preview your material.
One should also pay attention to the pay bar, that makes the creation of photo slideshows with music much simpler, especially for beginners. You can either make a professional quality film or an amateur material, there is a useful option of receiving a recording from digital or analog camera, and another option of cutting a video or music file is present.
You should discover how to download and install Windows Movie Maker.
All the actions are presented to you as an adding of the thumbnails to the timeline, which makes it simpler to find your own mistakes during work. There are no exceptions in formats of uploading files but it would be better to avoid uploading of pictures and clips in a Full HD format - you should realize that before downloading clips maker for free. You can not upload you clips directly from the program to the social networks. There are also some flaws in this program, for example, you should notice the lower quality of uploading tracks, or some difficulties working with cadres, especially with the display of messages about them, but all of it can be compensated with rich variety of effects, especially if we will take into account that this clips editing software is widespread for free.
This application is perfect for making homemade photo slideshows, mainly because it does not require any spiel skills with this kind of programs. After you will start the software you will be offered to open the last file that was used earlier for making slideshows clips, and besides you will have an opportunity to choose the kind of mode - simple or full-screened. Besides all that, a user can choose from the beginning the desired format, there is even a possible options of working with formats of 16 to 9. Traditionally at first one should pick the formats for pictures and files and after that music track is added to the timeline, and afterwards you can move directly to the editing. How to make a photo slideshows of a high-quality? You have to add a unique transition, edit the music so it coincides with the timing of the clips, make several titles, etc.
The source material you can get apart form the simple upload from your computer directly out from the camera, obviously you can even make slideshows with photos and music. There is also presumed the option of editing files especially music tracks, and beside the user can use the option of image rotation, its movement by the timeline, adding of the transparency to individual cadres or other effects. Ir does make sense to download movie maker for free because Wondershare has an option of optimizing your project to tablets and smartphones. One could not but admire the useful option of direct uploading of your clip to Youtube basically right from the utility, that is actually very simple. You can record you project on DVD as a ready image. In this video editing software the editing of music should be made separately. You can not load large files to this slideshow maker, it simply starts slowing down after that.
It is a very plain program for making slideshow movies, so before learning how to make a slideshows movies with this program you do not have to look through manual or watch special training lessons. The process of making slideshows movies using this utility is actually very pleasant, not regarding that this video editing is actually semiprofessional it has plenty of functions that you may find really helpful. If you are hesitating about whether you should download movie maker for free or not, do not over think it. To begin with you should select important options for your future project, including resolution, frame rate, etc. and after that a familiar toolbar, timeline and preview window will appear.
Before you will discover how to make a slideshows movies you will be glad to know that there are no limitation for what you should pay in order to unlock it. There are plenty of functions for montage and editing in this program - like creating of transitions and adding of titles, and working with music, including editing. If you need to make a homemade conversion, you can do it without any trouble. The soft itself is pretty «easy», but the process of making slideshows movies can be made just using 32-bit PC, so powerful PCs with this program for the movie itself will not be useful.
Much more professional movie editing software is considered to be MAGIX. It is very obvious that for the beginner the process of making clips with this program will seem too complicated. You can see it clearly that in this software user's abilities are not limited at all. Flexible settings are turning the process of making homemade photo slideshows with music into a very simple action. Primarily you should decide on the parameters of your project, and after that the edition of the material will follow. In this program there is a standard division of separate modules with the help of which it is really easy to edit music, cadres and others. One can even create the slideshows movies with photos and music with the help of Photoshop, and there is also no need to convert anything.
You can receive your starting material for editing and following making of photo slideshows just from your monitor, web-camera or tv tuner. This program can even wok with starting movies immediately and that can save you some time on making slideshows clips. Before you will find out how to make a photo slideshow with music you can connect plagins for working with pictures and sounds. There is also an option of hardware-accelerated clips available, the editing of surround sound and writing clips to the Blu-Ray-discs. The order of the actions has not been changes: at first one may upload a source file and then they will be edited by a user.
You can assume that there are not many ways to download movie maker for free but it is not true. A lot of them has trial versions, after which you should obligatory buy a full-version. But for a homemade usage you will be completely satisfied with simple programs without subscription.
Learn how to make your movie much more interesting, how to post your movie properly and how to make money on your clips.


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package com.socialize.test.integration.notification;

import android.os.Bundle;
import com.socialize.launcher.LaunchAction;
import com.socialize.notifications.NotificationType;
import org.json.JSONObject;

/**
 * @author Jason Polites
 *
 */
public class DeveloperNotificationTest extends C2DMSimulationTest {

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.socialize.test.integration.notification.C2DMSimulationTest#getNotificationMessagePacket()
	 */
	@Override
	protected JSONObject getNotificationMessagePacket() throws Exception {
		JSONObject data = new JSONObject();
		data.put("message", "Test Developer message");
		data.put("source", "socialize");
		data.put("notification_type", NotificationType.DEVELOPER_NOTIFICATION.name().toLowerCase());
		return data;
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see com.socialize.test.integration.notification.C2DMSimulationTest#assertNotificationBundle(android.os.Bundle)
	 */
	@Override
	protected void assertNotificationBundle(Bundle extras) throws Exception {
	}

	@Override
	protected LaunchAction getExpectedLaunchAction() {
		return LaunchAction.HOME;
	}

	@Override
	protected String getLauncherBeanName() {
		return "homeLauncher";
	}

}


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What Is the Best Free Online Photo Editor?
Free Online Photo Editor can be just a simple means to find a professional looking image in moments. You simply have to select the right photo editing software for you. If you aren't mindful of what to look for in photo editing software, here are some helpful pointers. You will find it simpler to utilize the right applications after go to the website scanning this.
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''Understanding YOUR BARGAINING POWER''
…taking your prime place in the parley of life
The human race is in trouble; and many a youth are naïve as they are confronted with issues which look daunting in the midst of myriad of socio-economic and political challenges. They are limited in the tools and resources to engage as they face NEW PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES day after day.
Many have regretted missed opportunities and some have squandered opportunities they recognized. However, there are millions including top managers, business executives, students, parents and other professionals who have no clue as to the requisite knowledge, skills and tactics to employ or deploy to enable them IDENTIFY and WIN THE DEAL before they enter the negotiation arena of life.
Your ability to recognize opportunities and to maximize them determines what will come to you. You are surrounded by a myriad of opportunities and challenges as you move to and fro but, you will need to IDENTIFY them quickly and BARGAIN to GAIN instead of COMPLAINING in your stains about your compounding pains.
Evelyn J. was forty five years old but she became a happy, prosperous and greatly admired person as a result of learning to do something more with her life by taking advantage of an opportunity that came her way one day.
"Our youngest child went to college and my husband travelled a lot, and soon I was bored silly- even despondent at times. Until then my life was devoted to rearing three kids. The job skills I knew was changing diapers, washing clothes, feeding and caring for children and chauffeuring them to and from school", she mentioned.
In the midst of all these Evelyn decided to do more with her life. She did not succeed at finding a job for a long time. One day, walking through the lobby of a restaurant, she noticed a SIGN that said, 'Free Seminar on Making Money in Cosmetics' She thought: "Why not take a look? After all, I have nothing to lose"
She became convinced in the next sixty minutes of the seminar that she could sell to her friends and friends of her friends. Soon she was bringing other women into the business and moving higher in the organization. She enjoys what she does and her husband is happy she stepped outside her confinement to do something more with her life. She is the top star of her organization and was recently recognized.
Evelyn added, "The most important part of my success is what it has done for me spiritually." She continued. "You see, no job on earth is as important as being a home maker, but after twenty five years of it I thought that's all I could do –that I could not make it doing anything else. Now I have proved I can, and my self-esteem is tremendous! I like me and I am thrilled about how I am helping other women discover that they, too, are a whole lot better than they think."
In life, modern boardrooms and parley palaces, one needs to be smart and sharp in spotting opportunities and challenges quickly. Everyone must be well equipped with the requisite skills and knowledge to notice and overcome the tactics and objections of the opponent so as to make a good sale or win the deal of hands down. This I believe you can achieve successfully by understanding strategically YOUR BARGAINING POWER!
Top notch sales and marketing personnel have developed the skills in handling objections and to counter all negative feedbacks of their prospects in order to make a great sale. This skill is needed by all- students, parents, professionals, politicians and everyone who wants to make a great impact in his or her life endeavors.
My main aim of writing this piece has been to turn on the light in your mind and to stir in your heart a fresh hunger and desire to rise above all odds and to NEGOTIATE your way through the many unnerving challenges of life; and to make a head way towards the achievement of your desired objectives and divine assignments in life.
Discover vital tools required as a winner on the negotiating table of life; be it in business, profession, marriage, ministry or academics as you parley with your potentials to the peak of your performance. BARTERING to GAIN all material things is good, but to REMAIN in the hearts of the people you engage with is far better and more fulfilling.
"I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel."
As a young gentleman or lady aspiring to get into a fruitful relationship leading to marriage, you should not settle for anything below God's standard for you.
Politicians, parents, pastors and business executives must seriously and always take into consideration the welfare of generations unborn and make strategic decisions that will inure to their benefit before signing any contract.
Find out how to critically examine the authenticity, the legality, the ability and the sustainability of the other party (offeror) and the offer before you enter into any agreement or endorse the pact.
In this classic manual, you will also treasure the twelve (12) bargaining nuggets that will shoot you from being a 'beggar' to becoming a 'billionaire' as you take your rightful place by grace in the race to the Palace of life. Your eyes will pop open and you will be literally challenged and transformed as you open your heart to imbibe and apply these time tested and tried principles and practices this book unveils.
Whether you are experienced or an amateur you can make it to the top and achieve all of your aspirations in the boardroom of life and career as you learn to discover and utilize profitably YOUR BARGAINING POWER!!!
By Richmond FAN
WEST AFRICAN FOOD TRADE UNDER STRAIN AS COVID-19 SHUTS BORDERS
In ordinary times, it takes Boureima Diawara two or three days to truck his mangoes the 1,200 km (745 miles) from southern Mali to Senegal's seaside capital Dakar.
But since coronavirus restrictions came in, some shipments have taken more than twice as long. After struggling with border delays and a dawn-to-dusk curfew in Senegal, Diawara's workers have ending up dumping sacks of rotten fruit in landfill.
Trading across borders in West Africa, with its rutted roads and bribe-hungry police, has never been easy. But restrictions imposed by governments in response to COVID-19 are crippling the trade in perishable goods and livestock like never before, according to commercial data and interviews with traders.
"If the trucks stop, the produce spoils," said Diawara, whose traders' collective slashed the number of trucks it runs to Dakar from up to nine a day to only one or two.
The breakdowns in trade are contributing to fears of a spiralling food crisis. The United Nations says the pandemic could cause the number of West Africans living in food insecurity to double to 43 million in the next six months.
While some countries have been able to rely on healthy pre-crisis stocks to keep the price of staples such as maize and rice relatively stable, more time-sensitive supply chains are fraying and legions of independent traders are taking the hit.
Data collected by the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) shows West African traders of perishable produce and livestock have seen losses of 10% to 30% since health restrictions came in, as transport is disrupted and markets close while illegal tax collection at checkpoints has leapt nearly 50%.
A separate survey by Réseau Billital Maroobé, a collective of West African herders, showed economic activities were at a standstill for 42% of herders in the region as of last week.
The impact is not universal and some trade corridors have been less affected. But Brahima Cisse, a regional markets expert at CILSS, which has 13 member states and is based in Burkina Faso, said he had never before seen such broad-based losses.
"There is an entire disorganisation of the market that makes the impact unprecedented," said Cisse. "People in rural areas don't even know where to go to sell their products to survive."
INFORMAL TRADE
Much of West Africa's food trade is conducted by small-scale traders hauling anything from sacks of yams to chickens, onions and bananas aboard public transport, or driving herds of cattle across borders.
Because of smuggling and patchy customs records, the vast majority of the commerce does not show up in official statistics, researchers say.
That informality makes it especially vulnerable to coronavirus restrictions, even when governments carve out exemptions for trade, said Antoine Bouet, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
"Very often, these measures consist in the screening of trucks crossing the border while movement of people is forbidden," he said. "These measures stop informal trade of small quantities."
Mauritania closed its border with Senegal, the main market for its livestock, in March. While merchandise is officially exempted, herders have not been allowed to move their animals across the border, Mauritania's agriculture ministry said.
Traders on the other side of the continent face delays and blockages too.
Last week, the East African Grain Council said cargo volumes into some inland countries had fallen by more than half with tailbacks at the border between Kenya and Uganda stretching more than 50 km.
Certain corridors have been less affected. In Ivory Coast, the busiest route from the West African coast to interior, transporters have encountered few delays, said Ibrahim Diallo, an official with the national transporters' association.
In recent weeks, some governments have started to ease restrictions in an effort to reduce the economic toll, including reopening some markets and shortening curfews.
Atsuko Toda, the African Development Bank's director of agricultural finance and rural development, praised governments for eschewing policies like export restrictions that fuelled price spikes during the 2007-08 food crisis.
But traders remain anxious as they settle in for what the World Health Organization says could be a prolonged outbreak on the continent, even though it has so far avoided the exponential growth in cases and deaths elsewhere in the world.
For traders in Benin, the new coronavirus restrictions are simply compounding their pain, after neighbouring Nigeria closed its border in August to crack down on smuggling.
Benin's government has now shut its four land borders in response to COVID-19 and while they remain open to commerce, traders say health checks have significantly slowed crossings.
"The security forces have complicated the checks and everyone is scared," said Bella Agbessi, who exports pineapples to Togo. "I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long."
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Recessions: 10 Facts You Must Know
The U.S. is officially in recession. But what is a recession, exactly, and how long should we expect to be in one? We tackle this and other questions here.
by: John Waggoner
It's official. The U.S. entered a recession in February, according to the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), which is the arbiter of these things.
A recession is the scariest creature in the average investor's closet of anxieties. There's little wonder why. People fear recessions because they can mean lower home prices, lower stock prices – and no job.
Any number of things can cause, or exacerbate, a recession: an exogenous shock, such as today's COVID-19 crisis or the Arab oil embargo of 1973; soaring interest rates; or ill-conceived legislation, such as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
Recessions are parts of the warp and woof of a dynamic economy, albeit unpleasant ones. If you're prepared for a recession, there will be plenty of opportunities when the recession ends. Thus, the more you know about recessions, the better. Here are 10 must-know facts about recessions.
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Why Are They Called 'Recessions'?
Because calling them "depressions" is too scary. No, really.
After the Great Depression – a term once considered milder than "panic" or "crisis" – the term "depression" for an economic downturn seemed particularly terrifying. Economists began to use the term "recession" instead.
Currently, "depression" is used to mean an extremely sharp and intractable recession, but there is no formal definition of the term in economics. Our current recession includes levels of unemployment not seen since before WWII. And the 2007-09 recession certainly had uncomfortable similarities to the Great Depression, in that it involved a financial crisis, extremely high unemployment, and falling prices for goods and services. Economists now call it the Great Recession.
Our current recession doesn't yet have a name.
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What Constitutes an Official Recession?
Someone has to be the official arbiter of recessions and recoveries, and the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is that someone.
Although two quarters of consecutive GDP contraction is the standard shorthand for a recession, the NBER actually uses many indicators to determine the start and end of a recession.
In fact, GDP is not the committee's favorite indicator: It prefers indicators of domestic production and employment instead. Other signs of recession include declines in real (inflation-adjusted) manufacturing and wholesale-retail trade sales and industrial production. Prolonged declines in production, employment, real income and other indicators also contribute to the NBER's recession call.
In the case of the current recession, NBER says that "the unprecedented magnitude of the decline in employment and production, and its broad reach across the entire economy, warrants the designation of this episode as a recession, even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions."
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How Long Do Recessions Typically Last?
The average length of recessions going all the way back to 1857 is 17.5 months. Recessions actually have been shorter and less severe since the days of the Buchanan administration. The long-term average includes the 1873 recession – a kidney stone of a downturn that lasted 65 months. It also includes the Great Depression, which lasted 43 months.
If we look at the period since World War II, recessions have become less harsh, lasting an average of 11.1 months. In part, that's because bank failures no longer mean that you lose your life savings, thanks to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and because the Federal Reserve has gotten (somewhat) better at managing the country's money supply.
The longest post-WWII recession was the most recent one, which began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, a total of 18 months. It's too soon to say how long our current recession will last.
How Often Do Recessions Happen?
Again, since 1857, a recession has occurred, on average, about every three-and-a-quarter years. It used to be the government felt that letting recessions burn themselves out was the best solution for everyone concerned.
Since World War II, we've gone an average of 58.4 months between recessions, or nearly five years. The last economic expansion, starting at the end of the Great Recession, lasted 128 months. By that measure, we were overdo for an economic retraction.
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When Was the Harshest Recession?
The recession of 1873 was actually known as the Great Depression until the 1929 recession rolled in.
The recession started with a financial panic in 1873 with the failure of Jay Cooke & Company, a major bank. The event caused a chain reaction of bank failures across the country and the collapse of a bubble in railroad stocks. The New York Stock Exchange shut down for 10 days in response. The recession lasted until 1877.
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What's the Worst Effect of a Recession?
An old economist joke is that a recession is when someone else loses their job, and a depression is when you lose your job. (Very few economists have transitioned to stand-up comedy.)
Your job is your main source of income, and that's why it's important to have a few months' salary in cash as an emergency fund – especially since jobs are increasingly hard to come by in a recession.
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When Is the Best Time to Buy Stocks in a Recession?
Historically, the best time to buy stocks is when the NBER announces the start of a recession. It takes the bureau at least six months to determine if a recession has started; occasionally, it takes longer. The average post-WWII recession lasts 11.1 months. Often, by the time the bureau has figured out the start of the recession, it's close to the end. Many times, investors anticipate the beginning of a recovery long before the NBER does, and stocks begin to rise around the time of the actual economic turnaround.
For instance, the Great Recession was officially announced on Dec. 1, 2008 – a full year after it had started. The recession ended in June 2009; the bear market ended three months earlier, on March 6, 2009. The ensuing bull market lasted more than a decade.
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What's the Best Thing to Do With Your Money During a Recession?
Pay off your credit card debt. Here's why: Paying off a credit card that charges 18% interest is the rough equivalent of getting an 18% return on your investment, and you're not going to get that from most other investments during a recession.
That said, bond prices typically rise in value during a recession – provided the recession isn't sparked by rising interest rates.
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What Is the Best Early Warning Sign of a Recession?
More than the stock market, consumer confidence or the index of leading economic indicators, an inverted yield curve has been a solid predictor of economic downturns.
An inverted yield curve is when short-term government securities, such as the three-month Treasury bill, yield more than the 10-year Treasury bond. This indicates that bond traders expect weaker growth in the future. The U.S. curve has inverted before each recession in the past 50 years, with just one false signal.
This indicator worked this time around too. The yield curve inverted multiple times in 2019 and early 2020. On March 3, the three-month T-bill yielded 1.13%, and the 10-year T-note yielded 1.1%. (To make matters a bit more complicated, some economists prefer using the two-year T-note yield instead of the three-month T-bill.) The index of leading economic indicators is a composite of 10 indicators – including the stock market and consumer confidence – and is useful for those who want a broader view of the economic picture.
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Does the Federal Reserve Cause Recessions?
Officially, the Fed never wants to start a recession, because part of its dual mandate is to keep the economy strong. Unfortunately, the other part of the Fed's dual mandate is to keep inflation low. The main cure for soaring inflation is higher interest rates, which slows the economy. In 1981, the Fed hiked interest rates so high that three-month T-bills yielded more than 15%. Those rates put the brakes on the economy and ended inflation – at the price of a short but sharp recession.
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Which American presidents oversaw the best stock market performances? Just for grins, let's see what a 'stock market Mount Rushmore' might look like.
Is the Stock Market Open on Inauguration Day 2021?
The federal government will enjoy an off day on Inauguration Day, but the stock and bond markets alike will conduct business as usual.
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To make the most of your investments, you need to think about them in the right way. Investing immaturity can hold you back from reaching the next lev…
James K. Glassman's Stock Picks for 2021
Kiplinger columnist James K. Glassman has been picking 10 stocks a year for decades now. We talk about what's on his 2021 list, and how previous picks…


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