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Topics:Applications, eCommerce, flipkart1, Hyperlocal, Internet, Mobile, Online Grocery Ordering
Flipkart to now deliver groceries in Bangalore
Vivek Pai
Flipkart has launched a new grocery app called Flipkart Nearby for Android users. Livemint had first reported last week that Flipkart was testing the app in Bangalore. As of now, the company only delivers in Koramangala, HSR Layout, BTM Layout, Ejipura, Jayanagar, JP Nagar, and Bellandur in Bangalore.
Interestingly, the initiative claims it will deliver ordered items within a 'matter of minutes', going as far as to say that users in a gym can order a health drink, which will reach them before their workout is complete. Users living in the delivery area can order on any working day between 10am to 8pm. Note that Flipkart specifically mentions that it will offer free shipping only for a limited period of time.
For now users can buy groceries, branded food, beverages, chocolates, chips, bread, energy drinks etc., along with bathroom supplies like soap, creams, hand washes, toothbrushes, wellness products like pain relief sprays, sanitary pads, condoms and baby products like baby food, diapers, baby powders and oils etc. Users can add any items to their cart and make payments as they would on Flipkart.
Note that late last month, it was reported that Flipkart bought back its logistics business from WS Retail Services, relegating the retailer to only a seller. The acquisition was made through an entity called Instakart Services, which seems to be a new company incorporated as recently as June with the same address as Flipkart's.
With this move, it's possible that Flipkart is looking to grow its logistics business by employing it for local deliveries as well, while still keeping it independent of the main entity. In July, Instakart received Rs 127 crore in funding from Klick2shop Logistics, a company incorporated in February registered also under the same address as Flipkart Ltd, the group's holding company, but in Singapore. It looks like the company really wants to keep its businesses separate and avoid the ire of India's FDI regulations.
Also read: How can e-commerce sites be retailers for tax purposes and not for FDI asks Delhi HC
Other developments in online grocery delivery space:
– Last month, Gurgaon-based hyperlocal grocery service PepperTap, raised $36 million in series B funding led by Snapdeal and existing investors Sequoia India and SAID Partners, and with participation from new investors Ru-net, JAFCO and BeeNext.
– In March, Amazon launched an express delivery platform called KiranaNow in Bangalore. The company would partner with local kirana (grocery) stores to offer this service to deliver goods to users. The company had claimed then that it would only take 2-4 hours to make these deliveries.
– In July, Ola introduced a hyperlocal grocery delivery app for Android called the Ola Store. The app claimed to feature over 12,000 products in 13 categories, and is currently available in Bangalore.
– Godrej Group's premium food products retailer Nature's Basket had acquired Mumbai-based online grocery store Ekstop.com, in February this year, and later integrated it into Nature's Basket's online store.
– In April, hyperlocal online grocery retailer Grofers acquired mobile grocery startup My Green Box. My Green Box's 15 member team joined Grofers and MyGreen Box founder Varun Khurana was expected to act as the CTO of Grofers.
– Last year in November, Reliance Industries' retail arm Reliance Retail had launched an e-commerce store called RelianceFreshDirect.com to delivery grocery products in some neighborhoods of Mumbai. The platform sells vegetables, fruits, groceries, dairy products, confectionery products, packaged food and personal care products to the residents of Navi Mumbai, South Mumbai and parts of Thane.
– Other players in this space include FreshWorld, LocalBanya, Amazon India's KiranaNow, PepperTap, Delyver.com, BigBasket and SRSGrocery.com among others.
In this article:Applications, eCommerce, flipkart1, Hyperlocal, Internet, Mobile, Online Grocery Ordering
Traders' body wants 5% tax on e-commerce players
The Federation of All India Vyapar Mandal (FAIVM), a pan-India body of traders and retailers, has recommended that the government impose a tax of...
Trisha JalanJanuary 7, 2021
DPIIT forwards traders body's complaints against Amazon, Flipkart to ED and RBI
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has forwarded complaints against Amazon and Flipkart, made by traders body Confederation of All...
India's competition watchdog seeks additional information on Amazon's antitrust case: Report
The Competition Commission of India has sought information from sellers body AIOVA on the alleged preferential treatment that Amazon gives to certain large sellers,...
E-commerce companies 'roadblock' in small traders adopting digital commerce: CAIT
E-commerce companies such as Amazon and Flipkart are proving to be a "major roadblock" in small traders adopting digital commerce, traders body Confederation of...
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Universal Virus Detection Platform to Expedite Viral Diagnosis
View : 12119 Date : 2020-06-01 Writer : PR Office
Reactive polymer-based tester pre-screens dsRNAs of a wide range of viruses without their genome sequences
< From left: Professor Yoosik Kim, Professor Sheng Li, PhD candidate Sura Kim, PhD candidate Jayoung Ku. >
The prompt, precise, and massive detection of a virus is the key to combat infectious diseases such as Covid-19. A new viral diagnostic strategy using reactive polymer-grafted, double-stranded RNAs will serve as a pre-screening tester for a wide range of viruses with enhanced sensitivity.
Currently, the most widely using viral detection methodology is polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnosis, which amplifies and detects a piece of the viral genome. Prior knowledge of the relevant primer nucleic acids of the virus is quintessential for this test.
The detection platform developed by KAIST researchers identifies viral activities without amplifying specific nucleic acid targets. The research team, co-led by Professor Sheng Li and Professor Yoosik Kim from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, constructed a universal virus detection platform by utilizing the distinct features of the PPFPA-grafted surface and double-stranded RNAs.
The key principle of this platform is utilizing the distinct feature of reactive polymer-grafted surfaces, which serve as a versatile platform for the immobilization of functional molecules. These activated surfaces can be used in a wide range of applications including separation, delivery, and detection. As long double-stranded RNAs are common byproducts of viral transcription and replication, these PPFPA-grafted surfaces can detect the presence of different kinds of viruses without prior knowledge of their genomic sequences.
"We employed the PPFPA-grafted silicon surface to develop a universal virus detection platform by immobilizing antibodies that recognize double-stranded RNAs," said Professor Kim.
To increase detection sensitivity, the research team devised two-step detection process analogues to sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay where the bound double-stranded RNAs are then visualized using fluorophore-tagged antibodies that also recognize the RNAs' double-stranded secondary structure.
By utilizing the developed platform, long double-stranded RNAs can be detected and visualized from an RNA mixture as well as from total cell lysates, which contain a mixture of various abundant contaminants such as DNAs and proteins.
The research team successfully detected elevated levels of hepatitis C and A viruses with this tool.
"This new technology allows us to take on virus detection from a new perspective. By targeting a common biomarker, viral double-stranded RNAs, we can develop a pre-screening platform that can quickly differentiate infected populations from non-infected ones," said Professor Li.
"This detection platform provides new perspectives for diagnosing infectious diseases. This will provide fast and accurate diagnoses for an infected population and prevent the influx of massive outbreaks," said Professor Kim.
This work is featured in Biomacromolecules. This work was supported by the Agency for Defense Development (Grant UD170039ID), the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2017R1D1A1B03034660, NRF-2019R1C1C1006672), and the KAIST Future Systems Healthcare Project from the Ministry of Science and ICT (KAISTHEALTHCARE42).
< Figure: Schematics of the reactive polymer-coated surface for dsRNA capture and detection. >
-Professor Yoosik Kim
https://qcbio.kaist.ac.kr
-Professor Sheng Li
https://bcpolymer.kaist.ac.kr
Ku et al., 2020. Reactive Polymer Targeting dsRNA as Universal Virus Detection Platform with Enhanced Sensitivity. Biomacromolecules
(https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00379).
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research Identification of How Chemotherapy Drug Works Could Deliver Personalized Cancer Treatment
The chemotherapy drug decitabine is commonly used to treat patients with blood cancers, but its response rate is somewhat low. Researchers have now identified why this is the case, opening the door to more personalized cancer therapies for those with these types of cancers, and perhaps further afield. Researchers have identified the genetic and molecular mechanisms within cells that make the chemotherapy drug decitabine—used to treat patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acut


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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Xunit.Abstractions;

namespace Infrastructure.Common
{
    // The [Issue] attribute can be applied to any test method that
    // is marked with [WcfFact] or [WcfTheory].  It indicates the open
    // issue number and optionally the framework(s), or
    // OS(s) to which it applies.
    // Examples:
    //  [Issue(999)]
    //      means this issue applies to all OSes, all Frameworks
    //  [Issue(999, Framework=FrameworkID.NetNative)]
    //      means this issue only applies to NET Native
    //  [Issue(999, OS=OSID.Ubuntu_14_04)]
    //      means this issue only applies to Ubuntu 14.04

    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = true)]
    public class IssueAttribute : WcfSkippableAttribute
    {
        private static HashSet<int> s_includeIssuesHash = DetectIssuesToInclude();

        public int Issue { get; private set; }

        public FrameworkID Framework {get; set; }

        public OSID OS { get; set; }

        // Short name to repository where the issue exists.
        // It is not required to be a URL, and it won't be used to create a URL.
        public string Repository { get; set; }

        public IssueAttribute(int issue)
        {
            Issue = issue;
            Repository = "dotnet/wcf";

            // Default framework and OS to "none" so that they must
            // be explicitly specified to be more specific.
            Framework = FrameworkID.None;
            OS = OSID.None;
        }

        public override string GetSkipReason(ITestMethod testMethod)
        {
            // If we are deliberately including this issue in the test run,
            // return "don't skip" response unconditionally.
            if (ShouldIncludeThisIssue(Issue))
            {
                return null;
            }

            string repositoryAndIssue = String.Format("{0} #{1}", Repository, Issue);

            if (Framework.MatchesCurrent())
            {
                // Don't skip if we are running tests with issues.
                // But match the Framework first so we don't run tests
                return String.Format("{0} on framework \"{1}\" (filter is \"{2}\")",
                                     repositoryAndIssue,
                                     FrameworkHelper.Current.Name(),
                                     Framework.Name());
            }

            if (OS.MatchesCurrent())
            {
                return String.Format("{0} on OS \"{1}\" (filter is \"{2}\")",
                                     repositoryAndIssue,
                                     OSHelper.Current.Name(),
                                     OS.Name());
            }

            // If no specific OS or Framework filters, it applies to all.
            if (OS == OSID.None && Framework == FrameworkID.None)
            {
                return String.Format("{0}",
                    repositoryAndIssue);
            }

            // Null means "don't skip"
            return null;
        }

        // Returns a HashSet<int> containing all the test issue numbers to include
        // during a test run (where "include" means "don't skip").  The meaning of
        // this HashSet is:
        //  null:       [default] don't include any tests with [Issue] (i.e. skip them all)
        // count == 0:  Include all tests with [Issue] (i.e. don't skip any)
        // count > 0:   Include only those tests with an issue in the HashSet
        private static HashSet<int> DetectIssuesToInclude()
        {
            string includeTestsWithIssues = TestProperties.GetProperty(TestProperties.IncludeTestsWithIssues_PropertyName);

            // Empty string means don't include any tests with issues.
            // In other words, all tests with [Issue] will be skipped.
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(includeTestsWithIssues))
            {
                return null;
            }

            // The special value 'true' means include all tests with [Issue].
            // The special value 'false' means skip all tests with [Issue].
            bool propertyAsBool = false;
            if (bool.TryParse(includeTestsWithIssues, out propertyAsBool))
            {
                return propertyAsBool ? new HashSet<int>() : null;
            }

            // Anything else is interpreted as a semicolon or comma separated list of
            // issue numbers to include (i.e. not skip).
            string[] issues = includeTestsWithIssues.Split(new char[] { ';', ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            HashSet<int> hashSet = new HashSet<int>();
            foreach (string issue in issues)
            {
                int issueAsInt = 0;
                if (!int.TryParse(issue, out issueAsInt))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Warning: The number '{0}' in IncludeTestsWithIssues is not a valid integer and will be ignored.", issue));
                    continue;
                }

                hashSet.Add(issueAsInt);
            }

            return hashSet;
        }

        // Returns 'true' if a test marked with the given issue should be included
        // (i.e. not skipped)
        private static bool ShouldIncludeThisIssue(int issue)
        {
            // A null HashSet (default) means no test with [Issue] is included,
            // meaning all of them should be skipped
            if (s_includeIssuesHash == null)
            {
                return false;
            }

            // An empty HashSet<> means "include all"
            if (s_includeIssuesHash.Count == 0)
            {
                return true;
            }

            // A non-empty HashSet contains issue numbers to include
            return s_includeIssuesHash.Contains(issue);
        }
    }
}

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Porter and RBV theorists, although clearly expose their concepts of competitive strategy, does not clearly show how to employ them for the competitive business strategy formulation, which complicates the practical application. This motivated the authors of this article searching as other theorists circumvent this difficulty and found the fields and weapons of the competition model (CAC) developed by Contador, model that combines and integrates the concepts of Porter and RBV. The CAC, simultaneously analog and symbolic model, qualitative and quantitative, consistently structured and scientifically validated by many studies in companies, primordially serves to understand, explain and increase enterprise competitiveness. Contador epistemologically verified the adherence to reality to the companies of their concepts and constructs. To fill the gap of the aforementioned concepts, Contador proposed a process of formulating competitive strategy. As this process has been tested a few times, the authors decided to conduct the study reported herein, whose objective was verify if this process is sufficient for proposing competitive strategies that would increase the competitiveness of a network of gyms. Through an exploratory qualitative and quantitative research and based on Popperian hypothetical-deductive method, it was found the sufficiency of the process because all business strategies proposals were accepted by the principal owner of the gym and only 4.5% operational strategic actions suggested were not, which led to the acceptance of the hypothesis.
Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Fields and Weapons of the Competition Model; Gymnastics Academies.
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After a slightly inconsequential delay, the final cover of the last Chronicle Of The Unhewn Throne book is finally at hand. And should you miss it the title has been revealed as well: The Last Mortal Bond. From now on we can officially call it the great "TLMB" as author Brian Staveley has so done himself on one of his tweets.
The cover was once again crafted into existence by the talented Richard Anderson, who also did the covers of the previous two books. Just look at the luscious digital brush strokes that Anderson is very known with. This is by far my favorite among the lot!
Check out the cover of The Last Mortal Bond (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Book 3) by Brian Staveley.
The synopsis is still in the wraps, but we can definitely spend our time admiring this great cover. Just look how great this series will look into our shelves.
The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley will be released on March 15, 2016. Head over to Tor.com for more.


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Q: transformar Y-m-d H-i-s em d-m-Y H-i-s Como realizo a mudança de uma data que vem do banco de dados como Y-m-d H-i-s (2018-04-24 16:07:17) em  d-m-Y H-i-s (24-04-2018 16:07:17) no php?
Tentei realizar esta operação com o comando date, mas não funcionou.

A: Você pode utilizar a classe DateTime do PHP, veja;
$date = new DateTime("2018-04-24 16:07:17");
print_r($date->format("d-m-Y H:i:s")); // saída: 24-04-2018 16:07:17

Você pode utilizar dinamicamente caso prefira;
$date = (new DateTime("2018-04-24 16:07:17"))->format("d-m-Y H:i:s")

Veja mais sobre a classe DateTime na documentação do PHP

A: Use date em conjunto com a função strtotime(), assim date('d-m-Y H:i:s', strtotime($dataVindaDoBanco));

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Enjoy built- in amiibo support playing Nintendo 3DS games in 2D. Super Mario Land also introduced the character Princess Daisy, this game' s damsel in distress. Super Mario Bros.
Note: Artworks shown below are not known to have a direct relation to particular game installments of the Mario franchise. Unlike preceding platform games of the Mario franchise, the game takes place in Sarasaland rather than the Mushroom Kingdom.
This is a gallery of images featuring Toad. New Nintendo 3DS has an area on the bottom screen with NFC reading writing functions built in so you can enjoy playing with amiibo in compatible software. Nintendo 3DS XL New Nintendo 3DS XL offers the biggest screens new speed, new 3D viewing , new controls a whole new experience! Super Mario Land is a game originally released as a launch title for the Game Boy in 1989 and later rereleased for the Nintendo 3DS' s Virtual Console in. It established many core Mario gameplay concepts. Manual of super mario 3d land.
The brothers Mario Luigi live in the Mushroom Kingdom where they must rescue Princess Toadstool ( later called Princess Peach) from Bowser. Was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES) and is the first side- scrolling 2D platform game to feature Mario.
Some were featured at specific events that Nintendo was involved with, while others. Step up to bigger screens major features packed into a stylish lightweight handheld. Miscellaneous [ ].
Super Mario 3D Land - Nintendo 3DS Standard Edition Get Ready for a New Spin on a Familiar Tail Super Mario 3D Land reinvents everything fans love about Mario gaming with the first platforming environment in true 3D, without the need for special glasses Players will experience an exhilarating new sense of depth, distance and speed while running, jumping and stomping on enemies throughout the. Super Mario Land is a 1989 side- scrolling platform video game developed and published by Nintendo as a launch title for their Game Boy handheld game is the first Mario platform game ever to be released for a handheld console.
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Please meet the lovely Madeline! Madeline is about 5 years old and is ready for a new family. She came to the Shelter after her family moved away and a kind neighbor took over her care. She was an indoor/outdoor cat and can be a bit independent… but give her a minute to warm up, talk gently to her, and you'll hear that purring start up. Madeline is coming out of her shell more each day and we are enjoying getting to know her.


The Acts 17 missionaries have finally gotten back their video footage from the Dearborn police. (Hey, it only took 25 days.) The lies in the police reports are shocking and are revealed by the footage.
It's really a toss-up which of the two arrest videos now available on-line is the most infuriating. I'm going to post first the one that I, personally, was most struck by, but they are both in this entry.
First, the arrest of Nabeel Qureshi for having a good conversation about Christianity with a group of Muslims. The video also contains quotations from the utterly lying police report.
What else is disturbing about the police report? Well, how about the implication that if the crowd was yelling profanities at the missionaries (which the video does not bear out anyway) this was evidence that they were doing something wrong! Say what? Wouldn't shouting profanities be possible grounds for charging the people shouting the profanities with breach of the peace? Instead, the police report implies that if someone else is shouting profanities at you, this is evidence that you need to be arrested for breach of the peace! Welcome to the Looking-glass world of sharia.
Then there is the police report's implication that the mere fact of complaints to the police about whatever it was that the missionaries were doing is itself grounds for treating them as peace-breakers. How's that, then? If I am doing something entirely peaceful and legal and malicious people call up the police and complain about my doing it, does it automatically become illegal, as if by magic? That's pretty convenient, especially in a Muslim town. "Stop them! They're talking about Jesus on the street!"
This last point reminds me of what a friend once told me about what it was like in Poland under the Communists. He was explaining why his parents, who worked for Solidarity, had never been convicted: "You see," he said, "There was still the form of due process. You had to be convicted of working for Solidarity, and they couldn't prove it in this case. The problem was just that the things that you could get put in prison for were things that should not have been illegal." That puts it pretty well. Apparently in Dearborn, one of those things that is now de facto illegal is talking with people and answering their questions about Christianity!
And that, to me, is the thing that really brings a sense of shock when I watch this video. There is Nabeel--intelligent, articulate, calm under fire, well-prepared, utterly peaceful--talking with the Muslims around him, deflecting their hostility, keeping his good humor, and answering their questions like some experienced, top-notch college professor. This is just a conversation going on--yes, with a somewhat hostile audience, but just a conversation--on a public street, in which Nabeel is calmly explaining Christian doctrine. And the police walk up and summarily put the cuffs on him for that. If you are a Christian, this should make your hair stand on end. If you are not a Christian but you have any regard at all for American freedoms, maybe your hair should be standing on end, too. The arrest in Scotland and in England of street preachers for saying that homosexual acts are wrong is bad enough. The arrest of Christian missionaries in America for calmly discussing the deity of Jesus Christ ought to be, to an American, even more shocking.
Next up, video of the arrest of Negeen. Here are some things to notice: Notice that Negeen really is quite a ways away from David and Nabeel. Speaking for myself, I find it hard even to identify them in the video at the beginning. So anyone who was talking about discreet taping--well, she didn't have a hidden camera, but she was being pretty doggoned discreet. So much so, that Nabeel and David did not even hear what was going on and did not even know she had been arrested. The police had to seek her out, and they allege a criminal complaint against her even before she refuses to turn off the camera, apparently simply on the basis of the fact that she is videotaping and is known to be a friend and associate of David and Nabeel. That should get your blood up.
Let's count the lies in the police report: Crowd, what crowd? There certainly isn't any crowd around Negeen to be "incited" by her "yelling." Riot, what riot? What imminent riot? Nothing is happening. It's just her and the policeman freaking her out by making physical contact and trying to take her camera. (Negeen, poor girl, had evidently been taught in some course on female self-defense to "get loud" while not physically resisting if someone is touching you against your will. Or so I infer. What nobody told her is that this doesn't work if the person doing it is a cop.) How is Negeen "inciting a crowd" by her cries? You mean there is a crowd around there that is going to start attacking her because of her terribly inciting cries of, "Don't touch me! You're touching me!" and "Don't take the camera!" Wow. That sounds infuriating! The police report also implies that she was being asked to move for her own safety, but in actuality, the policeman asks her to stop taping and says that there has been a criminal complaint against her, which he does not explain. Why would she need to stop taping if they needed to move her out of the area for her safety? Think of the headlines: "Dearborn police rescue female missionary from Muslim crowd. Video at 11." They should have welcomed the video; if there was danger, they should have explained the danger to her and asked her to allow herself to be escorted away for her safety. But nothing like that happens, does it?
I find it difficult to understand why the Dearborn police and officials are continuing to prosecute this case. In my opinion, they are (in web parlance) pwned by the evidence. They don't have a leg to stand on. The smartest thing they could do would be to drop the charges and hope the Dearborn Four don't press a lawsuit in the other direction. Instead they are circling the wagons. I just hope they take more and more rope and hang themselves with it. That would be highly satisfactory.
U.S. law enforcement officers and other officials like judges, prosecutors, and security guards have been given tremendous power by local, state, and federal government agencies—authority they must have to enforce the law and ensure justice in our country. These powers include the authority to detain and arrest suspects, to search and seize property, to bring criminal charges, to make rulings in court, and to use deadly force in certain situations.
Preventing abuse of this authority, however, is equally necessary to the health of our nation's democracy. That's why it's a federal crime for anyone acting under "color of law" willfully to deprive or conspire to deprive a person of a right protected by the Constitution or U.S. law. "Color of law" simply means that the person is using authority given to him or her by a local, state, or federal government agency.
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right against unreasonable searches or seizures. A law enforcement official using authority provided under the color of law is allowed to stop individuals and, under certain circumstances, to search them and retain their property. It is in the abuse of that discretionary power—such as an unlawful detention or illegal confiscation of property—that a violation of a person's civil rights may occur.
Fabricating evidence against or falsely arresting an individual also violates the color of law statute, taking away the person's rights of due process and unreasonable seizure.
Shouldn't the Thomas More lawyers be sending a complaint to the FBI for color of law violations in Dearborn?
Question: Anybody know how false arrest charges get filed? Does local law enforcement (haha) have to cooperate? How about the local prosecutor? Or is it a "do-it-yourself" process similar to filing a civil lawsuit?
How can the city possibly hope to get away with this?
First rate reporting Lydia, a model of how to cover an issue like this on a blog. The Dearborn city government, for the most transparent of political reasons, is setting itself up for a massive 1983 civil rights violation suit.
It's interesting how all of this happens after Negeen was already arrested. Not the slightest indication by the police officers at that point that there is a criminal complaint against them. Looks like the reason for Negeen's arrest was to minimize the video footage of the other peoples' arrest.
Thanks, Haecceitas, I'm going to update with this now. It's just astonishing! The police are so calm and reassuring, saying, "You're fine" over and over, that I would have believed that they received orders to arrest them only _after_ that. Except we know that this wasn't true; they had already arrested Negeen. And when they arrested her, the officer said to her that he would also be "talking with this other gentleman over here" presumably meaning Nabeel and/or David! So they _knew_. They _knew_ that they weren't "fine," yet they verbally and physically reassured them and then walked up and summarily arrested them. This is just...unbelievable. How can they possibly think they are going to get away with this?
Why don't they just go the next step in their efforts to help the police be re-trained and properly educated on our Constitutional laws and get a big youtube video to boot?
Go back out there and do the exact same things except of course, have the "aggressor" talking to a couple of plant "victimes" and everyone talking about baseball and how great the governor is, have the sound turned off on the obvious two cameras and the sound turned on on a "bystander"'s camera. When the police arrest and charge you.....got to court and be convicted for taking the 5th. Then suit for city retraining. Have the video already viral on youtube.
Obviously, they'll read this - but absolute power just can't help themselves and they'll overstep all the same, sadly. But after retraining, they'll have learned to look at the situation with common sense and do their job - serve the people and protect our rights to life and liberty.
Dave, the federal order was in response to a different group's suit. Mind you, it's silly for them to pretend that it therefore applies only to that group. Imagine how that would play out with abortionists: "Okay, the judge said we can't arrest _that_ abortionist because the law is unconstitutional, but we'll still arrest all the _others_."
But in any event, the use of a "breach of the peace" charge is clearly intended to be used regardless of any ruling of any kind concerning literature, as is evident from the fact that the Acts 17 guys weren't passing out literature. The intent is clearly to chill all evangelistic conversations that don't take place at a rented booth. This is blatantly unconstitutional, as even the Supreme Court precedents in place expressly protect the right to mingle with the crowd and share one's views. So instead of making a _rule_ that Christians can't mingle with the crowd and share their views (which would immediately be challenged on constitutional grounds) the police--obviously, to my mind, working with the Muslim community--are chilling such free speech on an ad hoc basis by making false arrests and fabricating claims of "breach of the peace" against anyone who violates this unwritten rule--no Christian conversations outside of booths. It's convenient for the Muslims to have the Christians corralled in that way for many reasons. For one thing, they can keep an eye on their own young people and either keep them away from such areas or monitor their conversations in such areas closely in case they show signs of converting. If the Christians can just wander around freely it's harder to keep tabs on the Muslims who might be influenced by them.
Sorry, I intended to post that link on your post about McDowell.
Thanks, I'm going to post it over there Haecceitas, and respond there.
First of all I am not a lawyer but I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night!
A judge denied me due process and deprived me of a constitutionally protected property right. I am filing under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Look at cases that cite 42 U.S.C. 1983. Start with google/scholar. Go after them hard!!
I can tell you what I am doing but I cannot advise you on matters of the law.
Thanks. The trial starts on Monday, btw. I'm planning to include this news in a new post today or tomorrow.
Color of Law Violations BY Justice Employees and Elected Officials - T42CFR417.1 Grievance Appeals Procedure, alternate T18CFR1518CRIME dispute resolution - adverse determination - systematic denial of Civil and Criminal Rights for Due Process regarding Federal Contractor HOSPITAL Dumping to force illegal State Medicaid kickback conversion - racketeering against the elderly in HCFA Region 5 MICHIGAN.
From: senator@stabenow.senate.gov ( Senator Debbie Stabenow ) alternate T18CFR1518CRIME dispute resolution - grievance procedure T18CFR371CRIME color of law T18CFR242CRIME.
. . for contacting me about ( OPM FEHBP Hospital Dumping $25,000 Felony ) insurance & Medicaid ( HCFA|OFIS Kickback $50,000 Felony ) fraud committed by ( Federal OPM FEHB|HMO ) Health Alliance Plan [ enactment of T42CFR417.1 grievance procedure: systematic denial of covered T42CFR409.33 Hospital & Nursing Home Service Claims, adverse determination resulting in physical injury and death ]. I appreciate that you have taken the time to communicate your views and concerns with me. I understand your concern about this issue. ( T18CFR1518CRIME Obstruction of justice ). Should related legislation ( Nov 2003 Medicare Drug Plan - 2004 lawsuite abuse reduction act - 2010 Health Care Reform ) come before the U.S. Senate for a vote, I will keep your views in mind, and share your thoughts on [ OPM FEHB T5CFR890.105 - systematic denial T42CFR417.1 of covered T42CFR409.33 Post HOSPITAL Extended Care NURSING HOME Service Claims - racketeering ] this Issue with my colleagues who serve on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Thank you again for contacting me. Please feel free to contact me whenever I can be of assistance to you or your family.
Title 42, U.S.C., Section 14141 makes it Unlawful for STATE or Local LAW ENFORCEMENT Agencies to ALLOW officers to engage in a pattern or PRACTICE [ 1998 DOJ - HCFA and HHS|HMO T42CFR417.1 grievance procedure - Anti Trust - DOJ alternate T18CFR1518CRIME dispute resolution: systematic denial of Existing -Covered- Federal Hospital Insurance T42CFR409.33 Claims - Failure to keep from harm, to force, fraud by fright & illegal billing - illegal HCFA State OFIS Medicaid T42CFR409.33 Kickback $50,000 felony conversion ] of conduct that deprives persons of rights protected by the Constitution or U.S. laws.
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1999 still pending 2010 -- RACKETEERING -- MICHIGAN law requires YOU [ Federally Entitled T42CFR409.33 Hospitalized INDIVIDUAL ] to complete an internal review with your health plan [ HAPCORP.ORG - HHS|OIG|HMO T42CFR417.1 Alternate Dispute Resolution - grievance procedure - Adverse Determination - $25,000 anti-dumping violation ] prior to using the external review. The health plan [ HMO ] will give you a final decision within 45 days and will provide an Office of Financial and Insurance Services ( OFIS ) Health Care Request for external review form. If your health plan does NOT Provide a decision within the Required Time Frame, you may file for External Review Without the Notice of [ DANGEROUS PROVIDER - 1998 Volentary Disclousure Program - HHS|OIG|HMO T42CFR417.1 grievance procedure - Adverse Determination, T18CFR242CRIME $25,000 Anti-dumping violation, to force, fraud by fright, illegal HCFA State OFIS Medicaid T42CFR409.33 Kickback $50,000 felony Conversion ] Final Adverse Determination 42CFR438.704.
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Thank you for bringing this matter [ Public Corruption ] to my attention.
Attorney General - willfully failed to keep Individuals from harm | criminal and financial misconduct against the Citizens of Michigan Allowing domestic terrorism against the elderly, by systematic denial of post-hospital extended care services resulting in bodily injury and death. T18CFR242CRIME.
Thank you for your e-mail correspondence on November 18, 2003.
As YOU [ Individual ] WERE NOTIFIED in April and August 2002, this department is unable to assist you [ T18CFR242CRIME OPM FEHB T6CFR900.401 ] with your concern. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to contact the Michigan [ OFIS - RACKETEERING ] Insurance Bureau.
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Is it an allergy sort off if the dog begins to itch constantly everyday?
the dog probably just has fleas or something.
Mange ? Fleas ? Ticks ?
Where can I buy a Dog?
You should first check your dog over for fleas. If they have none, it may be an allergy. Have you changed his food lately? Started using a new cleaner or anything like that?
Can you put hand sanitizer on a dog?
may be, does the dog's hair fall???
Well, it could very well be an allergy....IF you know for a fact that it doesn't have parasites (flea and tick prevention cure that). Some dogs have seasonal allergies...they come and go. Some dogs itch more in the winter than other months because they coats are thicker, and they are kept warm via artificial heat (it's drying to the skin). Try feeding fish oil caps and see if your dog slows down on the itching. You can get them at Walmart, and they are inexpensive. Even if they don't stop the itching, your dog's coat will become soft and shiny....it's also good for the heart, and joints.
How to sort out a infection on my dog?
Dogs licking and scratching, constantly.


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Streetmap takes a European holiday
Autobahn for everyone...
By Aled Herbert | July 5, 2002 -- 10:45 GMT (03:45 PDT) | Topic: Mobility
Online map site Streetmap.co.uk is expanding its services to offer Pocket PC downloads to cover all European locations. The subscription-based service will cost E50 (£30) per year and will initially be available only on PDAs. However, the company plans to introduce a desktop version later in the year. The Pocket PC version will also link up with GPS systems and offer driving directions. According to reports, Streetmap claims the European version will be more detailed than the UK edition, and will display travel and accident information.
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Interested in an Education in China?
Pursuing an education in China means learning from an education system that has been developed over 200 years.Held as one of the most rapidly developing countries in the world, China has been a popular study destination for international students due to its exciting culture and employment opportunities. Chinese universities are well respected as well and a number of them have been seen on some of the major rankings. A student pursuing his/her education is bound to have a different study abroad experience depending on the city he/she is in. The capital city of China, Shanghai for example, is a fast-paced commercial hub that shares an intriguing history.
This guide below provides comprehensive information for students who wish to undertake their education in China, in turn providing them with the best experience for job prospects in various fields.
The most populous country in the world, China is located in Eastern Asia along the western Pacific Ocean shore. China's universities have been dominating the BRICS and Emerging Economies rankings 2016 that highlight the growing trends of international students who pursue their education in China.
This exciting country is well known for its ancient history, picturesque landscapes and cultural experiences. China's vast landscape is also accountable for a continental climate and the weather is strikingly different across the country. Students pursuing their education in China can benefit from diverse landscape including various actives like Trekking, day trips as well as skiing and snow boarding.


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APS Book
Religion, Democracy, and Politics in the Middle East
DANIEL BYMAN AND MARYLENA MANTAS, EDITORS
2012 · 250 pages
ISBN13: 978-1-884853-09-8
ISBN10: 1-884853-09-9
Paperback: $27.50 (APS Members: $22.00)
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"This is indeed a historic period," writes John Esposito of the immediate post-Arab Spring era in the chapter he contributed to this book. Collectively, the articles in Religion, Democracy, and Politics in the Middle East speak to this period by explaining many of the most important issues in the region today in a way that is historically and theoretically informed.
Divided into three sections, this book offers scholarly analysis not only of current developments, but also of critical historical episodes and their ramification on the region. It also discusses the future of the Middle East, including its relations with the United States and the role of political Islam.
Taken together, these chapters advance our understanding of this important region at a time of great change. They form a rich trove that will leave the reader better aware of the nuance and complexity behind the newspaper headlines.
Publisher's Foreword
Overview: A New Middle East?
PART I: HISTORICAL LESSONS
Dysfunction Doctrines? Eisenhower, Carter, and U.S.Military Intervention in the Middle East
Jeffrey H. Michaels
Camp David Rashomon: Contested Interpretations of the Israel/Palestine Peace Process
Myron J. Aronoff
PART II: CURRENT ISSUES
Regime Change in the Middle East: Problems and Prospects
Ideological Change and Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
Jonathan Rynhold and Dov Waxman
The Rationality of Radical Islam
Quintan Wiktorowicz and Karl Kaltenthaler
The Demise of the PLO: Neither Diaspora nor Statehood
Hillel Frisch
PART III: LOOKING FORWARD
The Future of Islam and U.S.-Muslim Relations
John L. Esposito
The Paradox of Islam's Future
Raymond W. Baker


Architecture is the one art form that people experience firsthand each and every day.
Equal parts art and science, architecture is the one art form that people experience firsthand each and every day. Thus, when creating a new residential or commercial environment, our designers begin with the simple fact that architecture is for people, not the other way around. Any new design must reflect and respond to the personality, lifestyle and tastes of the home or business owner. To capture this essence, we have become good listeners, deeply pondering the things we hear, and then providing innovative and compelling design solutions that delight and astound.


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DOJ and HUD Join Forces to Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing
By Scott Drucker, Esq., Arizona REALTORS® General Counsel
Announced on the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in conjunction with the Department of Justice (DOJ), debuted an initiative intended to promote public awareness and increase the reporting of sexual harassment in housing.
The initiative aims to protect individuals from harassment by landlords, property managers, maintenance workers, security guards and other employees and representatives of rental property owners.
In announcing the interagency initiative, Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressed that, "Sexual harassment in housing is illegal, immoral and unacceptable." Sessions went on to say, "It is all too common today, as too many landlords, managers and their employees attempt to prey on vulnerable women. We will not hesitate to pursue these predators and enforce the law."
Although HUD Secretary Ben Carson recently proposed that his department's mission statement be revised to remove references to fighting discrimination, Carson echoed Sessions' remarks stating, "No person should have to tolerate unwanted sexual advances in order to keep a roof over his or her head."
To further its objectives, the initiative includes an outreach toolkit, a public awareness campaign and a joint task force between the two departments. The toolkit itself provides templates, checklists and guidance on enforcement resources available to help victims of sexual harassment.
The public awareness campaign consists primarily of the launch of a social media campaign and public service announcements run by the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys. According to the DOJ, "The campaign is specifically designed to raise awareness, and make it easier for victims all over the country to find resources and report harassment."
Finally, the HUD-DOJ Task Force to Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing seeks to share data and analysis between departments, create joint training, evaluate processes to file a public housing complaint, coordinate public relations and jointly review federal policies.
More information about the Civil Rights Division and the civil rights laws it enforces is available here.
Individuals who believe that they may have been victims of sexual harassment in housing should call the DOJ at 1-844-380-6178, click fairhousing@usdoj.gov to send an email, or contact HUD at 1-800-669-9777.
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This is a list of German television related events from 1975.

Events
3 February - Joy Fleming is selected to represent Germany at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein". She is selected to be the twentieth German Eurovision entry during Ein Lied für Stockholm held at the HR Studios in Frankfurt.

Debuts

ARD
23 January – Man kann auch anders leben (1975)
28 March –  (1975)
29 March – Nonstop Nonsens (1975–1980)
4 April – Dein gutes Recht (1975)
15 April – Schnickschnack (1975–1977)
18 May – PS (1975–1979)
 3 July – Autoverleih Pistulla (1975)
16 July – Kommissariat IX (1975–1979)
9 August – Floris von Rosemund (1975)
4 September – Die schöne Marianne (1975)
24 September – Eurogang (1975–1976)
8 November –  (1975)
29 November – Unsere Penny (1975–1976)
16 December – Eine ganz gewöhnliche Geschichte (1975–1976)

ZDF
1 January – Musik ist Trumpf (1975–1981)
6 March –  (1975)
14 April – John Ralling - Abenteuer um Diamanten (1975)
1 May – Tadellöser & Wolff (1975)
12 June – Beschlossen und verkündet (1975)
4 August – Der schwarze Doktor (1975)
11 September – Berlin - 0:00 bis 24:00 (1975)
17 September – keine Polizei (1975)
11 December – Spannagl & Sohn (1975–1976)
19 December –  (1975)
21 December –  (1975)

Television shows

1950s
Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s
 heute (1963-present)

Ending this year

Births
1 October - Fabian Busch, actor Der Kriminalist)
date unknown - Christoph Bach, actor (The Heavy Water War)

Deaths
4 December - Albert Bessler, 70, actor (Derrick)

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Creating content for your blog is a very important aspect of blogging. In other to get readers and keep them coming you need to write articles that meet their points of need, although creating such contents is not an easy task but you have to keep trying until you get a hang of it.
I have been trying to write good articles for this blog too, though it is not easy but I will keep on trying till I total get a hang of it and I implore you to do the same.
In this post, I will be sharing some tips that will help you create Fantastic blog posts for your readers.
For you to write good blog posts that your readers will enjoy and probably recommend to their friends you need to have a goal; though it may look like common sense but most bloggers forget to figure out what they intend to say or impact into their readers before they start writing that article.
For you to create a fantastic blog post you need to have a goal; you need to have a clear vision of what you want your readers to learn from that article you are about to write.
To achieve this you can make use of an outline, this will guide you through out the process of writing that article and it will help you to deliver your goal to your audience.
Tip # 2 – Provide Information/Educate Your Readers.
The primary aim of anyone visiting your blog is to learn one or two things. Readers out there are seeking informative articles, so provide them with the necessary information in your article.
Make sure you give then what everything thing they need to know about that particular topic, but if the topic is wide you can create a follow-up post (Part 2) for that article.
The quality of your information is very important, it is the only way you can impress your readers and also keep them coming back for more.
As an expert in your Niche or a knowledgeable person in a niche, you should be able to share your personal experience about that particular Topic with your readers.
You have to let them have the feeling that you have experienced and know what you are talking about and the easiest way to do this is by sharing your experience with them.
You can think about some questions you have asked in the past and the possible questions your readers will have and create posts that will answer these questions. By so doing you will by meeting their needs.
As an expert in your niche, I know you have acquired lots of experience and knowledge and you are eager to share it with your readers. But you have to break it up into smaller separate articles; this will give you the opportunity to write more posts and also save your readers from information overload and long hours of reading.
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As seen in: Issue 38
by Anne Gibson
Biodiverse Gardens Improve Pollination, Harvests, and Pest Control
A biodiverse garden has a wide variety of plants, food crops, birds, insects and other living species. Such diversity enhances our sensory pleasure, health and wellbeing. Bird song, colorful perfumed flowers, exciting flavors and plant textures are just a few of the benefits of a biologically rich garden.
Why is Biodiversity Important?
Many gardeners struggle with low yields, poor soil or pollination and pest insect damage. However, increasing the biodiversity of plants and wildlife has been found to help these issues.
The plants and living creatures inhabiting our gardens are interconnected in the web of life. The absence or loss of one species may not make a huge difference. However, these common problems often occur where species numbers (abundance) and varieties (species-richness) are minimal. Species biodiversity helps improve crop productivity, resilience and stability in our garden ecosystems.
Effecting Change
I moved house a year ago from a biologically-rich garden to a compact urban block. I surveyed the insects in my new backyard to identify which species were present. I was shocked to count just four native bees of the same species and very few other insects or invertebrates. Not only was the soil devoid of worms, but there were no buzz pollinators to fertilize my Solanaceae crops like blueberries, eggplant and tomatoes. No honeybees were pollinating the citrus, and I observed no beneficial predatory insects like ladybirds, hoverflies or dragonflies. My food garden was going to struggle to achieve productive harvests.
I had to work fast to change the scarcity of species in this yard into a biodiverse ecosystem that could support a highly productive food garden. With careful plant choices and positioning, I made a massive positive impact on biodiversity in a short space of time.
"The fearless bolstering of biodiversity isn't a mere act of conservationism, but rather articulates an embracement of the wellbeing of all living things in every scale of habitation." – Amir Schlezinger
Benefits of a Biodiverse Garden
With the introduction of each new plant, I noticed a corresponding increase in biodiversity in a matter of days. Creating a biologically rich garden is a profoundly rewarding experience for our well-being and the living creatures who provide ecosystem services for us. These include pollinators, decomposers, and pest controllers.
The vast majority of homegrown food crops rely on fertilization services by insects like bees, butterflies, ants, moths, wasps and hoverflies. However, many other species, including birds, bats, beetles and small mammals, also pollinate various plants.
Pollinator biodiversity is vital in nature and our gardens. One study(1) found some plants have complex relationships and co-dependence with insects. Some crops like the Solanaceae family require specific insects like buzz pollinators, while generalist feeders pollinate others.
One of the missing puzzle pieces I had to overcome was the lack of flowering species as a food source to attract pollinating insects. By introducing flowering perennials, many in portable pots, I could locate them where pollinators would 'crop hop' and fertilize my edibles. For home food gardeners, protecting, restoring and creating native habitats to support pollinator diversity and abundance is essential for not only their lives but ours.
Arthropods like beetle larvae and ants, flies and earthworms play an instrumental role in soil health. These decomposers convert decaying plant matter into fine particles that soil microbe communities further break down. This nutrient cycling results in soil fertility via bioavailable minerals and trace elements, improved soil texture and structure, aeration and higher water-holding capacity. Soil microbes, including fungi and bacteria, also play an essential role in disease suppression; small but mighty ecosystem services vital for healthy new plant growth!
Another improvement to my backyard diversity resulted from recycling food waste into the in-situ worm farms I installed. This significantly increased the numbers and biodiversity of worms and arthropods, microbes and black soldier flies, who now provide valuable decomposition services.
Insect Predators
Biocontrol pest control is an incredibly effective alternative strategy to using chemicals in our gardens. Rather than adopting an 'us vs them' approach to dominate and destroy insect pests, integrated pest management relies on the vast number of beneficial predatory insects that feed on other insects. They help maintain a natural balance by regulating pest populations. We think of aphids as 'pests', but they're simply dinner to a predatory species like ladybirds!
Around 10% of all insects are parasitoids. These insects spend part of their larval stage either inside or on another host organism, feeding on the host as it develops and eventually causing its death. Predatory wasps, for example, lay eggs inside host caterpillars. Their larva eats the caterpillar from the inside, hatching as it dies and effectively ending the lifecycle of the pest species.
Predatory insects include ladybirds, dragonflies, lacewings, wasps, ant lions, many true bugs, beetles, ants and flies. Research studies confirm that low levels of plant biodiversity equate to a significant reduction in natural pest enemy populations. However, in a healthy ecosystem with species-rich insect communities, the beneficial natural pest enemies far outweigh the harmful species.
Insect-eating Birds
Don't underestimate the value of birds as pest patrollers, either. They are opportunistic feeders, quick to identify new flowers or insects in the garden. If their needs are met, they manifest! For example, our flowering privacy hedge also acts as a nesting habitat, shelter for small birds, roosting spots and forage for insect-eaters and nectar-feeding species. Birds come and go all day.
In the Spring, I heard a family of mynas making a tremendous racket on the lawn. With seven babies in tow, the family was chattering excitedly as they meticulously worked the grass over. They were devouring lawn grubs! Three days later, they finished the feast and off they went, saving our lawn. Magpies came with their new kids on the block, pest managing the newly arrived grasshoppers. Again, ecosystem balance was restored. I didn't have to interfere, use chemicals or control pests; biodiversity in action.
Plant It and They Will Come
As I added more flowering species to my garden, the insect diversity grew daily. Honeybees started appearing along with many other native bees, including buzz pollinators like Blue-banded bees. I knew then I was going to get a good harvest.
The bee bath I installed in the rear garden had regular visitors. I began to notice predatory insects like dragonflies, hoverflies, praying mantids and ladybird species arriving in many colors, each with their favorite hosts.
I am a firm believer that if you plant it, they WILL come and faster than you think! Now, a year later, my garden is a fly-thru restaurant for many bird species and the air abuzz with insects going about their business. To do a survey count now would be a tough call – the species richness and abundance has changed dramatically.
Tips for Increasing Biodiversity
There are simple things we can do to enhance the wildlife and plant species diversity in our gardens.
• Provide food, shelter and water. These are the basic needs of all creatures. A birdbath, shallow bee bath or pond provides clean water for drinking and bathing for birds, insects, frogs and other animals.
• Grow heirloom varieties of fruits, vegetables and herbs. Preserve biodiversity by selecting and saving heritage seeds. Rather than planting rows of one type of lettuce, mix it up and include lots of different salad greens like rocket, sorrel, baby spinach, nasturtiums and mustard. These provide edible flowers of varying sizes, seeds and attract a diversity of insect species.
• Go wild! Create native habitat. A small corner of your garden dedicated to indigenous native flora will attract new species. Even a little messy spot providing shelter like a small log, pebbles, native grasses or flowering species will encourage more insects and creatures to move in.
• Select diverse annual and perennial plants. Plant-species-rich gardens have various plants in different shapes, sizes, scents and colors to magnetize wildlife. Avoid mono cropping, even on a small scale. Interplanting mixed-species imitate natural ecosystems. Grow edibles among ornamentals.
• Plant fragrant, colorful flowers. Nectariferous pollen-rich blooms, many with seeds, are a food source for birds and insects, including pollinators like bees and butterflies.
• Make compost and mulch. Decomposers like worms and soil microorganisms convert organic matter into nutrient-rich healthy soil, increasing productivity and harvests.
With a few simple actions, we can each play a role in expanding biodiversity one garden at a time.
1. Species turnover promotes the importance of bee diversity for crop pollination at regional scales, R. Winfree et al., Science, 2018: 791-793.
2. A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production, Matteo Dainese et al., Sci. Adv. 2019; 5: eaax0121.
3. Insect effects on ecosystem services – Introduction, T. D. Schowaltera et al., Basic and Applied Ecology, Vol 26, 2018, 1-7.
4. Ecosystem Services of Insects, Datta et al., Biomed J Sci & Tech Res, Biomed J Sci & Tech Res, Vol 1:2, 2018.
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Tom Hanks to hawk concessions to virtual fans during Oakland A's games
by Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation July 25, 2020 July 24, 2020
The only fans in the stands will be cardboard cutouts when the Oakland A's play their home games this season. But the team is doing its best to recreate the ballpark experience, including piping in crowd noise and the voice of at least one famous food concessionaire. (Photo courtesy of Oakland Athletics)
While fans will not be allowed at Oakland Athletics games this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RingCentral Coliseum will still feature one of the team's most famous former employees: award-winning actor Tom Hanks.
Hanks, a Concord native, got his first job selling concessions to fans at the coliseum in his late teens.
The A's said Friday that they plan to play audio recordings during games of Hanks hawking peanuts, hot dogs, programs and other ballpark fare along with traditional stadium sounds of cheering fans, drums, vuvuzelas and chants of "let's go Oakland."
While fans cannot attend games in person, they can purchase a cutout of themselves or their pets that will be placed in the stands during games. Fans with cutouts will also be able to claim them at the end of the season.
Cutout purchase proceeds benefit local organizations like the Alameda County Community Food Bank and the East Oakland Youth Development Center. Cutouts can be purchased at the team's website.
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The first thing you might notice about stunning cover girl Nicole Ari Parker is her piercing green eyes. Not only is she exquisitely beautiful, she is a talented actress, a savvy businesswoman, a loving wife and a courageous mother of two beautiful children.
Born an only child in the inner city of Baltimore, she learned to be creative early on. Her father—a renowned dentist who still practices today—and her mom—a lover of art, antiques and design—both firmly believed in the power of education. They enrolled Nicole in private school starting with Montessori and then an all-girls private school for second through twelfth grades.
She graduated at age 17 and received an early acceptance to NYU, where she studied English and journalism. Second semester freshman year, she auditioned for the school's acting conservatory, Tisch, and she was accepted. She remembers being excited but then having to call her parents to ask them if she could transfer. That phone call and her dad's words have stuck with her ever since.
"Nikki, you gotta promise me one thing. I'll help you, but you gotta promise that when you fall down, you will get back up," he said over the phone. Nicole says that was his way of toughening her up for the road ahead. "There is no giving up, no crying, no 'I don't want to do this anymore.' You gotta commit, and I'll have your back."
After graduation, Nicole lived in New York and worked in the theatre. She booked TV shows and film roles, like Becky Barnett in 1997's Boogie Nights. Then she got another big break in 2000 in Los Angeles. Although she was 29 years old, she had to be driven to the audition by her mother because—having lived in New York for 14 years—the public transport options there meant there was simply no need to learn to drive.
On the last round for this audition, her mother was downstairs in the lobby waiting for her. She wrote on a piece of paper, "Dear God, I think my baby is ready for this responsibility. If you give her this opportunity, I know that she will shine. Amen." By the time she put the paper in her purse, the producers had already called her agent to say that she got the part. The show was Soul Food, and this role was fateful in more ways than one—this is also how she met her future husband, actor and entrepreneur Boris Kodjoe.
She laughs because Boris was "this supermodel" whom she guessed had loads of girlfriends and would be completely unavailable. Also, she was focused on her career and in another committed relationship at the time. But they just clicked. They laughed together constantly and developed a true friendship, spending 12 to 14 hours a day together on set. He got to see the real her, she says, whether that be all made up for the shoot that day or in her pajamas.
She recalls one day that he knocked on the door to her trailer, opened it and simply said, "You know that we're going to be married with two kids, right?" Then he just closed the door and walked away. All this took place before anything remotely romantic even happened.
But Nicole went on to marry her longtime boyfriend, and Boris dated other people. Although they had been together for some time, Nicole's marriage lasted only 10 months. Once the divorce was final, she "just jumped into Boris' arms."
After a brief hiatus from Soul Food, which was being filmed in Toronto, she really wanted her own place in L.A. She started looking for a house on her own, but after many close calls she flew back to Toronto with nothing to show for it. Then an email from Boris appeared, showing him in a front yard with the message, "I think we found our house."
Boris and Nicole ended up living there together for two years. At this point, although they were living together, they weren't married. Nicole began to wonder when it was going to happen for them. But Boris had a plan …
He was born and raised in Germany in a charming, small village in the woods. It still amuses Nicole that her 6'4" man could come from a "tiny Smurf village, literally with a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker." But it is all part of their story.
Boris moved to America at the age of 19 on a tennis scholarship and has been living in the U.S. ever since. Nicole, the quintessential city girl, had fallen in love with a mountain man. So it was fitting that it was there, on a mountain in Germany, that he finally proposed to her … at a location straight out of a scene from The Sound of Music.
The plan was for an elaborate wedding celebration in L.A., but when Nicole found out she was pregnant, they opted for a more intimate affair in Germany. They got married in a 900-year-old church in that small village—an event witnessed by a small gathering of family and friends. They walked down the cobblestone street back to Boris' grandmother's house, while neighbors showered them with flowers from their windows. It was so picture-perfect that People magazine ran a photo spread of it.
The joyous day arrived for Boris and Nicole when she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Sophie. Sadly Sophie was diagnosed with spina bifida, a condition that meant there would be many challenges ahead for her and her parents.
"We were jumpstarted into how to be partners," she says. "We had to deal with heavy responsibilities very early on." Ten months later they found out they were expecting another baby, which added to that responsibility.
Doctors told Boris and Nicole that there would be no gymnastics or ballet for Sophie, but the brave parents refused to put limits on what she could do. Years later, at Sophie's first dance recital, Nicole proudly sent her doctor a photo of Sophie in her tutu, along with the quote, "She's doing it!"
There are constant challenges, but Sophie is a wonderful, thriving seventh-grader and an independent, "bossy big sister" to brother Nicholas. Together Nicole and Boris started the Sophie's Voice Foundation, which supports global health and wellness initiatives in multicultural communities.
After a five-year stay in Atlanta, work brought them back to L.A.—and more specifically, Manhattan Beach. Boris and Nicole have been overwhelmed by how the South Bay community and schools have embraced and supported them.
Back in L.A. as of 2011, Nicole was about to add businesswoman to her resume. Although Boris would often try to cajole her into going for a run on the beach, she repeatedly refused. The truth was that she wanted to, but to quote Nicole, "You know us black girls. When we get our hair done, we don't want to mess it up. There had to be a way for me to work out with my husband but not sacrifice this fresh blowout."
Her genius idea was to create a high-performance sweatband that allows women to go for that workout but keep their style intact. She dived in—doing in-depth studies and tests—until she was ready to release her brainchild. Although she didn't have a business degree, she was extremely passionate and trusted her instincts. Soon Gymwrap was born.
"If you have an idea inside of you, you cannot be afraid to ask questions," she says. "Actually, you know more than you think, and your intuition is everything. Your gut is sometimes way smarter than your head."
Using marketing and promotion knowledge of her acting career, she was able to plug Gymwrap on her radio spots. During this period of discovery, she was also able to team up and learn a lot from the surgeon general, whom she had the chance to meet with. She informed Nicole that most of the things that affect the black community—and black women specifically—were health-related and not genetic and were preventable through diet and exercise.
Connecting the dots, Nicole was able to figure out that the #1 reason that black women weren't exercising was because of their hair. She took this in and felt really energized by that.
Getting her product on the Steve Harvey Show was a real game-changer. The day she launched on that show, her website crashed from all the traffic. Inspired, she plowed that initial return right back into the company to create her very own infomercial. She had the bright idea of buying a media spot on the Tennis Channel, which ended up being a pivotal decision.
Gymwrap became a crossover product and now has multiple markets. For her African American customers, Gymwrap was a compression garment, but for female athletes she had created a stylish, three-layer sweatband that prevented sweat dripping down their faces while playing their sports. The business exploded, and although she learned some hard financial lessons along the way, Gymwrap is now in 1,100 Sally Beauty Supply stores, 1,400 Walmart locations and online at
thegymwrap.com.
Nicole is a real-life superwoman. When I ask her how she does it all, she smiles and says, "I couldn't do it without my husband, Boris, and our nanny, Rosie." Humble as she is, we're pretty sure they can't do it all without her either. This gal is as inspirational as she is beautiful. |||
The photography of Jeff Berting frequently graces the pages of Southbay magazine and Southbay HOME, but many don't he often moonlights in woodcraft.
3rd Annual Hermosa Beach Hotdogger Championships
The traditional surf contest attracted top surfers from all over the world with over 200 contestants ranging from ages 9 to 90
Palos Verdes Street Fair and Music Festival
The Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance welcomed over 30,000 fairgoers from throughout the South Bay region to the annual free event with continuous music, food and carnival rides. Some of the highlights included a performance by David Benoit and the Asia America Youth Orchestra and Living Green demonstrations on "Green Street." Photos by Kay Finer and Steve Coy, CL!X Portrait Studios.
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Pakistan on Thursday summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad over fresh ceasefire violations on the Line of Control, that it said has left one Pakistani civilian dead and two others injured.
The Foreign Office said in a statement that Director General Mohammad Faisal (South Asia and Saarc Desk), summoned Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh and condemned the "unprovoked" ceasefire violation by Indian forces on the intervening night of May 10 and 11 in Tandar, Subzkot, Khuiratta, Baroh, Bagsar, Khanjar sectors.
The Indian envoy has conveyed that "deliberate" targeting of civilians was condemnable and contrary to international human rights and laws.
The Indian side was urged to respect the 2003 Ceasefire and probe the incident and maintain peace on the LoC.
The summoning comes as India has decided to put all bilateral engagements with Pakistan on hold after alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on spying charges.
Tensions escalated after two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated in unprovoked firing by Pakistan on May 1 on the LoC.
Last week, India summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit and demanded action against Pakistani soldiers and commanders responsible for the beheading of the two security force personnel.