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Zarelli – spacey project (c2015) by Carwyn Ellis (Colorama). Rel LP 'Soft Rains' (on Seriés Aph?nos Feb15) feat synth music adapted to a 1975 recorded narration of Leonard Nimoy reading a Ray Bradbury book There Will Come Soft Rains (website)
Zdronin' Phartz – Probably the only band to use a silent "Z" in their name, Zdronin' Phartz (pronounced Droning Farts), formed in Wrexham in 1988 and gigged with the likes of Angladd Huwcyn, Goodnight Said Florence and Greedy Puppy in the infamous Kings Arms in the town. Feat; Kevin Baugh (voc), Ed Hodson (gtr), Nick Jarvis (gtr), Gareth Lewis (drms) and Scott Moreton (bass), they played a mixture of 60's psych and 80's indie. Songs incl; Psilocybin Baby, Mass Hysteria, Mares of Confrontation, Leave It All Behind, and the delightfully titled, Pig's Arse You Bastard. 'Key career moment: Mass urination over the pretentious VW Campervan of Goodnight Said Florence'. Disbanded in 1991.
Zebedee Sez – Flintshire metal band (c2006), have track called The Darkness in Me. More info req'd
Zebedy – Llandudno rock band (formed 07) feat; Jonny Harding-Smith (gtr,voc) (Lantern), David Harding-Smith (bass) (ex Snowblind), Tom Dyson (drms) (ex Harrowdown), later joined by Ben Chamberlain (gtr) (ex Lantern). Played instrumental prog/rock before adding words in 2009! Rel LP Exist (30.11.11) followed by 2nd LP Marionette (01.04.13) (website)
Zefur Wolves – indie band, kind of from Bangor (c2015), feat; Cian Ciarán (gtr,keys) (Super Furry Animals) and Estelle ios (voc,gtr) with Zirian Tahirili, Danny Wall, Trystan Tahirili. Rel LP 'Zefur Wolves' (on Strangetown 2015)
Zenfly – Porthmadog based band (c2000) feat; Aeram. Played. 'Y Sessiwn Fawr' (The big music festival) at Dolgellau, & The Eisteddfod at Llanelli. Also performed on a number of TV progs & have had a lot of airplay in Wales as well as in Canada & the States. They were chosen to represent Wales in the M.O.T.R. (Music of the River) festival held in Jacksonville, Florida (Nov00). Rel CD 'Nostradamus' website
Zenith – rock band Colwyn Bay (formed late 1979). Feat; Mervyn Cross (ex Les Enfant) (gtr,voc), Mark Gowan (gtr), Dave Alexander (bass) and Greg Gowan (drms). Dave was replaced by Paul Tiplady in 1980 and Nicky Murphy (keys) joined around the same time.
Gigged extensively throughout NWales and B'head/L'pool in the early 80s and rec at Aber Studios, Flint. Venues played inc Dixieland Colwyn Bay Pier, Bangor Uni, Plas Coch Anglesey, Sir James Club B'head, Queens Hotel Rhyl (bribes often paid to Sue Kendall from the Weekly News for a decent write up!) and shared the stage with other local bands including Harvest Moon, Trident, Big Waves and Vengeance
Zenith – Llandudno mellow rock band (formed Jan04), Amy Renshaw (voc), Jonny Harding-Smith (gtr) (also Lantern), Dave Harding-Smith (bass) (also Snowblind, ex Casino) and Chris Heath (drms) (ex Red Shift, Aneurism). Rec EP 'Makes You Think'. (pic)
Jon Zep – (real name Richard John Williams) born Dec66, became a close friend of Neil Crud through High School in Denbigh & in their late teens. Once jammed very briefly with Neil in The Spliffs (briefly being 30 seconds!), otherwise no further musical involvement is known. Jon is the artist who drew the cover for Crud #4, albeit 3 years before the zine was published. It is rumoured that he was a member of the notorious Dogs o'war gang but this cannot be confirmed. He lost touch with Neil after they realised that their mischievious personalities got them into too much trouble. Served in the 1st Gulf War as a sapper, now lives in his home town of Denbigh.
Zero Rock – punk band based in Holyhead during mid to late 80s, feat, Gaz Jones (9marchog) (drms), Roger Foot (gtr) (see also Soliloquy), Kev Punk (voc), who according to Bubblegum got into drugs because, 'I know this cos I went to see him once and 2 days later my house was raided by the drug squad.' More info req'd
Zig-Zag Quad – Rhyl synth pop band, best remembered for their forgettable "Who are Zig-Zag Quad" poster campaign in 1986. Feat; Steve Sync, Fairziff, Roger Bickley & Mark Lowe. Roger says: 'I have a tape of Mike [Fairziff] cocking up a Depeche Mode synth line again & again, until we gave up & told him to do backing vocals.'
Zinc – nightclub in Rhyl (1990s). Held Fresh nights
Zodiaque UK – (late 1980's). Rhyl band feat, Steve Sync, Dave Evans (both later of Sync), & Roger Bickley, mainly played cover versions of bands incl, Depeche Mode, New Order, OMD & China Crisis, who were, & still are big influences. They only used analogue synths & drum units as they were cheap to buy in the mid-80's & being 17-18 year olds they couldn't afford the new digital midi instruments which had taken over. However, the older technology recreated the old synth pop classics such as Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough virtually the same as the original. They were barred from the Nova in P'tyn after playing there as, Roger had to be restrained from hitting the manager after he refused to pay them & seeing Rog, Steve, Dave, Fairziff, Andy Fatman, Weeble & probably a few others bearing down on them, the bouncers beated a hasty retreat. The reason they gave for barring the band was that Steve apparantly attempted to glass one of the (female) bar staff. One of their crowning achievements as ZUK was reforming to play at Weeble's 21st in 1989 at which Steve & Rog managed to consume 4 bottles of vodka & several 4 packs in the duration of the gig. This was reflected in the quality of the playing of instruments as the tape of the gig (which mysteriously went missing) testifies!
Zombie Dub – project (2013) set up by Paul Hammond (ex Psycho Sexual Sex Terrestrials, GMX Stuns, deadsexys) and Joe Shooman (ex Vaffan Coulo). Rel single Zombie Nativity (17.12.15) (see)
Zombies From Ireland – zombie / comedy B-movie (c2013), put together by Ryan Kift and Sian Davies and friends in and around Bangor. Very much a no budget cracker! Plot centres around a virus outbreak that spreads when patients of an experiment are ship wrecked off the coast of Anglesey and eat their way across the island. (review)
Zorkie Twins – 4 piece r&b/new wave infl band operating out of Buckley/Hawarden and Chester during early 1980s. Feat; Mike Kendrick (voc,gtr) Colin Miller (voc,gtr), Paul Bedford (bass), John Roberts (drms). One single Mr Simpson now really sought after. Also appeared on the Blank Tapes EP and on the LP 'Trip To The Dentist'..
Zu Bar – venue on the Promenade, Rhyl (also a nightclub) – on the old site of Scruples / Club Zinc. Opened August 2008 and began hosting Wednesday night gigs (a long tradition in the town) promoted by Blood & Lipstick, but 'bar wars' led to these nights ending within months.
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Zuggs – Bangor band (1979), feat; Gary Stubbs (bass) (CUT23), Maria Hycz and Alan Holmes (gtr) (later of Fflaps, Lungs, Ectogram, Parking Non-Stop)
Zygote – Menai Bridge metal band (formed late 2002), feat; Angharad (voc,gtr), Iwan Jones (gtr), Iestyn (bass) and Simon (drms). Latter 3 use to be in Fleshwound. Gwilym also sang at some point. See now Tinnitus
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The Forgotten Man?
With the pending closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Deborah Joel is worried that her father may be forgotten.
For more than 20 years, the main auditorium at Walter Reed has been named for her father, Lawrence Joel, who received the Medal of Honor for Heroism in Vietnam.
In November 8, 1965 Joel was a combat medic, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade which was participating in Operation Hump, near Bien Hoa. As they attempted to push the Viet Cong from defensive positions in the area, Joel's unit was ambushed by a larger enemy force. For the next 24 hours--and despite being wounded twice--Joel (then a Specialist 5) risked his life to care for scores of wounded men, saving many of them.
When his medical supplies ran out, Joel improvised a bandage from a plastic bag to cover a serious chest wound on an injured GI, preventing him from bleeding to death. Shot twice in the right leg, Specialist Joel defied orders to stay on the ground and kept going out to help his fellow soldiers. At least a dozen survivors of the battle owe their lives to Lawrence Joel and his heroism.
Specialist Joel received the CMH from President Johnson at the White House in March 1967, becoming the first living African-American recipient of that award since the Spanish-American War. Joel retired from the Army as a Sergeant First Class in 1973, after 27 years of service. He died of complications from diabetes in 1984, and received a hero's burial at Arlington National Cemetary. A few years later, the auditorium at Walter Reed was named in his honor. But there are no plans for a similar honor at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center or the new Army Community Hosptial at Fort Belvoir, which will replace Walter Reed as the primary military health care facilities in the nation's capital region.
Deborah Joel told the Washington Post that she was shocked by the decision, and the lack of an explanation from the Army.
Make no mistake: Lawrence Joel is a hero in the greatest sense of that word; a soldier who put his own life on the line to save wounded GIs. From our perspective, his place in the pantheon of America's heroes is secure, based on his service in two wars, and his intrepid actions on that fateful day in November, 1965.
But it's also worth noting that there is no guarantee that the naming of a base (or particular facility) will continue in perpetuity. There are plenty of military installations that were closed--without the name being transferred to another base or facility. For example, there are no plans to name another Army post "Fort Monroe," after the iconic base in Hampton, VA is shuttered later this fall.
We should also remember that the name of Lawrence Joel will live on long after that auditorium at Walter Reed closes its doors. Not only will Joel be memorialized as one of the the handful of brave Americans to receive the MOH, the Army has done its part to honor his legacy. You see, there's an important element missing from the WaPo account: along with the auditorium in Washington, military clinics at Fort McPherson, GA and Fort Bragg, NC are named for him, as is the street that encircles the Army hospital at Fort Campbell, KY. Additionally, the coliseum in Joel's hometown, Winston-Salem, NC, is named in his honor.
Lawrence Joel has been gone for more than a quarter-century. But as long as this nation honors and reveres its war heroes, he will never be forgotten.
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Women's Golf mixes newcomers with veterans
By Scout on September 2, 2011
It's undeniable that the Bradley Braves women's golf team will have some serious holes to fill before beginning the new season, but the transition shouldn't be too harsh thanks to the presence of the Missouri Valley Conference reigning Golfer of the Year, senior Kelly Amundrud.
Returning from her home in Calgary, Alberta, Amundrud is sporting the lowest stroke average in school history. Besides the Golfer of the Year award and the record, she was also named a Third-Team Capital One Academic All-American.
"Kelly has committed herself to her academics and has set goals on the course as well, "head coach Mary Moan said.
Armundrud's 3.93 GPA may seem impressive to anyone at Bradley, but she had some stiff competition academically on her very own team. Last season, the golf team had the second highest GPA of any Division I golf program. Their combined 3.819 GPA, while not quite as high as Armundrud's, showcases the dedication to excellence on and off the course.
"Our team demonstrated tremendous dedication to their academic and athletic goals during the 2010-2011 seasons," Moan said. "I couldn't be more proud of their accomplishments in the classroom and on the course."
On the course is exactly where the Braves will need the most help. Coach Moan has brought in numerous recruits to for that very reason. After Breanne Nefueld and Caitlin Deekn graduated, Armundrud and fellow senior Erin Gorman are the only players who were at Bradley last year.
Casandra Marschall transferred from Wisconsin-Green Bay before the semester. The incoming sophomore finished third overall at the Badger Mutual Insurance Women's Amateur at the beginning of the month. Marschall's experience is a must for a team depending on three freshmen.
Coach Moan acquired some more northern exposure when she recruited two freshmen from Canada.
Freshman Thea Hedemann of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is coming off of a dominating performance at the Sasakatchewan Junior Golf Championship earlier this summer. Winning the tournament by 32 shots, she won her third straight championship at the tournament.
Christie Linn, a native of Armundrud's hometown of Calgary, Alberta, had also won her providence's junior championship and the two hope their success continues in the states.
Fellow freshmen Katarinna Mangieri didn't travel as far to get to Bradley. Hailing from Galesburg, IL, Mangieri comes from a highly successful high school program. The Galesburg team won three consecutive conference titles and one sectional title, culminating in seventh place finish overall in the state. She placed second overall in conference twice in her career and her two years as team captain adds some much needed leadership amongst the freshmen.
The new recruits will play their first tournament September 10th at the Redbird Invitational in Normal, Illinois. Although the team finished sixth out of 11, Armundrud did have success there last year finishing in the top 10.
Such was the experience for last year's team. While Armundrud was usually posting low scores, the team only went as far as the players around her went. Trying to add some depth to the roster while brining in four underclassmen will be a challenge for second year coach Moan, but while her future may be staked on these underclassmen, any team with Armundrud has a shot.
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"""A command line interface to start a Beam pipeline to analyze a time series of records
from the AI Platform Prediction request-response log."""

import argparse
import datetime
import logging
import os
import re
import apache_beam as beam

from typing import List, Optional, Text, Union, Dict, Iterable
from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import SetupOptions
from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import GoogleCloudOptions

from tensorflow_data_validation import StatsOptions
from tensorflow_data_validation import load_statistics
from tensorflow_data_validation import load_schema_text

from log_analyzer.log_analyzer import analyze_log_records

_SETUP_FILE = './setup.py'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument(
        '--request_response_log_table',
        dest='request_response_log_table',
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help='A full name of the AI Platform Prediction request-response log table')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--model',
        dest='model',
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help='A name of the AI Platform Prediction model')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--version',
        dest='version',
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help='A name of the AI Platform Prediction model version')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--start_time',
        dest='start_time',
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help='The beginning of a time series of log records in the ISO datetime format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--end_time',
        dest='end_time',
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help='The end of a time series of log records in the ISO datetime format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--output_path',
        dest='output_path',
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help='An output path for statistics and anomaly protocol buffers')
    parser.add_argument(
        '--schema_file',
        dest='schema_file',
        type=str,
        help='A path to a schema file',
        required=True)
    parser.add_argument(
        '--baseline_stats_file',
        dest='baseline_stats_file',
        type=str,
        help='A path to a baseline statistics file',
        required=False)
    parser.add_argument(
        '--time_window',
        dest='time_window',
        type=str,
        help='A time window to use for time slice calculations. You must use the m or h suffix to designate minutes or hours',
        required=False)

    known_args, pipeline_args = parser.parse_known_args()

    start_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(known_args.start_time, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
    end_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(known_args.end_time, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')

    if not start_time:
        raise ValueError("Wrong format of start_time: {}".format(known_args.start_time))

    if not end_time:
        raise ValueError("Wrong format of endtime_time: {}".format(known_args.end_time))

    if start_time >= end_time:
        raise ValueError("The end_time cannot be earlier than the start_time")

    time_window=None
    if known_args.time_window:
        if not re.fullmatch('[0-9]+[hm]', known_args.time_window):
            raise ValueError("Incorrect format for time_window")
        if known_args.time_window[-1]=='h':
            time_window = datetime.timedelta(hours=int(known_args.time_window[0:-1]))
        else:
            time_window = datetime.timedelta(minutes=int(known_args.time_window[0:-1]))

    baseline_stats = None
    if known_args.baseline_stats_file:
        baseline_stats = load_statistics(known_args.baseline_stats_file)

    schema = load_schema_text(known_args.schema_file)

    pipeline_options = PipelineOptions(pipeline_args)
    pipeline_options.view_as(SetupOptions).setup_file = _SETUP_FILE

    logging.log(logging.INFO, "Starting the request-response log analysis pipeline...")
    analyze_log_records(
        request_response_log_table=known_args.request_response_log_table,
        model=known_args.model,
        version=known_args.version,
        start_time=start_time,
        end_time=end_time,
        output_path=known_args.output_path,
        schema=schema,
        baseline_stats=baseline_stats,
        time_window=time_window,
        pipeline_options=pipeline_options)

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There are 1.8 billion young people in the world. Half the world is under 30 and nine in ten of these young people live in developing countries. This is the largest youth population there has ever been. We are in an era of peak youth. If we unleash the power of young people to change our world, every generation will benefit. There are more young people in the world than ever before, their time to lead is now.
We work with young people so that they can lead in solving those challenges. Whether that means supporting communities to end child marriage or prevent HIV, we work with young people to change their lives and the lives of people in their communities. We are run out of strategic hubs in ten countries across Africa, Asia and in the UK and USA, with a wider network of partners across the world.
Restless Development invites BeyondMe to support in strategically growing our mass-participation sporting event - The Schools Triathlon series. We developed the Schools Triathlon after recognising that 1) in the UK there aren't enough fun charity sporting events for children to take part in, and 2) triathlons are one of the UK's fastest growing sports. The event is run out of secondary schools (who provide their facilities), and we invite primary age children to take part.
This series has surpassed all expectations, going from 1,000 participants and £100,000 raised in year 1 to 3,100 and £380,000 in year 2! This event has transformed unrestricted fundraising at Restless Development, and we would like to see this grow further.
Conducting market research of mass-participation events similar to this (children's charity or triathlon events, e.g. NSPCC's Messathon) - What are the trends? How have they grown the events? Who sponsors events? How and why do these partners sponsor these events? How can we tap into these sponsors?
Developing a business case / pitch to potential sponsors. As we see it, sponsors fall into two categories: 1) private sponsors who have an interest in reaching event audiences (e.g. Flight Centre are our current headline sponsor), 2) public bodies that fund sporting event series e.g. British Triathlon Association. We need nuanced pitches to present to both groups.
The Schools Triathlon has huge benefits. In the UK, parents and teachers commend us for igniting a passion for sport and teaching children the importance of charitable giving. This project would help us reach thousands more children across the UK.
Globally, income generated from the hard work of children in the UK will have profound impacts on the communities we serve. This event will support in sustaining our current work, respond to emerging events in the communities we serve, and design and implement innovative projects that empower yet more young people to change the world.
This event is a true example of young people helping young people and BeyondMe would be critical in expanding this.
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Q: Assigning a row range to a variable I have been trying so hard. I cant figure this out. I am working with two sheets. One sheet searches for a criteria "RR", ir there is an RR, it assigns a variable a serial to be searched in another sheet. If the serial is found in the other sheet, I would like to determine the row where it is located and assign it to a variable. "DidTransfer = Sheets(PreviousTabName).Range("B" & thiscell.Row).Value" The problem when I use thiscell.Row, its giving me so many problems. I need the row number to so I can reference the same row to get information from another cell on the same row. Please help.
Sub TempModifier()

Dim NYSID, PLookUpTabRange, IsRR, DidTransfer As String

Dim thiscell As Range

'Variable for Temp
Dim TempFirstRow As Integer
Dim TempLastRow As Long

'Variables for the previous
Dim PreviousTabLastRow As Long
Dim PreviousTabFirstRow As Integer

'Initialize the temp variables
TempLastRow = Sheets("Temp").Range("D" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

PreviousTabName = "February"
PreviousTabFirstRow = 7

With Sheets(PreviousTabName)
        PreviousTabLastRow = .Cells(256, "H").End(xlUp).Row 'Get the last row in the data range
End With

'Create a data-range variable
PLookUpTabRange = "H" & PreviousTabFirstRow & ":" & "H" & PreviousTabLastRow

'Begin looping structure to copy data from the temp tab to the current tab

For TempFirstRow = 2 To TempLastRow

    'Assign the value of the housing unit
    IsRR = Sheets("Temp").Cells(TempFirstRow, 2).Value

    'Check if the value is RR
    If IsRR = "RR        " Then
        'If the value is RR, then get the NYSID
        NYSID = Worksheets("Temp").Cells(TempFirstRow, 4).Value

        If Not IsError(Application.Match(NYSID, Worksheets(PreviousTabName).Range(PLookUpTabRange), 0)) Then

        'NYSID is Found on Current Month Sheet, do Nothing

        Else

            DidTransfer = ""
            Set thiscell = Sheets(PreviousTabName).Columns("D").Find(What:=NYSID, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole)

                DidTransfer = Sheets(PreviousTabName).Range("B" & thiscell.Row).Value

                    Select Case DidTransfer

                        Case "Transferred"
                            DidTransfer = "Transferred"
                        Case Else
                            DidTransfer = DidTransfer

                    End Select

            If IsError(Application.Match(NYSID, Worksheets(PreviousTabName).Range(PLookUpTabRange), 0)) Or _
            (Not IsError(Application.Match(NYSID, Worksheets(PreviousTabName).Range(PLookUpTabRange), 0)) And _
                 DidTransfer = "Transferred") Then

                    'Worksheets("Temp").Rows(TempFirstRow).Delete
                    MsgBox "Delete"

            End If

        End If

    End If

'Go to the next row
Next TempFirstRow

End Sub

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On January 31, 2017, NET conducted undercover surveillance on the residence of the suspect. As NET was observing the house, a vehicle matching the description (a silver Nissan Frontier) captured by the surveillance cameras from the prior evening was seen approaching the residence. Officers activated their lights and sirens to conduct a traffic stop at Runnymede St. and Clarke St, in East Palo Alto. A pursuit ensued through a residential area of East Palo Alto.
The vehicle subsequently hit another vehicle causing minor vehicle damage and no injuries. Two male subjects fled on foot from the vehicle. Officers detained one of the subjects near the vehicle and officers pursued the second subject for approximately three blocks. The subject jumped several fences causing damage to fences and windows. He was detained in the 2100 block of Capitol Ave in East Palo Alto. The vehicle was later discovered to be a stolen vehicle out of San Jose.
Further information obtained during the investigation confirmed the identification of an East Palo Alto residence of the female subject that was under surveillance, for these crimes, who was on probation for threats. Officers went back to the residence and found the female suspect to be home and hiding in a back shed and arrested her. The suspect is identified as Miriam Taimani, 32-year-old female of East Palo Alto. She was booked into San Mateo County jail for possession of methamphetamine, drug indicia, stolen mail, bikes and other stolen property, which were located in the residence.
Jonathan Vega, 25-year-old male from East Palo Alto, was arrested and booked into San Mateo County jail for possession of a stolen vehicle, reckless evading, vandalism and resisting arrest. John Palavi, 53-year-old male from East Palo Alto, was cited and released for a $2,500 warrant for a suspended license out of San Mateo County Sheriff's Office and for resisting arrest.


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The first key to being successful with drop shotting is to invest in a good rod, I prefer the Dobyn's 701 sf light fast action rod. You need at least a 7ft rod with a sensitive tip. Drop shotting is all about feel and you cannot feel the bite with a heavy action rod or a rod that is too short for the technique. The 701 is a seven foot rod, one power, which means it is a "light action" rod which is needed for the drop shot. The second thing to keep in mind is to use the lightest test line you can get away with for the size of the fish you are trying to catch. Here at Clearlake, I never go over 12lb test line and usually do not drop below 8 pound test. On clearer water lakes such as Lake Shasta, you will need to drop down to 8lb or even six pound test. The lighter the line test, the more feel you have and the less feel the fish have. The third tip I do is I like to use the combination of braid and a Fluorocarbon leader. I use 20lb Power Pro in the High Vis yellow color. I then add a good 10 to 12 feet of Seaguar Invisx line for the leader.
The advantage of the braid and fluorocarbon leader is you get Much More Feel, the braid is super sensitive which is very important in feeling the bite, it also has no stretch and allows a much better hook set. The fluorocarbon line also has less stretch than regular mono line, it also is more abrasion resistant and does not show in the water like a monofilament line will. The reason I use the ""High Vis""yellow Power pro line is that I can easily see it. Often times you will see the bite through the line before you will feel it. As a guide here on Clear Lake, I don't fish with my customers, I am constantly watching what they are doing, the tension on the line, etc. I often see the bite before they realize they even had one. The normal Moss Green braided line is hard to see against the background of the water. Using the ten to 12 foot leader, the fish will never see the yellow line. The last thing to do to increase your success is to use the lightest weight possible. I normally use a 1/8th oz weight and the reason for the light weight is that you don't want the fish to feel the weight when they pick up the bait and also the lighter the weight you use, the more you will feel the bite when the fish picks up the bait. In high wind conditions or when fishing very deep structure, I will go to heavier weights. So in a nutshell, invest in a good rod, use a braided line with a flourocarbon leader, use the lightest test line possible and the smallest weight sinker as possible. Hope this helps, ""Good Fishing""


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There's just something so tempting about picking your scabs.
Maybe it's because they sort of brown, harden, and crisp up, and end up looking like small, bumpy countries on the side of a topographical map. You just can't help but play God, cracking up the coastline, slowly twisting the island around, or just ripping the whole thing off in one painful shot.
I mean sure, it might sting a bit. But check out that brand new skin underneath. All flaky and pink, ready and waiting for whatever this great big world has to offer. Even if it offers another round of rollerskating without kneepads on a gravel driveway.
Yes, picking scabs is a sweet guilty release — like twisting your tongue into your loose baby teeth, popping big zits in the center of your cheeks, or dropping hot farts underneath the sheets.
dropping hot farts underneath the sheets!
hey, i have that globe at the end of the article. I think it still says USSR on it.
Every time I think of the urge to pick scabs (guilty as hell!), I think of that footage we've all seen of monkeys grooming each other and picking bits of dried skin out of each other's fur.
I think that's why we do it.
katcarneo, scabs leave scars whether you rip them or let them fall.
totally picked a gorgeous one a few days ago. great post!
I have tons of scars from picking scabs, but I still do it. It's worth it! Well mostly. I did rip some stitches out after a surgery and that didn't turn out pretty at all.
woo! I picked one just now, it's pink and looks like it's now about to bleed!! lmao! XD They never leave scars for me.
I always had scabs on my knees and couldn't resist picking them. And they didn't leave scars…yay!!
Ew. Why do you eat them? That is disgusting.
Mosquito bite scabs are the best.
It's amazing when you pick a scab when it's ripe. It comes off easy without leaving any pockmarks or red skin.
I love to pick scabs, too! My bf likes to peel my skin when I get a sunburn. He especially likes when he gets it to come off in a big sheet of skin. It feels good, too.
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My name's Joon and I'm a pickaholic. Then I got fake fingernails. They dont pick worth a damn! Too thick I think. And the peeling sunburn??? HEAVEN!!!!!!
EWWWWWW! Picking scabs are totally nasty and gross as a kid I would just leave em' be even if they were irritating because that is just gross.
I know exactly what you mean. I had a particularly nasty scrape on my knee when young and it took 3 times as long to heal because I kept picking at it.
Check out iScab. Years of socialization lead us to pick our scabs in private shame and hide our cherished scab jars from friends and loved ones (What?! You DO have a scab jar don't you?). Today, with the marvels or technology we can once again pick our scabs with pride. We can fill our scab jars to the brim. And we can do it wherever we are, whenever we want. Scab picking has entered the 21st century!
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Haha yess!! I used to do this all the time but I haven't gotten one in a while. Peeling anything is awesome isn't it? Did anyone ever used to put glue on their hands and wait for it to dry then peel it off later? Now that's awesome!
I do the glue thing! I put them on my nails though!
I do this all the time, lately ive been getting worried they will get infected, im 27 years old, going through a lot of stress, I have 3 kids and tons of anxiety, my gf wont work, wont help around the house , she always seems to be hiding something, today i have been very sad and thinking about suicide. What should I do, I feel like a freak and like I have no one.
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Ursprünglich Sekretär der Berner Freisinnigen, trat Müller 1890 auf Anregung Albert Stecks in die Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SP) über. Er war von 1895 bis 1920 erster sozialdemokratischer Gemeinderat der Stadt Bern, von 1918 bis 1920 als Stadtpräsident. In den Jahren 1898–1921 war Müller zudem Berner Grossrat. Nach den Parlamentswahlen 1911 war er bis zu seinem Tod Mitglied des Nationalrates. Im Jahr 1919 wurde er Parteipräsident der SP.

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Q: Compare sort results by custom score I have one numeric score S1 to (ascending) sort a dataset. Now I have developed another method that returns a numeric score S2 that should sort the dataset in similar way. My question: with what methods can I evaluate the sorted results to compare performance of S2 to the "ground truth" S1?
If S1 returns ABCDEFG and S2 returns ADEFGBC , how can I compare the result of this permutation to the ground truth?

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Suffering From Algae Overload? First things first – what type of Algae are you dealing with?
Believe it or not – kelp, seaweed, and pond scum are all different types of pond and lake algae. "Algae" are a type of protist that has plant-like characteristics and are often found in aquatic environments. Algae, like most aquatic plants, are eukaryotic organisms containing chloroplasts and are able to produce photosynthesis.
Algae, like animals, have centrioles and flagella and can feed on organic material within their habitat.
Algae vary in size from one cell up to a really large multi-cellular species. They are also able to live in diverse environments including on moist rocks as well as wet soil, freshwater, and saltwater. Large algae are usually called simple aquatic plants. In contrast to higher plants and angiosperms, algae do not have vascular tissue or flowers, leaves, stems, or roots.
Pond algae can be primary products and serve as the food chain foundation within aquatic environments. Also, algae are a source of food for numerous marine organisms including krill and brine shrimp, which are then the nutritional basis for other types of marine animals.
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Algae is able to reproduce asexually, sexually or through a combination of both of these processes by the alternation of generations. The kinds of algae that reproduce asexually naturally divide (single-celled organisms) or spores are released which can be non-motile or motile.
The types of algae that reproduce sexually usually are induced to make gametes whenever certain types of environmental stimuli become unfavorable, including nutrients, salinity, and temperature. These species of algae produced zygote or a fertilized egg to produce either a dormant zygospore that activates when there are favorable environmental stimuli or makes a new organism.
There are seven major types of lake and pond algae categories, with each having distinct colors, functions, and sizes. The seven different divisions include the following:
Yellow-green algae (Xanthophyta)
Brown algae (Paeophyta)
Red algae (Rhodophyta)
Green algae (Chlorophyta)
Fire algae (Pyrrophyta)
Diatoms and Golden-brown algae (Chrysophyta)
Euglenophyta (Euglenoids)
Yellow-green algae (Xanthophyta) Pond & Lake Algae
The least prolific algae species are yellow-green algae and have just 450-650 species. These are unicellular organisms that have cell walls that are made out of silica and cellulose. For motion, they have one or two flagella. Their chloroplasts are lacking a certain pigment, and that causes them to have a lighter colored appearance. Usually, the form into small colonies and have just a couple of cells. Typically, yellow-green algae live in freshwater. However, they can also be found in wet soil and saltwater environments.
Brown algae (Paeophyta) Pond & Lake Algae
Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant kelp) is a kind of brown algae that resides within underwater kelp forests. Brown algae are some of the largest algae species and consist of varieties of kelp and seaweed that reside in marine environments. The species possess differentiated tissues, which include tissues that produce gametes and spores, photosynthetic organs, a talk, air pockets to help with buoyancy, and an anchoring organ. These protists have a life cycle that involves the alternation of generations. Giant kelp (grows to 100 meters long), rockweed, and sargassum weed are all types of brown algae.
Red algae (Rhodophyta) Pond & Lake Algae
Red algae often can be found within tropical marine environments. These eukaryotic cells, unlike other types of algae, are lacking in centrioles and flagella. Red algae tend to grow on solid types of surfaces such as tropical reefs or attaches to other types of algae. The cell walls of red algae are made of cellulose and numerous kinds of carbohydrates. This type of algae reproduces asexually via mono-spores (spherical, walled cells that do not have flagella). These mono-spores are carried by currents of water until they germinate. Red algae reproduce asexually as well and undergo alternation of generations. Several different types of seaweed are formed by red algae.
Green algae (Chlorophyta) Pond & Lake Algae
Green algae mainly reside in freshwater environments. However, there are a couple of species that live in the ocean. Green algae, like fire algae, have cell walls as well that are made out of cellulose. There are some species that have one or two flagella. Also, green algae undergo photosynthesis and contain chloroplasts. There are thousands of multi-cellular and unicellular species of this type of algae. Usually, multi-cellular species group in colonies that range in size from just four cells up to several thousand. For the purpose of reproduction, non-motile aplanospores are produced by some species. They depend on water currents to transport them. Zoospores are produced by others. They have one flagellum that can swim to an environment that is more favorable. Some of the different kinds of green algae include dead man's fingers horsehair algae, and sea lettuce.
Netrium desmid is a type of unicellular green algae that grows in filamentous, long colonies. Mostly they are found in freshwater, but also can grow in snow and saltwater. They have a homogenous cell wall and a distinct symmetrical structure.
Fire algae (Pyrrophyta) Pond & Lake Algae
Fire algae are a type of unicellular algae that are often found in oceans as well as some sources of freshwater. For motion, they use flagella. There are two different classes: cryptomonads and dinoflagellates. A phenomenon referred to as red tide is caused by dinoflagellates. Their abundance causes the ocean to appear red. Some Pyrrophyta species, like some fungi, are bio-luminescent. At night, they make the ocean look like it is on fire. Dinoflagellates also are poisonous, due to producing a neurotoxin that may disrupt the proper function of muscles in humans as well as other types of organisms. Cryptomonads are very similar to Dinoflagellates. They might produce algal blooms that are harmful and cause the water to look dark brown or red.
Chrysophyta Pond & Lake Algae
Diatoms and golden-brown algae are the kinds of unicellular algae that are the most abundant. They account for about 100,000 different species. They both can be found in saltwater and freshwater environments. Compared to golden-brown algae, diatoms are a lot more common and are comprised of many kinds of plankton living in the ocean. Diatoms, instead of having a cell wall, have a silica shell that encases them, which is called a frustule. It varies in structure and shape depending on what species it is. Although golden-brown algae are fewer in number, in terms of productivity, they rival diatoms within the ocean. Usually, they are called nanoplankton and have cells with a diameter of just 50 micrometers.
Euglenoids (Euglenophyta) Pond & Lake Algae
Euglena are both saltwater and freshwater protists. Some euglenoids, like plant cells, are autotrophic. They have chloroplasts that can produce photosynthesis. They do not have a cell wall but are covered instead by a pellicle, which is a protein-rich layer. Other euglenoids, like animal cells, are heterotrophic. They consume unicellular organisms and carbon-rich material contained in the water. Some euglenoids are able to survive in darkness for a while as long as there is suitable organic material for them. Some of the major characteristics that photosynthetic euglenoids exhibit include organelles (vacuole, chloroplasts, and nucleus), flagella, and an eyespot.
Euglena, due to the photosynthetic capabilities that they possess have been classified in the Euglenophyta phylum along with algae. Now scientists believe those organisms have been able to acquire that ability due to the endosymbiotic relationships they have with photosynthetic green algae. Therefore, some scientists claim that Euglena should be classified in the Euglenozoa phylum instead of classified as algae.
Key Points on Pond & Lake Algae
Algae are a type of protist that has characteristics that are similar to those of plants. Aquatic environments are where they are most commonly found.
There are seven main types of algae, and they each have their own distinct characteristics.
The least common algae species are Xanthophyta (Yellow-green algae). They are single-celled and their cell walls are made up of both silica and cellulose.
Paeophyta (Brown algae) are some of the largest species of algae. Examples include kelp and seaweed. The brown algae (Phaeophyta) are mostly filamentous or thalloid algae, which, as a group, are almost exclusively marine. Only a few genera of this large, primitive group are represented in fresh-water; those that are found in fresh-water are attached to substrata, such as rocks.
Rhodophyta (Red algae) mainly reside in tropical marine environments. Unlike other kinds of algae, the eukaryotic cells don't have centrioles or flagella.
Chlorophyta (Green algae) normally resides in freshwater. They are photosynthetic and have cell walls that are made out of cellulose.
Pyrrophyta (Fire algae) is a type of single-celled algae. This type of algae lives in both freshwater and the oceans. To move around, they use flagella.
Chrysophyta (Diatoms and Golden-brown algae) are the most abundant kinds of single-celled algae (there are around 100,000 different species). Chrysophytes are a group of algae commonly found in lakes and large ponds. They are sometimes referred to as golden-brown algae due to their coloration from specific photosynthetic pigments.
Euglenophyta (Euglenoids) are saltwater and freshwater protist. Some are heterotrophic while others are autotrophic. Also known as the "Rocky Mountain Lake" algae.
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Need to focus more? Marjoram plays a role in optimizing brain function. Scientists found that the oil found in the herb counters the effects of the enzyme AChE that is responsible for the breakdown of a neaurotranstmitter that's crucial to sharp focus and memory. The experts also believe that such AChE inhibitors may help protect against Alzheimer's. To enjoy marjoram, add them to salads or your favorite dishes.


In 2015 Thread Heads is going to expand out to include a wider range of interviews and video chats. The first new video in some time features a live sit down with 3 thread heads who attended the 2015 South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. In the guest chairs were a pair of Todds that are well known in the hobby. Todd Rogers grew up in Western PA and is very active on the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group and on the TOR circuit. Todd Kelly is a memorabilia dealer who grew up and lives in GA. As the host Jason Spangler handles the microphone and keeps the conversation moving.
A special treat in this video is the opportunity to grab Chris Jensen, the TOR organizer. Chris talks about the upcoming 2015 National Order of the Arrrow Conference (NOAC) Trade-O-Ree that is coming in August. Chris shares some information about the show including giving an update on the table rentals and hotels.
You can find out more about the 2015 NOAC by visiting www.Streamwood.net.
You can join the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group as well which is probably the most active page for Scouters on FB to buy/sell/trade.


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Senior DIG Pujith Jayasundara has been nominated by a majority of the members of the Constitutional Council, to be named as the 34th Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police, it is reported.
Mr Jayasundara has been the Senior DIG for the Western Province from February, 2015 and is a product of Dharmaraja College, Kandy and has a B.Com (Special) degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
Senior DIG Jayasundara was born on the 15th of March 1960, and underwent schooling at Bogamuwa Thaksala Maha Vidyalaya and Ibbagamuwa Madhya Maha Vidyalaya before moving to Dharmaraja.
Joining the Police force as an Assistant Superintendent of Police on the 20th of May 1985, Mr. Jayasundara was promoted as a Superintendent of Police in 1996 a Senior Superintendent of Police in 2005 and as a Deputy Inspector General of Police in the year 2010.


Next Generation – Collaboration for Development is a three-year IDRC-funded program (2017—2019), a joint initiative of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC) and the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID). Next Generation aims to position Canada as a leader in innovative, multi-stakeholder international development and humanitarian research, practice and policy development. The goal is to encourage better collaborations, and identify and promote new ways of working among practitioners, researchers, academics, students, and policy developers.
The program has the ambition to position Canada as a leader in innovative multi-stakeholder approaches to global development research, practice and policy development, creating conditions for enhanced and sustained collaboration between civil society and academia. Our ability to do development work and deliver humanitarian assistance rests largely on the ability of different actors to work together, and exchange knowledge and expertise. When scholars and practitioners come together to do research, there is a co-production of knowledge that leads to research that is timely, relevant, and based on evidence, which feeds into programming and policy. Marrying practice and research can generate policy that is more responsive to what is happening on the ground. [Check out the program overview below for greater details on research partnerships].
To achieve this goal, the program support a series of partnerships between academics and practitioners, using a range of different models of collaboration – communities of practice, working groups, annual conferences, leaders' forums, outreach events, speakers' tours, and others – to stimulate new thinking and generate timely and policy-relevant joint research. The program tests and refines these models of practitioner-academic collaboration, generating processes, products and relationships that CCIC and CASID both hope will outlast the program's time frame.
CASID is a national, bilingual, interdisciplinary and pluralistic association devoted to the promotion of new knowledge in the broad field of international development. CASID is a membership-based organization.


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Mr. Miller is responsible for the development and management of client relationships. He specializes in working with affluent families and their advisors, to identify and attain their financial, legacy, and philanthropic goals.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Miller was President of Miller Family Advisors, Inc. Acting as consultant and advocate for high net worth families, he focused resources toward managing the "family balance sheet". Over a 30 year career in the industry, Mr. Miller has managed the Beverly Hills office of U.S. Trust Company, the Los Angeles office of Deutsche Bank, and led client service teams for Bank of America. Early in his career, he was Director of Marketing for Security Pacific National Bank's Financial Services Group.
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Your best chance to interact with the natives and get a real taste of village life, first hand! India's first model eco-tourism village, Kumbalangi has much to offer its visitors. The families here are involved in crab farming, coir weaving, fishing and dealing in copra (dry coconut).
The fresh air and unpolluted island atmosphere lends to the experience where you'll see villagers going about their daily chores. Engage with them and learn a thing or two about life in the countryside.
Please join us in the Hotel lobby at 9am, after your breakfast or 2pm after Lunch. The drive to Kumbalangi is 45 minutes.
Upon your arrival you'll be welcomed by villagers in true Kerala style. Start a conversation about their lifestyle, culture and traditions.
Get ready for a short canoe ride for about 20 minutes around the island. Enjoy the serene views of the Vembanad lake backwaters.
Get back to the island & learn a thing or two about the art of coir-making, basketry, handicrafts and much more.
See how to catch a crab, fish using bait or get a chance to view the villagers going about their daily chores.
Back to the car and return to the Grand Hyatt.
1. It's better to opt for this visit during the first half of the day.
2. Please allow us approx. 5 hours to complete this experience.
3. Modest clothing is recommended.
5. It can sometimes be sunny or rain unexpectedly in Kochi, so keep rain gear, sunglasses, sunscreen and insect repellents handy.
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In the early 20th century, Russian botanist Nikolai Vavilov created a preserve outside St. Petersburg that today contains one of the world's largest collections of rare seeds and crops. Now, scientists and conservationists are waging an international campaign to save the reserve's fields from being bulldozed for housing development.
Correctly surmising that this region of Kazakhstan was "the chief home of European fruit trees," Vavilov collected the seeds of the many varieties of apple and other trees, eventually hauling them back to his scientific base in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg.
at the Pavlovsk Station in 2010.
The trees that sprouted from those seeds, and more than 5,000 other varieties of fruits and berries, now grow in a sprawling, 1,200-acre collection of fields about 20 miles south of St. Petersburg, not far from the opulent, 18th-century czarist palace of Pavlovsk. This living repository of trees and bushes — with Europe's most extensive collection of fruits and berries — has been at the center of a dispute in recent months as a federal Russian housing agency has tried to confiscate part of the Pavlovsk Research Station to clear the land for upscale dachas for Russia's burgeoning new elite.
The fate of the station is now in limbo as, after an intense lobbying campaign by botanists and conservation groups around the world, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has announced that the government is investigating the effort to uproot one of the most valuable botanical collections on Earth.
The priceless nature of the Pavlosk station can be traced directly back to Vavilov and his painstaking efforts to collect seeds from what he viewed as hot spots of plant diversity around the world, now known as Vavilov Centers. His insights into the importance of preserving botanical genetic diversity, particularly among food crops, are highly relevant today as that diversity faces unparalleled threats from industrial agriculture dominated by monoculture crops, destruction of wild habitats, and climate change.
The heat wave and subsequent fires that have destroyed much of Russia's wheat harvest this year may have helped increase the chances that Vavilov's storehouse of plants will live on at Pavlovsk. The fires triggered new fears in Russia about the nation's ability to feed itself and the impact of global warming, and raised the profile of scientists working to protect the country's food varieties. As the heat wave has faded, many Russians are now hoping that Pavlovsk can be saved.
The Pavlovsk Research Station, part of the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, houses one of the world's largest collections of seeds and planted crops, roughly 90 percent of which are found in no other scientific collections in the world. The station's inventory includes almost a thousand types of strawberries from more than 40 countries; a similar number of black currant varieties from 30 countries, including North America, Europe and the Far East; 600 apple types collected from 35 countries; and more than a hundred varieties each of gooseberries, cherries, plums, red currants, and raspberries. More than half of the black currant varieties grown in Russia, the world's leading producer, were bred at Pavlovsk. Sales of black currants in Russia are valued at more than $400 million annually.
These old varieties are still needed to provide genes to protect commercial varieties against new threats ranging from pests to climate change, and to confer new attributes. Such older varieties are mostly held in trust by commercial and international institutions, either in the form of seeds held in cold storage or plantings in places like Pavlovsk.
The station had seemed destined to fall victim to a drive by the Russian government to free up public land for sale to developers. Pavlovsk is in the St. Petersburg suburb of Pushkin and is increasingly surrounded by up-market apartments and holiday homes, in an area made fashionable because of its proximity to Pavlovsk, the palace built by Catherine the Great. In late 2009, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development handed over one-fifth of the station's fields to the Federal Fund of Residential Real Estate Development, which is tasked with finding housing land.
A sign at Pavlovsk marks a collection of decorative perennial plants.
News that the Pavlovsk station was threatened with a state land grab first emerged over the summer. However, what looked like a done deal has attracted a high-profile international campaign that could be on the verge of success — just as the world's governments meet in Japan next month to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity.
In any case, Fowler says the long-term intention is clear. The region's planners have zoned the entire station for development, and the land that the federal real estate fund wants to take first is in the middle of the station's fields. "So if they get that, it is only a question of time before the rest of the fields will be taken," says Fowler.
The station is undeniably dilapidated, and little plant breeding or research into plant genomes is now carried out there. A visit by American scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as long ago as 1975, said "the buildings are old and run down and poorly equipped… the laboratories are grossly inadequate by U.S. standards." Stripped of funds since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, parts of the station lie virtually abandoned. In other areas, the staff does little more than maintain the collection of old varieties. Even so, the collection is unique and potentially of great value.
In recent years, nobody has crosschecked the station's plants with other collections outside Russia. "It is possible that some samples are being duplicated elsewhere, but the majority are not," says the director general of the Vavilov Institute, Nikolai Dzyubenko. Nonetheless, international authorities say the collection probably contains many genes of potentially great value in developing new commercial varieties. Many of its varieties are unusually hardy in cold temperatures and are disease-resistant.
before he ran afoul of Joseph Stalin.
Vavilov began collecting plants across Asia in 1916, working first on wild and early cultivated varieties of wheat and other grain crops, before moving on to other crops and other continents and establishing the research stations that housed his collections. Through his travels in the Caucasus, Afghanistan, the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia, Japan, China, Korea, the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America, Vavilov realized that cradles of botanical diversity were most often found in mountainous regions, where the many changes in topography and climate led to the evolution and development of highly diverse species.
The Pavlovsk experimental station, established in 1926, is one of 11 seed banks that Vavilov created across the former Soviet Union. In the 1930s, he worked diligently to expand his collections, but as the decade wore on he ran afoul of Joseph Stalin for disputing the views of the quack scientist, Trofim Lysenko, a Stalin favorite who maintained that characteristics acquired through the environment could be inherited. Vavilov was arrested by Stalin's secret police and thrown into the gulag, where he died of starvation in 1943. During the Nazi siege of Leningrad during World War II, scientists at Vavilov's institute protected its collections, with some succumbing to starvation rather than consuming the collection's rice and other crops.
Crop diversity has always been the Cinderella of conservation, even though the hundreds of thousands of crop varieties bred by farmers and scientists over several millennia represent a hugely important resource. But the fight to save the Pavlovsk station has attracted a great deal of international support. Fowler launched a "Tweet Medvedev" campaign in mid-July. And top crop scientists and research organizations have added their voices to the protests, including DIVERSITAS, a network of scientists devoted to preserving biodiversity, and the International Society for Horticultural Science.
Should the Russian government ignore the international outcry and move ahead with plans to develop the Pavlovsk Station, scientists are discussing the need for an emergency rescue plan. But there are serious doubts about how much of the collection could be saved. One option might have been to rush seeds from Pavlovsk to the "doomsday vault" of crop seeds from round the world, which is currently being assembled on the Norwegian island of Svalbard in the Arctic. But according to Fowler, whose job includes overseeing the vault, few of the fruits and berries held at Pavlovsk produce seeds that would survive freezing. To be saved, they would need to be planted elsewhere, a huge logistical task.
With food prices skyrocketing and climate change looming, the world needs a green revolution like the one a generation ago, Fred Pearce writes. But many valuable seed varieties have been lost – and scientists now are scrambling to protect those that remain before they vanish down the genetic drain.
The international campaign has clearly helped buy time for the station and may ultimately save it. Earlier this month, the federal real estate development fund announced that it had postponed the auction of the first parcel of land, intended for Sept. 23, until at least the end of October, and had set up an international scientific commission to look into the issue and make recommendations.


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Edward D. Hess
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HessE@darden.virginia.edu
Academic Area
Organic Growth, Innovation, & Learning, Mindsets, Behaviors, & Processes, High Performance Organizations, Values-Based Leadership
Education: B.S., University of Florida; J.D., University of Virginia; L.L.M., New York University
Professor Ed Hess spent more than 20 years in the business world as a senior executive at Warburg Paribas Becker, Boettcher & Company, the Robert M. Bass Group and Arthur Andersen.
He joined academia in 2002 as an adjunct professor of organization and management at the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University, where he was the founder and executive director of The Center for Entrepreneurship and Corporate Growth and of The Values-Based Leadership Institute.
In 2007, he joined the faculty of the Darden Business School as professor of business administration and the first Batten Executive-in-Residence. He teaches in the Darden Business School MBA & EMBA Programs and has taught in over 15 Executive Education programs and in Executive Programs at IESE (Barcelona), the Indian School of Business, Georgia Tech and AVT Denmark.
He is the author of 12 books, over 120 practitioner articles and over 60 Darden cases, etc., dealing with growth, innovation and learning cultures, systems and processes. The common theme of his work is high individual and organizational performance.
His book Smart Growth was named a Top 25 business book in 2010 for business owners by Inc. Magazine and a Top 10 Business Book for 2010 by the Toronto Globe and was awarded the Wachovia Award for Research Excellence. Learn or Die was an Amazon bestseller and was awarded the Wells Fargo Award for Research Excellence.
His recent bestselling book is Hess& Ludwig, Humility Is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age (Berrett-Koehler, 2017).
Hess' work has appeared in Fortune Magazine, European Business Review, HBR, SHRM, Fast Company, Wired, Forbes, Inc., Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Businessweek, the Financial Times and in more than 400 other global media publications, as well as on CNBC Squawk Box, Fox Business News with Maria Bartiroma, Big Think, WSJ Radio, Bloomberg Radio with Kathleen Hayes, Dow Jones Radio, MSNBC Radio, Business Insider and Wharton Radio.
His current research focuses on innovation and learning mindsets, behaviors and processes integrating neuroscience, business and elite performance research with the learnings of the great Eastern and Western philosophies.
Darden Ideas to Action Expert Page
Humility is the New Smart
Learn or Die
Management of Smaller Enterprises
Organic Growth: The Challenges of Innovation
Innovation Excellence - Organizational, Team & Individually (EOM)
Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part I
Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part II
Servant Leadership: A Path to High Performance
Drive Business Growth and Innovation: Mindsets, Behaviors and Tools
Edward D. Hess's Ideas to Action Posts
Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age: An Introduction
Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age
Teamwork: UVA Basketball Coach Tony Bennett's 5 Pillars of Success
Hess, Edward. "The Power of an Idea Meritocracy" Darden Ideas to Action (26 April 2018)
Hess, Edward. "Transforming School Education for the Smart Machine Age" Education: Future Frontiers (March 2018)
Hess, Edward. "Becoming a Hyper Learning Community: The Future of Business" Darden Ideas to Action (25 Jan 2018)
Hess, Edward. "How Humility Can Outsmart the Smart Machines" IESE Insight (Fourth Quarter, 2017)
Hess, Edward. "Humility - The Key to Success in the Smart Machine Age" Marginalia (30 June 2017)
Hess, Edward. "In the AI Age, "Being Smart" Will Mean Something Completely Different" Harvard Business Review (19 June 2017)
Hess, Edward. "Five Big Conversations We MUST Have About Jobs and the Next Generation" Pittsburgh Better Times (27 May 2017)
Hess, Edward. "Surviving the Digital Age: 4 Corporate Transformations" Darden Ideas to Action (27 April 2017)
Hess, Edward. "The Skills Humans Need to Stay Relevant in the Smart Machine Age" AMA Playbook (24 April 2017)
Hess, Edward. "The Organization of the Future: 3 Essentials" Darden Ideas to Action (7 March 2017)
Hess, Edward. "Are You Smarter Than a Smart Machine? Why 'Old Smart' Is the New Stupid" CEOWorld Magazine (23 February 2017)
Hess, Edward. "Coming Technology Will Likely Destroy Millions of Jobs. Is "President" Trump Ready?" The Washington Post (8 February 2017)
Hess, Edward. "Who Will Lead in the Smart Machine Age?"© Forbes.com (7 February 2017)
Hess, Edward. "To Excel in the Smart Machine Age, We Need Others" Darden Ideas to Action (24 January 2017)
Hess, Edward. "Here's Why Emotions are the Secret Sauce of Innovation" Forbes.com (17 January 2017)
Hess, Edward. "The AI Revolution Will Humanize Businesses" Forbes.com (12 January 2015)
Hess, Edward. "Growth to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses," Ivey Business Journal, (November/December 2012).
Selected Books
Hess, Edward D. Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization, Columbia Business School Publishing of Columbia University Press, August (2014).
Hess, Edward D. The DNA of Business Growth v. The Myths of Business Growth: A Case for Smart Growth. Darden Business Publishing, 2012.
Hess, Edward D. Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Business. Stanford University Press, 2012.
Hess, Edward D. Growing An Entrepreneurial Business: Concepts & Cases. Stanford University Press, 2011.
Liedtka, Jeanne and Edward D. Hess. The Physics of Business Growth: Mindsets, System and Processes. Stanford University Press, 2012.
Hess, Edward D. Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth. Columbia Business School Publishing, 2010.
Hess, Edward D. and Charles T. Goetz. So,You Want to Start a Business?: 8 Steps to Take Before Making the Leap, 2008.
Advancing knowledge through research that shapes business, Darden professors are recognized thought leaders in their fields. They are not only master case method teachers, they also author many of the cases used in Darden classrooms and around the world.
Edward D. Hess' cases are available in the Darden Business Publishing website


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View Dubai in a larger map. Dubai city. The Dubai Municipality is every now and then referred to as Dubai city to distinguish it from the emirate Dubai itself. Dubai is positioned on the northeast coast of the United Arab Emirates and have common borders with Abu Dhabi emirate in the south, Sharjah emirate in the northeast, and Oman in the southeast.
The World or The World Islands, (Arabic: جزر العالم; Juzur al-Ālam) is an artificial archipelago of various small islands constructed in the rough shape of a world map, located in the waters of the Persian Gulf, 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
is Dubai a country or where is Dubai on the map of the world? Well, for starters, Dubai is not a country. It is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, commonly referred to as UAE. It is the most populous city in the UAE and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai.
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Dubai World had racked up $25 billion in debts prior to 2009, and when the economy tanked, Dubai needed a way to restructure. The World would have to wait. Nakheel's 2006 rendering of The World.
Dubai also hosts both the annual Dubai Tennis Championships and The Legends Rock Dubai tennis tournaments, as well as the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament and the DP World Tour Championship, all of which attract sports stars from around the world. The Dubai World Cup, a thoroughbred horse race, is held annually at the Meydan Racecourse.
Welcome to The World, a new development by Nakheel that gives your most imaginative investment dreams the room to be realized. A collection of 300 private islands in the shape of continents located off the coast of Dubai, The World reinvents the earth and offers the ultimate in privacy and exclusivity.
So Where is Dubai on the World Map?
So Where is Dubai on the World Map? Hi Sunil here to answer where is Dubai You may know quite a bit about Dubai but not know exactly where it is located. There is a lot of information online as well as Dubai maps that show Dubai geography and its nearby areas.