The world is going digital and so are the companies which want to gain a competitive edge in the market. Additionally, the importance of digital advertising has risen sharply because of factors like increasing smartphone penetration and reducing data costs.
AnyMind Group, the parent company of Singapore-based AdAsia Holdings, aims to transform the advertising, marketing and human resource industries through easy-to-use, AI-based solutions. The company recently announced an additional round of funding of US$13.4 million from LINE Corporation, a communication platform provider and developer of the LINE messenger app and Mirai Creation Fund, a limited partnership mainly backed by Toyota Motor Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and operated by SPARX Group.
The funds raised will be used to further develop existing platforms, grow market share in the advertising, marketing and human resource industries, and bring in the talent to effectively carry out these initiatives. One of AnyMind Group's primary goals for this round of funding is on strategic business collaborations with LINE Corporation and the Mirai Creation Fund.
"We have experienced great growth in the past 2.5 years, and are now looking to enter our next phase of progress – expanding market share in the geographies and industries we're in. As we've been operating at a profit since January 2017, our focus for this round was to select investors that could take us to that next level of growth" said Kosuke Sogo, chief executive officer and co-founder of AnyMind Group.
As part of the strategic collaboration, LINE Corporation will collaborate with AdAsia Holdings, for digital advertising. AdAsia Holdings provides various offerings in advertising technology, including solutions like the AdAsia Digital Platform for Publishers, which provides online media owners with a solution that consolidates multiple advertiser demand sources with layers of AI-driven optimization of advertiser demand sources and dynamic floor pricing for an advertisement space.
Currently, AdAsia Holdings is powering more than 12 billion monthly impressions across 800 publishers in Asia through the display, native and video advertising.
"Mirai Creation Fund supports the development and expansion of AI-driven business by utilizing knowledge gained from past investments in many AI companies. In addition, Mirai Creation Fund, in cooperation with its limited partnership companies, intends to conduct more sophisticated advertising and marketing activities in Japan and other Asian countries by utilizing AdAsia's platform," said Shuhei Abe, chief executive officer and the founder of SPARX Group.
Since starting operations as AdAsia Holdings in April 2016, the 29-month-old company has expanded into 11 markets, with 13 offices, including a product development centre in Ho Chi Minh City. The company generated US$12.9 million in revenue for 2016, and more than doubled that in 2017 to US$26 million, and has been operating at a profit since January 2017.
"Ultimately, we want to empower professionals, businesses and industries to adopt emerging technology, including AI-powered solutions, providing them with end-to-end platforms for their needs. To keep up with the growth of our products in three separate industries, we will expand our engineering resource by four times, and locate additional product development headcount in our Bangkok and Tokyo offices," added Sogo.
AdAsia Holdings raised an initial Series A funding round of US$12 million in April 2017, and an additional US$2.5 million in September 2017 to develop its technology and scale outside of the advertising and marketing industry.
Earlier this year, the startup expanded into AnyMind Group, with the aim of providing industries, businesses and professionals with a suite of technology solutions that enable greater efficiency and scale. These are housed under three subsidiaries.


The world is a wonderful place, filled with amazing destinations, fun-filled adventures and fascinating people.
It can also be filled with unforeseen political events, unpredictable weather, unexpected illness and any number of small but potentially challenging travel incidents.
Travel insurance—with various coverage levels, cost and benefits—can be one of the most important purchases you make while preparing to travel, giving you both tangible benefits should you need it, and serious peace of mind even if you don't. It's important for travelers of all ages and travel itineraries of any kind.
Whether you are planning a quick jaunt to a large metropolitan city in Europe or a rugged outdoor adventure in a remote, faraway locale, having protection for unexpected events for both you and your family is crucial.
•	Most U.S. health insurance policies do not work outside the country, and foreign medical providers may require payment up-front or when services are rendered.
Injury or illness could even require you to return home early, necessitating the purchase of a full-fare, one-way airline ticket (covered by many policies).
•	NEW! Some countries, like Ecuador, are now requiring proof of medical coverage or evacuation insurance upon arriving at a local airport. Failure to procure coverage ahead of time may result in your being denied entry into the country.
•	Travel interruption or cancellation insurance is more than just coverage for illness. While you may be healthy and active, accidents can, and do occur, both before and during travel. And travel interruptions for situations like weather, flight delays, strikes or mechanical failures may affect your ability to meet a cruise ship or train departure, and can seriously impact your travel itinerary. Some policies will also cover you if you need to return home early due to medical emergencies from family members at home.
•	There are also a number of policies available that cover pre-existing medical conditions—so travelers with ongoing illnesses or chronic conditions can be protected while traveling. Read descriptions carefully and take note of any special purchase requirement.
•	For those who want the best protection—opt for "cancel for any reason" coverage. It requires a timely purchase but can cover up to 75% of your investment if you choose to cancel your trip at any time (or for any reason) before departing. Read all the fine print on a policy of this type.
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To read our comprehensive article on travel insurance, click Travel Insurance: why you really do need it.


BENALMADENA town hall claims to have stamped out prostitution in the Solymar area thanks to a new night-time police patrol.
Less vandalism, fighting and drinking in the streets are other triumphs – although police admit it may be due to the change in season.
Where is the picyure with this story supposed to be. Certainly not anywhere close to Plaza Solymar.


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Results show the suppressive effect of OCC-1 RNA on transcription level of the APPL2 gene provides a putative colorectal neoplasm progression index.
It concludes that APPL2(PH) binding to BAR domain and Reptin is mutually exclusive which regulates the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Reptin.
Data indicate that a high level of APPL2 protein might enhance glioblastoma growth by maintaining low expression level of genes responsible for cell death induction.
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Genetic variation(s) in APPL1/2 may be associated with CAD risk in T2DM in Chinese population.
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The protein encoded by this gene is one of two effectors of the small GTPase RAB5A/Rab5, which are involved in a signal transduction pathway. Both effectors contain an N-terminal Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain, a central pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, and a C-terminal phosphotyrosine binding (PTB) domain, and they bind the Rab5 through the BAR domain. They are associated with endosomal membranes and can be translocated to the nucleus in response to the EGF stimulus. They interact with the NuRD/MeCP1 complex (nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase /methyl-CpG-binding protein 1 complex) and are required for efficient cell proliferation. A chromosomal aberration t(12\;22)(q24.1\;q13.3) involving this gene and the PSAP2 gene results in 22q13.3 deletion syndrome, also known as Phelan-McDermid syndrome.


Hyatt Regency New Orleans is perfectly located in the middle of all there is to do and see. Step just outside to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Smoothie King Arena for sports or Champions Square for special events. Walk to the Arts District or to Bourbon Street. Or hop a streetcar to the enchanting Garden District.
Catch NFL action, world-class concerts, and incredible special events at this premier sports arena less than a 5-minute walk from our hotel. Get there early to tour the Hall of Fame football memorabilia.
Home to professional basketball in New Orleans, this popular arena is adjacent to our hotel for easy access to exciting events, including college sports, boxing matches, arena football games, wrestling events, and concerts.
Dive into a fascinating underwater world as you come face to face with exotic marine life from penguins and sea turtles to a vibrant Caribbean coral reef. The aquarium also features an immersive walk-through tunnel and a hands-on stingray pool.
Let your children's imaginations run free and their hands explore things from bubbles and bones to art and architecture. This fully interactive experience is designed to enrich their creativity and love of learning as well as inspire play and discovery.
Bourbon Street is a lively and colorful promenade in the heart of the French Quarter. Known for its New Orleans bars, clubs, jazz, and music venues and Cajun food, Bourbon Street is a vibrant streetscape that gives a deep look into the soul of New Orleans.
The oldest neighborhood in the city offers classic restaurants, music venues, boutique shopping and voodoo temples. Some of the most popular areas include Royal Street, Chartres Street, Jackson Square, Bourbon Street and the French Market.
Frenchmen Street is home to the Crescent City's most popular music venues, including The Maison and Snug Harbor. In addition to the many bars and restaurants, Frenchman has become a favorite locals' destination with music and food that truly authentic.
Ogden Museum is home to the largest collection of Southern art in the world and is dedicated to telling the full story of the South through Southern art, music, literature, and cuisine. Visitors can view one-of-a-kind art by Southern artists.
Located in the historic Arts District, the Contemporary Arts Center focuses on multidisciplinary modern and contemporary art. The center hosts a variety of events, performances, and special exhibits throughout the year.
The New Orleans Museum of Art is the city's oldest fine arts museum, currently housing over 40,000 permanent pieces of art with emphasis on French, American, Japanese, and African art. The museum is also home to a beautifully kept sculpture garden.
The National WWII Museum in New Orleans is America's official WWII museum. It features exhibits, personal artifacts, and multimedia experiences that provide a glimpse into the American experience of WWII and how it changed the world.
Canal Place is home to one of the premiere shopping destinations in New Orleans, with world-renowned retailers side by side with local designers. And it's all situated at the foot of Canal Street along the Mississippi River.
The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk New Orleans features over 75 retailers and restaurants along the Mississippi River. The combination of shopping, dining, and exploring the scenic river offers visitors a unique and relaxing experience.
Just a few miles from the hotel, Magazine Street is in the heart of the lovely Garden District. It's a beautiful, walkable area with antique shops, design studios, bistros, and offbeat clothing stores. You'll even find old-style barbers for a shave.
Dating back to the French Colonial era, Royal Street is one of the oldest streets in New Orleans. Royal runs through the heart of the French Quarter tourist district and is best known for its many art galleries and antiques shops.


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Three Consumer Habits for Making a Meaningful Change in the Covid-19 World
Consumer Habits
By Dr. Mari Luomi
We must seize this historic opportunity to fulfil our generational responsibility to create a better, cleaner and greener future. While governments and businesses also need to act, individual choices matter. There are three green, high-impact lifestyle changes that many of us have already embarked on without noticing. Going forward, we need to turn them into habits.
Habits for Us to Forge
Right now, our entire lives revolve around the Covid-19 crisis. Many of us fortunate to still have a job and be healthy are left with more spare time than ever before. We make plans for when life returns to normal. Most of us are still in denial but the inconvenient truth is that normal, as we know it, will no longer be attainable after the pandemic subsides.
In the absence of a vaccine or cure that is made widely available, we may be facing years of extended preventive measures like social distancing and temporary lockdowns. Over this time, we will form many new habits. We will adopt some of these because of changing external circumstances: we will travel less and pay more attention to hygiene and health, for example.
But many habits are ours to form. By being confined to our homes, we are already consuming and polluting much less than previously. While this has been a forced slow-down that has profoundly disrupted our daily lives, it also gives us an opportunity to step back. With consumer demand for many products and services radically down, there is no better time to proactively shape behaviours that help us collectively get to a climate-safe and resilient world—break bad, polluting habits and build new, greener and healthier ones.
But does individual action matter? Yes, it does. The first step is to avoid falling into the trap of discrediting the power of individuals. Studies show that consumer demand is the main driver for sustainability initiatives in companies and in many markets demand for green products are growing multiple times faster than their conventional equivalents.
But not all consumer choices are equal. People can easily get distracted from the big picture by bamboo toothbrushes or paper straws. Even better informed consumers face a difficult choice between which environmental impacts to focus on: water security, marine plastics, climate change, species extinction, animal welfare—the list seems endless. But since climate change is by many measures the major challenge of the century, focusing on the carbon footprint of our choices is arguably a good starting point.
Scientists who ranked individual lifestyle choices with the highest carbon footprint-reducing impact concluded that having fewer children is by far the most significant impactful action. Fortunately, however, for those of us already habiting this planet there are a number of things we can do.
But first, how much do we emit here in the UAE? Based on government data, an average UAE resident's carbon footprint calculated on a per capita basis for 2014 (most recent year for official data) was 18.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) per year—almost three times the global average, 6.7 tCO2e. Per capita figures naturally only offer broad insights: they for example include the emissions from oil and gas refining (19% of the UAE's total emissions) but omit things like the manufacturing footprint of imported goods and international aviation emissions. They also ignore the fact that a construction worker's footprint is minuscule compared to someone who owns a villa and two SUVs.
Per capita emissions, however, are the best proxy we have at the moment. And the end goal is clear: in order to keep global warming below 1.5°C, global per capita emissions should converge at significantly lower levels—2.5 tCO2e by 2030, according to one study. This would mean an 86% decrease in our carbon footprints over the next decade if the global budget were divided equally among all humans.
Much of this change will need to come from how energy is generated and how products and services are produced. But there are three major ways in which UAE consumers can have an impact, while generating considerable health and economic co-benefits:
What we eat:
Movement restrictions have forced us to eat differently, and many are now more conscious of their food choices—both for hygiene and health reasons. The good news is that diets can have a significant positive impact on both our health and carbon footprints. A plant-based diet in a developed country on average saves 0.8 tCO2e each year, and eating less meat up to half of this. One kilogram of beef results in 60 kg of CO2e emissions across the supply chain. With an estimated beef consumption of 10 kg per capita, the UAE's per capita emissions from beef alone are somewhere around 0.6 tCO2e.
Transportation makes up for a small share of the carbon footprint of most foods, which means that even though the UAE imports 90% of its food, what we eat is more important from an emissions perspective than where food comes from – even if supporting local sustainable agriculture will benefit the UAE economy more.
Food waste is another major source of emissions: with a food loss rate of 197 kg per person, it costs the UAE 13 billion Dirhams every year. In simple terms, eating less meat or going plant-based, and avoiding waste are a great way to get started.
How we move locally:
Living car-free in an average industrialised country avoids 2.8 tCO2e per year—equivalent to 15% of the average UAE per capita footprint. Electric and fuel-efficient cars can achieve up to half of this amount of savings, but low-density housing in turn leads to longer commutes and higher emissions. Fortunately, increased frequency of remote work will mean less commutes, but this will not be enough. In the absence of broad public transport networks, living close to one's workplace and services and buying an electric car when the time comes to switch are the next best options in the UAE.
Having fewer internal combustion engine vehicles on the roads also helps the UAE maintain its air pollutants at healthy levels. According to the government, road transport generates 78% of carbon monoxide, 38% of nitrogen oxide and 32% of non-methane volatile organic compound emissions in the UAE. In short: avoiding long commutes, carpooling, and switching to hybrid or electric have a big impact.
Why we travel and where:
By far the most effective way of cutting carbon footprints is minimising air travel. An extremely emissions-intensive activity, a single transatlantic roundtrip emits 1.6 tonnes of CO2e—or more than half of what an average individual in the developed world emits by driving a car for an entire year.
While the coronavirus crisis will hit the aviation industry hard, on the other side of the coin is a world in which individuals are learning to appreciate the time saved and emissions growth in this sector is limited. For academics at least, reduced air travel has been demonstrated to have no impact on their productivity.
With less air travel, the UAE's tourism industry is also struggling. Local tourism is not only more sustainable but supporting it can also help maintain jobs in the difficult years ahead. In addition to the well-tested UAE staycations, future holidays could include EV road trips, desert getaways and mountain camping. In other words, the really big reductions are in reducing business travel and vacationing locally.
Not the Bins or the Bulbs (Alone)
The majority of us wish to see a difference: a recent poll of 14 major economies found that 65% of people want climate change to be prioritised in the post-Covid-19 economic recovery. Schools, governments and media, however, have not done the best job communicating about the most effective ways for individuals to cut their footprints. Contrary to what one might think, comprehensive recycling is four time less effective from an emissions point of view than plant-based diets. Switching light bulbs is eight times less effective.
There are many actions that the UAE government and companies will need to lead on, including providing clean sources of energy, supporting energy efficiency measures, mandating more stringent green building codes, and expanding public transport and sustainable mobility services.
But individuals can have a significant impact too, if empowered with knowledge and motivation. We are already more conscious of the food we eat. We have seen the positive impacts of less fossil fuel-powered traffic on air quality. And local holidays can be a win-win both for the economy and the environment.
Psychologists suggest that habits take an average of two months to form. So let's start today!
Image: Article illustration by IISD/ENB, Photos taken on Tuesday, 13 November 2017 (Day #7)
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Meet the Cast of 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho'
RyanHorror NewsAlfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, James D'Arcy, Jessica Biel, Movies, Scarlett Johansson11 Comments
A few weeks ago I wrote about BBC Two's docudrama The Girl which explores Hitchcock's obsession with The Birds star, Tippi Hedren. Fox Searchlight has decided to take a look into the mind of the Master of Suspense as well with a film titled Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho on the rise. Quietly, Searchlight has been casting for their upcoming film for a few months now and they have just added another name to the long list of talented actors. The film is about exactly what the title implies and is based on the non-fiction book written by Stephen Rebello that follows Hitchcock at the height of his game as a film director. With his success he decided to make a "lowly" horror film that basically no studio wanted anything to do with it. Upon hearing this, Hitchcock pulled together the financing for the film by himself. In doing so he created one of his biggest hits and one of the most influential horror films of all time.
"They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly."
It may seem strange to make a film about making a film but the story behind creating Psycho is quite interesting. Paramount hated the idea of this film which is where the problems started for Hitchcock. He was originally slated to direct No Bail For the Judge with Audrey Hepburn but when she got pregnant they had to throw those plans out the window. Because of this, Hitchcock moved on to Psycho and the studio was so against him making this film that they gave him a useless budget and resources, basically making him build his own sets and utilize actors from his TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents. So you see, getting this film made was much more difficult than people realize.
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho looks to be a fascinating film not only about one of cinemas most influential directors but it's also an in depth look into the making of the horror film that started it all, Psycho. With an all-star cast to back it up, this film is shaping up to be one that any fan of Hitchcock or the horror genre in general won't want to miss. Check out the cast below.
UPDATE: The title of the film has been changed to a much simpler, Hitchcock.
Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh
Jessica Biel as Vera Miles
Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock
Helen Mirren as Alma Reville (Hitchcock's wife)
James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins
As always, thanks for reading.
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11 thoughts on "Meet the Cast of 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho'"
AndyWatchesMovies says:
Ooh! Very interesting. I'll be sure to keep this on my radar
rwhyan says:
For sure, the cast alone makes this worth checking out.
Yeah, definitely. Wondering if they will give Sir Hopkins a prosthetic neck/jowl enhancer? CGI, perhaps?
Good question! I would guess that other than him possibly gaining some weight for the role they will probably leave his face untouched cause it might take people out the experience with cgi and what not.
I, for one, demand CGI neck flab, dammit!
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thehipsterhubster says:
Reblogged this on The Hipster Hubster and commented:
I'm kind of against reblogging because it seems like total creativity-theft/lazinessssss, buuut I was too lazy to post about this myself and RHINO did a better job than I would have. HERE TIS: Some characters from a thing about some stuff.
Thanks man! Much appreciated!
Course! Worthy of a reblog! 😀
Aloha Mister Hand says:
Very neat! I like the unique idea of making a film about making a film, lol! I don't see Scarlett as Janet Leigh at all, but that's just me, I've never been a big fan of hers to begin with. Great post!!!:)
Thanks. Yea, Johansson is my least favorite on that list but at least everyone else is a great choice. You never know, she might be a surprise.


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BASEBALL SPORTS
Maverick baseball struggles to find consistency
March 16, 2016 March 16, 2016 Tommy Wiita	0 Comments	baseball, Mavericks, sports, Tommy Wiita
Mavs have to improve double plays, strikeouts
Head Coach Matt Magers has a rather young squad to lead this spring, as the MSU Baseball team struggled at times to find consistency on its annual spring trip to Florida.
The team lost two of three games to Embry-Riddle to kick-off the stretch, as the pitching gave up a combined 19 runs in the three games. Pitching would prove to be an item of higher value of winning ballgames in Florida, as the Mavericks went 5-1 when allowing five runs or less in the game.
The offense was lighting up the scoreboard, as the Mavs scored double digits in three of the games and averaged a run total of 7.6 runs scored per game. Minnesota State would then defeat Ohio Dominican 9-4, but dropped the next two games against Florida Southern and Northwood as they let up 12 and 16 runs, respectively in each match up.
The Mavericks would then earn a win over Walsh 5-3, followed up by a close 3-2 loss to West Chester. Ending on a good note, the Mavericks offense exploded for a combined 26 runs in the final two games to end their week at 5-5.
Junior infielder Eric Peterson is leading the Mavericks in batting average (.378), runs scored (17), tied for the lead in hits (17), hit by pitch (7), and on-base percentage (.508). Through 45 at-bats, the Eagan high school alum has only struck out once.
Senior outfielder Taylor Branstad has had quite the season to start as well, as he is hitting .340 with a team-leading runs batted in at 15. Branstad also is tied for the team lead in homeruns with two. As a team, MSU is hitting .284 with 94 runs scored in 13 games.
Something the Mavericks will have to work on with offense is hitting into double plays as they are currently tied for 15th in Division II in that department. Minnesota State Mankato will also have to minimize their strikeouts, as they are averaging 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings. With a young team, most can definitely expect to see this and expect growth from it.
As a pitching staff, the Mavericks will have to continue to improve as the season grows with age. As a team, the Mavs have a 4.68 earned run average (ERA), which is not terrible but it could definitely be improved.
Sophomore Dalton Roach is leading the arms with a 4.50 ERA. He is 1-1 on the season and has struck out 20 batters in 18 innings pitched.
Senior Peter Gaustad has started a season any pitcher would love, as he is yet to allow a run through 8 2/3 innings pitched. The Mavericks have done a good job not giving up too many walks so far, as they have only allowed 45 walks through 109.2 innings.
Through it all, MSU has a 13-8 record and played some tough teams through the Florida Trip. With their next two games against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside canceled due to weather, the Mavericks will face Bethany Lutheran College next Tuesday, the 22nd of March at home. Look for the team to continue to grow together as one unit and be ready for when conference play begins March 25th.
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Tommy Wiita
Tommy is a junior mass media major at MSU. He plays on the club baseball team and enjoys the outdoors. You can follow him on Twitter (@Wiita_BEST) or contact him via email at thomas.wiita@mnsu.edu .


It may sound a little like something out of an episode of the "The Jetsons," but the reality is the Federal Aviation Administration is required to implement regulations to integrate commercial drones into the national airspace by 2015, meaning flying robots are going to become a lot more common in the U.S.
But entrepreneurs aren't waiting for the FAA deadline before building their start-ups. The moment is too ripe with opportunity to not jump in the commercial drone business now, those in the burgeoning space say.
"It's just one of those moments," said Chris Anderson, co-founder and CEO of 3D Robotics, which makes unmanned automated vehicles (UAVS). "It's the economy at scale. Those technologies that used to be incredibly expensive are now very cheap and getting better and faster than any other technology in history."
In March, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International—the world's largest unmanned systems industry organization—forecast the total domestic economic impact of introducing drones into U.S. airspace by the FAA's 2015 deadline would reach more than $82.1 billion between 2015 and 2025.
With cash like that on the line, it's no wonder start-ups aren't waiting to get in the game.
Anderson said that he aims to make the new machines—which will launch in about three months—so simple that if someone had never used a drone before the user could easily figure it out the first time using it.
While Anderson focuses on building drones, there are a slew of other drone-focused start-ups that see big potential in developing the software and services for the coming drone economy, said Jeremy Conrad, founder of the hardware start-up incubator Lemnos Labs.
Airware, a company born out the Lemnos Labs program, is one of these start-ups that is not actually building the drones, but is making the hardware and software that third-parties can program so that the drone can perform different tasks.
VC firms, which have traditionally strayed from hardware investments, are taking a gamble on more hardware companies now, including drone start-ups, because the technology to make these devices and build the support for them has become cheap.
"The technology has gotten mature to the point that it's now pretty easy to make the Silicon start-up model work to get into the drone business," Anderson said. "Hardware is starting to act more like software."
DroneDeploy, which just recently came out of the start-up incubator Angelpad, is another businesses focused on providing a drone-focused service. The company, which is in the early stages of raising funding, makes the software that allows people to manage a fleet of drones.


Officials representing townships of the second class in Clarion County met Thursday, September 18, 2014, at the Knox Fire Hall, Knox, PA for their 94th Annual County Convention. The purpose of the annual convention is to provide township officials with up-to-date information to help them better serve their residents and to give them an opportunity to exchange ideas on local government issues.
The convention featured a wide range of speakers, including David Sanko, PSATS Executive Director. Mr. Sanko talked about legislation affecting townships of the second class, association programs and services for townships, and issues of major importance to townships and their residents.
Other speakers who will address the township officials include: Sgt. Jeffrey S. Wilson, PA State Police; Trudy Alexander & Bernie Spozio, Clarion County Conservation District; Kimberly Bullivant, COSTARS Marketing Manager; Robin Young, Northwest Commission PA Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC); John A. Straitiff, Northwest Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau and Meredith Hill, Pennsylvania Wilds; Michael Forman, DCED Governor's Center for Local Government; Randy Mitchell, RAK Computer Co.; Sherry Labs, President of the PSTCA; Judy Corbett, Clarion County Tax Claim; Roxanne Randolph and Carol Shettler, Clarion County Assessment Office .
At the convention there were 24 exhibitors and their representatives displaying their products and services. In attendance was representatives of county, state and national government. Also the Clarion County Association of Township Officials presented their annual awards to the 2014 Outstanding Township and the 2014 Outstanding Individual.
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German Aviation Innovation Award
Aero Enterprise among the top 3 finalists
Aero Enterprise among the top 3 finalists > VIDEO!
On 29th June the management of Aero Enterprise was invited to Berlin as a finalist of the German Aviation Innovation Award (IDL). Aero Enterprise was nominated in the category "Industry 4.0".
The IDL was held for the second time this year. The jury formed renowned aerospace companies and technology such as:
DLR Germany, Airbus Group, Lufthansa, Bitkom, ZAL Center for Applied Aviation Research, Fraport AG and MTU Aero Engines.
Industry 4.0 describes the megatrend digitization in aviation and shows which innovations are relevant for all sectors.
"We thank the IDL for the nomination and look forward together with the winner Airbus Operations GmbH continues to set new impulses for the aviation of the future," says Robert Hörmann.


You're sure to want this super-soft Stitch pillow as a part of your ohana! The pillow sports 3D hair and ear details that make it just as snuggly soft as the adorable alien himself. It's your own personal 626.


Usually called the "form standard" and "exclusion" attitude, the devil wearing Prada seems to tame, the latest fashion in the fashion custom swimwear manufacturers industry, and the picture of a distorted model and undecorated time. Through active sports marketing activities, the body NYFW represents a more representative world of different body types, races, and ordinary people. In the vein, the target has been published in the annual custom swimwear, and second years of different female characteristics are completely unadorned, like the United Nations.
Throughout the year, the target will launch more than 1700 swimsuit options (Holy bikini) in a series of $15 to $50. The company said in a press release, the sport does not involve any physical remodeling or change, "celebration of women, encourage them to embrace their own physical beauty, this movement is a follow-up to last summer, the purpose is to encourage women to live confidently," according to their own wishes to live".
The movement is characterized by a model of different races, shapes and sizes. Their smiles and suits are positive and central in front of all parts of the crowd, lumps, lumps, pregnancy lines, and other common "defects".
"We wanted to represent swim in a way that s true to life", and traditional retouching just didn t jibe with that "idea." we decided to show the female body, rather than to restore their curve or eliminate stretch marks, "the company installed 2017 movements in the front of the body Yong said in a news release. It sounds like the goal is to stick to its information.
Although it's a bit too cool in the swimming pool now, it's refreshing to see a more accurate body representative.


I am on a rest day, no events which means im on a house arrest and do nothing else but mommy duties. So i decided to play around the kitchen and make use of the Jolly products Flyace Corporation sent me just recently. Recipe in mind is something I could put on the table this Noche Buena. Im a pasta lover myself so I tried cooking Shiitake Pesto Pasta using most of the ingredients that can easily be bought from the supermarket.
Here's a short video for a quick guide. Watch it here..


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'Transformers 5' Teaser Trailer and Title Revealed
May 16, 2016 June 8, 2016 Brianna Reeves
Paramount has released the next Transformers' official title and a teaser trailer. The title, The Last Knight, likely refers to the Knights of Cybertron. The Knights were a fabled group of early Transformers who departed their home planet with little proof of their existence remaining.
You can check out the teaser trailer below, where a still image of Optimus Prime is displayed. Throughout the teaser, Prime's breathing can be heard in the background.
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The teaser also touts the film is scheduled to begin production this summer in Detroit on June 6. Though, it will also be shot in other unnamed locations around the world. "Having one of the highest-profile film franchises created in Michigan is a major economic boost and a testament to the talent of the state's production community," said Jenell Leonard, commissioner of the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office. "The production and economic investment is now happening sooner rather than later, and obviously, the project is a certainty rather than merely a possibility," Leonard noted when the plans for production were revealed.
Michael Bay will return to direct, working with a script from Marcum & Matt Holloway (Iron Man) and Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down). Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto are also attached to the franchise's fifth installment.
The Last Knight will also see the return of Mark Wahlberg from Transformers: Age of Extinction as Cade Yeager. Leading the charge alongside Wahlberg is franchise newcomer Isabela Moner (Growing Up Fisher), who will act as the female lead, Izabella. The film will additionally star The Carmichael Show's Jerrod Carmichael, whose role has yet to be specified.
Transformers: The Last Knight is slated to hit theaters next summer on June 23, 2017.
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Institut français de Norvège > Norge - Oslo > Vitenskap > Club Science – Tackling global inequalities caused by temperature rise with energy-efficient building?
Club Science is back on April 9th with a conference by Åsgard laureate Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet on climate change and enery efficiency. Don't forget to register!
The rise of average temperatures is changing our energy need for climate control: less heating, more cooling. While in Norway and in other wealthy western countries our heating needs are bound to decline, cooling demand is already skyrocketting in the global South. The energy cost and carbon-intensity difference can only worsen global climate inequalities. Moreover, this creates a tension between climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Environmental economist Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet, researcher at the International Research Centre for the Environment and Development (CIRED) will come to the French institute to introduce his research on how to tackle this asymetry using energy efficiency in the building sector.
Rendez-vous on April, Tuesday 9th, 18:00, at the Institut français for a new Club Science conference in English! Right after the conference there will be French wine and food to share.
The event is free of charge. Registration (below) is mandatory.


As a financial planner, you may enjoy helping people to improve their lives through sound financial advice. However, in order to have a successful business, you need to ensure that some of your time is spent on business building and finding new people to help. That can be a challenge, but if you use the two following ideas, you'll be able to expand your reach.
If you're like a lot of financial planners, you might spend a lot of time working on retirement plans. However, people can use financial help throughout their lives. One market you may want to reach is those people who are seeking Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, usually called SSDI or disability insurance. Applying for SSDI can be a challenge for people who don't understand the process, but more than that, having to adjust to life on a fixed income can be difficult. As a financial planner, you can offer your services.
You may not know where to find clients like this, which is why it's a great idea for you to join up with a social security advertising service. Such a service can promote your business through their own networks. That can save you time and bring you business over time.
An easy way for you to reach those who can use your help is to write a series of articles. Where can you put these articles? You can put them on your business website in the form of a blog, or you can contact local papers and magazines which are always looking for original content.
Writing articles accomplishes a few things. First, it allows you to show people your knowledge and experience with a topic that they might be dealing with. Your articles will also give those people somewhere to turn, as each article should be accompanied by your byline and contact information. Lastly, even if someone doesn't need a financial planner today, when they do need one, they will be familiar with your name and may be likely to contact you.
Now that you've got tasks you can do to help your financial planning business, it's time to get started. The tips above can give you a headstart on finding more clients that you can help with your financial planning business. Be sure to talk with others in your industry and in your professional organizations; they can give you more suggestions you might be able to use.


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UFO Engineering, Mothman Sightings, Demon Trackers
Posted in Asian Horror, Asian Sci-Fi, Bigfoot, Evil, Fantasy, Foreign Horror, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction, UFOs, Zombies with tags 1636wpczar, AbsoluteHistory.com, apocalypse, Arkansas, Asian Horror, Asian Sci-Fi, Bigfoot, Bob Lazar, Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers, Brutal Bigfoot, Chicago, corpses, creature, cryptid, cult, Demon's Path, Earth, Evil, exorcist, Fantasy, flying saucers, Foreign Horror, forensic pathologist, government agents, Government physicist, Hong Kong, iZombi, John Amitrano, King Demons of Hell, Mothman, Nature Gone Wild, Old Style, ominous creature, Sasquatch, Science Fiction, The Demonologist, The Last Witch Hunter, Tom Biscardi, U.S. military, UFOs, Vin Diesel, Zombies on December 5, 2018 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Just in time to distract us from a seemingly endless string of horrifying, political news cycles the creepy yet cool, Mothman returns to flitter around the spotlight.
According to a recent article on AbsoluteHistory.com, Mothman was not only seen but photographed. Here's what the article, written by 1636wpczar, had to report…
"It had been a Friday night like any other in Chicago for John Amitrano. As he took a step outside the bar where he was working, however, he apparently noticed something strange in the sky above him. And according to Amitrano, the figure looked just like an ominous creature that people have been claiming to see in the U.S. for the past 50 years."
Mothman was in Chicago and was spotted by a guy leaving a bar? Doesn't sound suspicious to me at all.
While we all share a few gallons of Chicago's Old Style™ (canned beer that tastes like a cryptid p*ssed in it — oddly, not a bad thing) and stagger out and look for the ominous creatures, here are a few now available/upcoming horror/sci documentaries/movies that may or may not look better when viewed under the influence of a few gallons of Old Style™…
BOB LAZAR: AREA 51 & FLYING SAUCERS (available now)
Former Government physicist Bob Lazar made headlines world-wide in 1989 when he came forward with his account of reverse-engineering an alien spacecraft for the U.S. Military. His testimony remains the most controversial and important UFO story of all time. The documentary explores Lazar's groundbreaking claims and the devastating impact it has had on his life over the course of the last thirty years, including rare and never before revealed footage guaranteed to alter the landscape of the debate. He blew the whistle, shocked the world, then went silent — until now.
I've heard Bob Lazar's story for some time now and I believe he not only worked on reverse-engineering captured UFOs, but actually got inside one and poked around. I only have one question: what was in the flying saucer's glove compartment? The truth is out there and I want to believe.
BRUTAL BIGFOOT (available now)
"Join the Searching for Bigfoot field team – led by 'The Godfather of Bigfoot' Tom Biscardi, as they get more than they bargained for when investigating the disappearance of a hiker and the mutilation of a couple deep in the remote Arkansas countryside. During their search, Tom and his team are led to a top secret nuclear testing facility and mutated creatures that reportedly inhabit the woods surrounding the compound. Along the way they gain the unwanted attention of unknown government agents who watch their every move as they search for the truth behind brutal deaths and strange disappearances that are rumored to involve a very large creature.
This one came out a short whilst ago, but it slipped past my radar, mostly due to the fact Tom Biscardi is involved. The self-proclaimed "Godfather of Bigfoot" has been involved in several high-profile, epic FAIL Bigfoot hoaxes in the past and is pretty much a loudmouth out there once again trying to cash in on Bigfoot's good name. Did it work? Scorecard: Bigfoot: 3 / Tom Biscardi: 0.
DEMON'S PATH (December 22, 2018)
"The series follows a forensic pathologist who has the ability to see the last 10-seconds of life of the dead. Working together with a friendly exorcist and a policeman, they solve homicide cases. But as their investigations proceed, they become the target of a murderer."
Never saw any of this popular series as it's done in Hong Kong and my TV can't reach that far. I think I need a bigger antennae (hold your jokes, please). The premise, though, seems to borrow from iZombie, wherein a zombie pathologist eats the brains of corpses brought into the coroner's office and she adopts the personality traits of the dead personage and gets flashbacks as to how that personage died and who died 'em.
THE DEMONOLOGIST (January 1, 2019)
A detective is haunted by nightmares of his past and visions he cannot understand. When he investigates a string of brutal murders, he discovers a Cult that worships the four King Demons of Hell, who plan on bringing them forth to destroy the Earth. He must stop the Cult from starting the Apocalypse and finally come to grips with his birthright and destiny as The Demonologist.
Sounds like a rearranging of The Last Witch Hunter (2015) starring Vin Diesel. Man, that movie stunk as bad as a brutal Bigfoot.
Horror Trivia, Dead Dump, Ghost Boat
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Foreign Horror, Ghosts, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction with tags Alive, All Hallows' Eve, Amazon, Brother's Nest, Christian, Christmas, Classic Horror, corpses, Defcon 1, Evil, Foreign Horror, GameStop, Ghosts, hangover, I'll Take Your Dead, monster, murderers, Nature Gone Wild, paranormal, Planet Halloween, Reddit, Science Fiction, slasher, Soylent Green, The Boat, Trivial Pursuit: Horror Movie Edition, USAopoly on September 8, 2018 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
As first reported by Reddit and not the fake news, USAopoly™ has released Trivial Pursuit: Horror Movie Edition™, just in time for the upcoming alt-Christian holiday All Hallow's Eve, which is like Christmas for Planet Halloween™.
The details are as cool as the $19.99 price: 600 questions that cover 100 years of the horror genre, with topics like epic monster movies, the paranormal, slasher and goriest movies. I just soiled myself.
You can get this delivered right to your face mailbox through Amazon™ or GameStop™. Before you get to clickin', here are a few upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not fall into one or more of Trivial Pursuit's Horror Movie™ categories…
I'LL TAKE YOUR DEAD (2018/2019)
"William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. Through circumstances out of his control, his little farm house in the country has become a dumping ground for the casualties of the gang related murders in the nearby city. His daughter Gloria has become used to the rough looking men dropping off corpses and is even convinced that some of them haunt their house. After a woman's body is dumped at the house, William begins his meticulous process when he realizes that she's not actually dead. As the gang activity increases, William patches up the woman and holds her against her will until he can figure out what to do with her. As they begin to develop an unusual respect for each other, the woman's murderers get word that she's still alive and make a plan to finish what they started."
Dumping bodies on a farm? That's why they're called criminals; bodies can be recycled instead of becoming rodent/bug-attracting illegal landfill. If they can figure it out in Soylent Green (1973), so can we do it today.
"A male patient, badly injured from an unknown event, is trying to piece together his checkered past."
This is normally referred to as a Defcon 1 hangover. It's a moment when you come out of your alcoholic coma to find your body looking like raw hamburger. As painful as it is, you know there's a really great — and highly likely — funny story behind it all.
THE BOAT (2018)
"A lone fisherman on his daily run finds himself lost in a thick fog, which proves impossible to navigate. The worst is yet to come when his encounter with a seemingly abandoned sailboat becomes a fight for survival against an enemy unknown."
Cool — ghost boat! Guess the life preservers didn't work after all. Wonder if this event happened on a…May day. Heh.
BROTHERS' NEST (2018)
"Two brothers are intent on murdering their stepfather before their dying mother changes her will in his favor."
That's one way to do it. Another way would be to dress up as the mom, go to the bank, and make a hefty withdrawal. I've heard that works 17% of the time. I'll take those odds.
Bavarian Vampire
Posted in Classic Horror, Foreign Horror with tags blood, Bloodlust: The Vampire of Nuremberg, Bloodsucking Freaks, Classic Horror, corpses, Foreign Horror, ghoul, gore, graverobber, Mosquito, nudity, Sluprees on December 31, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
In the based-on-a-true-story Bloodlust: The Vampire of Nuremberg (1977), a family-beaten, deaf and dumb guy who witnessed his sister being molested by Father Knows Best (or "Pastor Bedtime"), grows up to discover he has a penchant for watching women have sex with each other and sucking the embalmed gunk out of the throats of dead chicks (not in this order). Fortunately, for him, the local mortuary is overstocked with corpses of attractive young gals.
Calling himself "Mosquito" (cute), he cuts open their boobs, slices off their heads with a pocketknife (!), pops out their eyes, and does near text-book tom-ghoulery in his quest for bloody goodness. He eventually goes after the living and takes out a horny couple trying to bust a move (how rude).
The pacing is slow, the nudity plentiful, the gore explicit. In an homage to Bloodsucking Freaks (1976), try and stomach (if you can) the graphic scenes of a two-pronged straw being used to sip delicious Neck Slurpees™. You'll never drink blood again.
Crappy UFOs, Haunted Mansions, Pre-made Zombies
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Foreign Horror, Nature Gone Wild, Science Fiction, Slashers, UFOs, Vampires, Zombies with tags California, Christo Roppolo, Classic Horror, corpses, Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOS, dead, Delirium, Evil, Foreign Horror, Handi-Wipes, I Make Corpses, Marsten House, Monterey, Nature Gone Wild, Romulan Ale, Salem's Lot, Science Fiction, serial killer, Slashers, The Russian Bride, UFOs, undead, Vampires, Zombies on December 4, 2017 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Recently watched a "documentary" called Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOS (2016). In the first five minutes the cursed and excitable Christo Roppolo, looking to be in his late 50s, reenacts going to the park at night, looking up and seeing a UFO. The said unidentified flying object sets 'ol Christo's innards a' rumblin' and he quickly runs over to a tree, drops trou, and lets loose a huge, public steamer. Laughing, he recounts leaving the park with an identifiable wet stain on the back of his britches. That's icky and funny at the same time!
The eccentric Christo, however, has video proof of multiple UFO sightings around Monterey, CA, documenting quite a few close encounters. And he does this with bowel-emptying glee. (Note to self: bring Handi-Wipes™ on next UFO hunting excursion.)
That publicly stated, here are a few now available/upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not leave you feeling like you need to ruin public parks with your steaming wrongness…
I MAKE CORPSES (available now)
"A serial killer whose work has suddenly become exponentially easier thanks to a recent zombie outbreak and thus, is able to create corpses and make it look like they were simply killed by the undead to avoid any suspicion on his part. During a zombie outbreak the dead reanimate and Ben becomes a little complacent in ensuring the corpses are disposed of correctly, and soon his handiwork rears its ugly head."
This is a film short, which is too bad as the premise is pretty clever cool and would make for a double pretty clever cool full-length feature type thingamajig.
PLANET REHAB (available now/VOD)
"It's a race to save mankind and hybrids from the aliens that would get them hooked on crack. One man, Dakota Schill, armed with his crack factory, fights the good fight against the alien intruders. A little crazy, a lot sexy, and definitely off the wall!"
Drug dealing aliens. Would've thought they'd try and get us drunk on Romulan Ale; we'd be a lot easier to abduct as alcoholics than as crackheads, who are way monkey crazy and unpredictable. Drunks just wanna sit in their own makings and not do anything else except keep drinking. Or so I've heard. Ahem.
DELIRIUM (January 19, 2018)
"The Hell Gang, an exclusive club made up of a group of school friends, promise their classmate Eddie that he can join the gang if he can just make it to the porch of a legendary local mansion with a dark, sinister past. Others have tried but none have made it within sight of the mansion before fleeing back in terror. And Eddie, who is rigged with a camera to prove he did it, does not return at all! Five members of the gang must now go in to find him. They set off, confident that Eddie is trying to prank them, but what they find in the old mansion is even more terrifying than the campfire stories and legends of murdered children that once lived there."
Kinda sounds like a spin on Salem's Lot (1979/2004) and the spooky ass Marsten House, which has been rented to vampires. (They probably had to put down a larger damage deposit to cover carpet cleaning.)
THE RUSSIAN BRIDE (2018)
"A Russian woman travels to America with her daughter to marry a reclusive billionaire, who turns out to be a madman and sends their lives spiraling into a living hell."
Marriage is the best worse horror story ever, and nothing like the rom-coms they churn out like horror movies. If you're married and are happy, disregard the above sentence.
Hospital Zombie
Posted in Classic Horror, Evil, Science Fiction, Zombies with tags Apple, brains, Britney Spears, cadavers, Classic Horror, corpses, Dracula, Evil, formaldehyde, mango, McDonald's Quarter Pounder, med student, Science Fiction, Zombies on September 12, 2014 by Drinkin' & Drive-in
Corpses are like rotten apples – you never know what you're gonna find when you slice open one. And like spoiled fruit, cadavers are filled with worms, stink fumes and black stuff. But what happens when you open the chest cavity of a body that was possessed by, say, evil? And what if the evil part isn't too happy about its fleshy apartment being remodeled? You should know this without using your undissected brain pan.
Some squeaky clean med students are given bodies that have yet to be claimed by Dracula or the nearest closest relative. They need to practice their cutlery skills before given a license to overcharge for it. A young woman's corpse is brought in for boobular dissection. A chick doc-in-training – who looks like Britney Spears (but doesn't lip-sync her dialogue) – senses something is terribly wrong with this sorta dead person. Her intuition is right on the noodle – evil emanates out of every nook and cranny and kills anyone that comes in contact with its personal space.
Through the long and tedious plot (during which, the chick doc doesn't take off her clothes), she uncovers the truth. Too late. Bodies and body parts start stacking up like McDonald's Quarter Pounders™. Where it really gets fun is when two doctors go swimming in a big fish tank filled with formaldehyde containing bodies awaiting the gentle touch of the med student.
Unrest (2006) isn't scary, but it is icky, the way a spoiled mango is icky if left uneaten for, I don't know, 103 days.


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By Rogan Wolf February 16th, 2019 @ 9:30 pm
I think "Safe Passage" came mostly from something which Mr Jon Lansman was recently quoted as saying (by "The Independent"). Lansman is founder of Momentum and is apparently of the "Far Left." The subject under discussion was the possibility of a new "centrist" or "Blairite" party to form soon, made up of individual MP's from both Labour and Tory Parties.… continue reading
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After the May election, I joined the Labour Party. Since then I have been inundated by messages from an extraordinary number of Labour representatives, each passionately keen to get virtually personal with me. These include each of the present Party Leader candidates, as well as candidates for the Deputy Leader, all of whom, of course, are hoping for the votes… continue reading


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> >>> keys, I assume PEM).
> >>    "== ed25519v1-secret: type0 ==\0\0\0"
> >> would be to Base64 the raw bytes of the key (excluding the header).
> >> the key, I think this is kind of the simplest approach?
> Do we accept base64 with padding? Without padding?
> Do we generate it with or without padding?
padding or not when decoding is working.
This is what the RSA base64 encoding/decoding does.


The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, today reminded businesses that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) taxpayer relief provisions are available to those that have been unable to meet their tax obligations because of the recent power outages in Quebec, Ontario, and Atlantic Canada.
Affected businesses can apply to have interest or penalties or both waived or cancelled using Form RC4288, Request for Taxpayer Relief.
Under the taxpayer relief provisions, taxpayers across Canada can apply to the CRA to have interest or penalties or both waived or cancelled when they are unable to file returns or make payments on time because of circumstances beyond their control, including a natural disaster. The CRA considers these requests on a case-by-case basis.
All Canadians have access to the CRA's taxpayer relief measures when they are unable to meet their tax obligations because of circumstances beyond their control.
For more information, go to www.cra.gc.ca/taxpayerrelief or call the CRA at 1-800-959-8281 for individual enquiries, or at 1-800-959-5525 for business enquiries.


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Our attraction to one another is not predisposed to some uncontrollable genetic factor. Apparently, an unconscious space of experience determines what we find visually appealing in the face of another. Through a study of identical twins' facial preference we know that they are not attracted to other identical twins, they have different tastes in facial preference. That explains why my identical twin cousins married one blonde and the other a brunette. But the study informs us that our attraction comes from an experiential development. From that standpoint, do we even know what we like or are we sold and processed by social conditioning and media brainwashing?
The whole subject brings to me the question of our individuality in the face of our genetic identity. Last week my daughter and I heard a story on the radio about a company that will clone your pet. You can now bring back a copy of your long lost beloved pet or make an extra copy of the one you already have. My daughter's first reaction was "Dad, we've got a ton of Kit's hair still lying around the house. Let's have him cloned." The story on the radio had testimonies from satisfied pet owners who stated they liked having the same breed with the same temperament—just falling short of saying something about a resurrection. I had to explain to my daughter that we would not be bringing our old dog, Kit, back to life. Our cloned dog, Kit, would come to us as a puppy, not the last memory of our full grown adult friend.
In my own mind I was reliving my life with Kit—how much I loved and missed him, and at the same time—how difficult the end was and the challenges I faced with him as an old dog with his physical ailments and horrible separation anxiety. If you make an exact genetic replica of a dog or human, you are not going to reconnect with that same soul you once knew. You will have something different.
In a simple way of defining our individuality, we recognize in ourselves what is unique by connecting deeper to what is beyond explanation from a physical standpoint. My friends in science could begin a lovely rationalization that could quantify what defines us beyond our genetic code through our individual responses to our experiences defining our being. I keep my emotional and spiritual side in check by allowing their logic to balance me on that high wire while I grasp for the psychological security of the concept of a soul.
So back to this whole notion of attraction and why we prefer one face to another. I believe social conditioning has a big part to play in the matter. Your experience and conditioning from what you know and is familiar brings forth a level of comfort that can allow for tolerance and build rapport to what is attractive. In this society, the faces of the ideal beauty comes flying at us in multiple forms of media. We are conditioned unconsciously by the overwhelming amount of imagery that tells us what to believe is beautiful. My cultural identity entrusted in the power structure of the white media stimulated my consciousness in the late sixties.
I found beauty in the face of the iconic Caucasian blond bombshells' symmetrical faces and blue eyes. As I grew older and became aware of my conditioning, my attraction to faces evolved from understanding my own discrimination. I realized that I was missing out on the truth and beauty of humanity through illusionary effects of defined social standards. In fact the idea of perception of facial beauty, my own preference, would change over time through points of perspective. The ideal image of a face could drastically change with greater awareness of the individual and familiarity of their being. Perception of attraction could grow stronger or weaker over time as the cloud of physical illusion dissipated and the clarity of the person's individuality came to light.
I think about those first faces of attraction that captured my attention. At the age of three I remember my first recognition of beauty: her blue eyes, spry little nose, light brown complexion, and yes, her blonde hair. My heart fills with excitement for that neighborhood teenage girl who would babysit me. How much life experience determined my taste in facial preference at that point? I found beauty in her face, but what determined my taste at the age of three? What I know initiated my interest and likeability came from her kindness, jovial temper, and interest as she doted and played with me.
Almost 50 years later I still remember her face and my heart fills with love and excitement. I feel that I was attracted to more than a face. I made a real connection to the uniqueness and specialness of her. With so many years passed I wonder would I still be attracted to her face now? I want to think so, like my attraction to the face of my wife, even with maturation over time, I still find her beautiful. Because her face connects me to something beyond her physical features. I have become linked to her soul, and there is no greater realm of attraction. I see clearly her beautiful face now and forever.
Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression and anxiety disorders than men, which is usually attributed to the way women are socialized; females are reared to show emotion whereas men are taught to remain stoic. But, a new study at the University of Montreal (2015), has found there are neurobiological factors contributing to the differences in women's and men's emotionality, and these include brain processes and hormones.
For the study, forty-six individuals, 25 women and 21 men, were asked to view negative, positive and neutral images during an fMRI session. Prior to the beginning of the study, blood was also taken from participants to determine hormonal levels such as testosterone and estrogen, and feminine and masculine traits were also measured.
Study results showed ratings of negative emotional images were higher in women than in men, and higher emotional sensitivity was linked to lower testosterone levels, whereas higher testosterone levels were linked to lower emotional sensitivity. Additionally, higher measures of feminine traits (regardless of gender) were also linked to higher emotional sensitivity. In other words, the more testosterone and masculine traits, the less emotional sensitivity.
As for brain processes, the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for processes involving social connection and action planning, and the amygdale, which is our "threat detector", were activated in both men and women at the time of viewing the negative images. Yet, the connection between the threat detector and the social and action planning parts of the brain was stronger in men than in women, and the more these two sections interacted, the less sensitive a person was to negative images. "This last point is the most significant observation and the most original of our study," said Stéphane Potvin, a researcher and co-author of the study.
Potvin also suggested that the stronger connectivity in men between the two brain regions may suggest that men are neurobiologically more analytical than emotional when approaching and dealing with negative emotions, and that women tend to focus more on feelings. This could mean that both neurobiological and cultural factors influence our sensitivity to emotional situations.
The differences in brain processing and hormones between men and women may help to explain why women are more prone to depression and anxiety, and further studies will be conducted to discover how the brains of women and men react depending on the type of negative emotion encountered, such as fear, sadness and anger.


Ph.D. 1992, Univ. Of Connecticut. Plant Ecology.
The emerging field of Ecological Genomics seeks to understand the genetic mechanisms underlying responses of organisms to their natural environments. This is being achieved through the application of functional genomic approaches to identify and characterize genes with ecological and evolutionary relevance. By its very nature, ecological genomics is an interdisciplinary field, requiring a multidisciplinary approach that combines field studies with laboratory experiments with in ecologically relevant framework. Thus, while traditionally, ecological and laboratory-based genetic/genomic studies have occupied different areas of biological investigation, Ecological Genomics seeks to integrate these disciplines by using genomic approaches in an ecological context.
So far, Ecological Genomics refers to the use of any genome-enabled approach, whether aimed at discovering the ecological functions of single or multiple genes. We can define ecological genomics as an integrative field of study that seeks to understand the genetic mechanisms underlying responses of organisms to their natural environment. These responses include modifications of biochemical, physiological, morphological, or behavioral traits of adaptive significance.
Smith, Adam B., Jacob Alsdurf, Mary Knapp, Sara G. Baer, Loretta C. Johnson. 2017. Phenotypic distribution models corroborate predictions of decline from species distribution models of a dominant prairie grass. Global Change Biology 23(10):4365-4375.
Raithel, Seth, Loretta Johnson, Mathew Galliart, Susan Brown, Jennifer Shelton, Nicolae Herndon, Nora M Bello. 2016. Inferential considerations for low-count RNA-seq transcripts: a case study on an edaphic subspecies of dominant prairie grass Andropogon gerardii. BMC Genomics 17:140 DOI 10.1186/s12864-016-2442-7.
Wilson, L.R., D.J. Gibson, S.G. Baer, & L. Johnson. 2016. Plant community response to regional sources of dominant grasses in grasslands restored across a longitudinal gradient. Ecosphere Vol 74(4) article e01329.
Johnson, L.C., J.T. Olsen, H.M. Tetreault, A. DeLaCruz, J. Bryant, T.J. Morgan, M. Knapp, N.M. Bello, S.G. Baer, and B.R. Maricle. 2015. Intraspecific variation of a dominant grass and local adaptation in reciprocal garden communities along a U.S. Great Plains precipitation gradient: Implications for response to grassland restoration with climate change. Evolutionary Applications 8:705-723.
Mendola, M.L., S.G. Baer, L.C. Johnson, and B.R. Maricle. 2015. The role of ecotypic variation and the environment on biomass and nitrogen in a dominant prairie grass. Ecology 96:2433-2445.
Gray MM, St. Amand P, Akhunov ED, Knapp M, Garrett KA, Morgan TJ, Baer SG, Maricle BR, Johnson LC. 2014. Ecotypes of an ecologically dominant grass (Andropogon gerardii) exhibit genetic divergence across the U.S. Midwest environmental gradient. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12993.
Caudle KL, Johnson LC Baer SG, Maricle BR. 2014. A comparison of seasonal foliar chlorophyll change among ecotypes and cultivars of Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae) by using non-destructive and destructive methods. Photosynthetica 52(4): 511-518.
Zhang K, Johnson L, Nelson R, Yuan W, Pei ZJ, Wang D. 2014. Thermal properties of big bluestem as affected by ecotype and planting location along the precipitation gradient of the Great Plains. Energy 64: 164-171.
Olsen JT, Caudle KL, Johnson LC, Baer SG, Maricle BR. 2013. Variation in leaf anatomy among populations of Andropogon gerardii along a precipitation gradient. American Journal of Botany100 (10):1957.


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Anne Naysmith
March 5 2015, 11:59pm, The Times
Anne Naysmith a celebrated concert pianist who for 26 years lived in the wreck of a 1950s Ford Consul and later on a scrap of ground by a Tube line was killed by a lorry
The sight of a homeless individual in the street can provoke countless questions in the busy person hurrying past. How did they come to be like that? Did they have a family? Were they once ordinary members of society? A soldier, perhaps, a barrister, even a concert pianist?
Anne Naysmith was that concert pianist. In 1967, The Times reviewed her performance of a Rachmaninov piece at the Wigmore Hall. Less than a decade later, she was sleeping in her car and living on tomato chutney made over an open fire in a council car park.
For the next 40 years she was a familiar sight on the leafy streets of Chiswick, west London. Swathed against the cold in plastic bags and pigeon feathers she had…