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Consumers want businesses to have more human-like AI
Research has found most consumers have interacted with AI and would prioritise businesses with human-like implementations.
The research, from Capgemini's Digital Transformation Institute, found close to three-quarters (73 percent) of consumers have interacted via AI.
Satisfaction with those who have experienced AI interactions is slightly lower, at 69 percent. Over two-thirds satisfaction is quite surprisingly high, especially when you consider how dissatisfied people typically are with traditional automated systems.
Just over half (55%) of consumers across all age groups want interactions to be a mix of AI and humans, while 64 percent want AIs to be more 'human-like' rather than 'human-looking'.
Interestingly, the fear surrounding AI intellect – likely instilled through sci-fi movies such as Terminator – appears to be decreasing. More than three in five consumers (62%) are now comfortable with an AI featuring human-like intellect.
Where an AI has the desired human-like qualities, almost half (48%) say they feel more goodwill towards a company and would have a greater propensity to spend.
One major benefit the majority (63%) of people felt AI had over humans was its 24/7 availability and how it provides greater control over their interactions.
Back in May, Google showed a demo of its impressive-yet-controversial 'Duplex' (now renamed to 'Duet') AI system which could make calls on a person's behalf while sounding like a human. It was shown booking a hair salon appointment with the other person completely unaware they were speaking to an AI.
48 percent of respondents say the opportunity to be able to delegate tasks to an electronic personal assistant is exciting, with another 46 percent believing it will enhance their quality of life.
Despite consumers wanting AI to have human attributes like similar voice (62%) and the ability to understand emotions (57%), they also find them "creepy" and do not want them to appear human.
More than half (52%) of customers are not comfortable when AI is set up to look like a person. The report also finds that two-thirds of consumers (66%) would like to be made aware when companies are enabling interactions via AI.
Some companies, such as Google and Microsoft, have committed themselves to ensuring their AIs identify themselves as such to a human at the beginning of an interaction. Lawmakers are considering legislation to make this a legal obligation.
The research surveyed 10,000 consumers and more than 500 executives at leading organisations across 10 global markets.
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Investigative Reporting Denmark (https://www.ir-d.dk/2016/09/poor-results-giving-up-on-resistant-bacteria-in-danish-pigs/)
Poor results: Giving up on resistant bacteria in Danish pigs
In Denmark, there are more than twice as many pigs as humans, and twice as many antibiotics given to the animals as well. A perfect breeding ground for resistant bacteria – to which politics have failed to respond.
Copyright Kent Klich
Washing hands on his way in and later out of the stable is an important method for protecting against MRSA in Denmark. But it has not stopped the spread of the superbug.
In November 2013, a 63-year-old man with diabetes and end-stage kidney got fever because of inflammation. Samples of blood grew the resistant pig-bacteria, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, CC398. Three weeks later the man died.
By analyzing the specific type of the bacteria, doctors identified the cause of the infection. It was another man. Someone carrying the same type of bacteria, staying in the same outpatient clinic at Odense University Hospital; a nasal and pharyngeal MRSA-carrier.
The dead man is proof that bacteria of animal origin now transmit directly between humans in Denmark. It does not need pigs anymore – but can jump directly from one human to another. The man from the Odense hospital is one out of two cases described May 2016 by Danish doctors in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
In Denmark, the focus on resistant bacteria for some years has been especially high on MRSA coming from pigs. In humans, it can be present on the skin, commonly in the nose, without causing harm. Yet when it enters the wound of a weakened patient, as it happens after surgery, it can lead to threatening infections.
"We see a picture of an epidemic that is out of control. Authorities have done remarkably little and seem at all levels perplexed," wrote a leading researcher in human disease treatment, Hans Jørn Kolmos from the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital in late September 2013.
"The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has now, seven years after the problem was documented, still no overview of the epidemic, and has done nothing to halt the spread of infection", Kolmos writes.
Highest pig-man ratio in the World
Denmark has the highest pig-man ratio in the World. The country with 5.7 million inhabitants has an average population of 12.7 million pigs. The use of antibiotics in the country reflects this. In 2014, humans in total in Denmark got 53 tons of active antibiotics, while pigs got 86 tons.
In 2007, the first case of presence of humans carrying a strain of MRSA coming from pigs was recorded. Yet little was done to stop the spread of the bacteria. MRSA usually does not harm pigs.
The authorities followed the amount of affected meat at the slaughterhouses, but they did not demand farms to get their pigs tested. Then, farmers could not warn employees and visitors of the potential risk.
Today farmers and authorities say every pig should be regarded as colonized, and then workers, visitors, and neighbors should take their own precautions, washing hands and changing clothes. Hospitals should also take their own precautions, regarding humans in contact with pigs as a health risk factor.
This has consequences for the whole of Europe. According toEurostat, Denmark is the leading pig exporter. In 2013, more than half of young pigs in Europa came from Denmark, meaning the rest of Europe can also get MRSA from the Danish pigs.
Proposal from task force denied
After growing public awareness of the problems since 2010, the Minister of Agriculture at that time, Mette Gjerskov, established a task force to propose several initiatives to stop the spread.
The main proposal was to closely follow the spread in pig farms and establish an MRSA-free trade way. Per Henriksen, head of the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, rejected the plan silently. Instead, the authorities sat up some minor initiatives based on a strategy of accepting all pigs as carriers.
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture rejected to disclose which farm had MRSA-carrying pigs. Only after a FOI-case and later a court-case, the authorities were forced to give out this information in March 2016.
A main problem is that only around one in ten farms are being tested, so there is still no information on the status of MRSA in most of the farms and there is no MRSA-free trade way. Investigative Reporting Denmark has published an exclusive investigation into the numbers.
Antibiotic use on every farm
When the public awareness of MRSA rose in 2010, the Danish parliament also decided to introduce a system warning and fining farmers, when their use of antibiotics was too high. The authorities set up a system for gathering data on antibiotic use and the number of pigs on each of all 4000 pig farms in Denmark.
Since the introduction of the scheme, 130 farmers have received a warning, yet none has been fined, according to information received by "Investigative Reporting Denmark" in September 2014.
After getting the data, "Investigative Reporting Denmark" presented a method to calculate the amount of antibiotic used on every farm in Denmark.
Fighting six years for data
A system called Vetstat has been used to surveil antibiotic on stable-level in Denmark for more than 20 years. It is regarded as a success, because the use of antibiotics was reduced by 16 percent since 2009. The recent Danish minister of Agriculture, Esben Lunde Larsen hopes the Danish system will be part of a new EU-initiative to prevent development of resistant bacteria.
Yet the data in Vetstat is not publicly available. A request for data was delivered in 2006. The data was received for the first time six years later, in 2012. The data showed all the pigfarms with heavy use of antibiotics and was later the background for the warning system.
In 2014, the Danish Audit Agency started an investigation on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration because of a case with swine-MRSA. In October 2015, this investigation finished with a heavy critique.
The ministry administrated MRSA in pigs nearly only looking on the cost of the production of pigs, not taking care of the implications for the society – especially the health sector, concluded the agency.
MRSA in pigs has been the main focus point in Denmark for years. Another issue has been a growth in MRSA from Danish people visiting foreign countries. MRSA from pigs now count for four out of ten cases of MRSA-infection, MRSA originating from foreign countries count for less than two out of ten. Today doctors calculate 12,000 Danes are carrying pig-MRSA 398 – most without knowing.
The new superbugs
In the recent years health authorities has identified three more serious threats from antibiotic resistance in Denmark, ESBL, VRE and CPE.
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are a type of bacteria called enterococci that have developed resistance to many antibiotics, especially vancomycin. If they become resistant to antibiotics, they can cause serious infections, especially in people who are ill or weak. Common infections include the intestines, the urinary tract, and wounds.
In 2015, VRE was found in 382 Danish patients, seven time as many as in 2012.
Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are bacteria that are nearly resistant to the carbapenem class of antibiotics, considered a drug of last resort. The bacteria can kill up to half of patients who get bloodstream infections. In 2014, CRE were found in 29 Danish patients – twice as many as the year before. Often these patients had been hospitalized in a foreign country before getting back to Denmark.
CPE is the biggest group in carbapenemase producing bacteria. During 2014, carbapenemase producing bacteria were detected from 48 patients in Denmark. Thirteen patients (28%) (nine men and four women), died within 30 days of diagnosis, according to Danmap2014, page 87.
Both for VRE and CPE there are no screening of patients, so the total number might be much higher, warns Dr. Robert Leo Skov from Statens Serum Institut.
Robert Skov was until June 1st 2016 area manager for Bacteriological Surveillance and Infection Control and has been responsible for the Danish MRSA strategy in recent years. It was Skov who collected the nationwide statistics. He is still connected to SSI.
"Most patients have only had them in the intestine without getting sick of them. In the near future we have in Denmark a substantial risk that we can stand with infections without any effective antibiotics to treat patients," warns Robert Skov.
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) are related to E.coli and often found in human intestinal flora. In Danmap 2014 the total number of ESBL bloodstream infection in 2014 was counted to 261 of which 27 died in one Month, meaning their death is regarded as related to ESBL.
The Danmap 2015 is planned to be released in October this year. According Anette M. Hammerum, Head of Antimicrobial Resistance Reference Laboratory at SSI the counting of numbers for human blood poisoning for ESBL, VRE and CPE in 2015 is not ready, but will be published in October.
SSI has still not decided to count the number of deaths due to these three other superbugs.
"We then have no number or estimate of the total amount of deaths in Denmark related to resistant bacteria," she says.
Only for MRSA the counting is precise. According to SSI, there is every year around 350 deaths related to Staphylococcus. Since 2012 in total 34 deaths have been related to MRSA, and of these six is related to MRSA CC398. It is an average of 8 each year, much less than the 13 known deaths from CPE and 27 from EBSL in 2014.
Another death from MRSA – without contact to pigs
In April 2014, a 74-year-old nursing home resident was admitted to the Odense University Hospital with severe pneumonia, the doctors continue their report to Emerging Infectious Diseases. Blood cultures grew MRSA CC398 spa type t034. Despite relevant treatment with piperacillin/tazobactam, metronidazole, and vancomycin, the patient died from respiratory failure after 1 week.
It turned out the patient was infected from another resident living in the same nursing home.
Poor strategy for stopping MRSA in Danish pigs
In 1995 a system, VetStat, for surveillance of use of antibiotics in each stable was introduced. It is still in function and perhaps introduced to the rest of EU. After six years fight, the public in 2012 was allowed access to the data.
The Danish Parliament in the autumn 2010 decided to minimize the use of antibiotics to pigs by introducing a yellow scheme with warnings and potential fines to farmers for heavy use of antibiotics.
Authorities have silently in 2012 rejected an action plan declaring farms free of MRSA and establishing commercial networks free of MRSA. This suggestion is still pointed to by health experts to be the most important way to reduce the spread of MRSA.
In 2014 the minister of agriculture at that time Dan Jørgensen (S) introduced a five step plan, including washing hands and clothes and stop for flock medication.
Later the same year he announced a plan for total sterilization of 125 farms for breeding pigs and banning of public visits to farms. Sterilization was never carried out and visits were soon allowed again.
Politicians have in 2015 agreed to reduce the use of antibiotics to pigs with 15 pct. from before 2018 - down from 86 tons in 2014. Health experts criticizes this to be too small a reduction. They demand 90 pct. reduction.
In January 2016 the Highest Court in Denmark decides, authorities are no longer allowed to hide results of MRSA-test in pig farms in 2011, 2014 and 2015. Test results was then published by Investigative Reporting Denmark.
Only a minor fraction of Danish pig farms are tested today. For the rest no results are available. No rules demand regularly test. Pig farmers can avoid letting their pigs being tested.
The tests from 2015 concluded MRSA is only spread to 6 pct. of organic pig farms in Denmark, while it is distributed to 68 pct. of the traditional pig farms.
The official strategy now is then to accept MRSA in pigs and only try to avoid it to spread to the rest of the society.
Source: Investigative Reporting Denmark
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Le site La Dordogne est une zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF) française des départements de la Dordogne et de la Gironde, en région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, et très marginalement du Lot, en région Occitanie.

Situation

Limité aux départements de la Dordogne, de la Gironde et du Lot, le site « la Dordogne » correspond essentiellement au lit mineur du cours d'eau éponyme, depuis Le Roc et Peyrillac-et-Millac à l'est, jusqu'à presque sa confluence avec la Garonne entre Ambès et Bourg, pour former l'estuaire de la Gironde ; il s'étend sur , sur le territoire de  riveraines de la Dordogne, ,  et une dans le Lot.

Description
Le site « La Dordogne » est une zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF) de , c'est-à-dire qu'elle représente un ensemble naturel riche ou peu modifié, qui offre des potentialités biologiques importantes. Elle possède un rôle fonctionnel ainsi qu'une cohérence écologique et paysagère et inclut territorialement l'intégralité de seize ZNIEFF de  beaucoup plus restreintes concernant quatre zones de couasnes  et douze frayères.

Des recensements y ont été effectués aux niveaux faunistique et floristique.

Faune recensée

Espèces animales déterminantes
De 2013 à 2018, huit espèces déterminantes animales y ont été répertoriées (six insectes, un mammifère et un oiseau) :
 six insectes odonates : la Cordulie à corps fin (Oxygastra curtisii), le Gomphe à crochets (Onychogomphus uncatus), le Gomphe de Graslin (Gomphus graslinii), le Gomphe semblable (Gomphus simillimus), le Gomphe vulgaire (Gomphus vulgatissimus) et la Libellule fauve (Libellula fulva) ;
 un mammifère : la Loutre d'Europe (Lutra lutra) ;
 un oiseau : le Faucon pèlerin (Falco peregrinus).

Autres espèces animales
Quarante-trois autres espèces animales  y ont été recensées :
 deux agnathes : la Lamproie de Planer (Lampetra  planeri) et la Lamproie marine (Petromyzon marinus) ;
 un crustacé : l'Écrevisse américaine (Faxonius limosus) ;
 trois mammifères : la Fouine (Martes foina), le Ragondin (Myocastor coypus) et le Renard roux (Vulpes vulpes) ;
 un mollusque : la Mulette épaisse (Unio crassus) ;
 dix-huit oiseaux : l'Aigrette garzette (Egretta garzetta), la Bécassine des marais (Gallinago gallinago), la Bergeronnette des ruisseaux (Motacilla cinerea), la Bouscarle de Cetti (Cettia cetti), le Bruant des roseaux (Emberiza schoeniclus), le Canard colvert (Anas platyrhynchos), le Chevalier cul-blanc (Tringa ochropus), le Chevalier guignette (Actitis hypoleucos), le Choucas des tours (Coloeus monedula), le Cincle plongeur (Cinclus cinclus), la Gallinule poule d'eau (Gallinula chloropus), le Grand Corbeau (Corvus corax), la Grue cendrée (Grus grus), le Héron cendré (Ardea cinerea), le Martin-pêcheur d'Europe (Alcedo atthis), la Pie-grièche écorcheur (Lanius collurio), le Tarin des aulnes (Spinus spinus) et le Vanneau huppé (Vanellus vanellus)) ;
 dix-huit poissons : l'Ablette (Alburnus alburnus), l'Anguille d'Europe (Anguilla anguilla), le Barbeau commun (Barbus barbus), la Bouvière (Rhodeus amarus), la Brème commune (Abramis brama), le Chabot commun (Cottus gobio), le Chevesne (Squalius cephalus), le Gardon (Rutilus rutilus), le Goujon (Gobio gobio), le Grand brochet (Esox lucius), la Grémille (Gymnocephalus cernua), la Loche franche (Barbatula barbatula), la Perche commune (Perca fluviatilis), la Perche soleil (Lepomis gibbosus), le Toxostome (Parachondrostoma toxostoma), la Truite fario (Salmo trutta), le Vairon (Phoxinus phoxinus) et la Vandoise (Leuciscus leuciscus).

Flore recensée

Espèces végétales déterminantes
De 2009 à 2019, cinquante-sept espèces déterminantes végétales ont été recensées sur la ZNIEFF : l'Arabette Tourette (Pseudoturritis turrita), la Balsamine des bois (Impatiens noli-tangere), la Berle dressée (Berula erecta), la Bugle de Genève (Ajuga genevensis), la Camomille mixte (), la Campanule étalée (Campanula patula), la Cardère velue (Dipsacus pilosus), Coincya monensis, la Cotonnière pyramidale (Filago pyramidata), la Crassule mousse (Crassula tillaea), la Crépide bisannuelle (Crepis biennis), la Digitale jaune (Digitalis lutea), la Dorine à feuilles opposées (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), le Doronic à feuilles en cœur (Doronicum pardalianches), l'Égopode podagraire (Aegopodium podagraria), la Fétuque géante (Lolium giganteum), le Flûteau nageant (Luronium natans), la Gastridie ventrue (), la Gratiole officinale (Gratiola officinalis), le Groseillier des Alpes (Ribes alpinum), le Gypsophile des murailles (Gypsophila muralis), l'Isnardie des marais (Ludwigia palustris), le Jonc à tiges comprimées (Juncus compressus), la Laîche à épis grêles (), la Laîche aiguë (Carex acuta), la Laîche fausse-brize (), la Laîche vésiculeuse (Carex vesicaria), la Lentille d'eau à trois sillons (Lemna trisulca), la Lindernie rampante (Lindernia procumbens), la Lunaire vivace (Lunaria rediviva), la Luzule des bois (Luzula sylvatica), la Lysimaque des bois (Lysimachia nemorum), le Myriophylle verticillé (Myriophyllum verticillatum), la Naïade marine (Najas marina), l'Osier rouge (Salix purpurea), le Pâturin des marais (Poa palustris), le Persil des montagnes (Oreoselinum nigrum), la Petite Ciguë élevée (Aethusa cynapium subsp. elata), la Petite Renouée (), le Polypode austral (Polypodium cambricum), le Polystic à aiguillons (Polystichum aculeatum), le Potamot dense (Groenlandia densa), le Potamot des Alpes (Potamogeton alpinus), le Potamot filiforme (Potamogeton trichoides), le Potamot perfolié (Potamogeton perfoliatus), la Pulicaire commune (Pulicaria vulgaris), la Pulmonaire semblable (Pulmonaria affinis), la Rorippe des Pyrénées (Rorippa pyrenaica), le Saule à trois étamines (Salix triandra), le Scirpe des bois (Scirpus sylvaticus), le Scirpe épingle (Eleocharis acicularis), la Scrofulaire des chiens (Scrophularia canina), le Souchet de Michel (Cyperus michelianus), le Souchet jaunâtre (Cyperus flavescens), le Trèfle étalé (Trifolium patens), la Vallisnérie spiralée (Vallisneria spiralis) et la Zannichellie des marais (Zannichellia palustris).

Autres espèces végétales
Trente-neuf autres espèces végétales non déterminantes y ont été répertoriées, principalement entre 2009 et 2019 : l'Agrostide stolonifère (Agrostis stolonifera), l'Ail des ours (Allium ursinum), l'Alchémille oubliée (Aphanes australis), l'Amarante de Bouchon (Amaranthus hybridus subsp. bouchonii), l'Amarante échancrée (Amaranthus blitum subsp. emarginatus), l'Ancolie commune (Aquilegia vulgaris), l'Aulne glutineux (Alnus glutinosa), la Berce de Sibérie (Heracleum sibiricum), le Bident tripartite (Bidens tripartita), le Brome dressé (Bromus erectus), la Capillaire de Montpellier (Adiantum capillus-veneris), le Cornifle nageant (Ceratophyllum demersum), le Cresson des marais (Rorippa palustris), , l'Élodée de Nuttall (Elodea nuttallii), l'Épiaire des marais (Stachys palustris), l'Érable negundo (Acer negundo), le Frêne élevé (Fraxinus excelsior), le Groseillier à grappes (Ribes rubrum), la Jussie rampante (Ludwigia peploides), la Knautie d'Auvergne (Knautia arvernensis), la Laîche espacée (Carex remota), la Laîche faux souchet (Carex pseudocyperus), la Lentille d'eau à nombreuses racines (), la Lindernie fausse-gratiole (Lindernia dubia), l'Ornithogale des Pyrénées (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum), le Panic pied-de-coq (Echinochloa crus-galli), le Peuplier noir (Populus nigra), Physcomitrella patens, le Polypogon de Montpellier (Polypogon monspeliensis), le Potamot de Berchtold (), le Potamot pectiné (Stuckenia pectinata), la Renouée persicaire (Persicaria maculosa), Riccia cavernosa, la Riccie flottante (Riccia fluitans), le Saule blanc (Salix alba), le Souchet robuste (Cyperus eragrostis), le Trèfle strié (Trifolium striatum) et la Véronique des montagnes (Veronica montana).

Protection de la flore
Deux espèces végétales de la ZNIEFF, la Gratiole officinale et la Pulicaire commune, sont protégées sur l'ensemble du territoire français.

Espaces connexes

Natura 2000
Limité aux départements de la Dordogne et de la Gironde, le site Natura 2000 « La Dordogne » correspond essentiellement au lit mineur du cours d'eau éponyme, ainsi qu'à la végétation de ses berges et à quelques  sur les  de son parcours, depuis son entrée dans le département de la Dordogne à Cazoulès, jusqu'à sa confluence avec la Garonne entre Ambès et Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg, pour former l'estuaire de la Gironde ; il s'étend sur , sur le territoire de  riveraines de la Dordogne,  et . Son emprise est en grande partie comprise dans celle de la ZNIEFF du même nom, et associe en plus Cazoulès, qui fait partie de la ZNIEFF « La Dordogne quercynoise » et quatre communes girondines associées à la ZNIEFF « Estuaire de la Gironde » : Bayon-sur-Gironde et Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg intégralement, ainsi que partiellement Ambès (en aval du lieu-dit Troubadis) et Bourg (en aval de son confluent avec le  ruisseau des Marguerites).

Seize espèces animales et une espèce végétale inscrites à  de la directive 92/43/CEE de l'Union européenne y ont été répertoriées.

ZNIEFF
Plusieurs ZNIEFF de , de superficies restreintes concernant quatre zones de couasnes et douze frayères sont incluses dans la ZNIEFF de  de la Dordogne :
 couasne de Carsac ;
 couasnes de Saint-Julien-de-Lampon ;
 couasnes de Siorac et du Buisson ;
 couasnes de Veyrignac et Aillac ;
 frayère d'Arveyres ;
 frayère de Beaupoil ;
 frayère de Bergerac ;
 frayère de le Gambul ;
 frayère de Lamothe-Montravel ;
 frayère de Pessac-sur-Dordogne ;
 frayère du Pinson ;
 frayère du Pont de la Beauze ;
 frayère du Port du Fleix ;
 frayère de Saint-Aulaye ;
 frayère de Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac ;
 frayère de Saint-Martin.
Ces douze frayères sont potentiellement celles où peut se reproduire l'Esturgeon d'Europe, celle de Bergerac étant la plus éloignée de l'océan, à , juste en aval du barrage de Bergerac.

Notes et références

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Articles connexes
 Liste des ZNIEFF de la Dordogne
 Liste des ZNIEFF du Lot
 Liste des ZNIEFF de la Gironde
 La Dordogne (Natura 2000)
 Dordogne (fleuve français)
 Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique

ZNIEFF de type II en Dordogne
ZNIEFF de type II en Gironde
ZNIEFF de type II dans le Lot

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In order to hold a truck company or truck driver liable for the accident, you will likely have to prove that they acted negligently. Negligence is generally established by showing that the at-fault party caused the accident to happen by breaching a duty of care that was owed to you – such as violating a regulation under the FMCSA or failing to maintain a safe lookout. If the accident is more complicated and questions of liability are a concern, key pieces of evidence may need to be obtained. Forms of evidence generally obtained in truck accident cases are driver log books, inspection records, black box data from the truck, and background records of the truck driver. A lawyer with experience in handling truck accident cases in Columbus will be able to take the required steps to preserve and collect any evidence that may be used to prove your claim.
Once liability has been established, you may be entitled to any damages that you sustained as a result of the wreck. In most situations, you could be awarded both economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages are your tangible losses such as your lost wages and medical bills. Non-economic damages are the damages that are intangible such as pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of consortium. In most situations, a personal injury attorney will have to hire an expert to outline your intangible losses.
No one ever expects to be involved in an accident with a large truck. However, these accidents happen all the time and serious, life-altering injuries can easily result. At Nahon, Saharovich & Trotz, our attorneys understand the impact a major accident can have on the lives of you and your family. If you have been injured or lost a loved one in an accident with an 18-wheeler or semi-truck, call our office today so that one of our truck accident attorneys can discuss your claim with you. We serve injured parties all across Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky, including in Columbus, Tupelo, Jackson, Meridian, Grenada, Oxford, Starkville, Hayti, Caruthersville, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Jonesboro, and Little Rock. Call us today for a free consultation with a motor vehicle wreck lawyer in the Columbus area. You can reach us toll-free by calling 800-529-4004, or you can contact us using the online form on our website. NST is the way to go.


Pricing strategy can be a difficult topic for business owners.
Setting pricing strategies is one of the more difficult decisions a business owner ever faces. Price too high and inventory doesn't move; price too low, and profits are difficult to attain. Full-cost pricing is a common strategy that factors the entire overhead into the product pricing, while marginal cost pricing is designed to move inventory without necessarily turning a profit. Both approaches are useful under the right circumstances, and each serves an entirely different purpose for the business.
Marginal pricing is designed to move inventory quickly. The pricing strategy places the price right at the margin. In some cases, pricing just ahead of the margin is also considered a marginal-cost pricing strategy.
When the price and margin are the same, there is no profit left over for the business. This strategy is unsustainable and is designed primarily to move old inventory off the shelves. It recovers the initial overhead cost incurred against that inventory so the store can acquire new product to price with a profitable strategy.
Most margin-cost pricing occurs during year-end sales and other sales or when an updated product is released. For example, when a new phone model is released, retailers may price the older model phones on a marginal cost to move them out and make room for the new models.
This pricing strategy is not used frequently, and it exists solely to push inventory out the door when turnover is needed in the business.
Full-cost pricing strategies are designed to return a maximum yield profit. In many pricing strategies, the product margins are set against the overhead for each individual unit. For example, if a unit costs $5 to acquire, the price is set against this cost.
Full-cost pricing, however, incorporates the entire business overhead into the pricing strategy. The same $5 unit is priced based on the acquisition plus the necessary business overhead costs such as retail space and electricity. The price is based on the entire or full cost of the efforts that are used to sell the unit.
The full cost is distributed across all the inventory throughout the entire year or individual sales event. If a business is selling crafts at a fair, it distributes the price of booth space and transportation across the inventory being sold through the booth. The costs are absorbed by the customer using this method.
Full-cost pricing is effective for maximizing yield while ensuring all business costs are accounted for in the sales process. The strategy does not account for competitive pricing, however. When one business is using a full-cost pricing strategy and a competitor selling similar products undercuts its pricing, the ability to move inventory becomes increasingly difficult.
Full-cost pricing is ideal when competition is limited, and control over pricing is acceptable. In a highly competitive market, however, margins are often reduced, and pricing is based on turning over more inventory on a smaller margin with the hopes of making back the overhead. That overhead is not accounted for in the pricing model.
The exception to this rule occurs with a luxury-based pricing strategy. This entails a higher price point despite having a similar product to competitors with much lower prices. The idea with a luxury-pricing model is that value is attached to the brand. In this case, the business is selling its brand or a higher level of warranty and service to justify the additional costs.
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Lazzari, Zach. "Differences Between Full-Cost & Marginal-Cost Pricing Strategies." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/differences-between-fullcost-marginalcost-pricing-strategies-66005.html. 28 March 2019.


This 270-acre man-made lake is in the heart of bird-watching country, with a nature reserve on its doorstep and over five and a half miles of bank, dotted with bird hides.
Cared for by the South West Lakes Trust, Stithians Lake also offers excellent watersports facilities for everyone – providing plenty of things to do on your trip to Cornwall, this includes access to the water for disabled people thanks to their wheelyboat.
Well-equipped activities here include sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, canoeing, archery and climbing. You can try a two-hour taster session or take part in a two-day RYA sailing, windsurfing or powerboat course. It's not all about being active, though. Stithians has a children's play area, walks, the popular Cafe Nova with views of the water or you can follow the trail on a gentle stroll or a cycle ride to view the Dam which created the reservoir in the late 1960s.
With Stithians Lake campsite also offering an ideal place to stay in Cornwall, why not stay a while and extend your time on the water?
Although Stithians Lake is inland, it's one of the windiest lakes in the country which makes it perfect for windsurfing and sailing.
If you're an angler, there are season or day fly-fishing permits for the lake which is well-stocked with trout.


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The Office of the First Lady has notified the Secret Service after actor Peter Fonda called for kidnapping Melania and Donald Trump's son, Barron, The Daily Caller has learned exclusively.
Spokesperson for the first lady Stephanie Grisham told The Daily Caller that the Secret Service has been "notified" of the threat.
Fonda has been on a twitter tirade against White House officials, particularly females and children, over the past few days.


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Jennifer Aniston reveals she's a big fan of intermittent fasting
By Vidisha Joshi
October 24, 2019 18:49 +08
Jennifer Aniston is the latest celebrity to join the fan club of people who are in love with intermittent fasting. The Friends alum, who is busy promoting her upcoming TV show, recently revealed her love for the popular diet plan.
The 50-year-old actress said in a recent interview that she has made great progress on the eating plan, which requires fasting for 16 hours a day and eating only during an eight-hour period. "I do intermittent fasting, so there's no food in the morning," the Morning Show actress told Radio Times.
The actress further added, "I noticed a big difference in going without solid food for 16 hours." But while she avoids solid food, Aniston, who is a late riser and usually wakes up around 9 am, says that she usually depends on just liquids in the mornings, like green juices and coffee.
"Today, I woke up and had a celery juice," she said. "Then I started to brew some coffee, but I don't drink coffee that early." Revealing a bit more about her morning schedule, the actress said that before sitting down with her cup of coffee, she also meditated, worked out and fed her dogs.
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However, the Bruce Almighty alum's co-star Reese Witherspoon spoke about how she has to be an early riser, especially because of her 7-year-old son Tennessee, who wakes her up at 5:30 or 6 a.m. And just like her friend Jen, Witherspoon too likes to start off her day with a liquid breakfast.
"I just have a green juice and a coffee in the morning," the 43-year-old actress said. The mother-of-three further spoke during the interview about how she has to literally force herself to exercise early in the morning.
"I find it really hard to work out before 7:30 a.m. But that's the time I start one; 7:30 a.m.," Witherspoon said. "I probably do that six days a week." And just like so many other people, the Big Little Lies star said that she completely looks up to her friend Aniston for "well-being" advice, because she "knows so much about health and fitness."
To which, Aniston simply replied, "Well, we want to thrive, right?" adding, "We're just beginning."
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Sambar butti recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This is an north Karnataka style sambar butti recipe prepared using rice, sambar powder, tamarind, salt, jaggery, onion and garlic. Sambar butti is a very easy and tasty recipe. You can serve this for breakfast or pack it for lunch.
I have used normal sambar powder in this recipe but authentic recipe is with north Karnataka style sambar powder (or huli powder) and red chili powder. Regular sambar powder tastes equally good and if you don't have sambar powder, you can use rasam powder as well.
If you are looking for more north Karnataka style recipes then do visit our north Karnataka recipes section. Or if you are looking for Karnataka style breakfast recipes then do visit our breakfast section. Also I have made a quick video on this sambar butti recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Please have a look.
Rinse and cook the rice until soft. Please note, rice should be cooked until soft.
Now in a pan heat the oil, add in mustard and cumin seeds.
Wait until mustard seed splutters, add in red chili, green chili and curry leaves.
Add in finely chopped garlic and fry until light brown.
Fry until onion turns soft and translucent.
Add in tamarind juice, jaggery and salt. Boil it for few minutes.
Next add in sambar powder. Optionally you can add extra red chili powder to make it more spicy.
Mash the rice a bit and then add it.
Mix it well using a spatula.
Wait until excess heat is reduced and make big orange sized balls. You can serve them immediately or pack it for the lunch box.


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Finally, there's a scientific answer to that magic number of days before a flight when tickets are in their most affordable.
The solution? You'll book flights nonstop when you find the secret.
At least that's what the big data from 2016 tells us.
The analysts at CheapAir spent the last year assessing about three million airline excursions. They tracked ticket prices from about 400 days before departure all the way up until the day before, computing precisely which day each one hit its lowest point.
Air travelers are inclined to believe they'll locate the lowest of low costs when they book "at the final minute." This, according to all current data, is one hundred percent untrue.
The researchers found that, normally, a ticket cost about $200 more when booked within 7 days of departure, compared to tickets reserved in the "prime window." Those who purchased tickets between 7 and 13 days before departure paid about $75 more.
While the researchers found that 54 days was really the magic number for booking on average, they're swift to point out that this isn't a hard-and-fast rule: your flight's "best cost" window depends a great deal on the specific excursion you're taking.
If you're going someplace very popular at an incredibly popular time — like the Davao Festival, for example — you should book well before the "prime booking window" even begins. When there's continuous, powerful demand for a flight, the researchers describe, airlines don't have any incentive to reduce ticket prices as time goes on. The same principle holds true for flights to tough-to-reach airports in small cities: There's little airline rivalry there, so ticket costs don't fall nearly as much over their lifespan.


Florence founded The Comfort House many years ago on a day when she decided to pick up the trash near her home. She sparked the interest of neighborhood kids—and Florence invited them to join in her efforts. After a day of friendship and shared purpose, Florence invited the kids to her home, and Florence's Comfort House was born.
The Comfort House is a place where these kids are always welcome. Florence nurtures them physically and emotionally with food, love and truth. Her passion is to help them live a better life – providing structure and a strong push towards education. In her words, she wants all of her kids to have "a good life...a chance to grow and prosper and have a loving family."
To Florence, "The Comfort House is Light." The kids come to spend time and get away from the darkness in their own situations. This darkness may be represented by a lack of food and care, the absence of someone to listen, or the danger present in a neighborhood frequented by drug dealers. Many times the people knocking on Flo's door are wonderful neighbors from low-income families who just need a boost. Flo provides love, laughter and a protected space. She truly cares about each person who steps through her doorway, and the darkness is left at the threshold.
Florence gives of herself freely. Aside from providing kids with basic necessities, she endeavors to help them help themselves. She recognizes that a substantial part of succeeding in life involves a passion for education and achievement. To give kids a good start in this area, Florence has set up an open-library at her house where kids can sit and read donated books, or take them home to keep. The program helps the kids learn to enjoy reading, which translates to better grades in school.
Florence expects her kids to give freely, too. In her words, her kids "work to learn self-esteem through achievement." The kids who come through the doors of the Comfort House are expected to recognize the struggles of others, and do what they can to help. This may involve raking leaves, carrying groceries, or painting a fence. The kids identify need in their community and act to address it independently. This allows them to put into practice the ideals Flo is conveying, and to feel good about their efforts.
The values that Florence applies to herself and her kids have meaning in all of our lives. Florence extends an open invitation to all adults and their families to "give of themselves and to volunteer with a loving heart."
Take a look at the accolades Florence's Comfort House has received.
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To start practicing restraint in sexual or dietary fronts after reaching the age of 60 will help to ensure you stay as healthy as possible.
Hindu religious scriptures teach one to follow restraint in married life after reaching 60 years of age. Similarly, dietary restrictions in the form of emphasizing on vegetables, fruits, and milk, avoiding rich food supplements based on meat, fish, or eggs, and limiting alcohol intake can ensure good digestion and keep the body free from ailments, and it also helps in attaining peace and tranquility of mind.
The teachings, which date back to more than 1,000 years, have no qualm with present day medical science, and there seems to be no contradictory arguments raised against them either. Though while a saint can attain this through meditation at the precinct of Himalayan caves, for a family man preoccupied with thousands of domestic problems, it's well-nigh impossible to follow strictures exactly.
At the specified age, a couple becomes preoccupied with familial and societal responsibilities, and physical relationships outside of marriage ought to become illusory.
With digestive power becoming lesser with ages, intake of vegetables, fruits, milk etc. help in easier digestion and keep the body free from normal ailments, whereas foods from meats, fishes, and eggs stimulate the body and thus hinder the normal digestive system of the body.
Meditation, even for half an hour a day, may also be of help in attaining peace and serenity of the mind in this hostile environment. Extending help to fellow poor and down-trodden people of the society would also help in realizing about the futility of limited life span of human beings and fill one's heart with accomplishment.


Next to going to the DMV, picking up or dropping off your car at your local service center can be one of the most mind-numbing car related chores. No matter what time of day it is, whether you get to the dealership right when it opens or just before closing, you can always expect to wait in the lobby behind a long line of other customers. Scheduling an appointment never seems to be very useful either because they're never quite ready when you are.
Well, in another effort to add a bit more convenience to its customers' lives, Ford and Panasonic are here with the Smart Service Kiosk, with the hopes of making your service center visits much less painful.
The kiosk, currently undergoing a 90-day trial period at Birch Run, Michigan's Lafontaine Ford dealership, allows customers to pick up or drop off their vehicle for service without ever stepping foot inside the building.
Using the kiosk's touchscreen, customers enter their name and email address, then scan their driver's license QR code. Next they enter key information about the vehicle and create a security PIN for key pick-up. They then select their desired services, even entering specific details so as to avoid potential confusion, and finish up by depositing their key. Customers also have the option of picking up keys to a loaner car.
Ford's Smart Service Kiosk allows customers to choose their desired services from its touch screen and deposit their key right there.
When maintenance is complete, car owners receive an email confirmation with a QR code for picking up their keys from the kiosk. They use their previously created PIN number to access the keys then pay any outstanding service bill with a credit or debit card. Best of all, it's open to use 24/7.
I can't imagine many car owners passing up the opportunity of not having to enter the dealership. Even those who do enjoy their face-to-face interactions with the dealership staff (which is still an option, at the Birch Run dealership, at least for now) sometimes just don't have the time for it.
Assuming Ford continues to receive the positive feedback on its pilot kiosk, we count on seeing more of them nationwide in the near future. Other automakers, take notice!


Fingerspelling videos now available here! Right column at the bottom (scroll down). If you are absent please do them at home and turn them in when you return. (same policy for book work for units 13-17).
Use 4th block to make up missed tests and quizzes.
Bof DF CHapter 7 due Tuesday.
Here is the vocab list for all units and all handouts.
You will be able to communicate effectively in the target language in the present, past and future tense.
You will be able to receptively and expressively use classifiers in appropriate ASL grammar.
You will watch, discuss and prepare a signed "essay" completely in ASL.
You will improve your receptive skills through a variety of media such as internet signed videos, signed stories, etc.
You will gloss, and sign a performance in ASL.


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Dolphins CB Lippett Will Miss Season With Torn Achilles
Published August 15, 2017 • Updated on August 15, 2017 at 2:11 pm
The Miami Dolphins limped to the end of training camp Tuesday, and it's difficult to argue they're better than when they started.
Even by NFL standards, injuries have taken a heavy toll, and the latest will sideline cornerback Tony Lippett for the entire season. Lippett tore his Achilles tendon during practice Monday and will need surgery.
"He jumped up and then came down," coach Adam Gase said. "No one touched him. That was it."
So it has gone for the Dolphins, who lost quarterback Ryan Tannehill for the season when he tore his left ACL on a scramble without being touched.
Rookie Raekwon McMillan, projected to start at middle linebacker, is also out for the season after tearing his right ACL on his first play in the first exhibition game.
And starting guard Ted Larsen is expected to miss much of the season with a torn right biceps.
"It hasn't been easy," Gase said.
Lippett, who started 13 games last year and had four interceptions, was expected to be the No. 3 cornerback behind Byron Maxwell and Xavien Howard.
Walt Aikens, Alterraun Verner and rookie Cordrea Tankersley will compete to replace Lippett.
"Any time you lose a guy who started every game for you last year, that's not ideal," Gase said. "But that's why we've collected the depth we have."
The Dolphins decided they didn't have enough depth at quarterback, so they coaxed veteran Jay Cutler out of retirement with a $10 million, one-year deal to replace Tannehill.
Cutler will make his Dolphins debut when he starts Thursday's exhibition game against Baltimore.
Other injuries have slowed preparations for the regular-season opener on Sept. 10. Pro Bowl running back Jay Ajayi was removed Tuesday from the concussion protocol, just as reserve running back Kenyan Drake entered it after being injured a day earlier.
Ajayi, who had a breakout season last year, missed two weeks of practice after being hurt in a non-contact drill.
"It's frustrating," he said. "You want to be out there with your teammates, practicing and grinding. It's the time we're all working on our craft to be better; but at the same time, it is better that it happened now during the preseason."
The Dolphins have also been without five ailing receivers, although none is a starter.
As if conceding to the injury tsunami, Gase dialed back the intensity and switched to a short indoor walkthrough for the final training camp practice.
"We've been going pretty hard," he said. "The guys have really been working in some pretty extreme temperatures at practice, and nobody said anything and just kept working. We had some guys banged up and fairly tired, and I just thought it was a good chance for us to get work in, but at the same time kind of rest them up a little bit."
The Dolphins failed to meet perhaps the biggest goal of training camp, which is to stay healthy. But their second-year head coach said the most serious injuries have been the kind that can't be prevented.
"We haven't had a ton of soft tissue injuries, which really is the biggest thing you're preparing for," Gase said. "You do everything you can physically in the weight room, and try to prepare yourself, and try to schedule practice right, and not fatigue your guys to the point where their bodies are breaking down. But training camp is meant to be hard. It's meant to harden you up. It's meant to get you in condition. So you're not going to prevent everything."
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Marcahuasi: Vestiges of a Forgotten Global Civilization, or Just Weird Rocks in Peru?
The world is full of difficult-to-explain wonders. In the last century, archaeologists have discovered many civilizations, such as the Hittites, which were previously not thought to exist. As a result, the discovery of a new civilization has become relatively commonplace today. One supposed example of this is the Marcahuasi rock forest .
Within the unusual rock formations, many visitors have claimed to have found what amounts to hundreds of carvings. But others say that these are just the result of natural erosion; meaning one possible explanation of this phenomenon is pareidolia.
One of the first modern explorers to visit Marcahuasi in Peru was the self-styled archaeologist and mystic Daniel Ruzo, who visited the site in 1952. He spent nine years exploring the region and claimed to have found hundreds of human sculptures, as well as figurines of animals such as camels, lions, seals, and frogs. He also claimed that some sculptures were made in such a way that they appeared to change their shape at different times of the day and year depending on how they were illuminated.
The 'Monument to Humanity' rock sculpture at Marcahuasi. ( willmontano /Adobe Stock)
The Masma Civilization
Ruzo also claimed that Marcahuasi had vortices of healing power, making it a deeply spiritual place. He believed that it was built by a civilization called the Masma, who, according to Ruzo, once maintained a globe-spanning civilization before they were destroyed in a cataclysm. He used this to explain why some of the figures appeared to imply an origin on different continents - such as animals not native to South America.
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Ruzo's tale of the Masma civilization has its origins in the beliefs of a Peruvian esotericist by the name of Pedro Astete, who had heard the name in a dream. Ruzo came to believe that the cataclysm that allegedly wiped out the Masma would one day happen again and that it was a part of a cycle spanning thousands of years.
Stones at Marcahuasi. ( Adwo /Adobe Stock)
Strange Occurrences at Marcahuasi
Since Daniel Ruzo first made these observations in the 1950s, many people have gone to the Marcahuasi rock forest and have claimed to feel a spiritual presence there. Many have also said they experienced out-of-body experiences, visions of ghosts, and even encounters with UFOs. There are many stories of supernatural events involving these mysterious formations. One such tale is of a man who was paralyzed in a car accident being miraculously healed after meeting a mysterious man among the rock formations.
People camping at Marcahuasi. ( josemanuel246 /Adobe Stock)
Although most archaeologists believe them to be natural formations, many fringe theorists and mystics have insisted that the rock formations are artificially modified. Among the more well-known sculptures are the 'Monument to Humanity,' two statues of queens (one of which is said to be African), and a feature that some believe resembles an Egyptian deity in the form of an anthropomorphic hippopotamus. There is also at least one statue that is said to resemble the face on Mars .
In addition to statues, explorers of the area say that they have found the remains of office buildings and residences, indicating that it was once a city. There is also a claim of a mummy having been found in the area.
Although this would be definitive proof of a sustained human presence in the area, it wouldn't necessarily mean that the rock formations are indeed statues or that a city ever existed in the area. No serious archaeological surveys appear to have been done in the area, so it is hard to verify that a mummy was actually found at the site.
Chullpas (tombs) in Marcahuasi. ( Peruphotoart/Adobe Stock)
Questioning the Claims
The man who is most often sourced in relation to Marcahuasi is Daniel Ruzo. His methods don't appear to have been very rigorous. He was more of a mystic than scientific investigator. Most of the other studies of Marcahuasi suggest that there isn't any evidence of a large human settlement having ever existed in the area.
If the location had been the site of a city, it is likely the tools, human remains, ornaments, figurines, middens, and other archaeological items would be found. From what can be gathered though, none of the hallmarks of a human settlement have been discovered, with the possible exception of a mummified body. If the rocks really are sculptures, then they are the only evidence of a complex society at Marcahuasi. In fact, this is probably why there hasn't been much archaeological investigation at the site by mainstream archaeologists; they believe there isn't much to be found.
Ruined structure at Marcahuasi. (Rickahontas/ CC BY SA 3.0 )
Another problem with the alleged statues is that upon examination it is difficult to tell them apart from natural rock formations that have been eroded. Some people have claimed that the sculptures change their form in different light at different times of the year. At one time of the year a formation might appear to be a frog and at another part of the year it might be a bird.
Art is distinguished from nature by how clearly it represents something and is deliberately manufactured. If the form of a sculpture is so open to interpretation, it leaves one to wonder if there is anything there at all or if these statues are not simply the result of imagination.
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Marcahuasi. ( Bayamin /Adobe Stock)
This leads to another possible explanation for the apparent figures: pareidolia. Pareidolia is a tendency for humans to see patterns that are not really there. This is the reason why people have claimed to have seen things like a face on Mars or the face of Jesus Christ on toast. Our mind tries to make sense of all the sensory stimuli and puts together a pattern that is familiar to us, but it does not actually exist.
The reason that our brains are wired to see patterns even if they aren't there is probably because there was no selective advantage against false positives. If a prehistoric human thought he saw a tiger in the grass and didn't, he would run and still survive even though he was mistaken; whereas someone who wasn't able to detect a pattern that actually was there, tiger stripes in this case, would be more likely to get eaten.
Because of pareidolia, we must be more careful to make sure that what we see is actually there. If we look long enough, our brain will discern a pattern whether or not one actually exists, especially if we want it to be there. As a result, it is important to be skeptical and discerning when it comes to encountering things in nature that look manmade. Is there a good reason to think it is? Is it likely? If not, it might just be pareidolia.
Top Image: Marcahuasi Stone Forest in Peru. Source: Adwo /Adobe Stock
By Caleb Strom
"Marcahuasi: Mysteries in Stone" by Lisa Rome. Unicus Magazine. Available at: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/arqueologia/marcahuasi01.htm
"Mysterious Marcahuasi, Peru – One Of The Greatest Puzzles Of Human Prehistory" (2015). MessagetoEagle.com. Available at: http://www.messagetoeagle.com/marcahuasi-peru-one-of-the-greatest-mysteries-of-human-prehistory/
"The Mystery of Markawasi" by Dr. Robert Schoch (2005). Circular Times. Available at: http://www.robertschoch.net/Mystery%20of%20Markawasi.htm
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Bruce N wrote on 17 October, 2017 - 23:55 Permalink
2nd picture down resembles the Sphinx to me
Dave Miller wrote on 8 October, 2017 - 02:40 Permalink
Marcahuasi was one of the first places I looked at in researching "The Sibold Effect." I saw a huge similarity between the combination of supernatural activity and creative anthropomorphic rock sculptures and "The Lost Tribe of Clover Hollow" It's a prime example of the spirit/nature relationship.
nicaresearcher wrote on 8 October, 2017 - 02:17 Permalink
For years, I have been a huge supporter of the theories of ancient advanced civilizations on our planet, and I firmly believe that they did exist. But really, I simply do not see the the weathered rocks at Marcahuasi being anything more than the simple effects of time and the elements. In this case, it seems that the old companion of the human mind, Pareidolia is at work, and that the figures in the rocks are nothing more than a misinterpretation by the mind of the viewer.
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9201 Lockwood Ave
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Jane Stenson School serves 373 students in grades Kindergarten-5.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 35-39% (which is higher than the Illinois state average of 32%) for the 2017-18 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 45-49% (which is higher than the Illinois state average of 37%) for the 2017-18 school year.
Jane Stenson School placed in the top 30% of all schools in Illinois for overall test scores (math proficiency is top 50%, and reading proficiency is top 30%) for the 2017-18 school year.
The student:teacher ratio of 14:1 is lower than the Illinois state level of 15:1.
Minority enrollment is 62% of the student body (majority Asian and Hispanic), which is higher than the Illinois state average of 52% (majority Hispanic and Black).
Jane Stenson School places among the top 20% of public schools in Illinois for:
Jane Stenson School's student population of 373 students has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
The teacher population of 27 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
Jane Stenson School is ranked within the top 30% of all 3,672 schools in Illinois (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2017-18 school year.
The diversity score of Jane Stenson School is 0.74, which is more than the diversity score at state average of 0.68. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
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School District Name Skokie 68 School District
Source: 2017-2018 (latest school year available) NCES, IL Dept. of Education
The nearest high school to Jane Stenson School is Niles North High School (0.9 miles away)
The nearest middle school and elementary school is Old Orchard Junior High School (0.9 miles away)
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Robert Blake Williams (October 18, 1924 – November 11, 2003) was an American basketball player.  He won two national championships at Oklahoma A&M University and represented the U.S. as a member of the 1950 FIBA World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Williams, a 6'2 guard from Lawton, Oklahoma, attended Oklahoma A&M (subsequently renamed Oklahoma State Univ.) from 1944–48, winning championships with the Aggies in both 1945 and 1946 with future Hall of Fame teammate Bob Kurland.  The Aggies were coached by future US Olympic team coach, Henry Iba.  Williams was named first team All-Missouri Valley Conference in 1946, in a year when all five Aggie starters composed the all-conference first team.

Following the completion of his collegiate career, Williams opted to compete in the Amateur Athletic Union, instead of the fledgling professional leagues, the National Basketball Association or the Basketball Association of America.  He joined the Denver Chevrolets, a move that enabled him to become a part of the U.S. National team's entry to the first FIBA World Championship in 1950 in Buenos Aires.

Williams played in all six of the team's matches as the team won their first five games to reach the final against host team Argentina.  In the final the U.S. team lost 64-50 as 38 fouls were called on the Americans and Argentina tallied more points from the foul line than from the field.  The U.S. team had only four players on the floor at the end of the game.  Williams averaged 3.3 points per game for the tournament, with his best game coming in the fourth contest against Chile when Williams led the Americans in scoring with nine points.

Williams went on to a career in automobile sales, eventually owning a small Ford dealership in Newcastle, Wyoming.  He retired from that business in 1980 and spent his final decades in Fort Collins, Colorado.  He died from diabetes complications in 2003, leaving behind his wife of 54 years, Florence Williams, and three children.

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Lutsen Mountains Co-President Sells Stock - Granite Peak & Lutsen Under Single Ownership
Lutsen Mountains
Earlier today, Lutsen announced that long-term partner and Co-President of Lutsen Mountains, Tom Rider, has sold his 50% ownership to Charles Skinner. As a result, Charles Skinner will now be the sole owner and President of Lutsen Mountains and Granite Peak.
Here is what Tom had to say about the sale "Having devoted three decades of my life to Lutsen Mountains, the decision to sell my interest was difficult and comes with many mixed emotions. The main condition to selling was that the business be left in capable hands, and I am confident that with continued family ownership, and the superb team of key staff in place, that the future of Lutsen Mountains is bright."
Charles Skinner & Lutsen Mountains
Lutsen Mountains was started back in 1948 by George Nelson, Jr. but sold to Charles' father (Charlie Skinner) in 1980. Charles and Tom (brothers-in-law) joined forces in the early 1990s to run the resort and split ownership 50/50.
"I am very happy that this transaction will enable Lutsen Mountains to continue as a family-run business", said Charles. "I have long believed that the best model for destination ski areas of our size is multi-generational family ownership. And with both of my daughters, Charlotte and Caroline, having grown up in the ski business, and with MBA degrees, I am grateful that they have the interest and aptitude to lead the family business in the coming years. We also have an amazing team of senior managers", continued Skinner, "many of
whom also are multiple-generation family employees of Lutsen Mountains, including the Vick, Buckman, and Plummer families. The family theme is an entrenched part of our business culture, and is something we are very proud of."
Charles Skinner & Granite Peak
During the early 2000s, Charles started another venture, taking over the lease of Rib Mountain. He would sign a 30-year lease in 2000 and invest millions over the past couple of decades, forming the Granite Peak that we all know and love today.
Family Owned Future
This acquisition will allow both resorts to operate as a single operation and ensure both resorts remain family-owned and operated. Charles has opened expressed that the expansion plan for Lutsen was designed to pave the path for his daughters, Charlotte and Caroline, to continue the resort, and this purchase ensures that vision.
What Changes Can We Expect?
I would expect little change for this season; however, we will likely see more events, promotions, and products geared toward both ski areas in the coming years.
This purchase comes at a great time as both Granite Peak and Lutsen Mountains are in the process of possible expansions, which will make the process much smoother for both resorts. If you want to learn more about Lustens proposed expansion, please watch the video below.
Overall, this is excellent news for the resorts and Midwest skiers/riders alike and paves the way to ensure these resorts remain family-owned and operated for the next generation. I am excited to see what the future holds for both of these resorts, but it is certainly looking bright.
If you want to read the entire press release you can do so by clicking the link below. And be sure to check out our video highlighting Lutsen Mountains below. Hope to see you out there!
Lutsen Mountains Ski Resort Announces Purchase of Family Stock of Tom Rider
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SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the tender to build the next-generation, satellite-based Electronic Road Pricing system to the consortium of NCS and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine System Asia (MHI).
LTA awarded the S$556-million contract to what it called the proposal with the "highest quality score, lowest bid price and best value for money", it announced on Thursday (Feb 25).
Development on the new system will begin from the second quarter of 2016, with the aim of implementing it operationally from 2020. There will be an 18-month transition period during which the current system will run in tandem with the new one, the agency added.
NCS and MHI were one of three consortia that participated in the tender process. Local firm ST Electronics bid S$1.26 billion, while the consortium of Watchdata Technologies and Beijing Watchdata System did not get to the bidding stage.
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The agency first issued a tender in October 2014 to build a new ERP system based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology, which will allow motorists to eventually be charged according to distance travelled on congested roads and removes the need for physical gantries. Mr Lui Tuck Yew, then the Transport Minister, said this would be a more equitable pricing method.
LTA also said there is no timeline for implementation of the distance-based pricing and when rolled out in 2020, the policy for charges will be the same as now.
"Since introduction, the road pricing system has been effective in managing traffic congestion, " said LTA chief executive Chew Men Leong on Thursday. "The next-generation road pricing system will allow us to improve on this and also allow us to provide more services for motorists' convenience."
"That will prompt drivers to, first of all, be more aware in terms of the charges they have to incur, " he added. "When they use the road, how they use the road, whether they even want to drive in the first place.
"At the same time, we are also actually expanding and improving our public transport network and with that, hopefully that can also have an effect where people become less reliant on cars and actually take up public transport as a desired mode of transport in Singapore."
"It is not practical to continue with the current gantry system, which is almost two decades old and will become increasingly expensive and difficult to maintain, " said LTA in a statement.
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The Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act ("OCPA") is substantially similar to the Texas Anti-Slapp, and recently in Southwest Orthopaedic Specialists, P.L.L.C. v. Allison, Case No. 116,348, — P.3d —- (OK COA 2018), the Oklahoma Court of Appeals relied heavily on Texas case law in drawing the contours of the OCPA. In particular, with regard to what is necessary to survive dismissal for the damages elements of a claim. Although determining the plaintiff had not met the damage elements of their claims, it remanded to the trial court for a new hearing (ostensibly giving the plaintiff a chance to cure its damage deficiencies).It's safe to guess that Oklahoma litigators will continue to look to Texas Anti-Slapp case law in the future.


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That tutorial is great. How do you call the two feet you're using for it ???? the first one seems to be for a zipper but I have never seen the second one before.
Hi Tiphaine! Yes, the first foot is a zipper foot. In #7, I used a serger to finish the edge, which is why that looks different. #8 is an invisible zipper foot. Hope that helps!
I love to use piping in my work (almost all my projects have piping!) haha. Thank you for this tutorial, it gave me some pointers on how I can improve my piping 'skills'. May I know what do you call this kind of blue fabric? and it's not stretch is it? I recently made a shirt dress using this kind of fabric (you can check it out in my blog if you like) and I love the feel and hang of it, and it's easy to sew too, and been wondering what type of fabric this is and what it's called. Is it cotton?
Hi! Thanks for the tutorial. Would it be possible to do a tutorial in the future for making these pants with a higher waist? Thank you!
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Marc Ellis Joseph (born 10 November 1976) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He earned twelve caps for the Antigua and Barbuda national team.

Club career
Born in Leicester, East Midlands, Joseph previously played for a number of clubs, including Hull City and Blackpool. Joseph played 86 games for Hull, including playing a part in back-to-back promotions from Division Three (which became League Two) and League One to the Championship, scoring his only goal for the club against Macclesfield. In January 2006 he joined Blackpool, initially on loan from Hull, before making the deal permanent. He was not involved in the club's League One play-off winning campaign in 2006–07, not starting a first-team game between a 4–4 League Trophy draw with Accrington Stanley on 31 October 2006, and his release by the club on 31 May 2007.

He signed for newly relegated League Two side Rotherham United in June 2007. Marc Joseph scored his first Rotherham goal on 29 December 2007 with a fine shot from 25 yards which became the winning goal against Notts County, giving Rotherham their first league win against them after 50 years. Joseph joined Altrincham on 6 August 2010.

In the summer of 2011, Joseph joined Kendal Town on a free transfer, becoming the club captain.

In March 2013 Joseph joined Northern Premier League side Witton Albion. He made his debut on 1 April, making nine appearances and scoring one goal, against his former club Kendal Town.

International career
Joseph played for Antigua and Barbuda in non-FIFA regulated friendlies in June 2008 and made his debut against Saint Kitts and Nevis in a friendly before playing both legs of Antigua's World Cup qualifiers against Cuba.

International goals
Scores and results list Antigua and Barbuda's goal tally first.

Post football career
Joseph now works for Blackpool FC Community Trust.

Honours
Blackpool
League One play-offs: 2006–07

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External links

Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database

1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Leicester
English footballers
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Antigua and Barbuda international footballers
Association football defenders
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Coventry City F.C. players
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Bristol City F.C. players
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Rotherham United F.C. players
Altrincham F.C. players
Kendal Town F.C. players
Witton Albion F.C. players
Northwich Victoria F.C. players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
English sportspeople of Antigua and Barbuda descent
Black British sportsmen