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- 1. Both positive and negative selection leave distinctive signatures at the molecular level that can be detected using statistical tests.
2. In population genetic data, selection may affect levels of variability, linkage disequilibrium, haplotype structure and allelic distribution in each nucleotide site (frequency spectrum). In comparative data, selection has a strong effect on the dN/dS ratio.
3. Statistical methods for detecting selection differ in the assumptions they make and how powerful they are. Most methods applicable to population genetic data rely on strong assumptions regarding the demography of the populations, while comparative methods are free of such assumptions.
4. An increasing amount of evidence suggests that positive selection is much more pervasive than previously thought.
5. Inferences regarding selection provide a powerful tool in functional studies, for example for the prediction of possible disease-related genomic regions.
- "Molecular Signatures of Natural Selection", Annu. Rev. Genet. 2005. 39:197–218
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It was ready, set, stand still at the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) meeting this afternoon. The Fed held its target for the federal funds rate at 1%, still a 46-year low.
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The Priceline Is Right
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMF Edible)
If William Shatner were to start crooning again for Priceline.com
Earning $0.13 a share during the March quarter on a 46% spike in gross bookings, the company continues to expand its offerings. As just one example, Priceline's rental car reservations jumped 83% over last year's showing.
Yes, we've seen this before. Priceline once figured it could slap its "Name Your Own Price" model on everything from groceries to gasoline. It failed that time out, but now the company is taking a more logical approach to diversification.
Priceline has grown, in part, by acquiring proven upstarts, most recently scooping up a majority stake in Travelweb.com. That gives the company a more traditional hotel-booking portal to go along with its deeply discounted namesake service. While TravelWeb will post a loss for the current quarter, Priceline expects the purchase to be accretive to earnings next year.
That's why buying a stake in Travelweb from the hotel companies that founded it makes sense. In the early days, Priceline was sending rejection notices on five of every six bids it received. Now it will have an established Web portal to serve as a more photogenic "Dear John" postcard.
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Given management's projections for the next few quarters, Priceline should earn between $0.76 and $0.90 a share this year. The stock has shed nearly 40% from its last year's highs, and the earnings horizon looks bright.
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By Phil Wohl
I remember the days when broadband backbone collectors like Qwest Communications
What could have been major water displacement from a powerhouse cannonball has turned into a little wave from a kid with floaties jumping in at the steps of the pool. Qwest's acquisition of floundering Baby Bell US West in the late 1990s signaled an about-face for a company on the rise.
One look at Qwest's first-quarter results reveal how far the company has slid into the local market abyss. The company reported a loss of $0.17 per share, versus earnings per share of $0.09 a year ago, with the loss being about $0.04 below analysts' expectations. Somehow the company still believes it will see revenue growth in 2004, despite a 3.9% revenue drop in the first quarter.
Qwest has spun a messy story about a promising company that flushed just about every ounce of potential down the facility. Current management has spent most of its time trying to clean up the previous team's mess. In fact, the company is still under investigation by the SEC on a few outstanding accounting issues and former executives are on trial for the indiscretions.
Sure, Qwest has seen some growth in long-distance and Internet operations, but so have its main competitors SBC Communications
The best that Qwest can hope in the future is to become an acquisition target for a larger, better-positioned telecom company. Potential suitors might include AT&T
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Clear Channel's Clearer Skies
By Seth Jayson
It's been a long first quarter for radio and advertising giant Clear Channel Communications
Since then, the airwaves seem to be clearing, and the numbers are looking healthy. The corporation's first-quarter numbers trumpet a 58% increase in earnings per share, but stick your fingers in your ears for a minute and read below the headlines.
When we last checked in with the firm, it took a fair bit of squintin' and cipherin' to figure out that 2003's full-year results were salvaged, mostly, by gains from sales of the firm's stake in Univision
There's more of the same for first-quarter 2004. Dropping its stake and shedding radio stations juiced the numbers, yielding $0.19 per stub. Without these onetime credits, the earnings improvement was a mere 33%, meaning $0.16 per share -- impressive by any measure.
Revenues grew across the board, though, outdoor advertising and live entertainment notched markups in the high teens, much better than radio's 5% uptick. But any sales gain looks good when viewed to other media peers. As we've seen in recent results for other media conglomerates, advertising dollars aren't rising everywhere.
Clear Channel has produced healthy free cash flow over the past few years, and it looks like the extra green is being put to good use. Debt was reduced by $780 million last quarter, and there's an ongoing share repurchase plan. With ad sales increasing, the slimmer, trimmer Clear Channel looks well positioned to profit should the economy really kick into high gear.
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BATH — The City Council on Wednesday gave the elderly residents of an unsafe house four months to decide if they will repair or demolish the building.
If demolition is the choice, that must occur within 11 months, the council said.
Meanwhile, the residents of the home – Alan and Yvonne Orchard of 45 Windjammer Way – don't believe repair is an option. They are hoping to move into a partially subsidized apartment near Bluff Road, which will not be available until next month.
The council ruled 7-1 on Dec. 5, with Councilor David Sinclair opposed, that the dilapidated 1920 building is a danger to the Orchards.
Code Enforcement Officer Scott Davis deemed the house dangerous after he inspected it with a structural engineer in September. His report said the house's foundation footing had settled; its rear joints rested on wet soil; "variable settlement" had caused some parts of the floor sheathing to be unsupported, and a main support beam supporting the joists at the center of the house had failed.
A blue tarp covered a large hole in the roof, and roof framing surrounding that tarp had failed, "with missing sheathing, failed sheathing bowed between remaining rafters, and rotted rafters with parts of the rafter missing," Davis reported, adding that he also found the house to be out of plumb.
On Wednesday, the council voted 7-1, with Sinclair again opposed, to give the Orchards until May 1, 2013, to decide whether to repair the dilapidated building. Should the couple choose to tear down the house, they have until Nov. 1, 2013, to do so, according to the order.
Debris would have to be completely removed from the property and disposed of within a week after demolition, and the property would have to be "remediated and returned to its natural state" within three weeks.
The council also ordered the Orchards to secure the building, with entry barred except for repairs, demolition, or removal of the couple's personal property.
City Manager Bill Giroux said after the meeting that it is up to Davis to enforce the order.
"If they refuse to vacate, then a judge would have them vacate," he said. "… They have to be given reasonable time to move their belongings … but obviously it has to happen fairly soon, because the council has said that the building is … dangerous."
Giroux added that "all the city officials involved are doing everything they can to assist them in every way possible."
Yvonne Orchard said after the meeting that the city had offered a temporary place to stay in Brunswick until the Bluff Road apartment is ready, "but we didn't really want to take it because we were worried about the pipes (freezing at Windjammer Way)."
Jeanelle Merrill-Pyy, who called herself an advocate and personal assistant for the Orchards, argued that a communication barrier existed between the couple and the city.
"There's a difference in the way that you communicate (as councilors), to the way that they communicate," she said, noting that while both parties speak the same language, "what you say goes above their head. And it triggers a fear response, and that fear response, inside an individual, can be paralyzing, and cause them to not be able to process what it is that is happening in a way that they can fully respond in an appropriate manner to the situation at hand."
Merrill-Pyy said Alan Orchard, an 81-year-old former carpenter, "never needed social assistance before. His pride is on the line."
At that point, the Orchards had already left the meeting. Later Wednesday evening at home, Alan Orchard expressed frustration about the proceedings, saying he did not think he was going to be able to say anything there.
"It's all between them up there," he said, referring to the council.
Orchard has acknowledged that the house is in bad shape, and said he and his wife have tried to find another place, but money is their problem. He has said he knows the structure of the house and is not worried about its integrity, and that the building had leaned long before they moved in 26 years ago.
But on Wednesday he said he now considers the house beyond repair.
Yvonne Orchard, 55, has said she and her husband approached the Bath Housing Authority for help, but they were told there is a two-year waiting list for Section 8 housing – government assistance to low-income renters – and a six- to 12-month wait for elderly disabled people.
Councilor Meadow Rue Merrill said she hopes for an extension of the deadlines if needed, and suggested reaching out to volunteer organizations to help the Orchards.
"I would hope that as hard as this decision is, we can work together in a way that is to the greatest benefit for the Orchards," she said.
City Solicitor Roger Therriault called the Orchards "wonderful people," adding that "no one wants this to happen."
"This is not fun for anybody," Therriault said, noting that when the situation started to become desperate, and the condition of the building reached the point it needed to be condemned, "we asked ourselves a question … 'which would you rather see on the front page of the paper? Would you rather see a headline that said that this building collapses on these two poor innocent people because the city stood by and didn't do anything? Or would you rather try to go through a process that would at least protect their safety?'"
Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @learics.
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He wanted more, past the uncontrollable spilling of his essence and then complete and utter deflation. So he learned to reserve his essence and route his pleasure through his entire body. It is absolutely divine and delicious to witness.
He presses into me, never ceasing to scan every movement.
The little me feels like running, feels like I am not good enough to meet him in this completely open state. I have been holding onto this pain for so long, but I know surrendering will be my only savior—the only way to access my heart again.
My spirit squirms in surprise at the intensity of it all and at the same time my emotional body is elated to find that someone like him—someone so right—has finally come to the gates of my mind, body and soul. He heals me by giving me back to myself.
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Davido started music with his cousin, Adebayo Adeleke, aka B-Red. But at the time Davido started enjoying the spotlight, it became a struggle for B-Red to make a name for himself.
But B-Red, who is the son of Senator Ademola Adeleke, had never been envious of Davido.
He stated, "A record company will always push one artiste before others and Davido was the first on the list. He is my family member and I don't hate him. I am happy he is successful and a big artiste in Africa because his success rubs off on me too. It is normal for people to always compare artistes, but it is left for you to ignore that. It is just music and everyone can be at the top at the same time. I don't care about what people say; I just make music.


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Ħidmietna is a Maltese musical by Elton Zarb and Brian Bonnici about the history of the General Workers Union.
The musical was premiered on Friday 11 October 2013 as part of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Union. Two further shows were presented on 12 - 13 October, 2013 at the union's own City Theatre in Valletta.
The musicial follows the long history of the union from the original meeting held by founder Reggie Miller on 5 October 1943 in l-Imsida.
- Neville Refalo as Reggie Millie
- Pamela Bezzina
- Mark Tonna
- Janvil
- Tiziana Calleja
- Glen Vella
- Dominic Cini - Minik
- Ina Robinich
- Julie Pomorski
- Jeff Scicluna
- Renato Vella
- Rebecca Bonnici
- Maria Abdilla
- Albertine Abela
- Ivan Vella
- Steve Camilleri
- Malcolm Camilleri
- Dario Bezzina
- Joseph Refalo
- Grecia Bezzina
- Cherylis Camilleri
- Joe Paul Bezzina
- Joe Zerafa-Għannej
- Jahel Cardona
- Mandy Farrugia
- Aidan Abela
- Sarah Bonnici
Choregraphy by Sarah Camilleri. Directed by Malcolm Bonnici.
The musical was well received by the attending audiences. It also received generally positive comments in newspapers. T
Another show is scheduled for Sunday 27 October 2013 at 5.00pm at the City Theatre in Valletta.
External links
- Event page on Facebook
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Got Milk? Ayurveda Says Yes to Raw Milk and Ghee
"She's a rare breed. Youngest of 13 siblings. Never had a cavity. Drove a car until she was 97 years old. Attributes it all to whole milk, her pickles, and Jesus."
My friend, Max, texted me that the other day about his 103-year-old grandmother. It made me chuckle, picturing this scenario. It also made me think about Ayurveda, a science near and dear to my heart. India's 5,000-year-old traditional medicine would support Max's claim that whole milk does, in fact, keep humans healthy. You see, Ayurveda is a huge fan of whole milk and ghee. This science believes that organic, fresh, pure dairy products can support a healthy, stable body.
Ayurveda recognizes that there are different body types which align with the three doshas -- vata, pitta and kapha -- and each body type has varying needs. For example, a vata body type can have a difficult time gaining weight and sustaining it, while a kapha body type has a hard time losing weight. As an Ayurvedic practitioner, I would recommend that a vata type person bring healthy fats into their diet. Things like ghee (clarified butter), raw whole milk, and even humanely raised, antibiotic-free meat and bone broth will give a vata body type the sustenance it needs to build healthy fat and tissue. For a kapha type person, I would recommend a 100% vegetarian diet with a focus on plenty of leafy green vegetables cooked in either coconut oil or ghee. It is interesting to note that Ayurveda recommends ghee for all doshic types, as it is an excellent source for digestive health. Due to this love of ghee for all body types, Ayurveda recommends a vegetarian diet over a vegan one.
Ghee, or clarified butter, is a huge staple in an Ayurvedic diet. It contains butyric acid, which is a short-chain fatty acid that heals the intestinal walls, strengthens the colon, and promotes regular elimination patterns. Ghee's health benefits do not stop there! It helps lubricate the joints to keep the body healthy and limber as we age and is also a source of Omega-3 and 6 fatty acids. If you are interested in learning how to make your own ghee at home, check out an article written a few years ago on this very topic.
Whole, raw milk like Organic Pastures is an excellent source of probiotics, Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. These actions promote a healthy immune system and create what Ayurveda calls ojas. Ojas is a Sanskrit term that refers to the body's physical and emotional wellbeing. When we have healthy ojas, we have a strong immune system and the ability to withstand stress. Thus, if the body is feeling weak and depleted or emotional feelings of fragility and sensitivity are coming up, Ayurveda would recommend building ojas through the diet. Some of the main foods that build ojas are raw, whole milk, ghee, almonds and dates.
Overall, when a body is healthy and ojas is strong, Ayurveda supports a vegetarian diet over a vegan one due to the enormous health benefits that dairy can offer the physical and emotional body. It is important to consider that when Ayurveda was born over 5,000 years ago, there were no factory farms; all dairy products were raw, unadulterated, and from healthy cows living their lives in nature. But today, if you do feel that a vegetarian diet is optimal for your health and well-being over a vegan one, please always be mindful of where you source your dairy. Choose raw dairy products from companies with ethical practices, where animal well-being is just as or more important than the bottom dollar.
I strongly believe that my friend Max's 103-year-old Grandmother, who was raised on a 400-acre organic dairy farm, has truly benefited from the fresh and high-quality dairy sources that were readily available in her day. As consumers, we vote with our dollar every time we make a purchase. Especially when buying dairy products, please keep in mind the sustainability and humane practices that the company may or may not implement.
If you are interested in learning more about Ayurveda and what foods are best for your body type? Visit PAAVANI Ayurveda to learn more.
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Trudy Collings is co-founder of PAAVANI Ayurveda, a skincare and body therapy company located in Nevada City, CA.
Interesting that Ayurveda supports drinking milk.
Some excellent points about adding a small amount of milk to your diet.
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NEW ORLEANS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — University of Texas head football coach Tom Herman has needed less than two years to pull the football program out of mediocrity and get to a prestigious bowl game on New Year's Day.
The 14th-ranked Longhorns will face No. 6 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Tuesday night looking to continue their resurgence on the national landscape. Herman hopes his team is ready to take advantage of the opportunity.
"This is another very important step," Herman said. "Winning it would certainly be even bigger."
Georgia has already established itself as one of the nation's best programs. The Bulldogs were in the hunt for a spot in the College Football Playoff all season before a close loss to Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game knocked them out of the four-team field.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart has acknowledged the disappointment of that loss. But he's also adamant the Sugar Bowl is an opportunity his program won't take for granted.
"The comeback is what you do this for," Smart said. "So this is our opportunity to go out and finish it and do it the right way, and we want to do that."
Texas will be the underdog for Tuesday's game after losing to Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game . But the Longhorns are confident — and motivated — to prove that their quick rise isn't a mirage.
"For the first time in a long time I think we understand that our best is good enough," Herman said. "That if we play our best, we can play with and/or beat any team in the country."
Here are a few other things to know when Georgia faces Texas in the Sugar Bowl:
Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger played high school football at Westlake in Austin, which is also where New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees played as a teenager.
Now Ehlinger gets a chance to compete on the same field where Brees has become a legend.
"I have pride in the fact that I went to his high school and to be able to play in the Superdome where he has absolutely gone off and set records and done those things for the Saints organization — it is really cool," Ehlinger said.
Herman had high praise for his senior class, which came to Texas when the program was in the midst of three straight losing seasons. Now they'll go out with one final game in the Sugar Bowl.
"Although they may not have the championships or the hardware to prove it, they will go down as maybe the most influential senior class at least hopefully in my tenure for having gotten us through some rocky times and never wavering, staying committed to the things that they believe in and the things that we believe in," Herman said.
The Longhorns will have a tough task on Tuesday when they attempt to slow Georgia's running game, which has been very productive with D'Andre Swift and Elijah Holyfield, who have combined to run for nearly 2,000 yards this season.
Herman compared Georgia's production to rival Oklahoma, even if the two teams' schemes are very different.
"The one thing those two teams have in common are massive offensive linemen and really, really talented tailbacks, which usually equates to a pretty good run game," Herman said.
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Here is the full text of the Poem Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eliot.
T.S. Eliot: Journey of the Magi
Stanza One
A cold coming we had of it,
The ways deep and the weather sharp
The very dead of winter.
And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory,
Lying down in the melting snow
There were times we regretted
The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces
And the silken girls bringing sherbet
Then the camel men cursing and grumbling
And running away, and wanting their liquor and women
And the night fires going out, and the lack of shelters
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly
And the villages dirty and charging high prices:
A hard time we had of it
At the end we preferred to travel all night,
Sleeping in snatches,
With the voices singing in our ears, saying
That this was all folly
Stanza Two
Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley,
Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation;
With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness
And three trees on the low sky
And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow
Then we came to a tavern with vine leaves over the lintel,
Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver,
And feet kicking the empty wine-skins
But there was no information, and so we continued.
And arriving at evening, not a moment too soon
Finding the place;it was (you may say) satisfactory.
Stanza Three
All this was a long time ago, I remember,
And I would do it again;but set down
This set down
This: were we led all that way for
Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly
We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death
But had thought they were different: this Birth was
Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death
We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,
But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.
I should be glad of another death.


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Addison-based trucking company Daseke Inc. is acquiring three carriers in a move expected to push the fast-growing firm past the $1 billion mark in annual revenue.
Daseke is adding flatbed and specialized carriers Tennessee Steel Haulers & Co., the Roadmaster Group and Moore Freight Service.
"Today is a significant milestone for Daseke, as our company's total revenue, EBITDA and fleet size are all now approximately 40 percent larger," said president and CEO Don Daseke in a statement. "We've added three exceptional organizations to our family of operating companies focused on unique sectors with promising growth characteristics."
The acquisitions put Daseke on track for pro forma revenue of $1.2 billion and $143 million in earnings before taxes and depreciation in 2017, the company said. In 2009, Daseke's first year of operations, it had revenue of $30 million and earnings of $6 million.
Nashville-based TSH & Co. is a second-generation trucking company with an 1,100 flatbed-focused fleet with a 100 percent owner-operator model. Phoenix-based Roadmaster Group is a high-security cargo carrier. Mascot, Tenn.-based Moore Freight Service delivers commercial sheet glass throughout the Midwest, East Coast and Canada.
Craig Stanley, co-CEO of TSH & Co. with his brother Gregg, said his company spent several years developing a relationship with the Daseke management team.
"The way Daseke does business convinced our family that a merger was the right move for our future growth," he said. "Don (Daseke) ... runs the company the way you would want it run."
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Viu, the premium video on demand platform known for its intriguing original content, will soon be adding a new digital show titled 'Kaushiki' to its diverse library of originals.
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It's with great pleasure that we welcome Luiza Palma to the Litecoin Foundation as Director of Social & Human Rights. As a champion of women and human rights for over twenty years, Luiza is excited to use her experience to help the Litecoin Foundation further our mission to allow Litecoin to empower people from all walks of life. We recently sat down with Luiza to learn more about her and why she decided to join the foundation.
Can you tell us a little bit about your background?
Firstly, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Luiza Palma and I am a Portuguese National from Lisbon, born in Angola.
My Professional background is in investment banking and asset management. I started my career as a forex trader back in the 80's. Although my career started in finance, I have been working as an advocate for human rights in various capacities since 2001. Today, this is where my real passion lies.
Following the global economic crash in 2008, I witnessed hunger all around the world and saw firsthand how human integrity was shattered. From that moment on, I have been identifying crises and finding ways to turn them into opportunities.
Among my various roles, I am also a Peace Ambassador for the United Nation's Women Federation for Global Peace ("WFWP"). It is an organization whose stated purpose is to encourage women to work more actively to promote peace in their communities and the greater society. WFWP contributes to the work and global mission of the United Nations in three main ways: 1) Peace-Building, 2) Moral Education and 3) Poverty Eradication. It has members in 143 countries.
As far as my human rights career, there are a few notable milestones I'd mention:
- In 2013, I was recognized by the 12th Century Vaticano Order – Sovereign Order of Malta – as Dame of Magisterial Grace for upholding human dignity and caring for people in need through medical, social and humanitarian work, and philanthropic human right causes.
- In 2016, I created, developed and made a worldwide registration for the Social Compliance Regulator bill for Human Rights, Corruption, Gender Index and Planet Policies Model.
- In May 2017, I was awarded "Iconic Women Creating a Better World" by All Ladies League — the world's largest all-inclusive international women's chamber and a global movement for the Welfare, Wealth, and Wellbeing of women. There are 500 chapters and 90,000 members across 150 countries. I was also appointed the Chairperson for Portugal chapter.
- In December 2018, I become the Honorary Ambassador for Zorha Orchestra, the first Girls Afghan Orchestra Orphanage where adversity was transformed into survival means.
I was also Mentor of First Colloquium in Portugal for all Middle East and GCC Women Ambassadors and was the Portuguese government's Economic advisor for Finanças Empresariais in 2010 (SME's Development Bank). I hold a Degree in Economic International Affairs with Master in Economic Journalism.
With thousands of cryptocurrencies and related organizations out there, what attracted you to the LF?
First, let me say that it is an honor for me to be part of Litecoin Foundation and the Litecoin community. In September 2018, I met David Schwartz from the foundation, and after digging into Litecoin I realized that what Charlie Lee had created could have massive implications for Human Aid.
Some of the things that attracted me to Litecoin are the integrity of the organization; the governance structure of the foundation; and of course Litecoin's technology, which I believe is perfectly suited for sustainable social rights, gender diversity and humanitarian projects under what I'm calling "Litecoin Way Programs."
How does this role align with what you've done in the past?
This role is an extension of the roles I have been playing in the areas of gender diversity and social rights.
Litecoin has fast and cheap cross-border transfer speed and allows for micropayments, where transaction can be sent from one crypto wallet to another in less than 3 seconds and confirmed in 2.5 minutes. To facilitate human aid in today's world, we need this type of technology.
More than 800 million people in the world are food insecure and approximately 15 people die every minute from starvation. On top of this, things like the daily suffering of 650 million Indian women and girls remains unnoticed. A system that allows monetary aid from anywhere in the world to arrive in minutes is the human aid payment system that we need to help combat these crises.
Litecoin has earned the right to play a part in humanizing our society and it is my duty and honor to help the Litecoin Foundation along this path by making connections with organizations around the globe that can help promote and extend the power of Litecoin.
What are you most excited about going forward?
Going forward, I am most excited about educating my peers and the organizations that I work with about the potential Litecoin holds for the world. While the public and media focus much of their attention on crypto as a speculative investment, too little is discussed about its potential as a sustainable solution to help resolve many social, economic and humanitarian issues at a global scale. I hope to play a small role in changing this.
I would like to give a deep thank you note to Charlie Lee for believing in the vision that I am bringing to the team. I'm confident that this vision, along with my professional background, my humanitarian activities, and experiences in policy making will play a role in helping people realize the transformative power of Litecoin, and ultimately make the world a better place.
Thank you. Obrigada.


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A nanoscale thermometer nanoparticle assembly, created in the process of research mainly funded by the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has potential for very accurately measuring temperature and for facilitating such applications as more accurate medical testing devices, as well as applications in homeland security, and micro- and nano-electromechanical system technologies. The technology, which is well-suited for use with microfludic devices, could potentially help facilitate a new family of nanotechnology-based sensing and optoelectronic devices.
"The accurate temperature regime is critical for medical applications," stated Nicholas Kotov, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Michigan. "All of the biological systems are temperature sensitive. We are designed to operate at 37 degrees (Celsius)--if the temperature gets higher or lower that makes a tremendous change in our feeling of health. Similarly large differences occur with biomedical measurements based on protein reactions. For example, a microfluidics diagnostic device that is becoming more common now may show you that you have cancer when you don't, when temperature of the process is slightly off."
Moreover, in contrast to existing devices, the nanothermometer is potentially capable of measuring temperature in micro- and nanoscale volumes of water because the spaces are in some cases thousands of times smaller than the commas on a page.
The nanothermometer was made by attaching a core gold nanoparticle (about 20 nm in diameter) and a cadmium telluride nanoparticle (about 3.7 nm in diameter) to opposite ends of a flexible polymer, which acts as a spring. The particles interact optically. The nanothermometer's underlying microscopic detection mechanism involves plasmon resonance and excitonplasmon interaction. When excited by laser light, the cadmium telluride glows. When many polymers connect to the gold core, they fan out and form a corona shape.
The polymer spring functions in the fashion of a coiled garden hose that contracts and tightens in the cold and relaxes in the heat. As the polymer responds to heat or cold, the particles attached to the ends move closer or farther apart. At low temperature, the cadmium telluride glows more brightly, since the spring is tighter and the cadmium telluride is closer to the gold. As temperature increases, and the spring stretches, the glow is less pronounced. With the molecular spring, scientists can detect temperature changes down to one or two degrees.
Kotov has noted that the nano device's responses are not limited to temperature. "In terms of applications, this stimulus response system is actually just the beginning of many other, similar structures of sensing devices," he stated. Researchers could design the particle to respond to varied stimuli, such as a biological pathogen or an explosive. "The fact that they are different materials but interact make them a member of a class of metamaterials. These hold great promise because you can combine the properties of two types of solids," he stated.
'Nanoparticle assemblies with molecular springs: A nanoscale thermometer,' by Jaeboom Lee, Alexander Govorov, and Nicholas Kotov, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2005; vol: 44; pp: 7439-7442) notes that: "Compared to other approaches to sensing with nanocolloides, the expansion and contraction of molecular springs represents a very sensitive transduction mechanism for clinical detection: Any change in the dimensions of the superstructure results in a shift of the plasmon resonance with respect to the exciton energy and, subsequently, in a reduction of the enhancement factor."
Kotov told Sensor Technology that some particularly promising applications for the nanoscale assembly technology include testing and monitoring of nano- and microfluidic devices. He noted that the researchers have already demonstrated the ability to design the device to measure parameters other than temperature. Future enhancements to the technology depend on the particular application of interest.


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This was one of a series of posts I wrote on a short lived android dev blog I had during a period where I did a tiny bit of android app development.
Right now we've got an image on the screen (or some other kind of View) and you want to move it around. There's two things here, firstly the method you use for doing this and secondly the context you're in. This is the code you need:
LayoutParams params = new LayoutParams(100,100,100,200); image.setLayoutParams(params);The parameters you pass into that object are width,height,x,y so this is quite straight forward right? What you need to remember though is that there are different versions of LayoutParams depending on the type of ViewGroup you're using.
Above I was using a AbsoluteLayout so that LayoutParams object is imported from within this class.
import android.widget. AbsoluteLayout. LayoutParams;If you import (and therefore pass) the wrong kind of LayoutParams object to a View that's within a different kind of ViewGroup this would cause problems (your app crashing). Eclipse isn't clever enough to sort this out for you so watch out! ;-)


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Grace Meng, the wife of ex-Interpol Chief Meng Hongwei, has reportedly appointed lawyers to track down her husband. Meng was arrested by the Chinese police more than a month ago without giving any notice to the Interpol. Beijing has not revealed the location of where Meng is being held, how he is being treated, or whether proper legal representation has been given to the former chief.
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Grace has hired UK-based Lindeborg Counsellors and the Parisian firm Marsigny Avocats to find her husband. While the Lindeborg Counsellors are experienced in offering counsel to those wishing to challenge red notices issued by Interpol, Marsigny is known to specialize in cases involving asset seizures and extradition procedures.
Grace has also been receiving threats from unknown parties ever since her husband was arrested. As such, the French authorities have put her and her children under police protection.
"Since my husband disappeared, people from all over the world have asked what they can do to help… Above all, I urge everyone to raise their voice in asking China to respect our family's fundamental human rights. His disappearance could not be for anything other than political reasons," Grace said to Reuters.
Chinese officials claim that they had offered Grace an opportunity to talk with Meng on the telephone, but that she had declined. Considering the possibility that such calls will likely be monitored by Chinese intelligence, it is understandable why Grace would have refused to take them up on the offer.
The necessity of keeping the Chinese under pressure
Several human rights organizations have asked the French authorities and Western governments to take strict actions against Beijing and not to let the Communist Party get away with literally abducting an Interpol chief.
"As an international organisation claiming on its homepage that its goal is 'to enable police around the world to work together to make the world a safer place', Interpol needs to press the Chinese authorities to guarantee due process and the rule of law in Meng's case, and the safety of his family members who still do not have any information about his whereabouts and well-being," according to South China Morning Post.
By pushing their politically-driven agenda over basic human rights, China is issuing a direct challenge to the law and order established by the democratic world. Beijing is literally saying to the international community that its brazen actions will continue.
"The Chinese Communist Party has a long history of international kidnaps… If we do not recognize and cut off the long and pernicious arm of the Chinese Communist Party as it reaches across the world, international due process and rule of law could be ruined beyond all recognition," Liu Qing, a U.S.-based veteran rights campaigner, said to Radio Free Asia.
By tolerating China's position and not taking any strict action against them, Interpol and the West will only embolden Beijing to continue with their disregard of basic human legal rights. Eventually, countries that support China might also start acting in such a brazen manner, putting global order and peace at risk.
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GNS! Bring back Art Bell.
Some nights George is a Catholic, but most nights he is "spiritual, but not religious". Last night he claimed to be Catholic, but a few days earlier he said that Jesus carried a "crucifix" through the streets of Jerusalem, and that Jesus drove money changers out of a bunch of "churches". Snoorge's knowledge of the Bible would fit in a thimble.I thought I remembered the second guest last night being schedualed for three hours. Was that correct? If so, it's possible she asked to leave early. However, I think it is much more likely George wanted to play video games for the last hour, which I think is the reason for open lines. No matter how funny it may be, I will not listen to open lines.
FIFO! Offended! Albrecht, are you having a toddy today? Which of your descriptions fits YOU best? Drunk, disabled, diseased, poor, or oddball? Gee, why don't you draw straws for diseased! Brain-diseased, today anyhow! What about all the fine people who listen to coast? Educated people, night workers? I always thought Noory's shows were pretty white anglosaxon upper middle class privledged male oriented. There isn't much ethnic diversity. He kind of baby talks to the ladies.
That's what it said then, but a few days prior, it said something different.
They change it up sometimes if a guests has some issue and can't show or if they do research and discover the guest is a criminal, shyster, or something that violates even C2C's standards. There have been a few over the years that had, or later had, some pretty serious criminal charges or convictions.
Or if a host is "out with a flu" or needs a turkey sammich or hot date. Or there is an "invasion" happening somewhere. C2C webmasters also frequently leave stuff up, misspell, or don't update. I recall JBW being listed as host awhile after he left and I note I can't the place on the site where they list hosts or guest hosts. It is "all Norry, all the time" now or they don't want you to look up guest hosts shows who, like Syrett's, is better.
Here is a hint: have some fun and joke around. Don't take everything so seriously. What is a problem with society, and especially comedy, today. Nobody can take a joke, make fun of themselves/group, or make fun of others. And everyone is so wanting to be offended or be seen as some kind of victim. Or understand irony and satire. Friends also make fun of each other: on teams, in the military, at school, etc. ...
I'm not making this up. Joorch has a snappy new name for Pirranormal Date. Pee Date Cue Dateline and Gramper's Pampers...
OK, Sheriff N. That's funny enough by itself, but...My 1st thought would be that she was a large tumor.I'm guessing he started to say "girl", then decided that was inappropriate (even though she started as a child actor), & then the only word he could complete the "gur" sound with was that. Quick thinking, Sheriff N.!
Yep, Snoorge's employee is still at it. I thought I recognised the evasive writing style and the ploy of leading the thread away from valid criticism of of an ignorant half-wit, into a swamp of sappy bs. I think Snoorge handlers were responsible for this thread temporarily disappearing, and I'm sure they will try again. This time I'm going to pay much closer attention to what goes on here.
Perhaps the best Nooryism in a while- he informed his guest that when the end is nigh, he doesn't want to be hooked up to a breathalyzer. I shit you not.
Things like this just make it all worth it.
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THE funeral service took place at North Cove Church on Friday, December 28 for Margaret Plumb of Pakefield who died on December 17 at Lowestoft Hospital aged 75.
THE funeral service took place at North Cove Church on Friday, December 28 for Margaret Plumb of Pakefield who died on December 17 at Lowestoft Hospital aged 75.
The Rev Joan Oddy officiated.
Mourners were Ducky Plumb (husband), Christine and Trevor Rouse (daughter and son-in-law), Brian and Jean Myhill (brother and wife), Jean and Derek Nolloth (sister and husband), Hazel and Arthur Bond (sister and husband), Margaret and John Brooke (sister-in-law and brother-in-law), Keith and Jean Bedingfield (brother-in-law and sister-in-law), Dawn Lambert, Doreen and Terry Neathey, Paul Bond, Steven and Val Bond, Julie Bond, Alan Pidcock, Claire Scott, Gladys Knights, Rosemary Neathey, Stuart Neathey, Ray Minister, Diane Cook, Winn and Margaret Hobson, Debbie Bedingfield, Joyce Garrod (family) , Linda McKerren (family), Gill Cheeseman, Ivy and Keith Tibbenham, Terry and Nicola Rouse, Susan Fowler, Gary Boon, Mick and Marie Flegg, Sybil and Bill Garrod, Jeanette and Julia, Jean and David Alger, Nick and Sandra Jack, David and Jacky Turrell, Melanie Maynard, Marlene and Harry Pendle, Peggy Collyer, Sandra West (Graham West), Florrie Barker and Mary, Sandy Griffin, Joyce Bennett, Ben and Ann Blower, Todd and Janet Ruffles, Ann Foster, Jane Andrews, Lizzie Patterson, Peter Baxter, Christine Wright and many more too numerous to mention.
The family of Margaret wish to thank all relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy and floral tributes received. Special thanks to the paramedics, ICU and ward three at James Paget University Hospital, all at Lowestoft hospital for their devoted care, the Rev Joan Oddy for her comforting service, and the staff at Anglia Co-operative Funerals.
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For the first two hundred years of our settlement, there, were very few fires, and those few were mostly in the woods. The Indians had been used to clearing their planting-fields by the summary process of burning; and they occasionally lighted a fire without regard to bounds or proprietorship. Not more than two buildings have been burned at the same time till quite recently; but, within the last ten years, it has seemed as if former exemptions were to be cancelled by rapidly increasing alarms and widely extended conflagrations. The deepest shade of sorrow is added to this calamity by the fact that the fires were sometimes the work of incendiaries. Several peaceable and excellent citizens have thus lost their barns at seasons when those barns were most full and most needed. The incendiary is truly a child of hell.
The parts of the Town House which were destroyed by two separate fires were restored without much expense to the town.
The greatest and most distressing conflagration that ever occurred in Medford was on the night of the 21st of November, 1850. It destroyed every building, on Main Street and its neighborhood, which stood between the bridge and South Street. The number, including dwelling-houses, workshops, and barns, was thirty-six. It commenced in the old tavern barn, at the north-west corner of the settlement, when the wind was blowing a gale from that quarter ; and it spread with such speed as to prevent all passage over the bridge from the north, where ten or fifteen engines were collected, waiting for the first opportunity for duty. There was but one engine north of the bridge. If, instead of a large barn, the first building burned had been a dwellinghouse, or if the wind had been at any other point, the terrible destruction might have been stayed; but, as every circumstance favored the spread of the flames, their progress seemed like lightning; and they appeared to leap with frantic fury from one building to another, as a starving man rushes to devour the first food within his reach. Before two o'clock, the whole district was in ashes. It must have gone farther, had not engines from towns south of us arrived, and a few engines from the north been ferried across the river in scows. Nineteen engines were present; and every fireman and citi
zen did his utmost. Next to the sufferings of those personally interested in the losses of the conflagration, were those of the neighbors and firemen who were stopped on the north side of the bridge, and who saw no way of going to the relief of their friends but by rushing through sheets of fire. If there be acute agony on earth, it is in witnessing calamities and pains which we have the wish, but not the power, to relieve.
The deprivations and exposures consequent upon such a catastrophe can better be imagined than described. Every heart and hand in Medford were ready to administer relief; and all was done for the sufferers that an active sympathy could suggest. Before the first barn was consumed, couriers were sent to the neighboring towns; and the firemen in each one answered with promptitude, and arrived in season to arrest the devastation. The amount of insurance on the buildings was in many cases small; and losses fell on those who could very ill afford them. $1,335 were immediately raised by subscription in Medford, and distributed by a committee to the greatest sufferers among the poor. To the honor of the sufferers be it said, they met the waste of their property, the derangement of their business, and the suspension of their comforts, with firmness and patience. Before the ruins had ceased to smoulder, the sounds of shovel, hammer, and trowel announced the work of reconstruction; and, before two years had passed, a new village, Phenix-like, had risen out of the ashes of the old.
The Committee of Investigation chosen to estimate the losses examined each case; and their report was $36,000, after all insurances were deducted. About half of the property was insured.
This conflagration convinced the town that another bridge across the river is a necessity; and we wish it had secured the straightening of Main Street, on the east, from the bridge to Short Street.
At the moment (March 6, 1855) that we chronicle the sad events above, we hear that the school-house in Park Street is in ruins. It took fire this morning, while the children were in it; and, being of wood and exposed to a high wind, it was soon consumed. The children were kept from dangerous alarm, and therefore left the house in safety. The building was insured for one thousand dollars.
In Medford, there were fewer "lands common " than in other towns. The making of fences was difficult at first; and the "pound" came early into use. It was placed so near a stream of water as to allow the cattle in it to drink. Where the first one in Medford was placed, we know not. The first record is as follows:
"Feb. 25, 1684: At a general meeting of the inhabitants, John Whitmore granted a piece of land for the use of the town, for the setting up of a pound; which land lies on the south-east of John Whitmore's land, lying near John Bradshaw's house, and is bounded south on John Bradshaw, and east upon the country road. At the same meeting, the inhabitants agreed to set up a pound on the land aforesaid."
April 28, 1684: " Thomas Willis was chosen to keep the town's pound; and said pound-keeper shall have, for pounding, twopence per head for horses and also neat cattle ; one penny for each hog; and, for sheep, after the rate of sixpence per score."
This answered all purposes until May 15, 1758, when the town voted "to build a new pound with stone." This was built accordingly, and placed on the west side of the "Woburn Road," six or eight rods north of Jonathan Brooks's house, in West Medford. Mr. Samuel Reeves, whose house stood on the spot now occupied by Mr. James Gibson's house, was the pound-keeper. The walls of this pound were very high and strong; and bad boys thought they had a right to throw stones at the cattle there confined.
March 6, 1809: Mr. Isaac Brooks and others petitioned the town to have the pound removed. This petition was granted thus: "Voted to have the pound removed to the town's land near Gravelly Bridge, so called ; and said pound to be built of wood or stone, at the discretion of the committee." There the pound remained only for a short time; when it was removed to Cross Street, near the old brick primary schoolhouse.
That our Medford ancestors should have subjected themselves to the attack of some new diseases, or rather of old
diseases in modified forms, is most probable. An early historian says of this region, "Men and women keep their complexions, but lose their teeth. The falling off of their hair is occasioned by the coldness of the climate." He enumerates the diseases prevalent here in 1638: "Colds, fever and ague, pleurisies, dropsy, palsy, sciatica, cancers, worms." Consumption is not mentioned ! We apprehend that the health of our fathers was unusually good. There is scarcely mention of any epidemic. A new climate, poor food, scanty clothing, necessary exposure, hard work, unskilful physicians, may, in some cases, have caused desolating disease to do its rapid work of death ; but, as a general fact, health prevailed through the first fifty years.
1764: With reference to the prevalence of smallpox in Medford, we find the following vote : " That a fence and gate be erected across the main country road, and a smokehouse also erected near Medford great bridge, and another smokehouse at the West End, and guards be kept." In 1775, a smokehouse was opened for the purification of those persons who had been exposed to the contagion of smallpox. It stood on the west side of Main Street, about forty rods south of Colonel Royal's house. Visitors from Charlestown were unceremoniously stopped and smoked.
1775: During this and some following years, there was fatal sickness in Medford from dysentery. Out of fifty-six deaths in 1775, twenty-three were children. In 1776, there were thirty-three deaths ; in 1777, nineteen ; in 1778, thirtyseven ; and in 1779, thirteen. No reason is given for these differences in numbers. Out of the thirty-seven deaths of 1778, eighteen were by dysentery, and twenty were children. Whooping-cough has, at certain times, been peculiarly destructive. Throat-distemper, so called, is often named among prevalent causes of death. In 1795, ten children and three adults died of it between the 20th of August and the 1st of November. Apoplexy seems to have destroyed very few lives. During the first fifteen years of Dr. Osgood's ministry, only one case occurred!
Oct. 15, 1778: The town voted to procure a house for those patients who had the smallpox. No disease appeared to excite so quick and sharp an alarm as this. The early modes of treatment gave ample warrant for any fears. In 1792, the town voted that Mr. Josiah Symmes's house is the only one authorized as a hospital for inoculation. At this
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here house, many, both male and female, whom we have known, have told us that the patients there were numerous, young, and not very sick; and that the hilarity and frolic of the convalescents exceeded all bounds.
There was one disorder not uncommon among our early settlers and their descendants :' it was dropsy; and we opine that over-doses of cider may have been the cause. Cider did not produce intoxication ; but it filled the stomach to satiety, and produced a kind of water-loggedness and distention, which were apt to make the men cross, and the women sleepy. There is another more active demon, not chronicled in ancient mythology, whose history has recently been written in fire. He gets a letter of introduction, and comes in the guise of a friend to a house, but finally murders the whole family. The temperance reformers have tried to cast this demon out; but he will not depart until he has thrown down his victim, and "rent him sore." Luxurious living has produced diseases in the digestive organs, and boundless ambition has produced them in the nervous system. Humors have ,been created in our day, and are becoming transmissible to a degree which threatens whole families. The marriage of firstcousins together has done something to produce imbecility and early death.
It is supposed that Medford, during the first ten years of its settlement, was quite populous; but the withdrawal of Mr. Cradock's men left it small. Another circumstance which operated unfavorably for the settlement of the town was the few large landholders. Mr. Cradock's heirs sold lots of a thousand acres to individuals, who kept possession of them; and thus excluded those enterprising and laborious farmers who were the best settlers in those days. Medford could fill up only so fast as these few rich owners consented to sell. This fact explains much of the early history of the settlement.