a c El Informe Trimestral del BPI analiza la caída y posterior rebote de los mercados By www.bis.org Published On :: 2019-03-05T17:00:00Z Spanish translation of the BIS press release about the BIS Quarterly Review, March 2019 Full Article
a c 6 Signs You May Be Ready for a CRM Switch By www.crmbuyer.com Published On :: 2020-03-14T04:00:00-07:00 In today's evolving business environment, every operational decision is critical -- and that includes best practices for managing the customer journey. The CRM platform is an integral part of the process. In fact, 91 percent of companies with more than 11 employees use a CRM system. Because of the time it saves and the structure CRM delivers, it can seem daunting for businesses to make a switch. Full Article
a c Neurog2 Acts as a Classical Proneural Gene in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus and Is Required for the Early Phase of Neurogenesis By www.jneurosci.org Published On :: 2020-04-29T09:30:19-07:00 The tuberal hypothalamus is comprised of the dorsomedial, ventromedial, and arcuate nuclei, as well as parts of the lateral hypothalamic area, and it governs a wide range of physiologies. During neurogenesis, tuberal hypothalamic neurons are thought to be born in a dorsal-to-ventral and outside-in pattern, although the accuracy of this description has been questioned over the years. Moreover, the intrinsic factors that control the timing of neurogenesis in this region are poorly characterized. Proneural genes, including Achate-scute-like 1 (Ascl1) and Neurogenin 3 (Neurog3) are widely expressed in hypothalamic progenitors and contribute to lineage commitment and subtype-specific neuronal identifies, but the potential role of Neurogenin 2 (Neurog2) remains unexplored. Birthdating in male and female mice showed that tuberal hypothalamic neurogenesis begins as early as E9.5 in the lateral hypothalamic and arcuate and rapidly expands to dorsomedial and ventromedial neurons by E10.5, peaking throughout the region by E11.5. We confirmed an outside-in trend, except for neurons born at E9.5, and uncovered a rostrocaudal progression but did not confirm a dorsal-ventral patterning to tuberal hypothalamic neuronal birth. In the absence of Neurog2, neurogenesis stalls, with a significant reduction in early-born BrdU+ cells but no change at later time points. Further, the loss of Ascl1 yielded a similar delay in neuronal birth, suggesting that Ascl1 cannot rescue the loss of Neurog2 and that these proneural genes act independently in the tuberal hypothalamus. Together, our findings show that Neurog2 functions as a classical proneural gene to regulate the temporal progression of tuberal hypothalamic neurogenesis. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Here, we investigated the general timing and pattern of neurogenesis within the tuberal hypothalamus. Our results confirmed an outside-in trend of neurogenesis and uncovered a rostrocaudal progression. We also showed that Neurog2 acts as a classical proneural gene and is responsible for regulating the birth of early-born neurons within the ventromedial hypothalamus, acting independently of Ascl1. In addition, we revealed a role for Neurog2 in cell fate specification and differentiation of ventromedial -specific neurons. Last, Neurog2 does not have cross-inhibitory effects on Neurog1, Neurog3, and Ascl1. These findings are the first to reveal a role for Neurog2 in hypothalamic development. Full Article
a c Neonatal Stroke and TLR1/2 Ligand Recruit Myeloid Cells through the Choroid Plexus in a CX3CR1-CCR2- and Context-Specific Manner By www.jneurosci.org Published On :: 2020-05-06T09:30:22-07:00 Neonatal stroke is as frequent as stroke in the elderly, but many pathophysiological injury aspects are distinct in neonates, including immune signaling. While myeloid cells can traffic into the brain via multiple routes, the choroid plexus (CP) has been identified as a uniquely educated gate for immune cell traffic during health and disease. To understand the mechanisms of myeloid cell trafficking via the CP and their influence on neonatal stroke, we characterized the phenotypes of CP-infiltrating myeloid cells after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) in neonatal mice of both sexes in relation to blood-brain barrier permeability, injury, microglial activation, and CX3CR1-CCR2 signaling, focusing on the dynamics early after reperfusion. We demonstrate rapid recruitment of multiple myeloid phenotypes in the CP ipsilateral to the injury, including inflammatory CD45+CD11b+Ly6chighCD86+, beneficial CD45+CD11b+Ly6clowCD206+, and CD45+CD11b+Ly6clowLy6ghigh cells, but only minor leukocyte infiltration into acutely ischemic-reperfused cortex and negligible vascular albumin leakage. We report that CX3CR1-CCR2-mediated myeloid cell recruitment contributes to stroke injury. Considering the complexity of inflammatory cascades triggered by stroke and a role for TLR2 in injury, we also used direct TLR2 stimulation as an independent injury model. TLR2 agonist rapidly recruited myeloid cells to the CP, increased leukocytosis in the CSF and blood, but infiltration into the cortex remained low over time. While the magnitude and the phenotypes of myeloid cells diverged between tMCAO and TLR2 stimulation, in both models, disruption of CX3CR1-CCR2 signaling attenuated both monocyte and neutrophil trafficking to the CP and cortex. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Stroke during the neonatal period leads to long-term disabilities. The mechanisms of ischemic injury and inflammatory response differ greatly between the immature and adult brain. We examined leukocyte trafficking via the choroid plexus (CP) following neonatal stroke in relation to blood-brain barrier integrity, injury, microglial activation, and signaling via CX3CR1 and CCR2 receptors, or following direct TLR2 stimulation. Ischemia-reperfusion triggered marked unilateral CX3CR1-CCR2 dependent accumulation of diverse leukocyte subpopulations in the CP without inducing extravascular albumin leakage or major leukocyte infiltration into the brain. Disrupted CX3CR1-CCR2 signaling was neuroprotective in part by attenuating monocyte and neutrophil trafficking. Understanding the migratory patterns of CP-infiltrating myeloid cells with intact and disrupted CX3CR1-CCR2 signaling could identify novel therapeutic targets to protect the neonatal brain. Full Article
a c A Causal Role for Mouse Superior Colliculus in Visual Perceptual Decision-Making By www.jneurosci.org Published On :: 2020-05-06T09:30:22-07:00 The superior colliculus (SC) is arguably the most important visual structure in the mouse brain and is well known for its involvement in innate responses to visual threats and prey items. In other species, the SC plays a central role in voluntary as well as innate visual functions, including crucial contributions to selective attention and perceptual decision-making. In the mouse, the possible role of the SC in voluntary visual choice behaviors has not been established. Here, we demonstrate that the mouse SC of both sexes plays a causal role in visual perceptual decision-making by transiently inhibiting SC activity during an orientation change detection task. First, unilateral SC inhibition-induced spatially specific deficits in detection. Hit rates were reduced, and reaction times increased for orientation changes in the contralateral but not ipsilateral visual field. Second, the deficits caused by SC inhibition were specific to a temporal epoch coincident with early visual burst responses in the SC. Inhibiting SC during this 100-ms period caused a contralateral detection deficit, whereas inhibition immediately before or after did not. Third, SC inhibition reduced visual detection sensitivity. Psychometric analysis revealed that inhibiting SC visual activity significantly increased detection thresholds for contralateral orientation changes. In addition, effects on detection thresholds and lapse rates caused by SC inhibition were larger in the presence of a competing visual stimulus, indicating a role for the mouse SC in visual target selection. Together, our results demonstrate that the mouse SC is necessary for the normal performance of voluntary visual choice behaviors. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The mouse superior colliculus (SC) has become a popular model for studying the circuit organization and development of the visual system. Although the SC is a fundamental component of the visual pathways in mice, its role in visual perceptual decision-making is not clear. By investigating how temporally precise SC inhibition influenced behavioral performance during a visually guided orientation change detection task, we identified a 100-ms temporal epoch of SC visual activity that is crucial for the ability of mice to detect behaviorally relevant visual changes. In addition, we found that SC inhibition also caused deficits in visual target selection. Thus, our findings highlight the importance of the SC for visual perceptual choice behavior in the mouse. Full Article
a c Protecting the right to a childhood By www.fao.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Many of us look back on our childhoods with warm feelings. But for more than 150 million girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17 around the world, childhood means something else: poverty, a lack of education and working long hours in dangerous conditions. Full Article
a c Community-Researcher Collaboration Reveals Ancient Maya Capital in Backyard By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:25:26 +0000 A recent excavation located the first physical evidence of the capital of the Maya kingdom of Sak Tz'i', founded in 750 B.C. Full Article
a c Maine Shipwreck Identified as Colonial-Era Cargo Vessel By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:43:42 +0000 Storms reveal, then hide, the ship's sand-covered remains every decade or so Full Article
a c Watch This Giant, Eerie, String-Like Sea Creature Hunt for Food in the Indian Ocean By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:17:57 +0000 Researchers shared a video of this massive siphonophore, one of the longest of its kind ever recorded Full Article
a c Dolphins, Surfers and Waves Sparkle in Bright Blue Bioluminescent Glow Off California Coast By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:31:43 +0000 A rare bloom of microscopic organisms capable of making their own blue light has transformed several of the state’s beaches Full Article
a c Stefan Ingves: The Riksbank's measures to mitigate the effects of the corona crisis on the economy By www.bis.org Published On :: 2020-04-02T22:00:00Z Speech by Mr Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, at the Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm, 3 April 2020. Full Article
a c Epilachna chrysomelina By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 04:00:00 +0000 A macro depiction of a beetle called Epilachna chrysomelina Full Article
a c Qué pesan más en la cintura, Los dolores o los recuerdos? By interglacial.com Published On :: Full Article
a c Alcanzar a la comunidad japonesa en Argentina By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:14:12 +0000 Buenos Aires, Argentina :: Miembros de la comunidad japonesa encuentran amigos en un barco de visita y escuchan el evangelio en su lengua materna. Full Article
a c Province to spend $147 million on northern Alberta communities damaged by floods By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:54:32 EDT Disaster relief funding for punishing spring floods is welcome news to civic leaders in northern Alberta. Full Article News/Canada/Edmonton
a c Best of the National Book Festival: Patricia Cornwell, 2012 By blogs.loc.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:00:37 +0000 Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with crime writer Patricia Cornwell discussing "Red Mist,” her 19th Kay Scarpetta novel, on the Fiction & Mystery stage at the 2012 Festival. Full Article Authors Best of National Book Festival Books Programs
a c Innovation in a crisis Q&A series: UCL-Ventura breathing aid (CPAP) By www.raeng.org.uk Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2020 14:00:00 +01:00 Full Article
a c Innovation in a crisis Q&A series: Nightingale Hospitals By www.raeng.org.uk Published On :: Thu, 14 May 2020 14:00:00 +01:00 Full Article
a c 1 new case of COVID-19 in Manitoba connected with Brandon trucking company cluster By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:23:40 EDT Eight COVID-19 cases are now connected to that workplace, including six employees. Full Article News/Canada/Manitoba
a c Union raises concerns over lack of safety inspections after Manitoba construction worker dies on the job By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 19:57:33 EDT The union that represents thousands of Manitoba workers is asking what safety protocols were in place when a construction worker was killed after a trench wall collapsed on him earlier this week. Full Article News/Canada/Manitoba
a c E-Commerce Optimization During a Crisis and Beyond By www.ecommercetimes.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T04:00:00-07:00 In this uncertain and increasingly homebound era, customers are turning online for everything from groceries to cat food. It's more important than ever to make sure that websites are optimized for the highest-possible customer engagement and conversion. E-commerce optimization is one game that companies struggling for market share in the midst of a pandemic must play. Full Article
a c Here’s a Coronavirus Quiz By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:12:19 GMT Test your currency with current events. Full Article
a c Lots to Lose on a Cruise By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:57:01 GMT What happens when voyages go viral. Full Article
a c Equities: A Clash of Narratives By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T10:00:00Z Equities are likely to keep trading in volatile ranges until the many conflicting narratives in the market give way to a singular message for investors. Full Article Futures Featured Reports CME Research Video Top Research Articles Equity Index
a c International restrictions pose a challenge for resuming pro sports By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 22:33:20 EDT As the NHL, NBA and MLB consider resuming play, the issue of international travel poses another hurdle for Canadian-based teams. Full Article Sports
a c Boa constrictor, weapons seized from Oppenheimer park by Vancouver police By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 22:36:12 EDT Vancouver police officers have seized an eight-foot boa constrictor and multiple weapons from a tent at the Oppenheimer park encampment in Vancouver. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
a c Victory over death in a cemetery - Zimbabwe By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000 An OM team has a rare opportunity to share the Gospel with the Doma people at the funeral of a senior member of the community. Full Article
a c Calgary inmate confirmed as 1st case of COVID-19 in an Alberta correctional facility By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 17:58:03 EDT An inmate at the Calgary Remand Centre has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first time a case has been reported at an Alberta correctional facility. Full Article News/Canada/Calgary
a c A clinic on wheels: St. Joe's goes mobile to serve patients living with schizophrenia By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 17:41:17 EDT Front-line nurses from the West 5th campus use a special van to meet patients with mental health problems — primarily those living with schizophrenia— and treat them by doing their blood work. Full Article News/Canada/Hamilton
a c SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Create a Collage in Capture It By blogs.solidworks.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 12:00:49 +0000 The Capture It app is the best place to keep track of your ideas! You can use it to build stories and keep track of images and content that will help inspire future Apps for Kids creations. Use your imagination Author information Sara Zuckerman Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works. The post SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids How-To: Create a Collage in Capture It appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog. Full Article Apps for Kids CAD Instructor CAD Teacher SOLIDWORKS Apps For Kids SOLIDWORKS Tutorials STEM Science Technology Engineering and Math STEM Teacher 3D CAD 3D Print adding adding shapes Apps for Kids How To cad Capture It collage color design dinosaur edit education Mech It move Print It shape Shape It shapes SOLIDWORKS STEM STEM Course STEM Science Technology Engineering and Math Tags: 3d Style It SWAppsforKids Tools Tutorial Tutorials
a c Apps for Kids at Home: Give Kids a Creative Outlet with the Print It App! By blogs.solidworks.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:00:54 +0000 So you’re stuck home due to social isolation. Maybe you’re a teacher trying to teach remotely, maybe you’re a parent working from home. And you’ve got kids knocking around who need engagement, need to learn, need to do something that Author information Sara Zuckerman Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works. The post Apps for Kids at Home: Give Kids a Creative Outlet with the Print It App! appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog. Full Article Apps for Kids Art Curriculum Education SOLIDWORKS Apps For Kids SOLIDWORKS Tutorials 2D print color by numbers cube print Educators Kids Learning parents Print It remote remote learning Teachers work from home work remote
a c Equities: A Clash of Narratives By www.cmegroup.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T10:00:00Z Equities are likely to keep trading in volatile ranges until the many conflicting narratives in the market give way to a singular message for investors. Full Article Futures Featured Reports CME Research Video Top Research Articles Equity Index
a c The making of a cyber crash: a conceptual model for systemic risk in the financial sector By www.esrb.europa.eu Published On :: 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z European Systemic Risk Board Occasional Papers by Greg Ros Full Article
a c Fatima confirms no pilgrims for May 13 feast day celebrations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:48:00 -0600 Denver Newsroom, May 7, 2020 / 03:48 pm (CNA).- For the first time in over a century, the annual May 13 celebrations at the Fatima shrine will take place without the physical presence of pilgrims, the bishop of Fatima confirmed this week. Cardinal Antonio Marto said in a May 3 statement that the celebrations for the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima “will take place as was announced April 6, without the physical presence of pilgrims, in the name of prudence to avoid the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus.” “As planned in conjunction with the civil authorities, the May 12 and 13 celebrations for this year cannot have the physical presence of the pilgrims and will be transmitted by broadcast and digital media,” he continued. The cardinal explained that hosting “an unpredictable multitude of people” gathering at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is still a serious threat would go against the efforts of health authorities to gradually lift restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the virus. “We therefore respect, in an attitude of collaboration with the competent civil authorities, the guidelines for these celebrations to be held with a symbolic presence of participants,” Marto said. The clarification over the Fatima feast day came as the Portuguese government gradually begins to ease restrictions that had been put in place in response to the pandemic, prompting speculation over whether the May 13 celebrations would be able to take place as normal. The annual event typically draws hundreds of thousands from around the world to the shrine. The Portuguese Bishops’ Conference had announced earlier this month that public Masses could tentatively resume the weekend of Pentecost, May 30-31, in accordance with guidelines to be established by the country’s health department and the Catholic Church. Cardinal Marto stressed that the decision to suspend public religious celebrations was based in a sense of responsibility toward the public health, as a way of loving one’s neighbor. “[A]s much as our hearts would like to be in Fatima celebrating together in the same place, as has been the case since 1917, prudence counsels us not to do so this time,” he said, adding that Catholics can look forward to an end to the pandemic and an opportunity to gather together joyfully in the future. Fr. Carlos Cabecinhas, rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, encouraged pilgrims who are unable to physically attend the events to make an interior pilgrimage, participating in the events of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Fatima through the internet or social media. “This is a painful time: the shrine exists to welcome the pilgrims and we cannot do so, this is a cause for great sadness; but this decision is also an act of responsibility toward the pilgrims, protecting their health and welfare,” the priest said. The shrine’s website offers four steps to guide people on this interior pilgrimage. According to the website, “the celebrations of May 12 and 13 will maintain the usual schedule with recitation of the Rosary at 9:30 p.m. followed by the Candlelight Procession. On the 13th the Rosary will be prayed at 9:00 a.m. followed by the International Mass and the Farewell Procession.” In March, 24 countries were consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. At that ceremony, Cardinal Marto recalled that Saints Francisco and Jacinto Marto, shepherd children to whom an angel, and then the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in 1916 and 1917 at Fatima, both died amid the victims of the Spanish flu pandemic. To date, Johns Hopkins University has reported 26,182 cases of novel coronavirus in Portugal, with 1089 deaths. Full Article US
a c Data contradicts Harvard professor's assertions about homeschooling By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:29:00 -0600 Denver Newsroom, May 7, 2020 / 05:29 pm (CNA).- A Notre Dame sociologist is using data to challenge a Harvard Law professor’s assertions that homeschooling is “dangerous”, and detrimental to society. The controversy stems from a recent paper by professor Elizabeth Bartholet in which she calls for a presumptive ban on homeschooling in the United States. Bartholet, as quoted in a Harvard Magazine piece based on her paper, points to unspecified “surveys of homeschoolers” to assert that “up to 90 percent” of homeschooling families are “driven by conservative Christian beliefs, and seek to remove their children from mainstream culture.” “Some” homeschooling parents are “‘extreme religious ideologues’ who question science and promote female subservience and white supremacy,” she writes. David Sikkink, associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, analyzed surveys of homeschooling families— including a 2016 government survey— and found that these families are not overwhelmingly Christian nor religious, and are not as universally closed-off to the outside world as Bartholet asserts. In the analysis Sikkink conducted, just 16% of homeschooling parents said they were homeschooling primarily for religious reasons. The number one reason homeschooling parents cited was a concern about school environment, such as safety, drugs, or negative peer pressure. Eleven percent of parents reported homeschooling because their child has special needs. While approximately half of the homeschooling parents surveyed mentioned religion as a factor in their decision to homeschool, Sikkink notes that the parents who cited religion as a reason were, on the whole, more highly educated than those parents who did not. In terms of Bartholet’s assertion that some homeschooling parents “believe that women should be totally subservient to men and educated in ways that promote such subservience,” Sikkink’s analysis did not find evidence that religious households oppose higher education for girls. Among the homeschooling families in the survey who use a religious curriculum, there was no difference in their self-reported educational expectations— i.e., what education level they expected their children to reach— for their male children vs. their female children. Several past studies have shown that homeschool students typically outperform their public and private school counterparts on things like standardized tests and college performance. A 2016 study from the National Council on Measurement in Education showed that, when adjusted for demographic factors, homeschool students were on par academically with their demographically-similar peers. Moreover, the data Sikkink analyzed suggests that after family background and demographic controls are accounted for, about 64% of homeschoolers “completely agree” that they have much in life to be thankful for, compared to 53% of public schoolers. On feelings of helplessness, or lack or goals or direction in life, homeschoolers do not substantially differ from their public school counterparts, the analysis suggests. In the Arizona Law Review, Bartholet argues that while homeschool children may perform as well as their peers on standardized tests or in college, they are also often isolated from their peers and denied experiences and exposures that would make them more productive citizens. Bartholet claims in her article that “a very large proportion of homeschooling parents are ideologically committed to isolating their children from the majority culture and indoctrinating them in views and values that are in serious conflict with that culture.” “Isolated families,” she asserts, “constitute a significant part of the homeschooling world.” In contrast, Sikkink’s analysis found that among the schooling groups surveyed, homeschooling families had the highest level of “community involvement” of all school sectors. “Community involvement” activities included attending sporting events, attending concerts, going to the zoo or aquarium, going to a museum, going to a library, visiting a bookstore, or attending an event sponsored by a community, religious, or ethnic group. Homeschooling graduates are almost identical to their public school counterparts in likelihood to vote in federal and local elections, Sikkink found. Furthermore, the total number of volunteer and community service hours for homeschooling graduates is very similar to or slightly higher than public school graduates, the analysis found. Bartholet asserts that some homeschoolers “engage in homeschooling to promote racist ideologies and avoid racial intermingling.” In contrast: “The reality is that about 41% of homeschooled children are racial and ethnic minorities,” Sikkink writes. “When asked about four closest friends, about 37% of young adult homeschoolers...mention someone of a different race or ethnicity—exactly the same as public schoolers.” This diversity also extends to schooling practices— increasingly, Sikkink says, homeschooling adopts new forms, including “hybrids” that combine the benefits of home and institutional schooling. “About 57 percent of homeschoolers are using some form of instruction outside the family,” Sikkink told CNA in an email. “That includes using tutors, private or public schools, colleges or universities, or homeschooling coops. That percentage would be higher if we included those who reported obtaining curriculum from formal institutions, such as public schools.” Moreover, about a third of homeschooling parents obtain their curriculum or books from a public school or school district. “Altogether, 46% of homeschoolers have some pedagogical relationship with public schools,” Sikkink asserts. Bartholet argues that homeschooling puts children at risk of abuse by their parents, while if children were in public schools, they would be among teachers who are mandatory reporters of any suspected abuse that may be taking place. “The issue is, do we think that parents should have 24/7, essentially authoritarian control over their children from ages zero to 18? I think that’s dangerous,” Bartholet asserts in the Harvard Magazine piece. “I think it’s always dangerous to put powerful people in charge of the powerless, and to give the powerful ones total authority.” Sikkink says Bartholet’s image of a child confined to the home “24/7...from ages zero to 18” is not consistent with the data. “When we look at the use of homeschooling for each year of the child's upbringing, we only find a small percentage that report that the child was homeschooled for all their years of schooling,” Sikkink told CNA in an email. Many of these students are part-time public schoolers— about 25% of homeschoolers receive some instruction in public schools during their school-age careers, he wrote. Homeschooling regulations vary widely by state. Sikkink told CNA he hopes future studies will examine the effects of state-level variation in regulation on homeschooling quality. “The question of schooling oversight remains, of course, but it would be short-sighted not to keep homeschooling and other creative schooling options in the mix, including the hybrid models that cross sector boundaries,” Sikkink concludes. Subsequent to the publication of this story, Sikkink told CNA he had revised his assessment of the percentage of homeschoolers using instruction outside the family, from 64% to 57%. The story has been updated to reflect that assessment. Full Article US
a c How to Reference a Cross-Section within SOLIDWORKS By blogs.solidworks.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:00:25 +0000 What if you needed to pull a cross-section of a solid with the ability to trace it? Well there are a couple of ways you can go about doing just that. The first is the Slicing tool which first made Author information Alignex, Inc. Alignex, Inc. is the premier provider of SOLIDWORKS software and partner products to the mechanical engineering industry in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Illinois. With more than 25 years of technical experience, Alignex offers consulting services, training and support for SOLIDWORKS as well as support for partner products. For more information, visit alignex.com. The post How to Reference a Cross-Section within SOLIDWORKS appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog. Full Article SOLIDWORKS Tips & Tricks Tech Tips
a c How to Create a Custom Toolbox Component By blogs.solidworks.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:00:56 +0000 Hi, I’m Mike Dady, Application Engineer for Alignex. As many of you probably know, the Toolbox Add-In is a database that allows for the quick addition of fasteners and other hardware to a SOLIDWORKS Assembly. However, many don’t realize that Author information Alignex, Inc. Alignex, Inc. is the premier provider of SOLIDWORKS software and partner products to the mechanical engineering industry in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Illinois. With more than 25 years of technical experience, Alignex offers consulting services, training and support for SOLIDWORKS as well as support for partner products. For more information, visit alignex.com. The post How to Create a Custom Toolbox Component appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Tech Blog. Full Article SOLIDWORKS 2020 custom toolbox
a c CME ClearPort API Entity Reference Data Changes for Brokers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-04-06T01:11:36Z Please be advised that effective Sunday, August 25, 2013 (for the August 26th business date) there will be changes to CME ClearPort API Entity Reference Data that will impact Party Detail List Reports and Party Entitlement Reports for CME ClearPort API Brokers and CME ClearPort API Platforms who request Entity Reference Data on behalf of Brokers. These changes will be available for testing in the New Release environment on August 14th. Changes to Existing Reponses When a Broker (or Platform on behalf of Broker) submits a request for all related accounts using the Party Details List Request message or a request for all related accounts which trade a particular product using the Party Entitlement Request message, the following information is provided for each account in Related Party Detail blocks: The Clearing ID of the Account’s Clearing Firm (Party Role 1), the Trading Firm / Account Owner’s firm identifier (Party Role 7), and the Broker Firm’s firm identifier (Party Role 30). Going forward, when the same requests are submitted, an additional Related Party Detail block will appear on the response if there is an Asset Manager Firm assigned to the account: the Asset Manager Firm’s identifier (Party Role 49). In the following examples, ACCT1 has been assigned an Asset Manager by the Clearing Firm, while ACCT2 has not. <FIXML v="5.0 SP2" xv="109" s="20090815" cv="CME.0001"> <PtyDetlListRpt ReqID="123437" RptID="1376864472358" ReqRslt="0" Txt="Valid request"> <Hdr SID="CME" SSub="CPAPI" TID="PLTFM" TSub="username"/> <PtyDetl ID="ACCT1" Src="C" R="24"> <AltPty ID="A-12345" Src="H"/> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="123" Src="C" R="1"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="2"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="trading_firm1" Src="C" R="7"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="36"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="broker_firm1" Src="C" R="30"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="22"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="asset_mgr_firm1" Src="C" R="49"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="32"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> </PtyDetl> <PtyDetl ID="ACCT2" Src="C" R="24"> <AltPty ID="A-67890" Src="H"/> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="456" Src="C" R="1"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="2"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="trading_firm2" Src="C" R="7"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="36"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="broker_firm1" Src="C" R="30"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="22"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> </PtyDetl> </PtyDetlListRpt> </FIXML> <FIXML v="5.0 SP2" xv="109" s="20090815" cv="CME.0001"> <PtyEntlmntRpt ReqID="123412" RptID="1376865078371" ReqRslt="0" Txt="Valid request"> <Hdr SID="CME" SSub="CPAPI" TID="PLTFM" TSub="username"/> <PtyEntlmnt> <PtyDetl ID="ACCT1" Src="C" R="24"> <AltPty ID="A-12345" Src="H"/> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="broker_firm1" Src="C" R="30"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="22"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="trading_firm1" Src="C" R="7"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="36"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="asset_mgr_firm1" Src="C" R="49"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="32"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="123" Src="C" R="1"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="2"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> </PtyDetl> <PtyDetl ID="ACCT2" Src="C" R="24"> <AltPty ID="A-67890" Src="H"/> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="broker_firm1" Src="C" R="30"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="22"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="trading_firm2" Src="C" R="7"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="36"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="456" Src="C" R="1"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="2"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> </PtyDetl> <Entlmnt Typ="0" Ind="Y"> <InstrmtScope Oper="1" ID="NN" Src="H" SecTyp="FUT" Exch="NYMEX"/> </Entlmnt> </PtyEntlmnt> </PtyEntlmntRpt> </FIXML> NEW- Broker Requests Asset Manager Users at an Asset Manager Firm In a previous CME ClearPort API release a change was made to allow Brokers (or Platforms on behalf of Brokers) to specify asset manager users in party role 36 (instead of a trader at the account owner firm) to satisfy the trader individual requirements for applicable market types like energy and metals. Now Brokers can use ClearPort API reference data to obtain a list of asset manager users for their related accounts. Once the above responses are received, the Broker or Platform can use each related Asset Manager Firm (Party Role 49) to request a list of users at the firm: Request <FIXML v="5.0 SP2" xv="109" s="20090815" cv="CME.0001"> <PtyDetlListReq ReqID="123437"> <Hdr SID="PLTFM" SSub="username" TID="CME" TSub="CPAPI"/> <ReqPty ID="broker_firm1" R="30"/> <Pty ID="asset_mgr_firm1" R="49"/> <ReqR R="36"/> </PtyDetlListReq> </FIXML> Response <FIXML v="5.0 SP2" xv="109" s="20090815" cv="CME.0001"> <PtyDetlListRpt ReqID="123437" RptID="1376866782295" ReqRslt="0" Txt="Valid request"> <Hdr SID="CME" SSub="CPAPI" TID="PLTFM" TSub="username"/> <PtyDetl ID="asset_mgr_user1" Src="C" R="36"> <Sub ID="First Last" Typ="9"/> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="asset_mgr_firm1" Src="C" R="49"> <Sub ID="Company Name" Typ="5"/> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="6"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="CMD" Src="C" R="22"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="12"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="CME" Src="C" R="22"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="12"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="DME" Src="C" R="22"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="12"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="NYMEX" Src="C" R="22"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="12"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="COMEX" Src="C" R="22"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="12"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> <ReltdPtyDetl ID="CBT" Src="C" R="22"> <Rltnshp Rltnshp="12"/> </ReltdPtyDetl> </PtyDetl> </PtyDetlListRpt> </FIXML> For more detailed information regarding entity reference data retrieval through CME ClearPort API, please see the CME ClearPort API Reference Data Guide: http://www.cmegroup.com/clearing/files/Clearport_Reference_Data_API_FIXML_Message_Specification_ and_Samples.pdf If you have questions or need help facilitating your tests in the New Release environment, please contact: Market Operations Technical Support 24 Hour 6 Days a Week Support available from Sundays at 5PM ET to Fridays at 5PM ET Phone: 800-275-6215 / 212-301-4720 Email: thirdpartyservices@cmegroup.com Full Article
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