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Cechini Competes In Gettysburg Invitational

Joseph Cechini and his Mercersburg Academy Men’s Cross Country teammates competed in the Gettysburg Invitational. Cechini finished the Varsity Boy’s 5K in 24th place clocking a time of 17:20.7. Related Stories Prunty Claims Victory At AXA Man On The Run Schindel Competes In OFSAA Championships Sean Trott Reflects On NY Marathon Display Nakeno Creighton Memorial […]




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Bermuda To Compete In Backyard Championship

Team Bermuda will compete in the 2024 edition of the Backyard World Team Championship, set to take place on Saturday, October 19. A spokesperson said, “After the successful staging of Backyard Ultra running events in 2022 and 2023, sponsored by Monument Re, Team Bermuda is set to take part in the Backyard World Team Championship […]




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Schindel Competes In OFSAA Championships

Maddy Schindel represented CI Trinity College School Port Hope at the 2024 Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations [OFSAA] cross country championships. The OFSAA cross country championships, renowned as the second-largest race of its kind in North America, brought together top high school runners from across Ontario. Schindel competed in the novice girls’ 4km race, […]




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Barnes Begins Competing In Xtream Rock Island

Bermudian karter Scott Barnes embarked on his campaign at the Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix, which is the largest kart street race in North America. In the Briggs 206 Masters division, Barnes started strong, securing the second-fastest time of 37.849 in the first practice session. However, qualifying proved more challenging, as he clocked a fastest […]




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Barnes Starts Competing In Stars Championship

Bermudian driver Scott Barnes began competing in the final round of the Stars Championship Series in North Carolina, experiencing a mix of results in the opening races. Barnes started his campaign with a 3rd place finish in the ROK Shifter Masters Warm-Up, clocking a 6-lap time of 5:12.391. He then won the ROK Shifter Masters […]




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“Name The PrivCom Turtle” Competition Winners

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda [PrivCom] announced the winners of the “Name the PrivCom Turtle” competition. A spokesperson said, “The P1 Bassett class at Heron Bay Primary School named our mascot “Isla”. As Isla is a female name, PrivCom decided to introduce Isla’s twin brother, “Islay”. The two are sure to add […]




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Sandcastle Competition Set For August 31

The Bermuda Sandcastle Competition will be held on August 31 at Horseshoe Bay Beach. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Sandcastle Competition returns on Saturday, August 31, 2024. This is the big family event you have been waiting all summer for on Horseshoe Bay Beach. The organizers of the competition are excited to hold this event […]




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Photos: 2024 Bermuda Sandcastle Competition

The annual Bermuda Sandcastle Competition took place yesterday [August 31] at Horseshoe Bay Beach, with a wide array of examples of sand art on display for spectators and sculptors alike to enjoy. We will update with the results as able Related Stories Photos, Video & 360: Sandcastle Contest Photos: Sandcastle Mother’s Day Greetings Photos & Video: […]




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BNT & Sompo Launch Student Art Competition

The Bermuda National Trust and Sompo International are launching their 4th annual Student Art Competition, under a theme of ‘Worth Protecting’. “We are excited to invite Bermuda’s young people to use their artistic talents to show aspects of Bermuda’s natural and cultural heritage that they think are worth protecting. Hopefully the theme will inspire students […]




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NMB/Grundy Youth Photography Competition

The National Museum of Bermuda [NMB] is inviting local students to participate in The Grundy Youth Photography Competition. A spokesperson said, “The National Museum of Bermuda is inviting all local students to participate in the sixth year of The Grundy Youth Photography Competition. In honour of Mrs. Joy Grundy’s passing last year, the competition’s title […]




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Devil’s Isle Shakespeare Presents ‘The Tempest’

The Devil’s Isle Shakespeare Company will present a Bermuda-themed, musical adaptation of The Tempest from September 27th to October 6th, 2024. A spokesperson said, “Devil’s Isle Shakespeare Company is presenting the world premiere of a Bermuda-themed, musical adaptation of The Tempest from September 27th through October 6th, 2024. The show runs 90 minutes and contains […]




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The government is instructing social media companies what shouldn’t be allowed to be on the internet even though these companies are the least competent to judge what is misinformation

The government is instructing social media companies what should and shouldn't be allowed to be on the internet, these are the people least competent to judge what is misinformation. Continue reading




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Benefits of Intense Competition: Lower Prices and Better Products

No segment of our economy has been under more intense pressure than the manufacturing sector.  Lower labor costs in many parts of the international economy have forced manufactured product prices down and shifted manufacturing jobs out of the United States.  Competition has indeed been intense.

Over the years, we have done in depth studies of more than fifty industries who have faced intense competitive markets.  We found both what you might expect and, also, what you wouldn’t expect.  You would expect that costs in a difficult industry would fall as companies work to make a profit despite the falling prices that accompany intense competition.  What you might not expect is that product quality and supporting service levels increase at the same time as costs and prices fall.  Customers simply will not buy a poor product even if its pricing declines. 

The broad measures of the manufacturing sector illustrate these same conclusions.  Manufacturing in the U.S. is finally growing again.  In 2010, manufacturing jobs increased for the first time since 1997.  Today manufacturing is growing at three times the rate of the domestic economy.  Consider, as well, the following facts as noted by Jerry Jasinowski, a former President of the National Association of Manufacturers:

  • American exports of goods rose 21% in 2010.  Conclusion: the quality of our goods is rising.

  • Manufacturing output in the U.S. today is twice that of the rate of the 1970s, in real terms.  Conclusion: we are more cost competitive today than we were in the 1970s.


  • Between 1987 and 2008, manufacturing productivity grew by more than 100%, while the rest of the business sector’s productivity increased by less than 60%.  Conclusion: we get far more out of our workforce today than we did in 1987 and than many businesses do today.

  • Between 1995 and 2008, manufacturing prices decreased by 3%, while the overall price level in the economy increased by 33%.  Conclusion:  while product quality has improved, and costs have fallen, prices have also declined.

The overall picture the manufacturing sector portrays, over the last twenty-five years, is that hostile market conditions produce better products and lower prices for customers, both at the same time.




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Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff: You May Be Competent

In the latest episode of their tightly-wrapped podcast, Ken and Robin talk vampire firewalling, the espionage of Jan van Eyck, weird war mummies, and the Quasi War.




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Murder charge after beloved Elvis impersonator found dead after karaoke night - 9News

  1. Murder charge after beloved Elvis impersonator found dead after karaoke night  9News
  2. Beloved Elvis impersonator allegedly murdered after karaoke night  Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Love Island winner's best mate is accused of killing beloved grandad - after the Good Samaritan had tried to h  Daily Mail
  4. Video: Elvis impersonator named as alleged murder victim  WAtoday




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mr clompers high five

Today on Married To The Sea: mr clompers high five


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Protecting Itself From The Impending Cactus Attack

He'll just wait this one out. Cacti can't survive without water, right? ~NSHA




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Enjoy This Glorious Cover of the 'Imperial March' Played on a Coffee Stirrer




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Meijer - $20 (20k mperks points) off $50+ PSN/Xbox credit thru 11/25

As part of their ongoing 3 day sale Meijer is giving 20k Mperks points, aka $20, when you buy at least $50 of certain gift cards.  If you buy the "One4All" gift card you can redeem it for Xbox or Playstation credit, or a bunch of other brands. 

 

I had the mperks points in my account within an hour, and just redeemed my $50 gc for PSN credit with no issues.  If you shop at Meijer anyway, this is 40% off Sony or MS credit if you do the minimum $50 gift card purchase.  If you put $70 on it that would be a new full price game for $50.  I believe this can only be used once per Mperks account.




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A Journey to the Hottest Place on Earth: Hydrothermal Vents and the Resilient Pompeii Worm

I have only seen a hydrothermal vent once, during Dive 73 aboard the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Doc Ricketts. Unlike many deep-sea biologists, I…

The post A Journey to the Hottest Place on Earth: Hydrothermal Vents and the Resilient Pompeii Worm first appeared on Deep Sea News.




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F&S kamperen bij de boer (NRC, za, 10-08-24)




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Oh No: Dipshit Elon Musk's Tender Feelings Hurt By SNL Impersonation

Dipshit billionaire Leon Musk, who we fondly refer to as that stupid fuck, isn't amused by Dana Carvey's impersonation of him on Saturday Night Live. So, he took his little fingers to Xitter, the once behemoth social site he destroyed only to influence the election to his audience of conspiracy theorists and far-right edge lords that use Peppy the Frog in their postings or avatars.

Well, Leon got quite a paycheck for promoting convicted felon and adjudicated rapist Donald Trump, so at least he's happy while the rest of us remain in shock over the election results.

SNL's cold open got under Leon's fragile narcissistic skin where the actors, sort of like him, pretended to be on Trump's side with solid support.

Dana Carvey – who previously played President Joe Biden, and we didn't bitch about it -- played the part of Leon. You can see Carey's part that shook Elon at around the 3:30 mark in the cold open, and below.

“Check it out, dark MAGA,” Carvey said while impersonating Musk in a black MAGA hat. “But seriously, I run the country now,” he added.

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FAFO: Nikki Haley Edition (With A Pompeo Assist)

In today's edition of FAFO (F*ck Around and Find Out) we have Nikki Haley (with an assist by Mike Pompeo) who is learning the hard way that MAGA loyalty only goes one way. They want your vote and your support, but won't do anything to make your life better. Once you kiss the ring and show your soft underbelly of weakness, you are no longer useful.

Nikki Haley threw her support behind Donald Trump, after running a fairly solid anti-Trump Republican campaign against him. But even after she gave up, he never forgave her. And on Saturday he put the knife in and twisted it even harder, publicly FIRING her (and Mike Pompeo) before he even takes office.

Her response was pathetic.


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WHY COMPETITION IS RELEVANT TO SELF-DEFENSE

Recently saw this on YouTube, from a grandmaster competition shooter who is also in law enforcement. I agree with him. I’ve said for years that while a shooting match is not a gunfight, a gunfight most certainly is a shooting match. Competition experience makes shooting under pressure the norm. Wyatt Earp competed in the informal […]





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Ampel-Aus, “Ende zur Unzeit”, Nichts-passiert-Szenen bei US-Wahl

1. Was das Ampel-Aus für die Medienbranche bedeutet (dwdl.de, Timo Niemeier) Timo Niemeier macht sich bei “DWDL” Gedanken darüber, wie sich das Ende der Ampel-Koalition auf die Medienbranche auswirken könnte. Die vorgesehene Reform der Filmförderung mit Elementen wie Steueranreizen und Investitionsverpflichtungen sei ohne FDP-Stimmen kaum durchsetzbar. Die geplante Reform des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks bleibe hingegen unberührt, […]



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Competitive Programming Weekly Event

Come do Competitive Programming at Princeton! Improve your coding abilities. Increase your knowledge of algorithms and data structures. Learn problem solving skills.




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Competitive Programming Weekly Event

Come do Competitive Programming at Princeton! Improve your coding abilities. Increase your knowledge of algorithms and data structures. Learn problem solving skills.




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Competitive Programming Weekly Event

Come do Competitive Programming at Princeton! Improve your coding abilities. Increase your knowledge of algorithms and data structures. Learn problem solving skills.





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The world’s oldest tree has competition

Will a Patagonian cypress in Chile prove older than California’s most elderly bristlecone pine?




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Cúrcuma, pimenta e outros temperos fazem bem à saúde?

A pimenta, a cúrcuma e outras especiarias são frequentemente citadas como tendo benefícios para a nossa saúde ou até mesmo a capacidade de 'estimular nosso sistema imunológico'. Mas será que elas realmente oferecem algum benefício à nossa saúde ou nos ajudam a prevenir doenças?




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EMBARRASSING: Big Election Misses by Never Trumpers and Others

The following article, EMBARRASSING: Big Election Misses by Never Trumpers and Others, was first published on The Black Sphere.

I love metaphorically rubbing my crotch in the faces of these smug Leftist pukes and know-it-alls after they get their asses handed to them.

Continue reading EMBARRASSING: Big Election Misses by Never Trumpers and Others ...




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Matt Gaetz files ethics complaint against Rep. Schiff over impeachment

It was only a matter of time before House Republicans were going to file an ethics complaint against Rep. Adam Schiff (D) and anyone involved in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

The post Matt Gaetz files ethics complaint against Rep. Schiff over impeachment appeared first on Shark Tank.




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Majority of Floridians oppose impeachment of President Trump

While the growing majority of House Democrats support impeaching President Trump, and scheduled to take a vote to do so on Thursday, a new NY Times poll shows that while most Americans support an impeachment inquiry, Floridians do not suppose the potential measure.

The post Majority of Floridians oppose impeachment of President Trump appeared first on Shark Tank.




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Stumped

New Zealand's Maddy Green explains what led them to a maiden T20 World Cup title




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Stumped

Two big names from two remarkable stories in Test cricket are on the programme.




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Stumped

Saba Karim discusses the fall-out from New Zealand's historic Test series win in India.




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Why did Hamilton struggle when Russell was competitive?

BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.




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McCarthy Threatens Motion To Oust Pelosi If She Attempts Impeachment

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) threatened to introduce a motion on the floor to oust House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as speaker if she attempts to impeach President Trump for “following the constitution” to slow down the Supreme Court confirmation process to fill the vacancy for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “I will […]

The post McCarthy Threatens Motion To Oust Pelosi If She Attempts Impeachment appeared first on Hispolitica.




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Pompeii to cap daily tourist numbers at 20,000

Nearly 4 million people visited the ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii in 2023, a third more than the previous year.




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Apple Releases New Mac Mini, Revamped iMac, & M4 MacBook Pro

Apple has spent the last few days trickling releases of new Mac hardware, debuting a revamped iMac with an M4 chip and new colors, a redesigned Mac Mini that is smaller in size and now has an M4 chip, and the MacBook Pro lineup has been revamped with M4 processors as well. Each of the ... Read More





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The Paragon Algorithm, a Next Generation Search Engine That Uses Sequence Temperature Values and Feature Probabilities to Identify Peptides from Tandem Mass Spectra

Ignat V. Shilov
Sep 1, 2007; 6:1638-1655
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High temperature promotes amyloid {beta}-protein production and {gamma}-secretase complex formation via Hsp90 [Neurobiology]

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by neuronal loss and accumulation of β-amyloid-protein (Aβ) in the brain parenchyma. Sleep impairment is associated with AD and affects about 25–40% of patients in the mild-to-moderate stages of the disease. Sleep deprivation leads to increased Aβ production; however, its mechanism remains largely unknown. We hypothesized that the increase in core body temperature induced by sleep deprivation may promote Aβ production. Here, we report temperature-dependent regulation of Aβ production. We found that an increase in temperature, from 37 °C to 39 °C, significantly increased Aβ production in amyloid precursor protein-overexpressing cells. We also found that high temperature (39 °C) significantly increased the expression levels of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) and the C-terminal fragment of presenilin 1 (PS1-CTF) and promoted γ-secretase complex formation. Interestingly, Hsp90 was associated with the components of the premature γ-secretase complex, anterior pharynx-defective-1 (APH-1), and nicastrin (NCT) but was not associated with PS1-CTF or presenilin enhancer-2. Hsp90 knockdown abolished the increased level of Aβ production and the increased formation of the γ-secretase complex at high temperature in culture. Furthermore, with in vivo experiments, we observed increases in the levels of Hsp90, PS1-CTF, NCT, and the γ-secretase complex in the cortex of mice housed at higher room temperature (30 °C) compared with those housed at standard room temperature (23 °C). Our results suggest that high temperature regulates Aβ production by modulating γ-secretase complex formation through the binding of Hsp90 to NCT/APH-1.





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Taking the "Temperature" of Languages

Ricardo Bermudez-Otero and Tobias Galla discuss the mathematics describing the evolution of human languages. The sounds and structures of the world's approximately 7,000 languages never stop changing. Just compare the English in Romeo and Juliet or the Spanish in Don Quixote to the modern forms. But historical records give an incomplete view of language evolution. Increasingly, linguists draw upon mathematical models to figure out which features of a language change often and which ones change more rarely over the course of thousands of years. A new model inspired by physics assigns a "temperature" to many sounds and grammatical structures. Features with higher temperatures are less stable, so they change more often as time goes on. The linguistic thermometer will help researchers reconstruct how our languages came to be, and how they might change in future generations.




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On Lamperti transformation and AR(1) type characterisations of discrete random fields

Marko Voutilainen, Lauri Viitasaari and Pauliina Ilmonen
Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 111 (), 181-197.
Abstract, references and article information