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Croatia Travel Guide
Croatia’s southernmost town, Dubrovnik is one of the most popular destinations in the country and home to a UNESCO listed World Heritage Site. A popular destination for tourists, Dubrovnik has become a must-visit location for anyone visiting Croatia. Here are some of the top attractions in the famous old city.
If you fancy a walk along the sea, Sveti Jakov Beach is just a 15-minute walk from Old Town and is a hugely popular spot among the locals. Or, if you’re looking to take to the water, a short boat trip from Old Town will take you to the island of Lokrum – a stunning nature park and popular swimming spot.
Lastly, any Game of Thrones fans will want to take a trip to Lovrijenac Fortress, the set for King’s Landing. A 14th Century fortress sitting atop a 37m high sea rock, it’s an absolute must-see for any visitors, and admission is included within the fee for entering the city walls.
One of Croatia’s most famous islands, Hvar is renowned all over the world for its gorgeous waters, incredible sunshine and much-touted nightlife. But Croatia’s fourth largest island has more to offer than just sun, sea and hangovers – Hvar also delivers wonderful countryside, stunning lavender fields, incredible food and fascinating history and culture.
Krka National Park
Named after the Krka River, this stunning national park covers 142 square kilometres, including two thirds of its namesake river. You will need to buy a ticket for admission to the park, which can be done online or on arrival – keep in mind that if you’re buying in person, you may have to queue during busy times of the year.
The main attraction of the park is undoubtedly the incredible waterfalls, including the iconic Skradinski Buk falls – a collection of 17 waterfalls that range in height. You’ll also want to see Roski Slap, a series of 12 waterfalls in a space of 450 metres.
Top of your list of things to do should be exploring the old town, known locally as Upper Town. You’ll find plenty of fascinating history and architecture, as well as historical characters strolling through the streets taking pictures with people. Be sure to check out Stone Gate while you’re there – the only remaining gate from the Old Town. If you visit between May and September, you can also take part in the Secrets of Gric – an interactive theatre night tour that lets visitors discover the historical side of the capital. Be sure to go on a Saturday rather than a Friday, when the show is in English.
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Luxury Hotels in Croatia
Classic Collection Holidays offer a fabulous handpicked range of luxury hotels in Croatia. The choice of hotels in and around Dubrovnik range from beautifully restored century old establishments to contemporary, chic properties and elegant resort hotels, many enjoying wonderful views over the Adriatic Sea.
Stay at the beautifully restored five Star Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik. This hotel provides the ideal location from which to explore the city of Dubrovnik. With one of the city's most iconic landmarks, the Pile Gate, on the hotels doorstep along with Banje Beach only a short walk away, the hotel offers the best of both a city and beach holiday. During the day relax in natural light offered through the glass roof of the indoor heated pool. In the evening enjoy a romantic meal in the hotel's restaurant while taking in panoramic views of the Adriatic Sea and the Medieval Old Town.
Experience the award-winning Hotel Dubrovnik Palace. Located on the water's edge this hotel not only enjoys the brilliantly blue waters of the Adriatic Sea but also stunning views of the Elaphiti Islands. Having been recently refurbished the hotel promotes comfort and relaxation and offers an exclusive VIP wing for those who wish to enjoy a greater degree of privacy during their stay.
On Hvar Island, four star Amfora Hvar Grand Beach Resort offers an excellent location for both families and couples to spend their holiday. Inspired by natural light, the hotel promotes a calming atmosphere in which to relax and soak up the sun. Boasting a fresh water pool and cascading waterfalls, the hotel also enjoys stunning views over the bay.
Or stay in the superbly designed Le Meridien Lav, located in Split. Boasting an impressive array of amenities, this hotel provides something to keep everyone entertained. For sun worshippers, the hotel has access to an 800m stretch of sandy beach perfect for soaking up the sun, whilst more active holidaymakers can take advantage of the range of activities on offer, including diving, archery, rock climbing and tennis.
Alternatively take a cruise on the M/S Captain Bota. Setting off from Split the motor cruiser spends 8 days journeying to some of the most beautiful islands in the Adriatic Sea.
Here's our list of the best hotels in Croatia. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
At Classic Party Rentals of Virginia, we believe in providing our clients with exceptional service and clear, upfront information. Below, you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions, along with our rental policies. We strive for transparency, so you know exactly what to expect when renting with us. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Our policies cover everything from reservation timelines, delivery, setup, and pickup procedures to payment terms, cancellations, and late booking accommodations. We want your event to run smoothly, and understanding these details will help ensure an effortless experience.
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Preeti Raghavan, MBBS, Ronan Mooney, PhD, Paria Arfa Fatollahkhani, MD, MSC Educational Session: Research| New Evidence on the Origins and Manifestations of Spasticity and Muscle Stiffness and Their Potential Treatments
Hello everyone. Um We are going to be presenting a session on new evidence on the origins and manifestations of spasticity And muscle stiffness and their potential treatments at the Ap on Thursday, 23 in Anaheim. So this session is going to be about a new definition of spasticity that was proposed by dr sheng li and he's going to talk a little bit about why we need a new definition and what it really means that spasticity is not just velocity dependent increase in the stretch reflexes but there's also a length dependent change. And he's going to talk about proposed central mechanisms that includes excitation of the ridiculous spinal tract. Then dr jones. Stilling and Ryan Mooney will share exciting data on the role of the ridiculous spinal tract and how they have identified the role of the ridiculous spinal track in spasticity using transcranial magnetic stimulation. And finally I and paria fatal akani will present data on what happens in the periphery to the muscles when these central mechanisms are activated. How does it contribute? How do the muscles contribute to the exacerbation of spasticity and lead to stiffness and what the potential treatments for both the central and the peripheral mechanisms may be. Um Hope you come to this exciting session and we would love to see you there. Bye bye. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
As a business owner, you need an accounting system that provides accurate and up-to-date records. Accurate accounting provides key indicators that will measure the health of your business. Accurate records are also essential in making business forecasts, selling your business, or dealing with an audit. Let us help you with this so you can focus more energy on running your business.
Cloud Based Accounting is the Future for Business Owners
The future of accounting is moving towards cloud-based, integrated applications. We feel that QuickBooks Online is the ideal platform for modern cloud accounting. It is user-friendly and is designed to make your life as a business owner easier. QuickBooks Online downloads bank and credit card transactions so all you need to do is categorize them. It will also “remember” certain transactions and allow you to create rules to automate the accounting process even further. Because it is cloud-based, you don’t need to worry about losing your data if you experience computer issues. Additionally, you can access your files anywhere you have an internet connection, including on your phone.
From an accountant’s perspective, we love QuickBooks Online because it enables us to provide a better service for our clients. We can access your books remotely to answer questions, help solve problems, and get you ready to file taxes. There is no need to create and send us backups or accountant’s copies. It also connects with over 300 cloud-based applications that add value and makes other accounting procedures, such as managing payroll, a breeze.
QuickBooks Services We Provide
At CMP, we have several experts that can help you with your QuickBooks needs. Many of our staff are certified QuickBooks Pro Advisors with the knowledge to answer your questions and solve your problems.
Our QuickBooks services include but are not limited to:
- Setting up QuickBooks for new or existing businesses
- Performing monthly accounting and reconciling transactions
- Cleaning up or fixing existing QuickBooks files (monthly, quarterly, or as often as needed)
Whether you choose QuickBooks Online or Desktop, we have the skills and knowledge to help you accomplish your goals and make the accounting process seamless.
QuickBooks Online vs Desktop Comparison
For more details about the differences between QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop, feel free to reach out to our office.
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Determining and Documenting the Reasonableness of Compensation
2. Rule and Regulation
Sec. 1 Setting of Compensation. Institutions of The University of Texas System are charged with setting compensation levels for Highly Compensated Personnel in such a way that compensation is reasonable and adequate documentation is maintained for supporting the reasonableness of compensation paid. Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 162 imposes a reasonableness requirement for the deductibility of compensation as a business expense and its applicability has been extended to tax-exempt organizations. IRC Section 4958 imposes excise taxes on excess benefit transactions between a tax-exempt organization and certain influential persons within the organizations. Although the U. T. System is not subject to the IRC sections, the process used to determine compensation by U. T. System shall be pursuant to a process in conformance with the spirit of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines including any applicable factors previously used by the IRS to determine reasonable compensation (see Definitions) as well as any other factors deemed relevant.
Sec. 2 Compliance with IRS Guidelines. The Chancellor shall develop a Systemwide policy for establishing the compensation for Highly Compensated Personnel, not covered in Regents’ Rules and Regulations, Rule 20203 (which outlines the procedures for establishing the compensation of the presidents and executive officers at System Administration), that is in conformance with the spirit of the factors referenced in Section 1 above.
Sec. 3 Approval required.
3.1 Board Approval. Initial Total Annual Compensation and changes to Total Annual Compensation that may exceed the amount set as the approved institutional contract threshold discussed in Regents’ Rules and Regulations, Rule 10501, Subsection 2.2.17 must be approved by the Board of Regents, except as otherwise required or allowed by Rule 10501 for athletic directors or coaches or by Subsection 3.2 below. This approval can occur through the approval of the annual operating budget or as a stand-alone item during the fiscal year.
3.2 Chancellor approval. The Chancellor may approve changes of up to five percent per year in an institutional employee’s Total Annual Compensation that was approved by the Board pursuant to subsection 3.1 if the changes were not included in the annual operating budget.
3.3 Documentation required. In all cases, the employing institution is responsible for maintaining documentation that the compensation was established or changed in accordance with applicable Systemwide policy.
Factors Previously Used by the IRS -
1) the nature of the employee's duties;
2) the employee's background and experience;
3) the employee's knowledge of the business;
4) the size of the business;
5) the employee's contribution to the profit making;
6) the time devoted by the employee to the business;
7) the economic conditions in general and locally;
8) the character and amount of responsibility of the employee;
9) the time of year when compensation is determined;
10) the relationship of shareholder-officer's compensation to stock holdings;
11) whether alleged compensation is in reality, in whole or in part, payment for
a business or assets acquired; and
12) the amount paid by similar size businesses in the same area to equally
qualified employees for similar services.
Highly Compensated Personnel – personnel whose Total Annual Compensation is, or may exceed, $1 million in any year and who are not covered in Regents’ Rules and Regulations, Rule 20203 (Compensation for Key Executives).
Total Annual Compensation – includes an employee’s salary or wages, practice plan supplements, incentive plan payments, and unpaid deferred compensation and excludes employer-provided insurance, expense allowances, employer contributions to Teachers Retirement System of Texas and Optional Retirement Program, and other fringe benefits.
4. Relevant Federal and State Statutes
5. Relevant System Policies, Procedures, and Forms
Regents’ Rules and Regulations, Rule 20202 – Cash Compensation for Chief Administrative Officers
Regents’ Rules and Regulations, Rule 20203 – Compensation for Key Executives
Regents’ Rules and Regulations, Rule 10501 – Delegation to Act on Behalf of the Board
The University of Texas Systemwide Policy UTS 144, Establishing Compensation for Highly Compensated Employees
6. Who Should Know
Executive Vice Chancellors
7. System Administration Office(s) Responsible for Rule
Office of the Chancellor
8. Dates Approved or Amended
9. Contact Information
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Using the 3D simulation of our SYMplus™ CNC software, we will show you how task 5 from Christiani’s “Collection of tasks in CNC Milling technology according to PAL2020 with Driven Tools” could look like in reality.
This task includes:
- Drilling Cycle G84
- Roughing Cycle G81 (with Relief G85)
- Thread Turning G31
- Driven Milling Cutter (two key surfaces with radial tool)
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Cobb District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes announced in a public information release that a Locust Grove man has been sentenced to 20 years, with 10 to be served in custody, for an incident of domestic violence in Austell. In handing down the sentence Superior Court Judge Stephen Schuster said that the defendant “terrorized and tortured an 11-year-old.”
The public information release from Kimberly Isaza of the Cobb DA’s office described the incident as follows:
Ali Ihsan, 42, was convicted of aggravated assault-family violence and child cruelty on Thursday after a two-day trial. On Feb. 27, 2019, Cobb Police were alerted to an incident that had occurred two days prior at an apartment on Panda Court in Austell after the adult victim sent a video of the attack to her employer. The investigation found that Mr. Ihsan had gone to the home of his estranged wife, brandished two handguns, and ordered the woman and her 11-year-old daughter around the apartment at gunpoint. Before leaving, Mr. Ihsan threw a surveillance camera into a fish tank.
“The defendant’s conduct was violent and horrific. Thank you to our partners at the Cobb County Police Department for their work to get this dangerous domestic violence abuser off the streets,” said Senior Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Stevenson.
Resources for victims of domestic violence
The Cobb County District Attorney’s Office provided the following resources to the victims of domestic violence:
Help is available for anyone suffering abuse in an intimate relationship. Locally, LiveSAFE Resources can help victims break free from domestic violence. Their 24-hour crisis line is 770-427-3390, and they are on the web at www.livesaferesources.org
The National Domestic Violence Hotline also provides resources to victims, regardless of location. The hotline number is 1-800-799-7233. www.thehotline.org | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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§ 46–225.02. Criminal contempt remedy for failure to pay child support.
(a) The Mayor or a party who has a legal claim to child support may initiate a criminal contempt action for failure to pay the support by filing a motion in the civil action in which the support order was established.
(b)(1) Upon a finding by the Court that an obligor has willfully failed to obey a lawful support order, the Court may:
(A) Commit the obligor to jail for a term not to exceed 180 days;
(B) Order the obligor to participate in a rehabilitative program, if the Court determines that participation would assist the obligor in complying with the support order and access to such program is available;
(C) Order the obligor to accept appropriate available employment or participate in job search and placement activities; or
(D) Place the obligor on probation under such conditions as the Court may determine and in accordance with the provisions of the criminal procedure law.
(2) The Court may direct that an obligor’s commitment may be served upon certain specified days or parts of days. The Court may suspend all or part of a sentence and may, at any time within the term of the sentence, revoke the suspension and commit the obligor for the remainder of the original sentence. A period of commitment shall not prevent the Court from committing the obligor for a subsequent failure to comply with a support order.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, the term “rehabilitative program” shall include work preparation and skill programs, non-residential alcohol and substance abuse programs, and educational programs.
(c) The Court shall order the obligor to pay the petitioner’s attorney’s fees as well as court costs, unless good cause can be demonstrated on the record against this result.
(d) For purposes of this section, failure to pay child support, as ordered, shall constitute prima facie evidence of a willful violation. This presumption may be rebutted if the obligor was incarcerated, hospitalized, or had a disability during the period of nonsupport. These circumstances do not constitute an exhaustive list of circumstances that may be used to rebut the presumption of willfulness.
(e) The Court shall not deny a request for relief pursuant to this section unless the facts and circumstances constituting the reasons for its determination are set forth in a written memorandum of decision. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Let's face racism! Workshop on diversity and inclusion
Xavier Giró will accompany you in this theoretical-practical session to offer tools and methodologies from an intercultural perspective that allow us to detect and analyze the various discriminatory narratives that often appear in media communication. He will also talk about the beliefs, ideologies, mental frameworks, and value systems at play in these cases, as well as the strategies we can use as communicators to develop transformative narratives.
The goal is to create a space where we can share doubts and methodologies about the best way to communicate without engaging in any form of discrimination, especially on religious, ethnic, or racial grounds.
It is an open training workshop, specifically aimed at project technicians.
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I’m sorry to hear about your termination. No, under both federal and state law, it is not legal to fire someone because they engaged in a legally protected activity, such as complaining about discrimination. You should speak with a California employment attorney who can help determine how best to pursue your claim.
As an employee, you have certain legal rights. Among those legal rights is the right to not be discriminated against or harassed because of your age, sex, race, religion, disability, national origin, and other factors. If you are ever discriminated against or harassed based on those factors, you may choose to file a complaint with a state or federal agency, or call an attorney. As you can imagine, employers normally are not happy when they learn that they are being investigated for violations of state or federal law, or receive a phone call from an employment law attorney.
However, it is illegal for an employer to file you because of your complaint. In addition, your employer cannot punish you in any other way, such as by reducing your salary or benefits, changing your position, taking disciplinary actions against you, or changing your job shift. In many cases, it can be difficult to tell if an employer is retaliating against you because you made a complaint. Legally, you must look at all the surrounding circumstances of the situation in order to determine whether the employer retaliated, and whether or not that retaliation has an effect on your employment.
If you believe that you have been the victim of workplace retaliation after making a complaint about a boss, you should speak to either the supervisor or someone in human resources. You may also wish to speak with an attorney. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles employment law attorney at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Stray Cats: Live At The Rockpalast Germany 1981 (2 CD/DVD) 2015 Dolby Digital Import Region Free 07-07-15 Release Date
Stray Cats - Live At Rockpalast: 1983 Loreley Open Air & 1981 Cologne / Every era has it's heroes and every scene has it's legends. The 80"s had the Stray Cats and today they are the indisputable icons of neo-rockabilly. When the US trio stormed the top of the charts in their adopted country of England, punk still reigned supreme in the United Kingdom. But Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom and Lee Rocker brought that certain something that the mo-hawked men also had: a feeling for danger and rebellion. Impressive footage of this time includes two performances in Germany: one in 1981 in Cologne and one in 1983 at the Loreley. These are genuine recordings that make the trio's sound still accessible today. Both concerts are released here for the first time in the best possible quality and with a superb sound on DVD and CD. The Stray Cats will come to life at home just as they were at their best. Brian Setzer, today a "statesman" of rockabilly and multiple platinum seller, works passionately as he struck the strings on the stage of the Cologne Satory Halls. Of course the Stray Cats aren't only made up of Setzer with his phenomenal guitar playing and his powerful vocals. Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom are also responsible for the band's special sound. Phantom's simple drumming became an example for rockabilly drummers worldwide and his wild screams in the songs belong to Stray Cats exactly as Brian Setzer's licks and Lee Rocker's clattering bass do. He treated his instrument like a lover or like monkeybars on which he did gymnastics. Rocker's tone and drive gave the band the foundation to build on. The bad boy attitude was internalized by the "street cats." Both concerts also underline how rapidly Stray Cats" career progressed. Between both recordings were full worlds. In 1981 they were young rockers and by 1983 they had become full-fledged rock stars. Today we enjoy classics such as "Stray Cat Strut," "Runaway Boys," "Rumble in Brighton," and "Rock This Town" like they will never be heard live again with two concert recordings for eternity. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Andy Flower reckons Abhishek Sharma hasn't yet cemented his place as India's T20I opener despite scoring a belligerent century in the second T20I against Zimbabwe.
Former Zimbabwe cricketer Andy Flower feels that India’s star cricketer Abhishek Sharma hasn’t yet established himself as India’s permanent opener despite his magnificent century against Zimbabwe in the second T20I, which took place on July 7 at Harare Sports Club. The RCB coach made note of his understanding that star batter and 2024 T20 World Cup-winning member Yashasvi Jaiswal will be available for the last three matches of the five-game series and might get the chance to open with Shubman Gill. Meanwhile, the southpaw smashed for 100 runs off of 47 deliveries as the Men in Blue set up an incredible 235-run mark for the hosts. The visitors then dismissed Sikandar Raza and Co. for 134 runs to record a convincing series win and draw 1-1.
Meanwhile, Andy Flower was confronted about whether Abhishek Sharma’s century indicated he was clearly going to be India’s top pick in the limited format. However, the former Zimbabwe skipper acknowledged that the emerging star will benefit from a good start to his international career.
On the other hand, Yashasvi Jaiswal was out celebrating India’s 2024 T20 World Cup victory at home, so he missed the first two T20Is against Zimbabwe. However, for the last three T20ls, the left-handed opener, Sanju Samson, and Shivam Dube are expected to be available for selection.
“Well, we have got Jaiswal still coming into the series, haven’t we? So that sort of competition is exactly what the Indian selectors and all the Indian followers are looking for,” Flower said on Sony Sports.
The Cape Town-born cricketer feels that the 23-year-old batter must be feeling very confident at this moment, as he recently had the great IPL 2024, where he guided Pat Cummins and Co. to a thrilling final showdown of the event. Andy Flower is further looking forward to Abhishek Sharma getting going in this form in the ongoing series.
“He should be confident at the moment coming off such a great IPL and then getting a hundred in his second international match. So what a great start. So I am very happy for him and I am looking forward to seeing more of him in this series,” he added further. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Since their introduction to the consumer market, drones have become increasingly popular among hobbyists, photographers, and videographers. These unmanned aerial vehicles offer a unique perspective and the ability to capture breathtaking footage from the sky. While drones themselves are impressive pieces of technology, there are several accessories available that can enhance your flying experience and take your aerial photography or videography to the next level.
1. Extra Batteries
One of the most essential accessories for drone owners is extra batteries. Most drones have a flight time of around 20-30 minutes per battery charge. By having additional batteries on hand, you can extend your flight time and capture more footage without having to land and recharge. This is particularly important if you’re planning to take your drone on a long hiking or photography trip.
2. Carrying Case
A quality carrying case is a must-have accessory for any drone enthusiast. It will not only protect your drone during transportation but also make it easier to carry, especially if you’re hiking or traveling to different locations. Look for a case that is lightweight, durable, and has customizable compartments to securely store your drone, controller, spare batteries, and other accessories.
3. ND Filters
If you’re serious about aerial photography or videography, neutral density (ND) filters are a game-changer. ND filters reduce the amount of light entering the drone’s camera, allowing you to use slower shutter speeds during bright conditions, which creates smoother and more cinematic footage. They also help to balance exposure and reduce glare, resulting in more vibrant and accurately colored images.
4. Propeller Guards
Accidents can happen, especially if you’re new to flying drones. Propeller guards are protective covers that attach to the drone’s propellers, preventing them from making contact with objects or people. These guards help reduce the risk of damage to the drone’s propellers and also provide an additional level of safety, making them a worthwhile investment for beginners and those flying in confined spaces.
5. Memory Cards
Having high-capacity and fast memory cards is crucial when shooting video or capturing high-resolution images with your drone. Look for memory cards with Class 10 or UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) ratings for optimal performance. Additionally, consider investing in multiple memory cards, especially if you’re planning to shoot for extended periods or in remote locations where transferring files may be challenging.
6. Landing Pad
A landing pad is a handy accessory that provides a designated and stable platform for taking off and landing your drone. It helps protect the drone’s camera and gimbal from dirt, dust, and debris that may be present on the ground. Some landing pads also come with reflective patterns or LED lights, making it easier to locate and land your drone during low-light conditions.
7. Remote Controller Sunshade
If you frequently fly your drone in sunny or bright conditions, a remote controller sunshade can significantly improve your flying experience. These shades attach to your remote controller and shield the screen from direct sunlight, reducing glare and allowing for better visibility of the live video feed. This accessory is particularly useful when trying to frame shots or navigate your drone accurately.
8. GPS Tracker
A GPS tracker is a valuable tool for ensuring the safety and security of your drone. These small devices can be attached to your drone and provide real-time location tracking, which is helpful in case of loss or theft. Some GPS trackers also offer additional features, such as geofencing, which alerts you if your drone strays outside a designated area, adding an extra layer of peace of mind.
9. Range Extender
For those looking to extend the range of their drone’s control signal, a range extender can be a worthy investment. These devices help boost the signal strength between the drone and the remote controller, allowing for a more reliable and stable connection at longer distances. Range extenders are particularly useful when flying in areas with interference or when you want to explore vast landscapes.
10. LED Lights
If you enjoy flying your drone at dusk or during nighttime, LED lights are an excellent accessory to enhance visibility and aesthetics. These lights can be easily attached to the drone’s arms or body, providing illumination and making it easier to track the drone’s position in low-light conditions. LED lights also add a touch of creativity, allowing you to experiment with different colors and lighting effects for stunning nighttime shots.
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Along with the launch of Star on Disney Plus for users outside the US, Disney Plus is also introducing some parental controls. Until now, parental controls were largely unnecessary because all content on Disney Plus is appropriate for kids. Well, the Star content they’re bringing in is geared towards adults, for the most part, so new protections are required this time.
Starting with February 23rd, when the new content is getting pushed into Disney Plus, you’ll get taken on a tour of the new service so you can check the new features. You’ll be able to set your age rating to 18+, which gives you access to the entire slew of content, and you’ll get to set up a pin.
All content on Disney Plus and Star comes with an age rating, so all profiles will now require that you set some restrictions. For instance, your younger family members will get to watch Disney Plus only, but older kids will get to enjoy content appropriate for their age, too, with restrictions such as 9+, 12+, 14+, or 16+.
Each profile will be customizable with a four-digit pin. In this way, you can prevent anyone from accessing your profile without your consent, especially the kids, but also the more tech-savvy teens.
The pin will be useful to keep the kids safe when you start creating their profiles. Plus, they won’t be able to switch to your own profile by mistake, for instance.
The mechanics of setting everything up will certainly be fairly straightforward, and all will be revealed once Star launches, but we’re glad that Disney Plus has such good mechanics planned ahead.
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Whereas many cryptocurrencies have been witnessing large beneficial properties to new all-time highs, cryptocurrencies like Polygon (MATIC) and Cardano (ADA) have struggled to maintain up with the present market traits. This bearish efficiency has deterred many merchants who beforehand held the cryptocurrencies in excessive esteem, anticipating them to make an honest worth enhance.
Though many are apprehensive about Cardano (ADA) and Polygon (MATIC) future outlook, many are wanting in direction of new alternate options like ETFSwap ($ETFS), an progressive token which goals to offer adherents with the alternatives to make most returns.
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Current studies have revealed that Polygon (MATIC) holders face substantial monetary losses after the cryptocurrency skilled a serious worth decline. About 51% of Polygon (MATIC) whole holders have recorded losses over the previous week because the cryptocurrency’s worth dropped by 4.44%.
The rationale for the Polygon (MATIC) worth drop has not been disclosed; nonetheless, the surprising decline underscores the unpredictability and inherent volatility of the crypto market. It additionally highlights the significance of threat administration, educating customers to acknowledge doubtlessly worthwhile tokens and conduct thorough analysis earlier than making any choices.
Cardano (ADA) Worth Faces Resistance Under $0.7
The value of Cardano (ADA) has been displaying bearish indicators recently, experiencing a worth decline of greater than 20% over the previous month. On the time of writing, Cardano (ADA) is buying and selling at $0.58, failing to cross the $0.6 threshold to surge to new highs.
Prior to now 24 hours, the cryptocurrency has witnessed a 6.32% lower, whereas its general buying and selling quantity is up by 7.35%. This means that regardless of Cardano’s (ADA) bearish efficiency, many are nonetheless hoping for a worth correction to the coveted $1 mark.
Holders Flock To ETFSwap ($ETFS) As It Units New Report
Whereas present market circumstances stay bearish for cryptocurrencies like Cardano (ADA) and Polygon (MATIC), ETFSwap ($ETFS) stays out of the unfavourable loop, hitting new information as its presale captures the eye of merchants. Presenting itself as a revolutionary Commerce-to-Earn token, ETFSwap ($ETFS) is about to change into a prime asset class within the realm of digital asset tokenization.
This progressive token goals to remodel the cryptocurrency and (DeFi) panorama by providing merchants entry to Spot Bitcoin Trade Traded Funds (ETFs). Using its intuitive crypto buying and selling platform, ETFSwap ($ETFS) strives to offer customers alternatives to commerce ETFs, providing a 10x leverage on property.
Among the best options ETFSwap ($ETFS) will provide is entry to unique ETF buying and selling alternatives and a safe platform which ensures transparency and prioritizes safety and privateness. There aren’t any KYC necessities wanted to entry the buying and selling platform, giving customers the liberty to infuse as a lot as they want with none impediments from regulators or banks.
Over 5.4 million tokens have already been offered within the first stage of its presale at a modest worth of $0.00854. The second stage of the presale is about to happen quickly, and the value of ETFSwap ($ETFS) is predicted to extend to $0.01831, making now the perfect time to safe tokens for potential most returns.
Given the ETFSwap’s ($ETFS) comparatively low worth, many are benefiting from the presale stage to build up as many tokens as attainable. This isn’t shocking, as early-stage presales are the perfect.
For instance, the early-stage Polygon (MATIC) and Cardano (ADA) holders have already remodeled 300x beneficial properties on their holdings and counting. ETFSwap ($ETFS) is about to copy the identical success, with the presale adherents benefitting probably the most from its anticipated development.
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יום רביעי, 13.01.2016, 11:30
חדר 337, בניין טאוב למדעי המחשב
Traditionally, network measurement takes a small-data approach. Data is expensive, must be gathered unobtrusively, validated carefully, and used to address sharply-defined problems, if we are to obtain reliable answers. The undeniable existence of BigData in and around telephone and data networks (which have merged years ago ) and the presence of tools for learning from unstructured masses of data are changing this. A recent EU tender has called for a “crowdsourcing” approach to characterizing Internet performance at its edge in all European countries, with protocols for gathering the data needed from many sources, archiving it for wider use, and providing privacy guidelines, while making all of this web-visible to all citizens.
The types of data and measurement systems involved in traditional passive and active network measurements have evolved as new means of observation emerge. The forces driving the evolution are much cheaper hardware for measurements at the edge, making ubiquitous measurement possible, and new customers for this information. Operators and researchers are now joined by end users and regulators, who all want to know if they are getting the service and performance that they are paying for, and if not…?
Really big data sets are now available from telephone call records (CDRs and MCDRs) from every conversation, from cellphone sensors that monitor location and signal quality, and from smart phones, which log in addition all the applications that users choose to run and the associated data traffic volumes. I will show examples of the information that can be gleaned from a million or more smartphones. Besides monitoring all sorts of carrier and customer uses of new technologies, it is possible to make visible the internet’s interior from its edge. Thus we can assess network neutrality and pinpoint sources of performance issues.
Scott Kirkpatrick is Professor of Engineering and Computer Science at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. His research in recent years has focused on understanding the growth of living engineering organisms such as the Internet and especially on the technical and human aspects of the huge space at the edges of the Internet.
He was a researcher and manager in physics and computer science at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center, leading projects in new technologies for personal computing, In 2000 he moved to his present position. At IBM he led a team which prototyped and then shipped IBM’s first Thinkpad, a pen-driven tablet computer. As a physicist, his work on percolation and spin glasses led to simulated annealing, an optimization framework widely employed in automated computer design. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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In the competitive world of boat manufacturing, the difference between leading the market and lagging behind increasingly depends on how effectively companies utilise cloud-based platforms and software solutions. A prime example of this trend is the collaboration between E-Falke, known for its efficient propulsion systems, and c.technology, a pioneer in mobility software solutions.
This partnership not only underscores the shift towards smarter manufacturing processes but also highlights the immense value of data-driven operations in the marine industry.
**E-Falke: Innovation Meets Efficiency **
E-Falke creates highly efficient electric propulsion systems suitable for a variety of boat designs and when integrated with advanced software its performance and energy management may be optimised.
c.technology: A Beacon of Digital Excellence
c.technology's cloud platform revolutionises data utilisation in boat manufacturing, enabling real-time data tracking and comprehensive operational management - from production to customer interactions. This integration is vital for enhancing efficiency and driving innovation. Equipped with advanced data analytics, AI insights, and customisable applications (white label mobile apps for end-customer and web apps for partners), the platform significantly improves operational efficiency and broadens ecosystem engagement.
A Synergistic Partnership
The collaboration between E-Falke and c.technology provides a clear roadmap for boat manufacturers looking to thrive in a digitally-driven market. Here's how their partnership is setting a new standard:
1. Data-Driven Decision Making: Manufacturers gain access to valuable data analytics that allow for informed decision-making. This real-time data is vital for optimising manufacturing processes, improving product quality, and reducing time to market.
2. Enhanced Operational Efficiency: The automation and integration capabilities of c.technology's software streamline complex processes, reduce overhead costs, and improve overall efficiency. This not only boosts productivity but also enhances the scalability of operations.
3. Competitive Edge and Customer Satisfaction: Manufacturers equipped with a solution such as the one from c.technology can offer their customers enhanced experiences through customised apps and portals that provide detailed insights and control over their boats. This level of customer engagement is quickly becoming a standard expectation in the market.
4. Future-proofing Businesses: In an industry where technological advancements are constant, intelligent solutions help manufacturers stay ahead of the curve. By adopting advanced cloud and software technologies, companies ensure they are not obsolete as the industry evolves.
The partnership between E-Falke and c.technology underscores the strategic advantages of leveraging cloud and software technologies in boat manufacturing, emphasising cost reductions and monetisation opportunities. By collaborating rather than building and operating their own software infrastructures, manufacturers can significantly lower capital and operational expenses. This approach not only speeds up technology deployment but also minimises risks associated with in-house development.
Additionally, c.technology’s platform offers a potential for return on investment through the monetisation of the software. Manufacturers can develop new revenue streams by offering subscription-based access to bespoke applications and data analytics services. This not only provides ongoing value to their customers but also turns data into a profitable asset.
As the industry evolves toward increasingly connected and intelligent systems, the risks of not adopting such technologies grow. Manufacturers that ignore these advancements risk being outpaced by competitors who harness the efficiencies and new revenue opportunities offered by partnerships like that of E-Falke and c.technology.
The message is clear: embracing cloud-based platforms and data-driven software is not merely an option but a necessity for those aiming to lead change, or to stay relevant in the future of boat manufacturing. The case of E-Falke and c.technology serves not only as a success story but also as a call to action for other manufacturers to harness the potential of digital tools and secure their place in a rapidly evolving marketplace.
Further, the recent acquisition of Torqeedo provides Yamaha with a unique opportunity to capitalise on access to c.technology's cloud technology: Torqeedo utilises the c.technology cloud and software system for its intelligent motors. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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This could be called the first law of Cult Branding.
Know thy Customer better than they know themselves.
This could be called the Secret Law of Cult Branding.
Customers Don’t Know Why They Buy.
This might be deemed the problem with the conventional market analysis.
Don’t Ask Why, Observe!
If customers don’t know why they buy then how do we discover why? Jane Goodall became a primate expert. She permanently moved in proximity with a troupe of chimpanzees and lived with them for years. She watched chimps grow up, grow old and die. She unraveled the vibrant social life of chimpanzees and how it affected their behavior. Humans are vastly more complicated than chimpanzees. It takes more than an anthropology study to grasp the mechanisms at play when it comes to human behavior.
Most of the Human Experience is Below Conscious Radar.
The Landscape of the Subconscious is much, much bigger than the Conscious realm. Human behavior is a dynamic interplay of the conscious/subconscious. This is one critical reason that Cult Branding has become well versed in the science of the subconscious.
Human Behavior is Primarily Social.
The evolution of human beings is fundamentally the story of social systems. Virtually all human behavior is socially driven or has social implications.
Where We Live Matters, and it is Changing!
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Garam masala, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. You spice up all of our favorite things, from oatmeal raisin cookies to cashews, not unlike the spice that is infused into these Desi Hip-Hop beats.
Playlist: Our Favorite Desi Hip-hop
The other day I managed to hit the desi:NOW! show at Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors festival which was highlighting some of the local talent. I was so impressed by the talent I had to create a playlist to capture some of their songs, as well as recent favs from watching Gully Boy, and of course all my favs from Kabir Sen (aka MC Kabir)!
And what better snack to have on hand with this playlist pumping from the Sonos speakers while I get some work done? Our Garam Masala Cashews!
Garam Masala is a beloved Indian spice blend that you can find readily in stores, but most families prefer to make their own. There are regional, variations, and of course each family has their secret blend.
My mother-in-law’s version has six spices that she toasts separately then grinds together: cardamom, cinnamon sticks, cloves, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and black peppercorns. You can read more about garam masala here.
When we visit family in India, we always stock up on several of our spices. It’s interesting to recognize how the proportions have evolved over the years, particularly the eye-popping amount of garam masala we end up with.
For example, initially the proportions aligned with my mother in-law’s usage of spices: huge bags of coriander and chili powder, and tiny bags of garam masala and idli podis. But now, we bring back multiple large bags of garam masala, medium-sized coriander powder, idli podis, and ginger pickle and smaller bags of the super-potent chili powder.
My own love story with garam masala began back in circa 2002, when upon smelling it in a friends spice collection, I realized how wonderfully it would kick up my very favorite Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. I’ve never made “regular” Oatmeal Raisin cookies again. If you swap the cinnamon for garam masala in your next batch of oatmeal raisin cookies, you just may change your life.
It works because cinnamon is a large part of the flavor in garam masala, and the rest of the spices in the blend just takes it to the next level. Our freezer is never without a few rolls of the dough, ready to slice and bake (or just eat raw, straight from the freezer… guilty). Our kids have even taken to making their own cookie dough ice cream with it. Also delish,
And finally, we also trade in garam masala is on homemade garam masala cashews! I almost always have small bags of these (or another homemade nut) on me, because I’m always hungry. It also makes a great hostess gift all dolled up in a nice box or bag, it makes a great hostess gift.
And not only is it a great snack, but it also makes a great garnish on soup, adding nice flavor and crunch (especially garam masala roasted cauliflower soup!). Thanks to chef Drew at Hops and Pie for that hot tip. He’s now on the distribution list when we get a fresh batch of garam masala from India).
One note: the Rhinoceros song (last) might not appear to “fit” in this list, but it’s there because it was a song that the amazing Urban Indian Dance troupe IMGE danced to, and that was my absolute favorite performance of the evening. In writing this, I looked to see if there were any good vids of it posted, but I’ve yet to find one. In the meantime below is one clip of them doing SHOOK by Raja Kumari that night. Check out their YouTube channel has some other gems.
Garam Masala Cashews
This recipe was initially posted on Jun 19, 2011, and today we pair it with Desi Hip-hop.
Movie: Gully Boy
If you want more, watch Gully Boy! You can stream it free via Amazon Prime (even via free trial). You’ll get a taste of the underground hip-hop scene in Mumbai, and fall in love with the soundtrack.
And don’t forget to follow our free playlist on Spotify cuz you will be just as addicted to this music, as you will be to these garam masala cashews. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
This beginning dance technique requires no previous dance training. We will investigate and explore how the structure of our bodies can move, in order to discover more possibilities of how we can dance. The warm up will consist of movement exercises, for practice alone and with partners, which will focus on the joints, bones, muscles, and sequential flow. This initial work will develop into larger phrase material that emphasizes rhythm, moves through space, and modulates movement qualities.
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Under the Government's attendance drive, head teachers are taking a tougher line on unnecessary time away from school. Many are refusing permission for term-time holidays in all but the most exceptional circumstances. Furthermore, head teachers are increasingly marking pupils' absence as unauthorised when term-time holidays are taken without permission. The overall absence rate due to holidays has decreased from 0.7 per cent. in 2006-07 to 0.66 per cent. in 2007-08, a reduction of 0.04 percentage points.
The vast majority of pupils holiday during the summer holidays. However, some parents in Kettering constituency find it difficult to go away then because of their work patterns, family commitments and other difficulties. Are the Government doing anything across the ambit of their responsibility to tackle the premium pricing that holiday tour operators impose on family holidays? If the premium pricing issue were dealt with, far more families would be able to take their holidays during the summer holidays.
It is for local authorities to determine the best holiday pattern in their own areas; no doubt the local authority in Kettering will have heard what the hon. Gentleman has said and will reflect on the various points that people have made, to see whether its holiday pattern is best. However, it is very difficult for the national Government to say what the best holiday pattern is in every area across the country. But let us be clear. We expect our young people to go to school during term time; we do not expect them to miss lessons unnecessarily—and that includes when their parents unnecessarily take them away from school to go on holiday.
Are not some schools guilty of sending mixed messages to parents when, on the one hand, they caution against taking holidays during term time but, on the other, organise ski trips to countries whose language is not being taught at that school? That takes not only children but key members of staff out of education at the same time. Would not such trips be better taken during the holidays?
Again, that is a matter for the individual school. I do not think that any mixed messages are being sent out by schools or, indeed, by the Government. The Government expect young people to attend school, and we do not expect lessons to be missed unnecessarily. Many of the trips that schools take, whether ski trips or other trips, are a fundamental part of the school curriculum. They make a fantastic contribution to the life of the school and broaden the experience of young people, often in ways that they would not otherwise have the opportunity to undertake.
The Minister may well remember from his previous position that it is likely that some of these children are being taken out of school to undergo forced marriages in other countries across the world. Will he take more steps than his predecessor did to look into this problem, which affects thousands of young girls in this country, and to try to ensure that it is stamped out?
The hon. Gentleman raises an extremely serious point with regard to young people who go missing in certain circumstances. I know that my hon. Friend the Minister for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs has looked into this issue. None of us can be complacent about forced marriage and the apparent disappearance of some young people from certain communities to be taken back home and entered into forced marriage. I take this issue extremely seriously, and the hon. Gentleman is right to mention it. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Hey everyone, I'm in the market for a new flagship phone and I've heard great things about the Galaxy S family. I know the S23 series was launched in February 2023 and it's been around for about five months now. However, I'm wondering if it's worth waiting for the Galaxy S24, which is expected to be released in a little over half a year. Any thoughts on whether I should go for the S23 or hold out for the S24? Thanks in advance!
I wouldn't be an expert on smartphones or technology in general, but I can offer some insights from a business perspective. In the tech industry, there will always be newer and better products being released each year. It really comes down to your personal preferences and needs.
If you need a new phone now, it makes sense to go for the current Galaxy S23 series. The Galaxy S23 is already a highly advanced smartphone with top-of-the-line features like 5G connectivity, a high-quality camera, and a powerful processor. Waiting for the Galaxy S24 may mean missing out on the benefits of having a new device that can make your life easier and more efficient.
However, if you're not in a hurry and have the luxury of waiting, it may be worth considering what the Galaxy S24 has to offer when it's eventually released. Based on Samsung's track record, it's likely that the Galaxy S24 will come with even more advanced features and technology than its predecessor. So, it really depends on your priorities and whether you're willing to wait a little longer for the next big thing. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Recently, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has requested technology device manufacturers to take measures to eliminate default passwords due to the threats posed by IRGC actors. The use of default passwords makes it easier for hackers to gain access to devices and exploit them for nefarious purposes.
The critical infrastructure of the United States was recently targeted by threat actors who were successful in their attempts to exploit it. The attackers were able to gain access to the infrastructure by exploiting static default passwords.
Based on recent and continuing threat activity, CISA is issuing an alert to require all technology manufacturers to remove default passwords from all product designs, releases, and updates. Evidence has shown that it is insufficient to rely on consumers to change their passwords, and action by technology manufacturers is necessary to effectively address the threats.
To address the problem of default passwords, manufacturers are urged to:
- Provide instance-unique setup passwords with the product.
- Establish time-limited setup passwords that require activation of more secure authentication methods, including phishing-resistant MFA, and disable themselves after the setup process.
Manufacturers should also ensure that design and development teams engineer products with built-in security and safety by default.
This request by CISA highlights the importance of maintaining strong security measures and regularly updating passwords to prevent unauthorized access to critical infrastructure systems. It also emphasizes the need for manufacturers to take responsibility for the security of their devices and eliminate default passwords. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Americans have fuel and the prices of fuel on their minds lately. Most Americans are afraid of what the pumps are going to be priced at when they wake up in the morning. Are they going to be able to afford to go to work, especially if there is a long commute? Many people are required to have a truck for their vehicles for the purpose of their jobs. If you fall into this category you are in luck. Chevy truck gas mileage is working on improvements.
The best way to improve your Chevy truck gas mileage is to keep your truck up to date on its maintenance. Every truck comes equipped with an owner’s manual. In this manual you will discover the proper way to care for your truck and the engine. There should be a schedule as to when you need to change the oil, change other engine fluids, and other maintenance checking. It is easy to do these tasks on your own, but if you are too busy to take the time out of your schedule to do these simple things you can always bring your truck to an auto body shop. Keeping your vehicle up-to-date not only improves the gas mileage, but it will keep your engine running smoothly which will prolong the life of the vehicle.
Accessories can be purchased to help increase the gas mileage of your truck. Bigger tires, louder exhaust, extra lights, and things that block the wind or use energy will not improve your gas mileage. The types of accessories that will help include tonneau covers, toppers, airflow tailgates, bug deflectors, and visors are all products that help deflect the wind and make it flow smoothly over the truck. When you purchased your truck it probably came with an open bed and a solid tailgate. This is perfect for catching the wind and creating your truck to drag. A tonneau cover will allow the wind to pass over the bed without causing any friction. A topper needs to be either level with the truck cab or it needs to have a slope at the front of it to allow the wind to pass over freely. Using an airflow tailgate is just that. The air can flow through it without creating any drag. The engine then doesn’t have to work as hard to keep the speed you desire. Since the engine isn’t working as hard you are able to in return experience better gas mileage.
If you have to pull a trailer behind your truck you will notice that your gas mileage decreases. Usually a trailer is taller than the truck, and this blocks the wind, obviously. There are spoilers that you can install on the cab of your truck to help the wind go over the trailer and therefore it won’t put as much of a pull on the truck’s engine.
If you are actually in the market for purchasing a new truck and you want good Chevy truck gas mileage you need to take a few things into consideration. The transmission will make a difference in the gas mileage. Also having 2WD or 4WD will make a difference. Whatever is more powerful usually requires more fuel to run. Shop wisely and you’ll be sure to be satisfied with your Chevy truck. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Last week the Cyprus Mail quizzed the major political parties on a variety of environmental issues including illegal bird-trapping, ahead of last Sunday’s parliamentary elections. BirdLife Cyprus explains why the group was outraged by the parties’ responses
By Tassos Shialis
A week ago your newspaper published an article entitled ‘How green centred are our big political parties?’ The issues covered the environmental policies of the main political parties, as well as the parties’ contributions to the environmental policy of municipalities and the sore and chronic issue of illegal bird trapping in Cyprus.
I always find such articles, where political parties are asked to comment on how ‘good’ they are for an issue, in this case environmental policy and legislation, very subjective and highly misleading to say the least. And this is not because the journalist putting together this article is not doing a good job – on the contrary, he/she is doing a great one raising and putting the protection of the environment as a topic in the political discussion arena.
However, as I was reading through the responses of the political parties and particularly the ones on the illegal bird trapping issue, I couldn’t help but feel annoyed and frustrated. And this is because the overall impression created to the reader from the parties’ replies was that ‘Wow, our parties really take illegal bird trapping seriously and even voted for the tightening of the legislation, putting in place severe penalties’. But the reality of course is the complete opposite.
And how do I know that? Because as the campaigns coordinator of BirdLife Cyprus I spent most of 2020 attending parliamentary meetings, meeting with political parties and preparing and sending position papers, objecting to the law amendment proposal for the reduction of fines from €2000 to €200 for the illegal killing and trapping of protected species. Because, simply put, how can someone claim that they are tightening the legislation if the fines are reduced by a 10-fold?
Despite this, this proposal was approved last December 2020 by the parliament, dropping the fine for the illegal killing of up to 50 protected birds to €200 euros. While before the fine was €2000 for the killing of even one such protected bird! Such ridiculously low fines are definitely not a deterrent to any reasonable person I would think. The only political party that truly objected to the reduction of the fines was the Greens, while the others voted for it, some afterwards trying to make ‘cosmetic’ last-minute changes, or abstained.
Now you can see why I was frustrated when I read this article. Because it makes me feel that our political parties think that either we, the general public, are stupid (when they are claiming that they want to stop illegal killing of birds by voting for a €200 fine) or that we have incredibly short memories (because this was ‘triumphantly’ passed last December by the majority of the parties).
My work for BirdLife Cyprus has involved me in campaigning against illegal bird trapping for the last 10 years. And sadly I can say that the legacy of the previous parliament on the issue of illegal bird trapping is not the tightening of the legislation and of the penalties. On the contrary, with the recent law change and the relaxation of the fines for protected species, all the amazing conservation work for bird protection achieved over the last 20 years has been reversed and demolished.
Such low fines will only encourage and worsen the illegal killing and trapping of migratory bird species, which is already a widespread problem in Cyprus.
The reality is that the newly elected parliament has been left with a ‘Wild Birds Law’ in pieces. I hope that this new parliament will reverse the bad legacy inherited from the previous one, and will make bird protection and biodiversity conservation in general, a priority.
BirdLife Cyprus, and myself through my role, will be watching and following the new members of the parliament, putting pressure on them to become more accountable to their promises and statements.
And I hope you also will be doing the same, because I believe it is the only way to rid our politicians of the delusion that we are ‘stupid’ and have incredibly bad ‘short term memories’.
Tassos Shialis is the campaigns coordinator of BirdLife Cyprus | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
I don't know if the following qualify as unique, but a couple of very much overlooked labels with great sound are the Artist House LP's and the pressings from A&M records Horizon's division, representing abstract Jazz (post bop?) artists of the 1970's.
As it turns out, both of these were started by John Snyder and both share wonderful sound with forward looking, creative music by very talented Jazz musicians.
Good examples on the Artist House label are Ornette Coleman, AH-6 (Artist House 6), Andrew Hill, AH-9 and Waymon Reed, AH9410.
On A&M Horizon are Brubeck and Desmond, A&M Horizon SP-703 and two by Charlie Haden, titled "The Golden Number," and "Closeness." These last two are better than many "audiophile" recordings for sound and the music is
Incredible. Literally two of my favorite Jazz LP's.
Lets hear from others here at Audiogon about your rare or obscure titles. It's nice to have a topic dedicated to vinyl and music :^). | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia are currently affected by a massive complex low pressure system, dropping temperatures and bringing rain, hail, wind and snow.
While complex low pressure systems like this come along every year or so, some Australians may be feeling whiplash after a particularly warm autumn.
Typically, as Victoria and Tasmania head into winter we see cold fronts that move from west to east, generating rain and thunderstorms. This weather system started off like that, but developed into a complex low that will stay with us for the rest of the week.
It’s the kind of weather system you see on average once every year or two. What is a little unusual is to see such a deep pool of cold Antarctic air so early in May. Canberra, for example, is forecast to have a maximum of 9℃ on Friday – which would be its coldest day in the first half of May since 1970.
In weather-speak, “complex” describes a weather system with an intricate structure. Starting as a cold front across Victoria and Tasmania, this complex low now has multiple low-pressure centres at the surface, and is interacting with a broad low-pressure system in the upper levels of the atmosphere. These upper and low-level weather systems reinforce each other.
The other factor contributing to the complexity is the warmer waters of the Tasman Sea. The East Australian Current brings warmer waters down the east coast, raising ocean surface temperatures in the Tasman Sea relative to the neighbouring Bass Strait and Southern Ocean. When these low pressure systems develop over the western Tasman Sea, that warm water provides a lot more energy through evaporation.
When all the elements align, with a cold front and its associated cold air mass moving over warm water, beneath an upper-level low in the same place providing reinforcement, a deep and complex low-pressure system can develop.
Difficult to predict
The Bureau of Meteorology usually has several days’ indication that a system like this may form, but development of multiple low-pressure centres at the surface makes it tricky to predict exactly where local impacts will strike.
These small-scale low-pressure centres influence exactly where the heaviest rain or strongest winds will be, as do features of the landscape like mountain ranges.
While we can make broad predictions of what may be on the way, it’s not until we get closer to the event that we can really start to be more specific about rainfall totals, wind speeds, and so on.
The Bureau gets minute-to-minute readings from our Automatic Weather Stations, but we have the ability increase the frequency of some of our measurements (for example, at the moment we have increased the frequency of weather balloon releases at Hobart airport), to get additional information about the atmosphere.
This system will move fairly slowly over the next couple of days, and different elements will impact different parts of Australia.
We’ve got cold air, wind and showers over Victoria and southern New South Wales at the moment, but there are parts of the east coast that are still quite warm today. Tasmania is starting to see windy conditions in Hobart and rain developing, and potentially heavy rain through the east of the state over the next couple of days.
Once the cold air moves further north into NSW we’ll expect snow at lower levels as far north as the Central Tablelands, and then as we move into the weekend the low pressure system will move out into the Tasman Sea.
We’ll then start to see swell increase, as the ocean responds to the weather system. Heavy swell and hazardous surf conditions could push well north along the NSW coast and potentially into southern Queensland by early next week.
Currently, severe weather warnings for wind have been issued across parts of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Heavy rain warnings and flood watches are in place in Victoria, and flood watches and warnings are current in Tasmania as well.
Other specific warnings provide important information for those on the land - the Bureau has alerted sheep graziers, for example, to the impacts of cold, wet and windy conditions on exposed livestock.
While these warnings are all fairly standard for this kind of weather system, always follow the advice of emergency services. We’re the weather experts, but they’re certainly the experts on preparing for hazardous weather!
We’d also advise everyone to keep up with the forecasts and warnings on the Bureau of Meteorology over the next few days.
Authors: Adam Morgan, Senior Meteorologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Shareholders in Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) Plc yesterday expressed worry over the inability of the company to hold its 2014 and 2015 Annual General Meetings (AGM).
The President, Constance Shareholders’ Association of Nigeria, Mr Shehu Mikail, told newsmen in Lagos that failure to hold the meetings had put the shareholders in the dark about the company’s state.
He urged the company to present its 2014 and 2015 accounts to its investors and the general public for its integrity and that of the shareholders.
“As the President of the association, I went to the company in March 2016 to dialogue with the management on behalf of my members but I was denied access to the Managing Director, Mrs Cecilia Osipitan.
“I repeated the visit in July 2016 and the earlier scenario repeated itself.
“However, in October, I was able to speak to Osipitan and she promised that the company would hold its AGM by December 2016.
“To my surprise, the company hasn’t as we speak,” he said.
According to him, the shareholders are not happy with the development and will like to see the company change its stance.
However, in a telephone interview, Osipitan denied the allegations.
According to Osipitan, the company holds its AGM constantly, and the only exception was with that of 2015.
“The company will hold the 2015 AGM by February.
“It was only last year we didn’t hold AGM and it was because GNI was waiting for the National Insurance Commission to approve the statement of accounts.
“Now that the account has been approved, the AGM will hold in February,’’ she said.
Osipitan urged the investors to be calm, assuring them that the management would always protect their investment. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
This coffee machines uses coffee beans that are ground on demand to prepare the freshest bean coffee based drink. Coffee made direct from coffee beans will taste just like it does at your local coffee shop.
Typical Number of Users
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Typical Number of Cups per Day
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Simple to use
These coffee makers are as simple to use and to clean as coffee capsule machines (e.g. Nespresso). However, they are far cheaper to use over time than coffee capsule machines given the cost of the coffee capsules themselves. They are the perfect for home or office coffee situations. So,it’s no surprise that coffee roasters and coffee lovers alike, love them. They are backed by our legendary service and maintenance plans.
Every drink is programmable and once set, the coffee machine uses the same amount of ingredients for each drink. This allows you to control your usage of coffee, tea, sugar etc. Saving you money.
With 10 varieties of premium Dallmayr beverages, experience a stunning coffee machine featuring milk topping. With dual bean types and two 1kg powder canisters, indulge in black coffee, white coffee, cappuccino, latte, hot chocolate and even a flavoured caramel latte. All of these are delivered fresh and hot to you at the touch of a button.
Tea and Coffee
The latest touch screen technology allows tea drinkers to select the strength of their tea using a slider on the screen. Want strong tea or weak tea? Just slide the selector to what you want. Press GO and tea will be brewed to your taste.
If you want coffee, be it made from beans or instant coffee, our tea and coffee vending machine will provide that too. Don’t forget, hot chocolate can be placed in the vending machines too!
We also supply a milk powder that truly replaces fresh milk. This allows tea drinkers to enjoy white tea as if they were pouring in fresh milk.
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Enjoy our Platinum Hotel Mischung and Java Supra Mocca coffee that has been blended for “easy, everyday” drinking. They will appeal to a wide variety of different staff tastes and keep your staff motivated and productive. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
This one-of-a-kind tree stands apart from the rest. What you see in the photos are what you get, and there will never be another one like it.
I’m Boba the Dwarf Umbrella Tree, native to Southeast Asia. My trunk stands upright with many tiny umbrella leaves branching out. My leaves are glossy green and fan out like tiny umbrellas. I’ll thrive in shady spots but can tolerate medium to bright indirect sunlight as well.
The best way to water me is to submerge my pot in water up to the rim for 5 minutes. Overwatering is my biggest killer. I like to dry out between waterings, and a good way to test is to pick me up and feel the weight of my pot. If in a shady spot, I can easily go 2-3 weeks before needing water again. Try to keep my leaves dry and make sure there is good air circulation at all times.
Keep me away from pets! I could give them a very bad day if they decide to eat me.
Symbolism:The Umbrella Tree is one of the most auspicious plants in Feng Shui. Its Wood element highlights growth and vitality while enhancing the flow of 'Zhen' Chi, fostering positive transformations. A healthy Umbrella Tree is also believed to attract wealth and prosperity through its vibrant energy and robust foliage.
Includes basic care instructions. We always recommend doing more research as each environment-- and tree!-- is unique. Plate sold separately.
Pot Size* XXLarge: 8"D x 5"H
Total Size: 15"W x 21"H
*as no two handmade pots are the same, pot dimensions are best approximations | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Following the huge popularity of AI-generated photo trends on social media in 2023, the Chinese shopping platform Meituan has now launched its own AI photo studio. This is the latest in the app’s expanding roster of functions, including short video editing, putting the app in direct competition with Douyin (TikTok’s sister app in China).
The AI photo studio lives within the Meituan app, which is primarily used for ordering takeaway food and household necessities but can connect users with a wide array of local services. This is a business model being adopted by an increasing number of platforms including Douyin and Xiaohongsu, which are all looking to get a slice of China’s lucrative local life services sector.
The process is much the same as on China’s top AI photo app, Miaoya Camera. Users need to upload one half-length portrait and multiple portraits with different backgrounds to generate a basic “digital clone”. They can then generate photos in corresponding styles according to the various templates provided. Although the process is quite slow (around 50 minutes), the image quality is reportedly just as good as on Miaoya Camera. More impressively, users can nab their AI-generated images at no extra cost.
Unlike Miaoya Camera, Meituan’s AI photo studio incorporates local life services. When the user generates the photo, the name of a physical photography studio or photo booth in the local area is displayed. After the image generation is complete, users can click through to book services at the physical store. In this way, the Meituan AI photo studio provides a “preview”, encouraging users to take higher-quality photos offline.
Meituan has reportedly been developing AI capabilities since 2022, mainly for large-scale deep learning in takeaway advertising. In November 2023, Meituan announced the launch of its first AI product, WOW, a social app where young people can chat with and train “AI buddies” in a chatbot-like setup. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Handmade asymmetric heart earrings. Each pair is unique. There may be slight variations between each pair due to the handmade nature of the earrings.
Material: 925 silver
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Pre Order: when out of stock, collection pieces are made to order, and the production process can take up to 40 days, not including shipping time. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Related document: European Parliament resolution of 6 April 2022 on the implementation of citizenship education actions
The resolution is a big step toward the recognition of Education for Democratic Citizenship/Human Rights Education in the EU context.
The EP members were eager to describe the bigger picture in which education and training are taking place – in a time of socio-political transformation and in the context of “new systemic challenges”, for instance digital transformation (a topic addressed in our project DIGIT-AL), climate change, social/territorial divides.
Moreover, civic competence is understood by EP members as an integrative, transversal dimension of education, an insight that we hope will gain prominence in the EU Commission.
As a European network, DARE welcomes also the perception, that formal, non-formal and informal and as well lifelong citizenship education plays a systemic role “whereas the Commission has failed to undertake any substantial initiative of a systemic nature in this strategic field”.
We welcome the request for a shared understanding of citizenship education, from Portugal to Hungary, and also that the European and global dimensions of socio-political developments should be reflected more substantially in citizenship education policies and activities. Especially more investment in quality citizenship education, more national commitment and more recognition are crucial conditions for unlocking the potential of Education for Democratic Citizenship/Human Rights Education.
The EP takes up an old DARE request – more substantial research on the impact and quality of citizenship education would help policy and also the educational fields to understand quality, relevance, impact and potentials of citizenship education better and to apply approaches and methodology better to the social needs and to the needs of specific learner groups.
We also think, that the Key Competencies for Lifelong Learning should include citizenship more than symbolically, at the moment it is only implicitely included in the EntreComp framework on entreprenership education (at least aspects of active citizenship and active participation). And for sure, it is latest time to advocate for more coherence also with the groundbreaking work in the Council of Europe’s Directorate General of Democratic Participation on Competences for Democratic Culture or Digital Citizenship Education.
DARE network especially appreciates that the EP is underlining the role of European networks, as it “encourages civil society organisations, institutions, experts and practitioners working in the field of civic education to increase cooperation and develop synergies through open transnational networks”.
It is now up to the member states and the Commission to pick up the thread, look within themselves and examine how they can respond to the deficits of the past years with drive and democratic élan. As the EP members demand from the actors in the field of education, DARE is ready to help strengthen the role of CE and increase its relevance and impact. Maybe we could find or create together opportunities to support citizenship education by the Commission a bit more energetic than in the Comission’s response?
- Find the text of the resolution here: PDF | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
In 2022, we launched our ICO25 strategy to transform the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) into a regulator fit for the digital age. Central to this was creating a robust data strategy to harness the power of the data we hold. The strategy aims to set out how the ICO will develop, manage, govern, and use its data assets to “empower individuals through information.”
So how did we go about it – and what does it mean for you?
Baselining our current maturity
Understanding our current capabilities was critical in knowing where and how we needed to improve. Luckily, the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) had recognised the importance of this and had just launched the Data Maturity Assessment for Government. We loved this as it was current, public sector-specific and flexible.
We engaged over 200 people from across the ICO in assessing our maturity, using questionnaires, workshops and interviews.
The assessment identified a number of strengths, including:
- a clear cloud adoption path
- early use of AI
- pockets of skills and best practice
- strong governance and commitment to compliance
- leadership support
- investment in data capability
But it also told us our strategy needed to focus on:
- upgraded management and analytics tools
- developing end-to-end and more granular data governance
Building a data culture
Our research revealed that our culture around use of data was as much of a challenge as our technical capabilities or processes.
Unlike some organisations, we discovered that the issue wasn’t a lack of focus or awareness. Nervousness about getting things wrong, or somehow taking away human intelligence or decision making, was identified as a potential barrier.
Working with teams, we defined a set of principles that challenged this, making it clear that we weren’t looking to be data-driven but data-informed. These principles are:
- we democratise
- we’re disciplined
- we dignify
- we’re daring
Balancing our role as regulator with being a practitioner
We recognise that by innovating with data we become a more knowledgeable, and therefore effective, regulator.
Greater use of data could provide deep insights into the needs of our customers, identify and predict instances of harm, and guide prioritisation and decision making. This would make our work more productive and focused.
As a regulator, we’re shifting our guidance away from “don’t do” to “how to”. Similarly, we needed our use of data to “show, not tell”.
Together, this drove our vision statement:
The ICO will be an exemplar of responsible innovation using data. Data and insight will maximise our impact, guide all our work and accelerate our transformation.
Leaps forward in AI technologies and their general availability have raised questions of how to bring these into your data strategy.
In some ways, AI changes everything. It offers new ways of creating value, and of addressing issues such as data quality or metadata creation. It brings more and novel risks to manage, particularly as the barrier to AI experimentation has dropped.
For us, it’s opened up some great new ideas. For example, we’re exploring how we can unlock access to content that’s hidden in documents or use AI to analyse websites’ compliance with the law.
But AI also changes nothing: the investment in data foundations, culture and skills is exactly the same.
To make sure we do this right, we’re following our own advice, guidance and toolkits, all available on the ICO website. And working with our partners in the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum, we launched an AI and Digital Hub this year.
Delivering the data strategy
This all comes together, along with how we’re approaching delivering the foundations for success, in our data strategy.
Earlier this year we put this strategy out for consultation. We asked data experts across public and private industry what matters to them when it comes to data, and what they thought of our approach.
The feedback we received has been published as part of the final strategy, which you can find on the ICO website. While the consultation has closed, we are still keen to hear from people. Your views, stories and evidence will help us ensure that we continue to head in the right direction and make the most effective use of data for the wider public benefit. You’ll find a
feedback survey on the website, so please share your thoughts with us. We want to keep this conversation going. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Toronto VIP Follower Estee Lauder Contouring Breakfast! Win an invite! My famous Twitter Follower VIP events are back for another season and we’re kicking it off with something really interesting: an Estee Lauder Contouring Breakfast (skincare & makeup) in downtown Toronto. Twenty lucky followers will have the chance to learn about the next big trend in contouring: skincare. Estee Lauder Education Executive Janice James will explain the new science in enhancing your facial contours through specialized skincare products and through the placement of makeup. The science behind this recent launch is really interesting. This will be of great interest to anyone who loves skincare and makeup. You’ll definitely pick up some great insider pro tricks and tips.
VIP Follower Estee Lauder Contouring Breakfast (skincare & makeup)
Friday, September 25th
9:00 to 10:30 am
Gourmet breakfast, skincare & makeup contouring presentation & gift bag
Guest of honour: Janice James, Education Executive, Estee Lauder
Estee Lauder New Dimension Shape & Firm Expert Serum
Estee Lauder New Dimension Face Contour Kit
Estee Lauder New Dimension Eye Contour Kit
I recently wrote a story on this new feature-defining skincare approach. You can read it here to get the whole backstory and philosophy behind the collection.
To enter: I’m giving away 20 invites to this special breakfast. For your chance to win an invite to this special morning event, tell me in a blog post below why you’d like to attend. I’ll draw 20 names on Friday, September 18th from all those who comment below. If you have a Twitter name, please include it. It is the fastest way for me to contact winners. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The Huffington Post published this article I wrote over the weekend. Worth keeping in mind as (I suspect) news organizations devote more resources to confirm or debunk stories he has told about his life over the years.
Read MoreThis afternoon, I went to a screening of Spotlight, the new Thomas McCarthy movie about the investigative team at the Boston Globe which broke the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal in 2002, reporting for which the paper ultimately won the Pulitzer Prize. The subject matter is difficult to hear, but the cast and production team …
Read MoreAlice in Chains (aka Tripod, aka The Dog Album) was released 20 years ago today. (h/t Mark Yarm) | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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In the competitive world of digital marketing, managing affiliate links efficiently can be a game-changer. Manually adding links to relevant keywords across your WordPress site can be time-consuming and prone to errors. The Affiliate Butler Pro WP Plugin automates this process, ensuring consistency and accuracy in your link placements. By configuring your keywords once, you can save valuable time and focus on creating quality content.
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Enhance your affiliate marketing strategy with the Affiliate Butler Pro WP Plugin. Automate your keyword linking, take control of your SEO preferences, and maintain consistency across your WordPress site with ease. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The Payment Gateway Based Fees extension enables you to add a fee to an order, depending on the chosen payment gateway.
Here you can request a license key for the product: WooCommerce Payment Gateway Based Fees 5.1
The key will be pinned to your domain (maximum 3 domains)
Here you can send a request for an update:
WooCommerce Payment Gateway Based Fees 5.1 | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Debra is a pedagogy specialist whose students have earned the Cora B. Arhens Award for pedagogy excellence. She is principal and founding member of Northern Lights Canadian National Conservatory of Music and the three-day Piano Pedagogy workshop, Summer Sizzle. Debra has served at the local and provincial levels of the ORMTA, is the founder of the North Wellington Camerata Canada Music Week Festival and worked for many years as music secretary to the Midwestern Ontario Rotary Music Festival.
Her piano solos and ensembles have been selected for performance at festivals across Canada; for inclusion in the New Millennium, Contemporary Idioms, Northern Lights and Making Tracks Series; the RCM Popular Selection List; and reviewed in Clavier Magazine. Debra has edited, revised and written new material for the Leila Fletcher piano course (Mayfair/Montgomery Music), the James Lawless Theory Course (Waterloo Music) and arranges pop music for the ProMusic Company in California. Her most recent books/materials include two Rhythm Workbooks, Elementary Harmony and Melody Writing, Let’s Begin Primer A and B, 101 Children’s Pieces, A Jazzy Day, Midnight Jazz, Matinee Jazz, Keyboard Harmony Books 1 – 3, Classy Piano Pieces, Boogie and Jazz Piano Styles, Groovin’ and What a Wonderful World in Big Note and Intermediate piano solos, and intermediate Sacred Jazz Solos, Creative Learning as well as many other titles.
Debra’s pedagogy materials and compositions are also used and performed in Australia, Brazil, China, England, Guam, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and throughout North America. She is the recipient of the ORMTA Special Teacher Award, the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada, and a finalist for 2011 Louis Applebaum Composer Award for Music for Young People. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Missing teeth can impact your overall dental health and jaw function. Adjacent teeth can begin to drift into the gap, as well as cause other teeth to shift. It’s important to replace the teeth that have been lost, and a dental bridge is one of the easiest and best options for this.
A dental bridge replaces missing teeth with natural-looking artificial teeth. The bridge is permanently fixed into place and supported by adjacent existing teeth. Like crowns, bridges can be made of porcelain-covered metal or ceramic. Our team can help you choose which option is best for you. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
A broken smile does more damage than just ruining your aesthetic and self-esteem. It poses several health problems, too. When not remedied immediately, missing teeth are risks for moving teeth, cavities, gum disease, and even more tooth loss!
This is where dental implants come in. These devices are small, rod-like screws dentists place into the jawbone through your gum line. The implants fuse to the bone and make it possible for a dental crown to replace the missing tooth.
The implanted screw acts as your new tooth root, holding the crown in place and preventing severe health concerns mentioned above. And while there are benefits, you must have a comprehensive understanding of this kind of dental restoration to make an informed decision.
Read on to find out the good, the bad, and the best you need to know about dental implants!
Aside from root, tooth, and aesthetic restoration, dental implants improve overall oral functions.
Whenever a tooth falls out or is extracted, that section of the jawbone deteriorates because nothing keeps it in place. Dental implants also restart jawbone regeneration, also known as osseointegration.
With dental implants, your face will not sag, teeth will not move, and you won’t lose any more teeth. You can now chew food without worrying about infections getting in between the gum line.
Most of the downsides to dental implants do not pertain to their post-op functions. They have to do more with the process of getting them placed in your gum line. Consider the following:
- Treatment Length: Installing a dental implant can take between three months to one year, depending on your gum and jaw health. If there is enough healthy gum tissue, the dentist can already place the screw post-extraction or tooth fallout. Successful osseointegration takes around three months before the crown can be placed.
If your extraction affected a much larger area outside the tooth, You would need at least three months for complete healing before the screw can be implanted. Then, you have to wait another three months for complete osseointegration before placing the crown on top.
If the area in question suffered from more traumatic damage, such as a jaw replacement or other dental reconstruction processes, it could take you a maximum of one year for the implant to be placed. Once your surgery is done, you will have to make a full recovery in around four months.
Afterward, you will need a jawbone graft to ensure enough tissue to hold the screw and crown, which takes around four months to heal fully. Only then can the screw be implanted, wherein you’ll have to wait another three months for complete osseointegration before the crown can finally be placed on the 11th or 12th month.
Before getting this kind of treatment, talk to your dentist to get a professional opinion and gauge just how long the procedure will take you.
- Price: Due to their lengthy, multi-segmented procedures, dental implants aren’t the most affordable cosmetic dentistry option. It can cost as much as $4,000 per tooth! Insurance policies also waver between full, partial, or even no coverage at all.
- Failure Risks: In minor cases, dental implants can fail and lead to gum disease, poor osseointegration, and other medical conditions. Ensure your dentist is qualified and reviewed well by previous customers to prevent these from happening to you.
In Conclusion, What’s Best?
As seen in the previous paragraphs, people with relatively healthy gum lines and jawbones can schedule a dental implant procedure. It’s a relatively short process to restore dental aesthetics and function. While costly, it is a worthwhile investment for gaining your self-esteem and ensuring your oral health is in tip-top shape!
Before making this decision, always talk to a medical expert for clarity, like those from Dental House MI! We’re a clinic that offers reasonable packages for dentures, surgery, and dental implants in Waterford and Ann Arbor, Michigan! Set your appointment with us today! | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
If you are looking for a short hemline dress that will complement your personality in the best possible way, short wedding dresses can be the best bet for you. Regardless of what you are arranging, a casual wedding ceremony or a grand wedding party, this dress will look stunning. It will provide you with ample scopes of showing off your most adorable pair of shoes. If you are a trend-breaker and always want to experiment with dresses, you must buy a short wedding dress for your D-Day.
A larger wedding ceremony is a perfect occasion for draping a maximalist gown. It does not go beyond the top. A ruffle skirt provides a streamlined silhouette with airy dimensions. Also, a full cascading skirt ruffle looks perfect for the bridal look. It has become a major fashion statement for countless beautiful brides. If you like this idea but do not want a dress with loads of volume, you can consider a dress with understated ruffles on the bodice or the sleeves. Ruffles will take your bridal look to a different level.
3,Colourful Floral Bridal Dresses
You can add more colours and positive vibes to your wedding ceremony by buying floral wedding dresses. In 2022, gowns with bold booms are trending in the fashion world. You can pair your wedding dresses with floral motifs to draw the attention of each guest who has joined you to share your joy of starting the new phase.
4.Puff Sleeve Dresses
If you think that puff sleeve dresses have lost charm and become outdated, you need to debunk the thought right now. Originated in the 1980s, this dress has come a long way through many variations. Recently, it is available in many forms such as fitted slip dresses or grand ball gowns. Regardless of your wedding style, a puff sleeve dress can enable you to rock your special day.
If you prefer going against the flow and setting a trend of your own, you can replace your wedding gown with pants. Pants are now one of the most popular wedding dresses in 2022. These are sleek dresses, which can be comfortable alternatives to gowns. These dresses are figure-flattering. Pants will help you get a beautiful look and unparalleled personality.
Which one among these trending wedding dresses has won your heart? If you have liked more than one dress idea, you can try all of them to determine which one makes you look the best. Along with the look, do not forget to consider comfort; if you feel uncomfortable in a dress, you will look less confident, and it will spoil your big day. So, choose your wedding dress carefully. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
This house had aluminium casement windows fitted.
The client wished to restore the windows to sliding box sashes.
Timber Alternative uPVC Sliding box sash windows from the Bygone Collection were installed.
All stonework was redressed removing the paint.
Internally, the windows were finished with period timber architrave and stub cills. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Vision & Strategy: Strategic Thinking for Creative and Social Entrepreneurs
Creative and social entrepreneurs are at the forefront of building a new economy and shaping our future by being highly visionary and following their path persistently.
Visions are the driving force for social innovation. But, without a strategy on how to achieve our vision, the vision stays a vision and consequently will have zero impact. Therefore, visions need strategies. Vice versa, strategies need to be based on visions in order to be powerful. Business development without following a visionary strategy leaves the future to chance. In times where complexity and the pace of change is constantly rising this does not work anymore.
This book helps to understand the connection between strategy and vision, strategy and creativity. It follows an approach to strategy as a meaningful, playful, experimental and therefore creative way to design a sustainable and impactful future. Included are a selection of effective tools and methods on how to develop a strategic thinking.
By Doris Rothauer
Paperback, 152 pages
5.25 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
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I was with someone recently who stated that their lives were spent with endless trips to the hospital and missing school and endless trips to the doctor’s office. Their lives were a mess. A single mom, hard to find work, she blamed everyone. “I was NEVER happy, never.”
But it all changed.
I asked what transpired that caused the change and she answered, “me.”
She went on to explain that she was always so negative and ‘letting diabetes win’. “Every time something happened I took it as just another defeat. Another way that ‘diabetes was trying to kill me’. My entire life was in defeat. It was almost easier to live like that all the time.
She stated that she always wondered why some kids do so well and others are always sick and in the hospital and why “…….I am always so miserable? I decided to make a change”.
I stated that sometimes diabetes is like that and it can get tough. She stated that it became unacceptable. “We had no life”. “Diabetes, diabetes, diabetes….my life was an endless woe. I got tired of it.”
If diabetes was going to throw something at us, we would try harder, and harder, and harder. The attitude of ‘…whatever happens will happen…’ was totally unacceptable. We decided to take control. We still had times that things went haywire but the days missed in school became less, a lot less; the trips to the hospital became almost non-existent; and life became bearable. “I took control.”
I could not resist to ask; “Wait a minute, your lives completely changed just by a change in attitude? You just said, ‘This can be changed’, just like that?”
“Absolutely. I lifted my head up and after watching me, my child started working right along side of me. Things got better, and quickly. We still hit road bumps, we all have road bumps…but our lives were so much better.”
How is your attitude?
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Hello Friends hope you are well… I need a little peace of advice as I am preparing my documents for my Global Visa talent application:
I am a Remote Software Engineer with 8 years of experience living outside of U.K:
For OC 3:
“Significant Technical Contribution: How do I demonstrate that I have made a significant technical, commercial or entrepreneurial contributions to the field as a founder, senior executive, board member or employee of a product-led digital technology company?”
Can I use contracts obtained from tech-talent outsourcing companies for evidence in the above optional criteria category and classify my-self as independent or self employed contracting engineer for product lead digital companies (mentioning their names and links), because in this case the tech-talent outsourcing companies are just bridge between me and product lead digital companies… Will it work? as these are the only evidence I have.
As I have total 8 years of experience: Should I apply for Exceptional or Promise category?
Having reviewed some of my documents from experts: Folks have suggested go for promise because the chance of approval are higher as compared to exceptional?
Your thoughts and advice of the above two questions will be much appreciated… Much thanks.
Contract roles are not considered eligible so it’s a risk.
You can apply for whichever route you feel is right for you however since you have 5+ years of experience TN will assess you on the Talent route, they decide which route you fit into basis number of years or experience. However you can apply as Promise and take a chance if that’s comfortable for you. Your success or rejection is not dependent on the route you apply to hence there’s no risk in choosing the route that you think is best for you.
Hi @pahuja , thanks for your quick answers.
For First Answer:
The contract that I am attaching are basically open ended employment-contracts which means they are relevant as long as I am working with clients: The concerning part to me is since those contracts are obtained through third party tech talent companies (as they are the one’s who have connected me with the product lead digital companies): So what do you think little change in the classification and structuring of the document or wording as I mentioned in this case (mentioning proper details about both companies [Contracting and product lead digital])… Will it work?
For Second Answer:
So what if I apply for exceptional route: and at the time of evaluation for the application, the accessor notes that some piece of evidence doesn’t fall 100% according to the TN website guideline but evidence provided in the documents are sufficient for promise route (Will they consider that) …?
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ESP-IDF currently supports two host stacks. The Bluedroid based stack (default) supports classic Bluetooth as well as BLE. On the other hand, Apache NimBLE based stack is BLE only. For users to make a choice:
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Toward Quantitative Understanding of Compartmentalized NADPH Metabolism in Cancer Cells
Moon, Sun Jin
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Sikes, Hadley D.
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Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is an essential molecule in living organisms by virtue of its function as electron donor driving reductive biosynthesis and protecting cells against oxidative stress. Over the past decades, extensive research has studied key NADPH regeneration pathways and investigated whether targeting these pathways constitutes an effective cancer therapy. However, fundamental questions still remain unanswered. The pool sizes or dynamics of cytosolic and mitochondrial NADPH are unknown and how they interact through varying metabolic processes.
Assessment of compartmentalized NADPH redox states is important as cytosolic and mitochondrial NADPH levels are known to be different due to its impermeability to intracellular membranes, yet it is known to be transported from one compartment to the other by various mechanisms such as metabolite shuttles. NADPH pool sizes can influence metabolic processes to a varying extent and targeting compartment-specific NADPH-dependent enzymes may result in selective and variable responses. Moreover, various metabolic reactions that rely on NADPH are reversible, meaning that altered NADPH redox states can influence metabolic pathway directions in one compartment first, followed by opposite changes in another compartment. Thus, improved understanding of compartmentalized NADPH pool sizes, interactive dynamics and affected metabolic pathways can lead to designing effective cancer therapies by targeting NADPH metabolism.
In this thesis, I investigate compartmentalized NADPH metabolism in cancer cells by developing compartmentalized NADPH dynamics and metabolism analysis platform that incorporates genetically encoded NADPH biosensors to explore mitochondrial NADPH dynamics and analyze NADPH-mediated metabolism using 13C-glcucose isotopic tracers and mathematical models. First, using NADPH sensors, we observed mitochondrial NADPH pool decreased in response to mitochondria-specific oxidative stress, whereas the cytosolic NADPH was minimally influenced. Second, the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway activity and TCA cycle intermediate turnover rates increased in response to decrease of mitochondrial NADPH by mitochondrial oxidative stress. Third, utilizing a kinetic model for mitochondrial antioxidant network, we calculated mitochondrial NADPH/NADP+ ratio and documented an activation of indirect NADPH shuttle system that maintained the mitochondrial NADPH pool. Lastly, we found that the compartmentalized NADPH dynamics varied among different cancer cell lines and perturbing compartment-specific NADPH pools led to cell line specific growth inhibitions in vitro. Altogether, our mitochondrial NADPH sensor and integrated approach led to findings that enhanced our insight into compartmentalized NADPH metabolism that can help advance more selective anticancer therapies.
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In today’s world, your credit history plays a key role in your financial life. However, what if you encounter a situation where TransUnion mistakenly reports that you have passed away? Such errors, like mistakenly reported as deceased TransUnion, can have serious consequences for your financial life. Let’s explore how this happens and why turning to our law firm is your best choice for resolving this issue.
The Impact of the Error on Your Life
When your credit report is showing deceased TransUnion, it can lead to catastrophic consequences. Your loan applications may be denied, bank accounts could be frozen, and employment opportunities lost. Your credit reputation is put at risk, and immediate action is necessary.
Why Does It Happen?
An error, such as flagging a TransUnion account as deceased, often occurs due to incorrect data processing, system errors, or even confusion with personal information.
The Process of Solving the Problem
If your TransUnion credit report erroneously indicates that you are deceased (status “Transunion deceased”), it can seriously affect your creditworthiness and the ability to obtain loans or other financial services. It is important to take immediate action to correct this error. Here is a step-by-step action plan:
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The final line last week read: This could get ugly.
Well, it was ugly.
This could fall under the same category.
The Eagles squirmed to a 28-23 victory over Dallas a month ago. The Eagles’ defense, now a far more tired unit than originally faced Dallas, will surely be squirming again having to face CeeDee Lamb. He torched the Eagles for 11 receptions on 16 targets for 191 yards receiving the first time these teams met—though, the Eagles kept him out of the end zone.
Does seeing Lamb a second time provide any advantages? What was learned?
“We’ve got to do a better job of getting around him, too,” Eagles’ defensive coordinator Sean Desai said. “He had a lot of catch and run yards on us, underneath stuff and catch and run stuff. Make sure there’s bodies underneath that can help us. We did a good job overall in terms of limiting them in the red zone and keeping points off the board, but we’ve got to do a better job earlier and just get around him a little bit more.”
Against San Francisco, linebacker Nicholas Morrow literally bouncing off Deebo Samuel on his catch-and-burn 48-yard third-quarter touchdown. Morrow was actually in a position to make the play. He had Samuel lined up and did not deliver.
Missed tackles was an ongoing narrative after the 42-19 San Francisco debacle. It was an area Desai addressed with the media this week. Part of that was the 49ers out scheming the Eagles. Niners’ coach Kyle Shanahan did a good job on the Eagles’ coach staff and Nick Sirianni, who openly admitted he was outcoached.
Shanahan managed to get his skill players out in space, leaving the Eagles’ dubious second- and third-tier defense terribly exposed. When Morrow came barreling down on Sweeney, there was no one else around him after he missed the tackle.
If the Eagles let Lamb loose without swarming, they could face the same problems this Sunday against Dallas.
“They did a good job of scheming up some space plays, and I’ve got to do a better job of putting our guys in position to get tighter in corralling those areas,” Desai admitted. “It starts with me. I’ve got to do a better job of getting those guys in that position to get tighter when they’re trying to make it the space game on different levels.
“I think the effort at all levels, I’ve got to improve. I think every player knows we’ve all got to improve from an execution standpoint everything too. I’ve got to be able to help them also.”
The Eagles sacked Prescott five times for 41 yards in their first game, though the Cowboys’ veteran stung them for 374 yards passing, completing 29 of 44 and three touchdowns.
The other looming concern in keeping the Dallas offense off the field is maintaining drives offensively. The analytics show anytime a team faces a top-10 defense, as the Eagles did last year against a San Francisco team that ranks No. 6 in opponent yards per play, their offense sags the following week. The Cowboys’ defense ranks No. 4 in the NFL in sack percentage, and No. 5 overall in opponent yards per play.
The Eagles’ defense is ranked No. 29 in red zone scoring percentage (68.29%) and dead last in the NFL in third-down conversion percentage (47.27%), which has gotten worse over their last three games (58%).
Situational football with Lamb in the red zone is a high priority. With the Eagle’ flagging ability to defend that area of the field, Lamb and the Cowboys pose big trouble.
“It’s a high focus, and it’s going to get even higher,” Desai said. “We’ve got to do a better job as a staff and coaches and myself leading the staff in those areas. And we will. We will do a better job there.
“It’s about being more consistent for longer. The last few trips down into the red zone, we’ve gotten them to third down. Then we’ve lost on third down. We’ve got to just do better and put our guys in better position to go ahead and execute down there.”
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For over twenty years, Jenni Lane has worked in the field of healthcare improvement. She has significant experience in performance improvement and program development across the stages of analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation, bringing innovative concepts to practical application. Lane has co-developed, piloted, and scaled evidence-based models that are now implemented in hundreds of health centers across the U.S. She champions justice-driven approaches, human-centered problem-solving, and adult learning principles to drive change. In her role as Assistant Director of Training and Technical Assistance at the Weitzman Institute at the Moses/Weitzman Health System, Lane supports the development of CME/CE activities and quality improvement initiatives for primary care providers and care teams at Federally Qualified Health Centers and other safety net centers across the U.S. Lane advances evidence-based practices through her training expertise, and she has a sound understanding of the role translational science plays in professional development for healthcare professionals. She has been an author on four peer-reviewed articles and is certified by The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) in Social and Behavioral Research.
Most recently, as Senior Program Manager at the University of Michigan Adolescent Health Initiative, Jenni Lane trained and coached over 100 interdisciplinary health center teams on practice improvements and workforce development around issues such as integrated behavioral healthcare, LGBTQ+-affirming care, adolescent-centered care and teen pregnancy prevention, and many other topics. She has received numerous national awards for her work incorporating innovative, positive youth development principles into the healthcare field, including the Partnership Award from the Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine’s Millar Innovation award.
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Maddie Hickey loved being an educational assistant for the past three and a half years, but she says she is stepping away from the job this fall because of low wages.
“I’m leaving the job this year because education assistants in Nova Scotia are underpaid and I need to think about my family,” Hickey said about her former job as a term education assistant at Riverside Education Center in Lantz, NS
“It’s hard to make ends meet making $15 per hour.”
Hickey worked within the Chignecto Central Regional Center for Education. Educational assistants make hourly wages ranging from $16.10 to $22.24 based on their qualifications.
According to federal job bank data published last November, the national median hourly wage for educational assistants is $22.86. Casual and term educational assistants often get paid significantly less than permanent educational assistants.
Educational assistants support teachers in keeping classes running. They often ensure students with behavioral issues or disabilities get an education tailored to their needs.
“I loved my job. On our good days we get to sing, dance, and see them achieve something,” Hickey said.
“But on our bad days we’re coming home with bruises, bumps, broken glasses and our hair pulled out. We’re exhausted physically, emotionally and mentally.”
Tricky to get permanent positions
There are seven English regional centers of education and one French school board in the province that determine salaries for educational assistants. The eight school boards offer different wages based on their position and qualifications.
Hickey said in order to get a higher-paying permanent job with benefits with the Chignecto Central School Board she’d have to complete a year-long course that cost thousands of dollars. She believes years of experience should be more of a determinant in educational assistant wages.
“It wouldn’t be possible to support my family while doing the program. I’d have to go through funding and bursaries, I’ve looked into it and I’d still have to pay $7,000 or $8,000,” Hickey said.
“It’s frustrating in the fact that we’re already doing the job. There are some EAs that have been working 15-plus years and will not get a permanent position because years experience is null and void.
“It’s a slap in the face from the government and school boards that we are not recognized for the work we do.”
The Chignecto Central Regional Center for Education said adjustments to wages and other salary determinations would follow collective bargaining.
Ongoing bargaining amid staff leaving the sector
There are three unions in the province that represent educational assistants. Representatives from NSGEU, SEIU and CUPE are bargaining with regional centers of education to raise wages for educational assistants.
Sandra Mullen, the president of NSGEU, said that the union has been bargaining for many years.
“We felt they are underpaid for what they do. They are a very important part of the education system and the lowest paid members of our education system,” Mullen said. “We are working to increase that bottom rate to a living wage.”
Mullen said low wages for educational assistants amid inflation is leading to further staff shortages.
Courtnee Peddle depends on educational assistant support to ensure her 11-year-old son stays safe at school. He has autism and wears a tracking bracelet due to fears of him running away.
“He wouldn’t be in school if there weren’t any EAs there and I wouldn’t be able to work,” Peddle said. “I work part time around his school hours because I’m unable to get child care for him because his needs are so severe.”
Peddle has been offered to supplement educational assistants salaries out of her own pocket to ensure her son gets the care he needs. Her son is non-verbal so she depends on educational assistants to hear about his day.
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Elaine Weiss found the locus of action for her book deep in the library archives.
I love this image because it is the stuff writing fantasies are made of: a writer, buried in the depths of newspapers that had been cataloged on microfilm. It was there that she discovered that a member of each of the critical political parties in her book arrived the very same night in Nashville, TN to fight the final battle around the 19th amendment in the US.
Elaine and I talked about the politics of the 19th amendment and how she has managed to write a book that had me on the edge of my seat, even though I knew while reading it that the amendment would ultimately pass – I know I have voted in every election I’ve been able to since I was 18. But even so, the gift of a good writer is someone who is able to capture the suspense that those experiencing this historical period in real time in the present must have felt.
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Definition: Varactor diode is the one which works on the principle of variation in capacitance by changing the width of the depletion region of P-N junction. The P-N Junction diode creates capacitor effect. The capacitance is controlled by applied voltage. It works on reverse biased mode.
Varacter word is formed from words Variable reactance or variable resistor. Thus, it provides variable resistance or reactance or capacitance thus it is named as a varactor diode. The symbol of the varactor diode is same as conventional diode except the symbol of the capacitor is merged with the symbol of the diode to show the capacitance effect.
It is also called voltage-variable capacitor (VVC) or varicap diode.
Construction of Varactor Diode
It is formed of P-type and N-type semiconductor and reverse biasing is applied to it. The majority carriers in an N-type semiconductor are electrons and the majority carriers in a P-type semiconductor are holes. At the junction, the electrons and holes recombine. Due to which immobile ions accumulate at the junction. And no more current can flow due to majority carriers.
Thus, the depletion region is formed. The depletion region is called so because it is depleted of charge carriers i.e. the majority carriers are absent in depletion region. This works as a dielectric layer and P and N-type semiconductor works as plates of a capacitor.
Working of Varactor Diode
When the reverse bias is applied to P-N junction, the width of depletion layer increases. And with the increase of reverse voltage gradually the depletion layer increases even more. Thus, the depletion region creates Transition capacitance CT.
CT = ɛA/W
Here, CT is Transition capacitance, ɛ is dielectric constant, A is the area of plates of the capacitor and W is the width of the depletion layer.
It is evident from the above relation that transition capacitance is inversely proportional to width of the depletion layer. Thus, if we want the high magnitude of capacitance the width should be small. And the width will be small if we will apply low reverse voltage.
Similarly, if we require low capacitance the width should be large and to increase the width the reverse voltage applied should be high.Thus, this width can be controlled with applied reverse voltage.
Volt-ampere Characteristics of Varactor Diode
It can be seen in the characteristic curve that as reverse voltage increase from 0 V the transition capacitance is decreasing exponentially.
The relation between the transition capacitance, VR and Vk .
CT = K/ (Vk + VR)n
Here, CT is junction capacitance, Vk is the knee voltage and VR is the reverse voltage and the value of n for alloyed junctions is 1/2 and diffused junctions it is 1/3. Thus, the voltage is inversely proportional to capacitance.
The tuning range of the capacitor varies with the doping level of the diode. For abrupt doping junction the doping will be uniform, but for the hyper abrupt junction, the doping profile will be non-uniform.
Advantages of Varactor Diode
- Low Noise: It generates less noise as compared to the other P-N junction diode. Thus, the power loss due to noise is low in varactor diodes.
- Portability: It is portable due to the small size and lightweight.
- Reliability: It is more reliable than other P-N junction diodes.
- Economical: It is a low-cost diode thus, it is economical to use in various applications.
Disadvantages of Varactor Diode
These are specially designed to work in the reverse biased mode, it possesses the least significance when operated in forward biasing.
Applications of Varactor Diode
- Television receivers: Varactor diodes are used as tuned capacitors and have replaced mechanically tuned capacitors in various applications. It is used in television in the resonant tank circuit.
- Radio receivers: Radio receivers also use this diode for tuning purposes.
- Frequency Multiplier: It is also used as a frequency multiplier in various electronic circuits.
- Phase Locked Loops: It is used in Phase locked loop for frequency modulation. Varactor diodes help in achieving frequency modulation. Thus, in communication devices varactor diodes are significant.
- Voltage controlled oscillators: Voltage control oscillators are used extensively in transmission and receiving circuits in communication. And varactor diode plays a significant role in construction of voltage controlled oscillator.
- Parametric Amplifiers: It is used in parametric amplifier as a significant component.
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How to Open your Speech with Impact?
“Over 20 million dollars for a nine-episode series. This is how much Netflix invested in “Squid game”.
That’s how I started my recent TEDx talk in Koszalin, Poland. Why? The opening of our speech often defines how the audience will “tune in” to all we are going to say.
To start with surprising, personalized data or statistics, is one of the good options to catch the attention of your audience. That is what I did with the Netflix example above. And it’s our goal, to start with power, to gain attention, to make the people listening to you focus on what you are saying.
Let’s see what else can come in handy. A powerful statement or controversial phrase.
Editors will quit reading if your opening sentence doesn’t zing, the same can be true about speeches. Use shock and awe, be controversial. Pamela Meyer started her TED talk on How to spot a liar like this: “Okay, now I don’t want to alarm anybody in this room, but it’s just come to my attention that the person to your right is a liar.”
I like to pose questions to the audience. Even not being asked to answer it’s natural the audience intuitively answers and at the same time engages with the upcoming narrative. “When was the last time you tried something new?”
Make the power of imagination work for you, opening your speech with “what if” or “imagine” scenarios. Invite the listeners to dive into your story from the very beginning, draw them into a vivid, sensory setting. John Lenon used that magical tool well: “Imagine there’s no heaven / It’s easy if you try/ No hell below us/ Above us, only sky…”.
A good, appropriate quote can set the mood for all the talk. I would start on any speech preparation with: “If I were to speak for ten minutes, I would need a week for preparation; in an hour, I am ready now.” – by Woodrow Wilson.
We have only seconds to catch the audience’s attention and around a minute to make the final decision whether to listen to us or not. Use this valuable time and plan your opening. Remember to use 1) surprising data or statistics, 2) Powerful statements or controversial phrases, 3) questions, 4) “what if” or “imagine” scenarios, or 5) quotes. Fingers crossed for you to win this attention game.
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Howard King is one of the best loved entertainers on the coast. His musical skill, personality and comedy has thrilled audiences in pubs, clubs, hotels and top cabaret on the Costa del Sol for the past nineteen years.
He started his musical career in groups playing drums and toured extensively supporting groups as diverse as the Drifters and ACDC. He toured the UK with Rick Gretch´s (Ex Blind Faith) SDM. After wining New Faces his solo career took off, topping the bill at many of the UK top Holiday resorts. (Ladbrokes, Butlins, Haven etc) and he has worked in Ireland, UK, Spain, Sweden, Morocco, Jerusalem, and Iceland. He has appeared on TV in Eastenders, Aufeidersen Pet, Boon and more and now has his own weekly TV programme on the Gospel Channel on Sky.
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Check current venues or availability by using the Contact Us page. In his show today he plays Guitar, banjo, mandolin, fife, penny whistle, and harmonica, all linked together with powerful vocals and humor. Howard’s versatility means he is as much at home in an Irish pub as he is in Top Cabaret!
Howard Hosts the “La Luz” TV program on The Gospel Channel, Sky, Channel 590.
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Paul Emmerson is well known to the Valley and is a fifth generation farmer in the Mulgowie and Thornton districts.
Paul Emmerson took over the firm of of Ken Hooper and Associates in 1995. In 2004, he also added the Laidley Law firm of GJ Buckley and Associates to join the Law and Accounting firm structure in Gatton and Laidley. In July 2013, the firm restructured the business of Ken Hooper and Associates and G J Buckley and Associates (Laidley) to come under the one banner of Emmerson Legal and Accounting Pty Ltd.
Paul Emmerson was admitted to practice as a Solicitor in 1990 and some years earlier in 1982 as a CPA.
Paul Emmerson’s accredications include Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B). Paul is also a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA), an accredited specialist in Business Law, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was duly appointed a Notary Public.
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When not taking to the stage and performing a sold-out show to dozens of fans at the Airport Marriott, this has-been musician likes to remind us all why being a member of the National Rifle Association is a tell-tale symptom of Stupid. His rants about the Affordable Care Act are especially ironic since it bars insurance companies from denying coverage to customers based on pre-existing conditions like Stupid, but it is not known at this time if he will seek treatment.
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Major global cryptocurrency exchange, Binance will discontinue all services for Nigeria’s fiat currency, the Naira, following the ongoing regulatory onslaught on the firm by the Nigerian authorities.
Binance announced on March 5 that the platform will suspend NGN withdrawals after March 8. From March 8, any remaining NGN balances in users’ Binance accounts will be automatically converted to the Tether
The exchange has encouraged users to withdraw NGN, trade their NGN assets or convert NGN into crypto prior to the discontinuation of these NGN services.
“Please note that the conversion rate is calculated based on the average closing price of the USDT/NGN trading pair on Binance Spot in the last seven days,” the announcement added.
Also, all trading pairs involving NGN are set to be removed on Binance on March 7, according to the announcement. Binance’s payment service Binance Pay will also remove NGN from the list of supported payment options on March 6.
Binance also mentioned that Binance’s peer-to-peer platform delisted all NGN trading pairs in late February.
Recently, following the free fall of Naira, President Bola Tinubu’s administration accused Binance of economic sabotage.
Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga while speaking during an interview on Channels Television, said that the cryptocurrency trading website, Binance will destroy Nigeria’s economy if it’s not clamped down.
Onanuga alleged that Binance is arbitrarily fixing the foreign exchange rate.
He said, “If we don’t clamp down on Binance, Binance will destroy the economy of this country. They just fix the rate. We have saboteurs. Look at what Binance is doing to our economy.
“That is why the government moved against Binance. Some people sit down using cyberspace to dictate even our exchange rate, hijacking the role of the CBN.
“They just sit down and fix anything they like. It’s a sabotage and we are trying to prevent that from happening henceforth.”
Also, on Thursday last week, two Binance top executives were arrested by security operatives in Nigeria.
They had visited Nigeria following the government’s ban on several cryptocurrency trading platforms.
The two top officials were immediately taken into custody by the office of the national security adviser, with their passports seized.
Their detention highlight the escalating tensions between Nigerian government and the crypto market, which has become rendezvous for speculative trading on the naira.
The Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Olayemi Cardoso, cited Binance in a recent press conference. He expressed concerns over the illicit and suspicious financial flows through crypto platforms.
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About Elfenn Illustrations
My name is Elfenn, people are often surprised but it really is my name! I come from Brittany (France) and even there it's not very common, although it comes from the Breton language.
As a child, I had a lot of fun drawing, but growing up I lost the habit and got into other activities. It was only after studying film making and starting a career as a graphic designer and layout artist that the need to explore my own world became inevitable: creating logos for others simply wasn't right for me. So in 2015 I decided to share my graphic universe. Very inspired by Montreal where I had just moved, I thought I should start with postcards.
My style, which is often described as "soft and poetic", kind of revealed itself thanks to circumstances: I have indeed gradually transfer from video to print without ever leaving my favorite tool: Photoshop. I always base my drawings on photographs (including mine) and cut, assemble, texture and color as it pleases me. The little Elfenn has finally started to draw again ... in her own way!
Even in the heart of the city, nature always has an essential place in my creations and animals are often my main characters. They know how to speak to everyone, young and old.
In everyday life, my favorite things are: noticing strange coincidences, chocolate pancakes and watching my daughter grow up (this little cutie also loves chocolate and pancakes, is it a coincidence? I'm pretty sure it's not...) | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Final Fantasy V/Premise
The game begins as a wanderer named Bartz investigates a fallen meteor. There, he encounters several characters, one of whom reveals the danger facing the four Crystals that control the world's elements. These Crystals act as a seal on Exdeath, an evil sorcerer. Bartz and his party must keep the Crystals from being exploited by Exdeath's influence and prevent his resurgence. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
A French naval patrol seized three Somali pirates in Seychelles' waters on Saturday and handed them over to the coastguard, the islands' president's office said, Reuters reported.
Sea gangs armed with rocket launchers and sophisticated navigation equipment have captured a string of vessels off the Horn of Africa.
"French forces have captured three pirates within Seychelles Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) today," said presidential spokesperson Srdjana Janosevic.
"They were formally arrested by officers on board the Seychelles coastguard vessel Andromache."
The pirates, who were tracked down on the boundary of Somali and Seychelles waters, will arrive in the archipelago's capital, Victoria, on Sunday morning.
Saturday's operation followed the arrest of nine pirates believed to have attacked the Italian cruise-liner MSC Melody which was carrying 1,500 passengers and crew.
Those pirates were arrested within the Seychelles EEZ early this week.
The Seychelles archipelago, with a population of just 87,000, covers more than 1.3 million square km (500,000 square miles) of the western Indian Ocean although total land area is only 445 square km. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
While worrisome, North Korea's nuclear and missile tests have not reached a crisis level that would warrant additional U.S. troops in the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, AP reported.
Gates, flying to Singapore to meet with Asian defense ministers, said he has not seen any moves by North Korea's military that would prompt the United States to add to the roughly 28,000 troops already in South Korea. He said any military actions would need to be decided upon, and carried out, by broad international agreement.
"I don't think that anybody in the (Obama) administration thinks there is a crisis," Gates told reporters aboard his military jet early Friday morning, still Thursday night in Washington.
"What we do have, though, are two new developments that are very provocative, that are aggressive, accompanied by very aggressive rhetoric," he said. "And I think it brings home the reality of the challenge that North Korea poses to the region and to the international community."
Gates appeared to try to tamp down some of the tough rhetoric that has flown between Washington and Pyongyang this week, since North Korea said it successfully detonated a nuclear device in its northeast on Monday and followed with a series of short-range missile launches.
Gates also cited a silver lining of the situation: an opportunity to build stronger ties with the Chinese government.
"Just based on what the Chinese government has said publicly, they're clearly pretty unhappy about the nuclear test in particular, and they weren't very happy about the missile test either," Gates said. "And my impression is they were surprised by the nuclear test. And so, as I say, I think there may be some opportunities here."
He added: "I don't want to put the burden solely on China, because the reality is that while China has more influence than anybody else on North Korea, I believe that that influence has its limits. But it is important for the Chinese to be a part of any effort to try to deal with these issues with North Korea."
Gates suggested that diplomatic talks among six countries - Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and the U.S. - to get rid of all nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula have not worked. He said that while the discussions should continue, the nations other than North Korea now need to focus on what he described as "where do we go from here?"
"I think that they clearly have not had the impact in North Korea that any of us have wanted," Gates said of the talks. "That doesn't mean they are useless by any means, and we are still committed to the six-party talks. But I think that we need to figure out a way to try and move forward with North Korea."
Gates said direct talks between the U.S. and North Korea are, for now, at least, "not the way to go."
In what the Pentagon called a first for a U.S. defense chief, Gates was to meet with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts at the two-day Singapore conference. He also was to meet briefly with the head of China's military.
Gates said North Korea would likely dominate the Singapore discussions and hinted that additional economic or military sanctions might be put on Pyongyang as punishment for the tests. But he said that any sanctions should impact the communist government and not its citizens, whom he said have already suffered "enough damage" by their leaders.
He cited North Korean exports of missile and nuclear technology as a top worry, and said the United Nations, and Russia and China in particular, need to be part of any efforts to curb them. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
HCM City (VNA) – Businesses with green production processes and products that are safe and environmentally friendly perform better, heard a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 9.
The workshop, held by the HCM City Food and Foodstuff Association and the city’s Investment and Trade Promotion Centre, highlighted green products as the way of the future.
A Nielsen Vietnam survey shows that about 80 percent of consumers in Vietnam are willing to pay more for products made of environmentally friendly materials. About the same percentage are willing to pay more for goods without ingredients they don’t want.
Green consumption and production towards sustainable development is a hot topic in many countries, including Vietnam. Environmentally friendly products are considered effective investments as they both benefit consumers’ health and minimise negative impacts on the environment, participants at the event heard.
Food processing is one of the four key industries HCM City is focusing on developing.
Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade Pham Thanh Kien said in recent years, the city has helped food processing companies apply new and advanced technologies to create high-quality products.
Vu Thi Quyen, Deputy Director of HCM City’s Tropical Agricultural Research and Consultancy Centre, said policies for green agriculture are needed.
She added another important factor is consistent quality of all steps, from production to consumption, especially in product origin control.
It is urgent to form concentrated material supplying areas and forge connectivity from production to consumption of agricultural products that engages farmers, scientists and businesses. This will help build a sustainable farming chain for each livestock and plant variety through the application of standards throughout the chain, she said.
[Local consumer trends changing significantly]
Vice Chairman of the HCM City Food and Foodstuff Association Nguyen Phuc Khoa said green production will help enterprises develop sustainably, raise their prestige among consumers, protect the environment and promote sustainable growth of the national economy.
However, the number of food companies using green production technologies remains modest due to obstacles in machinery, manufacturing process and material supplies, he admitted.
The Government has approved a plan on agricultural restructuring towards higher added value and sustainable development, Khoa noted, adding that more solutions are needed to help producers practice environmentally friendly agriculture such as requiring greenhouse gas emissions permits, assisting the research and application of green technologies and imposing environmental protection taxes and fees.
Consumers’ awareness should also be improved through labels, he said.-VNA | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Strengthening Strategic Ties Morocco and Russia's Growing Partnership in Fisheries and Agriculture
The growing collaboration between Morocco and Russia, particularly in the fields of agriculture and fisheries, highlights the strategic convergence of interests between the two nations. This partnership, which began in 2020, has been gradually evolving and now includes the extension of cooperation in fishing resources, particularly in the Atlantic waters off Morocco’s coast.
A new agreement allows the Russian fleet to capture up to 10,000 tons of pelagic fish, including sardines, mackerel, and anchovies, in Morocco’s Atlantic waters. This authorization is part of a broader, ongoing agreement that has been renewed multiple times since its initial signing. Although initially limited in scope, the agreement has been extended through the end of this year, with discussions underway to establish a long-term and sustainable cooperation framework. This renewal reflects a mutual desire to intensify economic exchanges, particularly in the fishing sector, where Russian interests align with Morocco’s resources and expertise.
The agreement covers several strategic aspects, including research and innovation, skill transfer, as well as monitoring and regulation. It is also supported by scientific studies conducted by Moroccan authorities, which help adjust annual fishing quotas based on the state of fish stocks. Currently, the total catch limit for the Russian fleet stands at 140,000 tons per year, a figure that can be revised depending on conservation needs.
Moroccan Sahara: A Key Aspect of the Cooperation
A noteworthy aspect of this partnership is the inclusion of waters off the Moroccan Sahara. While some countries have hesitated to recognize this region's sovereignty, Morocco maintains its stance, and Russia appears to respect this position. This is evident in the agreements that explicitly include these areas for fishing.
The European Court of Justice's ruling to annul fishing agreements between the European Union and Morocco, due to the inclusion of the Moroccan Sahara, created a gap that countries like Russia are eager to fill. However, Morocco clarifies that its discussions with Russia were already well advanced before this ruling, emphasizing that its cooperation policy is based on respecting its territorial integrity.
Agricultural Cooperation: A Strong Economic Complementarity
Beyond fisheries, Morocco and Russia are also strengthening their cooperation in the agricultural sector, particularly in the trade of cereals. Russia is a major supplier of wheat to Morocco, helping to address the growing demand amid global food insecurity worsened by climate change. This agricultural interdependence highlights a promising economic complementarity, underpinned by both countries’ desire to diversify their commercial exchanges.
Ongoing negotiations to extend and expand the fishing agreement reflect a shared ambition to solidify this collaboration into a sustainable framework. For Russia, access to Morocco's rich fishing grounds represents a strategic opportunity to meet domestic needs and enhance its economic presence in Africa. For Morocco, the partnership with Russia is part of a broader strategy to diversify its economic partnerships, particularly in a geopolitical environment marked by growing tensions.
A Model of Effective Bilateral Cooperation
In conclusion, the Morocco-Russia alliance, built on converging interests and mutual respect, is proving to be a model of effective bilateral cooperation. Whether in the fisheries or agricultural sectors, this partnership continues to demonstrate its strategic potential, highlighting a proactive and pragmatic approach to economic diplomacy. By capitalizing on its resources and solidifying alliances with key global players like Russia, Morocco is positioning itself as a key player in the global economic landscape. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
LYB buys in on plastics recycling co., a podcast to stream, and more to know this week
Editor's note: It's a new week — start it strong with three quick things to catch up on in Houston's energy transition: looking back on top news from 2023, a podcast to stream, and more.
The year in review
All month long, EnergyCapital has been looking back at 2023 — specifically the second half of it, seeing as EC's launch was this summer — to see what articles were the most read by subscribers. Here are a few of these roundups:
- Top 5 nonprofit energy transition news stories in 2023
- Movers and shakers: Top executive moves in Houston energy transition of 2023
- From carbon studies to hydrogen solutions, here's what Houston energy research news trended in 2023
- Big deals: Most trending M&A, transaction news from Houston's energy transition in 2023
- Looking back: 5 most-read Houston solar energy stories of 2023
- Here are this year's most-read guest columns from Houston energy experts
Check back for more in our Year in Review series here.
LYB acquires German plastic waste sourcing and engineering company
Houston-based LyondellBasell, rebranded recently to LYB, announced earlier this month that it has acquired a minority share in Source One GmbH, Leiferde, Germany, a plastic waste sourcing and engineering company, that specializes specifically in solutions for hard-to-recycle post-consumer plastic waste. This investment gives LYB access to Source One's engineering and plastic waste sourcing services, according to a news release.
"We are committed to support the growing demand of our customers for circular solutions," says Yvonne van der Laan, LyondellBasell executive vice president of Circular and Low Carbon Solutions, in the news release. “With the investment in Source One we are taking another important step to secure access to plastic waste for our recycling activities and to strengthen our Circulen product portfolio of material made from recyclable or renewable resources.”
Moji Karimi, CEO and co-founder of Cemvita, joined the Houston Innovators Podcast last week before he had even recovered from jet lag to talk about his biggest takeaways from 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties, more commonly known as COP28.
"It was a pretty amazing experience," Karimi says, comparing the event to how CERAWeek has evolved to really have a strong presence in its innovation-focused track called Agora. "This year you had a massive section for innovation and sustainability. I think that will become a theme in COP29 and beyond to bring entrepreneurs, investors, and more participating in the event."
Karimi's three big observations are outlined here, as is the full podcast with him sharing more about Cemvita's growth this year. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
On August 5th, the 101st anniversary of the birth of Talgat Begeldinov, a participant in WWII and twice Hero of the Soviet Union, was commemorated.
In honor of this occasion, memorial events were held across all branches of the Armed Forces, military units, and higher military educational institutions. A solemn gathering took place at the Air Defense Forces Military Institute, where distinguished servicemen were honored with certificates of commendation, as reported by Sarbaz.kz citing the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
For conscript soldiers, lessons of courage were conducted in military units, featuring a screening of the documentary film "Assault Aviation" from the series "Liberators."
A thematic exhibition dedicated to the pilot-assaulter Talgat Begeldinov was organized at the State Military-Historical Museum of the Armed Forces, showcasing photographs and documents that narrate the glorious chapters of his life and heroic endeavors during the war.
Talgat Yakubekovich Begeldinov was born in 1922 in the village of Maybalyk, Akmolinsk region. He spent his childhood and youth in Bishkek. His dream of becoming a pilot led him to the aero club in Bishkek, where a year later, he became a flight instructor. He graduated from the Balashov Military Aviation School of Pilots in the Saratov region and later attended the Orenburg Aviation School.
Starting as an ordinary pilot, he went on to become the commander of a squadron in a Guard's aviation regiment by the end of the war. He fought on the Kalinin, Voronezh, Steppe, and the first and second Ukrainian fronts, completing 305 combat sorties. Despite facing numerous life-threatening situations and sustaining injuries, he remained unwavering in his determination to endure and triumph.
After the war, Talgat Yakubekovich graduated from the Military Air Academy, served in a strike aviation regiment in Ukraine, and led the staff at the Krasnodar Higher School of Navigators of the Air Force. He also served as the Deputy Head of the Civil Aviation Management in Kazakhstan. Until his advanced years, he actively participated in the life of the state and society, heading an international foundation that provided support to war veterans. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
North County Multiple Species Conservation Program Plan
The County is developing a Multiple Species Conservation Plan for the northwestern area of the unincorporated county. Known as the North County Plan, the Plan will help preserve the area's rich biodiversity. All this while expanding recreation and streamlining development in less sensitive areas.
The Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) is a preservation framework. It outlines how we can protect and connect the most valuable biological habitats in San Diego County.
Each plan focuses on the unique threatened plant and animal species for its region.
The three plans are at different stages in development. The development of the North County Plan began in 2000 as a long-term, regional habitat conservation program. The program focuses on balancing habitat protection, recreation, development, and agricultural activities. Learn more about the MSCP and the history of the North County Plan by reviewing the information on different sections of this page.
Community and stakeholder input has been instrumental in the development of the North County Plan, and we want that to continue. Your feedback will inform the ways we research, monitor, and manage the land that is part of the North County Plan area. It will also help us identify new area to include in the Plan.
- Learn what we’re doing to preserve our region’s rich biodiversity
- Review updates on sensitive and protected species
- Provide feedback on work in progress
- Make connections with the County teams dedicated to this work
Thank you for being here, we look forward to hearing from you!
Please check back often for new information and opportunities to contribute.
The Working Draft of the North County Plan: Technical Components of the Conservation Strategy were available for public review from April 22, 2024 – June 6, 2024.
We appreciate you taking the time to provide your input as we continue to develop the North County Plan in preparation for a full public draft to be released in 2025. To view the document click the “Working Draft of the Plan” tool at the bottom of this page.
To view the comments letters that were received, please use the Comment Letters widget on the right-hand side of this page. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The Vanderbilt Garden Initiative is looking for a few good gardeners this summer and next year.
Ideally, faculty and students staying in Nashville this summer will plant warm weather crops, such as peppers and beans, to sustain the garden until students arrive for the fall semester. After warm crops are harvested in late summer, the garden will open to all undergraduates interested in planting cool weather crops, like broccoli, carrots and potatoes.
The garden is accessible to anyone at Vanderbilt interested in tending to vegetable crops, regardless of experience.
“We’re looking for all the volunteers we can get who want to be a part of a change at Vanderbilt,” said Bruce Spencer, a junior chemical and biomolecular engineering major at the forefront of the Vanderbilt Garden Initiative.
Spencer and more than 40 students and professors met in early April to discuss plans for the Vanderbilt Garden Initiative, a 105- by 30-foot community vegetable garden located off Natchez Trace.
Last summer, Spencer and a handful of McGill Project and Vanderbilt Initiative for Vegetarian Awareness (VIVA) members crafted the idea of a campus garden that would be independently maintained and harvested by Vanderbilt students. Spencer joined forces with Andrea Wall in the Office of the Dean of Students to make the garden a reality. Wall is now the garden’s adviser.
Students from across campus have come together to help Spencer and Wall put the garden initiative into action. VIVA, Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility (SPEAR), and the Office of the Dean of Students have worked alongside Spencer this semester to launch the project. SPEAR and the Dean of Students office successfully raised and allocated enough money to supply the garden with a shed, gardening tools and enough seed for a season of planting.
As crops are harvested in the autumn and spring seasons, all community gardeners will have access to the ripe vegetables, but in the true spirit of a community garden, extra crops will be donated to Nashville Mobile Market, a community initiative which provides fresh fruits and vegetables in food deserts throughout urban Nashville.
The garden initiative already has plans for expansion and improvement. Leadership positions within the garden project will become available in fall 2011 when the project expects to hold regular meetings. Additionally, students and faculty have discussed the creation of an internship opportunity in conjunction with the garden, with credit awarded for various related majors such as Earth and Environmental Sciences and Medicine, Health and Society.
Many Vanderbilt students see the garden as one manifestation of the green-friendly attitude growing on campus. This semester, while the community garden initiative flourished, Vanderbilt Green Fund gained $75,000 in grants to award to campus sustainability projects, and Vanderbilt took its first steps toward a major in sustainability within the College of Arts and Science.
Katie Ullmann, co-president of SPEAR, believes the garden stands as proof that Vanderbilt students have the power to initiate environmentally friendly change on campus.
“Students need to keep talking about sustainability and need to support the growth of these projects. The administration will respond,” Ullmann said.
If you’re interested in getting involved with the community vegetable garden, contact Bruce Spencer at email@example.com or visit the Vanderbilt Garden Initiative page on Facebook. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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