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Public meeting for mayor candidates set for Saturday
Published 6:55 pm Tuesday, August 12, 2008
This year’s municipal election in Thorsby is unusual and historic.
For the first time in a long time or perhaps ever, three people have qualified to run for the mayor’s job. Because of this, a group of residents along with Thorsby High School’s Student Government Association has organized a town meeting to let the mayoral candidates speak to voters in a public forum.
The meeting has been set for Saturday afternoon at 4 in Thorsby High School’s auditorium. All residents are invited to attend.
April Moon, one of the organizers of the event, said all three candidates – incumbent Tom Bentley, Tracia Bussey and Dearyl Hilyer – have agreed to show up at the event.
“This is the perfect opportunity for anyone who is voting in the election to come and hear all three candidates at one time,” Moon said. “All three candidates said they are interested in the meeting.”
Moon said the candidates have already been given a list of 10 questions that will be asked during the event by an independent moderator. Members of the community will also have the chance to submit a question to ask during the event.
“There will not be an open mic for the public, but we will allow residents to submit their questions in writing before the meeting. The moderator will ask the candidates those questions as well,” Moon said.
The event organizers are not trying to censor the public’s questions, but they want to make sure the meeting runs smoothly.
“We want to make sure that the meeting is pleasant and orderly,” Moon said. “We hope everyone who plans to vote in the election will attend this event.” | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Calls are being made for Shannon Commercial Properties to relinquish ownership of a site earmarked for a community centre in the town to Clare County Council.
A 99-year lease for the site, previously held by the directors of the Shannon Venue project, has been transferred to the local authority to allow them to build the One Shannon Hub.
In 2004, discussion around developing a community centre in Shannon first began, however the council failed to acquire a key site.
Fast-forward to 2012 and a voluntary group set about developing a facility in the town called the Shannon Venue and the directors entered into a 99-year lease of a central location from Shannon Commercial Properties.
However, the plans eventually had to be shelved due to a funding shortfall.
This week, the group confirmed that they had transferred the lease to Clare County Council to allow them to build the One Shannon Hub – a civic and community centre designed as part of the Shannon Masterplan.
However, local Independent Councillor Gerry Flynn is concerned that the local authority don’t have ownership of the site.
The Shannon Councillor is also fearful that targets contained within the contract to complete the hub by 2027 are unrealistic.
The Chair of the Shannon Municipal District has dismissed the suggestion that issues could arise from the site being leased rather than purchased by the council.
Independent Councillor Michael Begley insists many businesses across the country are operating under a lease agreement.
Councillor Begley believes the fact the site is now under the control of the local authority is a positive step forward.
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Clare County Council says ‘the leasehold interest is completely sufficient’ for it to carry out this development and that it ‘will have a real and positive impact on Shannon Town’.
Chair of the Shannon Venue, Derek Barrett believes it can be achieved within the timeframe. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would form a new division within the HHS Office of Civil Rights to focus on provider conscience and religious freedom exemptions.
Following this announcement, HHS released a proposed rule that would expand existing protections for physicians and other providers who object to performing certain health care procedures. The proposed rule covers a wide array of existing federal laws that provide conscience protections, including those related to abortion, sterilization, assisted suicide and the performance of advance directives.
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Director General of Debt Management Office, DMO, Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, has said that retail investors who are interested in the Federal Government Bond can now do that through the secondary market, with the appointment of Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers to manage the bonds.
He disclosed this at the presentation of Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, as government stockbrokers to its bonds.
He said, “Since 2003, we have been trying to develop the sovereign bond market in Nigeria and we have been taking various steps to do that. Recently, JP Morgan included the Nigerian Bond market in its index.
“That shows that in their independent assessment, our bonds market is growing, though we still have some more challenges to deal with, but it is appreciated all over the world that we are doing the best to develop the bond market.
“So going forward, we felt we need a bond broker so that the FGN bond could be actively traded on the exchange. The FGN bond is currently being traded on the counter. Though it is good, but in every economy, you also need it to be traded on the floor of the Stock Exchange.
“What we have done by appointing Stanbic Stockbrokers as the FGN stockbroker is to ensure that the FGN bond is actively traded on the Stock Exchange. That will ensure that retail investors are mobilised to participate. This will make development inclusive.
He said this was line with the transformation agenda of the government, adding that as the government tries to transform the economy, the capital market is an integral part, and as such, it is part of government’s effort at developing the capital market.
He added that trading the bond on the NSE and OTC will make the trading more balanced and boost market liquidity.
Also, Mrs. Patience Oniha, Director, Market Development, DMO, said the idea of appointing a stockbroker is to make it eliminate the challenge that retail investors go through in trying to trade his portfolios in the primary market.
She said: “The whole idea is that some retail investors do not know they could buy at the primary market and sell at the capital market. Some who want to sell can now do it through the secondary market easily and at a fair price.
“For instance, some retail investors have bought, but because they bought in small volume, they could not sell easily. So, what we are trying to provide on the NSE is what is technically referred to as liquidity.
“Now the retail investor can buy from both the primary and secondary market, but more importantly, when he wants to dispose it off, he can do it more easily through the NSE in the same way he sells equity, and not necessarily going to the bank. This is the purpose of having a government stockbroker.†| CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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A vegetable is any of several various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower. Vegetable is also an informal term referring to a person who has impaired mental functioning or is in a comatose state.
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About the Defense Base Act
The United States government, as a way to provide coverage and insurance for any military personnel stationed overseas, enacted the Defense Base Act (DBA) back in 1941. While originally passed to only protect military personnel, the Act now covers any individual working outside the United States who has been contracted or is affiliated with the government in any way, military or otherwise. Under the DBA, contractors and other employers bear the responsibility for obtaining DBA insurance for every qualifying employee. Failure to provide this insurance can result in stiff penalties and the possibility that the government contract will be lost.
Depending on the situation, contractors and out of country employers may also receive additional punishments, which can seriously threaten the business and livelihood of the accused individual or organization. In recent years the importance of Defense Base Act insurance has taken on a new life due to exceedingly dangerous working conditions in the Middle East and other volatile countries. If you stand accused of a Defense Base Act violation, you should contact a Florida employment defense attorney without delay.
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In this day and age, working overseas has become increasingly dangerous. In order to compensate for the heightened potential for danger, the government has become very strict when it comes to enforcing the Defense Base Act. At Cristal Law Group, Attorneys at Law, they can help defend you against the repercussions of a DBA violation. As experts in employment defense law, their attorneys will work with you closely throughout every step of the legal process to protect your interests and the future of your company or organization. Do not let overly zealous government regulations and restrictions stand in the way of your company's success. Talk to one of the firm's attorneys today.
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- New York’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association. AG Letitia James alleges that the NRA has engaged in years of corruption.
In the absence of a federal testing strategy, seven governors have formed a purchasing agreement in attempts to get faster COVID antigen tests. In California, problems with the state’s data system may be creating inaccurate coronavirus data. - And in headlines: Minneapolis won’t vote to dismantle the police department, an exiled Saudi intelligence officer says MBS tried to kill him, and Nintendo reports a huge earnings boost. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
As winter approaches, it brings a multitude of challenges, from snow-covered driveways to ensuring our homes are fortified against the biting cold. At the heart of this preparation is the often-overlooked heating system, which stands as the central pillar ensuring our homes stay warm and cozy during these frosty months. Every homeowner or business owner knows that it's infinitely better to detect and address any heating issues before winter truly sets in rather than being caught off-guard in its icy embrace. With years of expertise, Crossville Heating & Cooling is here to guide you through the essential checks and signs to ensure a warm and hassle-free winter.
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In a noteworthy accumulation, Ripple whales have purchased a substantial 380 million XRP tokens, amounting to nearly $228 million in recent days.
This considerable acquisition comes amid an overall market rebound, notably with Bitcoin successfully reclaiming a pivotal $63,000 price point. What does this mean for XRP enthusiasts?
Ripple’s XRP is illustrating noteworthy momentum shifts, with a 1% rise in daily charts, a 4.1% climb over the past week, and an 8.7% increase over a fortnight. However, on the monthly scale, it still remains in decline, down by 1.2%. Such figures depict a complex landscape where XRP is both surging and struggling.
Similarly, Changelly provides a parallel outlook, projecting a surge to $0.783664, followed by an anticipated downturn. Both insights suggest optimistic yet precautionary approaches towards XRP’s short-term gains.
Despite bullish prospects, potential hurdles remain. Breaking through resistance at $0.59 is crucial, failing which XRP might retreat from its bullish course.
These strategic acquisitions usually echo confidence and can influence market sentiment, promoting further investment flows into XRP.
The current scenario, fuelled by whale transactions, highlights the sometimes speculative nature of cryptocurrency markets, urging both enthusiasm and caution among stakeholders.
The strategic acquisition of XRP by Ripple whales signals potential market shifts.
However, while optimism for a price rally exists, investors should remain mindful of inherent market volatilities. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
SFOX, a cryptocurrency prime dealer for high-volume traders and institutional investors, announced today that it has added trading support for cryptocurrency Litecoin (LTC) as part of a broader company expansion to become a premier institutional crypto asset management platform.
Litecoin joins SFOX’s already-existing offering of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum. SFOX offers its customers the opportunity to invest in Litecoin both as a direct USD-to-Litecoin transaction, as well as Bitcoin-to-Litecoin for those interested in diversifying their crypto holdings.
“Because we cater to investors who are accustomed to Wall Street standards, we only add cryptocurrencies we are completely confident in. Litecoin has utiity and liquidity, and is supported by a great team at the Litecoin Foundation. We are happy to deliver on our promises and provide our customers with an option that they’ve been asking for.”
Founded in 2014, SFOX has established itself as the premier cryptocurrency prime dealer for large-scale investors such as funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, with over $9 billion in transaction volume to date. SFOX, which has seen its client base grow 12-fold since the beginning of 2018, enables institutions to trade high volumes without impacting prices by connecting them to a vast network of global cryptocurrency liquidity venues.
“This partnership provides increased liquidity and institutional exposure for Litecoin. SFOX is backed by several well-known investors, which speaks to the company’s business model and team. We look forward to providing support through the Litecoin Foundation to help make this partnership a success.”
Litecoin maintains many similarities to Bitcoin, but with several key differences, including a shorter block time, which means users are able to confirm transactions in a cheaper and faster manner. Litecoin has cultivated significant adoption and market capitalization, and is focused on its strengths as a global payments coin, as evidenced by the Litecoin Foundation’s #PayWithLitecoin campaign to drive merchant adoption.
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Diversorium aims to explore the cultural and social meaning of difference by developing new forms of cooperation, interaction, and connection between people. But how can we accept non-normative bodies, overcoming the punitive gaze that only regards "healthy" and "beautiful" bodies? What can we do to stop the inquisitorial mechanisms and interact through closeness? How can we deal with prejudices rather than remaining trapped in them? Where could these transformations take place? Through a series of hybrid public programs combining talk, food, performance, music, and dance with moments of attention and pleasure in which to learn and unlearn the multiple possibilities of being and being-able-to-be, Diversorium project and the subsequent artwork will foster mainstreaming and intersection processes among participants, generating knowledge and dialogue in diversities. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Special needs trust may be answer to new tax reforms.
Some of the people who were concerned about the new tax reform law were people with disabilities, according to The Hillin "Restructured tax code would unduly burden people with disabilities."
However, the concerns raised in that article did not materialize. Not only will they see benefits from the doubling of the standard deduction in the plan, but their taxes might actually decrease due to another provision. The plan includes a provision to make the itemized deduction for health care expenses even better for them for tax years 2017 and 2018. The new tax law lowers the deductibility threshold from 10% to 7.5% of adjusted gross income.
Only in 2019 will the deductibility threshold revert to the former 10% of 2016.
There is something parents and grandparents of the disabled, as well as the disabled themselves, can do and that is create a special needs trust. These trusts do not ease anyone's tax burden but do allow people with special needs to have more income to help cover any increased taxes.
If you would like to learn more about special needs trusts, then talk to an estate planning attorney for the details about setting one up.
Reference: The Hill (Nov. 24, 2017) "Restructured tax code would unduly burden people with disabilities." | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) shares rose more than 3% on Friday after Wells Fargo upgraded the company to Overweight from Equal Weight with a price target of $525.00 (from $420.00), citing hope that generative artificial intelligence will prove to be a “tailwind” for the business.
The firm believes that Adobe’s competitive position is improving after a challenging year. According to the firm, the competitive environment is becoming less intense due to the introduction of Firefly, which serves as a much-needed next act for Adobe + natural extension of the company’s entrenched position within digital media.
Additionally, the firm points out that the current market favors consolidators, as organizations aim to do more with less across IT. This creates new opportunities for Adobe’s DM and DX platforms at the expense of point solutions and emerging marketing technology players.
Shares are up around 2% premarket today.
The company is set to report its Q2/23 earnings on Thursday after the market close.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) shares gained more than 3% premarket today after Wolfe Research upgraded the company to Outperform from Peerperform with a price target of $130.00, as InvestingPro reported in real time.
The upgrade is based on increased confidence and conviction that OCI will become the engine that accelerates top and bottom-line growth for the company over the next three years.
The company is set to report its Q4/23 earnings today after the market close.
SentinelOne (NYSE:S) shares surged more than 4% premarket today after Morgan Stanley upgraded the company to Overweight from Equalweight and raised its price target to $20.00 from $15.00.
The firm believes the market is now mispricing the inherent value of the company as a long-term share gainer and the potential for meaningful margin upside.
Raymond James upgraded Disc Medicine (NASDAQ:IRON) to Strong Buy from Outperform and raised its price target to $75.00 from $50.00.
Shares jumped more than 15% on Friday after the company presented positive initial data from the phase 2 BEACON trial of Bitopertin. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Skip to commentsRebecca Wanzo, Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University will discuss her new book, The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging. Following her presentation, Wanzo will join cartoonists Bianca Xunise and Barbara Brandon-Croft. Xunise and Brandon-Croft’s work pushes boundaries to explore the experiences of black women’s lives in America. Both are featured in The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s current exhibit, Ladies First: A Century of Women’s Innovations in Comics and Cartoon Art.
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‘We don’t really understand what that’s like in the United States’: Professor explains why Ukraine-Russia conflict matters
Published 11:17 am Friday, February 25, 2022
A Wesson history professor says no one knows for sure what will happen down the road with Russia and Ukraine, but, “Everything in world affairs matters to us in the big picture.”
Copiah-Lincoln Community College history and world civilizations instructor Kyle Britt believes Russian president Vladimir Putin — a former KGB agent and essentially a dictator under the title of president — wants to bring back the power of Russia as it was in his youth in the 1970s, to rival the only major super power that currently exists, the United States.
“A lot of Russians believe Ukraine is part of Russia, because it was one of the founding members of the U.S.S.R.,” Britt said. “When Ukraine broke away, as a former soviet state, there are still a considerable number of people there who consider themselves Russian (and) a large percentage of pro-Russian people.”
Russia launched an attack on Ukraine Wednesday night and within 48 hours Russian troops were bearing down on the capital city of Kyiv. Hundreds of casualties have been reported — including destruction of apartment buildings, bridges and schools.
The Kremlin accepted Kyiv’s offer to hold peace talks, but then said prospects look uncertain due to apparent differences over a venue. Britt said Putin is the type of world leader who does not take “No” for an answer, and Ukrainian president Volodymyr O. Zelenskyy has told him “No” enough times that Putin is unwilling to compromise.
Putin has claimed that the western refusal to heed Russia’s demand to keep Ukraine out of NATO prompted him to order an invasion of the neighboring country. Britt said the decision was also likely based, at least in part, on the financial benefits of Ukraine’s ports, nuclear power plants and weapons inherited at the end of the Cold War.
“The biggest thing for the U.S. will be with NATO,” Britt said. “If they invade Poland, which is the nearest NATO member, other NATO countries would become involved.”
“This is uncharted territory for people under the age of 50,” he said. “We don’t know what will happen. Putin may want to move on and take on other Baltic states. He has supporters in Belarus, Lithuania, and so on.”
The United States and other global powers have placed ever-tougher sanctions on Russia as the invasion reverberated through the world’s economy and energy supplies, threatening to further impact ordinary households.
“Russia is a big producer of oil. Most people think first of the Middle East, but Russia produces the majority of oil, especially for Europeans,” Britt said, so concerns over possible supply issues are legitimate.
Millions could flee Ukraine, according to the United Nations; sports leagues are moving to sanction Russia; and U.S. Pres. Joe Biden and other NATO leaders held an urgent meeting to discuss how far they can challenge Putin without engaging Russian forces in direct war.
“In 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland, no one knew it would become what it did,” Britt said. “The big worry would be if China aligned with Russia. It is a fear for Western society in general — China and Russia together would be a solid power.”
China may follow Russia’s lead by moving to reclaim Taiwan, which they feel is rightfully theirs, having separated from China in the 1940s. The Chinese and Russian people are limited in what they see and hear in the media, so if their governments tell them Ukraine or Taiwan are rightfully theirs, citizens believe it, Britt said.
“Fighting-age men are not being allowed to leave Ukraine, only women and children,” the professor said. “They are preparing for the worst.”
“We don’t really understand what that’s like in the United States,” he said. “We’ve been involved in conflicts, but not anything where we’re directly defending our land, not since the War of 1812.”
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The saga that is the Mueller report is a consequence of what happens when you begin with a conclusion and then desperately seek evidence you hope will confirm it.
The conclusion: Donald Trump was illegitimately elected and that he and/or his campaign conspired with the Russians to undermine Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy.
A summary of the report delivered to Congress Sunday by Attorney General William Barr says special counsel Robert Mueller “found no evidence President Donald Trump’s campaign ‘conspired or coordinated’ with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice.”
The president claimed “full exoneration.” Democrats claim Mueller only suggested there was insufficient evidence to prove obstruction of justice and that, as the report says, “It does not exonerate him.”
Democrats will have a hard time making that case with the public because of their stalwart defense of former FBI Director James Comey who said of Hillary Clinton and her email server, “Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.”
So committed are Democrats to their narrative that Trump is crooked, unfit, unqualified, unstable, and unsuitable for the presidency that no amount of evidence to the contrary will keep them from continuing investigations.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., says he intends to ask Barr to testify before his committee. We can expect plenty of grandstanding by Democratic committee members if that happens.
This is all the Democrats have, other than their presidential candidates promising the moon along with higher taxes to help them reach their impossible social dream.
As The Wall Street Journal noted in a Saturday editorial:
Starting about the time of Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, the press ran story after story based on anonymous ‘intelligence sources’, purporting to establish links between the Trump presidential campaign, or various individuals in the Trump orbit to, well, to what was never exactly clear—whether Vladimir Putin himself or ‘the Russians.’ This in turn led to multiple congressional investigations, much of them centered on the FBI’s handling of these matters.
As a result of the Mueller probe, several key Trump advisers have admitted crimes or have been convicted since the election, writes The Guardian—George Papadopoulos, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, Rick Gates, and Paul Manafort.
Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, was recently sentenced on tax and bank fraud charges that date back before the 2016 campaign. Trump was not implicated.
The Mueller investigation is estimated to have cost the U.S. taxpayers about $25 million. Given the results, the report is not worth the expenditure.
The full report should be released as soon as possible, but even that is unlikely to satisfy Democrats, many of whom hate the president and look for any opportunity to harm him politically. But the report won’t stop the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, whose office is investigating Trump’s businesses prior to and even after becoming president.
Nothing will stop the Democrats from coming after the Trump administration.
One is reminded of what Sir Winston Churchill said in a different context after a small British victory near the start of World War II: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
That will likely be the mantra of Democrats leading up to the 2020 election. They have only just begun. Voters will have the last word and it may harm Democrats if the president is seen as being persecuted for partisan reasons.
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Researchers from University of Toronto’s Climate Lab say that increasing multiple types of green infrastructure in urban areas may be a viable solution to cool cities.
A controlled field study published in the International Journal of Biometeorology found that the widespread use of urban vegetation and forestry, green roofs, green walls, and urban agriculture systems can be beneficial in improving urban climate and regulating temperatures.
According to Emily Amon, the Director of Green Infrastructure at Green Communities Canada, implementing green infrastructure in urban areas is crucial as global warming continues to intensify.
“We’re in a crisis situation,” she says. “Our planet is warming quite quickly; probably a lot faster than we’re even aware of.”
Canada is warming at twice the global average, according to a report by Green Communities Canada.
And as temperatures rise, extreme heat continues to contribute to deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory disease, especially among vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, the chronically-ill and the socially disadvantaged, the researchers in the study say.
Laurie-Maude Drapeau, a scientist at the Institut national de santé publique du Québec, explains that the number of days that Quebec experiences extreme heat could triple by 2040-2070.
“We’d go from a dozen days to about 42 days of 30° temperatures or more in the next few years,” she says. “It’s clear that if we don’t act now, the repercussions could be irreversible at a certain point.”
Fortunately, the potential of green infrastructure to mitigate extreme heat is “significant,” according to the researchers.
This is because trees and vegetation cool the environment through evaporation and transpiration, also known as evapotranspiration.
Here’s how the process works, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency: When water evaporates – which occurs when it turns into vapor – it absorbs heat from its surroundings; and, when plants transpire – which occurs when they release water vapor through their leaves – they add moisture into the air.
Drapeau explains that a mature tree that transpires 450 litres of water is equivalent to about five air conditioners operating for 20 hours a day.
“It’s really an important effect in terms of cooling, so we shouldn’t overlook it,” she says.
Urban vegetation, forestry and green walls can also regulate temperatures through shading, say the researchers.
The controlled field experiment – which used climate monitors at fixed locations in Toronto over two summers – showed an average monthly temperature reduction between 0.3 and 1.3 °C where green infrastructure was implemented.
While these results are promising, there are limitations to this solution.
According to Guillaume Grégoire, an assistant professor in the department of Agricultural and food sciences at Université Laval, a lack of space in urban areas often poses a challenge.
“It’s very difficult to do greening in downtown Montreal, for example, because there’s not much space, so we’re often stuck with [green] rooftops as the only option,” he says.
But green roofs have their own limitations, as well. Drapeau explains that, in order for a building to support a green roof, it must have a specific structure and be strong enough.
“If the structure isn’t adapted, you have to renovate [and] sometimes that can be very very costly,” she says.
Despite these limitations, Canadian cities are beginning to integrate green infrastructure, but Amon hopes for a more cohesive strategy and vision across the country in the future.
“I think that there’s a real place for provincial and federal oversight, and encouragement and enabling of greater adoption for green infrastructure,” she says.
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Rebecca Santalo has dedicated herself to coaching dance. Her journey commenced at Ballet Concerto, where she delved into Ballet, Jazz, and Flamenco. Graduating with a BFA in Dance Administration from Florida International University, she paved the way for a dance program at her alma mater, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. Currently serving as the Activities Director at Coral Reef High School, Mrs. Santalo remains at the helm of both the varsity and junior varsity dance teams. Her leadership extends beyond the dance floor; she held the presidency of the Dade Association for Dance Educators from 2009 to 2018, and presently serves as a board member and consultant. Throughout her career, Mrs. Santalo orchestrated numerous performances, including the ambitious full-length Nutcracker Ballet with a live orchestra. Her core values revolve around teamwork, unity, and fostering school spirit, instilling a love for dance in her students. Many of her proteges have gone on to become professional performers in both commercial and contemporary realms, while others have initiated competitive dance teams in Miami and South Florida. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The unpaved road to Col de la Bâthie
Col de la Bâthie is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 1.884m (6,181ft) above the sea level, located in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
The road to the summit, located within the Beaufortain Massif, is totally unpaved. It’s very steep and narrow. At the summit there’s a mountain hut called Refuge Les Arolles, built in 1987. The road tops out at 2.024m above the sea level. The road is usually impassable in winters.
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From BNTCA. Luffy, Captain of the Straw Hat Crew, has set out to be the King of the Pirates. Luffy goes on adventures aiding those in need and collecting more friends and members for his crew along the way. One Piece fans can now imagine the biggest battles and missions with the Anime Heroes 6 1/2' One Piece figures that have over 20 points of articulation, now with updated facial details. Bandai's Anime Heroes have amazing features and decoration that incorporates the quality and realism anime fans love. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Brand owners and their agencies who are still putting the finishing touches to their Christmas ads are being urged to make them “rib ticklers”, with a new analysis showing that Brits have had enough misery for one year and want entertaining ads that make them feel good.
While that advice might come a little too late for many, according to a Kantar study, sadder storylines can be effective but when times are tough, like they are now for many people going through the cost of living crisis, all consumers really want for Christmas is something uplifting.
This might explain why Asda’s Kevin the Carrot ads are so popular with consumers, regularly topping the polls of the most effective festive ads, despite being pilloried by many creative directors.
In fact, the ad outperformed all-comers, according to an analysis covering the past three years by advertising effectiveness firm System1.
The Kantar study, meanwhile, reveals that one in four of us has laughed out loud at a Christmas TV ad as the research shows UK TV ads more generally are getting better at giving us a lift.
Kantar found that around three-fifths (56%) of TV ads used humour in 2023, recovering from a low of around 43% in the wake of the Covid pandemic. This compares with highs of around 66% in the early 2000s. Kantar’s data shows that ads which make us smile or laugh make more of an impact with consumers and are more effective commercially.
The company’s head of creative excellence, Lynne Deason, explained that getting an emotional reaction from people is the holy grail for advertisers. Humour in particular not only helps ads stand out more, it also sparks conversations and makes them more memorable.
She added: “Christmas ads are especially good at triggering an emotional response from us, but in recent years we’ve had a bit of a dip in laughter with many brands choosing to go down a sadder, more sentimental, and heartfelt route. In fact, one in ten British consumers say they have shed a tear after watching a festive campaign.”
Kantar’s findings also show the power of Christmas ads for bringing people together and starting a conversation – often cutting across generational divides.
Just over a quarter (26%) of people talk about Christmas ads with friends and family, while seasonal content seems to generate watercooler moments at work, with just over 20% of 16 to 44 year olds discussing campaigns with colleagues.
Deason reckons Christmas ads’ place in the festive cultural calendar really has been cemented since John Lewis & Partners launched ‘the Long Wait’ back in 2011. They are part of Christmas and have huge cultural sway – one in ten of us will watch more TV in the hope of catching them, while 15% of 16 to 34 year olds say they get together with others to view ads.
She added: “Of course, there’s a lot riding on these campaigns commercially for the brands that invest in them, and advertisers will be hoping their ads can help them cut through and win the battle for the Christmas pound. The competition is likely to be particularly fierce this year with a whopping 81% of people saying they will shop around for the best offers.
“Our data suggests that consumers are feeling more optimistic in comparison with 2022, but there is still significant financial pressure on many household budgets. Brands will need to walk this tightrope carefully, bringing the joy that people truly love about Christmas ads while making sure their content isn’t out of kilter with the economic realities that some consumers are facing.”
Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot Xmas TV ad ‘the one to beat’
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No crib for a bed: Brits plot Xmas cuts and festive joy
Spooner on… It’s bleak enough and now it’s Christmas
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The versatile Daan towel (beach towel, picnic blanket, chic bedcover) is featured in Big Bang Studio's Holiday Gift Guide. Nolan is a fool to willingly commit himself to a lifetime of vegan pastries, but we're happy to be included nonetheless.
For: Nolan, your step-brother with great taste, who recently married a vegan pastry chef.
What: A heavenly multi-use Irish linen towel/blanket/throw from the good people at Deck Towel.
Because: It's durable, beautiful, and doesn't lock in dirt and
odors like cotton towels, so it's just as perfect as a rugged Central
Park picnic blanket as it is as a chic bedcover.
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DEMOMAN provides world-class consulting, training, and security management services to support our clients in the governmental, public, and private sectors. Our experienced teams are trained at the very highest levels, and ready to perform tactical security and strategic consulting anywhere in the world.
DEMOMAN only employs highly trained professionals with senior and executive government experience. For each project, we convene to discuss specific parameters, after which we assemble our most appropriate team members for the tasks at hand; to address the unique challenges of each project. DEMOMAN has trained thousands of government and private security officers worldwide and has a mission to train groups for operating on the highest professional levels. DEMOMAN specializes in creating security programs to fit our client’s culture and language.
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Our intimate knowledge and experience in current global hot spots allow us to provide elite levels of executive protection and wealth protection services for senior officials, top executives, and business professionals. Our teams use low-profile methodologies and execute covert security measures to reduce client profiles and exposure. We assist our clients with screening, recruiting, training, testing, and managing protection units—which we can also manage ourselves.
When needed, we deploy our own private security detail teams to secure important meetings in high-risk locations and hostile environments. DEMOMAN will often work in cooperation with foreign or local intelligence and law enforcement personnel for additional resources and coverage.
DEMOMAN offers preventive intelligence coverage services to mitigate potential risks while our clients are operating under sensitive conditions. We have a full range of protective executive services in conflict and post-conflict zones.
Since 1999, DEMOMAN has provided screening and bomb security training to government agencies in Israel and abroad.
DEMOMAN trains security personnel on addressing threats posed by IEDs, pipe bombs, implanted or inserted devices in the body, and improvised lethal weaponry used by terrorist groups and organized crime syndicates. We provide consulting services on technologies that threaten the security of our clients; and we train security personnel to operate a wide range of security systems.
Our company uses aggressive “red-team” penetration testing and stress tests on client security systems for quality control and identification of potential gaps or lapses. Testing is a critical component in any security implementation. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
What Everyone Should Know about Randomness?
Various examples and paradoxes show that human intuition about randomness is flawed. What actually is randomness and how do we generate random numbers?
Randomness is used everyday in various situations, including science, statistics, gaming, and, most importantly, cryptography. Random numbers are one of the fundamental corner stones of cryptography, and high-quality random number generation is critical for modern information security. An inadequate random number generator is the Achilles' heel in the implementation of security protocols, and may undermine security entirely.
In this webinar, we dive into the principal questions regarding randomness and random numbers. What are random number generators? How are they built and tested? What can go wrong with random number generation? The webinar gives a compelling yet concise half an hour introduction to randomness, presented by Xiphera’s CEO and Co-founder Matti Tommiska. You will definitely learn a lot more than just random facts!
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No Jumbling system for Inter practicals this year in AP : Minister Ganta Srinivas Rao
Andhra Pradesh : Management of private collages had their say and promised there was no jumbling system for Intermediate public exams for the present academic year.
No Jumbling system for Inter practicals this year in Andhra pradesh
Minister Ganta Srinivas Rao, on Monday, completely stated that there was no jumbling system for Intermediate public exams for the present academic year however will be executed from next academic year onwards.
As of late, when a few languages of private colleges, which have been contradicting the jumbling system, met CM, who was at first hesitant to listen to their solicitation stating he wanted to change the education system and for it extreme measures were required.
Nonetheless, when they had contemplated that jumbling sysem would put the students of the state at burden during competitive exams where marks in intermediate were given weightage. The protest across the state by students from private collages had also impacted the government’s decision.
The Practical Examinations will be conducted from 04-02-2016 to 24-02-2016 in two sessions i.e. from 9.00 A.M to 12.00 Noon and 2.00 P.M to 5.00 P.M.
Theory examinations will be held from 9.00 A.M to 12.00 Noon from 02-03-2016 to 21-03-2016 every day. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
If you are an India DMC focused on B2B segment and represent the Indian part which is yet not represented by any of our existing members, we are open for discussion.
Indian Hotels, Resort, Spa, Amusement Park, Car Rental, Online Portal or any other service which does not directly affect interest of ‘Destination Experts’ can explore possibilities to be part of our consortium.
We shall have “Short Term Partnership” based on region, interest and proposal.
- Applicant company must be in business for at least 5 years
- Recommendation of 2 existing members is mandatory to begun process
- Core committee shall approve based on large perspective and interest | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Secretary of State v Windle: The Expanding Frontiers of Mutuality of Obligation?
Hitesh Dhorajiwala authored "Secretary of State v Windle: The Expanding Frontiers of Mutuality of Obligation?" for the Industrial Law Journal.
"The Court of Appeal’s decision in Secretary of State for Justice v Windle contains a number of problematic elements. This case note aims to demonstrate that, not only has the Court of Appeal come to the questionable conclusion that mutuality of obligation is a relevant consideration when assessing the subordination limb of a section 83(2)(a) Equality Act (EqA) 2010 ‘employee’, given that it is a diagnostic test for a work relationship dynamic that is quite different to what the subordination limb is attempting to identify; but also that such an approach runs the risk of distancing the test for section 83(2)(a) ‘employment under a contract personally to do work’ even further from the personal scope provisions in relevant EU directives, despite the current requirement that UK legislation be read compatibly with those directives."
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Clinical Negligence
- Commercial Litigation and Disputes
- Health & Safety
- Insurance & Reinsurance
- Personal Injury
- Professional Negligence
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Daniel “Dan” S. Caluda Sr. passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at the age of 88. He was the beloved husband of Mercedes V. Caluda. Loving father of Janice Caluda Perdue (Preston), Danny Caluda (Jodie), Linda Caluda Jackson and Connie Caluda Brown (Mike). Brother of Roselyn Fernandez (Tony), Gaynel Parker (Mac) and Gerald Caluda. He is also survived and fondly remembered by his 9 grandchildren, & 8 great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Dan was preceded in death by his parents, Angelo and Hazel Caluda; his brothers, Charles and Marion Caluda; and his dear grandson Jonathan Caluda.
Born in Braithwaite, LA, Dan embodied the values of community, hard work, and family. He was a longtime resident of Braithwaite, LA, where he laid down roots and became an integral part of the community. He proudly served his country in the National Guard Reserves. In addition to his military service, Dan was as the Director of the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, where he played a role in protecting the parish from the ever-present threat of flooding.
Beyond his public service, Dan was a part owner of the Hi Lan Food Store, where he worked diligently to provide for his family. He brought joy and laughter into the lives of those around him. He delighted in entertaining his children and friends with his famous finger removal trick. Dan was a man who found happiness in life's simple pleasures, whether it was sharing a meal with loved ones, enjoying a quiet evening on the porch, or sharing stories and jokes with friends. His 68-year marriage to his beloved wife, Mercedes, was a shining example of enduring love and devotion.
As we mourn the loss of Dan, let us also celebrate the rich and meaningful life he led. May his memory be a source of comfort and inspiration to us all.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation to be held at OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2621 Colonial Dr., Violet, LA on Monday, September 11th from 9:30AM – 12:00PM, followed by a Mass in Dan’s memory beginning at 12:00PM. He will be laid to eternal rest in St. Bernard Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to your favorite charity in memory of Dan. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien
Jochi Kioizaka Bldg. 2F
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0094
Dr. Susanne Brucksch
German Institute for Japanese Studies
Ass. Prof. Kaori Sasaki
Otaru University of Commerce
Participation after advance registration only.
For any queries, please contact the organisers via email:
Humans & Machines in Medical Contexts: Case Studies from Japan
Please find the programme here (PDF).
Please find the outline, abstracts and CVs of participants of the workshop here (PDF).
Medical instruments and technologies can be used to manipulate the human body, ranging from general devices with extremely low risk to such ones highly invasive to patients. Many technologies and electronic appliance nowadays in use took their roots in the second half of the 19th century, and were increasingly merged into clinics and hospitals during the following century. At present, there can be observed a thrust of technological progress at high pace in the field of biomedical engineering and medical informatics, which contribute additionally to new configurations in in the human-device interplay in Japan.
By the same token, new forms of knowledge production increasingly rely on the mechanical instruments and devices, which are applied for prevention, diagnostics, therapeutics, rehabilitation, curation of disorders and disease, or even bodily enhancement. Owing much to such developments, various routines in medical practices have been changing including surgical operations, management of patient data, and the organisation of national health systems. It is not only practitioners that face new dimensions of uncertainties but also lawmakers that have difficulties institutionalising appropriate rules, procedures and legal standards in order to reduce the risk of (fatal) medical errors.
Whereas human-machines interaction has been allegedly studied in various disciplines in Japan – albeit within predominantly engineering, life sciences and natural sciences – the contributions by humanities and social sciences seem to converge upon the fields of History of Medicine, Bioethics and Medical Anthropology. However, there obviously are limitations regarding the contributions by other disciplines of humanities and social sciences as well as occasions for academic exchange with engineering and natural sciences. We hence argue that currently there is still need for transdisciplinary research approaches to the field of study of Human & Machines in Medical Contexts within Japan.
In order to explore the issues arising from the clinical practices vis-à-vis applications of the (then new) medical devices, the workshop casts light on their various aspects. The participants will address features regarding the historical, legal, socio-structural, engineering and bioethical conditions and consequences of the interplay between humans and medical technologies or instruments, respectively health care practices in contemporary Japan. Moreover, the participants will reflect on the different theoretical and methodological approaches that enables us to study human-technology interplay and discuss transdisciplinary approaches by using case studies from their own respective disciplines to illustrate the manifold facets of the field. We hence suggest this as a starting point to encourage scholarly exchange and joint research on this field.
Greetings by Prof. Dr. Franz Waldenberger, Director of DIJ
Opening Remarks on the Basic Ideas of the Workshop
Session A: Policy and Innovation Efforts on Medical Devices
Prof. emer. Christa Altenstetter
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Prof. Kazuo Tanishita
Discussant: Dr. Susanne Brucksch
Session B: Body Boundaries, Property Rights and Patient Data regarding Medical Devices
Prof. Masahiro Morioka
Ass. Prof. Kaori Sasaki
Otaru Universiy of Commerce
Prof. Yuji Shiroshita
Discussant: Koichi Mikami, Ph.D., The University of Edinburgh
Session C: Ontology and Human-Machine Interaction: The Case of ALS and Cyborg-type Robot HAL
Yumiko Kawaguchi, Ph.D.
Director of the Japan ALS Association (JALSA)
Dr. Takashi Nakajima
Niigata National Hospital
Discussant: Dr. Celia Spoden, University of Düsseldorf
Session D: History on Instruments, Technology and Medical Practices
Shi-Lin Loh, Ph.D.
Harvard University, Keio University
Maika Nakao, Ph.D.
Discussant: Ass. Prof. Kaori Sasaki, Otaru University of Commerce
Prof. Akihito Suzuki
Prof. Kazuo Tanishita
Joint discussion by participants
Moderation: Dr. Susanne Brucksch | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The 2019 Siemens Automation Summit took place at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, just outside Denver, Colorado. DMC engineers from across the country connected at the Summit and hosted several sessions on Siemens PLC Programming and Manufacturing Automation and Intelligence.
DMC's Denver office in the LoDo district of downtown Denver was a home away from home for our visiting team members. We enjoyed informative sessions, product roadmaps, and hands-on training sessions during the day, and food, live music, and fun activities each evening!
Check out our highlights from the Summit:
Before the Siemens Summit began, DMCers got together to enjoy a Denver Rockies baseball game!
Our hosts at DMC Denver entertained the group with pizza and beverages at their office. We then traveled to Coors Field to see the Colorado Rockies play the San Diego Padres.
After DMC wrapped up our welcome events, The Siemens Summit Kicked off on Monday night. The welcome event, sponsored by the Siemens Solutions Partners, featured live music, great food, and fun activities such as archery, a fly fishing demo, and simulated calf roping.
There was also a geocaching scavenger hunt, which Leon Grossman and I won!
Best Brews of Denver
On Tuesday, the DMC team, some of the Siemens Solution Partners, and DMC clients met for a beer tasting tour of Denver. The group traveled together on two trolleys from the event center to DMC's Denver office's rooftop to enjoy barbeque and beers before heading out for the evening. The trolleys stopped at two breweries, Odell Brewing and Black Shirt Brewing, before heading back to the hotel to rest before another full day at the convention center.
DMC Demos with Ice Cream
DMC made ice cream at the Siemens Solution Partners Display for visitors during the day. Attendees stopped at our booth to have a quick ice cream snack on the way to see presentations. Built by Prism last year, improved by DMC this year, and paid for by the Sponsoring Siemens Solutions Partners, the ice cream machine offered all of our guests a reminder of how the integration of programs like these can create imaginative (and delicious) results!
DMC's DrinkBot utilizes a Siemens S7-1200 PLC, 7" Comfort Panel, Siemens G120, and Siemens 1FK7 Servo Motor with DRIVE-CLiQ encoder to control the operation. The DrinkBot provides eight different alcohols or syrups and six different mixers for a large variety of drink options.
Five DMC Representatives were invited to present at the Automation Summit this year, check out their presentations below.
Dynamic and Scalable Systems Using WinCC OA
Project Manager Leon Grossman led a presentation on Siemens WinCC OA applied to a client’s application. He demonstrated using this flexible, scalable platform in conjunction with Siemens and third-party components for a complex application. The presentation highlighted some of the critical features of WinCC OA, how it could solve the most challenging applications, and as a bonus, announced the release of the WinCC OA Open Library v1.0!
Auto Code Generation and Rapid Brewery/Distillery Automation
Project Director Ryan Landwehr showed attendees how the Siemens Brewing template, a TIA Portal based auto code generation tool created developed in partnership by DMC and Siemens, can be used to rapidly create complete automation in rapid breweries and distilleries of all sizes. From craft distilleries to regional breweries, see how the Siemens Brewing Template can help make automation easy!
To learn more about how DMC can facilitate your food and beverage manufacturing automation, contact DMC today.
Multi-site WinCC 7 Development with Centralized Process Historian & Information Server from
John Michael Frullo
John Michael Frullo, Project Engineer, illustrated ways in which WinCC 7 tools and standards can be used to facilitate rapid project development across multiple locations. Frullo also demonstrated how multiple plant locations can be easily connected to a centralized data storage and automated reporting system.
Flexibility and standardization using dynamic IO addressing and option handling from
I presented solutions developed by DMC that fully leverage S7’s hardware and development flexibility to create efficient and agile manufacturing deployments.
Taking your Siemens PLC s7-1200 to industry 4.0
James Condon, Project Engineer, led a presentation on Siemens PLC Industry 4.0. The presentation covered how Industry 4.0 can offer better efficiency for existing industrial equipment.
Thank you, everyone, who attended the 2019 Siemens Automation Summit. We can't wait to see what’s new in 2020!
As a proud Siemens Solution Partner, DMC is ready to step in with our extensive knowledge and expert solutions. Learn more about DMC's partnership with Siemens. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Since its inception, photography has been at the centre of how we express moments, capture movements and document our humanity. Great photographers have influenced art, music, fashion and society and great publications have been built on their legacy and imagery.
At DDW, we celebrate these pioneers of our culture and invite you to follow their work as they continue to provide a literal and metaphorical lens on our world. We cut through the bombardment of social media imagery and serve you with a refined list of some of the greatest contemporary photographers of our time:
Ellen Von Unwerth
Luis Alberto Rodriguez
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it”
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Driftless Art Academy offers programs of art education for adults, teenagers, and children as young as eight years (third grade). To explore our programs, click the photos below.
Our flagship program brings an incredible level of artistic ability to students who are diligent about gaining skills and improving their art. Moving from the most fundamental parts of two-dimensional art through mastery of advanced painting techniques equip students with confidence in their abilities and allow them to take any direction they choose in their art.
A curriculum designed to support development, this program prepares students to move into the Oil Painting Studio Program. Students work on basic drawing techniques, build a foundation of knowledge of the components of art, and learn to focus with an intention to improve. Driftless Art Kids is not art-play time, but a serious program for gaining artistic skills.
Intensive programs are exactly what they sound like: intense! Students are immersed in advancing their creative abilities for several hours each day, accomplishing more than they could in an equal number of hours spread out in weekly classes. In fact, participants in the Intensives during the summer are able to move through as much as a year of the regular Studio Program. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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You Won't Find Any Yucky Stuff Like This:
- Monopotassium phosphate
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- Sodium Hexametaphosphate
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All these "substances" are found in "electrolyte drinks" from competitors. Some of this stuff isn't even food.
Water is great and you should drink lots of it! But, water alone doesn't do enough to replace key electrolytes and minerals.
Traditional Sports Drinks
Disgusting! One serving of Gatorade contains 34 grams of added sugar. Very low on actual electrolytes and loaded with sketchy ingredients. Nutritionally equivalent to a soda.
"Sugar Free" Powders or Drinks
These rely on synthetics and isolated nutrients. Most have a chemical taste or terrible aftertaste. Also, some glucose is neccessary for proper electrolyte absorption, so these don't work at all.
Other Electrolyte Powders
Look closely at the ingredients in other powders. You will see things like dextrose, cane juice, maltodextrin...these are all sneaky names for added sugar. You will also see a lot of cheap isolated nutrients like citric acid, zinc picolinate, and sodium citrate. Maybe even "natural flavors"...but what actually is that? Here at Hydrata we are proud of all our ingredients. And you will recognize every single one.
Our bodies need more than just water to stay properly hydrated.This isn't a secret.
The problem is that all the big-name sports drinks and hydration powders rely on cheap isolated nutrients, synthetics, artifical flavors, and sugars. Great for their profits, but not for your body.
We developed Hydrata to be the best electrolyte beverage on the market for re-hydrataion.
Our promise is to NEVER use any chemicals, synthetics, sweeteners, or any other sketchy ingredients.
You will recognize every single ingredient in our electrolyte powders.Coconuts, berries, cherries, lemons, kiwi, pineapple, salt.Freeze-dried to perfection, blended, and provided to you in a convient powder form.
We make a simple, honest, and pure product…and we always will.
Hope you enjoy it!
Competitors All Rely On Isolated Nutrients
Our bodies can recognize and absorb whole foods, like lemons and cherries, much easier than cheap isolated nutrients. Competitors use these because they are cheap and make a nutrition label look good. Don't be fooled! Try Hydrata for whole-food based hydration. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Android devices have been rapidly advancing over the last few years and continue to do so with new technologies that seem to be popping up overnight. Processing power, graphics quality and security feature have all found their place on many mobile devices, health sensors and waterproofing are also newer innovations that are fast becoming commercially available at reasonable budgets.
These improvements are welcomed by all and they do tend to provide a lot of practical features to our phones. However there is still one area in which there hasn’t been a lot of focus but definitely deserves the attention. The limitations created by current generation batteries is often a great concern to users. Many device reviews have a separate heading in which they test the endurance of a devices battery and it becomes a big deciding point for many users.
Manufacturers and developers have both realised this needs some attention and so we see that battery saver apps are a dime a dozen on the Play Store. They all have similar feature which include turning off unnecessary features when not in use and providing statistics on which apps are your biggest consumers, but at the end of the day none of them really have a truly significant impact on your battery life.
So it’s probably a good idea for someone to go out there and rethink the battery, that’s exactly what StoreDot has done. While it is still in early development the project does have a working prototype and a well-planned future that promises to deliver a commercial product by approximately 2016.
The batteries work using StoreDot’s organic nanobot technology, which they have developed and are using in several other design projects as well. According to StoreDot they have used their resources to create a Multi-Function Electrode, MFE. One side acts like a super capacitor which allows very fast charging, while the other is like a lithium electrode that provides a slow and stable discharge. The electrolyte is also modified with their nanobots allowing for the multi-function electrode to be more effective. StoreDot claim the battery has similar self-discharge to current Li-on batteries, but there are some difficulties they have to overcome.
As you can see in the video below StoreDot’s battery does not look like something you really want to have at the moment due to its rather big size. They have confirmed that they are working on the size of the battery and the charger as well which is roughly the size of a laptop charger and are confident that the size of both components will shrink to more reasonable size by the time their commercial release arrives. Their goal is for users to be able to just pop the battery in to their existing phones without much modification to the device. The demo below shows a Galaxy S4 with the StoreDot battery equipped, the battery is much bigger than a standard S4 battery, but the capacity of StoreDot’s battery is also smaller than the Samsung counterpart. StoreDot will also be working on increasing the capacity while maintaining the efficiency.
Check out the video below to see StoreDot demonstrate their battery’s charging time, the device used is a Samsung Galaxy S4. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Cranberry cooperative shares the secrets behind the taste, health, and heritage of the exceptional cranberry
Photo from 2011 Epcot Food & Wine Ocean Spray Cranberry Bog © Droolius
LAKEVILLE-MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (Sept. 26, 2012) – What do you get when you combine the imagination and magic of Walt Disney World with the mystery of fall’s favorite fruit? A truly exceptional exhibit– an over 1,300 square-foot free-standing cranberry bog to be exact! From Sept. 28 to Nov. 12, visitors to the 2012 Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival will have a chance to feast their eyes on the beauty of a cranberry harvest and discover the cranberry’s secrets; from its unique taste to its rich heritage and long history of health benefits.
Multi-generation Ocean Spray® cranberry growers and Disney cast members will be on hand to share the mystery of the cranberry through this awe inspiring display complete with 1,500 pounds of fresh, floating cranberries. Visitors will also have an opportunity to sample Ocean Spray® Craisins® Dried Cranberries, the official fruit snack of the Walt Disney World® and Disneyland® Resorts, and enjoy them in an assortment of menu items at participating restaurants inside the theme park.
“The cranberry is an exceptional autumn fruit that people know very little about,” said Larry Martin, vice president global marketing, Ocean Spray. “Our collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering on this exhibit gives us an opportunity to showcase the cranberry to thousands of visitors who may never have the opportunity to see how truly stunning a cranberry harvest is, and then show them how to incorporate cranberries into everyday dishes and cuisines around the world.”
In addition to the harvest demonstration, guests visiting the Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival are encouraged to explore culinary demonstrations by Disney chefs, who share their secrets on how to transform ordinary fare into full-flavored dishes using Ocean Spray® Craisins® Dried Cranberries.
For more tasty cranberry secrets and recipes, visit www.oceanspray.com.
Discover the Secrets of the Exceptional Cranberry
– Cranberries are one of only three native fruits cultivated in North America.
– Inside the cranberry are four secret chambers. These tiny air chambers help the cranberries stay afloat when the bogs are flooded for harvest.
– If you strung all the cranberries produced in North America last year, they would stretch from Boston to Los Angeles more than 565 times.
– Over the years, there have been more than 1,000 cranberry recipes added to Ocean Spray’s Cranberry Kitchen.
– Cranberry products contribute to whole-body health and are rich in powerful nutrients. Find out more at www.cranberryhealth.com.
About Ocean Spray
Ocean Spray is an agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 cranberry growers in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and other parts of Canada as well as 35 Florida grapefruit growers. Ocean Spray was formed over 80 years ago by three cranberry growers from Massachusetts and New Jersey. Florida grapefruit growers joined the Cooperative in 1976. Ocean Spray is North America’s leading producer of bottled juices and juice drinks, and has been the best-selling brand name in the bottled juice category since 1981. Ocean Spray posted fiscal 2011 gross sales of $2.1 billion and net proceeds of $321 million.
About Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
More than 50 years ago, Walt Disney created a new kind of entertainment families could experience together, immersed in detailed atmospheres and vibrant storytelling. His vision now includes a collection of five of the world’s leading family vacation destinations – Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, Calif.; Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; Tokyo Disney Resort, Urayasu, Chiba, Japan; Disneyland Paris, Marne-la-Vallée, France; and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, located on Lantau Island. A sixth resort, Shanghai Disney Resort, is currently under construction in Pudong New District, Shanghai. In addition, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts includes the world-class Disney Cruise Line; Disney Vacation Club; Adventures by Disney, a guided group vacation experience to some of the world’s most popular destinations; and Walt Disney Imagineering, which creates and designs all Disney parks, resorts, cruise ships, entertainment and attractions. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
RAF Dumfries and the Bomber War
This exhibition is all about our home airfield. In it, we tell the story of the airfield itself, why it was built and the role it would play in WW2. We also tell the story of the people who worked here, both servicemen and women from all over the country as well as civilians working in the repair depots on site. The men and women of the Air Transport Auxiliary are mentioned, as they were constantly delivering and collecting aircraft to our various units on the airfield. We also cover the maintenance units, both for aircraft storage and repair and for material, which were busy throughout the war.
However, we make a feature of the story of the training units that were based here, and the instructors and pupils who passed through their doors. Navigation, gunnery and bomb-aiming were the principal courses delivered by experienced staff, often on a break from front-line service. The pupils who completed their training most likely went on to serve in Bomber Command, and we try to show a little of what that experience would be like once they joined a squadron. You can look at the conditions a crew would face on a mission in our Halifax cockpit replica and examine our restored Frazer Nash gun turret.
We also cover the other main airfields in Dumfries & Galloway, telling a little of the activities carried out at each one, from training and bombing trials through to anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic Ocean. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Scrub, Sort, & Soak: Spring Cleaning
Spring is here, but have you looked in the corners of your home lately? These articles tackle some of your deepest spring-cleaning questions, as well as show you how to declutter and get organized. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
With a zeal for customer service, I've honed my skills in diverse retail settings, from charity shops to cafes. Adept at managing transactions, curating displays, and ensuring top-notch customer experiences, I thrive in fast-paced environments, always ready to meet and exceed customer expectations.
• Maintained clean and organised inventory • Helped customers with purchasing process • Delivering customer service Managed transactions including cash, credit and refunds • Curated displays of a variety of seasonal clothing and accessories.
Handled drinks Cleaned areas that needed disinfecting Able to sort and handle cash at tills Customer service
Customer service Handle drinks Cleaning areas Sorting stock (if needed) Handling food Hotel cleaning Studio cleaning Sweeping floors Disinfecting used areas Hoovering
Customer service Ride operating safety checks • Operate rides Organise stocks • Disinfect ride seats
Disinfecting working and eating areas Working at the tills Restocking food displays Prepping food Cooking and making orders Serving customers
. Posting content regularly . Managing engagement . Monitoring direct messages and comments
Hoovering Wiping windows Disinfecting work areas Mopping/ bleaching floors Monitoring and auditing stock
Angelica is a bright member to work with. She’s enthusiastic, ready to work, she’s keen to learn from others and be able to teach others as well. She’s a great team member and is always ready to help. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Are you tired of spending hours in front of the mirror trying to style your hair? Look no further than short wig hairstyles. They offer a convenient and stylish solution for those who want to change up their look without the commitment.
E-Litchi: The Perfect Match for Your Hair
If you're worried about finding the right color, fret not! E-Litchi offers a wide range of shades that will match perfectly with your natural hair. Whether you have blonde locks or dark tresses, there's a shade for everyone. Say goodbye to mismatched colors and hello to flawless blending.
The 20-inch length adds just the right amount of volume and looks great on anyone. With these short wig hairstyles, you can achieve that full, thick hair look effortlessly. No more struggling with tape-in or sewn-in extensions – simply pop in your wig and enjoy a fabulous hair day.
Don't just take my word for it – many satisfied customers highly recommend E-Litchi wigs as an alternative to permanent extensions. If you're someone who doesn't want to commit or can't commit due to various reasons, these wigs are perfect for you.
A Game-Changer for Fine Hair
If you have fine hair like me, then you know how challenging it can be to add volume and thickness. Short wig hairstyles come to the rescue! These wigs blend seamlessly with your natural hair, creating an illusion of fuller locks that even your hairstylist won't be able to tell apart.
I recently ordered the 18-inch length from E-Litchi and was pleasantly surprised by how good it looked when it arrived. It was one of the best investments I've made in a long time. The wig not only adds volume but also moves naturally when I turn my head, giving it a salon-quality appearance.
Another advantage of these wigs is their ease of use. Unlike other hair extensions that require professional application, short wig hairstyles can be effortlessly clipped in and styled within minutes. It's the perfect solution for those busy mornings or last-minute events.
The Versatility of Short Wig Hairstyles
Short wig hairstyles offer endless possibilities when it comes to styling. Whether you want to rock a sleek bob, add some curls, or experiment with different colors – the choice is yours! These wigs provide the flexibility to switch up your look whenever you desire without any damage to your natural hair.
Additionally, short wigs are a great option for individuals experiencing hair loss or undergoing medical treatments. They provide a comfortable and stylish alternative while allowing them to maintain their confidence and self-expression.
If you're looking for a convenient and stylish way to change up your hairstyle, short wig hairstyles are definitely worth considering. With E-Litchi's wide range of shades and lengths, you'll find the perfect match for your natural hair. Say goodbye to bad hair days and hello to effortless style! | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The equipment used for ultrasound therapy consists of a generator of high frequency current and an applicator, usually referred to as a “transducer”. The generator produces an electrical current of desired frequency which causes a crystal in the transducer to vibrate rapidly, producing sound waves. The ultrasonic energy is transmitted to human tissue by contact with the transducer. However, ultrasonic energy cannot be transmitted through the air, so a coupling medium must be used between the transducer and the skin. Different media are water, oil, and transmission gel.
Continuous ultrasound means that the ultrasonic waves are constantly emitted from the transducer. This form of ultrasound is used over thick tissue and requires constant movement of the transducer over the area being treated. Pulsed ultrasound means that the ultrasonic waves are emitted intermittently. This method is used in areas where underlying bone is covered by a relatively thin layer of tissue. The transducer is kept stationary throughout the treatment.
- Increase blood
- Raise tissue
- Increase calcium
- Increases pain threshold, therefore· decreasing
- Acute and chronic
- Sprains and strains
- Bursitis, tendonitis,
- Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Complete your living and bedroom set with Easy Buy
Finding your living room or bedroom set in one shop will save you time and money, and allow you to keep the same style of furniture throughout. Even if you don’t have enough money to buy everything you need at once, you can spread the cost using our furniture pay weekly or furniture pay monthly options.
Furniture pay weekly - Allowing you to restyle your bedroom
A bedroom is one of the most important rooms in your house, where you can relax after a hard day. Depending on the size of your bedroom, we offer furniture pay weekly packages to suit all needs. Thanks to our spread the cost offer, you can have the furniture right away and pay it over a period up to 104 weeks. The centrepiece of any bedroom is the bed, match this up with one of our comfortable mattresses to improve your night's sleep. You can choose from memory foam or gel mattresses to relieve aches and pains. Our range of wardrobes and bedroom furniture will allow you to keep all your clothes neat and tidy. Easy Buy offers you two or four-door wardrobes, depending on the number of clothes and the size of your room.
Additional furniture on finance for your bedroom
To finish off the look of your bedroom, a bedside cabinet and a chest of drawers are two pieces of furniture on finance that will give you extra storage space. A bedside cabinet will store your cosmetics, glasses or books. A drawer chest may be used for clothes, towels or pyjamas.
Design a modern living room with furniture pay monthly
Easy Buy gives you the opportunity to style your room from our range of modern or traditional furniture. We have a large range of furniture in stock from simple ladder-style storage sets, bookcases, computer desks, TV entertainment units, and dining sets. You can choose all of the elements in a single style, to create an overall look or choose separate units for your living spaces. For those who prefer more classical style, you will find a combination of nook shelves, cupboards and basket space units to create either a stylish look or that instant cottage feel. A comfortable sofa is a must in the living room, creating your space for a coffee break or quality time with your family. Choose the style that fits with the rest of the furniture, from more classy and elegant, with brushed chrome legs and curved arms, to modern Scandinavian design with wooden legs and simple arms. Use our furniture pay monthly option to bring your beautiful living room home now.
Furniture pay outright for your dining area
You don’t have to spread the cost as Easy Buy offers you the option to buy your furniture outright. We stock dining table and chair sets in a large variety of styles. From classical oak finished tables to contemporary underlit high gloss white finished tables with chairs to match, we have a set to match any decor. Your dining room will look fabulous with a set of a table and chairs.
FREE Delivery for your furniture
Once you have selected the furniture you want, we will deliver it within our catchment area from our furniture store in Hull. The best part of it is delivery and instalation is FREE! So you don't have to worry about squeezing it into the car, we will deliver it free of charge and place it in the room of your choice. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Patric Simmerud (°1963) is a composer and sound artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Classically trained and with wide influences, his work as a composer range from contemporary art music - including electroacoustic and radiophonic pieces, chamber music and music for full orchestra - to soundscapes and music for film.
As a sound artist, he has explored various artistic disciplines such as installation, performance, and videoart. His work has been internationally performed and included in various art exhibitions.
Simmerud studied classical composition at the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm, and at Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris. He has also taken courses in film music held by Ennio Morricone.
In addition, he leads the music and score engraving company MakeMyDayMusic. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Nuvepro, India’s leading provider of cloud-based upskilling solutions, has recently announced a collaboration with Kumaraguru School of Innovation (KSI) and Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), an engineering and technology education institution. An official statement said that this partnership aims to deliver accessible and cost-effective cloud-based labs, providing students with practical insights into emerging technologies and preparing them for the ever-changing technological landscape. The cooperation will also benefit more than 500 students in the first year.
As KSI and KCT aim to enhance their digital infrastructure, the partnership with Nuvepro streamlines the process of acquiring AWS and other cloud accounts, fosters innovative learning methods, and effectively manages associated costs.
Speaking about the initiative, Thiruvaazhi Uloli, Head Incharge, Information Science, Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, stated:
ISE students for whom we have embedded practical assignments done on the cloud environment as part of almost all courses in their pre-final and final year. The cloud lab has improved technology learning ability, flexibility, cost-effectiveness and vital industry skills, positively influencing student placements. We advocate for broader academic adoption of cloud environments, aligning with industry trends.
Nuvepro’s labs claim it has many features, such as virtual machines, Jupyter notebooks, a Hadoop Cluster with over 35 significant data components, AWS console access, an Application Security Lab, and more.
Chief Executive Officer of Nuvepro, Giridhar L.V, added:
Embracing a pioneering collaboration with Kumaraguru College of Technology, Nuvepro is excited to spearhead the innovation in education. By providing the students with real-world, hands-on environments with all the latest technologies, we enable them to step into their professional lives to become job-ready confidently.
This collaboration between Nuvepro and Kumaraguru Institutions represents a significant step towards academic innovation, reshaping learning methodologies and preparing students for a dynamic future.
Founded with a passion for bridging the skills gap in the fast-paced world of technology, Nuvepro Technologies is the brainchild of a group of dedicated professionals with a shared vision. The platform recognized the critical need for comprehensive upskilling solutions to meet the demands of a rapidly changing industry. Headquartered in the vibrant tech hub of Bangalore, India, the company has been on a relentless journey to transform the way learning is perceived and make skilling more accessible, practical, and hands-on, ensuring that its clients and partners are empowered with better skilling solutions for their learners and employees in the ever-advancing technological landscape.
With millions of learners from enterprises, universities, and EdTech platforms already benefiting from its approach, the Nuvepro Hands-on Learning platform provides access to 1000+ Real World Scenarios and Sandbox environments, enabling learners to practice, reinforce and validate their learning. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Given two strings, s
, find the minimum window substring in s
, which has the following properties:
It is the shortest substring of
that includes all of the characters present int
It must contain at least the same frequency of each character as in
The order of the characters does not matter here.
Note: If there are multiple valid minimum window substrings, return any one of them.
consist of uppercase and lowercase English characters. - | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Market analysis services are essential for businesses making strategic, data-driven decisions in competitive markets. These services provide insights into industry trends, consumer behavior, and market dynamics, enabling organizations to identify opportunities and mitigate risks effectively. A global market research agency is pivotal in delivering comprehensive data tailored to specific business needs, ensuring companies remain ahead of market shifts. Global Data Route Analytics excels in offering accurate and reliable market insights across the USA, empowering businesses with actionable intelligence. By leveraging expert analysis, companies can navigate complexities and achieve sustainable growth in today’s dynamic marketplace. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Legislation introduced in Connecticut, a state rocked by the school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in December, would ban youths from playing “violent point-and-shoot” video games in arcades and public places.
The measure, introduced by Democratic state Sen. Toni Harp, would forbid operators of those establishments from allowing individuals younger than 18 to play those games on their premises.
What kinds of games would be included in the ban? The legislation would apply to games that use a “facsimile of a firearm,” or an imitation that a “reasonable person would understand was intended to depict a weapon of violence.”
The legislation also would establish a task force on violent video games, made up of various state legislators and representatives of state agencies, among others. That panel would be charged with studying the effects of violent video games on youth behavior, and make recommendations to state officials on policy.
The legislation has drawn objections from the Media Coalition, a New York-based organization that describes itself as supporting the “First Amendment right to produce and sell books, magazines, recordings, videotapes and videogames,” and backing the public’s access to opinion and entertainment.
The group’s executive director, David Horowitz, while saying that its members “understand that this is a very difficult time for many people in Connecticut,” argued in a memo that the legislation was misguided, as well as unconstitutional.
In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law that banned the sale of violent video games to minors. Horowitz, citing that decision, said there was no legal basis for restricting games in businesses or arcades, any more than there is for banning them from private homes.
He said his organization has many members in Connecticut, who had asked him to relay their concerns about the bill to lawmakers.
“We urge legislators to resist the temptation to blame the media for this tragedy,” the coalition’s memo states. “History has shown that each new medium from opera to the Internet has been blamed [for] causing violent or criminal activity. These past fears of the media were no less palpable than those we feel today.”
A version of this news article first appeared in the Digital Education blog. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
CEUC: New fast-charge corridor for Europe
The EU Commission is supporting the construction of 118 fast charging stations for the CEUC (Central European Ultra Charging) project. Smatrics was chosen as a service provider for the rollout, operations and maintenance of the network.
The 118 HPC stations are to be installed by the end of 2020 in Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Romani, Bulgaria and Slovakia, as shown on the map below. The project is being headed by the Austrian energy company Verbund, while Smatrics will work with national investors.
The CEUC project will provide HPC infrastructure to seven EU nations in central and eastern Europe. As the initiator of an extensive charging network in Austria, Smatrics has decided they have sufficient reputation and expertise to manage a continent-wide network. The first fast-charging stations are already in the planning stage.
In December the Austrian oil and gas company OMV purchased 40% of the Smatrics stock. The other stakeholders are 40% with Verbund and the other 20% belong to Siemens. In February, the company also announced plans to enter the German market. At the E-World conference in Essen the company presented solutions for municipal utilities and energy providers. As of about half a year ago, the company also entered a cooperation with Smartlab, who is behind the utility bundling ladenetz.de and the roaming platform e-clearing.net. Since then, Smatrics customers in Germany have had access to 1,200 charging points in the country. Simultaneously, users who have a card from ladenetz.de are able to charge internationally in Austria as well at the 400 Smatrics charge points. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Company News and Update.
ElevAero is pleased to announce our latest website update and details of our new expanded facilities and capabilities listed below.
- Aerospace and Power Generation – Engine Transportation Systems
- Ground Support Equipment and Tooling
- Composites and Assembly
- CNC Components
- Painting and Shot Blasting
- Inspection and Testing
- Welding and Brazing alloys
And we now have an extensive list of Customers Approvals | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Apple are about to roll out IoS 14.5 and with it, Apples new App Tracking Transparency (ATT) features.
The change itself is a good one for the general populace. Apple are giving users the explicit choice to opt in, or out of tracking in all apps, and with it improving the control that users have over their data.
Most apps that contain ads will be affected by this change, but at this stage what’s unclear is what percentage of IOS users will choose to opt out of being tracked. Publishers and Advertisers alike are watching closely and will be ready to make changes – and perhaps shift some focus to Android – if required.
Facebook is upset!
There is no doubt that the change is likely to have the largest affect on Facebook.
They kicked up a huge stink last year when the initial plans were announced and have continued to complain to Apple publicly about the change. Mark Zuckerberg has said that the changes will hurt the growth of “millions of businesses around the world”, and Facebook have recently announced plans to proactively convince users to give consent. (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/01/facebook-strikes-back-against-apple-ios-14-idfa-privacy-change.html)
Change for Advertisers
If you advertise on Facebook, then this change will affect you too. What are the core changes?
- Attribution windows are going to change. Say goodbye to 28-day attribution windows, we’re going to be focussing on 7 day windows moving forwards, and unlikely to have much in the way of ‘view through’ tracking. Facebook will try and model to make up for lost data, but this will not be perfect.
- Retargeting – targeting and custom audiences are likely to be smaller – but this depends how many users opt out.
- Aggregated Event Measurement – To minimise the impact of data loss Facebook is rolling out a new tracking methodology with an 8-conversion limit per domain – this could be 8 conversion, or pixel-based events. The 8 conversions will be ranked in order of priority and only the highest priority action will be tracked. The domain owner will need to create the list of up to 8 actions and prioritise them.
- Facebook pixels need to be tied to ‘verified’ domains.
What should we do short Term?
- Firstly – check your domain is verified, and if not, get that done as soon as you can. you’ll need this to make sure you can tier your Aggregated Event Measurements.
- Export your historical 28-day view and click and 7-day view through data. This will be available in the API moving forwards, but not in the interface.
- Make sure bidding strategies are tied towards new aggregated conversions, and not to pixel events that you wont be able to use moving forwards
How big an impact is this going to have?
At this stage it is hard to tell. Partly because we don’t know how many users will opt out.
Certainly, Advertisers will have less visibility than they’ve had previously, and the Aggregated Event Measurement is likely to take some getting used to. Advertisers will likely have smaller audience sizes for some targeting audiences, so we may feel that in our performance numbers initially.
But just like with the GDPR, and other big changes to the digital world we have faced before, advertisers will find ways to get things done. It is a level playing field – we are all in the same boat, so its down to advertiser to review the impacts to their own campaigns and make the changes work for them as best the can.
To find out how we can help, why not give Coast Digital a call on 0845 450 2086. Our specialists are experienced in helping clients to find the true value of campaigns, getting them well on the way to meeting their business goals. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Community Support Programs
Ember Spices is named after my mother, Ember, whose name in the Tiv language means "to rejoice." Her unyielding spirit and warmth have inspired us to spread joy and give back to those in need.
Through Ember's Dream, we donate generously to support disadvantaged children and youth, identifying individuals and groups who can benefit most from our help.
We are grateful for your support through your purchases of our products. You are helping us make a difference and honor my mother's legacy of joy and giving. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Please take a moment to read about some of our current projects below.
With love and gratitude,
Project Tudun Wada
Lugbe Abuja FCT
Women's Literacy Project
According to the World Bank, Nigeria's literacy rate stands at about 62.2 percent. For women, this rate currently stands at about 53 percent. In conjunction with Kay-Zen Research Consultants, we partner with women in the Tudun Wada Community to provide access to learning materials, adult learning classes, and mentoring opportunities.
Farmers Seed Project
Over the past few years, flooding and insecurity have affected farmers' livelihood across Benue State, Nigeria. Through your purchases and collaborating with a farmers association, Ember Spices is helping to distribute seeds and seedlings to help farmers get back on their feet.
Skills Acquisition Project
In the Nigerian Economy, self-employment is one of the core pillars that keeps the economy thriving. However, several college-educated and non-college-educated people cannot find white-collar jobs, thus looking to skills acquisition that has the potential of becoming a profitable business. Through your purchases and in partnership with Kay-Zen Research Consultants, we are providing skills acquisition training in the area of shoe making, soap-making, and sewing. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
30 May 2023
How Dental Health May Increase Alzheimer’s risk?
When it comes to taking care of our health, dental health is not to be neglected in any way. The latest studies are revealing that there is an intricate connection between poor dental health and increased risks of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a complex health condition whose causes are still not very well known. Yet, the latest research studies suggest that by keeping good oral hygiene, you can lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease to a large extent.
If you have poor dental health, though, you need not worry because now, with proper dental care through affordable dentures and dental implants, you can take care of your teeth without many problems.
Unraveling the connection of poor dental health with Alzheimer’s disease
According to a Media Report in the Washington Post, emerging evidence suggests that what goes in our mouths can affect what goes on in our brains. Even more worrying is that it may even potentially affect our risk of dementia. Experts in the field claim that people should be aware that oral health is essential.
The report also claims that Severe periodontal disease — chronic inflammation of and damage to the gums and bone that support the teeth — affects nearly 19 % of people older than 15 or more than 1 billion people worldwide. Other studies in the field also suggest the same.
The potential dental treatments for prevention
Maintaining good oral health is vital if you are one of the many currently suffering from tooth loss due to age or other factors. Fortunately, with the latest advancements in dental treatments, many dental problems are treatable hassle-free and at affordable rates. You now have options like affordable dentures and dental implants that can be the perfect solution to the general dental issues you may be confronted with.
Same-day dentures can ensure quick solutions.
If you are worried about the prolonged time spent treating your dental problem, you will be delighted to learn that you can now avail yourself of procedures like same-day dentures. These provide immediate restoration; thus, you do not need to worry about discomfort or prolonged treatment times. While availing of the same, you must have them done by the more reliable dental clinics.
To conclude, prevention is better than cure. However, even if you have poor dental health, the latest dental treatments can come to your rescue, thereby substantially reducing the risks of Alzheimer’s disease owing to poor dental condition. For reliable dental treatments like affordable dentures and implants, Emergency Dental Service is one of the best places for you. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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If returning an unwanted item, the parcel is your responsibility. You are also responsible for the postage for the return parcel. May we strongly recommend you send it recorded post or by courier.
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Emmett and Stone Country Sports Ltd | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Islamabad, 6 July 2017: Prime Minister’s focal person for polio eradication, Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq has said that Polio is a zero sum game and until we achieve zero, we cannot relax in our war against polio.
Addressing the concluding ceremony of four-day 10th annual review and training meeting of Field Epidemiology Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) officers she congratulated the program officials for successfully completing six years of dedicated work in Pakistan. NSTOP officers are adding critical value to Pakistan program by providing technical support at district level, she added.
Senator expressed that NSTOP assignees are doing a great service to mankind and are part of a winning team that is in the process of making history by wiping the crippling polio diseases from face of the earth through hard work, dedicated and technical knowledge. She pledged that government of Pakistan would do everything to make sure that their work is further facilitated and hoped that CDC Atlanta would extend same support to these officers in the coming months and years. She also praised the open-hearted, candid and frank review of their progress during the past few days with an aim to further improve the program. This culture of open accountability is the driver of change in Pakistan’s polio Eradication Initiative and NTOP officers continue to promote this through their hard work, she added.
She urged the programme staff to renew a pledge to uproot the crippling polio diseases from the country by the end of current year. She said that the FELTP has produced a handsome quantity of trained human resource in Pakistan which will help in developing a smooth transition of Polio assets for to other priority health initiatives. She said that improving the routine immunization particularly in the core reservoirs is a high priority and we will do every possible effort to help our EPI colleagues to improve on that account as well.
National Coordinator for Pakistan Polio Program, Dr Rana Safdar in his concluding remarks commended NSTOP officers by saying that “your role at district level is very critical as you have remained instrumental in motivating and mobilizing the DPCRs in collaboration with concerned DCs and I want you to continue your work in the same zeal till we achieve zero.”
Welcoming the participants of the review meeting, Dr. Rana Jawad Asgher, Resident Advisor FELTP highlighted the role of Field Epidemiology Training Programme in strengthening federal and provincial human resource which is assisting the Government of Pakistan in controlling communicable diseases including the N-STOP initiative targeting Polio and vaccine preventable diseases.
Four day review meeting of the N-STOP officers was attended by the District Polio Control Room (DPCR) focal persons from critical districts of the country. Dr. Rana Muhammad Safdar, National Coordinator for Polio eradication, 65 N-STOP officers, national leads of WHO and UNICEF, Resident Advisor FELTP.
The N-STOP is a collaborative initiative of the Government of Pakistan, FELTP, World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta. The programme trains and deploys Government Public Health Officers in critical Polio districts to serve as key technical support persons with the Deputy Commissioners. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Norwegian shipping giant Farstad said today that its restructuring plan had been approved by shareholders at a general meeting.
Last month Farstad said an agreement had been struck to combine Solstad Offshore, Farstad Shipping and Deep Sea Supply, creating a world leading OSV company with more than 150 vessels.
The companies agreed that consolidation presented the best way forward at a time when the offshore vessel market is fragmented.
In an Oslo Stock Exchange announcement, Farstad said the plan had been approved.
The restructuring is expected to be completed during first half of 2017. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Combining 3D printing with 5-axis machining opens new doors in part design and repair.
Additive manufacturing and 3D printing are hot topics recently, as their proponents claim the technology will change everything. However, on the subtractive side, machining industry experts feel that if you need high volume parts, you need to be making chips.
In the video above, we speak with Kevin Werkheiser, applications engineer at Mazak Corporation, about a new machine that combines additive manufacturing with subtractive 5-axis machining.
“We took our standard VC-500 5-axis machine and we added a clouding head to the side of the spindle,” Werkheiser explained. “We can extract the clouding head down, add material, retract the clouding head back up to the previous position and then bring in a tool to machine it all within the same setup.”
During operation, the VC-500 AM HYBRID Multi-tasking machine uses the heat from a fiber laser to melt the metal powder used to the grow near-net-shape 3D forms.
A cladding head applies molten material in layers, which solidifies as the layers stack.
The laser cladding head can also be used to coat sections of the part with metal, allowing the machine to repair worn or damaged high-value components.
“Rather than scrapping a very expensive component, you can come back in, add that material back on and machine it,” Werkheiser said.
The VC-500 AM can machine parts up to 19.7″ in diameter, 12″ in height and up to 440 lbs.
Industries such as aerospace and R&D centers could also benefit from the technology, and from the ability to use materials including Inconel, stainless steel, cobalt, nickel or copper based alloys.
“I see this technology being very big in industries like oil and gas, where customers see a lot of wear on components,” Werkheiser added. “For example, if you have a shaft that’s constantly rotating, you can machine tungsten carbide onto it to make it much more wear resistant.”
To learn more about the benefits of combined additive and subtractive machining, watch the video above or visit Mazak’s website. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
This page is about the slang term weedy
thin and physically weak
- I'm strong and healthy now, but I was a weedy kid because I had asthma.
- Our new neighbour is a weedy little guy. I doubt he could do much if someone in our house called out for help.
See Slang of the Day today
Contributor: Matt Errey | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Though it iscontemptible to most of the students and forbidden by the university andauthority, cheating is far from extinct. What’s worse is that those who cheatdon’t consider cheating a disgraceful act.
Students cheat onexams mostly because they don’t put enough time and energy in their studies. However,through their “clever “tricks, they get high marks on the exams, and some ofthem even receive scholarships. It’s not difficult to imagine how disappointedmost hardworking students will be, and we are sure that there will certainly bestudents will be, and we are sure that there will certainly be students whowill follow suit.
Cheating will notonly do great harm to the student’s initiative to study hard, but also affectthe cultivation of the students’ minds. Exam is a fair system to encourage andstimulate students’ hard work at their lessons. If any unfair means other thanhard work can secure high marks, there is no denying that the students will be encouraged,to some extent, to seek devious means to achieve their goals in life. Theresult may be that the society will end up in unfair competition.
So it is of greatnecessity for the university authorities to take more effective measures tocounteract the phenomenon of cheating on the campus.
守时的好处 The Benefits of Punctuality
动物庄园读后感Ideas after reading Animal Farm | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
November 4, 2024: From Yogyakarta to Semarang
This morning, we started the day in Yogyakarta, packing our things and preparing for two travel days. After checking out, we received cash back from the hotel—a handy tip: overpay the deposit and get cash back without needing to find an ATM!
We headed to Kalluna for a great breakfast, enjoying those delicious waffles with chicken and ice cream again. Afterward, we had two iced coffees before heading to the station.
We waited at the station in 36-degree heat until the train finally arrived. Trains in Indonesia continue to impress—easy to book, very comfortable, clean, and with regular opportunities for food and drinks.
Upon arriving in Semarang, we were pleasantly surprised by this beautiful city, full of old colonial buildings still in use. You see young women everywhere taking photos for Instagram. Being a waiter here seems more like being a photographer sometimes!
In the evening, we dined in one of those stunning buildings before heading to what might have been an old inn for cocktails. A great way to end the day!
Tomorrow, we’ll continue our journey to Jepara. :)
November 5, 2024: Relaxing in Jepara
November 6, 2024: Arrival at Pulau Karimunjawa
Complimentary lunch on arrival at our accomodation |
Private beach only for us |
We took a kayak and explored the surroundings at our accommodation |
November 7, 2024: Snorkeling and island hopping
Grilled fish for lunch |
Overcoming my fear of swimming underwater led me straight to an incredible underwater paradise! From colorful reefs to meeting Nemo, it was pure magic down there. Proof that the best things often lie just beyond our fears. |
November 8, 2024: Pure Relaxation (and a Little Adventure) on Pulau Karimunjawa
Breakfast with a view |
Our dinner at the accommodation | | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The impact of human-wildlife conflict on biodiversity conservation in India
Vidya Padmakumar and Murugan Shanthakumar
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is one of the greatest threats to wildlife species and their habitats in India, as well as a major challenge for the well-being and livelihoods of rural communities. India has the world’s largest human population and the largest wild populations of tigers, Asian elephants, one-horned rhinos, Asiatic lions, and other globally threatened species, which often share space and resources with humans. HWC can result in crop and livestock losses, human injuries and deaths, property damage, and negative attitudes towards wildlife conservation. This paper aims to review the causes, impacts, and mitigation measures of HWC in India, drawing from various sources of literature and data. The paper also discusses the social, economic, and ecological dimensions of HWC, and the challenges and opportunities for achieving a socially just form of conservation that balances human needs and wildlife protection. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
05 Feb Small business business tools are important in your business organization’s accomplishment.
An enterprise is actually a good location to be no matter what you have to assist you to grow and prosper. But there are other kinds of tools out there for small businesses proprietors as well. This is the list of one of the most useful types of software to obtain on hand.
CRM Internet CRM applications are extremely useful for any size business. They make the tasks to help keep up with prospective customers and connections, managing products on hand and purchasing much easier and far a reduced amount of time-consuming. A large number of software programs today also include the option of employing Web based functions and capabilities for even greater convenience and flexibility. Commercial enterprise organization tools that work with CRM on the web are among the most well-known, because adequate course more options and features than in the past. In particular, Internet based applications are extremely helpful for fresh ventures.
Web Webpages One of the quickest business organization equipment to use is definitely one that performs directly with all the Internet. There are numerous types society programs you could download directly to your computer, plus they usually function just like online spreadsheets or other programs that allow you to choose a data accessible from everywhere. You simply wide open the software software, sign in with an Internet site, and then start working. You need to use the program in the home, at work, or perhaps anywhere else that you are in easy reach of the Net. This means an individual spend the minute learning any new skills, and you can get the job done faster, since you will discover less initiatives required to make use of them.
Submission software tool for Business An organizer can easily consider many varieties, but business organization tools that monitor contacts, plans, goals, and tasks are some of the most basic varieties. If you want to settle organized, it is well worth your time to pay attention to how you will use the software tools. For example , do you go to each program in order, until now go by program to program for a quick rate? If you set up your paperwork by type, does that mean that you can locate and print out the files you need quickly and easily, or must you look through loads and stacks to find things you require?
Basis for Smartsheets One of the most valuable business corporation tools available is a smart sheet. A smart chart is an electric document that allows you to make changes as you set up a document. You are able to create a straightforward smartsheet for your purposes, including to keep track of tasks and expenses. You can even art print it out if this so requirements, and it is much easier to work with when compared to a paper schedule, since you may do the whole thing in mattress sheets instead of areas of times. A smartsheet is useful for any small business owner and a large corporation.
Document Management Systems DMS is one of the most successful small business corporation tools readily available. A digital management system (DMS) is program that helps you manage the digital reports. These can incorporate email, Word data files, PowerPoint reports, PDF, Power Point delivering presentations, audio/video files, and other items. Using a DMS allows you to set up all of your digital records in to tabs so that you can organize all of them in any way which makes sense for you. A DMS is especially useful for larger companies, since it lets you easily and quickly change the information concerning various varieties.
Appointments Calendars are another with the important small company organization tools available. calendars let you reveal events, established reminders, make due periods easily. Only some calendars are identical, however , and you should do some exploration to find out which usually calendar’s best suit your needs. Depending in what kind of organization you run, you may want to choose a date that lets you call at your schedule, or perhaps may want to have more control over when ever things are kept up to date.
One of the final small enterprise organization equipment that are vital to the procedure of your business is a custom notepad. Simply no business is definitely complete with out a customized notepad, as it provides many reasons. Whether you make use of your personalized notepad to jot down important phone numbers or information regarding upcoming product sales, or bazneshastegi.com to post hints and pointers about things you need to do, a custom notepad is an indispensable part of the small business organization equipment that small businesses proprietors need. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
A possible Visit and guided tour of St. Paul’s Cathedral, This will be scheduled in 2025 as the remainder of the year is busy.
Skittles at Royal British Legion – Saturday 15th March 2025. I have booked Skittles at the Royal British Legion, Limpsfield Chart, with hot and cold supper for Saturday 15th March next year so one for your diaries.
One of our members has kindly suggested The Cockney Museum in Stoneleigh as a very interesting venue for a visit. The Museum gives the history of the Pearly Kings and Queens of London and their traditions. Again, another venue for next year 2025.
Happy socializing, Margaret. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
The proposed atom smasher would completely encircle Geneva.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known by the name CERN, wants to build a new particle accelerator that would effectively dwarf the Large Hadron Collider.
The new accelerator, when complete, would measure 60 miles in diameter, and it would encircle all of Geneva, Switzerland. In comparison, CERN’s LHC measures 17 miles in diameter. The 60-mile diameter, according to the BBC, would “reach to the Alps in the east, the Jura mountains in the west and even go under Lake Geneva.”
CERN’s LHC is a new facility, as it’s only been collecting data since 2009. But planning for the collider goes all the way back to 1983 — a 26-year gap — so a new, larger collider would need considerable lead-in time before becoming fully operational.
Planning and development for the new CERN collider will take years, with a goal of having the facility operation before the LHC goes dark in 2035. A five-year study has just been started, which will be followed by another five-year period used to settle on a design, secure a specific site, and of course find the cash for such an endeavor. That would leave about ten years for construction.
A dollar figure isn’t even being considered at the moment, but it’s sure to be astronomical. “Any number you mention will be wrong, and worse it will be remembered forever,” said CERN General Director Dr. Rolf Heuer.
Five years is a long time to wait for news on the new proposed collider, much less 20 years for the facility to come online, but at least we have the LHC to admire in the meantime. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Please note that this Solplanet inverter is only certified for the following EU countries:
Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Hungary and Sweden
ASW 8-20K LT-G2 series three-phase inverter developed for the benchmark of the large-scale commercial, industry, and residential decentralized PV system, which demands high performance, quick installation, easy commissioning, less maintenance, and durable reliability. A wide MPP voltage range with 150% oversizing of the PV array ensures optimal energy yield and applicable flexibility in nearly every situation. With a rated 13A input current per string, it’s ideal for bifacial and large area PV modules. Compact wall mounting with IP66 rated design concrete sustainable usability against most environmental impacts. With a smart cloud-based monitoring app, it’s practical to keep tracking your PV system wherever you are. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters collided while landing at an American combat outpost in northern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.
One Iraqi soldier was killed and two American and two Iraqi soldiers were injured, military spokesman Lieutenant Patrick Evans said in an e-mail to Reuters.
“Two UH-60 Black Hawks have crashed while landing at Combat Outpost Ford in (the northern Baghdad district of) Adhamiya about 8:55 p.m. Baghdad time (1755 GMT) this evening,” he said.
“The situation is under control. Emergency services are on the scene. It is unknown how many were on board at the time of the incident. Enemy fire is not suspected at this time.”
A Reuters television cameraman in the Sha’ab district of northern Baghdad, near Adhamiya, said he saw two helicopters circling overhead. The engine of one of them made a thudding sound as it lost altitude and crashed.
The cameraman said he heard an explosion after the impact, followed by the sound of shooting.
Iraqi police confirmed the crash. They gave no further details, but said clashes had broken out between Iraqi security forces and gunmen near the crash site.
But the U.S. military said the crash had taken place at its base and it was not aware of any clashes in the area.
The incident was the second major U.S. military helicopter crash in Iraq in weeks. Last month, seven U.S. soldiers were killed when a transport helicopter crashed in southern Iraq in an incident the military blamed on mechanical failure. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Europa Nostra takes part in debate on heritage as economic value at Delphi Economic Forum, Greece
The Delphi Economic Forum II was held from 2-5 March 2017, in Delphi, Greece. This year emphasis was given on Greece’s cultural heritage and its pivotal role in generating local and regional development thus contributing to building smart, sustainable and inclusive growth for the country. On 4 March, at the Archaeological Museum of Delphi with an audience of more than 250 people, a panel of experts – including Costa Carras, Vice-President of Europa Nostra and Founder of Elliniki Etairia – discussed how we can further promote cultural heritage as a generator of sustainable development.
The opening statements were delivered by Lydia Koniordou, Minister of Culture and Sports of the Hellenic Republic, and Olga Kefalogianni, MP for Athens and Minister of Tourism in the Greek Government prior to 2015. The speakers at the panel discussion ‘Cultural heritage as economic value: Economic benefits and social opportunities’ held on 4 March were Costa Carras, Giorgia Abeltino, Director of the Public Policy of Google Cultural Institute, Stavros Benos, Minister of Culture (1996) and President of DIAZOMA, Athanasia Psalti, Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Phocis, Panagiotis Roilos, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and of Comparative Literature at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
Costa Carras analysed the potential of cultural heritage as economic value, stressing that culture and cultural heritage are not luxuries but contribute positively to economic and job growth. Focusing on the major Report ‘Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe’, produced by Europa Nostra together with five European partners in 2015, he mentioned its basic conclusions:
(a) Sustainable development depends not only on economic, environmental, social factors but on cultural;
(b) Cultural heritage encourages investments because people like living and working in areas of cultural creativity;
(c) Cultural heritage and particularly distinctions like the UNESCO World Heritage listing can be used as the basis of a more general marketing strategy for the region; and
(d) Cultural heritage creates jobs – so is important for countries with high unemployment. Building rehabilitation investment creates one third more jobs than manufacturing investment of the same value. And cultural heritage produces over 25 indirect jobs for each direct job, whereas e.g. the car industry only six.
Furthermore, Costa Carras spoke about four major projects of architectural conservation that Elliniki Etairia – Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage and Europa Nostra are proposing for Greece, namely Kastoria, the Kampos of Chios and, within Attica, Marathon and Tatoi. “All these are not just culturally but economically important if the state is willing to accept, first, that some private involvement is necessary even when the sites are owned by the public; and, second, that the public interest, cultural and economic, in preserving the cultural heritage, has to take precedence over the chaos often created by absent owners and divided ownership. There is an immense amount left to be done and all Greeks can and must gain through doing it,” stated the Vice-President of Europa Nostra.
The Delphi Economic Forum II, a major four-day conference, featured more than 40 sessions, 7 round table discussions and 250 speakers from Greece and abroad, combining public events and restricted workshops to bring crucial topics to an audience of decision makers. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Deadline: 17 September 2020
Funded under: EEA Grants
The Programme will finance projects proposed by Romanian enterprises in blue growth. The aim is to finance development and application of innovative blue technologies/products, processes and solutions. Projects are also expected to contribute to the development and application of innovative technologies, processes and solutions, as well as reduction of CO2 emissions and more energy efficient production processes. Within Blue Growth, eligible activities are the development and investment in maritime supra-structures, coastal and maritime tourism, innovative solutions related to marine litter and waste, as well as water supply and desalination. For more information and how to apply click here. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Spider glazing systems also called cable net glazing are glass curtain walls that ensure maximum daylight and flush external appearance with uninterrupted views.
Spider glazing is a practical solution for exterior glass structures. Spider glazing provides structural support to high-end glass structures with point fixing constructed out of stainless steel. These fixings absorb and distribute the dynamic and static loads of the glass structure throughout the building, ensuring that the spider glass construction are safe and efficient.
The cable spider glazing uses specified suspension cables to support the glass and spider hardware. Its flexible and contemporary design is suitable for creating a variety of canopies and frameless glass entrances. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Laurie LeBreton’s new exhibit at the Art Center is whimsical yet technically intricate. Her mobile hanging series, Joyful Noise, consists of three beautiful and airy pieces. The middle work is shaped a bit like a jelly fish with beads hanging from multi-colored strands in the center of a ring. The movement in this piece as a whole almost makes you forget to inspect all of the smaller details that add to its complexity. The other two works in this series hold a similar animated quality. The long strands of handmade abaca paper in the farthest piece are also used in some of the artist’s larger works.
LeBreton’s larger pieces are composed of small patches of the abaca paper that are dyed mainly as neutral earth tones. By threading these individual pieces together, the artist creates something much more powerful. One of these works is called This One’s for All of Us. The title gives the impression that the message lies in collective efforts having more influence than individual efforts.
One such effort that LeBrenton seems to emphasize in her work is sustainability. One of the mobile pieces in the Joyful Noise series makes this especially evident. Made of repurposed aluminum cans and more handmade paper, this piece shows the beauty in reused materials. Overall, LeBreton’s work gets more and more captivating as each piece adds its own dimension to the installation as a whole.
Paula Froehle’s work on currently on display has an elegantly dark narrative, created with delicate materials and minimalistic compositions. The black thread weaved through transparent cloth resembles a fine line drawing. While each piece looks 2 dimensional from a far, the closer you get to the piece, the more it pops off the wall. The organic folds of the fabric add dimension to each piece, and contrast the harsh black thread. The natural sunlight from the windows hits each piece in such a way to create a shadow effect, adding depth and dimension to the piece. “Care” was the first piece that caught my eye. The expression in it really jumped out at me- it was a piece I had to stop and look at for a while to feel like I understood it. The way the mother is cradling her child with her eyes down reveals a sorrow that is only known to the mother. The child seems unaware of their mother’s pain, expressing how care is unconditional, and a parent has to be nurturing to their child no matter what mental state they are in. The shadow effect from the sunlight created a soft outline of the thread, contrasting the sharp, thin thread in front of it. I loved the vertical composition and minimalistic aesthetic it has- I can totally picture it as a wall hanging in a home.
Some of the smaller, circular pieces composed in circular wooden frames show only eyes on the cloth. These eye pieces are the only ones with color, making them striking and forcing the viewer to step closer and take in all of the details. This recurring theme makes me wonder what Froehle’s angle was with this choice, and got me thinking about how these eyes tie in to the rest of her work. It’s interesting because in the larger full body pieces, the eyes aren’t highlighted as a focal point- they’re even excluded from some of the pieces. I interpret this as the extent to which we allow ourselves to open up and be vulnerable. If eyes are the window to the soul, we have to pick and choose who we allow in.
I overall love Froehle’s style, and I would be curious to hear her speak about the narrative and emotion behind these works.
Deborah Hirshfield’s stunning and unique use of fibers is what originally drew me into her exhibit. A running motif in the exhibit are the bodies constructed out of silk. These bodies, in combination with her other manipulation of materials, create an almost graphic feel to these 3D works, sparking a lot of intrigue within the viewer. This fabulously executed graphic quality also reinforces the emphasis on the themes Hirshfield is communicating.
Her work explores the ways in which gender and sex interact with power, and what that interaction means in relation to one’s autonomy. She is extremely skillful in her execution of both themes and visuals, consistently prompting the viewer to not only reflect upon their own experiences with gender and sex, but to dive further in that reflection. Her work leads to a contemplation of one’s own position of power and/or lack of power in a larger system that determines bodily autonomy. People in positions of privilege and power are awarded the ability to govern others’ bodies, and this power allows for others to be stripped of any control over their own body. Hirschfield’s work actively validates and empowers those who have had their autonomy stolen, and exposes the abuse of privilege and power that has enabled for this oppression to occur. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Mapping Small Water Systems with Free Google Earth Pro Desktop
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Date & Time:
The Mapping Small Water Systems with Free Google Earth Pro Desktop training will be held on the following date and time:
June 11 | 2:00PM-4:00PM
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· How to edit, save, and share your Google Earth maps with project team members and the public
The recommended audience includes operators, managers and board members who make future water treatment decisions.
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This article will take you through Homecoming Dress fashion trends and help you choose a gown that will project both confidence and elegance. In high school life, Homecoming Dance is a highly anticipated event that marks the beginning of a new school year and the farewell to graduates. And on this special night, girls hope to appear in the most perfect image.
Review history, lead fashion
Homecoming Dance has its roots in an American tradition that originated in college football games in the early 20th century. The extravaganza became a way to celebrate and bond alumni, as well as give students a chance to showcase themselves. And Homecoming Dress has naturally become a stage for girls to show off their demeanor and pursue fashion. The history of Homecoming Dress can be traced back to the 1950s, when fluffy stage skirts and gorgeous gowns were popular, emphasizing women’s elegant curves and romanticism. In the 1960s and 1970s, popular styles became more diverse, such as psychedelic prints and retro designs that catered to the pop culture of the time.
Classic styles never go out of style. Opt for a fitted slip dress or an vestido de una línea with a nipped-in waist that will show off your slender figure without losing elegance and style. Off-the-shoulder designs are one of the hottest trends this year. This design can show your neckline and shoulder curve, giving people a sexy and noble feeling. At Homecoming dress, you can go bold with some sequins and sparkle elements. A gown embellished with sequins catches the eye and creates a radiant effect. If you want to show up in a star-like style, opt for a faux red carpet gown. This style usually has long skirts, exquisite tailoring and ornate details, which give a sense of opulence and luxury.
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Symbolizing enthusiasm and confidence, red is a classic yet striking color. No importa el estilo que elijas, a red gown can make you stand out from the crowd. Black is a timeless and classic color that suits almost any occasion. Choosing a black dress can show your restraint and mystery, giving people a mature and elegant impression. Blue represents calm and freshness, it is a gentle and elegant color. Whether you choose dark blue, sky blue or lake blue, it can add softness and romance to your image. Pink is a symbol of girlhood and tenderness, suitable for girls who like sweet styles. A pink homecoming dress can show your femininity and cuteness.
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As our society becomes more connected, online dating across nationalities is becoming more and more common. This is both a blessing and a challenge, mainly because different cultures have different approaches to interactions and love. On this page, we will explore a few of the unique challenges and benefits of internet dating in different ethnicities.
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A conversation with the father/grandfather of family friends was about the need of intellectuals in politics. If he meant intellectual as in a natural philosopher which we typically refer to now as scientists, then I would agree. Then again, I really like the flow of try, analyze results, and determine if successful or not. Also, the idea of double blind testing and other measures to achieve objectivity. These are all things rarely seen in politics.
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The Carlos Sainz-Red Bull rumours continue to rumble on after his father Carlos Sainz Sr. has been confirmed as Ford's factory driver for the American manufacturer's 2025 Dakar programme.
After Ferrari elected not to continue with Carlos Sainz and sign seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton instead for 2025, there have been many speculations revolving around the Spaniard's future team. The three-time F1 race winner appears to have plenty of options elsewhere on the grid and is one of the most sought-after racers right now given his experience and current form.
There are a plethora of teams who are understood to have already been fighting for Sainz's signature. The most obvious choice seems to be Audi which will take over Sauber's F1 entry from 2026, but Mercedes and Red Bull are also understood to be a possible future team for Sainz.
The fact that the Spaniard does not look to be in a rush to sign a contract for next year suggests that he really has several options on the table to chose from for 2025.
With his father, Sainz Sr. having just been confirmed as Ford's factory driver for the 2025 Dakar Rally, speculations have started to rumble on again that the Ferrari driver might be on the way to join Red Bull as of next year.
The Spaniard was also part of the Red Bull Junior Team programme, and started his career in Red Bull's junior outfit, Toro Rosso. He left the Red Bull family after the energy drink company-owned team elected to promote Max Verstappen into their senior outfit.
However, with Ford set to join forces with Red Bull when the sport introduced the new generation of power units in 2026, the Spaniard might secure a race seat at Red Bull next year.
New car and line-up revealed
Ford has revealed the Ford Raptor with which the car giant will contest the 2025 Dakar Rally. The American company has also confirmed the drivers who will get behind the wheel of the new car.
Carlos Sainz will return to Ford as he seeks his fifth Dakar Rally title. Ford's second car will be driven by two-time Dakar winner Nani Roma, who will extend his partnership with Ford after having competed in the 2024 Dakar with a Ford M-Sport T1+ Ranger.
“The scale of our ambitions in off-road racing are unparalleled in Ford’s recent history and nothing is more clear in that ambition than our challenge to take the Ford Raptor to the legendary Dakar rally,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director, Ford Performance Motorsport.
“Taking on such an enormous challenge requires the best engineers, designers, team members, navigators and drivers, and in Nani Roma and Carlos Sainz Sr, we have two of the most experienced and successful drivers in Dakar history. The Ford Raptor is already showing promising signs in testing and having two of the best drivers in the world with us for the ride gives us confidence for the continued development of the truck.”
Speaking of Sainz sr., M-Sport Director Matthew Wilson said:“Carlos is a legend of our sport and one of the most successful drivers across all formats of off-road racing. His decision to return to Ford and M-Sport after so many years is a huge boost for the team and it is great to have him back in the extended Ford family ready to take on the huge challenge that Dakar presents. With testing well underway, we have a great chance now to learn from the best and push the development of the Ford Raptor forward even further.” | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
Recently, Haining City was awarded the title of “China Textile Industry Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone” by the China Textile and Apparel Industry Federation, the only one in the country.
The fashion industry is Haining City’s traditional advantageous industry. It is also an industry that is in urgent need and enriches the people. After years of development, Haining City’s fashion industry has formed a large-scale industry with high industrial agglomeration, excellent product quality and wide industrial influence. With its development characteristics, it has been awarded the honorary titles of “China Textile Industry Base”, “China’s Famous Warp Knitting City”, “China’s High-Quality Original Fashion Base” and “China’s High-Quality Socks Industry Base”.
Last year, the city’s fashion industry achieved an industrial output value of 73.721 billion yuan, employing more than 200,000 people. Haining has been exploring how the fashion industry can bravely serve as a model for high-quality development and common prosperity.
In the past year, Haining City completed the preparation of the province’s first county-level “Special Plan for the Development of Fashion Industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan” and formulated and issued the “Haining City Fashion Industry High-Quality Development Action Plan” (2021-2025)” and “Haining Fashion Industry Industry-Education Integration Alliance Deepening Promotion Action Plan” etc. proposed the “Double Thousands and Double Hundreds” work goals. “Double Thousands” means that the total output value of the fashion industry exceeds 100 billion yuan, and the total output value exceeds 100 billion yuan. There are more than 1,000 enterprises. “Double Hundred” means the introduction and cultivation of 100 well-known designers and 100 new brands. It clarifies the implementation of six major actions: innovation leadership, corporate transformation, brand building, digital empowerment, platform improvement, and influence expansion. ” work measures to enhance the leadership of the fashion industry by focusing on top-level design.
At the same time, we will pay close attention to enterprise cultivation and carry out the selection of the first batch of “Pilot Enterprises” and “Hundred Enterprises”. Currently, the application and expert review procedures have been completed, and 7 “Leading Enterprises” and “Hundred Enterprises” have been selected. “22 companies, further enhancing the competitiveness of the fashion industry.
In addition, efforts will be made to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of leather, warp knitting, home textile and other industries to create a 100-billion fashion industry cluster. The relevant person in charge of the Haining Fashion Office said that this year will continue to make full progress and take solid steps in building a fashion industry pioneer zone and demonstration zone that is domestically leading, has industry core competitiveness and international influence. | CC-MAIN-2024-51 |
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Today (10 December 2015) Ofsted has published a state of the nation picture of foster care provision in England.
The annual statistics (April 2014 to March 2015) take a broad look at fostering provision across the country. They include data on children, their characteristics, experiences and safeguarding; capacity, including types of places and occupancy rates; foster carers, including ethnicity and training; recruitment and retention of foster carers; as well as complaints and allegations of misconduct.
The data allows for comparison between local authority and independent fostering services as well as by region. The inspectorate received responses from 152 local authority fostering services and 293 independent fostering agencies.
Key findings include:
- more children and young people were in foster care: there were 85,890 children and young people placed in foster case over the time period, an increase of 2% from 2013/14
- there were fewer fostering households overall, but more family and friends' households: there were 36,890 fostering households, a decrease of 1% from the same date in 2014. In the same period, the number of family and friends' households increased by 6% to 4,145
- more young people remained living with their foster carer after their 18th birthday: there were 1,790 young people aged 18 and still living with their foster carers in 2014/15 under 'Staying Put' arrangements - this was an increase of 2% from the previous year
- more children were recorded as missing from placements and going missing more often: there were 5,055 children recorded as missing in 2014/15, an increase of 19% from the previous year. The number of times that children were recorded as going missing increased by 29% to 17,175.
For the first time, Ofsted also asked services for data on child sexual exploitation (CSE) and children in foster care. 3% of children and young people were reported as being at risk of CSE during the year (2,690), while 1% were reported to be subject to it (865).
Ofsted's National Director for Social Care, Eleanor Schooling, said:
'This publication includes a wealth of data on local authority and independent fostering services, which we hope will contribute to the overall understanding and improvement of the system.
'The slight rise in children being placed in foster care again shows that it continues to be a valued choice of care for vulnerable young people, but also the ongoing need to recruit and retain more foster carers to meet increasing demand. We know that many children go on to have vastly improved outcomes from the care and support they receive.
'Young people tell us that the transition to independence can be a difficult time, so it's heartening to see a rise in the number remaining with their foster carers past the age of 18. This affords much needed stability at an important stage in their lives.
'We continue to see an increase in the number and frequency of children in foster care who go missing. While the rise may be a result of better recording and awareness from services, this remains an issue of concern given the grave risks associated with children who go missing.'
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Bishop Ken Untener
This is what a Unitarian Universalist religious education strives to do – plant seeds, nurture them, wait, and hope. We do our best to help our children grow with a sense of our common ideals as expressed in our UU Principles so that they will continue on the way to creating a better world for all. But we must also let go once we have done our best and allow the future to unfold as it will. Our hopes and expectations go with the children.
Vicki Merriam, Director of Religious Education
RE Calendar, September:
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15 – RE begins, “KidSpace”; New beginnings celebration; we’ll create a mural to showcase our expectations for the year. Followed by Sunday Social for everyone. Bring a harvest dish to share.
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FlexSystem is delighted to be honored with the “Partner Employer Award” consecutively from Hong Kong General Chamber of Small and Medium Business, in recognition of the dedicated commitment to hire local tertiary graduates over the past year. Students can gain practical working experience for the development of professionalism.
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The company made $504 million for the first quarter ended 31 August, up 2 percent from a year ago.
"We are pleased with Cargill's strong start to the new fiscal year," said Warren Staley, Cargill chairman and chief executive officer. "Given the volatility in many of the markets in which we participate, it was a solid beginning to what promises to be a challenging year."
The solid results come on the back of a number of recent acquisitions. Cargill's agreement for example to purchase Degussa Food Ingredients, a business unit of global specialty chemicals company Degussa, was announced on 9 September.
The Degussa unit supplies flavors, texturants and bioactive units under its performance materials division. Flavoring systems target the food, dairy and beverage markets while the texturant arm supplies formulations based on hydrocolloids, blends and lecithins.
Of particular note, the acquisition includes Degussa's strong pectin position, and so fits snugly next to Cargill's recent purchase of pectin supplier Citrico.
For Cargill, the agreed US$670 million Degussa deal represents a cornerstone investment. The acquisition should enable the ambitious US firm - which posted sales of $71 billion last year - to carve out a stronger position as a one-stop supplier for food ingredients.
The completion of the acquisition is pending regulatory review.
Cargill's first-quarter earnings were also positively influenced by the strength of its risk management and financial operations. Other large contributors included the origination and processing segment, which connects users and producers of grains, oilseeds, sugar and other commodities, and its animal nutrition, poultry processing and corn-based sweeteners businesses, all of which operate worldwide.
Staley also claimed that Cargill's facilities in the Louisiana Gulf came through Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall three days before the company's first quarter ended, and Rita, almost four weeks later, in relatively good shape.
"Our team took preparatory steps before each storm struck and worked around-the-clock afterward to account for everyone's safety, get our facilities up and running and re-establish service to customers both offshore and up the river," he said.
Cargill is a part of the ongoing efforts by grain exporters, allied industries and many federal, state and local government entities to restore operations in the lower Mississippi River and Center Gulf region. The company is also managing closely its exposure to costs for refined oil products and natural gas.
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