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New Delhi, October 3, 2022: Sachin Dave, Former Senior Editor with The Economic Times (ET) has joined Thomson Reuters today as Asia Editor for Asian Legal Business (ALB), a platform aimed at corporate legal coverage.
This newly created role will oversee the flagship ALB Asia title, along with ALB Japan and ALB India. ALB focusses on sharp news, features and opinions aimed at the corporate lawyers and those looking to keep abreast of the legal fraternity and the changes in the global law.
Sachin was formerly senior editor with ET in Mumbai and was responsible for tracking corporate finance, consultancies, corporate law, digital economy and financial frauds. Prior to joining ET, Sachin has worked with organisations such as The Times of India, The Indian Express and Hindustan Times.
As Asia Editor he will set the editorial agenda, assign and guide writers on stories, edit and proofread content, rewrite as needed.
“The editor will oversee the production process and ensure deadlines are met. Responsibilities also include assisting in the production of videos and podcasts,” a Thomson Reuters job posting for the role said.
Sachin has joined the team headed by Ranajit Dam. Ranajit Dam is the managing editor of Thomson Reuters’ Legal Media Group and is based in Singapore. He heads editorial teams with members based in India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing and Manila.
Thomson Reuters is said to be expanding its India presence drastically and has been roping in high profile journalists and editors.
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Regence joins health officials warning of vaping dangers and encouraging end to e-cigarette use
Severe pulmonary disease cases related to e-cigarette use have been reported nationwide, and there have been 13 deaths, including two in Oregon.
Updated Oct. 4, 2019
Medical professionals nationwide are warning the public about the dangers of vaping tobacco and marijuana after a recent surge in severe lung disease cases. Thirteen people across the U.S. have died from vaping-related lung illnesses, including two people in Oregon. On Oct. 4, 2019, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced a six-month ban on flavored vaping products.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a notice asking the public to stop using all forms of e-cigarette products until more information is determined about the health impacts of vaping. The health crisis has struck more than 800 people, with severe pulmonary disease cases being reported in 46 states, according to the CDC. The Trump administration is also reportedly considering a ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
Regence medical experts strongly agree with the CDC recommendation to stop e-cigarette use.
“Due to the recent surge in severe cases and how much we still simply do not know about vaping and its effects, anyone who continues to use e-cigarettes is putting their health in danger,” said Dr. Cheryl Pegus, president of consumer solutions and chief medical officer for Regence. “The smartest advice at this point is to simply avoid vaping altogether.”
Dr. Drew Oliveira, executive medical director at Regence, recently spoke with Q13 FOX about the risks of vaping, particularly for young people. "It's rampant" among young people under the age of 18, he said. "It's a significant public health issue. And these are only the acute effects. We still don't know the long-term outcomes."
Health experts cannot yet determine which substance or substances in e-cigarette liquid are causing lung injury. The CDC has created a website to provide up-to-date information on its findings.
Regence members who use e-cigarettes or are considering quitting are encouraged to contact their primary care provider about support, information or programs that can help. Medications including Bupropion (tobacco cessation formulation), Chantix® (varenicline) and Nicotrol® nasal spray or inhalers may be covered options under your health insurance.
Many community-based tobacco cessation programs are also offered free of charge and provide significant support to help people quit.
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The University of Western Ontario continues to forge ties to higher education in Africa, partnering with two universities to assist in strengthening their strategic plans to better deal with external stakeholders, such as government bodies.
Professors Herman Musahara, vice-rector academic at the National University of Rwanda, and Suleman Okech, academic registrar with the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, spent the last two weeks at Western meeting with a variety of individuals from Research Western and WORLDiscoveries to external partners such as Trojan Technologies and Trudell Medical.
The partnership was forged through the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Association of African Universities, through a $2 million agreement with the Canadian International Development Agency. In total, 15 partnerships were created across Canadian and African post secondary institutions.
In the areas of teaching and research, Okech hopes to improve his university’s ability to recognize the needs of society and the development of his nation. The idea of creating combined degrees at his university is something Western can assist him with.
“We have to put up structures, as a university, that can integrate and interface teaching, research and outreach programs to create the technology transfer aspect,” he says. “It’s going to help us identify and learn from The University of Western Ontario how they have done it – as well as identify some strengths and some weaknesses they could have had along the way – and relate them to our situation and see how we can, or need, to modify it for our situation. There’s always room for improvement.”
Along with improving relationships with governments, the need to strengthen partnerships with industry, commerce and individual citizens and groups is also on the agenda.
“What you do here in Canada is affecting us, and what we do in Africa is doing is affecting you,” Okech says. “Climate change, for example. For us to collaborate with Canada on this and do an effective job, we have to be at the same level. That is what we are aiming at for the long term.”
The Richard Ivey School of Business, in particular professor Oana Branzei, have also contributed case studies to assist the African institutions.
“We are talking about how to reach our lecturers and our students,” Musahara adds. “This part of the world you have the challenge of making the university move away from the ivory tower. We are getting to learn from tested methods.
“The problems are similar back home.”
Psychology professor and former provost and vice-president (academic) Greg Moran says this recent visit was more a partnership than a teacher/student relationship.
“It’s a collaboration, with so many of us coming together and sharing our different experiences and backgrounds,” Moran says. “It’s amazing how the themes are the same for our universities, even though the context and details of our universities are different. We share common problems, common themes and of course common objectives.”
Moran adds the two African universities have accomplished amazing things with a resource situation entirely different than our own, along with much, much more challenging circumstances and expectations of their local communities. For example, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology has grown from 3,000 students a decade ago to 22,000 today.
“I can’t even imagine that. We think we’ve have pheniminal growth here, but it doesn’t compare,” Moran says. “We have a lot to learn from simply understanding more about how they have managed to do that.”
Moran, Branzie and Paul Paolatto, WORLDiscoveries executive director, plan a trip to Africa in November to continue the partnership.
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Starting on November 21, Canyons Burger Company is introducing a new Fall Menu Promotion, and as part of that promotion comes the new CampFIRE Burger. Although the campfire Burger is a new introduction, it is prepared with Canyon’s traditional 100% fresh Black Angus patty topped with Jalapeno Bacon, Cheddar Cheese and Chipotle mayo, which all comes sandwiched in a Canyon’s specialty bun. And best of all, the price is only $5.99.
This all-new gourmet Burger comes with their new Fresh Cut French Fries and a Smores milkshake. The price of this package is $10.99.
Nick Binnings, Canyon’s Chief Operating Officer, raved about the new CampFIRE Burger. He said, “This burger is an excellent limited time edition to the Canyon’s Menu. Jalapeno Bacon paired with our 100% fresh Black Angus patty will be sure to warm guests’ taste buds with its zesty flavors.”
Canyons Burger Company has been in business for a long time, but it has really been making waves on its operational side since it was acquired by Growth Concepts Inc. earlier this summer.
The company has renegotiated its vendor and supplier contracts, and after identifying alternative products, Canyons reduced their Cost of Goods Sold by a wide margin.
Binnings said, “We are extremely excited and pleased with the efforts made thus far. Canyons Burger Company has increased the quality of several products and still saved money.”
About Canyons Burger Company
As shown in its recent press release, Canyons Burger Company puts a focus on fresh high-quality ingredients, around an active outdoor lifestyle. Canyons uses 100% fresh Black Angus Beef in their specialty burgers.
There are also a number of vegetarian options for those who do not light or cannot eat red meat. They also serve premium white meat hand-battered chicken tenders, and you can ask for these cooked to order.
Canyons is a great local company and is very active in its support for the local community. They spends time assisting local school athletic programs.
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Finally revealing the micro SaaS I've been working on
Getting from idea to shipped in public
I’ve hinted my my last issue that I’m working on a SaaS and posted on X quite a few times, but I didn’t reveal yet what I was working on.
I was not looking for a huge idea, but I wanted a micro SaaS that I could get built and deployed quickly, and talk about it in public while I’m building it. Once I have at least one app done, I can try other ideas more easily and use it to test new technologies.
The idea came from an issue I had in a previous project. There were various text snippets in the app for things such as quick tips and announcement bars that changed frequently. The people editing them would be marketing and business people, so you can’t just have them poking in Git to edit the app and re-deploy it to production.
A headless blog is also overkill there: the only thing really needed there is to be able to organize those snippets and query them all, individually or with a list of tags. The app requesting the snippet can then style them to fit with the rest of the application.
So I’m building a tool to manage Markdown snippets with a good editor, and an API to query them in both JSON and HTML. I can then leverage this tool in my next projects if I want to include a very simple blogs or other marketing assets without coding an editor every time.
Would a tool like this be useful for you? Is there anything else you’d need to manage this kind of assets?
Ways I can help you
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In Tucumán, the appeal hearing requested by Abiel Osorio, José Florentín Bobadilla and Braian Cufréthe three footballers of Velez accused of sexual abuse against a 24-year-old girl, a measure that led to her being placed under house arrest. The day took place in a closed-door debate, in which the parties involved and their legal representatives fought for a favorable decision, which ultimately did not materialize.
After several hours of deliberation, the judge Laura Giulietta Casas he finally established it Athletes will continue to be detained in the province. This resolution came after a series of arguments presented by the defenders of Cufré and Osorio, who had requested the release of their clients, as well as by Bobadilla’s lawyers. Ernesto Baaclini, representing goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa, instead chose not to appeal the previous decision issued by judge Eliana Gómez Moreira.
During the hearing, defense professionals questioned Judge Gómez Moreira’s motives, arguing that alleged inconsistencies in the victim’s testimony had not been taken into consideration. In the debate, which lasted almost four hours, Prosecutor Eugenia María Posse vigorously rejected the defenders’ request so that the players continue the trial in freedom. Before this intervention, the defenders explained for more than an hour the reasons why their clients should have been released.
Subsequently it was the turn of the victim, who firmly opposed the release of the accused. The young woman would have considered it unfair that Cufré, Osorio and Bobadilla could remain in their homes, perhaps enjoying comforts while they were tied to the trial. Furthermore, you expressed your fear about the possibility of meeting the accused, despite the restrictions of house arrest.
The prisoners’ defenders had asked for the trial to continue in freedom, suggesting that the players remain in Buenos Aires to avoid any contact with the victim. However, Judge Casas’ decision confirmed that the Vélez athletes will remain under house arrest.
After four days of intense waiting, Goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa is still awaiting release in the context of the sexual abuse case of which he is accused. Judge Eliana Gómez Moreira ordered his release, on a condition that sparked controversy: a bail of 50 million dollars.
The court’s decision states that Sosa will have to pay this large sum to leave the cell he has occupied for the last week in the former Investigative Brigade. The bond can be guaranteed with different types of assets, from properties to legally registered vehicles and boats. To speed up the procedures, lawyer Baaclini offered a sum of 50,000 dollars.
However, the magistrate asked the defender to demonstrate the origin of the funds offered. Furthermore, he consulted the parties involved in the process. Prosecutor Posse reportedly did not file any objections, while plaintiffs Juan Andrés Robles and Patricia Neme expressed their rejection of the proposal. Faced with this situation, Baaclini presented a new brief to the magistrate, urging him to resolve the situation as soon as possible. Uncertainty remains pending the final decision.
Jason Root is the go-to source for sports coverage at News Rebeat. With a passion for athletics and an in-depth knowledge of the latest sports trends, Jason provides comprehensive and engaging analysis of the world of sports.
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Manchester council has successfully bid for £51.6m from the government’s housing infrastructure fund.
The money will be used to deliver 5,500 homes for the first stage of the Northern Gateway project, the largest residential-led regeneration project in the UK.
According to the council, in the next 15-20 years the project will deliver 15,000 homes, 3,000 of which will be affordable.
The initial funding will be used to help address the core infrastructure constraints of the site and help to deliver walking and cycling routes.
The project will connect seven new and emerging neighbourhoods through green spaces and public squares.
Cllr Suzanne Richards, Manchester City Council’s executive member for housing and regeneration, said: ‘Confirmation that we have been successful in our bid for Housing Investment Funding is incredibly welcome.
‘This will mean we can overcome a number of major infrastructure hurdles that currently limit the development opportunities in the Northern Gateway area, and will unlock land for new housing, including a significant number of affordable homes.
‘The Gateway project is beginning to build a real head of steam and it’s exciting to see the building blocks of this ambitious project come together.
‘In the meantime, we will continue to work closely with residents to ensure they are central to the conversation as we begin to move towards the delivery of new homes for Manchester.’
Tom Fenton, project director at FEC, said: ‘Many people have worked incredibly hard on this bid to Government and this announcement is the perfect catalyst to unlock momentum and become the basis for further strategic investment. We are really pleased that the Government have shown confidence in our collective ability to deliver and it’s a real vote of confidence for the project and we can’t wait to get started.’
In related news, earlier this year, Chris Ogden investigated for New Start why Manchester is grappling with what to do with its public squares.
Photo Credit – Northern Gateway Project
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A police inspector was arrested on Friday by Gujarat Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly demanding and accepting an iPhone 16 Professional value Rs 1.44 lakh as a bribe from a gasoline supplier, an official mentioned.
The accused, Dinesh Kubavat, is hooked up to Marine police station at Dholai port in Navsari district, the official added.
“He was caught red-handed whereas accepting the iPhone 16 Professional machine from the complainant, who’s a licensed supplier of Mild Diesel Oil (LDO) and sells gasoline to boat homeowners at Dholai port,” he mentioned.
“Kubavat had just lately requested the supplier to satisfy him on the Marine police station with a licence and different paperwork associated to his enterprise. In the course of the assembly, he threatened the complainant that his enterprise could be shut if he didn’t give a bribe. The Navsari unit of ACB held him in a lure laid in his police station chamber,” the official mentioned.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
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Coveside House Wren Bird House
Pickup available at Newtown Feed
Usually ready in 2-4 days
Invite the fun antics and pleasing melodies of house wrens into your backyard garden with the Coveside House Wren Bird House. These active songbirds grace your yard with their songs throughout the day, and remain busy creating a multitude of nests, with females deciding the nest they like best and roosting there. This home offers the perfect shelter for these small, feathered friends, with its slanted roof featuring a significant overhang to protect the interior of the house from precipitation, while ventilation slots on either side of the roof keep the interior temperature regulated and comfortable. Angled corners on the base of the home offer drainage, and the 1" diameter entry hole lends fabulous protection for wrens within the roost, preventing larger birds and predators from accessing the cavity. The durable, rough hewn pine construction allows nestlings to garner a secure grip when they are exiting the nest, and one side panel lifts upward for easy cleaning and regular nest checks. The 0.75" thick wood aids in insulating the home, with the light tone of the unfinished pine keeping it cool throughout hotter summer months. This wonderful shelter will age to a graceful gray hue over time and with exposure to the elements, enhancing its natural beauty and offering a unique appearance as time passes, and a metal hanger at the top of the item and predrilled hole near the base allow it to be post or tree mounted with ease. Offer a comfortable and safe roost to backyard wrens with this House Wren Bird House. Made in the USA.
Opening: 1" dia.
Dimensions: 8.25"L x 5.75"W x 12.5"H
Mounting: tree or post mount
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Our Money-back Guarantee is a no-nonsense approach to helping you grow your gym. If you join the Academy any time during this promotion and don’t see substantial growth within 90 days, we’ll give you your money back! All you have to do is meet the following four criteria:
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To maintain the best quality standards, Next Gen limits the number of Academy members we provide coaching to each year.
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Vietnamese student receives $67K fellowship for his research on antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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Niagara Ina Grafton Gage Village is dedicated to fostering quality of life for our clients through the provision of services that address the needs of the individual.
At Ina Grafton Gage Niagara, we offer a wide range of services to enhance the lives of our residents. From Assisted Living and Pastoral Care to Food Services, we prioritize comfort and well-being. Convenient amenities such as the Timeless Hair Salon, offers affordable services. We partner with external services to bring many services directly to the home for our residents convenience. Don’t forget to visit “The Nifty Nook,” our gift shop and tuck shop, offering essential items, cards, and thoughtful gifts for residents and their loved ones.
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The Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, Commonwealth 2A, and four individuals recently filed a lawsuit against Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox over what the plaintiffs describe as “ substantial and untenable delays ” in the police department’s processing of concealed carry applications.
The lawsuit argues that when the Wuhan virus pandemic emerged in March 2020, the police department’s Licensing Division stopped processing applications and refused to accept new applications. On top of that, when the division resumed operations, thousands of applicants were stuck in a backlog that lasted several months.
SAF and Commonwealth 2A filed a lawsuit against the police commissioner in 2021. At the time, the case was settled via mediation, with the Boston Police Department agreeing to get up to the pace on the applications and work through the backlog by October 2021.
Currently, the plaintiffs indicated that the department is using the same delays, subjecting applicants to a […]
Controlling Protein Is One of the Globalists’ Primary Goals
Between the globalists, corporate interests, and our own government, the food supply is being targeted from multiple angles. It isn’t just silly regulations and misguided subsidies driving natural foods away. Bird flu, sabotaged food processing plants, mysterious deaths of entire cattle herds, arson attacks, and an incessant push to make climate change the primary consideration for all things are combining for a perfect storm to exacerbate the ongoing food crisis.
The primary target is protein. Specifically, they’re going after beef as the environmental boogeyman. They want us eating vegetable-based proteins, lab-grown meat, or even bugs instead of anything that walked the pastures of America. This is why we launched a long-term storage prepper beef company that provides high-quality food that’s shelf-stable for up to 25-years.
At Prepper All-Naturals, we believe Americans should be eating real food today and into the future regardless of what the powers-that-be demand of us. We will never use lab-grown beef. We will never allow our cattle to be injected with mRNA vaccines. We will never bow to the draconian diktats of the climate change cult.
Visit Prepper All-Naturals and use promo code “veterans25” to get 25% off plus free shipping on Ribeye, NY Strip, Tenderloin, and other high-quality cuts of beef. It’s cooked sous vide, then freeze dried and packaged with no other ingredients, just beef. Stock up for the long haul today.
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Your Gateway to Timeless Beauty
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Love2Learn Mom, a home-schooler and blogger in Wisconsin at Studeo is slowly wading through G. K. Chesterton, and feeling guilty that it is not going faster. I should be reading that too.
As I mentioned in a comment on the American Chesterton Society Blog, I've been rather slowly plodding my way through The Everlasting Man. As a matter of fact, I've finished three other Chesterton books since I first started this one, but I'm finally making some real progress.
It's an interesting book and I really like it, but I find that I lose the thread of thought more easily with this one than with Heretics or Orthodoxy, for example. So I was excited to hear on the ACS Blog that an Annoted Edition is in the works (though I certainly hope it doesn't take me THAT long to finish my first read-through!). I'm beginning to suspect that by the time I finish my first read through, I'll have actually read the book about three times. :)
In any case, there are a few parts so far that I found interesting and/or funny that I want to take note of here...
There is unfortunately one fallacy here into which it is very easy for men to fall, even those who are most intelligent and perhaps especially those who are most imaginative. It is the fallacy of supposing that because an idea is greater in the sense of larger, therefore it is greater in the sense of more fundamental and fixed and certain (page 69 in the Dodd & Mead edition, 1949)I would have to quote a lot here to show what he's explaining here. He gives a lot of examples from history, but I found the concept really interesting and I want to go back and take another peek at it later.
Real research is more and more exalting the ancient civilisation ofEurope and especially of what we may still vaguely call the Greeks. It must be understood in the sense that there were Greeks before the Greeks, as in so many of their mythologies there were gods before the gods. The island of Crete was the centre of civilisation now called Minoan, after the Minoas who lingered in ancient legend and whose labyrinth was actually discovered by modern archeology. This elaborate European society, with its harbours and its drainage and its domestic machinery, seems to have gone down before some invasion of its northern neighbours, who made or inherited the Hellas we know in history. But that earlier period did not pass till it had given to the world gifts so great that the world has ever since been striving in vain to repay them, if only by plagiarism. (page 78) [snip] Read More
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A Nottingham student has designed wall panels with living moss to reduce air pollution.
Jack Johnson says his creation will allow the moss to remove gases such as carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide from the air in stuffy urban offices.
His idea is to save money for businesses by replacing classic office plants with the innovative and inexpensive alternative, which he says has the same benefits.
Jack said: “I developed the concept in order to combat the problem of air pollution within office spaces in congested cities around the world.
“I was particularly inspired by the smog that affects Beijing, which is especially bad at the start of the year.”
High levels of air pollution can cause serious health risks such as illnesses like asthma and even lung cancer in severe cases.
James Dale, principal lecturer, BA Product Design, Nottingham Trent University, said: “The unique moss wall panels are decorative as well as functional and it would be great to see his project put into wider production.“
The panels will include ‘foamcrete’ which is scattered between the moss, and the design was inspired by a Chinese room divider.
Top contributors to air pollution
- Radiation – Heat which can be emitted from different electronics like laptops and mobile phones
- Methane – Cars and electronic appliances produce gases like carbon monoxide but livestock, plant and human decay also produce methane
- Cooking on firewood – Dangerous practice as burning of wood emits a lot of toxic substances
- Pesticides – Mainly seen in the agricultural and farming sectors, although not completely limited to them
- Smoke from industry – Factories are the major causes of pollution of any kind
The panels need just a light misting with water to keep the moss alive and each one is around 45cm x 45cm in size, which neutralises 4.92m3 of polluted air.
The invention will be exhibited at Nottingham Trent University’s Degree Show, which will be held at the university’s city site between June 4 and 11.
Last month the world’s leading health body warned that Nottingham’s air pollution is at harmful levels.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) ranked the city as one of the worst offenders in the UK, with levels of pollution above the recommended safe levels.
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Thriving to provide an international experience in terms of cafés and coffee culture
Barista Coffee Company, that started in 2000, has recently launched its new range of refreshing beverages that are perfect for summers. These beverages are a perfect blend of flavours curated to suit all palate type, sure to meet consumers’ demand for cold beverages during summers.
The aim is to create one more mood point for the consumers so that they can indulge more with the brand with the new flavours including pineapple, honey, ginger and mojito. These newly launched beverages will be available for consumption across all outlets in India.
Speaking on the launch, Rajat Agrawal, CEO, Barista said, “Product Innovation has always been key to our success, we have expanded our product range over the years keeping in mind changing consumer preferences.”
Barista not only provides several types of coffee but also has diversified their menu with many eatables. Adding to their portfolio, they also cater to the consumers with products such as chocolates, coffee powder and cookies through their outlets and General Trade stores across pan India.
The brand discovered the brilliance of Italian coffee and introduced it to the Indian subcontinent at a time when coffee was considered a luxury. It is headquartered in New Delhi, and maintains outlets across India, and in other regional countries such as Sri Lanka, and Maldives.
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In May 2015, Wavertree, the last remaining and largest of the wrought-iron, full-rigged ships, was towed from her home at the South Street Seaport Museum across the bay to Staten Island. Carefully placed in dry dock, Wavertree was brought to Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Co., where this great relic of the once-ubiquitous sailing ships that plied their trade all over the world will receive $10 million worth of loving restoration.
Wavertree, built in Southampton by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., was launched as the 2,170-gt Southgate in 1885. The new ship was a twin-decker measuring 279 feet, with a 40-foot beam and a 24-foot draft.
The thinking was that square-rigged ships would be able to get around Cape Horn to Peru or Chile for the valuable nitrate trade. There was also a ready market for hauling rice and teak from Burma, and case oil from New York. These ships required no auxiliary power and had immense cargo capacity. Crews were disposable and operating costs were low. Yet, as Alan Villiers has written, “The big full-rigged ship could be brutish to tack, for the main and mizzen yards must be slung together at the right moment, or else. … These ships were apt to be hard-mouthed, sluggish, big bullocks to swing across the wind, mankillers for their small crews; and their long, open decks were awash in the terrible seas as they rolled down there off the Horn.”
Wavertree slogged on, understaffed and overworked, until 1910 when on her second approach in a few months to round Cape Horn, the main mast snapped and the ship, in danger of foundering, struggled back to the Falkland Islands. Unsalvageable, she was sold and towed to Punta Arenas to serve as a sand barge.
This ship was lucky, however. In the mid-1960s, Karl Kortum, founder of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, discovered the hulk and, with the help of Peter Stanford and Jakob Isbrandtsen of the newly formed South Street Seaport Museum, arranged to have the hull towed to Pier 16 on the East River. Then began years of volunteer restoration efforts that finally culminated in a $10 million donation that took the ship to Staten Island.
The ship will never sail again but will be a centerpiece at the South Street Seaport Maritime Museum.
Let’s join the skipper trying to round Cape Horn on Dec. 1, 1910 (use the 2016 Nautical Almanac). There are no sun sights for two days and gale-force winds from the west. Finally, the skipper gets a lower limb observation of the sun. His height of eye is 25 feet. The DR is 58° 16’ S by 65° 27’ W. The time of his observation is 14:30:15 GMT, and the HS is 50° 18’. What is the HO? Plot the line of position. What is the estimated position?
Note: This is an interesting observation because one can clearly see from the position of the sun line relative to the DR that the actual position of Wavertree was behind the dead reckoning position. This was not due to captain’s error but instead to the strong headwinds and current coming from the west that made headway for the ship difficult.
A. What is the Ho?
B. What is the intercept?
C. What is the EP?
A. Ho is 50° 28.5’
B. Intercept is 49.5 nm toward
C. The EP is 57° 22’ S by 64° 44’ W
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OCTAVA ENTERS EXPLORATION JV WITH FUTURE METALS OVER THE EAST KIMBERLEY NI-CU-PGM PROJECT
In January 2023, Octava announced that Octava Minerals Ltd and Future Metals NL have entered into an agreement providing Future Metals with a right to earn up to 70% interest in the Panton North and Copernicus North tenements, with Octava free-carried through to a decision to mine, by sole funding a minimum of A$2m of exploration and development over the next four years. Octava will also receive approximately $600,000 in Future Metals shares.
Future Metals are advancing their 100% owned flagship Panton Ni-Cu-PGM Project immediately to the south which has a current JORC Mineral Resource of 5.0Moz palladium, platinum and gold (“PGM3E“) and 238kt Ni.
Octava’s Managing Director Bevan Wakelam stated, “We are extremely pleased to have established this exploration joint venture with Future Metals which is a great outcome for both parties. Octava expects to benefit from Future Metals’ expertise in Ni-Cu-PGM sulphide exploration, together with its well-established infrastructure in the region, while the farm in provides Future Metals with additional highly prospective ground immediately adjacent to their significant JORC Mineral Resource.”
The East Kimberly Project comprises two tenements, the Panton North project and the Copernicus North project located in the Halls Creek Orogen, a Tier 1 nickel sulphide – PGM province. Both projects host ultramafic basal cumulates with strong nickel and copper geochemistry and with chonolith drill targets prospective for nickel sulphide and PGM mineralisation.
The Panton North project covers several nickel – copper and PGM prospective mafic-ultramafic
intrusions and is located immediately north of the Panton Sill PGM resource (5.0Moz PGM3E and 239kt Ni and 20kt Co) held by Future Metals Ltd (FME) and covers extensions of this same stratigraphy. In the western area of the tenement, a prospect called Panton West has been outlined with soil geochemistry with strongly anomalous values for palladium, nickel and copper. This geochemistry indicates a possible nickel sulphide environment and has not previously been drill tested.
The Copernicus North area is located to the north of the former Copernicus open cut nickel mine, and ~30km south of the operating Savannah nickel-copper-cobalt mine, held by Panoramic Resources (ASX:PAN). The Copernicus North area contains a gossanous and highly anomalous pyroxenite, with a strong nickel and copper geochemical anomaly and prospective for Copernicus style mineralisation. Geochemistry and aeromagnetic data show that there is a 2km potential strike of a pyroxenite / ultramafic unit within the Tickalara Metamorphics.
*Future Metals East Kimberley Projects, the Panton Project & Alice Downs Corridor and incorporating the Panton North and Copernicus North Projects as part of the East Kimberley Project Farm-in Agreement (refer ASX OCT announcement 13 February 2024 and Future Metals 2024 Annual Report).
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In the Moldovan government, it has been stated that Russia is violating laws by printing electoral ballots in the Transnistria region ahead of its presidential "elections."
As reported by Euractiv, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebrian said this
"These ballots were most likely printed right there (in Transnistria) to avoid transporting them across the border," Serebryan stated.
According to him, Moldova's borders are controlled, and there is no way to legally import or export the ballots.
Serebryan emphasized that printing ballots in Transnistria aimed to show Moldova that the region does not respect national laws.
Recently, the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Russian Ambassador Oleg Vasnetsov over reports of opening unauthorized polling stations for voting in the so-called Russian presidential elections.
The Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowed the opening of a polling station for voting in the Russian presidential elections only within the territory of the Russian embassy in Chisinau.
In Russia, the so-called presidential elections are scheduled for March 17, but this year, for the first time, a three-day voting period (March 15-17) has been introduced, and in the occupied territories of Russia, it started earlier.
Russian "elections" are not real elections in the democratic sense, as there is no genuine competition, and it is expected that the incumbent President Vladimir Putin will secure the necessary result through administrative resources and the repressive machine.
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Study of the potential for enhancing environmental efficiency in the production of a bioadditive from alfalfa in vitro culture
This research aims to explore the induction of alfalfa callus tissues without the use of synthetic growth regulators, thereby aligning with Kazakhstan’s broader environmental policies. The specific objectives of this study include: (1) optimizing in vitro culture conditions using natural biostimulants, (2) comparing the effectiveness of various natural alternatives in promoting callus formation, and (3) evaluating the potential applications of the produced biomass in the food and feed industries.
To achieve these objectives, a combination of in vitro culture techniques and analytical methods will be employed. By optimizing culture conditions and utilizing natural biostimulants, this research contributes to the scientific community’s understanding of sustainable biotechnological practices while supporting Kazakhstan's goals of fostering ecological sustainability and innovation in agricultural production.
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Improving mental health outcomes for bipolar disorder in Ethiopia
Mekdes Demissie is an AMARI Fellow based at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. The African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI) research program is supported by the Developing Excellence, Leadership and Training in Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa), a programme of the African Academy of Sciences. AMARI is one of the 11 programmes funded through the African Academy of Sciences’ Developing Excellence, Leadership and Training in Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa) programme. DELTAS Africa funds collaborative networks/consortia led by Africa-based scientists to amplify Africa-led development of world-class research and scientific leaders on the continent, while strengthening African institutions. DELTAS Africa is implemented through AESA (The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa), a funding and agenda setting platform created by the AAS in partnership with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and with the support of Wellcome and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).
Mental disorders are a neglected health concern in Africa. Bipolar disorder affects about 45 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It typically consists of both manic and depressive episodes separated by periods of normal mood. Manic episodes involve elevated or irritable mood, over-activity, rapid speech, inflated self-esteem and a decreased need for sleep. People who have manic attacks but do not experience depressive episodes are also classified as having bipolar disorder.
There is a huge treatment gap in bipolar disorder partly because of the stigmatization of mental health in Africa but also because there is limited data reflecting the burden of mental health diseases in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Ethiopia, it is estimated that 15% of people are affected by major mental illness or substance abuse disorders.
Description of study
Dr Mekdes Demissie an AMARI fellow and mental health professional focused her doctoral study on developing and piloting adjunctive psychosocial interventions such as psychoeducation and stigma reduction strategies for bipolar disorder that can be delivered by non-specialist health care workers in primary health care settings in Ethiopia.
She was motivated to carry out this study because studies conducted in other LMICs and in Ethiopia showed that the disorder is linked to health, social, economic and functional problems. In addition, her clinical experience in working with people with severe mental illness revealed that patients would often relapse.
Social and psychological intervention such as psychoeducation, cognitive and behavioral therapy have proved to be effective in preventing relapse and improving outcomes compared to when pharmacotherapy treatments are used alone. However, in LMICs, evidence about adaptation, effectiveness, and implementation of contextually appropriate psychosocial intervention is rare. Dr Mekdes study aims to adapt a feasible and acceptable psychosocial intervention for people with bipolar disorder in Ethiopia.
Results so far
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This evening’s meeting of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) Council has failed to reach quorum.
The meeting instead took the form of a town hall to discuss items on the agenda, but no motions could be voted on.
Motions which were due to be voted on at Council, the third such meeting of the semester, included a motion on the provision of free period products, a motion to mandate the outgoing president to provide the incoming president with employer training, and a motion to prioritise students affected by Turkey-Syria earthquake with €30,000 international fund.
One third of members of Council must be in attendance in order to reach quorum under the TCDSU constitution.
Beginning the town hall meeting this evening, TCDSU President Gabi Fullam announced that USI Congress applications are open and will close on Thursday, March 23.
Welfare and Equality Officer Chloe Staunton discussed a petition for College to increase funding for the provision of free period products dispensed across campus.
School of Social Sciences and Philosophy (SSP) Convenor László Molnárfi criticised the StudentSurvey, describing it as “corporate” and suggesting that it “seeks to distract from broader socioeconomic circumstances”.
This is the fourth Council in the 2022/23 academic year to fail to reach quorum.
Additional reporting by Aidan Cusack, Alan Nolan Wilson, Stephen Conneely and Faye Madden
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If you haven’t been inside the Lake Norman YMCA in awhile, you may notice things look a little different. There is a temperature screening when you walk in the door, and the staff wear masks as they walk around. But changes due to our recent environment are not all that’s new. Massive renovations occurred over… Continue reading Social Distancing and Group Exercise at Lake Norman YMCA
Tucked away just moments from the town line, the Lake Norman YMCA is a microcosm of what Old Town Cornelius has to offer- community, recreation, and fun. Their mission to “put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all” seems even more relevant given the current state of… Continue reading New Community and Recreation Opportunities at Lake Norman YMCA
For nearly 150 years, the YMCA of Greater Charlotte has had a prominent voice in our community. Their focus on youth development, social responsibility, and healthy living has supported countless people in their efforts to improve the world around them. That being said, the YMCA of Greater Charlotte is in a unique position, as their community is in greater need of support now, yet they have had to temporarily close all 19 of their locations. Because of this predicament, they have channeled their creativity to build new opportunities for community support, social-distancing-style.
In times like these, when almost everything normal seems to have shut down, it is really important to still find ways to remain physically and emotionally healthy.
Some local artists are pitching in and creating masks for those in our community.
We love the initiatives being taken to lead Cornelius to a more bicycle friendly town. Take note of the new bike safety laws in effect for NC and check out the article on the Town Board’s adopting of the Bike! Cornelius Master Plan in January 2017 here. The town currently has 8.2 miles of bicycle… Continue reading Bike Safety Matters
At its January 3 meeting the Cornelius Town Board voted unanimously in favor of adopting the Bike Cornelius! bicycle master plan. The plan outlines recommendations for both infrastructure and programming that will promote and provide for safe bicycling throughout the town. Senior planner Will Washam outlined the vision for the plan, which is to make… Continue reading Board approves plans to make Cornelius a top bicycling destination
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Orfeó Català Appoints New Director
By Francisco SalazarXavier Puig has been appointed the director of the Orfeó Català beginning the 2025-2026 season.
Puig will succeed Pablo Larraz who led the ensemble for 14 years.
The board of directors of the Orfeó Català announced the news on July 4, 2024, and thanked Larraz for his work and dedication to the institution during all these years. Larraz began working as assistant director of the Orfeó Català in 2011 and in 2018, he became its general director. In 2021, Larraz assumed ownership of the direction of the Orfeó Català and since 2022, he has also been director of the Cor Jove and the Escola Coral.
Simon Halsey will continue to be the main guest conductor and ambassador of the choirs of the Orfeó Català del Palau de la Música Catalana.
Puig has been the Conductor of the Vallès Symphonic Orchestra and Principal Director of the Cor de Cambra of the Palau de la Música Catalana. He also directs the Girona Orchestra and the Enric Granados Auditorium Chamber Choir in Lleida.
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Cannabinoid-containing products may alter the effects of some prescription drugs, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They published information that could help medical professionals make safe prescribing choices for their patients who use prescription, over-the-counter or illicit cannabinoid products.
Kent Vrana, professor and chair of pharmacology at the College of Medicine, and Paul Kocis, a pharmacist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, compiled a list of 57 medications that may not function as intended when used with medical cannabinoids, CBD oil (hemp oil) and medical or recreational marijuana. The list was published in the journal Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids.
The medications on the list have a narrow therapeutic index, meaning they are prescribed at specific doses—enough to be effective, but not enough to cause harm. Vrana says it’s important for medical professionals to consider the list when prescribing medical cannabinoids and how it may affect other medications a patient is taking.
To develop the list, the researchers looked at the prescribing information for four prescription cannabinoid medications. This information included a list of enzymes in the body that process the active ingredients in those medications, which can include delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). They compared this information against prescribing information from common medications using information available from regulatory agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to identify where there may be overlap, called a drug-drug interaction.
The list contains a variety of drugs from heart medications to antibiotics and antifungals. As one example, researchers identified warfarin, a common anticoagulant that prevents harmful blood clots from forming, as having a potential drug-drug interaction with cannabinoid products. Often prescribed for patients with atrial fibrillation or following cardiac valve replacement, the drug has a narrow therapeutic index, and Vrana cautions that medical professionals consider this potential drug-drug interaction both when prescribing warfarin to patients on prescription cannabinoids or prescribing cannabinoids to a patient taking warfarin.
The researchers say that medical professionals should also consider patient use of CBD oil products and medical and recreational marijuana when using or prescribing drugs on the identified list. Most of those products lack government regulation and there is little to no prescribing or drug-drug interaction information for those products.
“Unregulated products often contain the same active ingredients as medical cannabinoids, though they may be present in different concentrations,” Vrana said. “The drug-drug interaction information from medical cannabinoids may be useful as medical professionals consider the potential impact of over-the-counter or illicit cannabinoid products.”
Vrana advises that patients be honest with their health care providers about their use of cannabinoid products—from over-the-counter products to recreational marijuana. He says that doing so can help ensure the safe and effective use of prescribed medications.
In addition to the identified list of 57 prescription medications with a narrow therapeutic index that is potentially impacted by concomitant cannabinoid use, a comprehensive list of 139 medications that could have a potential drug-drug interaction with a cannabinoid is available online. Vrana and Kocis plan to routinely update this drug-drug interaction list as newer medications are approved and real-world evidence accumulates.
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Hair loss is a condition which happens for many reasons, including age and poor nutrition. Losing your hair can be quite disheartening as it often symbolizes strength, beauty and virility. Luckily taking a certain mineral supplement could help with this conundrum and help stimulate hair growth.
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Consuming adequate amounts of a mineral such as silica can maintain the health of your hair and scalp.
Being deficient in silica might lead to one experiencing hair loss and taking the mineral can help with thinning strands.
Fat helps the body assimilate vitamins which are essential for healthy hair.
Silica is one of the most essential nutrients for both hair and skin.
Silica helps the hair retains its elasticity and also helps to repair damaged hair follicles.
What is silica?
Silica is also known as silicon and is a trace mineral which the body requires in small amounts.
That amount is essential for one’s health, including that of the skin and scalp, said Vital Health Zone.
Silica helps to strengthen the blood vessels and improves circulation which can stimulate the blood flow to the scalp and encourage hair growth.
Silica is also a necessary component of the skin’s connective tissues and helps to strengthen bones, nails and hair.
Silicon is found in water, plants, animals, and the earth.
The earth’s crust is 59 percent silica
It makes up more than 95 percent of known rocks on the planet.
It is found naturally in the tissues of the human body and is an essential nutrient needed for our bodies.
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What the study said
In a study with US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, the use of silicon for skin and hair care was investigated.
The study noted: “Silicon is the second most abundant element on Earth, and the third most abundant trace element in human body.
“It is present in water, plant and animal sources.
“On the skin, it is suggested that silicon is important for optimal collagen synthesis and activation of hydroxylating enzymes, improving skin strength and elasticity.
“Regarding hair benefits, it was suggested that a higher silicon content in the hair results in a lower rate of hair loss.”
The fact that silica is found in plants and drinking water suggests it is safe.
Research has shown that the silica consume through diets doesn’t accumulate in the bodies but is rather flushed out by the kidneys.
A person can take silica supplements to help stimulate hair growth.
Speak with your GP before consuming silica in any form.
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A meeting between East Lothian Council, Transport Scotland, Sustrans and Sustaining Dunbar was held last night to discuss how best to progress a connecting path from Innerwick to Dunbar and the coast. A bridge over the A1 at the Innerwick Road end looks like the only practical way forward and, as it will be expensive, it will take some time to make it happen.
The next stage in the project will be to commission a full STAG (Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidelines – a formal assessment required by the Scottish Government for major transport projects) report which will weigh up the environmental, social and economic costs and benefits. In the meantime, East Lothian Council is working on upgrading the existing N76; the Broxburn-Whitesands section should be complete before April.
Sustaining Dunbar intends to carry out a bit more work in the near future to try to put together a funding package for the STAG appraisal which will need to be professionally written.
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Road sign dreaming
POSTED: December 17, 2019
I woke up in the night and wrote down part of a dream, so I would remember it in the morning. A car, or some kind of vehicle drove repeatedly up a road bounded by a grassy slope. I had secretly placed a stepladder on the roof of the car and sat across the top of it, changing the big blue and white road signs as we passed them. I seemed about thirty years old and a woman who I never saw clearly hung off the ladder helping me.
As we passed, I altered one sign so that it said:
This seemed a fairly normal kind of activity, as we passed other signs that expressed emotions rather than giving any useful directions.
As I woke up the ladder had toppled from the roof, I had leaped off, with some sort of tool in one hand, while holding the woman, and we had just landed safely on the grassy verge.
I lay in bed thinking about how Stormzy had guested edited the Observer magazine last weekend, and Jay Rayner replaced his usual restaurant review with a description of his visit to the Bluejay Cafe in South Norwood, where Stormzy treated him to oxtail soup, curry goat and jerk chicken. I remembered having jerk chicken made by West Indian grandmas when I lived in Brixton, and loving it.
Before I went back to sleep I began to suspect that the dream and my random memories had some backstage connection.
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Gaming Society, the new platform reimagining sports betting and gaming, announced a new partnership with FanDuel, marking Gaming Society’s first official sportsbook partnership. As part of the agreement, FanDuel will sponsor Gaming Society’s NFL-focused newsletter, which is distributed every Thursday and examines trending topics on-and-off the field through the lens of sports betting and gamification.
Gaming Society’s newsletters focuses on introducing new fans to sports betting through an emphasis on storytelling and betting education, underscoring the company’s commitment to making betting more inclusive, accessible and easy to understand for all fans. The NFL-focused newsletter, sponsored by FanDuel, will include regular betting tips and explainers in a weekly segment titled “The Betting Academy,” the company’s educational vertical.
For both Gaming Society and FanDuel Sportsbook, led by CEOs Jaymee Messler and Amy Howe, responsibly onboarding more women to the betting category is a priority, and the partnership serves as another initiative to help achieve this. Gaming Society’s newsletter is also women-led, with an editorial approach crafted to underscore approachability in the rapidly growing betting category.
“At Gaming Society, we are continuing to expand content and engagement features for sports fans, and we are thrilled to partner with FanDuel with a shared goal of making sports betting more inclusive and welcoming to all sports fans, and women fans in particular,” says Jaymee Messler, co-founder of Gaming Society. “Through our partnership, we will be able to reach and responsibly onboard new waves of fans to the betting industry.”
“FanDuel has driven great awareness among female sports fans – leading into this season, we found that nearly two-thirds of female NFL fans in live sportsbook states were aware of FanDuel,” said Amy Howe. “We are excited to be the first sports betting operator to partner with Gaming Society. FanDuel knows that women are sports fans, and we want to tap into already established communities that are seeking out sports betting content in environments that speak directly to them.”
The newsletter also highlights Bet Club, Gaming Society’s new free-to-play NFL betting game where fans can put their knowledge from newsletter stories to the test while competing for prizes in an easily digestible betting format.
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Aposta Ganha, the fastest growing Brazilian sports betting and casino site in Brazil, has signalled its unwavering commitment to safeguarding sport by joining the Sportradar Integrity Exchange. This incredibly important network enables bookmakers worldwide to report suspicious betting activity.
Programme members play an active role in exchanging data-driven insights on match-fixing, which enriches the reports on global match-fixing trends and details of any fixtures flagged as suspicious by other operators in the community. In total, 85 betting platforms are part of the global initiative.
Aposta Ganha’s leading position in Latin America, alongside its Mexican-facing Apuesta Gana brand, will support Sportradar’s ongoing fight against betting-related manipulation in sports in the region.
Hugo Baungartner, Aposta Ganha CCO, said: “The Sportradar Integrity Exchange is a vital initiative for operators across the globe to unite and ensure our players can enjoy a fair sporting landscape. Our data and standing in LatAm will prove a valuable asset and we’re proud to partner with such a proactive programme.”
Felippe Marchetti, Sportradar’s Manager Integrity Partnerships Brazil, added: “Fighting to safeguard sport by identifying suspicious betting activity is a team effort and we’re very pleased to welcome Aposta Ganha to our Sportradar Integrity Exchange, which is designed to address corruption from different aspects of the betting industry.”
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This weekend I put up the wallpaper for the nursery. Quite to our surprise there was not much nursery themed wallpapers that were easy to get. We’ve been to B&Q, Homebase & Mothercare – all of which have a very limited range. We finally settled on Timbuktales from Mamas &Papas, it is a white background based wallpaper with large coloured stars on it.
I’ve noticed it is quite difficult to find a decent photo to see if the colour of furniture goes with the Timbuktales wallpaper. Here are some photos of the wallpaper with our Mothercare Padstow furniture.
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Using HAR files with wiretap
Review or validated captured traffic via HAR filesuse wiretap offline with HAR files
Reviewing the HAR files
By loading in a HAR file and loading the Monitor UI you can review the captured traffic. The UI will stream the traffic to you as if it were being sent live, and you can use the UI to filter the traffic, or to search for anything specific.
The monitor UI doesn’t know the difference between live traffic and HAR file traffic. Everything you can do live, you can do with the HAR file.
Validating the HAR files
You can also validate the HAR file against an OpenAPI specification. This will check that the traffic in the HAR file matches the specification, and will report any errors or warnings.
Loading a HAR file
Use the --har
flag to load a HAR file into wiretap:
This will boot wiretap into a non-proxy mode and load the HAR file into memory. You can then use the Monitor UI to review the traffic.
If you reload the page, the HAR data will be re-sent - you may end up with duplicate traffic. To reset, just clear the application state from the controls icon.
Validating a HAR file
To validate a HAR file against an OpenAPI specification,
- Use the
flag to load the HAR file into wiretap - Use the
flag to load the OpenAPI specification - Use the
flag to validate the HAR file against the OpenAPI specification - Use the
flag to define as many base paths you want to validate against
wiretap wil then validate the all the applicable requests and corresponding responses
in the HAR file against the OpenAPI specification. It will print the results to the console and
concurrently to a JSON file with a default name of wiretap-report.json
(which can be changed with the --report
All of these values can be set in the config file as well.
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The body of a UNIFIL French peacekeeper, who passed away last week in a road accident in south Lebanon, was sent home today following a solemn ceremony in Beirut to pay tribute to her life and work with UNIFIL.
At the ceremony in Rafik Hariri International Airport, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Lt. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro, Lebanese Army Representative Brig. Gen. Ahmad Saadeh, French Ambassador Herve Magro and UNIFIL’s French Contingent Commander Col. Geoffrey de Hauteclocque laid wreaths in honour of Sergeant Fany Claudin.
The UNIFIL head and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) representative also awarded posthumously the deceased peacekeeper UN and LAF medals respectively for her dedicated service in support of UNIFIL’s mandate in south Lebanon.
Speaking on behalf of the entire UNIFIL family, Lt. Gen. Lázaro expressed deepest condolences to the loved ones of Sgt. Claudin and to the French Armed Forces.
“Her service to peace and dedication to the mission were exemplary and deeply valued,” the UNIFIL head said at the airport ceremony. “Even in our grief, we are reminded of the unwavering commitment and courage that our colleague demonstrated, embodying the very essence of our mission to serve peace and stability in this region.”
Sgt. Claudin, who died aged 23 on 15 November, was in a convoy headed to the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura when the accident occurred along the coastal road near the village of Shama. Three other peacekeepers sustained light injuries in the accident.
Having joined the French Army in 2020, Sgt. Claudin arrived in Lebanon late last month to serve with UNIFIL as an assistant patrol leader. This was her second foreign deployment, having served in Niger from October 2022 to February 2023.
She hailed from Annemasse in eastern France.
Earlier in the day, a separate memorial ceremony was also held at the UNIFIL French Contingent’s main base in Deir Kifa in south Lebanon.
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Concept of Chivalry
Chivalry is a moral, social and religious code of conduct that was followed by knights of the medieval age. This code often emphasized honor, courage, and service. This concept of chivalry arose in the Holy Roman Empire from the idealization of the cavalrymen – who were well known for their bravery, courage, and service to others. So the concept of chivalry first appeared in the middle ages during the military activities against non-Christians – Crusades.
Chivalry towards Women
Chivalry demanded that knights should honor, serve, and do nothing to displease women. Knights’ interactions with the ladies are also a part of courtly love.
Chivalry in Battlefield
Knights followed strict rules in the battlefield. The chivalric code of conduct applied to when and how a knight fought. For example, a knight fought only when it was necessary or by the king’s orders. Certain weapons and techniques were also considered not to be chivalrous according to this code.
Chivalry towards People
A knight’s conduct towards his fellow countrymen was another main aspect of the code of conduct. Knights were always expected to respect and protect others.
Léon Gautier, in his “La Chevalerie” attempts to provide a summary of the chivalry by creating the following ten commandments:
- Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches and thou shalt observe all its directions.
- Thou shalt defend the Church.
- Thou shalt respect all weaknesses, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of them.
- Thou shalt love the country in which thou wast born.
- Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy.
- Thou shalt make war against the infidel without cessation and without mercy.
- Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.
- Thou shalt never lie, and shalt remain faithful to thy pledged word.
- Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone.
- Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil
In sum, respecting, obeying and defending the Church, protecting and helping the country and countrymen, remaining loyal and faithful to the king, being brave and courageous and fighting against injustice are the duties and obligations of a medieval knight.
However, it should be noted that Gautier wrote this in 1883, several centuries after the age of chivalry.
How Did the Concept of Chivalry Influence Medieval Life
The concept of Chivalry is described in fictional medieval works such as Song of Roland, Don Quixote and Le Morte d’Arthur. According to these literary works, the concept of chivalry formed the character of knights. The knights defended the weak, were courteous to women, loyal to the king, and served the god at all times. Thus, the concept of chivalry protected the medieval men, women, and children as well as the royalty and religion.
Although there is controversy about the actual existence of chivalry and the knights who followed this code of conduct, the notion of chivalry could have instilled a sense of security in the minds of common people.
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Penelope Apartments - Kalogria, Stoupa
Set in a quiet location behind the iconic beach of Kalogria, Stoupa, you will find Penelope Apartments. With picturesque views and just a stones-throw from the beach Penelope has everything you need for your relaxing vacation.
Each fully equipt apartment is nicely separated with their own entrance and with no common areas you can be rest assured of your privacy and comfort.
Fully Equipped Kitchen
Two Room Apartments
Penelope offers 6 two room apartments with a separated bedroom as well as a spacious kitchen and living area. The two room apartments can sleep up to 4 people.
There is one studio apartment offered by Penelope Apartments that can sleep 2-3 people
Also available at Penelope Apartments are two maisonettes which can sleep up to 5 people (2 adults and 3 children). Our Maisonettes have 2 bedrooms for those who require a little more space.
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ROUND PROFILE 3MM WEDDING RING IN YELLOW GOLD
This classic band is a sweet addition to your engagement ring or as an understated gentlemen's band.
14 karat white gold. 3mm wide. High polish finish. Comfort-fit interior. Rounded profile.
This wedding band is size 10 and can be resized or custom made to order in any size.
Style code: R105
Each Penwarden Jewellery design is carefully handcrafted in our Toronto studio.
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Transform your patio or porch into an enchanting sanctuary with a rustic swing. Feel the irresistible allure that transports you to simpler times, evoking nostalgic memories of idyllic moments in nature’s embrace. Rustic swings offer unparalleled comfort and relaxation. Sway gently on plush cushions and watch your worries melt away. Get lost in captivating books or simply bask in the refreshing breeze – these swings provide an oasis for ultimate rejuvenation. Not only do they deliver exceptional comfort, but they also elevate the aesthetic appeal of any outdoor space. Crafted from premium materials like solid wood or sturdy metal frames, these swings infuse character and style into your patio or porch. Their natural finishes seamlessly blend with the surroundings, creating an organic and harmonious ambiance.
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Key Features to Look for in a Rustic Swing
As a seasoned rustic swing expert, I know the significance of discovering a swing that perfectly enhances your outdoor area while ensuring utmost comfort and long-lasting durability. Allow me to lead you through the vital factors to consider when making this crucial decision:
- Material and Craftsmanship: Choosing the right material is crucial for a strong and durable swing. Go for top-notch wood like cedar or teak, known for their exceptional resistance to rot and decay. And don’t forget about sturdy construction with reinforced joints to ensure stability and safety.
- Size and Design: When choosing a rustic swing, consider the size of your patio or porch. Measure carefully to ensure a comfortable fit that won’t overpower the space. Decide between traditional straight-back designs or curved styles for added support.
- Unparalleled Comfort: Experience ultimate relaxation with a luxurious porch swing. Sink into its contoured seats, designed to provide unparalleled back support. Let go of the day’s stress as you effortlessly unwind outdoors. For an extra touch of coziness, add plush cushions and indulge in pure comfort.
- Enduring Durability: Choose an outdoor swing that can withstand any weather conditions, from scorching sun to heavy rain or even snow. Find a durable rustic swing that won’t lose its charm no matter what nature throws at it.
By considering these key features during your search for the perfect rustic swing, you’ll not only enhance the allure of your patio or porch but also enjoy lasting moments of tranquility amidst nature’s embrace.
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For immediate release
September 11, 2023
Smithville, Ontario – Pet owners have something to celebrate as Geraldine and Rob Brouwer, the dedicated owners behind Big Country Raw, proudly introduce their latest advancement in pet nutrition – Caravan Country Cookhouse.
This innovative venture represents a natural extension of their expertise in the frozen pet food industry. The mission was clear: to develop a premium-quality, gently cooked pet food that offers Canadian pets an exceptional level of nutrition and value. To achieve this objective, the Brouwer team partnered with certified Agrologist Julie Lauzon, M. Sc., a pet nutrition expert, to create an incredibly nutritious gently cooked recipe, a step close to raw without being raw, setting a new standard in the industry.
The Caravan journey began with the discerning palate of Peaches, Rob and Geraldine’s picky Cavapoo. Her selective tastes played a crucial role in crafting the most wholesome and delectable recipes. Caravan Country Cookhouse is a small batch, kettle-cooked nutritionally balanced meal, ready for canine enjoyment. Cooked at a low temperature and then flash frozen to retain maximum nutrition. Loaded with 80% fresh meat, and 20% fruits and vegetables, and carefully chosen seeds, oils, and spices.
An investment in category and brand research provided key insights which were then leveraged for the development and positioning of Caravan Country Cookhouse. This ensured that the brand would appeal to Canadian pet parents and provide the brand with a “leg up” once launched.
While Caravan Country Cookhouse has just been launched, pet nutrition is far from new to our team. In 2012, Big Country Raw was born from a desire to ensure that the best nutrition is accessible to Canadian pet parents. Since then, our pet nutrition experts have perfected raw nutrition for Canadian pets, becoming a trusted and familiar household brand name. Caravan was the logical next step in our quest for optimal pet nutrition!
Geraldine Brouwer shared her enthusiasm about the launch of Caravan Cookhouse: “We consider pets as family, and they deserve nothing but the best. Caravan Cookhouse reflects our unwavering commitment to their well-being. We invite pet owners to discover the positive impact our gently cooked pet food can have on their pet’s life.”
Caravan Pet will be exhibiting for the first time at the Pets Canada show on September 18th and will also be present at the Pet Valu Annual Convention from September 19th to 21st, and is currently being distributed to pet specialty stores across the country.
About Big Country Raw
Big Country Raw is not just any pet food company – we are proud to be Canada’s leader in the frozen raw pet food category. We provide our consumers with a natural raw food diet for dogs and cats,
including complete meals, supplements, and treats as well as distribute third-party premium pet products. We are dedicated to enriching the lives of pets and their owners through high-quality and innovative products. With a profound passion for pets, we continually strive to set new benchmarks for pet nutrition and well-being. In 2022, the Globe and Mail and Canadian Business Magazine recognized Big Country Raw as one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Most recently, Big Country Raw won a 2023 Pet Innovation Award for Product of the Year for Dog Food and Frozen / Raw.
For More Information Contact:
Sarah Ripley Director of Marketing
Big Country Raw / Caravan Pet firstname.lastname@example.org
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Calendar 2024 December Printable with Notes – Do you need a reliable way to manage your time effectively? A printable calendar could be the solution you need. Whether for work, personal events, or academic purposes, this tool offers a clear and organized view of your responsibilities.
Celebrate the Spirit of December 2024 with a Festive Printable Calendar!
As the holiday season approaches, it’s time to embrace the festive spirit with a printable calendar for December 2024! Whether you’re counting down the days until Christmas, planning holiday gatherings, or simply looking to stay organized during this busy time of year, a colorful and cheerful calendar is the perfect tool to help you stay on track. With themed designs featuring Santa Claus, reindeer, snowflakes, and more, you can add a touch of holiday magic to your daily routine.
Not only does a festive printable calendar add a decorative touch to your workspace or home, but it also serves as a practical tool to help you manage your time effectively. From marking important dates like holiday parties and family gatherings to jotting down to-do lists and gift ideas, a well-designed calendar can help you stay organized and stress-free throughout the holiday season. So why not make December 2024 a jolly month to remember with a personalized printable calendar?
Inject some fun and excitement into your December 2024 with a festive printable calendar that reflects the joy and magic of the holiday season. Whether you choose a traditional red and green design or opt for a whimsical winter wonderland theme, a customized calendar can add a touch of cheer to your daily routine. So why wait? Print out your calendar, grab your favorite markers and pens, and get ready to make December 2024 a month full of festive fun and memories!
Stay Organized and Jolly with Customizable Notes for the Holiday Season!
In addition to a festive printable calendar, customizable notes are the perfect companion to help you stay organized and jolly during the holiday season. Whether you need to jot down gift ideas, plan out your holiday shopping list, or simply want to capture special moments and memories, customizable notes are a versatile tool that can help you stay on top of all your holiday tasks and activities. With space to write down thoughts, ideas, and reminders, you can ensure that nothing falls through the cracks during this busy time of year.
Customizable notes are not only practical but also a fun way to add a personal touch to your holiday planning. Whether you choose to add inspirational quotes, festive stickers, or doodles of snowmen and Christmas trees, the possibilities are endless when it comes to customizing your notes. By taking a few moments each day to jot down your thoughts and plans, you can create a sense of order and peace amidst the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. So why not make December 2024 a month of joy and organization with customizable notes?
As you navigate the whirlwind of activities and events that come with the holiday season, customizable notes can be your secret weapon for staying organized and jolly. Whether you prefer to keep a digital notebook on your phone or enjoy the tactile experience of writing on paper, customizable notes provide a flexible and convenient way to capture your thoughts and ideas. So don’t let the chaos of December overwhelm you – grab your favorite set of customizable notes, unleash your creativity, and get ready to make this holiday season one to remember!
With a festive printable calendar and customizable notes in hand, you can make December 2024 a month filled with joy, organization, and festive fun. Embrace the spirit of the holiday season by adding a touch of cheer to your daily routine with themed designs and personalized touches. Stay on top of your holiday tasks and activities with customizable notes that help you capture memories and stay organized. So let’s make December 2024 a jolly month to remember – full of laughter, love, and holiday magic!
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- Updated On:
- 5 Bedrooms
- 4 Bathrooms
- 320.00 m2
5 bedroom villa at Nai Harn Baan Bua
New on the market, this 5 bedroom private pool villa in Nai Harn Baan Bua is now for sale ! Luxury five bedroom private pool villa for sale in the exclusive estate of Baan Bua located only 1,5 km to Nai Harn beach in the south of Phuket. The property features 5 independent pavillons around the private pool, offering a full privacy and confort for large group and families in holiday in Phuket.
The first tow pavillons are located on both side of the entrance gate and the covered terrace. The fully equipped kitchen with dining area is located on the left side, while the living room is on the right side. The largest pavillon along the swimming pool host the master bedroom with its own dressing room, private terrace at the back, shower and outdoor bathtub for a relaxing moment under the stars. On the other side of the pool, the two guest room comes with king size bed, walking closet and private bathroom.
The two last guest room are located behind the sala and are equipped with twin beds. The twins beds room are sharing one bathroom located in the middle. Each room of the villa are equipped with ceiling fans and built in air conditioning system.
The facilities are including 24 hours security, pool and garden maintenance, maid service twice a week, fast internet Wifi and satellite TV. This Nai Harn villa is the perfect place for families and large groups looking for a comfortable villa with privacy for each and still close to the beach and restaurant.
Property’s main features
- Located in Nai Harn Baan Bua secured estate.
- 5 bedrooms – 4 bathroom
- Guest toilet
- Fully equipped indoor kitchen
- private pool, salt treated 12 x 4,5 m with integrated jacuzzi
- Equipped outdoor kitchen
- Covered terrace
- Two covered car parking
- 1598 sq.m. Land plot
- 320 sq.m indoor area
- House in pristine condition
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Symantec helps consumers and organizations secure and manage their information driven world.
Symantec needed a more advanced and efficient solution for its current Excel CPQ tool. The existing did not meet the needs of the sales team and caused delays in the quote process.
Symantec wanted to replace the existing Excel CPQ tool with CPQ and wanted to implement a Guided Selling model which will provide the sales team with a step by step process to create quotes.
PW set up Symantec with CPQ to replace their legacy CPQ tool providing a more advanced and user-friendly replacement and it enabled the sales team to quickly and easily create accurate quotes for customers.
- Able to create quote and submit order to ERP
- EcoSign generation with output doc details
- Enabled a global quoting platform
"The implementation of CPQ ad Guided Selling model has brought significant benefits to our company.”
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Eppendorf Nose Cone F/120-250 uL Pipet
Nose Cone F/120-250 uL Pipet
The Eppendorf Nose Cone is designed for use with 120-250 uL pipettes. This accessory enhances the precision and control of your pipetting tasks, ensuring accurate and reliable results. The nose cone facilitates easy and secure attachment of the pipette tips, reducing the risk of leaks or contamination during liquid handling procedures. It is a vital component for laboratories and research facilities where exact volume measurements are crucial. Improve your pipetting efficiency and workflow with the Eppendorf Nose Cone, a practical solution for demanding scientific applications.
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“An emotionally raw, tender, and hauntingly precise meditation of impending motherhood, Homing Instincts put me under its spell and brought me such joy. This is a book that makes me want to take a walk in the woods with my dog and rediscover solitude. Menkedick wrestles with what it means to be home, and redefines herself while wandering fiercely toward the unfamiliar in this stunning debut collection.”
Jeanne Marie Laskas, best-selling author of Concussion
Fulbright fellow and University of Pittsburgh alumna Sarah Menkedick spent her twenties trekking alone across South America, teaching English to recalcitrant teenagers on Reunion Island, picking grapes in France and camping on the Mongolian grasslands; for her, meaning and purpose were to be found on the road, in flight from the ordinary. Yet the biggest and most transformative adventure of her life might be one she never anticipated: at 31, she moves into a tiny 19th-century cabin on her family’s Ohio farm, and begins the journey into motherhood.
In eight vivid and boldly questioning essays, Menkedick explores the luminous, disorienting time just before and after becoming a mother. As she reacquaints herself with the subtle landscapes of the Midwest, and adjusts to the often surprising physicality of pregnancy, she ruminates on what this new stage of life means for her long-held concepts of self, settling, and creative fulfillment. In “Millie, Mildred, Grandma Menkedick,” she considers the nature of story through the life of her tough German grandmother, who raised two boys as a single mother in the 1950s and then spent her seventies traveling the world with her best friend Marge; in “Motherland,” on a trip back to Oaxaca, Mexico to visit her husband’s family, she finally embraces her Midwestern roots; in “The Milk Cave,” she discovers in breastfeeding a new appreciation for the spiritual and artistic potential of boredom; and in “The Lake,” she revisits her childhood with her father, whose relentless optimism and mystical streak she sees anew once she has a child of her own.
A story of a traveler come home to the farm; of becoming a mother in spite of reservations and doubt; and of learning to appreciate the power and beauty of the quotidian, Homing Instincts speaks to the deepest concerns and hopes of a generation.
A book signing will follow the lecture. The author’s current book will be available for sale from Classic Lines.
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Colloidal Gels not like Glass: The soft, solid-like properties of colloidal gels are essential in fields such as food and medical applications, but how these properties manifest themselves is a long-standing mystery. Until now, it was believed that the solid nature of gels emerges through glass formation.
In a study recently published in Nature Physics, researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have used a new microscopic technique–in situ confocal microscopy–to reveal the differences in gel and glass formation.
A colloidal liquid is a mixture consisting of small particles that are scattered throughout another liquid substance; milk is an example. Understanding how colloidal liquids can become a gel upon phase separation–through a so-called dynamically arrested state–is important for optimizing the design of foods, cosmetics, and biomedical materials. However, a single-particle-level explanation of the dynamically arrested state remains elusive.
Colloidal Gels not like Glass: Efforts in this direction have recently focused on a principle known as local amorphous ordering, which pertains to the order of arrangement of the constituents of colloidal liquids. Nevertheless, there has not been an experimental means of visualizing such ordering, on a single-particle level, in the initial stage of colloidal gelation. Providing fundamental physical insights into the origin of amorphous ordering–and thus the dynamically arrested state–of colloidal gels is the problem that the researchers sought to address.
“A pentagonal bipyramid shape has a symmetry that is incompatible with crystallization, and might help prevent colloid particles from undergoing the gel-to-crystal transition,” explains Hideyo Tsurusawa, lead author of the study. “We developed an in situ confocal microscopy method for testing this hypothesis in a real-time, real-space manner.”
The researchers report results on dilute colloidal gels consisting of “sticky” spherical particles that exhibited short-range, directionless, attractive interactions. They revealed that different local particle arrangements uniquely modulated the properties of the gel. Specifically, tetrahedra arrest local particle motion, 3-tetrahedra hinder crystallization, and pentagonal bipyramid clusters impart solidity. The researchers propose that minimizing the local potential energy is central to forming a gel state, whereas minimizing the free energy (entropy) is central to forming a glass state.
“The unique feature characterizing formation of a dilute gel is a sequential hierarchical ordering from tetrahedra to pentagonal bipyramids and to their clusters,” says Hajime Tanaka, senior author. “This is absent in glass formation.”
Colloidal Gels not like Glass: This work proposed a novel mechanism based on sequential amorphous ordering for the dynamical arrest of colloidal gels, unlike the previous glass-based explanation, through directly accessing the gel formation process at a single-particle level. This work has practical implications in helping to optimize colloidal gel materials with desired mechanical properties; for example, in food and medical applications.
Colloidal Gels not like Glass: Original Article
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OTT platforms are gradually becoming the biggest means of digital entertainment. The OTT sector boomed during the Corona virus epidemic because when the cinemas were closed, people turned to OTT platforms for entertainment. At the same time, many blockbuster films and web series have started releasing on OTT. Many great films and series have been dominating in 2024, but the third season of this low-budget series broke many records on the OTT platform. The series we are going to tell you about today is made on a low budget, but it has made tremendous profits on OTT.
This series got profit of crores
There is neither any fight nor any objectionable scenes in this web series, seeing which it can be said that the makers have done all this for views. We are talking about ‘Panchayat 3’, after the two seasons of which were a hit, people were waiting for its third season for a long time. According to a report by Ormax Media, ‘Panchayat 3’ has been the most watched Indian web series on OTT in the first half of 2024. According to Ormax, the third season of the series, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video earlier this year, has seen 28.2 million viewers watch the series in a loop. Due to this, the makers have benefited from crores of digital money. It also surpassed Netflix’s ‘Heeramandi’, which ranked second with 20.3 million viewers.
earning more than budget
All three seasons of Panchayat feature Jitendra Kumar in the lead role of Secretary Ji, alongside veteran actresses Neena Gupta and Raghubir Yadav, as well as Chandan Roy, Sanvika, Faizal Malik, Durgesh Kumar and Pankaj Jha in lead roles. Panchayat Season 3 had a budget of Rs 20-30 crore which is much less than the Rs 200+ crore budget of some of the more high-profile productions. This was revealed by the makers of Panchayat themselves.
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Created By: Ithaca Heritage
Greystone at 106 Cayuga Heights Road is known for its second owners, Irene Castle, dancer and silent film star, and Robert E. Treman, scion of the prominent family in Ithaca's early business community. In 1918, the home was featured in the silent film, A Romance of the Air. Castle was often photographed at Greystone in such magazines as Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Town and Country. Having been the scene of a true "Roaring Twenties" lifestyle, the lavish mansion was sold in 1924 to Cornell's Sigma Chi fraternity.
For more on the home's history, visit The Cayuga Heights History Project website.
This point of interest is part of the tour: The Village of Cayuga Heights
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We are passionate about pets, and we partner with our people, pet parents, customers, and suppliers in caring for every aspect of pets’ lives.
in Pet Food
Partner in Pet Food (PPF) is a leading, innovative European pet food company. PPF has its headquarters in Budapest, Hungary and operates in 10 countries - France, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania. We provide a wide range of pet food products as well as expertise.
With 12 factories across Europe, PPF is the only market producer with an integrated pan-European production network, which enables us to deliver products to our customers efficiently. We distribute our products to more than 400 customers across 35 countries, including supermarkets, specialist pet shops, and veterinarians. Our production network consists of factories producing both wet and dry products as well as snacks. We are proud to have the highest service level and quality to price ratio.
Our focus on customer service and our agility to react to market trends has been essential to our company’s success. Our holistic approach to customer service allowed us to successfully build strong relationships with our customers both in Western and Central Europe. We are committed to our mission of providing our customers, pet parents and their pets, and our passionate team with the best experience so that they choose PPF and stay with us.
PPF is currently owned by CVC Capital Partners and Cinven.
Sales in 2023
Factories accross Europe
Last year, we produced almost 1 million tonnes
of pet food and reported approximately €800 million in sales.
PPF operates across 35 countries with offices in 10. With 12 factories and 8 distribution centres across Europe, we are the only private-label pet food producer with an integrated pan-European production network, which allows us to deliver products quickly and efficiently to our customers.
We distribute products to more than 400 customers - these customers include a diverse range of grocery retailers, specialist pet shops, and veterinarians across 35 countries.
Today, we have almost 3000 colleagues working for us, and we’re still growing. Our key areas of focus to advance customer offering include expanding further into premium products and ranges, and allocating additional, dedicated resources to customer teams across our markets.
A Journey through the growth
of Partner in Pet Food
The story of Partner in Pet Food is a testament to strategic acquisitions and organic growth in the European pet food industry. The company’s origins trace back to the 1990s, a time marked by the emergence of several independent pet food producers across Central Europe. This foundational phase set the stage for what would become a significant player in the pet food sector.
Consolidation began in earnest when these independent entities were acquired by Provimi Pet Food. This process culminated in 2007 when Provimi Pet Food established a separate division, with its headquarters strategically located in Budapest, Hungary. This move not only unified the operations but also streamlined them under a cohesive corporate structure.
The transformation continued when Provimi decided to exit the pet food market, selling the business to a private equity firm. This change in ownership led to the renaming of the business to Partner in Pet Food, emphasising its commitment to being a dependable partner in the pet food industry. The company's primary markets included Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Benelux, laying the groundwork for further expansion.
In 2018, a significant development occurred when PPF was acquired by Cinven, a move that accelerated its growth trajectory. PPF not only grew organically but also expanded through further acquisitions. The following year, in 2019, France was established as a separate business unit alongside Benelux, marking a critical step in its regional consolidation strategy.
The year 2020 was notable for PPF's acquisition of Doggy, a leading Swedish pet food manufacturer with a storied history dating back to 1903. This acquisition added a rich heritage to the PPF portfolio and expanded its influence in Scandinavia. This was quickly followed in 2021 by the integration of Landini Giuntini, a top Italian pet food producer known for its long-standing reputation in the industry. That same year, PPF expanded its presence in Poland through the acquisitions of Mispol and Werblinski, strengthening its market position in Central and Eastern Europe. The expansion continued in 2022 with the acquisition of Kollmax, a Hungarian snacks producer. This move not only diversified PPF’s product offerings but also reinforced its manufacturing capabilities within Hungary.
Today, Partner in Pet Food operates across 10 European countries and maintains a robust production network with 12 factories. The company's impressive growth through strategic acquisitions and organic expansion showcases its commitment to providing quality pet food across Europe, making it a significant player in the industry.
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The Taobao Effect and Online Shopping Threaten the Viability of Mega Retailing in China
By Data Driven Marketing Asia Co. Ltd., PRNEWednesday, February 16, 2011
SHANGHAI, February 17, 2011 - It was today revealed that what people and companies say about
products online is the number one influence on one third of all retail sales
in Shanghai - US$ 34 billion. This was one of the main findings of a DDMA and
Focus Group China research report into the influence of online information on
consumer purchases, the impact of "The Taobao Effect" and the huge potential
of online shopping in China. With only 6% of their advertising budgets being
spent on online media in China, this report highlights the need to re-think
marketing communication strategies.
The Influence of Online Information on Chinese Consumer Buying
Behavior finds that Chinese consumers are likely to leapfrog brick and mortar
western retail models and move an increasing share of their purchases online.
China's online population (457 million) exceeds the entire population of the
USA, and is increasing at 19% per year.
DDMA found that the equivalent of one tenth of all Shanghai
retail sales are made online - a share equal to the UK, and about half of
these online sales are made through Taobao.
The year-long DDMA consumer study identifies 13 key drivers of
online shopping, including: "The Taobao Effect"; product authenticity;
cultural socio-economic factors which fuel the popularity of online shopping
Importantly for marketers, qualitative Focus Group China research
finds that the type of product consumers are planning on purchasing has
identifiable bearings on the information search path. Point in case, online
information is the main reason behind two in three 3G and smartphone sales,
but only one in seven passenger car sales.
"From a marketing perspective in China the need is not to simply
measure website traffic but to truly understand the full extent of the
influence online information has on consumer purchases," said Sam Mulligan,
Director DDMA, "Understanding how and what information consumers seek, as
well as where they collect and how they exchange this information is key to
planning an effective marketing communication strategy."
Taobao's sales revenue in 2010 was equivalent to 2.5% of total
China retail sales.
To purchase the full report: www.ddm-asia.com
DDMA provides market research and business consultancy in China
and across Asia Pacific.
Focus Group China
Focus Group China is the in-house qualitative research unit of
Contact Jonathan Axup email@example.com +86-21-6289-1138
Jonathan Axup, DDMA, reports at ddm-asia.com, +86-21-6289-1138
Tags: China, Data Driven Marketing Asia Co. Ltd., February 17, Shanghai
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Spanish with English subtitles
With Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí, Adriana Lamar
NEW RESTAURATION!- Considered the first Mexican horror film, La Llorona is a romantic melodrama with expressionist and supernatural elements based on the chilling tale of the ‘wailing woman’.
A ghost from Hispanic American folklore that originated in the pre-Hispanic world, she is the grieving soul of a woman who drowned her children. Repentant and cursed, she searches for them at night by rivers, towns, and cities, frightening those who see or hear her with her overwhelming cry. Her legend has a great diversity of versions.
The technical mastery it demonstrates is nothing less than admirable, and its attachment to Mexico’s folkloric tradition and history is an essential sign of its identity. The film was newly restored from a single 16 mm projection print in 2021 by The Permanencia Voluntaria Archives, in collaboration with Filmoteca UNAM, Academy Film Archive, and Cinema Preservation Alliance.
The story behind the filming and the legacy of this iconic film is explained in Behind the Scenes: La Llorona (also in Pragda´s collection), directed by Viviana García Besné. The great-granddaughter of La Llorona producer Jose Calderón, García Besné is the founder of The Permanencia Voluntaria Archives, whose main objective is to rescue, preserve, and restore Mexico’s popular cinematographic history.
Peón arrived in Mexico in 1931 as an assistant to Antonio Moreno in the film Santa, played by Lupita Tovar. In 1933 he made his debut with the megaphone in La Llorona and from there he became the most in-demand director of the nascent Mexican film industry. In 1937 he made La Madrina del Diablo, with which Jorge Negrete made his debut. After the success of the series El águila negra, starring Fernando Casanova, he dedicated the last years of his career to directing the Western genre.
La Llorona was written by Carlos Noriega Hope and Fernando de Fuentes, based on a story by A. Guzmán Aguilera. After the premiere of La Llorona, Guillermo Calles was selected to direct the short film La Chillona, a parody of La Llorona.
The Permanencia Voluntaria Film Archive, where many copies of popular Mexican films were held, was heavily damaged in the massive earthquake that struck Mexico in 2017. The archive is housed between the Mexican town of Tepoztlán, the UCLA Film Archives, and the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles – its genesis and survival have been far from easy.
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Travel Insurance Policy: Precious Adventures Pvt. Ltd
At Precious Adventures Pvt. Ltd., we strongly recommend that all of our clients have valid travel insurance for their trek. Travel insurance will protect you from unexpected events such as trip cancellation, medical emergencies, and lost or stolen baggage.
It is compulsory for all of our clients to have travel insurance. We recommend that you also make insurance for your valuable things like camera and other personal belongings, as they may not be covered under general travel insurance
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As the war in Gaza Stirp has been raging for nine months, events have occurred every other week that have served only to kill any lingering hope that a way would be found to end it. The killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, in what must have been an Israeli missile strike, coming on top of an Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut to kill a top Hezbollah commander in Fuad Shukr, has not only plunged the Middle East into a fresh crisis but also left the hope of a ceasefire hanging by a very slim thread.
Even as the leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah are mourning the deaths of two top people, they, along with a wounded Iran, are already contemplating what sort of revenge they will seek in retaliatory attacks that could well plunge the conflict-ridden Middle East into a full-scale regional war against Israel with Hamas and Iran and its “Axis of Resistance” allies Hezbollah and the Houthi rebels of Yemen.
Zionist Prime Minister Netanyahu is the one to be blamed squarely for this latest escalation in his forces targeting a political person who was actively involved in the negotiations for a hostages-prisoners swap between Hamas and Zionist regime. He was eliminated with a missile that took out the window and a wall of Haniye’s room in Tehran and killed him and his bodyguard just hours after he had attended the investiture ceremony of Iran’s new President, Masoud Pezeshkian.
While Iran’s security is exposed by such a strike, perhaps carried out using Mossad’s intelligence inputs in tracking Haniye’s movements, it does place it in the delicate position of calibrating its response to the death, not of an Iranian but that of an honoured guest at a state ceremony. The only glimmer of hope that the situation would not go out of hand with a major Iranian strike lies in Iran’s soft retaliatory attacks on Israel when two top commanders and five of their colleagues in the Quds force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps were killed in a missile strike on a diplomatic compound in Damascus, Syria, in April.
There are no winners in this conflict that began with a shocking Hamas attack on Israeli civilians at their homes and at a concert on October 7 from where hundreds of hostages were taken to Gaza. Zionist Regime has since bombarded almost every city of the Gaza Strip, reducing most of them to rubble while killing nearly 40,000 Palestinians. While Israel has stayed quiet on the Haniyeh killing, it has confirmed that it killed the Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif in an aerial attack in Gaza in July. The pity is, despite the strikes at Hamas personnel and other targets there was always an opportunity for Zionist Regime to call off its expensive defensive and offensive war operations in exchange for hostages in a ceasefire deal that seemed close enough to take and come out with some gains from give-and-take negotiations that have been on for months. A Hezbollah attack that killed a dozen kids on a soccer field in the Golan Heights last week had added a deadlier dimension by inviting counterattacks. And yet it is one man’s political career that may end if the war closes with a ceasefire that is keeping the pot boiling. But then Mr Netanyahu, backed by several hawks in his war cabinet, has not hesitated to embarrass his backers in the US and the West by springing extra-territorial attacks to wipe out peace initiatives attempting to shape a ceasefire from which Zionist Regime and its economy will also get breathing space.
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Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that the Wireline Competition Bureau had asked Comcast to explain its policy of applying data caps and overage fees to its broadband subscribers, while exempting its own streaming video service from the data caps. The Wireless Bureau sent letters to AT&T and T-Mobile asking them to explain the details of their respective data cap policies and address concerns raised by third parties.
The following can be attributed to Harold Feld, Senior Vice President at Public Knowledge:
“In 2012, Public Knowledge filed a petition with the FCC to investigate the anti-competitive impact of Comcast exempting its video content from its own data cap while counting streaming video from rival services. Since then, Comcast has been charging customers overage fees for exceeding its 300 GB/month cap, while exempting its own StreamTV service. The FCC has received over 13,000 consumer complaints alleging Comcast has used its caps to “punish” cord-cutters and falsely claim overages for customers that stream rival services.
“Given Comcast’s lengthy history of anti-competitive conduct, and the recent flood of consumer complaints, the FCC’s letter to Comcast is not only long-overdue, but mild to the extreme.
“The equally mild letters sent to mobile carriers are similarly long overdue. Public Knowledge has called on carriers to be more transparent about their bandwidth cap policies since 2012, but carriers have refused to disclose meaningful details. In 2013, the FCC’s Advisory Committee on the Open Internet stressed the FCC’s utter ignorance on carrier data cap policies, and the need for the FCC to educate itself. In 2014, the Government Accountability Office issued a report highlighting the FCC’s complete ignorance on data caps and the critical need for the FCC to understand the potential impact of data caps on the nation’s economy and for consumers facing overcharges and restricted access.
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This is a special bonus Valentine's Day episode of the Pure
Being a mom is one of the hardest and most fulfilling “jobs” in the
world. Moms deserve so much love, care and appreciation. Not only
from others but from ourselves. And not just on Valentine's day,
but every day.
Since becoming a mom, I have to say, it's a little more fun
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BOO. Just couldn't resist.
The anticipation seems to be building...I'm not sure whether to be afraid of or attracted to the orange hot chocolate - I mean I like hot chocolate and if it is orange colored it would be festive...but orange flavor ummm (those chocolate Christmas oranges don't disappear quickly here).
Almost here. Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, fires burn and cauldrons bubble.I'll have some orange hot chocolate! Sounds delicious to me.
Orange hot chocolate, sounds good. Had to play catch up with your blogs. Lost power yesterday, thanxs to 8 inches of snow!
BOO! Giggle. Scream and jump back.:o)
How lovely......such fun.....you have a way to make people feel part of the festivities.......
Looks like you're really getting into the spirit of Halloween, Sherry! I'm glad to know there's hot chocolate in your caudron and not "eye of newt"!
That witchy brew of orange hot chocolate looks yummy. I love chocolate and fruit flavors.Marnie
Such a cute cauldron of pears :-) ready to make a witches brew!!
Dear Lisa,~BOO!~Halloween is so much fun. I am answering the door this evening as the trick-or-treaters come. It is an ancient way of celebrating.I love it.Sherry
Dear Chris,The orange co-co may not be for you! I like it stirred into my coffee, a strange combo but I think tasty. You may like the pumpkin crumb soul cakes I serve.I enjoy Halloween more than any other holiday. It is all fun to me!May you have lots of treats.Sherry
Dear Wendy,I am dressing as a witch this year... as I have always done.Co-co, cider, apples, pears and soul cakes are on the snack table.My copper Jack-o-lantern is overflowing with treats.I am ready.~BOO!~Sherry
Dear Cathy,Oh my goodness!!! 8 inches of snow is way too much snow in October....hope you are okay and not too much damage to trees. Happy Halloween,Sherry
Dear Mary,~BOO!~I hope you had a chance to paint your pumpkins this year. Happy Halloween,Sherry
Dear Cheryl,Each day I try to do something fun. October is a month just filled with opportunities too.When I found the grave marker with 28 days written on the back I was shocked. The person had lived many years. I took it to mean this person followed the moon, like I do.I felt a connection. In so many ways we are all connected not only with those walking the good red road today but those that went before.We are one.Namaste,Sherry
Dear Rose,All the newts are safe with me...as are bats and spiders.I only stir up trouble!~BOO!~Sherry
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When transplanting in season, do dead leaves signify a dead plant? A friend insisted on us digging up her althea and taking it to our house in the spring of this year. All of the leaves and blooms died and the plant looks dead. Can the adult shrub be revived?
The Rose of Sharon is likely suffering from a bit of shock, which is normal as the plant acclimates. You can cut it back some to alleviate some of the stress so that the plant can focus its energy on root establishment. This article will help with pruning: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/flower/pruning-rose-of-sharon.htm
Why did my flowers on my Althea bush turn from solid white to white with purple throat?
A white Rose of Sharon can produce flowers can change color, reverting to mauve or pink. They can revert or have changes due to the hybrid of this plant.
I planted several Althea plants this spring and I have noticed two problems: the leaves are turning yellow and some of the leaves have white sections that are now turning black. Shortly after we had planted the Althea, we experienced a frost that turned many of the leaves very crispy - indicating some frost burn. I am not sure if the plants have some disease or if they are getting too much water. We have had a lot of rain over the last couple of weeks and when it has not rained we have been watering the plants. What do you recommend. See uploaded photos.
I think these two articles will help:
I have an Altha that is about 4 yrs old that is growing downward instead of up and out, almost like an umbrella. It is otherwise healthy and had tons of double blooms this year. How ever it looks really strange. What do I do with it?
I do not have this problem with my varieties of Althea (a.k.a., Rose of Sharon; Hibiscus syriacus) but this happened to a friend when the branches bent from the weight of the flowers; the branches get leggy and the canopy becomes top heavy. She tried to prevent this problem by pruning the bush in the winter or early spring but I never do so, oh well. If you provide some additional water during the summer and this does not help self correct the branches, you may need to prune them in early Spring.
Do I cut the branches and put straw around the base?
Rose-of-Sharon prefers full sun and appreciates protection from winter winds. Flowers are formed on current season’s wood so pruning, if desired, should be done either in late fall, in winter after leaves drop or in early spring before buds form. Note: if the trunk survives your WI winters and leafs out, there would be no need to prune. Tropical hibiscus (a.k.a. hibiscus rosa-sinensis) is frost tender is most of the U.S. and should be brought inside. Hardy hibiscus (a.k.a. hibiscus moscheutos) is typically winter hardy to z5.
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NES Games Quiz – Guess the Game by Screenshot
Do you remember all popular retro NES games? I bet you can’t call it a half! We offer you to try your hand in our "NES Games Quiz"!So what is the NES Games Quiz?
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Planned Medicare cuts will ‘cripple specialty providers,’ radiology groups warn congressional leaders
Radiology groups are continuing their full-court press on congressional leaders, seeking to avert tens of millions in Medicare cuts to the specialty arriving on Jan. 1.
The latest plea came in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, imploring them to waive budget neutrality requirements. Their concerns stem from a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ plan to boost pay for primary care and other providers that bill for evaluation and management services. This necessitates a corresponding cut elsewhere that falls in the lap of radiology and other specialties, the 10 societies noted.
“We do not oppose improving payments for E/M billed office visits, like primary care, but this moment is the wrong time for significant cuts to essential services,” the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Radiology Business Management Association and others wrote Oct. 9. “The drastic budget neutrality adjustments required by CMS will cripple specialty providers unless Congress acts to waive budget neutrality.”
SNMMI highlighted the letter in a Tuesday news update, noting that nuclear medicine stands to sustain an 8% reduction in payment while radiology will see its pay drop 11%. Absent action from Congress, Medicare beneficiaries will likely see reduced access to care amid consolidation in the industry. Providers are already struggling to find a foothold during 2020’s challenging business climate, making this an “inopportune time” to reduce reimbursement, they wrote.
“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians and healthcare providers face not only an unprecedented public health challenge but serious economic ones, too,” they said.
The letter—also addressed to minority leaders Charles Schumer in the Senate and Kevin McCarthy in the House—is the latest in a series of attempts to quash the Medicare cuts. RBMA sent its own note to CMS Administrator Seema Verma Oct. 3, highlighting a member survey which found that 50% of practices plan to reduce staffing in 2021. And ACR alongside a coalition of 1.4 million providers sent another letter Oct. 5, praising a legislative fix recently introduced by Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, R-Texas.
Others signing the Oct. 9 message included the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, the Association for Medical Imaging Management, the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance, and the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, among others.
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Three Good Reasons
With the much anticipated release of the Supreme Courts Ruling on Obama-Care and while surfing the web last night while watching television, I stumbled upon an article entitled “Three Reasons The Supreme Court Should Overturn Obama-Care’s Individual Mandate”.
David Whelan, Contributor to Forbes , had an article on three simple reasons as to why the
Supreme Court should rule against The Affordable Health Care Act.
Obama-Care Is Intrusive
You probably know that the bill forces you to buy insurance or pay a $700 penalty. The penalty is $2,000 (per worker) for a company that doesn’t offer employees a plan. The bill also dictates what kind of insurance you must buy. You have to buy expensive first-dollar coverage for virtually everything–even if you’re young and healthy. Let’s say you don’t want to insure yourself against the possibility of needing drug rehab. Or you’d rather pay for primary care out of pocket and just insure against an expensive hospital stay. You don’t have those options. The bill will also intrude into your benefits at work. ObamaCare encourages your employer, in some cases, to withdraw insurance in favor of pushing you into a government run exchange where you will likely have to fend for yourself.
Obama-Care Is Unaffordable While Not Achieving Its Own Objectives
Last year we had a $1.3 trillion budget deficit. This year it falls to $1 trillion but the federal government will spend 31% more than it takes in. That was without ObamaCare. Given the likely to never-be-enacted Medicare cuts andother financial contortions that were used to score health reform’s future deficit effects–coupled with our country’s inability to otherwise raise revenue–we’re digging ourselves into a major hole. Meanwhile, the bill will still leave 25 million uninsured, fails to control aggregate health spending in any meaningful way, and raises private health premiums substantially.
Obama Care Will Politicize The Doctor-Patient Relationship
Since the health care exchanges will be run at the state level, specific decisions about what health insurance covers and doesn’t cover will be made in reaction to lobbyists representing various medical industries, patient groups, political causes, and so forth. The lamentable birth control debate was only the first round. Get ready for California to ban circumcisions but cover New Age healing, for the Deep South to impose the abortion debate on top of its health exchanges, and for more liberal, spendy states to mandate that insurance cover anything and everything. And if that’s not enough mixing of politics and health care, there’s always the IPAB. The federal independent payment advisory board will get to decide when to block coverage for certain medical procedures deemed either unproven or too expensive. Then, Congress will rush to the rescue, aided by lobbyists. Left behind in all this are patients and doctors, who will rapidly lose control of their health care decision-making ability to a group of strangers.
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THE PLASTIC TURN
The Plastic Turn offers a novel way of looking at plastic as the defining material of our age and at the plasticity of plastic as an innovative means of understanding the arts and literature. Ranjan Ghosh terms this approach the material-aesthetic and, through this concept, traces the emergence and development of plastic polymers along the same historical trajectory as literary modernism. Plastic’s growth as a product in the culture industry, its formation through multiple application and chemical syntheses, and its circulation via oceanic movements, Ghosh argues, correspond with, and offers novel insights into, developments in modernist literature and critical theory.
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For the forthcoming Premier League match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace, Chris Sutton has given his prediction.
Sutton is confident that Sunday’s match at Anfield against Crystal Palace will result in a victory for Jurgen Klopp’s squad.
After suffering a blow at Old Trafford with a 2-2 draw against Manchester United, Liverpool, who are vying for the league title, are now behind Arsenal on goal difference (42/51). They still have a good chance to win the championship, though.
Conversely, in their previous 13 league meetings, Crystal Palace has not been able to win against Liverpool; instead, they have only managed two draws and 11 losses.
“This match is imperative for Liverpool, especially after their stumble at Old Trafford,” Sutton told the BBC.
“The form of Mohamed Salah, who hasn’t been as clinical since returning from injury, is a worry for Jurgen Klopp’s team. He’s been blowing chances that he would usually seize with ease.”
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As the few of you who haven’t given up on me may have noticed, I haven’t blogged anything for months. I made a good start at catching up on our UK trip, and I planned to get that done before resuming normal blogging.
So much for planning.
I still want to write more about the trip to the UK, and even post a few more pictures, but it’s clear that I’ve let myself get stalled (something which happens far too easily to me).
It’s time to move on.
We now rejoin this blog, which is already in progress.
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EPISODE 2216 MIN The Doe & Simulated Reality How can you remain spiritual in a simulated reality? Explore the effects of the Doe and how you can overcome them. Follow along with a guided session and learn to strengthen your connection with the universe. Related Content Episode 28: In the Zone In this episode, Eric gives a fresh perspective on the popular topics of mindfulness and what atheletes call flow state or "getting in the zone." Then, explore ways in which you can reach even high, more enlightened states of consciousness. Episode 1: Energy In this episode, learn how to see and harness prana energy, a fuel that powers your ability to heal someone, see things dimensionally, and experience a connection with the universe. Then, explore kundalini, auras, and frequency. Episode 3: Meditation In this episode, go far beyond common concepts and reveal deeper insights to meditation. Learn practical techniques that you can implement to have groundbreaking experiences typically reserved for long-time meditators.
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by Bob D’Ambrosio
A – Assign teams…Create teams to oversee each ministry and model the value of teamwork.
B – Build on a biblical foundation…Teach believers that discipleship involves the process of discovering and using our God-given gifts and abilities.
C – Create a volunteer-friendly culture…Motivate, encourage, equip, and assist people as they connect to a group or ministry role.
D – Delegate ministry responsibilities…Give volunteers opportunities to be involved in significant ministry functions.
E – Energize your team through affirmation…Lift people up with words, praise their efforts, and encourage them in their gifts.
F – Focus on the vision…Continually cast the vision of the ministry to keep people inspired.
G – Give it time… Allow time to build a church culture that supports the values of equipping and empowering people for ministry.
H – Have fun…We give you permission to lighten up and not take yourself—or the demands of ministry—too seriously.
I – Identify the uniqueness of people…Help people discover their gifts, talents, experiences, passions, and abilities to find their place in the body of Christ.
J – Join a community…Find a support network of other equipping leaders or connect with us on our Refresh the Church Facebook page. We’re all in this together.
K – Keep a positive attitude…You can’t control what happens; you can only control how you respond to what happens.
L – Lead from your strengths…Effective ministry leaders maximize and develop their strengths and learn to manage their weaknesses.
M – Mobilize people…Create a discovery process to help people understand their gifting and uniqueness for placement in an area of serving, community, or training.
N – Notice the progress…Constantly affirm the value of change, and the people who are making the change possible.
O – Organize your connecting systems…Evaluate how you move people from sitting to serving and fine-tune the systems needed.
P – Prepare people for ministry…Teach the biblical foundation for serving so people understand that God calls and equips us to serve.
Q – eQuip God’s people for works of service… Ephesians 4:12 directs us to prepare God’s people for works of service. No one-man bands!
R – Recognize people for what they do…Give recognition to cheer people toward faithful service.
S – Stay the course…Don’t give up on God, his church, people, your vision, or yourself.
T – Talk openly…Fearless conversation is vital within your team, congregation, and with other church leaders to overcome challenges and move forward.
U – Utilize available resources…Invest in resources that develop you as a leader and empower your team.
V – Value people…Avoid the rookie-leader mistake of assuming your people know how important they are to the mission or how much you appreciate them.
W – Worry less; pray more…Find a prayer partner who can help you leave the details and pressures of ministry in God’s hands and will remind you that God is in control.
X – be eXternally focused…When a church is internally strong it can be externally focused.
Y – take care of Yourself…Prioritize your personal spiritual growth and self-care.
Z – add some daZzle to your ministry…As representatives of the Great Dazzler, we should strive to live lives that wow people for Jesus in our community, our worship, and daily interactions.
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Final Environmental Impact Statement and Final Habitat Conservation Plan for the Na Pua Makani Wind Energy Project, Oahu, HI
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the final environmental impact statement (EIS) and final habitat conservation plan (HCP) for Na Pua Makani Power Partners, LLC's (applicant) Na Pua Makani Wind Energy Project (Project). The applicant is requesting an incidental take permit (ITP) to authorize take of one threatened and six endangered species (covered species) listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). If issued, the ITP would authorize incidental take of the covered species that may occur as a result of the construction and operation of the Project over a 21-year period. The HCP describes the applicant's actions and measures to minimize, mitigate, and monitor incidental take of the covered species. The final EIS has been prepared in response to the permit application in accordance with requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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GOP conservation ethic is not a new revelation
By MARTHA MARKS, REP President
AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT: Letter to the editor, Grand Junction (CO) Daily Sentinel, published August 8, 2001
The “epiphany” that many congressional Republicans are having about the environment is not a new revelation, but a restoration of an old conservation tradition. After all, it wasn’t so long ago that Republicans were at the forefront of conservation efforts.
You don’t have to be old to remember that Richard Nixon pushed through numerous environmental laws and created the Environmental Protection Agency.
Before him, Dwight Eisenhower established the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
And before him, a conservative Republican congressman, Pennsylvania’s John Saylor, was instrumental in passing laws to protect America’s wilderness and wild rivers.
And before him — well, everybody knows about Teddy Roosevelt.
We at Republicans for Environmental Protection, a national grassroots organization, are gratified that a growing number of our party’s elected leaders are getting reacquainted with the GOP conservation tradition. Rank-and-file Republicans have always been strong supporters of laws protecting our air, water and natural heritage, as polls have shown time and again.
We’re pleased that more of our leaders have realized that it’s politically smart and in our country’s best interests to protect the environment.
Unfortunately, we still have a ways to go. Too many of our Republican leaders are indifferent or even hostile to conservation. It’s time for President Bush and congressional leaders to fully restore the GOP’s conservation tradition and come up with a positive environmental agenda that will earn the American people’s support.
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Tennesseans of all stripes catching on to need for conservation
By BOB AUGUST, REP coordinator in Tennessee
AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT: published in the The Tennessean on January 22, 2007.
Many important issues graced the table of our newly elected, Democratic-controlled Congress, which embarked on an ambitious round of legislation in its first 100 hours.
Included are a graduated minimum-wage increase, federally funded stem-cell research — and, of course, Iraq. Partisan passions run hot on many of these initiatives, including some that addressed environmental concerns.
Until recently, environmental concerns were perceived as crosses to be borne by Subaru-driving, Wild Oats-shopping, latte-drinking lefties. No longer. Traditionally conservative big businesses are flaunting their “green” side with increasing frequency and are investing significant sums of money in progressive renewable-energy initiatives.
Even Wal-Mart, the media’s favorite whipping boy, is on a campaign to sell more compact fluorescent bulbs to consumers (these “white lights” use about one-fifth the electricity and last about 10 times longer than conventional lightbulbs).
It’s no wonder that people rarely associate our national park system and wildlife refuges with Republican President Teddy Roosevelt — or the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and Environmental Protection Agency, with Richard Nixon — or the Clean Air Act amendment with George H.W. Bush. In recent years, many in the GOP have done a bang-up job of making “conservatism” and “conservation” mutually exclusive.
And while Sen. John McCain, the presumed GOP front-runner for the White House, is one of the most environmentally friendly Republican presidential candidates in recent memory, we cannot rely on the government — regardless of who is elected and from which party — to be our environmental baby sitters.
Conservation is a matter of common sense — and we’ve got momentum. Hybrid automobile production is on the rise and SUV sales are in decline. But, as Tennesseans we must not drop the ball. We’re a people who relish the outdoors. It’s small wonder that the Volunteer State, along with North Carolina, is home to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most-visited national park in the country.
The minimum wage will be adjusted, the stem-cell debate will be worked out, and the Iraq war will end one day. But with roughly six times as many of us on Earth as there were just a century ago, the quest to preserve the world’s natural resources goes on forever.
Conservation is conservative. Conservation is liberal. Conservation is a way of life.
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In this article, the system of teaching English as a foreign language in Iran and Turkey and Azerbaijan is reviewed. English language teaching in the school period of these three neighboring countries, the latest developments in English as well as changes in English language teaching in these countries have been studied due to the geographical location of these three countries and the need of these communities to learn English as a language of instruction and communication is one of the reasons for this research. This research is qualitatively designed and the data is collected from the websites of the Ministries of Education of all three countries and their curriculum.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the new state-of-the-art Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center (BIETC) campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 19 January. Built at an investment of Rs 1,600 crore, the 43-acre campus is Boeing's largest such investment outside the US. The Prime Minister also launched the Boeing Sukanya Programme, which aims to support the entry of more girls from across the country into the country's growing aviation sector.
Ms. Stephanie Pope, COO, The Boeing Company, appreciated the Prime Minister's focus on the development of the aviation sector in India and his important role in making the Boeing Sukanya program possible today. He expressed his gratitude for their continued support and looked forward to working together to shape the future of aerospace. He said that this new campus is a testament to Boeing's engineering heritage and underlines the confidence in the availability, depth of talent pool and capability present in India. He explained in detail the scope of the new campus and Boeing's plans to create an ecosystem that will take India to the forefront of the aerospace industry. Lastly, he said that the new Boeing campus will become one of the most cutting-edge examples of the Prime Minister's Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative or 'self-reliance'.
He credited the Prime Minister for the idea of the Sukanya program and praised Boeing's efforts to create and accelerate opportunities for Indian women in aviation. “This program will remove barriers and inspire more women to pursue careers in the aerospace sector,” she said. He also informed about the plan to provide STEM laboratories in secondary schools. He expressed confidence that the Boeing and India partnership will shape the future of aviation and bring positive change to people in India and around the world.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that Bengaluru is a city that connects aspirations with innovations and achievements and India's technological capability with global demand. Informing that this newly inaugurated complex is Boeing's largest facility outside the US, the Prime Minister said, “This new technology complex of Boeing is going to strengthen this confidence.” He underlined that its scale and magnitude will strengthen the aviation market not only in India, but also across the world.
He said that this facility demonstrates India's commitment towards driving international technology, research and innovation, design and demand. “This campus strengthens the resolve of ‘Make in India-Make for the World’,” he said. “This campus will strengthen the world’s confidence in India’s talent,” he said. He expressed confidence that one day, India will design future aircraft in this facility.
Recalling the inauguration of Asia's largest helicopter manufacturing factory in Karnataka last year, the Prime Minister said this new Boeing facility is a clear indication of Karnataka's emergence as a new aviation hub. He especially congratulated the youth of India, who will now have many opportunities to acquire new skills in the aviation industry.
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Proteomic and Glycoproteomic Profilings Reveal That Post- translational Modifications of Toxins Contribute to Venom Phenotype in Snakes
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Snake venoms are biological weapon systems composed of secreted proteins and peptides that are used for immobilizing or killing prey. Although post-translational modifications are widely investigated because of their importance in many biological phenomena, we currently still have little understanding of how protein glycosylation impacts the variation and stability of venom proteomes. To address these issues, here we characterized the venom proteomes of seven Bothrops snakes using a shotgun proteomics strategy. Moreover, we compared the electrophoretic profiles of native and deglycosylated venoms and, in order to assess their subproteomes of glycoproteins, we identified the proteins with affinity for three lectins with different saccharide specificities and their putative glycosylation sites. As proteinases are abundant glycosylated toxins, we examined the effect of N-deglycosylation on their catalytic activities and show that the proteinases of the seven venoms were similarly affected by removal of N-glycans. Moreover, we prospected putative glycosylation sites of transcripts of a B. jararaca venom gland data set and detected toxin family related patterns of glycosylation. Based on our global analysis, we report that Bothrops venom proteomes and glycoproteomes contain a core of components that markedly define their composition, which is conserved upon evolution in parallel to other molecular markers that determine their phylogenetic classification.
Journal Of Proteome Research. Washington, v. 15, n. 8, p. 2658-2675, 2016.
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Ashley Watterson is a PhD student in Organizational Behavior at Claremont Graduate University. At LeAD Labs, she previously served as the Research Lab Coordinator and Manager, assisting members in progressing our research program. Her research specifically focuses on global leadership and multi-racial leaders. Ashley has also contributed to our coaching program, previously serving as the Coaching Coordinator, assisting in selecting and training LeAD Certified Coaches. Ashley also serves as a coach.
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A monolithic gas sensor array fabricated in industrial CMOS-technology combined with post-CMOS micro-machining is presented. The device comprises an array of three metal-oxide-coated micro-hotplates with integrated MOS-transistor heaters and the needed driving and signal-conditioning circuitry. The operating temperature of the SnO2 metal oxide resistors varies between 200 and 350°C. Three digital PID controllers enable individual temperature regulation. Interface and temperature control are implemented digitally, making power-saving mode and temperature modulation to enhance analyte discrimination applicable. Emphasis was placed on a modular system with the required analog circuitry reduced to a minimum. ©2004 IEEE.
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The Workshop on Geotagging and Its Applications in Multimedia (GeoMM 2013) focuses on new applications and methods of geotagging and in geo-location support systems. As the location based multimedia becomes more and more popular in the era of Web and mobile applications, the in- crease in the use of geotagging and improvements in geo- location support systems open up a new dimension for the description, organization and manipulation of multimedia data. This new dimension radically expands the usefulness of multimedia data both for daily users of the Internet and social networking sites as well as for experts in particular application scenarios. The workshop serves as a venue for the premier research in geotagging and multimedia, and continues to attract submissions from a diverse set of researchers, who address newly arising problems within this emerging field. Copyright © 2013 ACM.
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To determine population genomic structure through high-throughput sequencing techniques has revolutionized research on non-model organisms. The coconut leaf beetle, Brontispa longissima (Gestro), is a widely distributed pest in Southern China. Here, we used restriction site-associated DNA (RAD) genotyping to assess the invasion pathway by detecting and estimating the degree of genetic differentiation among 51 B. longissima accessions collected from Southern China. A total of 10,127 SNPs were obtained, the screened single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) information was used to construct the phylogenetic tree, FST analysis, principal component analysis, and population structure analysis. Genetic structure analysis was used to infer the population structure; the result showed that all accessions were divided into Hainan population and non-Hainan population. The Hainan population remained stable, only the Sansha population differentiated, and the non-Hainan populations have gradually differentiated into smaller sub-populations. We concluded that there are two sources of invasion of B. longissima into mainland China: Taiwan and Hainan. With the increase of the invasion time, the Hainan population was relatively stable, and the Taiwan population was differentiated into three sub-populations. Based on the unrooted phylogenetic tree, we infer that Taiwan and Hainan are the two invasive base points. The Taiwan population invaded Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi, while the Hainan population invaded Yunnan and Sansha. Our results provide strong evidence for the utility of RAD sequencing (RAD-seq) in population genetics studies, and our generated SNP resource could provide a valuable tool for population genomics studies of B. longissima in the future.
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Gentlemen, consider this your cheat sheet for grooming tips and tricks and I am doing this because some of you just keep looking ashy and unkempt.
These 8 tips will help you look your best and help you put your best foot forward in the good looking department, every single day. It is not just to wear starched shirt o, my brother, pay attention to the simple details. Oya, start reading.
- Please shave. Just try and shave small abeg. I know you want to join beard gang and that is perfectly understandable but please keep that area good looking. Go to your barber, tell him to give you a trim and take off all the extras. You do not need to be looking unkept just because you are an unofficial member of the beard gang.
- You see all those shaving nicks that you carry around as if they are war marks, you can heal them nicely with lip balm. Yes, lip balm or Vaseline works like a seal and it’ll keep bigger cuts from forming unsightly scabs.
- Please use moisturizer daily. It will help combat that dry and flaky skin that you are carrying about. Nobody likes looking at your face all white especially with the absence of harmattan. Oh by moisturizer, I mean body cream o. This is actually the first step to this grooming business.
- Please brush your teeth. It is like some of you forget before you step out of the bathroom, so take this as a reminder. Brushing your teeth and tongue will not only do you good but all the people you’ll meet will definitely be thankful that you did.
- If you are one who has bad breath, buy a bottle of mouth wash and gargle three times a day especially when you are done eating. The wash will help eradicate food that is trapped between your teeth. Trust me, it works.
- Air those shoes and wash your socks bro or better still, buy another pair. Don’t be the Man that cannot remove his shoes when he goes visiting.
- Put a little balm on those lips to exfoliate them. It is too chapped for our liking. If you are the kind of man that thinks lip balm will make you less, put the balm on as you are getting ready and as soon as you open the main door, clean them off. Your lips would have sucked in a bit of moisture
- Part of this grooming lesson I am trying to teach you in your old age involves trimming your nails Uncle. I don’t know who told you they were cute or sexy but please trim them. Trim is me putting it mildly o, some of you need to cut the whole thing off – the nails, cut it.
DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE WITH YOUR EMAIL BELOW AND GET MORE OF THIS EVERYDAY
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Called drug repurposing, this approach means that researchers can consider the known properties and actions of a drug alongside the mechanisms of a particular disease, and make a reasonable assessment as to whether drug might provide a potential remedy. Drug repurposing also means that the side effects and safety profile of the drug are already well known. However, preclinical laboratory work and clinical trials for the new target condition are usually still required.
Here at Retina UK, a couple of recent stories about potential drug repurposing have caught our eye.
Methotrexate is a powerful drug already used to treat certain types of cancer, as well as autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, but scientists have also discovered that it can improve the function of faulty rhodopsin protein. Rhodopsin plays a key role in enabling light sensitivity in rod photoreceptors, and some cases of retinitis pigmentosa are caused by mutations in the rhodopsin (RHO) gene. US biotechnology company Aldeyra Therapeutics is now starting a small clinical trial of methotrexate for autosomal dominant RP caused by a particular mutation in the rhodopsin gene, with the drug being injected into the jelly of the eyeball. For more details, see fightingblindness.org/news/aldeyra-launches-phase-2-clinical-trial-of-methotrexate-intravitreal-injections-for-rp-833.
Meanwhile, knowledge of the biochemical targets of a drug normally used to treat alcoholism has led scientists to investigate whether it might be helpful in retinal disease. In a study on mice with retinal degeneration, the drug, called disulfiram, helped restore some vision by dampening down nerve signal “interference” from dying photoreceptors. The US-based scientists are now planning a small clinical trial in people with relatively advanced RP. For more details, see www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/neuroscience/a-key-to-restoring-sight-may-be-held-in-a-drug-that-treats-alcoholism.
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Despite the wide range of technology available to foresters, many still choose to use traditional methods of harvesting and working with wood.
Horse loggers use working horses to extract felled trees. They are often employed to extract trees from areas where modern machines might struggle to reach without causing damage. Horses provide a low-impact, sustainable alternative to conventional machinery. Most horse loggers are self employed contractors.
What qualifications will I need?
An Accredited Apprenticeship Scheme has been established by the British Horse Loggers Charitable Trust. The aim of this apprenticeship scheme is to give apprentices the skills and knowledge to become self employed contractors.
Typically self-employed and seasonal – estimated wage of £9,000 – £20,000
– management of coppice woodland
– making charcoal
– greenwood crafts
– harvesting wood for biomass boilers
Typically self-employed and seasonal – estimated wage of £9,000 – £19,000
Woodturners turn wooden blanks on lathes into wood products. A woodturner generally works with green (unseasoned) wood. For many people woodturning begins as a hobby, or as a self-employed part-time job. As well as selling their products, woodturners can make money through being hired to provide demonstrations at shows and fairs. The AWGB (Association of Woodturners of Great Britain) offers a certificate in woodturning.
Typically self-employed with earnings dependent on products produced
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Storyteller is a dual exhibition by the New York-based Hong Kong artist Bing Lee @goldfedora and the London-based South Korean artist Kim Ha-Young, which showcases painting and sketching are featured to promote dialogue about contemporary psychology and will open up space for audiences to explore multicultural and artistic.
Both artists are mainly known for their unique, witty and iconic visual effects related to contemporary cultural and social issues, but they come from different cultural and generational backgrounds. The artist Lee transformed the excerpts from "Pictographic Diary" into paintings on canvas, wood engravings, graphite on paper, dyes on latex, etched glass, mosaics, ceramics, and murals at specific locations. Kim mainly paints and draws films on polyester canvas, often incorporating her paintings into animations and installations, exploring modern technology and scientific issues in her works. She is particularly fascinated by our high-tech society's influence on human thought and the process by which people become "individual". The control, indifference, rationality, and "intelligence" logic triggered by advanced technology not only make people lose some of their humanity and personality but also make them more vulnerable to fragile and fragile feelings.
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The 2022 edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong, Stephen Friedman Gallery (Booth 1B11) presents new paintings and works on paper by the Swedish artist Andreas Eriksson.
The artist was fascinated by natural landscapes and depicted his rural settings in Lidköping and Medelplana, Sweden. The exhibition explores his practice during and after the pandemic. The works on paper were made while the artist was at home due to Covid-19, and when the paint was not available on canvas, Erickson channeled ideas through the use of watercolors, inks, and pastels. As the world reopens, 6 new paintings are created that reflect the artist's unique visual style.
Small events and phenomena from his everyday life and the natural world become the beginnings of his work, providing a solid background for his conceptual and metaphorical processes. Wandering between abstract and figurative, at the same time familiar and mysterious, his meditative works create a window into the outside world, which can be interpreted as patchwork topography or details of organic forms such as trees, earth, and rock formations.
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From the archives of Oral Roberts
One day, when I was a young man attending a sociology class at a university where I was studying, the professor began to lecture about how it was a scientific impossibility for God to have created a woman from a man’s rib. This school was not affiliated with my denomination, so I didn’t feel as if I had a right to speak up, but the longer the professor talked, the more uncomfortable I became. Finally the Lord nudged me, telling me to leave the classroom. As I got into my car, the Holy Spirit spoke in my heart and said, “Son, don’t be like other men. Don’t be like other preachers. Don’t be like your denomination. You be like Jesus and heal the people as He did.”
Then the Lord showed me that I had just been an echo up to that point. An echo is a secondary sound of a voice or noise. It’s not the original, but a bounced-off version of the original. An echo is always less than the original. That had been the story of my life up until that point. I had been in the ministry twelve years, and my preaching was bouncing off the walls. I was trying to copy other preachers, and I was becoming just an echo of them.
The Spirit’s words brought me up short: “You be like Jesus.”
Friend, that’s a good word for all of us. Determine within yourself today that you are going to be like Jesus. You’re not going to be a copy of anyone you know. Resolve that you’re not going to be just the average Christian in your church and community. Be like Jesus!
Read the Gospels and the book of Acts and discover Jesus again. Let His life come rising up off the pages to you until you can see Him walking and talking and living in your world. And then be like Him!
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