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Set in the stunning grounds of a client’s former home, two new Scandia-Hus properties are currently being constructed.
The first house will be completed in a Georgian style, with a symmetrical façade, brick cladding, vertical sliding sash windows and a classical columned porch.
The second property will have an exterior typical of houses in Sussex, with clay tiles hung on the top half of the building and bricks below.
In the Surrey village of Felbridge, close to East Grinstead, these two builds have had their sites excavated and groundworks are underway.
The trenches have been dug and the concrete foundations poured.
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https://www.scandia-hus.co.uk/self-build-home-diary/
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Perfect your short game or have a great time with friends and family in a comfort of your backyard. Putting greens are virtually maintenance free and always ready to T off on a relaxing environment of your home.
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My favourite games are backgammon and its variants, and line 4 and its variants. I'm also partial to a game of behemoth or dice chess.
I prefer games with 3 days or higher timeout at the moment. Busy time of year, and although likely to log on every day it can't be guaranteed.
I also play on goldtoken.com as furbster
When i post games in the waiting room, i like to play a mixture of people, so please only take a maximum of 3-4 games at a time. In future i will just delete any extra games taken, which is a waste of your time and mine.
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Act of Solidarity with Sikh and Muslim Neighbors Near Sites of Recent Violence and Arson
Washington DC, August 21, 2012
In light of the recent acts of violence and vandalism against religions minorities across the country, Sojourners is calling on Christians to stand up against the hatred. Starting today, a billboard and newspaper ad will appear in Joplin, Mo., home to a mosque that burned to the ground earlier this month after suffering two previous acts of arson.
Both the ad and the billboard read simply, “Love Your Muslim Neighbors.” The billboard is five blocks from the mosque on the corner of W 7th Street & S Schifferdecker Street.; the newspaper ad ran today in The Joplin Globe on Page A6. The second billboard has been erected three blocks from the gurudwara that was the recent target of a shooting that left six worshippers dead. The billboard reads, “Love Your Sikh Neighbors,” and sits on the corner of College Avenue and 13th Street in Oak Creek.
Lisa Sharon Harper, Director of Mobilizing for Sojourners, who recently joined with the Muslim community in fasting during Ramadan noted, “These attacks all come from fear. People fear what they don’t know or don’t understand.” She added, ““These ads are encouragement for Christians to act out of love and not fear towards those of different religions.”
Geoff Tunnicliffe, CEO and Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, says, “Let there be no doubt: as Christians, we want to live in peace with Muslims, Sikhs and with all men and women in this world. This is intrinsic to our religion and is essential to Jesus’ teachings.” Tunnicliffe hopes that these billboards send a strong message to those of other faiths, as well, adding, “We want these billboards to communicate solidarity against violence and the desire to live peacefully with one another, regardless of faith tradition.”
In Milwaukee, Wis., Rev. Steve Jerbi of All Peoples Church has been actively involved responding to the shooting at the gurudwara. “It is amazing that loving our neighbor is such a radical statement. The walls of division, fear, and sometimes just not even knowing our neighbors is too often our reality. This campaign reminds us, after tragedy and in everyday life, that we are called to love our neighbors. This is a change for Christians to continue to express not just our sympathy, but our love for sisters and brothers in the Sikh community.”
Rev. Jill Cameron Michel of South Joplin Christian Church has worked with other clergy in the area to support the Islamic community after the loss of their building by hosting an Iftar dinner with four other churches in the area, as well as planning future outreach focusing on education Christians about Islam." Jesus went to where people were hurting. He crossed boundaries of culture, race, and religion, and he acted in love even when it was difficult. Jesus echoed the words of Judaism by reminding us that faith comes down to loving God and loving your neighbor, two inseparable parts of the whole. Offering comfort, support, and hope, recognizing the humanity not only of those who believe as I do, but of all -- these are acts of love, and are central to my faith.”
Sojourners' mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world. Sojorners is an Associate Member of the World Evangelical Alliance. Visit www.sojo.net, and www.GodsPolitics.com.
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~ Blood Test Could Tell Body's True Age
Evening Standard - London, 07-26-06
Revolutionary blood test could tell you exactly how old your internal organs are, scientists said today.
By taking a genetic "fingerprint", researchers at Stanford University say they can reveal the true age of our bodies. They hope the test could tell patients of impending problems as well as let older people know if their organs are healthy for transplant.
Professor Stuart Kim, who led the the research, said: "We've found something that is at the core of aging. People age at different rates, especially with regard to muscular aging. Some remain fit and strong, whereas others become frail and weak."
His team studied the genetic signatures of muscle tissue from a range of participants aged between 16 and 89.
The team analysed the activity of thousands of genes in 81 muscle samples.
They found a set of 250 genes whose activity goes markedly up or down with age.
When they compared the activity of these genes with the muscle fitness of individuals, measured by the size of their muscle fibres, they found that the genetic profile, rather than a person's age in years, was a more accurate indicator of fitness.
Professor Kim hopes his test could one day be used to identify donor organs that are normally ruled out because of the donor's age but may actually be in good working order.
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Australian government pledges $1.4bn to bushfire recovery
Firefighters use improved conditions to prepare for more hot weather later this week
Reserve troops fanned out across fire-ravaged regions in three Australian states on Monday after a horror weekend, as the government pledged $1.4 billion (Dh5.14bn) over two years to help recovery efforts.
Bushfires have destroyed about six million hectares of land, with authorities saying the disaster still has weeks or months to run.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose government has been criticised for its slow response to the emergency, pledged A$2 billion (Dh5.1bn) of taxpayer money for a national recovery fund.
"It's a long road ahead and we will be with these communities every step of the way as they rebuild," Mr Morrison said.
Firefighters joined by teams from the US and Canada took advantage of rain and cooler conditions to tackle out-of-control blazes before temperatures increase later this week.
In the biggest call up of reserves, military personnel were sent across eastern Australia to help emergency services assess the damage, restore power and deliver food, water and fuel to cut-off communities.
For the first time in Australian history the government also sent its medical assistance team, a group normally sent to other nations to lend support in the aftermath of disasters, to help people who fled the fires.
"There is no room for complacency, especially as we have more than 130 fires burning across New South Wales still," Premier of New South Wales state Gladys Berejiklian said on Monday.
About five million hectares of land have been razed across New South Wales and more than 1.2 million hectares have been destroyed in the state of Victoria since September.
The fires have killed 24 people and damaged about 2,000 homes.
Two people are missing in New South Wales, the country's most populous state.
In Victoria, Premier Daniel Andrews established a bushfire recovery agency to help devastated towns. It will be a permanent body, he said, as intense fires will become commonplace.
"We should just be honest about the fact we're going to see more and more fires, more and more damage as each fire season comes … this is the new normal," Mr Andrews said.
The head of Victoria's newly established bushfire appeal fund, Pat McNamara, said this year's summer bushfire season was a "creeping disaster".
"We're still not even into what we would regard as the peak of the fire season," he said.
In the usually picturesque town of Eden in New South Wales, Holly Spence, 28, said she spent more than 12 hours defending her family's farm on Saturday, less than a week after saving it on New Year's Eve.
"We don't want to go through this for a third time," she said.
Fiona Kennelly, 50, who evacuated the town with 24 members of her extended family and is staying at a motel outside the town, said she was relieved the improved conditions allowed them to get some respite from the crisis.
"It's good to see daylight at the right time again," she said.
The effect of the bushfires has spread beyond affected communities, with heavy smoke engulfing Melbourne, the country's second-largest city, and the capital, Canberra.
Some government departments were shut in Canberra as the city's air quality was once again ranked the world's poorest, according to independent online air-quality index monitor Air Visual.
The disaster has caused growing public anger with Mr Morrison. Rallies are planned on Friday to call on his government to step up efforts to tackle climate change, which experts say has helped fuel the fires.
Australian actor Russell Crowe said he was back home fighting the fires.
He sent a message about effects of climate change to Monday night's Golden Globes, held in Los Angeles, which was read out by actress Jennifer Aniston. "We need to act on science, move our global workforce to renewable energy and respect our planet for the unique and amazing place it is. That way, we all have a future."
Australian actress Cate Blanchett attended the award ceremony and praised the volunteer firefighters battling the blazes. "When one country faces a climate disaster, we all face a climate disaster. We're in it together," she said.
Updated: January 6, 2020 12:32 PM
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As we continue to find safe and fun places to go this summer, a rainy weekend found me searching for an indoor activity (which I have largely eschewed so far.) Jeffrey and I went to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, which was a great choice.
From the classic exhibits to the special Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit, open through October 4, there’s always something interesting to see.
We dodged the raindrops to visit the animals outside too.
Throughout the museum, these kids of modifications that either eliminated or changed “high touch areas” could be found. There was continuous cleaning happening while we were there too.
When you arrive, there is a contactless temperature check performed. The traffic flow through the museum is “one way,” with arrows and social distancing markers throughout.
Masks are required in both the inside and outside areas of the museum. And while a few areas including the Planetarium and lower level with the Smead Discovery Center are entirely closed, there was still plenty to see and do.
And when you arrive, you receive a complimentary Dino Gel hand sanitizer spray (the SWAG item of 2020 right there.)
We had a lovely morning visiting an authentically Cleveland spot that’s celebrating it’s 100th year.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History now requires a timed advance ticket purchase, which you can learn more about and purchase here. You can also follow the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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https://authenticallycle.com/cleveland-museum-of-natural-history/
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Antonelli Law UAS client Sky Eye Solutions LLC received approval from the FAA on October 27th to operate the Instant Eye MK-2 GEN3 for aerial utility and infrastructure inspections and precision agriculture. The FAA approved the petition in 122 days.
Many have observed the FAA docket and Section 333 exemption process became log-jammed during the summer. This approval is the second of 20 Antonelli Law Section 333 petitions to finally break out of that log-jam.
A copy of the FAA Grant of Exemption under Section 333 can be viewed here: Sky Eye Solutions LLC – 13365
If your company would like assistance filing its own Section 333 petition to fly UAS commercially, contact firm principal Jeffrey Antonelli at 312-201-8310 or fill out the contact form below and we will contact you.
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https://dronelawsblog.com/antonelli-law-utility-client-sky-eye-solutions-receives-section-333-exemption-approval/
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|~ Corvus, to his people|
Senator Quintas Attius Corvus is the main antagonist in the 2014 historical film Pompeii. He was a ruthless Roman senator who was hell-bent on killing Milo, marrying Cassia (against her will), and escaping from the apocalyptic disaster of Pompeii, the titular city, by any means necessary.
He was portrayed by Kiefer Sutherland, who also portrayed David in The Lost Boys, John "Ace" Merrill in Stand By Me, Robert Doob in An Eye For An Eye, Bob Wolverton in Freeway, Freddie Lee Cobb in A Time To Kill, The Caller in Phone Booth and Bosco in Marmaduke.
Corvus is a highly corrupt and ruthless senator in the employ of the Roman emperor Titus. He is first shown riding with a group of Romans and confronting a tribe of Celtic horsemen, unintentionally leaving behind a single survivor: a young boy named Milo. Corvus becomes involved with Cassia, the daughter of the ruler of Pompeii (named Severus), during her visit to Rome; however, this forces her to return to Pompeii early as she greatly resents Corvus' advances. Corvus later visits Severus in Pompeii and informs him that the emperor is not interested in investing in his plans to rebuild the city, but he himself will. Severus is warned however by Cassia that Rome is becoming a corrupt nation.
Meanwhile, Milo, now a gladiator in Pompeii, helps to calm down Cassia's horse after a sudden earthquake startles it. Having already met Milo once before, she accompanies him on horseback out into the open but they are captured by Corvus' men. Corvus attempts to have Milo assassinated for kidnapping Cassia but she pleads for his life, claiming it was her own decision. Corvus spares Milo and has him repeatedly whipped instead. The senator is later seen at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii, where he prepares to punish Milo by ordering him killed during the first battle. While Milo battles his way through the oncoming hordes, Corvus blackmails Cassia into marrying him by threatening to expose her family's supposed treason against the emperor (the penalty for this being death). Following the battle, Milo emerges victorious and openly declares his disgust with the Romans by hurling a spear at Corvus, which misses. As Corvus is about to give the order to have Milo assassinated, Cassia immediately holds a "thumbs-up" in order for him to live; infuriated, Corvus has her taken away by his guards and locked in a villa.
Shortly afterwards, there is a massive earthquake and Mount Vesuvius erupts, causing the amphitheater to crumble. Corvus is knocked out by falling debris, as are Cassia's parents. When Severus sees Corvus' body, he attempts to stab the senator but he immediately wakes up and kills him first. As Severus lays dying, Corvus flees into the city with the intention of escaping on a boat from the harbor, killing several citizens who are blocking his path in the process. Milo finds Cassia and frees her, but she is again captured by Corvus and taken onboard his chariot, as he plans to take her back to Rome with him to become his wife. As Milo approaches, Corvus sets his guards on him before riding off into the distance. Milo manages to defeat them all and chases after Corvus on horseback, both of them dodging huge fireballs and crumbling roads, until the senator' chariot finally crashes into the Temple of Apollo. Corvus is thrown to the ground and engages Milo in a vicious sword fight (during which Milo stabs him through the arm), before finally being handcuffed to a building by Cassia. Corvus furiously tells Milo that he has no right to oppose a man in his position, but Milo tells him how he killed his family and that his gods are coming to punish him. He and Cassia then escape from the collapsing city, leaving the terrified Corvus to beg for his life and to be incinerated by the pyroclastic surge that consumes Pompeii entirely.
Senator Quintas Corvus was shown to have a highly selfish, aggressive, impatient and brutal personality. At first he was thought to be highly polite, sophisticated and authentic. But then he became much more unpleasant, perverse and repulsive.
Corvus was authoritative, tyrannical and despotic individual. He had little tolerance towards people, even his own henchmen.
Despite his elegant and sophisticated personality, Corvus was brutal, tyrannical, selfish and ruthless. Corvus disliked Milo and was very envious towards him — especially because Cassia was in love with Milo instead of Corvus.
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Gopi K. Basyal
Gopi is one of 2016 intake of the multidisciplinary Action on Natural Disasters (AND) doctoral training programme and is based in Geography.
Gopi K. Basyal is a PhD Student at the Institute of Hazard Risk and Resilience (IHRR) in Durham University. He comes from a professional background working in earthquake risk reduction in Nepal. Gopi works with the National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal (NSET) with a focus on multi-hazard mapping, risk assessment, and community-based disaster risk reduction initiatives, where his projects attempt to partner academic research and government agencies to address the needs of local people.
Gopi has previously worked with Durham University on the NERC-ESRC funded Earthquakes without Frontiers project, and has been involved in setting up post-earthquake landslide monitoring in regions of Nepal that were badly damaged by the 2015 earthquakes.
Gopi’s research interests that he is hoping to explore during his doctoral research include developing effective and sustainable communication strategies for people at risk to landslides in mountainous countries. This ranges from effective strategies for knowledge sharing, to responding to early warnings, to aligning the latest science on earthquake risk with community understandings and responses.
Gopi is looking to build upon his previous knowledge and experience gained working in the field of earthquakes risk reduction, and explore ways to apply this to reducing landslide risk.
Other research includes:
- a study on the disaster-poverty relationship in Nepal as part of the Global Assessment Report (GAR2009);
- the compilation and management of DesInventar Database for Nepal, an inventory of disaster events;
- mapping building damage following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake using UAV technology as part of the J-RAPID Project.
Chapter in book
- Dixit AM, Shrestha SN, Guragain R, Pandey B, Oli KS, Adhikari SR, Acharya SP, Jimee GK, Upadhyaya BK, Sangachhe SB, Shrestha N, Pradhan S, Dhungel R, Khatiwada P, Baskota A, Poudel A, Tandingan M, Upreti M N, Parajuli B, Basyal GK, Chaudhary S, Bhatta GR & Marasini N (2018). Chapter 5 – Risk Management, Response, Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction, and Future Disaster Risk Reduction. In Impacts and Insights of the Gorkha Earthquake. Gautam D. & Rodrigues H. Elsevier. 95-134.
- Basyal, GK (2018). The First 100 Hours: Emergency Response to the Gorkha Earthquake. In Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk: The Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015. Bracken, L., Ruszczyk, H, & Robinson, T Palgrave Macmillan. 45-61.
- Sudmeier-Rieux K., Jaquet S., Basyal G. K., Derron M., Devkota S., Jaboyedoff M. & Shrestha S. (2013). A Neglected Disaster: Landslides and Livelihoods in Central-Eastern Nepal. In Landslide Science and Practice. 169.
- Hiroshi INOUE, Ramesh GURAGAIN, Gopi K. BASYAL, Suresh CHAUDHARY, Sujan Raj ADHIKARI & Tsuneo OHSUMI (2015), Damage Mapping of 2015 Gorkha Earthquake by Low-altitude Aerial Photos, Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia. Kathmandu.
- Basyal GK, Chaudhary S & Shrestha SN (2015), Open-spaces inventory and analysis in planning for safe evacuation sites in earthquake emergencies for in Kathmandu Valley, Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia. Kathmandu, National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) and International Center for Urban Safety Engineering (ICUS), Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan.
- Sujan Raj ADHIKARI, Gopi Krishna BASYAL, Surya Narayan SHRESTHA & Suman PRADHAN (2015), Post-earthquake assessment of buildings using Mobile Technology and Google Imaginary plus GIS visualization, Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia. Kathmandu.
- Murakami H., Guragain R., Pradhan B., Adhikari S. Basyal G. & Mori S. (2015), Seismic intensity questionnaire survey for the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake: Preliminary results and damage observations, International Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Japan Association of Earthquake Engineering (JAEE).
- Chaudhary S., Jimee G.K. & Basyal, G.K. (2015), Trend and geographical distribution of landslides in Nepal based on Nepal DesInventar data, The 14th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia. Kathmandu, National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal (NSET).
- Shrestha SN, Dixit AM, Basyal GK & Chaudhary S (2012), Experiences of Shelter Response Planning for Earthquake Disasters in Kathmandu Valley, 15 WCEE World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Lisbon.
- B.K. Upadhyay, K.S. Oli, N. Shrestha, G. Basyal & C.D. Ranamagar (2012), Experiences on Implementing Community Based Multi Hazard Disaster Risk Reduction Programs in Nepal, National Society for EarthquakeTechnology-Nepal 15 WCEE World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Lisbon.
- Adhikari, SR, Basyal, GK, Dixit, A, Martin, SS, Landes, M, Bossu, R & Hough, SE (2017). Toward a unified near-field intensity map of the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake. Earthquake Spectra 33(S1): S21-S34.
- Rigg, Jonathan, Oven, Katie J., Basyal, Gopi Krishna & Lamichhane, R. (2016). Between a rock and a hard place: Vulnerability and precarity in rural Nepal. Geoforum 76: 63-74.
- Adhikari SR, Dixit AM, Basyal GK, Chaudhary S & Shrestha SN (2013). Urban Risk Atlas of Nepal: A Tool for Disaster Risk Reduction Planning at Local Government Level. International Journal of Landslide and Environment 1(1): 1-2.
- Basyal GK & Khanal NR (2001). Process and characteristics of urbanization in Nepal. Contribution to Nepalese Studies 28(2): 187-225.
- Milledge,David, Rosser, Nick, Oven, Katie, Dixit, Amod Mani, Dhungel, Ranjan Basyal, Gopi Krishna , Adhikari, Sujan Raj & Densmore, Alexander (2018). Simple guidelines to minimise exposure to earthquake-triggered landslides.
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
- (2018). Action on Natural Disasters (AND) - an innovative training initiative at the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR).
- Hiroshi Inoue, Tsuneo Ohsumi, Hiromichi Fukui, Ramesh Guragain, Gopi Krishna Basyal, Suresh Chaudhary & Sujan Raj Adhikari (2016), Damage Mapping of April 2015 Nepal Earthquake using Small UAV, presented in Final Workshop on J-RAPID-Nepal, June 21-22, 2016, Kathmandu Final Workshop on J-RAPID-Nepal. Kathmandu.
- Parajuli B., Upadhyay B.K., Basyal G. K., Oli K.S., Shrestha N., Upreti N., Shrestha S. & Chaudhary S. (2012). Nepal Disaster Report 2011: Policies, Practices and Lessons. Kathmandu, Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), Government of Nepal; and Disaster Preparedness Network-Nepal (DPNet-Nepal) with support from United Nations Development Programme Nepal (UNDP), ActionAid Nepal and National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET).
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In the age of social media, branding is a very important thing to stay on top of. Nowadays, everyone posts photos of their lives on various social media platforms. Consider, for example, people who take a picture of their drink during lunch and share it on Instagram or Facebook. You cannot let this opportunity pass you by. Make the best use of this trend and increase your brand awareness. Have your logo, company name or other design printed on all your glasses. By having personalised glasses, your logo and company will get a much larger reach. This allows you to benefit from free promotion, and who doesn't want that?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING GLASSES PRINTED?
There are many different types of glasses, such as wine glasses, champagne glasses, beer glasses, soda glasses and water jugs and all of these glasses can be printed. Each glass is useful for multiple occasions and has a long service life. Printing personalised glasses is without a doubt a fundamental strategy in order to distinguish yourself from the rest of the companies active in the catering industry. Currently, the focus of many marketing strategies is to maximise customer experience and make it unique. To do this, many companies personalise different products within their company, from crockery and cutlery to furniture, and take advantage of the many benefits.
Printing on glass has many advantages. It ensures that your entire service looks recognisable. This gives your company a professional appearance. In addition, glassware printing is a good way to increase the visibility of your brand, build a good reputation and create special relationships with your customers. Enough reasons to do this too! Linking your brand to fun moments and positive experiences can greatly contribute to the perception that customers of your company have. Normally a drink is a social event that goes together with good times with friends, family or colleagues. The use of printed glasses is therefore very important for your company. In this way your customers will have a positive association with your brand and company.
WHAT ARE THESE GLASSES USED FOR?
Printing on glasses is ideal for companies and can be useful in countless occasions and situations. If you have a cafe, bar, restaurant, hotel, catering company, or other company, foundation or association, printed glasses can be more practical than you think. Here are some ideas how you could use them:
- Promotional gift: surprise your customers or colleagues with a completely exclusive gift on special days. It is an original promotional gift and has a long lifespan. Printed glasses are original products that can be used to promote a new service or product, to celebrate a new relationship with a partner or to open a new store or office.
- Events: Printing glasses and giving them away at a large event can be the one thing you do that sets you apart from the competition. Give a glass with logo to the visitor as a thank you for them attending your event and make sure your brand is visible to everyone for the whole day. Think for example of meetings, large events, fairs, weddings, anniversaries and parties.
- For internal use: give your company a professional atmosphere and strengthen the corporate identity of your brand with personalised glassware. There is nothing more professional than glasses printed with the logo of the company. This creates a unique and inclusive atmosphere in your company.
Helloprint has a wide range of scratch-resistant and dishwasher-friendly glassware. Whether you are looking for wine glasses, champagne glasses, beer glasses or other drinks. You will find everything at you need at Helloprint. We are happy to help you turn every idea into a perfect result. Having glasses printed with us is effortless and arranged in no time.
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“See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure” (1 John 3:1-3 NASB).
(Watercolor by Andy Sewell)
In the middle of a worship service at a Nancy Coen conference in December, 2017, part of the room fell away, and I felt Daddy reach down and take my hand, pulling me (my spirit?) up quickly. I had the sensation of floating into a room without walls, but only saw huge, like 20 foot tall, old-fashioned gumball machines lined up in front of me. Still holding my hand, (I seemed to be about the age of 8 all of a sudden), I heard the Father say, “You feel so blessed by these people, and so happy to be here, and I know you want to give them something in return, so pick one.” I looked at the choices, and had no clue what to pick! “What should I pick, Daddy?” I could not see His face, shrouded in light, but he leaned over to whisper in my ear conspiringly: “How about the ‘goody-goody gumdrops’?”
At this, I laughed out loud, and even heard myself laugh in the worship room simultaneously. It was a tender, sweet, inside joke. My earthly Dad says this occasionally, and he got it from his father, who used to say, “oh Goody Goody Gumdrops!” while taking me to the zoo, or Children’s Museum of Indianapolis as a child. It always made me laugh. God’s voice was just so playful and tender when He suggested it, and I knew the choice was still mine to make. “The gumdrops it is”, I replied, and there appeared a gold coin in my dress pocket: reading on one side: “Free”, and on the other side, “Paid”. I knew everything in this store was part of my inheritance, cause Jesus’ blood had already paid the price. I took the coin, put it in the machine, turned the knob, and gumdrops starting raining on everyone in the room in the Spirit! They were large, oversized, and drenched each person in sweet swirling rainbow colors. The sugar on them sparkled like diamonds as they absorbed into everyone, smiles erupting all around. I did not know what it all meant, but it was a lovely, sweet, and an intimate moment with my King. He loves to give good gifts to His children.
The next day, after the last session, I was alone for a few minutes in my mountain cabin bunk-room. “So, how do you feel about this weekend, Papa asked?” Without thinking, I blurted out: “I loved it! I feel like a kid in a candy store!” Realizing what I had just ‘accidentally’ said, we both laughed, remembering the experience He had given me the day before based on feelings I did not realize I even had yet! My biggest reason for feeling so delighted at the conference was because the whole weekend was spent around people like me: people whom it had taken me my whole life to meet: people who hear from God regularly, like a close friend, or people who have dreams or visions they know are from the Lord, or have been taken in the Spirit by the Lord, or who regularly spend time in His Presence in Heaven as if that is just a normal every-day occurence. It should be. They are a People who walk in the Gifts of the Spirit, the Power and Might and Counsel of the Godly, who long for relationship above all else.
I am awed at Nancy Coen’s decades of walking in the supernatural, faith-filled obedience to the Savior she loves so much. Like I am just beginning to be, she has been ridiculed, shunned and labeled a heretic by people who do not understand her unique walk with the Lord. Let us be sweet, like she is, to those who persecute us for His name’s sake, especially when they are our dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
That weekend, I had at least a dozen experiences of God/Jesus/Holy Spirit talking to me about things, showing me things, explaining things even while I was taking notes, and four open visions at the conference. It was quite amazing! But the candy store with Daddy is one of my faves. I love how Abba Daddy is so fun, humorous, intimate and personal with His children, yet so Holy, awe-inspiring and worthy of our Love and Praise. One minute He can be a Dad, the next a stern Father, then a Husband, Friend, and Righteous Judge. He is my Creator, Inventor, my All in All.
I still don’t have all the answers as to why gumdrops fell on people in the Spirit, or what that gift meant, but I am sure He will tell me in due time. Other than the candy watercolor picture above by Andy Sewell, which I do not yet know the story behind, I do not know if others have had any encounters with a similar vision. If you have, please share!
Get to know Him, He so wants to be close to you, and walk with you, and talk with you, even though He already knows everything about you!
“Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!” Psalm 34:8 (NLT)
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https://godspsychiatry.blog/tag/identity-in-christ/
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Representative of the Jewish minority at the Iranian Parliament Siamak Morreh Sedq confirmed that he plans to accompany President Hassan Rouhani during his visit to New York, but added that he has not received the US visa yet.
He deplored the recent hue and cry by the western and Israeli media about his visit to New York, and said, “The visa has not been issued and it is not clear who will accompany the president on his trip.”
His remarks came after western and Israeli media widely covered news about his visit to New York.
The Guardian, for example, had reported on Thursday night that the Jewish MP in the Iranian parliament will join President Rouhani in the US at the UN General Assembly in a bid to help revamp Tehran’s image in the international community.
The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.
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Among the demands made by the prisoners was an end to isolation in control units, to be recognized as political prisoners and to be regrouped in one prison so as to continue their political education and maintain their identity. This was vigorously opposed by the Spanish government who holds a total of over 1,000 political prisoners. During the strike Jose Manuel Sevillano died of heart failure due to malnutrition. To prolong the hungerstrike the government force-fed the prisoners. Several government officials, to include the head of prison medicine in charge of the force feeding, were executed during the strike by operational GRAPO units.
The hungerstrike was seen as being of great importance in light of the planned European unification in 1992 which could set the guidelines for dealing with all political prisoners in Europe, i.e., isolation, psychological torture, etc. Demonstrations in support of the hungerstrikers took place throughout Spain as well as across Europe, in the U.S., Canada, Japan and other countries.
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SGS Wins Inspection Contract for Gas Power Plant Project in Iraq
LANCO Chooses SGS for Gas Power Plant in Iraq
SGS has been entrusted by LANCO Group to provide independent inspection of equipment and material at vendor locations in Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East as well as to manage on-site quality control for the construction of its new gas power plant in Al-Anbar Province, Iraq. The AKAZ power plant boasts a capacity of 2x125 MW and is estimated to require three years to complete.
One of India's most outstanding companies, LANCO has been driving growth in the fields of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as power, solar and natural resources and infrastructure for over 25 years and is today uniquely positioned to take the lead in these areas of its influence.
Starting on March 27, 2012, SGS will provide quality assurance and quality control services throughout the three-year agreement
SGS is the world's leader in testing, inspection, certification and verification guaranteeing clients superior specialist examination to ensure compulsory compliance with current regional, national and international standards and regulations. Comprehensive testing and inspection provided by SGS reduces risk and increases quality control during all phases of construction. Unparalleled certification services and verification methods practiced by SGS assist in securing required credentials recognized the world over.
SGS expertise in quality assurance and quality control ensures that materials, products, machinery, equipment and industrial facilities have been manufactured compliant to required and contractual specifications as well as mandatory prerequisites and quality criteria.
Natural Gas: The fuel of choice in state-of-the-art power plants
The industry charged with producing electric power has historically been one of the biggest culprits of pollution worldwide. Strict regulations have been put in place to force the industry to develop new methods aimed at reducing harmful emissions in order to diminish environmental harm. SGS expert testing, inspection, certification and verification guarantees that these stringent directives are met.
Modern technologies permit natural gas, the cleanest of the fossil fuels, to be increasingly implemented in generating clean electricity. The use of natural gas has many environmental benefits including the emission of less greenhouse and smog related gasses, positively affecting overall air quality. Due to its abundance, natural gas also offers a cost-efficient alternative to dirty, more expensive resources. Power plants fuelled by natural gas are therefore becoming the popular choice of today's environmentally responsible and business savvy operators.
The Added Value of SGS Services
SGS meticulously inspects equipment and materials for mechanical defects or regulatory deficits at the manufacturer level as well as on site in order to prevent costly corrective actions during the construction phase or catastrophic shutdowns once the plant is in operation. Expertise in testing, inspection, certification and verification as only SGS can deliver is of paramount priority to maximize asset excellence and value. SGS is proud to have been chosen to assist LANCO in this prestigious endeavour.
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SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 70,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,350 offices and laboratories around the world.
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https://www.sgs.com/en/news/2012/04/sgs-wins-inspection-contract-for-gas-power-plant-project-in-iraq
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Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) is an internationally accepted system to reduce the settlement risk. It is the centerpiece of an integrated payment system. The settlement happens simultaneously for delivery of payments in real time for full value of each payment. RTGS was introduced in India in March 2004. The system permits banks to give electronic instructions to transfer funds from their account to that of another bank. Under this system payment happens only if there is transfer of settlement balances between accounts at the Reserve Bank of India. All payments settled under Real Time Gross Settlement are same within same day. The RTGS system is maintained and operated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In real time gross settlement system (RTGS), both processing and final settlement of funds transfer instruction takes place at the same time and continuously. Transfer of funds is made individually and successively on a gross basis. As it is a real time settlement system, final settlement takes place continuously provided that a payee bank has adequate covering balance.
There are 4 types of membership in RTGS such as Type A, B, C and D
All Scheduled banks, including scheduled co-op. banks are eligible for Type "A" membership and they are permitted to do all types of transactions, including customer-based transactions. Each of them will have a Participant Interface (PI). They are also eligible for Intra-day liquidity support from the RBI.
All Primary dealers are eligible for Type "B" membership and they are allowed to execute all types of RTGS transactions excluding customer-based RTGS transactions. All of them have Participant interface and are eligible for intra-day liquidity support from RBI
A bank or a Primary Dealer, operating in Call Money Market and maintaining one or more Current Accounts in the Deposit Accounts Department of RBI, Mumbai are eligible to get Type "C" membership. They don’t have Participant Interface (PI) and are not eligible for Intra-day Liquidity support from RBI. They will deal through Sponsor bank that is Type "A" member, only one sponsor bank permitted at a time.
All other clearing entities excluding Type A, B, C members are eligible to get membership in Type "D". The entire member will have Net Settlement Interface software from RBI and they are eligible to submit Multilateral Net Settlement batches (MNSBs) for settlement, and will receive notifications, including broadcast.
This is to inform that Suvision Holdings Pvt Ltd ("IndianMoney.com") do not charge any fees/security deposit/advances towards outsourcing any of its activities. All stake holders are cautioned against any such fraud.
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https://indianmoney.com/articles/what-is-the-real-time-gross-settlement--rtgs
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Waves of local colleges and universities joined UCLA, USC and other Southern California schools this week in moving to online classes to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
The switch includes canceling in-person classes on campuses, at least until the end of March and in some cases well into April. Though Los Angeles County health officials haven’t recommended such moves, experts said Wednesday that it makes sense amid the swift-moving international outbreak.
Making these moves — and, in some cases, more:
- The list in Los Angeles County includes Pepperdine, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Loyola Marymount, Cal State Northridge and Long Beach City College.
- In Orange County, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and Chapman College have signed on.
- In the Inland area, UC Riverside, the Claremont Colleges, Western University of Health Sciences and La Sierra University are switching over.
Joining the movement en masse Wednesday were schools in the LA Community College District, which announced it would “move as many classes as possible into an online education platform for all nine colleges,” including LA City College, East LA College, LA Harbor College, LA Mission College, LA Pierce College, LA Southwest College, LA Trade-Tech, LA Valley College and West LA College.
Online instruction begins Wednesday, March 18, and last until April 13, according to Chancellor Francisco C. Rodriguez, Ph.D. Though in-person classes won’t be taught, the campuses will remain open for other business, he said in a media release.
“The decision to move to alternative instruction was not made lightly,” wrote Thomas A. Parham, president of CSU Dominguez Hills. “The goal of these changes is to minimize the need to gather in large groups or spend prolonged time in close proximity in spaces such as classrooms, dining halls, and residential buildings.”
On Wednesday, the question became not which colleges and universities would cancel in-person classes and events — but, rather, which would stay open.
El Camino College spokesman Mark Stevens said the Torrance school was monitoring the situation and planning for the possibility of canceling in-person classes but had not yet taken action by Wednesday evening.
The various moves by schools announced this week came as health officials in Los Angeles County have stopped short of recommending canceling events.
On Wednesday, the county reported its first death linked to COVID-19, and confirmed cases of the virus climbed to 29. Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said people with underlying health conditions, the elderly and pregnant women should consider limiting exposure.
Dr. Eric Milefchik, an infectious disease specialist at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, said taking such precautions was advisable because the virus has the capability to spread quickly — and much about how it behaves is still unknown.
“We know that we have community spread in LA County so that’s really increasing our vigilance,” Milefchik said.
For the average person, Milefchik said symptoms would be mild, but anyone feeling sick should stay home — especially students. They are younger, certainly, but many students travel internationally, he said. They could unknowingly infect their peers, who could, in turn, infect others who are more vulnerable.
“Faculty have been preparing for some time for this possible outcome,” said Pepperdine President Jim Gash, “and, having learned from our efforts during the Woolsey Fire, they will provide highly effective instruction via this remote alternative instruction format,” Gash said.
Pepperdine students were told to vacate on-campus housing by 3 p.m. Sunday, though students can apply for exemptions. The university is also canceling or postponing non-essential Pepperdine events with an expected attendance of 100 or more through the end of March.
Loyola Marymount President Timothy Law Snyder said the school has restricted all university-related international travel for students, faculty and staff through April 12.
Meanwhile, many other schools have postponed or curtailed overseas studies programs.
UCLA suspended all in-person classes “wherever possible” beginning Wednesday and continuing through April 10. USC began three days of online classes to test its “technical capabilities” to hold remote courses on a more extended basis.
In an email sent to USC students Tuesday night, the university indicated that classes will also be conducted online the week of March 22, after Spring Break.
USC and UCLA officials stressed there are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, at either campus.
Also, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and UCLA Athletics also announced that attendance at all university athletic home games will be restricted to “essential personnel only,” including athletes, coaches, trainers, medical personnel, game officials, administrative staff and credentialed media.
That means no spectators will be admitted. Fans who have pre-purchased tickets were urged to contact the Central Ticket Office.
The NCAA basketball tournament announced Wednesday it would be holding games without spectators for the tournament event that dominates the month of March.
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https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/03/11/amid-coronavirus-fears-universities-shut-in-person-classes-switch-on-more-online-learning/
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“Leg of toad, thorn of rose, turn your shoe into a hose!” Take turns making up silly rhyming spells in this talking-only game.
Name three things that belong to a category while everyone else tries to guess the category you’re thinking of. Great for young kids.
A father and daughter attempt to defend their flock of orphaned Canada Geese from idiotic burglars during the holidays… Have you seen that movie? No? Maybe because it’s a mash-up!
Rock-paper-scissors is an easy, fast game that everyone probably already knows. But I like to be comprehensive, so here are some rock-paper-scissors instructions, including a video and a link to some interesting tips at how to win.
This is a cooperative talking game from the band OK Go. For two players, where players try to name the same word at the same time. It’s easy and fast and can get funny. It’s a perfect game for filling up empty hours or killing time.
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https://www.thegamegal.com/tag/car/
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This last week has been very busy, but very rewarding as well! A while back I was invited to guest speak to the Johnson Elementary School 2nd Grade classes about Livestock Animals. My topic to share was ‘Livestock Animals, their attributes, and how they help humans solve problems’.
This is a very exciting topic to me because animals are a crucial part of human life all over the globe.
Each class began with a quiz about their knowledge of proper names for species, and boy/girl. I laugh a little right now because the first slide I put up was of cattle – but every class yelled “COWS!”. I explained that was not right because technically cows are the female, but no one would judge them for calling cattle, cows…hahaha!
After we had some fun naming livestock, the kids were challenged to match the animal with a product it provides. We then brought up the web of products and discussed many things we knew animals provided and a lot of things we didn’t know they provided!
They were excited to know donkeys are still used for transportation in countries like Thailand were roads are limited in mountainous areas.
It was amazing to learn that recent medical research has led doctors to use a pig’s heart valve as a replacement for the human heart valve when it fails to work properly. The pig’s heart valve is so well adapted that it works better than the mechanical replacement that had been used prior to this discovery.
Finally, we talked about the behavioral lessons we can learn from animals and how they interact with each other. I shared the story of Helen the blind, shy buffalo, and how she met her best friends Oliver the calf and a pot belly pig (sorry, name escapes me – we will dub her Sally). Although they are different from each other, they have learned to appreciate their differences and each make life worth living for group! What a concept for youth to learn to see and appreciate the differences in each other!
Over all, I’m thankful for the opportunity to visit Johnson again and I look forward to the 2nd grade PBL presentations later this year!
**Writers Note: Please feel free to contact me for your PBL or in classroom presenter needs. I’d love to talk with you more about how CSU Extension STEM can partner with you and your students!
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https://tra.extension.colostate.edu/2020/03/03/feb-25th-livestock-animals-and-how-they-help-us/
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A furniture and interior design company that celebrates Norwegian design heritage.
Founded by Annette Hoff, along with her partner Christoffer Kverneland and her sister Sunniva Hoff, Fram Oslo aims to make Norwegian design better known across the world. Every product made by the company is a love letter to Norway. Naturally, the brand’s name has a strong connection to the country. “Fram” refers to the world’s most famous polar ship, used between 1893 and 1912 by explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole. The word “fram” also means “forward” in Norwegian and refers to a spirit of adventure and exploration. Here, it represents the company’s mission to bring Norwegian traditions and contemporary design into more homes around the world.
Apart from working with established and young designers, Fram Oslo also introduces their designs to various international markets, providing support to designers and connecting them to producers. The brand uses sustainable manufacturing methods and local materials to make modern, functional items meant to last for generations. The Fram Oslo collections draw inspiration from Norwegian design principles and the country’s cultural heritage natural landscapes, and traditional craftsmanship.
For the Bunad collection, the brand collaborated with designer Andreas Engesvik. The range of throw blankets and pillows pays homage to the traditional Norwegian folk costume, named “bunad.” Representing the costumes from various areas of Norway, the line recreates the specific colors of the folk costumes in pure new wool and contemporary patterns.
Made by the Grinakervev weaving company, each blanket and pillow is crafted according to Norwegian design and weaving traditions. All of the products from the Bunad series feature a modern zigzag pattern. Bright colors, bold contrasts, or delicate neutral hues reproduce the traditional bunad colors from Oslo, Trøndelag, Nordland, or Bergen, to name a few. The fine, pure new wool yarns give the Bunad blankets and pillows a soft, delicate feel. All of the items in this collection are elegant and comfortable at the same time. They enhance both the style and the level of comfort of living spaces.
The Norwegian Forest collection looks to the country’s woodlands for inspiration. Design duo Vera & Kyte have drawn inspiration from their own walks through forests to design the range. The towels feature bark or pine needle patterns. Their four colors represent the seasons and the way the natural landscapes change over the course of a year. Blue stands for winter, snow, and ice, while green represents the re-birth of spring. Yellow brings the brightness of the summer sun and a meadow’s vibrant flowers to mind, while red represents fall and the forest’s rusty hues.
The Haldar collection celebrates yet another aspect of Norwegian design, culture, and tradition. The name is a play on Norwegian words that refer to the act of holding onto things. Designed by Andreas Bergsaker, the line references the classic towel holders. More specifically, it draws inspiration from the old towel holder that has remained in the designer’s family for generations. A common item in kitchens across the country, the traditional towel holder’s purpose was to hold a beautifully decorated towel, with the everyday towels kept hidden. In this range, the designer has simplified the form of the traditional object. Minimalist and practical at the same time, the Holder products have a flexible mounting system that allows installation at any angle, in various compositions. Made of solid oak, the line features versatile colors like black and light brown.
All of the Fram Oslo collections are crafted in Norway, by companies with a long textile, weaving, or woodworking manufacturing traditions. Finally, Fram Oslo also continues the country’s long tradition of charitable work. The company donates 10% of profits to UNICEF programs. Discover the Fram Oslo Bunad collection in the Gessato Design Shop. Photographs© Fram Oslo.
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https://www.gessato.com/fram-oslo-finest-norwegian-design/
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There’s no mistaking the fact that Nissan is rapidly increasing its production volumes for its 2011 Nissan Leaf in order to clear its order books and get 12,000 Leafs delivered in the U.S. by the end of 2011.
You’d think that by the start of next year, a Nissan Leaf might be easy and quick to buy, right?
Not necessarily so. Or rather, it may take a little longer than you’d hope.
Why? It boils down to two different stories we’ve come across in the last 24 hours.
Firstly, according to some would-be Leaf owners, the Japanese automaker is delaying the delivery of their cars until they can prove that suitable charging equipment exists in their home.
2011 Nissan Leaf
As Bloomberg reported earlier this week, some owners are being told that without showing Nissan proof that they have spent upwards of $2,000 on installing a dedicated 240V home charging station in their homes, their Nissan Leaf is not being delivered - despite the 2011 Nissan Leaf shipping with a 110V charging cable capable of charging it from any domestic outlet.
Particularly troublesome for those who rent, the requirement may also be a ploy to discourage Leaf customers from choosing to forgo the expensive hard-wired charging station in favor of an unsupported but proven hack to the 110V charging cable to charge their car from any 230V drier outlet at a fraction of the cost of an official charging station.
If that Nissan-induced delay isn’t bad enough for those on the waiting list, those who had decided to wait until the backlog was cleared before placing their order may have a nasty shock too.
2011 Nissan Leaf
Supply chain woes caused by the Japanese earthquakes earlier this year could mean the U.S. will continue to see a limited supply of Japanese-made leafs trickling into ports for the U.S. market - and U.S. production of the car could be held off indefinitely until Nissan’s supply chain and Japanese production volumes are back to full capacity.
Nissan’s assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee was scheduled to start making batteries for the all-electric hatchback as early as September next year, with full-scale production of the Leaf due to start in December.
Unprepared to give a firm start for U.S. production, Nissan bosses are focusing on restoring the Japanese production lines before worldwide production volumes are increased, but that could have a serious knock-on effect on Leaf popularity and sales volumes in an ever-increasingly competitive electric car market.
With both Ford and Chevrolet poised to make large numbers of domestically produced plug-in vehicles for the U.S. market in 2012, we’re not sure how many Leaf customers will continue to wait if alternatives exist.
What do you think of Nissan’s Leaf waiting list woes? Let us know in the Comments below.
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https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1061547_buying-a-nissan-leaf-the-wait-could-be-longer-than-youd-like
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U2 kicked off the Australasian leg of The Joshua Tree Tour in New Zealand on Friday night, performing to a sold-out audience at Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium. For Kiwi fans of the band, it was a hugely emotional occasion. Reuben Raj reports for Hot Press...
It was Noel Gallagher's unenviable task to warm up the crowd in the Mt. Smart Stadium, before the arrival of U2 for the opening of the Australasian leg of The Joshua Tree Tour. Gallagher sang and performed in his typical laconic style, allowing his ex-Oasis bandmate Gem Archer (guitars), Mike Rowe (keyboards), Chris Sharrock (drums) and Russell Pritchard from The Zutons (bass) to build each tune perfectly with the aid of a three-piece brass section. They played familiar Gallagher solo favourites ‘Holy Mountain’, ‘This Is The Place’ and ‘Black Star Rising’ and a new song, ‘Wandering Star’. The backing vocals of YSEE, Jessica Greenfield and Charlotte Marionneau weree a particular highlight, significantly lifting each song.
The crowd’s lust for Oasis material was quenched with ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’ and ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’. They finished with a rousing version of the Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’, before Noel Gallagher and his ’exotic’ (Bono’s word, not mine) High Flying Birds took a bow.
The 200 x 45 ft custom-built screen on the main stage of The Joshua Tree Tour set is a towering mammoth of tech wizardry, made up of 1,040 individual video panels. It's been painted to look like a golden piece of cardboard with a silver Joshua Tree on top. The tree extends above the screen and becomes the visual centrepiece of the show. The B-stage that extends into the audience from the main stage is a perfect shadow of the tree.
Larry Mullen Jr. started up the familiar drum intro to ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’, as Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton walked over to join him at the B-stage for the start of the show. The packed audience surrounding the stage was turned into a bloody red sea by the stage lights, before the band powered into ‘New Year’s Day’ and ‘Bad’. The Edge’s signature guitar sound – underpinned by Clayton’s basslines and Mullen’s precise drumbeats – rang out loud and clear across the horizon and into the angry night sky. Bono sounded even better than when I heard him 10 years ago, during the 360° Tour in Houston, Texas.
“We worry about you, America… and that’s why we’re doing The Joshua Tree Tour,” shared Bono, before launching into ‘Pride (In The Name of Love)’, an anthem for equality that matters now more than ever. Moving words and provocative messages began to stream across the gigantic screen, as if to question our own actions (or inaction) in addressing social injustice.
The band ascended to the main stage to perform The Joshua Tree album in sequence, as the giant screen exploded into life. Dutch photographer and long-time U2 collaborator Anton Corbijn revisited Death Valley, Zabriskie Point and other locations to produce a brand new set of glorious and haunting films to accompany the band’s performance.
An endless road into the desert, a female cowboy with a lasso and a Salvation Army band were just some of the many striking images that visually complemented – and in most cases, heightened – the expressions and themes of each song. Some amazing real-time video effects were also employed, when Bono used a hand-held video-cam and a mini-spotlight to project images of the band and himself on the screen. Thick plumes of smoke coupled with a cold South-Easterly wind added to the apocalyptic mood of certain tracks, notably ‘Bullet the Blue Sky’ and ‘Exit’.
U2’s bond with New Zealand can be attributed in a special way to the late Greg Carroll, a man from Auckland, who was part of the U2 crew in the 1980s, and also a personal friend of the band. U2 paid their respects by visiting the One Tree Hill domain near Auckland’s Cornwall Park and also proudly sang the heart-rending ballad of the same name, ending with Greg Carroll’s handsome and happy face on screen. (See main photo).
They ended the main set with ‘Angel of Harlem’. But with the sense of anticipation still running high, U2 returned for a brilliant eight-song encore. Bono, adorned with face-paint and teasing his megalomaniacal side, took the energy in the stadium up a few notches with ‘Elevation’ and ‘Vertigo’. A mirror disco-ball, right on top of the towering cranes, shone brightly as the band led everyone on their feet throughout ‘Even Better Than The Real Thing’.
It was now time for a change of pace as Bono, sans make-up, sang ‘Every Breaking Wave’, from Songs of Innocence, with The Edge on electric piano. It is striking that something of such recent vintage was nonetheless one of the most powerful tracks of the night, showcasing Bono’s bold and versatile vocals. There was another special moment during the encore when photos of female pioneers and trailblazers filled the screen in sensational colours, while U2 performed ‘Ultra Violet (Light My Way)’ to support the One organisation’s Poverty Is Sexist campaign.
Saving the best (and perhaps the most memorable for many Kiwis) for last, U2 dedicated the incredibly moving ballad ‘One’ to the victims of the Christchurch Mosque Shootings, on 15 March 2019 – and to New Zealanders for responding to the horrific act in such a gracious and exemplary manner. With some of those victims having travelled up, to be at the concert in Auckland, it was a moment of unique solidarity and power.
Without a doubt, U2 continue to reign supreme with their dedication to peace, love and music: straight-up rock music that has it roots firmly planted in a commitment to justice and equality. The Joshua Tree Tour 2019 will see the band head to their first Tokyo shows since the Vertigo Tour in 2006 and also to Australia, Singapore, Seoul, Manila and Mumbai.
By the time it reaches Mumbai on 15 December 2019, The Joshua Tree Tour will have played to almost 3 million fans at just 66 shows, across Europe, North & South America, Mexico, New Zealand and Asia. In truth, however, it is a show that the whole world should see.
- Photo by Dara Munnis
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https://www.hotpress.com/music/emotions-run-high-u2-take-joshua-tree-tour-new-zealand-22793884
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When Rita’s mum refuses to get her a pet, Rita goes to the zoo and soon returns with a rhinoceros in tow. But keeping a pet rhino a secret in a small apartment and taking care of him, prove to be much trickier than she ever imagined! This is a hilarious take on the responsibility of pet ownership.
|Interest Level||Preschool - Grade 3|
|Reading Level||Grade 2|
|Genre||Fiction, Picture Books|
|Publisher||Andersen Press USA|
|Imprint||Andersen Press USA|
|Number of Pages||32|
|BISACS||JUV002330, JUV002190, JUV000000|
|Dimensions||10 x 11|
|ATOS Reading Level||3.5|
|Accelerated Reader® Quiz||170278|
|Accelerated Reader® Points||0.5|
|Features||Author/Illustrator biography, Original artwork, Reviewed, and Starred Reviews|
“Ross’ playful, ink-and-watercolor illustrations bring to mind Quentin Blake or Sempé’s urban New Yorker covers, but with a bulky rhino at center-stage. Sure to charm….”―starred, Booklist
Author, Illustrator: Tony Ross
Tony Ross has been illustrating books for over 40 years, and has been published all over the world. He has been named the best-selling illustrator in the UK three years in a row. He lives in Macclesfield, England.
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https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/14149
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Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.
What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.
I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.
You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about.
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
I'm the most stubborn person I know.
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https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/quotes/alice-walker-life-is-abundant-and-life
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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is an international hotel investment and management group
with deluxe and first class hotels, resorts and residences in sought-after destinations around the world.
Having grown from its Asian roots into a global brand, the Group now operates 33 hotels and seven
residences in 23 countries and territories, with each property reflecting the Group’s oriental heritage
and unique sense of place. Mandarin Oriental has a strong pipeline of hotels and residences under
development. The Group has equity interests in a number of its properties and adjusted net assets
worth approximately US$5.9 billion as at 31st December 2019.
Mandarin Oriental’s aim is to be recognised as the world’s best luxury hotel group. This will be
achieved by investing in the Group’s exceptional facilities and its people, and seeking selective
opportunities for expansion around the world, while maximising profitability and long-term
shareholder value. The Group regularly receives recognition and awards for outstanding service
and quality management. The Group is committed to exceeding its guests’ expectations through
exceptional levels of hospitality, while maintaining its position as an innovative leader in the
The parent company, Mandarin Oriental International Limited, is incorporated in Bermuda and has
a standard listing on the London Stock Exchange, with secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Limited, which operates from Hong Kong, manages
the activities of the Group’s hotels. Mandarin Oriental is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group.
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https://1businessworld.com/company/mandarin-oriental-hotel-group/
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Bold new Colorado firm attracting attorneys looking to change the practice of law.
Denver—November 2, 2016—At the end of September, founder David Kendall officially opened Bold Legal’s doors, and in a little over a month, the firm has already attracted five additional founders. This experienced group of attorneys, hailing from a variety of Colorado firms, were all drawn to Bold Legal because of their shared belief that practicing law with respect, compassion, skill and integrity leads to improved client outcomes and exceptional client service.
Bold Legal adds to its list of founders:
Founder & Attorney
Craig Garby is a commercial transactional attorney with over twenty years of experience serving technology clients. In addition to drafting complex commercial agreements, Mr. Garby provides comprehensive business and legal guidance as clients develop, acquire, protect, commercialize and manage technologies and intangible assets worldwide. He practiced at Cooley Godward, LLP; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, LLP, where he was the partner in charge of licensing matters, before founding his own law firm, Law Offices of Craig Garby, LLC. At the University of Colorado Law School, Mr. Garby taught “Copyright Law” and “IP and Technology Contracting.” He is a graduate of Stanford Law School, received an M.A. in Public Administration from Cornell University and received a B.A. from the University of Colorado.
“Bold Legal has brought together a group of experienced, smart and practical professionals who understand their clients’ business and legal needs and are able to solve problems in creative ways,” said Garby. “Our team is committed to clients, service and one another.”
Founder & Attorney
David Ray’s corporate practice emphasizes complex mergers and acquisitions and addressing the needs of startup and early-stage companies. He began his career at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Silicon Valley office and joined Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner PC upon moving to Colorado. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Ray worked at Lehman Brothers and was a management consultant. He received a J.D. from Columbia Law School and an A.B. from Harvard.
“Bold Legal aims to serve as a business-minded ally and partner for entrepreneurs, growing businesses, and companies that value practical legal advice,” said Ray.
Founder & Attorney
Jenna Seigel’s practice focuses on corporate transactions covering everything from formations to financings and mergers and acquisitions. She works across industries and has more than six years of experience at Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner PC (Denver/Boulder); Stearns Weaver Miller (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida); and Otis, Coan & Peters LLC (Fort Collins). She received a J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School and a B.A. from Penn State. She was a Schreyer Honors College Scholar and the Marshall (Valedictorian) of Penn State’s College of Communications.
“Bold Legal provides practical, progressive and creative legal solutions for businesses of all shapes and sizes,” said Seigel. “Bold Legal’s founders are committed to our clients and we’ve got the right team and tools to help our clients meet their goals.”
Founder & Attorney
Alice Warren-Gregory practices general corporate law with a focus on small and emerging companies. Her past experience includes more than five years with Modus Law Ltd. and Shoemaker Ghiselli + Schwartz LLC. She received a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and an A.B. from Princeton.
“Bold Legal is founded on the premise that attorneys can and should provide value beyond mere risk mitigation. Our first priority is of course to provide excellent legal counsel, but we also want to offer clients practical, strategic business advice in a spirit of collegiality and camaraderie,” said Warren-Gregory.
Founder & Chief Operations Officer
Michelle Dauenhauer’s experience includes serving as head of operations at Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner PC for 11 years and, prior to that, operations manager for a registered investment advisor where she traded securities daily. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Miami University of Ohio.
“I deeply align with Bold Legal’s core values. At Bold, we believe that clients benefit from an environment where mutual respect and kindness are emphasized just as strongly as ambition and work ethic,” said Dauenhauer.
Bold New Concept in Business Law
Bold Legal is dedicated to going beyond the delivery of superior transactional legal service, responsiveness, and execution. Bold Legal strives to also provide clients with wise business and financial counsel. The firm’s flat organizational structure and emphasis on core values is designed to engender a congenial and collaborative environment that encourages team members to thrive while performing their best work.
“Life is more rewarding when you’re Bold. I’m pleased that Bold Legal quickly attracted an exceptional team of professionals with business acumen, technical legal skills and Bold character,” said Kendall.
About Bold Legal
Bold Legal is a transactional and business law firm boldly committed to providing clients with sophisticated legal services, business acumen and practical efficiency while maintaining a firm culture and work environment steadfastly honoring certain unassailable core values: fairness, honesty, respect and caring. With offices in Denver and Boulder serving clients both statewide and nationally, Bold provides counsel on a variety of matters including mergers and acquisitions, securities, venture capital, private equity, credit finance, start-up formations, legal entity governance, employment, equity incentive plans and commercial contracts. Bold Legal provides innovative and intelligent solutions to legal and business issues and challenges the norms and conventions of traditional legal practice.
For more information, please see the firm’s website at www.bold.legal.
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https://bold.legal/2016/11/02/2016-11-2-bold-legal-llc-adds-five-founders/
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The Buffalo Gap Saloon. If you know Matt Neely well, you know he will always pick the Buffalo Gap (BG) in John's Landing as a meeting place to grab a drink. This is where Matt & Chelsea first met sometime in 2012.
Chelsea was a server after college at the BG and would often times wait on Matt & his friends. They met years before they started dating, but there was always a connection from day one.
Matt & Chelsea officially started dating in 2015 and have been adventuring ever since.
From the mountain, to the beach, to Vegas and everything between, they have done a lot over the last 5 years and are excited for their next adventure in life.
The Neely family is only starting to grow. They have 2 adorable yellow labs named Benny (right) and Bailey (left). They are brother and sister from different litters.
Matt & Chelsea plan to have an even larger family in the future. But for now, they are focused on getting married and enjoying the time with friends & family.
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REVIEW: The Daily Poutine at Disney Springs; Disappointment Comes in 4 Flavors
The Daily Poutine opened on the border of the Marketplace and Town Center of Disney Springs back on May 15th, 2016. The stand serves traditional poutine (which are large french fries with cheese and gravy), as well as some interesting new takes on the Canadian favorite. You may be asking yourself now, “Tom, you seem to like to be the first to talk about new items at Walt Disney World, why is this review a month late?” Well, honestly, I forgot, and that’s the problem. What sounded like an exciting quick stop for loaded french fries ended up being a bit of a disappointment. We were so excited about so many other options that have opened at Disney Springs that this one kind of just got lost in the shuffle, which is pretty much what I feel the fate of this booth will be in the grand scheme of Disney Springs.
It is located just steps away from World of Disney and Amorette’s Patisserie.
There are 4 varieties of the fries offered here, as well as a nice drink selection.
In WDWNT fashion, we ordered them all.
We also ordered the Fireball Sangria, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I never really though to throw whiskey in sangria, but it makes for a good (and surprisingly refreshing) combination. This is a solid drink option for a hot summer day at Disney Springs.
The fries themselves are thick steak fries. They are good on their own, but as this is a “poutine” stand, the focus is on the toppings. The Italian style was my least favorite. The marinara sauce reminded me of the more awful faux-Italian counter service offerings from Disney. The cheese was barely melted as well, which didn’t help the cause.
The Latin were my overall favorite. The pork was seasoned really well and the yucca, cheese, and black beans all mixed for a really good flavor, even though I’m not sure french fires are the best item to throw these toppings on.
I thoroughly enjoyed the French version, as the Gruyere cheese melted onto the fries was pretty perfect. I also enjoy mushrooms, so the added taste of those in this dish was a pleasant addition to some bites.
While I enjoyed the cheese curds, I am not a big fan of brown gravy which hampered my enjoyment of the Classic option.
The Daily Poutine is good, it’s just not great, and that’s a problem when it is surrounded by some really great counter service or food stand options. While the portions are large and filling, I would much rather dine at B.B. Wolf’s Sausage Co., D-Luxe Burger, or even Earl of Sandwich if I was at Disney Springs looking for something fast. If time and money were no option, my choices would broaden ten-fold, leaving the Daily Poutine completely off of my radar, and that’s the issue. The Daily Poutine just isn’t good enough or priced well enough to survive in the “theme park for food” landscape that is the Disney Springs of 2016. My recommendation would be to skip this and visit any of the other establishments we have positively reviewed from Disney Springs over the last year.
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https://wdwnt.com/2016/06/review-the-daily-poutine-at-disney-springs-disappointment-comes-in-4-flavors/
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With the year drawing to a close, I thought I would reflect on my makes during 2019. Most challenging make - the black copley cardigan I've chosen the black copley cardigan as it is the make that took me the longest. I have made this pattern before but in a yellow colour, which was a lot easier on the eye! I can get quite impatient so the fact I persevered and finished it within a year is quite an achievement. I haven't worn it much yet - I think I have just got a bit exhausted from it. I'm sure…
Today I am sharing my thoughts on a free sewing pattern you can follow on the So Sew Easy website - it's the Easy Serger Scrap Catcher! Details Pattern name: Easy Serger Scrap Catcher Variation/Style: N/A Design House: Pattern from So Sew Easy website Size I made: made according to the pattern's suggested measurements Fabric I used some remnant fabrics to make this - I would say that the toucan fabric pictured is quilting cotton weight. From the image below, you can see I had two colour ways of this fetching fabric. I also added fusible fleece to it to give the final mat…
Here's a mini tutorial on how to make a little Christmas brooch if you don't fancy going full out jumper crazy or want to add more flare to your bag or pinafore!
Recently, I made a cushion as a birthday gift.
Need something to carry your water bottle in? I've got just the sewing tutorial for that!
Here are 6 of my non-essential "luxury" sewing tools.
Today I am reviewing the Freya Cowl Neck Dress from the book Stretch! by Tilly Walnes.
Here is my simple tutorial on how to make your own lined zip purse.
Here is my pattern review of the office bag in Debbie Shore's book 'Sew Brilliant Bags'
Here are my thoughts on some toddler and baby makes I recently tried out.
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The estate of Terence Crutcher has filed a new wrongful death lawsuit in Tulsa County District Court against the city of Tulsa related to his 2016 shooting death by then-Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby.
Family attorneys said in a news conference Wednesday that Crutcher’s parents, according to state law, are not legally entitled to make a damage claim in the previously filed federal case against Shelby, the city of Tulsa and Chief Chuck Jordan that alleges civil rights violations occurred at the time of Crutcher’s death in September 2016.
However, Oklahoma’s civil procedure statute on wrongful death claims indicates a family can file suit to recover damages for grief and loss of companionship for the children and parents of a decedent.
Crutcher’s estate, of which Tulsa attorney Mike Manning now serves as administrator, filed an initial petition in March asking for at least $10,000 in damages and submitted an amended petition on Wednesday claiming Crutcher, 40, died as a result of Shelby’s on-duty negligence.
The amended filing contends Shelby was “completely unqualified to be a patrol officer on the streets of Tulsa with police powers” when she shot Crutcher outside his parked SUV near the intersection of 36th Street North and Lewis Avenue.
“We had hoped that we would get this thing settled long before now,” Joey Crutcher, Terence Crutcher’s father, said during the news conference at attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons’ downtown Tulsa law office.
“I sat in my living room with, at that time, (Mayor-elect G.T.) Bynum, and he stated that he would definitely make sure that all that needed to be done to make sure that we got justice for our son pertaining to everything, losses and all that, would take place.
“We are so frustrated that it has taken 18 months and we still haven’t gotten any resolution whatsoever.”
The new petition states that the estate filed a notice of tort claim with the city in June but did not receive a response by the statutory period of 90 days. A city of Tulsa Legal Department employee confirmed Wednesday afternoon that there was no written response to the tort claim notice.
“I want the family to know that the Crutcher family, Mrs. Crutcher, is so tired,” Leanna Crutcher said during the news conference. She added, when referencing the shooting: “I will never get over that, so don’t tell me to get over it.”
“Terence was murdered. Shot down like a dog because of someone’s misinterpreting. By a trained person that was there to protect. She was (acquitted), but that still doesn’t make it right,” she said.
Bynum’s office, when asked for comment, said in a statement that the Crutchers are good people who have endured a terrible tragedy and that since Terence’s death, the city has taken steps to combat racial inequality.
“Our state has a judicial system in place to render justice, and I respect the need for that process to take its course,” Bynum said.
“We continue to make progress on the findings of the Tulsa Commission on Community Policing, which anyone is free to track on the city website. Today, we released one of the most important reports in the history of our city regarding inequalities that exist in Tulsa.
“This summer, we will release a comprehensive strategy to address issues of racial disparity that will be the work product of hundreds of Tulsans and resources from around the world.”
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https://solomonsimmons.com/crutcher-family-files-second-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-city-of-tulsa/
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With the help of a Proposition 84 stormwater grant* CASQA developed this web portal to assist the stormwater community conduct assessments of stormwater program effectiveness. This portal provides a central repository for obtaining guidance, sharing data and information, and obtaining planning and assessment support.
* Note: Funding for this project has been provided in full or in part through an agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the State Water Resources Control Board, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
A Strategic Approach to Planning for and Assessing the Effectiveness of Stormwater Programs (June 2015)
The Municipal Stormwater Program Effectiveness Assessment Guidance document is an evolving document. As municipalities complete annual program assessments, additional data will become available that will assist in verifying links between program-wide best management practices implementation, pollutant load reduction, and eventual receiving water quality improvements.
Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (PEAIP) Framework (April 2015)
The CASQA Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (PEAIP) Framework provides a recommended structure and approach for the PEAIPs that is consistent with the Phase II Permit and the CASQA guidance document, 'A Strategic Approach to Planning for and Assessing the Effectiveness of Stormwater Programs (February 2015).' The Framework is intended to provide statewide consistency for the traditional and non-traditional MS4 PEAIPs and a customizable, user-friendly format for agencies to use as they develop their individual documents. The Framework is also recommended for consideration by Phase I MS4 stormwater programs as they consider effectiveness assessments within the context of their programs.
CASQA conducted a comprehensive review of existing approaches and tools for use in evaluating source contributions (outcome level 4) from key source categories and target audiences. This work effort was coordinated amongst three CASQA subcommittees (Effectiveness Assessment, Best Management Practices, and Watershed and Impaired Waters) and produced the following:
Source Contribution Tools and Methodologies Online Database (March 2018)
As a part of the comprehensive review of existing approaches and tools for use in evaluating source contributions (outcome level 4), CASQA developed a searchable database identifying the tools that may be used to estimate or calculate the source contributions, based on the pollutants of concern / conditions of concern (POC / COC), the potential sources, and/or best management practices (BMPs) that may be implemented. This user-friendly, web-based interface allows the user to access the database through the CASQA Stormwater Effectiveness Assessment web page and obtain the desired information by entering in key input parameters. It is anticipated that the database will be updated as new information and tools are developed.
Summary of the CASQA Source Contribution Tools and Methodologies Survey (November 2017)
As a part of the comprehensive review of existing approaches and tools for use in evaluating source contributions (outcome level 4) from key source categories and target audiences, CASQA conducted a survey / literature review in Summer 2017. The survey was distributed to the CASQA membership and requested information related to the participants, sources, source controls for load reduction, pollutants of concern, source contribution determination or assessment tools, and challenges encountered when performing source assessments and estimating load reductions. A total of 85 surveys were received and evaluated. This document summarizes the results of the survey / literature review, which were used to guide the development of the Source Contribution Tools and Methodologies online database.
The Effectiveness Assessment Baseline Report provides a foundation for this web portal, and is a product of the State Water Resources Control Board's Proposition 84 stormwater grant; the report includes the following:
- Summary of existing California Phase I and Phase II stormwater permit requirements
- Summary of current assessment practices (effectiveness assessment approaches, metrics, and methods)
- Survey of assessment needs and opportunities
- Materials review and compilation (completed assessments, regulatory resources, and stormwater-related research and literature)
Summary of the CASQA Effectiveness Assessment Web Portal Surveys (2014 - 2016)
Find links to key effectiveness assessment presentations from webinars and CASQA meetings.
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https://www.casqa.org/effectiveness_assessment
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The Evolution of Cisco's OpenStack Cloud Strategy [VIDEO]
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In a video interview with eWEEK, Lew Tucker, vice president and CTO of Cloud Computing at Cisco, detailed his firm's OpenStack platform efforts.
Tucker commented that Cisco has been expanding its OpenStack efforts a lot more outside of networking as the adoption of OpenStack within Cisco has grown. Cisco's first OpenStack product was the OpenStack Cisco Edition, which was first released in October 2012. In 2013, Cisco announced accelerator packs for its UCS servers that were intended to accelerate adoption of OpenStack on Cisco server hardware. Those two efforts have now been rolled into Cisco's broader OpenStack initiatives. Tucker explained that Cisco now has software partners, including Red Hat, to help enable go-to-market efforts for OpenStack on Cisco hardware.
Today, Cisco has three primary areas of focus for OpenStack.
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http://www.internetnews.com/software/the-evolution-of-ciscos-openstack-cloud-strategy-video.html
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A company incurs capital expenditure (CapEx) to acquire or upgrade physical assets, including property, plant, and equipment. In this periodic report, ARC Advisory Group looks at a number of different manufacturing industries to identify the current CapEx trends in India. We calculate CapEx in two separate segments: based on the money spent on acquiring and upgrading total fixed assets, and on the money spent on acquiring and upgrading the plant and machinery.
While ARC also publishes a separate global Capital Expenditures report for leading industries in all world regions, this report focuses exclusively on India’s capital expenditure analysis and includes the CapEx trends for leading industries in the country. These include automotive, cement, chemical & petrochemical, electric power, metals, oil & gas and refining, food & beverage, and pharmaceutical.
Industrial companies are seizing the present growth opportunity that India offers. Companies are building best-in-class industrial facilities to meet the growing needs of the country’s expanding consumer class. Major investments have been planned for infrastructure development. These should help push the domestic steel companies to increase production. The plan to expand and upgrade refineries to meet India’s Bharat Stage (BS) emissions standards for vehicle fuels is also underway. While some sectors, like power generation and cement, are currently burdened with overcapacity and underutilization of assets, in the long run, the rise in domestic demand will increase the value creation through these assets. On the infrastructure front, government has allocated huge investments for building roads, railways, airports, and ports; and companies are likely to rev up their capacity expansion activities to meet domestic demand in the coming years. According to ARC Advisory Group’s India CapEx Survey, capital spending as a percentage of revenue is greatest in the country’s electric power, oil & gas, and chemical industries.
The overall CapEx in India has been declining since 2016. The structural reforms in the form of demonetization (in late 2016) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation (in mid-2017) led to a temporary and short-term dip in industrial activities. India has nearly overcome this disruption and is expected to sustain the growth momentum going forward.
In 2018, India’s gross domestic product was approximately $2.78 trillion, with a per-capita GDP of more than $2,037. The economy grew at 6.8 percent in 2018-2019. In terms of purchasing power parity, India’s GDP, at around $9.33 trillion, was the third largest in the world in FY 2018-2019. The country continues to be among the fastest-growing economies in the world despite a slight moderation in GDP annual growth rate of 6.8 percent in FY 2018-2019 as compared with 7.2 percent in FY 2017-2018.
India’s economic growth is expected to pick up speed in 2019 with eased monetary policy and a corporate tax cut of 22 percent (from 30 percent). These should work to boost corporate investment in the coming years. The country’s GDP is driven mainly by the service sector, which constitutes over 54 percent. Agriculture is the main occupation in India, accounting for over 14 percent of GDP. The industrial sector (manufacturing, mining, and utilities) accounts for over 31 percent of GDP. According to the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, India received foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows worth $64.4 billion during the FY 2018-2019.
The Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector, started at an expansion mode in January and decelerated in March, which indicated weak manufacturing conditions. The PMI gradually increased in June and the last quarter of the year, indicating growth in the country’s manufacturing sector due to rise in domestic demand.
India undertook demonetization of high-value currency notes in November 2016, resulting in a sharp dip in the manufacturing and construction sectors. The effect on some industries was more pronounced than the others due to lack of liquid cash.
The labor-intensive construction industry, along with the cement industry and medium- and small-sized secondary steel sectors also witnessed slow growth. However, the effects of demonetization were temporary and started to wane by the end of mid-2017. But at that point, the GST was introduced, affecting supply chains, especially those in which small traders were suppliers of intermediates to larger manufacturing companies. The liquidity crunch, weak global business sentiments, and trade war impacted the economic growth. However, the Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.1 percent in 2019 and picking up to 7 percent in 2020.
Delivering CapEx Scenario - Methodology and Factors for Consideration
ARC Advisory Group’s India Capital Expenditure Survey 2018 tracks total capital expenditure, capital expenditure on plant and machinery, total revenue, total assets, and asset turnover. The sample size includes 90 companies from eight major industries representing about $530 billion revenues in 2018. This capital expenditure survey is based on the analysis of the information from the annual report of India’s leading companies in the following important and growing industries: automotive, cement, chemical & petrochemical, electric power, metals, oil & gas and refining, pharmaceutical, and food & beverage.
Major Factors Influencing India's Economy and CapEx
Rise in Oil & Gas Prices
India’s dependence on energy imports increased to around 84 percent in FY 2018-2019. Rebounding oil prices spiked up oil imports, widening the current account deficit. The country’s oil import bill rose by $32.3 billion. Higher crude oil prices, subdued global trade activity, and geopolitical uncertainties took a toll on India’s external sector as the current account deficit widened to its highest level since FY 2012-2013.
In the past several years, it became evident that energy prices will have a large impact on manufacturing in all industries. The energy required to generate heat, cooling, steam, compressed air, electricity, and such others is becoming an increasingly important cost factor that must be measured, monitored, and controlled, just as any other cost component. Increasing raw material and energy prices are a source of concern for both manufacturers and automation suppliers since they impact production cost directly.
Consumption has been the major contributor to India’s growth story, however this contribution has moderated quite a bit in recent times. The share of consumption of the GDP has fallen from 71.5 percent during 2012- 2014 to 69.8 percent during 2015-2019. Private consumption remains one of the key drivers for India’s economy. Private final consumption expenditure decreased significantly from 66.2 percent of the GDP during 2012-2014 to 57.5 percent in 2015-2019. This was due to a slowdown in demand for the automotive, fast-moving goods, and real estate sales sectors. The consumption levels have been declining in both rural and urban areas. Rural incomes have been falling due to low agricultural product prices, leading farmers to buy fewer tractors and two-wheelers.
The economy witnessed a gradual transition from a period of high and variable inflation to more stable, low-level inflation over the last five years. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has also been declining: 3.4 percent in FY 2018-2019 from 3.6 percent in FY 2017-2018, 4.5 percent in FY 2016-2017, 4.9 percent in FY 2015-2016, and 5.9 percent in FY 2014-2015. Both urban and rural inflation areas have been marked by low inflation. Food inflation has seen a sharp decline, with the consumer food price index falling to 0.1 percent in FY 2018-2019. This clearly reflects falling farm income and wages and has serious implications for the economy, as close to 50 percent of the total workforce depends on the agriculture sector.
Stable inflation makes a country more attractive for foreign investors. Low inflation raises concerns over GDP growth trajectory, because low inflation means less liquidity in equity and debt markets. Subdued consumer demand also discourages business from increasing capital expenditure.
Indian Currency Depreciation
The declining trend of the exchange rate value of the rupee is affecting the country’s economy, making imports expensive. However, some imports, such as oil, cannot be reduced, negatively impacting the current account deficit of the country. The rupee is expected to depreciate further over concerns about the US-China trade war, a slowdown in global trade, foreign institutional investment (FII) outflow pressures, rising crude oil prices, and the political uncertainty.
India’s National Manufacturing Policy
India’s National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) aims to lift the manufacturing sector and has set a target of 25 percent share of GDP within a decade and creating 100 million jobs. The policy also aims to enhance the manufacturing sector’s global competitiveness. Some of the state initiatives in the NMP include setting up a national manufacturing and investment zone (NMIZ) to promote investments in the manufacturing sector, promoting green technologies, promoting skill development programs to cater to the needs of the manufacturing sector, and such others. The policy should enable the country to emerge as a global manufacturing hub with extended forward and backward integration with the global supply chain.
While the state can only create the necessary policy ambience, the key players who can exploit the growth opportunities are the industry thought leaders. Meeting the consumer demand, which continues to remain relatively good compared with many other countries, rests with the industrial companies and the strategies they adopt to fulfill the demand while protecting their margins. While there is further scope to refine it, the state has played its part by announcing the NMP.
CapEx Trend by Industry
India’s economic growth continues to propel demand for fuel, energy, and basic materials. CapEx as a percentage of revenue seems to be higher for the electric power industry, with NTPC and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) sharing the majority of the capital investments for generation and transmission, respectively. The oil & gas and refining and chemical industries are major investors in capital assets and made significant capital investments in 2017 and 2018.
The production of automobiles has grown with passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and two-wheelers registering a growth of 6.3 percent in April-March 2019 over April-March 2018. However, automobile sales dropped to 5.1 percent in April-March 2019 over April-March 2018 when compared to 14.3 percent growth in April-March 2018 over April-March 2017.
Trends and Outlook
FY 2018-2019 started on a positive note, however in the second half of the year the market softened substantially and even the festive season did not witness any revival of consumer interest. Slow economic activity, increased cost of vehicle ownership, a drop in the purchasing power of people, high GST rates, stagnant wages, and liquidity concerns all affected automotive sales in India. Production cuts by automakers have resulted in job losses in vehicle manufacturing, component making, and vehicle distribution industries. The automotive sector contributes nearly 50 percent to the manufacturing GDP and employs approximately 37 million people. According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, 15,000 contractual manufacturing jobs have been lost and 200,000 jobs lost in automotive retail. Given the present situation, the government must consider lowering GST rates on automobiles to trigger sales.
Due to rising concerns over air pollution levels in India, the Government has been forced to leapfrog from BS IV to BS VI emission standards to reduce vehicular pollution. BS VI, the most advanced emission standard for automobiles, is equivalent to Euro VI, which has already been implemented across countries in Europe. No BS IV vehicle will be sold across the country after April 1, 2020. Automakers are transitioning towards changing over the entire range of vehicles to BS VI.
Auto makers in India produce the entire range of passenger vehicles: multi-utility vehicles (MUVs), sports utility vehicles (SUVs), commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, tractors including farm, earthmoving, and construction equipment, and two- and three-wheelers. The country is becoming a global hub for automotive manufacturing, with increasing presence of the world’s top auto majors.
Capital spending in the automotive industry is around 1 percent of revenue. Out of the total CapEx, the automotive industry spends around 44 percent on plants and machinery. The overall revenue has been increasing since 2013. The sales-per-asset showed a marginal rise in 2015 and remained more-or-less stagnant after that. This could be due to the gradual build-up of excess capacity in 2015, and surprisingly more capacity addition in 2018, albeit at a slower rate, as vehicle makers anticipate domestic demand to pick up.
The cement industry in India is expected to increase its total installed capacity to about 522 million tons per annum (mtpa) by 2019-2021, from the current capacity of more than 502 mtpa and retain its position as the world’s second largest cement producer. As stated by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), cement and gypsum products attracted FDI worth $5.28 billion between April 2000 and March 2018.
Trends and Outlook
The escalating demand for housing and office complexes, hotels, hospitals, roads & highways, multiplexes, industrial construction, and so on is likely to spur the growth of the cement industry in India. High demand, increasing investments, and long-term potential has attracted investments in this industry. Cement majors in the country are expected to grow by around 6 percent. The industry’s dominant players include large domestic companies such as UltraTech, Shree, JK, ACC, and Jaypee. Global cement majors with a large domestic presence include LafargeHolcim, Italcementi, and Heidelberg. Global companies entered the Indian market in the last decade lured by the opportunities in this industry. Some also plan to add production capacities through new projects or brownfield project expansions.
According to the ARC India CapEx index, the capital spending in the cement industry is around 2 percent of revenue. Out of this total CapEx, the industry spends about 42 percent on plants and machinery. The CapEx spending has seen a downhill trend since 2014. The sales/asset ratio improved slightly in 2018 as demand outpaced capacity additions. FY 2020-2021 is expected to have limited capacity addition. This should increase the asset utilization to 71 percent, compared to 65 percent in FY 2018-2019.
Chemical and Petrochemical
India’s chemical and petrochemical industry accounted for 3 percent of the global chemical industry in FY 2018-2019. India was the world’s third largest consumer of polymers and the fourth largest producer of agrochemicals. It was the world’s sixth largest producer in terms of revenue and the twelfth largest in terms of volume during the period. India is a strong global dye supplier, accounting for approximately 16 percent of the world’s production of dyestuff and dye intermediates.
The industry, having a large domestic demand potential and a diversified manufacturing base to produce quality chemicals, is likely to grow at 14 percent per annum and expected to exceed $350 billion by 2021. The chemical sector accounted for 13-14 percent of total exports and 8-9 percent of total imports in India.
Trends and Outlook
The expanding domestic market for automobiles, consumer durables, textiles, and such others is stimulating the demand for petrochemicals. Fine chemicals, dyes and intermediates, and knowledge-based chemicals also play a significant role in driving the growth of India’s chemical industry.
The total production of chemicals and petrochemicals stood at 27,847 MT during FY 2018-2019, a 4 percent increase over FY 2017-2018. The demand for chemical products is expected to grow at approximately 9 percent per annum over the next five years. The petrochemical demand is expected to grow at 7.5 percent CAGR from 2019-2023, with polymer demand growing at 8 percent.
According to the ARC India CapEx index, capital spending in the chemical & petrochemical industry is around 6 percent of revenue. Out of the total CapEx, this industry spends around 23 percent on plants and machinery. Post 2015, the capacity addition has declined. The sluggish conditions in the global chemical industry have also impacted the Indian chemical industry. However, Indian companies have the opportunity to increase the utilization rate of their existing assets and improve sales per asset by catering to both the foreign and growing domestic market.
The electric power sector in India is witnessing several changes and new trends. The country’s installed capacity for electricity generation has increased from 174.64 GW in March 2009 to 356 GW in March 2019; this was the fifth largest in terms of installed capacity globally, and third in terms of power generation and power consumption. The government targets capacity addition of around 100 GW under the 13th Five-Year Plan (2017-2022). India’s power sector is forecasted to attract investments worth $130 billion between 2019-2023.
Trends and Outlook
Lately, we’ve witnessed an unprecedented price drop in the solar power sector in the country. The costs of building large-scale solar installations in India fell by 27 percent in 2018. On the other hand, falling capacity utilization of power generation plants is compelling the industry to come up with innovative technical solutions. These include upgrades and modernization to bring more flexibility into operations to enable quick ramp up or ramp down.
Increased economic activity, especially in manufacturing, along with favorable government policy, drive steady growth in electric demand. The government has introduced and refurbished a series of schemes and policies to strengthen the power sector. The Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme focuses on improving the financial health of the electricity distribution companies. The government is promoting awareness on energy efficiency and power saving. The industry has been deeply involved in the successful implementation of Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana UJALA. This has resulted in energy savings of more than 2.66 crore kWh every day, a reduction of over 21,550 tonnes of CO2 per day, and is estimated to have a cost savings of $1.39 million per day.
India’s electric power industry needs to explore the benefits of investing in distributed generation, smart grid, and other verticals. The government has set an ambitious target of having 175 GW of clean energy capacity by 2022, including 100 GW solar and 60 GW of wind energy.
Renewable industry presently constitutes around 21 percent of the total installed base and is on an accelerated growth path in both solar power and wind power generating plants. Presently, India's clean energy capacity is 1,096 GW.
According to the ARC India CapEx index, capital spending in the power industry is 18 percent of revenue. Out of this total CapEx, the industry spends over 58 percent on plants and machinery. The planned CapEx in renewable power is expected over the medium to long term, it remains to be seen how the gap between demand and supply is met using both thermal and renewable power. If renewable power is not scaling up as planned, then capital investments in nuclear and thermal power plants will again pick up.
Investments in infrastructure for upgrading urban infrastructure, ports, airports, roadways, and railways will increase the demand for the metal industry in India. To meet this domestic demand, India is planning to triple local steel production over the next decade. This would give a boost to local steel companies as well as attract investments from global majors.
Trends and Outlook
As of 2018, India became the world’s second largest steel producer, replacing Japan in this position. The country is expected to surpass the US to become the world’s second largest steel consumer in 2019. According to the Indian Steel Association, steel demand is expected to grow by over 7 percent in both FY 2019-2020 and FY 2020-2021. In FY 2018-2019, India produced 131.57 million tonnes (MT) and 106.56 MT of gross finished steel and crude steel, respectively.
Demand for iron and steel should continue, given the strong growth expectations for the residential and commercial building industry. India ranks fourth in terms of iron ore production globally. In FY 2018-2019, production of iron ore stood at 210 million tonnes. India has around 8 percent of the world’s deposits of iron ore. Iron and steel make up a core component of the real estate sector. Infrastructure projects continue to provide business opportunities for steel, zinc, and aluminum producers. Aluminum production is forecasted to grow to 3.33 million metric tonnes by FY 2020-2021. Demand for these metals is set to continue given strong growth expectations for the residential and commercial building industry. The construction and upgrade of ports and other maritime infrastructure will continue to require large quantities of steel. However, slowdown of the automotive industry and global trade war will impact the steel industry in FY 2020-2021.
The growing CapEx trend of companies in the industry creates huge opportunities for automation suppliers in India. According to the ARC India CapEx index, capital spending in the metals industry is about 3 percent of revenue. Out of this total CapEx, the industry spends over 53 percent on plants and machinery. While the industry has been experiencing overcapacity in the last few years, the revenues and asset utilization levels picked up in 2018. This was mainly due to improved plant utilization levels and domestic business environment.
Table of Contents
- Executive Overview
- CapEx Trend by Industry
- Chemical and Petrochemical
- Electric Power
- Oil & Gas and Refining
- Food & Beverage
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39. You can’t afford to have a bad day today so, decide this morning that you would not give in to anything that would ruin your day. Okay?
40. You are your greatest motivator. Or should be. Do not give chance to people who want you to be lesser than you can be. Good morning.
41. Always surround yourself with great minds who would encourage and motivate you until you get up there. Choose the right friends.
42. Think about living indeed, not just existing. Decide to make an impact now and always. Live!
43. If you desire something, don’t just keep aspiring. Do what is required; always refire.
44. By the end of today, you should have become better than you were yesterday if not, you are not growing. And you must grow.
45. You have all you need on the inside of you. You just might not know. Always draw strength from within. You are endowed with so much.
46. Always be at the right place at the right time. Position yourself for opportunities and blessings. Often times, they come and go.
47. Keep doing what you do but in a better way. Improve on yourself. Be more than you’ve always been. Bonjour.
48. Take the first few minutes of the day to talk to your God and to your self. Your day would different. And better.
49. “I am great. My future is bright. I can be who I want to be…” Be affirmative. Speak these words and you would see great results follow.
50. Because you are you and nobody else, dare to create your own niche and make a positive difference. There has never been nor will ever be another you.
51. Being good is a great virtue. As much as is in your capability, do good to others around you. Morning.
52. Good morning to you. Make sure you have a fulfilling day today. And every day.
53. Just keep keeping up. This morning is a proof that you can be better than you presently are. There is hope.
54. For anything you want to be or do, just get to it at once. Think straight and fast. Do it now. Good morning.
55. Life is easy when we make it easy for ourselves. Be patient with you. Just make sure you progress, steadily and truly. You will get there.
56. The only difference between here and there is time. In a matter of time, you will get up there. What will you do with the time you currently have called “now?”
57. Anybody can be anything. Just believe you can and you will see that you can. Impossible is nothing!
58. Who are your friends? The company you keep have a long way to go in determining what will become of you. You have the power to choose your friends, so choose right today.
59. Good morning to you. Don’t be afraid of what tomorrow holds. Just hold the hands of the One who holds tomorrow. He will see you through.
60. Yesterday, today was tomorrow. Why not focus on today which you have power on. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is going to be fine. Live today.
61. By the yard it is hard but inch by inch, anything is a cinch. Take it one at a time and you will get there in no time.
62. Discipline and consistency. You need those more than anything else. Whatever you believe in, keep at it.
63. Do what you have to do when you have to do it. Time waits for no man. With twenty-four hours a day, you can make the best out of your life.
64. Do you know who you are? You were made for a purpose, else, there wouldn’t have been the need for you. Find out that purpose, and live it out.
65. Do you want to have a great day today? Then make plans before you start out. You shouldn’t start your day without a good plan of how you want it to look.
66. Anything you want to achieve can be achieved once you decide to make it happen. The power to do and undo lies in your hands.
67. You have more than you need to be who you want to be. It’s all inside of you. Let out the inner strength in you.
68. Faith in God and in yourself is what you need. Believe God to help you and believe in yourself to receive His help. With God, you can get there.
69. Plan not only for today but also for tomorrow and the days after. Plan for the future and years ahead. You decide how those times would be or not be with your planning.
70. It’s a new day. Breathe, dream, live. Live the present and live with the future in mind too! Good morning.
71. Make sure you have a goal bigger than you. It should always stir you up and make you get up every morning to make progress towards achieving that goal.
72. You can only have today once. Today has never been and will never again be in history. You must, therefore, make the best of it ‘cos once it goes, it never returns.
73. Each new day comes with new hopes and opportunities. No matter what you saw yesterday or in times past, today promises something different and better.
74. Don’t make life too hard for yourself. Smile, make friends, have fun, learn something new, explore, enjoy, be happy, believe. That’s the way to really live.
75. You might not have every single day to be good but the truth is that something good lies in each day. It’s only left for us to choose to see it.
76. You shouldn’t dwell too much on the past. Every new day is another opportunity to correct your mistakes and right your wrongs.
77. God has not brought you this far to leave you. So if you ever think of giving up, this morning is another chance for you to choose to live. You’ve come too far to give up now.
78. Being alive alone is a great privilege you should be thankful for. It shows there is still hope for you.
79. You don’t have to be “big” to do something big. You are perfect just the way you are and can be as big as your dream to be.
80. You have no control over yesterday and tomorrow. Today is the only gift you have, embrace and make the best of it.
81. When life offers you different options, you should always make yourself see the good only. Nothing but the good.
82. Each and every day you wake up, be grateful for life no matter what’s happening to you right now. Good morning.
83. Don’t be afraid to hope or dream big. With God on your side, nothing at all is impossible.
85. If your dreams will come to pass, then you need to stop sleeping. Get up from the bed and get things done!
86. Every morning is like a new story being written. You are the major character in your life’s story. Play your role well.
87. More than you love to speak, listen and get blessed by people.
88. Since you’ve never lived this day before, see today as an opportunity to maximize your potential and be a better you.
89. Life itself is a reflection of who we are if gives back whatever is put into it. So, invest more in your life so you will get great rest.
90. The future is here already. Do not think the future as a far place or time. The future depends on what is done here and now!
91. Keep loving yourself. Live, laugh and make merry no matter what life throws at you. Keep up being good.
92. Good morning to you. Make sure today is more amazing and beautiful for you than yesterday was.
93. “Think in the morning, act in the noon, eat in the evening, sleep in the night.” Don’t forget to engage your mind and produce great results this morning.
94. It’s a new day. Be cheerful and full of life. Live today!
95. Choose to be positive in all your doings, and make that your lifestyle.
96. A great attitude will make you have a great day. See the good side of everything. Have a great day.
97. Stop bothering about what you couldn’t do yesterday or what you want to do tomorrow. Focus on what you should do today.
98. You are your best encouragement. Even when no one else does, still do what you have to do by and for yourself.
99. Different options would come to you every day. Choose to choose the right options only. Good morning.
100. The big future you hope to see is dependent on how you live the present right now. Secure the future by living the best of today and every day.
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Would You Preach From The End Of Mark's Gospel?
…based on textual critical evidence many wouldn’t. But what about John 7:53-8:11 the “woman caught in adultery”?
We were discussing this in class the other day and we acknowledged the following strange occurrence. There aren’t many sermons preached on Mark 16:9ff, but there are comparably more sermons preached on the “woman caught in adultery” from John 7:53-8:11. Yet, it is generally agreed based on textual critical evidence that there is more support for Mark’s ending than for the “woman caught in adultery”.
So, would you preach from the ending of Mark’s gospel as the Word of God, and if not, are you consistent in your treatment of other passages? I have a feeling that it may be as the content of Mark’s ending is more difficult than the story of the “woman caught in adultery” that it’s therefore a lot easier to skip. This would explain the apparent inconsistency.
Please, this is not a post to discuss textual criticism and the KJV vs. other translations. I’m interested in hearing from those who can accept the two propositions that Mark 16:9ff and John 7:5-8:11 are not likely original and that the evidence is greater for Mark’s variant than John’s, and how your treatment of each compares in preaching. Naturally, if you differ on those two propositions you suffer no difficulty or inconsistency at all.
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http://nwbingham.com/blog/would-you-preach-from-the-end-of-marks-gospel/
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Series 4, Article 32
If it were five years in the future, would you be reading this article or would you be watching it? Video is the future of content marketing.
If you feel online video is just another over hyped, passing fad, think again. In fact, online video is gaining strength as a source for content marketing. – Forbes
It is naturally engaging and, in an age of information overload, it’s important for small businesses to offer content that is easy to digest otherwise your audience will simply move on. Video does this very well. If a picture paints 1,000 words then one minute of video is worth 1.8 million, so say Forrester’s researchers. Axonn Research found 7 in 10 people view brands in a more positive light after watching interesting video content from them. Viewers will be engaged and will spend longer on your website and more time interacting with your brand. For your website social media and SEO, video is one of the best tools you can use.
By 2017, video will account for 69% of all consumer internet traffic, according to Cisco. With online video quickly becoming a key means for people to satisfy their information and entertainment needs, small businesses that fail to include it in their internet marketing strategies will lose more and more of their audience.
Nielsen claims 64% of marketers expect video to dominate their strategies in the near future. YouTube receives more than one billion unique visitors every month.
Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D. explains:
1 – There is an actual brain function that hard-wires us to use the human face for believability of information.
2 – The human voice easily converts information into meaningful content.
3 – The body language of emotions is appealing.
4 – Movement grabs attention.
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https://websitesbyrobyn.com/video-future-marketing-part/
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* C$ ends at C$1.0348 vs US$, or 96.64 U.S. cents * U.S. data buoys greenback, boosts Fed "taper" expectations * Market focus on U.S. jobs data on Friday * Canadian bond prices mostly lower By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as U.S. economic data came in strong and major central banks kept monetary policy loose, bolstering expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start scaling back its stimulus measures in the fall. The U.S. dollar, global stock markets, and crude oil all rallied sharply, with the benchmark S&P 500 stock index climbing above 1,700 for the first time, as central banks in the euro zone and Britain joined the Fed in sticking with easy-money policies. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England both ended policy meetings by leaving interest rates at record lows, a day after the Fed said the U.S. economy still needed its support and avoided any mention of a change to its stimulus measures. The promise of abundant liquidity came as data showed U.S. manufacturing picked up sharply in July, with one measure pointing to the highest growth in two years. The U.S. figures built on reports showing euro zone industrial activity picking up for the first time in two years, greater stability in China's factory sector, and a surge in British production. "Today's price action didn't have much to do with Canada," said Greg Moore, FX Strategist at TD Securities. "It was focused on the main events elsewhere - in this case the U.S. data was the main driving force that helped reinforce expectations the Fed will, in fact, be tapering come September, or at least in the autumn sometime, which is U.S. dollar positive," The Canadian dollar ended the North American session at C$1.0348 versus the U.S. dollar, or 96.64 U.S. cents, down from Wednesday's close of C$1.0272, or 97.35 U.S. cents. It was the weakest close in more than a week. Markets now turn their focus to U.S. nonfarm payrolls for July, which are due out on Friday. A survey of analysts by Reuters showed they expect employers to have added about 184,000 jobs in July, which might suggest the economy is strong enough to allow the Fed to begin ending its quantitative easing program. "Tomorrow's nonfarm is really the next and final big event and I think that is the one that really matters," said Camilla Sutton, chief currency strategist at Scotiabank. "If nonfarm comes in at least close to expectations or close to 200,000, it will drive expectations for (Fed) tapering in September." Moore said a higher-than-expected rise in nonfarm payrolls would drive the U.S. dollar higher, putting the Canadian currency on the defensive and back at levels seen in mid-July. "It could be quite volatile," he said. "If we do see a stronger U.S. number, we could see dollar-CAD head well into the C$1.04 range you could easily see another big figure lower for the Canadian dollar from here." Government bond prices were mostly lower. The two-year bond was down 8 Canadian cents to yield 1.193 percent, while the benchmark 10-year bond fell 84 Canadian cents to yield 2.554 percent.
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https://ca.reuters.com/article/caDollarRpt/idCAL1N0G221320130801
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Basement flooding is a common issue for homes that are located on flat costal lands. Sump pumps are installed in the newly constructed basements of the houses to prevent over flooding or water damages in home. They have been especially designed to remove excess water from a region which is more prone to flooding therefore it is necessary to keep the pump in a functional state. These machines come in varying shapes, sizes and capacities depending upon your space.
In case you are residing in rural regions of Illinois, it is extremely important for you to search for the best sump pumps in Downers Grove village because this region receives rainfall all throughout the year.
A sump pump is an especially designed low pressure pumping device that circulates water from one location to another. They comprise of an encased impeller driven by an engine or a motor, an inlet and outlet for water as well as pipes that are connected to underlying ditches. They comprise of a switch that turns on automatically in the presence of water. The device fails to pull water and circulate it to faraway locations.
These pumps come in two varieties- the portable models and the fixed installation models. They may be electrically powered or gas-powered and are commonly used at construction sites.
With time, these devices become dirty due to accumulation of salts, dirt and dust. Excess accumulation of contaminants affects its pumping capacity and it becomes important to clean it. Instead of searching for professionals how clean sump pumps in Downers Grove, you should try to do it yourself.
Mentioned below are some tips for the same:
– Connect your garden hose to a nearby water valve and link it with a spray nozzle. Spray fresh water on the external parts of the pump and remove mud particles deposited on its surface.
– If the device is covered with grime, you can use a mild cleaning solution for cleaning it. Mix 1 tablespoon bleach with 1 gallon warm, distilled water. Now, using a scrub brush or a water towel soaked in water, wash the pumping device. Thereafter, rinse it with cold water.
– Leave the pump under sun for drying. While the pump dries by itself, you can clean the sump basin indoors. Spray cleaning solution at the sides of sump basin. You may scrub it using a sponge or brush.
– If the basin is filled with filthy water, you may use a secondary wet or dry vacuum pump to suck the water out. Clean the basin with scrub dipped in bleaching powder solution. Once the entire area gets clean, you can reinstall the pump.
– Reattach the pump with the discharge pipe and switch it on. Test the pump.
Use sufficient quantities of bleach solution for activating the pump so that it can clean the interior mechanism as well.
In case you’re facing difficulties in cleaning the device, you can view video tutorials on YouTube or seek advice from expert cleaners of sump pumps in Downers Grove.
Sump Pumps Downers Grove – In case you are struggling with a water issue at home, you must hire a plumber today itself. Yes Plumbing is a seasoned agency that offers effective installation services, plumbing packages and product advices.
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https://www.absoluteplusplumbing.com/simple-technique-for-cleaning-dirty-sump-pumps-in-downers-grove-area/
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Yesterday was the first meeting of the new Uniontown group of PennWriters.
Among those in attendance were PennWriters Area 3 Representative Annette Dashofy, group organizer Sheryl Nantus, Dr. Fred Lapisardi, Jason Jack Miller, Heidi Ruby Miller, and others.
Among the topics discussed were plagiarism, a firearms course for writers provided by the McDonald Sportsman's Club on April 6, how we want to shape this group, the benefits of writing classes, and future goals.
If you're in the area and are interested in attending, the next meeting will be Sunday, February 24, at 2:00 PM in the Uniontown Panera Bread.
PennWriters, Heidi Ruby Miller, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Annette Dashofy, Jason Jack Miller, Fred Lapisardi, Sheryl Nantus, writing, Panera, Seton Hill Writers
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http://www.heidirubymiller.com/2008/01/new-pennwriters-group-in-uniontown-pa.html
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Introducing this stone into the contemporary design world is how we convey its infinite, intimate qualities. This unique stone has a rich history. Early on, it served as windows or stained glass, later being carved into sculptures or decorative objects. Whatever the era, alabaster evokes serenity.
A specific and rare crystallization of gypsum creates the unique texture and translucent appearance of alabaster. Preserved underground, the stone emerges lackluster, inviting sculptors to reveal its secrets and splendors, variations and transparencies.
A RIGOROUS SELECTION
White translucent alabaster in the dimensions we require for our creations is rare. Moreover, it offers myriad patterns – fluid or crystallised, white or ochre – and many degrees of transparency. It is thanks to our high standards and expertise that we are able compose harmonious sets.
ALABASTER RICHNESS AND ET SUPPLENESS
Alabaster is amazingly tender, making it easy to shape and sculpt.
Sounds easy to work, right? In reality, that same characteristic makes it easy to break or scratch.
Our trademark Stonelight protection treatments bridge richness and constraint.
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Light that passes through the material’s mass reveals its pattern’s density: cloudy, fluid or crystallised. We work on the light source’s uniformity and richness to bring the patterns to life.
They become immediately visible and are absolutely captivating.
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In new research on enterprise architecture tools Avolution’s ABACUS received the highest product scores in 3 of the 5 Use Cases.
The December 2019 Gartner report “Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Architecture Tools”* evaluated Avolution’s ABACUS, which received the highest use case scores for the Architecture Modeling Use Case (4.20 out of 5), Rearchitecting the Enterprise for Transformation Use Case (3.88 out of 5) and Innovation Use Case (3.80 out of 5).
In the report, Gartner, the world’s leading research and advisory company, evaluates enterprise architecture tools. It explains that “Critical capabilities’ are attributes that differentiate products/services in a class in terms of their quality and performance. Gartner recommends that users consider the set of critical capabilities as some of the most important criteria for acquisition decisions.”*
Avolution’s Dr Tim O’Neill said: “To engage effectively across the business, architects need to provide quick, intuitive access to information.
“Architecture is often about giving people a unified view of technology and business strategy. It is also increasingly data-driven: metrics need to be relevant, transparent and easy to update.
“In the 2020s, we believe visualizations and regular data-driven reporting are key to motivating decision-makers. ABACUS’ interactive Gantt charts, Graph View for modeling enterprise relationships, and no-code algorithms for setting up analytics provide ways to visually explore data so it is understood by users across the enterprise.
“We believe this Gartner analysis recognises ABACUS’ performance for Use Cases in demand from large, high-growth businesses.”
In October 2019, Gartner recognized Avolution as a Leader in its Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools**.
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https://www.avolutionsoftware.com/news/avolution-recognized-in-2019-gartner-critical-capabilities-for-enterprise-architecture-tools/
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The Apple iPad is a line of touchscreen tablet computers designed and produced by Apple Inc since 2010. Functioning on Apple’s iOS operating system, the iPad satisfies the technology gap between the markets of a typical laptop and a smartphone. Because of its larger display compared to the iPhone, the Apple iPad is often used for productivity, graphics, video-editing and e-reading.
Apple's first iPad was introduced in 2010 and ever since then, it has revolutionized the tablet market. Encased by a large touch screen, the Apple iPad is used the same way a smartphone is used with the bonuses of productivity, graphics, and video editing. Running Apple’s iOS system, Apple iPads can be used to replace laptop computers since they are small and pack a punch in power and speed. Apple iPads come in various sizes; such as, the iPad Mini is the smallest iPad with a 7.9” screen or the iPad Pro which is the biggest iPad coming in with a 12.9” screen.
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Tower Heist (2011), the new movie starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, is the latest installment in blatantly racist movie-making. Stiller plays a high-end condo manager in Manhattan who bails out a local criminal (Murphy) to steal a stash of cash that one of the wealthy condo residents swindled from the condo staff. It’s been nearly thirty years since Murphy played nearly the same character in his breakout role in 48 hours, and the fact that he is still cast as a jive-talking criminal speaks to how little has changed when it comes to portrayals of black Americans in popular culture.
Hyperbolic racial stereotypes are still sooooo amusing to some people. As LA Times film critic Betsy Sharkey writes, “Murphy and Stiller are a good pair, with Murphy once again mainlining his ghetto-comedy crazy and Stiller suited up for another straight-man gig. These are the kinds of roles they both do best… ” (Now reverse the names in this quote to see how racialized and racially offensive it is.)
Perhaps more disturbing is the way in which film critics are talking about this movie as a comback for Eddie Murphy (“Eddie Murphy’s Road to Reddemption,” “Tower Heist: Murphy is Back on Top,” “‘Tower’ Heist Features Eddie Murphy Back in ‘Classic ’80s Form“). What does it mean when playing a stereotypical black criminal is deemed “redemption” for a black actor whose movies have grossed nearly $7 billion worldwide? And where, exactly, did Eddie Murphy go? The Shrek series grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide, while his Nutty Professor and Doctor Dolittle franshises grossed $428 million and $470 million, respectively. Murphy has appeared in a steady stream of successful movies in the past decade, including Dreamgirls for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.
Closer examination of media critics’ analysis reveals a nostalgia for Eddie Murphy’s role as a felon in 48 hours. Jon Niccum writes, in Tower Heist, “Murphy shows flashes of the aggressive, non-family-friendly persona that made him a superstar following ’48 Hours.’” Aggressive? Non-family friendly?
To summarize, Eddie Murphy making oodles of money as a successful director, producer, writer, and actor in films featuring him as a doctor, a veterinarian, a dedicated father, and the voice of a beloved donkey in the second highest-grossing animated film of all time is considered some sort of failure, but playing a jive-talking thief is redemptive. Huh?
There are many ways to interpret this — that Hollywood and movie critics (and many in society) are more comfortable with black actors playing damaging, stereotypical roles involving criminality, violence, and deviance (remember back in 2002 when Denzel Washington finally won the Oscar for playing a crooked cop?); that male actors are failures if they appear in family-friendly movies, regardless of how economically successful these movies may be; that to be considered successful, male actors have to appear in movies geared towards male audiences.
Whatever the reason(s), it is embarassing for Hollywood and its “critics” to continue to be so ignorant. Eddie Murphy called out the movie industry’s racism at the 1988 Academy Awards during his presentation of the Best Picture award: “I’m going to give this award, but black people will not ride the caboose of society and we will not bring up the rear anymore. I want you to recognize that.” Two decades later, Murphy finds himself riding the caboose, furnished by the creators of Tower Heist.
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https://drcarolineheldman.com/2011/11/04/tower-heist-hollywoods-latest-installment-in-racism/
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NEW FOR 2008:
- Front-wheel drive GL model
- Integrated running board added to Limited
- Exterior colour: Deep Blue added to Limited
Now in its second year, the Hyundai Veracruz adds a new model, the front-wheel drive GL model.
Built on a stretched version of the Santa Fe SUV platform, the Veracruz is available in GL, GLS or Limited trim; all use a 3.8-litre V6 engine and six-speed automatic transmission with manual shift mode. The GLS and Limited use on-demand all-wheel drive. All come with three rows of seats for seven-passenger seating.
Features on the GL include 17-inch alloy wheels, dual-zone automatic climate control with rear controls, fog lights, body-colour door handles, heated mirrors with puddle lamps, front and rear mud guards, rear spoiler, roof rack side rails, power sunroof, front windshield de-icer, intermittent rear wiper, CD/MP3 stereo with six speakers, cruise control, heated cloth seats with eight-way power adjustment, leather-wrapped wheel with audio controls, conversation mirror, and keyless entry.
The GLS adds 18-inch alloy wheels, leather upholstery, automatic headlamps, rain-sensing wipers, cooled front console, auto-dimming rearview mirror with compass, and rear parking assist.
The Limited adds premium leather seats, rear-seat DVD system, six-CD stereo with XM Satellite Radio and ten speakers, garage door opener, proximity key, deluxe illuminated door scuff, power-adjustable pedals, auto-dimming exterior mirrors, power passenger seat, power liftgate, LED taillights, chrome exterior door handles, driver's side memory system and 110-volt outlet.
The largest and most expensive vehicle in Hyundai's stable, the Veracruz is packed with content for its price; the V6 provides snappy acceleration and the ride is firm but pleasant, although some drivers may find the handling a bit too light. The first- and second-row seats are comfortable, and while there is adequate legroom for the third row, headroom can get tight. Hyundai's traditional position as an economy car company may work against it in this price range, but buyers will find a lot of vehicle for the money.
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https://www.autotrader.ca/research/hyundai/veracruz/2008/
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Founded by a couple named Don and Melissa in 2012, CBD Essence is a Colorado-primarily based company that specialises in manufacturing cannabis-infused extracts and legal meals grade products. Hempbombs have all of the factors covered in terms of CBD. Accessible in Unique Watermelon and Sweet Mango flavours, as well as gummy bears for those that don’t vape. I am thankful that CBD Essence also gives this as a result of I’m keen on using rubs and ointments for body pains.
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Scale - Careers
QA / Test Analyst
Scale is a tech-driven,direct-to-consumer platform that develops and deploys cutting-edge consumer brands from concept to scale, efficiently, profitably and quickly. We are obsessed with perfecting our proprietary technology, processes and methodologies that allow for rapid growth, from inception to SCALE.
Together we have a lifetime of experience in health, nutrition, entertainment, advertising, creative, media buying, strategy, performance optimization, and leadership. We have achieved success that has resulted in thousands of lives changed and millions of dollars in revenue.
We are hiring for a QA / Test Analyst who will be responsible for designing, creating and maintaining test plans and test cases for quality assurance tests in a web environment.
- Defines and tracks quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status
- Collects and analyzes data for software process evaluation and improvements, and integrates them into business processes to address the business needs
- Documents all problems and assists in their resolution
- Delivers quality process training to technical staff and acts as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners
- Performs quality audits across the various development functions to ensure quality standards, procedures and methodologies are being followed.
- Currently, we do not have any specific tools for QA, but are looking for an experienced QA Analyst who has experience with Automation using tools such as Selenium.
- This position will primarily start out with manual testing, with the gradual introduction of automation over the next 6-12 months.
- Create, analyze and review test plans, test scripts and test cases
- User acceptance testing
- 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Analysis
- Automation Testing using Selenium / Webdriver / etc - highly desirable
- Strong Manual Testing corporate experience
- Strong analyst background
- Experience with A/B testing tools
- Experience using Jira/Hive or similar PM tools
- Experience in regression testing, functional testing, integration testing
- Experience in testing, analysis in a web environment
- Experience authoring test cases and test procedures from prototypes, technical specifications, requirements documents and use cases
- AGILE SDLC Software Development Life Cycle environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Extreme attention to detail
- Basic database/SQL experience to analyze data/etc. is a plus
Scale is growing and we are looking to hire passionate individuals who want to join us on our journey of growth!
What We Offer:
- Salary: $45,000 - $50,000
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Gym membership
- Generous paid time off (PTO)
- Access to our “Scaling Wellness” program - mental health days, yoga sessions, daily meditation, fresh fruits and company provided snacks
- Fun work culture - monthly and quarterly staff events
- Casual Dress
- An amazing team to work alongside !
If you are interested, please send your CV to email@example.com.
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https://scale.tech/article/qa-test-analyst
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Basil Garlic Angel Hair Pasta
Honest Harvest Pasta’s Basil Garlic Angel Hair Pasta
Basil and garlic infused directly into this delicious angel hair. No need for a heavy sauce. Just drizzle with regular or flavored olive oil and sprinkle some fresh Parmesan cheese. Yummy!
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https://thefrontporchmarket.com/product/basil-garlic-angel-hair-pasta/
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COVID-19 Recovery Funds
CARES Act, FEMA, and Others
BRG has experts in hospital operations and finance, government policy, analytics, cost accounting, coding, and documentation.
Several sources of funds are available for healthcare providers to access, but there are complexities related to compliance and reporting. Most hospitals have acted on some benefits (e.g., telehealth billing, accelerated Medicare payments, add-on payments, and others). In addition, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) has created a $100 billion fund administered through the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) to cover nonreimbursable expenses attributable to COVID-19. And many hospitals are preparing to apply for FEMA funds; however, the guidance around quantifying damages is anything but clear.
The first $30 billion tranche of the CARES Act Emergency Fund was paid out starting April 10, and it was a simple formula based on Medicare Providers 2019 fee-for-service revenue. While these funds were much needed, there are more to come. The next tranche should be released soon, with part of it based on providers’ Medicaid and Medicare Advantage volume and part based on geographic location for areas with the most COVID-19 patients.
Further guidance is expected soon from HHS and CMS. If you have not submitted for accelerated Medicare payments through your Medicare Administrative Contractor or begun your FEMA application processes, we encourage you to do so immediately.
Eligibility, uses of funds, duplication of funding sources, reporting, and record keeping
The CARES Act Funds require providers to sign an attestation agreeing to the Terms and Conditions. This must be done within thirty days of receiving the money. The Terms and Conditions state that the recipient certifies that the payment will only be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, and shall reimburse the recipient only for healthcare-related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to coronavirus. It goes on to say that the recipient certifies that it will not use the payment to reimburse expenses or losses that have been reimbursed from other sources or that other sources are obligated to reimburse. Reporting on the use of funds are required, and an audit will be performed in the future. If you are in the process of applying or are planning to apply for FEMA funds, accepting the CARES Act Emergency Funds, or using any other funds or grants, it is critical that you are in compliance, accurately quantifying financial impact, reporting timely, and maintaining proper records.
BRG can help
BRG can immediately assist in quantifying expenditures and lost revenue, submitting your claims, and ongoing tracking and monitoring. BRG has experts in hospital operations and finance, government policy, analytics, cost accounting, coding, and documentation. We are here to help, so please reach out to see how your organization can get started.
For more information, contact:
For the latest insights, access the BRG Crisis Response blog.
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https://www.thinkbrg.com/covid-emergency-funding/
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We currently carry Pravana ChromoSilk color. Enriched with pure silk and keratin aminos acids, ChromoSilk provides brilliant shine, silky texture and long-lasting color. Its low ammonia content preserves the integrity of the hair, allowing colors to perform as both permanent and demi-permanent.
We also carry Surface Hy-Demi Gel Colors…Rich, Pure, Crystalline Shine. Formulated with Sustainable Harvested Ingredients, Certified Organic Botanicals and Color Vita-Complex.
- Surface PURE blonde. Superior lightening from nature.
- Certified Organic Babassu Oil, this penetrating oil soothes processing while carrying color and oxidizer deep within the hair.
- Amaranth Protein is a ‘Bond Builder’ that simultaneously rebuilds structural bonds as hair is lightened and colored.
- Pectinase and Moringa clears free radicals while depositing vitamins providing rich color and crystalline shine.
- Certified Organic Botanical
- Sulfate Free
- Gluten Free
- Paraben Free
- Color Vita Complex
Surface Hair Care is made in the USA and is 100% Organic. Surface is High Performance Salon Exclusive Hair Care that Respects Personal Health and the Earth. Surface provides forest restoration through the Arbor Day Foundation, funds for Breast Cancer Research and sponsors fifty World Vision Children.
- Bang Trim $10.00
- Children under 16 years $35.00 with Style $50.00
- Women including Style $50.00-$90.00
- Men’s $32.00/add Beard/Mustache Trim $42.00
- Deep Conditioning and Style $60.00
- Braiding (needs Consultation) $25.00 and up
- Shampoo/Blow-dry/Iron $45.00 and up
- Shampoo/Blow-dry (short-long) $35.00-$70.00
- Shampoo/Set $35.00 add cut $85.00
- Chemical Services Standard Perm $95.00 add cut $140.00
- All Over Color + Style $95.00 add cut $145.00
- Tint (retouch) + Style $85.00 and up add cut $135.00/add highlights (needs consultation)
- Highlights Cap with Style $85.00 add cut $135.00
- Full Foil with Style $125.00 add cut $175.00
- Partial Foil $95.00 add cut $145.00.
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https://purestrandssalon.com/about/
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Cayman Institutional Bank (CIB), Grand Cayman, announces that it has recently taken delivery of and has gone live on version 2.3 of BankWare.NET, which was released by the software vendor, International Financial Systems (i-Financial) in June.
CIB originally installed BankWare.NET (core banking), iBank (internet banking) and MLTrac (antimoney laundering) in 2008, following CIB's comprehensive review of its IT infrastructure and expectation of client demands for the next decade.
Paul Muspratt, Managing Director of the bank, said "At CIB we provide banking services exclusively to the offshore financial services industry and pride ourselves on giving a first-class service to all our clients. Timeliness and speed of response in terms up-to the-minute account information and the straight through processing of client transactions is key to maintaining that level of service. At CIB we have consequently focused on the latest technology and to keep abreast of our clients' expectations this has to be kept up-to-date."
Matthew Day, Sales Director of i-Financial, said; "We are pleased that CIB has taken this step and that everything has gone so well. Not only will the bank benefit from the new features and functional improvements within BankWare.NET but they will also be taking advantage the very latest technology that Microsoft has to offer."
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https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/36649/cayman-institutional-bank-rolls-out-i-financial-technology
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HALLOWEEN FRANKENSTEIN iPhone 11 Pro Case
HALLOWEEN FRANKENSTEIN iPhone 11 Pro case is an ideal mixture of style and durability. Our premium material may meet or exceed your expectations and daily usage.
This phone case will make your phone look perfect protected and secured with this specific originally designed case cover. Lovely style and top quality, full protection, ideal anti-knock for most readily useful your phone protection. It’s a great case, it feels good at your fingertips and is extremely grippy.
Compatibility : Apple iPhone 11 Pro – 144 x 71.4 x 8.1 mm
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https://casehover.com/products/halloween-frankenstein-iphone-11-pro-case/
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Dear Freelance Dude,
I am a recent journalism graduate from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, looking to write for IGN, 1UP, and other gaming websites. I’ve written about video games for my college newspaper, and I’m looking to gain more experience by freelancing for a video game fan site. So my question to you is would I have a better chance with pitching stories or getting work from major gaming websites if I live in California? I’m just concerned that they won’t consider my work because I don’t live in CA. I’m thinking about moving to CA because I have relatives there and so I can network easier.
Do you have a computer? How about a high-speed Internet connection? Possess those two crucial things, and you can freelance from ANYWHERE. I live in a rural patch of New England on the East Coast – a galaxy far, far away fromSilicon Valley – and I freelance for a lot of different gaming outlets. I’m not alone. Quite a few successful freelancers in this industry are scattered around all over the place, fromNew York City,Boston, andChicago toVermont,Canada, and beyond.
There are certain advantages to living in or near a major city where there’s a lot of industry action. It’s easier to make it out to conventions, gain access to demo sessions, and visit studios for on-site interview coverage. But the good news is you can work around all of that and still work from home – unless “home” is some remote arctic base with creepy flesh-eating beasties running rampant.
As for whether or not you have a better chance of getting your pitches accepted, it matters very little where you’re pitching from. Unless your aim is to land a full-time on-site gig at once of the major gaming outlets, you don’t have to be on the West Coast. I’m out in the middle of nowhere, yet I’ve managed to build a decent living from a spare bedroom in my apartment. It’s totally doable. It takes a lot of time and effort, but you’d be facing the same struggles in CA as anywhere else.
Successful pitching boils down to the needs of the outlets you’re shooting for, the ideas you’re pitching, how you present them, and your writing ability. Well, that and a little luck. Most editors don’t care a hill of beans where you’re from. They care about how well you can write, what kind of ideas you bring to the table, and how good you are at following through and tackling assignments. I’d say see what you can do remotely before making a huge leap like a cross-country move.
The Freelance Dude
Follow @nmeunier on Twitter for more writing advice, game industry commentary, and freelance shenanigans.
Have a writing, freelancing, or game journalism related question you’d like answered? No problem! Hop on over here for details on how to submit it to The Freelance Dude!
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https://nathanmeunier.com/2012/02/09/ask-the-freelance-dude-12-heading-out-west/?shared=email&msg=fail
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GuidesStone Care Guides
Training the Best in Professional Stone Care and Restoration
MB Stone presents Maurizio Bertoli's expert approach to stone restoration with MB Stone Professional and owner Stu Rosen's twist and advances. With a shortage of skilled workers in all of the trades, MB Stone is proud to offer a full and comprehensive training course to future stone care and restoration professionals. Teaching Maurizio Bertoli's expertise in stone restoration, our training course provides all the information needed to begin a successful career in stone care.
In just four days, attendees will learn what they need to know about equipment, tools and products; the different types of stone and tile and the restoration techniques needed. Instructor and professional stone restoration expert Stu Rosen imparts tips, techniques and wisdom gained from years of experience in the field.
Class size is limited to allow for full attention to be paid to each student and is held in Wilson, NC. Lesson topics include:
- History of MB Stone
- Basic Petrography: Stone Identification and Properties
- Maintenance of Natural Stone
- Machines and Equipment
- Refinishing: Honing, polishing (wet and dry) and lippage removal
- Stain Removal
- Chip and Crack Repair
- Shower Stall Restoration
- Countertop Restoration
- Terrazo Refinishing
- Grout Cleaning: Techniques and Equipment
- Business Aspects (Getting Started)
- Customer pre-qualification
- Marketing, Pricing, Contracts, Advertising, Profits...
All classes offer both academic and hands-on training. Class hours are 9am - 6pm with additional training available after hours.
Semi-private courses are also available. For more information regarding stone care and restoration instruction and training contact us at 888-509-5831 with questions and details about our next class and start date.
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https://www.mbstonepro.com/blogs/stone-care-guides/training-the-best-in-professional-stone-care-and-restoration
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We have been doing a lot of web development recently that has a responsive design as well. It seems the trend to do a mobile friendly website (more a microsite) is fading away fast and our clients are starting to consider responsive as the primary alternative. We were recently forwarded this article by one of our partners and thought it was worth sharing with everyone else.
You can see several different responsive sites and how they work with your web browser. Try opening up a few with your mobile phone to see how they compare in functionality to the full site too.
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https://www.switchboxinc.com/blog/responsive-web-design-and-development/
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So, I think its about time to write another post, if not for any readers then for myself so that I can look back in a years time and see how things have moved on and to see if I’ve kept my resolution of keeping on top of the books and doing my tax return early. With 4 days to go I have just filed my return for 2012/13, actually quite enjoyed it but I would have enjoyed it more and been able to relax and do some forecasting at the same time if I had not been under so much pressure to get it in quick!
Since dropping the part time jobs in October last year I have been focussing full, full time on the jewellery business, as apposed to the equivalent of full time hours on the jewellery but being knackered because of the part time waitressing, receptionist and bookshop jobs. Now its full time jewellery business with time to relax and sleep between stints in the studio, allowing me to start work everyday with a clear head and the energy to focus fully on the task at hand! It isn’t all plain sailing relying on the business for an income as sales fluctuate and you never really know how things are going to go from week to week, but so far I am happy to say that I can still do my weekly food shop, keep the car running and pay the vet bills (keeping chickens is turning out to be much more expensive than I ever thought possible, seriously, chicken autopsy! Think I might train as a vet next).
A big thanks goes to Emergents and the former HI-Arts, as without their support I most certainly would have had to move to the central belt, their support through mentoring, networking events and bursaries has been essential to my business so far. Knowing that there is someone there at the end of the phone whenever the doubt and “impostor syndrome” set in and having the reassurance that I’m on the right track as well as feeling part of a jewellery community and not in a little bubble of my own. It would be all too easy, working away on my own in the woods, to get stuck in a rut and feel isolated, but due to all the opportunities and trips away I treasure the place I live and work and never feel resentment towards being tied down and settled here on the wild west coast, instead every time I come home over the hills and see the view down the loch I’m itching to get the stove lit in the studio and relax back into work full of ideas and motivation from the trips away.
My plans for 2014 include getting to know the chickens better (the more you watch them the easier it is to spot early signs of illness or other problems, becoming a bit of a smallholder and wannabe chicken expert!) and when not hanging with the chicks I want to focus on finding some more stockists across the country for my new collection. The new work has yet to be professionally photographed, my skills are not up to it, but they are heading to Shannon Tofts studio next week for their shoot and I’ll be launching the collection some time next month. The new collection consists of 10 designs in sterling silver with playful lockets and hidden catches at more purse friendly prices! The first confirmed new stockists are the Diana Porter Gallery in Bristol and the Tayberry Gallery in Perth. It was a pleasure to meet Diana when I was exhibiting with Emergents at the recent CRAFT in London and she picked out the pieces she wanted for her gallery herself, a great compliment from a great jeweller. The collection will be having its Scottish premier at the Tayberry’s 5th anniversary on the 7th of March, Sarah awarded me the Tayberry Gallery prize for my degree show collection back in 2011 and has been stocking my work ever since!
So, no pictures for now, but there may be more instagram pics heading to FB and Twitter, I’m going to try a little experiment, not only for the jewellery side of things but mainly for Isle Martin Trust, to try a tweet a day for a month. They say it takes a couple of weeks for good habits to form so here goes!
You can also follow the twitter feed for Isle Martin Trust to check I’ve been keeping on top of things.
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http://www.merlinplanterose.co.uk/?p=225
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Immunicum AB (publ) today announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has announced its intention to grant a patent pertaining to the production method of the Company’s therapeutic cancer vaccines.
Read the press release here: Press release 150127 – patent EPO
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https://immunicum.se/epo-patent-2/
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Together, our goal is true, life-long engagement of all learners to enable them to accomplish anything and be successful in today’s world.
The Program Department works with school-based staff to enhance teaching and learning activities. We support schools and the divisional community as a whole through the services of our consultants and coordinators.
We support teaching and learning by:
- assisting with the development and selection of materials
- collaborating with school teams on initiatives and projects
- coordinating and delivering professional learning
- highlighting current research and thoughtful practices
- providing professional networking opportunities
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https://www.pembinatrails.ca/WhatWeOffer/Curriculum/Pages/default.aspx
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Heirloom Natural is designed for quilters that want a soft drape-able batting with a traditional look. Heirloom Natural is made with 100% Natural cotton and is needle punched for additional strength. Shrinkage of 3-5% and may be quilted up to 4" apart.
5711 Carmel Ave NE, Ste B Albuquerque, NM 87113
LITTLE ABOUT US
Originally established in 1992, Southwest Decoratives started out as a home based business offering a series of Southwestern themed quilt patterns in a small, black and white, hand drawn catalog.
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https://www.swdecoratives.com/shop/Accessories--Notions--Thread/p/HobbsNatural-Cotton-96-Batting-x4258302.htm
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Breastfeeding for ≥12 mo is recommended for optimal infant nutrition but may hold maternal benefits as well. Indeed, lactation has been associated with lower long-term risk of diabetes in the mother, but the mechanism by which it imparts sustained postweaning effects on glucose tolerance remains unclear. In this context, we postulated that lactation could potentially induce postweaning beneficial effects on glucose tolerance by modifying the natural history of insulin sensitivity and/or pancreatic β-cell function over time. Thus, in this study, we evaluated the relationships between duration of lactation [≤3 mo (n = 70), 3-12 mo (n = 140), and ≥12 mo (n = 120)] and trajectories of insulin sensitivity/resistance, β-cell function, and glycemia over the first 3 yr postpartum in a cohort of 330 women comprising the full spectrum of glucose tolerance in pregnancy, who underwent serial metabolic characterization, including oral glucose tolerance tests, at 3 mo, 1 yr, and 3 yr postpartum. The prevalence of dysglycemia (pre-diabetes/diabetes) at 3 yr postpartum was lower in women who breastfed for ≥12 mo (12.5%) than in those who breastfed for ≤3 mo (21.4%) or for 3-12 mo (25.7%)(overall P = 0.028). On logistic regression analysis, lactation for ≥12 mo independently predicted a lower likelihood of prediabetes/diabetes at 3 yr postpartum (OR = 0.37, 95% CI 0.18-0.78, P = 0.009). Notably, lactation for ≥12 mo predicted lesser worsening of insulin sensitivity/resistance (P < 0.0001), fasting glucose (P < 0.0001), and 2-h glucose (P = 0.011) over 3 yr compared with lactation ≤3 mo but no differences in β-cell function (P ≥ 0.37). It has thus emerged that adherence to current breastfeeding recommendations reduces future diabetic risk through sustained postweaning effects on insulin sensitivity/resistance but not β-cell function.
Keywords: breastfeeding; diabetes; insulin sensitivity; lactation; prediabetes.
Copyright © 2017 the American Physiological Society.
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27965206/
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Kaj Ailomaa has announced the release of Ubuntu Studio 14.04, a customised variant of Ubuntu with a range of multimedia and content creation programs for audio, graphics, video, photography and publishing: "We're happy to announce our latest LTS release. Ubuntu Studio 14.04 will be supported for three years. Since it's just out, you may experience some problems. Read about them under known issues. Short list of new features: the installer has a new plugin which allows you to choose which packages to install out of our workflows - audio, video, graphics, photography and publishing, so you no longer need to install all the packages; Linux low-latency code is now merged with Linux generic, so it's better streamlined and follows all Linux generic changes more exactly; EFI support.
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https://buahmerah.baliwae.com/product_info.php?products_id=3274
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The Big Shootout is the next competition, and Capital Metro President Fred Gilliam will compete against Leander Mayor and Capital Metro Board Member John Cowman.
They’ve met on the course before, and Fred has consistently won (which sort of makes sense, since he’s been in the public transportation industry for three decades). But, Mayor Cowman is both a competitor and a good sport.
The final competition is the amateur team competition, and I’m beginning to get nervous. I was talking big this morning, boasting about team “Death on the Yard” and our mad skills. Now I’m having a hard time remembering how to open the doors and kneel the bus. Uh-oh.
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https://capmetroblog.com/2009/04/05/ceo-gilliam-vs-board-member-cowman/
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The Captain's Coffee
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The Captain's Coffee
From the Antigua region of Guatemala, this delicious coffee is rich and velvety with notes of milk chocolate, caramel and orange.
Arrival Date: January 26th, 2018
Acidity & Brightness: Slightly crisp, sweet
Balance & Finish: Balanced with a clean finish
Body & Texture: Rich body and velvety texture
Flavors: Milk chocolate, caramel and orange
Grade: SHB, very dense, 1500 masl
Processing: Fully Washed
Varietals: Bourbon and Typica
Roasting: Full City + (Medium-Dark)
Recommendation: An excellent morning cup of coffee for any coffee lover as well as a great coffee to serve guests over dinner.
Reminder: This coffee is raw. You have to roast it before brewing.
This Genuine Antigua Los Volcanes is a brand that represents the world renonwned Antigua coffee region and has been a standard in the industry since 1952. This coffee encompasses the best coffee beans from farms & small producers in the whole of the Antigua region, including the area of Ciudad Vieja and the volcanic valley. The soil here in this region is rich in minerals, nutrients and sediments which are ideal for growing unique and outstanding coffee.
All of the coffee plants are shade grown under gravillea trees and carefully hand-picked and selected. The milling and drying processes are strict and careful in order to meet high client demands and to ensure consistent quality. As you well know, "consistent quality" is not always something you can count on when it comes to green coffee!
How does it taste? This coffee has the classic Guatemala rich body with the a bit more brightness than you would expect from the neighboring region of Huehuetenango. It boasts a velvety chocolate body and notes of sweet caramel and orange with a crisp, clean finish. Wonderful for a first cup of the day - or second, or third!
If you are unsatisfied with your green coffee purchase, we will issue you a refund in the form of an in-store credit. Since coffee is a food item, we can't take it back once it leaves our control. We will work closely with you to insure you get the quality you expected at a price that is fair. This offer is good for 30 days from the date of shipment. We will faithfully adhere to this policy for every customer, unless that customer is repeatedly abusing it. We withold the right to deny refunds, in rare cases, where a customer is repeatedly ordering coffee and then asking for a refund.
Home Coffee Roasters
The Gene Cafe and Behmor 1600 Plus are covered by a 1 year warranty from the manufacturer. The Fresh Roast SR-300 and SR-500 come with a 1 year warranty on the base unit and a 6 month warranty on the chaff collector, top cap and basket. Since the roasters are UL certified, the manufacturers ask that we refer all warranty issues directly to them. Although we do not directly provide repair service, we'll help you through the process to get your roaster back up and running. Should you return an unused roaster to us, we will refund your purchase minus the original shipping cost. Once you've used your roaster, we really can't take it back.
Any item not covered by a manufacturer's warranty is warranted by The Captain's Coffee to meet or exceed your expectations. If you are dissatisfied with your purchase for any reason, you may return the item to The Captain's Coffee for a replacement or refund in the form of an in-store credit. This offer is good for 30 days from the date of shipment. If applicable, the manufacturer's warranty will supersede this warranty for items sold by The Captain's Coffee.
We currently ship to any location in the US with the notable exception that Note that Hawaii Department of Agriculture regulations won't allow us to ship raw coffee to Hawaii.
If you select the "Captain's Special" shipping method, please note that the choice of carrier and delivery method is then entirely at our discretion. For local pick-ups, please allow 24 hours for us to prepare your order before dropping by to pick it up. Shipping weight is calculated in US Pounds.
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https://thecaptainscoffee.com/products/guatemala-antigua-los-volcanes-roasted
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7 Facts You Should Know Before Opting For Scalp Micropigmentation In Miami
Scalp tattoo, or its variant Scalp micropigmentation, have been around for decades and have been used by different primitive cultures for different purposes. But in recent years, scalp micropigmentation has been used as an alternative treatment for men battling hair loss. Scalp micropigmentation is an alternative for hair growth portions and lotions, as well as hair replacement therapy.
Scalp micropigmentation will not work for everyone, therefore before you opt for this procedure it is important you gather as much information about it, so you can approach the process with realistic expectations.
Before you opt for this Scalp micropigmentation in Miami, it is important you know some important facts about it;
1) It does not regrow hair:
SMP creates an illusion of stubble or a closely shaved hair but does not replace the actual feel that is expected with a stubble. During the procedure, hundreds of tiny dots of pigment are injected below the outermost layer of the scalp skin. On closer examination, people will get to know it isn't your real hair. If you are not comfortable with such revelation, then you should probably consider other options.
2) It is a standalone procedure:
Scalp micropigmentation in Miami is a standalone procedure, this simply means that anyone interested does not need to undergo any hair restoration exercise in order to be eligible for the procedure. The procedure can last 10 years without fading.
3) It is not the same as tattooing:
Scalp micropigmentation in Miami is similar, but not exactly the same as scalp or hair tattoo. While both procedures involve the injection of ink below the outer layer of the skin, the depth of the deposit differs. A tattoo artist ink typically goes deeper, to about five layers deep into the epidermis, while SMP ink goes down only two layers. Also, during SMP the color of the pigment is aimed to match the color of the rescinding hair and the skin tone and it is expected to stay the same for up to 10 years. But for scalp or skin tattoo, the ink color typically fades after a few years.
4) The needles are not the same:
The needles used for Scalp micropigmentation in Miami are typically thinner than those used by a regular tattoo artist. Its thinness helps it to be able to inject tiny dots of pigment to create the buzz cut illusion. The needles are also not perfectly round as it mimics the human hair follicles which are also irregular and jagged.
5) SMP is less painful:
SMP is less painful as compared to traditional tattoo. This is because the needles used are thinner and they penetrate lesser as compared to the needles used for the regular tattoo. However, for people with a low threshold for pain, the procedure can actually be a bit uncomfortable. Topical and injectable anesthetic is available for people who wish to numb the area and make the procedure more bearable.
6) You will decide your hairline:
Your newline hair will look as normal as you want it to look. You and your hair replacement specialist will need to agree on what look will best serve you. If you are not comfortable with the placement of your hairline and would want it lower, this can be done. It is however advised that you start lower and then increase as it seems appropriate with you.
7) Decide on the best specialist:
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I started reading Overeater's Anonymous today and it started making me think about my life balance. Mainly because in lieu of overeating, I think I have replaced it with Snap Jewelry (both buying & selling). I find that is taking up a great deal of my spare time due to sitting at weekend events to sell and also selling it online. I have a full time job that is 40+ hours per week and I do some traveling for my job as well. I recognize that I am the type of person that likes to stay busy but want a more relaxed and on my time schedule. I want to get back into playing my piano, having time to make my crafts to give away as those give me much more enjoyment out of life.
I also believe that finding that joy in my life and not in food is very much what Overeaters Anonymous is trying to teach us as well. Therefore to find that joy I need to find that balance. I hope you find yours as well!
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READER COMMENTS ON
"'Balance' on the Iraq Spending Bill, as Delivered by the 'Liberal' Los Angeles Times"
(7 Responses so far...)
COMMENT #1 [Permalink]
said on 4/29/2007 @ 5:41 am PT...
These "journalists" are of the faux news gang. The most notorious gang in the MSM. They have sworn allegiance to the bushie empire. Faux uber alles is their mantra.
They write their gang signs on what is called newsprint ("a low-grade, machine-finished paper"). We write on dynamic electrons and our message speeds to the hearts and minds of the truth seekers via universal photons.
Brad has faux news nailed to the wall as propaganda meisters, and we bloggers who check it out know Brad is correct. He deserves many medals and I hope his efforts find prosperity.
As time goes on those faux news has raped with their delusion will know of it and become bloggers here and at other good blogs as well.
And together we will tell tales of faux news to the next generation of bloggers. It will be about the dark days of the unenlightenment in the MSM.
Bill Moyers on PBS (just aired the second episode) is in accord with the reality of the MSM too.
Our motto, inter alia, is "media matters, but newsprint is cheap!"
COMMENT #2 [Permalink]
said on 4/29/2007 @ 12:08 pm PT...
The mainstream corporate media is increasingly irrelevant to those who want to know the truth.
Kill your television. (Watch Olbermann, Stewart & Colbert on the internet for free, and even Moyers BUYING THE WAR.)
Stop paying for a daily newspaper whose sole purpose is to sell you advertising. And stop thinking that THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, or THE LOS ANGELES TIMES are friends of democracy or progressive values, they are not and haven't been since 2002.
COMMENT #3 [Permalink]
said on 4/29/2007 @ 7:33 pm PT...
Like Global Warming. Close to 100% of renowned scientists agree there is Global Warming. The CMSM gets one scientist for, and one against, for balance. How about just saying, "Close to 100% of renowned scientists agree there's Global Warming."???
And on FOX, just get the ONE quack scientist who says there's no such thing as Global Warming.
And on ANBCBSNNX, whenever they have a story showing hard evidence of Global Warming, just "say", "But there are 'others' who disagree."
You know, for "balance"!
What was the date when the CMSM stopped reporting the REAL NEWS? Anybody got that date?
Hannity and Limbaugh are the "others", who say there's no such thing. But they get 50% of the "balance". Close to 100% of scientists agree on Global Warming, but the CMSM portrays it as "50/50", "still up for debate".
It does take a slight greater effort to find out what the real news is, but we used to think that we didn't have to do that...that ANBCBSNNX was really telling us the truth.
Did anyone see Bill Moyers special, on the media? Our nation needs to be able to trust the CMSM. We don't anymore. Lots of propaganda, and there shouldn't be. We should trust the CMSM, and we should be right in trusting it. They broke that trust. Over and over and over and over, and still going...
Can we ever trust them again? Why should we give them a chance? They're not changing, since we've outed them! If they changed, we might trust them. I see no change.
COMMENT #4 [Permalink]
said on 4/29/2007 @ 7:42 pm PT...
Did you notice that recent article, where the Iraqi PM's aid said he didn't like what the Democrats are doing with this vote? That's just like this LATimes article. Think about it: Iraqi people and Iraqi's in their government, saying they don't like the Democrats? Sounds more like Limbaugh or Hannity or the GOP saying this!!!
Where there any articles mentioning REPULICANS by party name, quoted by any Iraqi's?
"We don't like that what the REPULBICANS are doing." Gee, I've never seen that, have YOU? The whole thing sounds like another corporate fascist infomercial...again...
Since when do Iraqi's mention the Democrat Party by name? "We don't like what the Democrats are doing." That sounds very odd to me, like maybe the American CMSM infomercial is now going worldwide. Maybe some new NRV's are in order, too? More fake news and propaganda?
Does that sound strange to YOU, articles in which Iraqi's are mentioning the Democrat Party by name, but never the Republicans?
"I'm in the Iraqi government, and I don't like what the Republicans in America are doing with their votes." Wouldn't that sound strange?
"I'm an Iraqi with no food or electricity, and I can't leave my house. My family just got killed as collateral damage. I don't like the Democrats in America."
Does that make sense to YOU? Or do these articles sound like more propaganda? That's a real stretch, more propaganda. We can't imagine that, can we? These articles are legit. They've lied about everything so far, but I believe there's Iraqi's saying they don't like the Democrats. Yeah, right...
COMMENT #5 [Permalink]
Mary Shelley admirer
said on 4/30/2007 @ 11:20 am PT...
I don't believe for a second that ordinary Iraqis know or care anything about our political parties and their differences. They are too busy just trying to stay alive and stay sane while grieving for their country.
Sometimes my 'mate' gets so turned off by watching MSM news on the major mainstream networks that he can't watch because he is very well read and researched and knows exactly where the 'lies' and misinformation are. But my feeling is that I want to know my 'enemy' and be aware of just what they are spoonfeeding the people.
Please check your local TV programming to see if you can still catch Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS called BUYING THE WAR. Very important info and helps to explain how MSM got so screwed up. Thankfully, Bill Moyers is back to assist our citizens in seeing the truth, as unpalatable as it is. We must know the truth so we can set ourselves free again, from the deception, corruption, and tyranny of this Bush regime. We must know where and how the damage to our democracy has occurred so that we can repair it.
COMMENT #6 [Permalink]
said on 4/30/2007 @ 5:31 pm PT...
Mary Shelley admirer:
Fortunately the Moyers MUST SEE program is available on the internet. For those with broadband, you have no excuse not to watch this important program.
COMMENT #7 [Permalink]
said on 5/1/2007 @ 3:37 pm PT...
Charlie L said:
"And stop thinking that THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, or THE LOS ANGELES TIMES are friends of democracy or progressive values, they are not and haven't been since 2002."
It goes back to rather longer ago than 2002.
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Universities are institutions of irreconcilable contradictions. That’s the conclusion I came up with after 10 years of university life.
On one hand they are seats of learning and research, of progressive thinking and academic freedom; on the other, they are places where traditions, many of which are reactionary, not only thrive but are often considered part of the very fabric of academic life. A university campus is at once a place removed from the day-to-day realities of its immediate community and a mirror reflection of that community’s social and political problems and triumphs.
Nowhere is this contradictory state of affairs more applicable than in the history and evolution of a sizable queer – and I reluctantly use the term queer as an umbrella term for the more detailed but cumbersome lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered – presence in the past three decades.
A queer-positive campus is the ultimate symbol of an institution’s progressive agenda and a (perceived) threat to its traditional values. The emergence and proliferation of queer studies and queer-positive services on various campuses in North America hardly masks the fact that homophobia and heterosexism can still be the defining experience of many queer students, faculty and staff.
At the University Of Toronto, for example, a student who has just finished a stimulating two-hour tutorial on queer writers may step out of class into a building where posters for the latest Homohop dance have been ripped off or desecrated. That’s university life.
This polarized political context provides a backdrop for someone like Jude Tate, coordinator of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Resources And Programs at the University Of Toronto.
“There’s active homophobia on campus,” says Tate. Since taking up her position in 1999, Tate has overseen diverse services that range from organizing résumé writing workshops for students with a queer community experience and maintaining the “Positive Space” sticker campaign throughout campus, to more involved strategies to confront heterosexism and homophobia in the classroom, faculty proceedings and student services.
The impact of such queer initiatives will be discussed in a two-day conference on Fri, Nov 3 and Sat, Nov 4, organized by a steering committee from Toronto’s three major universities (the U of T, Ryerson Polytechnic and York) and coordinated by Tate.
Speakers from all three schools as well as several Canadian and American universities will gather to share experiences and the latest research into queer issues inside and outside the academy.
A preliminary program outline includes panels on everything from queer life at a rural college, queering up student services, transgender images, producing queer culture electronically to “celebrating the women’s locker room as a space of perversion and pollution.” (You can always count on a queer academic to come up with a sexy title for her talk.) Toronto gay activist Tim McCaskell and international activist and scholar Julia Sudbury will deliver the keynote speeches.
While many of the panels will deal with campus-specific issues, one of the key priorities will be examining the different ways in which activism on campus influences (and is in turn influenced by) day-to-day lives of the queer community at large.
At a time when rightwing factions in North American politics are strengthening their grip on the social and educational arenas, it has become more pressing than ever to construct alliances between different members of the queer community.
Precedents have shown alliance-building strategies to be extremely productive. When the “Positive Space” sticker campaign, which originated at the University Of Toronto, was adopted on the Ryerson campus, for example, the effect on faculty members and academic content was immediate, says George Bielmeier, professor and field consultant at the School Of Social Work at Ryerson.
“Faculty at least were beginning to recognize the examples they were using in class were all heterosexually designed,” he explains. “There was nothing to demonstrate sexual diversity. So a Sociology Of The Family course only talked about straight-identified families. There are other forms of families out there and there are not included in the course. So immediately it got people thinking, ‘I need to bring in other examples.'”
According to Bielmeier, students’ experiences of homophobia and heterosexism not only depend on which university they attend but on which department within the same university. Bielmeier will present the outcomes of what he bills as “the most comprehensive study ever done within a university” on the experiences of homophobia and heterosexism for faculty, staff and students on the Ryerson campus (on Sat, Nov 4 at 9am).
“There are pockets where there’s greater safety for people to come out and there are others where it’s not safe at all,” Bielmeier explains. “So I can say that in the faculty of applied arts at Ryerson there will be a higher degree of safety and acceptance than, for example, in the faculty of business or engineering.”
There are still instances, says Bielmeier, where students are “terrified to challenge a professor in class for fear of what the consequences on [their] grades might be.”
The conference will demonstrate that activism is a continuum that doesn’t recognize differences between the academy and the community. As an example, Tate uses the recent outrage following police raid of the September Pussy Palace, the lesbian bathhouse night.
“I know there were a number of students at the Pussy Palace, which I’m also happy to hear,” says Tate. “There were a number of students at the meeting who marched down to [police] headquarters and stood up and said, ‘We want to do something.’ There are opportunities for activism in the community that they bring back to their [academic] work here, in their critical thinking. And vice versa, how they take whatever it is they learn here at the university to the community as well.”
“There’s this reciprocal relationship between what goes on within the community and what makes its way to the university,” concurs Bielmeier, “and what’s going on at the university makes its way to the community.”
The history of student activism at the University Of Toronto, for example, mirrors the political evolution of the community: from the early homophile societies of the pre-Stonewall era, to the gay and lesbian activism of the 1970s and ’80s to the more inclusive queer politics of the ’90s.
And just as it’s impossible to separate the political victories of feminism in the last 30 years from academic research and theoretical developments across a wide range of faculties and disciplines, the explosion of queer activism (think ACT UP or Queer Nation) in the early ’90s is inseparable from the academic proliferation and critical acceptance of queer theory and studies as legitimate fields of academic knowledge in the same decade.
According to Janice Ristock and Catherine Taylor’s pioneering book Inside The Academy And Out, only a few courses that included lesbian, gay or queer studies were offered in Canadian universities in 1993. By 1998, Centre/fold, the now-defunct newsletter of the Toronto Centre For Lesbian And Gay Studies, was publishing exhaustive annual lists of courses on offer at a range of academic institutions in Canada.
But the presence of out, queer-identified academics or sexual diversity programs on campuses does not automatically translate into progressive social change. From my experience, queer academics are as paranoid about their social position and privileges as their straight counterparts. Some of queer theory, in particular the factions obsessed with the deconstruction of social texts, is as puritanical in its premises as it’s intellectually thin and deliberately remote from political life. The fact that it’s a “hot” academic area means it attracts a number of students who are more into academic fashions than principles.
The contention that every gay, lesbian, queer studies academic is by definition an activist is one that both Tate and Bielmeier approach with a mixture of caution and cynicism.
“It goes back to the individual, where they’re at personally and in their careers,” Tate says. “I’ve spoken to many faculty members who are moving towards tenure or are trying to earn that. It’s a strict regiment what they have to perform to attain that so being lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer is going a little like ‘This doesn’t fit,’ so they are going to remain closeted or they’re going to be careful. Unless they are in an area where it’s really understood,” Tate says.
But change can be effected in subtle ways. Tate organizes regular lunch meetings for U of T’s lesbian staff members. It’s an informal social gathering designed specifically to provide support for a large number of women who may feel isolated, dotted as they are across different buildings, departments or campuses. On a scale of activist intervention this may not rank as high as, say, marching to police headquarters or taking part in a kiss-in outside an establishment known for its homophobic practices, but it’s a socially significant service nonetheless.
On the other side, what might be expected of an academic seeking tenure becomes frustratingly disappointing from those more established, tenured professors who still refuse to take part in what Tate, optimistically and defiantly, describes as a “community of change on campus.” Tenure, a concept designed to protect an academic’s freedom of speech and research rights, is one that crumbles at the mention of queer politics. It seems that it’s possible to reach the highest rung on the academic ladder and the darkest corners of the closet with no apparent liability.
Hypocritical? Sure, but that’s just another contradiction-filled day in academia.
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Did you know that 80% of your immune system is produced in your gut! If you look after your gut health, you will have a more robust immune system. There are plenty of signs and symptoms that point to an unhealthy gut, see if you have any of these and read on to find out how you can rebalance your health through your gut.
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On June 25, 2020 SOPHE members gathered to hear a brief update on National SOPHE’s efforts in responding to COVID-19.
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Since the beginning of The Cricket World Cup which began in May, England have had three significant encounters so far in the new and re-vamped round-robin format. Their very first match at the end of May saw them beat South Africa by 104 runs. However, they were then stunned in a surprising defeat to Pakistan, losing by 14 runs in a thrilling affair at Trent Bridge.
Can they still do it?
After the surprising defeat at the hands of a poor fielding performance, England got back on track with a comfortable victory against Bangladesh. Their current group stage performances have left them 2nd in the table to New Zealand, trailing by two points.
Although the defeat came as a surprise to Eoin Morgan’s men. Former England spinner Graeme Swann believes the defeat came at the perfect time, acting as a ‘wake-up call’ and ‘kick up the backside’ to use as a positive for future performances within the tournament.
It seems the team are back on course to reach the final cut, hoping they don’t create any further uncertainty over their progression to the knockout stage.
They next match up against the West Indies where they hope to strengthen their fielding efforts, whilst replicating the success of Jason Roy’s batting performance against Bangladesh.
Will England have enough to beat them in what is shaping up to be a tough test?
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So ya, I can’t spawn a new carpenter now, cus I don’t have a saw. Just a workbecnh, no error codes or anything.
I take it the weaver can’t weave a new saw for you?
I don’t know about urgent, but your raise a good point. At this stage, it seems losing your carpenter means losing the game.
Maybe basic workers should be able to create the saw, since the carpenter is kind of pivotal to the whole crafting progression.
Just trigger a caravan upon his death. “Oh what a terrible loss! Here, take one of my saws” (you get the idea).
Having your settlers drop their gear on death is another option. Certainly Dwarf Fortress manages that, and whilst it may not help if your carpenter takes a running jump into a ravine, it should at least make it easier to get going again.
How do you trigger a caravan?
Good point! Thanks for calling this out.
@sdee Another thing I’ve noticed that’s related to this: worker’s don’t unequipped their upgraded uniforms when being promoted.
All my poor worker outfits were sent into the abyss…
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Music Videos — Kickstarter
To enhance consumer awareness in regards to the content of certain music videos, and to improve child protection online, Vevo and YouTube, working in partnership with the BBFC, are making permanent a pilot scheme to age fee all music videos by artists signed to Sony Music UK, Universal Music UK and Warner Music UK which can be unsuitable for youthful children (below 12s). The music video hasn’t been this relevant in three a long time, despite how MTV’s motion away from the format, in favor of reality programming, was thought to mark its finish.
That all these approaches are arriving without delay suggests a new era of maturity for music video, one in which the biggest stars are additionally among the greatest innovators.
Long-format movies like Beyoncé’s Lemonade might be huuuuuge when executed nicely, and Mark also factors out that there are some simple methods to make these extended videos with out breaking the financial institution.
We are looking to make a good looking and unique music video for Sara’s debut single ‘Walk the Wonders’.
And with his videos for the Weeknd, he is turned evil and chaos and self-harmful urges into these seductive widescreen things.
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I have three basic nightmare scenarios:
1. Impeachment helps Trump get re-elected. In this scenario, impeachment fails to remove Trump from office (since, after all, the Republican Senate gets the final say), but it succeeds in firing up his base by reinforcing one of his key narratives: his persecution at the hands of the deep state, the crooked media, and other elites. So in November of 2020, swing-state polling stations are awash in MAGA hats, and before you know it we’re in for another four years. Bonus bummer: We have to endure Trump’s declaring vindication when the Senate doesn’t convict.
2. Impeachment leads to a five-year or even nine-year Pence presidency. In this scenario, Trump gets convicted in the Senate. Though unlikely, this isn’t impossible. If the impeachment inquiry yields damning new revelations and Trump is so damaged by the fallout that re-election looks hopeless, a critical mass of Republican Senators who occupy safe seats or aren’t up for immediate re-election might desert him in hopes of maintaining Republican control of the White House.
Mike Pence would then become president and, compared with Trump, might strike swing voters as presidential. (For starters, he isn’t orange and he sometimes finishes his sentences.) In which case he could then be returned to office once or even twice. By and large Pence’s policies would probably be Trumpist, as Trump’s base would have to be mollified in the wake of his Republican-abetted ouster. But Pence would likely abandon Trump’s refreshing if erratically expressed skepticism about military intervention. (Indeed, the GOP’s neocon foreign policy establishment would in this scenario have enthusiastically supported the Dump-Trump-for-Pence movement.) From my ideological perspective, at least, this is pretty much the worst of all worlds.
3. The impeachment process so intensifies America’s political polarization that for years to come, aspiring populist demagogues will have fertile ground to exploit. Of the three nightmare scenarios, this may be the most likely (and, unfortunately, it’s compatible with either of the other two). In fact, some deepening of America’s tribal divide seems pretty much unavoidable as impeachment proceeds.
OK, so those are my three big worries. Do they amount to an argument against impeachment? Not really. How impeachment plays out politically is too unpredictable for me to put huge stock in the first two scenarios, and as for the third: A modest increase in polarization might be a fair price to pay if impeachment did, one way or another, succeed in ushering Trump offstage in favor of a benign successor.
And I guess I can imagine that happening. Let me try.
If the impeachment process is to leave Trump on balance less electable, it needs to move a fair number of voters into the anti-Trump camp (since, after all, you need to more than compensate for the galvanizing effect impeachment will have on his base). I’m far from sure that this scandal, as it stands, will do that. Though I consider the quid pro quo that Trump implicitly offered Ukraine to be a grave betrayal of his constitutional duties, I don’t think the story, so far, has the grassroots narrative power of things like flatout bribery or embezzlement or for that matter such dramatic interventions in elections as email hacking.
But the night is young. I would direct your attention, in particular, to the three appearances of ellipses—presumably indicating excised passages—in the now-famous Ukraine phone call memo
. One of them appears in the Biden part of the discussion—and note that the whistleblower’s own lawyer seems to affirm
the significance of that ellipsis via a retweet.
If the Democrats get ahold of the complete version of that memo (the one that White House lawyers have consigned to the cyber-equivalent of Fort Knox), and it turns out that any of those ellipses conceal something explosive—like, for example, an explicit quid-pro-quo—that could move the needle of public opinion. Not just because of what was excised, but because the fact of such consequential excising would so intensify the air of coverup.
This is just one example—maybe the most promising one, for now—of future developments that could move us into what I consider the sweet spot: so damaging to Trump that re-election gets harder, but not so damaging as to trigger a mutiny among Republican senators that could lead to a Pence presidency.
So cheer up!
OK, that’s enough cheer. Here’s the final thing that worries me:
I haven’t seen many advocates of impeachment lay out scenarios like this, in which impeachment leads to a happy ending. In fact, it seems to me the most full-throated impeachment advocates have been short on scenarios, period. (And attempts on Twitter to elicit such scenarios—attempts by me
, for example, or by noted author and activist Tim Wu
—have yielded little.) Instead of outlining likely consequences of impeachment, these advocates often argue either that impeachment would be constitutionally justified (I agree) or that it’s morally compelled.
And the moral compulsion arguments often assume this form: “Sometimes you just have to stand up for what’s right, whatever the consequences!” Which sounds appealing, until you drill down on the “whatever the consequences” part. I mean, if the consequences included, say, the destruction of the planet, that would give you pause, right?
I’m not saying four more years of Trump is as bad as the destruction of the planet. But it’s up there. So, I’m sorry, I can’t entirely abandon my concern about the actual consequences of impeachment, especially if one of those consequences is more Trump.
All of which bring us to…mindful resistance
! Which, in addition to being the former name of this newsletter, is also a cause I remain devoted to.
You may think I’ve got a funny way of showing it. After all, doesn’t mindfulness mean, for example, not getting bogged down in anxieties and worries?
Yes, kind of. At least, it means being sufficiently aware of the affective layer of my worries—the feeling of worrying—that I’m not unduly influenced by that, and can see clearly which worrisome scenarios are likely enough and momentous enough to be worth focusing on. In other words: it means being aware that I’m a worrier and filtering my worrisome thoughts accordingly. Which, as you can see, I’m trying to do, if with less than complete success.
By the same token, mindfulness can help you be aware—as broadly and objectively aware as possible—of the consequences of your actions. Including the consequences of impeachment.
Needless to say, if you strongly favor impeachment, mindfulness means trying to be aware of feelings that may be driving that. For example: Is there a retributive feeling—Let’s give Trump what he deserves!—so powerful that it could get in the way of assessing whether impeachment will or won’t work to his detriment?
I’m just asking, not accusing. There certainly are people who strongly favor impeachment and are being reflective about it. And as time passes, more and more of them are laying out their arguments in writing (as in this recent piece
by Ezra Klein arguing that, whether or not impeachment drives Trump out of office, it will have other worthwhile consequences).
In general, I’d say that Buddhist ethics has a consequentialist leaning. It emphasizes pursuing humane outcomes through skillful action more than serving moral ideals regardless of the consequences. And mindfulness, when it’s working well, is integral to skillful action.
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RUNNING: GETTING THE HAMPTONS EDGE
You may think that there is no other way to experience the Hamptons aside from passenger seat of a Range Rover. Think again, because if you've ever put mils in running out in the Hamptons you know that its a whole lot more than a bit of a sweat! This is a list of reasons why you do not want to miss out on getting fit for this summer: Distance run or bust! Out on the far tip of Long island, the long twisted drives and hills that are sprinkled throughout the southern fork could not set anymore of a scenic backdrop. If you are anywhere in South Hampton, Bridgehampton or Sag Harbor you could find yourself pleasantly surprised as you take the scenic route around large plots of farmland, sprawling estates and overwhelmingly stunning wooded areas. I have found that it usually will take me at least half a mile from the place I start my run from to reach the closest major road! That being said it usually makes me run at least 3 miles when I set out on a jog. It is a really nice change from running in the city in the sense that there are virtually no intersections to cross. Living in Brooklyn, I get tired of the intersections all the time. Pro Tip: When you pick a new route, be sure to map out your run prior to setting out. Cell phone reception is notoriously spotty, so if you are planning on using apps on your phone to guide your run make sure you have a back up plan!
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*SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN’T FINISHED THIS WEEK’S READING
During this week’s reading we learn through Lina that the “you” Florens continually addresses is a blacksmith–a FREE black man who worked on the estate Lina and Florens reside at.
During her sections, Florens repeatedly displays her infatuation with this blacksmith:
“I go west into the trees. Everything I want is west. You. Your talk. […] You will hear what I have to say and come back with me. I have only to go west” (Vintage International, 2009, 47-48).
“I don’t want to be free of you because I am live only with you” (82).
“You are my shaper and my world as well. It is done. No need to choose” (83).
What is your reaction to these statements? Do you see Florens the way Lina does? Lina thinks that Florens is a foolish girl, pining over a man who does not want her.
I question Lina’s belief that the blacksmith does not want Florens when Florens explains: “Lina says there are some spirits who […] guard virgins and mothers. I am none of those” (80). This leads me to believe that Florens has been involved in a sexual relationship, although I am not sure if the blacksmith is the other person involved in that relationship. And even if Florens has been in a sexual relationship with the blacksmith, that does not necessarily mean that he wants her for more than such.
While I think these statements are somewhat over-dramatic, I can see why Florens would desperately want someone to hold onto. She was taken from her mother so quickly that she is trying to find stability in a free man; for Florens, being “property” is seemingly unstable. Lina mentions that the blacksmith can marry whomever he wants–maybe Florens is trying to gain freedom in her desire for this man.
Either way, I am certainly infatuated with Florens’ infatuation. I’m excited (and a little worried) to see what becomes of it.
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HelloIs it possible to add and delete registration numbers to the list in camera using some API from my application level?I need to open the road barrier after identifying the registration number but there must be a more eleastic access to database management than xls import. I know that there are solutions in which the camera sends a photo with recognized number to the server, there the photo is processed and then some system manages and decides but it's to complicated.The minimum I need is at least that the camera would return the recognized number to me in the form of a data frame string , not a photo?I would prefer to have ongoing access to the white list in the camera.I have doc with API from 2016(or some think like this) and there:8.17.2 / ISAPI / Traffic / plateList command returns me <statusCode> 4 </ statusCode><statusString> Invalid Operation </ statusString>the question about info returns me the data of the camera.I use the DS-2CD4A26FWD-IZS / P camera for testing
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Verdanta Organic 8-0-8 VitalSouce Fertilizer
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“Time cures all wounds.”
“It’s time to move on.”
If you’re a divorce Catholic Christian, heck, if you’re a divorced anybody, especially if you’re not the one who wanted the divorce, you’ve probably heard others say these things to you more often than you’d like to think about, and in many ways they’re true.
I’ve been single since Mother’s Day 2009, six and a half years now, and I am far from the trembling, heartbroken, confused, terrified, hurt child I was then. Thank God! I believe, between the shock of my husband’s sudden departure and his filing for divorce so quickly and having our last little boy, I literally shook for a good six months, probably more like eight or more.
No human being can live in that state forever though. At some point you either cave in and become angry and bitter, falsely believing this is a defense needed to protect yourself from future heartbreak or you turn to someone else for protection and stand taller with him or you let the Holy Spirit lift you when you know you don’t have the strength to stand on your own.
Out of crisis, God brings great faith
if you allow Him to.
My standing is no different from the countless others who have been lifted before me. It is a Miracle, no doubt in my mind, but it is a Miracle that happens often when people turn to God in divorce, when people turn to God in crisis of any kind.
And the immediate agony is lifted, albeit slowly sometimes, and there is a freeing of the soul, a beauty found in the scarred but healing heart, the heart which has gained Wisdom to remain ever-guarded but which has known Love through the storms to remain soft and giving, open, and yes, Loving.
It’s amazing, that coming out the other side, and being grateful for the pain that struck without warning. It’s freeing and inspiring and gives you the courage to move forward.
Which is a Good thing, because, as the understanding of the finality of your situation strikes, the reality of your situation and the fact that it is an ongoing reality also strikes, and false cliches like “You’ll get over it,” are replaced with what we assume are true cliches like, “There’s no rest for the weary,” and “A Mom’s job is never done,” and “I’ll rest when I’m dead.”
Because Satan is smart. He knows, even better than your ex, what buttons to push. In some of us, he pushes buttons that lead to promiscuity. In others buttons lead to drinking or gambling or drugs or working obsessively. We recognize these evils even if we fail to acknowledge them as such.
Satan knows he can’t use the same tricks on all of us though. Some of us pride ourselves in being too smart to fall for that stuff, and maybe we are, but pride may be our downfall.
We fail to realize we are not too smart to fall for the tricks Satan has laid out just for us, knowing us well, knowing our buttons well, and Satan uses his button of weariness to attack the unaware, the tired, the divorced, the single Mom, the single Dad, the lonely. He uses the very routine that was needed to make it through those first few months or years of divorce to slowly chip away at Willpower and Strength, Courage and Hope, Faith and Love.
The daily struggles, the unfairness of life, the bleak, empty, vast or too quickly ending future become wrapped in piles of unfolded laundry, dishes piled high in the sink, children who refuse to listen, and paychecks that don’t stretch far enough.
In Sunday’s Gospel, Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36, we see signs of the end times, nations of earth will be in dismay, roaring sea and waves, people dying of fright. Great signs accompany the end times. Signs of war and famine and disease and natural disasters.
But other subtle signs too will be present, and it seems Jesus speaks directly to the divorced, to the lonely, to those who have become trapped in surviving the same day, day in and day out. He seems to speak directly to the single Parent, to those who wake up early and go to bed late, who work knowing they cannot fully support their families without help, to those who see no light at the end of the tunnel and no gratitude from those in their care.
Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and catch you by surprise like a trap.
Jesus knew. He knew way back then that the troubles we face in the daily grind could be as dangerous to our souls as carousing and drunkenness. He knew that Satan would attempt to pull us down, to weary our souls, to turn us negative simply by giving us our daily lives.
He knew that sometimes, after the storm has passed, it is the ongoing, lengthy cleanup that follows that makes people give up and move away. He knows that it is in the day to day cleanup that we are most at risk of giving up and moving away.
He speaks to you. He warns you. He wants better for you. He Loves You. You are not alone.
If you are divorced and alone, especially as the Christmas season arrives, if you are a single Parent, tired of responsibilities that never end and saddened as the gift-giving, partying season approaches and money is tight, stand tall. Stand Strong. You are not alone.
Jesus is with you. Your Father Loves you. The Holy Spirit Strengthens you and gives you Courage and there are many others, silent behind closed doors, feeling the same way you do right now.
Be a Light to others. Guard against weariness, as dangerous as carousing and drunkenness. Be ready to face another day in Christ’s Love because there is one cliche we know for certain is True.
For this too shall pass.
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Digital life’s important for us and so is its safety. Read on for ways to handle yours with kid gloves!
Awkward as it is today, you may lose your entire digital life in just a few hours despite that it takes lots of time to build it. Most of us become security conscious only after we’ve lost an email or social media account and/or got our web presence affected in some other manner!
So, it’s important that you are alert enough to learn and practice the right precautionary measures well in time.
Here are some easy ways to help you prevent all this from happening to you.
Foolproof Backing Up of Data:
Develop a habit of backing all your important data up by employing multiple sources. One of the most popular and effective ways is cloud backup. Make sure you take help from a reputed professional capable of protecting your data with convenient and modern ways. For extra safety, keep your data stored in a portable hard disk drive too.
The first thing is to ensure that you are using different passwords for each of your email and social networking accounts. Another requisite is to choose strong-strength and difficult-to-guess passwords. You have the option of using a password manager in case you find it difficult to manage so many complex passwords.
Opt for Two-Step Verification:
Most social media platforms including Facebook and Google are providing their users with highly useful and reliable features like two-step verification, making the login process safer. The two-step verification system requires the user to have an extra pin code in addition to the password.
Make Your Security Questions Stronger:
Almost all good websites use security questions in order to authenticate users for maximum security. This feature is equally helpful when users forget their passwords and want to reset them. Although hackers can try guessing your answers to hack your accounts, still you can make it nearly impossible for them by choosing unique answers to the security questions.
Allow Login Notifications:
One of the greatest safety features that you can rely on is the login notification feature. Many social networks and banking websites offer this security feature. Once you start using it, you are notified via SMS or email when someone attempts to access your account from an unrecognized mobile or computer device.
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Details of Disappearance Rich was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Pasco, Washington December 13, 2018, and released from custody the next day. He was last seen at his home on Waldemar Avenue on the afternoon of December 15, the day after his release from custody. He also used his EBT (electronic benefits transfer) card at a gas station in the 20 block of Gum Street in Kennewick, Washington that day.
Several people requested welfare checks on Rich in the months after he was last seen. Police were unable to locate him, but thought he might just not want to be found. He'd been living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington since 2016. A person who knows him claims he'd packed his belongings and returned to his home state of Nevada, but he had no car and no way to get there.
Rich missed a court hearing in March 2019, but his EBT card was reinstated that month and used until September. In January 2020, Mira Fitzhugh, who was Nathan's girlfriend, and Cory Silva were arrested for fraud for using the card.
Authorities now believe Rich was the victim of a homicide and that his body is somewhere in the Tri-Cities area, possibly near Pasco-Kahlotus Highway, at Twin Rivers Park in Finley, or in a heavily wooded area near Third Avenue and Chemical Drive in Kennewick. Rich's body has not been located and no charges have been filed in his disappearance.
- Pasco Police Department
Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated June 18, 2020; picture added, distinguishing characteristics updated.
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The student:teacher of Community Christian Academy & Preschool is 31:1 and the school's religious affiliation is Christian.
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|Title:||Configuration of the drainage angle, intraocular pressure, and optic disc cupping in subjects with chronic angle-closure glaucoma||Authors:||Aung, T.
|Issue Date:||2005||Citation:||Aung, T., Lim, M.C.C., Chan, Y.-H., Chew, P.T.K., Rojanapongpun, P. (2005). Configuration of the drainage angle, intraocular pressure, and optic disc cupping in subjects with chronic angle-closure glaucoma. Ophthalmology 112 (1) : 28-32. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.06.033||Abstract:||To investigate the relationship between drainage angle configuration with untreated intraocular pressure (IOP) and optic disc cupping in subjects with chronic angle-closure glaucoma (CACG). Prospective, observational study. Two hundred seventy-five Asian subjects with CACG who participated in a randomized controlled trial that investigated the IOP-reducing effect of latanoprost and timolol. Chronic angle-closure glaucoma was defined as the presence of glaucomatous optic neuropathy (with or without a visual field defect), an anterior chamber angle in which the pigmented trabecular meshwork was not visible for at least 180° on gonioscopy, and evidence of peripheral anterior synechiae (PAS) in association with elevated IOP of 21 mmHg or more. Static and dynamic gonioscopy were performed, the angles were graded in each quadrant according to the Shaffer scheme, and the number of clock hours of PAS was recorded. The untreated IOP and vertical cup-to-disc ratio were correlated with mean angle width and extent of PAS. Mean angle width, clock hours of PAS, IOP, and vertical cup-to-disc ratio. Most subjects were female (75%), and the mean age was 62.9±9.4 years. The mean angle width was 0.77±0.53 and the mean number of clock hours of PAS was 4.77±3.2 hours. Untreated IOP correlated with angle width (r = -0.23; P<0.001) and clock hours of PAS (r = 0.22; P<0.001). Vertical cup-to-disc ratio also correlated with angle width (r = -0.17; P = 0.004) and PAS (r = 0.28; P<0.001). Performing a multiple linear regression using baseline IOP as the outcome variable with age, gender, clock hours of PAS, and angle width as predictors, there was a 0.39-mmHg (95% confidence interval, 0.15-0.63) increase in baseline untreated IOP for each unit increase in clock hours of PAS (P = 0.002). In subjects with CACG, the extent of PAS and a narrower width of the drainage angle were associated with higher untreated IOP and a larger vertical cup-to-disc ratio. © 2005 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.||Source Title:||Ophthalmology||URI:||http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/29137||ISSN:||01616420||DOI:||10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.06.033|
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https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/29137
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14876996
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The secure pay-out solution for online merchants, e-commerce platforms and marketplaces. With its connected pay-out capability and its relationships with leading payment gateways and acquirers, Paycast allows you easily and securely to direct and control payments to pay online sellers, gig-economy works and freelancers. Powered by Shieldpay’s core escrow technology, your platform can hold funds and release when the sub-merchant has either delivered the goods or they’ve completed their services.
We Are Pentagon supports businesses’ international expansion by providing managed services which enable them to sell products simultaneously across multiple online marketplaces worldwide.
Arcade is a forward-thinking, global solution for brands and retailers that want to sell internationally via online marketplaces. It offers a seamless wholesale model that takes away the complexities of selling into multiple international markets, helping online businesses to thrive.
Retail Without Borders (RWB) strives to remove the complexity of selling into new markets by providing insight and intelligence to empower and equip key decision makers.
ZigZag Global is a SaaS platform helping retailers to manage their returns globally and domestically. The ZigZag platform connects retailers to an international network of 220 warehouses and more than 200 carrier services in over 130 countries – all from a single integration.
PayPal is a service that enables you to pay, send money, and accept payments without revealing your financial details. PayPal has over 300 million customers, over 21 million active merchant accounts, and billions of transactions conducted every year. PayPal’s community of online buyers and sellers relies on the guaranteed safe payment over the internet.
BigCommerce’s mission is to help merchants sell more at every stage of business growth. Simply put, we are: built for growth so merchants can realize their visions without compromise; designed for powerful performance to enable businesses to scale seamlessly with technology they can trust; efficient in both time and cost.
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https://www.storesome.com/partners/
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14876997
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Get a clear view and action plan to achieve compliance with the current privacy legislation
Are you compliant with the current privacy legislation including GDPR? A gap analysis of your current privacy situation offers a clear view on the privacy risks your organization currently faces as well as an idea of the measures to take to achieve compliance. This privacy assessment can also be useful to efficiently start your privacy implementation journey.
CRANIUM shows you how to start your privacy implementation trajectory
- We start with a kick-off to create awareness and a privacy assessment questionnaire for your key stakeholders in order to collect and analyze data.
- This is followed by a full privacy and risk analysis.
- Our findings are gathered in a privacy report and coupled with a privacy roadmap for privacy risk mitigation including priority and variability settings. This privacy assessment will tell you exactly how and where to start your privacy implementation trajectory (including GDPR). Read more about our DPIA if you are looking for more advice related to a specific high-risk processing activity.
Assess your compliance level and track the potential improvements
Conducting a privacy audit of your organization in accordance with a documented audit procedure can track potential improvements and improve your compliance. You will know if you are tackling the right aspects of your data protection framework and if you are doing so efficiently. But first and foremost this will demonstrate your privacy commitment and legislation compliance towards external and internal stakeholders.
CRANIUM links your risks to concrete recommendations
As there is no proper framework for approved certification mechanisms yet, CRANIUM uses the BC5701:2018 standard as a practical guideline, reshuffling the framework into nine manageable blocks. We begin the audit with a series of interviews with internal stakeholders, combined with a thorough review of the documentation provided. Based on this input, we identify the risks for each section. Thereafter the ideal situation is described, linking the risks to concrete recommendations, concluded by a summary advice for the follow-up process.
What does a privacy audit contain?
- Scope Statement
- Control Framework
- Execution Plan
- Report & executive summary
- Privacy Action Plan addressing key flaws and risks for increasing privacy maturity
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https://www.cranium.eu/service/assessment-audit/
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14876998
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ANTIQUE ENGLISH PINE SCALLOPED CONSOLE TABLE
$400.00 Regular Price
This antique pine console table was originally purchased from A Little English. It has a naturally distressed finish in pale blue/green with a natural top and knobs. The drawers are in good working order. It measures 38"W, 20.5"D and is 30.5"H.
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https://www.newtometn.com/product-page/antique-english-pine-scalloped-console-table
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14876999
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Why would a company give away their services and products for free?
For starters, consumers love the word free, and they perceive any free offer as instant value. Think of the rush you get when someone brings in doughnuts to the office. Although you only save about $1.25, you tweet, "Free doughnuts this morning #BestDayEver!"
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies are seeking to capture the feeling you get when there's a complimentary box of donuts at work by offering free subscription options to their pricing tier. Freemium (free + subscription) business models are a no-brainer for companies to attract more users, but this model can also complicate customer success.
Although consumers love free things, they also have a special affinity for exceptional customer service. They expect to be treated like a valued partner, with their problems and questions answered immediately. And with70% of buying experiences based on how customers feel they are treated, companies must invest in top-notch customer service.
As more SaaS companies adopt freemium business models, it begs the question -- where does customer success fit into the free subscription dynamics?
Read on to dig deeper into the definition of freemium, and to learn about how three freemium SaaS companies approach free user customer success.
What is Freemium?
Freemium is a business model that allows customers to receive basic services or products for free, but requires them to pay for any additional premium features.
SaaS companies use freemium as a market entry strategy to quickly attract new users and measure interest around new software commodities. Unlike a free trial, the freemium model offers software for free without time limitations. The idea is, the user will derive so much value from the free product, they'll want to pay to upgrade to the premium offerings.
Here's an example of a freemium business model: Spotify.
Freemium models are popular among brands that target a large market, and one of the most popular examples isSpotify's free subscription. A free user can listen to music without paying a dime, but there are two stipulations: If they try to skip too many songs in their playlist, they will have to listen to a mandatory 30-second advertisement, and if an artist releases a new album, a free user will have to wait two weeks before they can access the new music.
Eventually, if the free user reaches their breaking point and cannot listen to another jingle and needs to hear Drake's new album immediately, they can sign up and pay the $10 a month for greater music freedom.
Spotify reaches millions of people who are uncertain about paying for music. They cracked the code and quickly gain more premium subscribers from their free users every day with a40% conversion rate in our anti-advertising and anti-interruptions world. Most freemium SaaS companies can't ignore their free users or pepper them with ads and see such impactful conversions.
How Do SaaS Companies do Freemium Customer Success?
The decision to service free users is a tricky balance. Businesses want to ensure that their free users have a good experience so they eventually become a paying customer. However, with a good experience comes the cost to service a free user with technology and people resources.
By definition,customer success is intended to set customers up for success -- as in, paying users who contribute to the preservation of a company. Freemium blurs those lines and forces SaaS organizations to think critically about who is a customer and who needs high-quality service in order to see success with their product.
Below are three examples of real SaaS companies that are nailing freemium customer success:
1. Slack delivers customer success based on user potential.
Slack is a messaging application for teams to communicate information with each other and access past material. It has become a popular application among customer success teams with the instant message capability to capture answers to questions quickly.
Upon signup, a free Slack user has access to their getting started guides and prompts that instruct a user on how to get set up right away in the product. The guides also have department playbooks to set up Slack in the most efficient way depending on the intention.
A free user also has access to the standard support and can submit a ticket to express their problems and technical difficulties. Many customer success teams rely on Slack for internal communication to provide answers to their customers' problems quickly and Slack must work properly in order to keep their correspondence afloat.
Slack's Judy Watkins, the Senior Manager for Customer Experience believes that "if [Slack] provide[s] the same level of support to everyone, then maybe some of those free customers will become paid customers because of the level of support we're providing."
With6 million users and4 million paying customers the 'support for all' customer success methodology is working for Slack.
2. InVision provides customer success tools for users to help themselves.
InVision is a prototype tool for designers to mock up projects and ideas. When a free user signs up, they are immediately brought to a "getting started" page that includes a prompt to start a project, and a library of videos to reference with basic tutorials and workflow tips for those who are more advanced. The page walks the user through the basic steps to start a project without overcomplicated options.
InVision produces robust content, with a dozen getting started guides, several knowledge base common question categories, webinars, and community boards. Their customer success focus is about enabling the user to help themselves and find answers before they reach out to their customer success team.
Free users do have support access through InVision's contact us page. To bolster their efforts on being transparent, InVision also has a support Twitter handle that highlights company-wide issues and real-time updates.
To uncover more about their customer success model InVision's Head of Support, Scott Markovits discussed speaking with a customer who asks for a feature that is not included in their level of subscription.
"If our team has the ability to provide access to the result they need (ex. un-archive a project), we'll make every effort to do a one-off favor," he explains. "If impossible, we'll detail the value added in the upgraded plan and offer a month or so of discounted service to help make the transition a bit easier for them."
All of InVision's supportive materials and helpful mentality had lead to serve 80% of the Fortune 100 and over3 million users.
3. Zapier makes customer success a company-wide initiative.
Zapier is a third-party integration system that connects apps to create automation. Its "Free Forever" plan allows a user to select the applications they want to connect and the triggers to set the automation actions. There are suggested "zaps," or integrations, and popular articles to guide a free user through setup.
By nature, Zapier is more complex to use, with integrations involving multiple applications, several automation actions, and simply more factors at play with a higher risk of error.
In order to provide service everyone, Zapier operates by the philosophy, "…we believe that the best way to help people is to put everyone on support. Around here, we call it 'all hands support,' which means that every person on the team -- no matter the job title -- spends some portion of their day, week, or month talking directly to customers and solving problems for them," according toCEO Wade Foster.
No matter what your job title, all Zapier employees take shifts to troubleshoot with their users and set them up for success. Foster believes when everyone pitches in, "support becomes faster, easier and less expensive."
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https://blog.hubspot.com/service/freemium-customer-success
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