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Is Julianacandy MMA Club The Hottest Adult Dating Site On The Net?
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Members often discuss various topics such as makeup, fashion and movies. They discuss their opinions on current affairs, politics, religion, and world events. Most members are active on blogs and social networking pages. These are used to attract others to join the forum. Many have become very popular worldwide.
The primary appeal of Julianacandy MFC is the ability to use the chat rooms. These are intended for mature adults only and include adult, specific conversations. These chats are separated into different categories such as love, sex, romance and adult chat rooms. These have become very popular with the many members that regularly use them.
Many people view adult dating sites as nothing more than places for perverted adults to look for fun. However, Julianacandy MFC has proven to many that adult memberships are not all about sex. Plenty of mature members find companionship in common by common interests in the areas of gardening, weight loss and the internet. Chat rooms that allow adult members also allow them to socialize with each other in a relaxed environment.
It is understandable that some may be concerned about having their information appear on the internet. There is always the possibility that someone may try to use your personal details in an attempt to contact you. This would not have happened with Julianacandy MFC, because all members are reviewed before being accepted. This means that anyone who is a member of Julianacandy MFC is required to undergo a background check.
Many people feel more comfortable going onto a dating site rather than joining a dating community because they feel more confident. There are many advantages to having access to online dating, however. The main advantage is that you can now meet more people. You also get a greater choice of partners and get involved in a large number of activities. For some, this can bring about a sense of enjoyment and others appreciate the chance to meet a wide variety of people.
There is no doubt that there has never been a better time to join a dating website. Online dating allows you to start off on the right foot and you will soon start to build up a good profile. However, you need to be sure that you use good judgment when joining a dating site. It is not worth wasting your time if it leads to trouble down the line.
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Miller Poultry is embracing sustainability by installing and beginning the process of converting specific operations and offices to using solar energy.
Miller Poultry partnered with Solar Energy Systems LLC to install a solar system in November 2018. The two family-owned Indiana companies consider this is a big step in Miller Poultry’s goal of improving energy efficiency and implementing sustainable practices. Most of Miller Poultry grower’s barns are utilizing solar panels to help power the barn, so integrating solar panels into the company’s offices was the next natural step.
The solar energy system is designed to help offset the electricity consumption in one of Miller Poultry’s live operations offices. The solar energy system will offset most, if not all their electricity usage and reduce the company’s costs. The system will offset thousands of gallons of gasoline over a 30-year period, Solar Energy Systems stated in a press release.
Miller Poultry’s interest in this project stems from its desire to improve the environment and become more sustainable by creating its own clean, free electricity. Miller Poultry hopes that this initiative will spread the word for other farmers and their own poultry growers that solar is the right choice for reducing costs and becoming independent farmers.
“Sustainability and being good stewards of the environment is a part of who we are and have been for many years. From top to bottom we believe in this sustainability initiative and feel blessed that Solar Energy Systems LLC has been so helpful along the way” said Stephen J. Shepard, vice president of live operations, Miller Poultry.
“Miller Poultry’s customers already know that they provide naturally grown chicken in an ethical and healthy manner, but now we can be confident that Miller Poultry is taking even greater steps to better our local and global environment by going solar” said Sydney Rosario, the animal well-being and ethics manager at Miller Poultry and overseeing the broad initiative. “Solar Energy Systems has been helpful throughout the entire process and we’re excited about the future projects to come.”
Solar Energy Systems LLC has been providing premium quality solar panels, installation, and customer service since 2006.
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One With The Tree
Trees are such Magnificent Beings. I’ve always loved being around Trees. Looking at them with Reverence. Touching them and feeling one with Life.
It breaks my heart to see how the Forests are being treated nowadays.
One With The Tree is a painting that I hope will inspire more connection with the realms of the Forests. The hope that Humanity will return to loving Nature more, and renounce to “exploit” Forests in such an irresponsible manner.
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After what can politely be called a difficult year, Denel is undertaking an ambitious turnaround plan, which will likely decide the fate of the company. The company arrived at this inflection point following years of mismanagement and corruption, which has led to numerous turnovers of its key leadership.
Denel posted a loss of ZAR1.76 billion in FY2018 compared to net income of ZAR282 million in FY2017. The loss was attributed to mismanagement and exacerbated by poor contract performance, which in turn fueled liquidity issues. Sales for the year also plummeted, down 38 percent to ZAR5.0 billion, compared to 2017 sales of ZAR8.1 billion.
Problems began to arise with Denel’s earlier expansion efforts. A number of these moves, such as the acquisition of BAE Land Systems South Africa and the formation of Denel Asia, have drawn fire from the South African government.
In the case of the BAE acquisition, questions have surfaced over the transaction. At the core of the allegations is the fact that the BAE LSSA purchase was not implemented in accordance with the funding model that was approved, and BAE LSSA’s liquidity was misrepresented, according to reports.
Then, in January 2016, Denel announced it was creating Denel Asia, a joint venture company in Hong Kong, in partnership with VR Laser. This deal was highly controversial in South Africa. By August 2017, the deal had been canceled. By year-end 2017, Denel was having severe liquidity problems, which resulted in employee and supplier payment delays. Finally, adding to the company’s woes were corruption allegations and union strife.
These issues were a marked departure for the state-owned firm, which until that point had achieved good performance and triple-A financial ratings from Fitch, which has since downgraded the firm. With the damage done, South African Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan sacked the company’s entire board of directors in April 2018 as part of a cleanup effort. The new board has been tasked with restoring good governance practices and rebuilding the company’s tarnished reputation.
In April 2019, the company announced plans to restructure and divest some operations as part of its turnaround effort. A new CEO, Daniel Du Toit, was appointed to lead the effort. Du Toit brings a solid background in South African and European defense with a resume that includes SAAB Medav Technologies in Germany as well as an earlier stint at SAAB Grintek Defence in South Africa.
He has his work cut out for him as the company needs to be recapitalized and a steady stream of MoD orders secured. The recapitalization effort aims to get ZAR2.8 billion from the government. The company is deemed a vital state organ for defense production and while the government may balk initially, as it did with an earlier bailout, ultimately it will follow through.
Defense orders will likely be more difficult as the South African Defence Force (SADF) has seen cuts to its acquisition budget of late. The company lost another revenue stream when it exited the A400M program. With this program off the books, Denel may end up shuttering its aerostructures business outright.
Other proposed changes include selling stakes or divesting outright operations such as Spacteq, Dynamics, Mechem, Gear Ratio, and Hendsoldt Optronics. Other non-core operations are likely to be identified and put on the block over the course of the year. Further, the company will likely seek strategic equity partnerships and joint ventures to secure market access and develop new technology.
As it weathers these changes, the Denel that will emerge in the year ahead will be a dramatically different entity. If it goes as hoped, the new Denel will operate under a leaner, more efficient structure that will improve its domestic standing and restore the public trust.
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Scalable and large systems are often required to service multiple organizations. Such systems provide isolated security domain for each organization. authorized users manage their organizational data and systems as if a dedicated server was set up for them. if authorized, some users (administrators) can create new organizations (called tenants) and extend rights to newly created administrators.
Flexicore multi tenant service allows the creation of rules governing secure access of data across multiple tenants.
Why multi-tenancy is required?
When a service provider, that is, the organization building a system, needs to service organizations and not just discrete users, multi-tenancy becomes a must.
When organizations consuming the services need to delegate rights and services to sub-organizations such as subsidiaries or branches a hierarchical multi-tenancy is required.
Flexicore is built from the ground up to support hierarchical multi-tenancy. Authorized users can create new tenants along with new tenant administrators, new administrators can create new tenants if so allowed.
If so authorized, administrators can access data across multiple tenants.
Flexicore multi-tenancy is extremely efficient and uses default policies whenever explicit permission or denial is not required.
FlexiCore multi-tenancy in plugins.
When plugins are developed and new entities (entity instances are stored in the database) are defined in them, multi-tenancy is automatically included. All data queries and other data access operations are multi-tenancy aware.
FlexiCore multi-tenancy in distributed systems.
When FlexiCore distributed systems support is used, tenants’ definitions and access rights are synchronized across the network, thus, a cloud-based cluster can transactionally synchronize data among multiple relational databases. Synchronization is intelligent and resilient.
Often, the cloud Saas or Paas based on Flexicore serves multiple organizations while connected edge systems or servers on-premises synchronize single-tenant data on them.
The edge device data can be managed locally or remotely. When managed remotely, connected users do not connect directly to the edge unit, they connect to the cloud based server. Updated data is then synchronized to the edge system.
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In today’s world, relocation is becoming more common than ever. As a result, when parents separate, it is not unheard of for them to move to separate states. This can have severe consequences for the children and how their custody routes are put in place.
However, with recent technology such as video calls and social media sites, it is becoming possible to build relationships and strengthen connections online. This is true for romantic relationships, friendships and even parent-child relationships.
What are the laws in Florida when it comes to virtual visitation?
When it is not practical or possible for a child to see one of his or her biological parents on a regular basis, the Florida courts will still want to make a ruling that is in the best interests of the child. Therefore, it is possible that they seek to gain consistency with the parent-child relationship by making a ruling for virtual visitation time. This is a very new concept, but it is one that is growing rapidly. The state of Florida is one of the few states that have formalized this ruling legally.
What are the benefits of virtual visitation?
It is always ideal for a child to connect with both of his or her parents in the real world. However, virtual visitation can be beneficial when a parent lives in another state or country, or is in the military.
If you want to learn about the possibility of a virtual visitation order in Florida, an experienced family law attorney can help. He or she can provide more information so you can make informed decisions regarding custody and visitation.
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https://www.wechsler-law.com/blog/2018/07/how-virtual-visitation-can-help-families/
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Conium (U. S. P.)—Conium.
"The full grown fruit of Conium maculatum, Linné," "gathered while yet green"—(U. S. P.) (Cicuta maculata, Lamarck). The leaves are official in the British Pharmacopoeia.
COMMON NAMES: Hemlock, Poison hemlock, Spotted hemlock, Poison parsley.
ILLUSTRATION: Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, 118.
Botanical Source.—Poison hemlock has a biennial, fusiform, whitish, fleshy root. Its stem is from 3 to 5 feet high, erect, round, hollow, glaucous, polished, and copiously spotted and dotted with dull purple. The leaves are tripinnate; the lower ones very large, several times pinnate, and bright-green, on long, sheathing foot stalks. The leaflets are ovate, lanceolate, pinnatifid, lower lobes incised. The flowers are numerous, small, white, all fertile, outermost very slightly irregular, and are arranged in erect, terminal, compound, many-rayed, smooth umbels. The general involucre is ovate, cuspidate, with membranous edges, consisting of from 3 to 7 lanceolate, reflected bracts, with whitish edges; the partial involucre of 3 or 4 oval, pointed, spreading bracts, with the inner side wanting. The petals are obcordate, with acute, inflected points, and 5 in number. The fruit is about a line and a half, or rather less in length, by a line in breadth; roundish-ovate, compressed, of a pale-green color; the primary ridges are elevated, sharp and undulated; the commissures and channels finely wrinkled. The whole plant exhales a disagreeable, virose odor, more especially when bruised (L.—W.).
History.—Hemlock inhabits Europe and Asia, and has been introduced in many parts of this country. It flowers from May to August. The leaves and seeds are the parts used. The leaves are best when collected during the flowering seasons of the herb; they should be speedily dried by a gentle heat, not over 47.7° C. (118° F.), and placed in closely covered vessels, to preserve them as much as possible from the influence of the atmosphere and light. If properly dried, the leaves should have a fine green color, with a disagreeable odor, less powerful than in the fresh plant, and a peculiar, nauseous, saline, and somewhat acrid taste. The fruit, or seeds, should be gathered shortly previous to ripening. Both the leaves and seed yield their virtues to alcohol or ether. The aqueous extract is uncertain; the alcoholic extract is the best, but even this becomes destitute of coniine in a few years (M). The fresh leaves and fruit should be employed in the preparation of the active constituent.
Description.—CONIUM (U. S. P.).—The fruit is thus described in the U. S. P.: "About 3 Mm. (⅛ inch) long; broadly ovate; laterally compressed; grayish-green; often divided into the 2 mericarps, each with 5 crenate ribs, without oil tubes, and containing a seed which is grooved on the face; odor and taste slight. When triturated with solution of potassium or sodium hydrate, conium gives off a strong, disagreeable, mouse-like odor"—(U. S. P.).
CONIUM LEAVES.—(See History and Botanical Source).
Chemical Composition.—The active principles of conium are the alkaloids, of which 5 have been identified (C. E. Sohn, 1894, Dictionary of Active Principles of Plants): Coniine (C8H17N), identified with conicine and cicutine; conhydrine (C8H17NO), discovered by Wertheim, in 1856; pseudo-conhydrine (C8H17NO), isolated by E. Merck, in 1891; methyl-coniine (C9H19N); and ethyl-piperidine (C7H15N). The mixed alkaloids may be prepared by distilling a mixture of strong solution of caustic potash and alcoholic extract of the unripe fruit, whereupon they pass over, forming an oily layer in the receiver. According to directions of J. Schorm (1882) the conium fruits, moistened with water, rendered alkaline with sodium carbonate, are distilled with steam under a pressure of 3 atmospheres. The distilled oil is neutralized with hydrochloric acid, evaporated, and treated with alcohol. After removal of the alcohol on the water-bath, an equivalent amount of caustic soda is added, and the alkaloids then shaken out with ether. The ethereal solution is reduced to a low temperature, whereby the bulk of conhydrine separates in the form of long needles. The remaining traces will evaporate with the ether, pure conicine remaining (Amer. Jour. Pharm., 1882).
Coniine, when pure, is an oily-like, transparent, colorless liquid, becoming brownish by oxidation, of specific gravity 0.86, with a very penetrating, tobacco-like odor, and a sharp, acrid, benumbing, and offensive taste. At ordinary temperatures it is volatile, disengaging ammonia, depositing a resinous matter, and losing its activity; its vapor excites a flow of tears. It is soluble in 90 parts of water, and forms a hydrate by uniting with about a fourth part of water, which, in cold, saturated solution, becomes turbid by heat owing to the separation of the water of hydration. It is very soluble in alcohol, ether, benzin, chloroform, benzol, the fixed and volatile oils, and also in weak acids, which it neutralizes. It boils at about 171° C. (340° F.), and distills over with water at 100° C. (212° F.). It strongly blues reddened litmus paper and forms soluble salts with acids, which, excepting the hydrochlorate, are difficult to crystallize. Caustic potash added to salts of coniine sets the base free, which is then recognized by its odor; heat produces the same effect on most of its salts. As to the behavior of coniine towards reagents, see Amer. Disp., last edition; also C. E. Sohn (see above).
Coniine possesses the same remarkable action on the spinal cord as hemlock itself. A few drops will suffice to kill a cat, rabbit, or young dog; a strong cat was killed in a minute and a half by 3 drops of it. Its effects are gradual paralysis, slight convulsive tremors, and death from suspension of the breathing, without any change in the appearance of the blood, and without any depression of the heart's action.
Coniine was observed by Giesecke as early as 1827, and obtained in the form of an impure sulphate. Geiger, in 1831, obtained it pure and recognized its alkaloidal nature. It is present in all parts of hemlock, probably in combination with malic acid (Husemann and Hilger, 1884). It is optically active, turning the plane of polarized light to the right. Its present formula was established, in 1881, by A. W. Hoffmann, and its synthesis was accomplished, in 1886, by Ladenburg, who first prepared inactive coniine (alpha-propyl piperidine (C5H9[C3H7]NH), and succeeded in isolating therefrom the active alkaloid by adding a crystal of the tartrate of the dextrogyrate alkaloid to the syrupy solution of the tartrate of the inactive alkaloid.
Conhydrine (C8H17NO), discovered by Wertheim, is an oxyconiine occurring in commercial coniine from which it separates on cooling to near 0° C. (32° F). Its melting point is 126° C. (258.8° F.).
Pseudo-conhydrine (C8H17NO) was discovered by E. Merck, in 1891, in the high boiling portions of crude coniine. It crystallizes in needles, is easily soluble in alcohol, ether, and chloroform, and fuses at about 98° C. (218.4° F.). Its boiling point is 230° to 232° C. (446°to 449.6° F.).
Methyl-coniine (C9H19N), an oily base, and associated with coniine, was found by Von Planta and Kekulé in hemlock (1854). It is a homologue of coniine, or rather of its isomer, paraconiine, prepared by Schiff, in 1871. G. Liljenstroem (Amer. Jour. Pharm., 1894), calls attention to the difficulty of accurately determining the quantity of the alkaloid in extract of conium by means of continuous extraction with ether, owing to the volatility of coniine, even though a reflux condenser is employed. He suggests that a known amount of centinormal acid be placed in the receiver, which readily absorbs coniine, and to titrate back the excess of acid. Wertheim obtained from fresh seeds about 0.20 per cent of pure coniine.
Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—Conium is narcotic, possessing, however, properties somewhat similar to those of belladonna. On account of the former difficulty in procuring good preparations of this plant, it has not been so much used nor its virtues so fully investigated, as with some of its congeners. The symptoms produced by its use are thirst, dryness of the throat, dizziness, sickness at stomach, sinking, benumbing feelings, and more or less prostration of the muscular system. If its use be continued, or in large doses, the pupils become dilated, there is a general paralysis, rendering talking and breathing difficult, with coma, or convulsions terminating in death. In about 30 minutes from its administration, its effects will generally appear, and continue from 10 to 40 hours. It is supposed to effect its results by exhausting the nervous energy of the spinal cord and voluntary muscles. It is used for promoting sleep, and will be found extremely useful in allaying excessive action of the heart in hypertrophy of this organ; a pill of 1 or 2 grains of the extract producing a calm, soothing influence, followed by a diminution or removal of the palpitation or augmented action. Indeed, all affections attended with an excited or excitable condition of the, nervous and vascular systems, will be benefited by its use. Dr. J. Harley considered conium as a depressor of the muscular movements, tranquilizing and renovating the whole muscular system—being to the corpora striata, the smaller nervous centers, and the whole of the motor tract, just what opium is to the brain. It depresses the motor function of the third nerve, causing a lazy movement of the eyes, and sometimes strabismus, with imperfect adjustment of the refracting media of the eye. It affects the sedentary and strong more than the delicate and active, so that its action is influenced more by the muscular activity than by the muscular power. It has no pure cerebral effects, but diminishes irritability of the spinal cord without disturbing the sensory functions. It has no direct action on the sympathetic; improves nutrition; and can not be detected in the urine, breath, or feces. He considered it preeminently useful in laryngismus stridulus, convulsive cough, and in tetanic muscular conditions. The dose must be proportioned to the degree of motor activity of the child or adult; by its use we may almost measure the bodily activity of the individual. To a child 21 months old he has given 20 minims of the prepared juice, and gradually increased it to 2 ½ fluid drachms.
Conium has in times past been lauded in cancer, and, while it undoubtedly has influenced growths pronounced cancerous, it is not known to have effected a cure. The pain of cancer, however, is alleviated by it, and it undoubtedly affects tumors of the mammae, even when they amount to scirrhus. Conium has been used to check lactation, thus showing its specific action upon the mammary glands. Ovarian torpor, giving rise to scanty menses, and sterility in the female, and in the genital feebleness of the male, accompanied with an unpleasant erethism, or where lack of sexual activity is due to passive testicular venous engorgement, conium is said to be efficient when given in small doses. Glandular enlargements sometimes yield to the alterative influence of this drug, and while not generally efficient in syphilis, as some of its admirers claim, it is useful in allaying the pains which accompany that affection. In rheumatism and neuralgia, Rx Specific conium, gtt. v to x; aqua, fl℥iv. Mix. Sig. Dose, a teaspoonful as often as necessary, or give from ½ to 2 grains of the English extract. Chorea and epilepsy, due to sexual abuse, and whooping-cough and acute mania are states in which it is asserted useful. It has been variously used in cachectic and depraved states, either as a palliative or for its curative action. Large doses are contraindicated by debility.
In consequence of the action of conium on the spinal marrow, it lessens the venereal appetite. It likewise lessens the secretion of milk. In the neuralgic pains attending carcinomatous affections it usually gives relief, probably, from its causing relaxation of muscular fibers; sometimes, however, it has exerted no influence whatever, in palliating them. In scrofula, goitre, and, indeed, in all tuberculous affections, it will be found very effectual given in combination with the iodide of iron. It enters into the compound plaster of belladonna, an excellent preparation, which Prof. King used for many years. Coniine, the active principle, is not extensively used in medicine. The hydrochlorate, benzoate, and, best of all, the hydrobromate have been most used, the latter particularly in whooping-cough and sciatica. Dr. Reid gives the following formula for toothache: Take of coniine, 1 drop; rectified alcohol, essence of cinnamon, each, 4 drops. Mix. This is applied by means of a camel's hair pencil. It relieves the pain instantly, but produces no effect where the nerve is not exposed by caries; a few minutes after its application there will be vertigo, difficulty of swallowing, etc., which usually cease in about 10 or 20 minutes. It should not be too frequently, nor too largely applied. The leaves have likewise been employed externally as a poultice to painful tumors, ulcers, neuralgic and rheumatic pains, etc. For painful parts the following is useful: Rx English extract of conium, ʒij; petrolatum, ʒvj. Mix. Apply. In intermittent fever, Dr. King frequently employed the following pill when quinine alone failed: Take of sulphate of quinine, 10 grains; inspissated juice of conium, 15 grains. Mix and divide into 20 pills, of which 1 pill may be given every 1 or 2 hours, until the effects of the conium have commenced, after which give 1 pill every 4 or 5 hours, according to its influence. The aqueous extract of the plant is worthless; the inspissated juice, or the ethereal extract, are alone valuable only when they are carefully and properly prepared. A strong solution of the. inspissated juice, or the juice of the fresh leaves, coated over the parts daily, for 5 or 6 days, will cure the itch. Dose of the leaves and inspissated juice, from 1 to 3 grains, 3 or 4 times a day; of the ethereal extract, which is an elegant extract of a rich, dark-green color, from ⅛ to ½ grain; coniine, 1/30 to ⅙ grain; coniine bromohydrate, 1/30 to ⅙ grain; coniine hydrochlorate, 1/30 to ⅙ grain; coniine benzoate, 1/30 to ⅙ grain; specific conium, 1/10 to 3 drops.
Specific Indications and Uses.—To relieve nervous excitation and give rest; neuralgic or rheumatic pains in the old and feeble, or where there are caco-plastic deposits; pain in stomach; pain of gastric ulcer; nervousness and restlessness.
Related Species.—Cicuta maculata, Linné, Spotted water-hemlock, Spotted parsley, Spotted cowbane, Beaver poison, Musquash root, American water-hemlock. North America. This plant differs from the following in having a purple-spotted stem, wider leaflets, and long, tuberous, fleshy roots. A volatile alkaloidal principle, believed to be coniine, was isolated by J. E. Young (Amer. Jour. Pharm., 1855, p. 289). Mr. Glenk, in 1891, made a complete analysis of the fruit. The volatile oil was investigated recently by Mr. Stroup and found to consist mainly of terpenes (see Amer. Jour. Pharm., 1894, p. 236).
Cicuta virosa, Linné (Cicutaria aquatica, Lamarck); Water hemlock, Cowbane.—This plant grows in wet situations from Canada north. Its rhizome is short, somewhat ovate, thick, and hollow, and has attached rootlets arranged in circles. The taste of the plant is aromatic and acrid, and its odor slightly aromatic. The plant, but not the root, as shown by Van Ankum's researches (1868), contains cicutine, a volatile alkaloid. Cicutoxin is a name applied by Boehm and Trojanowski, in 1887, to a soft, amorphous and tenacious yellow substance existing in the rhizome to the extent of 3.5 per cent. Cicuta is used as a local anodyne in rheumatic and neuralgic complaints, and gout. Seldom employed in medicine.
Sium latifolium, Linné; Water parsnip.—Europe and California. Root contains a poisonous resin, volatile aromatic oil, and a volatile base (analyzed by A. R. Porter and N. Rogers), and said to resemble the pastinacine of Wittstein (see Amer. Jour. Pharm., 1876, pp. 348 and 483). Reputed narcotic and has been employed in skin diseases.
Sium lineare, Michaux, of North America, and Sium angustifolium, Linné, of North America and Europe, are similar plants and poisonous.
Sium nodiflorum, Water parsnip.—A European umbelliferous, aquatic perennial, the juice of which was found to be useful in various cutaneous affections, was formerly regarded as poisonous. The dose of the juice as given by Withering, however, was 3 or 4 ounces daily. It is diuretic and exerts a good influence upon scrofulous lymphatic enlargements. This plant is also found in the southern states.
Ammi Visnaga, Lamarck; Tooth-pick plant.—South Europe, north Africa, and east Asia. This aromatic plant yields a bitter, crystalline, colorless glucosid, called kelline, isolated in 1878 by Ibrahim Mustapha. Th. Malosse, in 1881, found 2 percent of an oily, acrid principle which he called visnagol; 3 crystalline, partly alkaloidal principles, collectively named visnagin; a fixed oil (10.5 per cent) containing ammistearic acid, etc. (Amer. Jour. Pharm., 1881, p. 640, and 1886, p. 300). Kelline occasions vomiting, impeded respiration and cardiac irregularity. This plant is the El Kellah of the Moors. An 8 per cent decoction of the seeds, taken internally, is reputed to be a cure for troubles dependent on a uric acid diathesis, especially rheumatism. It relieves pain in the kidneys and urinary tract by its obtunding powers. Locally, this decoction has been applied in rheumatism of the joints to allay pain, and as a wash for buccal ulcerations.
Anthriscus Cerefolium, De Candolle (Scandix Cerefolium, Linné; Chaerophyllum sativum, Lamarck); Chervil.—A European annual raised in gardens and used for greens. A volatile oil gives to the plant a strong, but pleasant odor, and a sharp, yet feebly bitterish taste. Externally, it has been applied to bruises, swollen mammary glands, and other local tumefactions; internally in phthisis, scorbutus, scrofula, dropsy, and cutaneous disorders. It is diuretic, emmenagogue, and deobstruent. Like other species of Chaerophyllum, its leaves are sometimes collected for conium, though the plants do not greatly resemble each other.
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Ed Reed’s dream NFL quarterback is Donovan McNabb and not Tom Brady or Peyton Manning.
Few men did a better job of making great quarterbacks look terrible than Pro Football Hall-of-Fame safety Ed Reed. He built an illustrious career almost exclusively with the Baltimore Ravens by way of the Miami Hurricanes.
Given that he played throughout most of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning’s NFL careers, Reed actually would pick somebody else to be his dream starting quarterback over The GOAT and The Sheriff. Apparently, Reed is very keen on former Philadelphia Eagles great Donovan McNabb. The six-time Pro Bowler is likely only a Hall of Very Good player, but he left an impression on Reed.
Maybe Ed Reed has a point in his acclaim of one Donovan McNabb after all?
“Man, that’s funny. I enjoyed picking them all off,” said Reed to FanSided‘s Mark Carman on behalf of Crown Royal. “I wouldn’t change [Joe] Flacco as far as my quarterback, but if I had to choose a quarterback, I would probably go Donovan McNabb.
“I like D-McNabb. D-McNabb was a hell of a competitor, he just got the short end of the stick. We know Peyton [Manning] and [Tom] Brady are great quarterbacks, but nobody really talks about the greatness of Donovan McNabb. I only think I beat him once, maybe. Donovan McNabb was a hell of a player.”
With McNabb as the Eagles’ starting quarterback, Andy Reid became the first head coach to lead a team to the conference championship in three straight seasons. While Philadelphia only went 1-4 in NFC Championship games during the McNabb/Reid era, they were a model of consistency in the NFL for a generation. Reid has found even greater success with the Kansas City Chiefs recently.
Perhaps we do not give enough credit to the great player McNabb was for the Birds in the 2000s?
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"I bought a white and pink bra."
Translation:J'ai acheté un soutien-gorge blanc et rose.
This does sound more natural in English, but there is no hard grammatical rule for the order of colors....
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KINGSTON AND NAMIBIAN CAPITAL CITY TO BE TWINNED
An announcement from the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) stated that the city of Kingston will be twinned with the capital city of Namibia, Windhoek. The move will strengthen the historical and cultural links between the cities. In a resolution passed by the KSAMC, Windhoek utilized diplomatic channels to create the initiative for twinning the cities. According to the resolution, both cities agreed to solidify their relationship through trade in goods and services, youth participation in government, local economic development, and empowering communities. Formerly a protectorate of Germany, Namibia is 75 times as large as Jamaica and has a population of about 2.5 million people. Its official language is English.
GOVERNMENT TO SPEND $11 BILLION FOR BORDER SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS
According to Robert Montague, Jamaica’s Minister of National Security, the government is putting $11 billion toward improvements in the border security of the nation. As part of the initiative, the Jamaica Defense Force (JCF) will receive six more helicopters – four new and two used – and four aircraft. The helicopters come with sufficient spare parts to last five years, as well as maintenance service. They cost US$47.4 million. Montague says the current helicopter fleet of the JDF is almost 25 years old. Noting that industry standards recommend replacing the aircraft after between seven and ten years of service. A surveillance plane is also being acquired for US$16.9 million.
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CARIBBEAN HIT BY MAGNITUDE 7.6 EARTHQUAKE
Jamaica was included in a tsunami warning triggered by a strong 7.6 earthquake that hit the Caribbean region between Honduras and the Cayman Islands on January 9, 2018. There were no reports of serious damage early on, although some homes suffered cracks. The tsunami warning centers stated that no tsunami waves had been confirmed, but decided to issue advisories to the area, including Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and Jamaica.
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CONSULATE GENERAL CLOSES ATLANTA HONORARY OFFICE TEMPORARILY.
Jamaica’s Consulate General announced the closure of the Honorary Consulate of Jamaica in Atlanta on a temporary basis. The closure was prompted by the resignation of Jewel Scott, Esq. from her position as Honorary Consul, which went into effect on December 31, 2017. Scott had held the position since 2014. Upon resigning, Scott said she was honored to serve and was thankful to have had the opportunity. She has been recognized by the Consul General of Jamaica as a Luminary in the Jamaica Diaspora for her work in law and justice.
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JAMAICAN TRAVEL ADVISORY SPARKS CONCERNS FOR ROBINSON
The president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Omar Robinson, has expressed his concern about a level-two travel advisory issued by the United States for Jamaica. The US advisory warns visitors to stay away from parts of Montego Bay, Kingston, and Spanish Town, but Robinson is more worried about the workers in the tourism industry. Crime against tourists in Jamaica is very low, Robinson said, but the exposure of hotel staff to violence in some communities represents an “untenable situation.” Many employees go to work being very afraid. Crime continues to threaten the economy and could decimate the tourism industry, he noted. Robinson called for the JHTA, the government and the Opposition party to take a holistic approach to crime. He cited the breakdown of basic law and order as a major factor impacting Jamaica.
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AFTER 31 YEARS, STARTIME TO STAGE FINAL SHOW
The final staging of The Original Startime (formerly called Heineken Startime) is slated for May 5, 2018. The show, The Original Startime: Final Chapter, will be held at Mas Camp and will end a tradition lasting over three decades. Michael Barnett, the organizer of Startime, said the show had a good run and had “an overwhelming and extremely enjoyable” 31 years, but that a lack of sponsorship contributed to its demise. The cost of promoting high-quality live performances in Jamaica is rising significantly, and sponsorship from Corporate Jamaica “is virtually non-existent,” Barnett said. The shows cannot survive without cash support from Corporate Jamaica and the government. The final show will feature all Startime artistes plus backing from Lloyd Parks and We the People, Marcia Griffiths, Sanchez and Horace Andy.
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JAMAICAN GYMNASTS TO LEARN FROM CHINESE COACH
Zou Zhenqqiu, an experienced Chinese gymnast, will make a 30-day visit to Jamaica with the goal of helping in the development of the nation’s most promising gymnasts, according to Nicole Grant-Brown, the president of the Jamaica Amateur Gymnastics Association. Zhenqqiu will visit gyms and design programs to aid in moving Jamaica’s initiatives forward. In addition 15, gymnasts will be visiting China in the summer as part of a three-year arrangement between Jamaica’s Sports Ministry and China’s government. China is one of the top gymnastics forerunners, Grant-Brown said and is excellent at developing children from the beginning to meet international standards. Jamaica is planning to send a gymnastics team to the 2024 Olympics.
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Alanya nightlife is surely something you should not miss out on during your stay here! During the summer months, the city turns into a party zone every night – and when we say every night, we mean Monday to Sunday!
From traditional bars to multi-storey nightclubs, from rock to techno. Everybody can enjoy themselves according to their taste here in Alanya. If you are looking for some fun venues to visit and are not sure which to pick, search no more! We will tell you about the best and most favourite places – you can’t go wrong with these!
Most of the city’s nightclubs are located in the centre close to the harbour. The area is sometimes called “Bar Street” or “Bar District.” The clubs are so close to each other that you can do a club tour and visit several of them on the same night.
The area does not only display nightclubs and discos but also many bars and restaurants specializing in Turkish as well as other cuisines. Your night out does not have to be only about dancing, it can become a culinary experience as well. The bazaar and other shops are open late at night, so you can buy some souvenirs or food here too.
Going clubbing in Alanya is very easy. Usually, there is no entry fee to pay, but you should order some drinks at the bar. You should also count on the fact that the more popular venue you visit, the pricier the drinks will be. If you order locally produced drinks, you will save some money and discover something new as well!
Most of the clubs open early in the evening but the biggest parties take place from midnight to ca. 3 a.m. when the majority of the nightclubs close. However, some of the clubs on the outskirts of the city are open until 5 a.m.
The nightclubs in Alanya are generally safe – you will find security guards and metal detectors at the entrances to most of them. Still, remember that you should never go partying alone. If you are travelling on your own, join a group from your hotel if possible. Not only is it more fun, but also safer!
Most bus lines end their service at midnight or 1 a.m., so you are going to need a taxi to get to the hotel after this time. You can also walk back to the hotel on foot if it is in the near distance and you are in a group.
Last but not least, do not forget about “Happy Hours!”
Here are some of Alanya’s top clubs and bars that you should visit to make your holiday adventure complete.
If you are hungry for more dancing after the other nightclubs close, you can take a free bus from the city centre to the Summer Garden nightclub, which is ca. 14 km away. The bus will take you back after the party ends in the morning.
Summer Garden is a restaurant serving pizza, burgers, and pasta during the day and turns into a disco with a large dance floor and laser shows at night. This open-air club radiates tropical summer energy and features an artificial lake with a waterfall and a tank with baby sharks. It was first opened in 1991 and has been one of the most popular venues ever since!
Robin Hood is a legendary 4-storey nightclub where you can dance under the open sky. Each floor is designated to a different theme and a different genre, including Latino, hip-hop and Turkish music. The rooftop offers gorgeous views of Alanya harbour.
This Cuban-themed club will offer you another exotic experience. It hosts not only many DJs, but also performances by Cuban and Brazilian dancers almost every night and serves a wide range of delicious Cuban cocktails. The atmosphere here is great and the club even features an outdoor rooftop terrace where you can take a break from the dancing for a minute.
This Scandinavian nightclub is for all fans of rock music. It is much smaller than the other clubs, so it is perfect for those who are looking for an alternative to the multi-storey mayhems.
Crazy Horse is a tapas bar with strong Latin and Mexican flavour, but you can get sushi or pizza as well. It serves delicious cocktails and has a chilled atmosphere so it makes a great place to start your evening adventure before you move to the wilder venues.
If you are looking for a place to sit down, try the popular Black Horse Bar. Here they serve beer as well as cocktails and even though this place is not primarily for dancing, there is always somebody willing to get the party started.
If you are looking for something else to do but you still want to have fun, you can join us on one of our evening trips.
Our Disco Boat cruise takes place on board a traditional Turkish boat that leaves from Alanya harbour and takes you along the coast so you can have a magical view of the illuminated town as you party in the foam.
You can also come to our Night Safari trip which starts with a dinner at the top of Kale Hill with a beautiful view of the harbour, continues with an off-road jeep ride through the Taurus Mountains with professional drivers, and ends with the Turkish Night experience including traditional music, belly dancing and Turkish water pipe.
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Today I would like to share with you the reason why I scrapbook. I scrapbook to tell my story to my children and for myself. I want to remember all the good and yes, even the bad, moments of my life. I want to have something to look at and remember as time passes and my memory begins to fail me. I want to leave a little mark of my on in this world. A little piece of me for my family and future generations to relish. This leads me to a layout I would like to share with you today that documents a simple, but cherished, moment in my life.
Kids just grow up too darned fast! But alas, I digress. Have you had a chance to check out the new Storymarkers? They are pretty awesome and a super cute embellishment to add to your page! Let's take a closer look shall we...
I think the doily and butterfly are playful and yet elegant all mixed into one! This particular Storymarker is from the Park Drive collection. You can purchase one of your very own here.
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Now it's time to hop on over to Emma's blog here. Enjoy the rest of your hopping! Thanks for stopping by!
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Passengers from the Middle East will soon have more destination choices as Lufthansa is further expanding its route network to South America. From 16 November 2015, the airline will offer year-round flights to Panama City for the first time, subject to government approval.
Flying from Doha and arriving early morning at Frankfurt, an Airbus A340-300 aircraft will fly five times a week between Frankfurt and the economic metropolis in Central America. Flight LH 484 will take off from Lufthansa’s Frankfurt hub in the morning at 10.15 a.m. and arrive in Panama in the afternoon at 4.40 p.m. (local time) after a flight time of 12 hours and 25 minutes. The return flight LH 485 will depart from Panama City in the early evening as a night flight and land at Frankfurt Airport the following morning.
“This new route is good news for both our leisure and business passengers here in the Middle East. With booming trade between the Qatar and Panama, the new connection via our hub in Frankfurt opens more channels and possibilities to reach South America. Our passengers will also have ample time to relax at our lounges in Frankfurt during their connecting time,” said Karsten Zang, General Manager, UAE and Director Gulf and Pakistan, Lufthansa German Airlines.
On board, passengers can expect to find Lufthansa’s usual high level of comfort. A total of 298 seats will be available in Business, Premium Economy and Economy Class, featuring the latest cabin design in all classes: seats in the new Business Class can be converted at the touch of a button into a comfortable horizontal bed measuring 1.98 metres in length. In the new Premium Economy Class, increased legroom and a greater seat pitch await passengers. With the individual in-flight entertainment system, there is a wide range of entertainment on offer for passengers in all travel classes, as well as FlyNet, the wireless broadband internet.
Lufthansa is also expanding its partnership with the Panamanian airline Copa. Lufthansa passengers will in future be able to easily reach a further 50 destinations in Central and South America and the Caribbean with the partner airline. The most important travel destinations in Copa’s network include airports in Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala. The times of the Lufthansa services are coordinated with Copa’s connecting flights in such a way that passengers can transfer comfortably at Tocumen Airport, Copa’s “Hub of the Americas”.
Panama is located between Costa Rica and Columbia and has recorded increasingly strong economic growth in recent years. Besides the famous Panama Canal, it has an important banking sector, a favourable geographic location and good infrastructure, providing reasons for a business trip to the Central American country. Untouched beaches and a large number of national parks with their rainforests, mangroves and unique subaquatic world also promise leisure travellers an unforgettable trip.
A return flight between Doha via Frankfurt and Panama can already be booked. Further information and flight booking services with Lufthansa can be found online at LH.com. Flights can also be booked with Lufthansa’s travel agency partners and at the Lufthansa ticket desks in airports.
The new routes at a glance
Doha-Frankfurt–Panama City (Panama)
Time zone (summer)
– Hamad International Airport, Terminal 1 (DOH); UTC +3 hours
– Frankfurt Airport, Terminal 1 (FRA); UTC +1 hours
– Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen (PTY); UTC -5 hours
(all time information in local time; summer time)
LH 617 Doha 1.45 a.m. – Frankfurt 6.35 a.m.
LH 616 Frankfurt 11.25 a.m. – Doha 7.20 p.m.
NEW from 16 November 2015
Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
LH 484 Frankfurt 10.15 a.m. – Panama 4.40 p.m.
LH 485 Panama 6.45 p.m. – Frankfurt 11.35 a.m. (following day)
Flight time between FRA and PTY
11 hours 20 minutes
9,070 km (4,897 nautical miles)
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Need a report that reflects how COVID-19 has impacted this market and its growth?
The holographic display market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 27.3% over the forecast period (2021 - 2026). The holographic display market may witness a sharp increase over the next few years, especially in developed nations such as the United States, with help from various industry players to augment the regional demand subject to the extensive product applications in automotive, healthcare research, and medical imaging. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the display industry with manufacturing operations temporarily suspended across major manufacturing hubs and thus disrupting the supply chain.
- While the healthcare, automotive, and media industries drive the demand for holographic displays, applications across media and entertainment, education, residential (living rooms), military mapping are expected to act as a catalyst for the market studied
- Additionally, holographic displays are being used in digital signages, billboards, point-of-sale terminals, kiosks, at places, and in events. The awareness regarding the use of holographic displays across all these applications may also significantly drive market growth. For instance, the retail sector has been substantially adopting digital signage solutions, with the significant and upcoming businesses opting for advanced digital signages featuring AI and machine learning to gain the most out of consumer analytics.
- Technological innovations have been a critical factor driving the new solutions being introduced in the market. In addition to this, in the United States, places like Las Vegas, are transitioning from traditional billboards. Three - dimensional, slightly hypnotic holograms may soon replace two -dimensional signs and ads. Several companies with this technology claim that 3 - D holograms may revolutionize the way businesses and brands talk to potential customers, as per Kino-mo.
- Further, trend aiding the adoption of holograms in this sector is the growing field of proximity marketing, to connect and drive their customer base by aligning themselves to engage their customers with a more tailored approach. An early instance of this is ARHT partnering with the Canadian retail chain, Harry Rosen, to display a human hologram named “Vincent,” the retailer’s first-ever human hologram, with the ability to count, confirm, and analyze a crowd to gauge the level of interest and deliver the correct value proposition
- However, the high cost of assembling holographic display devices are restraining market growth. The process involves manufacturing and fabrication of new technologies, which might prove cost-intensive for smaller companies. Furthermore, the pricing might seem expensive for consumers across underdeveloped nations, limiting the market’s growth therein.
Scope of the Report
Holographic displays essentially use the phenomenon of light diffraction to create a virtual three-dimensional image of an object. The advent of holographic technology is expected to have a colossal effect across various industry verticals, such as aerospace, defense, retail, and healthcare, owing to the profound potential that its applications hold. The report study offers a qualitative overview of light diffraction technologies used in holographic displays and market sizing and forecast for holographic displays across various end-user verticals across the geographical regions as depicted in the scope of the study.
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Key Market Trends
Automotive Segment is Expected to Witness Significant Growth
- The automotive industry is a primary adopter of the display technologies, mainly attributing to the rise of the entertainment displays in vehicles. Initially, displays screens attached to the front seats for the entertainment of the rear passengers were aftermarket solutions that quickly became standard features in high-end cars. With the integration of the smartphone interface into the car entertainment system, screens are being installed in the front dashboard.
- Further, the market is witnessing a dramatic increase in demand in the display area used by .several major automobiles. Traditionally the automotive market space was slow to adopt new technologies. However, the adoption of holographic displays is anticipated to evolve from high-end cars to mid and lower range vehicles in the foreseen period.
- A UK-based company, Ceres Holographics demonstrated at CES2020, its digital windscreen cluster with holographic display, illuminated by a TI DLP Auto projector. The technology features a DLP5534-Q1 chipset that processes and projects the light onto the CERES holographic film. The company boasts that this is the ideal design for transparent window display applications.
- Moreover, phase-only holographic display technology developed is a compelling alternative to LED/TFT displays for use in head-up display applications. For instance, Range Rover adopted the holographic HUD for use in the Evoque due to its low power consumption and design flexibility.
- Moreover, in Jan 2020, WayRay demonstrated its AR device at the CES 2020 in a proof of concept, announcing that the holographic powered glass will serve as a platform for new services and will also open up new in-vehicle experiences for future mobility. The navigation system from the company not just have navigation features but also incorporates advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) features such as lane departure warnings and forward collision warnings.
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Asia Pacific to Witness Significant Growth in The Market
- Asia-Pacific presents a very lucrative market for the holographic display market. This is due to the presence of developing economies as well as countries well advanced in the consumer electronics industries such as China, Taiwan, and South Korea.
- Japan and China have been pioneers in the automotive and consumer electronics sectors. Aligning their supply and demand and keeping up with the latest technologies, the markets in these regions have witnessed significant growth.
- The increasing sales of consumer electronics, growing demand for innovations in digital signage in retail, media, and advertising and rising demand for head-up holographic displays in the automotive segment have contributed to the growth of the Chinese holographic display market.
- In the commercial segment, this market is also growing effectively. Moove Media Singapore introduced its first-ever holographic display at Dhoby Ghaut Station on the North-East Line for the launch of Skechers DLT-A. The holographic display, a three-dimensional shoe is Skechers Singapore’s new footwear collection.
- While the market in India is at a very nascent stage, with a developing economy buoyed by a retail sector, increasing advertising expenditures, and improving public and private infrastructure in India, the demand for holographic displays is expected to grow over the forecast period.
- Further, the expansion of consumer electronics manufacturing capacities, especially in the South Central region of China, coupled with rising exports to neighboring countries in Southeast Asia and declining average selling prices of various display technologies such as 4K, LCD, LED and OLED is projected to increase the adoption of holographic display devices in the region.
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The holographic display market appears to be moderately concentrated owing to the presence of multiple players in the market. The major market players are focusing on technological advancements. The players are adopting different strategies, namely acquisitions, partnerships, and joint ventures, by which only top players are gaining the market share. Some key players in the market are MDH Hologram Ltd, Looking Glass Factory Inc., Provision Holding Inc. among others.
- May 2020 - Looking Glass Factory announced that its display technology would support the UE4 plugin to enable the content creators to visualize designs using its holographic displays. The new feature is suitable to be used in a range of industries, like automotive, architecture, mapping/GIS, and medical imaging.
- Apr 2019 - RealView Imaging's launched the HOLOSCOPE-i, which is the world's first medical holographic system that provides realistic, spatially accurate 3D in-air holograms, and was used in a valve procedure in Toronto. Cardiologists and cardiac surgeons at Toronto General Hospital’s Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) performed the first live medical procedure using real-time holographic imaging developed by the company.
March 2020 - Exhibitry, a Houston based tech company, announced the launch of ProductMapper and HoloTable, it's two new products in their line of holographic products for the display industry.
August 2019 - The Looking Glass Factory announced the launch of the Looking Glass Pro.It had its own built-in Intel NUC 8 VR NUC8i7HVK computer, a 15.6-in. display area and weighs 25 lbs and can function without a connection to a PC or workstation.
Table of Contents
1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition
1.2 Scope of the Study
2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
4. MARKET DYNAMICS
4.1 Market Overview
4.2 Industry Attractiveness - Porter's Five Force Analysis
4.2.1 Threat of New Entrants
4.2.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers/Consumers
4.2.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
4.2.4 Threat of Substitute Products
4.2.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry
4.3 Industry Value Chain Analysis
4.4 Assessment of Impact of Covid-19 on the Industry
4.5 Market Drivers
4.5.1 Increasing Investments in 3D Technology
4.5.2 Advancements in Screenless Displays
4.6 Market Challenges
4.6.1 High Cost of Assembling Holographic Display Devices
4.6.2 Presence of Substitute Display Products
4.7 Technology Snapshot (An overview of Technologies Enabling Holographic Displays to be Used Across Multiple Applications)
4.7.1 Touchable Holographic
4.7.2 Semi-transparent/Electro Holographic
4.7.3 Pistons Holographic
4.7.4 Laser/Plasma Holographic
5. MARKET SEGMENTATION
5.1.1 Consumer Electronics
5.1.3 Media and Entertainment
5.1.4 Military and Defense
5.1.7 Other End-user Verticals
5.2.1 North America
5.2.3 Asia Pacific
5.2.4 Rest of the World
6. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
*List Not Exhaustive
6.1 Company Profiles
6.1.1 Musion Das Hologram Ltd
6.1.2 Looking Glass Factory Inc.
6.1.3 Provision Holding Inc.
6.1.4 Realview Imaging Ltd
6.1.5 RealFiction Holding AB
6.1.6 Animmersion UK Ltd
6.1.7 Kino-mo Limited (HYPERVSN)
6.1.8 Shenzhen SMX Display Technology Co. Ltd
7. INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
8. FUTURE OF THE MARKET
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the study period of this market?
The Holographic Display Market market is studied from 2018 - 2026.
What is the growth rate of Holographic Display Market?
The Holographic Display Market is growing at a CAGR of 27.3% over the next 5 years.
Which region has highest growth rate in Holographic Display Market?
Asia Pacific is growing at the highest CAGR over 2021- 2026.
Which region has largest share in Holographic Display Market?
North America holds highest share in 2020.
Who are the key players in Holographic Display Market?
MDH Hologram Ltd , Looking Glass Factory Inc., Provision Holding Inc., Realview Imaging Ltd, RealFiction Holding AB are the major companies operating in Holographic Display Market.
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I finally saw Disney’s Christopher Robin, and it did exactly what I hoped it would do. It did not bog me down in “but’s” or “on-the-other-hand’s.” Adults get too wrapped up in the importance of their work and forget what they are actually supposed to be working for: the means to make the rest of their living possible. So in honor of a lesson well-taught and well-taken, I give you a post about laughing and playing, with no other purpose at all.
First, I have posted this before, but it is my go-to when I need to laugh or make someone feel better. I dare you not to laugh….
That one led me to the E-trade baby ads. Remember those? here is one of my favorites:
“This is my shocked face!” Hysterical!
Okay, so now you’ve laughed, and that’s nice, but you haven’t actually played. This is the recommendation that will make you HATE me. I have been known to lose track of time and stagger into bed after midnight on a school-night because of Sporcle. Try it out at Sporcle.com. It is trivia, yes, and you know that I am a wealth of trivial information. But this sight has something for everyone, I promise.
I have you hooked, don’t I?
Now a more serious suggestion. It is no secret that I love life and have a lot of fun with lots of different things. Here are some ways I find to fit fun into my everyday life:
- Trying to set speed records for shelving books, competing against myself.
- Seeing how fast I can peel a potato. My best time was 18 secs.
- Making meal plans thematically. For example, International week: Italian one night, Chinese another, French, etc. Another is American classics week: burgers and french fries one night, meatloaf another, tuna casserole, etc.
- Wii Fit for exercise. That is really fun!
- Eating my peanut butter sandwich or English muffin on fine china. It’s not too much work to wash one plate.
- Googling…or Yahooing or whatever browser you use…”The Most Beautiful Places on Earth. I made a slideshow that I watch from time to time just to *sigh* at the wondrous places there are. Even if I’ll never get to them in person, it lifts my spirits to know such places exist.
- Write romance novels about time travel and Christmas magic, although that may be a bit more of a commitment than you can make.
The sky’s the limit if you make the time for it, even if it’s just a little time. Life is supposed to be wonderful, all the time, every day. We are working to live, not living to work.
Unless, of course, your job is lots of fun. Then do that.
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There are many places in the world where you can watch a magnificent sunset, but if you want to be surrounded by beautiful beaches, beautiful people, trendy pubs, and award-winning eateries, there is one place that stands out above the rest, and that is Camps Bay in Cape Town, South Africa.
One of Cape Town’s most affluent areas, Camps Bay is bursting with million dollar properties, Lamborghinis, and perfect bodies that have been nipped and tucked to perfection, but fortunately, you don’t have to be a millionaire to enjoy it! The bars and restaurants are reasonably priced, the atmosphere is laidback and friendly, and the sunsets over the deep blue Atlantic Ocean are simply spectacular.
While Camps Bay is busy throughout the day, it comes alive at around 5pm when both travellers and local residents flock to the many seaside bars for sundowners, and street entertainers seem to appear out of nowhere to perform their impromptu shows.
I can’t think of any place on earth where I would rather watch the sunset, which looks something like this…
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https://equatours.me/2016/04/24/sundowners-sunsets-at-camps-bay-beach-south-africa/
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Following Valve’s sudden announcement of cancellation of Winter Major 2022, the community outrages over lack of communication
Team Spirit pulled off the unthinkable when they took down the Chinese juggernaut, PSG.LGD, in the grand finals of The International 2021 (TI10). Coming into the final day against all odds, Team Spirit defeated Team Secret 2-1 in the lower bracket finals and then went on to defeat the tournament favorites 3-2 in the grand finals.
ESL One Summer 2021 kicked off this past Wednesday with a fair mix of teams that have already qualified for The International 10
After a closely contested wild card and group stage round featuring tiebreakers, the playoff teams at WePlay AniMajor are confirmed
Valve confirmed the dates for The International 10 closed qualifiers for all regions and released the Dota Plus Summer 2021 treasure along with seasonal quests and a couple of returning features.
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If you missed the first episode of Stilgherrian Live Alpha, it’s over at Ustream. That’s the program exactly as it was broadcast on Thursday night.
(Yes, I could have embedded the Ustream player in this page, but I didn’t because of point 3 below.)
I’m chuffed that a 26-person audience generally found it “entertaining” and “enjoyable” even though it was screwed up technically and the main feature interview didn’t happen at all. It felt much worse from where I was sitting.
Traditional media runs technical trials behind closed doors. Only when everybody is happy that it “works” does the new technology get used “for real”.
However I chose to make this public. With bleeding edge technology it’s useful to share experiences. It feels like extreme programming: just start building it, knowing that you may change things along the way, and learn everything in parallel.
So even though our program didn’t fly well — heck, it’s a flaming wreck at the end of the runway! — the black box flight recorder tells us many things…
First, though, remember the aims of this 8-week Alpha: it’s to assemble the toolkit of hardware, software, services, procedures and mindsets that can be used after that. What does happen after that may or may not be a 30-minute weekly program.
I assembled a toolkit with whatever was at hand. This first program has certainly told us which items need replacing! I appreciate the people telling me that the “set” (whatever was behind me in my office), lighting and camera angles need fixing, or the audio needs equalisation. Keep that feedback coming!
With that in mind, here are our many learnings:
- Ustream works quite nicely, in general. Good audio quality, and good image quality. (The low frame rate was happening on my old computer, so that can be fixed.)
- There’s lots to learn about the audio side. I need a better understanding of how OS X sound routing works, and how Ustream’s “co-host” function works. Time to do some RTFMing.
- The “grammar” of this medium is different. For example, a traditional pre-recorded TV program has 2 seconds of black before the program starts, so I did the same, and started recording during that black. However when Ustream generates the thumbnail image for the program website, it takes the first frame of the recording. That’s why the Stilgherrian’s video clips bin has a black rectangle. [I didn’t want this page to have a black rectangle either, so I chose a frame grab instead.]
- Trying to do everything new all at once is stressful. Even stuff I did know, like hosting a talkback show, I hadn’t done in 15+ years. When the audio screwed up and my guests weren’t available at the right time (not their fault), I was overwhelmed — and that’s why I was sounding so hesitant.
- I am on TV, not radio. I must not fiddle with my nose, because people can see me.
- I suspect I should resist the temptation to make things look slick. It doesn’t have to be “just like ‘real’ TV”. The aim is for immediate, salient content. That’s why people still found it entertaining when disaster struck: when I needed to fill time, I told stories and jokes. Narrative always wins out over fancy packaging. The time spent making graphics could have been better spent experimenting with audio routing.
- Does it need to be at a set time each week? Some level of consistency is needed so people know how to fit the program into their lifestyles, sure. But with modern real-time notification systems people can be told when things are on — and it’s all recorded anyway, even if they can’t participate at the time.
- Does it need to be a set duration or structure? Ditto lifestyle. But the program doesn’t need to fit into a slot in a TV channel’s rigid schedule. The Internet has an infinite number of channels! Programs can be broadcast whenever they choose. And if this program is about what’s happening in my world, then maybe the timing and content needs to adapt to that. Somehow.
For now, I’ll stay with the plan to do episode 2 this coming Thursday 15 May at 9.30pm Sydney time.
However the following week I’m at some tech conferences and maybe it’d be more appropriate to fit the timing around them. And then there’s Eurovision on Sunday 25 May…
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Do you ever wonder the companies and brands got their names? Google, Facebook, Yahoo, NIKE – every brand has a story, but what about fruits? There are a number of companies out there named after parts of our five-a-day – here are why three of them were named so.
Apple is the one of the biggest tech companies in the world, responsible for classic tech releases like the iPod, iPhone, MacBook, and Apple watch, but why is the business called Apple?
There are a number of potential reasons behind the name. First, Steve Jobs used to work on an apple farm-cum-hippie commune around the time of starting the company. He was also a fan of one-ingredient diets, which – you guessed it – included apples.
In reality though, it’s a combination of these and other reasons. From the words of Steve Jobs himself: “Everyone was suggesting names like Matrix Electronics and all sorts of different names. We simply decided that we were going to call it Apple Computer unless someone suggested a better name by 5 o’clock that day. Partly because I like apples a lot and partially because Apple is ahead of Atari in the phone book and I used to work at Atari.”
The Raspberry Pi is a single board computer developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in the UK. It’s popularly known as an inexpensive means of teaching programming to children, and had sales of 36 million between 2012 and 2020.
In an interview with Techspot, the company’s founder, Eben Upton, shared why the company was named after the popular bramble fruit. According to Upton, many computers in the old days of computing were named after fruits including Tangerine Computer Systems, Apricot Computers, and Acorn, and the team wanted to reference that heritage. The Pi comes from Python, the coding language the systems were originally designed for.
The classic phone producer from the noughties, Blackberry (once known as Research in Motion – RIM) might not be the force it once was, but it still has clout in the big tech brand stakes.
The company was named Blackberry after RIM decided to rebrand in 1999. Their partner agency, Lexicon Branding, felt that the keyboard buttons on the original Blackberry phones were similar to the drupelets that make up blackberries, and the name was born. In a time when Apple was in the ascendent, it’s understandable why executives chose to greenlight the name change.
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https://www.cleantechloops.com/why-giant-tech-companies-were-named-after-fruits/
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Qatar is full of ex-pat population. Many individuals doing a job in Qatar feel that they also need to satisfy their urge to try out some business. However, starting a business needs investment, patience, and infrastructure. Opening a business in a brick and mortar building leaves individuals like craftsmen, freelancers, designers, and online geek earners out of the equation. Permission by the government to start a home based business in Qatar opens the doors for immense possibilities. Homebound moms who would like to put their spare time to use.
Is Home Based Business a New Idea for Qatar?
Interestingly, there are already many home based enterprises running in the country. A statistic shared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs estimates more than 1450 businesses set up to operate as a home based business in Qatar. Therefore, you can imagine the encouragement and support for entrepreneurs who want to establish and run a business from their homes. The establishment of Qatari home based businesses aligns with the Qatar National Vision 2030, showcasing a prospective mindset.
Eligibility Requirements for Starting a Home Based Business in Qatar
- The owner must be 18 years of age or more to apply for the license of a home based business in Qatar.
- The owner must be the resident of the house for which the application is submitted to Qatar government authorities.
- You need to submit a nominal fee of Qatari Riyals 1,020 to get your home based business in Qatar registered.
- The license holder is not allowed by law to hire any workers from outside Qatar.
- Ministry of Economy and Commerce approves starting a home based business in Qatar.
- License holders can only make direct sales to the end customers from their homes.
For more information on starting your home based business in Qatar, visit the link moci.gov.ae to go the option “Connect with us”. See the image below for reference.
Instructions for Applying for Home Based Business in Qatar Online
- Go to the investor service and enter your username and password.
- Go to the Commercial Licenses service option and find out and select “Application for Home License.”
- Fill in the documents by providing the required information.
- You also need to pledge that you would not violate the conditions of the license.
- Provide the Applicant’s ID card copy.
- You need an ownership act for the property to be registered for the home based business in Qatar (For popular house or villa). You need to provide a building completion certificate to register vacant land for starting a home based business in Qatar.
- You also need to provide NOC (No Objection Letter) by the owner and also a copy of their ID for a rented house.
- Provide a NOC (No Objection Letter) of the guardian and a copy of their ID card if the license is issued for first degree relatives of the household.
- A home based food business to start in Qatar has to provide the licensee’s health certificate copy and also fulfill the civil defense requirements.
- Pay the fee to obtain the home based Qatar business license.
Please check the relevant government websites for more information as it can update at any time and we are providing this detail for information only without any explicit or implicit guarantee of the accuracy of its contents.
Instructions for Applying for Home Based Business in Qatar Offline
Download the form, print it, fill it, and get it signed by the authorities that directly oversee home based businesses in Qatar.
Once signed, apply with the required documents to the public service officer at MOCI. You can submit these documents to any MOCI branch in Qatar.
Why Consider Applying for a Home Based Business in Qatar?
Let us have a look at the potential benefits of starting a home based business in Qatar.
You are space-constrained when you start a business to the size of your office. If you want to downsize or hire more staff members, you would have to lease extra office space. However, a home based business in Qatar is more flexible regarding space, you can add more rooms to use as your office establishment if you need to scale up operations.
Time Saved in Commute
Qatar is a relatively small country area wise, but still, you need to spend time during commute going to and coming back from your office. A home based business in Qatar helps you save the cost and time that you would have to incur when doing a regular office job. Thus, you can invest the same time and money to market your business to reach more customers in Doha and other Qatari cities.
Great Work Hour Flexibility
You are not bound by the time when you can work on your business. Thus, entrepreneurs are free to contribute towards the development of their home based business in Qatar whenever they like. You can use different technologies including Facebook messenger, WhatsApp, Social Media Accounts, Email, and Phone to remain in touch with your customers. Thus, you also save a lot of time and effort that you would have to spend promoting your business for a conventional enterprise.
Low Budget Startup Helps Test Different Business Ideas
A typical brick and mortar business has a high failure rate. One of the reasons is the high cost involved in starting and running it successfully. On the contrary, a home based Qatari business lets you test different profit-making ideas at the fraction of that cost. Therefore, you can sustain a home run enterprise for a longer time, thus increasing its chances of becoming a success.
Save Money on Overhead Costs
A brick and mortar office is a huge financial undertaking. You need to rent office space, pay for commercial electricity bills, and other amenities that are charged at a higher rate than for residents. A home based business in Qatar helps you reduce a lot of those overhead costs. You can make your products and services more affordable for your customers because you have lower fixed monthly costs to worry about.
Should You Consider Starting a Home Based Business in Qatar?
Starting a Qatari home based business gives you a lot more freedom and flexibility to grow your venture at your own pace. You are also able to save a lot of money with a lean startup. Also, if you are a housewife or someone in the household not directly running the expenditures for the home, you can help your guardian or head of the family supplement their income.
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You can also read our previously written blog posts on company formation in Qatar.
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The Saffron Festival in Consuegra, Spain, celebrates the world’s most expensive spice for its weight, thanks largely to the practice of harvesting the delicate flowers and their threads entirely by hand. The sparsity of saffron threads also adds to their value. It takes approximately 150 crocus blossoms to produce a single gram of saffron.
Saffron Picking Contest
Consuegra’s saffron-picking contest is one of the most popular events at the town’s Saffron Festival, held annually on the last full weekend of October.
A large audience sits beneath a white tent in the Plaza España in downtown Consuegra. All are silent, their attention focused on a long table at the front of the room, where eight contestants sit quietly, hands in their laps, a pile of brilliant purple crocus blossoms lying before each. Finally, a voice echoes through the microphone: “Uno! Dos! Tres!” and the children spring into action, working intently but quickly through the piled-up blossoms, plucking three slender, curling red stigmas from each flower.
At the end of three minutes, each contestant’s piles are evaluated: How many saffron threads did each one harvest? Are all the threads intact, and have any flowers been left partially unpicked? The answers will determine the winner of this year’s competition and a year’s worth of bragging rights.
Equally important to Consuegran festival-goers is the region’s prowess in producing this rare spice. Crocus sativus, commonly known as saffron crocus, is grown throughout the sunny, arid regions of the Mediterranean. But the flower thrives here in central Spain, the world’s second largest producer of the highly prized spice. Iran claims the number one spot.
Saffron Festival Events
Other Saffron Festival activities include saffron harvesting demonstrations, traditional cooking competitions (with many of the dishes incorporating saffron), and restaurant tasting menus centered on the spice.
Dishes include paella, the world’s most famous saffron-themed dish, but often venture into the more creative: locally made Manchego slices dusted with saffron; risotto prepared with mushrooms, parmesan, and saffron; fish tacos with garlic-saffron sauce; even saffron-infused ice cream. And everywhere you go there are jars of dried saffron and saffron-infused products to take home.
If Consuegra’s Saffron Festival focuses largely on its famous flower, the celebration also relishes other elements of the region’s storied past. This is the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain, an area rich with history and tradition. Just outside of town, a rocky outcropping called Calderico Hill is crowned by white 16th-century windmills. They’re a local landmark feted by another La Manchan legend, Miguel de Cervantes, in his novel Don Quixote.
Visitors can expect a taste of all these cultural elements alongside Consuegra’s famous spice: traditional music and historical reenactments, folk dance performances, and the annual crowning of a young Dulcinea, Don Quixote’s fictional sweetheart. Taken together, they form the heart and soul of La Manchan tradition and culture.
The Saffron Crocus
But ultimately, it is Consuegra’s famous crocuses that draw visitors—particularly flower lovers—to this Spanish harvest festival, and quiet drives through the countryside that stand out among sightseeing opportunities. In all directions, the landscape is awash with violet in late October, when crocuses mature and burst into bloom. Dozens of harvesters stoop over the blossoms, carefully picking the flowers by hand and dropping them into straw baskets. Flower petals are still damp with dew midmorning, the traditional time of day for the saffron harvest. For it is at midmorning when the crocuses open their petals wide to drink in the morning sunshine. Midmorning also happens to be your best opportunity to see these small flowers showing off, revealing their saffron threads in all their crimson glory.
WHEN YOU GO:
The Saffron Festival takes place annually the last full weekend of October, timed to coincide with the harvest of the saffron crocus flower. Purchase tickets online to Saffron Festival events such as the crowning of the Dulcinea, concerts, and the saffron speed-picking competitions. Self-driving tours of the region’s saffron fields are free. Head out midmorning to see the flowers fully open to the sun, the time of day you are most likely to observe the hand-harvesting of the blossoms.
Consuegra lies 40 miles southeast of Toledo. The city is famous for its Moorish castle, ancient houses of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian houses of worship, and the El Greco Museum focused on the Spanish Renaissance painter who lived here in the late-16th to early-17th-centuries. Approximately 80 miles north of Consuegra lies Madrid, a hub for international air and train travel.
Featured image: Saffron crocus / Amy S. Eckert
Amy S. Eckert is an award-winning freelance writer based in Holland, Michigan. She enjoys hiking with her too-heavy but beautiful four-color wildflower identification book and, when she’s home, babying her hydrangeas and rhododendrons.
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Chicago Med Season 7 has begun for this present year and has effectively approached its Episode 4. There was a ton to anticipate from the series this time, and it won’t ever baffle. The primary class of Chicago Med is clinical and show. Dick Wolf, just as Matt Olmstead, has made this show together under the flag of Wolf Entertainment. This series is a vital piece of the Chicago Franchise. It came out interestingly in 2015 and illuminated the crisis division specialists while monitoring their own just as expert lives. The anecdotal foundation displayed on the screen is Gaffney Chicago Medical Center.
Sometimes, the crowd likewise will see the hybrid from different shows in the Chicago establishment, like Chicago Fire and Chicago PD. At the beginning of this season, we saw Halstead returning to the Med office to help Goodwin. The two have set upon an examination that requests the most extreme mystery. Then again, we saw Archer just as Charles attempted to manage the twins, who guaranteed that they were the most indistinguishable. At that point, the camera zooms over to Steve and Dylan, who are attempting to fix a youthful patient who is determined to have sickle cell weakness. Then, at that point, the subsequent scene came in and was named To Lean In, or to Let Go.
In this section, we see Vanessa and Archer having contention over dealing with the casualty of a cruiser mishap. This while, just like Charles, Scott is taking care of a moderator who works for the UNICEF and has a subdued injury. An understudy considering secondary school then, at that point, strolls in with Addison’s infection, and Hammer and Halstead are seen attempting to deal with this one. The understudy comes in with their mom, who gets way too tenacious at specific focuses in the show.
In the latest third scene of the series named Be the Change You Want to See, we saw Scott just as Halstead managing a patient who, for the most part, lies about their wellbeing. This individual has lupus which is going away. Later in the scenes, we see a wealthy benefactor who attempts to hit on Hammer. However, the entirety of their activities is extremely unseemly and unsuitable. This while, Vanessa, just as Marcel and Charles, are attempting to cooperate as a triplet to persuade a young lady to have a medical procedure that could save for what seems like forever. Presently, the time has come to discuss the eventual fate of this series that is held for us.
Chicago Med Season 7 Episode 4 Release Date
Chicago Med Season 7 Episode 4 is planned for delivery on the thirteenth of October 2021. The scene is named Status Quo, otherwise known as the Mess, We’re In. It should exit at 8 PM according to the Eastern Time on NBC. In case you are a fan and can not stand to pass up even one scene of Chicago Med, then, at that point, I recommend you watch out each week on Wednesdays.
Watch Chicago Med Season 7 Episode 4 – Streaming Details
The most advantageous strategy to watch the most recent passages of Chicago Med Season 7, including Episode 4, is through the NBC Channel. You should simply tune in and partake in the show. You can likewise watch the scenes on the authority site of NBC or its application. Stages like YouTube TV, just as Fubo TV and Sling TV. Peacock and will approach the most up-to-date scenes daily later of their unique air.
Chicago Med Season 7 Episode 4 Spoilers
In Chicago Med Season 7 Episode 4, we will observe Charles helping Scott inpatient the medical clinic for a long point on the schedule. They have, as of late, been determined to have schizophrenia and need extreme attention to detail. This while, Hammer and Maggie, just as Vanessa, are set on another examination for one of their patients. They are attempting to discover the reality behind their patient’s malignant growth finding, regardless of whether it is correct. Afterward, we see that Crockett is amazed sufficiently.
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"KC – Netherton Residential Community – UK - Project Profile" contains information on the scope of the project including project overview and location. The profile also details project ownership and funding, gives a full project description, as well as information on contracts, tendering and key project contacts.
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Kirklees Council (KC) is planning to build a residential community in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, the UK.
The project involves the construction of a residential community comprising 410 homes. It includes the construction of parking spaces and related facilities.
The Construction of 155 houses on a 4.67ha of land east of Netherton Moor Road, 123 houses on a 3.53ha of land west of Netherton Moor Road and 132 houses on a 3.53ha of land west of Henry Frederick Avenue.
In September 2015, KC revealed the plans of new homes coming in Huddersfield.
In November 2015, KC consulted Netherton villagers to know their views on development plan from November 9 to December 18.
On December 4, 2015, the Public meeting was conducted by Netherton villagers to oppose the proposed project.
Public hearings are underway.
The project involves the construction of a residential community on 11.73 ha in Netherton, Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, the UK.
The US$60 million project includes the following:
1. Construction of 410 homes
2. Construction of parking spaces
3. Construction of related facilities
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An individual who has an idea and knowledge in the science and innovation of mushroom growing and has their structure for having the home-based mushroom business will be the ideal choice for them to begin. The growing of mushrooms is an art and requires both study and experience.
Mushroom is significant not just from a dietary and therapeutic perspective but also from selling out. It requires little space or land, and subsequently, it is vital for landless and minimal landholders. Mushroom production has massive potential as an income-generating strategy. It develops independent of daylight, feeds on the natural matter, and doesn’t need fruitful soil. Notwithstanding the floor, air space is additionally used, bringing about higher efficiency. Mushroom growing can turn out extra revenue to farmers who wish to take up this cultivation, particularly in their lean season.
The beneficial thing with developing mushrooms is the reality they grow so fast, and if you are capable of selling your production when they are gathered, you are en route to making huge loads of cash.
The activity of growing mushrooms as a business came from how mushrooms are the most needed vegetables for veggie lovers who wish to burn-through protein in a considerable amount. Mushroom production began in Europe and other Asian nations because of its interest in the food business.
Mushroom growing organizations represent considerable authority in developing mushrooms. Clients utilize these mushrooms for either nutrition or culinary purposes, depends upon the kind of mushroom cultivated. Moreover, they might be offered a discount to customers or retail costs.
Food things have added mushrooms to their dishes, making them more famous and a critical ingredient in cooking. With this, the extension for mushroom cultivating business has expanded. All you require is a healthy mushroom growing business plan with ogscapital.com and venture to begin your mushroom growing business.
This informative guideline brings you a mushroom growing business plan template as follows:
Your executive summary will include a vision and mission statement. The mission statement must clarify the reason behind this start-up and the main goal your organization will achieve through it. For a cultivating business of mushrooms, you need to define why you chose this business and which type of mushrooms to grow for the industry. And how these products will help or serve the target market. Include a concise description of what you will do and how to do it. The decided budget and costs for selling these mushrooms.
Registration and license details:
Registering your business is an absolute necessity if somebody intends to run a legally registered and licensed organization. Each country and state offers diverse business structures. Select the one type of ownership that suits you the most.
For example, in the United States, there are three constructions well known for private companies. They are proprietorship, partnership, and limited liability companies. Framing an LLC ensures you secure your resources on the off chance that the organization is issued for financial questions.
Clarify products and services:
Since the growing of mushrooms is a vast field, you should clarify what you will produce and sell because the quality is a critical factor of the main factors that make a business grow, gather your thoughts and information about the type of mushrooms, and clarify each product you will be offering in the means of your target market.
Some of the example products or services you can offer:
- New mushrooms, for example, standard button Agaricus, criminis, portabellas, shiitake, oysters, medicinal reishi, lions mane, wood ear, enoki, and maitake
- Prepared mushrooms (dried, canned, frozen)
- Offer consultancy and advice
- Sell eBooks for expecting new farmers
- Give training
There is a massive market for mushrooms, which has impressively expanded mushroom farmers’ possibilities, as there are many mushroom requests to fill. Your objective business sectors will include family units, inns, eateries, and farming produce markets, food stores among different business sectors comprising of the two customers and retailers.
It would help if you embraced your business methodologies to give you an edge over your competition. Due to your expectation to contend well with other grounded organizations offering comparable services, you will enlist a labor force that will comprise very experienced experts. Their long stretches of involvement will be attractive to outline the route for your business.
A good business plan of mushrooms growing is a beneficial template where all things considered in great interest both in the domestic and foreign markets. You can go to the nearby market entrance by making your item accessible to the retailer and vegetable shop. Likewise, you can go for a fare alternative. The fare market is mostly the USA, for specific amounts going to the UAE, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, UK, and different nations.
Since you can realize that it takes genuine work before a business can turn into an innovator in the business, you can have led a SWOT such as Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threat analysis so you could successfully draft a plan that won’t just permit us to contend well with your competitors in the commercial center yet additionally guarantee that your business sticks out and is one of a kind from that of our competitors.
In completing a SWOT analysis on our mushroom business, you should expect to look at your qualities and weaknesses and remotely at the chances and dangers accessible to your area.
The template mentioned above will help you achieve mushrooms growing business, which will be a great success. Decide a mission statement and essential factors in the executive summary. Clarify the type of product, for example, New mushrooms, standard button Agaricus, criminis, portabellas, shiitake, oysters, medicinal reishi, lion’s mane, wood ear, enoki, and maitake. You have discovered the ideal business plan, and now you are prepared to make the following guide. There is something else entirely to beginning a business than merely enlisting it with the state. We have assembled this basic manual for beginning your mushroom business. These means will guarantee that your new business is very much arranged out, registered legally, and adequately compliant.
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Seif Eddin Mustafa the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane who strapped himself with fake explosive belts allegedly confessed to the police that his reason for diverting the plane to Cyprus was so he could see his wife and family after 24 years but that’s a lie.
This picture shows him making a V sign from the police vehicle after his arrest.
The hijacker’s Cypriot ex-wife has also come forward to inform the police that the man in question is “extremely dangerous.” He has a history of drugs and domestic violence.
His estranged wife Marina Paraschou confirmed to a newspaper,
“This man never cared for his children for one minute, either when he lived here or when he went away.”
“He only offered pain, misery and terror. And even now when he’s in police custody, my children and I are afraid.”
Records from the authorities say Mustafa has been on a stop list since his deportation from the Island in 1990.
According to the wife, the hijacker’s claim that he was seeking asylum in the country was a “lame excuse”. Mustafa is a “fanatical” Palestine Liberation Organisation supporter. The wife continued, “he had bragged about participating in the killing of three Israeli soldiers.”
Marina Paraschou also rejected having any ties with the father of her 4 kids in the past years. She explained that contrary to what reports said about her meeting with the hijacker, the police only brought her to Cyprus so she could identify his voice.
The couple got married in 1985 when she was 20 and divorced five years later with 4 kids.
How could 59-year-old Seif Eddin Mustafa hijack the Airbus A320 with 72 passengers and crew on board and threaten to blow it up with a fake suicide belt out of love for for a family he never wanted? Marina says that his motives for the hijack is yet to be unraveled.
As Cypriot officials have described Mustafa as someone with mental problems, it is a mystery that no life was lost in the incident.
Mustapha never asked to see his wife so his act wasn’t for love but a selfish suicide mission miraculously aborted.
While the terror lasted at the airport, the hijacker had asked police negotiators to deliver a letter to Paraschou. The letter contained demands for the release of 63 dissident women imprisoned in Egypt. The said lunatic knew what he was doing and may have acted on instructions from a higher authority.
Mustafa asked the authorities after his arrest: “What’s someone supposed to do when he hasn’t seen his wife and children in 24 years and the Egyptian government won’t let him?”
When a hijacker turns to a romantic loverboy: The last time the hijacker’s wife Parachou contacted him was when one of their kids had a car accident and his reply at that time was, “What do I care? It doesn’t matter she was killed.” Mustafa just finished serving a one-year prison term in March 2015, Egypt’s interior ministry said.
In 1988, Mustapha was convicted on six counts of forging passports and handed a suspended sentence In Cyprus.
His deportation to Egypt was an outcome of domestic violence reported by Paraschou.
Mustafa forged a Qatari identity and entered Cyprus with the passport but was arrested and deported to Egypt in 1990.
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Hedge funds have been a popular concept for investors who believe they do not have to take certain risks to get returns from their investments. Crypto Hedge funds began gaining traction back in 2018 following the great Bitcoin surge of 2017 when the price on one Bitcoin was worth $20000.
Back then, more and more people began realizing the potential within digital assets and sought ways to invest their funds. With the volatile nature of cryptocurrencies, hedge funds became a safer alternative.
Henri Arslanian, PWC partner, and global crypto leader explained:
“The volatility of crypto markets offers many opportunities for quant traders … The performance of crypto quant funds tends to be more linked with market volatility rather than market performance. I expect the crypto hedge fund industry to grow significantly over the coming years as investing in a crypto fund may be the easiest and most familiar entry point for many institutional investors looking at entering this space.”
In simple terms, Hedge funds different ways for a risk-aversive person to invest in a large group of underlying securities. These hedge funds are usually managed by teams of expert investors. Being re-balanced on occasion and endlessly analyzed. Investors receive profits from these experts’ market maneuvers.
Currently, there are two kinds of crypto hedge funds. The first type manages portfolios exclusive for cryptocurrency. The second type has added some cryptocurrency to a mix of other asset types.
The Cryptocurrency hedge funds’ assets under management have been increasing significantly. It has been Rising from US$21.9 million in 2018 to US$44 million in 2019. The median Assets under management (AuM) increased from US$4.3 million to US$8.2 million.
The annual PwC–Elwood Crypto Hedge Fund Report entitled “2020 Crypto Hedge Fund Report,” shows that the most common crypto hedge fund strategy is quantitative. It has taken up 48% of funds, followed by discretionary long-only 19%, discretionary long/short 17%, and multi-strategy 17%.
The report noted that there are around 150 active crypto hedge funds as of the first quarter of 2020. The report reads in part:
“Our Q1 2020 research shows that there are around 150 active crypto hedge funds. Almost two-thirds of these (63%) were launched in 2018 or 2019.”
Reportedly, 97% of hedge funds surveyed traded BTC, 67% traded Ethereum (ETH), and 38% traded Ripple (XRP), Litecoin (LTC) 38% while EOS 25%.
There has been a remarkable increase in crypto hedge funds using independent custodians in 2019. The percentage rose from 52% to 81%. Also, an 86% increase for those that used an independent fund administrator. About 90% of these hedge fund investors were either family offices (48%) or high-net-worth individuals who amounted to 42%. A small percentage of respondents were foundations, endowments, venture-capital funds, or funds-of-funds, but none cited pension funds.
Also, cryptocurrency hedge funds tend to be domiciled in the same jurisdictions as traditional hedge funds. About 42% of the crypto hedge funds are in the Cayman Islands, 38% in the United States (U.S.), and 85 in the British Virgin Islands.
Some Not So Lucky
While the industry continues to grow, some crypto hedge funds had to close shop. This is after losing funds during the recent Bitcoin bloodbath. Neutral Capital, a hedge fund, had to close shop after it lost half of its money. As of 2019, the hedge fund reportedly managed over$13 million.
Vlad Matveev, a 50-year-old Muscovite, is among the many investors who have lost their funds following a crypto hedge fund’s downfall. According to reports, Matveev invested $250,000 in 2019 with California-based Cryptolab Capital. The hedge fund targeted double-digit gains from trading crypto regardless of whether the market rose or fell.
This year, Matveev noted that his investment fell 98.5 percent in value following the coronavirus-induced turmoil. He explained:
“I don’t really know what happened. They said they had a diversified set of strategies.”
Another, Cambria Capital, also shut its crypto-focused fund of funds after the March sell-off. In March, the 39% dip of Bitcoin prices caught many by surprise, leading to large losses, particularly among those running high levels of risks.
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The company made announcement during market hours today, 1 July 2015.
The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 30 June 2015, rising 51.5% compared with 0.17% fall in the Sensex. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, gaining 155.15% as against Sensex’s 0.7% decline.
IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals said that the company has got renewal of ‘Halal Certificate’ from Hold Committee, Jamiat Ulama – E – Maharashtra for Ibuprofen, iso Buty / Benezene, Ethyl Acetate and other products of the company for the year 2015-2016. It will facilitate the company to explore untapped export markets for its products, IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals said.
The company established in 1986, is one of India’s leading generic pharmaceutical companies, and is a significant player in the Organic chemicals space. IOLCP has wide presence across various therapeutic categories like, Pain Management, Anti-diabetic, Anti hypertensive, Anti Convulsants, etc.
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https://halalfocus.net/india-iol-chemicals-advances-with-renewal-of-halal-certificate/
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The first trailer is out for the new Korean drama The Wind Blows starring Kam Woo Sung (Should We Kiss First) and Kim Ha Neul (On the Way to the Airport). It depicts our happy couple an their wedding on the beach. They have to contend with a few interruptions, but they end all smiles in each others arms.
The Wind Blows is a melodrama about a man (Kam Woo Sung) who divorced his wife (Kim Ha Neul) because of his Alzheimer’s Disease and she wanted to have children, but they reunite six year later.
The Wind Blows is scheduled to air May 27 on JTBC.
See the trailer here: https://youtu.be/vmNOqqPubCQ
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https://kdramakisses.com/2019/04/26/a-wedding-on-the-beach-in-first-trailer-for-the-wind-blows/
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The Jack J Hutchinson Band has announced its Bootleg Series – a new collection of live recordings and special performances that will provide fans with exclusive digital content during 2020.
Volume 1 of Bootleg Series features a 12 song set recorded during this month’s Who Feeds The Wolf? tour at Esquires, Bedford.
Hutchinson said: “As the world comes to terms with the impact of coronavirus, we need to make sure there is still some positivity.
“Music can provide that. The band were absolutely cooking on the current tour, and fortunately we captured a lot of it.”
Hutchinson has been forced to postpone the remaining dates on his UK tour, but added: “This is a great substitute.
“We will be releasing the live album at 9pm on Friday March 20 – which would have been the time we hit the stage.
“We will be doing a live ‘listening party’ on our Facebook page so fans can socialise at the same time and chat about the music – pretty much as we would be doing at a gig.
“So grab a beer (or brew) and let’s have some fun!”
Explaining the impact of the coronavirus on the band, he added: “We are very fortunate in that we had made it through 10 shows out of 13 on this leg of the tour but the impact will still be felt.
“We are delaying the second leg of the tour to October but that could still mean six months without income for the band.
“But everyone’s health is the priority – the band’s and that of our fans – and hopefully this new Bootleg Series will help.”
In addition to the Bootleg Series, Jack J Hutchinson Band TV has launched on YouTube.
The channel will feature exclusive video content, including live performances, intimate acoustic sets, behind the scenes footage of the band on tour and interviews.
The first video to be posted is an acoustic version of Justified, taken from the new album Who Feeds The Wolf? and a track that featured on Rushonrock Record of the Week New Wave Of Rock N Roll.
Hutchinson added: “In the current situation a lot of my fans could potentially become quite isolated.
“Thankfully we now have the technology to remain social and engaged. Music is a powerful tool…and it will help us beat this fucking thing!”
PRE-ORDER ‘BOOTLEG SERIES: VOL 1’ HERE
TUNE IN TO THE LISTENING PARTY ON FACEBOOK AT 9PM ON FRIDAY 20 MARCH
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https://rushonrock.com/2020/03/18/jack-j-hutchinson-bootleg-series-volume-one-release-2020/
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Find Grammarly Ad In Words…
Grammarly is an edu site that is full of handy tools for those who are finding out to write in any language. A few of the features that you will have access to consist of checking and modifying tools, interactive lessons, games, and much more. In order to get a complimentary premium account with Grammarly, however, you need to get a student email address. This address can be found through the “Include a Good friend” or “Sign up” pages on the site. If you have an existing email address that you want to list on the Grammarly site, then you will require to go to the “Include Email Address” page to look for your complimentary premium account.
When you have an account with Grammarly, then you will be able to edit and check any of the entries or files that you have actually composed. There are a few requirements that you will require to fulfill in order to get a totally free premium account with Grammarly. Once you fulfill these requirements, you will be able to access the various tools on the site.
In order to access the premium lessons that are offered by Grammarly, you will have to acquire some access codes. These access codes will be required for each lesson that you wish to take. These gain access to codes will be sent out to your email address through the “Add Email Address” alternative found on the primary page of the website. You will have to add the code to each of the emails that you wish to send out in order to access the lesson. You will have to type in the address where the lesson will be sent to your inbox when you are taking a lesson. This indicates that you will not need to fret about staying up to date with several emails.
Grammarly Ad In Words what you need
In addition to the premium lessons that you will be able to benefit from, you will likewise have the ability to have access to additional features. These features consist of: practice sheets, chatroom, and puzzles. These extra features will permit you to learn how to write in a various style than you would if you were just utilizing the English mode on the Grammarly site. This implies that you can operate at your own pace and type whatever words that you can discover. You will be able to make use of these features at anytime that you desire.
The Premium Account option that is used by Grammarly also provides you the ability to make changes to your profile at any time that you want. This implies that you can completely change the way that you appear on the site, no matter whether you are on a totally free trial. This will allow you to make changes to the way that you discover and to be more comfy with the manner in which you utilize the website. A premium membership likewise gives you the ability to have an endless number of Edu tutors that you can access from any place that you have access to a computer.
The bottom line is that you will be able to use all of the functions that are offered on the Premium Account option. No matter what your factors for taking classes with Grammarly, you will be able to benefit from utilizing this program.
Learning from Grammarly Ad In Words
Grammarly, which is likewise called Grammarly, is an American-founded Ukrainian technology company that provides a web-based natural language processing and artificial intelligence software tool based on natural language processing and artificial intelligence. The primary goal of the business is to offer very first class software and tools for language and grammar monitoring for customers all over the world.
You might be lured to use grammar checker software application in order to fix your English grammar. It can not assist you with your communication ability since you will require to comprehend how to use grammar and spell properly in order to effectively interact with others.
Among the significant difficulties of discovering English through grammarly is that you will more than likely make errors. This is why the designers of grammarly have actually consisted of a wide array of recommendations so that you can prevent making frequent grammar and spelling mistakes. This is done through their “Learn & Improve” program. The program utilizes an innovative “discover & improve” dictionary which contains a list of recommendations and pointers for various types of mistakes in your writing.
The developers of grammarly also consisted of a good writing review to give you an excellent idea about what this ingenious program can do for you as a writer. The Learn & Improve module include numerous composing exercises based on typical mistakes made by authors in English grammar.
Another advantage you can get from utilizing grammarly is that it can determine potential plagiarism hazards in your writing. Grammarly has a built-in plagiarism detection system.
As a student or a company keeping an eye out for professional grammar and spelling help, you will definitely appreciate the reality that grammarly premium features both uses for your online English grammar and spelling needs. Unlike its competitors, Grammarly Premium has a easy to use and interactive application that makes spelling check and proofreading a breeze. Aside from that, you can also get your errors fixed and enhance your total English composing abilities in just minutes. It is certainly worth every cent.
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Few transitions are seamless, and we encountered some technical challenges sending out the first issue of the new Zenspirations® “Live Zenspired” Newsletter. Please accept my apologies if you didn’t get a copy– or if you received more than one. I’m hoping that the second issue, and this accompanying blog, will reach everyone in a timely manner. If you are a regular blog subscriber (which means you’ve been getting an email with a link to the blog every Tuesday morning), I’d appreciate your letting me know if you don’t get this week’s email on Tuesday morning. I made the piece below for to thank regular blog reader Patricia Bruneau, who was the first person to let me know that she hadn’t received hers last week– which is when I realized we had a deliverability problem. Patricia kindly let me know when she received her newsletter, which gave me hope that everyone would soon get their copy.
If you missed the first issue of the new newsletter, I’d be happy to send you a copy– just let me know by email or comment. CLICK HERE if you’d like to subscribe to the newsletter to take advantage of the free downloads, discounts and exclusive content.
WORD OF THE YEAR
2019 is almost here, which means its time to start thinking about our individual and Zenspirations communal words for the new year. This is a group project we started doing in 2016. Everyone in the Zenspirations community is welcome to share the word(s) they are considering for the year ahead, and then we vote on a guiding word (or series of words) for the group. We also encourage one another to think through what word really calls to our souls.
One year (not sure which!) I lettered all the words which were suggested by members of the Zenspirations Create, Color, Pattern, Play FB Group in one of my morning journals:
In 2016 I narrowed my personal Word of the Year options down to words which began with the letter “C”: caring, community, cultivate, clarity, connectivity and compassion. I ultimately chose CLARITY as my word for 2016.
The words suggested by the Zenspirations community for 2017 which made it to the ‘finals’ really resonated with me: aspire, grow, reach, renew, transform, believe, heal, pray, sanctify, sparkle, connect, give, love, share, create, discover, imagine and hope– The image below was my way of sharing that HOPE got the most votes.
Last year I included as many Word of the Year possibilities as I could into my Prayer for the New Year:
This has been a challenging year for many of us, myself included, and some of the words I’m considering for next year come from the depths of my desire to promote hope and healing, and to personally grow in AWARENESS, ACCEPTANCE & APPRECIATION. When I start my Word of the Year selection process, I usually do it alphabetically by writing down all the positive, uplifting words that I can think of which begin with the same letter. Here’s an example:
Some of the words on my ‘short list’ for 2019 are understanding, delight, discipline, love, persistence, pleasure, practice, stillness, sanctification, and trust. What’s on your list? Leave a comment with the word(s) you are considering for 2019– I will pick three people randomly, and letter their 2019 Word of the Year in their favorite style!
I know a lot of people really like my Dangle Monograms, and if you are a Newsletter subscriber you won’t want to miss the December special– 25% off the Dangle Monogram Alphabet in the ZenspirationsDesigns Etsy Shop! You’ll find the discount code in the second issue of the Newsletter.
Best of all, there’s a bonus– Don’t miss — plus a bonus– a set of LOVE designs– one a finished print, the other for you to color.
One of the most exciting parts of the new newsletter format is that I get to shine a spotlight on some of the many talented ‘Color & Creativity Enthusiasts’ in our group. Our first Creativity Spotlight features Elizabeth Motyka and her awesome hand-crafted cards.
This is one of Elizabeth’s many beautiful creations.
Elizabeth put together a step-by-step tutorial for making a beautiful stamped and die-cut Christmas ornament. You’ll find the tutorial, and more info on Elizabeth in this week’s Live Zenspired Newsletter.
Before closing tonight I want to share a ‘sneak peek’ at the Christmas Collaboration Mojis which should be available in the App store any day now. Thank you to the following Color & Creativity Enthusiasts for submitting designs for this collaboration: Aliyah Zeitler, Debbie Anderson, Elizabeth Motyka, Ha Nah, Jill Abernathy, Jill Hatcher, Kyle Yanezawa, Leitha Hunt, Terri Burket Brown, Toni Popkin, Wanda Smith Radler and Wendy Leech. I will let you know as soon as they launch.
I just had a thought– how about a collaborative Word of the Year 2019 collection? I’d be willing to letter 25 words– when you leave a comment with your word, please let me know if this is something you’d be interested in.
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https://zenspirations.com/uncategorized/whats-your-word-of-the-year-for-2019/
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During our summer California holiday (“visiting the grandparents”) we got the chance to drive around in the new 2014 Kia Sorento SX crossover vehicle. Since we were on vacation naturally we had to check out all the sites! The Kia Sorento was the perfect vehicle to safely and comfortably get our family from place to place, let me show why….
Hanging Out in the Kia
Since this was a “family” vacation, we had the grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins all joining us on our various outings. The Kia Sorento can actually fit 7 people comfortably in the vehicle! It has a 50/50 split folding third row seat. The 3rd row definitely came in handy for some of our family outings.
We were safely and easily able to have three kids (buckled in car seats) sitting in the 2nd row. Since the Kia Sorento has three “child seat anchors (latches)”, putting the car seats in and out of the car was a breeze.
Driving in the Kia with the whole family piled in the car was tons of fun and it also saved us money on parking costs, bridge tolls, and gas.
Honestly the 3rd row was really nice. It has it’s own cup holders, adjustable air conditioner vents and an auxiliary jack to charge your phone.moms were still close enough to the kids to pass snacks and check on them, but also very comfortable hanging out in the back.
Getting from Place to Place
With the Kia’s “navigation system” finding even the most remote locations was easy. Not only did the navigation system enable us to get from place to place, it gave us real-time traffic data and even informed us when we were low on gas. I was pleasantly surprised with the warning “Low Fuel – Would you like to search for a gas station?” appeared on the screen. When you pressed on the “yes” button a list of the nearby gas stations appeared. It’s nice to know that even if we were in the middle of nowhere, at least the Kia would be able to get the family back home safely (and even help us find food and gas on the way).
Easy to Drive & Easy to Park
Normally big cars scare me. I am only 4’11” (149.86cms) – very short & petite. Although the Kia Sorento comfortably seats up to 7 people it did not feel like a massive beast! The driver’s seat is adjustable ( “8 way power adjustable seat“) with a lumbar support. When it actually came to driving the car I found it very smooth to handle and easy to park. Even though I have mastered the art of reverse parking in Singapore, I still can’t parallel park that well. The Kia made it really easy to do both; you can actually see your car backing into the parking spot with the “rear view camera display“. It also has a bunch of sensors that go off if you are about to hit something.
Our “Stuff” in the Kia
Anyone that travels with kids knows that even a simple day trip requires some careful planning and lots of stuff. You have strollers, snacks, diapers, entertainment, change of clothes. Not to mention if you are actually going on an outdoor adventure – then you need the scooters, balls, picnic blankets, beach buckets, etc. The trunk space in the Kia Sorento is massive. There was plenty of room for the stroller and many other things. Even when the 3rd row is up, there was still enough room to put a double umbrella stroller in the back. FYI – the 2nd row also folds down! This means that you have huge open space to transport large items if needed (no need to pay extra delivery charges).
Getting In & Out of the Kia
The Kia Sorento comes with a “Smart Key”. Now this is one of those features that at first I was like – “who needs this”? But honestly it was pretty cool. To get into my car in Singapore I usually have to dig around in my massive purse that holds snacks, water bottles, diapers, toys (and everything else) just to find my keys, all while trying to make sure my kids don’t run crazy in the parking lot. With the “Smart Key” I just got to the car door and pushed the button and viola the car was open – no searching for keys required. This was really handy when I was carrying my tired 2 year old and needed to open the car door.
The Kia Sorento also has “push button start”, i.e. you press a button and the car starts (as long as the key is in the car and your foot is on the brake). This took me a while to get used to – I kept forgetting to turn off the car when I got out – whoops!
Site-Seeing in the Kia
The Kia Sorento comes with a full “panoramic sun roof”, so even if we were stuck in traffic, we were still able to catch all the sights while sitting in the car – both from window and the sun roof. This was really great for some of those long car rides!
If it got too sunny for the kids in the 2nd row, we were able to put up the “sunshade screen” and they were still able to see the amazing California views.
Other Cool Kia Features
There are so many cool features in the Kia Sorento – like the multiple cup holders, blind spot detection mirrors, dual zone automatic temperature control, auxiliary/USB audio input jacks, sunglasses holder, illuminated vanity mirror, surround sound audio system and many more. The Kia Sorento SX really did have it all. I can’t think of one feature that I wanted that wasn’t in the car already. It even had my favorite feature – “seat warmers” (something that is unnecessary in Singapore, but great for those cold California nights).
Too Much Fun in the Kia
The Kia Sorento really made it easier for us to get around and our vacation a bit more stress-free! The boys definitely had tons of fun on their summer holiday!
SuperMommy’s Overall Opinion of the 2014 Kia Sorento SX
We all absolutely loved this crossover SUV! The Kia Sorento SX definitely drives and looks like a luxury vehicle. Both my husband and I thought the navigation system in the Kia was much better than both our cars at home – in fact it was one of the best we have experienced! The Kia was also very spacious and perfect for long drives. The car had so many great features and many little extras. What I liked the best was the fact that the whole family could all fit into one car for outings – it made all of our trips much more enjoyable. Everyone (especially the kids) were very sad when we had to give the Kia back – it really is an awesome vehicle!!
No compensation was paid for this post. The Kia Sorento was provided at no charge to test drive for purposes of this review. All opinions and comments are 100% my own.
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https://supermommy.com.sg/kia-sorento-review/
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EU Industry Days 2021
EU Industry Days is Europe’s flagship annual event on industry. It serves as the main platform to discuss industrial challenges and co-develop opportunities and policy responses in an inclusive dialogue with a wide range of partners. It also helps to ensure that our policies at European, national, regional and local levels work together to enable European industry to deliver jobs, growth and innovation in Europe.
The 2021 edition of EU Industry Days focuses on opportunities. Amid accelerated transformation and the changing global competitive landscape, European industrial strategy builds a business case for greener, more digital and resilient industry. It provides tools to support our industrial ecosystems in this transformation and reinforce their global competitiveness. At the same time, it replies to Europe’s societal call to create new quality jobs while respecting planetary boundaries.
Since the first edition in 2017, EU Industry Days established itself as the European Commission’s main platform for an open stakeholder dialogue and discussion on industry.
In 2021 we go fully digital – and bigger, as this edition will encompass even more views and opinions in panel discussions, keynote speeches, networking opportunities, digital exhibitions, podcasts and many exciting announcements on various opportunities offered by the industrial transition.
EU Industry Days 2021 will take place in a special context. We want the next 10 years to be Europe’s digital decade, and the new 2030 target for emission reduction of at least 55% to bring significant opportunities for our companies.
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https://www.2zeroemission.eu/event/eu-industry-days-2021/
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2022 Chevrolet Colorado for Sale in Easley, SC, Near Greenville
Why should you buy a 2022 Chevrolet Colorado in Easley, SC, Near Greenville, SC?
The 2022 Chevrolet Colorado for sale at Mike Hovart Chevrolet in Easley, SC, near Greenville, SC, is the midsize pickup with full-size strength and capability.
The 2022 Chevrolet Colorado: What We Like
This pickup understands that you work hard, and it does the same. It’s powered by a 2.5L 4-cylinder engine, or you can opt for the available 3.6L DOHC V6 engine, which generates 308 hp/275 lb.-ft. of torque. The standard 3,500-pounds max towing capacity1 gives you the strength to tow the boat or camper to the lake, and with the max fuel range of 19 city/25 highway mpg,2 you can go the extra mile without breaking the bank.
Your time at the worksite will be a breeze thanks to this pickup. Its cornerstep rear bumper makes it easy to get in and out of the truck bed, and the cab-mounted cargo area lamps will light your work area long after sundown. There are 17 tie-downs, so your tools and gear are secure even on the roughest roads, and the 17-inch Ultra Silver painted steel wheels will navigate uncharted terrain with ease.
Why Buy a 2022 Chevrolet Colorado NOW from Mike Hovart Chevrolet?
Right now is the best time to buy a 2022 Chevrolet Colorado from Mike Hovart Chevrolet because new Chevrolet auto loan rates are at an all-time low. Our entire new Chevrolet inventory is online, so take a look at our selection ASAP and contact us when you want to take a test drive!
1 Maximum trailering ratings are intended for comparison purposes only. Before you buy a vehicle or use it for trailering, carefully review the trailering section of the Owner’s Manual. The trailering capacity of your specific vehicle may vary. The weight of passengers, cargo and options or accessories may reduce the amount you can trailer.
2 EPA-estimated 19 MPG city/25 highway for Colorado 2WD with available 2.5L I-4 engine
Wireless Is More.
The 2022 Colorado has available wireless charging* and available Wi-Fi HotSpot.
Safety For Your Excursions.
With a high-strength steel frame, multiple airbags** and available advanced safety features, Colorado helps you stay safe when you’re on- and off-road.
Choice of jet black leather-appointed or jet black cloth/leatherette seats.
Turn Heads Wherever The Day Takes You.
No matter where you’re going, you’ll look good getting there. On top of its bold aesthetics, this truck offers a durable, fully boxed frame and a load of purposeful features that help you work smarter and play harder.
*The system wirelessly charges one mobile device. Some devices require an adaptor or back cover. To check for phone or other device compatibility, visit my.chevrolet.com/learn for details.
**Always use seat belts and child restraints. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate child restraint. See the Owner’s Manual for more information.
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https://www.hovartchevrolet.com/2022-chevrolet-colorado-for-sale-easley-sc/
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If you have ever had a loved one arrested for a crime, you understand how disconcerting the experience can be. The best thing you can do is prepare for what’s coming, and that means learning what you can about the bail system and how bail bonds work, especially if you cannot afford to pay the entire bail amount yourself. This is what you should know about bail bonds before you call a bondsman.
The Bail Process
After suspects are arrested, they are placed directly in jail. For some cases, the jail has a bail schedule, but other individuals need to attend bail hearings. Hearings typically occur during business hours, but if the jail has a schedule, you may need to pay bail in the middle of the night. Therefore, you may search for a local bondsman who is open during these times, e.g., “24 hour bail bonds Allentown PA.” As long as the defendant shows up to court and adheres to all court orders, you will receive your bail back.
The Bond Process
Your first task should be getting information from the jail. You need the defendant’s full name, booking number and crime, as well as the name of the facility they are in. The jail may require additional information, so call ahead. You will give this information to the bail bondsman
Bail bonds are loans. A bail bonding agency will help you post bail for a nominal fee, typically 10-15% depending on the state. This fee is nonrefundable. The bail bondsman may also require that you put up collateral to cover the rest of the bond. Examples of collateral include real estate, vehicles, jewelry, art, bank or financial accounts, stocks and bonds.
Get the Defendant to Court
If you post the bail or secure the bond, you are responsible for getting the defendant to court and ensuring that this individual adheres to all court orders. For example, the courts typically require suspects to obey the law and stay away from weapons. Courts may also order therapy or courses the defendant needs to complete.
Whether you need a bail bondsman or not, you should know how the court and bail process work. Your greatest tool is knowledge.
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https://www.myth-drannor.net/what-you-need-to-know-before-calling-a-bail-bonding-agency.html
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How have you been? My week has been really busy and some kind of different. During the last couple weeks, I’ve been working a lot and I got a little exhausted. That’s why I decided to train less, so I can get my strength back and have better progress in the future. Even though I am training just three times a week, instead of the usual five times, I am content. Back in the days, missing a workout was equal to the end of the world, but today I am aware that it is just an opportunity to do something else , that I enjoy doing. So I am completely ok with it.
Good news is that I am getting better and feeling energized, so I am ready to crush some weights in the gym next week.
I hope that you are feeling great; that you are eating quality food and training smart.
Thank you for the wonderful messages and interesting questions you asked me during the past week! Everything you write me, really matters!
I’ve been following your blog for a while and I am familiar with your theory about lifting weights. But I live in a place, where I do not have access to weights. But I am also a firm believer that women should be strong and athletic. My question is, if I use body weight movements, could I become stronger and does that mean that I should do a lot of reps?
This is a great question. Bodyweight movements could be a big challenge. Honestly some of the hardest and most demanding movements are bodyweight movements. And I am not talking about air squats or regular push-ups.
Initially those movements might feel challenging, but the stronger you become, the more you will need to use harder bodyweight progressions, like handstand push- ups, pistol squats, muscle ups, push- ups on one arm and so forth. These progressions, require not just strength, but a lot of coordination and balance, which makes them perfect for the goal to achieve a strong and athletic body.
So my answer is, yes! You can become stronger and more athletic, even if you use just bodyweight movements. Besides that when you do workouts, which include just this type of exercises, you could freely use your imagination and use different methods to combine and perform the movements.
When it comes to reps, it really depends on what you are doing. The harder is the progression, the more demanding on your body it will be and the harder it is gonna be for you to perform a lot of reps.
But still, if your goal is to become stronger, my advice is to stay away from doing a lot of reps. Instead use harder progressions. Thus, you will guarantee yourself that even if you are doing the reps in the range of 5-8, you are still training your body hard enough, in a way that you will stimulate the development of strength, not just endurance.
Ines, if one of my legs is stronger than the other one, could I train them with different weight ( i.e. the stronger leg with a heavier weight)?
Muscle imbalances are never a good thing. Sooner or later, if you do not do something about it, this would lead to pain or some kind of an injury. Training your stronger leg or arm, with a heavier weight, will just increase the imbalance. So you SHOULD NEVER DO IT! What you are supposed to do is focus on strengthening the weaker limb, so it can “catch up” with the stronger one. For that purpose, HERE you can read a post I wrote, about how to remove the muscle imbalance!
Ines, I am 42 years old. I have a huge desire to do something good about myself and to get fitter. Do you think that weight training would have some positive effects on my body? I am already old and I am not quite sure that there is a chance for me. Do you think I should try, or I better just give up on that idea?
This is a question, people often ask. SO now I will take the chance to ask you, who made you believe that after a particular age it is impossible to become fitter, to be successful at something you’ve never done before?
There isn’t an age for hard working, dedicated goal oriented people. Everything is possible! The question is in the approach you use and what you are doing.
Sure, if you’ve never been involved in physical activities, you will need to be patient in order to learn some basic movements and to give your body enough time, to get used to moving.
But with consistency and effort, everything is possible! Besides that, the statement that working out isn’t for people over 40, is the biggest lie! It’s just the opposite. You need to be working out, exactly after you turn 40, in order to stay fit and keep your body healthy.
So the most appropriate moment to start working out is now.
I train with a lot of people over 40. When they first come to me, they are a little skeptical if they will do good with lifting weights. Then a couple months later, they are surprised with their abilities and their results. What could be better than finding out that you were actually born to move, not to sit?
P.S. If you liked this post, please take a minute and share it with your friends! I’d greatly appreciate it!
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After years of studying OKRs, I can say that 99% of the content available out there does more harm than good for those who want to learn how to use OKRs to drive organizational performance.
These people are clearly well-intentioned and did a great job popularizing Objectives and Key-Results. But the examples given leave more questions than answers, and at times actually, contribute to people’s improper implementation of OKRs.
In this post, we’ll look at 3 popular OKR-learning resources and go over what’s wrong with them.
Rick Klau and the Google Ventures video
It all “started” with Rick Klau’s Google Ventures video, entitled Startup Lab Workshop | How Google sets goals: OKRs, where he introduces the methodology to the GV community. The presentation (which has been watched more than 600k times on Youtube) is based on the original deck presented by John Doerr at a 1999 Google board meeting. In it, Doerr uses the metaphor of a football team to illustrate how OKRs permeate an organization.
The first example, drawn directly from Doerr’s deck, is the following:
A general manager for the team has the following OKR:
- Objective: Make $$ for owners:
- Win Super Bowl
- Fill stands to 88%
The objective is too broad and not inspirational at all. Nobody would want to work for a company that aims solely at making money for shareholders. Filling stands is also not a way to measure if money was made for shareholders. Stands could be filled by giving away tickets, or selling them at a deep discount. The same could be argued about winning the Super Bowl. A rewrite would be:
- Objective: Grow revenues with profitability
- Increase ticket sales to U$ 150 million
- Achieve a net profit margin of 15%
- End year with U$ 50 million in free cash generated”
Doerr than goes on to unfold those weird general manager OKRs to the head coach and the public relations VP:
- “Head Coach Objective: Win Super Bowl
- 200 yd passing attack
- No. 3 in Defensive Stats
- 25 yd punt return avg.”
Jeez, that’s awful. First of all, these Key-Results don’t help measure if the Super Bowl was won. You can hit all these stats and still fail miserably at winning the tournament. You could also argue Winning the Super Bowl is not an Objective, but a Key-Result, that measures “excellence” or something. That’s why I hate sports metaphors. Learning to “implement” OKRs at a football team hardly helps someone implement them at a company.
The same goes for the Objective unfolded to the Public Relations VP: “Fill stands to 88%.” That’s not an Objective, which should be qualitative, but a Key-Result, which looks like a smart goal. The Objective could be “increase the popularity of the team,” and that Objective could, in turn, be measured by the following Key-Results:
- Fill stands at home stadium to 88% on average for the season
- Increase the number of social mentions (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) by 25%
- Show up 15 times in the major sports press
That would be a bit better. They could all measure the guy’s ability to increase the team’s popularity. And the OKR as a whole clearly contributes to “making $$ for the owner.”
The second questionable example used is the following:
- “Objective: To develop a workable model for planning as measured by
- Finishing the presentation on time
- Completing a sample set of 3 months OKRs
- Having management agree to institute a trial system for a 3 month period”
We can all agree that that’s not an Objective, but a Project. The Project’s goal is to implement OKRs, and its milestones are three efforts, and not results. As we’ve already talked about, OKRs and Projects should coexist in the company’s management system, but they should be clearly distinguished. OKRs are all about business results. Projects are concerted efforts that could drive business results. They must be tracked and managed, but their completion shouldn’t be mistaken for a business result.
A good thing about the example, on the other hand, is that Doerr, and Klau, frame Key-Results as ways to measure if the Objective was completed. We can infer that by reading the “… as measured by…” final portion of the Objective. But “finishing the presentation on time” is hardly a business result.
In a later tweetstorm, Klau said the original video’s content was dated by many learnings he accrued since that day and pointed followers to Gooogle’s re:Work page on OKRs – which to me is even worse – as a source for updated content.
On writing good objectives, Google’s HR blog suggests that you “… use expressions that convey endpoints and states, e.g., ‘climb the mountain,’ and ‘eat 5 pies.’” What a terrible choice of examples. They do more disservice than service to those who want to learn about OKRs.
First of all, if anything, these look more like Key-Results. First, they aren’t qualitative, and second, they couldn’t be coupled with Key-Results that’d measure if those objectives were attained. What could we use as key-results to “Eat 5 pies”? “Feel 5 pies reach my stomach”?
Second, they just don’t make sense. It’s much better to use actual company OKRs as examples, because that’s, after all, where the methodology can be applied to with best results for the effort.
OKRs and 50 Cent
We’ve already covered football OKRs and pie-eating OKRs. Finally, let’s talk about rap music OKRs.
In a recent article, Tren Griffin, an investor/author currently working at Microsoft, cites 50 Cent’s competition against Kanye West as an opportunity to teach, and learn, about OKRs.=
He uses the following OKR to illustrate 50 Cent’s ambitions prior to launching his famed album, Curtis:
- Objective: “Independence – never work for another person again”
- Sell more albums than Kanye in a week
- Get Rich or Die Tryin
Well, another confusing example. The Objective, even tough ok from the “qualitative” standpoint, looks more like a vision statement, very lofty and long-term. Objectives should be about improving something, and not some guideline of how the company (or in this case, rapper) should operate.
The Key-Results don’t help much either. “Sell more albums than Kanye in a week” is, on the surface, a reasonable Key-Result: It is quite measurable. What’s wrong with it is that it doesn’t help measure of the Objective was achieved. Fiddy could have sold 2 albums and Kanye 1. The Key-Result would be achieved, but would hardly mean financial independence. But “Get rich or die tryin” is a mess. Not measurable in any way. How much is “rich”? If it were measurable, it could even serve as a Key-Result to financial independence.
I hate OKR metaphors, but if I had to rewrite Griffin’s 50 Cent OKRs, they would look more like:
- Objective 1: Increase financial independence
- Increase net worth by U$ Y million
- “Reach monthly income of U$ Z million
- Objective 2: Beat Kanye’s Graduation
- Key-Result: Beat Graduation’s first week sales with the launch of Curtis
What we did is to set proper Key-Results (more like smart goals) and break them down in two, so that the KRs actually measure the achievement of the Os.
We’ve reached the end of our article. I sincerely hope you’re a bit less confused about OKRs than when you started it. If you have any comments, shoot me an email to firstname.lastname@example.org. I love helping people implement OKRs, for real.
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Today’s Killer Startup: Hitlist
Hitlist sends the best flight deals directly to your phone.
Why It’s A Killer Startup
You know how you think about weird stuff in the morning before you get out of bed? This morning I was avoiding the sun and I started thinking about how I should update my Kayak and TripAdvisor price alerts. Right now they’re set for like, four countries ago and I really don’t care about flights from New York to Santiago because I don’t live in Santiago anymore.
However, I do travel – a lot. My boyfriend and I are “digital nomads” and we’ve developed a habit of picking up and shipping out every couple of months. We’re both open to leaving on pretty short notice and we often do – and pay for it in higher air fares.
Hitlist is perfect for people like us or even just people who want to travel more but don’t want to pay top dollar for the flight. The app asks you which cities you’ve been to and which you want to visit with a beautiful interface that includes images of the more popular cities. Adding the places you’ve visited in the past lets your friends know who they should talk to when they’re planning a trip (and, obviously, lets you know who to talk to too) and adding the places you want to visit puts them on your list for flight deals.
As soon as you’ve added a city you’ll immediately see what the cheapest deals are for you to get there and home. It’s simple, beautiful, and super easy to use. Check it out at HitlistApp.com.
The only downside is that seeing all of those cheap ticket prices is going to give you wicked travel lust. Are you prepared to empty that bank account?
Get the best flight deals delivered directly to your phone on the beautiful @hitlist_app http://www.hitlistapp.com/
Hitlist | williamson
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Many of us are still wondering how so many people could vote for Donald Trump. How could they not see his despicable character and deceptive lies? Well, evidently they don’t see the truth very well. A Public Policy Polling survey shows how uninformed Trump voters are. In addition to having opinions that are definitely out of line with the majority of voters in America, many of them have false beliefs about verifiable factual information. They are definitely not critical thinkers. For example:
* The Dow Jones Average has risen from 7,949 when Obama took office in 2009 to 19,615 today. That’s a 147 percent increase in the stock market. Yet, 39% of Trump voters think the stock market declined during the Obama presidency.
* The unemployment rate dropped from 7.9% in 2009 to 4.7% today. But 67% of Trump voters believe the unemployment rate got worse under President Obama. A large majority of Americans in general know that unemployment decreased.
* Most Americans know that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than two million six-hundred thousand votes. However , 40% of Trump voters think Trump won the popular vote.
* Sixty percent of Trump voters believe millions of people voted illegally for Clinton in spite of the absurdity of such a claim and the total lack of evidence to support it.
Fake news that touts totally false stories is a growing danger to our democracy. But even with accurate news reporting, a shocking number of Trump supporters can’t tell truth from fiction. All of us are at risk for confirmation bias – believing only information that agrees with what we already believe and ignoring or discrediting anything that doesn’t agree with our biases – but when uncritical thinking and ignorance of facts is significantly higher in Trump supporters, the danger of Trump’s inveterate lying, irrational thinking and volatile behavior is much greater. He has an army of loyalist authoritarians who will blindly follow and support anything their anointed leader says or does.
We need more critical thinkers who can tell fact from fiction and who can tell a con artist when they see one. Without an accurately informed, rational public, our democracy is doomed. Everyone who is still able to see that the emperor has no clothes must speak up to correct those who refuse to see the naked truth and must take the emperor off his high horse.
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The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has resigned.
Mr. Amidu in a letter addressed to President Akufo-Addo complained of interference in his works
“The one condition upon which I accepted to be nominated as the Special Prosecutor when you invited me to your Office on 10th January 2018 was your firm promise to me that you will respect and ensure same by your Government for my independence and freedom of action as the Special Prosecutor,” he said.
Mr. Amidu was appointed as the first Special Prosecutor in August 2018.
“This is to inform the public that I resigned from my position as the Special Prosecutor of the Office of the Special Prosecutor with immediate effect upon the submission of my letter of resignation with reference number OSP/2/AM/14 dated 16th November 2020 which was received at the Office of the President at 15:15 HRS this afternoon,” he said.
Mr. Amidu recently conducted a corruption risk assessment on the Agyapa Deal.
As part of his recommendations on the Agyapa Royalties deal, Mr. Amidu said there was elements of bid rigging in the contract.
Below is the full letter
16th November 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RESIGNATION OF APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT: MARTIN A. B. K. AMIDU, ESQ
This is to inform the public that I resigned from my position as the Special Prosecutor of the Office of the Special Prosecutor with immediate effect upon the submission of my letter of resignation with reference number OSP/2/AM/14 dated 16th November 2020 which was received at the Office of the President at 15:15 HRS this afternoon.
I should not ordinarily be announcing my resignation to the public myself but the traumatic experience I went through from 20th October 2020 to 2nd November 2020 when I conveyed in a thirteen (13) page letter the conclusions and observations on the analysis of the risk of corruption and anti-corruption assessment on the Report On Agyapa Royalties Limited Transactions and Other Matters Related Thereto to the President as Chairman of the National Security Council cautions against not bringing my resignation as the Special Prosecutor with immediate to the notice of the Ghanaian public and the world.
In undertaking the analysis of the risk of prevention of corruption and anti-corruption assessment I sincerely believed that I was executing an independent mandate under the Office of the Special Prosecutor, Act, 2017 (Act 959) and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Operations) Regulations, 2018 (L. I. 2374). The reaction I received for daring to produce the Agyapa Royalties Limited Transactions anti-corruption report convinces me beyond any reasonable doubt that I was not intended to exercise any independence as the Special Prosecutor in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and recovery of assets of corruption. My position as the Special Prosecutor has consequently become clearly untenable.
It is essential for me to state for the purpose of the records, and contrary to public perceptions, that my appointment letter was received on 5th February 2020 (almost two (2)-years after my appointment). The copy addressees made no efforts to honour any of the conditions of appointment in terms of emoluments and benefits of the appointment ever since my warrant of appointment was issued on 23rd February 2018 to the date of my letter of resignation. I accepted the offer on 10th January 2018 to be nominated to be Special Prosecutor because Mr. President, and Ghanaians knew I have been an anti-corruption crusader all my life and not an anti-corruption entrepreneur. This explains why I have never put the emoluments and benefits of the Office as central to my commitment and my passion for the establishment of an independent, effective, efficient and impartial anti-corruption Office of the Special Prosecutor before the end of the first term of Mr. President. This has not been possible for several reasons.
The Deputy Special Prosecutor has also not been paid any emoluments since her appointment, and there is the need to redress that situation for her now that I am out of the way.
The events of 12th November 2020 removed the only protection I had from the threats and plans directed at me for undertaking the Agyapa Royalties Limited Transactions anti-corruption assessment report and dictates that I resign as the Special Prosecutor immediately. Fear is the enemy of change and I am prepared from the vacuum created on 12th November 2020 to meet the threats of my demise as the price to pay for serving my country without fear or favour affection or ill will. I acted professionally through out in the discharge of my duties and my conscience is the anchor of my strength to face any consequences. I am grateful to every Ghanaian for both the support and criticisms during my tenure. When the real facts of my tenure become well known to the public in the future, history may judge me kindly. Ghana First!
MARTIN A. B. K. AMIDU, ESQ
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It’s the first original feature project for Bad Robot since they signed their $250M+ deal with the Burbank lot back in September.
Logline is under wraps but the project is described as a supernatural revenge-western hybrid. The Pinkertons were a private security guard and detective agency established in the U.S. by Scotsman Allan Pinkerton in 1850. Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln, who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War. One of the Pinkertons, a relative, was featured in David Milch’s HBO series Deadwood: Sarah Paulson’s character Alice Isringhausen was related to the Pinkertons, and ruffled feathers with the town’s saloon owner and kingpin Al Swearingin.
Casey recently penned F9 for Universal, and the upcoming mob thriller Leo From Toledo which goes into production this spring with Joe Carnahan directing, and Mel Gibson and Frank Grillo starring.
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Before the war was the uprising. The military conflict between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian government is escalating – and with it the number of casualties, among combatants and civilians. Socialists in Russia and Ukraine are trying to build social and labour movements around internationalist and anti-war principles, participating in so-far-modest efforts to launch a peace movement, and arguing about how best to do so. Central to these discussions are activists’ assessments of the Ukrainian uprising that in February brought down president Viktor Yanukovich, and of the left’s successes and failures in that
movement – because it was that uprising that triggered the response by the Russian government, which protected the exiled Yanukovich and annexed Crimea, and by Russian nationalist and fascist forces who joined the armed irregulars that control parts of eastern Ukraine. This report by KIRILL BUKETOV of the Global Labour Institute first appeared in Russian on the Left Opposition site. GL.
On 12 April 2014 a conference on The Left and the Maidan was held in Kyiv, which brought together activists from anarchist, socialist and communist organisations that had been involved in the Maidan movement in late 2013 – early 2014. (“Maidan” = square, after Independence Square in Kyiv where the movement began.) The initiative to hold the conference came from the Left Opposition organisation (Liva oppozitsiya), the Centre for the Study of Societies (Tsentr doslydzhennya suspyl’stva), the Centre for Social and Labour Research (Tsentr sotsyal’nikh i trudovykh doslidzhen’) and the social critique magazine Spil’ne (The Commons). It was supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. The conference provided an opportunity for left-wing political activists to take stock of their participation in the mass movement, analyse the mistakes they had made, and discuss possible further actions.
The large number of participating activists who represent the various political groups and initiatives evolving as a part of the Maidan movement is in itself clear evidence against the alleged absence of the left in the Maidan movement. The discussion was built around the question of why the left had failed to take some organisational form and become as visible a factor of the Maidan as their right counterparts.
The Left Maidan: the beginning
The Maidan movement was changing rapidly and dramatically with every day. Started as a protest action against the refusal [by Yanukovich] to sign the EU Association Agreement, it was transformed into a movement against the deceitful and corrupt nature of the former government, and then against police violence and attempts to impose antidemocratic laws.
At the initial stage, left activists did not attach much importance to the protests, seeing slogans for European integration as alien to them, and limiting their involvement to infrequent small-scale actions that would put forward social demands and criticise the EU’s anti-social policies.
Yet, the moment the authorities resorted to violence and blood was spilt, the situation changed radically. Things were taking a serious turn; the square was no longer a gathering place for European integration supporters, but became a gathering place for those who opposed tyranny. It was at that moment that the Left’s attitude to the protests changed. Although nobody was prepared for such a turn of events, of course, least of all the left. “Previously, we had been doing some circle work to educate and enlighten people, but we had no experience of taking part in a mass movement and protest actions” (Nina Potarskaya said at the conference).
The public context was changing with breathtaking speed. A general anti-fascist action in Kyiv was scheduled for 19 January 2014, to commemorate Stanislav Markelov and
Anastasia Baburova who were killed in Moscow in 2009. Yet, on that day the police began brutally beating up protestors, which brought more and more people out into the streets. It would have been simply unnatural for the Left to stay away from a movement against police violence. “Combat actions began, and we had to change the format of our activities; indeed, it would be unthinkable to just hop around the square taking pictures with your camera when wounded people fell all around you, people who needed help” (Nina Potarskaya).
Contents and form
The Maidan was a broad democratic movement directed against the corrupt authorities of Yanukovich’s regime, and in terms of its political colouring it, of course, was not left, just as it was not right either. If we are to trust the polls, 93% of the Maidan participants were distant from politics. Only 7% had a political position and belonged to one political group or another. Among those 7%, socialists had their niche.
In this broad mass movement, each of its political wings had a chance to manifest itself and act in line with their own tactics. But, having joined the Maidan later than others, the Ukrainian left found themselves in a predictably weaker position than their opponents from the right. At the same time – unlike, for instance, the Russian left who have constantly been in open street conflict with right extremists and set up their own self-defence structures – Ukrainian socialists proved to be unprepared to oppose blatant aggression and the organised violence of the right.
This forced the left Maidan to fold their black and red banners, turn a blind eye to the presence of right-wing ultras and to adopt the tactics of involvement in the general democratic processes through active agitation within the broad civil movement. “The important thing was to get our message across to people rather than identify oneself [as the left]” (Irina Kogut). “Proclaiming oneself openly as ‘left-wing’ would only serve to provoke violence from the organised right-wing groups, making it impossible to do one’s work” (Nina Potarskaya).
“We made an attempt to announce the formation of the Anarchist Squadron, but 70 uniformed nationalists turned up at the meeting and we had to fold, and start working within the Students’ Assembly” (Bogdan Biletskyi). Yet the Assembly was fully controlled by the anarchist students’ union Direct Action, and all of the Assembly’s slogans were social ones. Socialist agitation was under way at the Assembly, there were lectures, socially relevant films were shown.
The spirit of freedom
So, Maidan was not left-wing in terms of its composition but it was left-wing, libertarian in spirit. It was driven by protest against corruption and tyranny, against humiliation and oppression, by masses of people who felt their dignity had been offended by their rulers’ lies, and who suddenly became aware of themselves as a single nation. It was the emerging protest against their personal enslavement and the aspiration to become free that were bringing more and more people into the Square.
And it was not only the anti-authoritarian motivation and nature of the Maidan that spoke of its left-wing essence, but also its modus operandi. The Maidan used methods that we [the left] traditionally consider to be our own: direct participation, self-organisation, direct actions, rejection of leaders, and a resounding NO to the steering and pacesetting role of parties. “The Maidan led to the toppling of tyranny and triggered the development of direct participation and self-governance, which, in essence, is the socialist way” (Alexey Simvolokov).
“Self-organisation sent mediators, both state and political ones, packing. They were rejected. The way that mediators were given the sack pushed the masses to the left, towards society’s greater control over political institutions and the state” (Nadezhda Shevchenko). At the same time, the totalitarian left, who have become used to leading and steering, did not benefit from the sacking of mediators. The majority of them were critical of the movement. The Communist parties used their mass publications to discredit the Maidan, building upon the idea that the power had been seized by a fascist Junta, while some rushed off to create and support “anti-Maidans” in the south-east of Ukraine.
One of the conference participants titled his presentation The Maidan as a Triumph against Communism, interpreting “communism” in Stalinist terms. This resulted in a big discussion. One can argue about nuances, but the really evident thing was that walking onto the Maidan carrying a portrait of Stalin was not only senseless but also unsafe. By the way, the same applied to carrying a portrait of Hitler as well. The Maidan, by its very nature, had no room for symbols of tyrannies and despotic dictatorships.
The Left Maidan
Those who joined the Maidan protests represented anti-authoritarian, democratic left groups that could not remain uninvolved. “We had to be there; indeed, this protest as such has social roots, it is the result of social problems” (Vladimir Chemeris). “From the very beginning the Maidan had the support of the free trade unions affiliated to the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine. Trade unions are the foundation, the first stage of the working class self-organisation, and we, machine-builders of Dnepropetrovsk, perceived the Maidan as, first and foremost, a social protest. But later on it was the whole country out, taking on the tyranny; the workers who had come with us quickly became politicised” (Alexey Simvolokov).
There were quite a large number of the left on the Maidan and they had opportunities to develop their own initiatives and agitation. Left Oppositionactivists were agitating under a red banner and later prepared a 10-point list of social changes based on Lenin’s April Theses and provisions of Trotsky’s Transitional Programme. “The document was distributed in the Ukrainian language in the Ukrainian House and was approved as a programme that was in line with the interests of the Ukrainian people” (Zakhar Popovich).
“The Women’s Squadron (Zhinocha sotnya) engaged in criticising sexism in the Maidan and agitation against right-wing ideology” (Nina Potarskaya).
The Students’ Assembly was opened in the Ukrainian House on 28 January, and its contents were absolutely left-wing. The Assembly coordinated students’ and youth initiatives, drafted the programme for a Free University, organised protest actions, recruited volunteers to medical aid teams, worked on visual arrangements in the Maidan” (Nina Khodorivska).
One the most important projects implemented by the Maidan Left was the Hospital Watch (Vakhta likaren’). “It was an anti-police project rather than just a humanitarian one” (Irina Kogut). In the hospitals there was a need to organise protection of the wounded and those who had suffered from police violence. Yanukovich’s policemen were seeking such people out in hospitals and mobilisation for their protection became a political issue; the idea behind this work was to give people some experience of resistance to police brutality and to the state. The initiative involved around 25 activists, all of them were leftists and carried out anti-governmental agitation in dozens of Kyiv hospitals. Every day the Hospital Watch was joined by over a hundred volunteers who were constantly replacing each other.
Ideas and self-identification
The main task for the Left in the Maidan was not to identify themselves as such but rather introduce socialist meanings and ideas into the movement. Now we find ourselves bombarded with criticisms and accusations that the Maidan Left have contributed to the right-wing provisional government’s ascent to power. This point is invalid; the Maidan as a phenomenal, broad, mass movement should not be associated with either the new Ukrainian government, or professional politicians, or individual parties which were a part of it. Besides, there are no non-oligarchical leaders in Ukrainian politics and, whatever the outcome of the Maidan, there just would not be any room for the left in any government. Any Ukrainian government would be a right-wing one.
And the left did not work in the Maidan for the sake of oligarchs. They did all they could to involve as many people as possible into various anti-authoritarian forms of public organisation, promoting a critical attitude to the ideas of fascism, homophobia, and sexism, as well as to liberal economic programmes. “About a half of the Maidan Left were anarchists,
who never seek taking power or being involved in the authorities. We simply work towards the development of non-governmental institutions as an alternative to the State” (Nina Khodorivska, Irina Kogut).
The results of this work will surely manifest themselves in the near future, when life has returned to its peaceful course and an enormous mass of workers will feel on their necks the strangling noose of the “economic aid” programmes offered by the international financial institutions.
Historical responsibility of the left: where have we failed?
It is evident that the Maidan became a real challenge to the Ukrainian left. Never in the past has the country experienced such an upsurge of people’s activism resulting from the need to defend their freedoms in the face of the government’s armed aggression. The situation was changing by the minute; there was no time to discuss strategies and tactics; everyone just did what he or she believed to be required. Today, during a respite of sorts, one can critically look back, make an initial analysis of what did not work in order to better prepare for new mass manifestations.
The weakness of the Maidan was insufficient involvement of trade unions and the working class. Only 5-7% of all Maidan participants could be categorised as workers, which, come to think of it, is natural: participation in a public protest is extremely complicated for workers. “Workers work, they cannot afford to stop working and risk losing even that meager income for their families” (Yurii Samoilov).
So, it is quite logical that the bulk of the protest movement was formed by students, pensioners, office clerks, civil servants, small entrepreneurs, etc. Furthermore, none of the Kiev left bothered to start agitation in workplaces, to try to bridge the protests and the workers’ community. The free trade unions’ call for a general political strike just hung in midair.
Next, all the participants pointed out that despite a large number of the left involved in the Maidan there was practically no coordination among them. Having joined the protests later than the right wingers, the left instantly rushed into the thick of it and did not have time to create their own organisational structures – unlike the right-wing sector which managed to do that. “The lack of coordination among the left initiatives – the groups of marxists, social-democrats, and anarchists – was a big problem” (Bogdan Biletskyi).
The third area where the Left have failed to find their bearings has to do with soaring separatist actions in south-eastern Ukraine. Taking into account that protest movements in all regions were based on popular dissatisfaction with the corrupt regime of Yanukovich, and deterioration of people’s social situation – and that Yanukovich was equally hated in the Crimea and in the Volhynia [in north west Ukraine, bordering Poland] – it was the left who were in a position to formulate a programme of a people-friendly social order, that could enjoy equal support throughout Ukraine.
But the Maidan was focused on the idea of national and democratic identity, rather than the idea of social justice. “The Crimean Maidan should have talked to the Crimeans in the language they could understand” (Alexey Arunyan). The lack of loudly proclaimed social demands in the Maidan, demands that could unite the country’s east and west, contributed to the annexation of Crimea and emergence of “anti-Maidans”.
Whatever turn the situation takes next, it is imperative for the left to consolidate in order to create a left-wing political project so that they could oppose the right-wingers who are now in power and the growth of Ukrainian chauvinism in an organised manner. “We must clearly formulate our position vis-à-vis right-wingers and completely dissociate ourselves from them” (Nadezhda Shevchenko).
This is needed in order to preserve and defend the democratic values of the Maidan, the freedoms that are already being suppressed by the new authorities. “The Maidan quietens down, yet the anti-oligarchic idea has not taken root and people are force-fed with entirely different meanings of the events” (Igor Panyuta). “In fact, the new government itself is the most consistent ‘anti-Maidan’” (Alexey Simvolokov).
The struggle must be continued under social slogans. Popular indignation is already on the rise these days, due to the dramatic deterioration of the social situation. We see spontaneous pickets flaring up at bus stops when people protest against fare rises. There will be more of such social protests in the future and they will grow into a mass social movement. We must be ready for it. And our programme should not be about changing one president for another, but rather changing the whole system of social and economic relations in Ukraine.
Internationalism should underpin all our actions. In any war the working class is used as cannon fodder, while oligarchs get richer on people’s blood and tears. We must agitate against war, formulating this as the most urgent task for the working class of Ukraine and Russia.
Note from the author. These are notes about the conference The Left and the Maidan. The conference heard different, often quite opposite, opinions. The text does not presume to fully cover the conference discussions; rather, it is a number of subjective conclusions of the author that reflect his personal point of view, support for which he found in numerous inputs from the participants. All quotes are made from memory. The author apologises for the impossibility to verify the exact wording of the statements. Translated by Eugene Kuprin, published here 16 June 2014.
The left and Ukraine: some links
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A bleeding gingiva, which is swollen or which is easily colored, should be of interest to you. The diseases that affect the gums are common and they even become the main oral problem in adults.
It is important to know that the gums are protective: they support the teeth and protect the tissues that attach teeth and jaw. If your gums are not healthy, there is a risk of losing your teeth and generally, altering your health. If you suppose to have any of the gum diseases, there are some very simple solutions to apply.
What is a gum disease?
The disease is an inflammation of the tissues that hold the tooth. This inflammation is due to the accumulation of bacteria between the gums and the teeth. At the beginning of the disease, we speak of gingivitis (when only the gums are affected). When the bones surrounding the tooth are affected, it is called periodontitis. This disease affects 80% of adults.
Gums bleeding: how to treat them?
There are two types of bleeding:
- Recurrent bleeding: this is usually gingivitis of bacterial origin . Bacteria settle on the tooth surface and create plaque. The gum is weakened and this can cause haemorrhage
- Acute bleeding: Bleeding can also be occasional without you having an infection.
When a gum bleeds, it is usually a bacterial inflammation. Plaque should be removed using a dental spray or brushing teeth more regularly. A tartar toothpaste will be preferred to prevent plaque or the use of an antiseptic mouthwash. If the bleeding continues, it would be best to consult your dentist.
Swollen gums or inflammation of the gums: the solutions?
A swollen gum is also a symptom of gingivitis. Dental plaque is usually responsible in this case. Adopt a good oral hygiene to limit the infection and consult a dentist. Do not stay with swollen gums if the problem persists.
What if my gum whitens?
If your gums turn white and you have fever and pain , you probably have herpetic gingivistomatitis . This disease affects young children in general. It is caught by contagion and especially saliva or sneezing. The whitish gums can also be a sign of anemia, if you feel tired.
Black gum: an emergency?
If your gums get black, there may be a case of necrosis or cell death. In this case, it must act quickly not to cause a loosening of the tooth. Therefore immediately consult in this case the.
Red gum, what does that mean?
Symptoms of gingivitis include:
- Swelling of part of the gum
- Sensitivity to touch
- Bad breath
- Light or heavy bleeding during brushing.
And also gums that blush. Plaque has turned into tartar and only your dentist can fix it.
White point or button on the gum
Do you feel a pimple or a point on the gum? There are several possibilities that can explain this dubious appearance. This is usually an abscess or fistula. A fistula is an orifice through which a flow leaves. The abscess is purulent and is due to an infection. Take an appointment immediately with the dentist if you see the appearance of a pimple or white spot on your gum.
What are the factors that increase the risk of having gum pain?
Gum pain is caused by dental plaque but it is not the only thing responsible. Indeed, the consumption of alcohol, smoking or taking certain medications can cause pain in the gums. In conclusion, it is important to act quickly if you notice bleeding when you brush your teeth, for example, or if your gums appear swollen. This is not normal and you should consult a dentist if problems persist.
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Complete Your Home Security System with Fire, CO, and Water Monitoring
Burglaries aren’t the only danger you should prepare for. ADT-monitored fire detectors in your Campbell residence can help keep your family safe when there’s smoke and the temperature is rising.
Traditional fire and carbon monoxide alarms can warn your family if there’s smoke or carbon monoxide in your home. But a monitored smoke alarm or carbon monoxide detector can notify an ADT monitoring station when it’s activated - even if no one is home. The monitoring center will then contact the correct authorities depending on your custom plan on file. Water sensors are good optional add-ons if you’re concerned about potential leaks.
A Security System Isn’t Complete Without ADT Monitoring In Campbell
When your alarm system has ADT monitoring in Campbell, you know it’s backed by one of the best-known security businesses in the United States. If your ADT-monitored security system goes off, one of ADT’s six monitoring centers will be told to quickly alert the needed personnel. So whether you are at work, vacationing, or at home, rest assured that your home is being monitored to help keep you and your loved ones safe and secure.
The ADT Control App Makes It Easy To Manage Your Campbell Security System
Every alarm system has a central command touchpad to manage your system. But you can take it one step further with the ADT Control app. Activate or deactivate your alarm system, receive security notifications, and watch live video directly from your security camera -- even when you’re away from home. The ADT Control digital app can be downloaded on iOS and Android devices, phones and computers.
Should you opt for a Video and Home Automation package, you can incorporate smart home features into your security system. Campbell home automation through ADT Control allows you devices, including lights, sound systems, locks, thermostats, and more. You will find having a Smart Home can help make your day go more smoothly while also working to help safeguard your home and improving your energy efficiency.
Guarantee Your Alarm System Works As Designed With Professional Home Security Installation in Campbell
When you decide on your Campbell home security system, a home security specialist will book your installation appointment. Choose an installation time based on your schedule], and don’t waste your time waiting around all day. You can even schedule a same-day or next day install appointment in nearly all areas!
Installers will quickly equip your house with the best security system, helping to secure your important entry points. They’ll then double-check that all equipment and back-up systems function correctly, and that it all is connected to the closest ADT monitoring station.
Getting A Campbell Security System Begins With A Simple Form
Just complete the form or call (408) 641-3351 to discuss your home protection options with a security rep. Once submitted, you will get a call from an expert who will help personalize your system to support your house’s one-of-a-kind needs. Then arrange your installation, with many same-day and next-day booking options in nearly all locations.
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Merits of Software Document Templates
We have a variety of organizations that will want their company documents to look official and uniform way certain way, this company will need to invest. We have a lot of advantages that come about with having this ecrion software for document templates generation. Usually creating a new document every time can be a hassle. One of the key challenge is in identifying the contents of a particular document that you want to make or print. We have a variety of software for instance CCM application among others that will help with the issue of documents template generation. This is a program that will give you a variety of sample document templates that you can select the one that you would like to use for your purpose. The benefit of this is that it give the outer format of the document you would like to generate so that you can just put in the fleshy part on your own.
We have a lot of software document templates but that does not mean all are the best. Choosing the most appropriate software document templates is never easy, click for more on information that will help you with that. You need to read more on the kind of templates that the template generator will produce. Some softwares tend to have only a specific kind of templates while others have a variety. Another thing you should consider is the ease of adding extra templates or customizing them for your business.
There are some good things you will get when you utilize this program to make document templates. Firstly, when you s this software, you will be able to make the process of making documents very easy and quick and in turn there is no time wastage. The workers will become very efficient in the long run since they are able to spend less time when it comes to creating these documents. For illustration purposes, time can be reallocated to other more pressing issues or work roles at the job environment. In case a worker lacks she skills on preparing documents, then they will not struggle, they can maneuver through by themselves since it is a straightforward thing. Another merit for this is that it reduces time spent on document making and in entirety it will minimize the costs that are associated with with this preparation of such documents. If the firm requires a lot of documents of a certain type then it will have to pay an outside company but with a software then there is no need for that.
The other benefit comes to the clients. Since they are accustomed to getting your documents in a particular way, it is very straightforward to know if there is fraud or impersonation of your organization. The template will have the graphical signs and logos which are all difficult to imitate.
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A beautiful piece to use as a tablecloth or throw, this thick cotton fabric is twisted together and dyed to create a shibori-style pattern. Artisans twist and dye these unique fabrics by hand. 2 colors available. Made from thick cotton. Can be used as a throw, table cloth, etc. Dyed by hand in traditional shibori style. Size: 67" x 42"
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In March we did our first sessions with Crucial Crew – a safety scheme for year 6 children, to prepare them for the transition to secondary school. Scenarios include safety on roads, railways, open water, electricity and a lot more.
Children visit each scenario in groups of 6-8 for a quick but intense 10 minute interactive presentation. All the children were sent home with a safety ‘goodie-bag’ which included a Billy’s Wish branded projector torch pen and a safety promise card (a year 6 appropriate version of our anti-weapons pledge). Along with school visits and a workshop at Watford Football Academy, we spoke to over 1000 children from around 25 in a two week period in the middle of March!
Secondary School Visits
A lot of time is spent preparing for school visits: talking to teachers, making sure we deliver the right content for the schools’ needs. In the summer term, as well as schools who are delivering our lessons, we addressed over 500 secondary school children. This included two hour workshops with year 7 and year 8 pupils at Longdean, assemblies in Kings Langley School and Ashlyns School and meeting with year 8 pupils at Adeyfield school as part of their active citizenship project.
Our assembly at Ashlyns was prompted by Berkhamstead Youth Town Council who wanted to support the young people of their town in the wake of recent knife crime. The focus was on peer pressure and how to stay safe. We were well aware that this was a sensitive time for the school and were relieved when feedback from the teachers was that we had pitched the message at the right level for this group of children at this point in time.
The assembly at Kings Langley was, in contrast, incredibly hard hitting. We had a guest speaker: leading trauma surgeon, Martin Griffiths. His talk was a no holds barred session, no one present can have been left in any doubt about the devastating effects of carrying and using knives. Some of the pupils and staff were visibly affected, but the feedback on social media was very positive. Parents reported that their children had come home and they had been able to talk frankly about what they had heard and seen.
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Frontline” tackles one of the country’s thornier and more invisible problems on Tuesday with “Endgame: AIDS in Black America,” which tries to pin down why rates of AIDS and H.I.V. infection are disproportionately high among black Americans. The program focuses largely on institutional causes that have been suggested by various studies, a play-it-safe approach that omits a core question: With so much known about the disease and so many years of safe-sex messages out there, how can anyone still be cavalier or uninformed about this subject?“Today in America, 152 people will become infected with H.I.V.,” a speaker is telling a World AIDS Day gathering as the program opens. “Half of them will be black. Today in America, two-thirds of the new H.I.V. cases among women will be black. Today in America, 70 percent of the new H.I.V. cases among youth will be black.”
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From there the program, directed by Renata Simone, embarks on a history lesson, tracing how AIDS was almost immediately typecast as a disease of gay white men, even though some of the earliest cases were in black men. That led to an indifference among blacks at the start of the epidemic, and soon along came the drug nightmare of the 1990s, with sex being traded for a fix, rampant needle sharing and resistance to needle-exchange programs that sought to do something about the problem. Endemic poverty in black America of course exacerbated everything about the AIDS crisis.
Black leaders acknowledge that they failed to take the kind of vocal role in the early years that they had been known for in civil rights battles and other struggles. “I didn’t do what I could have done and should have done,” Julian Bond, the civil rights activist and a former chairman of the N.A.A.C.P., says bluntly.
Churches receive particular criticism for not stepping up, and abstinence-only versions of sex education are also faulted. (“Ignorance makes you more susceptible to the virus,” one young woman says.)
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Years ago I had a S&W 1500 (Howa 1500) in 223 that a friend of mine wanted real bad, so I sold it to him. He rebarreled it to 7mm TCU to match his Contender, and he claimed it was the perfect all-around cartridge/rifle combination. Light bullets for coyotes, heavier bullets for deer. It was just about like a 30-30 in recoil, report, and performance, it killed just fine and was easy on the shooter.
If you are looking for factory chamberings, it would be pretty hard to beat the 357 lever action suggested, but if you are willing to handload I would suggest you take a look at the 6.5 TCU or the 7 TCU.
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Blog: Coca-Cola Co: It's Our Ball & We're Taking It Home
Chris Mercer | 8 September 2011
Coca-Cola Co has reacted to a tax hike in France by "re-evaluating" investment and cancelling a birthday party.
Coca-Cola's fractious relationship with France has taken another turn for the worse. Incensed by the government's decision to raise tax on sugar-added soft drinks by almost four-fold, the group has suspended a planned investment in the country.
It has also cancelled a 40th birthday party for its Pennes-Mirabeau plant near Marseille, which, really, just seems a bit petty.
Then again, Coca-Cola and the French authorities have a long history of antagonism. The French government briefly banned Coke following the end of the Second World War.
I expect that we will see more 'handbags' in the run-up to the tax implementation date, in January 2012.
Of course, it's also just possible (isn't it?) that Coca-Cola is using the tax hike as a convenient juncture at which to review an investment that probably looks less appealing given the downturn in western economies.
Alcohol always has a big presence at the Oscars, albeit mostly in a supporting role....
Business is booming at copper pot still makers Chalvignac - you can tell from the loud noise coming from its factory floor in the French town of Jarnac-Champagne. ...
Heineken is betting big on the long-term opportunity around soccer in the US. ...
California's Sierra Nevada Brewing Co is very proud of its new Hop Hunter IPA, which contains hop oil. ...
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Scientists have developed a way to efficiently extract uranium from seawater.
Seawater contains huge amounts of dissolved metals and other substances which could potentially be useful, but which have remained too expensive to extract in large amounts. Now, scientists with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee say they have developed a new material which could lead the way to the efficient extraction of dissolved uranium from seawater, providing a huge source of uranium to power nuclear reactors.
“We have shown that our adsorbents can extract five to seven times more uranium at uptake rates seven times faster than the world’s best adsorbents,” said Chris Janke, of the ORNL’s Materials Science and Technology Division.
The material, called HiCap, is produced by combining adsorbent materials produced by the ORNL with high surface area polyethylene fibers. The fibers are able to quickly and selectively pull dissolved metals from the water. The new adsorbent materials are more economical than any previously developed technology to extract substances from seawater, according to the ORNL.
Janke explains, “Our HiCap adsorbents are made by subjecting high-surface area polyethylene fibers to ionizing radiation, then reacting these pre-irradiated fibers with chemical compounds that have a high affinity for selected metals.”
The new fibers outperformed the leading state of the art adsorbent, exceeding the next-best material’s adsorbency by a factor of seven. “These results clearly demonstrate that higher surface area fibers translate to higher capacity,” Janke said.
Scientists estimate the world’s oceans contain 4.5 billion tons of uranium, enough to fuel the world’s nuclear reactors for several centuries. In nuclear power plants, the controlled decay of radioactive uranium is used to heat water to generate the steam to turn electricity-producing turbines. The dissolved uranium in seawater exists at a concentration of only 3.2 parts per billion, however, making it difficult to effectively remove in usable amounts at an economically efficient cost.
The results of the tests on the material were presented today at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia. Funding for the project was provided by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy.
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FRESNO, Calif. - The government has been collecting dirt - lots of it.
Clumps came from the Texas Panhandle, a shady grove in West Virginia ...
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Joseph Daniel, at the time a student at North Carolina State University, collects soil June 1, 2010, in Southern California. The federal government sent students and scientists to more than 4,800 places across the nation to collect soil that was analyzed for its composition. The results are now highly sought after by researchers in a wide variety of fields.
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Originally Posted by BatLobsterRises
Yep. The moment where she drew attention to Rachel's picture in Wayne Manor while seducing Bruce is what really spelled it out for me. She really was pure femme fatale.
I don't think it was a coincidence too that she dresses (and styles) just like Rachel. Heck, she most likely researched on Rachel so she can make sure that she hits that special Rachel nerve on Bruce.
I do love me some parallels... Gotta love how they did similar actions but with totally different motivations:
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The Georgia Regents Health Care System has entered into a 15-year, $300 million deal with technology company Philips. Philips will provide the health system with products including advanced X-ray and CT scanners and overhead lights.
A Georgia Physician has co-developed a new weapon in the war against lethal battle field injuries. Schwartz and his partner Dr. John Croushorn developed the device and procedure over a period of nearly 5 years. With FDA pre-market approval in place, production is anticipated to begin within the next 60 days.
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Kalamazoo Public Safety officers were acting on citizen tips when they investigated a residence on the 800 block of South Rose Street. When officers attempted to make contact with two subjects, they fled on foot, one of them dropping a bag containing crack cocaine and marijuana, packaged for sale.
Another suspect who fled on foot was later located by police. After giving an alias, police determined his real name and found him to have four outstanding warrants for his arrest.
Police also later caught up with the resident of the home and arrested her on an outstanding warrant.
More packaged crack cocaine was located on the front porch of the residence.
Police ask anyone with further information on this drug operation to contact the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety C.O.P.S. division at 269-337-8880.
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[NTG-context] Undefined control sequence. <argument> \c!gebied
thomas.schmitz at uni-bonn.de
Mon Oct 11 14:25:55 CEST 2004
OK, I tried several things to fix the error "Undefined control
sequence. <argument> \c!gebied," but it persists. I wiped out my entire
texmf.local tree and started from scratch because I thought the
c!gebied was residing in some older file that ha dnot been overwritten.
But even starting from scratch wouldn't amend the situation; after
regenerating the format, I get the same error. However, grepping for
"c!gebied" in the newly created tree gives only this result:
grep -r 'c!gebied' ./*
So this shouldn't be the problem since these two lines in cont-sys.rme
are commented out. Does anybody have an idea where the error is coming
from? There must be some old config file re-introducing it into the
format file, but I can't seem to find it.
More information about the ntg-context
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Syracuse, N.Y. — Don Bosco (Ramsey, N.J.) Preparatory High School cornerback Daivon Ellison said he is "100 percent" committed to the Orange, in a text interview on Tuesday.
"My family, coaches and I all felt Syracuse was the best fit for me," Ellison said.
Ellison, who announced his commitment on Twitter on Monday night, becomes the fourth cornerback in the Class of 2015, joining 2014 holdover Lamar Dawson, Gerald Robinson and Andrew Spence. He is also the third New Jersey product, joining running back Dontae Strickland and safety Daiquan Kelly.
Ellison said Strickland and Kelly played a key role in recruiting him.
"Those guys would send me a text all the time talking up Cuse and letting me know what we can bring to the program," Ellison said.
Ellison added that head coach Scott Shafer, defensive backs coach Fred Reed and lead recruiter/tight ends coach Bobby Acosta all played a part in his recruitment. Acosta stayed in contact regularly with Ellison.
"He loves Jersey guys because he knows we're tough," Ellison joked.
But, ultimately, the person whom Ellison trusted most with his decision was his mother, Lolita Slater.
"She has sacrificed her whole life for me so the least I can do is give her my full trust throughout this whole process," Ellison said. "She has given me so much knowledge with the recruiting process, whether it was her talking to me or her having other people talking to me to keep me focused!"
While Ellison said that he informed the coaching staff of his decision to choose Syracuse on Sunday, a source said that he gave a silent verbal commitment earlier in the summer. And this tweet from director of recruiting Eric White seems to indicate that was the case.
However, Ellison maintained that he was not committed. He said he used the time since his unofficial visit in early June to "see how the summer played out" with other schools he was interested in.
Either way, it's now a moot point. Ellison said that he is fully committed to Syracuse and plans to take an official visit during the season, possibly for the Louisville or Florida State games.
Former commit K.J. Williams makes game-winning TD catch in Milford scrimmage
Williams' scoring grab pushed Milford ahead of Hudson Valley (Troy, N.Y.) Community College 28-27 in a season-opening scrimmage on Saturday.
Milford opens its regular season at Massachusetts Maritime (Buzzards Bay, Ma.) Academy on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Watch Syracuse commit Troy Henderson play on Sunday
Henderson, the linebacker whose grandfather grew up across the street from Ernie Davis, and No. 12 St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) High School will take on The Gilman (Baltimore, Md.) School on Sunday at 4 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
St. Edward is 18-1 in its last two regular seasons and returns all of its starting linebackers, including Henderson. Gilman finished 7-3 last season and features junior defensive tackle Ellison Jordan, ranked 112th in the ESPN 300.
Henderson chose the Orange "by a percentage" over Nebraska and Rutgers in mid-July.
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- Political corruption or civil corruption is expressed through bribery, intimidation, extortion, vote buying, destabilization, or influence peddling.
- Data corruption is the receiving of data which is different from that which was transmitted or otherwise intended. Error checking is usually used to prevent this.
- A corrupted society is a society with low moral values.
- A language or a text can be corrupted into a broken form or a different meaning.
- Parts of a machine can be corrupted, meaning broken.
- Corruption is used, especially poetically, to describe the decomposition of biological matter.
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EMT laffer to open behind third season of dramedy "Suits"
USA Network has set a March 6 premiere for its first original comedy series in years, the Denis Leary-produced “Sirens.”
The series about three emergency medical technicians in Chicago will bow at 10 p.m. following the third-season premiere of dramedy “Suits.”
Seeding a comedy block is a big priority for the top-rated basic cabler, which has invested big bucks in the off-network rights to “Modern Family.”
In addition to “Sirens,” USA has the greenlit comedy series “Playing House” on the bench awaiting a premiere date. And the cabler at present is sorting through four completed comedy pilots with the intention of ordering at least two more series.
“Sirens” stars Michael Mosley, Kevin Bigley and Kevin Daniels as EMT’s with “unruly” personal lives. Pilot for the Fox TV Studios series, based on a U.K. format, was co-written by Leary and Bob Fisher.
“Sirens” will open with two back-to-back episodes. The following week, the show’s 10:30 p.m. lead-out will be a “Modern Family” seg.
“As a top cable drama, ‘Suits’ has a huge following of young viewers making it a perfect segue to Denis Leary and Bob Fisher’s brand of comedy,” said Jackie de Crinis, USA’s exec veep of original programming. “Both series feature sharp, witty banter from an ensemble of great characters.”
USA also has set a Jan. 8 premiere for the eighth season of “Psych,” and a Jan. 9 debut for season five of “White Collar.”
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Protesters called for Taysir Alluni's release, saying his health is deteriorating. They urged the Spanish authorities to provide him better medical care.
Alluni's wife has said that his health is deteriorating because of prison conditions, where he is held in isolation for 20 hours a day. He is permitted four hours outside his cell, she says, but he is not allowed to talk to anyone.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has asked member organisations in Spain to investigate Alluni's prison conditions.
The correspondent has been held in solitary confinement since his detention two months ago following his re-arrest on charges of links to al-Qaida.
"This case has caused anxiety to journalists, not least because after months on bail with no apparent problems, he [Alluni] was taken back into custody"
International Federation of Journalists
Alluni, Syrian by birth but holding a Spanish passport, was first arrested in 2003 on suspicion of links with al-Qaida as part of an investigation into Islamist operations in Spain.
As a correspondent for Aljazeera, he became well known for his work in Afghanistan during the US-led invasion.
But two months after being taken into custody, he was released on bail. Judges ruled he should be freed pending a trial because of his poor heart condition.
The indictment alleges he used his role as a reporter to take cash and messages to al-Qaida members.
But Alluni says the evidence is based on badly translated telephone conversations. He was taken back into custody in November 2004.
The IFJ general-secretary, Aidan White, said: "This case has caused anxiety to journalists, not least because after months on bail with no apparent problems, he was taken back into custody.
"Now we have reports that he is in deteriorating health. It is important that he is treated in a humane and compassionate manner."
Lawyers have asked the Spanish authorities to give Alluni a full medical examination by heart and back specialists, but they say there has been no response.
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First of all, thanks for visiting my profile, take your time in reading up before taking any decision.
It is difficult to include each and every aspect of ones personality in a few words but i will try my best and leave rest in the hope of a positive outcome to what i believe is a combination of luck and destiny.
Well talking about your own-self is the toughest job ever when you have to talk with the impression of being liked or disliked. :) But still few words about myself - I am easy-going person, down-2-earth, confident, ambitious, understanding, social, hard-working, open-minded, goal-oriented who believes that life is the combo of being blessed by the Almighty and to do work from your part. Its only GOD and my family because of which i live strong and face every shackle and hitch of daily life with brave heart. I always think positive and believe in my dreams. I am very active and love traveling and always try to explore new places/cuisine. ... more
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Trunk Call from Turkey
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Bpb Contest: Pop-art Istanbul posters, hand-painted scenes of whirling dervishes, yummy Turkish wine – these are the treasures we’ve brought back from a kick-ass vacation in Istanbul. To win yours, send us your favorite travel secret at firstname.lastname@example.org. Top five entries will receive a Turkish surprise in the mail, and get published on bpb! Also, read our Istanbul recommendations here.
What: Baklava in a box, Iranian Sweet Palace, Haroun Manzil, near Metro Opticians, Imamwada Road, Bhendi Bazaar, call Hassan Irani on 9870017847.
Why: This perennial stock investor opens the shutters at Iranian Sweet Palace only during the month of Irani New Year. But few know that if you call him at other times, he can’t resist taking an order (provided it’s a big one) for the best baklava in the city.
When: You need to take stock of your sweets.
What: Strut on Stilts lessons, call Shilpa at 9833103710 for individual/group classes, Rs 3,300 onwards.
Why: Hot on the heels of Fashion Week, this pole dancing expert’s Strut on Stilts class teaches balance and postural training, complete with stiletto struts and catwalk moves that will leave you feeling sexy, strong and confident. Bonus: Leaner legs.
When: You want to get (a)head over heels.
What: Made-to-order Lebanese and Turkish cuisine at Walkeshwar, call Reshma Choksi on 9322260232, Rs 300 onwards.
Why: This haute chef makes a mean tabbouleh, fatoosh and fataya, but her newly introduced couscous with vegetable tagine is our current favorite.
When: You want to get hook(ah)ed up with a Turkish delight.
What: Wine from Chile to your door, Four Seasons Wine Discoveries Program, visit the website here, starts at Rs 5,000 for a six bottle shipment.
Why: These vino experts hunt down yummy, hard-to-access wines from all over the world and ship them directly to your doorstep, at prices usually under MRP. All you have to do is join the Society – membership is free! We especially love the Chilean wines in the current selection. Also, for your chance to win a bottle of Turkish wine, click here.
When: You’re expecting the stork to drop off a cork.
What: Dhoop and Craftmark textile exhibition at Dhoop, Sheetal Apts, corner of Union Park and Ambedkar Road, Khar (W), call 26498646.
Why: The crafty girl behind Dhoop once again finds a way to connect India’s best artisans with mainstream markets. Kalamkari saris and block print passport pouches for men, are bpb’s picks.
When: Spinning a yarn is fashionable; September 25-30.
Event Round Up: Retro Music for Change Night at Blue Frog on September 26, the proceeds of which go to charity; Get wasted at the latest happy hour – 9.30 to 10.30 pm – on September 30 at Marimba, Andheri (W); and read our review of the spanking new Tote on the Turf that opens Monday!
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Samuel Colver (September 10, 1815 – 1891) was a pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon. Samuel was born in Irwin, Union County, Ohio, one of five known children of Samuel Colver and Rachel (Curry) Colver.
Early in life he studied law at Plymouth College in Indiana. Afterward, he served as a Texas Ranger and served with General Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto, and later served as an Indian scout.
In 1850, he and his brother Hiram moved their families to Oregon via the Oregon Trail, beginning their migration from St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri. Samuel and Hiram founded the small community of Phoenix, initially called Gasburg, settling on donation land claims.
Samuel constructed a home in Phoenix in 1855-1856. During Colver's life, in addition to a residence, "Colver Hall" served as a school, a dance hall, a public meeting place, and a refuge during the Rogue River Indian Wars, though it is doubtful if the house ever actually was under attack. The Samuel and Huldah Colver House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. When it was destroyed by fire in September 2008, it was one of the oldest residences in Jackson County. The remaining three walls of the house were razed after the fire and the property was removed from the National Register in April 2009.
Colver served as a U.S. Marshall. He was instrumental in the founding of the Republican Party in Oregon, supporting Lincoln, and occasionally wrote poetry that was published in several Oregon newspapers.
Samuel Colver was married to Huldah Callender on December 5, 1843, in Logan County, Ohio. Huldah was born near Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio on January 1, 1823. Samuel and Huldah were the parents of two children, Lewellyn, born March 19, 1847, in Irwin, Union County, Ohio, and Isabelle, who was born in a covered wagon on February 7, 1850, near St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Lewellyn was killed on March 9, 1884, by a neighbor who shot him after mistakenly believing he was a burglar. Samuel daughter Isabel died of diphtheria on April 12, 1885, in Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon. Grief-stricken over the loss of both of his children, Samuel Colver was confined for a month to the Oregon State Insane Asylum in Salem. A third child is suspected to have been born to Samuel and Huldah, named Alice Colver, but she died in infancy in Ohio.
Samuel died somewhat mysteriously in February 1891. He was found drowned near Upper Klamath Lake after riding out alone. He was known to have some enemies and there was rumor of land swindles, but nothing was ever proven.
Misattribution with Samuel Henry Culver
Samuel Colver has been very often confused with Samuel Henry Culver in numerous articles concerning the life of Samuel Colver. Both Samuels were residing in Southern Oregon during the early 1850s, and they may have very likely met one another. The result has been that articles regularly attribute Samuel Colver as serving as an Indian Agent in Southern Oregon when it was actually Samuel Henry Culver who served as Indian Agent in Southern Oregon.
Samuel Henry Culver was born in New York on April 11, 1824, and died October 26, 1866, in Janesville, Wisconsin, located in Rock County, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Janesville. Samuel Henry Culver served as an Indian Agent in Oregon from approximately 1844 to the mid 1850s. It is believed that he lived in Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon, while serving as Indian Agent. It is Samuel Henry Culver that dealt with the Modoc Indian uprisings and signed the Table Rock Treaty on September 10, 1853, near present day Tolo, Oregon. Samuel Henry Culver's brother-in-law, Orville Charles Pratt, served as an Associate Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court between 1848 and 1856 and may have assisted Samuel in obtaining a government commission as an Indian Agent. Pratt had married Samuel's sister, Cordelia Culver.
It is believed that first incorrect published attribution that Samuel Colver served as an Indian Agent in Southern Oregon was made by Orsen Avery Stearns (b. 1843 - d. 1926), a contemporary of Samuel Colver. Stearns authored a manuscript titled "A Brief Sketch of the Life and Character of Samuel Colver" in 1922 and 1923 while residing in Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon. On page five of his manuscript, Stearns writes that "When a treaty was made with the indians, a company of U.S. regulars stationed at Table Rock and Saml Colver, who had been appointed as Indian Agent by Superintendand Joel Palmer, was in charge of the Rogue River Indians. at what date Colvers appointment as agent was made, or when it terminated I do not know, but in the treaty made by Joel Lane and others with the Rogue River Indians at Table Rock on Sept. 10th 1853, as recorded in Vol. I page 399, 'Gaston's Centennial History of Oregon,', the following names appear as those of the party of whites who visited the Indians in their encampment under the cliffs of Table rock, at the invitation of Chief John. They were General Joseph Lane; Joel Palmer, Superintendant of Indian Affairs, Samuel P. Colver, Indian Agent, Capt. A.J. Smith, 1st Dragoons; Capt. L.F. Mosher, Adjt.; Col. John E. Rose; Capt. J.W. Nesmith; Lieut. A. V. Kautz; R.B. Metcalf, J.D. Mason, and T.T. Kerney. Eleven white men and 700 indians."
Stearns misquoted Joseph Gaston's history, which was published in 1912. Gaston writes on page 399, quoting Colonel Nesmith that: "Early on the morning of the 10th of September, 1853, we mounted our horses and rode out in the direction of the Indian encampment. Our party consisted of the following named persons: Gen. Joseph Lane; Joel Palmer, Superintendent of Indian affairs, Samuel P. Culver, Indian agent, Capt. A. J. Smith, 1st Dragoons; Capt. L. F. Mosher, Adjutant; Col. John E. Ross; Capt. J. W. Nesmith; Lieut. A. V. Kautz; R. B. Metcalf, J. D. Mason, T. T. Tierney." The correct spelling of Colver/Culver, namely Culver, was published in Gaston's history.
Thus, it appears that Stearns incorrectly attributed Samuel Colver with Samuel Henry Culver based on a published history of Oregon rather than relying on his own personal knowledge of Samuel Colver's life in the early 1850s. It is understandable that Stearns would not have been aware of Samuel Colver's life in the early 1850s since Stearns himself was not yet a teenager at that particular period of time.
Currently, genealogical research does not indicate any familial relationship between Samuel Henry Culver and Samuel Colver.
- Find A Grave, Samuel Colver, Senior
- Find A Grave, Rachel (Curry) Colver
- Fire Destroys Colver house
- Find A Grave, Huldah Colver
- Find A Grave, Lewellyn Colver
- Find A Grave, Isabelle (Colver) Rose
- Find A Grave, Samuel Colver
- Find A Grave, Samuel Henry Culver
- Orsen Avery Stearns
- John Gaston's Centennial History of Oregon
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Attendees at the Insights 2014 Customer Conference were excited to see a preview of the updated Epicor Prophet 21 user interface that will be introduced in version 12.14.
Highlights of this version, expected to be GA in the coming month, include:
- .NET Ribbon bar for faster navigation to frequently accessed areas
- Improved readability
- A new history panel that remembers information recently accessed for faster recall later
- Completely re-designed tabs that are more spatially efficient, easily re-organized and navigable via keystrokes
- Tighter conformance to Microsoft design standards to promote consistency between the applications our customers utilize
*FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT: This document includes descriptions of product functionality that is not presently available and thus constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding expected functionality, product release dates, competitive advantage and other statements that are not historical fact. These forward-looking statements are based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data together with management’s views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of the time the statements are made and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
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Daily alternative news articles at the News Desk for GrahamHancock.com. Featuring alternative history, science, archaeology, ancient egypt, paranormal & supernatural, environment, and much more. Check in daily for updates!
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September 28 2012
The service was held by Bishop Iakov on the ice alongside the nuclear icebreaker Rossiya during a polar expedition titled "Arctic-2012", organised by the country's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute.
The metal capsule carried the blessings of the church's leader, bearing the inscription: "With the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the consecration of the North Pole marks 1150 years of Russian Statehood."
The Kremlin is keen to claim the hydrocarbon riches off its northern coast despite territorial claims from other governments, and is gradually re-militarising the area.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Facebook, Skype, and other new media are well known for their powerful ability to bring people together. But they can also serve as, shall we say, a unique method by which to disconnect. Ilana Gershon studied new media breakups for her book, The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting over New Media . Gershon says that although this behavior isn’t acceptable, she came to understand why some people chose digital separation.
Are You F****** Kidding Me (The Facebook Song)Artist: by Kate Miller-Heidke
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Carson Yeung is expected to complete a full-blown takeover of Birmingham City in the New Year.
Yeung is poised to take out a 29.9% stake in the club by the middle of next month for around £15million after co-owners David Sullivan and David and Ralph Gold decided to sell just under half of their combined shares, which total 78%.
But his initial plans to take complete control for around £50million has only been temporarily shelved.
The additional six months will give Yeung time to generate the extra funds but also allows Sullivan and the Golds to determine whether he has the best interests of City at heart.
But he has now taken a sizeable step towards becoming the owner of Blues after holding talks over the weekend with club chiefs.
Yeung's representatives carried out due diligence last week before he arrived at Birmingham after twice postponing visits because of business commitments.
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NARRATIVE SUMMARIES OF REASONS FOR LISTING
TI.S.87.01. SADUDDIN SAYYED
Saduddin Sayyed was listed on 25 January 2001 as Mayor of Kabul City under the Taliban regime so falling within the provisions of resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council regarding acts and activities of the Taliban authorities.
Saduddin Sayyed also served as Vice-Minister of Work and Social Affairs of the Taliban regime. The List was updated on 8 March 2001 to reflect this.
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This is a great recipe for pumpkin bread that I got out of an old Bon Appetit magazine. It’s nice and spicy. It makes two loaves so I can put one in the freezer which I like.
Spicy Pumpkin Bread
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 16-ounce can solid pack pumpkin
3 cups flour
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans, optional
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans.
Beat sugar and oil in large bowl to blend. Mix in eggs and pumpkin. Sift flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, salt and baking powder into another large bowl. Stir into pumpkin mixture in 2 additions. Mix in walnuts or pecans, if desired.
Divide batter equally between prepared pans. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes.
Transfer to racks and cool 10 minutes. Using sharp knife, cut around edge of loaves. Turn loaves out onto racks and cool completely
Makes 2 loaves
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he is not laying on his side, just on his belly. As for the other questions you guys asked I will have to ask and make sure. It is a pretty big tank that they are in. There are not bites or anything missing from the fins on either fish. The Bigger of the 2 is about a foot long and the smaller one is 6 inches long. As for the rest I will ask my BIL. The tank gets cleaned on daily and they are both eating well
Matt and Murphy- Born March 18/08
AHHHH They are a year old already!!!!
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Minnesota Sports Briefs: Wild plays Game 5 tonight in Chicago
CHICAGO - The Minnesota Wild will try to avoid elimination when they battle the Blackhawks tonight in Game Five of their NHL Western Conference quarterfinal series in Chicago.
The Blackhawks blanked the Wild 3-0 on Tuesday in St. Paul to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven set. If the Wild win tonight, they would host Game Six on Saturday. The puck drops tonight at 8:30 p.m.
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The Heritage of the Holy Land
Treasures from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
23 June 2009 - 23 July 2009
The Museum of Fine Arts' exhibition opening on 23 June offers an unparalleled selection from the treasures of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. The works of art displayed in the exhibition embrace a period of 9,000 years and the Hungarian public will have the opportunity to see such rarities as a piece of the Dead Sea Scrolls and masterpieces by Rembrandt, Chagall and Rodin. The exhibition, displaying some fifty special works of art, is open until the beginning of September.
|Rembrandt van Rijn,
St. Peter in Prison, 1631,
© The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Rabbi (Praying Jew), 1913–14
© The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The many genres and artefacts in the exhibition – sculptures, archaeological finds, goldsmiths' work, paintings, and Jewish ritual implements are a representation of the comprehensive collection housed in the Israel Museum, which opened its doors in 1965. The material of the collection comprises half a million objects and ranges from the prehistoric period to contemporary art. The museum preserves the most comprehensive exhibition in the world of Israel's archaeology, and the material culture of the Jewish world, in addition to a rich selection of fine arts works from the Renaissance to the present day. The seat of the museum, Jerusalem, is a meeting point in many respects: it is the holy city of three monotheist religions and a geographical point of intersection, joining East and West, the history of its territory having been the meeting point of cultures and religions for thousands of years. The masterpieces on display in the Budapest exhibition originate from the multifarious parts of the Israel Museum's collection, from diverse historical periods and from various areas of art. The aim of the exhibition is to provide the visiting public with a picture of the cultural diversity of the region's history and to draw attention to the links that exist between the works of art, which in some cases are self-explanatory and in others surprising. In addition, the interpretation of the sacred and the spiritual, as well as their artistic manifestation, are the organising principles that lend unity to the exhibition.
The oldest piece in the exhibition, which dates back to the 7th millennium BCE, is a Neolithic mask made of limestone. This unprecedented find was discovered in the Judean Desert and is among the earliest known masks. It was probably used during religious rituals and magical rites. The painted anthropoid terracotta coffins, dating from the 13th century BCE, were discovered in archaeological digs near Gaza and unambiguously demonstrate Egyptian influence. The exhibition' s most valuable and perhaps most fascinating artefact is a piece of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls (photo: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem). The first pieces of these special documents were found in 1947 by Bedouin shepherds in 1947 near Khirbet Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. The parchment fragments are regarded as one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century and are copies of the books of the Bible, Apocryphal works and the writings of a religious sect. The longest fragment included among the scrolls on display at the exhibition is a 40cm-long section of the so-called Temple Scroll, which is a detailed description of an ideal temple design.
On display is a gilded Koran of 550 silk-paper sheets dating from the 17th century, as well as numerous devotional objects linked to the Torah (a mantle, Torah pointer, breastplate, and Torah crown)(photo: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem). There are numerous other implements pertaining to Jewish religious rites, such as a sanctifying cup, a prayer book and a collection of spiceboxes gathered together from various European countries. The forty decorated spiceboxes of different shapes were used in the Havdalah rituals held to mark the passing of the Sabbath. Pieces of Christian culture included in the exhibition are such special and rare objects as the negative and positive images of a photograph taken by Secondo Pia of the Shroud of Turin in 1898.
The Israel Museum's fine arts works are represented by such masterpieces as Rembrandt's painting executed in 1631, entitled St. Peter in Prison. The painting is based on the Acts of the Apostles of the New Testament and depicts Peter the Apostle in his prison cell in Jerusalem after his arrest by Herod's soldiers. Other outstanding works to be seen in the exhibition are Nicolas Poussin's The Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, Turner's landscapes of Jerusalem, Chagall's painting entitled The Rabbi, and Rodin's bronze sculpture of Iris, Messenger of the Gods.
The Budapest exhibition also provides a rich selection from the Israel Museum's 20th-century and contemporary material. The works on display by Rothko, Serrano, Richter, Anthony Gormley, as well as Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo, a sculpture depicting Jesus which was erected on Trafalgar Square in London in 1999, are deserving of attention in their own right (photo: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem).
Between 2008 and 2010, some of the exhibition halls of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem remain closed because of a campus renewal programme. This renovation has made it possible for some of the numerous, precious items that normally form part of the museum's permanent exhibition to be displayed in Budapest in summer 2009. The curator of the exhibition is Yigal Zalmona, the Chief Curator at Large of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
The exhibition is organized by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Responsible for exhibition design and installation Krisztina Jerger.
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One of the items that's long been on my tea time "wish list" was a vintage Marshall Field department store Afternoon Tea menu. I recently came across this one online, and though it's undated, it's obviously vintage and it met my requirements aesthetically (because it was so pretty) and financially (because it was quite affordable!).
Would I have chosen the Tea for One (45 cents), the Favorite (70 cents) or the Hostess Tea (one dollar)? Decisions, decisions. All questions of thrift aside, I must say the Assorted Tea Sandwiches and Cream Cheese and Orange Marmalade Balls most appeal to me! (Double-click on the image if you need to see it larger.)
On this page, however, the Minced Tongue and Horseradish Sandwich is definitely *off* my list, I don't care if it was just 30 cents! So if we could travel back in time, what would YOU order here?
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Originally Posted by foreplease
I read it because I respect your posts and am interested in incorporating some organic practices into overall care for turf. That side, however, would do well to find a more objective less alarmist spokesperson IMHO.
The results look promising and she is skilled at brewing compost tea. Three applications of anything in a month is silly. And, what do we know about thatch formation in the span of 30 days? Not much.
I remain interested.
I have to agree less that alarm-ism is a better approach. I also believe that there does need to be more concern about the amount of pesticides routinely used in the landscape & in agriculture. We need to find more sustainable ways to maintain turf & grow crops.
3 applications of tea in a month does seem like a strange protocol, but I don't know what the follow up will be. Maybe nothing for months. I'll see what I can find out.
In my experience, thatch is never a problem with an organic program as the microbes keep in in check by feeding on it. And on many sites, aeration is no longer required due to a healthy and active soil food web improving the soil structure.
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Latest Alcohol Stories
CHICAGO, May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- "It's all about the Beer!" That's the motto at Third Street Brewhouse which has launched three of its craft beers in cans.
Research With Experts, Parents & Teens Suggests Early, Frequent, Engaging Dialog NEW YORK, May 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alcohol Talk, a new public education campaign to help parents
People who grew up with a parent who abused alcohol may be 85 percent more likely to attempt suicide than people whose parents did not abuse alcohol.
Consumption of alcohol has long been associated with an increased risk of advanced liver fibrosis, but a new study published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases from researchers at Penn Medicine and other institutions shows that association is drastically heightened in people co-infected with both HIV and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
GrinOn’s proprietary Bottoms Up Dispensing System®, the fastest dispensing system in the world, begins their international expansion by partnering with The Beer Connection in Mexico.
Iconic Brand Encourages Owners to "Run for the Rum" in Quest for Winning Horse's Foal ST. CROIX, U.S.
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25 Sutton Place South
ONE CHIC ESTATE
Mid-Century aficionados will swoon for this glamorous 2 bedroom, two bath apartment in fine estate condition. A rarely available "B" line, this corner residence offers all-exterior exposures, high ceilings, excellent light, and superb pre-war views North and West. And from the living room, a full panoramic side view of the East River and the 59th St Bridge.
Sweepingly designed with a large 9 x 14 foot entry gallery with walk-in closets, a gracious 24-foot living room, and large corner dining room; all bathed in natural light from oversized windows. The master bedroom is en suite with its own bath, and the second bedroom is currently used as a library, with custom-built mahogany and rattan cabinetry on one wall housing a bar, books, and entertainment. The second bath doubles as a powder room, and the bedrooms form a private wing.
The kitchen and baths are in excellent original condition, and new owners may elect to preserve the luxuriously-retro Sherle Wagner fixtures and fittings. The master bath has a large walk-in shower. Excellent large closets throughout and additional storage is available. Hardwood parquet floors and thru-wall a/c in every room. Sorry, washer and dryers are not allowed.
25 Sutton Place South, a well-established cooperative built in 1959, has a soaring lobby opening onto a broad riverfront terrace with truly spectacular views. Shareholders also enjoy impeccable white-glove services, high-speed elevators with elegant cabs, a gym, playroom, and reduced rates in the garage. The remarkably low maintenance includes utilities. The building allows 50% financing but prohibits dogs. A transfer tax of 2% is payable by the buyer. Must be seen -- please call for an appointment to view!
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This is the old United Nations University website. Visit the new site at http://unu.edu
Social responses to environmental change and economic vulnerability
Three social responses have resulted from the change-over to cotton-cropping as the predominant replacement ecology. These responses include attempts to (1) remedy the actual environmental impacts of this dramatically altered landscape; (2) improve the resilience of the regional economy, anchored primarily on cotton production; and (3) better the health and other prospects for the region's dense network of cities and towns. In this final section, we explore these three areas.
Responses to environmental impacts
Soil erosion and groundwater depletion are the two most problematic environmental effects of development for local, regional, and national groups. Both the rain and the US Soil Conservation Service were responsible for reducing the amount of seriously eroded land following the tragedy of the 1930s. Congress appropriated thousands of dollars for lands granted emergency status in the spring of 1935. By the 1940s, proper tillage implements, contour ploughing, terracing, and other soil-management efforts were in wide use.
Viewing the Dust Bowl disaster strictly in terms of environmental damage, however, reveals only part of the story. The consequences are intertwined with various social and ecological institutions and factors. The vulnerability of the Southern High Plains to such complete devastation is a human artefact. Individual farmers using ill-considered farming practices with little thought to the possibility of massive erosion, the pressure from the larger society to produce more, and the support from government institutions in the form of loans and credit all contributed to the creation of the Dust Bowl. Underlying the environmental disaster was the widespread human toll. Whole communities, founded in agriculture but now the places of education, trade, communications, medical care, legal services, culture, and identity, were deeply shaken or destroyed. Farming brought these people to the Llano, but their homes, neighbours, and communities kept them there. Vulnerability developed and rested on a fragile environmental foundation.
Table 6.7 Bankruptcies be the South Plains (all businesses)
Source: South Plains Association of Governments (1991).
a. Does not include New Mexico.
The Great Plains Drought Area Committee (GPDAC), formed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, created a series of reports recording and assessing the human and environmental toll of the "dirty thirties." The Committee also developed a series of proposals for the restoration and maintenance of some sort of ecological balance for the Plains as a region and for stabilizing the Southern High Plains. The Committee wrote, with remarkable clarity:
Whether the drought condition is to be brief or protracted, the practical problems of the people and the land of the Great Plains will remain of the same character. Whatever is done now toward stabilizing the Great Plains economy will have its value, regardless of whether or not a continuance of dry years forces drastic action later on. We should adapt our policies to promote the welfare of the present inhabitants of the Plains under the conditions we can reasonably foresee. We are certain that under any conceivable climatic conditions the practices which have destroyed the sod and desiccated the soil are harmful and must, for the good of all concerned, be changed or abandoned. (GPDAC 1936, 9)
To this end, the Committee suggested eight objectives, which together formed a far-reaching comprehensive plan for maintaining environmental integrity and life and livelihoods for the millions who lived in the region. The first two objectives focused on sustainability of the highest possible standard of living and an economy capable of withstanding the "shocks of recurrent periods of drought." The Committee also sought programmes for relief and assistance designed to bring self-reliance and solvency to the people, and the local institutions and governments. Another objective focused on stabilizing land tenure and farmer occupancy to reduce out-migration. Furthermore, the Committee recommended reorganizing the community structure of the Plains, to distribute more efficiently social goods like education, health care, and court systems, with the added benefit of reducing "social isolation." Along with this, they recommended a new tax system to lower the tax burdens and bankruptcy rates of farmers. Finally, and most important to the Committee's way of thinking, they proposed to "[a]rrest the wastage of soil by erosion and make efficient use of the water resources of the region" (GPDAC 1936, 9).
To achieve this final objective - stopping soil erosion in the Dust Bowl - the Great Plains Drought Area Committee drew up several radical land-use reform proposals. Starting from a re-division of land into environmentally defined sub-areas, submarginal lands could be permanently taken out of "commercial production" and replanted as grasslands. Soil-conservation practices, including terracing, stripcropping, and shelter belts, would be required on arable lands. Recognizing a link between ownership and conservation, the Committee recommended extending public credit to tenant farmers so that they might buy the land they farmed, on condition that the new owners operate their farms "according to rational principles of soil and water conservation" (GPDAC 1936, 15). A form of crop insurance was proposed to help mitigate the variability of rainfall.
The principal objectives of the Drought Area Committee have been echoed many times over the past 55 years, as the Plains endured the subsequent droughts of the mid-1970s and early 1980s. But the foundation of ecological understanding the Committee brought to its work has been missing. Noted ecologists such as Aldo Leopold, Frederic Clements, and Paul B. Sears have been invoked and, in the case of Sears, even appointed to head federal land-reform programmes (Worster 1979). Nevertheless, the far-reaching plans of the various agencies and administrations developed to mitigate and counter the conditions that contributed to the Dust Bowl era must not be overidealized. Very few programmes were realized in their entirety, and certainly the cooperative spirit considered fundamental to the future of the Plains could not be mandated.
Currently, because of the highly erodible condition of much of the land in the Southern High Plains, over 20 per cent of the agricultural area has been placed under contract within the US Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). In some counties the sign-up rates are over 25 per cent. Only nine states in the entire country have more land in the CRP than does the study area. In the 20 county areas around the city of Lubbock, nearly 608,000 ha are out of production either voluntarily, as part of the CRP, or awaiting final approval for the CRP. The popularity of the CRP is due to erosion problems, of course, but also the weather was not conducive to dryland farming for the few years prior to the initial sign-up period. Some farmers went out of business (15-20 near the city of Lubbock alone), their land sold by loan institutions. Many more decided to farm fewer hectares (G. Underwood, personal communication, May 1991).
One could argue that the real reason the Dust Bowl has not reemerged to the same extent as in the "dirty thirties" has been the incorporation of new technology, such as sprinkler irrigation, into agriculture. Irrigation has long been a response to the semi-arid climate of the study area. Coronado saw Indians irrigating crops in the south-west in 1541 and archaeological evidence suggests that irrigation existed long before that in the Trans-Pecos region. To the east, on the Southern High Plains, irrigation began only when the groundwater could be effectively lifted to the surface of the land. The history of irrigation in the study area is recounted in several texts, the most notable being Donald Green's Land of the Underground Rain (1973).
The Southern High Plains aquifer system is part of the High Plains regional aquifer that underlies about 450,660 kmē of parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming (Weeks 1986). The system consists mainly of near-surface deposits of late Tertiary or Quaternary age (Gutentag and Weeks 1980). The Ogallala Formation of the Tertiary age, the principal geologic unit, consists of heterogeneous sequences of clay, silt, sand, and gravel deposited by braided streams flowing eastward from the Rocky Mountains (Weeks 1986). Since the Ogallala rests primarily upon impervious shales ranging in age from Permian to Cretaceous, only those parts of the Plains in which the Ogallala is thick enough to supply reasonable yields have adequate groundwater for irrigation.
Prior to development in the late 1930s, saturated thicknesses of the aquifer ranged from 0 to 120 m in the study area (Cronin 1969). By 1980, the saturated thickness had been reduced by more than 30 m in some areas. Because of the high potential evapotranspiration and the relatively low precipitation in the area, potential recharge to the aquifer is quite low, areally averaging far fewer than 25 mm per year. This means that the aquifer is essentially non-recharging for all practical purposes and that regional declines will continue as long as irrigation occurs.
The problem of declining water levels in the High Plains regional aquifer began to attract the attention of the public in the early 1970s. The threat of exhausting the water supply in an area of heavily capitalized agriculture during a period of spiralling fuel costs and market expectations generated a congressional mandate to conduct an intensive study of the problem. The six states of the High Plains Ogallala Region and the Economic Development Administration of the United States Department of Commerce formed the High Plains Study Council to carry out the study.
The congressional effort was not the first concern over the depletion of the aquifer. Several researchers (e.g. Kennamer 1959) had remarked on the uncertainty of sustaining irrigated agriculture in the area. A 1957 study projected the end of the water supply by the mid-1980s (Persons 1957). Heightening awareness of the issue was the 1970s boom in wheat and corn exports that fuelled the expansion of irrigation northward into Kansas and Nebraska. Soon, every state in the High Plains was experiencing water-level declines and escalating production costs. Figure 6.6 depicts the net depletion of the Ogallala aquifer from 1963 to 1987.
Fig. 6.6 Net depletion of the Ogallala aquifer, 1963-1987 (Source: Wyatt, 1988, 2)
Once again, however, the most popular solution to the problem (declining water levels, this time) in the Southern High Plains was institutional intervention. Rather than reduce dependence on irrigation, plans were devised in the Texas legislature to import water from east Texas, the Mississippi River, and even the Columbia River in the north-western United States. Such elaborate schemes of canals and pipelines over thousands of miles represented the type of technological fix the people of the Plains had come to expect for solving environmental problems. Even more recently, the US Army Corps of Engineers (1982) conducted analyses of water-transport schemes that would draw upon the Arkansas and other rivers to the east as part of the High Plains Regional Study. Because the estimated price tags of these transfers were in the billions of dollars, because farmers would increase their water costs by at least one order of magnitude, and because easterners were not inclined to support "mega-water projects" for western farmers, the plans were shelved. The only feasible response to the alarming rates of decline was an extensive water-conservation programme, at least in the Texas portion of the study area.
Groundwater-management institutions covering much of the study area were organized in the early 1950s. Most of the irrigated area in New Mexico was included in "controlled basins" supervised by the State Engineer's Office in Santa Fe. The State Engineer's Office then estimated the amount of water in storage and allocated water rights to ensure that the water would last several decades, long enough to amortize long-term capital loans. Texans, insisting on local control of resources, established a large district managed by a popularly elected board of directors. Over most of the Llano Estacado in Texas, water-users' associations of individual counties coalesced into the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 through a series of local elections in the early 1950s. The use of demand management and well-spacing helped to reduce water use and inefficiency. The programmes, and especially the Texas programme, were strikingly successful.
In the early days of irrigation on the Llano Estacado, a well was drilled on the high point of a field and water was transported to the field in unlined, open, earthen ditches. Losses ranged from 10 to 30 per cent per 300 m (or about 1,000 ft) of ditch. It was common practice to irrigate rows slightly less than 1 km long in 12-hour sets. Considerable over-irrigation occurred at the low end of the field - runoff from the fields was usually about 20 per cent of the water pumped.
The installation of approximately 10,000 miles of underground pipeline and more than 3,000 tailwater return systems, plus reductions in the length and time of irrigation sets, resulted in nearly a one-third decrease in pumpage. Furrow dike installation and other land-management practices maximized the effective use of precipitation and helped to reduce further pumpage. Time-controlled surge valves and sprinkler systems reduced water pumpage by 10-40 per cent on many farms (Wyatt 1988).
In 1977, the 46 counties of the Texas High Plains had a total of 3,645 centre pivots. By 1988, 3,384 centre pivot sprinkler systems were operating within the 15-county High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 service area (Wyatt 1988). These sprinkler systems cost around US$30,000 each, representing over US$100 million dollars committed by farmers toward conserving (and using) the underground water resources of the Ogallala aquifer. Surge irrigation systems cost considerably less but still entail a significant financial investment.
Government commodity and conservation programmes, land and water resource-management practices, technology investments, high fuel costs, global market trends, and water depletion - all of these are responsible for reduced irrigation in the study area in the 1990s compared with the 1970s. Quantifying the effects of any one of these factors is not feasible in this study. Overall, however, the number of farmers and labourers has declined owing to this overdetermined ecological-economic dynamic, as has the wealth produced by the region. Almost 300,000 fewer hectares (about 700,000 acres) were irrigated in 1989 than in 1984 (Cross Section, 1991, 2).
Groundwater depletion exacerbates the riskiness of the cotton economy of the Southern High Plains. Yet most farmers believe it is the only crop capable of supporting them (Underwood, personal communication, May 1991). Vegetables have high water requirements, peanuts require contracts (although there are some "wildcat" growers in the area), and the corn grown for the local Frito-Lay plant is "maxed out." Corn also has fairly high water requirements. Some farmers have begun growing grapes in the last decade or so. These prime-quality grapes sell for US$400/ton, and, although production may increase, it is difficult to imagine that grapes will sustain the region to the extent that cotton has. Ultimately, no matter what crop is irrigated, the groundwater will be gone. The Ogallala portion of the High Plains regional aquifer is essentially non-renewable - all use is essentially mining. Careful conservation can extend the water supply that is the foundation of the existing economy of the Southern High Plains, but economic diversification and dry farming are the long term solutions to sustainability.
Agricultural risk and economic diversity
Is change possible on the Southern High Plains? Can diversification of the agricultural economy lessen dependence on an inherently unstable foundation? Some believe that future livelihoods cannot be made here they argue for a great parkland reservation, a "buffalo commons," with the removal of what they view as "unviable" communities (Popper and Popper 1991). As an alternative, attempts have been made to integrate less capital-intensive (and less water-intensive) crops into Llano Estacado agriculture, and also to broaden the manufacturing/industrial sector. Neither has been very successful.
The overwhelming dependence of Southern High Plains farmers on cotton as a cash crop has troubling implications for the regional economy. Attempts to diversify agriculture speak to the vulnerability of the economy, to fluctuations in the global and national markets, to yearly weather risks, and to the long-term environmental effects of monoculture.
In the aftermath of what was now unmistakably recurring drought, civic leaders in Lubbock, the largest city in the Southern High Plains, sought advice from outside experts on how to diversify and expand the Southern High Plains economy. In 1958, Cresap McCormick and Paget, a management consulting firm based in Chicago, released its extensive study on the prospects for the Southern High Plains economy, with Lubbock as its hub.
The study noted positive aspects of the Southern High Plains but deflated many projects favoured by the city leaders. For example, despite the many transportation links to east Texas and the West Coast, the consultants pointed out that the major consumer and industrial markets were east of the Mississippi River and that, practically speaking, the hinterland surrounding Lubbock extended chiefly to west Texas and eastern New Mexico, an area it already served. Likewise, on the positive side, a "sizeable, growing, relatively stable and productive supply of labor" existed that was, moreover, "largely nonunion" (Cresap, McCormick, and Paget 1958 III-8). Detracting from this asset, though, were the largely unskilled nature of the labour and the relatively high wage rates. "Right to Work" laws notwithstanding, the higher wages were a major factor in the area's inability to attract spinning, knitting, or fabric mills, the most likely value-added manufacturing activity (given the local cotton crop). The mills were and are much less expensive to operate in the south-east United States and overseas.
Overall, the report concluded, the most likely path to success for the Southern High Plains economy was what it already had - irrigated agriculture, with minor transshipment activity aimed at the "Texico" region. All potential prospects raised by community leaders - fabric mills, food product manufacture, oil-seed mills, transportation and distribution centres - were all deemed largely infeasible. The Southern High Plains region was (and remains) simply too remote and too limited in natural resources and attributes to flourish as anything but an agricultural region (Cresap, McCormick, and Paget 1958).
A brief flurry of industrial influx during the prosperous 1960s brought some economic diversity to the area. A Holly Sugar plant located in Hereford, Texas, to mill the local sugar beet crop (Dunn 1986). Yet sugar beets have never really been established as a major crop on the South Plains; throughout the 1980s, sugar beet crops accounted for only a small percentage of the total agricultural production of the South Plains. A Hanes knitting mill announced construction plans (never realized) for a site in Lubbock County. Frito-Lay, Inc., which expanded its operations in the 1960s, remains one of the few major manufacturing employers in the region. The cottonseed-oil mill cooperative is also an important industry, although not a major employer. These efforts, however, are all agriculture based and are dependent on the future of farming on the Llano Estacado.
By and large, the consultants' report seems to have been accurate. Manufacturing currently provides a mere 8 per cent of employment in the Southern High Plains, whereas the service and retail sectors provide about 65 per cent. What this implies, unfortunately, in terms of diversification, is that value-added manufacturing and industrial activity represent a very small segment of the economy, with the further implication that the new capital necessary for investment to generate more growth is non-existent. The importance of value-added manufacturing, whether agriculture based or not, cannot be overstated. As the bedrock of a healthy economy, value-added enterprises offer the sole means of bringing private capital into a regional economy to continue the chain of economic investment and development. Federal investments in the region, other than shrinking farm subsidies, are limited to a few public-works projects, chiefly high-way building. Opportunities to establish new non-agriculture-based businesses are thus very limited. Furthermore, as the Small Business Administration representative of the South Plains Association of Governments emphasized, the spectacular collapse of the savings and loan industry in Texas has essentially eliminated loans or credit for the establishment of new enterprises or businesses in the region (T. Pierce, personal communication, May 1991).
Community health and prospects for the future
Despite, or perhaps because of, technological advances, institutional innovations, and agricultural adaptations designed to make replacement of the cotton-culture ecology more permanent, the farming communities of the Southern High Plains are in many ways more at risk than ever (Farney 1989). Efforts to diversify the economic base have not been very successful, and smaller communities have continued to lose population, services, and revenue to the bigger, less agriculture-dependent cities. Nevertheless, these fragile small towns both support and rely on the larger urban centres for information, higher education, and medical care. Two-thirds of all hospital beds in the Southern High Plains, for example, are in Lubbock (South Plains Association of Governments 1991). The larger cities, in turn, need the people of the small towns to use their facilities (a recent hospital survey reported that 42 per cent of all patients at a major Lubbock hospital were not residents of Lubbock) and to create revenue through sales, restaurant, and entertainment taxes. As competition increases for continually decreasing capital, and as chances for new income-generating industries moving to the Southern High Plains diminish, all economic activity consists of "slicing the pie a little thinner" (T. Pierce, personal communication, May 1991).
These late-twentieth-century, fully articulated communities are slowly facing the reality of sustaining a complex way of life in a region that specializes in a single activity. The need to diversify is well understood, and over the past 40 years various interest groups on the Southern High Plains have sponsored feasibility studies on potential income-generating activities. For a variety of reasons, such as remote location, an unskilled labour force, and an uncertain water supply, very few actual value-adding operations have been created. The heavy dependence on agriculture has continued.
The erosion of the agricultural base has rippled through the Southern High Plains economy. One of the most important effects is the loss of jobs in the agricultural and agricultural-support sectors. The latter includes distribution of agricultural chemicals, supply of agricultural equipment, and maintenance, seed production, and processing and milling operations. These last two - processing and milling operations - employ many people and have the highest value-added impact. Another important effect of the diminishing role of agriculture for the communities of the Southern High Plains is the attrition of other economic sectors. As the capital generated by agriculture slowly shrinks, so does the attraction for investment in the region as a whole. Decisions to locate businesses in the Southern High Plains include assessments of the robustness of the economy prior to a move into the region. A steadily increasing pool of available unskilled labour does not offset the growing lack of cash circulating in the local economies. Unable to attract replacement industries, the communities of the area have nowhere to turn in the face of the predicted (and seemingly inevitable) shrinkage of agriculture.
Outside experts predict agricultural viability up to 50 years, basing their assumptions only on how long the water will last, given a free flow of technological innovations (Farney 1989). Various informed sources in the region, considering social viability, credit availability, limits on capital, markets, and water, estimate a 10-15-year horizon for agriculture's prominence (Lander, personal communication, 1991; Pierce, personal communication, 1991; Steglich 1986). Given nearly a decade of relatively poor rainfall, even the near future appears ominous.
The future of the Southern High Plains
It is difficult, of course, to predict the future trajectory of the Southern High Plains. Clearly, however, the region will accommodate less irrigated land and more dryland farming. It is also unlikely that new land will be brought into cultivation (Riebsame 1990). The question remains as to what will become of the other lands, abandoned by farmers, either through bankruptcy, retirement, or lack of accessible (or affordable) water. Perhaps more land will be converted to wildlife refuges or other reserves.
A positive economic trajectory for the communities of the Llano Estacado depends upon achieving sufficient diversity to reduce the region's dependence on irrigated agriculture. One measure of possible futures is employment forecasts based on studies of economic growth, technological change, and industrial and occupational trends (Texas Employment Commission 1988). Overall, projections of employment prospects for the Lubbock to Amarillo region suggest little growth over the next five years (Texas Employment Commission 1988). Forecasts project a growth rate of 1.9 per cent (or 5,514 jobs) for all employment demand (growth plus replacement) across all job categories, from surgeons to unskilled day labourers. Only 1,915 of those jobs represent actual new jobs, and no single employment category is expected to experience actual growth (Texas Employment Commission 1988). Predictions for the Amarillo Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) are identical, with even fewer jobs in the new -job category. Zero demand is predicted for farmers and farm managers, with a growth prediction of a mere five jobs by 1995 for general farm labourers. And again, the largest sources of employment in the Southern High Plains economy of the near future are professional jobs, especially health related and sales and service. This is not an optimistic prospect for economic growth in the region, which lacks a manufacturing base to replace farming as a generator of wealth.
Efforts to diversify the agricultural economic base of the Southern High Plains are clearly limited. Expansion into other forms of agriculture simply reinforce the difficulty of maintaining farming in this windy, semi-arid former grasslands environment. Attempts to broaden the manufacturing-industrial sector have likewise stalled. Adding a layer of social expectations to this situation increases the challenge for diversification. Cotton has dominated the Southern High Plains for 50 years - most of living memory. And, despite the very high level of risk involved, cotton has promised the reward of a standard of living set in the 1950s and 1960s.
What must be understood is that this way of life on the Southern High Plains has been created and maintained by two outside factors - technological innovations and institutional arrangements, generally in the form of government interventions (both state and federal level), and financial arrangements, chiefly in the form of the extension of credit. In Texas, the state's Department of Agriculture, through its agricultural experiment stations and extension services, has provided invaluable research and support for farmers on the Plains from the turn of the century. Developments in irrigation technology were matched by credit arrangements to provide the capital essential to adopt that technology. Although this sort of cooperation has benefited farming throughout the United States, on the Southern High Plains it is clear that agriculture would not have flourished, or even survived as long as it has, without it.
The finite supply of water underscores reality and the future of the Llano Estacado. Increasing costs to pump water from ever-increasing depths will determine how long the water will "last." The scaling-back of government programmes, props really, throughout the farming sector has hit the Llano Estacado severely. The retreat of technological and institutional resources has returned the people of the Plains to essentially the situation encountered by the original European settlers that of the individual pitted against the uncertainties of climate and competitive markets. The question becomes: What sort of life is possible with the environment as it now exists and with the resources that can be extracted? Many people believe that agriculture will not last long into the future. What, then, will the people of the Plains do?
Institutional support for maintaining the settlements of the Llano Estacado enjoys a long-standing tradition, dating from the earliest attempts to establish permanent agriculture-based communities. The social history of the Southern High Plains is essentially a history of institutional and technological devices to overcome what was environmentally untenable - rainfall-based agriculture. From the Four Sections Act in 1887, to the Agricultural Assistance Administration in 1933 and the price-support programmes and federal farm subsidies in the 1970s and 1980s, federal and state agencies have buttressed and enabled the process of environmental change. Farm credit programmes, with their beginnings in the farm relief programmes of the 1930s, have been especially critical for maintaining agriculture.
Farmers followed a fairly typical pattern of agriculturalists in the Great Plains. Their first attempts at sod-busting and crop production failed during every drought. Many left the area; some stayed. But, over time, irrigation, transportation, storage, production and marketing technologies, extension services, and credit formed the basis for economic success and market competitiveness. With higher fuel costs, less water, more competitors, smaller market shares, and lower soil fertility, that comparative advantage has slipped. The region is now one of the most technologically advanced agricultural systems in the United States. Many of the farmers have college degrees, and only the best managers have survived the 1980s. Even so, farm credit delinquencies, foreclosures, and bankruptcies are increasing. At the end of 1990, over 40 per cent of all Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) loans for the Southern High Plains were delinquent, and the majority of these were emergency loans (South Plains Association of Governments 1991). Meanwhile there is nowhere else to move, no extra margin for the moment.
The transformation of the environment from a complex mature grassland to a monocropped agricultural/social landscape on the verge of collapse took very little time. In less than a generation, the change has become evident. The transformation took vast amounts of capital, technological development, institutional support, and human endeavour. If the history of the pre-European settlement of the Southern High Plains is a portrait of a stable, evolved, plant-wildlife ecosystem, with and without human occupancy, then the history of post-European settlement is really a history of forced adjustment, transplantation, and extinction.
A major outcome of the Dust Bowl era is the full institutionalization of a way of life on the Llano Estacado. A policy and support infrastructure has propped up a farming-based culture, a regional economy, and a community network in an agriculturally marginal area. The environmental consequences, several of which are quite serious, serve to remind us that, despite all the human creativity and perseverance in building a life on the Southern High Plains, the effective curtailment of the technological inputs due to a dearth of investment capital and the scaling-back or outright removal of institutional interventions have propelled the region rapidly toward greater endangerment and risk of overall regional collapse.
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Unearthed documents recently discovered in New Zealand have revealed that the nation cooperated with the United States in developing and testing a “tsunami bomb” towards the end of World War II. The plan was to use such a weapon against Japan, destroying small, coastal cities, if the atomic bomb didn’t turn out to be as effective as it was.
New Zealand author and film maker Ray Waru found the documents while searching through his country’s national archives. Going by the code-name Project Seal, the top-secret operation called for the use of thousands of underwater explosions, that, when successful, would result in a large tidal wave. In an interview with The Telegraph, Waru said that it was amazing not only to create a weapon of mass destruction based on tsunami wave, but also that New Zealand seemed to have developed it far enough that it might have really worked.
The project was launched in 1944 after E.A. Gibson, a U.S. naval officer, came up with the idea while watching the waves that were created by underwater blasts used to clear reefs around islands in the Pacific. Tsunami waves have been observed as high as 1,700 feet, and are caused by sudden movement on the ocean floor, such landslides, large volcanic eruptions, or, in the case of the March 2011 disaster in Japan, earthquakes. Researchers believed it would take the detonation of around 2,200 tons of explosives five miles from shore to create a wave that would destroy a coastal community.
Waru’s discovered documents show plans for a total 3,700 bombs to be used in two test locations, one near the island of New Caledonia, north of New Zealand, and the second off the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, near Auckland. The U.S. decided in early 1945 not to move ahead with the project, but Waru’s findings show that New Zealand researchers continued their analysis on how to produce such weapon into the early 1950s.
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Female N.J. Wrestler Proving She Can Hang With Boys
NEWTON, N.J. (CBS 2) — If you thought wrestling is just for the guys, think again.
More and more girls are hitting the mat, racking up wins against the guys and sparking some controversy along the way.
CBS 2’s Derricke Dennis spoke to one young woman from New Jersey who’s beating the boys.
She’s got long blond hair, is completely comfortable in an athletic one-piece, and is all muscle.
“I work really hard, and I’ve been lifting a lot of weights,” Ashley Iliff said.
Ashley, 17, is the only girl on her Newton High School varsity wrestling team. She’s been taking the male wrestlers to the mat and winning tournaments statewide.
“She really is just another one of the guys to us,” teammate Kevin Kitchel said. “She’s just as tough as anybody else in the room.”
“Women have to work harder to build up strength, but it’s just a matter of your work ethic,” Ashley said.
Still, despite many girls’ success on the mat, there’s still controversy.
In Iowa, female wrestler Cassy Herkleman gained national attention after her male opponent refused to face her because she’s a girl, giving her a win by forfeit. It’s happened to Ashley, too.
“I just consider it a win for me either way, so I just keep my head high,” she said. “It just keeps me more pumped for when I have to wrestle other people.”
Ashley is no fluke, either. Not only is she wrestling competitively, but she has a 16-12 record.
“I always get nervous – I’m probably more nervous than she is – but I’m kind of used to it at this point,” Ashley’s dad, Andy Iliff, said.
Andy Iliff got his daughter into wrestling, as he’s a coach himself. Ashley’s mom, Theresa, is her biggest cheerleader – even after several injuries.
“She’s had to have major knee surgery because of wrestling. She’s had her collarbone broken with wrestling. She’s had injections in her ribs because of injuries,” Theresa Iliff said.
Despite the injuries, Ashley said she still loves the sport.
“I really want to wrestle in college,” she said.
Even there, Ashley just hopes to be one of the guys.
Think girls belong wrestling on the mat with boys? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Apple’s iWatch: The Next Hot Thing?
(NEW YORK) -- Apple has applied for the patent “iWatch” in Japan, as speculation grows about new kinds of hot tech products.
In recent weeks, there has been growing indications that Apple, Samsung and Sony are all working on wearable devices.
Last week, Sony announced the latest version of its SmartWatch -- a water-resistant device with NFC, according to PCWorld. And Samsung said recently that it is working on a smart watch.
The New York Times reported in February that Apple was experimenting with the design of a device similar to a wristwatch that would operate on the same iOS platform as its iPhone and iPad and would be made with curved glass.
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Smart but Scattered Teens
The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential
"I told you, I'll do it later."
"I forgot to turn in the stupid application."
"Could you drive me to school? I missed the bus again."
"I can't walk the dog--I have too much homework!"
If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now you have an alternative to micromanaging, cajoling, or ineffective punishments. This positive guide provides a science-based program for promoting teens' independence by building their executive skills--the fundamental brain-based abilities needed to get organized, stay focused, and control impulses and emotions. Executive skills experts Drs. Richard Guare and Peg Dawson are joined by Colin Guare, a young adult who has successfully faced these issues himself. Learn step-by-step strategies to help your teen live up to his or her potential now and in the future--while making your relationship stronger. Helpful worksheets and forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
See also the authors' Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential, for a focus on 4- to 13-year-olds.
Winner (Third Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Consumer Health Category
Title: Smart but Scattered Teens
Author: Richard Guare; Peg Dawson; Colin Guare
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At Anfield, fears about what might happen if Luis Suarez leaves in the aftermath of a 10-match ban received for biting Branislav Ivanovic were partly allayed last weekend when the team thumped Newcastle 6-0 without him.
Rodgers said: "The fluency in our game was there to be seen. Obviously when Luis plays, we maybe play differently. He’s a wonderful talent, but he’s not here and we have other talents.
"It’s great to see Fabio Borini back after so long out. These last couple of weeks he’s looked like the player we thought we were getting in. He’s now clear of the shoulder and foot injuries he had.
"Daniel Sturridge is dynamic and going to be a really top player, but he’s going to need games to get that and do it consistently."
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"The problem becomes, how long will that agreement be in effect if the numbers continue to fall without our looking to hire some sort of recruit class?" said Mary Moriarity-Adams, who chairs the City-County Council's Public Safety Committee. "Being below a key number also could cause us not to be allowed to have future funding because we've not been able to maintain what we had promised to begin with."
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has hired only 17 police officers over the past three years. During that same period, the department has lost more than 100 officers to retirements, terminations, deaths and disabilities.
"We have fewer officers on the street at a time when crime is going up and attacks on officers are increasing," said Lt. Rick Snyder, vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police. "It's only by keeping our officers safe that we're able to keep our citizens safe."
2013 looks even bleaker when it comes to hiring additional officers. The city faces a $41 million revenue shortfall. Eighty-five percent of the city budget funds some element of public safety and criminal justice.
To compensate for the shortage, the police department did away with smaller policing beats in favor of larger zones. The department concentrated larger numbers of officers in these high-crime zones.
"I don't know how effective the zone policing is going to be," said Moriarity-Adams. "But the fact of the matter is, other areas of the city aren't adequately covered, where people are paying taxes to see officers on their streets and in their neighborhoods."When Ballard first ran for mayor in 2007, he claimed public safety was job one. Instead, his major priority has been focused on more corporate welfare for his campaign contributors and making sure the CIB is flush with money to hand out to the billionaire sports team owners. IMPD not only has fewer police officers on the street, it doesn't have enough money to pay for the basic supplies police officers need to perform their jobs. They even have to buy their own toilet paper for the bathrooms at the district offices because the Department claims it doesn't have the money to spare.
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Lil Boosie – “She Want Some” [Listen]
Lil Boosie lets the horns ring off triumphantly on his new single, “She Want Some,” from his upcoming double album.
The cut dons a sound reminiscent to the tunes that made him popular prior to his incarceration. Boosie Bad Azz’s allure always lied in his truthful talk, but it’s his vocal packaging that make his records heaters. Here, the Louisiana rapper infuses his rhymes with melody over production by B-Real (it’s unclear if it’s the Cypress Hill MC).
Production wise, the song thumps. Expect the cut to invade club rotations below the Mason-Dixon.
Stream Lil Boosie’s “She Want Some” below. Give us your thoughts one the record in the comments.
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Rhode Island Principle Comes Up With The Most Creative Way Possible To Tell Students It’s A Snow day
The principle at a college prep school in Rhode Island had a creative way of telling his students there was no school. He made a music video to “Let It Go”. We have to admit […]
Kim Kardashian did a parody video for T-Mobile’s new save the data campaign. I have to admit, it’s pretty funny. Wonder how much she was paid to make fun of herself though. You can see […]
Channing Tatum had a imaginary friend when he was little that he talked to all the time. Well Jimmy Kimmel brought back his imaginary friend and you have to see them reunite after all these […]
They are talking about filming a Ghostbusters reboot this summer in New York. They are going to make the main characters an all female cast. The leading ladies are going to be Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie […]
What do you do when you get called out for hooking up with all the girls that want to make out with you on the bachelor? Well, you clam up and start stuttering a lot […]
Leigh Ann bought some new jeans over the weekend and forgot to take the tag off her jeans. She ran all over town today with the tag on her pants. And just in case you […]
Texas Tech students made an ice sculpture on campus recently. This video made us laugh, and they seem so proud of it. I guess the saying is true, everything is bigger in Texas. They made […]
An 11-year-old boy’s super-serious response to his crush’s letter has gone viral.
This is going to be out of control. I’m sure celebrities are going to be lining up all over the place for this one. And there is no shortage of material. I mean where do […]
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Tennessee racks up more election failures: 100 Blount County voters were given the wrong ballot. Davidson Cnty vote totals changed when an uncounted voting machine was found. Shelby Co was in news last week when e-poll books wrongly blocked thousands of voters, an investigation is underway...Candidate's envelopes cause major problems for Lee Cnty Florida voters..18 Members of Congress Call On Atty Gen Holder to Ensure Integrity of Voting Systems..24x7 help for Military Vote for Upcoming Election...
All this and more in today's voting news below...
AR: Back to the future (will use touchscreens for early voting)
http://www.thecitywire.com/index.php?q=node/11280 To borrow the title line from an old movie, Sebastian County will go “Back to the Future” when it begins tabulating votes precinct-by-precinct after the Nov. 2 General Election.
The electronic voting machines used in Sebastian County can handle the 91 ballots needed for all precincts. So early voting in Sebastian County will be only by electronic voting machine, the same method as that used in Pulaski County. Incidentally, voting in neighboring Crawford County is all electronic.
AR: Voting Machine Purchase On Hold
Commission Eyes Electronic Poll Books
A plan to add to the number of voting machines in Benton County has been put on hold by questions about software compatibility with the manufacturer’s newest model.
“I hope to buy electronic poll books this year if I can redirect (the money) that way,” Miller said during a discussion of the 2011 budget ...
CA: Court Date Set for Hearing in Case Against Implementation of California’s “Top-Two” System http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/08/14/court-date-set-... /
CO: NOREEN: Elections don't need polling places (opinion)
FL: Rick Scott envelopes cause major problems with voters* (Absentee ballots)
http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2010-08-16/Rick-S... LEE County
If you do not use and sign the Election's Office envelope and then put the Election's Office envelope into the Scott envelope, your vote will not count.
The Scott envelope is not to be used in place of the Election's Office envelope.
FL: Another Victory – This Time in Miami-Dade; or A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Precinct http://floridavoterscoalition.blogspot.com/2010/08/anot... That means we’re to do ballot accounting at the precinct after all. The changes don’t make it perfect but they do appear to return to substantial compliance with Florida law and good practice.
IL: More Outcome Oriented Research
I can’t say I know much about race relations in Boston. But I know a little about election administration. Enough to know that the draft paper by Profs. Rachael Cobb, James Greiner, and Kevin Quinn, is long on conjecture and short on facts.
I’ve got my doubts about the value of voter ID laws. But those doubts have nothing to do with the ability of election judges to administer them fairly. This research is faulty and its conclusions unsupported. If opponents of voter ID laws are truly concerned about this issue, they should go back into the field in November 2010
NC: New Bern ballot maker defends its reputation and legacy
“People eager to bash the governor or electronic voting machines were ready to use the damaging factoids and insinuations in the initial story to their advantage,” wrote Hall, who heads the citizen advocacy group. “Through the muddle, there was enough information to see that neither Bartlett nor Bev Perdue selected the vendor and that counties are free to buy ballots from other printers.”
NM: Lynn Ellins: Baseless allegations of voter fraud
However, hasty accusations or unverified claims such as Ms. Cooper's promote needless distrust of the system. Citizens can rest assured that where substantiated or credible concerns are raised, the Doña Ana County Clerk's office will take appropriate action against voter fraud and will protect our system of elected government, as it has in the past. (Lynn Ellins is Doña Ana County Clerk.)
OH: Premier Elections Solutions pays up in Ohio Diebold suit, offers more faulty voting machines for free http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/premier-elections-so... /
OH: Ohio signing up more voters at public assistance offices
More than 11,000 people in Cuyahoga County have registered to vote this year through public-assistance programs as part of a renewed effort to involve poor people in elections throughout Ohio.
OH: Toledo Blade Editorializes in Favor of Ballot Labels in Judicial Elections
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/08/14/toledo-blade-ed... / Counties are also eligible for up to $2.4 million in free Premiere software for two years, and the company's even throwing in up to 2,909 free voting machines along with a 50 percent coupon for maintenance fees. Right, because the Buckeye State is so anxious to start using the machines it found so faulty to begin with.
PA: Bill Would Universalize Absentee Ballots
A Berks County Senator wants to amend the state constitution so that Pennsylvanians would not need an excuse to vote with an absentee ballot.
PA: Two Pennsylvania Statewide Minor Party Candidates Withdraw Rather than Face Challenge Fee Threat http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/08/16/two-pennsylvani... /
RI: Grebien, workers subject of voter card tampering *
http://www.pawtuckettimes.com/content/view/133590/1 / PAWTUCKET — Mayoral candidate Donald Grebien and several of his campaign workers are the subject of a Pawtucket police investigation into allegations of tampering with voter registration forms.
SC: Candidate Off Ballot Because His Dog Ate His Petitions
..a candidate for the School Board in Lady’s Island, South Carolina
TN: Election audit drops Henry's lead over Yarbro to 11 votes*
A new week has brought yet another set of vote totals in the close battle for the Tennessee Senate District 21 race, closing the gap slightly between Sen. Douglas Henry and challenger Jeff Yarbro.
An audit by the Davidson County Election Commission turned up a previously uncounted voting machine from one precinct, Election Administrator Ray Barrett confirmed this morning. Yarbro won that machine by two votes over Henry, reducing Henry's lead from 13 votes to 11.
TN: Rockford wants vote investigation * (Blount County)
Breeding said that Rockford is a split state House of Representatives district, and the first hundred voters for the 8th District were improperly given ballots for the 20th District.
"I don't think the machines were set for the right district, but I can't prove it," he said. "That's why the state should look into it. I think the machines are hard-coded wrong before they get to Rockford."
TN: Primary Election Probe Underway
"Basically the court has appointed clerk and Master Duane Settle to hear the on going issues that we're having," said Van Turner, attorney for the plaintiff.
But attorney for the plaintive Regina Morrison Newman said there's much more here than just problems. There are also allegations of hiding information.
TN: The Post-Election Challenge for Dummies* (Shelby County Fiasco continues)
Two new discoveries had been made — (1) Ribbon scrolls containing candidate-by-candidate, precinct-by-precinct totals of the sort no longer released by the EC publicly were found in trash bags and, at the request of the petitioners, were impounded for safekeeping. And (2) there was such a thing as a “manual override” capability in the county’s Diebold voting-machine software, and records pertaining to possible use of it continued to be under lock and key.
The petitioners would end the evening in possession of one disc’s worth of information and two bags’ worth of the discarded ribbon scrolls.
Video: Dan Wallach channels Stephen Colbert
Must Watch: From the EVT/WOTE conference, Dan Wallach presents today’s word: “Out of Site, Out of Mind” http://www.ctvoterscount.org/video-dan-wallach-channels... /
Program Helps Military Vote in Upcoming Election
http://www.ourmilitary.mil/Content.aspx?ID=45042631 Go to www.fvap.gov , and follow the prompts to register and request an absentee ballot for the Nov. 2 election.
Eighteen Members of Congress Call On Attorney General Holder to Ensure Integrity of Voting Systems - Urges Action In Advance of November Elections
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt led a group of 18 members of Congress in urging U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice to enlist the Department’s enforcement capabilities in advance of the November elections to ensure the viability of voting systems and that votes are counted as cast.
Against Electing Judges.
...In the 20 states that held partisan elections for the state Supreme Court in the previous decade, candidates raised a total $153.8 million for their campaigns.
Presidential Public Financing 2.0
The new version would increase the matching rate in a way that encourages small donors. Contributions of $200 or less -- and that is the total amount the candidate can receive from that donor -- would be matched 4 to 1 by public funds.
India: 'Online voter registration from November'
Speaking to TOI, assistant chief electoral officerArvind Bugde said that its implementation would be part of a nationwide project to network offices of the various state electoral authorities and the Election Commission of India.
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Paul Sparrow, Martin Hird and Cary Cooper have written the second Centre book for Palgrave called Do We Need HR? Repositioning people Management For Success, based on the Centre's work from 2011 to 2014. This is due out in November 2014.
Paul Sparrow is a co-editor of a book for Cambridge University Press with Hugh Scullion and Ibraiz Tarique on Strategic Talent Management. This is due out in summer 2013.
Previous books: Strategic Talent Management
Paul Sparrow is a co-editor of a book for Cambridge University Press with Hugh Scullion and Ibraiz Tarique on Strategic Talent Management: Contemporary Issues in International Context. This book was published by Cambridge University Management Press in the summer of 2014.
Previous books: Leading HR
''Leading HR begins with research based in successful organisations and builds a thought provoking new paradigm for thinking about the changing roles and responsibilities of HR."
Professor Patrick M. Wright, William J. Conaty GE Professor of Strategic Human Resources, Cornell University
"The last two years have served to strengthen the role of and need for, high calibre HR professionals. Leading HR provides real insight into how HR needs to respond to today's world. It asks important questions about our agenda, relationships and capabilities in the context of business change and moves to answer them in a thoughtful and practical way."
Jackie Orme, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
"It is increasingly clear that people are indeed at the heart of corporate strategy and it is through the energy, innovation and engagement of employees that companies succeed. However, what is less clear is the role that the HR function can play in supporting and framing the people agenda. This very useful and informative book brings the debate about the role of the HR function bang up to date. Drawing from a wide range of cases and research insights the authors show clearly what it takes for the HR function to win. Filled with strategic imperatives, issues for reflection and ideas for implementation it shows what it takes for the profession to be indeed at the centre of corporate strategy. A must-have on every HR professional's bookshelf."
Professor Lynda Gratton, London Business School, author of 'Hot Spots'
"Changing business needs demand new responses from human resources. Human resource leaders who want to succeed – and want to help their organisations succeed as well – should read Leading HR to understand both the new, technical challenges that business faces and how they need human resources to help them."
Professor Peter Cappelli, Director, Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Other books written by Centre members include:
Chris Brewster, Paul Sparrow, Guy Vernon and Liz Houldsworth
"... The new edition of International HRM makes readers think critically and reflect upon some taken-for-granted assumptions and controversies in the field. The greater emphasis on institutional influences on HRM is a timely and valuable contribution to the current debates in comparative and international HRM."
Dana B. Minbaeva, Professor with Special Responsibilities, Department of Strategic Management and Globalization,, Copenhagen Business School
"... The culture part is great! This is critical because of the depth in which it covers international culture, particularly in comparison to other IHRM which do not provide sufficient detail. I also like the way that culture is embedded within the performance management chapter. There are also an interesting range of case studies and it is good to see the geographical diversity in them; other texts often rely on China and USA for most of their cases."
Dr Fiona Robson, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School
“This book unites the insights and knowledge of two prominent scholars into a fascinating mix of insights, data and prediction. They make a formidable partnership... and dissect with precision and elegance the changing nature of work, the challenges of the new employment relationship and the impact both on individuals and organisations... a thought-provoking, timely and beautifully crafted book that will be extremely useful in enabling managers and HR specialists to build a conceptual understanding of the theme in order to navigate the path of this changing relationship, and to academics and students as they attempt to understand the complexity of this crucial issue.”
Professor Lynda Gratton, London Business School
"Sparrow and Cooper provide an extensive analysis of the trends impacting this relationship, as well as important implications for how to manage the employment relationship to achieve organisational success. They explore the past, present, and future of the employment relationship in a way that is a must reading for any organisational decision maker who hopes to create competitive advantage through people."
Professor Patrick Wright, Cornell University
"This book successfully tackles a tough task... Sparrow and Cooper provide a data-rich, readable account of the overarching trend toward flexibility in employment, providing research, examples and international perspectives to highlight the prevailing trend toward individuation of work. Proponents of evidence-based management practice will find in this book a thorough yet pragmatic source of insight into the challenges employers and workers face in fostering employment relations that serve their many needs and interests. Fascinating, grounded, and readable.”
Professor Denise Rousseau, Carnegie Mellon University
"Sparrow and Cooper are two of the most widely-published authorities in the world on the 'employment relationship'. The book is rigorously researched, laced with interesting examples, and extremely well written. They perform an outstanding job of analysing this topic and advancing our understanding of its applicability... The book will be of intense interest and use to academics and practitioners alike in their attempts to understand and improve individual and organisational behaviour and effectiveness."
Professor Randall S. Schuler, Rutgers University and GSBA Zurich
Philip Brown and Anthony Hesketh
"... The strength of the book is its empirical material in support of insightful critiques of our contemporary economy, job market and recruitment industry."
British Journal of Industrial Relations
"... An important critique of where managerial jobs and careers are headed. [It] offers a powerful and alternative view of the "War for Talent", a future where talent is increasingly global and abundant and good opportunities remain rationed."
Professor Peter Cappelli, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
"This is a timely, provocative, and novel book that is destined to become a classic."
Professor Alan Felstead, Centre for Labour Market Studies, University of Leicester
Paul Sparrow, Chris Brewster and Hilary Harris
"... This book is timely, thorough, and useful. With geographic national borders being replaced by global firms, their work unravels both the HR implications of a global strategy and the HR implications of working in different countries. Their work integrates theory, research, and practice and lays out what managers can do and what researchers should study. By reading and using their work, line managers and HR professionals will define and create the capabilities needed for success. An exceptional work."
Professor Dave Ulrich, University of Michigan Business School
"... These authors have masterfully drawn from an extensive amount of literature to enrich their own research and produce a work of remarkable depth and insight. [It] will prove invaluable to all those wanting to understand the impact of globalisation on HRM."
Professor Jean-Luc Cerdin, Ecole de Commerce, ESSEC Business School
"... This excellent book advances understanding of why multinational enterprises are adopting more global solutions in the delivery of their international human resources management. It also throws much light on how such solutions are delivered so it should be required reading for all those involved in international HRM."
Professor Greg Bamber, Director, Graduate School of Management, Griffith University, Australia
"... This book genuinely has globalisation at the centre of its research... It covers in detail the pressures that are driving the HR profession to think and behave internationally... [It] is a real attempt to look at HRM through an international lens... [It] articulates the key characteristics, challenges and impact of globalisation, the impact of IT and international mobility on the HR profession... The case studies are a valuable way of providing a reality check on theory and research... We at last have some valuable and practical approaches."
Review for Human Resources Magazine by Sandy Begbie, Director Group Leadership and Development and Reward, Scottish Power
Gerard Hodgkinson and Paul Sparrow
"Let its title not mislead you. This book is written by researchers for researchers… they outline a research agenda that will involve a considerable variety of psychological and organisational science researchers and that will be relevant well into the second decade of this century… This book can add to nearly anyone’s understanding of the scope of managerial and organisational cognition and of what we know about the psychology of strategic management. Further, any reader will find new insights about needed research with regard to theory or methodology in these areas."
Professor George Huber, University of Texas, Review for Administrative Science Quarterly, 2006
"In the area of management cognition this book is without doubt the most comprehensive… What sets this book apart is that the authors set out to demonstrate how the development and application of scientifically sound psychological theory and research can contribute to an understanding of the strategic management process… Its thoroughness, depth of understanding make this the book on management cognition."
Professor Martha Maznevski, IMD, Review for organisation Studies, 2005
"This trail-blazing book presents a clearly written, extensive survey of research about many psychological aspects of strategic analyses. It provocatively argues for the existence and practical impact of a "strategic competence" that integrates rationality, intuition, emotion, and rules of thumb…This book will attract and stimulate organisational psychologists, strategic-management scholars, and management consultants as well as corporate learning officers."
Professor Bill Starbuck, Past President of the (USA) Academy of Management and Professor at Stern Business School, New York
"Hodgkinson and Sparrow have made a significant step toward a trans-disciplinary understanding of strategic management in this accessible, well-written book which provides an attractive new vocabulary for understanding how organisation competencies are grounded in cognitive processes."
Foreword by Professor Anne S. Huff, Past President of the (USA) Academy of Management and Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver and Cranfield School of Management
"A refreshingly critical perspective on the origins of strategic competence. Hodgkinson and Sparrow's knowledge management lens breathes coherence into a fragmented body of work and should be of particular importance to scholars and others who want a broad rich overview of the field of managerial and organisational cognition and ideas for fruitful avenues of new work."
Professor Kathleen Sutcliffe, University of Michigan Business School
"Scholars and managers alike will find there is much to learn from this comprehensive discussion of how managerial and organisation cognition and emotions shape the process of strategic management. The analysis provided in 'The Competent Organisation' is the first comprehensive treatment of a newly emerging field of study that uses established psychological and social principles to understand and begin to improve the processes of strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and organisational learning. Reading it was invigorating!"
Professor Susan E. Jackson, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
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NetSuite Pushes Ecommerce Lectures to a New Level at University in Germany
"NetSuite helps us to push ecommerce lectures to a new level. It provides students with hands-on experiences and insight into the ecommerce back-end processes."
—Prof Dr. Jakob Weinberg, Dean of Wiesbaden Business School
- Successful exams results and positive feedback from the 60 students underline the success achieved in association with the NetSuite usage.
- Business school in southwest Germany, in order to run a new lecture on ecommerce, required a system that 60 students could use for practical scenarios
- System needed to bring students of all technical levels onto the same theoretical level to gather practical experience.
- On-demand, easy-to-use and go-live process and fully integrated webshop made NetSuite the perfect solution for the business school
- On-site quick implementation of 2 weeks to set up company data and the demo-webshop
- Using NetSuite for ecommerce demonstration and suitable backend processes
- Students got an overview of multiple roles within a company.
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Unless you've had the time or money to invest in an outdoor sound system, there's a good chance you're still sporting a portable boombox when the party goes down. If you're looking to make your yard sound more like an opera house, try these simple tips on for size!
1. Don't Be Afraid To Let It All Hang Out: One of the best parties were ever had the pleasure of attending was one that was outfitted with giant box speakers and a record player. Everything was brought outside (away from the adult beverages) and as the night progressed, records were flipped and the vintage record sound was enjoyed by all. There's a good chance that if you have respect for your equipment your friends will as well.
2. Get Your Speakers Off The Ground: Music that's being blasted at your ankles doesn't do much good — unless your ankles are really fond of Mumford and Sons. Place them on a side table (even if you have to steal them from your bedroom) to keep them slightly higher and receive better sound throughout your entire space.
3. Keep It Acoustic or Bass Low: What sounds great on your earphones doesn't always sound the best when you're playing it over a large space (unless you have a mixing board). Try picking tunes that have less bass or are straight up acoustic to get the best sound from the crappiest speakers.
4. Put Up A Tarp: Sound is heard best when it's in a contained area. That usually isn't the case with backyards or decks and although you might have a fence around your property, that doesn't do much for sound waves. Attach a painters tarp (you can cut horizontal slits in it to allow air to move through) to bamboo poles and set up the screen facing your speakers. Having something to bounce off of will help out musically challenged spaces.
5. Bring In A Band: Craigslist is your friend. If you're looking for a band to play a house party on the cheap (or for free), it's a great place to start. Having live entertainment is a fun twist and there's a good chance it won't cost you a thing — well maybe a few drinks.
Do you have a tip for better backyard sound? Share your tips in the comments below!
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