question stringlengths 14 1.69M | answer stringlengths 1 40.5k | meat_tokens int64 1 8.18k |
|---|---|---|
Greenstream Technology Joins Global Blockchain Community Hyperledger
A slew of new companies has joined Hyperledger and the Linux Foundation, including the organizations' first ever Quebec member.
Hyperledger has announced 14 new organizations that have joined their project, including the Montreal-based Greenstream Technology. Other new members include the popular cryptocurrency Ripple and Versia. Overall, the new members represent countries including China, Switzerland, Canada, India and more.
As an open source collaborative effort, Hyperledger was created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. Overall,<|fim_middle|> company that is focused on building innovative blockchain products focusing on large-scale problems. Their latest focus has been on the legal cannabis world, and they use Hyperledger's flexible network to build proofs of concept. Hyperledger's features create the ability to unite several arms of the industry—producers, merchants, customers and regulators—leaving Greenstream with a holistic approach to blockchain and cannabis.
"Every emerging industry needs a technology enabler to help with its challenges," says Manu Varghese, Greenstream's CPO. "We are focused on creating a fully compliant, secure & tamper-proof platform that connect different industry stakeholders to transact within the cannabis ecosystem."
Greenstream is focused on three pain points within the industry: supply chain integrity, a digital payment and settlement solution, and a fully compliant & cohesive decentralized identity solution. Hyperledger helps Greenstream achieve these goals ahead of Canada's impending legalization in mid-2018.
Hyperledger is no stranger to Canada. In September 2017, they worked with RBC to help the bank to implement blockchain with the goal of improving the speed of payments, reducing complexity and lowering costs. | the community has grown to 231 organizations, including powerhouses like Baidu, Accenture, IBM and Intel.
"The accelerating pace of growth and adoption of Hyperledger across industries and geographies underscores the power of our community and the technologies it is building," said Brian Behlendorf, executive director of Hyperledger. "It also reflects a global awakening to the impact of blockchain for business. Every day, we hear from organizations with new ideas and new applications for our frameworks. Our growing and diverse membership is key to turning that energy and innovation into the building blocks for increasingly business-critical deployments."
Hyperledger's goal is to help companies build out industry-specific iterations of blockchain technology through a collection of open source distributed ledger frameworks. The community released Sawtooth 1.0 at the end of January which offers on-chain governance, an advanced transaction execution engine, and support for ethereum.
Greenstream is a | 184 |
Share the Martial Arts is the area's Premier Martial Arts Camp! Each<|fim_middle|> because we know that building friendships and sharing experiences is every bit as important as the seminars themselves! Friday night is all about getting to know fellow campers, as we have a BBQ dinner and fun welcome activities, (usually including a special class or seminar) ending with a bonfire. Saturday evening there will be a bonfire, games and activities. And we always wrap up on Sunday with a special (and sometimes crazy!) group activity.
Check back often for announcements about this year's instructor and seminar lineup!! | year we bring in a variety of talented instructors, teaching seminars related to Martial Arts that cover a wide range of subjects. We strive to bring you variety, without being specific to any style or discipline. We want everyone to come with an open mind, and leave with new information that will help them on their own personal path in the Martial Arts. Seminars take up most of Saturday, and continue into Sunday.
During the course of the weekend, we make time for fun and friendship as well, | 99 |
<|fim_middle|> in the Spanish league and second in their Champions League group.
Best man catches friend's wife cheating with bartender
Bandits attack Zamfara village, kill six, abduct women and children | Xavi presented as new Barcelona manager to 10,000 adoring fans at the Nou Camp (photos)
Xavi has officially been presented to fans as the new coach of Barcelona.
About 10,000 adoring Barcelona fans were at the Nou Camp on Monday afternoon, November 8, where the Spanish legend vowed to restore the club to its former glory.
'I don't want to get too emotional,' he told them. 'So I can just tell you one thing – we are the best club in the world. And we will work with the highest standards to have success. We cannot accept defeats or draws, we have to win every game.'
'We are going to work to try and win many titles, thank you very much, this is an emotional moment for me.
'We need you. Especially during the bad moments. We are in a difficult situation as a club. We need you more than ever.'
Xavi then proceeded to sign a contract while his family and friends watched on a few metres away.
He then posed for pictures while holding up a Barcelona shirt with his name on the back.
The manager has joined on a two-and-a-half-year deal after he paid half of the £4.3million release clause to his former side Al Sadd.
Xavi was hired last week to replace Ronald Koeman, who failed to turn things around the club. The new man takes over with the club in ninth place | 291 |
We offer state-of-the-art facilities at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth where the Breast Unit provide a comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and treatment of breast concerns<|fim_middle|> report mammograms and perform ultrasound examinations. All are double read. Our team of Mammographers are state-registered radiographers with specialist post-graduate training in breast imaging.
All this ensures you get the best possible assessment.
Our Full-Field Digital Mammography system offers our patients shorter examination times, lower radiation doses, and excellent image quality.
Ultrasound is widely used in the assessment of breast conditions. It is recognised to be the better examination for younger women. Our high resolution colour doppler ultrasound scanner is used for detailed examinations of specific breast abnormalities and as guidance for core biopsy and fine needle aspiration of breast abnormalities.
Breast MRI is a recognised diagnostic investigation for specific breast pathologies, and where clinically indicated is undertaken on our 3T MRI scanner. | .
During our Breast Clinics, Consultant Radiologists with specialist expertise in breast imaging are available to | 19 |
Q: .NET numeric library supporting decimal and NaN I wonder if there is any .NET numeric library which supports decimal and NaN?
I searched in Google, but only found<|fim_middle|> you could return a null version of a nullable decimal, as per this:
Why is Nan (not a number) only available for doubles?
A: Can you provide an example of where you would need this? .Net supports decimal and also decimal.TryParse().
Otherwise I don't think you would need a library for this.
| some ones without decimal or NaN support. Do you know any one supporting decimal and NaN?
Sorry for not enough information! Actually I want to port some R code into C#. R has NA for missing data in matrix. As I can imagine, one way in C# to handle this situation is to store data with missing ones in Nullable< decimal > temporarily, and remove the NAs and translate Nullable< decimal > into decimal before calculation; another ways is to use a library support Nullable< decimal > or NaN directly, therefore saving the time without copying large data. Is there a better ways?
A: If you mean NaN for the decimal type, well, NaN is not a number; in which case | 141 |
Home > Television > Reality TV > Rust Valley Restorers
Mike Hall of 'Rust Valley Restorers' Doesn't Always Turn a Profit on His Cars
By Mustafa Gatollari
Feb. 17 2021, Updated 4:47 p.m. ET
Appearing on reality TV shows, for the most part, doesn't pay the bills to the extent that many people think it does, and this is especially true of series that only last a few seasons. While there are some exceptions, shows that are predicated on the work folks do in an established business on the daily, like Mike Hall on Rust Valley Restorers, aren't giving massive payouts. So how did the man make his<|fim_middle|> Thru Hell, the popular Canadian series that began in 2012 and will enter its ninth season come September of 2020.
Mike was able to gain some notoriety with viewers and producers alike for his work on that program, but that all stemmed from his personal passion of bringing seemingly "dead" automobiles back to life.
In all of his interviews, he expresses how much he not only loves working on cars but in making his customers happy. Even when his son, Conner, tells his dad he's losing money on a project, Mike chalks up the losses to being a long-term "investment" and it's hard to argue with the man's logic.
In fact, he was able to secure a second TV series not by pitching different networks and production managers, but by simply owning the massive slab of property all his cars sit on.
He posted a sales advertisement for the land and all of the cars on it for a whopping $1.19 million but didn't receive any sellers. Instead of going down in price, he decided to play a little reverse-psychology on any prospective buyers and instead listed it at $1.45 million. That eventually caught the attention of Mayhem Entertainment, who wanted to produce a show about the work Mike and his crew did on a daily basis.
That doesn't mean the man isn't quick to earn a buck where he can, various press outlets once visited his property to take photos of his cars and he said they could under one condition: they had to pay $10 each to snap pictures. While journalists weren't too happy about this, they pretty much all coughed up the dough to do so.
Cassidy Mceown, who is a fan-favorite on the series, comes from a long line of familial grease monkeys and sings Mike's praises, saying he's an extremely patient boss who is very generous with his time and loves sharing his knowledge. And while she knows her way around an automobile, she's apparently a really terrible driver and failed her driving test twice before finally getting her license.
For Mike, he says the biggest issue when it comes to trying to turn a profit on the cars is the constant battle between providing an estimate versus a quote, "That's when the trouble starts. An estimate is a best guess. A quote is what you will do the restoration for."
He says that "90 percent" of the show is real, which includes the tension between him, Conner, and Avery that occurs whenever they're losing money on a project.
Even though Mike knows Rust Bros. isn't as profitable as it could be, he doesn't seem to mind and has a pretty cavalier attitude about it, even going so far as to joke that he's Canada's biggest paying actor.
Cassidy Mceown Has Got to Be Our Favorite 'Rust Valley Restorer'
Fans Demand a Season 2 of 'Rust Valley Restorers'
Meet the Car-Lovin' Team Behind Netflix's 'Rust Valley Restorers'
Latest Rust Valley Restorers News and Updates | money?
Conner Hall, Mike's son, says his father often loses money on the projects he undertakes.
Citing one customer's dream restoration job, Conner said that the Rust Bros. owner, his pops, once agreed to fix up someone's 1963 Continental Convertible and quoted them $15,000 for all of the work. However, the job ended up costing him $50,000 and Mike ate every penny of it.
As Mike said in an interview with Driving.ca, "My accountant told me I lost a lot of money. I've only broken even on two cars."
While many would think that the fact Mike's on TV helps to shore up that cost, and while he and his co-workers and friends who appear on the show presumably enjoy appearance fees, Mike makes a good point about the disruption of workflow that occurs at his garage:
"Filming a reality show doesn't make the shop any more productive or efficient. It takes thirty per cent more time and I make up the difference. But I like to fulfill people's dreams."
So how did Mike Hall make his money?
It helps that the man has become synonymous with traversing British Columbia's icy roads with all sorts of vehicles on Highway | 255 |
Carrying costs are<|fim_middle|>, and are designed to alert owners or management when more or less inventory is needed. | the costs of holding inventory and include maintenance, specifically in regard to perishable items, and storage costs. Insurance and less tangible expenses, such as opportunity costs, and losses resulting from theft are also included. The advantage of cyber stores, over brick-and-mortar stores, is the overriding lack of carrying costs. Most online stores stock inventory as it is needed, or simply have it shipped from one centralized location instead of keeping inventory in multiple physical locations.
Carrying costs are also sometimes referred to as the carrying costs of inventory or as inventory cost. It is the cost accrued, over a period of time, by holding and storing inventory. This figure is used by businesses to evaluate the level of profit that can reasonably be expected on their current inventory. It is also useful in determining whether goods should be produced less or more so the business can stay on top of expenses and continue to generate a steady income stream.
Carrying costs are regularly referred to as a percentage of the business' inventory value. The percentage indicated may include a number of different costs, such as employee costs, taxes, insurance, depreciation, opportunity costs, the cost of replacing items and even the cost of capital that helps to generate income for the business.
The term "carrying costs" can also be referred to as holding costs. Holding costs are calculated by multiplying the per-unit annual holding cost by the average level of inventory. The average inventory level is equal to the number of ordered items, divided by two. As previously indicated, holding, or carrying, costs include any number of expenses related to the holding and warehousing of inventory.
There are a number of options for business owners to decrease the amount spent on carrying costs. The volume of inventory being stored can be limited and the amount of time the inventory spends in storage can also be limited. For businesses that utilize refrigerated warehouse space, this tactic is of specific importance. Improvement of warehouse or storage space may also be an option when trying to lower carrying costs; having an efficient and cost-effective warehouse design and utilizing correct storage techniques likely keeps carrying costs down.
Tracking inventory is also an option to help businesses cut down on carrying costs. In most cases, computerized inventory management systems are employed to keep track of inventory levels, as well as the business' supplies and materials | 457 |
Email Address: [email protected] Hours Monday thru Friday 11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Saturday - by appointment. Photo sessions by appointment only. Evening and weekend appointments available. Name * Name. First Name. Last Name. Email Address * Subject * Message *<|fim_middle|> New Account. See more of Spectrum Photography & Framing on Facebook. Log In. Forgot account? or. Create New Account.
How popular is Spectrumphotos? Get traffic statistics, rank by category and country, engagement metrics and demographics for Spectrumphotos at Alexa. | Thank you!
Spectrum Photography was founded in 1986, and is located at 901 W Lexington Ave Ste 1 in Winchester. Additional information is available at www.spectrumphotos.net or by contacting Stephen Craycraft at (859) 744-4661.
Hotfrog US provides information regarding Fast Photos in Winchester KY. Fast Photos is located at 901 W Lexington Ave, Winchester KY 40391-1200 and provides Photography services.
Email or Phone: Password: Forgot account? Home. About. Services. Reviews. Photos. Posts. Community. Info and Ads. See more of Spectrum Photography & Framing on Facebook. Log In. or. Create | 152 |
Last Friday, AMVC participated in a variety of activities that promoted pork to Mount Ayr High School students and the community. It was the ideal time to come into the classroom and support the Athletics Boosters, as October is National Pork Month. In the past when hogs were raised outdoors, October was the time hogs were traditionally marketed. Today, it is an opportunity for those involved in the swine industry to connect with those who do not have a background in pig farming.
Alicia Humphrey, AMVC public relations coordinator, spent her morning in the Mount Ayr High School agriculture classroom with the<|fim_middle|> management company. Humphrey's presentation included information about the global demand for food, animal care and nutrition, as well as, the various career opportunities available in the swine industry.
Besides educating students, AMVC encouraged football fans to eat pork. AMVC employees served bacon to numerous game attendees who wanted to add bacon to their purchased sandwich free of charge. Pig farmers take pride in the pork they raise and enjoy interacting with their consumers. The bacon was donated by Aries Sow and Iowa Pork Producers Association.
AMVC is proud to be a community supporter and to be involved in the Mount Ayr agriculture program. AMVC owns and manages Aries Sow located in Mount Ayr. AMVC Management Services is headquartered in Audubon, Iowa, and manages 117,500 sows across seven states. | Introduction to Agriculture and Animal Science students. It was a great opportunity for these students to learn about the modern swine industry from a local swine | 29 |
For over <|fim_middle|> that have an impact on efficiency, speed-to-market, profitability, and competitive edge. We are able to consistently deliver exceptional parts and solve difficult problems because we approach each project with proven engineering expertise, industry-leading process and manufacturing techniques, incomparable customer service, and something more–an insatiable curiosity.
When it comes to specialty thermoplastics, we are never satisfied with the status quo. We ask our own what if questions every day. We work in close collaboration with global plastic suppliers to understand and investigate new and emerging materials. We conduct ongoing research to test limits, explore new ideas, and become even better at what we do.
Bring us your what if questions.
Let's work together to improve the functionality of your high-performance thermoplastic parts. Let's find cost-effective ways to meet demanding specifications. Let's examine a metal part and create its equal or better in plastic. | 70 years, Allegheny Performance Plastics has been a pioneer in working with high temperature, high performance, specialty thermoplastics. Established in 1936, Allegheny's initial focus was using plastic resins in revolutionary ways to print and laminate reusable plastic charts. Through the ensuing years, the Company has become internationally recognized as an innovative and engineering oriented company that manufactures a variety of end use parts with the some of the most exotic resins that have been introduced into the marketplace.
Today, Allegheny is the "go to" high end injection molder, manufacturer and global supplier of technically advanced functional parts and assemblies, used in products including gears, transmissions and pumps, made from high-temperature, high-performance specialty thermoplastics. Allegheny Performance Plastics' products can be found in some of the world's most demanding applications. We work with Fortune 500 OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers in a broad range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, defense, energy, industrial, and more.
The management team is inspired by new ideas and motivated by complex challenges. Every member of our team is focused on continuous improvement. Every inch of our shop is designed to deliver exceptional parts. And our top priority is to help you solve the engineering or manufacturing problems | 261 |
As Jim Harbaugh sits at the center of the satellite camp controversy, the Michigan football coach has become a target.
SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum has been one of his harshest critics in the past week, derisively calling him "the Donald Trump of college football" in reference to his ubiquitous presence.
When asked about that attribution today before his speech at the U-M coaching clinic at Detroit<|fim_middle|> city.
U-M only signed three of its 28 players in the 2016 class from the state but has in-state commitments from four of its 11 in the 2017 class.
He joked that the NCAA tried to stop this coaches clinic as well.
Harbaugh and defensive coordinator Don Brown split the rest of the hour, with Harbaugh introducing his support staff, at least 15 members who were attending, telling a story about hiring each one. Brown gave his half-hour chalk talk video presentation, with all eyes stuck on him and his passionate speech, drawing chuckles when he called Harbaugh "Elvis," noting he can go wherever he wants in practice because it's his team. | 's Horatio Williams Foundation, he tried to spin it positive.
"The one thing I like about Donald Trump is he's not afraid to fight the establishment," Harbaugh said. "In that regard, I will take that as a compliment."
Harbaugh is in the eye of the storm because he took satellite camps to an unprecedented level last summer, heading camps in seven states. He didn't ask to be a target of the satellite camp ban from last week but has no problem being a spokesman because he feels the ban has far-reaching consequences.
For his program, it's about the satellite camps.
For the high school coaches in Detroit, it's about the ban keeping smaller-school coaches from working the big-school and off-site camps, like Sound Mind Sound Body, which draws much of its base from the Detroit area.
He would like everyone on his side to keep it in front.
He waited five days to give his public response. And while SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has been very visible in stating his conference's position against the camps, not much has come from Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, whose conference was the lone one in the Power Five to vote in favor of the camps.
Asked if he thought Delany had his back in this, Harbaugh said: "I want our leaders to fight for it, for what is right. You don't want them to hide on the issue. I made the comment the other day. You pretty much know how I feel."
But he wanted to emphasize his immediate bosses support him.
"Our leadership at Michigan, from our president to our athletic director, Warde Manuel, they're on top of this and it's great to see them taking the lead," Harbaugh said, referring to Manuel's Wednesday comments to the Free Press. "Warde knows this topic as well as anybody and talks about it well. ... His comments were outstanding. He's going to formulate what's the best thing in our university's mind. He's taken the lead."
Appearing at the Horatio Williams clinic and speaking about the importance of Detroit was his chance to show Michigan connects with the | 423 |
We restore appliances, electronic equipment and machinery from fire-related damage ranging from major structure fires to electrical shorts.
Our technicians are certified in the latest known procedures to restore your contents to pre-loss condition.
At POWER ER we clean and restore your appliances and electronic devices affected by sprinkler systems, hose and pipe bursts, toilet overflow, flood and high relative humidity.
Immediate emergency assessment of appliance, electronic equipment and machinery damage. We provide on-site and<|fim_middle|> accurate and comprehensive estimate for mitigation and restoration.
POWER ER provides appliance and electronic equipment restoration and technical loss consulting services to the property and casualty insurance industry. We are a green alternative to replacement, saving insurance companies and home/business owners money.
To ensure that our clients receive the very best service, validate that appliances and electronic equipment damage claims are accurate, and to mitigate losses whenever possible.
Recovery from fire, smoke or water damage to appliances and electronic equipment requires technically proficient personnel and specialized equipment. Power ER has trained technicians and uses high quality resources and equipment in order to achieve our customer's satisfaction.
Appliance and electronic equipment damage requires an in depth knowledge of the Insurance Claims process. At POWER ER, we pride ourselves in adhering to the claims process guidelines. | rush services if required.
Using our vast knowledge of commercial and residential restoration industry training and experience, we are able to produce an | 25 |
Thursday Mar 21
Enterprise M3 colleges will pioneer educational reform by offering T Levels
Two Enterprise M3 colleges will be among the first in the country to offer the new, ground-breaking T Level qualifications from September next year.
<|fim_middle|> and employees have the high-level skills that businesses require to grow. There are currently concerns that a skills shortage could impede economic expansion in the region.
Read this story | Farnborough College of Technology and Peter Symonds College, Winchester, were both selected by the Government to deliver the courses following expression of interest exercises. Both will offer an
Education & Childcare T Level, with a Digital T Level also provided by Farnborough, to the student intake of 2020/21.
T Levels are the result of a major shake-up of education choices post-16, with the Government determined that they will be on a par with A levels for prestige. T Levels will offer a world-class, high-level, technical route into skilled employment and include English, maths and digital components.
Students will be granted a high-calibre industrial placement, lasting at least 45 days, and be mentored by employers who will have been closely involved in the course content.
Nicola Morgan, Learning & Development Manager at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, is working with education providers to trial the T Level placements.
She said: "For the organisation, it gives you an opportunity to get to know the individual and they get to see the culture of the organisation, as well as getting to know you. Also, it's not just about investing in new staff but also developing your current workforce as they will be mentoring and supporting the new person but also sharing their expertise with them. Industry placements help with diversity and creativity in the workforce, as the young people will come with fresh ideas. Not only that, but it raises the aspirations of young people in our local community.
"My main message would be that the talent is on our doorstep so embrace it and support it. I'm a great advocate of the T Levels and what it will mean for our future workforce."
On its website, Farnborough College of Technology, announced: "We will soon be one of the first colleges in the country to offer technical levels (T Levels) – an alternative to A Levels and apprenticeships.
"Help us train tomorrow's workforce – become an Industry Placement Partner with Farnborough College of Technology. There has never been a better time to get involved in shaping the workforce of tomorrow so why not start working with us – your local college. Our courses prepare students for careers in the creative, IT, engineering, business, construction, health, science, and service industries."
It adds that the benefits to employers include:
• Cost-effectively reaching and developing talented students with a view to potentially recruiting them – before other organisations do
• Playing a role in resolving the UK's skill shortage
• Trialling students before considering them for an apprenticeship or employment
• Developing aspiring managers through the coaching or mentorship of a student
• Having an extra pair of hands and a fresh perspective in the workplace
• Feeling supported and belonging to a new network of employers. We will be in regular contact with you, ensure students have an existing knowledge of your industry, and minimise the amount of admin work needed on your part
Education Secretary Damian Hinds has said that T Levels are "a once in a lifetime opportunity to reform technical education in this country so we can rival the world's best performing systems".
His views are strongly backed by Enterprise M3 chair Dave Axam, including the Secretary's call for Britain to drop its 'snobby' attitude to technical and vocational education or risk its workers being left behind.
T Levels will support the growth aims in Enterprise M3 LEP's Strategic Economic Plan and Local Industrial Strategy, by ensuring residents | 693 |
Minnesota<|fim_middle|> contenders. | Nice: Brad Hunt helping Wild through…
Minnesota Nice: Brad Hunt helping Wild through tough times
Minnesota Wild defensemen Brad Hunt (77) during the Minnesota Wild's Media Day at the TRIA Rink in St. Paul on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
By Dane Mizutani | dmizutani@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: October 21, 2019 at 3:33 pm | UPDATED: October 22, 2019 at 6:44 pm
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone with anything bad to say about Wild defenseman Brad Hunt.
It might be impossible.
"He's awesome," fellow defenseman Matt Dumba said. "He's easy to get along with. You can chat with him about anything. He makes guys feel comfortable no matter what. Just a genuine dude."
"He's just one of those guys," said blue line partner Nick Seeler. "He's a good locker room guy. He's always positive and brings the mood up. You need guys like that."
Heck, the only ounce of criticism to come out of Monday's practice wasn't a criticism at all.
"He's way too nice," coach Bruce Boudreau joked. "There's no doubt in my mind that he was definitely brought up the right way."
That said, Hunt's infectious grin and boisterous laugh have been overshadowed somewhat by the fact that he's emerged as a legitimate threat to put the puck in the back of the net. After blasting home a pivotal goal in a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, Hunt is tied with Zach Parise and Jason Zucker for the team lead in goals (3) and tied with Ryan Suter for the team lead in points (5).
An absolute 🚀 from Brad Hunt ties this game up. pic.twitter.com/CmTAiZk9H0
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 20, 2019
Not bad for a guy the Wild picked up last season as an extra body on the blue line. Minnesota sent a conditional fifth-round to pick to Vegas for Hunt and a sixth-rounder last January.
"Obviously, it's been cool," Hunt said of his recent success. "That said, the wins are more important, and last game was great for the guys to get back on their feet. It was good to put that in."
It's been a slow build for Hunt. He worked his way into the lineup shortly after his arrival, and as his confidence has increased, so has his play as a mainstay on the blue line.
"He's been great," Boudreau said. "He's come in and done a great job."
Especially on the power play.
Aside from being the living embodiment of the good parts of Minnesota Nice off the ice, the thing that stands out about Hunt on the ice is his powerful slap shot from the point. Dumba, whose slap shot is widely considered the Wild's hardest, was asked Monday to compare his to Hunt's.
"They are probably the same," he said.
Hunt's power-play one-timer from the above right circle tied Sunday's game 3-3 early in the third period.
"He rips the puck, man," Dumba said. "And the way he's shooting it right now, his (shot) is probably better."
Maybe the most impressive thing about Hunt's one-timer is that he's able to generate so much power from his 5-foot-9, 175-pound frame.
"You don't expect that from smaller guys," Seeler said. "He certainly gets some power behind that. You saw (against the Canadiens) what he can bring. He brings the heat."
It's something Hunt has worked on since he was a kid. He's been uncorking one-timers for as long as he can remember. As for how he actually generates so much power, Hunt doesn't know the science behind it, nor does he care too much.
"Maybe it's mechanics or something," Hunt said. "Just one of those things where I'm fortunate to have a hard shot. I'm not too sure what exactly goes into it. I just swing as hard as I can and hope it hits the net."
There's definitely some technique to it, though Dumba might have put it best when asked his opinion. "I think some guys just got it and some guys don't," he said.
It's safe to say Hunt's teammates are happy he has it; he's been one of the bright spots amid a dreary, 2-6-0 start.
Wild stay hot with blowout win over Stars on Hockey Day Minnesota
Mankato announced as next year's Hockey Day Minnesota host site
NHL alumni skate again during Hockey Day Minnesota
Wherever Wild winger Marcus Foligno goes, success seems to follow
"It's been awesome," Dumba said. "Any team that needs to battle out of something needs other guys to step up. It's the same every day with Huntsy. He's awesome. He's always got that big smile and brings that energy. You love that in the locker room."
OK, honestly, is there anyone out there that has anything bad to say about this guy?
"Oh, I'm sure my wife would be able to say lots of things that are bad," Hunt said with a laugh. "I don't know. Just try to do the right thing all the time and be a good person. That's what it comes down to."
Dane Mizutani
Dane Mizutani is from Hawaii and somehow ended up covering the Wild in the State of Hockey. No, it doesn't make sense to him, either.
Follow Dane Mizutani @danemizutani
More in Minnesota Wild
At least Ryan Donato had a few hours to prepare for his spot start this time around.
Maybe rest really is a weapon the Wild can use down the stretch. After scrapping practice earlier this week and emerging with a gritty 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning the following night, the Wild cancelled morning skate leading up to Saturday's matchup with the Dallas Stars and walked away with a blowout 7-0 win. With the time away...
In the midst of another successful Hockey Day Minnesota -- with Parade Stadium in Minneapolis serving as this year's host site -- the Wild announced on Saturday night that Mankato will serve as next year's host site. The 15th annual celebration will be hosted at Blakeslee Stadium on the Minnesota State Mankato campus. More details, including the official date, matchups,...
Some former NHL greats were in town Friday skating in the Alumni Game as part of Hockey Day Minnesota at Parade Stadium in Minneapolis. The rink, back-dropped by the famous sculpture garden and the Minneapolis skyline, hosted the first metro Hockey Day Minnesota since the event was in Stillwater in 2017. St. Paul hosted it in 2015.
MN Wild wing Marcus Foligno excelling everywhere, currently on checking line with Joel Eriksson Ek and Luke Kunin.
Wild get back on track with gritty win over Lightning
If only the Wild could play the Tampa Bay Lightning every night. They might be Stanley Cup | 1,513 |
Interleukin 2 and gamma interferon production, interleukin 2 receptor expression, and DNA synthesis induced by tularemia antigen in vitro after natural infection or vaccination.
R Karttunen, G Andersson, H P Ekre, K Juutinen, H M Surcel, H Syrjälä, E Herva
R Karttunen
G Andersson
H P Ekre
K Juutinen
H M Surcel
H Syrjälä
E Herva
The T-cell response induced by Francisella tularensis antigen in sensitized subjects was characterized in vitro by measuring DNA synthesis in whole-blood and mononuclear cell cultures, interleukin 2 (IL-2) and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production, and IL-2 receptor expression. Correlations between these variables were estimated. The strengths of the responses were compared in 21 subjects naturally infected 2 years ago, 6 subjects vaccinated 5 to 6 years ago, and 13 control subjects with no history of infection or vaccination. Subjects with a history of natural infection synthesized more DNA in both whole-blood and mononuclear cell cultures, secreted more IL-2 and IFN-gamma, and expressed more IL-2 receptors than<|fim_middle|> for the quantitation of T-cell responses. The results for the low-responding sensitized subjects seem to indicate that the parameters were comparable in sensitivity.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Jun 1987, 25 (6) 1074-1078; DOI:
You are going to email the following Interleukin 2 and gamma interferon production, interleukin 2 receptor expression, and DNA synthesis induced by tularemia antigen in vitro after natural infection or vaccination. | control subjects did. All these responses differed highly significantly (P less than 0.001) from those of the control subjects. The vaccinees exhibited somewhat lower responses than the naturally immunized subjects did, but the vaccinees could be distinguished from the control subjects by their DNA synthesis, receptor expression, and IFN-gamma production (P less than 0.01 to 0.001). The vaccinees showed a lower response, in terms of DNA synthesis and IL-2 secretion (P less than 0.05), than the infected group did but responded in a manner similar to that of this group, with respect to receptor positivity and IFN-gamma secretion (P greater than 0.10). The correlations between all the T-cell functions were good, with highly significant correlations (P less than 0.001) between whole-blood DNA synthesis and IL-2 and IFN-gamma secretion and between the two lymphokines (P less than 0.001). The results not only increase our knowledge of the T-cell response to tularemia antigen but also give an alternative approach to DNA synthesis measurement | 237 |
As one of the most historic places in the United States, it is no surprise that Williamsburg, VA is full of ghostly legends and hauntings that will send a chill down your spine. On this extremely informative and fun ghost tour, guests will be able to enjoy some exciting stories and may even have their very own paranormal experience. For those who are enthralled with the paranormal, this tour is not one that you should pass up on.
This after-dark ghost tour is entirely<|fim_middle|> own legends that will thrill and intrigue. Do not miss out on this awesome and informative tour while you learn about the history of Williamsburg that professionals historians and psychics have evaluated over many years.
Includes tour. Gratuities and souvenir photos are not included.
This is a walking tour which includes approximately 1 mile of walking.
Approximately how long does the Williamsburg Ghost Tour last?
The tour is approximately 1 hour. Extended tours are approximately 80 minutes.
Where does the Williamsburg Ghost Tour depart from?
In front of Kimball Theater.
What sights will be seen on the tour?
Historic Colonial Williamsburg's Merchant Square; Kimball Theater; other notable haunted locations.
Is photography / video recording allowed on the Williamsburg Ghost Tour?
Is the Williamsburg Ghost Tour handicap accessible? | unique. After meeting your guide in front of the historic Kimball Theater on Duke of Gloucester Street, you will learn about the history of the city. The stories encompass events all the way back to the Civil War, detailing Williamsburg's rich roots. Uncover the events that are said to have caused these bone-chilling hauntings. The tour is based on facts from history and includes the testimony and guiding of psychics and investigators whose interviews give unique insight that you will not be able to experience anywhere else. On the tour, you will explore places such as William and Mary's historic campus.
Each of these places comes with its | 128 |
Keith Lowe was born in 1970 and studied English Literature at Manchester University. After twelve years as a history publisher, he embarked on a full-time career as a writer and historian, and is now recognised on both sides of the Atlantic as an authority on the Second World War and its aftermath.
He is the author of three major works of history. His first book, Inferno, was a critically-acclaimed study of the bombing of Hamburg in 1943<|fim_middle|>0 people in a single night. His second book, Savage Continent , was a ground-breaking study of the wave of violence and revenge that swept Europe after the war. It became a Sunday Times top ten bestseller, and went on to win both the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and Italy's national herasco History Prize. His latest book, The Fear and the Freedom, is an intimate history of the long-term consequences of the Second World War, and the shadow that it still casts over our lives today.
Lowe regularly speaks on TV and radio, and he often lectures on postwar history at venues across Europe and North America. He has written for a variety of newspapers and journals, including the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
He lives in London with his wife and two children.
Site design MANGOZOO.CO.UK | . Using eyewitness testimonies from both sides, it described the horrors of the greatest ever man-made firestorm, which killed around 40,00 | 31 |
Tallest building in western U.S. to start with big pour
William M. Welch
Wilshire Grand project will be 1%2C100 feet tall%2C counting the spire
Ceremony to mark pouring of concrete for foundation
A pour for the record books is planned
LOS ANGELES — A new addition to the city's skyline, a hotel and office project that will become the tallest building in the western United States, starts its slow rise this month with a bid for the record books.
The 73-story, 1,100-foot tall Wilshire Grand project represents a $1.1 billion private investment by a Korean conglomerate in the city's downtown, long an area of neglect but now experiencing a development revival.
"It will give downtown Los Angeles a new identity,'' says José Huizar, a City Council member representing the area. "It's going to help reshape the downtown skyline in a good way.''
After spending more than a year demolishing the old hotel on the site and digging a 100-foot hole for the building's footings, architect and project manager Chris Martin says workers plan to pour the concrete foundation in one huge effort Feb. 15.
The project will attempt to set a Guinness World Record with the largest continuous concrete pour ever, Martin said. More than 2,100 truckloads will deliver 21,200 cubic yards of concrete weighing 82 million pounds.
The parade of concrete trucks will be led to the site by the University of Southern California marching band and a gaggle of local dignitaries who<|fim_middle|> heat created by chemical reactions inherent to the process. To keep the concrete from overheating, which could cause the concrete to crack and ruin, workers have installed 19 miles of refrigeration piping amid the foundation's steel reinforcement that will cool the process.
"We've gotten experts from all over the world to advise us on this,'' says Martin, a third-generation architect whose grandfather designed City Hall in the 1920s.
"We're baking a big cake.''
Because of its location in a seismically active area, the building will have what are in effect large shock absorbers, Martin said. At its top, the building will sway as much as 5 feet in high winds. "It's so slow you just don't notice it,'' he said.
The project will be the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, its developers say, when its 160-foot spire is included.
The building will house a 900-room hotel, with the lobby located on the 70th floor, with floors also for offices, retail and parking space.
Central to the design and the building's height claim, was a relaxation in building requirements by the city, which for half a century has required downtown buildings to have a flat roof for landing a helicopter in case of a fire or other emergency. Without that requirement, Martin's firm was able to design a glass pediment that will glow with colors at night and cover the top-floor "sky lobby."
Huizar said that the required helicopter pads were almost never used and that new regulations recognize other safety features in construction materials and techniques.
"For decades we required these flat-top rooftops,'' Huizar said. But with the change, he said, designers were free to plan "a more creative rooftop'' while still meeting safety needs.
The developer of the project is Hanjin Group, which operates Korean Air Lines and Hanjin Shipping Co., both of which are major players at Los Angeles International Airport and the port of Long Beach. Its chairman, Yang-ho Cho, has been active in the city and is a member of the board of trustees of USC.
The hotel is scheduled to open in 2017. Huizar says that when completed, the project will help revitalize downtown neighborhoods, which have seen a spurt of residential growth. Today 50,000 people live in the city's downtown core area, five times what it was a decade ago, Huizar said. An estimated half a million people work in the downtown area.
A number of other recent projects have fueled that growth, including the entertainment and sports development L.A. Live, next to the Staples Center, and condos. A $140 million art museum is also under construction downtown.
"In the past, after dark no one would stay downtown,'' he said. "People would work here and leave right away. There was no nightlife. It was unsafe. It wasn't well kept. But now, when we have so many more people living downtown, there is demand for public amenities.''
Follow @WilliamMWelch on Twitter | will mark the construction milestone with developers.
Pouring the massive amount of concrete at once allows workers to save several weeks' time over a more normal, slower pour, Martin said, and will yield one solid, connected foundation rather than requiring mechanical connections between sections.
But pouring so much concrete at once has its downsides, mainly | 65 |
Meet duendita, a Spiritual Soul Singer Who Worships at the Altar of Self-Love
The New York City artist talks about how she uses community (and weed) to combat oppression and sorrow in this Rising interview.
Photos by James Emmerman
by Vrinda Jagota
Pop/R&B
Candace Camacho and I meet on one of the coldest days of the year—the kind of day where it takes<|fim_middle|> was filmed in Camacho's bedroom, begins with a close up of her face but slowly zooms out to reveal that she is surrounded by other Black women, including her younger sister. A sign behind her reads, "Say Her Name." The scene is strikingly intimate, a nod to the spaces and people that offer solace from the world's injustices. "Collaboration is, in a way, my reparations," she says.
After finishing our meal, Camacho and I sit at our table for hours, our conversation unspooling slowly. At one point, she pulls out her colored pencils, and we start doodling. I draw random lines, and she begins shading in an amorphous brown swath that eventually becomes a portrait of me. Speaking in shapes and squiggles, it feels comfortable, like being around an old friend.
Pitchfork: On your song "pray," you sing, "I pray for the girls who feel lonely." What do you do when you feel lonely?
duendita: When I'm lonely, I don't really try to cure it. I spend a lot of time alone, and I don't see it as an ailment anymore. The line is for my younger self, who felt ugly and lonely. I grew up feeling rejected and different from everybody else. Me and my grandma look exactly the same, but she's mean. I'm like, "Listen, we look the same, so stop calling me ugly. We actually should be besties, and you should be giving me all the cheat codes. Stop putting me down." But that's colonization. She has been taught to hate herself and to hate her Blackness.
When I was young I couldn't speak up and say, "I don't like this." It was very hard for me to say what was wrong for me and my body. But gaining communication skills changed my life. I feel like I was born last year. I'm more confident, in a sense where I'm relying on my intuition. So that line is the center of a larger feeling that that song is radiating, and that I'm still discovering today.
When I first made "pray," the Ableton session was called "Bipolar Prayer," and, with every lyric, the first line and the second line contradict each other. It talks about how I'm feeling sad and then how I'm feeling happy. And then it lists things you can do to prevent those feelings.
direct line is full of candid sounds that feel intimate and bespoke. Why is it important to you to capture those unique noises?
It all starts in those moments where I'm like, "OK, what does that sound like?" [lifts and drops silverware onto the table] That's what interests me. I went to L.A. last week and was staying in this bougie-ass hotel, but they had a clay pot in the corner. I was looking for something to stretch across the pot to make a drum so I could make some samples. I couldn't find anything, but I had a condom, so I stretched it with my fingers and played it over the pot. It was giving me all kinds of different tones and pitches. I had a microphone just hanging on my neck. That's the kind of stuff I like to do.
We recorded "thunder" in a room all together live. It wasn't orchestrated in a big studio. I got my friends together. It doesn't always have to be super pristine, although I do sometimes wish it were. When I listen to direct line, sometimes it's hard, because I'm like, "Ugh, this doesn't stand next to SZA." You know? Even though I know I shouldn't compare. I don't mean to degrade my work. It's just hard when you're making artifacts and you're becoming at once.
duendita: "thunder" (via SoundCloud)
Aside from music, what else connects you to your creator?
Nature more than anything. I birdwatch a lot. In a lot of my demos, you can hear birds in the background. Being present with nature really makes me feel like, "Wow, I am part of this and am equally as beautiful." When it's hard for me to tell myself that, I just go outside and I see it. It's everywhere and it's undeniable. I once went two hours outside of Berlin, to the border of Germany and Poland, and hung out with birds. I rolled two joints but didn't smoke any of it because I felt the birds would have been mad at me somehow.
Do you think of yourself as a creator?
Not as a god, but I am a creator of something. But I am also a creation, and that's my favorite part; it's not all on me. I also think about how being alive is not a consensual experience. Late at night, when things get really weird, I ask my friends, like, "You would tell me if you asked to be born, right? And if you find out that you did ask, let me know as soon as possible, because I want to know if I agreed to this shit."
Looking forward, what are you hoping to do?
I want to see all the birds and record new music. I have a lot of songs. Go on tour. I want to put out a mixtape. And I've been thinking a lot about how having a career in music gives me an opportunity to have the same economic power and brand equity that others have had for years—it doesn't give it to me now, because I'm broke y'all, but it could. And I'm really interested in having a global conversation and building that slowly, because it's a really long life. I'm not interested in going viral or letting this last for just a moment. I'm not doing this shit like anyone else is doing it. I'm the one making the art. I have the control and the power and the friends and the data. I want to start a company and just publish books by Black women. We're going to get it poppin'. This should have been done a long time ago.
Pitchfork Music Festivals: Chicago / Paris
Reprint / Permissions
Follow Pitchfork on Facebook
Follow Pitchfork on Twitter
Follow Pitchfork on Instagram
Follow Pitchfork on Tumblr
Follow Pitchfork on Snapchat
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Condé Nast. Ad Choices. CN Entertainment. | minutes to un-hunch your shoulders and regain feeling in your fingers. We burrow into our seats at Bahia, an El Salvadorian restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where surreal images of nature, animals, and praying people line the walls. The casual spot is bubbling with chatter and pop music. When a Spanish cover of Donna Summer's "Heaven Knows" plays, Camacho lights up and starts humming along. She comes here often to celebrate and plan projects with her friends, and her order—three bean pupusas and peppermint tea—is a familiar one.
Eating well, and eating vegan food especially, is important to her. It's one of the ways she expresses her spirituality, a throughline in the mesmerizing soul music she makes as duendita. Camacho grew up going to church, and still does occasionally, but she now thinks of her spirituality as a set of personalized practices that includes drawing with colored pencils, smoking weed, and paying attention to what she puts in her body. She details some of her favorite dishes: sweet plantain salad with blueberries, vegan grilled cheese with soup. She didn't always have access to good food. "I used to eat boxed mashed potatoes and things that had artificial shit," she says, "not because I wanted to, but usually that's all my parents could afford."
duendita: "Magdalena" (via SoundCloud)
After growing up in Queens, Camacho attended New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. The 23-year-old recently released her debut record, direct line to My Creator, which also served as her college senior thesis project. The 10-track collection is a celebration of the divine in herself and the people she loves, expertly sequenced and intentionally self-contained. It begins with a dial tone and ends with the sound of a phone being hung up. What plays in between is a conversation with God and with those closest to her; on the bouncy highlight "pray," she sings, "I pray to my God and my mom because they're both the same."
Camacho's stage name was inspired by the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca's concept of duende—that inexplicable, mysterious feeling when a piece of art makes the hair on your arms stand up. This sense of wonder radiates throughout direct line, her voice pirouetting from clear, open tones to deep, rounded wails. Camacho sings about heartache, loneliness, and death while situating love, tenderness, and a relationship with something bigger than herself as antidotes. Camacho, who is Puerto Rican-American and Afro-Latinx, also addresses the pain of racial and gendered oppression while uplifting Black women and celebrating her ancestry through prayer and love. Despite her hardships, she finds salvation in God, in the feeling of sunlight on her face, in a future full of daughters.
"I'm very loving and full of joy, but I'm also depressed all the time," she explains. "Maybe everything that has happened in the world has just created this divided person. I often think, Colonization has divided me this way. I cannot recognize myself. I do not fit in America."
During dinner, Camacho gets emotional telling me about how she was a sad child who often felt she couldn't express herself. Her mother encouraged her to be creative, she says, "not so that I could be something, but so I could be OK."
Camacho produced direct line alongside her best friend, Ezra O.S.T., and voices from those in her circle show up multiple times—even the sound of a pal's dog flapping his ears can be heard in the mix. It's all a reflection of the close-knit sense of camaraderie that drives her work and life. "I'm just the person who brings cake to your house and smokes you out forever," she says.
The music video for her song "blue hands," a condemnation of racialized police brutality, speaks to the way she fosters community. The single-take clip, which | 825 |
A medical consultant from Park Hill Hospital and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has received a prestigious national award as a public acknowledgement of his expertise and high quality work.
Mr Shahed Quraishi, Consultant Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeon, is the first surgeon in Doncaster and the first ENT surgeon in South Yorkshire to receive the Silver National Award for Clinical Excellence, by the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards.
The award, which is given every year to consultants, is in recognition of Mr Quraishi's sustained and dedicated contribution to the medical profession,<|fim_middle|> Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Surgical Oncology at the University of Sheffield. | over and above the standard expected of his role. He received this award after intense scrutiny by various committees made up of medical colleagues of different disciplines, health service managers, and lay members.
Mr Quraishi's application was jointly supported by Mike Pinkerton, Chief Executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals, the Chairman of the Intercollegiate Examination Board, the Chairman of the Specialty Advisory Committee and the President and Secretaries of the various National ENT Speciality Associations.
Mr Quraishi is well known nationally and internationally as the founder of the ENT Masterclass®, which is Europe's largest ENT training platform www.entmasterclass.com.
He is a leading figure in the education and training of surgeons and was in the final five for the prestigious National Silver Scalpel Award in February 2015. He was appointed to a key role at the European Board Examination for Otorhinolaryngology, an independent body that sets quality standards for ENT specialists throughout Europe in June 2015. He is also an | 207 |
Our all natural, authentic Castile soap is handmade using artisan production techniques that have been employed for over 2400 years. Aleppo Soap can be used daily for washing body & hair, as face mask for cleansing black spots and as natural shaving soap.
Pure: Contains no synthetic chemicals, artificial colorings, or fragrances.
100<|fim_middle|> quality and authentic!
Keeps my skin from drying out in the winter without feeling greasy. The box is pretty enough to use for gifting.
The soap is great- beautifully packaged and lovely to use. It was shipped out immediately and arrived sooner than I had expected. I ordered more to give to friends, as it is such a special product.
I like this soap very much. It has a very natural pleasant clean smell, and rich creamy lather. Cleans well but without stripping the skin.
Always a pleasure to purchase from this seller. Great soap.
Best soap I've ever used. Thank you.
I really enjoyed the soap, it makes my face feel so smooth and clean after using the soap.Thank you for having such a wonderful product. | % Vegan: Contains no animal fats.
All Natural: Only two ingredients, olive oil and laurel bay oil.
Antiseptic: Laurel bay oil is a natural anti-bacterial.
Anti-Itching: Disinfects skin without over – drying or causing irritation.
Helps heal irritated skin, skin allergies, irritated skin, eczema, psoriasis, acne, herpes, and rosacea.
Economical: Lasts longer than other bath soaps.
SKU: Re007.Category: Argan Oil.Tags: Aleppo, Aleppo Soap Receipe, Ancient Soap, Anti-bacterial Soap, Natural Soap, Olive Oil Soap.
This generously sized soap came in a nice package. No harsh chemicals used of course, pleasure to use in shower, this soap has very pleasant scent without perfume. I really like the texture too. It's keeping my winter itchy skin well moisturized. Highly recommended.
The Product is 100% what it was described and came really fast! High | 202 |
FA's 2018 Annual<|fim_middle|> the goodie --.
IF all else fails people can contact me in a pm here at Daz -- RO -- H3D too.
Thanks I am d/l now the first goodie!!
What figure is the layered dress on day 3 for?
Thanks for correctly work again. Now all is perfect. How can I reach you per Mail? What does this mean: Daz -- RO -- H3D?
"What does this mean: Daz -- RO -- H3D"
Those are just shortforms for different sites. DAZ = DAZ3d (obviously), RO = Renderosity, and I think H3D means Hivewire 3D (although that is usually shortened to HW3D).
For mail, click on the username (darkangel612) next to a post, then click on "Message" in the upper right corner of the resultant page - that sends a private message from you to them.
Axolotl! It's so cute, I just wish it had forelegs so that I could hide the wings and put it in a pond. But it's still cute as is, thanks Summoner!
Feel free to email me here or use the contact link at the gift page too. | Community Christmas Gifts to start soon!
Have you been naughty or nice....nicely-naughty? Well as they say you better not shout, you better not cry, you better not pout because FA's 2018 Annual Christmas Gifts are starting December 1 after midnight (CST) time.
Santa's elves have been very busy and as of now we have 16 items gathered for the festivities but the entire month plus all of December should net more items, I hope.
So do come in to see what goes up first and remember to tell everyone that the gifts will be placed daily and stay up until we run out of gifts or December 31. So come at your leisure and Merry Christmas followed by a Happy and Safe New Year!
Do remember to turn your volume down or use the controls in the music to turn it down. Let me know if you want to help the elves too.
I was trying to download the first day, but there is an error with the download link. I can't reach FA because the captcha is too complicated and doesn't work for me and I can't tell to FA, that the link doesn't work correctly. Perhaps somebody can do?
EDIT: Can't get any contact to the webmaster of FA, because there are always error messages. I can also not register me and I can do anything with this site - please take a look at the messages, which I don't understand?
Perhaps it would be easier for everybody to contact the administration, if there would be an emailadress outside any registration.
Concerning the spam message, all I can suppose is maybe you are under something like hotmail; sometimes the host anti spam things are ticklish.
Could you please try again so I can see if the contact form is working now. For two days our host has been working on security for all their servers and although or site never went down it probably did cause hiccups. As Aelin says it is working now -- the link for | 402 |
Early<|fim_middle|>CTD from semi-regulated to highly regulated markets. | anticipation of global regulatory and policy trends enables organizations to make the right decisions in order to take the right actions at the right time. At Accure we keep ourselves stay informed and act on events with an impact on our products and organizations. The key challenge today is that quantity of information is endless, but quality of information is rare. Therefore, the working philosophy of Accure's policy and regulatory intelligence is to tailor outputs to regulatory environment needs, and to proactively inform and suggest actions in line with our strategy.
Our highly educated regulatory affairs professionals have long-standing experience in many therapeutic areas and product classes. The team's regulatory experience covers the EU, US, Asian markets as well as a number of other global regions. Regulatory Affairs is capable of submission of Dossier /CTD/ e | 157 |
The moon landing,<|fim_middle|> mind: Can science make vegetables taste better?
A team of researchers from the University of Arizona's iPlant collaborative believe the answer could be yes.
According to a study published in Science, scientists have recently decoded the entire genome of the rapeseed plant. Rapeseed is a member of the Brassica genus, a grouping that also includes well-known foods like broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts. With a better understanding of the gene sequence of these plants, breeders could possibly create broccoli cultivars that are less bitter, and, in turn, more kid-friendly (and adult-friendly, if you're still one of those picky eaters).
Of course, growing better-tasting veggies is just one of the many possibilities stemming from these latest findings. Scientists are also emphasizing the more "practical" purposes of the research, such as increasing pest resistance or improving oil content (since rapeseed is the source of canola oil).
But let's not pooh-pooh the practical benefits of better-tasting brussels sprouts. Think of how smart a generation of children who actually enjoy eating brain foods like brussels, broccoli and cauliflower could be. Maybe that could lead to the next great scientific breakthrough…like the hoveboard.
Related: Is Lying to Children Really the Best Way to Get them to Eat Healthy Food? | pasteurization, the smartphone selfie—science has done a lot of amazing things. But one nagging question has always been in the back of every five-year-old's | 34 |
This will be another short post as the trip to the first falls only takes about fourty five minutes but it was still a great time with some people I do miss quite a lot being on the other side of the world now. Fukugawa is nestled in on the northern half of the island and if you love river treks or are a photographer like myself it is well worth the time to visit.
The trail head can be a hair difficult to find but can be stumbled upon with the directions here. The path progressively gets less and less maintained until eventually reaching a point of complete overgrowth so be sure to come at least simi prepared. After a short hike you will come to a gazebo and I think what used to be a sign mapping the area when it was more popular, use this as your halfway point marker.
After about twenty to thirty minutes you will reach the first set of falls. These are the most photographic and by far the easiest to reach but if you are feeling more adventurous as I was then work your way up near the rope swing and follow the path to above the first set of falls. From there take the river the rest of the way just please watch your footing and if you are carrying gear as I was take extra care to avoid accidents that could lead to the destruction of said gear. We stopped here for a while and gave the rope swing a try before a few of us decided we were going to go for the second set of falls.
The second falls are a good hours hike from the first set at least. The river can get deep at times and is full of fairly slick rocks but you can get your gear up there if you are patient. I however only managed to get a shot or two due to the dwindling day light when I arrived, If I was still on Okinawa I would make a return trip to shoot the river between the falls like I did for Hiji falls in a heartbeat. I also managed to barley get a group picture of us in the second falls, it is rather comical as I'm still trying to beat the timer and get in place..
Missed it by that much..
It took me about 3 years to hear about these falls on Okinawa but everything that was said was accurate. The falls are positioned close to camp Schwab on the northern end of the island and are not easily accessible. To be honest this was one of the roughest trails I have hiked on Okinawa and doing it with my camera gear came at a pretty steep cost. During my trek to the falls I slipped countless times and managed to bang up my knee pretty well. However before I managed to do that my IPhone made its way across some rocks and into the steam. Long story short, come prepared and with a partner. The hike to the main falls pictured above will take you nearly an hour and you will pass 3-4 smaller but very picturesque falls on the way, the road is rough but full of some amazing sights. I hope you enjoy the photos, if you are on Okinawa and have any questions feel free to ask away in the comments.
The start of the trail will take you though this tunnel, from<|fim_middle|> can see the main event, usually the only set of falls people see up close when visiting this waterfall in northern Okinawa. The area is very family friendly and features well maintained paths to the falls and some amazing views even from the path. If you are on island and thinking of doing this it takes at most 2 hours and is worth the 500 yen price point even if only walking the path. However today I want to show you something most don't see, past the rope that states do not enter and up the stream leading from these falls.
It is important to note that if you plan to follow in my footsteps for your own photos you will get a bit wet so plan accordingly.
The First of many picturesque views past the ropes over the stream.
As you can see here the water is just shallow enough to see down on the rocks beneath, making for some wonderful captures.
Past this point in your travels keeping yourself and your gear dry gets a little more tricky..
This is the lower half of the lower falls. You wont be able to venture past here without serious water proofing so head off to the right and up the trail from here to the main falls.
After about an hours worth of trying not to slip and shooting the stream I headed up for my final shot of the day but managed to meet some cool people at the falls and help them out with some camera work!
Thanks for being cool cats Stephanie and Pedro, awesome to meet y'all!
That is all I have for this post, going to focus more on the photos and less on the text for the Okinawan Adventures posts, plus its new years eve and this guy needs a beer! Have a good holiday! | here on its all stream and vegetation.
Markers on the trail can be rather scarce, follow them when you can see them.
As I explained before and as you can see above the trail is full of vegetation, and that is just when you are not simply following the water. If you venture to these falls expect to get pretty wet!
The falls pictured below you will actually walk down next to and will need to look back to spot but are worth the look, this is sadly where my phone had its last seconds of life before meeting its harsh end at the bottom of the drink. This can easily serve as the almost halfway mark to the Y in the river leading to the two main falls of this trip.
Take your time here, the path is to the left, this shot taken after coming down, the area features a narrow ledge and the rope to help can be loose.
From here you will go down to the left, after that the river does a Y, shortly to the right are the falls pictured below and off downstream to the left are the main falls.
I started my trek after some decent rains so usually I am sure the water would be clear.
After you have seen this turn around and head downstream, you should see these slick rocks and shortly after the main falls pictured further down below. It is important to note that at times it can be safer to just get wet than risk balancing or sliding on the rather slick rocks.
From a second split in the river you will get your first real look at Hira falls from just down stream. When I arrived it looked like someone had camped at the falls recently, an excellent idea considering the larger bank opposite the falls.
That about wraps this post up! Hope you enjoyed the read, let me know what you think in the comments and please share this to your friends. I will try to keep posting but I am moving to England soon so time is getting tight, don't worry though I have plenty Okinawan Adventures left to tell!
The Lequio Resort in Okinawa (sometimes known as the Rekio Hotel due to translating problems) is a popular spot for urban explorers near camp Schwab on the northern end of Nago. Featuring 3 main areas and a large amount of fully explorable rooms and floors the area can take up a fair share of time if you want to see everything. Luckily for you we spent a couple hours photographing the views from the roof, the wonderful art in some of the rooms and the general vibe of the whole place for you. I also took the liberty to look up some of the back story on the hotel and will be sure to include bits of info between the photos below!
The Lequio is one of many resorts and hotels built during the 70's hotel boom on Okinawa and unlike some of the others actually opened for some time before reaching its current urban playground state. The Resort is nestled high on a hill with many of the rooms and the roof offering an impressive view of a gorgeous bay.
The pool and most of the area honestly is in pretty bad shape. Winds blow right through the building so if you do venture up to the location please keep safety in mind.
By far one of the coolest parts of the area is all the graffiti and urban art. Also as you can see during the right times of day the light through some of the rooms can be very nice!
Easily one of the best rooms in the hotel perfect for some portraiture. The natural light just spills into it perfectly making for some nice dramatic shots.
A budding photographer friend got his fare share of camera time in on the trip. Thanks for coming along Jamero and also a thank you to Omari and Matthew, two other local photographers who decided to come join the fun.
That about wraps up this post, We are already in 2016 over here in Okinawa enjoy your celebrations!
Above you | 790 |
Brand Admiration and the Value of Respect: How to Build a Revered Brand
by Josh Zywien
A few years ago, my wife bought her first pair of TOMS shoes. At the time, it wasn't a purchase driven by philanthropic admiration of the company's famous "one-for-one" social mission. http://www.toms.com/beyond-one-for-one Instead, this initial purchase was influenced by comfort, style, and the opportunity to experience a new brand.
Today, my wife remains a happy TOMS customer (the half-dozen pairs of TOMS shoes in her closet serve as proof). But her relationship with the brand has changed.
Yes, her purchasing decisions still involve style and comfort. But her ardent support of the TOMS brand has much more to do with its karmic promise. Very simply, she feels inspired by and connected to the company's mission and vision—both of which make her more loyal and more likely to advocate on the brand's behalf.
The Business Benefits of Building a Respected Brand
There's one word that<|fim_middle|> it is still generating nearly $400 million in revenue. Those numbers might pale in comparison with those of giants like Nike and Adidas, but they're incredible figures for a smaller boutique brand. And it's hard to argue that the respect for the brand hasn't played a role in that growth.
Josh Zywien is a content marketer who writes for MarketingProfs: Made to Order, Original Content Services, which helps clients generate leads, drive site traffic, and build their brands through useful, well designed content.
Marketing in Controversial Markets: How to Build Trust
Keep Consumers From Cheating on You: Foster a Community to Stay Together
Six Ways to Be More Genuine in Your Customer Interactions
The Power, Potential, and Process of Personalized Marketing [Infographic]
Customer Satisfaction 101: A Guide [Infographic] | perfectly sums up my wife's relationship with TOMS: respect.
And, according to marketing researchers C. Whan Park, Deborah J. MacInnis, and Andreas B. Eisingerich, this one word (or feeling) can have enormous psychological influence over my wife's purchasing decisions. In their forthcoming book, Brand Admiration: Building a Business People Love, the authors argue that strong brand reverence has a direct impact on the following:
Credibility and influence: When people respect your brand, they're more likely to follow your lead and embrace your ideas. Apple (which was recently ranked the world's most respected company by the Wall Street Journal) is a hallmark example: When the company releases new products or voices its opinion, people listen.
Forgiveness for mistakes: Every company screws up, but revered brands overcome those mishaps much faster. Just ask Disney, which has faced plenty of controversy but remains one of the world's most respected and admired brands. Less-revered brands aren't given as much leeway.
Access to better partnerships and talent: When your brand is respected, other companies and top talent go out of their way to associate with you. Naturally, your brand can then be more selective, which only bolsters your brand's respect in the market: Salesforce, Google, and IBM are excellent examples.
Ultimately, all of those things can have a very tangible impact on a company's bottom line.
Let's look at TOMS. In just over a decade, the brand has provided more than 60 million pairs of shoes http://www.toms.com/blakes-bio to children around the world, yet | 331 |
SPOTLIGHT ON SWEDEN AND MEDICON VALLEY IN "NATURE", THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
Medicon Valley Alliance has assisted the editors of Nature, the acknowledged international journal of science, with their recently published special edition "Spotlight on Sweden and Medicon Valley". Among the articles, we specially recommend "How a bridge brought science closer together" featuring MVA Chairman of the Board, Søren Bregenholt, professor and founding father of the MVA Oncology Network, Nils Brünner, COBIS CEO, Morten Mølgaard, and CEO of MVA-member, Genmab, Jan van de Winkel.
Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA) is a non-profit membership organization in the Danish-Swedish life science cluster Medicon Valley, which is a part of Greater Copenhagen. Our 245 members, who together employ approximately 140.000 people, represents the region's triple helix and include universities, hospitals, human life science business, regional governments and service providers.
mva@mva.org
MVA-member, Bio<|fim_middle|> future as part of the new 2025 strategy. | Innovation Institute, awards EUR 14M to eight innovative and promising start-ups and research projects
Medicon Valley Alliance member, Chr. Hansen, will continue to pioneer microbial science to improve food and health, for a more sustainable future as part of new 2025 strategy
MVA Annual meeting 2020
Medicon Valley Alliance member Chr. Hansen, will continue to pioneer Microbial science to improve food and health, for a more sustainable | 95 |
Limelife Photography - Mark, Lexi, Makena, Maylee & Mika // San Diego Lifestyle Photographers.
Mark, Lexi, Makena, Maylee & Mika // San Diego Lifestyle Photographers.
Lexi is an incredible florist. Check her out at Leaf it to Lexi! We've seen her in action on the job<|fim_middle|> ever. This is exactly what I want of my family, as soon as the kids are surfing!
This is Grandma, and you really captured this family. They are just as delightful as they look!
I adore this family – beautiful shots you guys!!!
Beautiful pics of my sis and her sweet family!!!!
These should be in a magazine! Beautiful photography, beautiful family!
Thankyou for capturing our extended family in such an outstanding photo shoot. You are very talented, and very creative. May your photo business sore to the top.
As a beach photographer & board shop owner in FL, this session ROCKS!!!!! I love it! Planning for my own family session soon and I hope it turns out like this!!! | , and now, we've seen her in action at home with her family. I'm not sure which is more impressive. Here are some of your San Diego Lifestyle Photographers' favorites from an everyday shoot with one crazy cute family.
I love these! What a gorgeous family and what a great session. They just feel like summer!
beautiful. stunning. i feel like i know them a bit from these images!! excellent work!
WOW! The cutest lifestyle session | 94 |
Good day dear Friends and Supporters of The Bridge Youth Development Foundation, It is a great pleasure to welcome you on The Bridge Youth Flight Newsletter 1, Youth Development in Action, Otukpo, Benue State. On behalf of the pilots Marcus and Team Members, we thank you for choosing this flight. My name is Marcus Edibogi Akor, I will help you during the whole Journey!
Friends and Supporters, may I have your attention please, It's safe and short flight, we'll ask you fasten your seat belt, however, we'll appreciate if you set aside few minutes to read our Flight Newsletter. Thank you for your understanding and now please click: http://thebridge2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/the-bridge-newsletter-october-20131.pdf, download the Flight newsletter, sit back, relax and enjoy your flight!
ZONE C BENUE YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE – 1ST OCTOBER.
Statistics has shown that a large chunk of Nigerian youths are very talented and full of potentials but such talents are unfortunately wasted. These potentials can be channeled towards individual and national development. Lack of competencies, entrepreneurial skills and disconnection from societal and economic mainstreams have negated young people from living meaningful and productive lives.
This era is an era in which there is a rising search for 21st century empathetic leadership and governance to mitigate our challenges and transform Nigeria into a world class nation. The potential contributions of young people in Nigeria is compromised by a host of challenges including but not limited to high vulnerability to poverty, low value orientation, restiveness, increasing level of drug addiction and usage, general breakdown in moral values and norms. It is no wonder that there is a rising and growing re-engaging and activism among youth with government for better governance.
The affirmative is that there is a rising civic consciousness among our teeming youth, the prevailing opportunity is in empowering the youth with the requisite 21st century skills and knowledge that can make our engagement and activism effective and impactful. There is indeed a rising critical mass of youth, positive change is imminent, the tipping point looks not from afar but within the horizon,<|fim_middle|> take care of lunch and course materials, other expenses like accommodation and logistics are at participants' cost.
We are very excited to open the Call for Application to interested youths from Zone C, Benue State across Nigeria to apply for Zone C Benue Youth Leadership Conference.
• Admission Slots for 200 young leaders within Nigeria.
• 2 days exciting, intensive and interesting workshop.
• Knowledge based sessions and focus group discussions and activities.
• Opportunity to challenge and improve your personal leadership influence and impact.
• Opportunity to meet and engage with young emerging leader around Nigeria.
You will not remain the same after completing this academy.
Youth group (Church, Community, Mosque, Associations) leaders, Undergraduates, Graduates, Corp Members, Students, from Zone C, Benue State across Nigeria between the ages of 15 – 40 years.
All participants are expected to pay a subsidized non refundable registration fee of one thousand naira only (# 1,000) into the account whose detail is provided below, on or before Tuesday 24th September, 2013. Hence, ensure you call or text Marcus: 07038691281 to confirm your payment (please come along with a copy of your bank payment voucher to complete your registration at the venue).
NYSC Office, Otukpo Local Government Council Secretariat, Otukpo, Benue State. | persons of determination can tilt the balance but it takes persons of imagination and skill to nurture transformation.
Zone C Benue Youth Leadership Conference (theme: bringing out the ideal leadership qualities in young leaders) aims to help young leaders of various groups in the nine (9) Local Government of Zone C, Benue State to discover their leadership potential. The conference targets to bring together 200 young leaders from across Zone C, Benue State for 1 day conference to deepen their leadership, peace building, human rights, democracy and good governance knowledge.
While the organizers will | 114 |
Q: BouncyCastle: Extract public key informationfrom Certificate Signing Request I am using Bouncy Castle library in Java for reading CSR. I need to extract the public key information from CSR. I can see that openssl is able to extract required information from CSR.
I can't find any way to do this in BouncyCastle. I have been able to read PKCS10CertificationRequest object from the CSR. I have seen examples using SubjectPublicKeyInfo for extracting public key. But the code relies on the fact that algorithm of public key is already known. I can do a<|fim_middle|>. I want to derive the algorithm from CSR itself. I tried to find this information but couldn't find anything related to this.
Thanks for help.
A: Solution is to create a new wrapper around the PKCS10CertificateRequest like this:
JcaPKCS10CertificationRequest jcaCertRequest =
new JcaPKCS10CertificationRequest(pkcs10CertRequest.getEncoded()).setProvider("BC");
This class has the getPublicKey() method.
PublicKey publicKey = jcaCertRequest.getPublicKey();
| "instanceof" operation for various algorithm parameters and match but I think there would be something better | 19 |
Other images in this section of Matthew's Gospel may enrich our appreciation of this point. The alabaster jar of ointment, poured over the head of Jesus by a woman at Bethany, also stands for the whole person, offered to God in worship, in tender devotion and love – "She has done a good thing for me." (Mt 26:10).
Vineyards and fig trees occur frequently in parables, with a focus on the expected yield of fruit. Vines must be tended and pruned (Jn 15:1-3) so that the plant's energy is not used up in useless canopy growth, but is channeled into the production of grapes. A fig tree, likewise, is of no use if it produces only leaves and no fruit (Mt 21:18-22). The vine or the fig tree in the Scriptures stands for the virgin Israel, the faithful people of God. Each one of us is called to produce fruit: a delight to the eyes, sweet to the taste and good for food.
Each of these images – the lamp or candle, the jar of ointment or perfume, and the vine or fig tree – has in common the aim of giving delight. A lamp enlightens the eyes, but not of one person only – "it gives light to all in the house" (Mt 5:15). Ointment perfumes the one anointed, but also anyone else in the vicinity: "The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume" (Jn 12:3). The vine yields fruit that is sweet to the taste, and "<|fim_middle|> to all, not just to herself, by the gift of her life.
We should notice that the givenness these images express comes at a cost – in each case, something is consumed. A lamp consumes oil, a fact central to today's parable. Likewise a candle is itself consumed by the flame, exhausting itself with weeping, as Merton puts it. The jar of ointment is broken open and poured out in wasteful extravagance (Mk 14:3-4). A vine or fig tree expends all its resources in order to produce fruit, which is why it is a scandal for no fruit to be found on a plant that exhausts the soil (Lk 13:7). To be given is to be consumed, used up for the benefit of all. This is why remembering to bring oil is so crucial.
The wise virgin is one who holds her life in her hands, given and consumed for the delight of all in the house. | wine to gladden the human heart" (Ps 104:15). A wise virgin gives delight | 23 |
Home » Ben Spurling - St Aldhelm's Head
Ben Spurling - St Aldhelm's Head
Ben Spurling - St Aldhelm's Head
Ben was born in Swanage in 1979 and still resides in the Purbeck area today, living in Swanage. Living by the sea has always been an important part of Ben's life and this is reflected in his paintings. He is best known for his calm and uplifting interpretations of stunning coastal scenes and familiar countryside characters.
Ben is happiest when he combines his two favourite pastimes: walking the Purbeck coast and countryside and painting from his portable pochade paint box. This allows him to work from life in oils, his preferred medium, capturing the tones and colours from a direct study in<|fim_middle|>able courier service.
Angie Smyth - Surprise!
Angie Smyth - The Long Journey Home
Ben Spurling - Blue Sea at Swanage Beach
Ben Spurling - Dancing Ledge Pool | situ. These sketches of a subject or moment are invaluable for studio work or stand-alone final pieces.
Medium: Oil on Board
Image Size: 24 x 24 inches
Finish: Framed
VAT: due on commission only
Shipping: This original will be shipped within the UK (excl Highlands and Islands) via a fully insured next day signed for trackable courier service - the delivery date to be agreed with the customer. For all other regions it will shipped via the quickest fully insured signed for track | 106 |
Alles Wichtige für das Philosophiestudium. Die Einführung beschreibt die zentralen Positionen der Philosophiegeschichte von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart<|fim_middle|> professional writer deals crucial recommendation for amateur educational writers looking e-book.
Together with complete assurance on either print and on-line, buyer and loose magazines, journal modifying seems at how magazines paintings and explains the twin function of the journal editor. John Morrish and Paul Bradshaw think about the editor either as a journalist, having to supply info and leisure for readers, and as a supervisor, anticipated to guide and supervise effectively the improvement of or periodical.
Eastern comedian books have attracted a faithful international following. within the renowned press manga is expounded to have "invaded" and "conquered" the U.S., and its good fortune is held up as a crucial instance of the globalization of pop culture demanding American hegemony within the twenty-first century. | . Eingehend werden die wichtigsten Disziplinen, ihre Fragestellungen und Grundbegriffe erläutert. Auch philosophische Kompetenzen werden definiert: used to be sollte guy über die wesentlichen Methoden wissen? Welche Kriterien gelten für philosophische Begriffe, Argumentationen und wissenschaftliches Arbeiten? Umfassender Überblicksband über das komplette Fach excellent für BA-Studierende.
In academia, the chant "publish or perish" is greater than a cliché. In so much humanities fields, securing tenure proves most unlikely with no a minimum of one e-book less than your belt. but regardless of the most obvious value of educational publishing, the method continues to be an enigma to so much younger students. during this worthwhile advisor, a | 172 |
by Imperium Group August 22, 20214:04 pm August 15, 2021
Meet Lawrence Washington, a Principal Impacting Teachers and Students
On any given day, Lawrence Washington's office is a hub of activity. The administrator/ principal of a K-12 school district spends his days overseeing annual budgets, meeting with teachers and department heads, counseling students and worried parents, and making sure schools are following complex federal regulations.
"I'll be the first to say my job isn't easy," Lawrence says, "but I love every day. Running a district means that every day is different, and I am very fortunate to have an incredible staff who help me do it all."
Lawrence has worn a lot of hats in his educational career, but he says the most important one was being a teacher. "The classroom is where the real action is," he states. "That's where teachers are shaping the minds of our next leaders. If I hadn't been a teacher and experienced everything that happens during lessons, I don't think I could be an effective administrator today."
Lawrence's path to managing a school district began when he got his master's degree in curriculum, instruction, and design in 1995. "After teaching, I then moved on to being the Dean of Students," he explains, "and that's when I got my first taste of what it takes to run a school. I was definitely intrigued by what I learned. I enjoyed listening to students and teachers about their ideas for strengthening the educational experience, and I did my best to implement policies that could help."
Lawrence went on to become an assistant principal and then a principal/director. "Each time, I got a broader view of how schools are run, and I loved it. I really enjoyed managing the school overall and helping all of the departments merge together."
All of this experience means that Lawrence has developed a diverse skill set<|fim_middle|> classroom," he says. "It doesn't matter if I am setting a budget or discussing new policies with teachers – everything I do is meant to ensure that the learning process comes alive for everyone involved."
Imperium Group
Imperium Group is an American public relations firm focused on press placements and digital arbitrage, founded in 2016. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Imperium Group collectively owns over 100 sites and generates tens of millions of impressions every month. | . "I've been able to learn about teaching, diversity and inclusion, HR, curriculum writing, behavior management, and leadership. Hopefully I will be able to use that experience to become the superintendent of a school district in about five years."
With his extensive experience, he is often approached by aspiring education professionals for advice. "I suggest that they stay in college and get something higher than a bachelor's degree. It just isn't enough anymore, honestly. With a higher degree, you will have more career options. Another very valuable skill is being bilingual. I also recommend that people who want to work in education learn classroom management and leadership."
Lawrence says that anyone who works in schools, be it in a classroom or in administration, is an educator. "That includes me. Each day, I remind myself that I must help students grow academically, morally, and socially. I try to pay close attention to each student I meet and to understand their unique personality and learning style. Doing so means that I can enable each student to grow to become the life-long learner and active citizen needed in our society. In short, I do all that I can to ensure that all students learn and are successful. It's a good feeling when I see that happen."
He says that teachers can help by remembering that appropriate learning takes place through many different experiences.
This means that activities must be designed to lead the student from practical issues to theoretical principles. Learning also occurs as students freely engage in making choices while weighing personal responsibilities and the possible consequences of their actions. It is our role as educators to present principles, values, and reasons to students and to encourage them to examine the choices and decide whether to accept them.
He loves when teachers employ a diversity of teaching styles. "That is very effective in making learning accessible to all students, who learn differently, as educators know. When I teach, it is important that I find ways to utilize those differences in a democratic atmosphere that fosters cooperation rather than competition. Group work plays a large role, for it allows both a hands-on investigation of the content and an opportunity to build social skills. It also allows for individual strengths to be highlighted within the safety of the group. Students can also express their ideas in ways other than writing; posters, stories, three-dimensional art, and role-playing are some of the alternative activities available in my class."
Lawrence explains that all of this makes the educational system stronger. "Too many students, I believe, feel apathetic about school because they are unintentionally made to learn in ways that are not natural to them. By adopting a more flexible way of teaching, both students and teachers come alive and create what I like to think is magic in the classroom."
These days, Lawrence does everything he can to help teachers create that magic. "If I do my job right, then that will affect what happens in the | 580 |
The Amdec Group is proud to announce the launch of its latest Evergreen Lifestyle retirement village in picturesque Noordhoek.
Evergreen Noordhoek is the Group's sixth village in a steadily expanding national portfolio, and represents an R880 million investment in creating the largest Evergreen village to-date. Established on 16 hectares of prime ground overlooking the Noordhoek valley, the village will comprise 150 houses and 200 apartments, along with a state-of-the-art 4000 square metre Lifestyle and Care Centre, and a host of outdoor recreational facilities to complement a wonderful coastal lifestyle.
Evergreen Noordhoek finds its home at the corner of Glencairn Expressway and Kommetjie Road, a sought-after location in the South Peninsula, which is proving to be a highly popular retirement node. The Evergreen Noordhoek village also affords easy access to the coastline and its many fascinating villages and markets. Residents will enjoy the endless stretch of beaches for which the Noordhoek valley is known, along with the many spectacular mountain walks and outdoor activities. Life enjoyed in this unique 'town meets country' village means close proximity to nature as well as to Long Beach Mall and the charming Noordhoek Farm Village.
The first phase sees the introduction of 46 three bedroom, two bathroom houses with double garages which enjoy prime positions and are architect-designed to make the most of the interior spaces. Along with signature quality fixtures and finishes, owners will enjoy the flexibility of using the third bedroom as an office or study, and selecting optional covered patios to extend the living spaces for seamless indoor and outdoor flows. These are attractively priced to make buying now a real advantage.
"Interest in Evergreen Noordhoek has resulted in a number of pre-sales, and we have a fast growing list of reserves," says Evergreen National Sales Director, Phil Wilson. "Buyers will get their pick of prime village stands in a pocket that is terraced to provide excellent views," he says: "and given the fact that phase one homes are attractively priced, there is a real incentive to buy now.
"Evergreen also accepts 'subject to sale' offers and will help to facilitate the sale and transfer of your existing home. These benefits mean that you'll be settled and content with little hassle or fuss, looking forward to enjoying life in one of the most prized and beautiful corners of the country," Wilson concludes.
Evergreen's approach to retirement living brings active aging, comprehensive healthcare, financial and physical security – along with numerous services and facilities – which together delivers a wonderful retirement lifestyle. And because Evergreen remains the owner of the village, the environment will be brilliantly managed and maintained, allowing for residents to relax and enjoy the time of their lives doing the things they most enjoy.
The Evergreen Lifestyle Centre's facilities provide 2000m² of places and spaces within which a vibrant community will thrive. Residents can choose to start their day with a workout in the gym, a dip in the heated pool, or a meal in the dining room. In addition, a TV lounge, games room, library and salon match wonderful outdoor lifestyle facilities – an entertainment deck, tennis court and bowling green.
Arthur Case, Evergreen Group CEO believes that active aging is one key to a fulfilling retirement. "At Evergreen we've always maintained that an active body and mind are essential for a rewarding lifestyle," he says. "Sustained independence, vitality, friendships and a vibrant, companionable community make for retirement living at its best. Evergreen's supportive services allow residents to retain a high level of independence, and freedom from obligations means they can pursue new interests and friendships, and reignite forgotten passions. Our resort-style communal facilities and many wonderful activities provide endless opportunities for fun and relaxation and a real sense of belonging.
"A socially active and rewarding lifestyle is always our goal. Whilst clubs and relationships form naturally in every village, we go further with initiatives like Evergreen's digital 'Connect' platform which includes 'how to' training for less tech-savvy residents!" Case concludes.
Evergreen provides a managed, healthy lifestyle within a continuing care environment, specifically tailored to meet residents' needs. "Our active aging philosophy is supported by personalised home-based healthcare, administered by well trained, friendly staff," Evergreen Lifestyle Villages Managing Director, Derek Drew explains. "The Evergreen Care Centre will house a Primary Health Care Suite anda Frail Care Unit . Our partnership with national specialist care group, Unique Health, offers us an<|fim_middle|> Evergreen Bergvliet and Evergreen Muizenberg (for which Amdec garnered prestigious awards at the International Property Awards), Evergreen Diep River, Evergreen at Lake Michelle and Evergreen Broadacres, which is situated in Gauteng.
Amdec's signature portfolio includes Melrose Arch (Johannesburg), Val de Vie Polo and Wine Estate, Pearl Valley Golf and Country Estate, Westbrook Estate (Port Elizabeth), The Yacht Club (Waterfront, Cape Town), Harbour Arch (Cape Town foreshore) and XtraSpace. | experienced, brilliantly trained and managed team of carers and nurses to go with our layered and discreet approach; with care for those who need it and great health and active lifestyles for everyone in order to combat aging and the onset of frailty. Residents will be able to relax in the knowledge that – should they need it – help is always at hand, with nurse call alarms in every home," Drew advises.
The advantages of security village living are numerous, and Evergreen has taken these to a new level. Walled villages with electric fencing, CCTV cameras, 24-hour patrols and push-button assistance are the minimum standard. This naturally provides Evergreen residents and their families with real assurance.
The Evergreen Brand was launched in 2008 by The Amdec Group. Evergreen Lifestyles operates as an independent company within the Amdec Group. Evergreen's portfolio of Villages includes Cape-based developments, | 183 |
"It takes a lot of guts and a lot of heart to go out and overcome what he's had to overcome," said Scott coach Jeff Trame. "He was inspirational to our guys."
Smith was born with blood unevenly distributed among his legs, but he never let the malformation slow him down. The removal of his plant foot forced him to adjust as a<|fim_middle|> than Jared Smith. | pitcher and limited his role on the Eagles. He played two years of junior varsity before making his varsity debut this season. He never considered giving up.
"Baseball is a sport I love and have been playing my whole life," said Smith. "I knew I'd only get one shot to play high school baseball."
Jared's older brothers, Taylor and Aaron, were great athletes and baseball players at Scott. He was determined to contribute to the same program in whatever capacity his condition allowed.
"It takes a lot of courage for him to play varsity baseball with that type of disability. He knows that he could have been one of the most talented players in the area if he was not held back," said Trame. "He's a really good athlete. For him to be able to throw some very good innings for us was nice to see."
Smith is still a phenomenal athlete and quality pitcher. The only adjustment the Eagles had to make with him on the mound was to alter their bunt coverage responsibilities. The Eagles thrived this year thanks in large part to their defense. When Smith was on the mound, his teammates were determined to give him all the support he needed.
"Every time he pitched, we knew we had to have his back," said Eli Sowder. "He's overcome so much adversity, it was the least we could do for him."
Three years ago, his doctors told Smith that if he waited any longer, they would have to amputate above his knee. When they told him that he could resume playing sports just two months after the below-the-knee amputation, he made the decision. Teammate Ryan Seeney visited him in the hospital days after the amputation and could see the relief wash over his teammate.
"He had a big smile on his face," said Seeney. "He was ready to come back and do all the things that he couldn't do before."
Smith was self-conscious at first, but his teammates made him feel welcome right away.
"I was uncomfortable getting back out there and going to tryouts," he said. "I wasn't sure how my teammates would react. They accepted me and treated me the same as before."
Once he got over the initial anxiety, he was able to put his teammates at ease. There was the time in winter conditioning when he dropped a kettlebell on the prosthesis then sold out as if he had dropped it on his foot, fooling his teammates while laughing hysterically. There was the practice when he was supposed to steal second, but never made it; his prosthesis fell off between first and second base. There was the summer ball game where a lack of depth forced Smith to play second base and run the bases. He ended up scoring the winning run all the way from second, helped by a pair of errors.
Most of these seniors have been playing together or against each other since they were 6 years old, and that family vibe played a large role in their success this year. Every player had an important role, and the teammates trusted and supported one another. Smith's accomplishments are special, but at the same time he was just another cog in the Eagles deep rotation.
"His teammates love him," said Trame. "This is a tight knit group. They really care about each other."
Said Sowder, "This was such a great team to be a part of. We all had each other's backs. We did things that nobody thought we could do."
No player exceeded expectations more | 711 |
Currently in the U.S., 87 percent of the population has some sort of mobile device. Of that percentage, only 2.4 percent own an iPhone, limiting the reach of any business looking to establish a mobile marketing campaign. In terms of text message marketing campaigns specifically, texting can reach a whopping 98 percent of cell phone users, making it a very powerful marketing tool. When it comes to getting your important message to the largest audience, text messaging is the most successful tool available.
Next generation device securing its place as an industry leader.
Slick user interface design allowing for ease-of-use.
iPhone features allow applications to have a very unique user experience.
Apple has deployed a built in distribution channel for iPhone applications.
Text messages can reach 98% of cell phones in the U.S., which is 88% of the total U.S. population – only 2.4% of U.S. mobile phone users have an iPhone.
Text messaging is enabled on all phones bought today – no applications to download.
It is supported on all carriers – iPhone is only supported on AT&T (12% of AT&T subscribers have an iPhone).
Deployments on shared short codes can be immediate – no waiting for an application to get approved and loaded into the distribution channel.
Here's the bottom line: when it comes to user experience and next generation devices, we here at Opt It love the iPhone. But for businesses looking to launch a mobile marketing campaign, text messaging is the most effective and immediate way to reach your audience, hands down.
When planning for the launch of your mobile marketing surge, the question of whether to use a shared or dedicated short code for your business is bound to come up. Your short code, the significantly shorter telephone number you'll obtain and give to customers to use to address SMS messages from their mobile phones, is an important piece of the mobile marketing picture. Consider the following when selecting the code type that makes most sense for your business. If you are unfamiliar with short codes or keywords, please read this short piece describing SHORT CODES and KEYWORDS.
Shared short codes are used across multiple businesses and campaigns. Keyword(s) are assigned to specific clients for executing mobile marketing campaigns. Dedicated short codes are leased and assigned to one business or entity. The business has full control of creating campaigns and keywords and all traffic is routed to that individual client. Dedicated short codes allow you to lease a short code that matches your brand.
Shared codes are more cost effective; they allow you to share the costs of the short code leasing, carrier connectivity and software to run campaigns. Messaging itself is still charged on a usage basis. Dedicated codes are more expensive; businesses pay for total control of all message flows and branding. Total cost for dedicated codes include the short code lease ($500 to $1000 per month), carrier connectivity, campaign software and messaging costs.
Keywords must be unique per shared code. If multiple businesses want the same code, only one will actually receive it. Dedicated codes come with the ability to have unlimited keywords on short codes and full control of how they act.
Since many companies with shared code will use a code that belongs to others, businesses run the risk of being associated to other brands that advertise more. This is completely averted with dedicated code, where a business is the sole owner of the code. With that total control, dedicated code owners are able to brand their mobile number into customers' minds just like the service or product they're selling.
While a shared code can be up and running with minimal wait time, typically in a day, a dedicated code takes much longer, 8 to 12 weeks or more.
If you're on the fence regarding shared or dedicated code, think about your business goals. Is time of the essence? If so, businesses who want to enter the text messaging arena quickly and with minimal cost will likely move forward with a shared code. Those businesses keen on building their brand are typically happier waiting for a dedicated code as well as incurring the higher associated fees.
Opt It's new age gate feature allows customers to add a message or gate into their message flow that requires the end user to text back their date of birth in order to proceed. This feature is ideal for liquor or beer companies that must verify a user's age in order to send special offers and promotions or to permit contest<|fim_middle|> as well. Always privy to the latest promotions and special offers, your customers are 'in the know' when it comes to your business. Belonging to your VIP club gives them a sense of membership in your business' community and ensures that they are getting special deals not offered to the general public. They're also able to receive your information on the channel they prefer – their mobile device – eliminating the need to search for deals or clip coupons. They have everything they need to know about your business right at their fingertips.
Harness the power of mobile marketing with Opt It Mobile and add it to your retail business' action plan. Your customers with thank you again and again. | participation. Controlling entrance to specific groups allows businesses to meet all laws and requirements for age verification.
In an attempt to join your specific group, the user texts in any keyword, for example: LIQOUR.
The user responds via text "01181974″.
The user receives a message back stating that they have successfully joined the LIQOUR group.
Many Opt It clients have had great success with this age gate feature, such as Corona, who has launched campaigns such as contests, targeted event reminders and discounted offers around Cinco de Mayo, as well as the Kenny Chesney summer concert tour. Budweiser currently uses the age gate feature to ensure valid entry into many summer contests and promotions.
Contact your account manager regarding how you can apply the age gate feature to your business needs. Keep in mind that this feature is not available in your account by default, so talk with your account manager for more information.
With Opt It Mobile's expanded contest features, users can create and manage their own contests. Opt It Mobile users are able to establish a contest by simply entering start and end dates and times for their upcoming event. They may fine tune contests by controlling the number of times a customer joins; allowing for unlimited contest entries per customer, or a specific number of entries per contest, hour, day, week or month.
The Opt It Mobile contest feature also allows for manual or automated winner selection – for example, winners can be chosen to be the "xth" entry, first "x" people or every "xth" person. The number of winners may also be capped to lower your risk.
All contest entries are integrated into Opt It Mobile's upgraded reporting system, so business owners can see real-time results of their ongoing contests.
Consider how our upgraded contest features can work for you to drive business through your door.
According to some recent reports, the economy may be showing the beginning signs of an upturn. For folks in the retail industry, this is great news. Adding mobile marketing to your retail business plan now is a powerful way to set your business apart as the economy moves forward. This low cost and extremely effective use of text messaging can drive business through the door during slow times and raise business to new levels as things turn around. Consider how adding Opt It Mobile can bring big advantages to you and your customers with ease.
As a retailer, it can be difficult to connect with your customers during tough economic times. With mobile marketing via Opt It Mobile, you'll have the ability to communicate directly with customers that have given you permission to do so. With immediate release of information regarding limited time offers, specials on expiring inventory or new product and sales alerts, you'll boost sales no matter what the economy is doing. Opt It Mobile offers features that allow business owners to track redemption on special offers and promotions. This instant customer connection allows you to increase incremental revenue, while reducing promotional costs and earning a higher return on investment.
We know this all sounds great, but how will it work? How can you put Opt It Mobile and mobile marketing to work for you? Our customers in the retail industry utilize Opt It features in a myriad of ways, such as contests, coupons for limited time offers and announcements and reminders for promotions and events. Targeted messages or value added alerts with lifestyle type content, based on the individual interests of your customers, can be sent directly and instantly. For instance, a running store might send alerts regarding stretching before and after runs, a hair salon could text information on managing hair in humid weather or a grocery store might send the latest news on healthy food choices. What's more, retailers can use the Opt It Mobile platform to obtain customer feedback through text messaging.
In addition to the business advantages of mobile marketing, there are many benefits for your customers | 764 |
How COVID-19 Models Shaped Hawaii Lockdown Policy
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 1011 Views :: Higher Education, COVID-19
Hawaiʻi's COVID-19 models, responses, lessons learned
From UH News, May 25, 2022
In one of the first comprehensive studies on the state's COVID-19 pandemic response, a group from the Hawaiʻi Pandemic Applied Modeling Work Group (HiPAM), that is chaired by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty member Victoria Fan and broadly included UH Mānoa applied researchers towards a specific policy challenge, identified key takeaways to inform how to better respond to the next pandemic. The key takeaways include:
COVID-19 modeling in Hawaiʻi benefited from the incorporation of state-specific data.
The models are dynamic and should be interpreted as such.
After considering model outputs and issuing appropriate warnings, actions should be taken immediately.
These models require a firm grasp of epidemiologic concepts, therefore, policymakers should involve an interdisciplinary scientific advisory group as early as possible to translate models into actionable items.
There is a need for communicators who help to translate and communicate complex ideas into simple concepts for policymakers and the public.
"This case study is intended to and may help future policymakers seeking to navigate this complex landscape of models and draw upon practical lessons learned on how to make appropriate evidence-based decisions using models," said the study titled "Mitigation Planning and Policies Informed by COVID-19 Modeling: A Framework and Case Study of the State of Hawaii," which was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health on May 18. Authors included experts from the UH Mānoa Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, Hawaiʻi Data Collaborative, UH Mānoa Department of Mathematics, UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Hawaiʻi Department of Defense, and the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C.
The study examined different COVID-19 prediction models, followed by the subsequent policy decisions that were made and then the lessons learned from the process. The methodology and data were based on<|fim_middle|> policy decisions on when to loosen restrictions during a decline, particularly reopening to domestic and international travelers. While some models can predict COVID-19 spread under certain mitigation measures, there is still much uncertainty about the basic scientific facts and assumptions of COVID-19, for example the extent of screening for asymptomatic transmission and the infection fatality rate, making policy decisions difficult.
The authors said that COVID-19 will continue to affect the community for decades, therefore, "policymakers will need to shift from the use of models that focus on hospital capacity and reopening, to models identifying long-term health and economic impacts of COVID-19, such as mental health, access to non-COVID-19 health care services, education, and other dimensions of the social determinants of health."
Shutdown of HiPAM
Fan, HiPAM founder and associate professor of health policy, also announced that HiPAM intends to close down from June 30, 2022 due to lack of available funds.
"HiPAM has been an amazing collaboration in which applied researchers and health professionals came together during a time of great community need," Fan said.
"We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with others in the state to serve our community," HiPAM co-chair Thomas Lee commented. "HiPAM gave to the community our knowledge, expertise and skills to provide timely and unbiased information to the public using best available evidence and ever-evolving science."
Chyba, HiPAM mathematician and professor of mathematics, added, "HiPAM demonstrated the best of how university partnerships can be relevant to the real world and innovative during a time of crisis."
HiPAM was supported by several sources including the Hawaiʻi Data Collaborative, UH Mānoa Provost's Office, National Science Foundation, Hawaiʻi Department of Health, and most recently, the Hawaiʻi Department of Defense. | a review of the historical facts and real-world events through experiences of the authors of the paper.
Prediction models
During the early pandemic crisis, two models widely circulated were the University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation model and the Imperial College London model. After the technical team realized that these two models were not suitable for local customization, the team focused on two other models—Epidemic Calculator and the University of Basel model. The key characteristics in selecting the models included, model objective (for example, COVID-19 hospital impacts vs. community spread), local customizability (ability to insert state-specific parameters) and age distribution (accounting for age to project the case, hospitalization and fatality numbers more accurately). By 2021, the team relied on the locally tailored model developed by UH Mānoa Professor Monique Chyba.
Key policy decisions
The authors explained how and which models were used to inform key policy decisions in Hawaiʻi, both in terms of managing capacity during a surge and reopening amidst a decline. During a surge, the study analyzes which models were used to inform decision making in three selected use cases or scenarios: determining whether there was adequate hospital bed capacity in the state and adequate PPE (personal protective equipment) in the state, assessing the need for isolation and quarantine facilities from the surge of the second wave in fall 2020, and the role public communication played during the Delta surge in summer 2021, and the Omicron surge in fall 2021.
Models were also used to inform | 322 |
Moviemaking will return to the Inland Northwest on July 16 when North by Northwest begins filming "Admissions" in several locations, including Gonzaga University and Washington State University's Pullman and Spokane campuses<|fim_middle|> from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Webster will teach a vocal class for experienced singers 14 and older. Cost: $75. Inland Northwest vocal coaches can audit the class for $25. Students are asked to prepare two vocal selections.
For more information, location and class schedule go to www.traditionsof christmasnw.com and click on Doug Webster fundraiser or call (208) 661-6010.
Students in Eastern Washington University's Theatre Program will showcase what they've learned this summer during their intensive actor/voice training course with New York City voice teacher Dianna Schoenborn.
For reservations, call (509) 455-2459 or email boxoffice@interplayers.com. Tickets are $10. | .
North by Northwest has completed more than 40 films, many filmed in the Inland Northwest, but "Admissions" will be the first feature film the Spokane-based company has undertaken since Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law the Movie Competitiveness Bill last April. The law, which provides financial incentives and rebates for making movies in the state, had expired in 2011, making it less financially feasible to make movies here.
Scenes will also be shot at the Masonic Temple in downtown Spokane and at St. Aloysius Church on the GU campus, Dahlstrom said.
If interested, email North by Northwest at nxnwextras@gmail.com.
Monday, at 6:30 p.m., The Magic Lantern Theatre, 25 W. Main Ave., will host a free screening of the film "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills." It tells the story of the "West Memphis Three" – three Arkansas teens convicted of murdering three boys in 1993. The young men were released from prison after serving 18 years when forensic evidence threw into question the validity of the convictions.
After the screening, Mary Pat Treuthart, Gonzaga law professor and co-host of Spokane Public Radio's "Movies 101" will lead a discussion of the documentary.
On July 21, Jason Baldwin, one of the imprisoned men, will be in Spokane for an evening of "music, food and education." That event begins at 4 p.m. on the Saranac Building rooftop, 25 W. Main. Both events are sponsored by PJALS Inland Northwest Death Penalty Abolition Group. For more information, go to www.pjals.org.
On July 18, Douglas Webster will be in concert in Coeur d'Alene singing songs from well-known Broadway shows. Webster made his Broadway debut in "Les Miserables" and has performed at Carnegie Hall and with New York's Metropolitan Opera. The concert starts at 7 p.m. at the Kroc Center Auditorium, 1765 W. Golf Course Road.
Tickets are $25 a person; $20 for groups of 15 or more. Tickets can be purchased online at www.traditionsof christmasnw.com or at New York Bagels and Deli, 226 W. Ironwood Drive in Coeur d'Alene.
On July 17, | 505 |
Isabel is a classic beauty. With her beautiful bone structure, we wanted to highlight her special features while keeping her comfortable and relaxed during the shoot.
Star is uniquely beautiful<|fim_middle|> Sam about your Photoshoot? | . Her soft features mixed with her unique look make her a showstopper. We wanted to enhance her unique features with bright color pops that complimented her tones and enhanced her sultry attitude.
Makeup Artists are always looking to capture the versatility of their talent, and Esmerelda Munez reached out to me to do just that. We collaborated to create simple, yet refined beauty shots that showcased her makeup work without distraction.
Photographing men is one of my favorite things to do. I find it challenging and exciting to create poses that enhance the image's story, as we did with Ricardo here.
By sculpting the shoot to each individual's features, aura, and needs, we are able to create a portrait fit just for the individual or brand.
Ready to Contact | 157 |
Your baby, whether breast- or formula-fed, should be fed in response to his own hunger and fullness cues, not by a clock. This approach will ensure that your baby's nutritional needs are met.
Calories — Between birth and 3 to 4 months, babies need, on average, about 550 calories a day.
Protein — The building blocks for muscles.
Calcium — Builds the foundation for bone structure; Magnesium, Phosphorous and Vitamin C also help with bone development.
Vitamin D — Helps absorb Calcium to promote healthy bone growth.
B Vitamins — Helps turn calories into usable energy.
Iron and Iodine — Critical<|fim_middle|> throughout the first year. Check with your pediatrician to find out what your baby's nutrition and supplementation needs may be. | for brain development and for creating healthy red blood cells.
Vitamins A, E, C, & Zinc — Helps support the developing immune system.
DHA — An important fatty acid for the brain and eye development.
Probiotics are good bacteria found in breastmilk that help support digestive health. Bacteria are a part of an ecosystem within your infant's digestive system called the microbiota. Establishing a healthy, balanced microbiota is important to your baby's health.
Probiotics, or good bacteria, are sometimes added to infant formulas, such as B. lactis and L. reuteri.
The probiotic B. lactis supports digestive health. The probiotic L. reuteri has been clinically shown to reduce crying time by 50% in colicky breastfed infants.
Did you know that fat makes up 60% of the human brain? One fatty acid plays an important role in supporting your baby's brain and eye development: DHA (docosahexaenoic). If you're breastfeeding, your baby can naturally get this from your milk depending on your diet. If you're formula-feeding, your baby may benefit from the added DHA that can be found in infant formulas.
Breastmilk and infant formula can provide most of the nutrients your baby needs until about 4 to 6 months. If you're breastfeeding, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends supplements of 400 IU per day of Vitamin D for infants starting at birth. Between 4 and 6 months, the iron your baby is born with can become depleted and should be replenished; that's why iron-rich baby cereal is recommended as your baby's first solid food and should be fed to your baby | 351 |
For this hop we will be featuring the letter "C". This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their "C" element will be featured in their post.
If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at LINDA'S<|fim_middle|> My Heart Color Challenge. This weeks Color Dare #127.5 is Canary, Slate and White Daisy.
I have been wanting to design a card which was mostly white with some color accents. When I saw this weeks color combination I knew it was the perfect pairing.
Now why don't you play along? Just design a project using these colors, if you not have the Close to My Heart colors you can use a color which matches. Then just link you design HERE.
I have a special workshop that I am offering to you. It was designed by a very talented Close to My Heart consultant, Susan Williams. She has outdone herself with this workshop!! You will complete FOUR two page layout and TWELVE cards!! Wow! It uses flip flaps, twine, shimmer trim, Hopscotch complements and paper pack.
I have assembled the layouts and have photos below of how I put them together. The only major change from her designs is how I plan to use the Flip Flaps. She designed the three of the layouts to use flip-flap which she adheres directly to you layout. I like to use page protectors so I usually adhere them on the page protector. So in the following photos you will see my version of her layout and the flip flaps are just placed on the layout and not adhered yet (that is why you see that white strip behind the flip flaps).
This layout used two flip flaps on the left and three flip flaps on the right.
With this layout used two flip flaps on the left and three flip flaps on the right.this layout the left page has one flip flap and the right page I used only one flip flap where Susan designed it using three on the right side.
This layout uses two flip flaps on left and one on the right.
This layout does not used flip flaps.
So you want to be able to make this fabulous workshop? Well all you need todo is order the following Supplies from my website and I will email you the workshop kit which includes color photos of the layouts, cutting guide and tips on assembly. I will also include the measurement to assemble the layouts as she designed.
Please let me know if you have any questions about this workshop. If you are local to the Denver area I would be more than happy to host a workshop.
I received a tip from some fellow crafters that some of the holiday glass blocks at Lowe's were on sale for $1 the beginning of January. Thankfully some of them posted their receipts so I was able to show this and get my Lowe's to price match. (I will admit it was not the easiest task because it really depends on who you talk to. I talked to 5 different Lowe's employees and only two said it was possible.) Any way I was able to score 10 of these!!!
Since then I have been looking on Pinterest to see what my first glass block project was going to be. I decided on Valentines, since Feb 14th is just around the corner.
I have been having a lot of fun with vinyl and my new Cricut Explore!! For this project used the Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge. I used the pocket card image on pg 30 Love Life. I modified it in the design studio enlarging and rotating the heart. I also added the "be mine". I really love the way this turned out. I filled it with two of the larger bags of sweethearts.
I thought I would share with you my experience cleaning my Circut mats. I actually use Cricut for both my Silhouette and my Cricut. They work for both machines an the Cricut mats are cheeper than the Silhouette ones. When using them with my Silhouette I do have to line the paper up differently all the way to the top and far right edge covering up the numbers on the ruler part. Anyway I have over 10 mats that were not holding my paper well any more so I decided it would be time to see if I could revive these mats. I have seen a lot of videos and tips on how to clean them from just soap an water to brake cleaner. I decided to use just soap (Dawn) and water. This seemed to work for some of the dirt and debris, so I decided to use a magic clean eraser to hope with some of the stubborn stuff. Well that was the trick to removing the dirt and debris that just soap an water could not get. Some of my mats had seen a lot of action so once thy dried the did regain some of there sticky need but will need a little help. However, with the mats which were not to overused and did not require a lot of scrubbing with the magic eraser were noticeable more sticky again once they dried. For that mats which need a little more sticky I will used 2 way Zig glue to give them a little added tackiness.
Here is a before and after photo of one of the mats I cleaned.
You can see a noticeable improvement to the mat and for this mat the stickiness returned. You can still see the hexagon cuts on the map as those are due to my Silhouette which seems to cut a bit deeper on the mat than my Cricut. I have to admit I was spectacle on the results before I tried it, but now I am so happy I took the time to clean these. They are by no means brand new again but they function a whole lot better than they were prior to my cleaning.
For this hop we will be featuring the letter "B". This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their "B" element will be featured in their post.
I have been on a roll of completed some layouts that I have had waiting to be completed. For this layout I had the paper and the photos just not the layout design yet. When I was trying to decide on a "B" element I though of one of the stamp sets I really like Bodacious Banners and knew I wanted to focus on this. I then was looking though my stack of layouts to complete and saw this one and knew it would be perfect with the Brown, Blue and green.
Now it is time to hop on over to PAM TROSTLE's Blog and see what she has created for you today. If you get lost along the way you can always check back with Linda's Blog as she has the full list of participants.
Welcome to Color My Heart! This week our Color Dare #126 is featuring Bamboo, Champagne and Black.
I really like this color combination as it feels sophisticated. I was originally planning to make a wedding or anniversary card but then my husband mentioned he needed a sympathy card. So I ended up designing a sympathy card.
Now how about you giving it a try? Just create your card, layout, or craft and hop on over to Color My Heart and link you creation HERE. | BLOG ~ SCRAPPY THERAPY . If you just came from Linda's Blog then you are in the right place.
For my "C" I chose my Cricut and Disney's Cars Cartridge. I have been working on my son room since we moved. He is all boy and loves all cars, trucks and trains. So I have been working on one wall at a time but I have been cutting vinyl vehicles to decorate his room. I still had one wall left to decorate. I have cut all the previous vehicles with my Silhouette but since I got the Cricut Explore I decided to try cutting vinyl with it. Well it worked like a gem and I got carried away.
It was really a lot of fun putting these together albeit a little tedious. There were a lot of layers to some of the designs. Here is a close up to two of the characters.
Now it is time to hop on over to MARIE GOETZ'S Blog and see what she has created for you today. If you get lost along the way you can always check back with Linda's Blog as she has the full list of participants.
Welcome this weeks Color | 236 |
Graphic Novelty²
Awards/Tags
Graphic Novel Suggestions
Graphic novels have been growing in popularity but it seems at times that prejudice against them remains, with a lingering doubt about their literary merit. But as a former elementary teacher, and now a current teen librarian, I can say confidently that graphic novels are a magnificent way to bring a story to life. And other educators agree, as teachers and librarians on the 2014 New York Comic-Con panel Super Girls: Using Comics to Engage Female Students in the High School Classroom listed these benefits and skills that are strengthened by graphic novels: "motivating reluctant readers, inference, memory, sequencing, understanding succinct language, and reading comprehension." To find out more about how graphic novels can be used in education go to the website CBLDF (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund for they have featured articles that are designed to lessen confusion around the content of graphic novels and to help parents and educators raise readers.
There is great variety within graphic novels, with many genres available beyond the stereotypical superhero stories (although those can be great too!). No matter your interest, there is a graphic novel for you, so I have pulled together some of my favorites to highlight.
Diversity is key in literature and even stronger when an #ownvoices author can share their experiences with the reader. As such, here are a few Diverse Reads:
Roughneck by Jeff Lemire is a beautifully told standalone tale of a brother and sister's quest to reconnect with one another and their cultural identity written and illustrated by the talented Jeff Lemire. Lemire handles the storyline of Derek and Beth's Cree<|fim_middle|>ert, was marvelous (get the play on words?)! The story was a perfect way to freshen up the franchise and reboot some of the hero's storylines. The story takes place in 1602 and is an alternate world in which Europe and colonial America's history is jumbled and out of order due to a rift in the timeline, with America's first child of European descent, Virginia Dare, surviving and traveling overseas to London with her bodyguard Rojhaz. Court intrigue during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I abounds, and there are several betrayals, with many of the mutants needing to travel far to escape persecution for being "witchbreed". Eventually, America becomes a sanctuary for these people with magical abilities, and an answer as to why they are in 1602 is made clear.
While I could wax poetic about many other books, I hope those featured encourage you to pick up a graphic novel for the first time or introduces you to new titles if you already are a fan. Happy Reading!
-Nancy
*This post was originally on another blogger's page as a guest post, but as the blog is no longer active, I transferred it back here, since I wrote it myself back in 2018. I have learned to keep a copy of my guest posts as I learned the lesson the hard way when another post written by me disappeared when another blog was deactivated.*
Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
Author and illustrator Joel Christian Gill shares nine short stories of blacks from American history that you are probably not aware of. His title refers to the song made famous by Billie Holiday about blacks being lynched and hanging from trees, so the title immediately signifies the seriousness of the narrative. Gill's opening message "For all those who freed themselves by cutting the rope" further amplifies this message.
Out of the Box Thinking: Henry "Box" Brown- Slave Henry Brown was desperate to escape slavery, so with help, he hid in a box and was shipped to freedom in a daring and unique way in 1849.
Harry "Bucky" Lew: Orginal Baller- Was the first black man to integrate professional basketball in 1902.
Richard Potter's Great Illusion- Potter was a famous magician, who toured worldwide, but only revealed on his deathbed his origins.
Theophilus Thompson: From Slave to Chess Master- Thompson proved that blacks are intelligent as whites when he became a master of chess and won many championships. That he disappeared at the peak of his career points to the theory that he was killed by those who felt threatened by what he represented.
The Shame- In the late 1800s a small modest seaside village was established on Malaga Island by a mixed-race community that had been founded by a freed slave years ago. But in 1912 the nearby white community decided that the Malaga village had to go and swept in and destroyed the village, sending many of the inhabitants to the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded. The judgments that the whites passed on the community were shameful and is a stain on Maine history.
The Noyes Academy- An elderly black gentleman shares his story of studying to be a minister as a young man at the Noyes Academy in New Hampshire. But in 1835 the academy was destroyed by whites who opposed that the school was racially integrated.
Marshall "Major" Taylor: The Black Cyclone- Taylor was an amazing athlete, especially known for his cycling triumphs. Unfortunately, as he aged he lost his money and died in obscurity.
Two Letters, As Written by Spottswood Rice- Rice was an escaped slave who fought for the North, and was determined to free his daughter from his former master. The juxtaposition of the two letters poignantly showed his deep love for his child, and his determination to be reunited with her.
Bass Reeves: Lawman- Reeves was a former slave who had moved west after the Civil War. He later became a respected lawman who was known for his shooting skills and morality in bringing in fugitives from justice.
Gill's illustrations are very cartoony, which I felt did not mesh with the seriousness of the stories. He used an earthen color palette and a standard panel layout, with an attempt to recreate the era of each story. His tone and storytelling began to improve with the later tales, and he used large black birds effectively to symbolize Jim Crow in the last few stories. Despite my not being a fan of the illustration style, I did find the stories interesting for they certainly highlighted individuals that most people will not have heard of before. I think this book could be effectively used in classrooms with middle school and high school students. I was pleased to read this story for this month's book selection from I Read Comic Books and I will check out volume two that came out a few years after this graphic novel. I feel it is important to know more about black history than the little that is found in history books and who whites feel are deemed worthy.
I was encouraged to read this book by my trusted Graham Crackers comic book store staff. Their synopsis: what if a black Superman landed in the segregated South during the 1920's? They have never steered me wrong with my purchases, and I was intrigued at how a superhero origin story could be upended by racism. In fact the title of the book is based off the song made famous by Billie Holiday, Strange Fruit, which is about lynchings and bigotry (video link below).
This magical realism tale is based off the historical 1927 flooding that affected many towns in the South along rivers. Blacks were disproportionately forced to shore up the crumbling levies, and were the ones whose poor land was most often affected the worst when natural catastrophe hit (as the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans was hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina in 2005). As the threat of disaster looms in this story, and racial tensions are mounting, an explosion occurs nearby. An alien ship has crash landed and out climbs a naked black man, whose ship disappears into the river muck. Mute, he is confused as to why white men dressed in their KKK regalia attack him. Another black man grabs the Confederate Battle Flag they dropped to wrap around our naked hero, who is sometimes referred to as Johnson (this refers to something he needs to cover) or Colossus. This covering courts controversy in town as he heads to the library to gain knowledge about this strange new planet. Just when political, social and racial tensions are reaching their breaking point, the levy also breaks, and his immense strength is utilized to help save the town. There is a rather grim conclusion, with no satisfying hero's arc or hints of redemption available.
The artwork is amazing. Reminiscent of Alex Ross's artwork in Kingdom Come (that Mark Waid also wrote), JG Jones's artwork is photo-realism in style, and cinematic in scope. The panels often look like they are painted movie stills, with incredibly realistic looking characters. I am reminded of Dorothea Lange's photography work of the Depression-era poor when I see how some of the people and community are portrayed, and I'm sure photographs of that time period were utilized for research by the illustrator when creating this story. The hero's depiction seemed a bit overdone at times, but the underlying sinister legacy of racism came through loud and clear.
However, the narrative turned out to be problematic at times. On my first reading, I thought the story was powerful and thought provoking, and I loved the artwork. But when graphic novels are multi-layered like this one is, I like to read it a second time and ponder the message more deeply, so I can better pull my thoughts together. The two men who wrote and illustrated the story were raised in the South as boys but are white men. So the question is can white men properly depict what blacks experience, since they are not writing from an #ownvoices perspective? I recently took a graduate class on diversity in young adult literature, and that was a topic that came up again and again, as white privilege is a very real issue. The book did have a foreword written by Elvis Mitchell, a black film critic, which helped give it some credibility, and he brought up that this story helps raise awareness of race in comics. Created with the best of intentions, but imperfectly framed at times, I found this book provocative and well worth reading, even if it just raises more questions than it answers. If any one out there has read this book, I'd love to hear what your thoughts were after you read it.
Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers: Edmonia Lewis
Once & Future: Old English
A Thief Among the Trees
Michael J. Miller on Marvels podcast
Michael J. Miller on Once & Future: Old En…
Jonny Pongratz on Wonder Woman 1984
Kathleen on Wonder Woman 1984
gpavants on Superman (Rebirth, Vol. 3):… | heritage with grace and respect and show the reality of native families becoming disenfranchised from their cultural heritage. The ending is open to interpretation, and while I at first looked at it one way, re-reading it I saw a more melancholy but poignant way of concluding the story.
The graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's story, Kindred, was extremely well done. Butler's original novel, published in 1979, was a groundbreaking story that liberally dipped into historical fiction, science fiction and fantasy within a time-traveling framework. The author
herself called the story "a kind of grim fantasy", and this adaptation shows just that. This was a heartbreaking story, and through the juxtaposition of main character Dana's experiences in two different centuries, this fantasy novel actually gives a highly realistic view of the slavery era.
The Outside Circle, written by Patti LaBoucane-Benson and illustrated by Kelly Mellings, tells the fictional tale of a Canadian First Nations man that comes to terms with his heritage and who begins to take responsibility for his life. The story is based on the reality that many Native people face (in Canada and the US), for the government took away thousands of children from their families over the years, breaking the circles of community and fragmenting generations of people with no connection to their tribe anymore.
Strange Fruit by JG Jones and Mark Waid has an interesting premise: what if a black Superman landed in the segregated South during the 1920s? This magical realism tale is based on the historical 1927 flooding that affected many towns in the South along rivers. As the threat of disaster looms in this story, and racial tensions are mounting, an explosion occurs nearby. An alien ship has crash-landed and out climbs a naked black man, whose ship disappears into the river muck. This novel raised more questions than it answered, but was certainly thought-provoking.
Even though most people who know me would agree that I am a friendly woman who smiles a lot and has a good sense of humor, I obviously must have a dark streak for I love Dark and Disturbing books:
Locke & Key is truly one of the best graphic novels I have ever read, hands down. It just dominates. Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez are superb storytellers, and the six-volume series is strong from beginning to end. The story starts with a family tragedy as the Locke family is terrorized by two students who have an ax to grind with the father, Rendell. After the father's murder, the shattered family leaves California and heads to Massachusetts to start over at the Locke family estate but malevolent horrors await them there. The new Netflix series based on this series is strong and choose to show more of the fantasy vs horror aspects of the story.
Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët was macabre, unsettling and gruesome. I loved it. This seemingly sweet graphic novel starts out with a lovely young woman having tea with a prince, and it is going splendidly well, that is until great globs of red stuff start falling on them. As everyone runs for safety, the view shifts away for a long shot, and you see little creatures pouring out of the orifices of a dead girl. And the story continues to go sideways from there.
Another series that I found outstanding was Revival, written by Tim Seeley and illustrated by Mike Norton. It was an atypical living dead story, in which a handful of dead suddenly came back to life. They quietly rejoin their former lives, not even realizing or remembering their deaths. Their new existence sets the town on edge, with media scrutiny, a government quarantine and religious fanatics taking over the region. I loved this series even before I won a contest run by Seeley and Norton, in which I was drawn in as a cameo character in the eighth and last volume. I will talk about this honor until my dying day.
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction and these non-fiction stories or based on fact stories are a great example of Real and Gritty:
The March trilogy is a perfect example of how graphic novels can bring educational content alive. This non-fiction series is a vivid account by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell about Lewis' human rights struggle and the greater Civil Rights movement. Students can learn so much from these three novels as they bring history to life and supplements what textbooks only briefly touch on.
Briggs Land by Brian Wood and Mack Chater is an absolutely riveting series about "an American family under siege" by both the government and their own hand. Set in rural upstate New York, Briggs Land is a hundred square mile oasis for people who want to live off the grid. Established in the Civil War era, the Briggs family would give sanctuary to those who wanted to live a simple life, but this anti-government colony has taken a dark turn in recent times. The village that grew within its fences has morphed into a breeding ground for white supremacy, domestic terrorism and money laundering.
Rebels: A Well Regulated Militia is "a historical epic of America's founding" and is very accurate in describing this exceptionally good graphic novel by Brian Wood (again!) and Andrea Mutti. It gives a window into the Revolutionary War era based in the NE corner of our new nation in the late 1700s. Divided into six chapters, Wood first gives us a lengthy portrait of the fictional character Seth Abbott and his journey from farm boy to one of the well-respected leaders of the Green Mountain Boys. Then we are given shorter non-linear vignettes of other loyalists and patriots and their contributions to the war.
Now that I've covered other genres in graphic novels, I want to share some Classic Superhero stories that go deeper than most:
Although Superman: American Alien by Max Landis has Superman in the title, it is really focused on Clark Kent stories. Each of the seven stories features a different artist and are put in chronological order to fill in the gaps in the Superman canon. We start with Clark as a boy learning how to fly, move through his adolescence, and finally settle in his early years in Metropolis. Every story is strong and fits in seamlessly with what we already know about Superman. I highly recommend this book, for it humanizes him. All seven stories are excellent, and they flow and connect into one another to form the larger picture of who Clark Kent is and who he will be. A must buy for Superman aficionados!
Kingdom Come, written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Alex Ross, was praised by IGN with the statement, "One of the greatest comic book stories of all time", and they were not far off the mark. I am typically more a Marvel fan, but this DC story was fantastic for the moralistic debate featured in the storyline. The artwork is top-notch, with a distinctive photo-realism look and holds up 20 years after first being published. This book stays true to each character's back story, so kudos to the team's familiarity with the history of all the superheroes! As such, the epilogue was a perfect ending.
Vision- Little Worse Than A Man by Tom King and illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez Walta is as far from a superhero story as possible. While grounded in the Marvel universe, with cameos by other Avengers and villains, this book is about our definition of humanity. This quietly ominous story had such power and felt especially moving to me to read at this time when I worry about our nation's future. I feel some in our country have embraced a bullying rhetoric, and turn a blind eye to facts and justice for all. It's sequel Little Better Than A Beast was equally strong.
Marvel 1602, written by the esteemed Neil Gaiman and Andy Kub | 1,604 |
When I found out my first rainbow baby's gender was a boy I was so mad. I felt completely unlucky and unloved. How could I have yet another boy when I lost my precious baby girl? How could I not have another girl? How dare life hand me yet another bad hand. I was devastated and heartbroken. I felt as though I had suffered yet another loss.
Yes, that's how it felt. I know that it sounds hard to even understand it, but only if you've been there will you truly understand the heartbreak. I<|fim_middle|> wanted my baby to be alive! At that point I didn't care if he was healthy or not, I just wanted him to come home alive.
I still dream of having another girl one day, but if I don't then that is okay too. Because, I know that I am blessed even if my heart is not completely healed. I will always think of those beautiful words that came when I needed them the most.
Don't give up the hope that one day you'll get your human.
Hope is what keeps us going when we don't know how else to go on. You aren't alone in feeling this way. You aren't mean or selfish for feeling this way. You are human!
The biggest take away from carrying rainbows is that you love them so much. And, if I can give you a suggestion, don't even find out the gender. Once you hear that baby cry, that is all that will matter. What I have learned is that it really doesn't matter who comes. It's your baby. You just want them to be alive and breathing! | mourned losing Leilani all over again. I was never mad at God because He held me up all this time, but the nerve of Him to not give me another girl! I then told Him how I have always wanted girls and He let me lose the only one I had gotten!
I literally dug myself into a pit by rethinking this over and over. I felt betrayed. I felt embarrassed…that I would have to tell people that I was having yet another boy. I feared the stares the awkward "Oh, another boy" comments.
I prayed that they made a mistake.
I hoped that at every doctors appointment that they would tell me it was wrong and they were sorry but that it really was a girl.
Then, one day I was just sitting around feeling my human kicking, and I felt an overwhelming joy come over me! A joy of gratitude. Not that I was being very grateful at the moment, but I felt joy for my growing boy! My baby my beautiful baby that Argenis and I wanted so badly. At that moment, I begged God to forgive me and told Him to not punish me for being angry or upset that I was having a boy. I just | 241 |
Elon Musk Tasks Superhero Costume Designer With Creating SpaceX's Space Suit
Jose Fernandez has designed costumes for some of Hollywood's biggest comic book movies.
By Kevin J. RyanStaff writer, Inc.@wheresKR
Very few things could be cooler than going to outer space. Going to outer space dressed like a superhero? That might just take the cake.
Jose Fernandez is one of Hollywood's most successful costume designers, having created wardrobes for recent movies Batman vs. Superman and Captain America: Civil War. Now Elon Musk has tapped him to design SpaceX's space suits, which the company has long said it intended to create. The suits are almost ready to go and are expected to be unveiled within the next year.
Fernandez had no previous experience in the space industry--in fact, he told Bleep that when SpaceX first reached out, he thought it was a film. The company requested that Fernandez design a helmet to present to Musk. The billionaire entrepreneur chose it over the other four competitors, and he and Fernandez spent six months collaborating on the suit's overall design.
SpaceX's suits will spin forward a product that hasn't changed its look for decades. As Tesla's line reveals, Musk is big on beauty--the cars might help wean the planet off of oil, but they had to be impressive and eye-catching first and foremost. According to Fernandez, Musk wanted the suits to be stylish and "heroic." There aren't any clues as to how the finished products might appear, but given the designer's background, we can expect them to look less like Buzz Lightyear and more like Iron Man.
Fernandez has been a costume designer for 20 years and is the founder of effects firm Ironhead Studio. He got his start in movies by helping to create the infamous evil creatures in Gremlins. His other costume designs include Wolverine and Thor as well as Danny Devito's Penguin suit in Batman Returns.
To be clear, SpaceX didn't hand over the safety of future astronauts to someone with no training in space technology. Fernandez created the aesthetic, and SpaceX is gearing the suits to be fully functional for space travel.
SpaceX has had a big couple of months recently. Earlier in May, it successfully landed a reusable rocket on<|fim_middle|> suited up in style. | a floating ship for the second time. And in April, Musk announced that he wanted to land an unmanned Dragon capsule on Mars by 2018.
Musk has been very upfront about his ambitious goal of helping humans colonize Mars. Of course, achieving that milestone still requires solving a number of thorny logistical space travel challenges. But at least we know that if and when humans get there, they're going to be | 86 |
Kastoria, Macedonia, Makedonia<|fim_middle|> the illusion of being at the seaside, even though the attitude is 650 meters.
Lake: It is time now to talk about the priceless beauty of Kastoria. How about a walk, at sunset, through the streets which run around the lake, among the planes, willows and weeping willows?
While the sunbeams paint with red and golden the waters of the lake, the white swans and the ducks that accompany the fishermen will draw your attention. At the same time the "boats" of Kastoria will move slowly on the waters, making you believe that this is a painting coming back to life.
You can enjoy the beautiful view sitting on a stone bench by the seashore or in the fishermen kiosk built with extreme care by the members of the "Friends of Environment Association, in their effort to protect the traditional treasure of the city.
While you are in the lake, you have to visit the monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa. You will rest under the gigantic old plane trees, you will visit the church of Panagia, the katholiko of the monastery and the chapel of Agios loannis Theologos with the beautiful frescoes, dated back to the II th century. If you ask for more information about the history of the monastery, father Gavriil will be pleased to answer all your questions.
A walk to the Profiti Ilia, will give you the opportunity to enjoy the panoramic view of the city and since you are here, do not hesitate to climb to the shelter of Ai Thanasi, which lays on a 888 meters altitude. You will be fascinated by the view and the beauty God has so generously given to this place. | , Travel in Greece.
The city of Kastoria is amphitheatrically built on the peninsula going far into the lake, reflecting itself into the waters like a precious gem, thus creating a picture whose beauty and grandeur fascinates both Greek and foreign visitors. This traditional West Macedonian city of long history, has irresistible charms and beauty. Christos Zalokostas has once said "A few more days in Kastoria and I would never leave the city again". The city extends between Vitsi and Grammos, on a small peninsula penetrating Orestiada lake. One can reach Kastoria following many routes: Athens - Larissa Kozani Kastoria or Athens Meteors Grevena - Kastoria or Salonika Edessa - Kastoria or Salonika Veria - Kastoria. Also Salonika Prespes - Kastoria or through tire former Yugoslavia borders (Niki) Florina - Kastoria, lgoumenitsa Ioannina - Neapoli - Kastoria.
All these itineraries offer to the traveler unforgettable impressions of landscapes, lakes, rivers, mountains, forests and picturesque settlements. If on the other hand you love adventure and do not get easily tired, you can travel by train up to Amintaio and then by car to Kozani and Kastoria. Finally, if you are fascinated by air traveling and prefer short cuts, there is a way for you: You can fly to Kastoria with "short" aircrafts. Whatever you choose to reach Kastoria, you will experience a thrill by the beauty that is laid before you even from the first glance! The houses are built on both sides of the unrippled mountain and welcome you in a city with strong traditional color, a city which is determined to keep this color and never surrender to modern architectural trends. Facing the area from far, we have | 390 |
It has taken a while to sample a taste at Catalunya<|fim_middle|> not have any wine, but if you want to have a tipple, then there is no shortage of wines to choose from with some good vintages at reasonable prices. Otherwise you can go to Vibes next door and indulge in a cocktail or two! If lazy lunches are more up your street, you can check out their Sunday free-flow champagne brunch.
Categories: Contemporary, European | Tags: apple tart, beef, Contemporary European, degustation menu, European cuisine, Michelin recommended, Mira Mall, Mira TST, Miramar Group, suckling pig, The Mira, The Mira Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui, WHISK, wine | Permalink. | , but now I understand why this restaurant took Hong Kong by storm at its opening early last year. Serving contemporary Spanish cuisine and headed by an impressive team of culinary experts from restaurants such as el Bulli, El Celler de Can Roca and Arzak, Catalunya has garnered high praise from many a foodie and celebs flock there to dine on Catalan inspired dishes in the confines of the private dining room (via the VIP back entrance of course).
Tree-lined Oi Kwan Road with its schools, hospital and swimming pool is an unlikely location for such a restaurant, but the quiet environment is appealing and adds charm to Catalunya. The grand interior is decorated with Spanish-inspired elements and decked out in mahogany and warm red hues and sits 140, the private dining room 16.
Rach and I were nestled in a booth in the main dining room and had a good view of the comings and goings, including the dishes that were heading our way.
The menu is varied, with a large selection of seafood and meat, but everyone's eye is on the tapas. We began with the excellent Travelling Oysters, so called because the oysters feature flavours from a different country every week. We had Gillardeau oysters dressed with a Japanese sauce of ponzu and ikura.
The thinly sliced 48-month Jamón Ibérico was not too salty and had a lovely nutty flavour. This was a great accompaniment to the Pa Amb Tomàquet, a traditional Catalan toasted bread topped with a tomato ''De Penjar" spread and a dash of olive oil, which salt lovers will also enjoy with the moreish Cantabrian Anchovies.
The Catalunya Tomato Tartar, an elBulli dish, is unusual as it is completely made out of tomatoes but resembles a steak tartar in appearance. The 'tartar' had layers of rich tomato flavours and I was impressed by the meatiness of the texture.
The most enticing dish had to be The Bikini, a downright sinful and luxurious sandwich filled with Iberian ham, mozzarella cheese and truffle. The truffle smell hits you first and breathing and tasting it at once can be a little heady, or perhaps it was just the sheer delight of scoffing it.
My litmus test at any Spanish restaurant is their Tortilla, and Catalunya's Tortilla De Trampo got my seal of approval. Their Catalan version made from potato, onions, eggs and red sausage was slightly wetter than others I have had before but was thick and velvety especially smothered with their allioli sauce.
Other favourite dishes were the Bombas De La Barceloneta- pork and beef meatballs covered in potato puree then breaded and deep fried, and the Octopus A Feira, a creamy combination of potato foam, octopus and grilled pork belly. The Green Peas with Blood Sausage may be slightly less palatable for some depending on your penchant for both ingredients, but the green peas were fresh and the sausage had an intense earthy taste.
Of the desserts we sampled, I enjoyed the Torrija the most. This simple pudding of brioche bread soaked in vanilla milk and then pan-fried was decadent and I was intrigued by the smoked ice-cream. The Chocolate in Different Textures with Passion Fruit felt short of my expectations and was too sweet for me to have more than a couple of bites. The Catalunya Fruit Salad was definitely an interesting finish, with fruits infused with different flavours, such as Watermelon infused with Sangria.
Catalunya is by no means cheap, (to eat well costs around $500-600 a head), but if you are seeking a near authentic Catalan gastronomic experience without funding the air ticket to go to Spain, then it is worth it for the high quality ingredients and careful execution.
This review can also be seen at Sassy Hong Kong. This lunch was by kind invite.
Categories: Contemporary, Spanish | Tags: Catalan cuisine, Catalunya, el Bulli, oysters, Spanish, Spanish Cuisine, tortilla, Wan Chai | Permalink.
For all our mod cons and modern living, humans are really uncomplicated creatures at heart, and this is becoming more evident with food trends. These days we are exploring the benefits of a more pared down diet and going back to basics, with nutritious yet simple cooking. Maximal Concepts, with their ever-growing empire, (Brickhouse, Blue Butcher and now Mott32) are doing just that, with their restaurant Fish & Meat. Their philosophy is to provide rustic, honest cooking, sourcing the freshest farm-to-table ingredients. As the name implies, the menu is replete with fish and meat and is split into small and large plates for sharing amongst friends, farmhouse, family style.
The first time I went was in a large group to make the most of sharing as many plates as we possibly could. Whisperings amongst friends who had already paid a visit told me a fair number of their small plates were worth checking out. The Sea Urchin Bruschetta with lardo di colonnata may not be to everyone's taste, depending on your fondness for sea urchin, but there was no denying their freshness. I love lardo di colonnata and the fatty flavours lent themselves well to the dish, countering the strong sea urchin. The fresh burrata with grilled Australian yellow plums was good and satisfied our cheese cravings, though the price was a little eye-popping at $180. I'm not quite sure what they coated the crispy whitebait in or what they put in their aioli, but this basket of tiny fish could put someone into food rehab, i.e. ridiculously moreish.
The pan-fried baby Spanish octopus with white bean puree , garlic, parsley and chilli was met with mass approval. I particularly enjoyed the contrast of the crispy exterior of the octopus against the tender meat. The white bean puree was lovely but I would have been happier if the garlic and chilli flavours were little more dominant. The Californian artichokes 'Barigoule' with Black Label Galloni Prosciutto and Mustard Vinaigrette was possibly the most disappointing of all the dishes we had, mostly due to the price and what we actually got. At $170, there really was not very much to look at apart from a meagre sprig of leaves and a couple of artichoke halves topped with two shreds of prosciutto. But all was not lost as the soft duck egg raviolo with ricotta cream, burnt sage butter and pecorino was a winner. Who can resist a burst of golden egg yolk from a secretive, innocent-looking pasta spaceship? None of us it seemed, as we all attacked the cheesy, gooey goodness with gusto.
Next up, two hand-ground Dutch veal and pork meatballs with melting fontina cheese and a pepperoni sauce eyeballed us. Let's just say, cutting each meatball into quarters doesn't exactly cut the mustard. I'm definitely having a plate of those to myself one day. At this point, it was rather difficult to fit in anymore than one main dish X 2 for our group of 8, so we settled for the Slow-cooked Spanish Tereul pork belly porchetta , Italian fennel sausage and apple marmalade. This was ridiculous. Ridiculously good I mean. Tender, bursting with flavour and the apple marmalade was genius. But, there was something even better. And this will sound strange as it is a side dish, but, the sweet-corn polenta. Strike me down with a feather, if this wasn't the best side dish I have ever tasted. This was definitely a magical dish as we had to order this twice during our meal. I can't really describe it, but it was comfort epitomised.
Do leave some room for dessert, or at the very least, room for the Sicilian lemon tart with clotted cream which I enjoyed the most. There was a good balance of citrus tang and sweetness with a lovely crumbly pastry base. The deconstructed, whipped mascarpone cheesecake with raspberry shortbread crumble was yummy but almost too light. I couldn't help but think of the crumbs from Crumbs! Chocolate fans will enjoy the Chocolate Lava Cake with Salted Caramel and Vanilla ice-cream, where flavours lovingly hopped from salty to sweet in every mouthful.
Lunch is a simpler, more laid-back affair with a pared-down selection of small and large plates. By kind invitation I had a lovely lunch one afternoon and was introduced to the new lunch menu. A couple of the starters from the dinner menu are kept, including the moreish crispy whitebait, but we tried the new addition Crab and Jalapeno crostinis with frisee salad. It is a plain looking dish, but the taste has more colour owning to a fiery kick from the jalapeno. They are quite generous with their crab which is piled high atop the crostinis and is a rather refreshing seafood meaty starter to get the tastebuds going.
For mains, we opted for the hand-ground veal and pork meatball baguette with mozzarella, pesto and tomato sauce, the slow-cooked Spanish Tereul pork belly porchetta ciabatta with pork and fennel sausage stuffing and gremolata (both a clever lunch variation of their dinner counterparts) and their saffron risotto with crispy sea bream, scallops, squid and prawn.
The baguette and ciabatta were toasty perfection, and extremely satisfying for lunch. The pork belly was still deliciously tender and I loved the gremolata which made this dish pop with more flavour. The meat was almost reminiscent of Bee Cheng Hiang's BBQ meat! The risotto was also excellent- creamy, but not too rich with fresh seafood ingredients. This was a hearty, warming and aromatic dish.
To end we had the amazing Chocolate Pot, which, even as a non-chocoholic, this was sublime. A heady medley of salty chocolate, nutty, praline, biscuit heaven.
Maximal Concepts have done it again with their magical food know-how and have, I think, successfully delivered their concept. The food is honest, simply done without skimping on technique and the service is quite smooth. Ambiance is fun and as the menu is designed for sharing, make sure you come with more than one person so you can graze happily through the menu. The price per person will vary depending on a) greed b) which items you choose as some are not that price-friendly c) how many people there are.
Many thanks to Maximal Concepts for the kind lunch invitation.
Categories: Contemporary, European, Western | Tags: farm to table cooking, fish, Fish & Meat, Fish & Meat Hong Kong, Fresh seafood, Hong Kong, Maximal Concepts, meat, sharing plates, Wyndham Street | Permalink.
As much as I like seeing new things, the ground floor of the L Place doesn't seem to be overly blessed by long-standing tenants, so I hope that newest occupant Mano can, over time, prove itself to be a popular establishment that deserves that space. European café and restaurant Mano offers all day dining from brioche, bread and pastries with your morning coffee and brunch spreads for your midday hunger pangs to swanky dishes at dinner, so really, you can pretty much spend your whole day there if you're lazy!
I like simple décor, and Mano's black and white interiors with a lovely marble workspace open kitchen and plush Italian leather seats does give it an air of urban elegance. When my friend V and I went one evening, we found the service quietly efficient and friendly, though our waiter faffed with our seating a bit, deciding between five sets of identical tables. The menu is attractive- dishes such as Parmesan custard with basil and zucchini emulsion and Mezze maniche Mancini sound rather grand and there is a good variety of meats and seafood to satisfy anyone's palate.
Prices are less friendly with mains coming in at $200-350 each, so if you think ouch, then I would stick with their morning and brunch. We started by sharing the Pan-seared Hokkaido scallops with home smoked Iberico pork belly. Presentation-wise, our three plump and perfectly cooked scallops looked a little lonely separated out from each other on this huge plate, but aside from that the whole dish more or less came together and the accompanying pork belly was a crispy, salty delight. The porcini ratatouille had a slightly bitter aftertaste unfortunately, which affected the overall taste.
For mains, the 120 days grass fed Sirloin of New Zealand Ocean beef ($318) was excellent. The beef was well-seasoned and succulent, but I thought that it didn't need all of the shaved, aged Parmesan that it came with as it made it a little too rich. V had the Seared tuna loin with parsley mash, roasted beetroot, squid cappuccino and truffle caviar ($308). The tuna loin was perfect in the middle but the outside was over-seared but we loved the parsley mash and the caviar gave it a good umami kick. But there was a downside to our experience. Both dishes were served a tad under lukewarm. Now, I have no idea whether it was because the staff were waiting for both dishes to be cooked before serving, or whether they simply were slow to bring them out after they were prepared, but having my hot mains served hot is quite important. Luckily it didn't affect the taste of my beef and good conversation between friends was enough for us to overlook this.
To end, there was Orange lemon crème brulee with lemon ice-cream. I have high hopes for Mano, I do. The citrusy taste of the brulee was fantastic and this dessert would have been wonderful if it had set properly. But our brulee was runny like a fresh yolk. The manager was great and offered to get us another, but at this point we had slurped it up, literally.
Next time I will try their breakfast and lunch. For now, I think I will see if a few months can sort out a few of their existing crinkles.
Categories: Breakfast, Brunch, Contemporary, European | Tags: Breakfast, brunch, Central, Central Hong Kong, Contemporary, creme brule, dinner, European cuisine, grass fed beef, hokkaido scallops, L Place, MANO Hong Kong, MANO L Place, New Zealand Ocean Beef, seared tuna | Permalink.
My half year resolution is to explore Kowloon side a bit more, specifically the food, but the vastness of the area and the sheer number of restaurants and cafes and dai pai dongs has me in a tizzy and at a loss of where to start. But, one must start somewhere, and I am fortunate to have a food loving and romantic other half to take me out on date nights, and one such evening I found myself being taken to the Michelin-recommended WHISK at The Mira in TST.
The Mira is smack bang in the middle of the heavily built-up shopping area of TST and is not lacking in amenities with the Mira Mall next door and six places to wine and dine at. The Mira was yet another another place on my hit list that…I hadn't quite hit until yours truly got WHISKed there, (haha, I love puns),and low and behold I found myself travelling up a lift and trying to get out of the wrong lift door, confusing, lift malarky(!) and gazing at plush, crop circle-centric carpets and admiring the twinkling lights of an impressive chandelier. WHISK, a contemporary European restaurant, is edgy but stylish, especially in the evening where diners are bathed in candlelight. The ambience is quite lovely but not too stuffy and reserved, paving the way for a casual yet elegant experience.
Their a la carte menu has a good range of starters, mains and grill selections, which are all mouth-watering to read but a new addition is their degustation menu Voyage 2.0, which allows for 5, 6 or 7 'culinary stopovers' in European gourmet destinations, (HK$820, HK$960 and HK$1,280 respectively). The menu explores a variety of dishes influenced by Scotland through to Finland and looks quite exciting, though we did not try it that night.
We decided instead on starting with their Celebration Starter of Pork Belly Carpaccio, Beef Tongue, Duck Confit with Apple & Foie Gras for 2 people. This rather extravagant looking platter was a delicious if quite rich beginning to what would be a meat heavy main course, but as voracious carnivores it didn't matter one iota. The foie gras was beyond smooth and the pork belly carpaccio was wafer thin and oddly went well with the duck confit and apple medley, even if it was a pastiche of meats!
My other half can't resist Suckling Pig if he sees it on the menu, so he naturally went for that. I, on the other hand, opted for the 200g Wagyu Chuck Flap from Spain. The presentation is extremely simple, nothing more than the meats arranged in the middle of an expansive plate with no adornments save a sprig of foliage. We did, however, order side dishes of mashed potato- heavenly velvety and green beans which were unfortunately overpowered by a heavy dose of ginger. My Chuck Flap was a beautiful hunk of meat, some parts more rare than I would normally like, but with my black pepper sauce, all was dandy and the Suckling Pig was succulent and flavoursome, the skin perfectly crisp. I was starting to get meat sweats at the end of my chuck, I think I am losing my carnivorous edge!
By this point we were full to bursting but we noticed that they have a Flaky Apple Tarte served with Vanilla and Almonds for 2 people and we could not resist. This gorgeous, flaky, tarte was spectacular and arrived in a hot, shallow pan which fed the eyes in its almond and sugar dusted glory and, I fell in love. The sweet apple aroma hits you first, then with that first bite of the tarte and the creamy vanilla ice-cream melting and mixing with the light pastry and sugary delights, you enter dessert heaven. This is the apple tarte I had been searching for in HK. Sublime.
So there ended our night, tummies happy and smiles from me towards my beloved. The service was stellar, with very helpful staff and more importantly cheerful dispositions! We did | 3,928 |
Unionized workers at South Korea's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. vowed to stage partial strikes again after they failed to narrow differences with the management over the latest dispute over wages, union officials said Friday.
Union spokesman Kwon Oh-il said the 46,000-strong labor union will put down tools for eight hours each on Friday and Monday to press its demand for higher wages and more fringe benefits.
"The management's proposals fell short of our union's expectations," Kwon said by phone from Ulsan, home to Hyundai's main production facility, located some 410 kilometers southeast of Seoul. He did not elaborate on the management's proposals.
Still, Kwon said his union will sit down for talks with the management on Tuesday for a second round of negotiations.
The management called on union leaders to negotiate their way out of the dispute.
"The union needs to show a mature attitude by focusing on negotiations rather than strikes that bring harm to<|fim_middle|> working-level contacts are still under way. A Kia union official handling the media was not immediately reached for comment.
The partial strikes earlier this week prevented Hyundai and Kia from producing 5,447 units, costing the carmakers 108 billion won in lost production, according to company officials.
Labor disputes at Hyundai Motor have been an almost annual event in the past two decades. Its workers have downed their tools every year since 1986 except for in 1994, 2009, 2010 and 2011. A strike last year cost the carmaker some 1.7 trillion won in lost production.
Kia's union has gone on strike every year except in 2010 and 2011 since 1999, when the country's No. 2 carmaker was taken over by Hyundai following the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. | both the union and the management if the union truly wants to resolve the issue," said a company official involved in the labor issue.
Hyundai's union is demanding, among other things, a hike of 130,498 won (US$117) in basic salaries and a one-year extension of the retirement age to 61, as well as a performance-based bonus equal to 30 percent of the company's net profit last year, which reached 9 trillion won.
It also called for 10 million won each for workers' children who choose to seek employment instead of going to college.
The negotiations came a day after Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-koo met with Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia in Seoul ahead of Deal's trip to China and Japan between Thursday and next Friday.
Hyundai officials declined to elaborate on the meeting. Still, the rare meeting raised speculation that Deal may have asked Chung to expand Kia Motors' assembly plant in Georgia, which currently has the annual production capacity of 360,000 units.
Kia is Hyundai's smaller sister company, and the two together form the world's fifth-largest carmaker.
Hyundai has a separate assembly plant in Montgomery, Alabama, which has an annual production capacity of 360,000 units.
Repeated calls to Deal's office seeking comment went unanswered late Thursday. An email seeking comment from Deal was also not immediately returned.
In May, Chung said that he had no immediate plans to expand factories in the United States, though his group has been struggling with a short supply in the second-largest market due to strikes at home.
Also Thursday, about 30,000 unionized workers of Kia, Hyundai's smaller sister company, returned to their jobs, a day after staging a partial strike to bolster their demands for higher wages and other fringe benefits, according to a Kia official.
Still, the Kia official said his company has no plans to hold full-scale negotiations with the union this week, though | 408 |
Home > Sport Fishing Industry Leaders Blast Pebble Mine Proposal
Sport Fishing Industry Leaders Blast Pebble Mine Proposal
Tim Bristol, Trout Unlimited, (907) 321-3291
Robert Ramsay, American Fly Fishing Trade Association, (706) 355-3804
Jim Bartschi, Scott Fly Rods, (800) 728-7208
Full-Page Ads in Fish Alaska and Fly Fisherman Magazines Urge Governor-Elect Palin To Protect Bristol Bay Watershed
Anchorage, Alaska—In an unprecedented move, 37 sport fishing industry leaders, including Scott Fly Rods, Orvis, and the American Fly Fishing Trade Association today urged Alaska Governor-elect Sarah Palin, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and the federal Bureau of Land Management to reject the Pebble Mine and permanently protect the Bristol Bay watershed from industrial mineral development.
The fishing equipment manufacturers and suppliers' message, delivered in an open letter to Governor-elect Palin and agency officials, will be featured in full-page, four-color ads in the December, January, and February issues of Fish Alaska and the February issue of Fly Fisherman Magazine. The combined paid circulation of these two popular fishing magazines is more than 155,000. Trout Unlimited is paying for the ads, which prominently feature the logos of the 37 retailers and the industry's trade association. (For a copy of the letter and the ad, go to: www.renewableresourcescoalition.org/troutunlimited.pdf )
"The prospect of hard rock mining in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska scares the hell out of the world fly angling community and the businesses that serve it," said Robert Ramsay, president of the American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA), which represents more than 400 fly-fishing manufacturers, sales representatives, retailers, outfitters and specialty media.
"These are some of the most cherished fly fishing waters on earth," Ramsay said. "Prized not just for their fisheries, but recognized for their broad wilderness character here in America and across the world, Bristol Bay's public lands must continue to be protected from the devastation that would result from hard rock mine prospecting and development," he added.
According to a recent joint University of Alaska/University of Montana study commissioned by Trout Unlimited, the Bristol Bay salmon fishery generates an estimated $400 million per year with sport fishing contributing a whopping $122 million to that total. Tens of thousands of anglers, hunters, and wildlife watchers from around the world visit the Bristol Bay watershed annually. In 2005 alone, the region boasted 65,000 recreational visitors, according to the study.
"Wild salmon and trout are the real gold mine in Bristol Bay," said Tim Bristol, Alaska Director for Trout Unlimited. "When the Pebble promoters submitted their mining plans in September of this year, the prospect of dewatered salmon and trout streams, giant tailing dams, roads though the wilderness, and pipeline complexes sent shockwaves throughout the sportfishing world."
To date, the proposed Pebble Mine has garnered a great deal of attention – and rightfully so. It would be the largest open pit gold and copper mine in North America, take water from critical salmon rearing streams of the Bristol Bay, and disturb core wildlife habitat for key game species.
"Nearly everyone who loves fish and fishing has a story of a river, a lake, a stretch of stream that was lost to pollution and irresponsible development. We are not going to stand idly by and let that happen to the Bristol Bay watershed, which is truly irreplaceable," stated Jim Bartschi, President of Scott Fly Rods, on why the company chose to participate in the project.
In applications to the State of Alaska, Northern Dynasty Minerals, the Canadian mining company that owns the Pebble Mine prospect, has detailed plans that include a 15 square-mile complex with an open pit measuring approximately two miles long, a mile and half wide, and 1,700 feet deep. To build the tailings storage facilities, Northern Dynasty proposes taking water from several critical salmon and trout streams and retaining the<|fim_middle|> more information, go to: www.tu.org/bristolbay | water and mine waste behind some of the largest dams on the planet, which would eliminate several miles of streams. Northern Dynasty is a junior mining company that has never actually constructed and operated a large mine.
Two earthen dams would be constructed in this earthquake prone zone, ranging from 740 feet high and 4.3 miles long, to 700 feet high and 2.9 miles long. The larger dam would be higher than the Hoover Dam or the Grand Coulee Dam which are made of much hardier concrete. The water sought by the mining company each day amounts to three times the daily water usage of Anchorage, Alaska (pop. 277,000). Infrastructure, including a haul road and port, for the Pebble Mine also could pave the way for a massive mining district that includes BLM lands covered in the draft Resource Management Plan that is currently open for comment.
For | 187 |
Essentially brainwave entrainment is a process of synchronizing two different beats so that they become harmonious. Brainwave entrainment is an assisted form of meditation using sound or light pulses or both.
Brain entrainment can be brought about by means of sounds that entrain brainwaves into certain natural and beneficial frequencies. Think of it like a piano that needs re-tuning in order to play the notes at the right pitch. The process works by 'entraining' the brain to work better and become more in tune with its optimal mode of functioning.
Brainwave entrainment is used by people who want to make a rapid change in their behavior or state, and create lasting changes in their lives. It is sometimes used by educators who play the tones in the background during a class to help increase learning and concentration.
It is also becoming more common to find that health professionals such as psychologists, medical doctors, and Hypnotherapists, are integrating binaural tones and other brainwave entrainment processes into their patients' treatment.
Increased levels of cortisol are very damaging to the brain and body. High levels are linked to numerous health problems such as; depression, reduced bone density, thyroid problems, reduced cognitive performance, reduced muscle tissue,<|fim_middle|> on this for introducing latest technology for betterment of people. | lowered immunity, blood-sugar imbalances, inflammation in the body, increased abdominal fat, and cholesterol imbalances.
The cure for stress and reduced Cortisol is meditation. However, the benefits of meditation come with regular practice can take years to perfect.
Wellness Vibe Research Center has being using this technology for last 7 years. Rivesh Vade, Sound and Frequency Expert is constantly researching | 80 |
Demand for equipment used to make computer chips continues to outpace supply, according to an industry trade group report.
Demand for equipment used to make computer chips continued to outpace supply in April, according to new figures released by an industry trade group.
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) reported a preliminary book-to-bill ratio of 1.42 for April. That means U.S. companies received $142 in orders for each $100 worth of semiconductor products shipped.
"Strong chip demand worldwide and new (fabrication) activity, especially in the Asia Pacific region, are fueling a sustained expansion of the semiconductor equipment sector," said Stanley Myers, president of SEMI, in a statement.
The April results mark a slight retreat from previous months: The book-to-bill ratio was 1.44 in February and 1.45 in March.<|fim_middle|> 12 percent, to $150.63.
Shares in other chip companies also dropped. KLA-Tencor fell $5.56 to $46.50, and Intel dropped $8.50 to $109.88. Teradyne dipped $9.13 to $75.38, and Applied Materials declined $7.44 to $71.88. | Nevertheless, the April ratio reflects strong demand compared with a year ago, when the industry was just entering a cyclical upturn.
The three-month average of orders received in April 2000 was $2.7 billion, 94 percent above the $1.4 billion posted the year before. The three-month average of worldwide shipments in April 2000 was $1.9 billion, 76 percent above the shipments level of $1.1 billion in April 1999.
"This confirms a trend," said semiconductor analyst David Wu of ABN Amro. "Business is booming, and we knew that."
The Philadelphia semiconductor index fell 72.92, or almost 8 percent, to 869.74 today, led by Rambus, which closed down $20.25, or | 177 |
Howland - Mike H. Theodore, 95, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at Shepard of the Valley in Howland.
He was born September 6, 1923, in Weirton, WV. the son<|fim_middle|> visit www.peterrossiandsonfh.com to view this obituary sign the guestbook and send condolences to Mike's family. | of the late Theodore and Themalina Theodosiou.
He came to Warren in 1953, and retired in 1983 from Copperweld Steel Corporation as a line man after 30 years. He was a member of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Warren, and a life member of the American Legions post 75 of Pennsylvania and a member of the D.A.V. He enjoyed gardening, and was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan and painting with oil paints.
Mike served our Country in U.S. Marine Corp. during WW II.
He is survived by his two children Thelma "Teddi" (Gary) Humberger of Newton Falls, Michael (Laureen) Theodore of Howland, four grandchildren Rebecca (Jordan) Honycutt, Mackenzie Humberger, Tiffany (Michael) McFarland and Nicole (Chad) Evans, six great grandchildren Sophia, Eleni, Demetrios, Aria, Michael Jr. and Blake, a brother-in-law James (Martha) Genos of Champion and a sister-in-law Pam Genos of Champion.
He is preceded in death by his parents, wife Ethel Theodore whom he married May 3, 1953 and passed away March 8, 2018, a grandson Michael T. "Mikey" Theodore Jr, and a brother-in-law Peter Genos.
Family and friends may pay their respects Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Peter Rossi & Son Memorial Chapel 1884 North Rd. NE, Warren, Ohio 44483.
A service will be Thursday at 5:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home with Fr. Constantine Valantasis officiating.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Mike's name to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church 429 High St. Warren, Ohio 44481.
Family and friends may | 423 |
Kurt Necesany was serving with KG 40 in September 1942, based in France, operating Ju 88 C twin-engine fighters. Leutnant Necesany was assigned to 13./KG 40, tasked with protecting U-boats during their passage across the Bay of Biscay. The unit also preyed upon Allied aircraft enroute from the United Kingdom to Gibraltar and the Mediterranean theatre. He claimed his first victory on 11 September, when he shared in the destruction of a RAF Wellington twin-engine bomber over the Bay of Biscay with Leutnant Wilhelm Deuper (6 victories, killed in action 15 February 1945) and Feldwebel Henny Passier (6 victories). By the end of 1942, Necesany had recorded four victories of which two were shared. On 7 February 1943, Oberleutnant Necesany was appointed Staffelkapitän of 14./KG 40. He was particularly successful on 18 July when he<|fim_middle|>. | claimed a RAF Liberator four-engine bomber shot down and damaged another. On 13 October, 14./KG 40 was redesignated 2./ZG 1. Necesany retained command of the unit. Necesany was appointed Gruppe Ia (Operations Officer) of I./ZG 1 on 8 November 1943. On 14 February 1944, Necesany led a Rotte on a patrol over the Bay of Biscay. Contact was made with a US Navy PB4Y-1 four-engine patrol bomber. Necesany attacked and severely damaged the PB4Y-1 but had also received hits from return defensive fire from the bomber. Necesany and his crew failed to return from the mission in their Ju 88 C-6 (W.Nr. 750 967) and despite search attempts no trace was found of them.
Kurt Necesany was credited with six victories plus a number of shared and damaged victories. All his victories were recorded over the Western front | 224 |
The new ML 63 AMG comes with an extremely powerful 5.5 litre bi-turbo V8 engine with 525PS (386 kW) and 700Nm (519 lb-ft). It further can be boosted to to 557PS (410 kW) and 760Nm (563 lb-ft) with the AMG Performance Package. All this power and the four-wheel drive system catapult the heavy SUV from stand still to 100 km/h<|fim_middle|>IC system. This is a 7-speed automatic gearbox with several functions – C (Controlled Efficiency), S (Sport) and M (Manual). If you opted for the AMG Performance package, you'll get not only the power boost package, but an engine cover in high-quality real carbon, callipers in red painted finish and the AMG Performance steering wheel in nappa leather/DINAMICA.
2012 ML 63 AMG stands on enormous five-spoke light-alloy wheels – 9J x 20" with 265/45 R 20 up front and 10J x 21" with 295/35 R 21 at the rear axle. The AMG high-performance braking system provides for the shortest possible braking distances and high fade resistance, featuring ventilated and perforated brake discs all-round in size 390 x 36 mm – front and 345 x 26 mm – rear.
The interior has electrically adjustable AMG sports seats, four-spoke AMG Performance steering wheel with aluminium shift paddles. There are also aluminium trim elements, leather upholstery and a lot AMG badges. The distinctively designed instrument cluster with colour TFT monitor, AMG welcome logo and AMG main menu is exclusive to the ML 63 AMG. The designo Exclusive package features Nappa leather upholstery on the AMG sports seats with an unusual diamond pattern. It is available in designo marron, designo porcelain and designo black.
Check out the full specs HERE! | in 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) electronically limited. Last, but not least – the fuel consumption is at decent level 11.8 liters per 100 km.
The engine is mated to AMG SPEEDSHIFT PLUS 7G-TRON | 69 |
Home / SIGs / ICALL / AALL-08
Pre-Conference Workshop at CALICO 2008 on
Automatic Analysis of Learner Language (AALL'08):
Bridging Foreign Language Teaching Needs and NLP Possibilities
March 18 and 19, 2008. University of San Francisco.
Natural Language Processing (NLP) has long been used to automatically analyze language produced by language<|fim_middle|>)use of NLP technology? How does it impact performance and the potential use of such technology in foreign language teaching tools?
Which annotated learner language corpora have been used or could be used to evaluate the performance of different approaches to analyzing learner language?
The program can be found here and the abstracts of the accepted papers and posters are linked from that page.
The workshop was organized by the ICALL Special Interest Group of CALICO, chaired by Detmar Meurers(Ohio State University) and Anne Rimrott (Simon Fraser University).
Selected papers from this workshop appeared in a special issue of the CALICO journal edited by Detmar Meurers which appeared as Vol 26, No.3 (May 2009).
The web pages of the follow-up workshop at CALICO 09 entitled "Automatic Analysis of Learner Language (AALL'09): From a better understanding of annotation needs to the development and standardization of annotation schemes" can be found here. | learners. While much interesting research has been reported, it is difficult to determine the state of the art for such automatic analyses of learner language. For example, which error types and other language properties can be detected and diagnosed automatically? How reliably is this done, absolutely or compared to a human gold standard, for which kind of learner language?
These questions seem worth exploring given that for sustained progress in the automatic analysis of learner language it arguably is essential to discuss and compare the performance of different analysis methods, preferably on identical, real-life data sets. As a prerequisite, it also is important to come to an agreement on the error types and other learner language properties that are useful and realistic to analyze.
These issues are not only relevant to NLP in Intelligent CALL but also intersect in important ways with the research on learner corpora, the annotation schemes developed for those, and the related Second Language Acquisition research.
In this workshop, we want to bring together researchers working on the analysis of learner language in the broad sense, including work on annotation schemes for learner corpora and NLP techniques used to detect learner errors and other learner language properties. We invite abstracts addressing these general issues, including but not limited to:
Which properties of learner language are useful and relevant to obtain for Foreign Language Teaching and current Second Language Acquisition research?
What annotation scheme or (error) taxonomy is appropriate for this and how do different annotation schemes compare?
How reliably can errors and other properties of learner language be obtained automatically given the current state-of-the art in NLP?
What is the impact of the specific properties of learner language on the (re | 321 |
Hey guys, Dustin here, CEO of sixthreezero. I wanna talk to you today about the question, "Can eBikes go on a bike rack?" Let's talk about it. eBikes, in general, are going to be almost about double the weight of a normal bike. And so the reason for that is you've got a motor in the back and you've got a battery and between the motor and the battery you're talking about adding anywhere from say 20 to 40 pounds to the bike.
The batteries can weigh anywhere from 15 to 25 pounds, the motor can weigh about 10<|fim_middle|> even without the battery on there you're still looking at about 50 pounds for this bike. Lifting that on and off is going to be a real challenge and then you've got that thing sticking straight up on your roof another four feet in the air above your car.
And God forbid something hits it or it flies over or the wind picks up it's a bad situation. Stay away from roof racks. My ideal suggestion would be a hitch rack. Now obviously not all cars have hitch racks, you can always get a hitch rack installed but they're secure, they're mounted to the frame of the car. The hitch itself is usually mounted to the frame of the car. They're welded, they're not going anywhere. | to 15 pounds in and of itself, whether it's a mid-drive or rear hub or front hub motor. With that said can eBikes go on a bike rack? The answer to that question is yes but I think there are some stipulations. My number one suggestion is you wanna take your eBike on a bike rack, take the battery off. Take the battery off, put the battery in the front seat or the back seat or in the trunk and then put the bike onto the bike rack.
Number one, I wouldn't wanna put, that's about 70, the sixthreezero eBikes weigh about 70 pounds, about 65, 70 depending on the model. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable putting that kind of weight on my car rack on my car. Now with that said I do think there are types of car racks that are better but I'm talking more about a trunk rack that is mounted on the trunk of a sedan. I personally would not put a 70-pound bike on that.
Now if you have a hitch rack I would say you could put the full eBike on there or if you even have a hitch rack where you actually set the bike in a tray, I would say yes, you could put the eBike on there with the battery. But my suggestion, take the battery off, put it in the car. You don't have to worry about the weather getting to it or something bad happening if the bike flew off. Without the battery on there, you're not gonna have to worry quite as much. Take the battery off, put it on there so the answer is yes, you can put eBikes on there.
Now as I've said I wouldn't necessarily recommend certain types of racks or I would recommend other racks over other racks. With a trunk rack, how it's secured to the car isn't going to be as durable as a hitch rack or even a roof rack. Now, I would not recommend a roof rack for an eBike because of the sheer weight of it. Now unless you're Hulk Hogan and you're comfortable a lot like lifting that thing on top of your roof and that's where you like it then so be it, go for it.
But to the average person I don't even think it's gonna be possible to get an eBike on the roof, so I personally would rule that out. Also, I think it's pretty dangerous having to lift a 50 pound, | 512 |
Rannoch Green, East Mains, EAST KILBRIDE
Home Report Video Tour
**** CLOSING DATE SET FOR TUESDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2020 AT 12 NOON ****
ALL OFFERS TO BE EMAILED TO sales.ek@homeconnexions.co.uk OR BY FAX TO 01355 244225
********** VIEWINGS STILL AVAILABLE *************
* Significantly Extended, Unique Five Bedroom Family Home in Sought After Area, Close to Schools and Amenities
* Stunning Kitchen/Dining Room, with Views to Side and Rear
* Five Spacious Bedrooms, in Master with En Suite
* Three Beautifully Upgraded Bathrooms, GCH and Double Glazing Throughout
* Multi Car Driveway
** CALL EARLY TO BOOK A VIEWING APPOINTMENT TO AVOID MISSING OUT**
Homeconnexions are delighted to bring to the market this significantly extended five<|fim_middle|>10m (10' 2") x 2.00m (6' 7")
Upper Hallway
Bedroom Five (downstairs) 3.50m (11' 6") x 2.70m (8' 10")
Rear Aspect
Side Garden
Request information for Rannoch Green, East Mains
Request a call back for Rannoch Green, East Mains
Email a friend - Rannoch Green, East Mains
Rannoch Green, East Mains has been successfully emailed
Email : Rannoch Green, East Mains
Enter a email address below to send a link to the property: Rannoch Green, East Mains | bedroom home in much sought after area of East Mains. The property has been beautifully upgraded and finished throughout and should appeal to most families, due to its close links with transport and amenities nearby.
From the large entrance hallway, the property takes you to a unique kitchen/dining area with bay window, and is finished with downlighters, laminate flooring and patio doors to both the rear and side of the property. It offers a selection of wall and floor mounted units and a selection of integrated appliances. There is a also a gorgeous tiled shower room, with laminate flooring and heated towel rail. Also off the hallway is the rear lounge, with fitted carpet, and bedroom five, which offers fitted wardrobes and laminate flooring.
On the upper level there are four great size bedrooms, with the master having a fitted carpet, a large dressing area, and a delightful en suite with twin sinks. Bedrooms two and three offer fitted wardrobes and carpets, whilst bedroom four has fitted carpet and space for freestanding furniture also.
The property has GCH and DG, and is close to nearby schools and transport links. It is on a large plot and truly must be seen to be appreciated.
Once a small historic village and later designated as Scotland's first new town, East Kilbride commands an elevated position to the south of the city of Glasgow. Its own thriving civic centre is home to Scotland's largest undercover shopping and leisure facility featuring over 200 retail, leisure and catering outlets. Local sports and education are also well provided for, while the Dollan Aqua Centre, the Ice Bowl and a network of cycle ways are perfect for family fun. It is also home to Calderglen Country Park, with it's children's zoo, gardens, play areas, a conservatory and over eight miles of nature trails and James Hamilton Heritage Park with a host of water pursuits. East Kilbride's close proximity to major roads including the M77, A726, A727 and A749 as well as its proximity to East Kilbride and Hairmyres train stations and regular bus services means commuting to Glasgow and beyond is easy.
EPC Band : C
Front Aspect
Kitchen 6.10m (20' 0") x 4.60m (15' 1")
Lounge 3.50m (11' 6") x 3.50m (11' 6")
Lower Level Shower Room 2.00m (6' 7") x 1.70m (5' 7")
Master Bedroom 4.60m (15' 1") x 3.00m (9' 10")
Dressing Area
En Suite 3.30m (10' 10") x 1.30m (4' 3")
Bedroom Two 4.30m (14' 1") x 3.70m (12' 2")
Bedroom Two
Bedroom Three 3.40m (11' 2") x 3.10m (10' 2")
Bedroom Four 3.10m (10' 2") x 2.70m (8' 10")
Bathroom 3. | 691 |
Volleyball: Brantley signs to play volleyball at Oakland City
Jailyn Brantley, one of two seniors on Henderson County's Final Four volleyball team, signed Tuesday to play at Oakland City University.
Volleyball: Brantley signs to play volleyball at Oakland City Jailyn Brantley, one of two seniors on Henderson County's Final Four volleyball team, signed Tuesday to play at Oakland City University. Check out this story on thegleaner.com: http://www.thegleaner.com/story/sports/2016/04/19/volleyball-brantley-signs-to-play-volleyball-at-oakland-city/87211216/
Kevin Patton, The Gleaner Published 2:25 p.m. CT April 19, 2016
Jailyn Brantley
Battling through a shoulder injury during her senior season, Henderson County senior Jailyn Brantley pushed to pursue her goal of playing volleyball in college.
On Tuesday, Brantley signed her scholarship to continue her volleyball career at Oakland City.
'I started playing volleyball in seventh grade. When I came in here my freshman year, I knew I wanted to keep doing this,' said Brantley, who was one of two seniors who led Henderson County to a 32<|fim_middle|> me after the match. She was her for one thing only — her team.'
Brantley, who plans to major in special education, visited the Oakland City campus last summer but has already leaning toward choosing the southern Indiana college.
'I decided around last spring break that was where I wanted to go even if I didn't get a scholarship just because it's a good school and I like it a lot,' said Brantley, who will receive both academic and athletic scholarships from OCU.
Brantley's leadership ability stood out, Sallee-Robinson said. 'She's been a great senior on the floor and off the floor, in the school and in the classroom.'
Henderson will lose series with Reitz, North
Simmons leaving USI basketball team
Flash's Hart leads OVL in wins, second in ERA
Meet the fastest 12-year-old in Kentucky
Kloke makes Northwoods all-star team
LaGrange provides stability for Webster program | -8 record and an appearance in the Final Four of the state tournament.
Brantley also played basketball through her sophomore year. 'A big part of quitting basketball was focusing on which one I could play in college. Volleyball is what I loved and wanted to play,' she said
Playing through the shoulder injury showed Brantley's determination, said Henderson County Ashley Sallee-Robinson. 'She didn't let her shoulder hold her back. I'm so proud of her. She set the standard for other kids of not letting anything hold you back,' she said. 'There were some days I didn't know her pain level. On scale of 1-to-10, her pain level would be a 20. The only reason I knew how much pain she was in was one of the other coaches told | 167 |
J.R. METAUX has a well equipped laboratory with testing machines like 100M.T. UTM for measuring strength of steel bars and a physical lab under a well qualified chemist.
J.R. METAUX MG<|fim_middle|> flexible nature.
External ribs running across the entire length of TMT bar give superior bonding strength between the bar and the concrete. | SARLU is part of J.R. Group and is continuously performing company with more than two decades of experience in the field.
The quality of steel can make all the difference between a construction that will just last and one that will last for generations.
Withstands temperatures up to 600 degrees Celsius.
The soft ferrite-pearlite core enables the bar to bear dynamic and seismic loading.
They have fine welding features.
A high tensile strength and better elongation value gives you great savings.
The TMT process gives the bar superior strength and good anti-corrosive properties.
TMT bars are most preferred because of its | 126 |
Cover: $22.00/$20.00 members
"You can't do better than Randall Bramblett." – Bonnie Raitt
Multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett is Southern rock Royalty. He may be known for playing on stage with rock's legends like Bonnie Raitt, The Allman Brothers Band, Steve Winwood (16 years), The Band, Roger Glover, Gov't Mule and W<|fim_middle|> southern singer-songwriter musicians of the past several decades."
Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones, Allman Brothers)
UpStage Cabaret at Triad Stage
Elm Street
The Fiddle & Bow Society | idespread Panic among others. And respected for his songwriting – he's penned the title track for the Blind Boys of Alabama's new Grammy Award winning album, adding to a long catalog of songs covered by Raitt, Gregg Allman, Bonnie Bramlett, Hot Tuna, Delbert McClinton, Bettye Lavette and more. But it's Bramblett's own career as frontman where his artistry is in full display. Join us for this very special solo acoustic show, showcasing Randall's smokey voice, soulful keyboard & guitar work [and saxophone] as he weaves his brilliant tapestry of literate, worldly wise songs.
"You can't do better than Randall Bramblett." Bonnie Raitt
"One of the South's most lyrical and literate songwriters." Rolling Stone
"Randall is in my opinion the most gifted & talented | 179 |
Men's Tennis champions : 16 Week 2013
April 22, 2013 by ram H singhal
N<|fim_middle|> since she was champion in 2004.
Williams' other titles at Key Biscayne came in 2002, '03, '07 and '08. Sharapova was runner-up in 2005, '06, '11 and '12. | ADAL'S WINNING RUN,
MONTE CARLO MASTERS
MONACO — For the first time in nine years, the Monte Carlo Masters trophy belongs to someone other than Rafael Nadal.
The Spaniard's record reign at the clay-court tournament finally ended Sunday as he lost 6-2, 7-6 (1) to top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the final.
Nadal won his 46 previous matches and the last eight titles at Monte Carlo — beating Djokovic in last year's final — and his last defeat here was against Guillermo Coria 10 years ago. Nadal missed the 2004 tournament through injury before winning his first Monte Carlo title the following year.
Nadal then beat Roger Federer in the next three finals. His eight straight titles were an ATP record for one tournament.
"I cannot be happier than I am in this moment knowing what I've been through the whole week, actually two weeks," said Djokovic, who twisted his ankle two weeks ago playing for Serbia against the United States. "If somebody told me 10 days ago I'd be winning the trophy, I wouldn't think it's so realistic, to be honest."
Djokovic faced Nadal for the 16th time in a championship decider, and they are now 8-8 in finals. The Spaniard had won the previous three, including the French Open final last year.
"I think he played a little bit better than me, especially in the first set," Nadal said. "I felt that I was playing really well the second set and I was having more chances than him."
"I need a little bit more physical performance," he said. "That's the real thing, to play all those points with the same intensity."
With the French Open five weeks away,
"Of course, I want to win Roland Garros," Nadal said. "That's no secret. But I need to keep on having the right positive mindset."
Image and text credits : http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/story/?id=419548
Posted in sports | Tagged sports | 1 Comment |
US MEN'S CLAY COURT
HOUSTON — From Nicolas Almagro's vantage point, there was nothing unusual about John Isner's serves on Sunday.
They were as difficult as always.
Isner had seven aces and won the battle of big serves with a 6-3, 7-5 victory in the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship.
Isner won his first tournament of the year and the sixth of his career. He had a record 64 aces for the tournament. He broke the record of 60 set by Pete Sampras in 2002. Almagro leads the ATP Tour with 266 aces. He had five against Isner.
Isner won $82,300 and Almagro earned $43,310.
Isner is the first American to appear in an ATP Tour final this year. Isner lost to Juan Monaco 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in last year's final.
ROBREDO
GRAND PRIX HASSAN II
CASABLANCA, Morocco — Tommy Robredo won the Grand Prix Hassan II by beating second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3 in the final on Sunday for his 11th career title.
In their first meeting, the Spaniard saved four breakpoints in the third set and then broke Anderson for the second time in the match to clinch his first title since winning on outdoor clay in February 2011 at Santiago, Chile. Ten of his titles and 15 of his 18 career finals have been on the surface.
Robredo's ranking has slipped to 72nd after peaking at No. 5 in August 2006 following his five-month absence last year because of a leg injury.
Anderson's two career titles have come on outdoor hard-courts. His previous win was last year at Delray Beach, Florida.
women's Tennis champions : 15 Week 2013
CONQUERS
KVITOVA
KATOWICE, Poland – After dropping 61 60 scorelines on her last two opponents, it was pretty clear she was in top form – from the baseline to the net and from her powerful forehands to her slice backhands, Roberta Vinci was just too sharp against Petra Kvitova in the final of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, winning a tight first set then cruising to victory against the World No.8, 76(2) 61.
"I played a really good game today," Vinci said after the match.
"It was a very tough match against Roberta today," Kvitova said.
Vinci now has eight WTA titles,
Vinci's first eight Top 10 wins included two in 2005 (No.10 Anastasia Myskina at Eastbourne and No.10Patty Schnyder at Luxembourg), one in 2009 (No.10 Flavia Pennetta at Tokyo), one in 2011 (No.1Caroline Wozniacki at Toronto), two in 2012 (No.7 Angelique Kerber at Montréal and No.2 Agnieszka Radwanska at the US Open) and two already in 2013 (No.6 Kerber and No.9 Sam Stosur at Dubai).
What's next for Vinci? "Next is Fed Cup," the Italian said. "I'm going to Palermo tomorrow and we're playing the Czech Republic on the weekend, so I'll probably play against Petra again pretty soon!
"But it's a different story – Fed Cup is totally different. We'll see what happens, but I'm playing in confidence and we'd like to win against the Czech Republic, so we'll all be trying our best."
Images and text credits : http://www.wtatennis.com/
April 8, 2013 by ram H singhal
WINS 49TH WTA TITLE
CHARLESTON, SC, USA –
Serena Williams rallied from a set down to beat Jelena Jankovic
in the final of the Family Circle Cup
on Sunday afternoon, winning the 49th WTA title of her career
taking a step closer to yet another milestone –
only nine players have ever reached the 50 WTA titles mark.
WTA SCHEDULE : April 2013
DAVIS CUP QUARTERFINALS – ITA AT CAN
DAVIS CUP QUARTERFINALS – SRB AT USA
DAVIS CUP QUARTERFINALS – FRA AT ARG
DAVIS CUP QUARTERFINALS – CZE AT KAZ
U.S. MEN'S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP
MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS
BARCELONA OPEN BANCSABADELL
BRD NASTASE TIRIAC TROPHY
ESTORIL OPEN
Image and text credits : http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/schedule/?tour=atp
Posted in sports | 1 Comment |
ATP SCHEDULE April 2013
05.04.2013 Davis Cup Quarter-finals
08.04.2013 Grand Prix Hassan II
Casablanca, Morocco Clay € 410,200
(€ 467,800) SGL 28 DBL 16 +212-2298-1266
08.04.2013 US Men's Clay Court Championship
Houston, U.S.A. Clay $ 455,775
($ 519,775) SGL 28 DBL 16 +1-713-874-6294
14.04.2013 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Monte-Carlo, Monaco Clay € 2,646,495
(€ 2,998,495) SGL 56 DBL 24 Email Inquiry
+377/97-98-70-00
22.04.2013 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
Barcelona, Spain Clay € 1,708,875
22.04.2013 BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy
Bucharest, Romania Clay € 410,200
(€ 467,800) SGL 28 DBL 16 +40 730 TENNIS (+40 730 836647)
29.04.2013 Portugal Open
Oeiras*, Portugal Clay € 410,200
(€ 467,800) SGL 28 DBL 16 Email Inquiry
+351-21/303-4900
29.04.2013 BMW Open
Munich, Germany Clay € 410,200
(€ 467,800) SGL 28 DBL 16 +49 89/54 81 81 81
Image and text credits : http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tournaments/Event-Calendar.aspx#
SONY OPEN TITLE
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — As a dramatic men's final at the Sony Open neared its conclusion in a winner-take-all tiebreaker, Andy Murray waged a 28-shot exchange with David Ferrer, who was left so exhausted by the rally he crumpled to the court.
The final was filled with grinding baseline rallies, including at least a dozen of more than 20 strokes and one lasting 34. At 2 hours, 45 minutes, the match was the longest of the men's tournament,
One point from defeat in the last set, the Scotsman skipped a forehand off the baseline to stay in the match. Ferrer appealed the call but lost, and he battled leg cramps in the tiebreaker.
"I don't think either of us played our best tennis," Murray said. "There was a lot of breaks and ups and downs, quite a lot of mistakes from both of us. But what I did do was fight hard."
Murray also won the title in 2009. His path to this year's championship was made easier because Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal skipped the tournament and Novak Djokovic lost in the fourth round.
Murray made a breakthrough last year by winning an Olympic gold medal and his first Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open. He'll now move ahead of Federer to No. 2 in the rankings behind Djokovic.
The No. 3-seeded Ferrer, who was seeking the biggest title of his career, fell to 0-13 against top-five players in finals. Spaniards are 0-6 in the Key Biscayne men's final, with Nadal losing three of those matches.
But Murray sang the praises of Ferrer, a frequent practice partner.
"He's one of the best players in the world," Murray said. "Every time I play against him, people expect me to win. I say it's so tough against him. He has a great attitude and is a great fighter."
Murray has a home 15 minutes from the tournament site, near downtown Miami, and spends three months a year in South Florida. But the sellout crowd was firmly behind Ferrer.
"Playing here in Miami is like when I play in Spain," Ferrer said during the trophy ceremony to a roar from his rooters.
"I'm sorry," he added, managing a chuckle. "I'm so sorry. One point. Next time."
Playing in sunny, 80-degree weather, Murray and Ferrer were both drained in the third set, which started with six consecutive service breaks.
"It was so tough physically and mentally that you were just trying to play each point," Murray said.
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Serena Williams danced to the crowd's roar, spinning and grinning, hopping and waving, then spinning some more.
If her victory celebration on the stadium court seemed well-rehearsed, it was. She earned a record sixth Key Biscayne women's title by beating familiar foil Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 at the Sony Open on Saturday.
Sharapova set a new standard for futility in finals. She completed a career Grand Slam by winning the French Open last year, and won Indian Wells two weeks ago, but she's winless in five Key Biscayne finals.
Sharapova playing nearly flawless tennis for an hour, before her serve and groundstrokes began to lose steam. Williams swept the last 10 games and faltered only during the trophy ceremony.
"I felt good today," she told the crowd with a smile. "It's so good to be No. 6 now — I mean, the six-time — oh, gosh. Thank you."
"I'm happy to be holding the championship," she said. "It's definitely not my best tournament. But those are the moments that count — when you can still come out on top."
She'll remain No. 1 and Sharapova No. 2 next week. Williams is the first No. 1-seeded woman to win the title | 2,915 |
Bringing together work by some of the world's most notable artists, True Faith explored the ongoing significance and legacy of New Order and Joy Division through the wealth of visual art their music has inspired.
Curated by Matthew Higgs and Jon Savage with archivist Johan Kugelberg, True Faith was centred on four decades' worth of extraordinary contemporary works from artists such as Julian Schnabel, Jeremy<|fim_middle|> and posters from the likes of John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Lawrence Weiner, Jonathan Demme, Robert Longo, Raf Simons and Kathryn Bigelow, True Faith provided a unique perspective on these two most iconic and influential Manchester bands.
Liam Gillick, Peter Saville and Matthew Higgs were in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist at 2pm Saturday July 8 at The Stoller Hall. Tickets are £5 via Interdependence or call 0843 208 1840. | Deller, Liam Gillick, Mark Leckey, Glenn Brown and Slater B Bradley, all directly inspired by the two groups.
The exhibition also featured Peter Saville's seminal cover designs, plus performance films, music videos | 45 |
RETIRING THOUGHTS: Why we need algebra
Recently, attention has been drawn to Andrew Hacker, political scientist and longtime American scholar. The reason, however, has little to do with social science. In his new book, 'The Math Myth,' Hacker questions why we subject students to algebra and other tor<|fim_middle|> many others, Hacker tends to equate education with training for one's first job. (Some estimates suggest the average American goes through as many as six career changes during a lifetime.) Why, he seems to wonder, should a future cosmetologist have to solve quadratic equations, or a potential novelist have to sweat over geometric proofs?
Why, indeed, should an English professor like myself have to worry about math?
The answer, I think, is that I am and have always been more than an English teacher, just as others are more than a cosmetologist or a novelist. We are all human beings who live in the wider world.
The main reason I have valued math is because it teaches me how mathematicians think. This in turn helps me understand where they're coming from when they tell me, for example, that my chances of hitting it big in the lottery are less than my chances of getting struck by lightning.
Judging from the long lines at the convenience store full of people waiting to buy lottery tickets, that notion could do many of us a great deal of good.
In the same way, I value knowing a little of how scientists think so that when they tell me, for example, that I am unwittingly contributing to the earth's dangerous warm up, I can know where they're coming from. I value political science because it helps me distinguish policy from demagoguery.
And I hope others value English professors because we can help them come to terms with human nature through the art of literature.
That said, I'll admit that some ways of teaching, say, mathematics, could stand scrutiny. In all my life, I never remember seeing a man mowing his lawn and wondering 'how long would it take two men, working at one-third the first man's speed, to mow the same area?'
I have, however, often had to figure out whether it's more economical to buy a gallon of milk for $4.99 or a quart for $1.49. I've needed to know whether it's wiser to take a $1,000 rebate on my new car or to shave 0.5 percent APR off my loan.
I need these skills, not because I'm a teacher or a garage mechanic or a visual artist, but because I'm a human being living in society. And I need mathematical reasoning to act wisely in that society.
Hacker may be serving us well if he gets us to rethink how we teach math and other subjects. But in the process we should not forget why we need those subjects to live well.
Email John Gottcent at
jandjgott@gmail.com. | ments from the world of mathematics.
In fact, more broadly, he worries that a frenzied emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is diverting attention from other pursuits and subverting the spirit of the country.
I am, by profession, none of the things summed up in the acronym STEM. My own field was English, perhaps further removed than even Hacker's political science from the world of algebra, trigonometry, geometry and the like. Yet, I think he, with all due respect, may be missing the point.
Like so | 115 |
At Cathedral School we want children to engage with Geography. We want them to see its relevance to their lives and to see the Earth as their home. We promote an enquiry-based approach through fieldwork and high quality resources.
Children understand the way that Geography helps explain and inspire their curiosity about the earth. We aim to teach then to think geographically and use the language, vocabulary and grammar of geography with confidence. We want them to investigate and explore<|fim_middle|> space station.
Class four have been working hard on learning all the features of non-fiction texts this week. We have focused on the use of non-fiction literary features, such as: clear presentation, headings, use of bullet points and informative short facts. We are working towards writing our very own version of A Walk in London. | geography by asking questions and thinking critically about real life issues, drawing on other subjects such as maths, science and literacy.
Year 5 led an assembly highlighting the impact of global warming on our environment. We also looked at the dangers of natural disasters, and the impact that these have on communities. We reminded ourselves that our job is to care for the planet and our community.
Class 4 had a wonderful experience at the CLC centre in Clapham. The class enthusiastically explored Minecraft! The children had to think about what buildings are needed in a city and how important consideration of the infrastructure of a city is.
The children then had to develop their own buildings and place them in their very own Class 4 city. We were able to link to this different subjects such as maths, using co-ordinates to locate and position the buildings.
We took our 'Flat Stanleys' on a trip around the school to see the sights and took some photos to send in Stanley's envelope. We all wrote letters asking questions about the visit to Finland, and didn't forget to include Stanley's packed lunch. We are hoping our 'Stanleys' arrive safely in Finland and will wait for a reply from the children there.
This half term in Geography we are looking at our local area and this week, Class 1 used maps and globes to locate England and other countries. During our Geography sessions this week we spoke about the location of countries around the world, some children found countries that they have visited and we labelled our own maps of the UK.
This half term we are learning about different places to explore such as space, forests, jungles, the Arctic, the seaside and the desert. To help us, our new role play areas are camping in the forest and a | 354 |
News > 2022 > March > 45th Annual Black-Tie Ball Raises Funds for Surgical Institute
45th Annual Black-Tie Ball Raises Funds for Surgical Institute
PALM BEACH, Florida (March 22, 2022) – After a two-year hiatus Jupiter Medical Center Foundation returned to The Breakers, Palm Beach on March 12 for their 45th Annual Black-Tie Ball. The region's top philanthropists, physicians, business icons, and Jupiter Medical Center's biggest supporters were in attendance at this beautiful fundraising event. Lee Ann and Jeffrey Alderton chaired the event along with honorary chairs Tesa and Martin Dytrych. Sally Sevareid, co-host of The Mo and Sally Morning Show on KOOL 105.5, served as the mistress of ceremonies.
Guests danced the night away to the vibrant tunes of the Georgia Bridgwater Orchestra, a live band that performs everything from swinging big band jazz music to an amazing high energy mix of dance hits.
The event was a major success, raising money for the new Surgical Institute at Jupiter Medical Center. The two-story, 90,000 square-foot Institute will offer 16 state-of-the-art operating rooms and two hybrid operating rooms in a dedicated facility. The Institute's operating rooms will combine traditional surgery with image-guided interventional capabilities. Patients, families and friends will have access to outdoor spaces with a terrace, along with a dedicated discharge area leading to covered parking for privacy and ease.
Support for this year's event comes from generous sponsors and underwriters, including Presenting Sponsor Palm Beach Kennel Club and The Rooney Family; Diamond Sponsor: The Narlinger Family; Gold Sponsors: Leo, Claire and Robert Adenbaum Foundation, Jeff and Lee Alderton, Bebe Foundation, Carlton Fields, Michele Deverich and Craig Williamson, Jason DeYonker, Randell and Rebecca Doane, Marty and Tesa Dytrych, Robins & Morton, TD Bank and The Tiano Family; and Underwriters: Michele Deverich and Craig Williamson, Randell and Rebecca Doane, Key Private Bank, Knight Corporations, LeeSar and Cooperative Services of Florida, Inc., Pioneer Linens and Steve Rockoff, The Sheehan Agency.
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation is also grateful for the many table sponsors, philanthropic supporters, donors and host committee members who helped make the ball a tremendous success, including Jeff and Lee Alderton, Marty and Tesa Dytrych, Mary Beth Boruff, Nichole Corry, MD, Randell and Rebecca Doane, John and Susan Domenico, Shawn Griffin and Jan Wahby, Ken and Kelly Kennerly, Thomas and Carol Kirchhoff, Alan and Penny Murphy, Catherine Nanda, Julie Rudolph, and Dennis and Roseanne Williams.
About Jupiter Medical Center Foundation
Since its founding in 1989, Jupiter Medical Center Foundation has raised funds to support Jupiter Medical Center's mission to reimagine the delivery of health and wellness to the region. Jupiter Medical Center Foundation, together with Jupiter Medical Center, is committed to transforming regional healthcare through patient centered care, cutting-edge technology, and state of the art facilities. Fundraising efforts have supported a number of major projects at Jupiter Medical Center, including the De George Pediatric Unit, the Margaret W. Niedland Breast Center, The Anderson Family Orthopedic & Spine Center, the Frank E. and Mary D. Walsh Robotic Surgery Program, and the Florence A. De George Pavilion.
As the leading, not-for-profit healthcare provider in the region, Jupiter Medical Center relies on philanthropy to maintain patients' well-being and delivering world class healthcare. Jupiter Medical Center Foundation is dedicated to securing this financial support to fulfill the mission of<|fim_middle|> information, please visit jmcfoundation.org.
Media Contact: Rebecca Seelig; PBPR; rebecca@pb-pr.com; (561) 628-5929
Pinnacle Magazine
A World-Class Seasonal Healthcare Publication
from Jupiter Medical Center Foundation
JMC & Be Seen
LASTING IMPACT Newsletters
January - March 2017
Jupiter Medical Center Receives $25 Million Donation to Support Advanced Surgical Institute
Jupiter Medical Center to Open State-of-the-Art Surgical Institute
Jupiter Medical Center Celebrates its Leaders in Philanthropy
Jupiter Medical Center Expands Cardiac Surgery through Philanthropy
Jupiter Medical Center Receives $4 Million to Enhance Emergency Services
Jupiter Medical Center Names Michael J. Morsberger, Chief Philanthropy Officer and President of Jupiter Medical Center Foundation
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Celebrates Donors and Five Years of World-Class Pediatrics | the organization. For more | 5 |
The problems that are faced by PT. XYZ are the existence of antimonopoly regulation since 1998, price war in the flour industry, entrance of many imported products, and entrance of new local players. These problems make PT. XYZ need to form a new strategy by launching a new product that is supposed to win the competition. While the marketing mix, which consists of product, price, promotion, and place, is the basic stimuli for the company in forming a new product. That is why, in this final assignment report, the writers will research about what marketing factors significantly influence business buyers in buying a new product. The methodology of this research is descriptive and explanatory quantitative research The writers use binary logistic regression as the tool to analyse the statistical data. After analyzing all the data, the result of this research shows that product factor is the most significant factor in influencing the business buyers? willingness to buy the new product of PT. XYZ. Then, it is followed by price as the second significant factor and promotion as the third significant factor in influencing the business buyers? willingness to buy. Interestingly, the place factor does not significantly the business buyers? willingness to buy the new product.
City Of Tomorrow mall is the first mall in super block concept in Surabaya, Located in Circle of Waru in South Surabaya. The Mall is developed by Coldwell Bank<|fim_middle|> decision toward city of tomorrow mall. ln this final thesis, the writers are attempting to find out the most significant factors that influencing customer buying decision toward city of tomorrow mall units. The writer uses exploratory research, non probability sampling, and SPSS version 15.0 for analyzing the research. The results of the research revealed that external placing and internal placing factors and promotional tools and mortgages payment method is the most influential factors. Then actually the products, price, business cycle, demography, interest rates and mortgages rates are less significant or not considered as most influential factors for the customer in buying decision toward city of tomorrow mall unit. | er Capital and sponsored by Lippo Karawaci. The mall units are sold over 60%. There are several factors that influencing customer buying decision. Therefore the writers are researching the most significant factors that influencing the customer buying decision. From the primary and secondary data and information, the writers could know about mall buyers and researching about the factors that influencing customer buying | 72 |
First two weeks in Lunenburg, Canada
14 September 2016 17 September 2016 Eelco1377 views
And so we continue for almost two weeks after our arrival in Lunenburg, Canada. We are still not in the port, which seems to be very difficult to settle here. We continue thereby dependent on the dinghy, which makes it very difficult to do things and arrange. But hopefully we go today then finally the port. Meanwhile, we, of course, introduced to the village and I have together with Ernst even a three-day bike ride. But we also take slow farewell to more and more people.
Photo ´ s
Photo ´ s of the first two weeks in Lunenburg, Canada
Fare<|fim_middle|> go no further, and also do not know when we can further affect. Some crew members and trainees have obligations in terms of work, study or relationships at home. Financial consequences include here. Because despite the fact that food and drinks on board were is do you want to be the shore on, and there goes your money fast. For various reasons are so the three French crew members Gwen, Lucy and Stephen already left. But also others have already purchased tickets, or think that soon. And so it is becoming army on board. Sam, Ernst and I are the only trainees that the whole tour. And we would really like to finish that trip, the load and ship back to Netherlands. But whether that will succeed is not yet clear, because even our available time and budget is not infinite.
For the time being, we have made tremendous luck with the weather here, almost every day radiantly beautiful weather. Unique, if we are to believe the locals. Lunenburg is not big, but so far we just fine. The (two) bars and restaurants around are pleasant, and houses are beautiful and the people are nice. It is also home to the Picton Castle, a training ship, somewhat similar to the Tres Hombres. We must not only of their toilet and shower use, but also by cycling (though first fix) and their dory. A dory is the traditional rowing boat that used the cod fishermen were used. So are we at least not always by Lammert depending on to get to the shore. Fine for us, and for Lammert.
Three days cycling through Nova Scotia
To view the country further Ernst and I decided a few days to go cycling. The first day along the coast, towards the LaHave Bakery, a large well known bakery here, and then further up the coast. It was really wonderful cycling, a fine road, wonderful weather and nice views. However, we found very little accommodation at, some campgrounds, but we had nothing with us. In Petite Rivière we ended up in a beautiful, century-old General Store. As if we were in an old Western came. There she told us that there was a hotel away. After a steep climb, we arrived at a closed, dilapidated hotel. After a beer at the neighbors are we cycled back to the General Store. On the veranda there were several local residents and we asked their or they knew something for us. Unfortunately, there was nothing, but you felt she wanted to let us actually there not so behind, but that no one wanted to take our House. A somewhat uncomfortable situation so arose. And it was all later, and we still had no place to stay. Eventually offered a woman to a tent, mattresses and blankets. And so we were half an hour later to set up a tent in the Park next to the General Stor e! There was even a clean toilet. Slept fine, and the next morning had breakfast in the store and returned the stuff again including a bottle of wine as a thank you. The second day we visited a winery, we are back to the bakery and then to Bridgewater. Bridgewater is not particularly, but did have accommodation. We've spoiled ourselves with staying in a hotel, slightly above budget, but blissful shower and large, luxurious beds. Good after two days of cycling! The following day, cycled back through Mahonebay, a picturesque village, and then again back to ' home '. Had three top days to get away from the boat and be active.
Further plans?
How long we stay here is still not known. Some Lunenburgers say you can leave, others say that it was not until the end of October. All in all it is a tricky situation for everyone. We hope that clarity comes to the planning, so that everyone can adjust its own schedule. Until that time we will make here but the best of, we enjoy this unique situation.
Canada Tres Hombres
Tres Hombres remains at least a month in, Canada;
Morning departure from Lunenburg direction Netherlands! | well to people
We were already behind schedule, but now we can | 14 |
dawnklehrbooks » Rock » UFO - Back Into My Life
UFO - Back Into My Life album mp3
Performer: UFO
Title: Back Into My Life
Other formats: MPC RA FLAC MOD AC3 DTS ASF
UFO Pop_Rock 1982 UK
It's another night out on the avenue Looking for something, something that you knew And you're wondering where she is Now there's now there's<|fim_middle|>977 (see 1977 in music). All songs are band originals except for "Alone Again Or" which is a cover of a song by the band Love. Reaching on the Billboard Hot 100, it remains the band's highest charting album in the United States. The album was UFO's first to feature lush string arrangements alongside more complex song structures than their previous albums.
Won't you please put a little love back into my life. Every night's another night you keep looking back Trying to fill the spaces Hours and the minutes and the missing gaps. It's another night out on the avenue Looking for something, something that you knew Repeat. Ufo kimdir? Günün popüler şarkıları. Cryfemal - Macabre Suicide Mushroomhead - Cut Me Obliveon - Polarity The Cumshots - Bitter Erection Seventh Avenue - Hands Of The King Gillian Welch - Miner's Refrain Emrecan - Ben Severim El Alır Randy Newman - Laugh And Be Happy Kandia - Inwards Woodtemple - The Battle Of Eternal Hate Aesop Rock - Dokken Rules (Feat.
Back Into My Life 3:49
The Writer 4:08
CHS 2607 UFO Back Into My Life (7", Single) Chrysalis CHS 2607 UK 1982
CHS 2590 UFO Back Into My Life / You'll Get Love (7", Single) Chrysalis CHS 2590 US 1982
CHS 2590 DJ UFO Back Into My Life (7", Promo) Chrysalis CHS 2590 DJ US 1982
K-8723 UFO Back Into My Life (7", Single) Chrysalis K-8723 Australia 1982
CHSP 2607 UFO Back Into My Life (7", Single, Pic) Chrysalis CHSP 2607 UK 1982
Worla
Gary Lyons has a writers credit on US release for Back into my Life.
Albums related to UFO - Back Into My Life:
Linx - Plaything mp3 download
Puscha - Steal Your Life Back mp3 download
Leo Sayer - Heart (Stop Beating In Time) mp3 download
Roxanne Farrell - Back To Life mp3 download
McAlmont & Butler - Bring It Back mp3 download
Still Life - Away From This Town mp3 download
Matteo Marini Ft. Julie Thompson - Back To Life mp3 download
Cocoa Brovas - Back 2 Life mp3 download | no more rendezvous. You're left out here on this cold stark street With the sound of lovers as they tango and meet Their sweet surrender with a promise and a kiss Where's that girl, the one you miss
G C G C G It's another night out on the avenue G C G C G Looking for something, something that you knew G C And you're wondering where she is.
Back Into My Life video. Every night's another night you keep lookin' back Trying to fill the spaces Hours and minutes and the missin' gaps. html Their sweet surrender with a promise and a kiss Where's that girl the one you miss. Please put a little love back into my life Won't you please put a little love back into my life.
Lights Out is the sixth studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in May and also on 11 October 1 | 180 |
EA Originals Program Announced to Support Indie Games
During its EA Play event, Electronic Arts announced a new EA Originals program that is going to work towards supporting indie developers.
The initiative will be seeking to support "small developers" and helping them achieve "unique, gorgeous, innovative and memorable" games by providing resources<|fim_middle|> in the group who hates chocolate, cheese, and having to work on Sundays.
Mass Effect: Andromeda Gameplay Trailer Takes Us "Further Than Ever Before"
Battlefield 1 Gameplay Trailer Reveals Zeppelins, Dynamic Weather, and Destruction | , funding, marketing and publishing services. Executive Vice President of EA Patrick Soderlund added that all profits from EA Originals will be driven back to the developers.
The first game resulting from the EA Original program is called Fe, a "personal narrative about our relationship with nature" that is being developed by a small studio based in Gothenburg. Players take control of a young cub that awakens alone in the forest. From there on, it must learn the language of the forest and communicate with the surroundings to help protect nature from impending dangers.
It's unknown as to what platforms Fe is targeting. More information is probably going to arrive later on, but for now you can go through the purplish debut trailer below.
E3 2016, EA, EA Originals, EA Play, Fe
Saqib Mansoor
The odd man | 174 |
Q: Jenkins Plugins update email notification I need a script to get a list of jenkins<|fim_middle|> : 'No Update'}")
}
| plugins that need to be updated and send weekly email notification about them.
A: You can use the following script as a reference and build a Pipeline to send an Email.
// This cript prints all the installed plugins and if there are updates, the latest version available.
jenkins.model.Jenkins.getInstance().getUpdateCenter().getSites().each { site ->
site.updateDirectlyNow(hudson.model.DownloadService.signatureCheck)
}
hudson.model.DownloadService.Downloadable.all().each { downloadable ->
downloadable.updateNow();
}
def pluginList = new ArrayList(Jenkins.instance.pluginManager.plugins)
pluginList.sort { it.getShortName() }.each{ plugin ->
println ("${plugin.getDisplayName()} (${plugin.getShortName()}): ${plugin.getVersion()} : ${plugin.hasUpdate() ? plugin.getUpdateInfo().version | 164 |
Humans Have Taken Their First Trip Inside a Hyperloop
Courtney Linder
11 November 2020, 2:25 pm ·5 min read
From Popular Mechanics
On Sunday, Virgin Hyperloop sent two passengers through its pneumatic maglev train for the first time.
It represents a historical moment for hyperloop technology, as this is the first manned test of the technology to date.
Virgin Hyperloop isn't alone in this space. Competitors include Elon Musk's The Boring Company and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.
One small trip for humans, one giant leap for Virgin Hyperloop.
In a historic trip, two passengers embarked on a high-speed hyperloop train on Sunday evening at the Virgin Hyperloop's 1,640-foot DevLoop test track in Las Vegas, Nevada. Clearly, Virgin Hyperloop was confident in the trial, because the two passengers onboard were Josh Giegel, its chief technology officer and cofounder, and Sara Luchian, the company's head of passenger experience.
🚅 The future of transportation is here. Let's take a trip together.
"I can't tell you how often I get asked 'is hyperloop safe?,'" Jay Walder, CEO of Virgin Hyperloop, said in a prepared statement. "With today's passenger testing, we have successfully answered this question, demonstrating that not only can Virgin Hyperloop safely put a person in a pod in a vacuum environment, but that the company has a thoughtful approach to safety which has been validated by an independent third party."
To vet the manned pilot—and to ensure these high-speed trains can<|fim_middle|> Can Send Messages Without Cell Service
The Best Portable BBQ Grills for Cooking Anywhere
The Best Video Game the Year You Were Born | safely carry people and cargo in the future—Virgin Hyperloop has hired Certifier Group, a French company that specializes in independent rail assessment, to oversee testing. Previously, Virgin Hyperloop has run about 400 unmanned tests of the system.
Among other safety features, the company's XP-2 pod—also known as the "Pegasus Pod," which will eventually seat up to 28 passengers in commercial vehicles—uses "state-of-the-art" control systems that can detect "off-nominal states and rapidly trigger appropriate emergency responses," according to Virgin Hyperloop. And while inside, the passengers donned five-point harness seatbelts, just like the ones you'd find in a race car.
The underlying technology, of course, is a combination of pneumatic tubes and contactless levitation. Like current maglev (magnetic levitation) trains, hyperloop pods will benefit from frictionless motion, with two sets of magnets working together to repel and push the train off from the tracks and forward, creating a floating effect.
🚂 Our Favorite Model Trains
Meanwhile, a system of sealed tubes—that's the DevLoop test track, in this case—connects cities. The pressurized pods move at high speeds due to both the magnetic levitation properties of the track and the pneumatic propulsion systems, which work a bit like the vacuum systems you use to send checks and deposit slips to the teller at a bank's drive-through.
This enables Virgin Hyperloop's pods to propel passengers or cargo pods at speeds in excess of 1,000 kilometers per hour, or about 621 miles per hour. That's roughly three times as fast as the Shinkansen bullet trains that make up Japan's extensive high-speed rail network, and 10 times faster than traditional trains.
For comfort and safety reasons, this test was limited to a speed of about 107 miles per hour, making the trip feel more like a ride on the subway for Geigel and Luchian.
This builds on an October 8 announcement that Virgin Hyperloop will build a $500 million certification center in West Virginia for testing and development of the technology—a vital move, considering the city-to-city rail network remains unproven. The company hopes that with this hub, it can achieve certification by 2025 and commercial travel by 2030.
Photo credit: Virgin Hyperloop
But Virgin Hyperloop's concept doesn't exist in a bubble; there are plenty of competitors in the pneumatic maglev transport space.
For example, Magway, a U.K.-based transport startup, wants to use fleets of tiny, metallic pods—too small to comfortably sit in—to deliver your Amazon packages, or perhaps your groceries, through an underground system of tubes.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is taking an open-source approach to pneumatic maglev trains, using a crowd collaboration approach to develop the transport system. In practice, that involves a consortium of engineers from across the globe, working together.
Back in July, HTT secured an official classification under the U.S. Department of Transportation, which should expedite funding and regulation talks for hyperloop technologies. Notably, this also applies to other hyperloop firms, like Virgin Hyperloop; all of these companies will fall under the purview of the Federal Railroad Administration.
Photo credit: ROBYN BECK - Getty Images
And of course there's Elon Musk's The Boring Company, which completed the second tunnel for its underground people-mover system at the Las Vegas Convention Center earlier this year. When The Boring Company announced that part of the project was finished back in May, it noted the Las Vegas loop was still on track for a January 2021 opening date, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It's unclear if those plans have changed at all since then.
There's still legitimate criticism that the hyperloop concept is all just a "utopian vision" of the future. Jose Gomez-Ibanez, a professor of urban planning and public policy at Harvard, told MIT Technology Review in 2016 the upfront costs of building hundreds of miles of track is an outlandish idea. "I don't understand where they think they can get their savings—they're up against the airlines, and airlines don't need to install hundreds of miles of track," he said.
So will we really get a hyperloop system from any of these companies by the turn of the next decade? Only time will tell. But we think a heavy dose of skepticism is always in order.
This Device | 940 |
Skye hotel chain fears businesses will "fall through the cracks"
Anne Gracie Gunn at Duisdale in Skye. Picture, Willie Urquhart
By KEITH MACKENZIE
Previously thriving Highland firms will "fall through the cracks" and go out of business without adequate support to see them through the coronavirus crisis, a Skye hotelier has warned.
<|fim_middle|> like the Sonas group were told that just one of their hotels will receive funds.
Across its hotels at Toravaig, Duisdale and Skeabost the family firm employs 77 staff – most of whom are now in furlough.
Mrs Gracie Gunn said her company would need bank loans to get them through the crisis.
The Sonas Group employs 77 people across three Skye hotels. Picture, Willie Urquhart
She told the Free Press: "The Scottish Government has said it wants to spread the money as far as it can, but looking around the Highlands there are going to be businesses who aren't going to survive this.
"We can access funds for Toravaig, which has a rateable value of under £51,000, but not for our other two hotels.
"We're trying to look after 77 jobs. It feels like we're falling through the cracks."
Mrs Gracie Gunn said her firm's position also hadn't been helped by online travel agents refunding deposits for bookings which had been rescheduled due to the pandemic.
She added: "It's been a nightmare unfolding in front of us, and you don't know where or how it will end.
"The first priority is people's safety and their health, and we would only want restrictions lifted safely.
"I'm optimistic as a person, but there are huge concerns and uncertainty.
"When we come out of it we'll need to hit the ground running, but we have a great product and an excellent brand in Skye – and that will still be here.
"I think the general response of the public has been great. People are observing the restrictions."
Kate Forbes, the finance secretary
Scottish Finance secretary Kate Forbes said that "having listened carefully", £120 million would now become available to extend the current grant scheme on a per property basis, at 75 per cent per additional property.
£100 million was also pledged to aid small and medium-sized businesses currently ineligible for the support measures.
Ms Forbes pledged the eligibility criteria would also be widened, and a fresh applications process would open at the end of April. | Anne Gracie Gunn, owner of the Sonas Hotel group, urged the Scottish government to follow the rest of the UK and pass on emergency grants in full to firms that have more than one property on their books.
On Wednesday, following criticism of the Scottish Government's approach, Scottish finance secretary Kate Forbes announced a package of additional support for business.
Mrs Gracie Gunn had discovered that although she runs three hotels on Skye, only one of them was eligible for aid in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
On 17th March the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, launched a scheme to allow eligible businesses access to £25,000 for each property they have.
Scottish economy secretary Fiona Hyslop initially pledged that the scheme would be replicated in Scotland, but businesses | 157 |
15 Surprising Facts About Steve Carell
BY Jennifer M Wood
Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon
From the seven seasons he spent as the star of NBC's The Office to leading man roles in comedy classics like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Steve Carell has become one of Hollywood's most in-demand funnymen. But he has proven his dramatic chops, too, particularly with his role as John du Pont in Foxcatcher, which earned Carell an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in 2015. Even if you've seen all of his movies, there's probably a lot you don't know about the Massachusetts native.
1. HE THOUGHT HE WANTED TO BE A LAWYER.
Steve Carell attended Ohio's Denison University, where he received a history degree in 1984, and had planned to move on to law school. But when it came time to apply, he found himself stumped by the first question on the application: Why do you want to be a lawyer?
"I had never considered acting as a career choice, although I'd always enjoyed it," Carell told NJ.com in 2011. "I enjoyed hockey and singing in the choir, and I didn't think of them as potential careers, either … But I began to realize I really loved acting, and telling stories. Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa."
2. HE WORKED AS A MAILMAN.
Shortly before he moved to Chicago and performed with The Second City, Carell worked as a postal carrier in the tiny town of Littleton, Massachusetts. Because the post office didn't have its own mail vehicles, Carell had to use his own car. He kept the gig for just four months, then took off for the Windy City. "And months later, I found mail under the seat of my car," he admitted. Carell also said it was the hardest job he has ever had.
3. HE WAS HIS WIFE'S TEACHER.
No, it's not as risqué as it sounds. Carell met his wife, Nancy Walls, through an improv class at Second City; he was the teacher, she was one of his students. "I beat around the bush [before asking her out] and said something stupid like, 'Well, you know, if I were to ever ask someone out, it would be someone like you,'" Carell told Details of his earliest attempts at flirting. "It's so stupid, but it was all self-protection. She was the same way: 'If somebody like you were to ask me out, I would definitely go out with him. If there was a person like you.'" The couple married in 1995 and have appeared in several projects together.
4. THE COUPLE HAD TO BREAK UP (ON CAMERA) ON THEIR 17TH ANNIVERSARY.
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
For Lorene Scafaria's underrated 2012 end-of-the-world dramedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Steve and Nancy played a married couple who split up when it's announced that an asteroid heading toward Earth will obliterate the planet in three weeks. Their break-up scene happens very early on in the movie, and they ended up filming it on their 17th wedding anniversary.
"She gets to leave me right at the beginning," Carell told Parade. "They used the take where her shoe came off in the car, and she bolted across that field with one shoe on. I don't think I've ever seen her run that fast. We shot the scene on our 17th anniversary. [The director] got us a cake and the crew sang 'Happy Anniversary' to us. It was very sweet, a very special night."
5. HE AND HIS WIFE AUDITIONED FOR SNL TOGETHER; ONLY ONE OF THEM MADE IT.
In 1995, the same year they married, both Carell and Walls auditioned for Saturday Night Live. Walls made it but Carell didn't, which must have made for one awkward celebratory dinner. But it all turned out well in the end; Carell went on to become a household name and has hosted the show on two occasions.
6. HE WAS ONE HALF OF "<|fim_middle|> co-star Steve Buscemi a trick called "The Hangman," and they were both sworn to secrecy. "I actually had to sign something that I would not divulge," Carell told The Hollywood Reporter. "So that was kind of cool."
15. HE OFFERED PRINCETON'S 2012 CLASS SOME TIPS FOR SUCCESS.
In 2012, Carell delivered a speech to Princeton University graduates—which included his niece—during Class Day. He ended his talk by offering some tips to the grads:
"I would like to leave you with a few random thoughts. Not advice per se, but some helpful hints: Show up on time. Because to be late is to show disrespect. Remember that the words 'regime' and 'regimen' are not interchangeable. Get a dog, because cats are lame. Only use a 'That's what she said' joke if you absolutely cannot resist. Never try to explain a 'That's what she said' joke to your parents. When out to eat, tip on the entire check. Do not subtract the tax first. And every once in a while, put something positive into the world. We have become so cynical these days. And by we I mean us. So do something kind, make someone laugh, and don't take yourself too seriously."
celebrities Comedy Lists Movies News Pop Culture tv | THE AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO."
Though he missed out on the chance to become a regular SNL cast member, there was a silver lining: He was free to say "yes" to taking a role on The Dana Carvey Show, a sketch show that SNL alum Dana Carvey created for ABC. Though it was short-lived, the show was full of amazing comedic talent; in addition to Carvey and Carell, the show featured Stephen Colbert, Bob Odenkirk, and Robert Smigel and a writers room that included Louis C.K., Charlie Kaufman, and Robert Carlock. The show marked the debut of Smigel's recurring animated sketch, "The Ambiguously Gay Duo," which followed the adventures of Gary and Ace, who were voiced by Carell and Colbert, respectively. After the show was cancelled, Smigel brought the "Duo" over to Saturday Night Live.
7. HE OWNS A GENERAL STORE IN MASSACHUSETTS.
While many A-list stars run side businesses—restaurants, wine companies, clothing lines, etc.—the Carells' second gig is a little less glamorous. In 2009, they bought the Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield, Massachusetts—where they spend their summers—in order to preserve it as a local landmark.
"The main impetus to keep it going is that not many of those places exist and I wanted this one to stay afloat," Carell told The Patriot Ledger. "Just generally speaking, there are not that many local sort of communal places as there used to be ... I think it's nice for people to actually go and talk and have a cup of coffee and communicate with one another."
8. HE PLAYS THE FIFE.
Yes, Carell has got some musical talent and can actually play the fife. It's a skill he acquired early in life, and shares with several of his family members. And it came in handy when he joined a reenactment group that portrayed the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot, a line infantry regiment with the British Army.
9. HE WAS NOT THE FIRST CHOICE TO PLAY MICHAEL SCOTT IN THE OFFICE.
Though Michael Scott, the clueless manager of paper company Dunder Mifflin's Scranton, Pennsylvania branch in The Office, is still probably Carell's best-known role, he wasn't the first choice for the part. Paul Giamatti was reportedly the first choice, but he declined. Hank Azaria and Martin Short were also in the running. Bob Odenkirk was actually cast in the role because Carell was committed to another series, Come to Papa. But when that show was cancelled after just a few episodes, the role of Michael Scott was recast with Carell. (Odenkirk appeared in one of the series's later episodes, playing a boss who was eerily similar to Carell's Scott.)
10. WHEN CARELL LEFT THE OFFICE, THE CAST AND CREW "RETIRED" HIS NUMBER ON THE CALL SHEET.
When Carell left The Office after seven seasons to focus on his film career, the cast and crew continued one tradition in his honor. "Steve was No. 1 on the call sheet because he was the lead of the show," co-star Jenna Fischer told TV Guide. "And when he left, we retired his number. No one, ever since he left, was allowed to be No. 1."
11. HE WAS IN TALKS TO PLAY RON DONALD ON PARTY DOWN.
Before Party Down made its premiere on Starz with Adam Scott playing failed actor Henry Pollard, it was supposed to be an HBO series with Paul Rudd in the lead. And Rudd was pushing for Carell to play bumbling catering manager Ron Donald, as The Office didn't get off to a great start and looked to be in danger of getting cancelled. Ultimately, HBO ended up abandoning the project, which Starz scooped up—with Scott as Pollard and Ken Marino as Ron Donald.
12. JAMES SPADER REALLY WANTED TO PLAY BRICK TAMLAND IN ANCHORMAN.
Dreamworks, LLC. All rights reserved.
Though it was The 40-Year-Old Virgin that turned Carell into a leading man on the big screen, his role as oddball meteorologist Brick Tamland in Anchorman brought him a lot of attention. But if James Spader had his way, Carell would never have appeared in the role at all. In a 2013 interview with Baller Status, director Adam McKay shared that before the film was even cast:
"I get a phone call and I hear that James Spader is obsessed with Brick's character. I say 'James Spader? That is insane, will he come in and read?' They say, 'No, he's not going to come in and read; he's James Spader!' James Spader and I end up talking and he called it about the Brick character. He thought it was one of the funniest character he ever read and we weren't even sure if it was going to work. He literally said, 'I will do anything to get this role.' Eventually, we were just like, 'This is James Spader; he is too good for this role.' But, he was right about how funny it was. The movie studio even questioned us and said how bizarre Brick is, and it wouldn't work. I felt bad we didn't cast James, but Carell was so good."
Spader proved his comedic chops in 2011, when he was cast as Robert California, Michael Scott's replacement on The Office (who quickly manages to convince the company owner to appoint him as CEO).
13. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS' EXECUTIVES WERE CONCERNED THAT CARELL WAS COMING OFF AS A SERIAL KILLER IN THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN.
Though it turned out to be one of 2005's biggest hits, getting the tone right on Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin proved to be a fairly difficult task. At one point, executives at Universal Studios expressed their concern to Apatow that Carell might come off as a serial killer to viewers.
"There is a fine line," producer Mary Parent told the Los Angeles Times. "Men and women alike could look at him and if he's too much of a sad sack, they will think, 'Dude, get a life.'" Apatow ended up adding several lines about the fact that Carell's character could be a serial killer.
14. HE LEARNED MAGIC FROM DAVID COPPERFIELD.
In 2013, Carell played a magician in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. In order to get the role just right, he went straight to the top: David Copperfield. The famed illusionist taught Carell and | 1,426 |
Wastech are the sole Australian importer and agent for Bramidan Balers from Denmark. Bramidan Balers are recognised throughout Europe as one of the best waste management solutions, for their immaculate design and quality. Simply put, Bramidan Balers are the best in the world.
Bramidan Balers are capable of not only compacting cardboard and plastic, but materials such as e-waste and metals. The full Bramidan range caters for volumes anywhere from small fruit shops to waste transfer stations.
Balers in the B-series have a low noise level and a classic design with cylinders on top.
Balers in the X-series have an extreme low noise level and a compact design with strong cross cylinders.
This is a series of presses for special purposes e.g. compaction of drums, tins and<|fim_middle|> Bags. | bags.
Horizontal channel balers are reliable and easy to use when compacting large volumes of waste.
A range of consumables / accessories to suit the Bramidan Balers range including Strapping Tape, Tape Racks and Recycle | 47 |
Life by the Creek: At the bush.
Thursday was a beautiful day... just right for a trip to the bush! Jeff and the boys had spent a few hours cutting up wood<|fim_middle|>.
Ah! I'm going to cry! | the day before, so we headed back to get another load done.
While Jeff was busy cutting up the log into the perfect size for our woodstove, the kids and I went exploring.
We found fresh deer tracks! They weren't there the night before when the boys were in the bush. There were big ones, and little ones. Doe and fawn, likely.
And of course, we found piles and piles of trilliums. They are so pretty!
A maroon trillium!! It was so pretty. All alone, behind a tree, away from the sea of white behind it.
And then, it was time to load the old spreader.
Kids heading to grab all the smaller pieces... the others were to big for them to load!
Hurray for another load of wood! We're glad to have our own bush, so that with just a little effort we have the fuel to heat our house in the winter.
Great pictures. And boy, are you ever blessed to have that maroon trillium back there! Nice.
Looks like a busy yet fun workday. Get pictures.
GREAT pics! I'll go back to the kitchen | 238 |
"Great people, good jobs, but low pay"
There are a lot of really great people at this company. Some supervisors are fantastic and will teach you everything that they know and do everything to help you succeed. It's a good place to start out a career, whether on the editorial or operations side. I imagine that senior managers<|fim_middle|> She didn't like the highlights in my hair and said so in the first minute (who does that?). I could tell from the dour, silent office this was not an enjoyable place to work. No room for an iota of creativity and a rude, judgmental, overbearing boss? She made it clear the role reported to and interacted with her and only her. No thank you. Don't even care that she made me jump through hoops and then flat out just dropped me like a hot potato--no goodbye or thank you or no thanks, no nothing. Discourteous and unprofessional.
Glassdoor gives you an inside look at what it's like to work at Frontline Medical Communications, including salaries, reviews, office photos, and more. This is the Frontline Medical Communications company profile. All content is posted anonymously by employees working at Frontline Medical Communications. | , directors, VPs, and C-level officers are compensated well.
You will get pushed out of your comfort zone but in a good way. I learned so much at this place and I flourished there, but in the end, I felt I outgrew it and was being compensated well under my market value.
For those who are stuck in mid-level positions, you can, at times, bust your rear but not feel appreciated. Also, pay seems a bit low for mid-level positions.
Pay attention to the processes that work. Stop trying to change things on-the-fly just to change things.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Frontline Medical Communications (Parsippany, NJ) in August 2015.
The interviewer was very dry, cold and downright rude. | 167 |
Roethlisberger ties quiet knot
PITTSBURGH<|fim_middle|> Friday. ''If we took all the hours in those four months, they were together for 90 percent of those hours.
''And dad would be rubbing her feet, holding her hand, putting his head on her lap. And she'd be patting his head, telling each other how much they loved each other.''
Myra Hiatt Kraft died of cancer on Wednesday at the age of 68, about a month after their 48th anniversary.
The 80-minute service at Temple Emanuel drew about 1,500 people, including Goodell and NFL Players Association chief DeMaurice Smith. | — Ben Roethlisberger got the privacy he wanted for his wedding Saturday, with police providing tight security around the church in affluent Ohio Township where he and Ashley Harlan were married and tinted windows on expensive cars leaving much of the guest list a mystery.
Still, the hope of a glimpse at the Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback, his new bride and the dozens of team luminaries who turned out for the ceremony was enough for Dolly Metz to sit in a car — complete with Steelers covers on the headrests — in a nearby parking lot with the windows down in 90 degree heat.
''This is the best part of my day,'' said Metz, who lives in McKees Rocks. ''I know he was supposed to send a limo for me too, but it broke down.''
Metz and friends Eugene and Carol Lovely were among a small group of Steelers fans who tried to show their support for Roethlisberger.
The organization was well-represented too despite the NFL's ongoing labor dispute.
Owner Dan Rooney waved to security officials on his way inside and guests included linebacker James Harrison and former Pittsburgh running back Jerome Bettis.
Harrison entered in a rare Mercedes sedan, according to police, his presence perhaps proof there was no fallout from his criticism of the quarterback in a ''Men's Journal'' article released last week.
The Pro Bowler placed some of the blame on the team's Super Bowl loss to the Green Bay Packers on Roethlisberger in the story, then later apologized saying his comments were taken out of context.
Whenever Roeth- lisberger and his teammates return to the field, he'll be a married man, an idea that seemed to resonate with the fans who have watched his legal troubles the last few years with growing exasperation.
The Super Bowl winning quarterback has twice found himself accused of sexual misconduct. Though neither incident resulted in charges, he was suspended for four games by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last year.
He returned to lead Pittsburgh back to the Super Bowl, and surprised some by revealing his engagement to the 26-year-old Harlan, a physician's assistant from New Castle, Pa., this spring.
KRAFT FUNERAL: At Newton, Mass., in the past four months, Myra Kraft had a near constant companion, her husband Robert.
Busy with his active role in the NFL labor negotiations, the owner of the New England Patriots knew what mattered most.
''There was no greater bond anywhere than the bond between her and my dad,'' Josh Kraft, one of their four sons, said at her funeral service on | 520 |
Sterling rose against the US dollar on Friday afternoon after poor US employment figures saw<|fim_middle|> buying by the European Central Bank restored a level of confidence to investors.
Bartender Colin McMillan of Three Judges in Glasgow was announced the Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind of the Year in the competition's inaugural year.
South African family wineries Warwick Estate of Stellenbosch and Vilafonté have changed their UK representation to JE Fells.
Drinks businesses across the country are coping well with the snowy weather.
Online retailer Virgin Wines is rolling out its 12 Days of Christmas promotion for the second year running.
Sterling slipped against a slightly stronger euro yesterday after investors held back on selling the single currency ahead of today's European Central Bank interest rate policy meeting. | the US currency weaken across the board.
A Michelin-starred Surrey restaurant has joined forces with Denbies Wine Estate to produce a bespoke collection of English wines to match the menu.
Barwell & Jones has added premium Western Australian winery Willow Bridge Estate to its portfolio.
Currency analysis for December 3 looks at a setback for sterling. You can access bespoke currency advice from Smart Currency Exchange at www.smartwinespirits.com.
Sterling fell against the euro yesterday after bond | 95 |
Barbican and Maverley-Hughenden will meet<|fim_middle|> respectively. | in Friday's final of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association-J B Charley's Rum Super League following semi-final wins last Friday.
In the semi-finals at Constant Spring playing field, Barbican FC blanked Brown's Town FC 3-0 and Maverley-Hughenden edged Rockfort 2-1.
In the first game of the Friday night double-header in front of a jam-packed venue, Barbican advanced to the final, courtesy of a brace by Gregg Taylor in the 52nd and 81st minutes, and another goal by Nicholas Smith (32nd).
Maverley-Hughenden joined Barbican in the final courtesy of goals by Omari Edwards in the 23rd minute and substitute Roberto Fletcher in the 103rd minute during extra-time period.
The Super League final is scheduled on Friday at Constant Spring and the champion will collect the winning trophy and a $300,000 cash incentive, while the runner-up is guaranteed $250,000. The third- and fourth-placed teams will earn $200,000 and $150,000, | 238 |
Any suggestions on a good family walk near SE1 or easy to get to via a short tube ride?
Thinking something along the lines of Dulwich woods, or Nunhead Cemetry. ..but not those as think we've walked them to death!
In need of inspiration this morning!
Limehouse basin along the canal is great and you can stop at Victoria Park for tea (not sure how far you are planning to walk, but maybe catch a tube to Victoria Park and walk back down the canal).
Start at London Bridge, walk north over the bridge and drop down to the riverside walk. Head east towards the Tower and loop around the north side which will lead you into St<|fim_middle|>ark park, so know that area and surrey quays / Greenland dock well. Now over in Borough and are familiar with bankside , more london river walks etc.
Husband is keen for more 'woods ' walks. Or those that feel like you're in the woods, haha! | Katherine's Dock. Go around it clockwise and come back up onto Tower Bridge. (You could then loop around Shad Thames and come back along the river from the Design Museum). Walk through Potters Fields – the kids will love to play in The Scoop and the water fountains above them. Head back to London Bridge station.
And from Stave Hill to Surrey Quays station via Greenland dock.
Don't forget Surrey Docks Farm, they have a good cafe or the Ship and Whale is nearby for food and drinks.
Another walk we've done is from the Greenland Dock area along the river to Greenwich, then get a boat or bus back. Or you can do it on the other side of the river, get a tube to Canary Wharf and follow the river along Narrow St / Wapping and over Tower Bridge, a good pub crawl too if you've not got little ones!
Southwark Park (beautiful, especially now), over Jamaica Rd. by Rotherhithe Tunnel, through Kings Stairs Gardens along river eastwards to St. Mary's Church, look in on Sands Films ( wonderful old warehouse space containing Rotherhithe Photo Archives amongst other things) to Brunel Museum, Mayflower pub, over to Surrey Quays via canals & back by tube. Another weekend perhaps?
Perhaps not a lot of walking but you could try this next time. I've done it. Grandkids loved it. Take a boat (clipper)from Bankside to Greenwich by the Cutty Sark. Then walk under the river through the foot tunnel to Island Gardens. There's a lovely little cafe there run by a couple of Jamaican ladies with absolutely authentic food. Five year old grand daughter cleaned her plate, which is exceptional! Then catch the DLR from Island Gardens for the spectacular ride back through the Canary Wharf canyons to Tower Gateway. An RV1bus goes back to Bankside area but if the kids, and you, still have energy to burn you could walk over Tower Bridge and back along the South towpath.
Lots of great suggestions, many of which we are already familiar with.
We used to live next to southw | 436 |
Guys, I mean guys, I am so honored. This weekend I reached 700 followers on Instagram. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! It just blows my mind. Not only does that mean that there are 700 people with<|fim_middle|> blog somehow. I take a lot of pictures too. Thanks for the follow! Hope you enjoy it!! | nothing better to do than read my posts (kidding) but just think a minute…. those are 700 people who have a chronic illness or who love someone with a chronic illness. Minus the ones who just wanna see cute pictures of Princess Sophie of course!! Seriously though, I want to thank each and every one of you for sharing this journey with me and I hope that I have helped you in some small way at some point. Whether I made you laugh or cry or say, "Yes, me too!" and feel not quite so alone….. I am glad that I can be here for you. I am always available by DM if you need someone to talk to. I know how isolated you can feel. I know how sometimes you just feel like giving up. So message me if you need someone to talk to. Or if you have specific questions. I hope to do more informational posts in the future. I just feel like there are so many of those out there and I prefer to let you see what life with fibro is really like and try to lend support to you when you need it. Try to make you laugh. Try to inspire you. Don't forget. WE are WARRIORS!!!
You now have another (me!) so you're at 715 today – huge congrats!
Thank you! I find it easier than the | 277 |
1951 Daisy 2022
Daisy White Kimble
February 23, 1951 — November 23, 2022
Daisy White Kimble, a native of Pineville<|fim_middle|>1 North Loop Dr., El Paso, TX 79907 | , Louisiana, was born on February 23, 1951, to Carl White (deceased) and Lucy M. Towels. Daisy was a faithful woman who loved the Lord, her family, her church, and her community. She confessed to the Lord early in life and joined Pilgrim Baptist Church in Alexandria, LA, where she was a choir member and involved in numerous volunteer work. After graduating from high school, she relocated to Baton Rouge, LA to pursue a degree in Chemistry. In 1974, Daisy graduated from Southern University A & M College.
In 1975, Daisy worked as an Assistant Professor at Southern University. Throughout her career, Daisy worked at NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, US Airforce Research Academy in Colorado Springs, and Brooks Airforce Base located in San Antonio, Texas. Eventually, Daisy retired from Southern University and moved to El Paso, Texas.
In 1988, Daisy's career continued as an Alcohol and Substance Abuse teacher, and later became a school administrator. Daisy was a member of the Phillis Wheatley Social Civic Club for six years. In 2010, Daisy retired as a school administrator from the El Paso school system.
Daisy was preceded in death by her father, Carl White; her brother, Luther Clark, Jr.; her sisters, Mary Alice Nash, Joyce Gullette, and Marilyn Brazelton. Left to cherish her memories: Her beloved son Ted James Kimble II; mother Lucy Towels; her sisters Viola Jackson, Tracey Pickney (Raymond), and Monica Towels; and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.
A Gathering will be held from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM with a Memorial Service starting at 1:00 PM on Friday, December 9, 2022 at Sunset Funeral Home- Americas, 9521 North Loop Dr, El Paso, Texas 79907. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home- Americas.
To send flowers to the family in memory of Daisy White Kimble, please visit our flower store.
12:00 - 5:00pm (Mountain time)
Sunset Funeral Home - Americas
952 | 468 |
<|fim_middle|> it. I drew good and had one steer that run and kind of tried and I had my best run on him. I didn't win anything on him, but I got by one there."
While he didn't win anything on that one, his total earnings came to $7,950.
In the women's team roping, Laura Coe and Diana Lewis were the only team out of 200 to catch all four-in 59.65 seconds-and won $6,976 apiece. Wade Lewis won the senior steer roping with a 57.9-second time on three and took $2,474 home. In the breakaway roping, Lari Dee Guy outdistanced the field with a 9.25-second time on three head. She won $2,038. Double muggers Jim and Chance Shafer of the B&S Ranch won that event and $3,000. | Memorial Day was made a national holiday to honor the men and women who have perished in the service of the United States Armed Forces.
While most Americans spend the weekend at barbecues, the roping community migrates to Saginaw, Texas, on the three days prior to Memorial Day to remember one if it's own influential and early leaders: Windy Ryon.
Don "Windy" Ryon is named for the founder of Ryon's Saddle Shop and Western Store in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards. For decades it was a gathering place for cowboys and rodeo hands. In the early days of professional rodeo, the Ryon name was tied closely to the sport.
In 1973, after his death, Ryon's friends held a memorial roping in his honor and in its 35-year existence it has become an institution featuring the best team ropers, tie-down ropers and steer ropers. Additionally, the event plays host to a women's team roping, celebrity washer pitch, invitational breakaway roping, senior steer roping, double mugging, concerts and a church service.
In fact, Tommy Edens grew up in Gatesville, Texas, and played in the dirt at the annual roping while his father, Jerry, roped. This year, after making his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2007, he came back and won the roping with one of the hottest heelers going, Martin Lucero.
"I remember going to that roping when I was a little kid and watching my dad rope out there," Edens said. "We're from around that area so there's a lot of older guys who we grew up watching rope and to be able to win that in front of all those guys is a neat feeling."
What wasn't a neat feeling was after he found out he had won with a 28.55-second time on four, he called his wife, Lori, who was at their daughter Jordi's softball game to tell her the good news only to find out she had been getting the play-by-play from a friend at the roping.
While it took the wind out of his sails momentarily, the $12,870 check he won for the win quickly lifted his spirits.
"It was a really good deal," he said. "At a roping like that you have to be able to draw the right steers and use them and we drew the right steers and made good runs."
Edens made those good runs aboard his big brown horse Radar.
"That roping is kind of tricky," Edens added. "You have to score good. Some of the steers ran really fast and some that were slow that you had to see a little more on. You just had to watch them when they came in there and see what you had. Luckily, we drew the same steer twice. Our first one and our second one was the same steer and we were 6.6 on him both times [placing second in the first round]. To get a good steer like that and be able to use him gave us some distance from the rest of the pack and let us rope a little safer."
Meanwhile, for Lucero, the win is just another in a string he's put together this spring. He won the Crawfish Roping in Llano as well as the Buc Days Pro Rodeo in Corpus Christi-both with rodeo partner Jojo Lemond.
"I've been doing well, I've had pretty good luck here lately," Lucero said. "That roping has a lot of history. It's one I've always wanted to win, but it's a hard roping to win. You have to draw really well. Things just shaped up right."
What's more, Lucero-who hasn't rodeoed hard since his last NFR in 2002-is riding the best horse he has ever owned. Spiderman, he calls him, he bought from his business partners about three years ago.
"He's really solid and real easy to rope on. He can really run and go fast and he lets me catch."
Their first three runs were so solid, there was almost no pressure coming into the final go as the high call team.
Not that Tee Woolman didn't try his best to put the heat on the leaders. He and Kory Koontz turned in a 5.98-second short round time, which bumped them to the second-place spot. Woolman also wound up fourth with Rich Skelton. Al Bach, who was fifth call, missed one for David Key. However, Key turned around and had a back-to-back call with Clay O'Brien Cooper and they had a good run to finish third. Koontz had two more great chances in the top three-with David Key and Travis Tryan-and had no luck. Steve Northcutt, heeling for Joel Bach, finished fifth.
"We come back to the short round and had to be 9.6 to win the roping," Edens said. "It could have been a lot faster. There were a couple of really good teams in front of us that had some bad luck and left it open for us, so we just drew another good steer and made a good run."
"Tommy roped outstanding," Lucero said. "He turned a really good steer and we had a good chance to win if we caught the last one and that's where my horse is really good. If you just need to catch, he'll let you, he won't take anything away."
While the two ropers' careers intersected at the Windy Ryon, they are each on a different trajectory. Lucero, who started staying closer to home after his daughter Gabrielle was born to work in small loan brokerage, is going to crack back out after a successful winter and spring.
"Me and Jojo roped all last summer and did well,"
he said. "So we thought we'd try and rodeo this winter and spring. We've done really well, so we're going to go to some of the summer rodeos and see if we can make the Finals."
Edens, meanwhile, plans to stay in Texas and hit the amateur and circuit rodeos and develop his burgeoning metal barn and fencing business.
"I'm going to stay home this year," he said. "I missed a lot with my little girl last summer. We're going to go to the circuit rodeos and amateur rodeos. I put in metal buildings and build fence and stuff, and it's gotten really busy in this past month, so I've got a lot to do this summer. I'm going to stay at the house while business is good."
In the calf roping, local tough Michael Akins beat out world champions and Wrangler NFR qualifiers including Joe Beaver, Blair Burk, Cody Ohl, Stran Smith and Clint Cooper by roping three calves in 29.82 seconds.
Cody Ohl, riding his superhorse Luke, finished second with a 32.15 time.
"Any time you can beat Cody Ohl, it's been a good day," Akins said. "It doesn't even matter if you win third or fourth, anytime you beat him is a good day."
The Whitesboro, Texas, concrete contractor made two solid runs in the go-rounds but didn't place until a 9.2 in the short, which was good enough to outdistance the household names for the average title.
Akins rodeoed last year and stayed in the top 20 until he ran out of money in July. However, he managed to stay ranked high enough to garner an invitation to the Windy Ryon.
"I've got the best horse I've ever had in my life right now," he said. "He's a 15-year-old Quarter Horse. I bought him from a guy named Tom Walker. He's a well-known calf roper and he could dang sure beat you back when he was going. I watched the horse for four years and finally decided I needed a better one and offered to buy him."
Akins feels that the horse, Punch, is good enough to make him competitive professionally, but just doesn't have the financial security to step out and leave his wife, Jana, at home with their two young sons, Walker and Jhett, for the rodeo road.
"It's more of a fun deal for me, I don't do it for a living for sure," he said. "It's a pretty prestigious deal to win that deal around here."
Beating out the best in the world and winning $6,028 would be fun for anybody.
All-around hand Cash Myers repeated as steer roping champion at the Windy Ryon by roping four steers in 53.9 seconds-including an 11.7-second short go-winning run.
"Trevor [Brazile] was in the lead and then me and then Guy [Allen] and that's the way it was last year," Myers said of the call back order. "Trevor had a little bit of bad luck, his steer wasn't very good and his horse drug off and then I won the short round and moved up to first and Guy was second. Trevor won fourth with the bad luck. I had a really good steer on the last steer. He didn't run real hard and let me catch up quick and it was a good steer to help me move up."
Incidentally, last year the 18-time World Champion Allen finished second to Myers as well. The biggest difference for Myers this year was his mount. Tarzan, the 2005 PRCA/AQHA steer roping horse of the year is battling an injury suffered in Odessa, so Myers has been riding Chuck Ball's horse Casino.
"He's a real solid, good horse," Myers said. "I've rode him at about six ropings and he really worked good and has been good to have."
In addition to the two steer roping titles, Myers has also won the calf roping title there.
"It's a good roping. I had things go my way and it was a lot of fun to win. I've had a lot of luck there at that arena," Myers said. "This year they had it back outdoors [organizers held it in a covered arena last year due to heavy rains]. It's sure a good roping to have outdoors and it's a good arena and the crowd really likes | 2,166 |
Social Justice :: Duane L. Cady, Ph.D.
Warism is taking war for granted as morally justifiable. It is an attitude, an assumed value position, a perspective through which the world, including relations of nations are understood. Warism strikes me as the primary obstacle to building a more peaceful world. While token efforts to justify particular uses of violence are routinely offered by government leaders and others, rarely does it occur to anyone that the institution of war – the persistence of nations constantly preparing for, practicing, threatening, and engaging in mass violence – itself needs moral examination. War is simply what nations do, and they devote much of their energy and too much of their resources to doing war well. Moral justifications for particular acts of war are offered, but war itself is simply taken for granted as morally justified, even morally required. The vast majority of people see the world through warist lenses.
Environmentalism is a perspective, outlook, or attitude as well. Environmentalists take nature to be of the highest value and are committed to minimizing human impact on nature, to maximizing sustainable and environment-friendly policies and practices, and to preserving the gifts of nature for future generations, human and non-human species. Just as with warism, there are varieties and degrees of environmentalism, but always environmentalists work to save nature from human degradation.
Warism and environmentalism are inextricably related. Taking war for granted is at odds with maximizing sustainable and environmentally friendly policies and practices. A generation ago, while offering a typology of positions on morality and war, I followed the lead of Aldo Leopold's land ethic and identified "ecological pacifism," where moral concern goes beyond human immorality to fellow humans and considers wrong done to nature. Grounding moral opposition to war on likely consequences, the ecological pacifist shifts the focus from impact on humanity to impact on the environment. It's bad enough that humans should kill one another; it's worse that they should risk the extinction of the human species along with culture, other animal and plant species, and even life itself. This is what Jonathan Schell calls the "second death," the extinction of a type of being beyond the death of a particular being. Aldo Leopold expresses the environmentalist value in terms of his land ethic: "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it does otherwise." The concern is not merely that humans suffer when the environment is abused, but that the environment itself has value beyond its usefulness to humans. Increasing awareness of our environment, its fragility, complexity, interdependency, and the likely irreversible environmental damage of war, all contribute to the case for ecological pacifism.
Conceptually, what have warism and environmentalism to do with one another? As it turns out, it is not possible to be anti-warist without being environmentalist, and one can't be an environmentalist without becoming anti-warist. How so? For one thing, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) is the world's single largest consumer of energy. Ninety-three percent of US Government energy consumption is military (Air Force 52%; Navy 33%; Army 7%). Energy consumption includes 30,000 gigawatt hours of electricity valued at $2.2 billion, enough to power 2.6 million average American homes. The DoD uses four billion six hundred million (4,600,000,000) US gallons (1.7 x 10 to the tenth liters) of fossil fuel annually, 12,600,000 US gallons per day. This data is from 2014; no doubt the numbers have increased since then. If the US Military were a country, fuel consumption would rank 34th, just behind Sweden.
To put this data in perspective, General Patton's army in World War II consisted of 400,000 GIs and consumed 400,000 gallons of gasoline per day. In Iraq in 2005 we had one-third as many troops but consumed four times the fuel. Today's B52 bombers each consume 3,300 US gallons per hour and a single F16 fighter uses 800 US gallons per hour. War and the tools of war consume more fuel than ever before, and consumption continues to increase. What's more, according to Christopher Helman in Forbes magazine, "For the US military, more oil means more death." And it is very expensive. While ordinary Americans pay $2.00-$4.00 per gallon for gasoline, US taxpayers pay $45.00 per gallon to purchase, deliver, and protect fossil fuels supplied to our military in war zones. This data, the most recent I could find,<|fim_middle|> racism, since most toxic waste sites are on native American reservations or in major metropolitan areas typically among the urban poor who, in our country, tend to be people of color. What has come to be called "environmental racism" is, in fact, typically warist-based: by this I mean that environmental racism tends to be driven by warism. As long as the majority of Americans and the overwhelming majority of corporate and government leaders are warists, that is, take war for granted as morally justifiable and even morally required, so long will environmental degradation and with it environmental racism continue apace. This is because once war is considered justifiable, even required, then there is no price too high, financially or environmentally, to assure the security of national interests whatever and wherever they may be. How did JFK put it more than fifty years ago? "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." While these are cherished and inspiring words, surely they are dangerous encouragements to warism with disastrous consequences for human life and the environment.
Nine hundred of the Environmental Protection Agency's thirteen-hundred Superfund sites are abandoned military bases or sites of military industrial manufacturing or testing. In 2008-09 the President's Cancer Panel reported that half-a-million people may have consumed perchlorate-solvent-contaminated drinking water around US Marine Corps Camp Le Jeune in North Carolina between the late 1950s and the mid 1980s, perhaps helping to account for higher than usual rates of cancer, miscarriages, and birth defects in the area. Twelve thousand US military live-explosive training sites release perchlorate into ground water. It is highly mobile and persists for decades. All types of baby formula are contaminated and perchlorate is not unusual in breast milk and urine throughout the US. Over half of all foods tested by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) contain perchlorate.
The US Navy had a major explosives training facility on Vieques island in Puerto Rico for fifty-five years, withdrawing in 2003 under pressure from peace and environmental Non Government Organizations (NGOs) with the Fellowship of Reconciliation playing a leadership role. Those living on Vieques have a 27% higher rate of cancer and twice the risk of their children dying of cancer when compared with other Puerto Ricans. The abandoned training facility became a wildlife refuge, perhaps for political reasons and to spare the Navy the trouble and expense of cleaning up the site. Perhaps you've seen or heard recent television commercials encouraging travel to Vieques; their pitch is, irony upon irony, "environmental tourism." Vieques became a wildlife refuge after its more than five decades as an explosives training facility – i.e., target practice firing range – largely because the task of environmental cleanup required to redevelop the island for housing or commercial use was staggering both financially and physically.
In the US there are 27,000 toxic hot spots on 8,500 military properties. Setting aside the exposure to military veterans and turning to people living within two miles of US toxic waste sites, the majority are people of color. According to the Commission for Racial Justice, African Americans are 79% more likely than whites to live near industrial pollution, and half of all native Americans live in communities with uncontrolled toxic waste sites, many of them military-related. Children of color living in poor areas are nine times more likely than economically privileged children to be exposed to lead levels high enough to cause learning disabilities and neurologic disorders. Ninety-six per cent of African American children living in innercities have unsafe amounts of lead in their blood.
I probably should apologize for including so much data in this paper; after all, facts are not often used in philosophical argumentation. I include these startling numbers because such data are so rarely cited and not part of general awareness nor involved in our cultural understandings of and discussions about protecting our natural environment. It may well be naïve on my part, but it seems that if such data were more widely known, conversations about the natural environment would more often include criticisms of war, weapons production, fuel consumption, and the inevitable toxic waste sites generated.
Somehow we separate moral considerations of the natural environment from moral considerations of war and preparation for war. My point is that these two sets of moral concerns cannot be teased apart; no matter how hard we try, they are inextricably entangled. We can address our environmental concerns only by engaging concerns about war and preparation for war, and we can address our concerns about war only by considering the inevitable environmental implications.
The argument here is simple and the conclusion unavoidable: if we care for the health and sustainability of Earth, then we have no choice but to oppose war and preparation for war, that is, we must become ecological pacifists. I understand that this is a very big, very bold "if." I understand the logic of counterfactual conditionals. Were a public opinion poll to be taken pitting environmental values against military values (euphemistically called "national security" by mainstream media and consequently influencing public opinion), I suspect the military would gain more support than our natural environment. But, were pollsters to avoid emotively loaded euphemisms, poll results might be closer. I believe the gap has been closing on such comparisons over the past couple of generations; I only hope our planet can recover the damage already done when the scales finally tip in its favor.
It's a pity that more of us don't seem to care sufficiently about the health and sustainability of our natural environment –our home— so as to make the connections between our persistent preparations for and execution of war and their implications for our natural surroundings. We (i.e., the US) constantly prepare for and execute war as a matter of course and with greater frequency, intensity, and excess than any other nation on Earth does or ever has done. This is all the more reason for me to attempt directing attention to the above data and their implications. At this point I can only reiterate: if we care about the future and sustainability of our planet, then we must become pacifists, ecological pacifists at the very least. It will not solve all environmental concerns nor will it eliminate warism and war, but it is a step in the right direction.
Americans are trying to figure out how to have a Happy New Year as the White House is about to be vacated by Michelle and Barack Obama. According to media reports, the new President and First Lady, Donald and Melania Trump, are not likely to live there. Rather, they'll continue living in their penthouse apartment atop the Manhattan Trump Tower, keeping their son in his school in New York City. Dad will use the White House for ceremonial events, and the Secret Service will scramble to secure the new first family, in any of the Trump Towers they may occupy. So much for cost containment.
Many Americans are also trying to figure out what a Trump presidency will bring, especially since so much of the Donald's campaign rhetoric turns out to be "inoperative," as Nixon might say. Trump's dismissive ridicule of women, physically impaired people, immigrants, even the Purple Heart and a Gold Star family, along with his reckless suggestions of expanding rather than contracting the number of nations with nuclear weapons, dishonest five-year "birther" campaign trying to discredit President Obama, bogus charitable foundation, and plan to put Secretary Clinton in jail, all fade with little accountability, rather like his campaign promise to force Mexico to pay for an impenetrable security wall along our shared southern border. Apparently there's a gap between saying and doing.
A friend of mine has asked me how serious I am about considering a move to Canada, questioning my own election-season rhetoric. I jokingly reply that the Canadians may wall-off our shared border to the north, making my threat "inoperative" as well. Yet I was serious in considering a move to Vancouver: milder than the Twin Cities of Minnesota, closer to the Seattle branch of our family (including our grandchildren), and an opportunity to live where Prime Minister Trudeau is taking Canada in the opposite direction promised (or threatened) by Mr. Trump, a direction I can support with enthusiasm.
I came close to migrating to Canada once before, in 1968. I had applied to my local draft board for Conscientious Objector Status while in college, but my anti-war argument was dismissed. What I needed –and couldn't provide– was a paper trail documenting active membership with the Society of Friends ("Quakers"), Mennonites, or the Church of the Bretheran, i.e., participation with a historic "peace church." As a vague Methodist, my appeal didn't stand a chance (even a serious Methodist wouldn't qualify for CO status with my local draft board). A scar from leg surgery while in high school caught the eye of the military doc, so I was reclassified from 1-A to 4-Y, draftable to serve behind compat lines as a typist or clerk only under a declaration of war. Our country has fought many a war since WW II but never under a declaration of war. Now I could go to graduate school in the US rather than Canada. My somewhat arbitrary escape from the Vietnam war pushed me further into anti-war activism.
We need to remember that no one need renounce citizenship to become an expat, and many Americans feel a need to take a stand against the nastiness of the recent campaign and the throwback policies Trump seems to call for. Surely we can't accept any and all political nonsense; we have to draw a line somewhere.
he doesn't run for reelection; actually, he may be disgusted enough with DC gridlock to resign and leave us with Pence. Happy New Year?
The national news media named Hillary Clinton the "presumptive nominee" of the Democratic Party for US President on the eve of the California primary, amid questions of journalistic ethics violations. Did the announcement affect the outcome with some Sanders' supporters not voting because they were told the race was over? We'll never know.
The national media's decision to "call" the race for the nomination before the single largest delegation was chosen by voters surprised only the most rabid Sanders supporters. After all, HRC was anointed "presumptive nominee" by the media years ago. Few expected a serious challenge, and the press, TV news, radio, and internet journalists all repeated frequently that Sanders had no real chance. Did this affect the outcome? Certainly. Why vote for a symbolic candidate interested in raising economic and moral concerns only to push the inevitable nominee to address such issues?
Hillary ran as the candidate who could "get things done" and painted Bernie Sanders as a naive idealist. But Bernie appealed to four out of five millennials who are, after all, the future of the party and the nation. So HRC stressed her experience and her practicality while Bernie stressed Hilary's connections to big money from Wall Street banks and to establishment politicians like Henry Kissinger.
Of course Hillary Clinton's now official run for the White House is historic; few women have been candidates for the presidency, and none has been a major party nominee until now. Lost amid gender politics is the historic significance of Sander's achievement: an aging Socialist jew winning twenty-two states and 12,000,000 votes in primaries, and running very near to Clinton (except for Super Delegates), despite her longstanding hold on this opportunity to represent her party and, perhaps, become the first woman president of the US.
It was the polling of Super Delegates that generated the early call of the nomination, since Super Delegates don't participate in the process until the party convention. By design, Super Delegates protect the party from being hijacked by an outsider. And Sanders, a socialist-independent, certainly is an outsider to the Democratic Party's system of nomination despite caucusing with Democrats in the Senate. No doubt some in the GOP will be thinking about reforming their nomination process given the outsider, Donald Trump, beating a dozen establishment Republicans to take that party nomination.
Many dedicated Clinton supporters are clammoring for Bernie to concede the race and go away. But Hillary herself took four days to concede to Obama in 2008, hoping to broker a deal for influence going forward. Sanders has earned his right to take his time in an effort to push the political pendulum to the left. After all, it was Hillary's husband Bill who stole the Republican agenda from Newt Gingrich and swung the Democratic Party to the right of Richard Nixon (who ran on a negative income tax in 1968, something no candidate could do today).
We do live in interesting and historic times. When the dust settles, most Sanders supporters will vote for Hillary, and Bernie will not run as an independent, his most rabid enthusiasts notwithstanding. I expect millennials to vote — for Clinton — though not with the same enthusiasm Sanders inspired. And I expect Trump to dig as much dirt as he can — even invent some if necessary — and present a "scandal" in mid-to-late October, too late for effective fact-checking and thoughtful consideration. Let's hope the system, while badly bent out of shape, is not sufficiently broken to prompt an exodus for Canada in the face of President Trump.
Eyes on a Different Prize?
Among the most engaging and disturbing articles I've read lately is "The Anger of Ta-Nehisi Coates" in the February 11, 2016 issue of The New York Review of Books. Darryl Pinckney, novelist and longtime contributor to the NYRB, reviews Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, and compares his work to that of Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and James Baldwin, mentioning W.E.B. DuBois, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. along the way.
Pinckney offers a disturbing analysis of the black struggle in the US as dualistic, expressing "opposing visions of the social destiny of black people. Up, down, all or nothing, in or out, acceptance or repudiation."(p. 28) Sadly, Coates, reflecting on his father's "prodding sense that he was seen as less," seems to be landing on the side of expecting little, certainly not expecting the transformation in race relations that was the prize eyed by SCLC, SNCC, and the '60s civil rights legislation, namely, to be judged not on skin color but on character. To Coates father, Gandhi was absurd because "America was not a victim of great rot but the rot itself."(p. 29) So much for nonviolent social change in the US.
Coates was born in 1975 and grew up forced to study works of black history. But it was rap music that moved him to consciousness at twelve. He tried writing rap and found himself. What mattered to Coates in high school: "girls, clothes, the mall, territory, styling, fights, gangs, homies, reputation, staying alive in West Baltimore, and the music. Black male adolescence had its soundtrack."(p. 29) When he got in trouble in school, his dad came to school and knocked him down. Better than leaving it to the police, his dad told his mom.
Coates is convinced that progress for whites was at the expense of blacks. With DuBois he sees race as "the child of racism, not its father." Noting that the Irish were once socially black in America –that is, at the bottom – becoming "white" changed class conflict for them. Anyone allowed to join "white" people could conveniently forget the slavery system on which the country was founded, with its suffering, theft, and death. The American Dream rests on centuries of rule by fear, black families not included in government by the people.
Coates imagined the American Dream to be "out there" in suburbia with its "unworried boys" and somehow connected to his fear. And Coates tells us those who believe in the American Dream must believe that it is just, and that those who achieve it do so as "the natural result of grit, honor, and good works…and must "look away from the horror of our prison system, from police forces transformed into armies, from the long war against the black body, not forged overnight."(p 30) Coates wants his son's life to be different from his, wants him to live without the fear Coates has known, but is hurt by his son's reaction to the news that no charges will be brought against Michael Brown's killer in Furgeson.
Is it too late to expect a better future? Is social hope foolishness? Is escape the best we can do, escape into resignation, our writing, the internet, or cynicism? I suppose if we expect the worst we'll not be disappointed. Still, I'm grateful for Hughes, Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, Gandhi, Malcolm X, King, and Coates. Shining a light on racism gives me a glimmer of hope even if Coates finds none, but that may only reflect my "race" privilege. | is more than eight years old. I fear that matters are now worse; although the relatively cheap fossil fuel of late has reduced expense, I suspect fuel consumption is up compared with eight years ago. And certainly the environmental cost is more significant than the financial cost.
The environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption is immense. While former Vice President Gore's book and film, Inconvienent Truth, rightly call attention to the environmental crisis provoked by US fossil fuel consumption and ask all of us to reduce our carbon footprints (ironically, even peace and nature-minded philosophers fly or drive to conferences, even those focusing on the environment), yet the considerably more inconvenient truth – namely the role of our government and military in exacerbating the fuel crisis and resulting in serious environmental crisis – is downplayed while individuals are called to cut back on personal fuel consumption. The US is definitely a culture of individualism, but this problem is systemic.
Over twenty years ago I attended an environmentally-focused COPRED conference at the University of Denver. At a plenary session with a panel of experts and five-hundred attendees, an elderly gentleman chided the panelists from the back of the audience saying "Look at you hypocrites! You talk about protecting the environment but you sit here drinking water from Styrofoam cups!" The Director of the Colorado Environmental Protection Agency happened to be on the panel. His response: "You are misdirecting your criticism. We panelists are guests of the University. Whether any or all of us refuse to drink from Styrofoam cups would have a negligible impact on the environment. If you are serious in your criticism, you should direct your attention the University and ask policy makers to quit using Styrofoam, or lobby for Styrofoam restrictions with the city of Denver or the state of Colorado. The problem is systemic, but your objection is individual" (emphasis belongs to the speaker). I take some comfort in remembering this experience when my carbon-footprint-obsessed friends give me a hard time for flying to conferences or to visit my grandkids. My response to such criticism is to remind critics that the planes will fly whether I'm on them or not, that I favor high-speed trains to replace flight for domestic travel, and that I'll be concerned about my personal carbon footprint when the US military reduces its carbon footprint since mine is nearly insignificant in comparison to theirs (which is exponentially bigger than mine).
The inextricable connection between the military and the environment doesn't stop with fossil fuel consumption. The Department of Defense (DoD) is the largest producer of toxic waste and of toxic waste sites in need of clean-up as well. According to Bob Feldman in War on Earth, the US military generates 750,000 tons of toxic waste annually, more than the five largest US chemical companies combined, making the US military the world's largest polluter. And this provides another inextricable link, this one between warism, environmentalism, and | 602 |
the need for caution around learner drivers.
Provisional Marmalade, the new driver<|fim_middle|> union.
We don't know at this stage who will attend for work, which is why we ask that you arrive for your test regardless. | 's champion, has collaborated with Halfords to provide an innovative car insurance product that provides provisional drivers with fully comprehensive insurance on a family or friend's car for just £3 a day.
More traditional insurance usually involves a hefty premium that can be thousands of pounds, and jeopardise the car owner's no claims bonus.
The high cost has meant that learner drivers aged 17-21 have declined from 46% to 32% in recent years.
Halfords' Diane Perry has said that high prices have put off many young drivers from taking advantage of extra practice outside of paid lessons.
High costs are not only an issue for learner drivers.
Recent research by moneysupermarket.com has shown that one in ten families are performing the criminal act of 'fronting', which is when a parent takes out insurance on a child's car in the parent's name.
Steve Sweeney, moneysupermarket.com's head of car insurance, has said that the practice is illegal and would be classed as fraud by an insurer.
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has updated its 'Are you ready?' video for the car driving test.
'Are you ready?' is the official step-by-step explanation of the driving test. It's been updated so you know what the examiner will ask about taking someone with you on you driving test.
DSA encourages you to take someone with you on your driving test. This will usually be the person who has taught you to drive, but it could be a relative or a friend. They must be over 16 years old and cannot take any part in the test.
If you run your own website, you can embed the new clip into it. You can also share it using social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo.
Chris Allen, 44, from Kempsford, has passed his driving test after the fourth attempt in a car which has been specially adapted to meet his needs.
Chris was left devastated at the age of 17 when he lost his right arm and his right leg in a motorcycle accident on a dual carriageway between Chippenham and Lavington in 1983.
His injuries were so serious that he was in a coma for more than two months and even had to learn to speak again.
He also uses a prosthetic leg.
At the time of the accident he was having driving lessons but vowed never to get behind the wheel again due to the severity of his injuries.
However, last month, Chris finally passed his test in Chippenham with four minor faults.
He said: "I am so delighted. I was craving some indepedence and I just wanted to feel normal again. Now I do.
"It is a saviour having a car. There is only one bus a day from the village into Cirencester which was a nuisance.
"Now I can just hop into my car and go anywhere, anytime.
"Having a car is essential if you live in a remote village."
In 2008 Chris asked the government to help him fund his lessons. However, he found he was ineligible for charitable funding because he is not aged between 16 and 24. So he paid for the lessons himself.
His car, which is on a three-year lease through Motability from the Allen Ford dealer in Swindon, has been specially adapted. The car is automatic and the brake and accelerator are both operated by the left leg.
There is a knob fitted to the rim of the steering wheel which Chris can move with one hand. Features such as indicators and windscreen wipers are operated by an infra-red panel just off the steering wheel.
"I was so nervous getting behind the wheel for the first time but I was determined to do it," Chris said.
"When you are 17 you think you are indestructible. I won't be making that mistake this time.
'The car took a lot of getting used to but now it has become second nature. I never thought I'd be behind a wheel again, I know I'm very lucky."
The PCS union is asking its members to take strike action on Wednesday 24 March.
If you have a driving test booked for that day, you are asked to attend as scheduled.
The DSA won't know the effects of the strikes until the day as not all of their examiners and staff are members of the union. They don't know at this stage who will attend for work, which is why you are asked that you arrive for your test regardless.
You don't need to do anything and there is no need to contact DSA.
If you can't take a test because of the action, you will have the test rebooked automatically, free of charge, and an appointment confirmation will be sent by email or post.
If your new appointment isn't suitable you can change it online at direct.gov.uk/drivingtest.
new program called One Simple Decision, available later this month to schools and law enforcement agencies across the country, drives home the risks of being distracted or impaired when you're behind the wheel - without putting anyone in danger.
Students sit at a computer screen and control a small steering wheel on a simulated drive, adjusting speed with a gas petal. The program uses videotaped scenes with real police officers and a judge to help teens experience a mock arrest, booking and sentencing for mistakes they make behind the wheel.
Per mile driven, teenagers have about four times the risk of other people of being in a car accident, according to the Injury Free Coalition for Kids, a community-based education and advocacy group. And the first 18 months when new drivers are gaining experience is the most dangerous time. Experts say about 4,000 teens die each year in car accidents, and being distracted or impaired is often a contributing factor.
"So you take inexperience, add on hand-held electronic devices distracting teenagers and you have a fatal combination," says Dr. Brendan Campbell of Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. "It's almost like an addiction that teens are not able to recognize the risk that hand held devices pose and they can't resist the urge to use them," says Campbell.
Drivers of all ages are four times more likely to be in an accident when using a cell phone and at least eight times more likely while texting, according to the National Safety Council.
But unlike adults, teens' brains are not fully developed, especially in the areas affecting judgment and decision-making.
"They think that they are invincible and that they're bulletproof and that bad things aren't ever going to happen to them," says Campbell.
On his One Simple Decision drive, Henry Sewell, 17, rear-ended a car while using his cell phone. High school junior Kaley Markham crashed into a fire hydrant while driving under the influence.
Would those lessons apply to their real lives? "I do text sometimes in my car and I occasionally do talk on the phone," says Henry. For Kaley too: "I change the song, I text occasionally and usually my GPS I use when I'm stopped, but sometimes I have to fix it while I'm driving." But watching scenes through the eyes of an arrested driver who is booked in a real police station and then taken before the judge for sentencing was unsettling for Kaley and Henry.
"One minor rear ending while you're texting or calling could end up being jail time," says Henry. Kaley fatally struck a pedestrian during her second driving simulation. "I was actually scared when I saw the video of what you get charged for when you hit people," says Kaley.
But will this virtual driving experience change their driving behaviors? Henry says he'll wait until he's at a stop before calling people and is rethinking his texting habits.
"I'll definitely prohibit myself from texting as often as I do," explains Henry.
Campbell says he's encouraged by the possibilities new virtual driving tools offer but advises teen and parents alike to also remember the low-tech fundamentals.
"The most important thing you can do as a parent is to drive with your teenager," he says.
THE Driving Standards Agency (DSA) says there will be no reprieve for the Barry Driving Test Centre and that the office will close as planned - but Vale MP John Smith says the fight isn't over.
The DSA and the Department for Transport (DfT) last week announced that the closure will go ahead, regardless of a meeting between Vale MP John Smith and Transport Minister Paul Clark last month.
Chris Lee, a spokesperson for the DVLA, said: "The closure is still planned for March 26, 2010.
"It was stated in the meeting that if there was a future need for a test centre because of population growth, then it would be considered at a later date, should the need arise."
A DfT spokesperson added: "Paul Clark met with John Smith MP to discuss the test centre closure and understands the concerns Mr Smith forcefully put to him.
"However, to date, the evidence provided by the DSA is conclusive on the issue and Paul Clark has written to Mr Smith explaining that the closure is planned to go ahead."
But Mr Smith denied that any decision had been confirmed, and last week had a second meeting with the transport minister.
A spokesperson for Mr Smith said: "Mr Smith had a further meeting with the Transport Minister last week and what's more, he has recently submitted evidence on future population growth here in Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan which he believes hasn't been properly taken into account and warrants the retention of the Driving Test Centre in Barry.
"In the past when Barry Driving Test Centre faced closure, the case for keeping it open was properly listened to and closure was averted. Let's hope that the same happens this time around."
Barry driving instructor Lyndon Davies, who has led the campaign against the closure said: "Thousands of people signed the petition to keep Barry Driving Test Centre - we must do everything we can to convince the DSA to keep it open."
Barry driving instructors, backed by the town's learner drivers and politicians, have tried to prove the need for a test centre in the town.
We've all heard the horror stories - the friend who took eleven times to pass their driving test, the relative who crashed during the exam and the colleague who was simply never granted the elusive license.
So, how does a learner motorist ensure that they do not become driving test folklore and pass their exam swiftly?
Firstly, it is important to know exactly what the test will entail so there are no surprises on the big day. Being caught out by the unexpected will only make a candidate's nerves worse.
The driving test will always begin with an eyesight check. This will normally involve the examiner asking the candidate to read the number plate of a car parked in the area. If a candidate fails this test, they will not be able to sit the rest of the examination - so those who suspect they might need glasses should get their eyes checked out prior to a driving test.
After this, the examiner will ask the driver to perform some basic safety checks on their vehicle, such as turning on the hazard lights and identifying where the oil gauge is.
The practical test will then begin. On average, this will last for about 40 minutes, during which the examiner will be assessing the candidate's overall standard of driving.
Candidates will be directed around the area by their examiner and those who are keen to pass would be advised to thoroughly familiarise themselves with the test route before the big day.
This will ensure that if there are any quirks in the road layout or confusing junctions etc the candidate will know to expect them and be confident in maneuvering the car through them.
Examiners will be assessing how well candidates change gears, their awareness of road hazards, perception of other cars and how they navigate the vehicle through junctions and roundabouts.
In addition to this, a candidate will be asked to perform a number of manoeuvres, which those hoping to pass their test should have practised and perfected before the big day.
The manoeuvres candidates should prepare include a reverse around a corner, a parallel park, a turn in the road and an emergency stop - although it is very unlikely they will be asked to perform all of these in one test.
Those taking their driving test should also think carefully about which vehicle they take the exam in. If a driving instructor cannot make the test date, choosing to undertake the test in a friend or relative's car, which the candidate is not as familiar with, could prove to be a fatal mistake.
Finally, try to be as calm as possible on the big day.
New Study Reveals Drivers Who Pass Test at The Second Attempt Are Safest On Roads.
Surprising results from a study performed by Continental Tyres reveals those who pass on their second attempt have fewer points on their licence, are less likely to suffer road rage or be stopped by police.
Motorists who pass their driving test second time round are the safest on the roads, a recent study has revealed. Researchers at Continental Tyres have found those who pass on their second attempt have fewer points on their licence, are less likely to suffer road rage or be stopped by police.
Guy Frobisher, director of safety at Continental Tyres which surveyed 6,200 motorists on their driving history and skills said: "It seems that second time around is perfect when it comes to the best drivers.
"Second time passers appear to fare better, especially when it comes to driving safely and considerately. Perhaps this is down to concentrating more and taking into account different road conditions and other drivers.
Second time passers are also less prone to being cautioned for using their mobile phone behind the wheel, have had the fewest accidents in the last 5 years and are unlikely to scare passengers with their driving.
However, the research also found the more attempts Brits take to pass their test, the severity and frequency of their bad habits increase.
Rather unsurprisingly, drivers who need a dismal four, five or six efforts before making the grade have the worst record when sat behind the wheel. They run more red lights, admit to driving the wrong way down a one-way street and have been stopped by police for speeding more than any other driver. They have also had their car clamped, hit stationary objects whilst trying to park their car and claimed on their insurance more than anyone else.
Also included in the survey was a selection of the worst driving distractions. Items topping the list include re-tuning the radio (51 per cent), talking to a passenger (49 per cent) and listening to loud music (44 per cent).
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union is asking its members to take strike action on Monday and Tuesday, 8 and 9 March.
If you have a driving test booked for either day, we ask you to attend as scheduled.
We won't know the effects of the strikes until the day as not all of our examiners and staff are members of the | 3,039 |
Sadly, many of us have first-hand experience of toxic behavior in the workplace.
<|fim_middle|> Global. | In 2016 research by Dr Lindsay McMillan, 50% of respondents said they had experienced serious incidents of conflict or negative conduct at work,14% of workers described their workplace environment as 'toxic', while 20% had experienced major problems in communication with a co-worker or boss.
If you are experiencing poor behaviour at work, there are some very practical steps you can take to protect yourself and encourage your employer to take action.
While it can sometimes be tempting, don't get sucked into the emotional games of your toxic co-worker. Many manipulative and high conflict people try to recruit their colleagues into 'us and them' scenarios, which undermines otherwise healthy working relationships, causing confusion and conflict. Don't support this type of behaviour by contributing to this type of conversation or by ending a sympathetic ear.
Wherever possible, disengage politely and walk away. Say: "Sorry Joe, I've got to be back at my desk for a call in 5 minutes". Don't get dragged into gossiping or manipulative conversations by the water cooler. Stay true to a strategic and mindful approach, choosing which issues are important to engage with, and which issues you can ignore.
Many bullies and harassers work behind-the-scenes, when no witness is present. Avoid one-on-one meetings with the toxic person if you know from experience that you're likely to get cornered and treated badly. If you need to work late, and this heightens the risks for you, take the work home or only work late when others are there too.
Many organisations have clearly documented and easily accessible policies relating to organisational values, professional conduct at work, bullying and harassment and defined procedures for making complaints about inappropriate behaviour at work. Take the time to understand these policies and procedures in case you need to use them.
Is there someone you trust in the workplace who can help you to navigate the organisational politics, get another perspective about what is going on, understand your rights, and choose the best pathway to assert yourself? It's OK to de-brief and get support from your colleagues at work, without creating factions or cliques.
Documenting the toxic behaviour you experience helps put it 'on the record'. If someone is undermining you using their positional power or other sophisticated ways, send them an email to confirm the content of one-on-one conversations, agreements or meetings, so it's harder for them to deny later.
Some employees record toxic behavior on their smartphones as proof in later disciplinary or legal proceedings however this can be risky or iillegal if done without their knowledge and consent. If you are being bullied or harassed, keep a diary of what's going on that you can use as evidence to support your allegations.
If you are considering involving Human Resources in your efforts to manage toxic behavior, be very clear what you want.
Are you telling HR about your efforts to manage the toxic behavior so that it is 'on the record', in case it later escalates?
Are you seeking their advice?
Are you making a formal complaint about a particular incident?
The company may have a legal obligation to take action – particularly for whistleblowers, racism, sexual harassment, bullying or breach of business conduct rules – so raising the matter with HR may result in it being taken out of your hands.
Mindfulness is a great mindset to choose, when you are dealing with a toxic colleague. Think about how you show up at work each morning, and stay present. Get coaching and counselling if that will help you to stay on track. Many employers offer Employee Assistance Programs that include free and confidential access to counselling.
The 'fight or flight' response is natural when you are dealing with a high conflict person or feel a risk of being harassed, and it's exhausting! Take regular breaks during the work day if you can, and also take time to recharge outside of work.
Be your best self in the face of adversity, and stay true to your values. Toxic conduct can bring out the worst in others, so each day choose to be better than the bully, the gossip and the underminer. Your integrity will be a source of strength, and you will model presence, grace and dignity to those around you.
If all else fails, the company fails to take action (or you decide that you don't want to officially complain) and it seems like there is no way to avoid your toxic colleague, then it might be time to find a new job. If you do you decide to change jobs, make sure you use the exit interview to state honestly the reasons for your departure.
Dealing with a toxic co-worker is never easy. You may not be able to change your colleague's conduct, but their impact will be reduced with your strategic approach, right mindset and firm resolve.
Grevis Beard is the co-founder and director of Worklogic. Grevis has significant knowledge of the dynamics of workplace disputes and their resolution.
Grevis works with a range of clients to improve workplace communication, investigate inappropriate behaviour at work, manage workplace risks and handle complaints. He is an acclaimed speaker and author.
Worklogic works with employers to resolve workplace complaints and create a positive culture at work. Please contact us for an obligation-free, confidential discussion on issues at your workplace.
This post is based on an article by Worklogic originally published in Thrive | 1,068 |
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund Invests in Clean Energy for a Rural Fishing Village in Mexico
Sprout Enterprise®
August 13, 2021, 06:34 GMT
Thousands of remote fishing communities in México live off grid.
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund participates in Beneficial Returns loan to Iluméxico, a social enterprise delivering solar energy solutions to remote Mexican communities.
BROOKLYN, NY, UNITED STATES, August 13, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund, an initiative of Realize Impact and Sprout Enterprise®, announced that the fund has joined Beneficial Returns, an impact investment fund manager, in an impact investment to improve the lives of rural Mexicans and protect the environment. R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is participating in a loan that Beneficial Returns has extended to Iluméxico, a social enterprise delivering solar energy solutions to remote Mexican communities.
More than 500,000 homes in Mexico still do not have access to electricity. These families rely on candles, diesel, and<|fim_middle|> to over 2,000 communities and more than 23,000 households with access to an affordable, sustainable, and eco-friendly energy source.
Beneficial Returns manages impact investment funds designed to support leading social enterprises operating in emerging markets. To date, Beneficial Returns has invested over USD $3.6 million of impact capital in social enterprises that use market-based solutions to reduce poverty and protect the natural environment.
Ted Levinson, Founder and CEO of Beneficial Returns, expressed the need for impact capital in renewable energy. "The participation of investors like the R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is critical to supporting social enterprises in Mexico and other emerging markets," he said. "Alleviating poverty while mitigating climate change is an urgent priority, and Iluméxico is on the front lines of that fight."
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund was created by Realize Impact and Sprout Enterprise® to invest in early-stage enterprises creating sustainable livelihoods for rural communities with few economic alternatives. Clean energy innovation is a key investment theme of the fund.
Recently named one of the Transformative 25 Funds, R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund has been recognized by Integrated Capital Investing for transforming finance to benefit people and the planet.
For more information, please contact Ellen Fish at ellen@sproutenterprise.net or visit:
Iluméxico www.ilumexico.mx
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund www.riseartisan.fund
Beneficial Returns www.beneficialreturns.com
Sprout Enterprise® www.sproutenterprise.net
Ellen Fish
ellen@sproutenterprise.net
Iluméxico Solar Energy
Distribution channels: Banking, Finance & Investment Industry
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund Invests in Fuchsia Shoes
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund Supports Launch of Series 6 of The Social Impact Pulse | other sources of light which are costly, hazardous to health, and detrimental to the environment. Typically, these families live in remote communities that are off the power grid.
In communities that power lines fail to reach, Iluméxico designs, builds and installs affordable, clean, efficient solar systems to generate electricity for rural homes and small businesses. The loan provided by Beneficial Returns to Iluméxico funds solar systems powering refrigeration equipment for local fishermen in a small village in Baja California Sur ensuring that more of their catch will make it to market fresh.
To date, Iluméxico has installed systems with more than 4 MW capacity, which translates | 132 |
Duel<|fim_middle|> GM Karsten Müller | of the minor pieces
2/18/2010 – In the analysis of Short-Kramnik ("the wrong choice of ending") we saw a knight that had everything under its control triumph over the bishop. But having the superior minor piece does not always guarantee the full point, as can be seen in the game McShane-Sebag. White has an extra pawn and the last black pawn is fixed on the same colour square as the bishop. Black should be able to save the game here, because the winning potential in the position is just too slight. However, the reason for 134....Kd7? being the wrong move and how Black could have held the draw can be seen in Karsten Müller's analysis for ChessBase Magazine Online.
new: ChessBase 16 - Mega package Edition 2021
Your key to fresh ideas, precise analyses and targeted training! Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.
Your key to fresh ideas, precise analyses and targeted training!
Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.
The London System with 2.Bf4
"Simple yet aggressive!" Enjoy this new exciting DVD by Simon Williams. Let the famouns Grandmaster from England show you how to gain a very exciting yet well founded opening game with the London System (1.d4 d5 2.Bf4).
Tactics, Openings, Endgames - Visit ChessBase Magazine Online
Black unnecessarily conceded space with 134...Kd7?. What should he have played instead?
Analysis Mc Shane-Sebag by | 400 |
Helmholtz International Fellow Award for John Mendelsohn
No. 51 | 15/10/2013 | by Koh
Following a nomination by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres has distinguished U.S. cancer researcher Prof. Dr. John Mendelsohn with the Hel<|fim_middle|> new strategies to prevent people from developing cancer. They are developing new methods to diagnose tumors more precisely and treat cancer patients more successfully. The DKFZ's Cancer Information Service (KID) provides patients, interested citizens and experts with individual answers to all questions on cancer.
Jointly with partners from the university hospitals, the DKFZ operates the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) in Heidelberg and Dresden, and the Hopp Children's Tumour Center KiTZ in Heidelberg. In the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), one of the six German Centers for Health Research, the DKFZ maintains translational centers at seven university partner locations. NCT and DKTK sites combine excellent university medicine with the high-profile research of the DKFZ. They contribute to the endeavor of transferring promising approaches from cancer research to the clinic and thus improving the chances of cancer patients.
The DKFZ is 90 percent financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and 10 percent by the state of Baden-Württemberg. The DKFZ is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers.
Download Press release (PDF)
Current Press releases
Subscribe to our RSS-Feed. | mholtz International Fellow Award. The award gives Dr. Mendelsohn the opportunity to pursue a research visit at DKFZ and other Helmholtz research centers to intensify relations.
Prof. Otmar Wiestler (left), Chairman and Scientific Director Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, and Prof. John Mendelsohn
© dkfz.de
In the course of his career, John Mendelsohn has led three major cancer centers. Most recently, from 1996 to 2011, he headed the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. During his tenure as president, he brought the institute to a newer level of international excellence both in research and patient care and doubled its activities and capacity.
Alongside his achievements as a science manager, Mendelsohn accomplished breakthroughs as a cancer researcher and is a pioneer of targeted anticancer drugs. In the 1980s, he developed an antibody against the receptor for epithelial growth factor (EGF receptor), a cell surface molecule that promotes growth in many cancer cells by transmitting signals telling them to divide. The antibody prevents the transmission of these signals into the cell's interior, slowing down uncontrolled cell growth. The antibody has been approved as a drug since 2004, initially in the treatment of colon cancer, and more recently for the treatment of cancers of the head and neck.
John Mendelsohn is a pioneer in the field of personalized cancer therapy. He unites experience in clinical and laboratory research with that of a leader of a large research institution. Thanks to an initiative by Prof. Otmar Wiestler, DKFZ has been a "sister institution" of the MD Anderson Cancer Center since 2008. As an advisor for the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg, Mendelsohn's service has been of great value to both the DKFZ and the Helmholtz Association.
As part of the award, Mendelsohn has made research visits to the DKFZ and two other sites of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research: the Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center in Berlin and OncoRay, DKFZ's partner at the National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology in Dresden. The award includes a budget of €20,000.
Having concluded his successful presidency at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mendelsohn returned to research. In 2011, he became vice director of the newly founded Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy in Houston.
Cooperation with the best researchers around the world is a key objective of the international activities of DKFZ and the Helmholtz Association. The Helmholtz International Fellow Award was established to this end; it targets outstanding senior scientists and research managers who are based outside Germany and have excelled in fields relevant to the Helmholtz Association.
The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) with its more than 3,000 employees is the largest biomedical research institution in Germany. More than 1,300 scientists at the DKFZ investigate how cancer develops, identify cancer risk factors and search for | 678 |
Where Did A Progressive Wisconsin Go?
Statue of the spirit of Forward
People elsewhere, especially on the coasts, even many Wisconsinites, may not know it, but Wisconsin has been a leader in many historical, progressive, movements.
In his DNC address, Wisconsin Lt. Gov Mandela Barnes gave a shout out to a few of our accomplishments, but there are many more.
After all, our very motto is, simply, 'Forward'.
Read on to learn about the many accomplishments our state has been a part of.
"Progressive." For those of certain political leanings, it drums up an image. But in the end, it just means people who have an "idea of progress in which advancements in science, technology, economic development and social organization are vital to the improvement of the human condition<|fim_middle|> founded - right here in Ripon, WI - it was definitely a progressive party, seeking a place for anti-slavery politicians.
The first meeting to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories was held here, and spread across the north.
Nationally celebrated and respected, Earth Day was started by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson who in September 1969 proposed a national teach-in on the environment to send a message to Washington that public opinion was solidly behind a bold political agenda on environmental problems.
You can read more about Nelson's involvement and the impact of the event here.
Another case where you would think we would be behind, far behind, California and New York, but again, we were the first. In 1982, Wisconsin was the first state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, education, credit and all public accommodations. When Republican Governor Lee S. Dreyfus signed the law.
Milwaukee's Socialist Mayors
Th S-word conjures up some big emotions in some people, many think they are against it and decry the theory. Many opinions are forged by the use of the word for the governmental or economic structure of nations they see as failed experiments at minimum, anti-US/Democratic at the worst. In reality the US has many examples 'socialist' tendencies. And that opinion wasn't always the case here in Wisconsin, especially Milwaukee.
Milwaukee has had 3 socialist mayors, and their influence on the city is, for the most part, in hindsight considered positive as this NPR story details. "Milwaukee's socialists fill in part of the lake to create more public access, they also cleaned up city government." One of our iconic skyline objects, the Hoan Bridge, is named after socialist mayor Dan Hoan.
Forward!
We may not be New York, or California, or even Chicago, but Wisconsin has had an influence on or even completed many 'progressive' advancements for the nation. We are proof that, at least in the past, you didn't have to be from the East or West Coast, you could be from the middle of the nation, and still be at the forefront of progressive ideals. Well, we are on the Third Coast, so maybe that's part of it. It does seem that people near large bodies of water have a different view than those landlocked. I hope we can somehow find that 'Forward' thinking across the state again.
progress Wisconsin | ". People who want things to be better, to make progress. There should be no stigma on people who consider themselves 'progressive' regardless of political affiliation. Shouldn't we all want our communities: cities, counties, states, our nation; to progress - to get better?
At one time Wisconsin was at the forefront, whether we remember or want it to have been and be now and in the future. That hasn't necessarily been the case in recent years, decades.
As a reminder, here are some of the many progressive things Wisconsin and its citizens have accomplished. Maybe it will remind people of what we have been and can still be: a leader. I am sure there are even more out there, these are just the ones that first came to mind, and a few were suggested by friends that I forgot about.
The 19th Amendment
It is touted that Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment enfranchising women;s right to vote, but Wisconsin women were much more involved before that.
Although progress on the federal amendment stalled, women also campaigned for changes to state suffrage requirements to win the vote. An 1869 Wisconsin law allowed women to run for school board positions. The Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association (WWSA) successfully lobbied for legislation that allowed women to vote in elections related to school issues in 1884.
After decades of arguments for and against women's suffrage, Congress finally voted in favor of the 19th Amendment in 1919. After Congress passed the 19th Amendment, at least 36 states needed to vote in favor of it for it to become law. This process is called ratification. On June 10, 1919, Wisconsin made history by becoming the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granting national suffrage to women.
Birthplace of the Labor Movement
As Wisconsin Historical Society reminds us: "Wisconsin's workers and reformers made significant contributions to the history of labor in the United States, helping to enact legislation such as workers' compensation and unemployment insurance that served as models for similar laws in other states."
We even led, created, the very study of labor by UW economist John R. Commons. Industrial advances and manufacturing growth led to many unions, and we were leaders in organizing them by trades.
Perhaps most importantly, with the biggest impact, the Milwaukee Labor Reform Association (later the Eight-Hour League) argued for the eight-hour day that we now take for granted, and also worked towards unemployment compensation.
Labor safety & OSHA
While OSHA was formed by the US government in 1970, Wisconsin led the way. The state legislature passed one of the nation's first Workmens' Compensation laws.
From U.S. Department of Labor: "In 1911, Wisconsin became the first State to successfully establish a workers' compensation program. Within one year it was joined by nine other states and by 1921 most States had followed suit... A workers' compensation advocate, John R. Commons of the University of Wisconsin, found this system in use in Europe and urged its adoption in the United States. Wisconsin, in another pioneering move, created the first permanent State industrial commission which developed and enforced safety and health regulations, after hearing comments from labor, management, and others. This idea was widely accepted and became a guide for future State and Federal regulation of occupational safety and health."
The Wisconsin Idea
Our esteemed University of Wisconsin had an idea, one that would impact the state more than just educating our people. They created "The Wisconsin Idea", a general principle: that education should influence people's lives beyond the boundaries of the classroom.
This meant doing more outreach to citizens with summer courses and other non-degree programs, as well as working with the state government to provide resources to consult on law-making, including some of the labor laws listed above.
Through this approach, Wisconsin developed a national reputation for legislative innovation.
It makes me sad that our current president has the exact opposite idea...
GOP: The anti-slavery Republican Party
Most people know that the philosophies of the two major US political parties evolved and flipped over time. The ideas that brought Lincoln to the GOP are not necessarily those of the party today, and for them to call themselves "The Party of Lincolns" is disingenuous. When it was | 904 |
Dorrance is a strong believer in the importance<|fim_middle|>. | of his players winning the many 1v1 confrontations that arise during the course of a game. To accomplish this, Dorrance puts his players through what he terms, "The Competitive Cauldron". This involves a series of 1v1 drills that focus on many different aspects including, attacking, defending and competing.
Dorrance admires the way Arsenal of the English Premier League play and in these videos he shows the drills and small-sided games he uses on the practice field to train his team to play with a quick, all-out attacking style.
In these videos, Dorrance demonstrates the possession practices that are such an important part of training sessions at UNC. These possession practices work on passing and combinations and are modeled on the drills and exercises so prominent in the training of German Bundesliga teams.
In the Technique Olympics, Dorrance explains how he hones and improves the technical abilities of his players. This is accomplished through various tests and competitions for individual techniques such as heading, dribbling, passing, shooting, etc | 208 |
Special Savings Special Needs<|fim_middle|>'s Nook store, Apple's iBookstore, and others. Book publishers offer deals at these sites for promotional purposes, and our staff works with them to determine the best ones to feature to our members.
BookBub features ebooks ranging from top-tier publishers to critically acclaimed independent authors. Our team of experts makes sure that we're only featuring great deals on quality books that you'll love. | : Found a great way to grab eBooks that I like when free! Yay!
Found a great way to grab eBooks that I like when free! Yay!
BookBub is a free daily email that notifies you about deep discounts on acclaimed ebooks. You choose the types you'd like to get notified about — with categories ranging from mysteries to cookbooks — and we send great deals in those genres to your inbox.
BookBub doesn't actually sell books. We simply alert you by email to fantastic limited-time offers that become available on retailers like Amazon's Kindle store, Barnes & Noble | 116 |
About this Picnic Basket 24 Can Cooler:Picnic Basket Cooler. Main compartment features unique picnic basket design with dual snap closures. Holds up to 24 cans. External accessories pockets.6" handle drop height. Insulated PEVA lining. Manufactured By Leeds. Note: Instructions Included: No Materials: 600d PolyCanvasSpecial Instructions:Other imprint methods/areas may be available; please call for details. Please note that product images may not depict the standard imprint method included in pricing.
About this Modesto Picnic Carrier Set:Showcase this picnic set when entertaining clients outdoors. 7-piece set includes a wine opener, two stainless steel knives and forks with polished wood handles, a polished wood cutting board, zippered canvas wrap and canvas tote that holds three bottles of wine. Durable straps for easy carry. Manufactured By Leeds. Note: Instructions Included: No Materials: 600d PCSpecial Instructions:Other imprint methods/areas may be available; please call for details. Please note that product images may not depict the standard imprint method included in pricing.
About this Cape May Picnic Cooler:Part of the In Print Trend Collection, put a nautical spin<|fim_middle|> you'll find a list of some of our trending promotional beach and picnic. Every item is available and waiting for you to order.
Promotional beach and picnic items are great for any event! Customers will love to receive these to take on any outdoor trip!
Our featured list of beach and picnic items are great for any event! When it comes to beach and picnic, you'll definitely get your money's worth. | on the picnic basket; this fresh cooler is perfect for outdoor events or toting your perfect dish and features an on-trend preppy striped print. Zippered main compartment. Open front pocket with Velcro flap closure. Double aluminum handles with EVA padding for extra carrying comfort. Cooler can also detach from aluminum framing. 7.5" handle drop height. Insulated PEVA lining. Manufactured By Leeds. Material: 600d PolyCanvasSpecial Instructions:Other imprint methods/areas may be available; please call for details. Please note that product images may not depict the standard imprint method included in pricing.
About this Sand Dune Beach Mat:Folding beach mat with double reinforced handles.Velcro strap closure to make item portable when not in use as mat.Material: 80g Non-Woven Polypropylene.Special Instructions:1 Day Rush, available upon request for 1 color, 1 imprint location orders.
About this Sunshine Beach Tote Mat:Beach tote & straw mat that stows on the outside of the tote. Finish / Material: Straw, 600D Poly.1/2" x 25" Tube Handles.6 3/4" Gusset.24" x 71" Straw Beach Mat in Outside Pocket.White Contrast Trim.Hook & Loop Closure.Special Instructions:Rush Service:1. Purchase Order must clearly state artwork instructions and logo to be used.2. One Color/One Location Imprint Only.Other imprint methods may be available; please call for details. Please note that product images may not depict the standard imprint method included in pricing.
About this Paglia - Straw Mat:36" x 70" fold-up straw mat has tie-strap, handles an 2 pockets. Finish / Material: Straw, 80gsm Non-Woven PP. Biodegradable Straw Beach Mat. 80gsm Non-Woven Polypropylene Trim.Convenient Pockets.Carry HandlesSpecial Instructions:Rush Service:1. Purchase Order must clearly state artwork instructions and logo to be used.2. One Color/One Location Imprint Only.Other imprint methods may be available; please call for details. Please note that product images may not depict the standard imprint method included in pricing.
About this Non - Woven Budget Beach Mat:Made Of 80 Gram, Non-Woven Coated Water-Resistant Polypropylene.32" W x 63" L Beach Mat.11 ½" Carrying Handles.Folds Into A Self Contained Case For Easy Carrying.Snap Closure.Water And Sand Resistant.Special Instructions:Rush Service:Catalog Quantities Only.One Color And One Location.
About this Surf Sand Beach Mat:Folding beach mat with double reinforced carry handles.Side open top pocket.Velcro strap closure to make item portable when not in use as mat.Includes inflatable pillow.Unfolded blanket size : 35" W x 71" L.Material: Polypropylene.Special Instructions:1 Day Rush, available upon request for 1 color, 1 imprint location orders.
About this Scout 2L Waterproof Outdoor Bag:The Scout 2-Liter Waterproof Outdoor Bag features a roll-top closure with a plastic buckle to keep your valuables dry and safe for outdoor activities.Clear PVC inner pocket will securely hold cellphones or other media devices, while still allowing you to use your touchscreen features.Easily snaps on to a bag or belt. Material: Polyester.Special Instructions:1 Day Rush, available upon request for 1 color, 1 imprint location orders.
About this Manhattan Beach Mat:Folding beach mat with zippered closure and matching color shoulder strap.Material: Polypropylene.Special Instructions:1 Day Rush, available upon request for 1 color, 1 imprint location orders.
About this Rocket Cup:Polypropylene multipurpose container. Holds a variety of items. Reversible standing legs allow item to be firmly placed in sand or loose soils. NOTE: Product comes with Prop 65 warning label. Label reads: "WARNING: This product may contain carcinogen, which is known to the State of California to cause Cancer. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov. Special Instructions:1 day rush is available on all in-stock items, one color/one location imprints, and laser engraved orders.
About this Mambo Waterproof Storage Pouch:Storage pouch with frosted white back, transparent clear touch screen front window with zip lock and pop-up colour flap with hook and loop closure.Includes neck cord with drawstring closure.Material: PVC.Special Instructions:1 Day Rush, available upon request for 1 color, 1 imprint location orders.
About this Cambria BBQ Grill:Stainless steel portable BBQ grill with two 13 1/4" x 8" grilling surfaces, two chrome plated briquette grills, wood carry handle, hinged lid, vent holes and steel legs with protective end caps. Finish / Material: Wood, Stainless Steel.
About this Waterproof Dry Bag:Made Of 210T Ripstop Polyester With PVC Backing.5 Liter.Roll Top Closure With Clip For Snapping Onto Belts Or Other Bags.Floats If Dropped In The Water.Perfect For Keeping Your Contents Dry And Safe.Spot Clean/Air Dry.
About this Stadium Blanket:Matching flap, handle and whip stitched edge.Hook & loop closure.Washable surface.
About this Waterproof Dry Bag With Window:Made Of 210T Ripstop Polyester With PVC BackingUse Your Touch Screen Device Without Having To Remove From Inside Pocket2.5 LiterRoll Top Closure With Clip For Snapping Onto Belts Or Other BagsFloats If Dropped In The WaterPerfect For Keeping Your Contents Dry And SafeSpot Clean/Air DrySpecial Instructions:Rush Service:Catalog Quantities Only.One Color And One Location.
About this Heathered Waterproof Dry Bag:Made Of 210D Polyester With PVC Backing5 LiterRoll Top Closure With Clip For Snapping Onto Belts Or Other BagsFloats If Dropped In The WaterPerfect For Keeping Your Contents Dry And SafeSpot Clean/Air DrySpecial Instructions:Rush Service:Catalog Quantities Only.One Color And One Location.
About this Camo Waterproof Dry Bag:Made Of 210T Ripstop Polyester With PVC Backing 5 LiterRoll Top Closure With Clip For Snapping Onto Belts Or Other Bags Floats If Dropped In The WaterPerfect For Keeping Your Contents Dry And Safe Spot Clean/Air DrySpecial Instructions:Rush Service:Catalog Quantities Only.One Color And One Location.
About this Roll Up Picnic Blanket:Blanket with PVC backing / rolls up for easy storage.Hook and loop closure. NOTE: Product comes with Prop 65 warning label. Label reads: "WARNING: This product may contain carcinogen, which is known to the State of California to cause Cancer. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Polyester Multi Color KOOZIE Easy Storage Picnic Basket 19" X 9.75"
Thank you Brianna and Jennifer! We're glad to hear your good reviews on our promotional picnic basket. These are great to take to any outdoor event!
Enjoy a nice, relaxing picnic with the KOOZIE Picnic Basket.
The picnic basket will proudly show your logo.
Promote your brand while on a relaxing picnic.
Order your Polyester Multi Color KOOZIE Easy Storage Picnic Basket 19" X 9.75" here.
With many promotional beach & picnic items available, you'll be able to take your next outdoor trip in no time!
We have picnic blankets, beach nik cups, picnic baskets, picnic coolers, beach mats, bbq grills, beach kits, insect repellents, and more!
Beach & picnic items are great for any outdoor occasion! Relax outdoors with our popular picnic blankets. You'll be able to feel calm and relaxed right underneath a shady tree or umbrella!
The great outdoors can offer so much to everyone! Let your logo be displayed on a promotional beach & picnic item.
Look through our selection of beach & picnic. Shop here!
Just like our customers, AnyPromo sets the bar high when it comes to making a big brand impact while getting the best bang for your buck! Search our beach & picnic inventory to find what best fits your promotional goals.
All too often, marketers do not follow theme giveaways. If you know you're exhibiting at a trade show during the summer months, giving beach and picnic promotional items will definitely favor your booth. Let's make marketing make sense!
Beach & picnic items are great for everyone to have! They are fun items that customers can take outside their home and market your company!
Shop through our selection now!
Below | 1,795 |
The Grammy winning musician comes to Parx Casino to perform with Lyle Lovett this week.
On Thursday, March 1, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter, Shawn Colvin, comes to Parx Casino's Xcite Center to perform a show with fellow musician, Lyle Lovett.
Best known for her 19<|fim_middle|> favorite place to visit in Philly?
"Visiting WXPN is always great," she says.
For more information on the show and to buy tickets, visit: parxcasino.com. | 98 hit, "Sunny Came Home," Colvin is touring in support of the release of her latest album, "The Starlighter," which is inspired by a children's music book she received from her parents when she was a child.
"The beautiful arrangements by Alec Wilder inspired me then and continue to. The songs are simple but his arrangements are nothing short of brilliant," she says.
For her Parx Casino performance, Colvin will be performing acoustic and fans can expect some collaboration between her and Lovett.
"Lyle and I will be onstage together for the entire evening, swapping songs and joining each other on songs from time to time," she says.
And how did Colvin first meet Lovett?
"I met Lyle so many years ago. I opened for his band around 1992, I think, and we became friends. We knew each other's songs and sang on each other's records and have joined each other on stage many times. Doing these shows together made so much sense," Colvin reveals.
Having a career that spans so many decades, what's Colvin's secret to her longevity in the music industry?
"I'd have to say it's because of the loyal fans I have out there. They keep listening to my music and coming to see my shows. Without them I wouldn't have a career," she says.
On the road, Colvin admits she can't live without these three things.
"Nice sheets, the medicine I have to take and a small electric fan for white noise." she reveals.
And her | 314 |
Refrigerant Gases - HFC's
GWP: 1,774 IPCC 4th Revision
Application: Low & Med Temp Ref – A/C
Ashrae Class: A1
Composition: 23% R32, 25% R125, 52% R134a
9/20/46 Kg Cyl – 720 Kg Drum
NRL Refrigerant's Route Planner
NRL Refrigerant's Replacement Guide
R407C was developed in the early 1990's as a non-ozone depleting alternative to R22 for commercial air-conditioning, heat pumps and medium temperature refrigeration.
For years the HCFC (hydrochlorofluorocarbon) R22 was used as the refrigerant of choice in multiple applications.
Regarded as a good allrounder in both air-conditioning, heat pumps & low to medium temperature refrigeration applications.
It did however have a common environmental issue, it contained the element chlorine now known to have a deleterious effect on the ozone layer leading to<|fim_middle|> content of the mash begins to drop so it is no longer its original 86% - 14% composition, the mash has fractionated into a new composition blend.
Whilst R407C does have an albeit small place in today's air-conditioning and refrigeration market just like R404A and R410A its days are numbered.
With a GWP (global warming potential) of 1,774 it is not sustainable and its production uses up too much of our continually reducing F-Gas quota, so at some point in the very near future manufacturers will likely discontinue its production for distribution in the UK & Europe, offering instead more sustainable lower GWP alternatives like R452B, R454B & R454C where they are able to produce more kilo's using less quota and a significantly reduced negative environmental impact should they leak. | its complete ban in Europe by 2015.
One disadvantage of R407C is that it is a zeotropic blend with moderate glide.
R407C is made up from 3 different components— 23% R32, 25% R125 & 52% R134a.
The R32 assists with heat capacity, R125 to reduce the flammability of the R32 and R134a to reduce overall pressure.
Glide is the difference between the boiling and condensing temperatures of the least and most volatile components. This is easily demonstrated with alcohol distillation.
The "mash" is a basic weak mixture of alcohol and water and is a great example of a zeotropic blend containing 86% water and 14% alcohol.
Water has a boiling temperature of 100oC and alcohol boils at 78oC so the mash has a glide of 12oC. When placed into a still and heated the alcohol begins to boil off first then as the temperature approaches 100oC the water begins to boil, as this happens the alcohol | 244 |
With Disney Digital Studio Services (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1-50 of 59 titles. | Next »
View full company info for Disney Digital Studio Services
1. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
PG-13 | 181 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos' actions and restore balance to the universe.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth
2. Captain Marvel (2019)
Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | Stars: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law
3. Descendants (2015 TV Movie)
TV-G | 112 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The teenage son of the king and queen of Auradon offers the trouble-making children of villains a chance to attend prep school in the kingdom.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart, Sofia Carson
4. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans
5. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, and must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela (Cate Blanchett).
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo
6. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
PG | 112 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Six years after the events of "Wreck-It Ralph," Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure.
Directors: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore | Stars: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson
Votes: 93,562 | Gross: $201.09M
7. Black Panther (2018)
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
8. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
9. Ready Player One (2018)
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe
10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father the ambitious celestial being Ego.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth
12. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
13. Doctor Strange (2016)
While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong
14. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins
15. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford
16. Moana (I) (2016)
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison
17. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Pre-production
Plot unknown. Third installment of the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' franchise.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Dave Bautista, Chris Pratt, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki
19. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård
20. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
The daughter of an Imperial scientist joins the Rebel Alliance in a risky move to steal the Death Star plans.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen
21. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site. That would become known as Facebook but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
22. Ant-Man (2015)
Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly
23. Bright (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 117 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A detective must work with an Orc to find a powerful wand before evil creatures do.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramírez
Votes: 149,281
24. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Three decades after the Empire's defeat, a new threat arises in the militant First Order. Defected stormtrooper Finn and the scavenger Rey are caught up in the Resistance's search for the missing Luke Skywalker.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson
25. Ratatouille (2007)
G | 111 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.
Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava | Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm
26. Zootopia (2016)
In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush | Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate
27. A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling
28. Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.
Director: Rich Moore | Stars: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman
29. Finding Dory (2016)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The friendly but forgetful blue tang fish, Dory, begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson
30. Now You See Me (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An F.B.I. Agent and an Interpol Detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson
31. The Post (2017)
PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Drama, History
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk
32. National Treasure (2004)
PG | 131<|fim_middle|> appears.
Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams, Odeya Rush
45. The Wild (2006)
G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
Director: Steve 'Spaz' Williams | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo
46. Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
R | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror
In this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.
Director: Michael Cohn | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis
47. Barfly (1987)
Based on the life of successful poet Charles Bukowski and his exploits in Hollywood during the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance
48. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (2016)
6 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Following Inhuman Yo-Yo Rodriguez also known as 'Slingshot' on a personal Mission against time.
Stars: Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Yancey Arias, Chloe Bennet, Hiroo Minami
49. Earth to Echo (2014)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted messages, a group of kids embark on an adventure with an alien who needs their help.
Director: Dave Green | Stars: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt
50. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999 Video)
Not Rated | 66 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A Christmas themed, three-part anthology-style video. The first part, "Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas", is essentially a retelling of Groundhog Day (1993), with Huey, Dewey, and Louie ... See full summary »
Directors: Jun Falkenstein, Alex Mann, Bradley Raymond, Toby Shelton, Bill Speers | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Wayne Allwine, Russi Taylor, Tony Anselmo | min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean
33. Big Hero 6 (2014)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller
34. Pearl Harbor (2001)
PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, History
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott
35. Treasure Planet (2002)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A Disney animated version of "Treasure Island". The only difference is that the film is set in outer space with alien worlds and other galactic wonders.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short, Roscoe Lee Browne
36. Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to help the Mad Hatter.
Director: James Bobin | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway
37. The 13th Warrior (1999)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, History
A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land.
Directors: John McTiernan, Michael Crichton | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhøi, Vladimir Kulich
38. McFarland, USA (2015)
PG | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach. He sees that some of the students are worth starting a cross-country team and turns seven students with no hope into one of the best cross-country teams.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Ramiro Rodriguez, Carlos Pratts
39. Dinosaur (2000)
An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
Directors: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright, Alfre Woodard
40. Pete's Dragon (2016)
PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence
41. Heavyweights (1995)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.
Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Ben Stiller, David Goldman
42. Storks (2016)
Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages. But when an order for a baby appears, the best delivery stork must scramble to fix the error by delivering the baby.
Directors: Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland | Stars: Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Aniston
43. The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
TV-PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.
Director: Clay Kaytis | Stars: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Oliver Hudson
44. The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he | 1,063 |
H&M shares drop as<|fim_middle|> jump in net profit for the nine months from February to October but said sales growth had slowed to 11% in the final three months of that period, reflecting a weakening consumer environment.
H&M profits won't be revealed until full results for the period are released on Jan. 27, said Jefferies analyst James Grzinic. "We won't know until late January the full extent to which pressured gross margins and accelerating opex (operating spending) inflation conspired to hit earnings delivery," Grzinic wrote.
H&M said it had wound up its operations in Russia and Belarus during the quarter with the last stores having closed on Nov. 30. "During the quarter around 25–50 stores in China were temporarily closed due to new COVID outbreaks," it said in a statement.
Measured in local currencies, sales in the quarter were unchanged, it said. H&M's share price is down by 36% year to date, lagging a 12.8% drop in Stockholm's benchmark stock index and an 11.3% decline for Inditex.
European retailer
H&M business | Sept-Nov sales fail to impress
H&M, which has struggled to keep up with bigger rival Zara, last month became the first big European retailer to lay off staff in response to the cost-of-living crisis as it tries to save 2 billion Swedish crowns ($196 million) a year
15 Dec, 2022, 3:16 pm
Shares in H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, fell almost 6% on Thursday as net sales for the September-November quarter failed to match a recent pick up in some analysts' expectations. H&M, which has struggled to keep up with bigger rival Zara, last month became the first big European retailer to lay off staff in response to the cost-of-living crisis as it tries to save 2 billion Swedish crowns ($196 million) a year.
Net sales for September-November, H&M's fiscal fourth quarter, rose 10% to 62.5 billion Swedish crowns ($6.1 billion), up from 56.8 billion crowns a year ago. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had on average forecast 62.17 billion crowns. "This is a slightly disappointing update in the context of expectations which had drifted higher in recent weeks amid somewhat better market data from Germany and Sweden," said J.P. Morgan analysts in a research note.
"Furthermore, we would note that a performance of flat sales versus pre-crisis levels (with a weaker exit rate) comes in stark contrast to performance reported by Inditex yesterday," it said. Zara owner Inditex on Wednesday reported a 19% | 344 |
Learn about embracing the technology that students bring to class. You will develop strategies for using this technology in the class environment. Across the disciplines you will brainstorm how to engage and excite<|fim_middle|> the focus switches to how to use this style of learning in their respective disciplines. It is always important that the take away from these FTLC workshops be useful and applicable. Faculty members will attempt to develop an exercise that will work in class this fall. In the past when presenting these kinds of workshops this has been the richest section. Multidisciplinary thinking is often amazing! A short brainstorm from colleagues around the university often can help you to see things in new ways. The more faculty members the better, the more creativity to help each other think of valuable class exercises. The goal here is to change the strategy from competing with technology to embracing it as a way to improve learning for all kinds of learners, and make the class more dynamic and interactive and accepting. | students of different backgrounds, learning styles, and abilities. You will use an intercultural example to see how this works in class. You will have a chance to see how it is fun, interesting, and dynamic to embrace technology. You will develop an exercise for this semester. You are encouraged to bring your own technology to this session.
At a recent conference when speaking on the use of technology in the classroom it was surprising how interested and lively the discussion became. For many, technology is something to be use in on line and hybrid classes. The idea that the use of smart phones, ipads and more could make the class room lively and involve students created a great discussion. In this workshop faculty can explore by doing an exercise that would be suitable in an international section or for Martin Luther King Day based on their preferences. The group will be divided into and ask to use whatever technology they are carrying (packing) such as their smart phone, laptops and Ipads to look up information on sub cultural groupings in the United States and if there are enough on some countries. Students are often amazed to learn about the size of different populations in the United States, how their family structures are different, how they shop differently, and so much more. This is a great opportunity for discussion but the facts are theirs. Sure the risk exist of getting some weaker information but the focus here is engagement, excitement, and discussion of their world. Minorities present often speak up to express their feelings about the information. They are often amazed to realize how important they are on a national perspective as compared to West Michigan.
This exercise works really well for students of different levels of preparation as all information can be shared. Weaker students may not have as much background in a topic area but they may be really excellent at searching for information. Depending on who is in the classroom you can select the topics to be explored. For example, if there are Veterans in the class you can use them as a group to be explored. Students with hidden learning differences often shine here as it does not require the same skills that are normally important: reading, analysis, and writing. International students like it as they can shine searching sites that are linguistically different with fresh perspectives.
After some discussion on the results from the faculty searches in the example, | 461 |
We design supply and install kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms to suit your budget, your need and functionality.
We design supply and install kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms to suit your budget and taste.
We can build disabled access bathrooms or adapt bathrooms to suit your needs right across Henley and Reading.
Home renovations and interior work.
Gary has fitted a shower room, fitted a bathroom and, most recently, fitted a new kitchen. For all three jobs we are totally satisfied with Gary's work. The very professional way Gary and his team work has ensured that the finished job is excellent. They can be trusted do work " as per the manual" and will never cut corners trying to save time and money.
Gary is clearly very knowledgable concerning bathrooms and kitchens and we were very happy to accept his advice when designing the rooms. ( I understand that he is a leading light in the Trade Association ). Before retirement I was an Airline Pilot and so used to demanding a high standard in equipment and its operation. Gary more than meets this standard. I can recommend him without reservation.
Just a quick note to thank you, Nick, Colin and the rest of your crew for the very professional job you did of refurbishing the en-suite and bathroom. It is not often that a contractor does what he says he will do, when he says he will do it and for the agreed price. The organisation of the job from start to finish was superb and your involvement throughout the work meant that we had confidence that we would get the quality of job that we hoped for and we were not disappointed. The time you spent with us<|fim_middle|> finished product would look like. We were happy to recommend you to a number of friends and we know they will be equally happy with the work. Thanks once again.
PROUD SPONSORS OF HENLEY HAWKS! | going through the options and the cad designs meant that we had a good feel for what the | 18 |
An Allis-Chalmers Tractor Collection with a Nostalgic Touch
A Minnesota woman builds a collection of Allis-Chalmers tractors and equipment in every size imaginable.
Bonnie Bauer's collection of Allis-Chalmers tractors includes a pair of AC Model Gs with engines (at left), a pair of rare Model G pedal tractors (right), and a 1948 Model G Allis-Chalmers tractor (far right). Photo by Bill Vossler.
Even though there were other tractors on the farm near Faribault, Minnesota, where she grew up, Bonnie Bauer was allowed to drive only one: an Allis-Chalmers WD45. "That was the only one Dad would let me drive while raking hay or straw," she says. That was also the one that started her collection of Allis-Chalmers tractors of all sizes.
Today she's gone full-force in collecting Allis-Chalmers machinery, including Precision Model AC farm toys, two sizes of what might be called "mini" Allis tractors that she takes to shows, and 20 full-size Allis-Chalmers tractors.
Bonnie and Paul Bauer. Photo by Bill Vossler.
Bonnie attends several antique tractor shows every season. At one, she met an exhibitor who had an Allis-Chalmers B and an Allis-Chalmers Industrial B. "He called the IB an 'Itty Bitty' instead of its real name," she says, "and I decided that I needed one of those small Allis tractors." Luckily for her, one turned up at a household auction soon after.
As Bonnie added larger Allis-Chalmers tractors to her collection – a WC, RC, C, CA, WD and WD45 (she and her husband, Paul, set up the WD45 for their daughter, Mary, to use at tractor pulls) – the Bauers began to run out of room for storage on their farm. They solved the problem in a unique way. "Paul restored 38 of his John Deere tractors, and we sold them so we'd have more room," she says.
This Allis-Chalmers Model K crawler is part of Bonnie's collection. Photo courtesy Bonnie Bauer.
Over time, Bonnie has built a nice collection of big Allis-Chalmers tractors. "With the bigger tractors, I have the Allis D12 with a dirt scoop, a D14, a D15 with a slat plow, which has open slats in it, and a D17 with a mounted field cultivator on it," she says. "But I'm missing the D10. I've found several, but they were beat up on the front end and the grilles, which are difficult to find and replace. I've always liked the D10 better than those larger ones."
So she keeps looking. "I always watch what's being sold at auctions," she says. "I recently saw a D10 in an auction quite a ways away, so I told Paul we have to hit that auction and see if I can finally get one."
This Allis-Chalmers mower is one of Bonnie's smaller Allis-Chalmers pieces. Photo by Bill Vossler.
Bonnie says she's noticed one big difference at auctions in recent years. "When I started going to auctions 25 years ago, I was the lone woman there," she says. "But things have changed a lot. Now there are a lot more women coming to the auctions. I think some of it is how you grew up and what you had at home, and whatever that was, you want that to collect as a connection to the past."
Collection has a nostalgic touch
For Bonnie, an Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler was a link to the farm where she grew up. "I found an old one and Paul restored it," she says. "He put all new belts on it, but it still doesn't work real well. They never did tie worth a darn."
Bonnie's Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler, before restoration. Photos courtesy Bonnie Bauer.
The Roto-Baler came with an unusual bonus. The seller worked as a custodian at a church where old confessionals were being removed. "So he bought them," Bonnie says. "They had really nice wood carvings, so we bought them with the baler. We restored and repainted all the woodwork, and now it's set up in our shop, available to anyone who needs to confess."
Initially, Bonnie tried taking the Roto-Baler to shows, but she gave up on that pretty quickly. "It's very difficult to take," she says. "It's so close to the ground that it's very difficult to get on the trailer. You almost have to pull it instead of putting it on a trailer."
Bonnie pulling her restored Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler in an antique tractor show parade.
The farmer who sold Bonnie the Roto-Baler was also selling other odds and ends, including an Allis-Chalmers bale loader designed to pick up small round bales and throw them onto the wagon. "I'd never seen one restored," she says, "so Paul worked on it. But it's a hazard just waiting to happen, because it picks up the bale and just flings it on top of the wagon. We've taken that to several shows, too."
When the<|fim_middle|> but not much else. Paul does all that work. There are so many different shades of orange that it was hard to find the proper match. When we weren't sure, we didn't paint them at all, but left them as we bought them."
Small pieces mirror the big ones
Bonnie has found small pieces – like a mini AC Roto-Baler – to go with full-sized Allis-Chalmers machines in her collection. "I saw the mini at an auction," she says, "and I decided I wanted that to go along with the big one."
Top view of Bonnie's miniature Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler. Photo by Bill Vossler.
But it wasn't easy to get. The mini Roto-Baler attracted a lot of bidder attention. Because few builders are willing to take the time to handcraft such a machine, there aren't many of them. "The builder has to be a special person to design those little machines and make them look realistic like the real ones," she says. "They're not factory-built, but just machined and designed by one person. So they're even harder to find. In fact, mine is one of only three that were made by that builder."
This side view of the Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler shows intricate detail work. Photo by Bill Vossler.
Allis-Chalmers Roto-Balers are very popular now, she says, so that makes the models very collectible. "You don't see them very often, so the bidding went on and on, until it was way too high, but I just hung in there," she says. "If you want something, you have to just keep bidding and hope somebody else stops.
Decals add a level of detail
For Bonnie and Paul, the biggest challenge with the mini-Allis tractors is decals. "We checked the books for every year to see what some of the colors were," she says. "Some were blue and black. If we thought the decals should be different, we changed them. We got them from a decal maker who is very good at making the correct color and size for different model years, and who is experienced with what we wanted in terms of size. We just told them how big we wanted the decal, and they always did a very nice job figuring out what we needed."
Back view of a rare miniature Allis-Chalmers Roto-Baler. "It is exactly like the real one," Bonnie says. "There's even a little crank on the side that will turn like you're making a bale. The guy who made it did a very nice job." Photo by Bill Vossler.
Bonnie is fascinated by showgoers' reactions to her display of smaller Allis-Chalmers machinery. "Here we are at these steam and gas shows, and all the people walk around and look at tractors and the giant steam engines," she says. "Then they see these little ones, and they stop and look at them because they're something different. You don't often see little models that were made so intricately that they look like the real thing."
Meeting people at show is a highlight for her. "Paul and I have met a lot of nice people," she says. "And going to shows gives us some time out from the farm, where all we do is work, work, work. FC
Bonnie Bauer, 9605 Canyon Blvd., Faribault, MN 55021; | Bauers had trouble with pieces of large Allis equipment, they had a handyman who would come work on them. "But he passed away, and it seems like the younger guys don't know how to fix the old tractors," she says. "It has to be someone with a background on that kind of tractor."
Big collection of small tractors
Bonnie started collecting farm toys and pedal tractors about 25 years ago. Her collection includes a couple of rare and difficult-to-find Model G pedals. As she saw other toys or pedal tractors that she liked, she added those to the collection, too.
An Allis-Chalmers Model G pedal tractor pulling a Roto-Baler. "I like to go back and look at some of the toys and tractors," Bonnie says, "and remember what it was like in the past." Photo by Bill Vossler.
But she always comes back to the Model G. She has Model G farm toys, the two Model G pedal tractors, two scale-model Allis-Chalmers tractors that are larger than the pedal tractors, and a full size 1948 Model G.
The pair of Model G pedal tractors represent Bonnie's first foray into miniature Allis-Chalmers tractors. The pedal tractors are very rare and difficult to find, and come with serial numbers. "They're quite sought after," she says, "so we had to go quite a ways to different auctions to get those two." The two pedal tractors were in good shape, needing nothing more than fresh paint, and that's the way she likes them. "The Allises that I want to buy have to be in good shape," she says, "or I don't buy them."
Bonnie's 1948 Allis-Chalmers Model G. Photo by Bill Vossler.
Bonnie's pair of roughly 1/3-scale Allis-Chalmers Model G tractors have working engines; one has an under-slung plow, and the other is a lawn mower. "I just liked those," she says. "They're fun to drive, and our grandkids like to drive those around the yard. When we take them to shows, we drive them in the parades. We had the kids practice at home first. They have to be very good at driving or they can't drive in the parades."
Although the two scale models work, they've been modified for safety. "All they needed was to be painted," she says, "but we disconnected the belt so the blades won't turn. Our grandkids sure have fun driving them."
Another of Bonnie's favorite Allis-Chalmers, a Model G. This lawn mower's belts have been disconnected to boost safety when Bauer grandchildren drive the unit in parades. Photo by Nikki Rajala.
When Bonnie bought the downsized Model G tractors, they were in pretty good shape. "The main problem was matching the paint, because they had some scratches and had to be repainted," she says. "Or sometimes we might have to put on a new wheel or something like that, | 643 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.