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BkiUa_fxK7Ehm308oj4k | Peter C. Hägele (* 1941 in Stuttgart) ist ein deutscher Physiker.
Leben
Hägele war von 1978 bis zu seinem Ruhestand 2006 Professor für Physik an der Abteilung für Angewandte Physik der Universität Ulm. Er leitete dort eine theoretische Arbeitsgruppe, die sich mit der Berechnung von Kettenkonformationen und Kettenpackungen (Molekulare Modellierung), Gitterdynamik und Phasenübergängen für ein quantitatives Verständnis von Polymeren befasste. Seit Langem beschäftigt er sich auch mit wissenschaftstheoretischen Themen und dem Verhältnis von christlichem Glauben und den Naturwissenschaften. Er ist Gründungsmitglied der Karl-Heim-Gesellschaft und Kuratoriumsmitglied des SMD-Instituts für Glaube und Wissenschaft. Ihm ist wichtig zu argumentieren und zu bekennen, dass es kein Widerspruch ist, Christ und zugleich Naturwissenschaftler zu sein. Er tut dies in vielen Vorträgen zu dieser Thematik an Universitäten und in Gemeinden. Er leitet zudem Arbeitsgruppen am Zentrum für Allgemeine Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (ZAWiW) und ist Lehrbeauftragter am Humboldt-Studienzentrum für Geisteswissenschaften und Philosophie (HSZ) der Universität Ulm.
Peter C. Hägele ist verheiratet und hat vier Kinder.
Schriften
Hägele veröffentlichte Schriften, die sich im Grenzbereich zwischen Wissenschaft und Glauben ansiedeln.
Literatur
Barbara Drossel (Hrsg.): Naturwissenschaftler reden von Gott. Brunnen, Gießen 2016, ISBN 978-3-7655-2046-4.
Weblinks
Kurzbiographie auf der Website der Universität Ulm
Peter C. Hägele auf scm-haenssler.de
Referenteninfo auf der Website der IVCG
Einzelnachweise
Physiker (20. Jahrhundert)
Physiker (21. Jahrhundert)
Deutscher
Geboren 1941
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Steven Allin
Steve Allin co-founded Charnwood Molecular in 1998. Steve was Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Organic Chemistry at Loughborough University from 1997 until 2008.
He was Professor of Organic Chemistry at Keele University from 2008-2012, Head of the Department of Chemistry and Forensics at Nottingham Trent University from 2012-2015, Head of the NTU Doctoral School and a member of the University Leadership Team from 2015-2017. In February 2017 Steve moved to Charnwood Molecular to become the Managing Director, providing day-to-day leadership and management during a significant planned growth phase for the company. In 2020, following a significant investment into Charnwood Molecular by Synova Capital, Steve became its CEO.
Qualifications.
Steve graduated from the University of Liverpool with a first class honours degree in Chemistry and Pharmacology, and obtained his PhD from Liverpool in the area of asymmetric synthesis. Steve gained postdoctoral experience with Professor Alan R. Katritzky, FRS, at the Centre for Heterocyclic Compounds, University of Florida.
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Steve has a proven research track record in heterocyclic chemistry, natural product synthesis and asymmetric synthesis.
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BkiUdao4eIZjiv3JLhj- | TWO BABYSITTERS A'RRESTED IN THE D'EATH OF A 3-MONTH-OLD WHO D'IED IN THEIR CARE
Two people were taken into cu'stody Friday after an infant they were babysitting di'ed in their Redmond, Wash., apartment earlier this year.
Three-month-old Jazon Gregory was found de'ad by p'olice on Feb. 17. His mother, Kamaria Weston, left her son with a close friend and her significant other while she went out of state to visit her boyfriend for Valentine's Day.
Weston, 18, said she thought she had nothing to worry about.
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"I felt good about it," she told Q13 Fox. "I thought, 'Okay, my child is good, let me have a little bit of fun.'"
The friend was older than her and a mother herself. Weston also said she was her doula; a healthcare provider who supports mothers during birth, labor, and the postpartum period.
"She was there when Jazon was born, she cut his umbilical cord," Weston explained.
The single mom said she became worried while away when her friend stopped responding to her multiple calls one morning. Later that day, she heard news that a baby was found dead at her friend's apartment complex.
At first, she thought: "There's no way it's my baby" but grew alarmed after calling both babysitters over 100 times with no answer.
Detectives later notified her that her son had died.
"The subsequent investigation into Jazon's de'ath by detectives revealed facts supporting gross neg'ligence by the two ad'ults responsible for the child's care," the Redmond Police Department said in a press release.
Jazon's de'ath has been ruled a hom#cide. It's unclear how exactly he di'ed.
The sus'pects have been identified as 20-year-old Nina Perez and 24-year-old Michael Ber'nard. Both are facing charges of second-degree-mu'rder and are being held on bail at the King County Correctional Facility.
"I want to hur't her myself, but I can't. I just want them to be locked up," Weston said, according to Q13 Fox.
The mother was able to say goodbye to her son before he was cre'mated.
"I couldn't really walk into the room at all," she said. "I had to be held just to be in there…I'm just happy I did get to see him and say goodbye."
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BkiUbGzxK02iP4Wj-i_v | Julia P G Jones has received funding from NERC and the Leverhulme Trust to support her research in Madagascar.
This is a very significant departure – and one which is arguably long overdue. Those of us who study the pressures on wild nature have been frustrated that nature documentaries give the impression that everything is OK. Some argue that they may do more harm than good by giving viewers a sense of complacency.
Conservation scientists were expecting that the new series wouldn't shy away from the awful truth: the wonders shown in these mesmerising nature programmes are tragically reduced – and many are at risk of being lost forever.
Documentaries portray pristine habitats, but that's not always the case.
I had the privilege of seeing the One Planet team at work back in 2015 (these films take years to make). I spent three weeks at the camp in western Madagascar where they were working on their forest film. While the camera crew were working day and night filming fossa (lemur-hunting carnivores), and trying to get the perfect footage of leaf bugs producing honeydew (the series is worth watching for this sequence alone), the team was also digging deep into the complex issues of what is happening to this wondrous biodiversity. Their researcher spent many hours with Malagasy conservation scientist Rio Heriniaina talking to local community leaders about the challenges they face and the reasons for the very rapid rate of forest loss in the region.
Madagascar's dry forests are vanishing before our eyes. Every burning season large areas of forest go up in flames to clear space for peanuts and corn. There is no simply answer to as why, and no simple solutions. Poverty plays a role but so does corruption and the influence of powerful people who profit from the destruction.
This is my main critique of Our Planet. Despite being billed as an unflinching look at the threats facing the intricate and endlessly fascinating ecosystems being depicted, it actually tends to shy away from showing these threats or, even more importantly, addressing the question of what can be done to resolve them. Like previous documentaries, shots have been carefully positioned to cut out evidence of human influence.
In my three decades of watching wildlife documentaries, I remember only one moment which broke from this tradition. In Simon Reeves' 2012 series about the Indian Ocean, he showed people living in and around the habitats he was filming. He humanised them. He was also honest about how limited the picturesque natural habitats he was filming were. In a memorable sequence showing a sifaka leaping between trees, he asked the camera man to turn around, revealing the miles of sisal plantation which surround the tiny remnant of forest where endless crews go to film these charismatic lemurs. When Planet Earth II came out in 2016 I was disappointed to see a return to more of the same – that same remnant forest in southern Madagascar appeared, but without the context.
As with previous documentaries, you could come away from Our Planet thinking the places being portrayed are completely separate from people. Human presence in and around many of these habitats has been erased. However to be successful, conservation can't ignore people.
Maybe it is churlish to complain that Our Planet, like other such films, avoids showing the uncomfortable truth about just how threatened so much of nature really is. Perhaps the pure and unsullied vision is what makes them so popular. So many of us working in conservation were drawn in through watching Sir David Attenborough's other films as children. By introducing viewers to fascinating facts about ecology (who knew that winds blowing across deserts feed life in the ocean?) and the mind-boggling behaviours of birds (such as the manakins shown doing a shuffle dance), Our Planet will engage a whole new generation.
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I've grown up (a little) since then, thanks to my husband. Shortly after we were married, we still hadn't merged our finances, and I had a secret that was eating away at me. I had missed too many payments on one credit card, and I got a letter telling me they were shutting it down and expected me to pay my balance in full. This was impossible, and I had no idea how to handle it. I was honestly afraid to tell my husband. I thought he might want to divorce me because I was such a hot mess when it came to my finances. I eventually had a complete breakdown and told him what was happening, and it was the best thing that ever happened to us.
We took a long time going through our finances together, making sure to be completely transparent with one another. And truly, despite my fears that my husband would want to divorce me when he learned how bad I was with money, it ended up bringing us closer together. The moral of the story, for me, was that it's never too late to start talking openly about money.
I think this is an important message for any couple to absorb, too. Finances can seem scary, but they really just need to be normalized. Couples don't need to have "State of the Union" conversations about our finances every 6 months; we need to incorporate money talk into our day-to-day lives. And when it comes to teaching our kids about financial literacy, we can start by doing exactly this; making it part of our normal conversation.
I sometimes worry that my teenage stepdaughter absorbed some of the wrong key messaging from us. After all, her first financial teachers have been, well, us (and her mother). She's been listening quietly and absorbing it all for a lot longer than we've realized. While my husband and I may have been open with one another about money, we've still faced a lot of financial challenges. I wish we had been proactive about teaching her financial literacy, right from the time we got married. Now we're having to play catch-up in time for her to go off to college in less than two years.
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BkiUazzxK6mkyCfN_5fs | package com.nateyolles.sling.publick.components.foundation;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.sling.api.SlingHttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.ValueMap;
import org.apache.sling.api.scripting.SlingScriptHelper;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import com.nateyolles.sling.publick.services.BlogService;
import com.nateyolles.sling.publick.sightly.WCMUse;
/**
* Sightly component for blog list/digest view pagination.
*/
public class BlogPagination extends WCMUse {
/**
* The querystring parameter for pagination.
*/
private static final String PAGINATION_PARAMETER = "page";
/**
* The component property name which sets the page size.
*/
private static final String PAGE_SIZE_PROPERTY = "pageSize";
/**
* The default number of blog posts on the list/digest page.
*/
private static final int DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = 5;
/**
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*/
private static final String PAGE_QUERYSTRING = "?" + PAGINATION_PARAMETER + "=";
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*/
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/**
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*/
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/**
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*/
private BlogService blogService;
/**
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*/
private SlingHttpServletRequest request;
/**
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*/
private int pageSize = DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE;
/**
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*/
private int currentPage = 0;
/**
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*/
private long totalPages = 0;
/**
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*/
private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BlogPagination.class);
/**
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*
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*/
@Override
public void activate() {
resource = getResource();
request = getRequest();
scriptHelper = getSlingScriptHelper();
blogService = scriptHelper.getService(BlogService.class);
ValueMap properties = resource.adaptTo(ValueMap.class);
pageSize = properties.get(PAGE_SIZE_PROPERTY, Integer.class);
currentPage = getCurrentIndex();
totalPages = getTotalPageCount();
}
/**
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*
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*/
private long getTotalPageCount() {
long pages = 0;
if (blogService != null) {
pages = blogService.getNumberOfPages(request, pageSize);
}
return pages;
}
/**
* Get the current page index, defaults to 1.
*
* @return The current page index.
*/
private int getCurrentIndex() {
int offset = 1;
String param = request.getParameter(PAGINATION_PARAMETER);
if (param != null) {
try {
offset = Integer.valueOf(param);
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
LOGGER.error("Could not get offset", e);
}
}
return offset;
}
/**
* Get the current page number.
*
* @return The current page number.
*/
public int getCurrentPage() {
return currentPage;
}
/**
* Get the total page count.
*
* @return The total page count.
*/
public long getTotalPages(){
return totalPages;
}
/**
* Whether the current page is the first page.
*
* @return True if the current page is the first page.
*/
public boolean getFirstPage() {
return currentPage == 1;
}
/**
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*
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*/
public boolean getLastPage() {
return currentPage == totalPages;
}
/**
* Get the path to the previous page.
*
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*/
public String getPreviousPath() {
return request.getRequestURI() + PAGE_QUERYSTRING + (currentPage - 1);
}
/**
* Get the path to the next page.
*
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*/
public String getNextPath() {
return request.getRequestURI() + PAGE_QUERYSTRING + (currentPage + 1);
}
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*
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*
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*/
public List<HashMap<String, Object>> getPages() {
List<HashMap<String, Object>> pages = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, Object>>();
String path = request.getRequestURI();
for (int x = 1; x <= totalPages; x++) {
HashMap<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
map.put("page", x);
map.put("path", path + PAGE_QUERYSTRING + x);
map.put("current", Boolean.valueOf(x == currentPage));
pages.add(map);
}
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}
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BkiUbcA4uzki01MTG65F | Himeville – A large contingent of former Springbok legends are once again set to descend upon the Adventure event of this year's KAP sani2c which takes place from 11-13 May with the group eager to soak up three days of banter, reminiscing and memorable mountain biking action.
The smattering of Cell C South African Rugby Legends Association (SARLA) teams, represented by former Springbok household rugby names and rugby personalities such as Stefan Terblanche, Butch James, Brent Russell, Trevor Halsted, Neil Penrose and Shaun Payne – amongst others, are looking forward to tackling the mountain biking voyage from Glencairn, Underberg down to the KwaZulu-Natal's South Coast town of Scottburgh.
"sani2c is such an incredible, fun event and every time we take part we have such a jol that we cannot wait to go back each year!" says SARLA CEO, Stefan Terblanche.
While the internal rivalry amongst the SARLA teams is hard to ignore, the former rugby icons still find the time to take in the route's spectacular scenery while also relishing reuniting and working together with some of their former team mates along the way.
"We ride the first two days in our respective pairs as best we all can and there is also often a lot of banter exchanged between the guys in the evenings, just like there used to be in the change room back in our playing days!
"On day three we usually all ride down to Scottburgh together though, enjoying the last bit of the adventure as a group with some of the stronger guys helping pull the weaker guys, etc." explains Terblanche.
2015 saw 1995 Rugby World Cup winning flyhalf Joel Stransky and Cell C Sharks flyer Shaun Payne race their way into podium contention during the first two days of the Adventure event that they were freed of their final stage duties and allowed to embrace their competitive nature once more.
"Last year Joel (Stransky) and Shaun (Payne) were right up there in the top three after the first two days so they went for it again on day three and eventually finished second overall!
"It just goes to show the competitiveness still in some of our guys!
Despite having been in peak physical condition during their playing days, Terblanche admits the second stage's notorious climb out of the uMkomaas valley still gets the butterflies going for most.
"Day One is fantastic and the drop down into the Umko valley on Day Two is unbelievable!
"That climb out again is a real tester though and definitely gets some of the guys pretty nervous the night before!" he laughs.
The enjoyment of each other's company and reuniting with former on-field colleagues is, however, another major highlight of the trip for the SARLA riders.
"All our SARLA guys stay together at a guest house on a nearby farm where we all braai the one evening and they cook for us the other.
"We enjoy some beers and a couple of bottles of red wine together around the fire in the evening and often guys will enjoy telling some of the many stories from our playing days and all the tours we enjoyed together.
The Trail, Adventure and Race events of the 2016 KAP sani2c take place from Glencairn in Underberg to Scottburgh on KZN's South Coast from 10-12, 11-13 and 12-14 May respectively. For more information visit www.sani2c.co.za. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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On January 1, 2021 officers with Patrol Services arrested 27-year-old Serena Cyr of London, Ontario with impaired driving alcohol and drugs.
At 12:10 a.m. officers responded to a call of a vehicle in a snow bank at the corner of Catchcart Street and John Street. Upon arrival officers noticed the accused was the lone occupant and she was in the driver's seat.
Upon speaking with the accused officers developed grounds to believe her ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol. She was arrested and later provided two samples into an approved device, registering two fail results.
She is charged with impaired driving alcohol and drugs and impaired driving – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus). She is scheduled to appear in court on February 8, 2021
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BkiUeM_xK6-gDz87Q4ZS | Q: Is their a way to click on a tag without having to physically click it? If I see a link referencing to a website or action, is there a way I can make an external program that can click on that tag without physically having to take my mouse and click on the link? I know their are probably programs that can take your mouse pointer and move the pointer and possibly make them click, but I am looking for something that will click a link without having to worry about your mouse moving. Thank You
A: in jQuery:
$('a.theOne').click();
Selenium is a server-side testing tool the simulates clicks on the client-side for testing purposes.
Also, if jQuery does it then it is possible with regular javascript, but I'm not sure how. A look through the source code should reveal the secret.
According to this article you simply need to call:
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A: You could get the link href and go to it via window.location.assign()
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EXTRAFLAME S.p.A. Recently, through a new industrial division dedicated to the development of technology related to solar thermal panels, has an integrated "System Technology" optimized for the autonomy of home heating and hot water, as an alternative to traditional supply Gas and Diesel.
Cast iron. La Nordica uses the best iron for the production of its products. Thanks to the high coefficient of thermal voltage that allows to maintain the forms, cast iron is the perfect material for stoves: heat-resistant and shock, likely to dissipate heat diffusing long in the environment.
Steel. For products Nordica is used a special steel, both for the structural elements of high thickness, both for some braziers where the high temperatures require a material with very high thermal resistance and durability to ensure the best performance.
Ceramic glass. Highest quality and safety are the advantages of ceramic plates that push the Nordic to continue to invest in the use of this material. Compared to normal glass the glass-ceramic has a coefficient of thermal expansion near zero making it an indispensable material for special shapes, angled, curved or even three-dimensional.
Ironker. For the realization of refractory The Nordica has deposited the Ironker a special material that thanks to its resistance allows to reach very high combustion temperatures.
The ironker provides safe use, easy maintenance and long life. It 'also an indicator of good operation since the maintenance of the light color indicates a correct use of the device.
Maiolica. It 'an artisan product, needs 2 weeks of work, first quality which guarantees an excellent build-up of heat dissipated with continuity and consistency. The long processing cycle to obtain a good majolica, while making use of new technological supports, must be performed by hand. The result is that each piece of majolica is a beautiful piece, unique, unrepeatable and characteristics that may be found on each individual earthenware such as cracks, punctuation and shadows are your warranty.
The Department of Research and Development La Nordica-Extraflame is constantly striving to develop, test and improve the performance of the devices, constantly updating development methodologies and operational structure. Among the various technological features we mention one in all, the GPRS module. The module allows you to turn on and off and adjust the product remotely via SMS with your mobile phone.
The Halls Lelio SpA is today one of the leading companies in Europe and the world in the field of domestic heating woody biomass (wood and pellets).
The company was founded in 1954 in Porcia (PN) with the production of cement to the interior, to which was added a few years after the industrial processing of marble for flooring and wall coverings.
At the beginning of the 70s begins the first Italian production of prefabricated fireplaces and barbecues complete, made with systems for industrial processing, to meet aesthetic and functional requirements, simple installation.
In subsequent years, started the production of stoves and wood-burning fireplaces and pellet, as a result of the built-in kitchens.
These innovative products are developed in accordance with the highest technological standards and respect for the environment, tested and certified by the most prestigious European Institutes and associations to protect consumers and the environment.
Palazzetti products are approved according to the EU regulations on emissions and yields, mandatory at European level since June 2006.
We invest every year significant human and economic resources in research and development, create new technologies and refine existing ones, launch projects to optimize fuel efficiency and further reduce harmful gas emissions.
To give warmth to every environment by designing systems that respect the ecosystem is our "Mission" .
In practical terms, this is achieved in high performance products that are able to guarantee particularly high performance combustion, that is, with high performance and low emissions in the atmosphere.
So the shape of the fireplace, the study of the combustion air flow and the exhaust fumes, the use of certain materials, the double combustion system, the development of O2Ring, are just some of the technological advances we adopt to make products green .
our project started with the carbon footprint analysis of the production cycle.
The new Palazzetti pellet stoves are certified Clean Air (see video) with a very high efficiency.
An innovative pellet starburst system allows you to optimize yield by breaking the longer pieces.
Technological and comfort management with PPT that provides constant control of all operating parameters.
Newly designed, fully redesigned GIROFUME system keeps it clean and reduces extraordinary maintenance.
The floating brazier ensures that all ashes fall directly and exclusively into the drawer.
Smoke extractor with reinforced elbow, without any welding or junction.
Ever since we decided to focus on design, quality and Italian design, keeping all the work in our national headquarters. Producing in Italy means to assure our customers the highest quality standards and constant, daily verified. It means to enhance our workforce, an irreplaceable heritage of culture, experience, passion and continuity.
All our products are tested and certified according to the most stringent international standards. Brand exposure and the number of certification guarantees that the product purchased has been checked and approved in accordance with the quality standards more stringent.
In practical terms this translates into high performance products that guarantee a combustion performs particularly well in time, that is, with high efficiency and low emissions.
So the shape of the hearth, the study of the path of combustion air and exhaust fumes, the use of certain materials, the dual-combustion system, the development of O2Ring, are just some of the technological devices we use to make products green.
our project started with an analysis of the carbon footprint of the production cycle. | c4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
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Kerry's Axis of Evil »
A Memo to President Obama…
A country already devastated by internecine conflict
…No Unilateral Strike on Syria!!
Once again the saber rattlers in Washington are seriously considering a military action in an Islamic country in order to "liberate" the people from an oppressive government. As the Obama Administration reviews evidence that the Syrian government has used poison gas against opponents of the embattled Assad regime, talk of an air strike in Syria is growing louder even as the polls show that a majority of Americans want no part of it, this writer included.
This growing opposition to American intervention is fueled by a combination of war weariness and the belief that American treasure can be put to better use rebuilding our country and rescuing millions of Americans from economic desperation. There is also widespread skepticism about the so-called "evidence," for it evokes bitter memories of the Bush Administrations "evidence" regarding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Even in a nation famous for historical amnesia, this four trillion dollar debacle has not been forgotten – especially when the American Society of Civil Engineers have calculated that we could have completely rebuilt the entire infrastructure of the US, laying the basis for a new economic takeoff, for half that price.
While I cannot be counted as a fellow isolationist in lockstep with the Libertarians who believe the US should never intervene in the affairs of a sovereign country no matter what, and even oppose the granting of foreign aid – i.e. Ron and Rand Paul – I am nonetheless cautious about American intervention in other countries. Needless to say, as a humanitarian and one who cares deeply about the future of our country, I believe we cannot ignore genuine cases of genocide in the world, and the idea of cutting off all foreign aid from the richest country in on earth is irresponsible and dangerous nonsense!
Like the Chinese, I think our foreign policy should be largely oriented toward aid, trade and technical assistance and less toward military actions. But I also believe that Chinese indifference to questions of human rights in their foreign policy is amoral, such as in the Sudan, and here they can learn something from us.
If morality is to play any role in foreign policy, and I believe the world will be a more dangerous place without it, there are situations where the deployment of military force in a foreign country can be a heroic and benevolent act. The invasion of Nazi Germany to liberate the Jews, and a proposed invasion of Rwanda to prevent genocide are obvious situations where US intervention would be justified.
However more often than not, American military intervention has been a disaster, both for the US and the people in the countries under attack. Iran, Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan, et al are excellent cases in point. Not to mention the countless US interventions in Latin American counties, often subverting the democratic will of the people if it didn't compliment American interests in the region – such as the overthrow of Dr. Salvador Allende in Chile.
In every instance these interventions were justified with high minded rhetoric about promoting freedom and democracy…despite abundant evidence to the contrary. At one point cynics about the real aims of American foreign policy began to refer to the CIA the "Community Interventionist Agency," and the American claim as "freedom fighters" was met with the retort: "Yes, they fight freedom everywhere!"
Obviously, international relations being the complicated mess that it is there is no easy or simple answer to the question of military intervention in foreign countries. While the strict Chinese policy of non-intervention into the internal affairs of other nations serves the interest of China well, since rapid domestic development and modernization is their paramount objective at this juncture in their history, if the rest of the world adopted a similar position every variety of evil tyrant and murderous mad man could use national sovereignty as a shield behind which to commit all manner of evil against their people, including genocide.
The way in which the US has treated Afro-Americans and Native Americans for most of its history is a strong case in point. And although American military power made intervention unthinkable by other countries – even if they had the inclination to do so – the arrival of the Cold War in the mid-twentieth century and the coincidental rise of anti-colonial national liberation movements that resulted in the emergence of a host of newly independent non-white nations exerted tremendous pressure on the US to scrap its racist policies.
For the ruling elites in the US this dramatic about face was not a question of morality, as it is so often represented, but was dictated by the need to win the hearts and minds of the millions who lived in the "Bandung World" in order to prevent them from aligning with the Communist block led by the increasingly powerful, nuclear armed, Soviet Union.
This political reality was far more powerful than moral preachment in convincing many in the US government to dismantle racial apartheid. Hence as a member of a powerless minority that has suffered great oppression from our government and witnessed genocide against Native Americans, I could never be persuaded to adopt a position of non-intervention no matter what that is the mantra of the Libertarian fringe of the Republican Party.
Having said this however, I feel that the US cannot continue to pursue go it alone policies, as if America has been appointed the moral arbiter of the world by some divine power – as some of my fellow citizens appear to believe. For we have neither the wisdom nor the wealth to carry out such a task. Hence the Obama Administration must heed the warning of the United Nations not to launch a unilateral strike, or an attack by an American made "coalition of the willing" such as we witnessed in Iraq. Instead the US government must follow the norms of international law, and submit their findings before the UN and allow the international community of nations to act on it.
It is no secret that I believe that in messy matters of foreign policy President Obama has acted with Solomonic wisdom. Yet because his actions must be governed by the imperatives of defending American interests in the world, while protecting the homeland against terrorist assault from the Islamic Jihadists, he will never satisfy the committed pacifist or the self-righteous ideologues on the left.
The President is about to make what I believe will prove to be a foreign policy blunder of historic proportions if he plunges headlong into the Syrian conflict without a genuine debate in the UN, and awaiting the unbiased conclusion of the international team of UN weapons inspectors who are assessing the situation on the ground in Syria.
Are more bombs the answer here?
A country in desperate need of peace
If we have learned anything from the colossal blunder in Iraq it is the folly of launching a military assault based on inadequate or inaccurate information. The fact that there may have been toxic gas used in Syria, as the intelligence seems to suggest, does not tell us who used it. And of this we must be sure before we commit American blood and treasure in that conflict.
Furthermore, even if the Obama Administration is convinced that their intelligence proves it was the Syrian government – who controls one of the largest stock piles of chemical weapons on earth – that gave the order, they must still submit that evidence and allow the UN to adjudicate the matter.
We should also have learned by now that it is far easier to start a war than to end one, as the present attempts to disengage from a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan makes all too clear. And that sometimes the "cure" turns out to be worse than the disease…especially in the Islamic world, a region of unfathomable complexities and contradictions. The Syrian situation has the warning "beware of quagmires!" emblazoned all over it like a flashing neon sign. For all these reasons, and possibly more, the US must not launch a unilateral attack on Syria!
Playthell G. Benjamin
This entry was posted on August 29, 2013 at 3:47 am and is filed under On Foreign Affairs, On War and Peace in the Mid East!, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUfGHxK2li-F6Jzub0 | Tinker Town Tiger: God it's a great life, isn't it?
God it's a great life, isn't it?
Remember the fallen soldiers who lost their life fighting for our country.
How can we give back to the people laying in the graveyards all over America who were the veteran of the American armed forces?
By protesting against President Donald Trump "pulling your own weight Presidency" because they like being deadbeat cry babies scared to death of really working for a living?
Identifying with this country's US Government socialism.
And somehow able to have the option to keep living off of this country's social welfare system, like food stamps, health car, free government loans that they the protesters has no intention of paying back.
Having a lot of time to protest in support of the media ever convenient fake news but not enough energy for work, and riding the every day make a living grindstone.
Yeah, some people can give back to the memory of this country fallen soldiers by being an ingrate to who really died in fighting for our country's victory over the dark political beliefs in our enemies like Hitler, Stalin, and Osama bin Laden.
Fighting against all of this countries enemies who tried very hard to defeat our way of life in War.
In the memory of the fallen in World War I, and II, Korea, Vietnam, 9-11, and in the Middle East today.
Thank God I am not an infernal grip complaining and protesters against my countries President today on Memorial Day 2017. No, I am simply feeling gratitude and appreciation for the people who lost their life while wearing the military uniform of the United States of America.
Because their kind of love is plenty good enough for me.
I sometimes feel alone walking around the graveyard of these men and women who lost their life prematurely fighting for their country in war. And I always seem to naturally feel sad about their personalities being who they were in life, and the lost of them just being people like you and me.
"And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him." | c4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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BkiUfP7xK3YB9i3RNW9k | UN and humanitarian partners launch appeal to support Lebanon recovery
posted on Aug. 18, 2020 at 10:36 pm
New York/Beirut, 14 August 2020) The UN and humanitarian partners have launched a US$565 million appeal to help the people of Lebanon move from immediate life-saving humanitarian relief towards recovery and eventually longer-term economic recovery, following the Beirut Port explosions.
The series of devastating explosions on 4 August destroyed most of the port, flattened surrounding neighbourhoods, damaged six hospitals and more than 20 health clinics, and destroyed 120 schools. It left 178 people dead, 6,568 injured, and thousands homeless.
The appeal seeks funds for humanitarian partners to help people in need in Lebanon by targeting:
Food security – with the immediate delivery of hot meals and food rations and deliveries to stabilize the national grain supply.
Health – through the rehabilitation of damaged health facilities, and the provision of trauma kits and essential medications.
Shelter – by providing cash for shelter for families who relocated due to damage to or destruction of their home and funding the repair of common building areas and facilities that were affected by the blast.
Education – including repairing schools and providing education supplies and psychological support for children.
The Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon/Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator, Najat Rochdi, said:
"The scale of the loss from the Beirut explosions is so vast it is likely every single person in Lebanon has been touched by this terrible event. I have seen firsthand the destruction and the fear, but I have also witnessed the remarkable strength and dignity of the people of Lebanon, who have reached out to assist each other with love and compassion.
"The task of rebuilding peoples lives and recovering from the devastation is only just beginning. I urge the international community to demonstrate their steadfast commitment to the people of Lebanon and repay in turn Lebanons incredible generosity to Syrian and Palestine refugees with full financial support for this appeal."
The explosions came as Lebanon faces a multi-faceted crisis. In recent months, economic contraction, increasing poverty, and rising prices have compounded needs among Lebanese and non-Lebanese communities, including the large Syrian and Palestine refugee populations. Meanwhile, increasing COVID-19 transmission is straining the countrys health systems. As of 12 August, 7,413 total cases had been recorded. Fifty per cent of total infections recorded to date have been diagnosed in the past two weeks alone.
Todays appeal seeks funds for costs associated with the first two phases of what will be a three-phase response to the explosions. The immediate humanitarian response, which has been swift and wide-ranging, is the first phase. It must quickly move into the second phase – recovery and reconstruction, which will cost billions of dollars and require a mix of public and private finance. The third element is responding to Lebanons pre-existing socioeconomic crisis which is already exacerbated by COVID-19.
The humanitarian community is committed to supporting the people of Lebanon at this difficult time. UN agencies and partners – including national and international NGOs, as well as volunteers and local communities – are working round the clock to support the response to the explosions. This support includes:
UNHCR-run mobile health clinics are providing medicines and health services to those most in need with more than 2,000 people receiving medication for acute and chronic conditions.
UNICEF has facilitated the logistics and distribution of 10,000 tetanus vaccines, 42 emergency kits and emergency drugs to primary health care centres in need.
Some 5,000 female hygiene kits have been provided to affected women and girls, following a UNICEF rapid needs assessment. UNICEF is also providing food and water alongside clothes and detergents to 700 children and their caregivers.
A WFP shipment of 17,500 metric tons of wheat flour is due to arrive at the temporarily operational Port of Beirut. The first wheat flour shipment is due to arrive by 20 August.
UNFPA is supporting an estimated 129,000 women and girls displaced by the Beirut explosion, including roughly 4,000 expectant mothers.
WHO has delivered trauma and surgical supplies to 10 major hospitals. They contain essential medicines and medical supplies needed to immediately support more than 1,000 trauma interventions and 1,000 surgical interventions.
Mobile medical units operated by Amel Association, International Medical Corps, and Caritas have been deployed in several affected areas, to reach the most vulnerable, including the elderly and people with disabilities.
Shelter Sector partners, working closely with the Lebanese Red Cross and other partners, have conducted more than 3,500 emergency shelter needs assessments and distributed 839 shelter kits (including plastic tarpaulins, timber and ironmongery) in affected neighbourhoods.
Caritas has distributed home appliances and baby items to 40 families, hygiene kits to 133 people, hot meals to 30,000 people and food to 700 people in need.
The appeal is available online.
Zoe Paxton, OCHA New York, + 1 917 297 1542, [email protected]
Jens Laerke, OCHA Geneva, +41 79 472 9750, [email protected]
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Press freedom in Iraq: Why some journalists are receiving death threats | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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DiNatale Seafood sells live lobsters, fresh and prepared seafood at reasonable prices. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdgU5qWTD6ix2jUD6 | The City of Kirksville has been recognized for excellence in its governmental accounting and financial reporting.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada awarded Kirksville its Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, according to a city press release. The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association of nearly 18,000 government finance workers.
"The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management," the city release said.
Kirksville's annual financial report was judged by an impartial panel to meet high standards of disclosure and clear communication. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUcg025V5ha7jY8Mqy | Lennart Benny Olofsson, född 26 januari 1969 i Göteborg, är en svensk armborstskytt i sportingklassen och tävlar för Göteborgs armborstklubb.
Meriter (i sporting)
VM-silver i 3D 2007 (i lag med Mikael Bergman och Tom Harrysson)
Kom femma individuellt i VM 3D 2007
SM-guld 2008 (inomhus)
SM-guld 2007 (inomhus)
SM-guld 2007, 2008 (utomhus)
SM-guld 2007 (3D)
SM-silver 2008 (3D)
Benny var 2007 rankad som nr 1 i Sverige bland sportingskyttarna.
Satta Svenska rekord (i Sporting)
280p, 30 pilar på 18m på en 40 cm tavla (2008-04-19)
273p, 30 pilar på 18m på en 40 cm tavla (2007-03-31) (Slaget av B. Olofsson själv)
551p, 60 pilar på 18m på en 40 cm tavla (2008-04-19)
535p, 60 pilar på 18m på en 40 cm tavla (2007-03-31) (Slaget av B. Olofsson själv)
180p, 20 pilar på 35m på en 60 cm tavla (2007-06-30) (Slaget av G. Malmborg)
184p, 20 pilar på 45m på en 60 cm tavla (2007-06-28)
156p, 20 pilar på 45m på en 60 cm tavla (2007-07-01) (Slaget av B. Olofsson själv)
173p, 20 pilar på 55m på en 60 cm tavla (2007-06-30)
541p, 20 pilar på vardera 35, 45 & 55m på en 60 cm tavla (2007-06-28)
508p, 20 pilar på vardera 35, 45 & 55m på en 60 cm tavla (2007-06-30) (Slaget av B. Olofsson själv)
1078p, 40 pilar på vardera 35, 45 & 55m på en 60 cm tavla (2007-06-28)
994p, 40 pilar på vardera 35, 45 & 55m på en 60 cm tavla (2007-07-01) (Slaget av B. Olofsson själv)
Referenser
Svenska armborstunionen (SAU)
armborst.se
Fotnoter
Svenska armborstskyttar
Män
Födda 1969
Levande personer
Idrottare från Göteborg | wikipedia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUf2bxK19JmhArGCLV | Summary- Frito-Lay is a division of PepsiCo, a New York-based diversified consumer goods and services firm. Frito-Lay is a nationally recognized leader in the manufacture and marketing of snack foods. The company's leaders in the snack industry include potato chips, tortilla chips, cheese puffs and pretzels. Frito-Lay not only had net sales in 1985 of three billion but also captured about thirty three percent of the snack foods sold in the United States. When Frito-Lay first got into the dip industry they introduced two dips, the Jalapeno Bean Dip and Enchilada Bean Dip.
These two dips were generally viewed as a complement to the companies Fritos corn chip. In 1978 a Picante Sauce Dip was introduced to complement the newly introduced Tostitos chips. These three dips were the only Frito-Lay dips sold until 1983. The growing dip popularity accelerated the extension of the dip product line in 1983. In the early 1984 Frito-Lay introduced a number of cheese-based dips all of which were produced in the same nine ounce cans as the Mexican dips were sold.
According to the marketing director Ben Ball "Cheese dips were a extension of Frito-Lay's tortilla chip business and were a response to the Mexican food phenomenon sweeping the country. " From 1983 to 1985 the Jalapeno Bean Dip and Picante Sauce Dip showed steady although slow growth, despite this they were dropped from the Mexican Dip line in mid-1985 as a result of falling sales. When the line was dropped Frito-Lay anticipated that consumers would switch to the other types of Mexican dips that were sold, but the consumers did not and Frito-Lay ended up losing customers.
Nevertheless, dips were a highly profitable product line. Prior to line until the introduction of the cheese dips in late 1983. After the introduction of the cheese dip line, Frito-lay began promoting all of their dips, but almost all of their marketing efforts were steered toward retail-store snack food buyers in the form of trade-oriented promotions. In 1985 the emphases of marketing shifted from Trade Promotions to Consumer promotions. Such consumer promotions included product sampling and couponing to try and promote the trial of new products.
Due to Frito-Lay's new product effort, along with increased competitive activity caused Frito-Lay to further increase consumer activity and promotions in 1986. Dips are typically used as an appetizer or accompaniment to a meal. Over the past dip popularity has risen as a result of the convenience of use, multiple uses, and snack trends in the United States. Since the dip trends began to rise large, well financed companies began to aggressively pursue the dip market. Companies that expanded into the dip industry include Campbell Soup and Lipton.
The other major competitors in the dip industry are Kraft, Borden, and a large number of regional diaries. Competitive activity in the dip market accelerated in 1984 and 1985. Other problems in the dip industry include that about 55 percent of prepared dips sold in supermarkets require refrigeration. In these years the numbers of new products were introduced along with rising advertising expenditures. Industry sources estimated that dip competitors combined (Not including Frito-Lay) spent $58 million for advertising alone in 1985.
Problem Definition- The problem first arose in 1986 when Ben Ball, Marketing Director and Ann Mirabito, Product Manager had just completed the planning review line of dips sold by Frito-Lay Inc. Frito-Lay's dips were a highly profitable product that had shown incredible sales growth during the past five years. Sales forecast in 1985 were $87 million, compared to $30 million 19981. The major issue that arose during the meeting was where and how Frito-Lays Dips can be developed further within the dip industry.
One of the main views is that the dip line should be more aggressively promoted in its present market segment. This market segment was broadly defined as the "chip dip" category. The second view is that Frito-Lay should actively pursue the "Vegetable Dip" category. Both views provide a solution to the problem but is still a tough decision to make. Frito-Lay executives were still unsure to how much emphasis to place on each market segment. More aggressive marketing would require a larger marketing investment or there is the option of allocating funds.
While at the same time the gross margin and profit contribution of dips would have to be preserved, expense budgets would need special consideration. Expressed at the planning meeting was that Frito-Lay should capitalize on its standpoint in the dip market and build market share. Many arguments were made for this strategy. Research had shown that only 20 percent of chips were eaten with dips at this time. Along with this research showed that only 45 percent of all U. S households used dips in 1985.
Another argument in support of focusing more attention to the chip dip market was that there was a great increase in the competitive activity; forty new Mexican-style dips were launched into the market since 1983. The last argument was that in the past Frito-Lay was not big on the promotion of dips and did not go after the promotions in an aggressive way. The other executives that did not agree with the arguments that were just addressed disputed that the opportunity for Frito-Lay in the chip dip market was less promising. They based their arguments on three main points.
The first is that competitive activity was such that Frito-Lay could only hope to hang on to its position, not improve it, in the chip dip industry. They also felt that the amount of money and time that would have to be put into increasing its position could be better spent on going after the vegetable dip market, where competition was not as strong. The second argument was that Frito-Lay's recent sales growth in dips was due to the introduction of new dip lines and that it was not clear if putting more effort into product line extension would produce growth.
Executives who had concerns about focusing on the chip-dip category also raised a number of points in support of the vegetable dip opportunity. The first major point they noted was that 33 percent of dip sales were linked to vegetables. Industry research had also indicated that only one-fourth of the dollar volume associated with vegetable dipping came from salad dressings. The rest was accounted for by dip mixes and refrigerated dips, also no other competitors had their hands in this market.
The second argument was that researches showed that sour cream based dips were more popular than cheese dips for using vegetables for dipping. The third point was that national trend data indicated that consumers were becoming concerned with the nutritional value and salt content of prepared foods. This was seen as a opportunity to go after the vegetable market and a more healthy way of snacking. The fourth and one of the best arguments was that no major competitor had introduced a shelf stable dip for vegetables.
Frito-Lay was the creator and innovator of the self stable business for chips, and some executives felt that this same opportunity could be captured in the vegetable dip market. The executives who were not in favor of the vegetable dip idea had their own view points about going after this market segment. The first concern was that to go after the vegetable dip opportunity Frito-Lay would have to adopt a totally new sales approach. Even though extensive cost analysis was not conducted, it had been estimated that selling expenses would rise to 25 percent of sales.
Also the sales people for Frito-Lay had never really dealt with merchandising practices having to deal with the product section of the supermarket. A second concern was that arose was that by going this rout Frito-Lay Dips would lose some economies in advertising and merchandising. In the past Frito Lay Dips had been promoted in conjunction with the companies chips and thus created the "Halo Effect" of Frito-Lay snacks. The though process was that with vegetables dips, they would have to "go at it alone" because the halo effect might not be able to translate over to the vegetable dips.
The third and final concern that was expressed was that if they were going to get into the vegetable dip category it would require more than a single item. What is meant by this is that in addition to their already popular French onion flavor, other flavors such as ranch for example would need to be added to the dip line. Such line extensions require additional research and development expenses along with promotional support. This is what was defined as the problem during the planning meeting, and resolutions needed to be sought. SWOT ANALYSIS Chip Dip: Strengths Strong market share •No potential cannibalizationWeaknesses •Historically, Frito-lay have not promoted dips aggressively Opportunities •Only 20% of chips currently eaten with dips •Only 45% of all U. S households use dip in 1985, but 97% use salty snacks •They can spin off other products from these dipsThreats •40 new Mexican style cheese dips had been introduced since 1983 •Believed that Kraft will be introducing additional products in the chip dip market •High competitive activity Vegetable Dip: Strengths •33% of dip sales were linked to vegetablesWeaknesses Distribution through the produce warehouse would involve dealing with supermarket produce buyers and managers •Total new sales approach would be necessary •Frito-Lay dips would lose some economies in advertising and merchandising •Would require more than a single item. Opportunities •Consumers are becoming concerned about the nutritional value of prepared foods. Threats •People consume salad dressing as an alternative Environmental Scan- The estimated total dip sales for 1985 is $620 million. Two-thirds of those sales come from prepared dips. 80% of dip sales come from supermarkets.
The major competitors in the chip dip segment are Kraft, Borden, a large number of regional dairies, and numerous store brand products. 67% of dips are most frequently used with salty snacks and almost all Mexican flavored dips are eaten with chips. The popularity of Mexican food has also shown in the chip dip industry, there have been a number of different Mexican inspired dips released in the market lately. Competitive activity in the dip market has been intense in 1984 and 1985. Numerous products have been introduces and millions has been spent on advertising chip dips to consumers.
Suggested Alternatives- An alternate course of action that could be taken would be to venture into the Vegetable Dip line. It is noted that 33% of dip sales were linked to vegetables. Another opportunity that would further enhance the reason to pursue into the vegetable dip category would be the rising consciousness of health conditions and that consumers are becoming more and more concerned with nutritional value of prepared food. It is also stated that there are no signs of major competitors and would have a strong competitive position in the market if pursued upon.
Recommendation: We have decided to further penetrate the chip-dip market. We are going to develop a brand line called Fiesta Dips. These dips will be a Mexican themed product line and will be promoted together with the Tostitos brand tortilla chips. We have developed the following marketing mix to address how to market this new line. Product: The product will be Frito Lay's new chip dip brand line called Fiesta Dips. The Fiesta dips will be an array of Mexican inspired dips ranging from guacamole, bean dips, cheese flavored dips, salsas, and other Mexican flavored dips.
These dips will be shelf stable dips. Place: The Fiesta dip product line will be offered at all of the current 350,000 outlets across the nation that currently carry Frito Lay dips. The outlets are made up of 34,000 supermarkets, 47,000 convenience stores, and 20,000 non-food outlets. The other remaining outlets are small grocery stores, liquor stores, service stations, and a variety of institutional customers. The large grocery stores will be the ones selling the most volume though. Price: We will implement a comparable pricing strategy.
Although the prices will be comparable to the completion we will strive to achieve market penetration through our promotional efforts, with the BOGOs and such. The price of the Fiesta dips will range from $0. 18/oz, which currently falls into the industry standard of $0. 15-$0. 20/oz. All of the different varieties of dip will be the same price to make BOGOs and other promotions with the Tostitos chips easier for the consumer to mix and match their chip and/or dip selections. Promotion: For promotion strategy we will implement a push strategy.
We will have high distribution and generous discounts for the consumers. As in introductory offer we will have various sales promotions on the Fiesta line of dips. BOGOs on the dips themselves as well as pairing a BOGO with two bags of Tostitos chips the consumer will get a free dip. We will also set up POP displays in all of the major grocery stores showcasing the Fiesta line with recipe pamphlets showing consumers ways they can use the dips as well as other Frito Lay products in recipes. We will also set up free sample tables in select grocery stores.
Frito-Lay is a "perennial rock" in PepsiCo's portfolio, as described by Judy Hong, a stock analyst at Goldman Sachs, and that has helped cushion the company as its cola business struggles.
One major investor, Donald Yacktman of Yacktman Funds, has suggested that PepsiCo rename itself Frito-Lay to reflect the growing importance of that business, and others like Nelson Peltz and Relational Investors have agitated for it to uncouple the snacks business from the drag of its beverage operations.
But Frito-Lay's traditional business — Doritos, Tostitos, Lay's, Rold Gold and other middle-market brands — has slowed as consumer tastes migrate to nuts, dried fruits and snacks made from whole grains.
While the overall $22 billion salty snacks market is losing sales, its $2 billion premium end has grown on average about 7 percent over the last two years, according to Goldman Sachs. Goldman expects sales of snacks in the bottom end of the market to grow about 4 percent a year for the next few years. The vast middle, however, is forecast to grow at just half that rate.
Those other snacks are where Frito-Lay's large competitors like General Mills, Kellogg and Kraft are increasing their activities, which makes the two extremes of the salty snacks market even more attractive.
Frito-Lay has until now largely left the premium end of the market to niche competitors like Pop Chips, Pretzel Crisps and Pirate's Booty and ceded the bottom to grocery store brands.
The company has begun introducing items like Olive Coast, kettle-cooked chips with a Mediterranean twist, and Taqueros, a low-priced tortilla chip to be sold in places like dollar stores.
Existing brands that appeal to more upscale customers are getting new emphasis as well, like Stacy's Pita Chips and Sabra, a line of refrigerated dips that are often packaged with crackers and pretzels that is a joint venture with the Strauss Group. And Cracker Jack is being recast as a brand aimed primarily at Frito-Lay's value shoppers.
"Whether you look at it in terms of price points or customers, there's just more happening on the edges of the market than in the middle right now," said Daniel Naor, senior vice president for growth ventures at Frito-Lay North America.
Mr. Naor's unit operates as a distinct business within Frito-Lay. Started 18 months ago, it already generates roughly $400 million of Frito-Lay's $13.2 billion in North American sales and has expectations of adding another $100 million in revenue this year.
Mr. Naor compared it to Toyota's Lexus brand.
"In the background, there are some common elements — the same factories make both products — but the materials used may be different and they are sold in different outlets," Mr. Naor said.
Not only is the unit coming up with new brands, it also is introducing Frito-Lay's first resealable bags and using a different distribution system.
In the past, Frito-Lay might have pushed new products using its "direct store distribution" system, which relies on Frito-Lay truck drivers to deliver products directly to stores.
Mr. Naor's unit is instead cultivating grocery store deli managers and brokers who sell niche snacks and using warehouses to supply them, relying on relationships that Frito-Lay has already established with outlets like schools and vending machine operators.
Some new premium products are already being sold in Citarella, a high-end food market with stores in New York City, for instance, as well as in the deli sections and so-called natural aisles of major grocery chains. Later this summer, Taqueroswill go on sale in dollar stores,bodegas and other discount outlets.
Mr. Balzer said it was not just Hispanic families who were adding chips to their meals as side dishes. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdq45qsBDFMGks-Uy | 1.You've Googled "Mexican Vacation" and came up with 17.8 million responses. Need a little help editing those choices?
2. Remember when you used that obscure web site to book your hotel, and when you got there, you spent your beach vacation overlooking a parking lot?
3. Did you really mean to spend your honeymoon at that resort whose one tiny pool was filled all day with screaming kids?
4. Who knew that when you booked that "villa" in Tuscany, it would be a small room with a kitchenette and no air conditioning? Funny, it looked much better on your computer screen.
5. No one explained to you that in July, it's winter in Rio, and so you showed up there with nothing but Hawaiian shirts and swimsuits.
6. How about the time you needed a restful vacation and ended up in New Orleans during Mardi Gras and someone threw up on your shoes?
7. Yes, I guess that hotel must have used a telephoto lens when they took a picture of those guest rooms that you saw on the web site.
8. I suppose contacting the Attorney General to resolve the fact that the Internet site has billed your credit card three times instead of once is the only route to take at this point.
9. It was definitely odd that there were no cab drivers at the airport at 3am when your plane finally landed in Costa Rica, but booking a transfer to your very remote hotel would have been a good thing to remember when you booked your airline ticket and hotel on line.
10. Oh, no one told you that the flight had a 12 hour layover- and it was going to be overnight? Oh, they didn't tell you that the connecting flight was in a different airport, either? | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUc9g4uBhizKycih7H | Cons? What cons could there possibly be for traveling with your dog? You're traveling with your best friend!
Okay so picture it. There you are with your four-legged best friend and you've got your passport and your dog's pet passport in your hand. You're ready to take on the world! And believe me, it's a wonderful world out there filled with tons of new scents, sights and of course food!
Even better, the world is slowly catching on to the idea that dogs are family and now in some cities, we can all go inside places such as pubs, restaurants, cafes, and even supermarkets. We could even join our humans on trains, planes, busses and ferries.
But before your pup can leave any paw prints in a new country you should know that there are few drawbacks to travelling with your doggy. But of course, there are many more pros!
It wasn't all smooth sailing while we journeyed around the world.
Let's start with the most challenging part and that is the means of travelling. While there are many airlines out there that would permit bringing a smaller dog onboard, like a chihuahua, a pug or pomeranian, not many of them allow us, ahem, bigger dogs to go in the cabin.
The larger dogs, usually 20 lbs. or more, typically go in the cargo hold. There are a few airlines that don't have weight limits, instead they have size limits which means that your pet should be able to fit in a pet carrier that goes under a seat, no matter the weight.
I don't know about you but I can't picture a Great Dane curling himself up to go under an airplane seat.
This means that unless your medium or big dog is a support animal who needs to accompany you up in the cabin, then the cargo is the likely way to go if you want to travel to another destination by air.
Fortunately, the cargo hold in many airlines such as British Airways, Virgin and Air France are climate-controlled.
Most airlines also have seasonal restrictions which means they won't fly if it's too hot or too cold out there. Other airlines also have breed restrictions for snub-nosed pets.
For this you might have to do a bit of research on which airlines could take your pet.
Even if you choose not to take a plane into another country and you want to go by ferry, car or other means, you might still have to bring paperwork the size of a rolled-up newspaper to enter that country.
Each country has its own importation and exportation requirements when it comes to us dogs (or cats, mice, donkeys, etc.).
I find that Europe is quite simple to travel around as a dog and there's 28 member states in the European Union that you can visit with your paws and mark your territory! That includes the four countries in the United Kingdom…for now anyway!
All you've got to do is get your handy pet passport from a vet in an EU country and that includes all your dog's vaccines, microchip information, and other stuff that's needed when wandering into another country within the EU.
The pet passport can act as an all in one document whenever you enter the EU from another country that's outside of the EU. Pretty handy I would say. That's why I never leave home without it!
Now once you get the means of travel and paperwork out of the way then you could stroll around a new city or get lost in the wilderness of a new country with your pooch. Don't forget to bring your camera. And lots of treats!
Oof. There's no sign I like less than that awful 'no dogs allowed' sign. You know which one I speak of. The one with the big red circle and the diagonal line in the middle. If only I could make an even bigger sign that says 'no "no dogs allowed signs" allowed'. That would show them.
Alas, me and my human have run into many of these signs while travelling around to different cities. This could be a bit of a headache if you're hungry or thirsty and you're out and about with your dog and want to enter a restaurant.
Sometimes lady luck will smile upon us and there will be an outdoor seating area where we can join you and sometimes the waiter even brings a bowl of water for us.
We found that many places in Europe do allow dogs to go inside cafes and restaurants. These are countries such as France, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and some cities in the UK. But in case you find yourself in less dog-friendly countries then you'll have to eat outside most of the time.
So how about those other places that you go to while travelling? Well, I can safely say that most cathedrals that I've come across throughout Europe are a no go. That's a shame because us dogs would probably find it very peaceful in there.
Most museums are also a no go and even a few parks, especially those with historical significance, will carry these terrible 'no dogs allowed' signs.
As for supermarkets, I've only been to a handful around Belgium and a Greek island where I was allowed inside. For other stores such as clothing shops, well it's quite simple, unless there's a sign saying no dogs, we assume it's safe to go inside and we even give a courtesy heads up to an employee about bringing me in. I suggest doing the same.
Busses, trains and trams also have their own pet policies.
So if you're travelling with your hound, just be aware that there will be lots of times when you will come face-to-face with these signs.
But think of it this way, if that place doesn't let your dog in, then why go there? Go to another place, or make a better adventure out of it.
The beauty of traveling is that you come across people from all over the world with different cultures and customs. When you travel with your dog, you will come across some people who will absolutely love your dog and want to say hello (see Pros below), but other times you'll come across people who may not be too keen on your pup running around off lead.
If you take public transport while traveling in a new country, you'll also get plenty of stares from people while you're with your dog. Some of them curious, others might glare at you. The truth is not everyone looks at dogs as family. Rather they may look at them as unsanitary animals, or if they're from another country they might look at them in fear.
In many countries, there are plenty of stray dogs around and some may even be feral which can lead to a fear for dogs.
Me and my human just go about our business and our travels and pay no mind to others unless they say hi. Of course, we're also respectful in terms of space for other people.
Somebody's got to carry all that dog luggage right? We need to eat and drink. And if you're a fashionable pooch or a snow-lover, then maybe you have to pack an extra coat or two. This of course means a bit more weight in your suitcase.
Don't forget me or my bags!
Traveling with a dog isn't easy. But it's worth it!
Imagine all the new smells your dog will get to experience when you take them to an open market in France or a forest in England (mostly manure). Your dog will want to pull you to where all the best smells are. Of course, the new scents are not the only experience. It will be mentally stimulating for your dog to be around all these different sights, sounds and tastes. And of course, so many cool places to mark their territory.
If your dog is a people lover, then travelling to new cities will be right up their alley. There'll also be new friends that they'll be able to make (more on that later).
Think about all the great memories you can look forward to making when you bring your dog with you on a new adventure. It's a beautiful shared experience and we think life is meant to be shared with those you love.
One day, you'll be able to look back and see that you gave your best friend a wonderful and adventurous life.
We recommend taking that camera and capturing some amazing photos with your best friend that you'll always be able to look back to. Your dog will thank you for taking them along on the journey and believe me when I say that they always love spending time with you!
Your dog will likely meet so many people as well as other animal friends which will only be a great thing for the dog's socialization skills.
Going to big cities like Rome or Barcelona, it's inevitable that you'll see tons of people and some might want to pet your dog. This is a great way to showcase how friendly your dog is and if they love people, then this will be a truly great experience for them.
Traveling around cities or even in the outdoors, you'll likely come across other pets and other animals which means your dog will get to meet more friends to play with.
By the time you're done exploring London or Paris with your pooch, they'll be a bona fide social butterfly and the talk of the city.
If you're backpacking with your canine in a strange new country where you may not know anyone then consider yourself to be in possession of the world's greatest icebreaker.
People will come up to you just to say hi to your dog and if they see you with your backpack or suitcase then they'll be even more curious about you and your travels with your buddy. They'll talk to you and before you know it you'll have new friends.
During our travels, we've met quite a few people who've stopped and said hi to us purely because they also have a bull terrier and can't resist saying hi to a handsome son of a gun like myself. I'm getting carried away here, but you know what I mean. After that we all become friends and hang out at another point. Chances are there's even people out there who would want to say hi to your dog and before you know it, a stranger becomes friends and your travels become enriched.
We have friends around the world who my human would've never met if it wasn't for me.
There's a saying out there that strangers are just friends who you haven't met yet and we believe having a dog is definitely a key to unlocking an entirely different world of friendships out there.
Ok so I said strangers are just friends who you haven't met yet. But sometimes, if you're a tourist in a strange country where you may not know the language, then having a dog by your side is to your advantage when faced against certain kinds of strangers.
It's a fact that many locals try to take advantage of tourists. Either by selling them things they don't need, ripping them off, pickpocketing, or worse yet, mugging or other violence. But when you have Fido at your side, well then, that could scare off some people. Unless you have a chihuahua or pomeranian, which in case, good luck! I'm joking, they're also very useful because you'll likely look like a local rather than a tourist.
As an aside, there's nothing more annoying than having people come to you and try to sell you things that you don't want while all you're trying to do is take photos of the Colosseum in Rome. It's because you're a tourist and chances are, you look like one. But if you have a dog, then forget it. Most people will think you live there and won't try to take advantage of you.
Having a dog by your side will take you to places that you would've never gone to if you went without one. You'll want to take the scenic route or the long way so your dog can get more exercise or stimulation.
This different itinerary could mean a long walk over an iconic bridge or through different streets filled with unique attractions.
You'll also venture to pet friendly cafes and bars, which in my experience, always offer up extremely friendly staff. These places will also take pride in being pet friendly so their service will likely be top notch!
As for you outdoorsy types, you'll get a kick out of taking your four-legged friend out into the wilderness and playing fetch or chase or run alongside them. Imagine your pet doing a rollover trick with a view of the Alps. All because you wanted to take them out for some exercise!
I've gone on wonderful bike rides in the city and countryside before because I wasn't allowed on busses and as an outcome, we got to see more things!
Finding out how dog-friendly a city is could make you want to move there. Once you bring your best friend to cities such as Prague, Strasbourg or Brighton, you'll want to move there so you can spend more time with your pet.
The best thing in the world for them is that they'll get to hang out with your more, whether that's sitting beside you while you have a beer at the pub, or shopping for a new suitcase.
This is the greatest pro to bringing your dog when you travel. It's all about them and their happiness! You won't leave them behind in a pet hotel or a kennel while you're busy exploring the ruins of Pompeii. Instead, they're right beside you leaving paw prints all over the world.
Now go and get that pet passport and get traveling! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdIE4ukPiEbA1tAgK | Fox Rothschild's Aviation Practice provides experienced counsel with a deep understanding of industry standards and client challenges based on lifelong interaction within, and familiarity with, the industry.
Aviation is a significant and rapidly expanding industry, both in the U.S. and globally. The business of flight in all its forms — from corporate and commercial to cargo and military — is projected to grow exponentially over the next 20 years.
This fast-paced development, combined with complex issues that are part and parcel of the aviation industry — a complex regulatory scheme, ever-advancing technology, significant litigation exposure and tight competition — make aviation law among the most challenging in the contemporary legal landscape. These same characteristics make it imperative for aviation clients to seek out attorneys who are experienced, both in terms of their legal practice and knowledge of the business of flight.
Fox handles all forms of aviation-related litigation, including commercial disputes, aviation accident litigation, aircraft product liability litigation and general business issues and contract disputes, both in the United States and internationally. We also represent aviation industry clients before the Federal Aviation Administration and other regulatory matters. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUgI_xK6EuNCwyyC8j | Casa Del Formaggio
House of Cheese
Mozzarella Fior di Latte, made from fresh cow's milk, is a soft and delicate stringy cheese with a fresh milky taste. Our soft mozzarella packed in liquid is excellent for making Caprese salad, while our Filoni or roll packed dry is used for pizza and a variety of recipes.
Burrata meaning "buttery" in Italian, has an outside shell that is made of a thin mozzarella and a mixture of stringy mozzarella pieces and cream inside.
Best eaten immediately at room temperature and removed from its liquid for at least 30 minutes. It goes well with salads, breads, tomatoes, flavored olive oil, and as pizza and pasta topping.
Caciocavallo in Italian means "Cheese on horseback", coming from the fact the cheese is left to dry by hanging it on a horizontal stick. Our Caciocavallo is made from pure cow's milk and aged from 1-3 months. Similar in taste to Provolone, Caciocavallo is a pasta filata cheese that has a mild flavor and a firm smooth texture. It goes well with fruits or grated and baked on toast or other baked dish.
ASSIAGO ALTO
This semi-firm cheese is smooth and has a mild sweet buttery flavor. With a creamy texture and delicate aroma, it is great melted on paninis, served on cheese platters or paired with fruit and wine.
CACIOTTA
The traditional farmhouse cheese. It has a semi-soft texture with a creamy firm consistency, with flavors ranging from mild to buttery when young, to tangy and sharp as it ages.
CACIOTTA PICCANTE – sharper and tangier flavor as it gets older, and still creamy in consistency
CACIOTTA DE MURCIA – name adopted from our town, young cheese with mild buttery flavor
CACIOTTA STAGIONATA – aged 60 days onwards, has a drier and sharp flavor
STRACCHINO
Stracchino or Crescenza, made from fresh cow's milk high in butterfat, has a very soft creamy texture with a mild, delicate and a slight tangy, milky and tart flavor. This rindless cheese is served fresh on toast, drizzled with honey, or as filling for flat breads.
This soft creamy cheese has a fresh mild flavor and great paired with honey, fruits, chocolate and nuts. Also excellent in pastas and cakes.
Our fresh Fetta is a compact cheese made from full cow's milk and has a mild salty and tangy flavor. Great addition to salad.
KESONG PUTI
Our very own Filipino cheese, made from pure cow's milk and has a smooth texture and mild flavor compared to the traditionally saltier versions made locally.
ROBIOLA
It is a fresh soft-ripened cheese of the Stracchino family. It has a smooth, tangy and mildly sour flavor. Usually eaten on its own or with a little honey.
With chili pepper flakes, this cheese blends our mild table cheese with the hot taste of red peppers. Great additional to antipasto platters and salads.
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BkiUdms5qg5A6DwoMocN | Rackflip has announced the released of several new ReFills and a Big Holiday Sale.
Rackflip, the Indie ReFill Gallery, is celebrating the holiday season with a boatload of new releases, a bunch of awesome new sound designers and a massive store-wide sale.
For a limited time, just enter the code HAPPYHOLIDAYS at checkout and take 30% off your entire order. That includes new releases, and even the already super-discounted ReFill Bundles. Lots of awesome savings to be had! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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BkiUgR_xK6EuNCwyyMrk | Starting a group home can be a rewarding way to make a living. With a group home, you have a chance to make a real difference in the lives of disadvantaged children. In return, you receive love from your residents and the satisfaction that you made a positive difference in their lives. If you like caring for people, then a group home business will be fun and a perfect fit for you.
he demand for group homes is growing. New group homes fill up as soon as they open. Given the high demand, this is one of the few good businesses to start right now during the economic downturn. To make it even better, President Obama has said that he will expand social services during his presidency, and this will only help anyone starting a group home today. With housing prices dropping dramatically, owning a group home is affordable and can be a great second career opportunity during these depressed economic times.
Here are the problems people wanting to start their own group homes have to overcome. First, there are many rules and regulations when starting a group home. It can all be confusing!
- Do you register with the state or local government?
- Which foster care classes do you take or do you need to take classes for Juvenile Probation Placement?
- Is your home inspected?
- What qualifications are required?
- Where do you send the documents?
- Who do you speak to?
- Where do you find the contacts?
It seems so complicated and overwhelming. There is no a lot of information available on how to start a group home. If you do find information they don't give you the knowledge and they dont tell you everything about running a group home. Because of all of these barriers, so many people dreaming of helping others through owning a group home just give up. Wrong information is given to you, lots of documents to fill out and so on. This doesn't have to happen to you. When you want your own group home, you can start with confidence and without anything stopping you.
Dao Group adds family foster homes to our comprehensive system of care. We recruit, train, license and follow up with quality control with these very special foster parents. These parents work in close partnership with our staff to support these children.
Dao Group can show you how to start and run your business from your home. Dao Group will tell you what qualifications are necessary to be a group home owner and director. Being a part of Dao Group means you have a support system in place because supporting our foster parents is one of the best ways to support our children. Our goal is to find, train and support culturally accepting and diverse families willing and able to support, nurture, empower and keep safe neglected and abused children. You now can make a nice income from your group home business while helping and caring for others.
If you would like to start a group home please contact Dao Group at (877) 435-6030 or email us at careers@daogroup.org. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdQg4dbgg1iRCUq6i | "A week of fighting for freedom from debt"
The Global Week of Action against Debt and IFIs; a global mobilization that is gaining strength in Spain.
From October 8th to 15th, the Global Week of Action against Debt will be celebrated worldwide. The Citizen Debt Audit Platform (PACD) has joined this initiative and is planning numerous actions and activities in various cities in Spain to denounce the illegitimacy of debt and social cuts.
October 4th, 2012 - The Citizen Debt Audit Platform (PACD - www.auditoriaciudadana.net/en) joins international mobilisations against debt as part of the Global Week of Action against Debt and IFIs. This week's fight was established in the World Social Forum at Nairobi in 2007, to denounce the injustice of foreign debt on peripheral states and the submission policies imposed by multilateral agencies like the International Monetary Fund IMF
http://imf.org or the World Bank World Bank
. "During the last five years, this week was held in Spain without much impact, but this year is due to become one of the biggest social mobilization weeks, since foreign debt also threatens our economy and subjugates our democracy" says one of the PACD activists.
The PACD states that, "as what happened from the 80's with the people of Latin America, Africa or Asia, debt has become, in our country and in the European periphery, the financial power's instrument of mass domination to also subjugate European democracies. The most blatant interference of international agencies in our sovereignty occurred last year with the shameful constitutional reform to prioritize debt repayment over people's rights, without any social consultation".
They claim that "a new blow to our fragile democracy is being prepared by the European Stability Mechanism ESM
European Stability Mechanism The European Stability Mechanism is a European entity for managing the financial crisis in the Eurozone. In 2012, it replaced the European Financial Stability Facility and the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, which had been implemented in response to the public-debt crisis in the Eurozone. It concerns only EU member States that are part of the Eurozone. If there is a threat to the stability of the Eurozone, this European financial institution is supposed to grant financial 'assistance' (loans) to a country or countries in difficulty. There are strict conditions to this assistance.
http://www.esm.europa.eu/ (ESM), which will subject us to the dictates of the International Monetary Fund and its sadly famous Structural Adjustment Structural Adjustment Economic policies imposed by the IMF in exchange of new loans or the rescheduling of old loans.
IMF : http://www.worldbank.org/ Programmes that devastated the economies of poor countries for decades. Theft of popular sovereignty has made clear that democracy is incompatible with capitalism".
For this, they state that "debt is illegitimate because, as in peripheral countries, it has been induced by financial powers to subdue populations to their private interests. In addition, most of Spanish public debt has been subscribed to benefit a small elite in detriment of the majority. The clearest example is seen in the bank rescue, which has meant more than 215,000 million euros to the public treasury, to which we must add the 100,000 million bailout fund that the EU has made available for Spanish banks and which the State is the ultimate guarantor. Private debt becomes public debt and we are all made to pay, never benefiting from it, rather the contrary, for debt payment implies a huge drawdown of resources that ensure basic rights such as health, education, pensions or decent wages".
Therefore, the PACD has started a citizen debt audit process to demonstrate the illegitimacy of public debt and private state guaranteed debt, to repudiate its payment and demand civil and criminal liability for those who generated it. They call on all people to join this process and hit the streets on the Global Week of Action against Debt, specially on October 13th, (http://www.globalnoise.net/) to defend our sovereignty and shout out loud and clear: DON'T OWE! WON'T PAY!
The activities planned for this week in different cities are available on the web: http://www.auditoriaciudadana.net/en, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AuditoriaCiudadanaDeuda and Twitter: @AuditCiudadana
auditciudadana at gmail.com
@AuditCiudadana
www.auditoriaciudadana.net
Spanish State
29 April 2021 - Eric Toussaint
Tourism: the false fix – concentration of profits and social debt
5 March 2019 - Marta Ill Raga
Rodrigo Rato condemned. The IMF bad streak continues.
17 October 2018 - CADTM
"Castor Case" citizen lawsuit
7 March 2018 - [fr]Collectif[es]Colectivo[en]Collective[pt]Coletivo
Barcelona Rental Market Is Out of Control
9 February 2018 - Don Quijones | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
BkiUfBU5qhDCeBHYr7On | Whether you're a homeowner, realtor, re-habber, or insurance agent we can help you or your client with one item or a list of projects. We've helped many homeowners and real estate agents get homes ready to sell.
Maybe you just want to update your home and enjoy it or dress it up for a graduation or big life event. We will service the short or long lists of projects.
One of our customers had such a long list, we divided the job into three phases. Each phase was about 25 projects long. You probably want to take care of repairs and maintenance items before your list gets that long!
This is not an exhaustive list by any means but some of the common projects we can do for you are below. If you need help with something that's not on the list give us a call. If we can't do it we probably know someone who can.
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return {
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name: 'body'
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BkiUdmI4ubng5asjo3Yc | 3/9 at 10:58 p.m. John Sullivan, 69, of South Portland, was arrested on Highland Avenue by Officer Anthony Verville on a charge of operating under the influence.
3/10 at 8:34 p.m. David L. Bryer, 24, of South Portland, was arrested on Derby Road by Officer Michael Armstrong on a charge of operating under the influence.
3/13 at 5:41 p.m. Courtney Hillenbrandt, 22, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was arrested on Westbrook Street by Officer Michael Armstrong on charges of operating without a license and violating conditions of release.
3/13 at 6:14 p.m. James J. Cullum, 44, of South Portland, was arrested on Lincoln Street by Officer Eric Young on charges of indecent conduct, operating without a license and operating under the influence.
3/13 at 9:52 p.m. Darrick Wilcox, 26, of South Portland, was arrested on Haskell Avenue by Officer Caleb Gray on an outstanding local warrant.
3/14 at 12:45 a.m. Ryan E. Hayes, 45, of Portland, was arrested on the Casco Bay Bridge by Officer Daniel Purinton on charges of operating with a suspended registration and operating under the influence.
3/14 at 10:11 p.m. Derek W. E. Whitten, 28, of South Portland, was arrested on Stone Drive by Officer Eric Young on charges of reckless conduct and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.
3/8 at 6:42 p.m. A 12-year-old male, of South Portland, was issued a summons on East Wainwright Circle by Officer Nicholas Dascanio on a charge of robbery.
3/9 at 11:55 a.m. Valen M. Mays, 34, of Gray, was issued a summons at Cash Corner by Officer Rocco Navarro on charges of operating with a suspended or revoked license and violating conditions of release.
3/9 at 6:55 p.m. A 15-year-old female, of Portland, was issued a summons on Maine Mall Road by Officer Jesse Peasley on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking.
3/9 at 6:55 p.m. A 15-year-old female, of Scarborough, was issued a summons on Maine Mall Road by Officer Jesse Peasley on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking.
3/11 at 10:16 a.m. Sylvia Thompson, 75, of South Portland, was issued a summons on Broadway by Officer Rocco Navarro on a charge of operating an unregistered vehicle.
3/11 at 12:38 p.m. Michael Frisco, 46, of Buxton, was issued a summons on Main Street by Lt. Todd Bernard on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license.
3/11 at 1:39 p.m. Elizabeth Peary, 34, of South Portland, was issued a summons on Main Mall Road by Officer Rocco Navarro on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license.
3/11 at 2:02 p.m. Dylan Thibodeau-Perry, 27, of Scarborough, was issued a summons on Main Street by Officer Philip Longanecker on a charge of operating an unregistered vehicle.
3/12 at 3:15 a.m. Sophoeun Im, 23, of Portland, was issued a summons on Interstate 295 by Officer Geoffrey Edwards on a charge of operating under the influence.
3/12 at 5:54 p.m. Zachary Griffin, 25, of South Portland, was issued a summons on Broadway by Officer Michael Armstrong on a charge of displaying a fictitious inspection sticker.
3/14 at 11:14 a.m. John M. Lane, 36, of South Portland, was issued a summons on Westbrook Street by Officer Philip Longanecker on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license.
3/14 at 1:39 p.m. Jessica Dudley, 34, of Windham, was issued a summons on Maine Mall Road by Officer Jeffrey Pooler on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking.
3/15 at 1:35 p.m. Wayne B. Parent, 50, of Greene, was issued a summons on Westbrook Street by Officer Paul Lambert on a charge of operating with a suspended registration.
3/12 at 1:17 a.m. Carbon monoxide alarm on Bowers Street.
3/12 at 12:07 p.m. Cable down on C Street.
3/12 at 4:18 p.m. Accident victim extrication on Westbrook Street.
3/12 at 6:37 p.m. Accident on Interstate 295.
3/13 at 12:49 p.m. Power line down on Ocean Street.
3/14 at 10:48 a.m. False alarm on Western Avenue.
3/15 at 3:26 p.m. Cable down on Cottage Road.
3/15 at 5:03 p.m. False alarm on Westbrook Street.
3/15 at 6:06 p.m. Good intent call on Main Street.
3/15 at 7:49 p.m. False alarm on Broadway.
3/16 at 10:18 a.m. Smoke odor investigation on Robinson Street.
3/17 at 7:10 p.m. Accident, with injuries, on Maine Mall Road.
3/18 at 8:49 p.m. Dumpster fire on Broadway.
South Portland emergency medical services responded to 62 calls from March 12-18. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUdhQ4eIZjlowc53v3 | Quotations about conspiracy theory
Any historian of warfare knows it is in good part a comedy of errors and a museum of incompetence; but if for every error and every act of incompetence one can substitute an act of treason, many points of fascinating interpretation are open to the paranoid imagination. In the end, the real mystery, for one who reads the primary works of paranoid scholarship, is not how the United States has been brought to its present dangerous position but how it has managed to survive at all.
Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) American historian and intellectual
"The Paranoid Style in American Politics," Herbert Spencer Lecture, Oxford (Nov 1963)
Reprinted in Harpers (Nov 1964).
Added on 6-Jan-21 | Last updated 6-Jan-21
Topics: conspiracy, conspiracy theory, history, military, paranoia, plot, warfare
More quotes by Hofstadter, Richard
Anti-Catholicism has always been the pornography of the Puritan. Whereas the anti-Masons had envisaged drinking bouts and had entertained themselves with sado-masochistic fantasies about the actual enforcement of grisly Masonic oaths, the anti-Catholics invented an immense lore about libertine priests, the confessional as an opportunity for seduction, licentious convents and monasteries.
Topics: bias, Catholic, conspiracy theory, prejudice
Many journalists have fallen for the conspiracy theory of government. I do assure you that they would produce more accurate work if they adhered to the cock-up theory.
Bernard Ingham (b. 1932) British journalist, civil servant, press secretary
Quoted in The Observer (17 Mar 1985)
Often paraphrased, "Cock-up before conspiracy." Cf. Hanlon.
Added on 1-May-20 | Last updated 1-May-20
Topics: conspiracy, conspiracy theory, dolts, error, fault, government, mistake, stupidity
More quotes by Ingham, Bernard
RIPPER: I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) American film director, screenwriter, producer
Dr. Strangelove (1964) [with T. Southern, Peter George, based on Red Alert by Peter George]
Added on 31-Jul-18 | Last updated 31-Jul-18
Topics: cold war, communism, conspiracy theory, propaganda, purity, satire
More quotes by Kubrick, Stanley
People are entirely too disbelieving of coincidence. They are far too ready to dismiss it and to build arcane structures of extremely rickety substance in order to avoid it. I, on the other hand, see coincidence everywhere as an inevitable consequence of the laws of probability, according to which having no unusual coincidence is far more unusual than any coincidence could possibly be.
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) Russian-American author, polymath, biochemist
"The Planet that Wasn't," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (May 1975)
Added on 10-May-16 | Last updated 10-May-16
Topics: coincidence, conspiracy theory, explanation, happenstance, probability
More quotes by Asimov, Isaac
The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true desserts. He ascribes all his failure to get on in the world, all of his congenital incapacity and damnfoolishness, to the machinations of werewolves assembled in Wall Street, or some other such den of infamy. If these villains could be put down, he holds, he would at once become rich, powerful and eminent. Nine politicians out of every ten, of whatever party, live and have their being by promising to perform
this putting down. In brief, they are knaves who maintain themselves by preying on the idiotic vanities and pathetic hopes of half-wits.
H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
Baltimore Evening Sun (15 Jun 1936)
Topics: accusation, blame, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, economic justice, fault, inequality, injustice, irresponsibility, oppression, pandering, politicians, responsibility
More quotes by Mencken, H.L.
The higher paranoid scholarship is nothing if not coherent — in fact the paranoid mind is far more coherent than the real world.
Added on 19-Jun-15 | Last updated 19-Jun-15
Topics: conspiracy, conspiracy theory, paranoia, paranoid
When you're young, you look at television and think, There's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That's a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It's the truth.
Steve Jobs (1955-2011) American computer inventor, entrepreneur
Interview, Wired (Feb 1996)
Added on 1-Nov-12 | Last updated 27-Aug-20
Topics: conspiracy, conspiracy theory, media, satisfaction, self-destruction, sheeple, television, youth
More quotes by Jobs, Steve | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUgCrxK02iP1lCZ_eI | 'Seismic' Generational Shift Underway on College Campuses Nationwide
WKU Public Radio | By Barbara Deeb
Published February 15, 2019 at 10:51 AM CST
WKU
A seismic generational shift is underway on college campuses across the globe. With fewer college age students to pull from, the competition for enrollment and retention is intense.
Jeff Kallay is CEO of Render Experiences, a national consulting firm specializing in the college experience. He says services are the new amenities for Gen-X parents and their post-9/11 Gen-Z students.
"Academic advising, career services...so services that keep my son or daughter happy, healthy, and on target to graduate on time and to have an outcome to the next level of post professional school or graduate school or getting that job."
Kallay adds that both Gen-X parents and Gen-Z students place a high priority on safety and say the campus visit is one of the top five reasons students select a college.
You can hear more of our conversation with Kallay, and WKU Admissions Director Jace Lux, by clicking on the "Listen" button above.
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Nichol's death triggers another push for legislation to reign in police misconduct
More than 2,500 people are expected to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols
'Bingocize' Created by WKU Professor Approved to Help Address Major Problem of Aging
A program called 'Bingocize' created by Western Kentucky University Associate Professor of Exercise Science Jason Crandall has received approval from the…
Everyday Life in Cuba On Display In Art Exhibit at WKU
An exhibition of Cuban artwork is now on display at Western Kentucky University called "The Island of My Love: The Faces and Stories of Cuba"Miwon Choe,…
WKU President Caboni Says Entrepreneurs Are Key to Future Growth of the Region
The president of Western Kentucky University said one of the priorities for the future growth of the region is to encourage a community of entrepreneurs.…
New Bill Would Encourage Private Donations to Help Kentucky Children Attend Private School
A Taylor County Republican in the Kentucky House has filed a bill creating scholarship tax credits designed to help low-income families afford non-public… | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUcOzxK0wg09KOWEwZ | Texas Judge's Authority to Limit Cross-Examinations
Parties are allowed great latitude to show "any fact which would or might tend to establish ill feeling, bias, motive and animus on the part of the witness." London v. State, 739 S.W.2d 842, 846 (Tex. Crim. App.1987). the trial judge, however, has some discretion in limiting cross-examination of witnesses. See Hurd v. State, 725 S.W.2d 249 (Tex.Crim.App.1987); see also Miller v. State, 741 S.W.2d 382, 389 (Tex.Crim.App.1987), cert. denied 486 U.S. 1061, 108 S. Ct. 2835, 100 L. Ed. 2d 935 (1988). A trial judge may limit cross-examination as inappropriate for a number of reasons. See Carroll v. State, 916 S.W.2d 494, 498 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996) (citing Delaware v. Van Arsdall, 475 U.S. 673, 679, 106 S. Ct. 1431, 89 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1986) (for example, trial judge may exercise discretion to prevent harassment, prejudice, confusion of the issues, and marginally relevant interrogation)). In order to impeach a witness with evidence of outstanding warrants and child support violations, the proponent of the evidence must establish that the evidence is relevant. See Carroll, 916 S.W.2d at 494; see also London, 739 S.W.2d at 846-48. For the evidence to be admissible, the proponent must establish some causal connection or logical relationship between the warrants and support violations and the witness' "vulnerable relationship" or potential bias or prejudice for the State, or testimony at trial. See Carpenter v. State, 979 S.W.2d 633, 634-35 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). The proponent of the evidence is not required to show actual bias. Id. at 634, n. 4. What is required is that the proponent make a showing of the witness' potential for bias. Id. | commoncrawl | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUeBzxK7FjYEXSFosb | This effort is a unique opportunity that will allow agencies that work in the realm of economic development in the City to come together to review and discuss their existing incentives and strategies that can be modified and applied at a neighborhood-level. The end goal is to develop a framework for the implementation of identified tools, incentives and strategies that can be piloted with the ultimate goal of attracting private sector capital, structures and investments to the core city.
Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE): EDGE was established to streamline both city and county economic development operations under one entity. Under this single department there is one economic development policy advisor that can speak on behalf of the city and county mayor.
TN Valley Authority (TVA): The Tennessee Valley Authority, a corporation owned by the U.S. government, provides electricity for 9 million people in parts of seven southeastern states at prices below the national average. TVA also works to spur economic development in targeted industries in the state of Tennessee.
Memphis Light Gas & Water (MLGW): MLGW works closely with the Memphis Chamber to foster economic development in the Memphis community. MLGW assists businesses that are relocating to the Memphis area, considering expansion, or seeking general business assistance.
Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team: The Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team is working with Mayor AC Wharton to generate economic vitality in core city neighborhoods. The Delivery Team uses data-driven approaches to make city wide improvements.
Memphis Office of Resources and Enterprise (MORE): MORE was designed to help small businesses through the growth and development process. MORE makes it easier for small businesses to bid on and win local government contracts.
Memphis & Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency: The function of the joint Memphis and Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency is to: Aid community and entities of the City of Memphis and Shelby County in an effort to upgrade and beautify both the city and county; Encourage planning; Find funding sources; Offer economic incentives; and Obtain funds for the purpose of implementing approved programs and activities.
Greater Memphis Chamber: The Greater Memphis Chamber works to improve quality of life in the Memphis area through economic and community development. The Chamber accelerates growth and success by strengthening quality of place as well as connecting people, programs, and resources.
Memphis Area Association of Governments: MAAG works with government as well as non-profit organizations to advocate for legislation and public policy to improve quality of life. MAAG is the regional resource for federal programs that support economic development initiatives.
The State of TN Department of Economic and Community Development: The Department of Economic and Community Development's goal is to develop strategies to help make Tennessee the number one location in the Southeast for high quality jobs. The department works with existing businesses as well as working to attract new business investment to the area. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUc105qsNCPf8Mw4Av | Sun, 08:39: RT @VancityJax: Though I could use some better commercials to help stay awake during the intermission.
Sun, 09:16: RT @darkdex52: @dark_alone Watching that game now too, since tv box got fixed. Rooting for Canada : > !
Sun, 11:29: RT @strombo: K. That missing ring bit was fantastic. !!!
Sun, 11:54: RT @Denny_Morrison: Did you see him, did you see him!? | c4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUbhk4uzki0sdMtEiM | Samsung announced the Galaxy J4 and Galaxy J6 back in May. The latter got renamed as Galaxy On6 for online sales in India, and according to xda-developers, the phone might have a Plus-sized version very soon.
A developer found firmware files of a Samsung phone, codenamed j6plte, or J6 Plus LTE. The rebranding of the J-series to On-series is not new, so it might also appear on Flipkart or Amazon as the Galaxy On6 Plus.
The firmware files for j6plte correspond to a model named Samsung J6-Plus LTE CIS SER, where the last two letter combinations reveal the device might be headed to the Commonwealth of Independent States (mostly former Soviet republics) and Serbia. It could have a Snapdragon 450 chipset, opposed to the Galaxy J6 that runs on the Exynos 7870 Octa.
There is also the possibility the phone was scrapped and such device to be canceled, but as we see so far, Samsung is really into making bigger variants of its more affordable phones, given the Galaxy A6+, Galaxy A8+ and the Galaxy S9+. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbZXxK7Dgs_aSTF_P | Als aktiver Kurzschluss (AKS) wird eine Maßnahme in der Antriebstechnik bezeichnet, mit der Schäden beim Auftreten von zu hohen elektrischen Spannungen vermieden werden sollen. Der gezielt herbeigeführte AKS wird als ein sicherer Modus für die Antriebsmaschinen betrachtet. Dazu werden bei der elektrischen Maschine die Anschlussleitungen für die meist mit Drehstrom betriebenen Motoren durch IGB-Transistoren der Leistungselektronik kurzgeschlossen.
Der aktive Kurzschluss wird bei Fahrzeugen mit elektrifiziertem Antriebskonzept als sicherer Zustand betrachtet, ein wesentlicher Vorteil ist die Spannungsfreiheit des Systems bei Betriebssituationen wie Wartung oder Crash. Dies ist besonders bei Permanent-Synchronmaschinen von Vorteil da diese bei hohen Drehzahlen lebensgefährliche Spannungen induzieren können. Um eine Permanent-Synchronmaschine ohne Überhitzung im aktiven Kurzschluss betreiben zu können, ist von gesehnten Wicklungskonzepten (=hohe induzierte Spannung) abzuraten. Bei ungeeigneten Umrichter/Maschinenkonzepten führt dieser Betriebszustand zu beinahe unmittelbaren thermischen Schäden.
Einzelnachweise
Leistungselektronik | wikipedia | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
BkiUdJc25V5hYDkHG6Of | I decided to take a super-quick break to work on my Friday blog post Jena's 50 Most Beautiful Men, and felt I should share this with all of you….
Stay tuned for the post tomorrow!
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BkiUeAHxK1yAga6Jssfg | Powder, backcountry, mountain, bring this into it; this sample and elegant surface design will let you become an apart of nature.
Laminates: The two crossed carbon fiber is feather light and adds explosive pop, precise edge control, reactive response and smooth dampening. It has a crossed carbon fiber in the tail and a crossed carbon fiber between bindings. This board guarantees effortless float and powerful turns with astonishing edge hold on slopes.
This is a board designed for pro snowboarders. Its 10mm camber flexes into the snow and provides locked-in stability while you are carving. The true twin shape gives you complete control in either direction. The 840g tri-axial fiberglass distributed throughout the top and the bottom of the board provide stiffness, and the two crossed 220g carbon fiber strips maximize the torsional strength of the board for better landings. Two parallel carbon fiber bands running from nose to tail assure stability and excellent pop to hop on rails or to go higher on jumps. These four carbon fiber elements work in concert to help you jump higher and land with more precision. X Games and Olympic snowboarder, and Nobaday team rider and ambassador, Max Parrot worked with Nobaday designers to create a board that can handle all the rigors of Big Air and Slopestyle competition.
Nobaday has been developing Max's board model for about three years. Max has participated in developing and improving his signature board since he joined the Nobaday team. Nobaday produced dozens of sample boards for Max to test, and the boards that met his standards were then sent out to be used and abused by our other team riders. After testing in all kinds of weather and riding conditions, we were able to make technical and aesthetic improvements to the board. The end result of this testing and refining process is the Max pro model: a durable, stable board with long-lasting graphics that is ready for anything—whether it's the Olympics, or your first day in the park.
Alexis Marcou grew up in Larissa, Greece and was educated in Britain, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Photomedia and Design Communication in 2006 at the Plymouth College of Art. Marcou is a visual artist and illustrator known for his commercial and self-initiated work. He has developed a unique artistic style over the years, and his techniques combine a mix of traditional methods with the latest digital applications and tools. His style is characterized by the use of intricate shading and geometric lines using mainly graphite. He has done freelance work for clients including powerhouses such as Nike, PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Atomic Skis, BMW, ESPN, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Acco Brands.
The inspiration of the design of Ambition board came from Max's own story. Since winning his first competition at the age of 17 and earning his first medal at X Games at 18, he has continued progressing and succeeding as a professional snowboarder. Throughout his career, competing around the world, he has often viewed himself alone like a wolf. To reflect Max's self-perception, the artist created an image of a wolf that, though wise and restrained, still has ambition in its eyes. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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BkiUdeE5qhDBcuRv8BGD | FFE Magazine > Real Estate > How can you sell your property Online?
Many Filipinos based abroad try their hand at investing once they have set aside a sizeable amount of money. Usually the choice is real estate. This is because buying and selling a property draws one of the highest profits. Plus, because of the ongoing boom in infrastructure building in the Philippines, there are plenty of properties for sale that you can improve to turn up a higher profit.
However, one of the biggest hurdles among real estate owners in the Philippines is looking for a buyer who can match your price.
Knowing the many ways you can market your property up for sale is a key tool when you want to enter into real estate investment and trading. Getting an agent is one of the easiest ways to accomplish this from afar, but you can also find that perfect buyer by knowing how to use the internet to your advantage.
There are three places you can tap to sell your property in the Philippines. You can try setting up a page for your property in all of these pages to maximise the reach of your advertisement. Either way, be sure you are able to access the page anytime so that you can be updated of any potential buyer.
Online classified ads sites. There are many classified ads sites in the Philippines. But what is important is, as a seller, to include all your contact information and details about the house to make your ad more credible. But remember to be careful about the amount and type of information you give, as these can be used by scammers to impersonate you and sell your property in your stead.
Facebook. You can create a page for your ad. Or, you can simply look for target buyers through the 'search by group' function. What's great about this function is that you can advertise in groups whose members are especially looking for a home in a certain neighbourhood. Another advantage is that you can check the person's profile out before communicating with them to make sure that they are real people. Before you do this, ascertain your target market so that you won't have to waste time advertising your property on just any group page.
But don't just settle with facts and figures. When writing an advertisement, you are also working with words that can evoke pleasant and attractive images that will lure buyers. In your advertisement copy, include in the lot address and a description of the neighbourhood. Mention nearby attractions like shopping centres or restaurants and distance from a hospital.
For the lot size and number of storeys, use words like 'spacious' and 'petite' to soften up or give your buyer a visual imagery of the size of the home. Giving a title to your ad is also important. While a lot of sellers usually fall for the formula: Type of property (Condo, House and Lot) + Name of developer + Location (City or Provice) + Price (or Discounts). This formula gives all the basic information in one heading. But because it is overused, it does not actually draw attention but rather turns off forum users and Facebook group members. Remember that prospective buyers can easily be lost in the clutter of online classified ads sites so avoid falling into this trap.
While people appreciate the credibility of a seller when looking at an ad or a profile, being creative is equally a good way to sell. Creativity sells because it makes you and your property stand out from the rest of the crowd. The more attractive your ad looks, the higher and the faster the possibility of landing that perfect buyer.
Add a photo. Your photo will make the ad look like it came from a real person. A picture is just step one that helps buyers separate real sellers from scammers online.
Use your name as a website handle. Do not go for profile names that are not credible. Use your real name for your profile. To step up security, use your initials plus your surname. This way, your profile will remain professional while not giving too much information.
Accessorise. If your profile can be personalised, then don't hesitate to add your instant messaging names (Skype, AIM, etc.), add website pins, add your interests, hobbies and other trivial information. This will take your profile one step further and give it a touch of humanity.
Add all contact details. Give your contact details. Again, be wary what information you provide since it could also be used by scammers. Give only secondary contact information like instant messenger accounts or secondary email addresses and mobile numbers.
Once you find an interested buyer, establish constant communication through the different channels you have given. Talking face to face via free video messaging programmes like Skype can help you assess the buyer better and negotiate for a price both of you can settle for.
Finally, if you cannot visit the Philippines to complete the transaction, find a trustworthy representative to complete the transaction in your stead. Be sure that the representative already knows all the details made during the negotiation stage. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUgdLxK7IDPjMdMEUL | VIKKI BELL IS PROFESSOR IN SOCIOLOGY AT GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON WHERE SHE CONVENES THE MA IN CRITICAL AND CREATIVE ANALYSIS. WIDELY PUBLISHED IN CULTURAL AND FEMINIST THEORY, HER BOOKS INCLUDE CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE: THE CHALLENGE OF ETHICS, POLITICS AND FEMINIST THEORY (BERG, 2007) AND FEMINISTIMAGINATION (SAGE, 1999). SHE HAS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS SUCH AS THEORY, CULTURE & SOCIETY, CULTURAL VALUES, NEW FORMATIONS, AND SOCIAL & LEGAL STUDIES.
MARIO DI PAOLANTONIO IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO. HIS CURRENT RESEARCH EXPLORES THE COMMEMORATIVE DYNAMIC ROLE OF LAW AND ART AMIDST SOCIETIES ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS UNSETTLED STATE-SANCTIONED WRONGS. HE HAS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS SUCH AS ALTERNATIVES, CULTURE MACHINE, SOCIAL & LEGAL STUDIES, CULTURAL VALUES, THE REVIEW OF EDUCATION, PEDAGOGY & CULTURAL STUDIES.
Cultural Politics (2009) 5 (2): 149-178.
The article considers the role that contemporary visual art and activist-artists have played in transitional Argentina, beginning from the premise that they might be understood as involved in the staging of a wide-ranging shift implied by the term transition. We have chosen three points of entry into this exploration, discussed in three sections: first, the debates around the future of the building Escuela de Mechanica de la Armada (ESMA) in Buenos Aires, which was used as a clandestine detention and extermination center during the dictatorship (1976–83); secondly, the memorial project that is El Parque de la Memoria, which is still under construction in Buenos Aires; and, thirdly, the reexhibition of visual artworks from the period of the dictatorship brought together as the group show Cuerpo y Materia (2006), curated by María Teresa Constantin as part of the public marking of the thirtieth anniversary of the military coup.
Drawing on the sociolegal perspective of Robert Cover, we consider these sites as engaging questions of memory, temporality, and membership that are both normative and, potentially, world-making in his sense. It is argued that the aesthetic, as a register that does not (wish to) articulate its demands on law in the latter's terms, nevertheless critiques and calls on law insofar as these sites (re)mark the present against (im)possible Justice. In the relations between the absent bodies of the disappeared, the desires of the "social" body and the abstract regulative body of the law, it is the "liveliness" of the haunted nomos that kindles hope that in conjuring with ghosts, people will continue to contest, to propose, and to reconsider their commitments in the pursuit of Justice. | c4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUbPLxaJJQnNCyesCF | Q: How to do the same feature/function in jquery from mootools //new tmp element that contains the new div
var tmpDiv = new Element('div',{html:'<div id="video"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="370" height="208" src="'+video+'" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>'});
//new div (first child of my tmp div) replaces the old 'myDiv' (that can be grabbed from the DOM by $)
tmpDiv.getFirst().replaces($('video'));
$$('.showing').removeClass('showing');
$('thumb-' + id).addClass('showing');
How could I convert this to jquery? I believe it is using the mootools dynamic library.
Thanks,
A: If I am reading this right, I think this is what you are looking for:
$("#video").replaceWith('<div id="video"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="370" height="208" src="'+video+'" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>');
$('.showing').removeClass('showing');
$('#thumb-' + id).addClass('showing');
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BkiUdpY5qhDACrD8y7Mm | Making the Case for the Need for Economic and Financial Literacy Education in the Classroom.
Students exposed to mandated personal finance education exhibit meaningful improvements in credit outcomes. Three years following the implementation of mandates in Georgia, Idaho, and Texas, severe delinquency rates for those students receiving the education declined by 2% in Georgia, 2% in Idaho, and 6% in Texas, and credit scores increased by 2%, 3%, and 5% respectively.
State financial curriculum mandates elevate the rates at which individuals save and accumulate wealth during their adult lives. Net-worth-to-earnings ratios of those exposed to mandates are more than 9 percentage points higher than the ratios of those who were not exposed.
Students who have taken a class in personal finance are more likely to engage in financially responsible behaviors such as saving, budgeting, and investing: 93% of those who have taken a class save money vs. 84% of those who have not; 60% of those who have taken a class have a budget vs. 46% of those who have not; 32% of those who have taken a class have invested money vs. 17 % of those who have not.
Click here for a summary of recent research that supports these findings, outlines the ongoing knowledge gap in economics and personal finance, and discusses the implications for public policy initiatives geared toward improving economic and financial literacy education in the classroom. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
BkiUdqk4eILhQFSF1vFL | ALMOST EATEN BY A LION – Journalist TOO BRAVE – Enters The Cage…!
ALMOST EATEN BY A LION -- Journalist TOO BRAVE -- Enters The Cage…!
1 year old Lion is so aggressive…Both men barely escaped a tragedy! Look at the injures caused by the lion!
Yes let's capture and keep captive a wild animal and play with it. And hit him in the face which is terribly degrading for their kind to show them we are his boss.
This is an act of Animal cruelty… that poor lion is already imprisoned , suffering in a jail ( cage) so leave that LION alone, in peace !!
Man, is he stupid or what!! And that other man… he didn´t had a clue how to handle that amazing animal. Hitting it on the face!!! No wonder it attacked!
Can I ask you what in the HELL were you thinking.So you were willing to RISK YOUR LIFE,just to show everyone and tell everyone how you got to be inside the lions domain.The other guy lost control of the animal.People have got to learn to leave them alone and admire them and care for them afar.
That lion does not belong there, or to be agitated like that only to be beaten when he does what comes natural. I don't know what this place is, but this is not right.
How disgusting. Poor lion being kept like that. Shame the men didn't get eaten. They deserve it.
I was actually expecting worse injuries. Thank goodness it didn't happen. While the lion became agitated inside the cage, I was telling myself you absolutely deserve what was coming to you and I didn't feel sorry. I hope you realize that your life is absolutely far more important than making things interesting or impressing people. I pray that you don't do anything this stupid ever again!
STUPID STUPID STUPID – MORE THAN STUPID.
YOU´VE GOT TO BE THE STUPIDEST PERSON ON THIS EARTH.
STANDING THERE EVEN AFTER THE LION HAD ATTACKED YOU.
YOU HAVE NO BRAINS. I´D BE ASHAMED TO EVEN SHOW THIS ON VIDEO.
The man definitely made a name of himself with this act.
That lion should've eaten both of them, just for general principle.
Wild animals do not belong in cages!
I know what I'd do if someone put me in one!
How about we protect thiir natural habitats instead!!!
I wish everyone would do that. Our environment is all we have.
Sorry, but that was not very smart on your part and the guy who tried to handle the lion had no idea what he was doing. If you were seriously hurt, besides you getting hurt, guess who would pay a bigger price. YEAH that the right, the poor lion. DO me a favor find some common sense and stick to kittens.
You have to be a stupid idiot to think the lion will jUst lay there!!! Really!!! That lion should not be in the cage!!! That is disgusting and you deserve everything you got!!!
I bet he won't do that again. This is a lesson for a lifetime.
The sad thing is this lion was probably shot afterwards. Stupid people! When are people going to learn to respect animals?
You're not the only one KN. Indeed, this is a completely unnecessary and pointless act.
I grew up in Africa and encountered these animals in the wild, on foot, and, all I can say is what complete and utter, moronic fools we have here. Tourist who go to Africa and think they are dealing with docile cats in captivity but, in my opinion, the bigger and most dangerous fools are the South Africans, and others in the region, who live there and should know better, yet keep and animals like this in cages and then carry out such idiotic activities. They should be sued out of existence for endangering the lives of such idiot tourists. Simply disgusting. One day the people doing this will end up as statistics since they can't seem to figure out that it is called a lion for a reason.
It's really a sad and cruel thing we do Alan. I hope someday we will become more aware and better people. | c4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
BkiUdt04eIfiUSg2f9E3 | Home » How to beat South Africa
How to beat South Africa
A data-driven strategic guide on how to beat South Africa.
Consider leaving out your SLA spinner
South Africa are likely to have four left-handers in their top seven, all nicely spread throughout the order: Quinton de Kock at the top, Rilee Rossouw in the middle and David Miller and Wayne Parnell at the death. This preponderance of left-handers can make getting through left-arm spin particularly difficult. Indeed, since the start of 2021 South Africa's run rate against left-arm spin of 8.43 runs per over is the highest of any team in the world. They are particularly dangerous against left-arm spin through the middle overs where they score at 8.73 runs per over and average 44 since the start of 2021. Such is the strength of South Africa's batting against left-arm spin that teams should consider leaving out such bowlers for this match.
That said, the left-arm spinners in South Africa's group: Axar Patel, Mohammad Nawaz and Shakib Al Hasan all play important roles with the bat. Of the three Axar is probably the most vulnerable for their fixture with South Africa.
Pick an off spinner
The flip-side to the left-arm spin issues is that South Africa's left-hander heavy batting order brings off spinners into the game. Expect Iftikhar Ahmed to play a considerable role for Pakistan in their fixture while India may select Ravi Ashwin if he isn't already in the team and Bangladesh have Mehedy Hasan. Powerplay off spin is a particularly good option, with de Kock having clear issues against it. While Iftikhar is unlikely to bowl in the phase, Ashwin and Mehedy certainly could. Off spin continues to be a decent option through the middle overs with Rossouw being slowed massively by the spin away from the bat.
Wickets can trigger role displacement
South Africa's batting order is among the most well-constructed in the tournament. From numbers one to six they have alternating right and left-handers with complementary strengths against pace and spin and in different phases of the game. When each component fires the whole batting order comes together fantastically well – perhaps better than any other team in the tournament. However, the role definition of the order and the absence of any floating options, particularly when combined with its shallow nature (Dwaine Pretorius being ruled out should see bowling all rounder Parnell picked at seven) means that it is a batting order that can be significantly unsettled by early wickets shifting roles out of position – something we call role displacement.
For example, Miller and Stubbs are dangerous death over hitters but if the top order collapses they might be exposed too early only Parnell – who has never played the role – can be used as a floater to delay their entry-point for more favourable phases and match-ups. Both Pakistan and India have the new ball bowling to make early inroads to disrupt South Africa's role clarity and their new ball quicks should be encouraged to attack early on.
Be wary of high pace
South Africa's batsmen are very familiar with high pace and bounce due to their home conditions. Teams should be wary of feeding this strength. This is particularly relevant to Pakistan who have an arsenal of high pace quicks. Encouraging them to take pace off the ball and disrupt the swing patterns of South Africa's hitters should be considered.
Attack the Powerplay with the bat
South Africa have a very strong pace attack but their most notable flaw is their lack of an established Powerplay wicket-taker and someone who can move the new ball. The injury to Pretrorius means Parnell is likely to start the tournament and this should boost South Africa in the phase, of all their pace bowlers he is the only one with a positive impact in the Powerplay in T20Is and finds comfortably the most swing. While Parnell boost South Africa's quality in this phase teams should still see this as the phase to capitalise on with Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi all being better post-Powerplay bowlers.
Ngidi is the weak-link
Although he has been in excellent form of late Ngidi probably represents the weakest link in this South African attack. Since the start of 2020 in matches that South Africa have lost he has conceded runs at 11.07 runs per over – making him comfortably the most expensive bowler in this period. Ngidi remains an effective wicket-taker but he can prove costly and targeting him can help unlock the rest of the attack, dragging bowlers out of other phases. Ngidi's primary weapon is his slower ball which has become very effective in the last 18 months. It's hard to pick and he has the pace to hurry you so you can't set for it but at the death he bowls it with around half his balls.
Select a mix of right and left-handers; reverse Shamsi
It remains to be seen how South Africa construct their bowling attack and whether they pick both Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi or just one of the two and if it's just one of them, which one it is. Shamsi is probably in their 'base' XI and will certainly play against left-hander heavy teams like Bangladesh and, if they qualify, West Indies. However, South Africa may be tempted to bring Keshav Maharaj into the team for their matches against right-hander heavy India and Pakistan. Having a healthy mix of right and left-handers should complicate South Africa's selection process in this respect. India could spring a surprise by picking Rishabh Pant if they wanted to pre-empt Maharaj being selected – although Pant's recent numbers against left-arm spin shouldn't give South Africa much cause for concern.
Although Maharaj is considerably more expensive against left-handers they should still remain wary of him as a wicket-taking option: he takes wickets regularly against lefties. Against Shamsi a useful option is to turn to the reverse sweep – Shamsi's fuller lengths bring the shot into play and batsmen average 59 when reversing the wrist spinner, although sweeping in Australia is far more risky because of the extra bounce. | commoncrawl | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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Having great plans for any project is only half the battle – plans need to be put into action and it needs to be done well with oversight and continuous monitoring. This is where the implementation lead is a useful stage in the project's personnel structure. They have a simple goal – to make sure the plans that need to be completed have enough staffing, time and resources to happen on budget. They often work alongside senior project managers, who rely on them to realise their specific project elements in line with the strategic aims of the company.
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Implementation leads are usually drawn from the ranks of team leaders and project managers to focus on specific activities, for example a design, a model, and idea, a specification, a standard or a policy. Whereas the project manager and/or director is often focused on the bigger picture, the implementation lead will more likely be working directly with the employees who are putting those plans into action. That means the implementation lead has to be a great communicator and has to be able to deal with employees at all rungs of the ladder.
Experience in the appropriate sector will naturally count for a lot in your search for an implementation lead role. However, management experience is not always a pre-requisite for some companies, who would value your deep understanding of the discipline you are implementing more highly, as long as you can demonstrate an aptitude for giving and taking instruction.
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Implementation Lead Jobs in St Helens
As towns go, St Helens is relatively new, only being formally declared a town in the middle of the 1800s as a result of the rapid growth and joining together of a number of small villages and hamlets. It's fair to say that St Helens had a good Industrial Revolution, with good coal mining, chemical works, salt mining, lime and alkali extraction and copper smelting going on in the area. But all this was overshadowed by St Helens's reputation as a glassmaking town, with several huge factories contributing to the success.
Glassmaking and coal mining survived as a large employers up until the 1980s and early 1990s, but it these associations have more or less left the town now, except for Pilkington, which remains in the town.
St Helens now exists as a mainly residential town, with retail and entertainment playing a large part. As well as a thriving town centre there are several retail outlets and supermarkets for big-name brands. It's also in the commuter belt for both Liverpool and Manchester, and is well served by road and rail. The blend of industry and residential trade does create the opportunity for Implementation Lead vacancies to appear in St Helens, and we have found several of these or related placements in recent years.
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QSHE Co-ordinator
Tamworth, Staffordshire
£35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Cast UK are currently supporting our prestigious client with the recruitment process of a QSHE Co-Ordinator.
National Account Executive
Epsom, Surrey
Bunzl Catering Supplies, part of the Bunzl Catering & Hospitality Division, is the leading distributor of disposables, packaging and hygiene solutions to the hospitality and catering sectors in the UK.
National Account Manager - 12 Month FTC
Business Development Manager - Scotland & North England
Continental Chef Supplies (CCS), specialise in supplying high calibre and unique products through their superior brands, providing customers with innovation, inspiration, and differentiation.
Credit Control Supervisor
As the exclusive recruitment partner for Bunzl Catering group, Cast UK have been instructed to recruit a Sales Director for their AGGORA team covering.
Up to £45000.00 per annum + car allowance
Our client, who is a leading business are currently witnessing a period of sustained growth across their UK operations.
Transport Team Manager - Hemel
Our client is a leading 3PL firm who are looking to recruit a high calibre candidate who will oversee the transport operations.
£45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + + Competitive bonus + Healthcare
Our client is a leading Logistics firm who are looking to recruit a high calibre candidate to oversee the transport operation.
£25000.00 - £30000 per annum + Bonus
Cast UK are looking to recruit a Buyer for an expanding Automotive company based in Staffordshire.
As the exclusive recruitment partner for Bunzl Catering group, Cast UK have been instructed to recruit a Interior Designer their AGGORA team covering the South of the UK.
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North West London, London
Our client, a Global Manufacturing company.
Up to £25000.00 per annum + Benefits
Our client, who is a market leading business based in Lancashire, are looking to recruit a Warehouse Supervisor to join their well-established team based in Lancashire.
Pallet Network Planner
Up to £29000.00 per annum + Plus Benefits
Based in Harlow, Cast UK's client are looking to strengthen its team with the recruitment of a Pallet Network Planner.
Transport Shift Manager - Nights
Cannock, Staffordshire
Based in Cannock, Cast UK's client is looking to strengthen its team with the recruitment of an experienced Transport Shift Manager in to join the business.
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BkiUa83xK4sA-5Y3qa12 | MAGIC IN THE BOTTLE The amazing work of Eric Maillet revealing an undiscovered side of plastic bottles.
Photographer Eric Maillet author of superb images for legendary perfumes such as Dior, Giorgio Armani, Ives Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Hermes, not to mention the jewelry and the watches by Cartier. A genius…with a quite unique passion: plastic bottles!
that includes 25 artworks by Maillet.
The Artist uses a common water bottle to create an abstract, unexpected, colored, and different image. Those sequence of circles, let your imagination fly towards cathedral mosaics, glass windows, extraterrestrial flowers, kaleidoscopical trompe l'œil and imaginary new planets.
I met with Maillet last night and I could not not ask about the story of those surreal creatures that were hypnotising the viewers.
The exhibit Water is Life is produced by Mario Rescio and André Werther, and curated by Lele Del Fabbro in collaboration with Regione Lombardia. Till 18 January 2016 at Spazio Eventi of the Pirelli Tower in Milan.
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BkiUbcw5qdmB63dEzOGb | Broward County HIV Protest: Florida Medicaid Contract Denial Will Disrupt Health Coverage, Care for Thousands
In Advocacy, Featured, News by AHF April 9, 2018
FT LAUDERDALE (April 9, 2018) – AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the nation's largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider and largest global AIDS organization, today blasted Florida Medicaid officials for their failure to renew an HIV care contract with AHF's Positive Healthcare — a respected non-profit which has been providing critical health insurance coverage for people living with HIV in Florida since 1999. AHF says the state's move will recklessly disrupt care for a vulnerable population of nearly 2,000 Florida HIV patients.
In response to the decision, AHF and Positive Healthcare are spearheading a PROTEST in FORT LAUDERDALE on Tuesday, April 10th starting at 10:30am in front of the Broward County Area Office of the state's Medicaid agency (1400 W. Commercial Blvd., Ft Lauderdale FL 33309). The protesters—expected to be about 50 HIV/AIDS advocates, community partners & others—will seek to persuade state officials to renew its Medicaid contract with Positive Healthcare.
WHAT: PROTEST over Florida Medicaid HIV Care Contract Denial HIV/AIDS advocates, community partners & others to protest Florida Medicaid's move to deny renewal of an HIV care contract with AHF's Positive Healthcare.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
WHERE: In front of: Florida Medicaid Program's Broward Area Office, 1400 W. Commercial Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
WHO: PROTESTERS: 50+ HIV/AIDS advocates, community partners and others
"The reality is that Florida is the epicenter of the HIV epidemic in the United States today, and people living with HIV should have the right to choose where they receive their HIV care," said Mike Kahane, AHF Bureau Chief, Southern Region "AHF is a highly respected non-profit organization devoted to serving the needs of the patient. Our Positive Healthcare program has been doing so in partnership with the State of Florida on behalf of its Medicaid population living with HIV for nearly twenty years. And unlike most large insurance providers like Aetna and United Health, Positive Healthcare provides wraparound services, including access to our AHF healthcare centers where expert HIV medical care is provided, as well as access to our AHF Pharmacies, all staffed with teams solely dedicated to helping patients overcome barriers to care. If this critical health coverage is eliminated by Medicaid officials, thousands of Floridians living with HIV will have their care disrupted."
AHF Launches Statewide Ad Campaign Challenging Florida Medicaid Officials on HIV Care Contract
In addition to the Florida Medicaid/HIV care contract protest set for Tuesday in Ft. Lauderdale, AHF advocates also kicked off a statewide newspaper advocacy ad campaign with a full-page, full color ad which ran in five major daily newspapers in Florida on Sunday, April 8th.
The ad, with the headline, "Why Are Florida Medicaid Officials Disrupting Healthcare Coverage for People Living with HIV?", ran in the 'Miami Herald,' the 'Sun-Sentinel' in Ft. Lauderdale, the 'Tallahassee Democrat,' the 'Tampa Bay Times' and the 'Florida Times-Union,' in Jacksonville.
The advocacy ads included several alarming statistics about HIV in Florida including the following facts:
Nearly 5,000 people in Florida were infected with HIV in 2016 alone, which means one out of every eight new HIV infections in the United States occurred in Florida.
South Florida leads the nation in new HIV diagnoses at 38.7 new infections per every 100,000 people. In contrast, the overall rate in the United States is 12.3 new infections per every 100,000 people.
Nearly 136,000 Floridians are estimated to be living with HIV, but one in six is still not aware of his or her HIV-positive status.
More than 30,000 Floridians currently living with HIV are not receiving care for their infection.
The ad urged readers to go to the website: HIVcare.org/Florida to learn more and how you can support those living with HIV.
AHF Supports Legislation in the US Congress that Will Fight High Cost of Prescription Drugs | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbGc5qWTD6cbkrvJ2 | Berteric, auch Berterik, (vor 1151) war ein Benediktinermönch und Abt des Klosters Rott.
Er erscheint urkundlich in den Jahren 1142 und 1144 und starb vielleicht am 21. Januar, vor dem Jahre 1151.
Literatur
Korrespondenzblatt des Gesamtvereins der Deutschen Geschichts- und Alterthumsvereine, Band 2, Mittler, 1853
Michael Hartig: Die oberbayerischen Stifte, Band I: Die Benediktiner-, Cisterzienser- und Augustiner-Chorherrenstifte. Verlag vorm. G. J. Manz, München 1935, , S. 62
Abt (Rott)
Geboren im 11. oder 12. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 12. Jahrhundert
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BkiUbd05i7PA9L16Z5RT | Deposition Author(s): Prem Kumar, R., Ranaghan, M.J., Oprian, D.D.
Crystal Structure of Recoverin with Calcium Ions Bound to Both Functional EF Hands.
Kumar, R.P., Ranaghan, M.J., Ganjei, A.Y., Oprian, D.D.
Recoverin (Rv), a small Ca(2+)-binding protein that inhibits rhodopsin kinase (RK), has four EF hands, two of which are functional (EF2 and EF3). Activation requires Ca(2+) in both EF hands, but crystal structures have never been observed with Ca(2+) ions in both sites; all previous structures have Ca(2+) bound to only EF3. We suspected that this was due to an intermolecular crystal contact between T80 and a surface glutamate (E153) that precluded coordination of a Ca(2+) ion in EF2. We constructed the E153A mutant, determined its X-ray crystal structure to 1.2 Å resolution, and showed that two Ca(2+) ions are bound, one in EF3 and one in EF2. Additionally, several other residues are shown to adopt conformations in the 2Ca(2+) structure not seen previously and not seen in a second structure of the E153A mutant containing Na(+) instead of Ca(2+) in the EF2 site. The side-chain rearrangements in these residues form a 28 Å allosteric cascade along the surface of the protein connecting the Ca(2+)-binding site of EF2 with the active-site pocket responsible for binding RK.
Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University , Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, United States. | c4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUfZPxK4sA-7sDhLOY | "I tried to do that with the approach of a documentary photographer but also with basic knowledges of hunting, vernacular literature, neutralistic science, taxidermy, zoology and ethology".
• Collection: is an installation witch involves objects collected on the ground during about two years of walks through the Italian woods and during other researches. The finds (after being cataloged and prepared) have been preserved in a series of totally handmade wood showcases, bottles and jars. Found objects are: shotgun shells, plumes, leaves, flowers, bones and skulls, pine cones, snake molting but also illustrations, antlers, porcupine's stings, hunting trophies and other interesting things about Hunting and Nature. The goal is to recreate natural scenes (as little dioramas) mixing natural and no-natural elements.
catalogued and archived. This objects are basically classified on two groups: as natural (leaves, pine cones, feathers, bones, antlers, snake's molting, etc.) and as no-natural (shotgun shell and other objects apparently belonged to hunters).
A selection of this finds has been preserved in the Collection. | c4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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Radiation therapy helps prevent the return or spread of cancer. It is most frequently used after surgery, especially lumpectomy. If you have had a mastectomy, your doctor may decide that you don't need radiation therapy. However, some doctors feel that it is safer to have radiation after a mastectomy if your tumor involved lymph nodes, is larger than five centimeters, or in certain other instances. In breast cancer where surgery is not an option, radiation therapy can help shrink tumor size, slow or prevent the spread of tumors, and may help treat pain.
Even if the surgeon has successfully removed all of the tumors, a few cancer cells may remain behind, too small to detect. Radiation therapy helps to eliminate these remaining cancer cells. It is believed that cancer cells are more vulnerable to radiation since they divide so rapidly. Radiation kills cancer cells more easily, but the normal, healthy cells of your body are better able to survive and heal.
Radiation therapy comes in two main forms, external beam radiation and internal radiation. They can be used separately or together. Your doctors will decide which type is best for you based on what type of surgery you had and where your tumors are located.
External beam radiation is the most common form used for breast cancer. In external beam radiation, beams of energy are projected from a machine into your body, carefully targeted onto locations such as the whole breast, lymph nodes, or other areas affected by cancer.
Some doctors may recommend you receive another treatment called hyperthermia just before radiation treatments. Also known as thermotherapy or thermal therapy, hyperthermia involves heating the cancer tissue to high temperatures. It is believed that this may make the cancer cells more susceptible to radiation. This treatment is still being researched and is not yet widely available.
Internal radiation, also known as brachytherapy, is direct and localized. It involves implanting a small catheter (tube) or device into the body near the surgical site from which the tumors were removed. During the radiation therapy, small radioactive pellets will be introduced via the catheter or device. This type of radiation therapy is not as common, and is still undergoing clinical trials. Internal radiation may require much less time than external beam therapy.
Radiation therapy can be useful at almost any stage of breast cancer. It is usually delivered a few weeks after surgery to allow for healing. If chemotherapy is also planned, radiation therapy usually comes after chemotherapy.
When you arrive for your first external beam radiation appointment, the radiation therapist will take an x-ray called a port film to establish the best position for you to be in during treatment. They will tattoo small marks on your skin to indicate where the beam should be targeted. Do not try to wash this off or retouch it. In each appointment, the therapist will position you carefully on the table. You will need to lie still while the radiation is delivered. Try to stay relaxed. You will not feel anything during the treatment, although gradually over several treatments, your skin in that area will develop a burn, like a sunburn. This may be painful, but can be treated with topical ointments.
Radiation therapy is usually delivered five days a week during the treatment period, which can last as long as seven weeks. Receiving the treatment takes about 30 minutes, but preparation time may take longer. In accelerated breast irradiation, treatment is given twice daily for only one to three weeks. Similarly, in hypofractionated radiation therapy, larger doses are given for shorter periods of time.
For internal radiation therapy, the first step involved is planning. You may receive several scans including computerized tomography (CT), ultrasound, and mammography (x-ray) that help the radiation therapist pinpoint exactly where to place the implant. This may happen before or after your surgery. Next, the implants will be placed. The surgeon may implant a small balloon or strut device within your breast during tumor removal surgery. The implant is placed in the cavity left behind by the tumor. Another method takes place later, after surgery, and involves inserting several needles into the breast while under local anesthetic and sedation. The needles will then be replaced by catheters. In either delivery route, the implants will be removed when treatment is complete. The actual treatment during internal radiation therapy may be received twice a day for as little as five days. During treatment, the implants will be attached to a computer-controlled machine that delivers radioactive material for carefully calculated periods of time, then removes it.
After receiving radiation therapy, you will typically have follow-up appointments every three to six months. It's important to attend every appointment and to tell your doctor about any potential symptoms or side effects you may be experiencing. After five years, you will probably only need to attend one appointment each year.
Intended Outcomes
Radiation therapy helps prevent the return or spread of cancer by killing cancer cells, shrinking tumors, and destroying any remaining cells after tumors have been removed. Radiation therapy improves survival rates in women who have breast cancer.
In one summary of several large research studies, lumpectomy paired with radiation was shown to have equal rates of survival when compared with mastectomy as treatments for early breast cancer.
In another summary of several large research studies involving women who had breast cancer that had spread to their lymph nodes, mastectomy paired with radiation therapy was shown to have significant increases in rates of survival when compared with mastectomy without radiation therapy.
Most common side effects of external beam radiation are short-term. These include fatigue, swelling, the sensations of heaviness in the treated breast, and skin damage similar to sunburn. These changes are usually gone within six to 12 months after external beam radiation treatment ceases, but may linger for as long as two years. Some women find that their breasts become smaller and firmer after receiving external beam radiation.
Less common side effects include nerve damage that can leave the shoulder, arm and hand feeling painful, weak or numb, and the weakening of the ribs, causing them to break more easily. External beam radiation can also make it more difficult to breastfeed in the future.
A very rare but serious side effects of external beam radiation can include developing a different type of cancer called angiosarcoma.
External beam radiation treatment can cause problems if given after breast reconstruction surgery. However, having external beam radiation treatment may limit reconstruction options later.
External beam radiation to the axillary (armpit) lymph nodes can cause lymphedema, or swelling, in the arm or hand on the side targeted by the treatment. Lymphedema can develop at any time after treatment, even years later. Those who have received external beam radiation to the axillary lymph nodes must take extra care to protect that arm and hand, and to avoid receiving blood pressure checks or blood draws on that side.
Internal radiation can cause pain, bruising and infection in the treated area. It can also cause the fat in the breast area to break down. Like external beam radiation, in rare cases it can also weaken the ribs and cause them to break more easily. As of 2012, clinical studies indicated that internal radiation has higher rates of skin and wound complications than external beam radiation.
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BkiUcxc4uzlhb-St3cNI | Talking Politics: Braver Angels helps Vermonters find common ground
By Elissa Borden
Published: Feb. 28, 2021 at 9:23 AM EST
ST. ALBANS, Vt. (WCAX) - Politics -- it's one of the few things divisive enough to strain relationships, or polarize a whole country.
But one organization says, it doesn't have to be that way.
Elissa Borden checked in with Braver Angels of Franklin County to hear more about their mission to "disagree, without being disagreeable."
"If we're busy demonizing each other and somehow treating each other as not quite human because we disagree, that's all energy that we can't put into solving problems," says Shanna Ratner, moderator and co-chair of Braver Angels of Franklin County.
Braver Angels is a volunteer group working to promote safe and civil conversations between folks with opposing politics.
"Learning how to manage that disturbance, learning what to do with it, learning how to listen, as Dan says, listen carefully, be able to ask questions that are helpful questions that actually draw people out and allow them a safe space to respond," explains Ratner.
She got the ball rolling in starting the group during 2016 when she noticed tolerance for other political views was alarmingly low.
Braver Angels of Franklin County is unique in that it's member base is split between conservatives, and liberals or progressives.
"We simplify it, we don't identify as political parties, but we refer to ourselves as red or blue. Red being conservative, blue being liberal or progressive," explains other co-chair Dan Pipes. "We would like to get people out of their social media bubble and out of their echo chambers and to really engage with other people in the community."
They do it with quarterly trainings in a non-pandemic year, usually held at Saint Albans City Hall. But this year, they're moving them online. The first one is March 4, but it's completely booked as people come ready to learn.
"What we do find is that once everyone has had their say and what they need to say regarding whatever the topic is that we're talking about, we often discover that there's common ground that we wouldn't necessarily have assumed there," says Ratner.
The success of Braver Angels doesn't stop at learning, but continues to doing. Ratner says most recently, the group developed bi-partisan legislation on a topic all members are concerned with -- privacy rights.
"We brought together Franklin County legislators from all sides of the aisle, to listen to us, to help us frame something that could be taken up successfully in Montpelier. When it was just about ready to be introduced is when the pandemic hit and I believe it will come up again either sometime this session or next session," she says.
They're finding common ground is something most Vermonters can appreciate, as folks all over the state are now working to begin charters in places other than Franklin County.
"To begin discussing and working on the skillsets that are necessary to be able to do this civilly and respectfully. We'd love to see a group in Rutland, a group in Brattleboro, a group in the Kingdom. There's almost no downside to it," says Pipes.
"This is about building relationships in place, in the place where you are, in the place where you live. And that's why we would be thrilled to see so many more groups started in Vermont. Because the more groups that start locally, the more powerful this will be," says Ratner.
Though the March 4 training is now full, they've scheduled a March 24 training via Zoom for anyone interested.
To enroll, email Braver Angels at braverangelsfc@gmail.com. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUffvxK0iCl2n2Ax1S | Mohla-Manpur Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.
It is part of Rajnandgaon district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
2018
See also
List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Rajnandgaon district
References
Rajnandgaon district
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BkiUauTxK5YsWPOodwd4 | Home • Exhibitions • Oceans in Three Paradoxes • About the Exhibition
Helen Rozwadowski aboard the schooner Mystic Whaler
Helen M. Rozwadowski is a professor of history and founder of the University of Connecticut's Maritime Studies program. Her award-winning book, Fathoming the Ocean: The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea, chronicles the nineteenth-century scientific and cultural discovery of the depths. Her recent book, Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans (Reaktion Books, 2018), was published by an independent publisher of innovative nonfiction and came out in a Korean edition in 2019 and a Chinese edition in 2020. She is co-editor of the new University of Chicago Press "Oceans in Depth" book series.
This virtual exhibit emerged from the fellowship period I was privileged to enjoy at the Rachel Carson Center in spring 2018, which gave me the time and freedom to think broadly about the intersections between the traditional field of maritime history, the emerging field of ocean history that I am actively promoting, and the environmental humanities, more specifically, the blue humanities. I would like to thank in particular Katharine Anderson, Kimberly Coulter, Kevin Dawson, Ruhi Deol, Elizabeth Ellenwood, Daniel Hornstein, Katherine Morrissey, Jonatan Palmblad, and two anonymous reviewers for their generous and helpful questions, contributions, assistance, and insights. As I worked on this exhibit, students in my fall 2018 Introduction to Maritime Studies course at the University of Connecticut created their own version of this exhibit, which opened at the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus on April 9, 2018.
Two posters from the University of Connecticut's Maritime Studies Student Exhibit of 2018
This introductory poster to the University of Connecticut's Maritime Studies 1101 student exhibit in 2018 introduces viewers to the goals and overall argument of the exhibit as well as its connection to the "blue humanities."
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One of the posters contributing to the 2018 student exhibit, this one examines the Bridge-Moat paradox. Others, not included here, explored Repository-Mirror and Destination-Home.
The last image, lower right corner, is a photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oceans in Three Paradoxes: Knowing the Blue through the Humanities
What can the humanities reveal about people's interconnections with the ocean, past and present? In 1975, the maritime historian Benjamin Labaree offered an influential argument that the Atlantic acted simultaneously as bridge and moat for European settlers of North America. The paradox of these overlapping functions provided a touchstone for understanding the maritime realm, but it is time to recognize the ocean as more than the flat surface implied by it. Two further pairings, repository–mirror and destination–home, testify to the duration of the human connections with the sea, including its depths, and also to the distinct ocean relationships forged by different cultures. The blue humanities provide a mooring for considering not only the ocean's past and present but its future as well.
Helen M. Rozwadowski
Rozwadowski, Helen M.
University of Connecticut, USA
Helen M. Rozwadowski is a professor of history and founder of the University of Connecticut's Maritime Studies program. Her award-winning book, Fathoming the Ocean: The Discovery and Exploration of the Deep Sea, chronicles the nineteenth-century scientific and cultural discovery of the depths. Her recent book, Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans (Reaktion Books, 2018), which won the Sharon Harris Book Award from UCHI in 2019, came out in a Korean edition in 2019 and a Chinese edition in 2020. She is co-editor of the new University of Chicago Oceans in Depth book series.
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BkiUfwo5qhDC0kZMYUou | News & Events, Fundraising
What You Made Possible in 2018
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) is thrilled to release our new Annual Report, a compact account of Fiscal Year 2018 (October 1, 2017 - September 30). The report's few dozen pages are symbolically bound between striking images of the inner ears of mice — our small, fellow mammals who continue to show new capabilities in hearing restoration, which will one day be possible for people with hearing loss.
Inside, you'll find summaries of the most important discoveries that have emerged from our scientists' labs — in almost all 50 states (see our map of funded institutions on p. 14)! Updates from the Hearing Restoration Project, Emerging Research Grants, and Ménière's Disease Grants programs kick off on p. 28. This work is only possible because of our generous and committed supporters. A few remarkable donors' stories are highlighted on pp. 6-9, and the full list of those who gave begins on p. 16.
2018 was HHF's 60th anniversary year, and in celebration of turning "60 years strong," the report also catalogues some of the notable accomplishments that materialized because of the ambitious vision of our late founder, Collette Ramsey Baker, beginning on p. 10. "My mother made a promise that, if [her hearing loss surgery] worked, she would do something to support research to find the causes of deafness and develop better treatments," said Ramsey Baker's daughter, Collette Wynn.
As noted by Board Chair Elizabeth Keithley, Ph.D. in her opening remarks (pp. 4-5), HHF is proud to retain top marks for transparency and use of program funds by all major charity watchdogs. You can review financial information on pp. 38-40 and in our Audited Financials.
We extend our gratitude to all who made possible the work enclosed in this report. Should you have questions about the contents, feel free to contact us at development@hhf.org.
You can read HHF's FY18 Annual Report here.
Tagged: Annual Report, 60th anniversary, Elizabeth Keithley Ph.D., Collette Ramsey Baker
Highlights from Our 2017 Annual Report
By Gina Russo
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) is pleased to share that our latest Annual Report is now available for your review. The report provides in-depth coverage of our activities, events, and achievements for fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017). Highlights from the report include the following:
Promising investigative work in hearing and balance. Thanks to the generosity of many individuals and organizations, HHF funded nine Hearing Restoration Project (HRP) projects and 14 Emerging Research Grant (ERG) recipients last year.
Using three animal models, HRP scientists continued their collaborative quest (pp. 14-18) to permanently cure hearing loss and tinnitus through hair cell restoration. Says HRP consortium member David Raible, Ph.D., "Collaboration is the key to innovation. Although there is a romantic picture of a scientist slaving away in isolation, toiling toward 'eureka' moments, science works best with communication and sharing ideas."
Meanwhile, our ERG recipients (pp. 19-22) were awarded grants to fund their up-and-coming work in the areas of Ménière's Disease, tinnitus, central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), hearing health, Usher syndrome, hearing loss in children, and stria vascularis.
Introduction of a research program, Ménière's Disease Grants (MDG). HHF funded two former ERG recipients, Drs. Gail Ishiyama and Ian Swinburne, who will help to advance our understanding of the inner ear and balance disorder Ménière's Disease. These grants (p. 23) were generously supported by a family committed to finding better treatments and cures for this disabling condition.
Preview of our exciting Hearing Loss Survey findings. HHF, in partnership with the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), surveyed 2,300 people to understand how to better serve the needs of the hearing loss community. Affordability and accessibility of hearing healthcare was an underlying trend in the responses (pp. 11-12), and participants overwhelmingly support the government playing a role in access to hearing loss treatment. A full survey manuscript and executive summary will be available in April 2018.
Thank you to all our fundraisers and donors. We were fortunate to receive large-scale support from Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day, marathon runner Catherine McLoughlin, and the De Francesco family. You can read about each on pp. 8-10. Additionally, you will find a complete list of our FY'17 donors on pp. 26-36, who all helped make a difference in hearing loss research.
Continued outstanding financial transparency. HHF retained top marks from all charity watchdogs (BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator, CharityWatch, and Guidestar) and was recognized, for the second consecutive year, as a "Best Charity for Your Donation" by Consumer Reports. Examine our Report's Financials on pp. 37-39 for more information about how we efficiently steward donor dollars.
Should you have any questions about the report, please get in touch with us at info@hhf.org. To learn more about naming a grant and other giving opportunities, contact development@hhf.org. If you are able to help us fund research programs in 2018, we encourage you to make a contribution to HHF before September 30, 2018 to see your name included on the list of donors in next year's Annual Report.
Tagged: Annual Report, ERG
Our 2016 Annual Report Is Now Available!
By Frankie Huang
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) is happy to announce that its 2016 annual report is now available. The report is an in-depth review of our activities, events, and achievements for fiscal year 2016. We are very proud of top marks from top charity-rating agencies and even more proud our audited financial statements.
We are fortunate to have such generous supporters who raised funds to further HHF's mission of prevention, education, and research. Check out our supporters' creative and unique fundraisers; if you feel inspired and would like to organize an event of your own, please contact us at development@hhf.org.
In 2016, the Hearing Restoration Project (HRP) has made significant strides, bringing us closer to finding a cure for hearing loss and tinnitus. Here are just two of the HRP's discoveries:
Successfully disrupted gene expression in the adult mouse cochlea, including capturing high-quality images—necessary for testing genes in regeneration.
Confirmed that the "DTR mouse" is an excellent platform for studying ways to stimulate hair cell regeneration in the mammalian inner ear.
HHF awarded nine Emerging Research Grants (ERGs) to early-career scientists who are pursuing projects in the areas of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), Hyperacusis, Ménière's disease, Stria, and Tinnitus. Through ERG, we hope to uncover better treatment options and deeper understanding of these disorders.
Last but certainly not least, we want to express our gratitude and appreciation for our many donors; because of their support, we were able to continue with our important work. To see your name on our next donors' list, we gladly welcome and appreciate your gift in any amount made by Sept. 30, 2017.
Tagged: HHF, Annual Report, HRP, ERG, Gene Expression
HHF's FY'15 Annual Report: Read It Now
By Morgan Leppla
Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) is pleased to announce that our 2015 annual report is now available. From the latest hearing research to how we have worked to fulfill our mission, the report is a comprehensive look at our programs, events, and activities for fiscal year 2015 (Oct 1, 2014 - Sept 30, 2015).
In the report, we review HHF's progress, talk to supporters, and decode the financials. Here are some highlights:
Check out the incredible supporters who ran, hiked, and hosted events all to benefit HHF's mission!
HHF's Hearing Restoration Project (HRP) consortium of researchers made notable strides in hearing and tinnitus research. In 2015, the HRP designed a model to test candidate hair cells for regeneration in deafened adult mice, and that's only a fraction of the story.
HRP researchers like Andy Groves, Ph.D., thank you. "Federal funding for biomedical research has decreased by over 20% since 2003, and it shows no sign of increasing any time soon. Your support is critical to help support the skilled young scientists in my lab and to keep the lab afloat," he says.
HHF awarded ten Emerging Research Grants (ERGs) to innovative scientists in the areas of Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), Hyperacusis, Ménière's Disease, and Tinnitus. Learn more about what they are doing with their research grants.
See if your name made the donor list. Didn't see your name...make a gift by Sept 30, 2016, to be listed in fiscal year 2016's annual report.
Keep your eye (or ear!) out for hearing-related facts and statistics.
Get all the details in the full report here. We are excited by our progress over the past year and hope you enjoy reading it. As always, have any questions, please email us at info@hhf.org!
Please consider making a gift today so we can continue to carry out our mission and find a cure for hearing loss and tinnitus.
YOU ARE OUR HOPE.
Tagged: Annual Report, Hearing Health Foundation, HHF, HRP, Hearing Restoration Project, ERG, Emerging Research Grants | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdNM4ubng3AsE8d-y | About Jeffrey Q. Smith
Jeffrey Q. Smith is a Senior Counsel at Phillips Nizer LLP. He was previously a Partner and then a Senior Counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Written by Jeffrey Q. Smith
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Limonad Tells All About Hapoel Jerusalem
After joining Hapoel Tel Aviv, veteran settles accounts with old team, says he's not looking for comeback with Maccabi
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This is signing season. This player signs for that club, another returns to his former team, yet another rejoins his coach from two or three years back. Some of the switches are interesting, others as expected as heat in the summer.
Raviv Limonad's move to Hapoel Tel Aviv took everyone by surprise. For the first time since it was re-established by the fans, Hapoel Tel Aviv signed a player who was never connected to the club - one who spent most of his career at Hapoel Jerusalem, and even played, God forbid, for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Limonad, who grew up in Netanya, has surprises in store: "I am connected to Hapoel Tel Aviv. My family includes several supporters of the team, and my grandfather was a big fan," he tells Haaretz. "I never supported any club. I always focused on playing basketball and becoming a professional, but I always had a soft spot for Hapoel and always had warm thoughts for the fans and club. Hapoel adds a different flavor to Israeli basketball and it's pretty amazing to become a part of this."
Until several months ago, Limonad, 29 next month, was part of another disappointing season for Hapoel Jerusalem, even though his personal statistics were solid: 10.7 points per game in the league, 9.6 points per game – with fewer minutes on court – during the playoffs. He was a starter and, for the first time in his career, a significant player on a team that aimed for the top.
"Personally, I'm very pleased with the last season," he says. "When I played for Maccabi I was a leading player in the league, but not in the Euroleague. I made significant progress in several areas, found my place in a big team, improved my defensive work, and gained more insights into the game. The coaches trust me. When everyone else in Jerusalem fell out with each other, I was reliable. I was Sharon Drucker's man on court, he always knew he could trust me. He knew what I could contribute professionally and personally, that I would get along with everyone and encourage all the players. I feel in debt to Sharon for trusting me and overseeing my progress."
So there really were that many quarrels on the team?
"Everybody says 'what a season you had over there in Jerusalem,' but it wasn't that bad. There were some incidents that made it difficult. Craig Smith's falling out with Sharon Drucker finished our season. We were at a stage that we had already jelled, we were second in the league, and when we lost to Rishon Letzion at home, all hell broke loose."
You know the ins and outs at Hapoel Jerusalem. Why doesn't it ever work out for the club?
"It's a strange place, I can't put my finger on it, a good club with fans and atmosphere, but sometimes the fans and those close to the club give it a bear hug, and they create unrealistic expectations and pressure the whole club, from the president on down. It's an inexplicable pressure. As a player I could ignore it because I knew exactly what was expected from me, but the club as a whole is strangled by the pressure, and can't really succeed. It's a ritual that repeats itself every season, leading to quarrels, players being sent home, and losses. The club can't succeed when all this is going on."
'Wouldn't play at J'lem for double the pay'
Why didn't you renew your contract in Jerusalem?
They talked to me, I spoke to the coach, but it never materialized, I really don't know why. Everything happened late in Jerusalem this season, even when the new owners came in. They decided to examine all the options and not to take any decisions. At some point, when Hapoel Tel Aviv inquired, I was attracted by the idea of playing for Erez Edelstein, who I respect and appreciate, and with the fans and the amazing people running the club. Jerusalem's conduct this summer was controversial, to use an understatement, at least as far as I was concerned. If they had offered to double my pay I wouldn't continue. Hapoel has a wonderful tradition and great fans."
What's really surprising is that you signed a three-year contract.
"It was very important for me to sign a long-term contract. I'm at an age when I need to find a place I can call home, and succeed personally along with the team. There's no better place for that than Hapoel Tel Aviv. We want to lead the team back to its golden days."
Didn't you expect to return to Maccabi Tel Aviv after you left three years ago?
"Absolutely not. I didn't expect and didn't want to return to Maccabi. I want to play and be happy. Maccabi is a huge club, but not the only one where you can play basketball. The league is going through a bad trend, too many foreign players, and it all begins with Maccabi, who want to be the best in Europe and bring in seven or eight foreign players. The Israelis cannot play their game as they should, and as they can. If you examine Europe's leading teams, you see that they all have a solid local base leading the clubs. Maccabi focuses on foreign players, at the expense of the Israelis. I believe there are enough talented local players who can lead the team, if they feel secure."
Meanwhile, until the league kicks off, Limonad is training with the Israeli national team, preparing for the European Championship in September.
Are the players disappointed that Gal Mekel decided not to join the national team this summer?
It's a huge loss for the national team, but nobody's angry with Gal. The NBA is every player's dream, he fulfilled his dream and it wasn't his decision, but more of a dictate from the Dallas Mavericks. We love him as a friend and we'll miss him, but we do have enough players who can take his place.
Is there hope of making it to the quarterfinals in Slovenia?
From my experience, we should focus on the group stage, but naturally, we all hope to make it through the group stage.
Raviv Limonad, in white, trying to halt the progress of Hapoel Jerusalems Yuval Naimi last season. Seffi Magrisoספי מגריזו | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdE05qdmC92mfkdKG | In this interview with Rajeev Masand, Sara Ali Khan talks about her love for the movies, about wanting to become an actor since she was five, about the hard time the paparazzi gives her brother Taimur, what she's learnt from her parents Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh, and the perceived rivalry with Jhanvi Kapoor. The 23-year-old debutant also reveals when she discovered that the reality of making movies was very different from the romantic notion she was seduced by.
Another video of Kishore Kumar immitating music director Kalyanji from the same interview. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUa_fxK7ICUn2IYFMB | const createService = require('feathers-mongodb');
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BkiUf5TxK7FjYHGH2oLH | Q: Angular 4 - Loopback 2 "Internal Server Error" "Object(...) is not a function" I do not know why i get this error, i followed the tutorial Tour of Heroes of Angular
Code:
public productsURL = 'http://localhost:3000/api/productos'; // URL to web api
constructor(
private http: HttpClient,
private messageService: MessageService) { }
getProducts (): Observable<Product[]> {
return this.http.get<Product[]>(this.productsURL)
.pipe(
tap(products => this.log(`fetched heroes`)),
catchError(this.handleError('getProducts', []))
);
}
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Rasamny Younis Motor Company (Rymco), the exclusive distributor of Nissan, Infiniti and GMC in Lebanon, inaugurated one of the biggest car maintenance and customer service centers in Lebanon, in the Choueifat area.
The facility, which is a site dedicated for the cars and commercial vehicles' maintenance and repair, is fully equipped to accommodate about 1,000 vehicles, including four-wheel drive cars and trucks. Rymco's new branch is one of the largest automotive facilities in Lebanon where you can also find spare parts for all cars.
On this occasion, Mr. Fayez Rasamny, Chairman of Rymco stated: "The opening of a huge branch and showroom in Choueifat is part of Rymco's expansion plan, aiming to serve the maximum number of potential customers in Lebanon. We are very happy to start the year 2016 with such an important announcement, and we promise our customers that we will continue to provide excellent service and maintain the level they have been used to over the years with Rymco."
Rymco will soon open its new showroom in the Choueifat branch, re-confirming its tireless efforts deployed to meet the demand of its customers in Lebanon.
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BkiUbTo5qhLAB45oIbZi | Peace Through Understanding: Why This Dallas Baptist Church Is Hosting a Ramadan Dinner
Taylor Adams
Wilshire Baptist Church has hosted a number of interfaith dinners and is hosting a Ramadan dinner on Thursday.
Courtesy of the Dialogue Institute
Taylor Adams | June 6, 2018 | 4:00am
Visitors will fill a room in Wilshire Baptist Church to share a meal Thursday. They're not sharing communion or having a fellowship potluck in the East Dallas church but are coming together through Ramadan, a sacred month for those who practice Islam.
Dialogue Institute Dallas, an organization based in Richardson, is hosting 20 Ramadan dinners this season, joining up with other houses of worship such as Wilshire, Congregation Beth Torah and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
On Thursday, the meal of breaking the Ramadan fast will be at Wilshire.
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"The Dialogue Institute of the Southwest is a group of moderate Muslim immigrants, primarily from Turkey, inspired by the work of Fetullah Gülen, who believes in peace through education and understanding," says the Rev. George Mason, Wilshire's senior pastor. "I have attended numerous events they have sponsored through the years, spoken at some of them, hosted an Iftar [Ramadan] dinner at church in one form or another twice before, and was hosted for one such dinner in the home of a Turkish family."
Wilshire has been involved in multifaith and interfaith relationships for many years, Mason says.
Emrah Aktepe, executive director of Dialogue Institute Dallas, says interfaith collaboration on the dinners has increased in recent years.
"As for the Ramadan dinners, this is a tradition we have been doing for years, but it was with a less number of outside venues and more at our center in Richardson," he says. "Ramadan is a time of several aspects, [and] sharing is one of them. It's a very big part of Ramadan to share ... with your neighbors, your relatives, your friends.
"If we want to be respected by others, we have to respect others. If we want religious liberty for ourselves, we have to defend religious liberty for others, too." — the Rev. George Mason
"Most of us within the Turkish community don't have much family here, and we have already programs with different institutions, faith or cultural, for other purposes, so we kind of ... combine the sharing aspect of Ramadan with the institutions we work with to come together and share a meal with our local friends."
Muslims worldwide observe Ramadan as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad, according to Islamic belief. Followers traditionally fast during the day (that includes consuming no water) until breaking the fast with a meal at sundown.
The dinner at Wilshire will include bulgur pilaf, ground beef roast, green salad, rice pudding and baklava.
While Aktepe says there's no expectation for anyone to fast Thursday, there will be dialogue to bridge any divides. The idea of "food diplomacy" is trending right now, with dinners in Dallas at immigrant-owned restaurants and cooked by refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Myanmar.
"Our program is very simple, and it is actually more focused on table conversations rather than a lecture," Aktepe says. "Our mission in general is bringing people together, people of different backgrounds, religions — and this [event] fits perfectly in that purpose, so we receive nothing but very positive feedback."
In fact, the Dialogue Institute has had organizations host multiple years. A few of the new ones have already asked about hosting next year, he says. The Institute reached out to nearly 100 organizations and is hosting 20 collaborative dinners.
"Some didn't work because it was our first time reaching out and it was not enough time," Aktepe says. "Some of the places are not interested in dialogue at all, but that might be one or two examples."
For Wilshire, which is known as a more progressive church, it's a natural event.
"If we want to be respected by others, we have to respect others. If we want religious liberty for ourselves, we have to defend religious liberty for others, too," Mason says. "If we want Muslims not to judge Christianity by its worst, most fringe and extreme role models, but instead by those who seek to represent the spirit of Jesus in a generous way, then we have to be engaged with them personally. Likewise, they want us to know their faith and to judge it by those who are tolerant and peace-loving."
This week's Ramadan dinner by the Dialogue Institute Dallas will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Wilshire Baptist Church, 4316 Abrams Road in Dallas. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbUA4eIXgu1N6gILE | Apr 22 Cider Is Good. Eric Bordelet Paints Us His Feelings and We Slurp Them Up.
Apr 22 A Greek White that is as Wild and Floral and WILD as You Are!
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BkiUdzU4eIOjSJ68LCj6 | No, not environmentally, but in the financial sense.
A recent post by Lakehead University economics professor Livio Di Matteo on the excellent "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative" blog raised the issue of "sustainable" universities – not in the environmental sense, but in the economic/financial sense.
Digging up some statistics on postsecondary education in Canada, he finds that, as with health care, spending on postsecondary education in Canada is indeed "unsustainable" given that the average annual growth rate for the period 1990 to 2009 (5.7 percent) exceeds the growth rate for GDP (4.3 percent), provincial-territorial government revenues (4.7 percent) and total provincial-territorial government expenditures (4.3 percent). In fact, postsecondary education spending is growing almost as fast as public health spending.
It is a sobering statistic, considering that – as with health care – most of those involved in postsecondary education continue to clamour for ever more public funding. And yet, again as with health care, it never seems to be enough, especially in light of public pressure to educate ever larger numbers of undergraduates. Universities have responded to cost pressures by, among other things, hiring more contract sessional instructors, increasing class sizes and charging more in tuition, but these practices seem to me to be equally unsustainable in the long run.
This, along with the sense by many that a university degree is losing its value, has led Paul Staton, CEO of Inigral, to claim that higher education will soon be facing the "Great Disruption." It's not entirely clear to me what exactly he means by that, but his main takeaway appears to be that universities will need to "embark upon dramatic transformations," including cost-cutting, in order to survive.
As with the dire warning of a "higher education bubble," this type of apocalyptic talk leaves me unimpressed. Universities have proven to be one of the most stable and enduring institutions in history and I suspect that they will continue to endure in much their current form for decades to come. Of course, the obvious major change that has occurred in the past 50 years is the enormous growth in the number and size of universities, but their essential form and function remain.
But, going back to the original point, they are also enormously expensive. Mr. Staton appears to believe that the Internet, e-learning and mobile technology will solve the problem, but again I'm unconvinced. I think that face-to-face, campus-based learning will continue to be the major paradigm far into the future.
Nevertheless, I do find it terribly frustrating – as surely do most policy makers, university administrators and faculty – that there aren't some obvious solutions to bending the "cost curve" and delivering quality education more economically. The search for solutions in the healthcare area seems to have been met with equal (non)success. I don't know what the answer is. Suggestions?
Straw man: we reject the idea that people who benefit most from health care should pay more for it, as they are often the most vulnerable in all sorts of ways, but why do we dismiss out of hand the idea that those people who benefit most, financially, from their education should, eventually, be expected to put more back into the system? A highly-educated and well-rounded citizenry benefits us all and is a worthy result of the expenditure of tax dollars. The base amount beyond what we are willing to spend, collectively, is supplemented by a revamped loans program. Jurisdictions that choose to pick winners in advance immediately forgive these loans, for certain people or for people studying in certain fields, and everyone else repays on a means test. Jurisdictions that choose to pick winners after the fact offer to forgive these loans for graduates willing to pursue further study in targeted disciplines or work within certain geographical restrictions. This is also the point at which corporate philanthropy would be most effective. Our current funding model contributes to poor results by distracting students, over longer and oft-interrupted programs, from what should be their primary focus. We squeeze the wrong people at the wrong time and wonder why a system that grows more and more costly does not work. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUbG85qWTD6c9TvdC9 | Providence is calling a Per Diem, Day Shift Dietitian to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, CA.
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BkiUearxK0zjCrsOA7cn | Yesterday or exactly on 09-09-2009 the World's Biggest Indoor Theme Park was inaugurated in Makassar Indonesia by Indonesian Vice President. this Theme Park was owned by Indonesian TV Station. which can be said this is the first time in the world a TV Station have their own Theme Park. Wanna know more about this World Biggest Indoor Theme Park - Trans Studio?
Trans Studio Resort Makassar is an integrated tourism area in Makassar, Indonesia. Trans Studio was Built in the area of 12.7 hectares with investment of up to Rp 1 trillion. The project was inaugurated on September 9, 2009 by Mr. Vice-President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla. Facilities built in between the shopping center that includes the Trans Trans Walk and Rodeo Drive, and Trans Studio, Trans hotels, and offices of Mega Bank. Trans Studio Building was built in area of 22,000 m² with 20 meters high which is the largest indoor amusement park in Southeast Asia and maybe the Biggest in the World.
This Theme park was adopted Universal Studio Concept and Designed by John Stevenson, director of Kung Fu Panda. This Theme Park area of 2.7 hectares with an area with a capacity of 5000 people consisting of four zones with 22 Rides, the zone of the Central Studio, Lost City, Magic Corner, Tsunami Island and Cartoon City. not only that but you can also go to the Rides called "Dunia Lain" this is similiar to Ghost House.
Maybe this Trans Studio Theme park can drive many tourist to Makassar Indonesia.
The world's biggest indoor theme park isn't located here. It's in South Korea called "Lotte World" get your statistic right!
it's true that lotte world in ROK used to be the world's biggest indoor theme park, but it was before trans studio finish its construction.
The world's biggest theme park is not Lotte world Korea nor Trans studio Makasar Indonesia.
Since July 2011, it is Trans studio Bandung Indonesia which hold the record as the world's biggest indoor theme park. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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BkiUbaw5qU2Ap15jcnRo | We are big believers in the idea that you should make every place you live feel like home. Heck, that's why we have an entire blog about personalizing your space. We don't care if you're in your "forever home" or if your lease ends in 6 months…you should take some time to create a home that reflects your style, personality, and interests.
But now you're thinking, "I rent and my landlord won't let me do anything to make my pad more cozy." Well renters, it's time to rejoice. Gone are the days of staring at blank white walls devoid of any personality. There are plenty of ways to transform your rental, and still get your deposit back when it's time to move onto another place.
So you can't paint your orange-y wood kitchen cabinets, but you can still spruce them up! Unscrew the old hardware on your cabinets, and replace it with something shiny and new. This won't take much time at all and should only cost you a few bucks per knob. Don't just stop at the kitchen…replace bathroom cabinet hardware and even closet door knobs. Just be sure to keep all of the old hardware in a bag, and screw it back on when you leave.
Ugly stained carpet? Scratched hardwood? Cover those suckers up with a nice area rug of your choice. Rugs are great investment pieces and make any space look that much more complete. Plus, they're comfy on your feet and absorb some noise. Your neighbors will thank you!
No need to pull off all of the blinds in your home, instead just pull them to one side or all the way up to let as much light in as possible. Then you can add your own personality to your windows with curtains or simple drapes.
Yes you will have to fill nail holes when you move out, but c'mon that won't take you long at all (check out this post for the how-to)! Don't let that be an excuse for blank walls. Art is an easy way to bring life to a space, and it will definitely make your rental feel more like a home. We've also used heavy-duty 3M command strips to hang art…so that could be an option for your next gallery wall. Leaning large frames or canvases on dressers is a good option too, especially if you want to add some height to a space.
Overhead fluorescent lighting could make even Kate Middleton look bad (okay, maybe not her..she is pretty darn perfect!) But you get the point…harsh lighting isn't going to do your home any favors. Instead get some table lamps and standing lamps to light your space. They'll create a warm moody vibe and they'll definitely up the coziness factor.
If you're in a rental, chances are you might not have as much space as you would like. We're all about "secret storage." That means hiding all of our clutter away in concealed spots. Benches, ottomans, baskets, and wooden chests are all great spots to store items you don't need on a regular basis. Also, maximize your vertical space with some wall shelves. Yes, you may have to put an anchor and hole in your walls, but again…don't let a little maintenance deter you from making your house more efficient.
Here are some awesome DIY projects you can complete in rentals. Check out the links for the full tutorials!
So what do you say…are you finally ready to make your rental feel a little more like home? | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUeBM4eIXh8Eim8mNY | Defect centres in hBN as light emitters in visible spectral range.
08/01/2020 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Asia/Singapore Timezone
Speaker: Assistant Prof Maciej Koperski
Affiliation: NUS (Department of Materials Science and Engineering)
Host: Prof Antonio Castro Neto
Abstract Details: Luminescent defect centres in wide gap materials are known to play a crucial role in breakthrough developments in science and technology. Especially prominent examples of that notion may be found in photonic research. One of the first observations of population inversion, subsequently leading to creation of lasers, was possible through inspection of intrinsic transitions in Cr3+ ions acting as substitution for Al in Al2O3 crystals [1]. The efforts to fabricate and characterize nitrogen-vacancy defects in diamond inspired substantial progress in solid-state single photon emission [2] and sensing of local fields [3].
Even though undeniably important, well-controlled defect centres are rare and generally difficult to achieve. In this talk, I will present a road from uncovering emitting defect centres in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) [4,5] of microscopically unknown origin to designing methods of intentional creation of stable carbon-related defects. Those new carbon-doped hBN specimen display a particular pattern of resonances seen in photoluminescence spectra under below-band-gap excitation. The optical response of carbon-doped hBN crystals, related to the physical character of the emitting states and radiative/non-radiative processes, is similar to other aforementioned emitting defects in solids. The strength of such findings comes from the omnipresence of hBN in the research of 2D materials, proving its compatibility with robust van der Waals technology. This opens up a path to obtain more intricate insight into the defect physics and introduce application-oriented developments in material science via methods applicable exclusively to 2D crystals.
[1] T. H. Maiman, Stimulated optical radiation in ruby. Nature 187, 493-494 (1960).
[2] R. Brouri, et al., Photon antibunching in the fluorescence of individual color centers in diamond. Opt. Lett. 25, 1294-1296 (2000).
[3] R. Schirhagl, et al., Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond: nanoscale sensors for physics and biology. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 65, 83-105 (2014).
[4] T. T. Tran, et al., Quantum emission from hexagonal boron nitride monolayers. Nat. Nanotechnol. 11, 37 (2016).
[5] M. Koperski, et al., Single photon emitters in boron nitride: More than a supplementary material. Opt. Commun. 411, 158-165 (2018).
About the Speaker: Dr. Maciej Koperski joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as an Assistant Professor in November 2019. He was born in 1988 in Slawno (Poland), a small town 30 km away from the south coast of the Baltic Sea. For the past two years, he was holding a post-doctoral position at the University of Manchester (UK) in the Condensed Matter Physics Group. After defending PhD dissertation on optical properties of transition metal dichalcogenides in High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Grenoble (France) in 2017, he shifted his research focus on explorations of novel phenomena related to magnetism in 2D, uncovering electronic properties of less understood materials (e. g., InSe) by combining optical and electrical investigations and devising novel methods of introducing light into other areas of low dimensional physics (optical detection of fluids/molecules in 2D channels/environments). The scientific interests of dr. Koperski currently gravitate towards excitonic physics in confined systems and properties of defect-related light emitting centres in solids.
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BkiUa5A5qsNCPf8MvjiO | A high end leading property company based in North London requires an experienced creative Marketing Executive looking to change industry?
Working with the Director you will enhance the brands social media presence across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and develop new social and video content for LinkedIn, Snapchat and Youtube. Due to the creativity of the role, a solid understanding of videography, graphic design and experience with InDesign, Photoshop, Premier Pro is a must. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUgBDxK7Tt52mM_3_y | The Berlin Wall has long since disappeared from reunified Berlin. Memories of it, however, are still very much alive: remains and traces of the former border installations are being preserved for posterity, memorials have been built, and the Berlin Wall Trail allows you to explore the former course of the Berlin Wall on foot or by bike.
Along a total of around 160 kilometers, the Berlin Wall Trail traces the course of the former GDR border fortifications encircling West Berlin. In most sections, this hiking and bike trail runs along the former patrol road used by customs officers in West Berlin or along the border control road used by GDR border troops for their own patrols. Sections of historic interest, with traces or remains of the old Wall, alternate with stretches of natural Beauty. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdRs4eIfiUUQN62QA | UChicago Medicine works with legal aid attorneys to provide legal aid to victims of violence
UChicago Medicine Partners With Legal Aid…
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By Debra Cassens Weiss
December 13, 2022 2:35pm CST
Members of the University of Chicago Medicine and Legal Aid Chicago Recovery Legal Care Team. Photo from the December 9 University of Chicago Medicine press release.
The University of Chicago Medicine is partnering with Legal Aid Chicago to embed attorneys in the system's trauma center in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood to help victims of violence.
Two attorneys from Legal Aid Chicago will be embedded at the trauma center two days a week, according to a Dec. 9 press release and a story by WBEZ.
The program, called Recovery Legal Care, is funded primarily through federal grants. The first year will focus on helping patients achieve public benefits and economic stability. The hope is that it will be expanded to help with housing, education and employment, the release said.
The first attorney on the program, Carly Loughran, meets with patients at their bedsides on Thursdays. A second attorney was due to join the program this week.
Loughran believes lawyers can build relationships with patients that endure after they are discharged from the hospital — a commitment of time beyond that of hospital social workers. For example, your group can appeal denials of public services and advocate for victims fighting evictions.
"Lawyers are like social workers with teeth," Loughran told WBEZ.
Loughran is a staff attorney at Legal Aid Chicago on a two-year grant from Equal Justice Works. Recovery Legal Care is an extension of an existing UChicago Medicine program called the Violence Recovery Program.
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"Working with thousands of patients recovering from intentional violence, we have seen the physical and emotional damage of gun injuries," said Franklin Cosey-Gay, director of the Violence Recovery Program, in a press release. "But what doesn't always get as much attention – but can be just as damaging – is the stress of things like unsafe housing, economic stability and access to public services."
The program has $2.6 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Justice. If the program is deemed a success, it may receive an additional $3.4 million in federal grants.
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The Marketing Model has moved. Nearly all customers (97%) now use online networks when searching for goods and solutions. With social networking, much of the interaction is managed by the leads through channels like Facebook and Twitter, which have more than 700 million members combined—and YouTube which gets 300 million visitors per month.
Social networking is a term that describes the act of using social media sites, social networks, weblogs, wikis or any other collaborative Internet form of press for promotion, sales, advertising and customer service. Common social press promotion tools include Twitter, weblogs, LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube.
In the perspective of Online marketing, social networking refers to a combined group of web qualities whose content is mainly released by users, not direct workers of the property.
In the perspective of Online marketing, social networking is the term for a combined group of web qualities whose content is mainly released by users, not direct workers of the property.
Traffic is great for significant sites where the business is based on Social Media Traffic Bottleneck period numbers, page opinions advertising opinions and CPC designs. Major media sites can benefit significantly from social media as utilizing social news sites can provide countless numbers upon a large number of relatively targeted users to a website.
Product Impressions are a result of traffic and more exclusive classes on a website. Various types of social networking can generate constant brand impressions and visibility through focused areas.
Links are crucial to look for to Search Engine Optimization (SEO). As such, some social networking strategies should be considered as part of an SEO technique. Search engines and Google think about the value of each web link and the overall structure of those links as they connect with your website.
Labeling and bookmarking Good material, when effectively allocated in focused social networking sites will in many cases be marked by customers who have records in those systems. Labels end up being revisited by friends of those customers who initially marked the material, but also will show up in online community site queries. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUbYI4eIZijcNzWfxL | Why wear just one wedding dress when you can wear two?!
It's OK to invite FUTURE world leaders!
Spoiler: It wasn't from Pippa Middleton!
Wearing a hat to every event from now on, thank you.
Could you bustle a Met Gala gown?
3 ways it's going to elevate your activewear game! | c4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUaY3xK0iCl36cUxHI | Komatsu wants to relocate some or all of its operations now based at 4400 W. National Ave., West Milwaukee, to a site that overlooks the harbor at the end of East Greenfield Avenue, according to sources familiar with those plans. This was reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Tom Daykin.
Details are soon to be announced about a major manufacturing expansion, according to statement issued by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.
That project will involve "significant capital investment and jobs expansion for a long-time Milwaukee manufacturer," with Gov. Scott Walker and Mayor Tom Barrett scheduled to attend, the statement said.
For more than a year, Komatsu executives have been considering the site for the company's Milwaukee-area operations. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdn45jDKDx7Q7NnGm | This week, Konami took the opportunity to share some new details and clarify some others on the amazing Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. The classics in collection, which comes with Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, are each getting a nice set of upgrades.
The remastering of the game looks great and really adds new life to the games. Personally, I could not be more excited for the collection, and finding out that it will run so clear is excellent news. I can not wait to replay the amazing boss fights from Metal Gear Solid 3 again. Not only that, but it has been too long since I've played Metal Gear Solid 2. Konami really seems to have chosen well with their HD Remakes, and the great updates to the various Metal Gear Solid games just get me more excited for the Silent Hill and Zone of the Enders collections. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdco5qdmC6Srl9Z-u | Service Description: Baltimore Sewer Overflows from Januray 1, 2011 through December 20, 2016. Data provided from Maryland Department of the Environment Maryland Reported Sewer Overflow Database. Database was accessed on February 17, 2017 and the data used was last updated on December 30, 2016. Addresses were geocoded using ESRI World Geocoder. Data was edited for typos to ensure accurate geocoding. Addresses that were in close proximity to eachother were assumed to be the same location. Data is show as number of overflow events at each location. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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BkiUd3w4uzlh53v23X88 | Local farmer honored
Published 9:34 pm Friday, July 17, 2009
Plantersville has been home to many planters through the years, hence the name, and this year has produced a statewide winner in agriculture, David Wright.
Recently named the 2009 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Alabama Farmer of the Year, Wright will compete against nine other farmers to be the overall winner.
Wright owns and operates Wright's Nursery and Greenhouse, which includes 92,000 square feet of greenhouse space and a half-acre of outdoor growing space.
Wright also maintains a fleet of trucks to deliver his plants, and a Web site as an avenue for customers to place orders. He also owns 1,403 acres of timberland.
And he does it all without something most people rely on every day — his right arm.
"I lost my arm in 1966 when it was caught in the drive shaft of a corn sheller," Wright said in a press release. "I was a mediocre student, but after I lost my arm I felt I needed a college degree.
Soon after his accident, Wright's father, a mechanic by day and a farmer by night, was planning to build a new shop.
As Wright recovered, he asked his father to build a greenhouse instead.
"He built the greenhouse so I could learn to use my left hand," Wright said. "So, if not for losing my arm, I would not be in the greenhouse business, I would not have gone to college and would not have met my wife. I owe a lot to the Good Lord for taking my arm."
Wright graduated from Auburn University with a degree in horticulture and returned home to work at his father's business.
Since taking over the business, Wright has continually modernized and improved the facilities.
The modernization has made Wright's operation more efficient.
"You won't see any operation in the U.S. this small with this much automation," he said.
His employees handle plant trays two times, compared with nine times prior to the adoption of modern greenhouse machinery.
"Modernization and efficiency have kept us in business," Wright said.
Wright said he does not plan to increase the size of his business, but is always looking for ways to improve it and make it more efficient.
A panel of judges will visit Wright's farm in August before choosing an overall winner.
E-learning days to be considered on school basis
Tanning salon opens in Thorsby
Maplesville Police secures $48,000 equipment grant
Mitchell to fill empty seat on Maplesville Council
Jemison has pavement party | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUc4fxK7kjXLSrFDza | The Springfield Cardinals of the Texas League ended the 2018 season with a record of 60 wins and 79 losses, fourth in the league's North Division. The team scored 620 runs, while allowing 676 runs. Johnny Rodriguez served as manager. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUePA4eIOjR3SloIgv | WWE Draft 2011 start time?
25 Apr 2011, 08:53 AM #1 (permalink)
MichaelJackson98th
I live in the UK and checked the schedule, and it starts at 2am and finishes at 4am. Isn't it supposed to be a 3 hour special?
Really? Short draft :/
Then again, will there be a supplemental draft?
TheAwesomeOne©
I live in New Zealand and here RAW goes on live on Friday and Smackdown comes on live on a Sunday! How screwed up is that!
WWE - CENA SUCKS - WWE
No I'm in Ireland and it's not on for 3 hours it's the usual 2 hour show it starts at 2am and finishes at 4:15am
Just Close Your Eyes
I also live in The UK and, yes, The WWE Draft is going to be a 2 hour show because WWE still have WWE Tough Enough to host.
This year The WWE Draft will be different to the previous ones as every WWE Superstar is going to be given a number and someone backstage is going to pick out a number after all the numbers have been placed in a massive box. The number which is drawn is out, and the WWE Superstar who has that number, will be Drafted to the other show.
Just say Randy Orton has #5, The Miz has #7 John Cena has #10. The person backstage is going to pick out a random number. The number happens to be #10. OMG, John Cena is drafted to SmackDown!
Who is going to be drafted in the wwe draft 2011? Badmanz2011 General Wrestling 9 24 Apr 2011 06:27 PM
WWE 2011 Draft predictions (including Supplemental Draft)? Nexus 2002 - 2007 General Wrestling 5 13 Feb 2011 03:28 AM
when will royal rumble 2011 start? Erfan Khodrang General Wrestling 5 03 Feb 2011 02:37 PM
How to start a title match for Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 for wii? Mitchell General Wrestling 1 02 Dec 2010 05:45 PM
What Time In English Time does TNA Against All Odds start tonight? Sonso General Wrestling 11 17 Feb 2010 12:40 PM | commoncrawl | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUbKHxK3YB9m7_8HpT | The Warriors trail the first-place Nuggets by a half game in the Western Conference.
Andre Iguodala rates Stephen Curry as the second-best point guard of all time and Draymond Green has also hailed his team-mate.
"It's interesting because I think he's still underrated," Iguodala said.
The Warriors slumped to back-to-back defeats and Steve Kerr conceded they had only themselves to blame.
The Golden State Warriors slumped to back-to-back defeats and Steve Kerr conceded they had only themselves to blame.
The guard accrued a $25,000 fine from the NBA after "recklessly throwing the game ball into the spectator stands," the league announced.
Andre Iguodala made a big mistake just before halftime of the Warriors' game against the Trail Blazers on Saturday. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbf85qoaAwjlS6RCw | Trekipedia
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Myriad Universes: Starfleet Academy
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Starfleet Academy campus (TNG 219)
First Appearance TOS 01 (22 Sep 1966)
Starfleet Academy logo (TNG 219)
An institute of higher learning and training facility for Starfleet officer candidates,[1] Starfleet Academy was founded in 2161 with the motto, "Ex astris, scientia," a Latin phrase that translates as "From the stars, knowledge."[2] Modeled after military academies from throughout Earth's history, the Academy, located at The Presidio[2] in San Francisco,[3] classified its cadets[2]— or midshipmen, in naval parlance[3]— with rankings based on class seniority.[3] Although admission to the Academy was open to non-Federation citizens, they required a letter of recommendation from a senior Starfleet officer, such as when Nog, a Ferengi, wished to apply in 2371.[4]
In 2368, when Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D was asked to deliver the commencement address for the year's graduating class, the occasion was marred by the loss of Cadet Joshua Albert in a training accident shortly before commencement was to occur.[2]
Red Squad
Starfleet Academy cadets in the 24th century were typically organized into squads of approximately a half-dozen cadets.[5] Although each squad was officially equal, the cadets in Red Squad were generally held to be the Academy's elite students. Members of Red Squad received their own dormitory, as well as other privileges, in addition to special training.[6] Because of this elite status, many cadets, including Nog[7] and his fellow Omega Squad cadet Matt Decker,[8] aspired to become part of Red Squad.
In 2372, however, Red Squad became an unwitting tool in Admiral Leyton's attempted coup of Earth's government. Under orders from Leyton, Red Squad, commanded at the time by Cadet Riley Shepard, sabotaged Earth's global power grid, which Leyton then blamed upon a Dominion attack.[6][7]
↑ Roddenberry, Gene (Executive Producer). "Where No Man Has Gone Before." Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 1. Directed by James Goldstone. Written by Samuel A. Peeples. Desilu Productions, 22 September 1966.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The First Duty". Star Trek: The Next Generation, Episode 219. Television. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 30 March 1992.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Salin, Robert (Producer). Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Story by Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards. Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer (Uncredited). Paramount Pictures Corporation, 4 June 1982.
↑ "Heart of Stone". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Episode 460. Television. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 6 February 1995.
↑ "Prime Directives". Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Issue 1. Comic Book. Marvel Comics, December 1996.
↑ 6.0 6.1 "Homefront". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Episode 483. Television. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 1 January 1996.
↑ 7.0 7.1 "Paradise Lost". Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Episode 484. Television. Paramount Pictures Corporation, 8 January 1996.
↑ Liberty. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Issue 2. Comic Book. Marvel Comics, January 1997.
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BkiUeBA5qdmDM09ejRgV | Full steam ahead this week as we work on the properties of flat and solid shapes in maths. We investigated corners and sides, and if they can roll or slide. Hexagons and pentagons did catch us out!
Our writing is also improving so much as we are using more of our difficult sounds like "ee" and "or" in our work. Please Mummies and Daddies: don't forget to write in reading diaries so we know you have read at home. At this time in the year it is so important to be reading the books sent home.
In Forest School we loved making homes for minibeasts. Some homes were very fancy and involved ant bridges and passageways to bedrooms. The children so enjoy being out in the woods and they really let their imaginations run wild! Such fun! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUcyk5qhDAClUdRMn_ | \section{Submission of conference papers to ICLR 2021}
\section{Introduction}
With ubiquitous data collection, individuals are constantly generating diverse swathes of data, including location, health, financial information. These data streams are often collected by separate entities and are sufficient for high utility use-cases. A common challenge faced by data scientists is utilising data isolated in silos to train machine learning (ML) algorithms. When this data is commercially sensitive, personal or otherwise under strict legal protection, it cannot be simply merged with data controlled by another party. To ensure data privacy is not compromised during the training or inference process, several privacy-preserving ML techniques, such as Federated Learning (FL) \citep{mcmahan2016communication,konevcny2016federated,mcmahan2017federated,bonawitz2019towards,ryffel2018generic}, focus on training ML models on distributed datasets by keeping data in the custody of its corresponding holder. FL typically splits data horizontally. This is where datasets are distributed across multiple owners that have the same features and represent different data subjects \citep{kantarcioglu2004privacy}. However, it is common in real-world scenarios to find datasets which are vertically distributed \citep{mcconnell2004building}, i.e. different features of the same data subject are distributed across multiple data owners. For example, specialists or general hospitals may hold different parts of a patient's medical data.
To address the issue of learning from vertically distributed data, we use Split Neural Networks (SplitNN) to first map data into an abstract, shareable representation. This allows information from multiple sources to be combined for learning without exposing raw data. We combine this with Private Set Intersection (PSI) to identify and link data points belonging to the same data samples shared among parties. This process facilitates Vertical Federated Learning (VFL) for non-linear functions.
\subsection{Contributions}
\label{contributions}
In this work, we extend the proposal of \citep{angelou2020asymmetric}, regarding the use of (SplitNNs) and PSI in Vertical Federated Learning. We use the PySyft library for privacy-preserving machine learning \citep{ryffel2018generic} to train a Vertically Federated ML algorithm on data distributed across the premises of one or multiple data owners. This work is released as an open-source framework, PyVertical. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first open-source framework to perform machine learning on vertically distributed datasets using Split Neural Networks\footnote{Code is available at PyVertical:\href{https://github.com/OpenMined/PyVertical}{ https://github.com/OpenMined/PyVertical}}.
We verify our method on a two-party, vertically-partitioned MNIST dataset. Our work presents a dual-headed scenario, where data from two separate data owners (who holds different parts of the data samples) and a data scientist (who, in our case, holds data labels) are securely aligned and combined for model training. However, this work could be extended to multiple data owners using the same principle we describe here.
\section{Background Knowledge and Related Work}
\label{litreview}
\subsection{Private Set Intersection}
\label{PSI}
Private Set Intersection (PSI) \citep{freedman2004efficient,huang2012private,de2010practical,dachman2009efficient} is a multi-party computation cryptographic technique which allows two parties, where each hold a set of elements, to compute the intersection of these elements, without revealing anything to the other party except for the elements in the intersection. Different PSI protocols have been proposed \citep{buddhavarapu2020private,ion2020deploying, chase2020private,pinkas2018scalable} and employed for scenarios such as private contact discovery~\citep{demmler2018contactdiscovery} and also privacy-preserving contact tracing \citep{angelou2020asymmetric}.
In this work, we use a PSI implementation based on a Diffie-Hellman key exchange that uses Bloom filters compression to reduce the communication complexity~\citep{angelou2020asymmetric}. This protocol works with two parties computing the intersection between their sets. However, the chosen PSI framework can be replaced with an alternative implementation, for instance, to compute directly the intersection of datasets coming from more than two parties~\citep{hazay2017scalable}.
\subsection{Split Neural Networks}
\label{splitNNreview}
Split learning is a concept of training a model that is split into segments held by different parties or on different devices. A neural network model trained this way is called a Split Neural Network, or SplitNN. In SplitNN, each model segment transforms its input data into an intermediate data representation (as the output of a hidden layer of a classic neural network). This intermediate data is transmitted to the next segment until the training or the inference process is completed. During backpropagation, the gradient is also propagated across different segments. Compared to data-centric FL, split learning can also be useful to reduce the computational burden on data owners, who in many real-world scenarios may have limited computational resources~\citep{gupta2018distributed,vepakomma2018split}.
\subsection{Vertical Federated Learning}
\label{vfl}
Vertical federated learning (VFL) is the concept of collaboratively training a model on a dataset where data features are split amongst multiple parties \citep{yang2019federated}. For example, different healthcare organizations may have different data for the same patient. Considering the sensitivity of the data, these two organizations cannot simply merge their information without violating that person's privacy. For this reason, a machine learning model should be trained collaboratively, and data should be kept on the corresponding premises.
Machine learning algorithms for vertical partitioned data is not a new concept, and many studies for new models and algorithms have been proposed in this area \citep{feng2020multi,liu2020asymmetrically,du2001privacy,du2004privacy,vaidya2002privacy,karr2009privacy,sanil2004privacy,wan2007privacy,gascon2017privacy,thapa2020splitfed, hardy2017private, nock2018entity}. Existing open-source VFL frameworks include FedML \citep{he2020fedml}, which implements multi-party linear models~\citep{hardy2017private}.
Similarly to our work, the use of split networks for vertical federated learning has been proposed~\citep{ceballos2020splitnndriven}. However, differently from our work, the authors investigate multiple methods for combining information sent to the data scientist from disjoint datasets. Moreover, they do not consider the entity resolution problem for aligning data across parties, whereas we illustrate how PSI can be successfully exploited prior to the training process to account for this.
\section{Framework Description}
\label{frameworkdescription}
We introduce PyVertical, a framework written in Python for vertical federated learning using SplitNNs and PSI. PyVertical is built upon the privacy-preserving deep learning library PySyft~\citep{ryffel2018generic} to provide security features and mechanisms for model training, such as pointers to data, without exposing private information.
A set of data features are distributed across one or more data owners. We refer to a full dataset split vertically across the features as a \textit{vertical dataset}. Each of the data owners takes part in the model training, alongside a data scientist who orchestrates the process. The data scientist could also be a data owner itself, holding features or data labels. The data features in the vertical datasets may intersect. Each data point is associated with a unique ID based on the data point's subject, the format of which is agreed by the data owners (e.g. legal names, email addresses, ID card numbers). The data owners use PSI to agree on a shared set of data IDs (process described in Section \ref{psi-protocol}); each data owner discards non-shared data from their datasets and sorts their datasets by ID, such that element $n$ of each vertical dataset corresponds to the same data subject.
In our framework, the data scientist is able to define a split neural network model and send the corresponding model segments to the data owners.
Each data owner's model segment maps their data samples to an abstract representation with $k_i$ neurons. The output from each model segment (which would correspond to a hidden layer of a complete classic neural network) is sent to the data scientist and concatenated to form a $\sum_i k_i$ length vector. The data scientist also defines a model segment corresponding to the final part of the split neural network. This segment remains on the data scientist's premises and maps the concatenated, intermediate data (i.e. the output from data owners' model segments) into a shape relevant to the task. During model training, the data scientist calculates batch loss and updates their model segment's weights. The data scientist then sends the final gradient to the data owners, each of whom updates their own model segment by completing backpropagation independently. We assume all parties are honest-but-curious actors. Figure~\ref{fig:pyvertical-architecture} demonstrates model inference under this framework for the experiment outlined in Section~\ref{experiment}.
\begin{figure}[!h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.65\linewidth]{figures/PyVertical_architecture.png}
\caption{Parties and datasets in the conducted experiment. Data Scientist holds a part of the SplitNN and the labels dataset. Data Owners hold their images datasets and parts of the SplitNN}
\label{fig:pyvertical-architecture}
\end{figure}
\subsection{Data Resolution Protocol}
\label{psi-protocol}
We use a PSI Python library \citep{PSIsourcecode} to identify intersections between data points in two datasets based on unique IDs. In this work, we consider a setting where the data scientist has access to ground truth labels. For all three parties (two data owners + one data scientist) to agree on data points shared among all datasets, the protocol works as follow: firstly, the data scientist runs the PSI protocol independently with each data owner. The intersection of IDs between the data scientist and each data owner is revealed to the data scientist. The data scientist computes the global intersection from the two previous independently computed intersections and communicates the global intersection to the data owners. In this setting, the data owners do not communicate and are not aware of each other's identity in any regard. In practice, this is an ideal feature of the protocol as having knowledge of a group's or individual's participation in a training process can reveal sensitive commercial and personal information in and of itself. Moreover, as the single IDs' intersection lists are only revealed to the data scientist, there is no risk for the data owners to learn which information the other data owners owns. Each of the data owners learns only the information necessary for training or inference.
\section{Experiment}
\label{experiment}
To verify the validity of our framework, we train a dual-headed SplitNN on a vertically-partitioned version of the MNIST dataset. We generate the data by splitting the images in MNIST into left and right halves, providing a dataset of each half to different data owners. The data scientist defines and sends an identical, multi-layered neural network to each of the data owners that takes 392-length vectors as input (flattened representation of 28x14 pixel images). The data scientist also defines and keeps on its premises the second part of the neural network, which outputs a softmax layer for classification. The data scientist can access the ground truth labels and calculate the loss for each data batch. The data scientist controls the training process and hyperparameters. Appendix~\ref{app:experiment} provides more details on the specific values used in model training.
The objective of this experiment is to demonstrate that the proposed framework allows vertically-partitioned learning. This specific experiment should be considered a proof-of-concept, thus not highly optimised for the specific task. Nevertheless, we report the results of the experiment in Figure~\ref{fig:train-results} (in Appendix~\ref{app:experiment}).
\section{Evaluation and Conclusion}
\label{evalconclusions}
We have developed and distributed our work as an open-source project. We hope that PyVertical can serve as a useful tool for researching neural-networks-based VFL. We find PSI an appropriate and useful method for resolving data subjects across datasets; many datasets and domains already collect unique IDs, such as usernames or national identifiers for medical data, making our method widely applicable. Finally, we successfully train a dual-headed model on a vertically-partitioned MNIST dataset, demonstrating that the proposed framework and method work in principle.
\subsection{Limitations and Future Work}
\label{future-work}
The experiment performed in this work assumes that all the parties involved (data owners and data scientist) act honestly. To develop a truly scalable, robust VFL system, additional precautions should be taken into account: identity management, validation of adherence to PSI protocol, and a method agreeing on data ID schema, to name a few.
This work investigates a symmetric SplitNN model: we assume that each data owner holds an identical model segment and that data points are split equally between data owners. Future work should investigate the impact of imbalanced vertical datasets~\citep{liu2020asymmetrically} and the resulting difficulties from the asymmetric model segment convergence due to the use of different sized models and learning rates.
Finally, we illustrate an example of a training process with two data owners and a data scientist holding labels. While the proposed framework can support more parties in principle, we aim to investigate how to apply the process to massively multi-headed Vertical Federated Learning tasks. Additionally, we plan to research and integrate other privacy-preserving ML techniques into our workflow, such as decentralised identities \citep{papadopoulos2021privacy,abramson2020distributed} and differential privacy \citep{dwork2006dp,dwork2008dp,titcombe2021practical}, to further enhance privacy guarantees.
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BkiUfnM5qhLBxRsIgxrk | 1) First create a docker image using following command :
$ docker build -t helm .
2) Run helm image - it will display all available options for helm command :
$ docker run -it helm
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BkiUd5_xK0zjCxh737G8 | Mark Thompson: Should we be ensuring that interns are paid a fair wage?
Should we be ensuring that interns are paid a fair wage?
Ben Lyons had an interesting post on Lib Dem Voice recently where he argued that the minimum wage legislation should be amended to recognise interns as short-term employees.
I have read numerous articles over the years about this issue (and indeed blogged about it myself in the past) and the more I read, the more unfair it seems. There are certain fields of work such as in the media or working as a parliamentary researcher where it is pretty standard for people to offer their services for free for a number of months. On the surface it might seem fair enough, after all shouldn't people be willing to show their dedication by volunteering for a short period of time? But what has started to happen is that certain professions are becoming closed to people who cannot afford to have their living costs paid for or subsidised by reasonably well off parents. I know that if I had decided to go into one of these professions straight after graduating 15 years ago it would have been very difficult/impossible for me to get by on no salary.
At the same time I hear the counter argument that without the internship system, some of these positions would not exist in the first place as the employers are not in a position to pay for them.
I have to say that the more I have thought about it though, the more I am more inclined to agree with the argument that someone putting in a reasonable days work should be paid a fair rate for it. If some of the jobs would not exist without being subsidised through this system then maybe that tells its own story. I certainly think that the current situation is contributing to the decline in social mobility we have seen in recent years.
One idea that Charlotte Gore suggested on a previous thread is that those working as interns should be able to claim benefits. After all, they are not being paid and an internship is a better route to employment than some of the alternatives.
Having seen the effect of similar provisions for aspirant barristers, I'm not inclined to believe it does anything of the sort. The requirement that all pupillages (essentially a year-long apprenticeship) be funded hasn't done much to tackle social exclusivity, but has restricted the number of places now available to such an extent that people are now put off much earlier in the process. Chambers can't afford to take as many people on, the odds become worse and people who don't meet the "type" are deterred.
What's more, interns cost firms money. Many are not "working". The role is educational and they don't always provide firms with a return on the time, resources and effort invested. The number of internships has already dried up this recession, with lots of firms demanding that interns pay for the privilege. It would be equivalent to saying that universities should pay their students money because some of their activities are useful in helping their institutions secure funding.
Mandating a minimum wage doesn't do much beyond restrict places; we'd be far better off allocating targeted financial support on the basis of need and merit, rather than as a blanket imposition. Minimum wages don't tackle the underlying issues here.
To subsidise those with insufficient access to a limited resource, is not the correct approach. Instead, if we seek to provide equalisation we must restrict the access of the privileged. So for example, if you come from a family of lawyers, it might be more difficult to get into law school, or a family of medics would find their children need to get slightly higher grades to qualify for medical internships. We can assume, that if the opportunities are available, they will be taken up.
We might even means-test this on financial grounds; only a limited number of posh kids get summer internships at an investment bank, for example. Of course this is draconian, and would be unpopular but it is greatly more effective than helping out those at the bottom. Remember that we are talking about (in the context of) access to a limit resource. Whether an internship is truly a limited resource might be questionable, of course.
I think Charlotte's idea has some merit in it. View internships like apprenticeships.
Charlotte Gore is, unusually, wrong this time. We aren't talking about front line services here, we are talking about a subsidy to the media industry.
Other than that I'm torn. If someone wants to give their services freely in order to gain experience that should be their choice. It is no different to paying to get a degree or other qualification.
On the other hand we hosted a friends' daughter while she did some internship in London for a while. She then spent about four months in London on internships before getting a job. She didn't go to university and as her father said, he felt a bit guilty as he knows others couldn't do it.
But then again my friend has made lots of sacrifices himself, so IMHO he shouldn't feel guilty.
In the end freedom and liberty should always win. However I could see a way to providing universal training grants (as opposed to means tested welfare benefits) as a one off for all students to spend as they like. Once spent, no more.
I'd see there being questions about whether an internship is ''adding value'' to the business or is it a traineeship that takes value from the business by diverting the attention of others towards coaching. If it's the former then it should be reasonably compensated, if it's the latter then there needs to be clarity about what the benefit is and how it should be funded, if at all.
MPs defend their use of interns on the basis of ''needing them to do the job'', that makes it value adding and they should be paid. If the budget isn't enough to do so, and it's endemic across Parliament, then there should be a review into either MP workload, or MP funding for staff. They could also probably usefully use some support to review how they do business. Personally I'm very critical of the quality of Lib Dem response to FOIA results, which suggests serious issues with how your MPs are supported.
If, on the other hand, they're traineeships then there are a number of options around how they could be funded, although I'm unconvinced about whether that should come from the state as in the suggestion from Charlotte. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUbvvxK0iCl2n1-Qsm | Gunner Fredrick William Bridgewater. My Grandfather.
Served during the war in the 40th Searchlight Regiment (R.A.) The Sherwood Foresters. 1939-1945. Humber Estuary anti-aircraft units. (No. 4974409).
He joined the Chesterfield T.A. Prior to the outbreak of war, he worked on the Midland Railway prior to enlisting.
He carried the photograph of his sister, taken 5th June 1940 (My Great Aunt) in his army pass book for most of the war, where it still resides today.
He died on July 13th. 1948 of a form of Tuberculosis and is buried in Hasland Cemetary. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
BkiUe3PxK4tBVhvvtzB3 | Al Khayam Al Arabiah is a result driven tents and shades manufacturer and supplier based in Dubai UAE. We specialized in making all kind of steel or aluminum structures with all types of High-Quality fabric covering such as PVC, PTFE, ETFE, PVDF, HDPE, KNITTED, ACRYLIC, Polythene, Canvas, and Tarpaulins.
Among the items, we manufacture and supply tents and shades in both standards and customize designs as per the client's requirements.
PVC Tarpaulin | PTFE Fabric | HDPE Fabric.
Al Khayam Al Arabiah Tents & Sheds Trd. LLC. applies the latest technologies and the best practices in developing environment friendly and good quality products. We manufacture products with the essential support of the Technical Design and Engineering Department, which creates and develops exclusive modern design products, as Al Khayam is fully well equipped with German made machineries and with the world's state of the art technologies, giving us an edge to always manufacture and produce high quality products to our customer's satisfaction.
We are progressive and enterprise in all kinds of shades and tents manufacturing products. Al Khayam Al Arabiah can help you ensure the success of your events projects and render them memorable. Our tents and structures are appreciated and can be used for applications ranging from small concession stands to international events. Our experience has taught us volume about how to satisfy the varied needs of our customers. Quality was always the focus and we have made continuous improvements based on customer feedback and technology advancements. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUf8bxK4sA-9F9nF2K | Neil Albert Salonen (born 1946) served as the ninth president of the University of Bridgeport, a private university in Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1999 to 2018. He is a member of the Unification Church and became the president of the Unification Church of the United States in 1972. In 1974 he led the National Prayer and Fast Committee, a group founded by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon to support United States president Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. In 1976 Salonen met with Senator Bob Dole to defend the Unification Church against charges made by its critics, including parents of some members. In that year he was president of the Freedom Leadership Foundation, an anticommunist and pro South Korean propaganda organization, as well as church president. In 1980 Salonen was succeeded as the president of the American church by Mose Durst. In 1997 he served as master of ceremonies at a blessing ceremony for about 20,000 engaged and married couples presided over by Rev. and Mrs. Moon and held in Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington D.C. In 2002, Salonen was selected to serve on the Presidents Leadership Group, "a body of higher education presidents and chancellors who have declared their commitment to student substance abuse prevention."
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1946 births
Living people
People from Bridgeport, Connecticut
American Unificationists
American people of Finnish descent
University of Bridgeport faculty
Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
Cornell University alumni | wikipedia | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeXjxK6wB9mn5AIMb | Most Americans seem to guzzle way more water than I do, but I've still got strong opinions about how it should taste. In cities like New York and Los Angeles, I've found municipal water is great right out of the tap. But in Atlanta? I can't stand the foul flavor of our water, which restaurants often pour straight over a fistful of ice cubes.
By no means am I suggesting the need to import fancy, expensive bottles from obscure corners of the world, but water should at least be filtered (and cold). Keep it simple, like the self-serve purified water system at Taqueria del Sol or the water station at Krog Street Market that offers a choice of still, carbonated, or refrigerated filtered water.
At home I filter my water using sticks of charcoal that I buy online from a Korean manufacturer. If I'm drinking bottled water, I have my favorite brands: Evian (so soft), Volvic (so volcanic), and Badoit (wonderfully effervescent). I'm much less partial to Perrier or Pellegrino (the bubbles are too small), but the one brand of bottled water that will never pass my lips is Dasani, which features our own horrid municipal water recycled by Coca-Cola.
Porridge—that nutritious mush of boiled grains, seeds, and starchy plants—is an improbably hot dish these days. Jarrett Stieber of Eat Me Speak Me makes a vegan version out of Anson Mills' Carolina Gold rice, black and purple radishes, piquillo pepper sauce, and benne seeds. At Staplehouse, Ryan Smith serves a whole rutabaga, baked in ash, atop a supple porridge of ground sunflower seeds, Carolina Gold rice, and farro verde. Todd Richards of White Oak Kitchen cooks a milky rice porridge with cheese and roasted vegetables. And Brian Dulisse of Lion Tamer bakes wonderful loaves of oat porridge bread. Know that other cultures have long embraced porridge; consider soft Italian polenta (La Tavola), South African pap (10 Degrees South), Cantonese congee garnished with 100-year-old eggs (Bo Bo Garden), and Pakistani haleem (Luqma). There's also Korean juk, a rich rice porridge cooked in chicken broth and garnished with kabocha squash, pine nuts, or even abalone, which you can try at Bonjuk near Pleasant Hill Road.
Octopus is the new kale and is now unavoidable at restaurants.
The city's best deconstructed whole chicken—soft knee bones, skin, and all—is the free-range bird served yakitori-style at the new Brush Sushi Izakaya in Decatur.
Folks in Johns Creek and Alpharetta can now enjoy Venezuelan cuisine at Arepita Cafe on State Bridge Road. Try the fresh arepas (masa corn cakes stuffed with meats and cheese). | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeHo4dbghcDJYGIKh | On 21st January 2016, Every Woman Foundation hosted a screening and panel discussion of the educational documentary The Mask You Live in, thanks to the Rotary Club of Calgary, and media sponsor CTV.
Every Woman Foundation Calgary presents a Screening of educational documentary The Mask You Live In & a panel discussion moderated by CTV's Tara Nelson following the screening on Thursday 21st January 2016.
Tickets available now: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/screening-of-the-mask-you-live-in-tickets-19317390836 Cost- Earlybird FREE (before December 29). Tickets $5 each.
After a successful screening of the educational documentary Miss Representation from The Representation Project, in October of 2014, Every Woman Foundation will host a screening of a male equivalent, The Mask You Live In. An examination of modern masculinity by the same filmmakers is equally important. The documentary explores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.
Every Woman Foundation believes that effective and sustainable change requires participation from all genders, ages and ethnic backgrounds. We aim to inspire others to bring people together in their own communities to promote the empowerment of woman and social change. Research shows, according to epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, that, among developed countries, the healthiest and happiest aren't those with the highest incomes but those with the most equality and according to the makers of the documentary The Mask You Live In, we are facing a boys and men's crisis.
Men from various backgrounds share the impact of their upbringing, relationships with their fathers, their struggles, and the deliberate choices they've made in raising their own children. Experts in the field, including authors, doctors, and educators, provide research as well as observations on the challenges men and boys face in our society's unrealistic expectations of hyper-masculinity. Seamless testimony woven between compelling statistics and montages lend to the impact of this timely, provocative piece. Being expected to "man up" from a very young age exacts a heavy price on boys, and this project reveals how our current course of male identity needs to be altered.
According to Every Woman Foundation, males and females both suffer from sexualisation, stereotyping, media exposure and subsequent societal restrictions placed on them in terms of masculinity and femininity. These expectations and restrictions created by media and then us as a society are harming us all and are underlying many major issues for men and women, boys and girls. These issues, including self-loathing, intolerance and bullying and more, lead to greater problems including suicide and violence, towards women and towards us all. With this screening and panel discussion, we want to raise awareness around these issues, take them from our subconscious into the forefront of our thinking as a society so that together, we can create real and long-term change.
This course is now full. Please check back for future sessions! | c4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
BkiUaKfxK6nrxrSHcltz | Q: App to automatically assign apps to spaces based on monitor configuration? I use several monitor setups (MBP only, MBP + iPad with Sidecar, MBP + Studio Display, MBP + Studio Display + iPad with SideCar) but I also have specific Spaces layout for each stuff.
Let's say I'm only with the MBP screen, I need the Spaces to organize the apps in a way that I know where exactly everything is to keep my workflow as efficient as possible, for example:
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*MBP Screen only
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*Space 1 (Music and other media, my Apple Music layout is somewhat complicated)
*Space 2 (Work stuff, Safari, Etc)
*Space 3 (Messaging and socials)
This way I can use trackpad gestures to go to the exact Space where the app I need is placed without thinking too much.
But often I connect an external display (either iPad or several different Studio Displays) and the monitors have separated spaces. I have a layout in mind for each of these setups but none of them are kept for much longe since the apps windows move from display to display and they lose the assignment I've set while using only the MBP screen or when I switch back to MBP-only screen.
I've tried to use same spaces with monitors but that changes the focus from both screen when I wanted to have different apps on them, but also wanted the Spaces organization.
I've also searched a lot for apps that do the "auto-assign" thing but most of them are extremely old or simply don't work (I'm running Ventura right now).
Any tips or apps to solve this problem? I'm a developer, perhaps I need to build one myself if it doesn't exist?
Thanks in advance.
| stackexchange | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfWTxK4sA-9F9mhDU | TAYLOR PILLSBURY is a partner with Meeks, Sheppard, Leo & Pillsbury in Orange County, California. He has extensive experience representing multinational corporations in all matters involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including compliance, tariff classification and product valuation matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Pillsbury directed the Customs and International Trade Consulting Practice on the West Coast for a Big 4 Accounting Firm. Before that, he spent a number of years with a well-known customs law firm in San Francisco representing the top customs surety companies having joint customs liability for the majority of American importers.
Prior to focusing on trade law, Mr. Pillsbury worked for the Orange County District Attorney's office prosecuting criminal actions in Superior Court and worked in Boston as a reporter for the Boston Globe newspaper.
Mr. Pillsbury is a member of the State Bar of California, and is admitted to the Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has a B.A. from the University of Colorado, a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law and holds a customs broker license. He has also studied at the Institute on International and Comparative Law, Moscow, USSR. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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