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Many approaches to gathering energy data from buildings and the equipment running within them are available. Indeed, organizations are awash in data.
This is a great thing – and also is a challenge. It’s an advantage for executives who want to save money and run in a more environmentally sound manner. The challenge is finding ways to benefit from the data. Processes and procedures must be found to make the data understandable to C-level executives who ultimately must sign off on projects. Many of these executives speak in terms of ROI and capex, not kilowatt hours and BTUs.
Pieter Noordam, the CEO of Alchemy Unlimited, suggests that one of the challenges is that there is a disconnect in some organizations. The data is there, but not in the form that is helpful:
What are seeing is that bigger companies have systems in place to measure energy use, with meters through the building. But we see all that energy data kind of almost hidden under desk of someone in facilities management. Others in the organization like financial managers have no idea that they have that data or are aware it is there but it is not translated into what they know, which for financial manager is dollars, cost and for sustainability managers is [answers to questions such as] ‘What is my CO2 footprint?’
It is a vital problem because so much in energy management is new. There is no shortage of promising approaches to increasing efficiency. In many cases, they overlap. The right one must be chosen. It is vital – especially at this moment in of rapid innovation – that the people in the front lines of energy issues find ways to communicate with the people who will make strategic decisions on what hardware and software to use. Doing this requires insight into the organization’s goals. In other words, communications between the facility and energy side of the business on one hand and the financial decision makers on the other must be deep and nuanced.
Noordam offered suggestions to energy and facility managers who seek more influence over planning and who want a seat at the corporate table. The first simply is to be prepared. “If at the first question from the CFO you draw a blank, you are on the wrong side of the equation immediately,” he said.
Noordam also suggested ensuring that as much information as possible is collected. This data is from a historical perspective, raw use of energy, cost data, granular and aggregated data and data in a wide variety of forms and formats. It also is helpful to present “what if” scenarios that illustrate possible savings or other benefits that would have been realized if a particular step had been taken. All of this data should be clearly presented in the format most likely to be understood by a person with a financial background.
There is more than an energy manager can do: He or she can learn. Noordam suggested that a working knowledge of financial terms such as return on investment, capital expenditure and operational expenditure and learn how they fit into the big picture how the company operates.
The big picture here is simple: The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the growing sophistication in the energy distribution model brought by net-metering and other innovations are making energy management far more complex. In parallel, the growing importance of use of renewables and reducing an organization’s carbon footprint is moving energy issues from the periphery to center stage in the boardroom.
Energy managers must recognize that this transition is well underway and react according. Developing good data presented in the form that is easily understood by people with MBAs is the first and most important step.
Noordam’s company that offers the RECIPE Analytics platform. It provides real-time, utility-independent information about a facility’s energy use and the cost and quality of that power. The real time element enables precise data to be incorporated into reports. For instance, RECIPE enables pricing information to be used that are based on the tariffs that are in effect at any point in time to be used. | <urn:uuid:38fa671f-50d4-4568-8ced-f7b3737670fb> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.environmentalleader.com/2016/06/reach-out-to-finance-execs-with-data-they-understand/ | 2023-09-22T11:12:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.961943 | 830 |
Ventura County, California, is moving forward on developing a 100-megawatt, 400-megawatt hour battery storage facility to replace the need for new natural gas-powered generation.
The enormous Ventura Energy Storage project will be situated on a brownfield site in a private industrial park, according to developer Strata Solar. Southern California Edison and Strata Solar signed a 20-year power purchase agreement in April 2019 for the local capacity.
“The electrical grid in Ventura County is stressed by diverse terrain, extreme weather, and the planned retirement of old and inefficient natural gas-fueled power plants along the coast,” Strata Solar said. Venture Energy Storage should improve reliability without increasing emissions, the developer added.
Strata awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction contract to Tesla for its Megapack battery system, a massive energy storage system that comes pre-assembled and pre-tested in one enclosure from the company’s Nevada Gigafactory. On Tuesday, the Verge reported that Tesla is fully reopening its factory in Nevada despite earlier announcements that the company would resume limited operations.
Powering the County during Planned Shutoffs
Michael Powers, Ventura County Executive Officer, said that in the event of a public safety power shutoff, the new battery storage facility will convey stored energy to the grid, powering local homes and businesses. Last fall, losses for small commercial and industrial customers in California from the shutoffs were estimated to be billions of dollars.
“This will help keep the lights on when some need it most,” Powers said. “We appreciate these types of projects especially as we adopt strategies to stimulate our local economy following the economic impacts of covid-19.”
Approval for the Ventura Energy Storage project happened during the county’s first virtual planning administrative hearing, he said. Signing off through Zoom helped county officials keep the project on schedule, Greentech Media reported.
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The UN estimates rapid population growth with additional 2-3 billion people globally by 2050. To feed this swelling population, food production needs to scale up by 70%, otherwise we are likely to be at risk of a global food crisis. With resources becoming scarce and climate change diminishing crop production by 2% per decade, food production methods need radical transformation and technology could be the possible solution to it. Using technology in farms and fields holds extraordinary promise of helping the agriculture sector become more efficient, productive, and sustainable.
Population increase, resource limitations, and climate change are putting pressure on farmers to produce more with less. To boost production it is essential to efficiently manage farm inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, optimize sowing and harvesting cycles, monitor field data (soil condition, plant stress, etc.) for improved crop yield, among others. However, managing these inputs is cumbersome and laborious without consistent and precise monitoring. Unfortunately, many farmers still rely on guess work and traditional processes instead of actual data to make all farming decisions. Technology could prove useful by helping farmers to closely monitor all farm activities and take informed data-driven decisions to improve production levels.
Technology can offer relief to pressures in agriculture
Emerging technologies such as weather tracking, robotics, and Internet of Things (IoT) can consistently monitor every aspect of agriculture such as soil fertility, health of farm animals, temperature and humidity conditions, optimal time to sow and harvest, schedule chemical application on fields, analyze irrigation requirements, among several other functions.
Weather forecast-based predictive modelling
Weather is a crucial determinant to ascertain the best time to sow, fertilize, spray, irrigate, and harvest crops. About 90% of crops losses are due to weather events and 25% of those losses could be avoided by using weather forecast-based predictive modelling on farms. Integrating weather forecast models with farming practices could enable better decision-making and improve crop yield. Companies such as John Deere, Ignitia, etc., already offer comprehensive weather-based farming solutions.
Robotics is another emerging technology gaining traction in the agriculture sector. With robots capable of executing all functions from sowing to harvesting, they could easily replace human labor in the foreseeable future, particularly, at a time when some countries are facing labor shortage. For instance, in 2017, the UK suffered from 20% shortfall in migrant labors, which was mostly blamed on the Brexit vote that has made the UK unattractive for overseas workers to seek employment. The labor shortage is likely to get worse in 2018, making harvesting at labor-intensive vegetable and fruit fields difficult. Hence, some farms across the UK are considering to employ farm robots for vegetable and fruit picking.
Robots are also far more efficient than human labor, which is the key requirement to boost food production – each Harvest CROO Robotics’ robot (made by a US-based company that develops robots for the agriculture sector) is capable of harvesting eight acres in a day, which is equivalent to the work of 30 human pickers.
Internet of Things
Further, IoT has gained significance across several industries and has now entered the farms. IoT is turning farms into a mesh of smart sensors connected in a network, with the help of which every granular detail of crop, soil, livestock, or farm can be analyzed, thus, enabling farmers to devise smart cropping techniques and farming methods. IoT can streamline farming processes, reduce water consumption, and improve production and bottom lines.
Eventually, the growing population will put pressure on food supply. In such a scenario, digital farming is the best possible solution to escape the looming food crisis. Technology promises improved communication systems, precise monitoring devices, recommendations that could improve all processes between sowing and harvesting, and efficient livestock monitoring, among others, that could boost agricultural yields, reduce food wastage, decrease the inputs or resources needed per unit of output, and ensure sustainable farming practices.
However, most farmers have not adopted digital farming solutions and the use of technology is far from being a mass phenomenon yet. Cost is the most significant barrier to adoption, with most farms unable to bear the high upfront costs. Another common challenge is the lack of robust communication and internet network in rural areas as well as the absence of awareness and skills among farmers to apply technologies in farms.
Most farmers have not adopted digital farming solutions and the use of technology is far from being a mass phenomenon yet. Cost is the most significant barrier to adoption.
Consequently, the development of digital farming will require commitment and intervention by governments across the world, to offer incentives and cover the substantial start-up costs. Fortunately, few organizations have already started undertaking initiatives to tackle challenges. For instance, Mimosa Technology (a Vietnam-based IoT solution provider for agriculture sector) leases IoT-based hardware devices to farmers’ cooperatives in Vietnam to lessen the cost burden for smallholder farmers.
Initiatives are also being taken to ensure network connectivity and improve digital literacy in remote/rural areas – for example, governments of Thailand, India, or the UK, to name a few, are planning to boost digital connectivity in rural areas.
Eventually, technological innovations can be expected to make farming practices precise and to improve output. The use of digital farming solutions is an answer to the probable food crisis but for it to succeed, a mass adoption of technology across farms is a necessity. With growing awareness of benefits of automation in fields and efforts made by various organizations and governments to overcome challenges, digital farming would sooner than later transform the agriculture sector.
Brief description of companies and projects:
- CropX: A USA-based agriculture-analytics company
- CLAAS: A Germany-based agricultural machinery manufacturer
- SmaXtec: An Austria-based provider of solutions to monitor livestock
- Farmers Edge: A Canada-based company offering digital solutions for agriculture
- The Weather Company: A USA-based weather forecasting and information technology company, a part of IBM
- John Deere: A USA-based manufacturer of machinery for agriculture, construction, and forestry
- Ignitia: A Sweden-based weather forecasting company
- Robot Thorvald (to be launched): A robot developed by Saga Robotics, a Norway-based manufacturer of robots
- Deepfield robotics: Robots developed by Bosch, a Germany-based engineering and electronics company
- Hands Free Hectare: A project developed by Harper Adams University and Precision Decisions
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70% of all goods and some consumer durables to become cheaper under proposed GST regime
A number of goods such as cosmetics, shaving creams, shampoo, toothpaste,soap, plastics, paints and some consumer durables could become cheaper under the proposed goods and services tax GST regime as most items are likely to be subject to the rate of 18% rather than the higher one of 28% .
India is likely to rely on the effective tax rate currently applicable on a commodity to get a fix on the GST slab, said a government official, allowing most goods to make it to the lower bracket.
For instance, if an item comes within the 12% excise slab but the effective tax is 8% due to abatement, then the latter will be considered for GST fitment. Going by this formulation, about 70% of all goods could fall in the 18% bracket.
The GST Council has finalised a fourtier tax structure of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% but has left room for the highest slab to be pegged at 40%. A committee of officials will work out the fitment and the council will take a final call at its next meeting on May 1819. GST, India’s biggest tax reform in decades, is expected to be rolled out on July 1.
The government is keen to avoid price shocks following the switch over to GST and the fitment exercise will be guided by this principle. The GST legislation contains an anti profiteering clause to ensure that industry passes on tax benefits to consumers by lowering prices where applicable.
GST seeks to replace central taxes including central excise, service tax and cesses along with state taxes including valueadded tax, purchase tax and entertainment tax by a single levy, thus creating a unified national market. Moreover, industry will be eligible for seamless input tax credit that should also drive down prices as tax embeddingthrough imposition of tax on tax inflates the final price of a product. By slashing costs and boosting efficiency, GST will result in GDP growth getting a 12 percentage point lift, according to experts.
Final fitment should be based on effective tax rate to lower tax burden on consumers,they said.”In most consumer products, excise duty is applied on MRP (maximum retail price) less abatement of 30-35%,” said Pratik Jain, leader, indirect tax, PwC. “So, if MRP is 100,effective excise duty works out to 89%. When you add a standard VAT of around 13%,the effective rate works out to 2122%.
One would hope that most of these products,which include most FMCG (fastmoving consumer goods) and consumer durables, would be subjected to 18% GSTand not 28%. If not, itwould increase the tax burden on consumers and intended benefits of GST in terms of lower prices and increased manufacturing would be difficult to realise.” | <urn:uuid:6a3e2cc0-19c3-43ed-8448-1692deb80c12> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.eserviceshelp.in/sales-tax/70-of-all-goods-and-some-consumer-durables-to-become-cheaper-under-proposed-gst-regime/ | 2023-09-22T12:28:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.959427 | 594 |
Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon made a $250 million investment in the upstart Alliance of American Football and will become the league's new chairman.
The Athletic reported that the league was in danger of not making payroll on Friday, before Dundon's investment. AAF co-founder Charlie Ebersol dismissed reports that the league was getting a financial bailout from Dundon.
"This has been an extraordinary undertaking for us," said Ebersol, who less than a year ago partnered with Pro Football Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian to create the AAF. "It's a giant challenge and opportunity, and as a startup you are constantly looking for some peace of mind. When we got out of the first week of games, we saw there was so much interest from investors, and if we had one person who could take care of us for a very long time, that would be great."
The eight-team AAF, billed as a developmental league, kicked off the weekend following the Super Bowl. The 10-game regular season will culminate in an April 27 championship game. CBS broadcast the two opening games, and the league said more than 6 million people watched the AAF in its inaugural weekend.
Dundon said once he saw the league in action, it made his potential involvement in it an easier choice.
"I had seen the deal when they were conceptualizing the league," he said on the ESPN On Ice podcast. "It wasn't something that I would do, because there were so many questions about the quality of football and all the things that come up when you try to start something new. Once it went on TV, looked great, got good ratings, I talked to people that were supportive of it.
"At the same time, through mutual acquaintances, I understood they had a need for someone like me to step in. It all came together on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. I wish it was more thought out than that, but it was that simple."
Ebersol said in a statement, "Tom, Bill Polian, and I will work with our great team at the Alliance to expand our football operations and technology business. Tom is a self-made American success story who brings a wealth of knowledge in the sports, entertainment and finance worlds and proven leadership to our organization."
Ebersol is largely the one who raised the financial capital to get the league started -- a vision he began three years ago, eventually bringing Polian and others on board. The AAF gave players three-year, $250,000 non-guaranteed contracts with unspecified bonuses related to incentives.
The league premiered on Feb. 9 on CBS, and 2.1 million people watched, according to ratings reports. Ratings, as expected, dipped when the league broadcast on cable channels to approximately 640,000 for the Week 1 Sunday night game on NFL Network. Ratings for Week 2 games, which appeared on TNT, NFL Network and CBS Sports Network, have not yet been released.
Some believe the NFL may one day buy the AAF, but Dundon said that wasn't on his mind when he made the investment.
"For whatever reason, people love American football," he told ESPN. "They watch it. There are enough good players ... about 1 percent of college players make it to the NFL. Now, with our league, maybe 2 percent of players get to play. It's viable just to be a support or development area for players whose ultimate goal is to get to the NFL.
"This league only exists because of the NFL's success. If the NFL had wanted to do it, they had the wherewithal to do it. I don't think about them as someone to buy a league. I think about them this as, 'Let's just create a league because it was a compelling thing to do.'"
The Hurricanes issued a statement from general manager Don Waddell reiterating Dundon's commitment to the NHL franchise.
"Tom is excited about the direction of the Carolina Hurricanes and remains fully committed to this franchise's current and future success in Raleigh," Waddell said.
Dundon, 47, is the former CEO of the Dallas-based lending firm Santander Consumer USA. He is the co-founder of Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, home of the PGA Tour's AT&T Byron Nelson; the majority owner of Employer Direct Healthcare, a healthcare services company; and a primary investor in Topgolf.
The Hurricanes have not made the playoffs since 2009 -- the longest active drought in the NHL -- and Dundon has pledged to inject a new energy into the franchise, which has manifested this season with elaborate postgame celebrations after home wins.
The Hurricanes have struggled with attendance and have been long subject to relocation rumors after moving from Hartford, Connecticut, in 1997. However, when Dundon took over as majority owner, he agreed to not apply for relocation for seven years, which is a standard part of NHL purchase agreements.
In an email, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Dundon did not need permission from the NHL to make this investment in another sports entity. When asked whether the league was concerned that the Hurricanes would be adversely affected by an ownership pumping an investment of this size into another sports venture, Daly said: "No."
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For a couple of weeks anyway, the tennis tours have slowed down. With a few moments to digest a chaotic opening month, we dished out a few burning questions to our writers and analysts.
Fact or fiction: We should be concerned about Serena Williams
Brad Gilbert, ESPN analyst: Fiction. She is going to be 35 this season, but we know one thing: Don't ever underestimate a Williams. It's not like she's bowing out in the second or third round. I still think she's going to win another Slam this year.
Pam Shriver, ESPN analyst: Fact. Because of her age, because of four months off, and now because of back-to-back three-set losses down the stretch of Grand Slam events, this has changed her confidence level in final sets. It makes her a different player within herself, and I think other players will see that vulnerability as well.
Peter Bodo, ESPN.com: Fiction: I am about as worried about Serena Williams' future in tennis as I am about Leo DiCaprio finding a date for the Oscars. Sure, Williams lost to Angelique Kerber in the Australian Open singles final. But Williams got to that stage in commanding fashion, with neither significant physical stress nor the degree of drama we witnessed throughout 2015. Williams had a very similar experience when she played Samantha Stosur in the US Open final of 2011, and we saw what that led to: eight more Grand Slam titles . . . and counting.
Jim Caple, ESPN.com: Like a presidential candidate speech, mostly fiction. She is definitely getting older but showing no signs of needing to start dining at early-bird specials anytime soon. Apart from her upset loss to Kerber, Williams was in top form at the Australian Open. Expect her to have at least one more top season before age begins to catch up.
More concerned with prospects of Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer?
Gilbert: Until 10 days ago, I would definitely have said Nadal. But because Federer hasn't been hurt in his entire career other than minor setbacks with his back, all of a sudden to have meniscus surgery at 34, it has to be a shock to him. It'll be interesting to see how he can navigate this injury. He's not scheduled to play until Indian Wells in early March, but I think he would be better off pushing his return back to the clay season. Nadal just needs to get some confidence, which he could get this week playing in South America.
Shriver: Nadal, but only because we don't know much about Federer's surgery. I still think Rafa's problems are much more complex and involves many more aspects of his game -- physical, mental, emotional. We saw how much he struggled last year, and after a first-round exit in Australia, that belief is not back yet.
Bodo: Nadal. His problems are much deeper. Just one thing has stood between Federer and perhaps three or four more Grand Slam titles for a couple of years now. That's Novak Djokovic, and he's not going anywhere. That's just life. Nadal, now that's another story. It's always sad to see a guy losing his mojo for no apparent reason, and that's exactly what's happened to the "King of Clay." He, too, has a Djokovic problem (everyone has a Djokovic problem), but he also has a Fabio Fognini problem and a Fernando Verdasco problem. All kinds of problems.
Caple: Nadal, barely. While Federer played superbly in 2015 and had a good Aussie until meeting Djokovic in the semis, he is five years older than Nadal and also coming off knee surgery for a torn meniscus. Rafa is still just 29 but had a disappointing 2015, plus a first-round Australian exit, and he might have some confidence issues. Forced to bet? Fed wins more 2016 tournaments.
Fact or fiction: Angelique Kerber will win another Grand Slam
Gilbert: Fact. I would have said almost no chance, because she's 28. But she just won Australia, and because she just surprised the heck out of me once, I will lean toward her winning another one. But if she's going to, I think it will be this season.
Shriver: Fact, but only if Kerber decides to play well into her 30s. What concerns me is the pattern of women's tennis players. I'll mention three: Marion Bartoli, Flavia Pennetta and Li Na. They all decided really soon after, or directly after, that they were done. I don't think that's where Kerber is headed; she seems like she's in this game for the long haul.
Bodo: Fact. There's no reason Kerber won't win another major, especially if Serena begins to slow down. It took the newly crowned Australian Open champ a long time to develop the confidence and aggressive game to punch through to the elite level, but her talent is definitely there and she'll get a lot of motivation (as well as some pressure) from her German fan base.
Caple: Fact. Her Australian Open win lifted Kerber to No. 2 and also must have been a great boost to her confidence. And as she showed against Serena, she already has the forehand and movement.
More likely to break Grand Slam title drought in 2016, Maria Sharapova or Victoria Azarenka?
Gilbert: Azarenka, for sure. I was stunned she didn't win in Australia. It was all set up for her down the stretch. Credit to Kerber, but this was Azarenka's tourney to lose -- and she did. Azarenka was my pick to win it. The most important thing for her is not whether she has the game to win another, but whether she can get over losing early in Australia.
Shriver: If I had to pick someone, it would be Sharapova by 1 percent, but this one is as close as the Iowa caucuses. Her pattern of winning is 2004, '06, '08 and then two French Open titles in 2012 and '14. She's always had spacing between her wins, which makes you think she is about due this season. But her frequency of injuries makes her an old 28. Given the way Azarenka started the year, even though it ended earlier than she hoped in Australia, she showed she is again fit.
Bodo: Sharapova. She is a great competitor. Show her an opportunity and she'll reach right out and grab it. That helps explain how she compiled a career Grand Slam despite winning just five majors. Initially, Azarenka seemed to be a similar player but with a more reliable game. Yet after winning a pair of Australian Opens (2012 and 2013), she was hampered by a series of injuries, some personal struggles, and repeated, unsuccessful meetings with Serena (a problem Sharapova shares). Azarenka still hasn't regained her confidence, so the nod goes to Sharapova.
Caple: Azarenka. Aside from her loss to Kerber, her game seems to be back to where it was before the injuries started her slide. She was the favorite in many eyes to win Australia.
Fact or fiction: Novak Djokovic will pass Rafael Nadal on all-time Slam list
Gilbert: Fact, no question about it. I think the better question is whether Djoker will pass Federer. Djoker might not pass Nadal this season, but he's so far above the rest of the field these days that he's going to pile on to his total. Right now, Djokovic is only three majors behind Nadal and [Djokovic] has at least three more good years in front of him.
Shriver: Fact, yes. I definitely think Novak will win at least one French Open like Federer. Djokovic looks like he's on his way to becoming the greatest male hard-court player who has ever lived. So half the majors are on the surfaces he loves most. And with the help of Boris Becker, Djokovic looks like he can play better grass-court tennis in his late 20s than he did when he first won Wimbledon.
Bodo: It's a simple fact: Djokovic appears to be getting better and more dominant, and his tremendous recent success hasn't blunted his motivation at all. Therefore, it's hard to imagine he won't surpass Nadal, and perhaps even Federer, in the Grand Slam singles title count.
Caple: Fact. Djokovic is just three Slam titles behind Nadal and is clearly the best player in the game by a significant degree. He has reached the finals in the past five Slams and won four of them. He could tie Rafa this year. | <urn:uuid:820a04a3-c7bf-4f92-b1c3-1a79ac8f0bf3> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/14761012/tennis-concerns-serena-williams-roger-federer-rafael-nadal | 2023-09-22T12:50:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.982967 | 1,839 |
Ahead of performing at ESSENCE Festival 2017, Chaka Khan is making a few stops around the country.
On Friday, the Queen of Funk is set to perform her hits in Biloxi, MS. She spoke with the Sun Herald about what she’s currently working on and her thought’s on modern-day activism.
“I’m working on an album of Joni Mitchell songs,” she revealed. “Joni is my girl and has been for a long time and she’s such a great songwriter. I’m doing an album of her material, done my way. It’s about me bringing my flavor to her songs. I will have some extra garlic and hot sauce. I hope to have a couple of tracks ready to be released soon.”
The “Tell Me Something Good” singer has always spoke highly of her love for Mitchell, covering two of her songs —”Ladies Man” on Funk This and “Hejira” on a shelved Mitchell tribute compilation— in the past.
Khan also talked about the re-birth of activism and protest by millennials, a nod to her Black Panther past.
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“This is something that the past couple of generations have not done — they have not taken to the streets and made their voices heard. It’s great to see women, young and old, rallying together to share their message.”
Khan also spoke about her relationship with Prince, who produced her album Come 2 My House and her 1984 hit, “I Feel for You.” The pair were longtime friends and confidants who performed on stage on more than one occasion— they even did tributes for each other.
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New Sonos Logo Looks Like Pulsating Speakers When Scrolled
Ryan Simmons / 9 years ago
There’s little else to say because you’ve already seen it. Well, just in case you managed to get here without scrolling past the thumbnail, Sonos, speaker manufacturer, has a new logo, a logo that rather cleverly pulses like a speaker when you scroll past it.
Go on, scroll! The thing is, there is no official mention of this effect by the designers, Bruce Mau Design. So one wonders, was this intentional? If so – clever! If not – that’s an amazing coincidence!
The logo is already working for them, a whole host of publications have already written about it, leading to tons of free publicity for the company.
Think of it like an animated gif that isn’t animated. What do you think about it? Intentional or not?
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Dr. Ronald Huisman
I frequently meet managers that want to start with data analytics, but don’t know where to begin. They are no data analysts or scientists and then I can image that data analytics seems to be a world of magic with its own slang. Other try to convince you that data is gold and that you should go for it and it seems to make sense. But how and what?
Searching for data analytics in my browser gives me the following images and that does not clarify. Data analytics is everywhere, but everyone seems to have its own definition or sees it differently or something else. And asking your IT people doesn’t help either, because they see data analytics from an IT and not necessarily from a business perspective.
Quite often I see people using a picture describing data analytics as a pyramid. To be honest I have used it myself to explain data analytics to people. But I realize that it tells the wrong message to those who want to start with data analytics. The pyramid has a strong base labelled data (funny: data base). On top of that we have information, knowledge, and wisdom. It suggests following the path from data to wisdom, bottom up.
The impression that you get is that you should start with data when you want to start with data analytics. Start with I.T., data lakes and warehouses, data infrastructure, data management. A huge investment in time and resources. I have seen companies doing just that. Building such a base for three years and millions. And then what? For management, and I mean not IT management, this tells you that we have the data and we should use it. But it’s rather difficult to think, from having the data, what the next step is. How do we get to information? This brings you to fancy dashboards and reports but does not get you to knowledge or wisdom. Furthermore, it gives you the impression that the company has put all the internal data together in one lake. But (big) data is dynamic and many business challenges need data from outside sources to answer the questions. And every question needs its own set of unique data.
This pyramid tells you the IT side of things but does not help managers how to start supporting business challenges with data. I imagine that many IT companies and consultants used this picture to convince their clients. This is the IT impact pyramid. I started to realize how dominant such a picture is. It seems logical, build from a strong base and move up, but it also tells you that wisdom is smaller than data. What? I like to see it otherwise. Data can never be more important than wisdom. With wisdom the company can grow, innovate, become more sustainable and whatever. Therefore, I suggest flipping the pyramid.
This is the business impact pyramid. The business impact from wisdom is huge. More wisdom means innovative, growth, and sustainable (both financial as environmental) and more. Wisdom is biggest and on top. This is how I think manager should see data analytics. It helps you where to start. Let’s go top down. What is the wisdom that you need? What is the business challenge? Increase market share? Innovate maintenance? And then go down. What knowledge do we need for that? What information we need? And then, at the very tiny bottom, can we collect data to provide that information? And if this data does not exist within the company, we might find it outside.
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On August 25, Iran’s Army completed a massive two-day statewide drone drill, demonstrating up to 150 drones for combat, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare activities.
The drill was conducted on several land locations, including the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.
According to the state media, the Iranian Army’s ground, naval, aviation, and air defense forces, as well as the country’s air defense base, participated in the ‘first-of-its-kind joint drone exercise.’
Vice Adm. Mahmoud Mousavi, the drill’s spokesperson, stated that the drones successfully destroyed mock enemy positions with precision missiles and other weapons.
The broad spectrum of unmanned aircraft included Kaman, Mohajer, Ababil, and Arash drones, which Iran claims were developed domestically.
Iran continues its military drone drills amid US fears of Tehran equipping Russian troops pic.twitter.com/1hp0tMxLG9
— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) August 26, 2022
The state media reported that Iranian drone reconnaissance, intelligence-gathering, border-guarding, and detecting radar-evading equipment capabilities were also tested.
The types 12 and 22 of Kaman drones, in particular, were deemed “very valuable” by army experts, who also noted that the aircraft was now being mass produced. The state broadcaster added that the Omid drone was a rival to its Israeli counterpart Harop. However, the exact power data couldn’t be made public due to security concerns.
“We are not setting eyes of aggression on any country,” declared the Iranian air force commander, Brig. Gen. Hamid Vahedi, on the sidelines of the exercise. “The Islamic Republic is a drone hub in the region, which is a matter of pride for the soldiers of the supreme leader.”
The drones were tested in large-scale drills nearly a month after US authorities said that the Islamic Republic was planning to ship drones to Russia, which would use them in its conflict with Ukraine.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that Iran is also preparing to train Russians in using its unmanned aircraft.
“The history of cooperation in some technological areas between the Islamic Republic and the Russian Federation dates back to well before the Ukraine war, and there has recently been no special development in this regard,” said the spokesperson of Iran’s Foreign Ministry.
The Army has carried out two drone training exercises since January 2021. On July 19, Kioumars Heydari, head of the ground force of the Iranian Army, announced that Tehran was prepared to supply weapons and military hardware, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to “friendly countries.”
In mid-May, it was reported that Iran established a drone factory in Tajikistan to produce the Ababil-2 tactical surveillance drone, which has a range of 100 kilometers.
In early August, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced that it had performed joint drone operations with Russia at the Kashan Air Base, noting that Belarus and Armenia also participated in the exercises.
Iran Unveils New Drones In Underground Base
On the second day of its nationwide drone war exercises, the Iranian Army also unveiled an underground military base housing its latest unmanned aircraft vehicles. The state media also released a video of that facility.
— Middle East Update (@islamicworldupd) August 25, 2022
The first segment of the video shows two or three drones in an underground facility, while the final section shows one drone ascending to the sky. The exact location of the underground facility is unknown.
Vice Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi, the spokesperson for the drone exercises, stated on Thursday, August 25, that on the second day of the training, actual weapons were used to destroy several dummy targets that resembled “sensitive and vital” facilities.
He continued by saying that the Kaman, Mohajer, Ababil, Karrar, and Bavar drones employed indigenous weapons such Qa’em bombs, Almas missiles, and MK-82 bombs to attack targets like command and control centers, fuel tanks, ammo depots, radar, and missile systems.
According to Mousavi, the four Army units, the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, and Air Defense Force, used a range of combat drones to strike the predetermined targets in the exercise area, which essentially encompasses all of Iran’s territory and important southern waters.
In recent years, the Iranian military has improved its drone capabilities. In July, while US President Joe Biden was visiting the Middle East, the Iranian Army displayed its first division of ships and submarines that could launch armed drones. In May, a drone air base located beneath the Zagros mountain range in the west of the nation was shown on state television.
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I have had my TF for about a week now and am getting into it nicely. I do know the looper is only supposed to work in play mode, BUT I connected a TC 3 button G-switch via the aux socket and now I can get the looper to work in bank mode, but with a minor problem.
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The most violent protests against NGOs (non-governmental organisations) took place during the 1990s. Among the organisations affected were BRAC, one of the world’s largest aid organisations; Grameen Bank, which offers micro-loans to poor people; and Proshika, one of the largest NGOs in the country. Today the situation is calmer, but the conflict between those who are trying to strengthen the status of women and those who want to maintain the patriarchal norms remains below the surface.
“And the Islamists’ position has become stronger in recent years, with the support of Saudi Arabia, among others. For example, a few years ago 10 smuggled lorries full of weapons were found, believed to be intended for Islamist groups”, says religious historian Abdel Baten Miaji at Lund University. He has written about the conflicts between religious groups and NGOs in his thesis, which he will soon be defending.
It is uncertain whether the Islamists will once again turn against the many non-governmental organisations in Bangladesh – at the moment the conflict is primarily with the country’s Government, as the Government has recently launched a tribunal against war criminals of 1971. However, it is clear that the Islamist groups, the traditional village elite and the money lenders do not look kindly on anyone who disturbs the norms and upsets the balance of power between men and women, rich and poor.
“The textile industry has strengthened the position of women by giving them work. But this is not viewed as being as dangerous as the non-governmental organisations. They not only want to strengthen women’s finances, but also their self-confidence”, says Abdel Baten Miaji.
Seeing women go to courses and meetings, and sometimes even spend a night away from home in connection with a course, angers those who consider that a woman’s place is in the home. The NGOs are also criticised for trying to bring in Christianity on the sly, for being corrupt and badly run, and for charging excessive interest.
According to Abdel Baten Miaji, it is primarily the latter criticism that may hold some water. While the normal interest rates from the banks in Bangladesh are between 10 and 12 per cent, the total cost of a micro-loan can be over 30 per cent.
“But the alternative for a poor woman is not taking a bank loan. If she needs money she has to go to the village money lenders, who charge at least 120 per cent interest!” he explains.
Abdel Baten Miaji personally sees it as self-evident that the NGOs have given women better access to credit, healthcare and education, and have also got the authorities to take more interest in the status of women. Bangladesh is a Muslim country and this of course influences both the Government and public authorities. However, the traditional form of Islam in Bangladesh is Sufism, a form which takes a more open view of the role of women in society than the Wahhabi Islam that has spread from the Middle East since the 1990s.
Abdel Baten Miaji will defend his thesis “Rural women in Bangladesh – the legal status of women and the relationship between NGOs and religious groups” on 21 May.
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One of the most unique and untouched of any Australian island, Lord Howe Island is a place unlike any other around Australia. Called ‘the last paradise’ as it was the last island ‘discovered’ in the world in 1788, Lord Howe Island is remote and undeveloped, a paradise island that feels like you have it all to yourself. Overflowing with incredible nature hikes, stunning beaches, tall palm trees and the world’s southernmost coral reef, the island boasts UNESCO World Heritage status, and it’s not hard to see why. Everywhere you turn you’re greeted with beautiful landscapes and idyllic scenes, making you wonder why you hadn’t visited earlier.
The remains of a now-extinct volcano which dates back more than 7 million years and has eroded to just 5 per cent of its original size, Lord Howe Island is an extremely special environment. Quite a small island, only 11 kilometres long and about two kilometres wide, it is believed that Lord Howe Island was uninhabited for millions of years, with no record of Indigenous Australians having ever lived on the island. The remains of the volcano have formed some beautiful coral reefs in the lagoons and bays around the island, with some of the most beautiful and colourful snorkelling opportunities of anywhere we’ve been in Australia.
Floating in the Tasman Sea, Lord Howe Island is about 600 kilometres off the coast of Australia, almost directly in line with Port Macquarie. Only allowing 400 visitors onto the island at any one time, and with not a scrap of phone reception to be found, Lord Howe Island is never crowded and really gives you the ultimate island getaway. Where the only thing to do is disconnect, hit the beach, enjoy your time swimming and explore every corner of this tropical paradise. Regular flights from Sydney throughout the week means that you can easily head here for a weekend of relaxation, but book your accommodation before your flights to make sure you grab one of those 400 spots.
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Getting to LHI
You can fly directly to Lord Howe Island Airport (LDH) from Sydney with QantasLink. Flight schedules change throughout the year, although there are normally at least a couple of flights each day. There are extremely strict luggage restrictions when flying to Lord Howe Island, due to the smaller light aircraft.
Make sure your checked luggage doesn’t weigh more than 14kg per bag to avoid it being off-loaded, and only bring a small handbag or backpack with you on the flight, as there’s nowhere to store carry-on suitcases. Most, if not all, accommodation around the island will pick you up from the airport, so let them know your flight details before you arrive. During the peak seasons there are also semi-regular flights from Brisbane and Newcastle airports.
Getting around the island
Bicycles are the main form of transport around the island, which can be rented from Wilson’s Hire Service for $10 a day. The island is quite hilly in places though, so consider where you’re staying if you’re planning to rent a bike. There are about six automatic rental cars on the whole island that can also be organised through Wilson’s, although you will definitely need to book in advance for these.
In the evening, your accommodation courtesy bus will drop you off for dinner and the restaurant’s courtesy bus will take you back when you’re done. Sometimes your courtesy bus may be an elderly lady accompanied by a very fat pregnant poodle, but hey, a ride is a ride right?!
What to do on LHI
Jump on a glass-bottom boat tour with Lord Howe Environmental Tours to explore some of the epic reefs that lie in the lagoon. Stopping at a couple of different spots, including Erscotts Hole, you’re sure to see some of the most beautiful marine life, including turtles and reef sharks. The tour goes for two hours and is a great way to see the best spots in the lagoon.
Another great spot for sea turtle sightings is Upper Settlement Beach, especially around an hour before high tide. There’s plenty of seagrass here for them to feed on, so you can often spot them nibbling on a snack in the afternoon.
Pop into The Crooked Post for an afternoon cocktail on a swing. In the mornings this place doubles as the local physio, transforming into the local cocktail bar in the afternoons. Try one of their signature cocktails, often made with Lord Howe Island gin or come down for lunch on Taco Tuesday to grab a quick taco, they’re absolutely delicious.
Kayak to Rabbit Island (also known as Blackburn Island), a small island right in the middle of the lagoon. You can rent a kayak from many of the boat shops on the shore, hike to the top of the island, and check out a different perspective of the island and the lagoon, right from the middle of it.
Feed the fish at Ned’s Beach, one of the prettiest little beaches on the island. You can buy a cup of fish food at the little information hut on the shore, and there are always fish swimming around there just waiting for a snack. You can also go snorkelling right off the beach, there are often turtles spotted out here.
Enjoy a game of golf at one of the prettiest golf courses in the world, the Lord Howe Island Golf Club. Dotted with palm trees and with the twin peaks standing tall in the background, it’s definitely a picture-perfect place for 9 holes of golf. Reserve a table for dinner at the golf club before you leave, it’s definitely one of the best meals on the island.
Get to know the island better by hiking around it. There are plenty of walking and hiking trails that offer unique viewpoints and perspectives of this magical little oasis. Some of the top choices include Malabar Hill, Kim’s Lookout, Valley of the Shadows and Goat House Cave.
Mount Gower in particular, one of the main two peaks overlooking the lagoon, is rated as one of the best day hikes in Australia. Covered in rainforest, with a cloud forest near the top and epic views across the island from the summit, it’s a highlight for anyone who tackles it. You’ll need a guide for this one, check out local Jack Shick who has been a mountain guide for more than 30 years and knows everything there is to know about this epic hike.
Hop across the best beaches on the island. From the calm bays of Old Settlement Beach and the Lagoon Beach that are perfect for snorkelling, to the epic Blinky Beach with huge surf breaks, there are so many great little spots if you really get out and explore.
Jump on a bus tour with Chase ‘n’ Thyme Island Tours, proudly the first tour on the island to be inducted into TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame. Locals Peter and Janine take you on a tour of Lord Howe, sharing some of the island’s history, favourite landmarks and stories from growing up on the island.
Best photo spots: For the most iconic views over the Lagoon Beach and the famous twin peaks of Mount Gower and Mount Lidgbird that stand tall over the water, head to Signal Point, only a few metres from the main beach.
Where to stay
To avoid having to ride up a steep hill every time you need to go back to your room, choose accommodation as close to the main corner (Ned’s Beach Road and Lagoon Road) as you can. The Blue Lagoon, Somerset Apartments, Pine Trees and Beachcomber Lodge are all in a great spot, making it easy for you to go back and forth from your room to the beach whenever you want.
When to visit LHI
January to March are considered the best months to travel to Lord Howe Island, when the weather is a little bit warmer, there is little rainfall and you can take advantage of all the water sports and activities on offer.
Due to its location in the sea it never gets very hot on the island, with temperatures normally averaging about 25°C in the summer months, although it can be extremely humid at times which can make it feel a LOT hotter than it actually is.
The main street of Lord Howe Island
Important travel tips
There is absolutely no mobile phone reception on the island. Like, not one bar. In fact, the locals don’t even use mobile phones, and some of them don’t even own one! You will need to make reservations via the land line phone at your accommodation. It’s a good idea to make your reservations as early in your trip as possible to avoid missing out, as everything on the island has limited places. There is also a free public phone near the information board in town if you need to make reservations.
There is some wifi across the island, mainly at your accommodation, although it can be patchy depending on the weather. Double check with your accommodation that wi-fi is available if you need it during your stay to avoid disappointment, or completely immerse yourself in island life with a few days off the grid. There is public wi-fi in the main street of town that costs $10 per GB, and it can also be dependent on good clear weather, so it’s best not to rely on it.
Such an incredible island, a visit to Lord Howe Island is completely different to a stay on any other island in Australia. It’s such an incredible island to disconnect and completely unwind for a few days, leaving you feel refreshed and rejuvenated before you arrive back on the mainland and return to normal life.
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Money management is critical for any bettor. It doesn’t matter if you like to bet horses online or play online slot machines and blackjack. You must have a clear idea of how you will manage your bankroll before you make your first bet. Having no plan is the quickest way to lose your money at an online horse betting site. When it comes to betting horses, bankroll management is even more important because there is more risk involved when one compares horse race betting with other forms of gambling.
Betting on Horses Vs. Betting on Blackjack
A good way to compare the risks associated with different forms of gambling is to look at betting on horses in comparison with betting on a casino game like blackjack. The mentality and approach for each is much different.
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We chose blackjack for comparison because it is a casino game in which the player can swing the odds in his or her favor with correct play (more on that at CountingEdge.com). The blackjack player has a method of adjusting the house edge if they use proper strategy. Therefore, a blackjack bankroll has to be managed in a certain way. Players will look for opportunities where they can increase their minimum bet size in order to win more money. In each hand of blackjack, the player has a role to play in the outcome of the hand based on their own skill level. The same cannot be said for horse racing.
While the smart handicapper can bring all of their skills to bear when picking a horse to win, there is still an element of the game that is out of the bettor’s control. Once the bet has been made and the starting gates open, the player can do nothing but sit and watch for the final results. In blackjack, the player may even have an opportunity to reduce their bet once the hand is started. This is known as surrender. There is no surrender in horse racing. Once a bet is made, the bettor is stuck with his or her selection.
Why does this matter? It matters because more attention must be given to how bankroll money is being used by the horse race bettor. One must learn to analyze the best spots for betting and bet accordingly. More consideration must be given to risk and reward. There are some bets in horse racing which require only a small investment for a potentially large return. Other bets are perhaps easier to win but offer little upside in terms of reward. Let’s start by looking at how much money you should have to play at an online racebook.
Starting Bankroll Size in Horse Racing
Blackjack is a game that requires a minimum bet on each hand. The game also involves variance because it is to some extent a random proposition. What this means is that you can have large winning or losing streaks. And, in the case of blackjack, this variance doesn’t really change. The house edge still holds up over time. This is how the casinos make money.
In horse racing, the win or loss streaks you encounter are far more dependent on the kind of bet you play. For example, if you chose to play only Win bets then you can reasonably expect to cash one out of every three tickets. The kicker here is that you can receive different odds on horses. In blackjack you receive set odds on every hand. Therefore, you can increase your potential return in horse racing by only betting on horses with high odds. But doing so means you will have longer losing streaks.
What this means is that you must have a large enough starting bankroll to withstand some losses. We would recommend 100X the minimum bet size to begin betting at an online racebook. Since horse racing bets are all calculated on the premise of a $2 bet, this means you should try to make a starting deposit of $200. That would give you a reasonable chance to make a profit if you are making $2 bets.
Allocating Your Bankroll in Horse Racing
Now that you have $200 in your racebook account, don’t rush into making bets. You need to allocate how much you will spend on certain bet types and the maximum you will wager on any specific race. This can be hard to do and will often be a matter of personal preference, but you need to stick to one rule that is important for all gamblers. Always put the bulk of your money in when you have a strong edge.
You should be using larger portions of your horse racing bankroll when you are taking shots at winning more money. For example, you should be willing to invest more in the purchase of a Pick Six ticket than you are in a straight win bet. Why? The potential return is much greater and therefore you are receiving better odds on each dollar spent.
Let’s say you make a bet on a horse at odds of 2-1. Your $2 bet will return $4 plus your original wager if the horse wins for a total of $6. Let’s say that you put the same $2 on a Pick Six ticket and win $10,000 when all of your horses come in. That’s odds of 5000-1 on your money. The problem is that a $2 bet in this situation is way out of proportion in regards to risk. You can reasonably invest more money in the bet to increase your chance of a win and still receive amazing odds.
It sounds complicated but think of it like this. A $2 bet on a 2-1 horse to win gives you one chance to cash your ticket. That horse must finish first. What if you had invested $5,000 in the Pick Six for a chance to win $10,000? The difference here is that instead of one chance to win the bet you would have had 2,500 chances to win if you were playing the $2 minimum bet. Now, we’re talking about a bankroll of $200 here and not $5,000, but you get the point.
We would encourage you to allocate about 30% of your total bankroll to straight wagers and about 60% to exotic bets like the Pick Six, Daily Double, and Trifecta. You simply must be putting your money into the situations where you have the best chance of a large return. You will be cashing less tickets than you will on straight win bets, but when you do cash a ticket the reward will be much higher. In horse racing you will never win the life changing money you hear about unless you take a chance at the big pools.
Action Betting in Horse Racing
You may notice in the above paragraph that we left out 10%. Where does that portion of your online racebook go? We would recommend you reserve this portion for action bets.
Actions bets, also called flyers, are bets that you make on horses simply for the purpose of having action on the race. It could be a bet on a horse that you just have a hunch will do well. Maybe you have some connection to the owner of the horse and are privy to inside information. Action bets don’t require a lot of handicapping. That’s why you should only be spending a small amount on these flights of fancy.
It can be boring to sit around and wait for a betting race to present itself. Not all races have a good betting option. Andrew Beyer has said that he likes to make the occasional action bet from time to time just to preserve his interest in the race card.
There is nothing wrong with making an action bet from time to time if you have the money to spare, but you should not be investing more than 10% of your total bankroll.
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Maybe you don't know, but receiving a massage on your hands is incredibly beneficial and relaxing. Not only will you improve your mobility and circulation, but also, according to reflexology, our hands have multiple points that connect to different organs and different parts of the body, which receive immediate relief. Its never a bad idea to learn new things for the sake of our health.
Massage in the hands is not very complicated to perform, and has an immediate effect. You may never have considered it, but its virtues are so positive that it is worth experiencing the pleasure of receiving this type of massage. So, from Family Massage Coral Springs, we invite you to know its benefits and how it is done.
Benefits of a Massage On The Hands
According to the Arthritis Foundation, if we suffer from chronic arthritis in the hand, applying a massage regularly in this area will help us reduce pain and improve your mobility.
People who do not suffer from arthritis can also benefit from a hand massage. If you usually use them with intensity either by the computer, or by other manual tasks, and even if you usually have pains or cramps, this massage will be very beneficial.
According to the Mayo Clinic, hand massage improves our circulation , prevents nerves and tendons from becoming rigid and harmonizes the mobility of the hand in general.
The hand massage relaxes our muscles and improves all ranges of motion . If you suffer from metacarpal tunnel or trigger finger, you will notice a great relief. Friction massage, for example, where you stretch your fingers slightly, will improve your range of motion.
According to reflexology, the hands have points of union with different organs of our body . For example, the right hand is related to the liver, the small intestine, the stomach, or the thyroid, while in the left hand, it is associated with the brain, the kidneys, the vertebrae ... etc. Thus, exercising for example Pressure points in different points of the hands, we can find relief in these areas.
How to give a massage on the hands
The first thing is that you and someone else learn these steps to be able to apply the massage to each other . To massage someone's hands, we should lean on a table and a towel. The first step is to sit comfortably, and hold the other person's hand.
The second step is to put cream on your hand . We can use aloe vera cream (aloe vera), and apply it while we give a soft scrubs that go from the wrist to the tips of your fingers. First we will do it gently, then we will exert a little more pressure but without hurting.
The next step is to press and make small circles with your thumbs in the palm of the other person's hand. It is easy to do, press and make circles with your thumb, first gently and then with a little more pressure, but as always, without causing pain.
Now, let's move on to the fingers. Take the hand of the other person, and, as you see in the drawing, you have to go massaging the five fingers of your partner.
Next, we will place our two thumbs in the center of the other person's hand . Go massaging at this point, exerting pressure for five seconds, then stop pressing. After having massaged the center point of the hand, do the same but in the area of the thumb. This area is usually the one with the most pain, it is the joint that is used the most and the one that overloads. Do the same again, press five seconds, and then relax.
The last step is more complex but tremendously effective. Look at the photograph, the objective will be to massage each joint of the fingers . Start then from the fingertips, and then go down along the phalanx. Massage by exerting a little strength but without hurting, press a few seconds and then relax. Do this exercise for two seconds.
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The Ringer (2005)
Directed by Barry W. Blaustein
Genres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Sports Comedy | Release Date - Dec 23, 2005 (USA) | Run Time - 94 min. | Countries - USA | MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
A guy trying to do the right thing ends up taking part in one of the most morally dubious con games in history in this comedy. Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville) is an office drone who wants to move up the corporate ladder, but when he asks his boss for a promotion, it comes with a condition -- Steve has to fire Stavi (Luis Avalos), who has been the firm's janitor for years. Steve decides to soften the blow by hiring Stavi to do his lawn and garden work. However, an accident robs Stavi of several of his fingers, and since he doesn't have medical insurance, Steve needs to find a way to pay for his surgery. Steve's uncle Gary (Brian Cox), a sleazy type who will bet on anything, also needs some fast cash, and comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme -- Steve was a track star in high school, and with the Special Olympics Championships coming up, all Steve has to do is pretend to be mentally challenged, enter the competition, and win the running events against six-time medalist Jimmy (Leonard Flowers). Gary will bet big on Steve, and the odds will allow them to clean up. Steve is appalled by the idea, but he needs the money badly enough to go along. However, Steve discovers that Jimmy is fast enough that he has little chance of beating him. However, Jimmy's colossal ego has made him many enemies among his fellow Special Olympians, and they're eager enough to see him taken down a peg that they help Steve train for the big event. Matters become all the more complicated when Steve becomes infatuated with Lynn (Katherine Heigl), a beautiful woman who has volunteered to help the challenged athletes, and would doubtless be furious if she found out what Steve was really doing. Produced by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, The Ringer was the first fiction directorial credit for Barry W. Blaustein; the story also parallels a 2004 episode of the animated television series South Park, "Up the Down Steroid."
The Ringer is a 2005 sports comedy starring Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, Christina Cartwright, and Brian Cox with cameos by Terry Funk and Jesse Ventura. Directed by Barry W. Blaustein, it was produced by the Farrelly brothers. The film was released on December 23, 2005 by Fox Searchlight.
Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville) hates his job but after over two years of working, receives a promotion. His first duty is to fire his friend Stavi, who is the janitor. Steve fires Stavi (Luis Ávalos), but hires him to work around his apartment. Stavi gets three fingers cut off in a lawn-mower accident, and reveals that he doesn't have health insurance. Steve must raise $28,000 within two weeks to pay for the surgery to re-attach his friend's fingers. His uncle Gary (Brian Cox), owes $40,000 in gambling debts and suggests that they fix the Special Olympics in San Marcos, Texas in order to solve both of their financial problems. Steve, who competed in track and field in high school as well as being in the drama club, reluctantly enters the Special Olympics in the guise of a high functioning young man with a developmental disability named Jeffy Dahmor. Gary, assuming that Steve will easily defeat the legitimate contenders, bets $100,000 that reigning champion Jimmy Washington won't win the gold medal. Despite initially being disgusted at pretending to be mentally challenged, Steve goes along with it for Stavi.
During the competition, Steve falls in love with Lynn (Katherine Heigl), a volunteer for the Special Olympics. During this time, six of the other contestants bust Steve after seeing through his ruse, so he tells them about what happened with Stavi. As Steve decides to pack up and leave for his ruse being exposed, they tell Steve to stay, since they want to help Steve save Stavi's fingers and they hate the egotistical, arrogant champion Jimmy and want to see him lose.
At the final competition, Steve doesn't actually win; his friend Glen does, with Steve coming in third behind Jimmy. During the medal ceremony Steve admits that he isn't developmentally disabled, reveals his actual name, and that he doesn't deserve his medal. He then gives his medal to Thomas, who had come in fourth. Uncle Gary still ends up winning his bet, since the condition was that Jimmy would lose.
Six months later, Steve has quit his job and is working in theater, helping produce a play with the friends he made during the Special Olympics, as well as Stavi, who got his fingers reattached. Glen and the others trick Lynn into coming to the theater, so Steve starts to apologize. Lynn already forgives him because Stavi told her why Steve pretended to be developmentally disabled. Steve is relieved, and they kiss.
The Ringer (2005)
PG-13 | 1h 34min | Comedy, Sport | 23 December 2005 (USA)
A young guy's only option to erase a really bad debt is to rig the Special Olympics by posing as a contestant.
Director: Barry W. Blaustein
Writer: Ricky Blitt
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SALEM, Ohio — Todd Jeffrey Beeson, 60, died suddenly May 1, 2023, at Salem Regional Medical Center.
Todd was born on July 8, 1962, in Salem, the son of the late Albert James Beeson III and Lois (Tesmer) Beeson.
He was a 1980 graduate of West Branch High School. Todd then attended the police academy in Salem and attended fire school. He retired as the public works director for the City of Canfield, where he worked for 15 years. Prior to that, he was police chief at Goshen Township Police Department from 1990-2001 and was captain for the Damascus Volunteer Fire Department 1981-2001. He also served as an arson investigator. Todd was a member Goshen Good Growers and a 4-H adviser. He was a Goshen Township Trustee from 2010-2018. Todd was very active at the Canfield Fair, where he enjoyed showing his antique tractors.
Todd enjoyed hunting, grilling and using his smoker cooking for people. He was known for his beef jerky. He enjoyed farming vegetables, pumpkins and corn, which he would sell with his wife, Heather, at their roadside stand.
Survivors include his wife, Heather (Young) Beeson; siblings, Randy Beeson, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Marcia Todd, of Leetonia, Donn Beeson, of Leetonia, Kathy Smith, of Inman, South Carolina, Jamie Calley, of Seattle, Washington, Kerry Beeson, of Salem, and Kelly Clark, of Newton Falls; one stepson, Jacob Young of Charleston, South Carolina; several nieces and nephews; and great-nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, Todd was preceded in death by one brother, Daniel Beeson; and two nieces and one nephew.
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Jouin Manku Agency, founded by Canadian Architect Sanjit Manku and Designer Patrick Jouin, and the architecture firm YMA, founded by Architect Yrieix Martineau, co-signed the project.
The starting point of this venture is an ambitious challenge led by Société Foncière Lyonnaise, the oldest French property company. The brief was to successfully re-invent the emblematic historic headquarters of the SMABTP and to develop a 24,000m2 latest-generation work environment. The project involved the heavy restructuring of the heritage building and creating of two new buildings.
In this joint exercise and considering the importance of this heritage and its unique urban and landscape context, the architects and designers have defined an intervention framework that guided the operation throughout its development. The reflection on the valuation of this real estate heritage considers the fundamentals of its original conception, inventing a new contemporary destination while realising the equation of a “better urbanity” without ever disguising the iconic architecture. This is the challenge the architect firms Jouin Manku and YMA have focused on.
Biome demonstrates that it is possible to combine the city, heritage and new architecture and implement it in a lively residential area, far from the major Parisian business districts.
Perpetuating the natural conditions of the block and the sustainability of the architecture also means demonstrating consistency in the architectural choices, the construction method and the energy performance of the building. The environmental strategy is developed, chosen and created around two main axes: low carbon and biodiversity.
The construction process is part of the low-carbon re-use approach by repurposing certain original materials in situ and ex situ. 80% of the existing floors have been preserved, and 50% of the false floors have been restored. The granite is made by crushing the serpentine stone of the old facade, and bio-sourced insulators and materials with recycled content were favoured.
On the biodiversity side, the project improves the site’s ecological value in compliance with the Climate Plan of the city of Paris. On this urban block, eco-developable spaces are created to maximise the potential of urban biodiversity. The density and component of local plant species (planting a diversity of 35 trees, 25 vines and new flowering shrubs) are proposed for each outdoor space that can receive a habitat and promote biotope diversity.
The project involves installing aromatic crops on roofs, which will be grown at the request of the site’s company restaurant. It is interesting to note that the project doubles the vegetated area heavily, thanks to the creation of terraces and the re-invention of the heart of the terrain. Overall, this enrichment makes it possible to contribute to the renaturation of the city.
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Can Police Tell You Who Reported You?
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- Can the police tell you who reported you?
- What are the consequences of being reported to the police?
- Can police tell you who filed a police report?
- What should you do if you are reported to the police?
- If a police report is filed against you, will you be notified?
- How to find out if a police report was filed against you?
- Can you remain anonymous, if you call the police?
- What should you do if you find out who reported you?
- If someone files a police report, how long does it take for the cops to come?
- Does a police report filed against you go on your record?
- What happens when you call the police on someone?
- Can a police report be used against you?
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Can the police tell you who reported you?
This question often comes up in criminal law and the answer is, unfortunately, it depends. In some cases, the police will be able to tell you who reported you - in others, they will not be able to release that information. This is because of the confidentiality of the reporter's identity.
There are a few reasons why the police might be able to tell you who reported you:
- One reason is if the reporter is a witness in the case. In that situation, the police would likely want to speak to the reporter about what they saw.
- Another reason is if the reporter is a victim. The police might want to offer the victim support or protection.
- However, there are a few reasons why the police might not be able to tell you who reported you.
- One reason is if the reporter is a confidential informant. The police might not want to reveal the informant's identity, in case they need to use them in the future.
Another reason is if the reporter is a juvenile. The police might not want to reveal the juvenile's identity, in case they are charged with a crime later.
What are the consequences of being reported to the police?
The consequences of being reported to the police can be severe. If the person is convicted of a crime, they may be sentenced to jail time or a fine. They may also have a criminal record that can make it difficult to find a job or get into college.
Additionally, if the person is reported for a crime they did not commit, they may have to go to court and prove their innocence. This can be a costly and time-consuming process.
Can police tell you who filed a police report?
Police cannot officially tell you who filed a police report. However, if you are the victim of a crime, you can request information about the status of the police report.
If you are the subject of a police investigation, the police can provide you with some information about the investigation, but they cannot disclose the identity of the person who filed the police report unless that information is subpoena and approved by the relevant members.
What should you do if you are reported to the police?
If you are reported to the police, it is important to stay calm and remember that you have rights:
- You should not speak to the police until you have spoken to an attorney or have one available to you.
- You should also avoid making any statements that could be used against you.
- You should cooperate with the police, but you do not have to answer any questions.
- You should also ask to see a copy of your rights card, which will inform you of your rights.
If a police report is filed against you, will you be notified?
Yes, you will be notified if a police report is filed against you. The police will likely contact you to get your side of the story and to ask for any evidence you may have to support your case.
It is important to remember that you are not required to speak to the police if they contact you and you should always seek legal counsel before doing so.
How to find out if a police report was filed against you?
If you are wondering if a police report has been filed against you, there are a few ways to find out. One way is to contact the police department where the report was suspected to be filed and ask if they have a record of the report.
You can also search online databases or contact the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to see if a report has been filed.
If you are facing criminal charges, it is important to know if a police report has been filed. This information can help you understand the severity of the charges against you and how strong the prosecution's case is.
It is also important to know if a report has been filed if you are considering taking legal action against someone.
If you are considering hiring a criminal defense attorney, you should ask the attorney if they have experience with cases that involve police reports. This information can help you decide if the attorney is the right fit for you.
Can you remain anonymous, if you call the police?
When you call the police, you may be required to provide your name and contact information. However, you may be able to remain anonymous if you wish. If you are concerned for your safety or the safety of others, you may want to consider remaining anonymous.
Here are a few things to keep in mind if you choose to remain anonymous:
- Make sure you have a way to contact the police if necessary.
- Inform the police of any potential danger.
- Cooperate with the police, but do not provide any unnecessary information.
If you have any questions or concerns, always ensure to share those with your local police department, and ask for guidance.
What should you do if you find out who reported you?
If you find out who reported you, there are a few things you should do and take into consideration:
- First, you should try to talk to that person and find out why they reported you. If you can't talk to them, you should write a letter or email explaining your side of the story. You should also apologize for whatever you may have done wrong if any.
- If you have done something wrong, you should try to make things right. You may need to apologize to the person you hurt, make amends, or do something to make up for what you did. You should also try to learn from your mistake and make sure you don't do it again.
- Finally, you should keep in mind that someone who reported you to the police may have done so for a good reason.
You should always try to be respectful and understanding, even if you don't agree with why they reported you.
If someone files a police report, how long does it take for the cops to come?
If someone files a police report, it usually takes the cops a few hours to arrive at location. However, it can take longer if there is a lot of crime going on in the area and the police is busy.
If you're waiting for the police to come, there are a few things you can do to help pass the time:
- You can wait in a safe place, like inside your house or in a public place.
- You can also try to gather evidence or talk to witnesses. If you have any questions, ensure to contact a lawyer or legal advice.
Does a police report filed against you go on your record?
If a police report is filed against you, it is important to know that it will go on your record. However, depending on the severity of the crime and your personal history, the report may not affect your record in a negative way.
If you are worried about how the report will affect your record, you should speak to an attorney.
Here are some tips to keep in mind if you are the one filing a police report:
- Be truthful and honest when answering the officer's questions.
- Cooperate with the officer's requests.
- Make sure to get a copy of the police report for your records.
- Keep in mind that the report will be on your record.
What happens when you call the police on someone?
When you call the police on someone, you are essentially asking for help from the authorities. Depending on the situation, the police may or may not be able to help. In some cases, the situation may end up worse.
Here are some things to keep in mind when you call the police on someone:
- Be prepared to give the police as much information as possible. This includes the person's name, address, and a description of the situation.
- Stay calm and collected. The police will be more likely to help you if you are calm and rational.
- Don't take matters into your own hands. If the situation is dangerous, it's best to let the police handle it.
- Don't call the police if it's a minor issue. The police have more important things to deal with than minor disagreements or arguments.
- Follow the police's instructions. If they tell you to do something, make sure you do it.
If you need to call the police, follow these tips to make sure the process goes as smoothly as possible.
Can a police report be used against you?
Yes, a police report can be used against you. If you are the subject of a police report, the report can be used as evidence in criminal proceedings.
Additionally, the police report may be used to determine whether to file criminal charges against you. If you are not the subject of a police report, the report may still be used against you in a civil case depending on the information that was rendered.
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Trump flags will wave alongside the Stars and Stripes on Sunday as boaters take to Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway for a dual celebration — the US president Donald Trump’s birthday and Flag Day on 14 June.
After nearly two weeks of social justice demonstrations, the theme is set to change on Sunday: Flag Day, which coincides with US President Donald Trump’s 74th birthday.
Trump supporters are planning to be out in full force across the state to celebrate with boat flotillas, truck rallies, motorcycle rides, parties and rallies. So, expect to see lots of American flags interspersed with Trump 2020 banners. The Republican Party plans to conduct voter registration at many of the events.
Here are the events currently planned on Sunday
Palm Beach County
- A “Trucks for Trump” event is a plan for 10 a.m. at the Pirate’s Well, 9477 Alt A1A, Lake Park. The route will go along Interstate 95 to Southern Boulevard, then return north up the highway to the restaurant for a party.
- Vets & Bikers for Trump. Motorcycle riders are invited to meet at 11 a.m. at the Cracker Barrel, 7461 SW Lost River Road, Stuart. They will join the truck caravan travelling south on I-95 to Southern Boulevard, then end their portion of the route at the Harley-Davidson store, 2955 45th St., West Palm Beach. An after-party will be held there.
- A flotilla will assemble at 11:30 a.m. at the Square Grouper, 1111 Love St., in Jupiter. Boaters will head south past Mar-a-Lago and return to Jupiter for an after-party.
- A flotilla will gather at 11:30 a.m. at Sunrise Bay, just west of Hugh Taylor Birch State Park in Fort Lauderdale, and proceed north to Lake Boca.
Miami-Dade and Monroe counties
- A flotilla will start assembling at 11:30 a.m. near Sunny Isles Beach and head south at noon to Miami. Boaters are encouraged to reserve a spot.
- A boat parade in the Upper Keys will start at noon Sunday at Gilbert’s Resort, 107900 Overseas Highway, Key Largo. Boats will begin lining up at 11:30 a.m.
Elsewhere in Florida
- The Villages, a retirement community in Central Florida that frequently hosts Trump and events for Gov. Ron DeSantis, will host a golf-cart parade.
- Jacksonville: Trumptilla floatilla, 11 a.m.
- Tampa Bay: Trumptilla floatilla, 11 a.m.
- Pensacola: Boaters parade, 12:15 p.m., with 2 p.m. after-party.
Gavidia promoted a Trump boat parade on Facebook and at least 1,500 boats showed up.
So, “What a bold statement to make,” Gerland said.
Trump has acknowledged some of the boat parades on Twitter.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2020
Gerland said a 60-foot Marquis yacht will lead the Tampa parade. She’ll be riding on a 26-foot bay boat owned by her 50-year-old significant other, Pete Gardner.
US President Donald Trump’s birthday
People with land vessels are getting in on the act, too, Sunday. Donald Trump president Team 2020 Florida, a group with more than 20 chapters statewide, is helping organize at least 12 Trump parades for boats, trucks, motorcycles and golf carts. The golf cart parade is happening in the Villages, the largest retirement community in the US. At the golf cart parade and others organized by Trump Team 2020 Florida, participants will be able to register to vote.
In the months before the 2016 presidential election, Florida was the scene of a number of Trump campaign rallies, including a July 31 event at the Florida State Fairgrounds that drew an estimated 10,000 people. Trump had planned a rally in Tampa for March but cancelled it as the coronavirus spread.
So, the rallies Sunday design to foster unity. While honouring the American flag, paying respect to Trump and supporting police, service members, doctors and nurses, says Annie Marie Delgado, the Trump team president.
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The parades also are a chance to celebrate the positive, Delgado says, at a time when hundreds across the country are dying from coronavirus each day and demonstrations enter the third week in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody.
“People are sick and tired. They’re fed up. They’ve had enough”.
Still, some don’t see this as a time for celebration.
Gerland says she at least eight Facebook posts advertising the parade remove or censor. Because of the negative comments, they attract. But one post on a Tampa Bay Facebook group attracts about 600 comments, she says, most of them negative. The post later deleted.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today
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February 23, 2006
Via Electronic Transmission
Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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The yellow “LIVESTRONG” wristband, promoted by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, is truly a
marketing phenomenon and a remarkably effective symbol on behalf of a noble cause – the battle
with cancer. It was no surprise to learn that you wear one. I write today, however, because I am
concerned about a far less popular and not widely worn wristband. If unsuspecting Americans were
aware of the import of this light-blue wristband, it might well be a marketing phenomenon, too. It
is outrageous that, for all intents and purposes, the FDA allowed a clinical trial to proceed, which
makes every citizen in the United States a potential “guinea pig,” without providing a practical,
informative warning to the public.
As a United States Senator representing the State of Iowa and as Chairman of the Committee on
Finance (Committee), which has jurisdiction over the Medicare and Medicaid programs, I am
responsible for oversight of matters that affect my constituents and the beneficiaries of these federal
health care programs. Accordingly, I have been persistent in my efforts to examine the performance
of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in recent years. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal
(WSJ) ran an article entitled, “Amid Alarm Bells, A Blood Substitute Keeps Pumping,” that was
According to the article, the FDA is allowing a manufacturer, Northfield Laboratories, Inc., to test
its product, a blood substitute called PolyHeme, in a clinical trial (the PolyHeme Study) without the
consent of trauma patients, who often may be unconscious and/or otherwise incapable of providing
informed consent. The PolyHeme Study is being conducted pursuant to an infrequently used FDA
regulation, which allows for waiver of the informed consent typically required in clinical trials, if
some sort of community outreach program is implemented, among other requirements. It is the
community outreach that brings the light-blue wristbands into the mix.
For example, if you live in, next to, or travel through a state participating in the PolyHeme Study –
California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia – and you
suffer a traumatic injury and receive emergency medical treatment at a participating trauma center
in that state, you may, without your consent, become a human research subject for an experimental
blood product (if other contingencies are also met). That is, unless you happen to be wearing a lightblue
wristband imprinted with the following: “I decline the Northfield PolyHeme Study” (see
attached). I suspect many people, if they knew this, might reasonably ask, “where do I get my
It also comes as no surprise that this question is not a readily answerable one. Certainly, it’s not
apparent from any information on the FDA’s website. Nonetheless, an unknown number of
community meetings were reportedly held in the participating states. At these meetings, anyone who
knew of and took time to attend a meeting could opt out of the PolyHeme Study by requesting – and
wearing continuously for an undetermined period of time – one of these light-blue wristbands.
However, I am skeptical that any participating medical centers managed to conduct effective,
practical outreach to the community and to provide a meaningful, informative warning to the public
about the PolyHeme Study. Researchers in at least one state (Oregon) suspended participation in the
PolyHeme Study when it was unable to obtain local approval because the community meetings were
sparsely attended. According to a news report published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation in
July 2004, Loyola University Health System in Chicago engaged in an extensive effort to reach
potential participants in specific communities. However, the turnout at meetings was “surprisingly
low, averaging...between 0–5 people of those who responded.” The author of this news report raised
an important question: “Is this in absentia approval for the trial an inherent flaw in the initial
regulation whereby people, thinking they personally are unlikely to end up in the trial, don’t bother
with the outreach and are therefore not truly informed?”
Despite the recent media attention associated with the PolyHeme Study, more remains unknown than
known about it today. Accordingly, as Chairman of the Committee, I request that the FDA address
this issue by providing the public with meaningful information related to what it should already have
known about the PolyHeme Study. In addition, at the earliest opportunity, but no later than March
8, 2006, please provide my Committee with a detailed briefing regarding the PolyHeme Study. Over
the next few days, my Committee staff will contact your staff with more specific requests for
information, but at the minimum your staff should be prepared to address the following issues related
to the PolyHeme Study:
1. What oversight, if any, has FDA conducted related to the PolyHeme Study?
2. What consultation with representatives of the community was conducted?
3. What public disclosure to communities was conducted prior to initiation of the PolyHeme Study?
4. Were known adverse events, including but not limited to those reported in the WSJ, disclosed with
the risks and expected benefits information?
5. Has Northfield Laboratories, Inc., met all regulatory reporting requirements related to its
PolyHeme product, including but not limited to timely reporting of all adverse events?
Finally, I request a detailed list and summary of all clinical trials, between January 1, 1996, and the
date of this request, conducted pursuant to the FDA regulation governing exception from informed
consent requirements for emergency research.
Thank you in advance for having your staff contact my Committee staff by March 1, 2006, to
coordinate this briefing.
Charles E. Grassley
United States Senator
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Wyden Statement on Health Care Price Transparency Announcement
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration announced new efforts to increase price transparency in health care:
“American families are struggling to pay for health care, and the opaque pricing system used by hospitals and insurance companies makes it even harder,” Wyden said. “Price transparency is the first step to help consumers get a handle on what they’re in for when they head to the doctor or hospital. However, as written these rules risk giving any part of the health care industry the upper hand, which could lead to higher prices. That’s why I introduced a bill that takes an important first step to allow American families to know what they’ll pay beforehand, instead of after they’ve been stuck with an astronomical bill.”
Earlier this year, Wyden introduced the “Health Care Price Check Act of 2019,” which requires Medicare and insurance companies to make available an online tool and a toll free number for beneficiaries to inquire about the cost, for that specific consumer, of any service, procedure or product, including prescription drugs. The bill also requires insurers to offer information on provider quality, and to notify consumers if the provider is out-of-network.
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The latest figures FCA has published on its actions relating to financial promotions shows a huge increase in the numbers of ads it required firms to amend or remove in 2022 over the previous year. It required action in relation to 8,500 ads and published over 1,800 consumer alerts.
FCA has highlighted:
- its work with Big Tech companies to get them to allow only appropriately approved financial promotions – although it says these companies still need to do more to protect consumers;
- improvements it has made to its digital tools which it uses to find problem firms and misleading promotions; and
- its growing and continuing concern about “fin-fluencers”: FCA has taken action against several already. One individual was also the sole director of a firm regulated for secondary credit broking and had used their individual social media profile to promote unauthorised traders; and
- one ban it placed on an online retail broker, who it was concerned was using social media influencers to target vulnerable customers with significant debt;
- its work with regulated firms, including action it took against one firm, imposing an own-initiative requirement on a firm that was issuing and promoting SIS to investors without carrying out a preliminary assessment of suitability, and without including appropriate risk warnings in its promotions. | <urn:uuid:75b5f8dc-836d-4a37-b55d-668a4f21f8f7> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.financialinstitutionsnews.com/2023/02/06/fca-steps-up-on-fin-prom-actions/ | 2023-09-22T12:16:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.979807 | 261 |
This week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) formalized and expanded its guidance for how defendants can earn cooperation credit in False Claims Act (FCA) cases and thereby reduce settlement amounts. New section 4-4.112 of the Justice Manual outlines three ways entities and individuals facing FCA claims can potentially earn credit—through voluntary disclosures, cooperation, and remedial measures. The credit allotted can take the form of a reduced damage multiplier, reduced penalties, or DOJ assistance in dealing with agencies and relators.
The policy values voluntary self-disclosure of false claims, both in the first instance as well as when additional misconduct is discovered during the course of the internal investigation. In announcing the new policy, Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt stated, “The Department of Justice has taken important steps to incentivize companies to voluntarily disclose misconduct and cooperate with our investigations; enforcement of the False Claims Act is no exception. False Claims Act defendants may merit a more favorable resolution by providing meaningful assistance to the Department of Justice.” Hunt referred to voluntary disclosure as “the most valuable form of cooperation.”
The policy provides an illustrative list of measures FCA defendants can take in an effort to receive more favorable treatment. While noting that a “comprehensive list of activities that constitute . . . cooperation is not feasible because of the diverse factual and legal circumstances involved in FCA cases,” the list provides examples of 10 cooperative actions FCA defendants can take in an effort to obtain credit. The list includes:
- Identifying individuals substantially involved in or responsible for the misconduct;
- Disclosing relevant facts and identifying opportunities for the government to obtain evidence relevant to the government’s investigation that is not in the possession of the entity or individual or not otherwise known to the government;
- Preserving, collecting, and disclosing relevant documents and information relating to their provenance beyond existing business practices or legal requirements;
- Identifying individuals who are aware of relevant information or conduct, including an entity’s operations, policies, and procedures;
- Making available for meetings, interviews, examinations, or depositions an entity’s officers and employees who possess relevant information;
- Disclosing facts relevant to the government’s investigation gathered during the entity’s independent investigation (not to include information subject to attorney-client privilege or work product protection), including attribution of facts to specific sources rather than a general narrative of facts, and providing timely updates on the organization’s internal investigation into the government’s concerns, including rolling disclosures of relevant information;
- Providing facts relevant to potential misconduct by third-party entities and third-party individuals;
- Providing information in native format, and facilitating review and evaluation of that information if it requires special or proprietary technologies so that the information can be evaluated;
- Admitting liability or accepting responsibility for the wrongdoing or relevant conduct; and
- Assisting in the determination or recovery of the losses caused by the organization’s misconduct.
Not surprisingly, the government will also consider the additional factors of (1) the timeliness and voluntariness of the assistance; (2) the truthfulness, completeness and reliability of any information or testimony provided; (3) the nature and extent of the assistance; and (4) the significance and usefulness of the cooperation to the government in evaluating both voluntary disclosures and other methods of cooperation. The government does not require the waiver of attorney-client privilege or work product protection in order to receive cooperation credit.
In addition to cooperative acts, the policy mandates that the government consider remedial measures when determining whether and how much credit is warranted. Examples include:
- Demonstrating a thorough analysis of the cause of the underlying conduct and, where appropriate, remediation to address the root cause;
- Implementing or improving an effective compliance program designed to ensure the misconduct or similar problem does not occur again;
- Appropriately disciplining or replacing those identified by the entity as responsible for the misconduct either through direct participation or failure in oversight, as well as those with supervisory authority over the area where the misconduct occurred; and
- Any additional steps demonstrating recognition of the seriousness of the entity’s misconduct, acceptance of responsibility for it, and the implementation of measures to reduce the risk of repetition of such misconduct, including measures to identify future risks.
The inclusion of an existing compliance program is worth noting, especially in light of the revised corporate compliance guidance issued by DOJ on April 30, 2019. Having a robust and evolving compliance program remains vitally important to defending an FCA claim.
The policy explains that cooperation and/or remediation by FCA defendants will most commonly be rewarded with reduced penalties or damages multiple. Partial credit is explicitly authorized, and, regardless of the extent of the cooperation, the policy caps the credit available at a level not to “exceed an amount that would result in the government receiving less than full compensation for the losses caused by the defendant’s misconduct,” including damages, lost interest, costs of investigation and relator share. Therefore, even fully cooperating defendants should still expect to pay more than single damages. The government also outlines other avenues of relief potentially available to cooperating defendants, including proactive assistance from the government in parallel agency matters, public acknowledgement of disclosures, cooperation or remediation, and assistance with resolving qui tam litigation with a relator or relators.
The new policy provides a wide-ranging checklist for entities and individuals hoping for favorable treatment in FCA cases. Because government attorneys are purposefully left with broad discretion and flexibility in complying with DOJ policy, the door is open for cooperating defendants to use these factors to propose innovative settlements. | <urn:uuid:7635cb14-8c35-485c-b994-939d706c896c> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.financialservicesperspectives.com/2019/05/disclosure-and-cooperation-allow-for-reduced-false-claims-act-settlements-according-to-new-doj-guidance/ | 2023-09-22T11:17:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.927838 | 1,179 |
Man suffers serious burns in factory fire on Mid North Coast - Port Macquarie
Published: 15 Feb 2023 03:51pm
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews on the state's Mid North Coast have extinguished a factory fire, which has left a man with serious burns.
Sixteen FRNSW firefighters and four fire trucks were called to the leather goods and timberworks business on Jindalee Road, Port Macquarie, around 1:40pm.
Flames and smoke were seen pouring from the building, while a man, aged in his 30's, sustained significant burns to his arms and legs.
FRNSW crews gave him initial emergency medical treatment before NSW Ambulance paramedics arrived and transported him to hospital.
Firefighters, wearing breathing apparatus and using thermal imaging cameras, entered the building and located the seat of the fire.
They managed to stop the fire from spreading to neighbouring units.
With the fire now out, FRNSW is assisting NSW Police and SafeWork NSW in determining how the fire started.
The cause is not being treated as suspicious.
Updated: 15 Feb 2023 03:55pm
Details about this incident may change and should not be used as emergency information and/or advice.
For all life threatening emergencies, call Triple Zero (000)
For flood information, warnings or requests for non-life threatening assistance, call the SES on 132 500 or visit the NSW State Emergency Service website here. [external link].
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Cuban bistro in Jacksonville is being recognized nationally as one of this year's latinx businesses to watch.
As Latinx Heritage Month (also known as Hispanic Heritage Month) kicks off, Yelp says it has partnered with Latina singer, actress and entrepreneur Christina Milian to name this year’s 'Latinx Ones to Watch' businesses.
The overall list spotlights 15 Latinx-owned businesses across the country, including beloved restaurants, home decor destinations and beauty stores.
1928 Cuban Bistro, a Jacksonville go-to serving up authentic Cuban cuisine took the top spot.
The bistro specializes in high quality Cuban Cafe Con Leche, Cuban pastries, croquetas, empanadas and more.
"We pride ourselves in authentic Cuban Sandwiches like the “Original Cuban Sandwich, and others such as The Media Noche, Pan Con Lechón and the Elena Ruth," writes the business on Yelp. "Come in and feel like family as we pour you some cafecito. We offer breakfast all day too!"
Rebecca Gonzalez, owner and founder, opened her third location earlier this year near Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
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The original item was published from January 22, 2016 2:57 PM to January 22, 2016 2:59 PM
By Anderson Schoenrock
The City of Fishers has graciously given me the opportunity to share the perspective of a Fishers’ entrepreneur each month. I firmly believe that what’s happening in Fishers is incredibly unique and will benefit the community for years to come. I also believe it is important that Fishers residents have an opportunity to learn more about entrepreneurs in our community and how we are all impacted by local entrepreneurship.
This month I connected with Recovery Force Founder and CEO, Matt Wyatt. Recovery Force is a highly-innovative company that launched and operates out of Launch Fishers. The company has built amazing active-compression wearable technology using memory fibers and materials to help your muscles recover. Their patented technology has applications in athletics as well as medicine. Matt is an incredibly humble (overly humble in my opinion) entrepreneur who wanted to spend less time talking about the success of his company and more about the various aspects of entrepreneurship that exist in all of us.
Matt believes that we need to redefine the traditional definition of an entrepreneur beyond just “people who start businesses”. He views an entrepreneur as anyone who walks the fine line of taking risks while being fearless but not foolish. Being an entrepreneur takes courage and fortitude, but also the ability to collaborate and understand where your blind spots may be.
He also feels it is important that people understand that they can be entrepreneurial within the context of a larger organization as they lead, create and innovate.
“Being an entrepreneur doesn’t mean you need to compromise financial security to start a business,” Matt explained.
Most of us, often unknowingly, operate with the spirit of entrepreneurship in their everyday life. For example, a mom raising children may, unknowingly, operate very entrepreneurially as she juggles the demands of her children and often times a career.
He also shared that entrepreneurs need support from their community. This is more than just financial support, but really an understanding that the journey of an entrepreneur is filled with ups and downs. Successes and failures.
“Not all days are glamorous,” Matt told me. On those challenging days, it is great when people in the community understand that while being an entrepreneur is incredibly rewarding it’s also incredibly tough.
Finally, perhaps most importantly, and certainly in line with his humility, Matt wants Fishers residents to understand that “they are as important to entrepreneurs as entrepreneurs are to the community.”
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As we enjoyed the recent Labor Day weekend, it was more quiet than usual since many people started their holidays earlier. This past Labor Day is the 128th time it has been celebrated as a National holiday. I have always smiled when thinking of Labor Day. Having a day off to celebrate working seems a bit contradictory, but in reality, Labor Day originated during a time when workers were establishing their rights and fair labor practices. While we have just celebrated the 128th Labor Day, our intentions should be to reflect and assess how we are working and how we can make ourselves available for our clients, colleagues, friends, families, and ourselves.
So, I took some time to think about how I spend my time on a daily and weekly basis. I spend time in meetings with clients, teammates, as well as numerous other internal meetings. I write and answer emails, answer and make phone calls. I write communications, I read and educate myself, and I prepare analyses and presentations. I assess what I believe is working and not working, and I make plans and decisions. From this perspective, I don’t think this is any different from anyone else at Wheels Donlen. At times, the external demands and requests for my time and actions can dominate what I am doing. As a result, I may neglect some things I should be or want to be doing.
Knowing all of this, I have been reminding myself of the importance to keep some time dedicated to assessing what I am doing and the impacts my actions are having. This time requires that I get “off the tread mill” and think:
• Am I focused on what I am trying to achieve and assessing how I am spending my time to get there?
• Am I trying to do things on my own that would be better served by others with better capabilities and knowledge to do those things?
• Do I have better capabilities and skills for certain things that I should dedicate more of my time to for maximum impact?
• Am I drawn into activities that I really do not contribute to and therefore waste my time?
• Am I being fair to the whole other parts of my life that are outside of work?
If my answer to any of these questions suggest that I am not optimizing my time, skills and interests, then what changes will I make to get into a better balance.
This activity is no different to taking your car in for preventative maintenance or seeing your doctor or dentist for a health check-up. It gives you time to evaluate and assess the big picture and move your “levers” to give yourself the best chance for accomplishing whatever things you want to accomplish.
I know everyone is busy with a lot of demands on their plate. However, I cannot encourage you enough to take time to regularly sit back, assess and move your levers to your benefit. If you are unsure, talk it out with someone who can give you an outside perspective. In small and repetitive ways, this practice can be your personal Labor Day to establish your rights to an effective and fulfilling work life balance.
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CHASING THE DEAL
Flights from companies like JetSuite, Blade and JetSmarter can turn out to be reasonably priced, especially for groups. Here’s how it works.
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As Rachel Raymond from West Orange, N.J., tells it, the day last August when she flew on a private jet ranks as one of the most unreal experiences of her life. Ms. Raymond, and her husband, Daniel, along with their three children, took a flight in a seven-seat jet, a Cessna Citation III, complete with two pilots and a well-stocked bar, from Westchester County Airport, in White Plains, N.Y., to upstate Saratoga Springs. The Raymonds had decided to take an impromptu trip to Lake George because they had found a last-minute deal where they could fly on that route for only $500.
“Daniel and I have always fantasized about flying private, but it’s a luxury that we never thought that we would be able to pay for,” Ms. Raymond said.
The charter was a “SuiteDeal” from the private jet company JetSuite. These last-minute deals for one-way private jet charters within the United State cost between $500 and $2,000, and the money the Raymonds paid was comfortably within their budget.
JetSuite is one of several private aviation companies attempting to make private jet flying accessible to travelers who aren’t part of the billionaire or even millionaire set. In many cases, these companies such as Blade and JetSmarter, are able to offer flights at appealing prices because the trips are shared with a small group of other passengers. While this may not be private flying in the vein of having an entire plane to yourself, travelers fly in and out of small, private airports where they usually don’t have to deal with the Transportation Security Administration and can arrive just five to 15 minutes before their departure time.
The Raymond’s $500 trip is a more extreme example of how little flights on private jets can cost, but industry experts say that a trip on one today is less expensive than it ever has been in the past.
Steve Wooster, the managing director of services and air operations for the luxury travel network Virtuoso, said that the proliferation of private jet brands has led to these lower prices. “There are many more suppliers than there ever used to be, and competition means prices have dropped,” he said. “Private jet flying is now open to a diversity of passengers, not just C.E.O.’s.”
According to Virtuoso’s research, the average price for a private jet flight declined 13 percent from 2014 to 2016.
Are these lower prices the reason more Americans are chartering planes? Virtuoso’s statistics indicate that the number of private charter trips increased by 10 percent from 2014 to 2016, and statistics from the research company Euromonitor show that the number of passengers in the United States who chartered planes increased from 4.88 million in 2013 to 5.32 million in 2016 (this number excludes helicopter charters).
JetSmarter, around since 2013, is an example of a player in the private aviation space selling shared flights. The company operates on a membership model: Fliers pay a minimum of $15,000 a year and book seats on already scheduled flights through the JetSmarter app, which lists more than 150 domestic and international trips a day. Trips under three hours are included in the cost of the membership while longer ones are an average of $300 a person, according to Sergey Petrossov, the company’s chief executive officer; most flights have an average of eight to 10 passengers.
Members who want to set their own schedule can create a flight and post it to JetSmarter’s app so that other interested members can buy seats for the route and help reduce the cost of the charter; if all the seats on the plane sell, the member who created the flight flies for free. These crowdsourced trips usually top out at $2,000 a person, a fraction of the $8,000 or more per hour it can cost for a traditional charter. “My goal is to make private jet flying less elitist,” Mr. Petrossov said.
Blade, which doesn’t require membership, also sells flights, but only from December through mid-March and on one route, between Westchester County Airport (with or without a helicopter transfer from Manhattan) and its own terminal in Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. From $1,285 each way, fliers travel on a Bombardier commercial jet retrofitted with 16 seats and receive an array of amenities such as catered meals from Dean & Deluca as well as iPad Pros loaded with first-run movies; they also get accommodations for the weekend at Faena Miami, a luxury beachfront hotel.
The Miami route made its debut two years ago and has been so popular, said company founder Rob Wiesenthal, that this season, the flights will be offered four days a week, instead of the two days that they previously were.
Paul Cappuccio, who lives in Greenwich, Conn., and is the general counsel for Time Warner, flew to Miami on Blade most weekends last winter and plans to do the same this year. “It’s such a relaxed way to fly, an elegant experience and so hassle-free,” he said. While not necessarily budget-friendly, Mr. Cappuccio said that Blade hits the sweet spot on price. “It’s not all that much more than a full-fare first-class ticket, but a small fraction of what it would cost to fly on a chartered private jet,” he said.
But for travelers who only want their own chartered plane without having to pay an exorbitant price, there are options like JetSuite’s “SuiteDeals.” The company’s primary business is private jet charters for hourly rates of between $4,000 and $7,000 while “SuiteDeals” are sales of flights called empty legs — routes that jets are scheduled to fly on without any passengers.
Meredith Broder, an adviser with the Villanova, Pa., travel company Avenue Two Travel, said that empty leg flights have changed the private jet game. “Rather than have the plane fly empty, air companies or private jet brokers try to sell that route at a discount,” she said. “This strategy helps with fuel costs and puts private jet flying within reach to people who wouldn’t normally be able to afford this luxury and convenience.”
Ms. Broder frequently books private jets for clients and gets a weekly list from several private jet companies of empty leg availability for the coming week (other agents specializing in private jet travel also get similar lists). Recent flights included an $8,500 trip from Naples to Cleveland on a Beechjet 400A, a plane that seats seven people, and a $6,500 trip from Scottsdale, Ariz., to Colorado Springs on a Learjet 45XR, accommodating eight fliers.
Empty legs are inexpensive because fliers usually don’t have a choice in the route, but some travel agents can find favorable rates for customized charters, too.
Ms. Broder booked a jet charter this March from New Jersey to Las Vegas for her client Steven Michaels, an entrepreneur from Cherry Hill, N.J., and seven of his friends. The trip was in celebration of several of the men turning 50, and the group wanted an extravagant getaway. First-class tickets worked out to close to $2,000 a person round trip, while chartering an eight-seat Citation III jet was $3,500 each. When presented with both options, Mr. Michaels said that going private was a no-brainer. “The journey was like paying for a high-end tour or excursion and ended up being one of the most fun parts of the trip,” he said.
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Meta, Canva, and Shopify among other companies are already using the technology that undergirds ChatGPT in their customer service chatbots, but experts warn that companies should be wary of generative AI’s creativity and unpredictability.
From processing an order return at Shopify to resetting a password for a Canva account, chances are that the chatbot you’ve interacted with uses the same type of large language models that power ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral generative AI chatbot.
Now Ada, the Toronto-based company that automates 4.5 billion customer service interactions, has partnered with OpenAI to use GPT-3.5, the large language model that is the foundation of ChatGPT, to make these customer service chatbots more useful. Founded in 2016, Ada programs chatbots that are able to perform tasks such as booking a flight for an AirAsia customer or tracking orders and returns for Meta’s virtual reality products.
But while people have applied ChatGPT’s models for a wide variety of novel uses including crafting emails and asking for mental health advice, experts say customer service automation is one sector that was already implementing some of what ChatGPT offers. AI has been flourishing in the customer service industry, where a bevy of startups such as Zoho and Levity AI have developed sophisticated bots and voice assistants to help companies reduce costs and save time on customer interactions — even though these bots can lead to friction and frustration for customers.
At its core, ChatGPT is generative, and creates entirely new sentences each time you ask it a question, which isn’t necessarily what a company wants when customers pose queries.
“ChatGPT is very good for coming up with new things that don't follow a predefined script. It's great for being creative. It's great for asking a range of questions, but you can never count on the answer,” Ajay Agarwal, a professor at the University of Toronto whose research focuses on the economics of AI, tells Forbes. “And companies wouldn't ever want that as how they are responding in their customer service office,” he adds.
ChatGPT models may not be able to add value to the roughly 30% of customers’ queries that are repetitive in nature and require consistent answers that can be addressed through existing automation. Some of the most commonly asked questions are “Where's my package? What's my order number? What's my password?” Ada’s CEO Mike Murchison says.
But Murchison says he wants to capitalize on OpenAI’s large language models to tackle the roughly 70% of customer service communication that is not straightforward and can benefit from a conversational, powerful and intelligent bot. He says the partnership will help Ada better train its chatbot to understand a customer’s intent, formulate answers on its own and improve the accuracy and quality of answers.
Ada’s CEO and cofounder Mike Murchison told Forbes that Ada shares a common investor with OpenAI but did not disclose further details about the investor, and declined to comment on the financial aspects of its partnership with OpenAI.
Powered by $200 million from investors including Accel, Bessemer, Spark, Tiger Global and FirstMark, Ada’s chatbots are available on WeChat, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger as well as companies’ websites. In 2019, the company began using large language models that are trained on documents explaining a company’s products, services and customer service issues, as well as sensitive information including transcripts of conversations between human agents and customers and private customer data (Ada anonymizes the information before using it).
The company is also using OpenAI’s models to create summaries of conversations between a bot and a customer before handing off a ticket to a human agent, Murchison says. Its bots can also do some things that humans can’t, like automatically processing a refund when humans have to go through multiple levels of approvals to do so. “Our bots have permission to automate a refund for you,” he says. “We can tap into a business system and process a complicated workflow, and we can pull data from somewhere that's actually really hard for a human to find.”
ChatGPT is very good for coming up with new things that don't follow a predefined script. It's great for being creative... but you can never count on the answer.
Ada faces competitive threats from big tech companies, which have their own versions of sophisticated AI (Google researchers, for instance, have made similar breakthroughs). Microsoft also has an exclusive licensing deal with OpenAI, and is planning to incorporate the technology into its Bing search engine, according to a report from The Information. These companies have an advantage when it comes to the amount of data they have, according to AI angel investor Geoff Renaud. “The more volume of data, the faster the AI grows. If you start running it through like an Amazon who's got more volume of data than anybody else, they become a clear winner,” Renaud says.
There is one major danger that ChatGPT poses for customer service: An adept conversational chatbot could also introduce customers to scams, says AI angel investor Geoff Renaud, who has worked with generative AI startups. “It opens up a Pandora's box for scammers because you can duplicate anyone,” he says. “There's much promise and excitement but it can go so wrong so fast with misinformation and scams. There are people that are building standards, but the technology is going to proliferate too fast to keep up with it.”
To address these issues, Murchison and his co-founder, David Hariri, have built pre-emptive questions into their chatbots to keep the conversation structured and on topic. “We guide the user to asking certain types of questions and we're also good at pulling the user away from a topic towards something that is more about customer service,” he says.
Two-time entrepreneur Murchison says customers don’t want to chat with a dumb bot that isn’t able to understand simple queries. To that end, he wants to create technology that makes customer service chatbots more natural sounding and can complete more complicated tasks. A partnership with OpenAI will help inch toward that goal, he says. “I feel a little bit like a kid in a candy shop right now, just given how quickly everything's developing, and how exciting the research that we're producing and what OpenAI is producing,” he says. | <urn:uuid:e5a03ce8-90fb-4def-b6e5-66c9abfd124f> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2023/01/09/chatgpt-is-coming-to-a-customer-service-chatbot-near-you/ | 2023-09-22T13:15:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.961197 | 1,377 |
Pawan Munjal’s Hero Motocorp reached a new milestone on Tuesday as the two-wheeler major launched its first homegrown scooters after its split from Japanese automaker Honda in 2010 that ended a 26-year-old joint venture.
Hero launched its 110cc Maestro Edge and unveiled the Duet in a bid to raise its share in the increasingly competitive scooter space in India. Maestro Edge, positioned as a premium scooter, will hit the market on October 13 with its base model priced at Rs 49,500 and VX model priced at Rs 50,700 (ex-showroom Delhi). Duet, which is aimed at the masses, will be formally launched later; the exact date is yet to be announced. Both scooters have been developed on Hero’s in-house engine and chassis platform.
“Hero is using innovation and technology to create a new tomorrow for itself. We are going to become an iconic brand across the globe,” said Pawan Munjal, chairman and managing director, Hero Motocorp. “From a company that was dependent on some one else for technology, we have developed our own technology… I feel a sense of accomplishment.”
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A modern Chinese restaurant perched on the top floor of Bangsar Shopping Center. Upon entering the dining room, you are bound to be award by a larger than life window to the world.
Ruyi’s Sushi (RM43)
The nation’s smallest combination of Hainanese chicken rice. nasi lemak and mango stick rice. They do not only look orderable, but taste amazing too. Tastier than what i had expected.
Bikini Island Crab (RM58)
Soft shell crab dipped with mint leaves sauce. The sauce was the highlight as it complements really well with the deep fried soft shell crab.
Unicorn’s Bait (RM68)
Fresh abalone with clear spicy soup. Comes in two bowls. The soup was spicy, but i just couldn’t stop myself from having more!
“Old Tofu” (RM
Braised with dry scallop in chicken broth. I personally would prefer a homemade egg tofu to pair with the broth.
Smoky Chicken (RM38)
Roasted and topped with crispy burdock root. Flavorful and appetizing. Chicken was really tender too.
Curry Crab Fried Rice (Small : RM22)
Rice was at the bottom of the curry btw. Quite a special dish but i guess there wasn’t any crab in it but prawns?
Friends Forever (RM28)
Stir-fried noodles with prawns. Absolutely delicious especially the broth. So flavorful!
Green Tea Embrace (RM26)
Green tea lava cake with vanilla ice cream on cheddar biscuit. The cake was really riched with matcha. However, the cheddar biscuit is not my kind of thing tho.
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What is a LCSW?
LCSW stands for certified clinical social worker. They are social workers who have actually gone on to get their master’s in social work (MSW) and complete the requirements in their state to obtain their expert license. By obtaining their MSW and license, they can operate in a variety of environments, explore various expertises, and even open up their own private practice.
What does a Licensed Scientific Social Worker Do?
A certified clinical social worker offers treatment to clients with psychological and psychological issuesExternal link: open_in_new that are impacting their daily lives. They work with their customers to listen to their requirements and supply the support and resources needed to cope with those problems.
LCSWs also have the ability to diagnose and deal with the issues of their clients, although this might differ by state. This can be in the form of supplying therapy, supplying referrals, and dealing with other experts like medical professionals to come up with a reliable treatment plan for their customer.
Where do LCSWs work?
LCSWs can work in a variety of settings. Some operate in offices for research study purposes, and others may visit their clients in schools, their home, community centers, medical facilities, assisted living centers, and more. The workplace of an LCSW varies depending on their location of expertise.
How do I become a LCSW in my state?
There are other online resources to help you figure out how to end up being a licensed medical social worker in your state. One of those resources supplies information on how to become a LCSW in your state which permits you to choose your state and review education requirements and LCSW test requirements (if suitable).
Is a LCSW considered a doctor?
Unlike a physician, an LCSW can not prescribe medication. LCSWs have the capability to supply psychiatric therapy to their customers, nevertheless, their training focuses on linking their customers with the skills and resources needed to fulfill their requirements. LCSWs can easily team up with doctors and psychiatrists to establish extensive treatment prepare for clients. In those cases, doctors or psychiatrists may be responsible for recommending medication.
While those in the field of psychiatry can go on to medical school and make their Doctor of Medicine, the master’s in social work (MSW) is the highest level of education that LCSWs get. Depending on an LCSW’s career objectives, they might choose to complete a DSW program down the line.
Just how much does a LCSW make?
As of May 2020, the average annual wage for social workers was $51,760 External link: open_in_new, according to the BLS. The wage of an LCSW varies based upon elements such as their company, specialty, and the amount of time they work. Lots of social workers tend to work full-time, however some might be on call.
Social work licensure in Pennsylvania can take six to 12 years. For a provisional license, a social employee needs to work for at least 3 years after their BSW before applying. It can take 7 years to acquire this short-lived social worker license or online social work degree.
A psychologist is a social scientist who is trained to study human habits and mental procedures. Psychologists can work in a range of research or scientific settings. Psychology degrees are available at all levels: bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate (PhD or PsyD). Advanced degrees and licensing are needed for those in independent practice or who use client care, including scientific, counseling and school psychologists.
PhD programs in clinical psychology emphasize theory and research approaches and prepare students for either academic work or professions as practitioners. The PsyD, which was produced in the late 1960s to address a lack of specialists, emphasizes training in therapy and therapy. Psychologists with either degree can practice treatment however are needed to complete several years of supervised practice before ending up being certified.
A psychologist will detect a mental illness or problem and determine what’s finest for the patient’s care. A psychologist typically works in tandem with a psychiatrist, who is likewise a medical doctor and can prescribe medication if it is identified that medication is needed for a client’s treatment. Psychologists can do research study, which is a very important contribution academically and scientifically, to the profession.
A therapist is a broader umbrella term for professionals who are trained– and typically licensed– to offer a variety of treatments and rehabilitation for individuals. Therapists can be psychoanalysts, marriage counselors, social workers and life coaches, among other specialties. A therapist’s goal is to help clients make decisions and clarify their sensations in order to fix issues. Therapists provide assistance and guidance, while helping patients make efficient decisions within the total structure of assistance. When choosing a therapist, their education, licensing and professional credentials ought to be necessary considerations.
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This is a comprehensive agreement that outlines ownership and management of a Kansas-based company or LLC. It includes rules for daily operations and officer responsibilities. To ensure clarity and avoid any legal issues, each member should keep an original copy of the agreement as it is not filed with any government office. Follow the instructions below to complete the blank fields in the agreement.
Fill in the full legal name of the LLC formed in the state of Kansas. This is important because it establishes the official name under which the company will operate and be registered with the state.
Fill in the date when the operating agreement is being entered into. This is important because it sets the effective date of the agreement and is used for record-keeping purposes.
Check the appropriate box indicating whether the LLC has a single member or multiple members. This is important because it establishes the structure of the company and determines how it will be governed. If it is a Single-Member LLC then provide the name, mailing address, and ownership percentage (100%) of the sole owner. This information is essential for identifying the owner, establishing their contact information, and confirming their ownership interest. For a Multi-Member LLC then input the name, mailing address, and ownership percentage for each member. This information is crucial for identifying all members, setting up their contact information, and determining their ownership interests.
Enter the LLC's name and the address of its primary place of business. This is significant because it designates the main location where the company will carry out its operations and manage its affairs.
Indicate the date when the LLC was established by filing the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State. This confirms the legal start of the LLC. This is important for record-keeping and regulatory compliance purposes.
If the company is a multi-member LLC, then in the blanks after "Member #1", "Member #2", "Member #3", and "Member #4" write the name of each member and the capital contribution made by each member. This information is important for determining the financial stake of each member in the company.
In this blank space, write the full and official name of the LLC. This is important to clearly identify the company that the membership certificate applies to, ensuring that the certificate is connected to the right legal entity. Then, fill in the date when the Operating Agreement was signed or became effective. This is essential because it identifies the specific version of the Operating Agreement that governs the membership interests and related rights and obligations, ensuring that members and the company are aware of the exact terms that apply.
Each Member must sign in the corresponding blank space. This is important because a signature serves as evidence of the Member's agreement to the terms of the Operating Agreement, making it legally binding on them. Each Member must also fill in the date they signed the Operating Agreement in the corresponding blank space. This is important because it helps establish when each member agreed to the terms and provides a timeline for the agreement's enforceability. Finally each Member must print their full legal name in the corresponding blank space. This is essential for proper identification of the Member and to ensure that the Operating Agreement is legally binding on the correct individual.
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“You have to look at it from the point of view that ‘out of a cottage comes a prince’ – or ‘out of a cottage comes a president’. Somewhere in Ireland there’s a young person who will be a future President or Taoiseach or Minister for Health, and we try and see that and do whatever we can to challenge people to rise to the occasion.”
So says John Sullivan, a Foróige volunteer since 1964
Some 6,000 adult volunteers make Foróige happen for literally thousands of young people every week. From a Foróige club in north Donegal, to a Big Brother mentor in Co Cork, to a youth cafe in Tallaght, Dublin; Foróige volunteers are the common factor in making it all possible.
Why do they do it? Volunteers say they get back as much or more than they put in. Volunteers talk about how the young people will say hello to them in the shop or on the street and how they are endlessly amazed by what young people can do. Parents who are volunteers in clubs where their children are members say they come to know their own children as others know them – not just as a parent knowing their son or daughter. Volunteers are able to identify moments when they make a huge difference for the young person by listening and respecting what they say, by being the adult who praises them, who believes in them, who gives them a second – or even a third chance, when others have given up on them. They see the shy awkward child blossom in to a confident capable young adult – and they know they were part of making it happen.
Foróige volunteers are ordinary, yet extraordinary people who believe in the potential, value and goodness of young people. They want young people to discover their talents and values, to be part of the community and to become successful adults in all areas of life. Foróige volunteers come from all backgrounds and ages united by a common belief in young people. They have a few common characteristics ( as well as being fabulous people!) which include being a common sense adult, open to sharing responsibility with young people, interested in young people’s development, and being willing to follow Foróige procedures for safety, child protection, etc. We always have opportunities for new volunteers to become part of Foróige’s work, either by joining a role working with young people or by supporting Foróige in other ways. If you’d like to volunteer or know someone who might, we will be happy to take your application which will be down loadable from this site. Most of our volunteers got involved because someone asked them to, in fact existing volunteers asking others is our biggest source of new volunteers – so don’t be afraid to ask. You are offering someone an extraordinary opportunity which might open up to them a whole new world of knowledge, skills, awareness of youth culture and maybe even a great new set of friends – other Foróige volunteers.
All our volunteers have support from other volunteers and from paid staff. There are opportunities to be part of the governance of Foróige, become a trainer, peer mentor and lots of other ways to feel you are progressing in the organisation. Be you a current volunteer, or someone thinking about it, thank you for being open to Foróige and its work with young people.
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This document was issued as a necessary step to rectify the absence of a legal instrument providing the authority detailed in Stirling's Instructions
of 30 December 1828.
The 1829 Act
providing for the government of the Colony had not been passed until after the fleet had set sail from England and, as a result, there was no formal legislative basis for Stirling's appointment as Lieutenant-Governor. Stirling's authority had 'rested on bluff'. In his own words: 'I believe I am the first Governor who ever formed a settlement without Commission, Laws, Instructions and Salary'.
On 1 November 1830 the first steps were taken under the 1829 Act to provide for the government of the Colony. The Act had empowered the King, on the advice of the Privy Council, to authorise any three persons within the Colony 'to make, ordain and establish all such Laws, Institutions and Ordinances, as may be necessary for the Peace, Order and Good Government of His Majesty's Subjects and others within the said Settlements'.
This power was used to provide for the constitution of the Colony's first Parliament in an Order-in-Council sent to the Colony on 28 April 1831
provided for a Legislative Council to consist of five members – the Governor, Senior Military Officer, Colonial Secretary, Surveyor-General and Advocate-General. No steps were taken to implement the Order, however, until after this Commission was received in the Colony the following year.
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Ever wonder why your cell phone bill is so expensive, and getting more expensive every few months? John Matarese has more so you Don’t Waste Your Money.
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(FOX 2) - Gas prices in Michigan are dropping at a dramatic rate, following their rise into record-breaking territory earlier this year. It's part of a countrywide trend that one analyst is calling one of the "steepest declines" ever.
"The national average tied for its second largest single day drop in the last decade yesterday," said Patrick De Haan, who works at Gas Buddy. The national average is now $4.699 a gallon. "Every day Americans are spending $125 million less on gas vs. 25 days ago."
Michigan's average gas prices are a bit higher - about $4.81 a gallon for regular unleaded fuel. It's 14 cents lower than a week ago.
Despite the fall in prices, they still remain well above where they were last year. According to AAA, the cost of gas has dropped 41 cents in the last month - but is still $1.63 higher than it was last year.
Motorists in Michigan are paying about $72 for a 15-gallong tank of gas, which is $21 from when prices were at their highest last November.
"Michigan motorists continue to see falling gas prices across the state," said Adrienne Woodland, spokesperson for AAA. "While demand increased prior to the 4th of July, falling oil prices have helped contribute to lower pump prices."
Fears about how much further prices might jump for the Fourth of July weekend were quelled when costs began to dip. Ironically, demand increased and supply decreased last week for gas stocks. But AAA notes that falling oil prices have continued to push pump prices down.
Here are some of the highest and lowest prices for gas in Michigan:
- Most expensive gas price averages: Marquette ($5.00), Ann Arbor ($4.94), Metro Detroit ($4.88)
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Committees, boards, panels, and task forces help the FPBC Board and staff deliver programs and initiatives. Joining one is a great way to become involved in the profession while earning credit for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours.
Statutory committees are defined under the Professional Governance Act (PGA). They are comprised primarily of FPBC registrants and staff, and must include at least one lay member (individuals who are not registrants of the profession). Lay members provide an external perspective and bring specialized expertise and knowledge to the committee, as well as ensuring a committee’s work meets the public interest.
FPBC statutory committees and other boards, panels, and task forces, along with their Terms of Reference are listed below. An asterick (*) next to a committee name indicates that the committee membership includes a public lay member(s).
The selection process for FPBC committees and task forces outlines how committee appointments are made. Contact the staff liaison if you are interested in participating on a committee.
Application for Statutory Committee Public Lay Members
Are you someone who is not a registrant of the forest profession and interested in contributing to professional forestry regulation in BC? If so, please consider applying to become a lay member of one of our statutory committees.
Selection Process for FPBC Committees and Task Forces
- Staff will identify gap(s) in committee membership.
- A notice will be put in The Increment stating the name of the committee or task force and the core requirements of membership.
- If there are other required attributes, they will also be stated (e.g. designation, gender, location, employer type etc.).
- Those interested will be asked to submit a resume for review.
- Staff will review the resumes with the committee chair or committee/task force members and, if required, interviews of candidates will be held. For CEO committees, staff will recommend appointments to the CEO.
- If a selection committee is required, the committee chair will coordinate that process and will include staff support. The selection committee will do the candidate ratings and select the successful candidate(s) for approval by the CEO or council.
- For CEO committees, the final appointments will be approved by the CEO prior to notification of the successful candidates.
- For board committees, such as the board of examiners, joint practice board, and the discipline committee, the final appointments will be approved by the board prior to notification of the successful candidates.
- All who applied for a position on a committee will be thanked for their interest and notified of whether or not they were successful in their application.
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The team originally consisted of Brianna Cummings, Madigan Smith, Alexandra Sousa, Michaela DeToma, and Holly Swinamer. Since those five girls first skated, the team has nearly quadrupled. It now has 19 girls from Franklin and area towns.
The team, based out of Franklin’s Pirelli Arena, made a mark when Holly Swinamer’s mother, Tracey, approached team coach Joanna Zehme about a competition in Danbury, Conn. – The Holiday Challenge.
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Present: Feldman, Padula, Mercer, Kelly, Vallee, Pfeffer, Jones, Bissanti, Williams
A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
– This meeting is being recorded by Franklin TV and shown on Comcast channel 11 and Verizon channel 29. This meeting may be recorded by Franklin Matters.
D. CITIZEN COMMENTS
sophomore at FHS, giving speech for public speaker class
speaking on renewable energy
coal, gas, oil will become more scarce
will need to rely more on solar and wind power
Mt St Mary's Abbey solar farm a good example
generation of the energy can be sold back to the 'grid'
current infrastructure is mostly on the delivery side, not capturing energy to bring it back to the grid
billed as a family friendly town
a safe town, with good schools, and more energy efficient
keep this in mind as the Town Council manages going into the future
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The eight passengers that were kidnapped last week along lsua in Akoko North East local government area of Ondo state have been released by their abductors.
The passengers were travelling in a Toyota Sienna bus from Abuja to Lajos when they were abducted by suspected herdsmen.
Positivefm news gathered that the victims were released on Tuesday after paying yet to be disclosed ransom.
It was also gathered that the ransom was paid by a relation of one of the victims and insisted that all of them must be released.
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The Unintentional Baker – Michele Bowling
When we first opened Fresh, I knew food would be a huge part of it. I was so excited however I am not a natural baker. I don’t follow directions and I am not a rule follower, but the adage “cooking is an art, baking is a science,” is true! You actually do have to follow a recipe to bake or it just doesn’t turn out right. I never envisioned myself doing this but as we’ve grown, I had to.
Even though it happened unintentionally, I have found myself really enjoying it.
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I never thought I’d make biscuits – that was my sister. I never thought I’d make scones – that was my brother. But here I am, making biscuits, scones, cakes and meringues. For me, it was all about mindset. I had to adapt an “I can and I will” mindset and that is what helped me become The Unintentional Baker.
I was raised around a lot of women who love to bake – my mom, my grandma, my aunts, and my sister; even my older brother loves to bake. We would go to my grandmother’s every Sunday and everyone would bring their best dish; so the hosting and entertaining part of this business came naturally to me. That along with my background in the hospitality industry fueled my idea of having a place that was a warm, comfortable and FRESH environment – that is unique to us.
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When you stop by our family owned and operated shop, you’ll see our slogan “Be Kind, Drink Coffee.” While you’re here, you can meet my son, Nathan, my husband, and sometimes, my sister. You can even meet our regular customers who have become more like family. Our employees have become our adopted extended family. We have past employees that still stop in – when in town – to visit us.
When we first began working on this space we would eat at Pat’s Place at least two times per week. I remember looking around that restaurant and I would see the same people there all the time. It made me think “man, I wonder if we’ll have that – regulars that come in everyday, that would be great.”
Now we do have regulars that come in everyday and it is great! My vision of “Drink Coffee Be Kind” has become a reality in historic downtown Bardstown Main Street.
Stop by and try out one of our pastries, a cup of coffee, or visit for lunch. Our lunch menu is posted daily to our social media channels and is always locally sourced and fresh.
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Woodworking plans are a series of instructions that can help woodworkers to complete their tasks with less work as well as even more effectiveness.
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Ted Mcgrath is a Licensed Master Woodworker. He has mastered his passion for Woodworking as well as came to be an educator, instructor, and also author in instructing the right abilities of Woodworking to the associate.
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FRISS Raises €15 Million in Series A Funding
Dec 12, 2017
FRISS, the European market leader in analytics software for fraud, risk and compliance to P&C insurers, today announced that it has closed a €15 Million Series A funding. The investment is led by Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG) and Blackfin Capital Partners, two companies with deep insurance expertise. The new capital will be used to:
Further strengthen the FRISS solutions;
Accelerate FRISS' global expansion;
Further facilitate the anti-fraud community by enabling cross-carrier and cross border cooperation between insurers.
With the Series A investment, FRISS is able to respond to the growing global demand for insurance fraud and risk solutions. Insurance fraud is a growing, major challenge for insurance companies. All around the world, money is flowing to people who commit opportunistic or organized criminal activities. The mission of FRISS is to support honest insurance: why should sincere customers carry the burden of dishonest ones? FRISS enables insurers to not only detect fraud when it occurs but prevent fraud as well by using the strong analytical and hybrid detection engine powered by fraud indicators and analytical models, as well as over 120 out-of-the box available connections to external data sources. The award-winning FRISS platform is used by 132 insurers in 26 countries. Based on AI and machine learning techniques, the FRISS Score indicates the risk for each quotation, policy, or claim, increasing straight-through processing (STP) and supporting digitization. FRISS aims to make this score the global standard for honest insurance. "We have carefully selected Aquiline and Blackfin to be our partners," said Jeroen Morrenhof, CEO at FRISS. "Both parties have a great deal of experience in growing and professionalizing InsurTech companies. Their broad sector knowledge in EMEA and North America will be a tremendous asset to foster our further developments."
"FRISS is a market-leading fraud detection provider in Europe and we have been impressed with the company's innovative approach and global customer traction," said Michael Cichowski of ATG. "We look forward to partnering with them to increase their reach and expand their offerings."
Laurent Bouyoux, founding partner of BlackFin, stated: "We are delighted to invest in such a high-quality company and team. We are convinced FRISS will redefine the way insurance companies, on a global scale, manage fraud and related risks, using the latest developments in artificial intelligence, data analysis and insurance scoring." As part of the investment, Michael Cichowski of ATG and Maxime Mandin of Blackfin will join the FRISS Board of Directors.
About Aquiline Technology Growth
Aquiline Technology Growth invests in early- and growth-stage technology companies that are bringing innovation to the insurance and broader financial services ecosystems. ATG is managed by Aquiline Capital Partners. Its team of professionals has experience in technology and financial services and is supported by its colleagues at Aquiline Capital Partners, strategic partners, and an active group of industry experts. For more information on ATG, please visit: http://www.aquiline.com/atg.
About Blackfin Capital Partners
Founded by four Fintech entrepreneurs in 2009, BlackFin is a fully independent investment firm with in excess of ‚¬700 million in commitments from institutional investors. BlackFin's Tech 1 venture fund is targeting seed to later stage FinTech investments, across Europe. The Financial Services industry in Europe is shaken by profound changes in customer expectations, technologies and regulation. This creates step-change opportunities for talented entrepreneurs building tomorrow's leading FinTech, InsurTech and RegTech companies. BlackFin's 25 investment professionals - with decades of experience in the sector act as an active and influential investor to support these companies. More information at www.blackfin-tech.com and on Twitter @BlackFin_tech | <urn:uuid:04c25c5f-00ee-4552-bcd1-b136fb3ca75d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.friss.com/press/friss-raises-e15-million-in-series-a-funding | 2023-09-22T12:39:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.93026 | 808 |
DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, has announced the launch of a new bulk liquid transporter solution, a system of Flexitanks called DHL Reefertanks. The DHL Reefertanks are a brand new three-tank system developed in partnership with supplier Liquitank Solutions to transport bulk liquids like citrus juice which require temperature control while in transit. Currently the new system is being piloted in Mexico to transport any non-hazardous bulk liquid requiring temperature control to the United States, but can be utilized in any country that sees a need for this new product.
“We are always committed to delivering quality, safety and traceability for our customers and their liquid products,” says Goetz Alebrand, Head of Ocean Freight, DHL Global Forwarding, Americas. “This new solution coupled with the newest innovations and technology at DHL provides our customers with a more cost-effective service, helps them save money and represents a safe, streamlined, and more environmentally friendly way of transporting their non-hazardous liquids.”
Traditionally ISOTanks or Refrigerated containers of 55 gallon drums are used for transporting bulk liquirds as well as 40’ long flexitanks in refrigerated containers, but the new reefer tank system allows for a greater yield of products when compared to any of these other options. The nature of the new three tank system leaves less residue or heel in the tanks. The average yield in the DHL Reefertank system is 99.97 % versus 97.5 % yield in ISOTanks or 40’ long flexitanks – that equals 157 gallons less product loss by using the DHL Reefertank system. This is significant, as manufacturers are paid by the amount of gallons delivered.
Additionally, the new system has increased temperature visibility while in transit with the ability to hold juice at a constant -3 – 3° C – virtually eliminating any possibility of juice spoiling or fermenting in transit which is especially beneficial to organic juices. An additional benefit to traditional Refrigerated container shipments of juice in drums is the amount of packaging used – the new DHL Reefertank utilizes less packaging which allows 2,100 – 4,200 lbs more actual payload to be loaded into the refrigerated container and saves shipment costs.
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Shopping is one of the essential parts of a trip to any hill station and so how come Pachmarhi could kept aside!! Unfortunately, Pachmarhi did not have any big shopping malls and markets but yes, one can enjoy shopping here just by walking along the roadside shops. At these shops, one can find the handicraft items made by the local people like baskets, bamboo work products, metal artifacts, fine unique paintings made by the local artists and many more. Honey and medicines related to Ayurveda are also of top quality in Pachmarhi. The main market places in Pachmarhi are Novelty Shopping Zone, ITC Choupal Sagar, Bhokai Complex, Priyanka Fashion Mart, etc. | <urn:uuid:05a800a4-c275-4496-8e60-09db34f53810> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.ftd.travel/pachmarhi-shopping | 2023-09-22T11:53:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.958934 | 152 |
I must say that I am a bit relieved to hear (and share) this rumor, because it is going to save me hundreds of dollars ;)
The Fujifilm X-T5 will have dual SD-card slots (no CFexpress compatibility).
For my type of shooting (no crazy ultra high fps bursts), UHS-II SD-Cards are fast enough to have a smooth and pleasing shooting experience.
So when I get my Fujifilm X-T5, I won’t have to spend more money into CFexpress cards. I just use the plenty of SD-Cards I already have at home.
But I am curious to hear what you guys think about it. Maybe for some of you this is a dealbreaker?
Fujifilm X-T5 rumors recap:
- X-T5 announcement November 2
- shipping in November
- 40 megapixel sensor of X-H2
- no stacked 26MP version planed
- no vertical battery grip option at all
- 3 way tilt screen
- X-T5 body only to cost $1,699 and €1,999
- Movie/Stills switch (no metering mode switch like on X-T3)
- XF30mmF2.8 Macro Announcement November 2
- no 8K video
- black and silver version available
- “old” AF joystick design of X-T4
- X-T5 will be smaller than Fujifilm X-T4
- almost perfectly accurate X-T5 mock-ups (confirmation of manual MCS switch and D-Pad)
- dual SD-Card slot (no CFexpress option)
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So now Jon’s book tour really is over, this afternoon was his final talk at Adirondack Community College (where Freida was found by the SPCA many years ago) I’m thinking about what’s next.
I’ll be making more Streaming Pillows and potholder and I can’t wait to get started on a new quilt. I haven’t made a quilt since before the show in the Pig Barn Gallery in October. I have a few orders to fill, promises of pillows and potholders. This week I’ll be putting a couple of pillows and potholders in the gift shop at Samantha’s, a cafe in Glens Falls owned by the women who run Art in the Public Eye. Diane Swanson APE and I are talking about the next Gallery 99 show which will take place in Glens Falls in the beginning of February. Diane is scouting out the store front this week. We’re also talking about the Pig Barn Galleries first Online Show, coming this spring.
Well, that enough for now I guess, on my way to yoga to be in the moment and not thinking about what’s next. (There’s the whole car ride there and back to do that) | <urn:uuid:62bf5263-67db-48ce-a0f7-ccef49320a09> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.fullmoonfiberart.com/2011/11/14/whats-next/ | 2023-09-22T11:02:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.955086 | 272 |
I'm going to Rhodes tomorrow:) and just wondered, not like I want to drink (¬_¬)
I found several sources that say different things.
Wikipedia says there is no limit to drinking age in Greece but there is to purchase age (16). http://funadvice.com/r/1570k2god73
This site says you can purchase at no age limit in shops but you have to be 18 to buy alcohol in a bar or restaurant: http://funadvice.com/r/1570k2gof5f
An Austrian government website (written in German so I don't post the link) said buying beer and wine as well as drinking beer and wine in a restaurant or bar has NO age limit at all in Greece. For all stronger alcoholic beverages, the age limit is 18 for shop sale as well as for public drinking. So if that was true, you could have a glass of wine with your dinner but you could not have an aperitif afterwards.
If you really want to know, you should just ask people at your hotel reception when you arrive. Or people your travel agency. But as you say you don't plan to drink, it doesn't really matter, does it?
There seems to be some debate as to whether it's 16 or 18 (anyone from Greece who can verify this?) ... however, the age requirement is rarely, if ever, enforced.
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Through the H2VLC Programme – Valencia Green Hydrogen Valley – Valencia City Council, the Fundación Valenciaport, the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the Regional Ministry of Territorial Policy, Public Works and Mobility have created an alliance to promote green hydrogen in the transport and logistics sector in the metropolitan area and the port.
The Mayor, Joan Ribó; the Councillor for Territorial Policy, Public Works and Mobility, Arcadi España; the Rector of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), José Esteban Capilla, and the President of the Valenciaport Foundation, Aurelio Martínez, signed the agreement to develop the project this morning in the Salón de Cristal.
The aim of Valencia Hydrogen Valley is to coordinate, create synergies and promote research into green hydrogen in the transport and logistics sector in Valencia and its metropolitan area. This project involves more than 30 companies and SMEs, five research centres, eight public entities, three spin-offs, 13 investment initiatives and eight technological development projects that mobilise more than 160 million euros of investment. The H2VLC project will be coordinated from the Las Naves innovation centre and will be eligible for financial support from the Spanish government’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
H2VLC is articulated around 21 projects, ranging from the construction of specific infrastructures for the generation and dispensing of green hydrogen for transport, to the acquisition of trucks, buses, vans, urban service vehicles and industrial logistics transport vehicles powered by green hydrogen. It includes the development and production of a hydrogen tram, as well as commercial technologies for the generation, consumption and integrated management of the green hydrogen value chain, with projects to be carried out by research centres of the UPV and the UV, in collaboration with different companies in the Valencia Region.
More than 40 Valencian companies, institutions and entities have already joined the initiative, including Consum, Aguas de València, BP, Balearia, EMT, Stadler, the Gimeno Group, Pavasal, FGV, DAM, ETRA, Transvia, the Alonso Group, the Sociedad de Agricultores de la Vega, and the Valencian Federation of Transport and Logistics Entrepreneurs (FVET). It also has the support of three reference research centres of the UPV -the CMT-Thermal Engines Institute, the Institute of Chemical Technology (UPV-CSIC) and the Institute of Energy Engineering-, another one of the University of Valencia -the Institute of Molecular Science, ICMOL-, and the Technological Institute of Energy (ITE).
The president of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) and Fundación Valenciaport, Aurelio Martínez, said during the presentation of the H2VLC Valencia Green Hydrogen Valley project in the Glass Hall of the Valencia City Hall that “Valenciaport is a pioneer in Europe in the use of hydrogen in port operations through the H2Ports project and for which we have received the international Green4Sea award”.
The president of the APV explained that “Valenciaport has been committed for many years to issues of decarbonisation, balance and sustainability and a good proof of this is that we have all the environmental and energy certifications, we measure and monitor noise levels, water and air quality”. In this sense, Martínez added that “the Port of Valencia has two air quality measurement booths with the latest technology that record eight elements of different gases and particles to report the data in real time and available on the Generalitat’s network. These control booths have never been disconnected since they were installed and allow us to know the air quality around the port”.
In 2008,” continued the president of the APV, “we began calculating the carbon footprint and since then the footprint has been reduced by 30% while in the same period traffic has increased by 42%. Our commitment is obvious and this is confirmed by the data, but we want to be more ambitious with the Valenciaport 2030, zero emissions project. We have research mechanisms and economic resources to implement projects with alternative and green energies that will allow us to be 20 years ahead of the European objectives of decarbonisation and the fight against climate change”.
The president of the APV said during the presentation of H2VLC Valencia Hydrogen Valley that “this energy is sure to play a key role in a decarbonised and emission-free economy, but there is still a lot of work and investment to be done and also a lot to learn, and there is no better way to do it than daring to be pioneers and take the first steps”. For Martínez “an initiative such as H2VLC could be key for the future and the commitment to sustainable growth, and the Port has the duty and, above all, the will to do its bit and collaborate with the region, the city and the rest of the social and economic agents to achieve this”. | <urn:uuid:3efc9e2d-007b-454d-9ce6-c3e7d9317f5b> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.fundacion.valenciaport.com/en/news-events/2021/10/valencia-promotes-an-alliance-to-encourage-the-use-of-green-hydrogen-in-the-logistics-sector/ | 2023-09-22T11:09:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.917129 | 1,079 |
Race: January 5th to 22nd Days 17
3595 Nautical Miles
The leg 6 is 3595 miles from Ushuaia to Recife, Brazil. It is a very difficult leg, as the weather changes so much.
The leg 6 began on a calm day
After getting out of the Beagle Channel, it might be hard to see Albatross again.
The boat hit something and got seriously damaged.
Fortunately, Suzuki and Estelle (right) were able to return to land safely
I(Suzuki) welcomed the new year in Ushuaia (Argentina) and started a new journey on January 8. The leg 6 is about 3,500 miles and we would arrive in Recife, Brazil in 17 days.
Ushuaia is in the middle of the Beagle Channel. After sailing through the channel for about 70 miles, we entered the open sea and started to head north.
There were many fishing vessels around the Falkland Islands, where squid fishing is especially popular. The lights of fishing vessels could be seen from 20 miles away.
The open ocean was cold, but not as stinging as it was around Cape Horn. We were able to sail fast at the top thanks to stable wind speed.
However, the situation changed dramatically on January 12. At 9:00 AM, our boat hit something. Estelle was working on navigation, and I woke up to the impact. Whereafter, there was a strange smell floating in the boat. I had an unshakable premonition that our boat got seriously damaged.
We slowed down the boat to ensure the safety, and then checked the damaged areas. The damage was very serious which made it impossible to continue the leg 6. We had to stop the race temporarily to have our boat repaired. Fortunately for some though, we could sail before the wind to Mar del Plata, the nearest port.
Early in the morning of January 16, four days after the accident, we arrived in Mar del Plata. During these four days, we made every effort to keep the boat running smoothly. It was exhausting but luckily, we are OK. Although it was difficult for us to stop the race temporarily, the safety is all that matters.
Mar del Plata is Argentina's second largest port city, which has a thriving community and facilities for sailing. However, there are very few facilities which can lift large racing yachts like our boat. I(Suzuki) must make a detailed repair plan.
First, we used a crane to hoist the boat on the water and carefully checked the damage to the bottom and keel. The keel was greatly deformed. We need at least a week for preparation and three weeks for repair.
Moreover, we need to look for reliable technicians in an unfamiliar land. Despite the difficulties, we want to complete the race and achieve our dream of sailing around the world. The priority was to get the boat right. My teammate Andrea came here from Italy to help us. He can speak French and Spanish. Smooth communication played a big part in the whole process of repair. I am so grateful to have such a trustworthy and capable teammate.
All the preparations were completed. We started the repair work, lowering the mast, removing the keel and the engine. Technicians came here from the capital city of Buenos Aires to help us. When I saw them working methodically, I knew I had someone I could trust.
We have had a very difficult week because we found more damage than we thought. However, there has been a lot of progress. Now, the badly deformed keel is almost repaired. All that is left is painting.
We can rejoin the race and leave the port on February 18.
Other teams participating in Globe40 are already heading from Brazil to the next destination, Grenada (Caribbean). MILAI will not be able to keep up with their schedule. However, according to the rules of Globe40, if we successfully cross the three major capes (Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin, and Cape Horn) and return to Lorient, we will be recognized as having completed the whole race. So, we will head directly from Argentina to France and make every effort to finish the last leg.
We have been through all kinds of difficulties. Even so, our dream has never changed. Team MILAI will spare no effort to complete the race. Please continue to cheer for us. | <urn:uuid:570c1819-2aba-4f56-bc00-c89214795490> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.furuno.com/special/en/milai/triplog7/ | 2023-09-22T10:29:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.980496 | 924 |
Making your data work for you: a short guide
The amount of data generated in the world is estimated to have reached 64 zettabytes (64,000,000,000,000,000,000,000!!) by the end of 2020. An amount so immense that it’s difficult to comprehend!
This is because data can appear in any form, whether it’s a single click on a link or an interaction with a product, not to mention a customer’s journey or proof of purchase. User behaviour, interests, and preferences, etc., are some more great sources of information as well.
Many companies have long been generating this type of data, but they have not been turning this into valuable, business-oriented insights. Why? Because they simply don’t realise what this data is good for.
So, why exactly do we need data?
We can use it to analyse the past, modify the present and design the future, allowing us to make the most of every single project or action.
- Historical analysis
Data can help us analyse the history of a company, which is the most common use case. Doing this allows us to see, for example, whether certain business undertakings were actually profitable, and how the company dealt with emerging problems.
- Cost-effective operations
Data also helps us identify different types of user behavior, so that we can analyse them to discover user needs and intentions. This, in turn, can lead to:
- an increase in sales – by simplifying the purchasing process and improving access to desirable products,
- a boost in efficiency – by identifying and eliminating bottlenecks in the process,
- cost savings – by optimising operation processes, such as logistics or decision-making,
- more productive marketing actions – by identifying user needs, creating more accurate buyer personae and finding the right communication channels to interact with target audiences,
- improved scalability – by answering precisely to user needs with new products or services, or opening new office branches exactly where the target groups of customers live, work or commute.
- Plans and predictions
Data contains a shadow of the future. This means that it makes it possible for us to predict trends and behaviours, and then estimate the profitability and risks associated with certain actions, so that we may adjust our tactics, strategies and budgets accordingly. For example, based on previous experiences and the latest trends, you may decide to target your new advertisement campaign locally instead of globally, so that you can be more precise in your marketing message and maximise your conversion rates.
However, despite how impressive this may all sound, some business owners might still be wondering whether analysing data is something that they really need to do in order to help their companies succeed. If you’re one of these people… just give me a minute to ease your doubts.
Data analysis – is it right for my business?
Analysing your company is a lot like engaging in meaningful self-reflection. If you want to make progress in your self-development, you need to look deep within your soul and your mind to identify your strongest and weakest points, and then choose the path that you want to follow.
This is why every company that struggles to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage should not be asking whether they need data analysis, but rather how to use their data in the most effective way possible (because the fact is that holding onto and processing a large amount of data can be both time and cost-consuming).
To answer the big question of whether data analysis is right for your business, you need to first answer a few smaller questions:
- Do you currently bet on experiments that are aiming to help your company develop, without relying on facts?
- Do you act randomly, without drawing conclusions from previous experiences?
- Do you generate just enough relevant data that may be turned into valuable insights? If so, how do you use this data? If not, how can you change this?
- Are you able to keep and effectively manage the amount of data that you create?
- Do you know how to utilise this data and do you have certain types of data experts onboard?
Data experts – who do you need, exactly?
- Data Engineers
These are experts (either working on-site or via the cloud), who effectively consolidate data from different areas of your business or project activities. They then fuel the system with all of this data and also prepare it all for further processing.
- BI Developers
BI Developers are also called Data Analysts. They turn data into information, and information – into a business value. They basically share meaningful sets of data with the right groups of people, so that they receive sensible and structured information.
- Data Scientists
These experts in data try to use the most innovative and effective analytical methodologies in order to meet business needs and objectives. Sometimes their competencies overlap with the competencies of BI Developers. However, they are more scientifically oriented and base their work on the latest technological discoveries in the areas of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Natural Language Generation, etc. Having data scientists on board allows a company to make more magic with their data than ever before.
And yes – we know that working with highly-qualified data experts doesn’t come cheap, but it definitely pays off, simultaneously generating considerable amounts of both profit and savings.
Investing in data analysis is a serious and usually costly undertaking – there’s no arguing with that. But the benefits and revenue that it brings (sometimes almost immediately!) greatly outweigh the costs. The only catch is that you need to hire the right specialists to work with you – data experts who are both experienced and knowledgeable, and whom you can rely on.
They will be able to provide you with a detailed view of your organisation and offer actionable insights. And they should be able to do this consistently, not just once so that you are able to constantly monitor what’s happening in every area of your business, project and campaign, and adjust your next course of action as needed.
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The author of a new book about science fiction film from the 1950s through the beginning of the 1980s says that the ’80s are such a popular setting and inspiration for modern movies and TV shows because of the power of nostalgia.
If you grew up in the 1980s, you might be reveling in the recent onslaught of movies and TV shows that are set in and celebrate that era, with offerings such as the big-screen remake of Stephen King’s IT and the Netflix series Stranger Things—which will release a second season on October 27.
“Nostalgia tends to involve longing for a past time that never really existed…”
At 37, Bradley Schauer, an assistant professor in the University of Arizona’s School of Theatre, Film and Television and author of Escape Velocity: American Science Fiction Film, 1950-1982 (Wesleyan University Press, 2017), is a member of the recently coined “xennial” generation, a so-called “microgeneration” between Generation X and millennials. He says that, like many others in his age range, he’s susceptible to ’80s nostalgia, with his favorite films of the time including The Goonies, Back to the Future, and the lesser-known science fiction fantasy flick Explorers, starring a young Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix.
Here Schauer discusses why nostalgia works in the entertainment industry, its audience, and how filmmakers can use it correctly.
Why do we seem to be seeing so much of the ’80s in film and television today? Why are these movies and shows so popular?
These shows have wide appeal because they attract two distinct audiences, both of which are very appealing to advertisers. First, you have people in their late 30s to mid-40s who grew up in the ’80s and want to revisit their youth. Then you’ve got teens and 20-somethings who enjoy the ’80s as a kind of quirky, retro era—an almost “pre-modern” time before cellphones and the internet. It’s a similar phenomenon to something like Happy Days in the ’70s—adults felt nostalgic for their childhood, while kids who weren’t alive in the ’50s got a kick out of Fonzie and Arnold’s Drive-In, because they seem so quaint and unusual.
Why does nostalgia, in general, work in film and television? What is the appeal for audiences?
Nostalgia tends to involve longing for a past time that never really existed—an idealized time in which all the negative events and emotions have faded away, leaving only warm feelings.
On one hand, this can be seen as a critique of the present. Studies have shown that nostalgic feelings can help to ward off depression and loneliness. If you’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed in today’s world, it can be therapeutic to remember times that seemed simpler, like childhood for many people. But nostalgia is also a way of making sense of your life’s story, of self-identification. Generation Xers who watch IT or Stranger Things can identify themselves as part of that generational tribe in a way that younger and older viewers can’t.
That sense of tribalism and belonging can be comforting and affirming.
Do we see any kind of a specific time cycle when it comes to the use of nostalgia in film?
Twenty years seems like the sweet spot. Twenty years earlier, people who are currently up-and-comers in the film and TV industry were kids—so naturally they would be drawn to the era of their childhood. Twenty years gives you enough distance to look back with fondness, without remembering all the bad stuff. And 20 years is enough distance for the time period to seem quaint and interesting to younger viewers, when compared to the present day.
They made the new IT movie at exactly the right time. According to the story, the childhood scenes occur 27 years before the present day. So by moving it from the 1950s of the original novel to the 1980s, the filmmakers have set their film at almost the exact moment that the original IT television miniseries premiered. I think a lot of the interest in the new film among Gen Xers is based in nostalgia for that miniseries, which might not seem too scary today, but was terrifying when you were 10, trust me!
What do filmmakers need to think about in order to do nostalgia “right”?
Authenticity is important. If it’s just a jumble of period cliches, it won’t activate those childhood memories and will instead seem contrived and artificial. It needs to have details that ring true.
For all the little touches that Stranger Things gets right, there are still some things that stick out as phony if you are an ’80s kid. For instance, it’s hard to believe a kid in a small town would have an Evil Dead movie poster on his wall in 1983—that film developed a cult following on video over the course of the decade. The Duffer Brothers, who made Stranger Things, were born in 1984, so they weren’t really old enough to be cognizant of some of these things. It seems like they just picked Evil Dead because it was an ’80s horror flick they liked. Seeing that poster might pull you out of the show for an instant, if you’re especially nitpicky about ’80s horror.
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- BlackBerry's largest event, showcasing cutting-edge technology, will take place in New York on October 17, 2023
WATERLOO, Ontario, Aug. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced that registration for BlackBerry Summit is now open. Anchored around the theme of 'Trust', based on the convergence of security and connectivity, the BlackBerry Summit promises to help organizations unlock the many benefits of a hyper-connected world. The company's biggest event of the year will take place at Conrad New York Downtown on October 17, 2023.
"I'm delighted to announce that registration is now open for BlackBerry Summit, the technology event of the year," said Neelam Sandhu, BlackBerry's Director of Elite Customer Success, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer. "We are excited for our customers and partners to experience BlackBerry in an exciting new way. The Summit will bring together some of the leading voices in IoT and Cybersecurity and showcase the latest BlackBerry innovations to transform the way organizations and people in everyone benefits from and trusts digital technologies.
Attendees will experience visionary discussions and cutting-edge technologies that reveal the future of security and connectivity, ultimately advancing the digital transformation of industries and organizations through enterprise IT and IoT. The agenda will offer personalized event experiences, through inspirational speeches, lecture tracks, live demos, private panel discussions and networking opportunities.
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The leading Chinese phone, Xiaomi Mi 6, is expected to have its launch date next month, but ahead of official introduction speculations on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo talk about a possibility of a dual-camera setup equipped on the phone. These rumors are currently circuiting around some images containing sketches of a Xioami-branded phone that sports two cameras on the rear. The featured design on these drawings, especially the cameras, resembles that of Apple’s last year’s iPhone 7 Plus.
We can fearlessly say that the pictures display an iPhone 7 Plus sketch with mi branding. The only thing besides the branding that distinguishes this unverified device from the iPhone 7 Plus is the placement of power and volume buttons.
Xiaomi Mi 6 remains to be anonymous even nearly a month ahead of launch. It is expected to share the same size its predecessor, Xiaomi Mi 5 and list as one of the best phones by Xiaomi. A 5.15-inch of size, but this time to be having a superior QHD display with 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution. It is also rumored to be running the top-notch Snapdragon 835 mobile chipset and to have versions with up to 6GB of RAM.
While the possibility of a dual-camera Xiaomi Mi 6 phone persists, it would not be the first Xiaomi phone to have such feature. The Chinese giant has one device with such feature, and it is the 5.5-inch Redmi Pro. The dual cameras on the Xiaomi Redmi Pro are positioned vertically on the back of the device and are separated by the dual-tone LED flash.
We should know that Chinese leakers sometimes share misguiding information labeled as leaks just weeks before products go official. It happened with the Huawei P10 Plus, it was rumored to be having the dual-edge curved display, QHD resolution, and even there were claims of it featuring an Iris scanner and fingerprint on both sides. There even were photoshopped press renders of the Huawei flagship that gave legitimacy to such fake news.
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Soy milk, also known as soya milk or soymilk, is a plant-based drink produced by soaking and grinding soybeans, boiling the mixture, and filtering out remaining particulates. It is a stable emulsion of oil, water, and protein. Its original form is a natural by-product of the manufacture of tofu
Do you know that this soy milk has reduced levels of cholesterol and saturated fats which help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
Do you know that this soy milk is rich in isoflavones which contribute to the protection of the body against breast cancer, prostate cancer, menopausal symptoms, heart disease and osteoporosis.
Do you know that this soy milk contains the prebiotic sugars which boosts the immune system of the body and help reduce toxic substances in the body.
It’s rare to find a food that contains all 8 of the essential amino acids; however soya bean is one of them.
Ingredients And Method
- Pick and soak soya beans in water until soft.
- Wash off the skin
- Blend smooth (like you will bend beans for moi moi or akara)
- With the aid of a cheese cloth(the cloth used in washing Pap) sieve out the milk
- Pour milk into a pot, cover and boil for 20-25 mins.(Boil till the foam pours over)
- Remove from fire, add sugar to your taste, and your choice of flavor
- Pour into bottle or plastic containers and store in the fridge or freezer
- This is good for both child and adult.
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“I wonder” and “What if” are two of the best questions in creativity.
While I was playing with tulips and mandalas, I wondered what would happen if I applied some of the mandala creation techniques to a mandala. Hmm, could be interesting.
You’ll recognize, perhaps, two of the mandalas here from a few weeks ago in this post. Transforming those mandalas using multiple duplicate layers and some twisting, created entirely new patterns. Then I thought, what happens if you layer two mandalas together? The two combination mandalas in the gallery are a combination of 2 mandalas, the new ones from today each paired with one from last weeks group, to push it even a bit further.
One more week of tulips, next week. I wonder what will happen if I take an image, create a mandala, create a mandala from that, and then create one more mandala from that.
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The specialty of kneading has been drilled for a long time, maybe even millennia the Greeks did it as did before civic establishments. At the point when we see old times and its relationship with our way of life we can see that our way of life is the consequence of a verifiable cycle that has been colossally impacted by the Romans and this incorporates their disposition towards Health massage and tidiness these two generally appear to remain forever inseparable. This can without much of a stretch be valued while investigating that normally Roman foundation – the Roman Public Shower. Vestiges of Roman showers have been found all over Europe as a rule benefiting themselves of normal underground aquifers. The utilization of oils, myrrh and aromas are kept in old times similarly as their reciprocals are utilized today. There were clearly for why our old social progenitors rehearsed the specialty of Health massage – and this amounted to anything more than it felt well. Mankind has delighted in and perceived the advantages of a Health massage for quite a while and this makes one wonder:
These are maybe the quick advantages that a great many people will perceive naturally and are as a matter of fact what we will generally search for in a Health massage. After a long, tiring and maybe distressing day, what could be more calming 마사지코리아 a long, loosening up massage? Anyway there are different advantages that have to do with our actual prosperity and our overall wellbeing. Knead impacts have been read up for more than 100 years and a few advantages that have been revealed are:
The helpful impacts of Health massage and its ability to mend have been known for a really long time. Anyway it is decently as of late, through logical investigations, that we are starting to comprehend the constructive outcomes Health massage can have on our wellbeing. Knead is a conventional term that covers a scope of various strokes. Some are unmistakable and intended to treat a specific scope of issues. Sports knead is one of these. Albeit not limited absolutely to sports injury, it tends to be utilized to treat numerous physical, delicate tissue conditions. Different styles work on a more all-encompassing premise and work to treat the entire individual, carrying equilibrium to the body, psyche and soul to support a general feeling of elevated prosperity. | <urn:uuid:d52323ba-eb8e-44d4-ad8e-5be961c210e0> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.gallerialocchio.net/health/only-a-couple-of-advantages-of-health-massage/ | 2023-09-22T12:09:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.971943 | 478 |
Our Most Anticipated Games Of 2023 | GI Show
In this episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew is joined by our podcast editor, Matt Storm, to look ahead and discuss our most anticipated games of 2023. We highlight twenty upcoming games we can't wait to play next year, including blockbuster titles like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and indie games like Hyper Light Breaker and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.
Want to create your list? View our extensive 2023 video game release calendar.
The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join host Alex Van Aken every Thursday for a chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.
Jump to the timestamps to get to a particular point of discussion:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:16 - Housekeeping
00:07:34 - Dead Island 2 Cover Story
00:09:20 - Most Anticipated Video Games of 2023
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Popular game developer takes players to the heart of a Mexican fiesta in its latest slot, which offers explosive gameplay and big win potential.
Live 5, a developer of hugely entertaining slot games, is taking players to the beating heart of a wild Mexican fiesta in its latest launch, Roco Loco.
Roco Loco will be the first game to go live across GVC brands after Live5 partnered with the tier one operator in a multi-year omni-channel deal.
This exciting, 5×4 reel slot is packed full of features to get the party started including Stacked Stepping Wilds, Free Spins and an Progressive Multiplier.
Stacked Stepping Wilds randomly drop in like any other of the game symbols and keep on stepping until they are out of view.
Entry to the Free Spins bonus is triggered when three Golden Candy Skull bonus symbols land on reels one, three and five at random.
Each Golden Candy Skull symbol represents a starting Multiplier value, the ‘Wild’ high stack (which can go as high as eight) and the number of starting Wild reels.
The Free Spins Multiplier increases with every spin and continues infinitely so long as there is a Wild symbol in view.
The wild gameplay is matched by wild big win potential, with Roco Loco having an RTP of 96.1% and a max win of 10,000x the player’s original stake.
Roco Loco has been certified for launch in the UK, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Malta and Loto Québec.
Lloyd Butler, CEO at Live 5, said: “Roco Loco has it all – a bold theme, striking design, explosive gameplay and big win potential making it one of our most complete slot games to date.
“With volatility dial turned to the max, players can expect a thrilling experience that takes them to the heart of a wild Mexican fiesta.
“We believe Roco Loco will prove to be popular with a wide range of player types and look forward to rolling it out across our network of operator partners.”
Alex Ratcliffe, Head of Slots at GVC, said: “It’s been a pleasure working with the Live5 team and we are thrilled to be launching the first game under our omni-channel partnership.
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Ahead of Halloween, Frosty Pop casts a spell on Nintendo Switch and PC players with the release of their arcade dungeon crawling adventure The Pinball Wizard.
In this title, players are tasked with flipping, bumping, and bouncing their way up a tower on their quest to save the world. Magic powers are at your disposal, allowing players to utilize both angles and physics.
Learn more with the launch trailer for the game below:
The Pinball Wizard – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch
Faisal Sethi, Founder of Frosty Pop, said the following:
“At Frosty Pop we love to meddle with genre conventions. Trying to combine seemingly disparate mechanics – in this case pinball and dungeon crawling – often leads to something new and fun and additive to the specific cannons. In this case it’s made for an endlessly enjoyable title that we’re super proud of, and we’re extremely excited to be bringing it to new platforms.”Faisal Sethi
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For Immediate Release
LONDON, UK – Mind Candy (developers of the online game for kids, Moshi Monsters) today announced that Ed Relf has joined them as Head of Global Marketing.
With 10+ years experience working for previous companies including MicroProse, Hasbro Interactive, Virgin Interactive, Warhammer Online and more recently Codemasters Online, Ed Relf bolsters the rapidly growing team at Mind Candy as they look to grow their latest social online game Moshi Monsters. Ed Relf, previously Director, Marketing at Codemasters has joined the company at a pivotal time when Moshi Monsters is experiencing rapid growth across Europe and North America.
“It’s fantastic to join such a great forward thinking, dynamic and diverse company such as Mind Candy”, commented Ed Relf, Head of Marketing at Mind Candy. “My immediate focus will be establishing the global marketing framework to springboard Moshi Monsters as one of the worlds leading online children’s game.”
Moshi Monsters is a world of adoptable pet monsters, an exciting cross between a virtual pet, social network and educational puzzle games site for kids. Moshi Monsters is free to play, allowing kids to adopt their own pet monster and play games online with millions of other children across the world. Ed Relf will be tasked with building the global marketing and communications infrastructure of the game that has already seen rapid growth over recent months.
Moshi Monsters is free to play however Moshi membership is also available allowing players for a low monthly fee to unlock additional in-game content, further personalise their pet monster and collect rare pet Moshlings.
To create your free Moshi Monster and enter a world of fun and puzzles visit www.moshimonsters.com
Head of Marketing
For artwork & press materials relating to this press release visit http://www.moshimonsters.com/artassets
ABOUT MIND CANDY
Mind Candy was established in 2004 by CEO Michael Smith, UK based entrepreneur who previously founded Firebox.com and Second Chance Tuesday. He currently runs Mind Candy, a social gaming company that created the global treasure hunt Perplex City and more recently launched the highly successful children’s social gaming site Moshi Monsters. For more information on Mind Candy visit www.mindcandy.com
ABOUT MOSHI MONSTERS
Moshi Monsters is a world of adoptable pet monsters, an exciting cross between a virtual pet, social network and educational puzzle games site for kids. The puzzles test a variety of skills including basic maths, spatial awareness, logic, counting, anagrams and vocabulary. Over 1 million monsters have been adopted at the site to date, 8m friendships made, and over 23m puzzle sessions played! For more information on Moshi Monsters visit www.moshimonsters.com | <urn:uuid:135f0250-3615-4110-8a31-7a7856861b96> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ed-relf-appointment-managing-marketing-at-moshi-monsters-maker-mind-candy | 2023-09-22T11:51:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.909025 | 621 |
- A new game set in the successful Among us comes to our website so you can continue having fun with these characters that have become the most popular in the gamer world. This time we are not going to have to find the impostor inside the ship since here we are going to face a visual challenge. You must find in all the scenes of Among us the stars that have been camouflaged with the image. Get hold of them all and solve all the levels of this Among us Space Wars.
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- Just as you had thought, the two worlds of Dragon Ball Z and Among Us have come together to bring you this incredible game that you cannot miss. You are going to have to help the crew member that you saw as Goku so that he can cross the world, but not before avoiding all the evil enemies that cross in front of you. Collect as many coins and the hermit' s seeds as possible so that you can recover the energy lost in the fighting. Launch the energy balls so you can kill all the enemy robots and the evil Bills.
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This tier is intended for educator candidates completing field experiences or student teaching in Georgia schools
as part of an in-state or out-of-state preparation program.
- Pass the
GACE Educator Ethics Assessment
(Test Code 360);
- Be admitted to an educator preparation program that leads to Induction certification in a teaching field;
- The preparation program provider must create a file for the educator candidate in the Traditional Program
Management System (TPMS) through their institution account the provider may request if not already held;
- The educator candidate must then claim the program through MyPSC;
- Have a successful criminal record check (conducted by the GaPSC);
the Pre-Service application will not be available in MyPSC unless the educator candidate claims their
program through MyPSC and passing scores for the GACE Educator Ethics Assessment are posted to the account.
For more information about the Pre-Service process, please see the
Candidate Guide to Applying for Pre-Service Certification
The Pre-Service certificate is valid for as many as 5 years, and may be extended if needed. It is invalidated upon program
completion, or if the candidate withdraws, transfers, or is removed from the program. A former candidate who re-enrolls in
an educator preparation program may be issued a new 5-year Pre-Service certificate upon a new application. A current
background check is required in this case.
- The Pre-Service certificate is not a professional educator certificate.
It allows the holder to participate in supervised field experience, clinical practice, student teaching,
or residency work in Georgia schools.
- Holding a Pre-Service certificate does not automatically lead to Induction educator
certification. Requirements for the Induction certificate may be
- Holding a Pre-Service certificate is not a pre-requisite to qualify for any other Georgia
certificate. If you have already completed the student teaching portion of an educator preparation program,
or if you will complete it outside of the state of Georgia, you need not apply for a Pre-Service
- Pre-Service certification is not required for those holding valid Provisional,
Permit, Waiver, Induction, or Professional certification. Those completing service field programs such
as School Counseling, or those completing Educational Leadership programs are also not issued Pre-Service
- The Pre-Service certificate is required even if the candidate is hired in a position in
which certification requirements are waived by the employer. Certification will be delayed for any
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The Amherst Town Board approved the negative State Environmental Quality Review determination and the rezoning for the 5-acre parcel at 1720, 1740 and 1760 Maple Road at its meeting Feb. 13.
The vote was 4-1 with Deputy Supervisor Deborah Bruch Bucki voted in the negative.
The proposed project was amended by the developer to include two four-story mixed use buildings, one at 20,300 square feet and the second at 7,000 square feet, totaling 128,000 square feet with 7,000 square feet of commercial space and 102 apartment units. The proposed project also calls for two two-story town homes with attached garages.
The town board approved an amendment to its Bicentennial Comprehensive Plan to define land use for the parcel at 1720, 1740 and 1760 Maple Road back in July.
Sean Hopkins, the attorney for the developer, Paul Bliss of PB Investors LLC, petitioned the board to amend the zoning from OB-Office Building and R3-Residential 3 to DC-5 or Deep Corridor-5 allowing for mixed use.
Residents in the area have come out against the project for what they believe is a lack of setback and density.
“I know the neighborhood is certainly impassioned about this project,” Amherst Supervisor Brian Kulpa said. “I understand that and respect that. From a town board perspective, the town board doesn’t take these matters lightly.”
Kulpa said that he is an architect and planner by trade and that there’s a lot that goes into the calculus of a project.
“First, this isn’t site plan approval,” Kulpa said. “This process is strictly rezoning to one of our mixed-use zonings from what I consider very rigid, older zoning. The reality is there’s trade offs and benefits to everything.”
He said that the zoning that existed on the site of Office Building and R3 could allow for higher height and more obstructed parking that what is being proposed.
“The current zoning allows for a mixture of uses,” Kulpa said. “It doesn’t allow for setbacks, lighting, etc. This rezoning now allows for a more sophisticated zoning. The question is do you want it developed in this antiquated zoning package that doesn’t deal with form.”
Kulpa said that with an amendment added to the rezoning, it would require a project to go before the Design Advisory Board and makes it take into account parking and traffic flow.
“This is a less intrusive project than one that could already exist,” Trustee Jacqualine Berger said. “There’s a transition from four-story buildings that are near the houses.We have a good project that will fit in with the neighborhood.”
Bucki voted against the SEQR and rezoning because of traffic and drainage concerns.
“When you think about what would be allowed, it would still be dense,” Bucki said. “I’m concerned about traffic on Ayer Road and Maple is already intense and I do think this would exacerbate the traffic.”
Bucki said that the 5-acre parcel isn’t deep and the that “96% of the land is poorly drained.
“There are some site constraints that can be worked out through the site plan approval process,” Kulpa said.
The site has been vacant for over a decade and was previously owned by McGuire Acquisitions to be developed into medical office buildings at the time.
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Welcome to Camping Al Weekend San Felice del Benaco. The new Camping Al Weekend is situated in a green oasis planted with olives, only 400m from the lake, and a small beach. This new campsite boasts a spectacular view over the enchanting bay of Salò. Above all, Camping Al Weekend being a high standard campsite, will guarantee you peace, freedom and hospitality during your stay. All sites are equipped with modern electricity installations, with completely new and modern sanitary facilities. Our facilities for you include: a large swimming pool (12 x 25 m), and a small pool (with slide) for the cildren, surrounded by a large area for the children to play, and parents to sunbathe. Bar, Restaurant, Pizzeria, Supermarket, telephones, a children's playground, table tennis, volleyball, laundry and First Aid Room. Grillparties, competitions and lots of other entertainment will be organised for you all in the High Season. Nearby you will find available: windsurfing school, tennis courts, water-skiing, a landing stage for your boat, golf courses, discotheques, and hypermarkets. Plus, departure points for pleasure cruises around the lake, and trips to the Arena di Verona, Venice, etc. (Camping Al Weekend San Felice del Benaco campings). | <urn:uuid:67d79259-f356-40cb-a9d5-1e948bf0073a> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.gardalake.com/place/camping-al-weekend-san-felice-del-benaco/ | 2023-09-22T12:57:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.918708 | 281 |
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Congressman Roger Marshall, Senator Jerry Moran, Senator Pat Roberts: I am calling on you to take a stand against the corruption of the Trump administration. The ONLY reason Robert Mueller’s report did not recommend charging Donald Trump with obstruction is because of a POLICY established by the DOJ in 1973. The U.S. Constitution is the law of the land, not DOJ policy. You were hired to stand up for us, and all I see is you standing silent on Trump’s corruption and criminal behavior.
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Screen Exposing Unit with Focused Fluorescent or Optional Blacklight Sources
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These economical exposing units are equipped with a full vacuum frame and banks of focused fluorescent tubes to create an evenly distributed light profile. Featuring a 15-minute analog timer with automatic shutoff, the Pro-Light 1™ is easy to use and yields professional results regardless of your level of experience. With its flexible rubber blanket (which returns to its original shape once exposure is completed) and photo-clear glass, the Pro-Light 1 produces accurate copy transmittal while minimizing undercutting.
Ideal for four-color process work, long runs and extremely fine detail reproduction, A.W.T.’s UV Spectrum lamps offer quicker exposure times (usually less than 60 seconds), depending on the type of emulsion, coating thickness or film being used. Undercutting is minimized during most applications, and the Pro-Light 1™ UVS comes complete with internal safety lights for viewing and setup. A digital timer (standard) ensures exact exposure times, virtually eliminating under/over exposure of your screens.
- Flexible rubber vacuum blanket maintains complete contact between film positive and mesh to prevent distortion
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Whether you are on a tight budget or planning to pick up the latest and greatest foldable, Samsung has you covered. The Korean OEM’s Galaxy lineup is among the best Android smartphones in the market. When it comes to the software update front, the company is doing a pretty decent job as well, keeping its average consumers on new and recent security patches through regular updates. However, one thing that’s not always easy to come by on Samsung Galaxy devices is the stock firmware package that you can flash to either downgrade, upgrade, or restore your phone.
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to manually locate the appropriate factory image for your Samsung Galaxy smartphone, download it onto your PC, and finally flash the target device with the updated firmware.
Structure of a Samsung Galaxy firmware package
Unlike most Android devices, Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets don’t have a true Fastboot interface for firmware flashing. The OEM developed its own firmware flashing tool known as “Odin,” named after the king of Gods in Norse mythology. Odin communicates with a special software component called “Loke” which seems to be named after another important character in Norse mythology (often translated as “Loki”). Loke runs on Samsung devices while in download mode and provides the functionality necessary to perform a flashing operation.
Odin firmware files are like the factory images for the Google Pixel lineup, just compressed into one single archive and made easy to use via a GUI tool instead of a command line tool such as Fastboot. Samsung’s FUS (Firmware Update Server) also offers incremental as well as full OTA ZIP files, which are meant to be installed using the stock recovery environment.
Notably, the modding community has managed to reverse-engineer Samsung’s Odin-Loke flashing protocol. Heimdall, for example, is a cross-platform open-source tool that can be used to flash Galaxy devices. With that said, we will be sticking with Odin in this tutorial for the sake of user-friendliness and better compatibility factor.
How to download Samsung firmware
Before we get started with manual download, you should check to see if the update has already been sent to your device over-the-air. An OTA update is super easy to download and install. You’ll usually get a notification when an OTA update is available. If not, here’s how to check for the update on your Samsung Galaxy device:
- Open the Settings app.
- Scroll down and tap Software update.
- Tap Download and install.
- Follow the steps to install the update if one is available. If not, it will say your phone is up-to-date.
If your phone reports its software is up-to-date, but you know an update is available for your model, we can take advantage of the manual download methods.
Download the recovery-flashable package
Capturing the OTA package on Samsung Galaxy devices is a bit of a tricky job, as you need to set up a packet sniffing tool (e.g. HttpCanary or Fiddler) beforehand to extract the download URL.
- Configure the packet sniffing tool on your phone or PC.
- Start the update download from the built-in updater on your phone but don’t pause it.
- Go back to the sniffing tool, start it, and locate the URL that starts with
- Download the .bin file using the parsed URL and rename the extension to .zip.
Download the Odin-flashable package
Samsung maintains many region-specific and carrier-specific update channels. As a result, you have to determine the exact consumer software customization code, AKA the CSC value of your device, before downloading the Odin firmware. Keep in mind changing the CSC of an existing device or cross-flashing a different firmware is possible, but explaining such modifications is out of the scope of this tutorial.
- Download Phone Info Samsung app from APK Mirror. The developer of the app removed the free version of the Google Play Store, but you can still download the paid version from the link below. This is to find what your currently active CSC value is. If you already know what it is, skip ahead to step 3.
- Open Phone Info Samsung and go to the CSC Code tab. It should show an option that says Active CSC code. Note down this 3 character code as you will need it for a later step.
- You can also use a Samsung-specific Android secret code —
*#1234#— to determine the CSC code. The active CSC code can be seen after booting the stock recovery as well.
- Download Bifrost – Samsung Firmware Downloader. This fantastic tool is created by XDA Recognized Developer Zacharee1, and it works for downloading all Samsung Galaxy firmware files.
- Note that there exist a couple of other tools that offer similar functionalities. However, Samsung Firmware Downloader is open-source and cross-platform, making it more versatile than the others. It also offers a native Android app, which means you can download the firmware on your phone as well.
- Open the downloader tool and enter your model number where it says Model. This will start with SM-. You need to make sure to include the SM- or it won’t download your files. Next, under the region section, enter your three-character CSC value from before. Then click Check for Updates. This will find the latest firmware for your device.
- If no update is showing, this could be because the carrier you’re using doesn’t use Samsung’s servers for updates and therefore doesn’t store anything where Samsung Firmware Downloader can download it. If this is the case, try searching for the firmware of your choice on the device-specific sub-forum. It will usually be uploaded there.
- Click on the Download button and select a file location. This will start the download and the subsequent decryption process. This can take a while, depending on your network bandwidth and CPU speed. The program will tell you when the decryption has finished, and the file is ready to be used for flashing.
How to install Samsung firmware
Since we’re dealing with official Samsung firmware packages, there is no need to unlock the bootloader of the target Galaxy device prior to flashing. This is specifically important for carrier models (which are notoriously difficult to bootloader unlock), as you can easily flash a compatible unlocked firmware on those variants and get rid of the carrier bloats on a locked bootloader.
Depending on the firmware type, the installation process may require a PC. Odin, for example, requires Windows, so keep that in mind while trying to update the firmware on any Samsung phone. Moreover, make sure you have the latest Samsung Android driver package installed.
Sideloading through recovery: Using Android Debug Bridge (ADB)
- Make sure you have the latest version of ADB installed.
- Rename the downloaded .bin package to update.zip.
- Now reboot to the recovery mode. Inside the stock recovery environment, you can scroll down using the volume buttons and select an entry using the power button.
- Select Apply update from ADB and connect the phone to the PC using a working USB cable.
- In the Command Prompt/Terminal window, run the following command:
- Wait to see that the daemon has started and that your device is found. Then run the following command:
adb sideload PATH_TO_update.zip
- The update process will start, and you should see a percentage counting. Once the process is completed, the phone will reboot itself, update the apps, and log into your home screen.
Sideloading through recovery: Using an SD card
- Rename the downloaded .bin package to update.zip and copy it to the root directory of your SD card.
- Now reboot to the recovery mode, navigate to the option named Apply update from external storage, and press the power button to select it.
- Now select the file named update.zip in a similar way.
- The update will start. It’s a bit time-consuming job, so leave it till completion.
- The phone will reboot by itself and load the updated firmware.
Flashing via Odin
Odin isn’t actually intended for regular users, but since it’s an official tool from Samsung, your phone will allow it to load the necessary files for flashing the firmware without unlocking the bootloader. However, using it incorrectly can still damage your device. Proceed with caution.
Grabbing the right version of Odin is the first step. Due to the fact, the tool is never meant to be used by consumers, Samsung doesn’t host it on a public download portal. Fortunately, XDA Senior Member realbbb maintains a repository of verified copies of the Odin tool. He also offers patched variants of Odin (known as “3B patched”) that are capable of bypassing a number of Samsung-imposed obstacles while cross-flashing.
- Grab the latest Odin package from the aforementioned thread and unzip the archive to somewhere you can remember.
- Power off your phone and boot into the download mode:
- Old Samsung Galaxy devices: press Power + Home + Volume down for about 5 seconds.
- New Samsung Galaxy devices: press Power + Bixby + Volume down or Bixby + Volume down for about 5 seconds.
- You can also use the following ADB command when the device is booted and connected to a PC:
adb reboot bootloader
- Most of the current generation Galaxy devices feature a placeholder Fastboot interface. If your phone goes into the Fastboot mode after using the above ADB command, then you have to perform a hard reboot to get back to Android and opt for the following command to access the Download mode:
adb reboot download
- You should see a screen with a big download icon in the middle and a confirmation dialogue regarding binary flashing. Press the appropriate button to continue to the actual download mode. If you have the proper drivers installed, you should see a new device popping up in the Device Manager window.
- Open Odin on your PC by running the executable as administrator. In the ID:COM section, you should see a teal box that says Added! This is your device connected in download mode.
- The main section of Odin has buttons for BL, AP, CP, CSC, and USERDATA. These signify corresponding firmware files:
- BL: Bootloader
- AP: Collection of Android system partitions
- CP: Core Processor, i.e. the modem firmware
- CSC: Consumer software customization
- USERDATA: Pre-installed apps and services for carriers
- You may not need all five of these files. It depends on what you’re flashing.
- Old Samsung Galaxy devices: pick the single .tar.md5 file as AP.
- New Samsung Galaxy devices: select the appropriate binary for each slot.
- Note that flashing a HOME_CSC binary as CSC doesn’t wipe your data. However, in case you want to start afresh (e.g. you have installed a custom recovery like TWRP and a custom ROM like LineageOS and you want to go back to stock firmware), then select the CSC binary in the CSC tab. It’ll completely wipe the /data partition and the internal storage of the device.
- If all looks correct (and you have triple checked everything), click the Start button. A progress bar will be displayed in Odin as well as on the phone.
- The process will take a while, and the phone may reboot a couple of times. Don’t unplug it before the process is complete. When the process has been completed, you will see a “PASS!” status above the ID:COM section.
- Enjoy the updated firmware on your phone!
For a Samsung Galaxy firmware build number, the fifth character from the right denotes the bootloader revision. Keep in mind that there is no easy way to downgrade the bootloader version on Galaxy devices, which means even Odin won’t let you flash a firmware with an older bootloader than the one installed in the target device.
Once the phone boots to the home screen, open Settings from the app drawer or the gear icon in the Quick Settings menu. Then, scroll to the bottom of Settings, select About phone, and choose Software information. Next, find the Build number entry and locate its value. It should be the same as the Odin firmware package you downloaded earlier.
No matter what device you use, the flashing part should be quick, easy, and convenient. As you can see, manually updating the firmware of your Samsung Galaxy smartphone isn’t that difficult, but it’s not a completely straightforward method either. Hopefully, this tutorial made the process easier for you to understand and follow. | <urn:uuid:ee999a7c-8b65-47bd-a0a5-7c6eeee6e456> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.geeksandgod.com/how-to-update-your-samsung-galaxy-smartphone-and-install-official-firmware.html | 2023-09-22T11:22:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506399.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922102329-20230922132329-00798.warc.gz | en | 0.877628 | 2,734 |
The development team over at Olimex has created a new open source laptop kit in the form of the Teres I, which has been designed to provide an affordable DIY system which is supplied in kit form for around $240 or €225.
The Olimex Teres I will be showcased in Brussels this weekend during the FOSDEM conference in its prototype form which is still currently under development. When fully assembled the open source laptop is equipped with an ARM-based Allwinner A64 ARM Cortex-A53 quad-core processor.
The Teres I open source laptop kit includes a 11.6 inch display offering users a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels together with Mali-400MP2 graphics supported by 1 GB of RAM as well as 4 GB of internal eMMC storage as well as a handy microSD card slot that can be used to add additional storage when necessary.
Other features include a 7,000 mAh battery and supports 802.11b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0 as well as a mini HDMI 1.4 port, stereo speakers, a 3.5mm audio jack, two USB ports, and a webcam and support for Linux-based operating systems.
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"Our standard advice to private well owners is to test water for anything of local concern," said Cliff Treyens, NGWA's director of public outreach. "Contamination threats can vary from locale to locale with some caused by human activity and others such as arsenic occurring naturally in the environment. A good place to check on local groundwater contamination threats is the county health department."
The study by the US Geological Survey and the CDC's National Center for Environmental Health shows areas potentially affected by arsenic levels greater than 10 parts per billion - the federally established ‘maximum contaminant level' at which regulated public water systems are required to take corrective action. Private well water quality, however, is not regulated by the government on an ongoing basis. Private well owners are responsible for testing their water and taking action to keep it safe.
The study's top 10 states for people at risk for harmful arsenic exposure based on the size of the at-risk population were Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, California, Maine, Texas, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Geopier Myth Busters, 3rd Edition
by Rob Condon, P.E., on June 12, 2023
Myth 5: Geopier elements cannot be installed adjacent to existing buildings because of vibrations.
Vibration monitoring has been performed at a number of Rammed Aggregate Pier project sites to evaluate the amplitude and frequency of vibrations as a function of distance from the energy source. Geopier installations induce high frequency (low period) vibrations during the construction process. For sites with increased vibration and noise sensitivity, a site-specific monitoring program should be considered.
Myth 6: Geopier will cause unfavorable settlements to the existing structure.
Geopier soil reinforcement is used to reinforce and stiffen compressible foundation soils and increase the time-rate of settlement in order to control post-construction settlement magnitudes. The design methodology utilizes conventional settlement and radial drainage approaches with minor modifications based on advanced research to determine the Geopier element spacing required to control settlement and meet project settlement criteria.
Myth 7: Geopier installation will damage below-grade structures.
Geopier will work with you to identify subsurface conditions and design a cost-effective Geopier solution to support below-grade structures. Plate piles are driven below grade and do not interfere with vegetation or present a hazard.
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Sustainable Georgia: River Research
In addition to the many initiatives helping position Augusta to grow big in the next decades, the Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy (SNSA) has become a regional voice for clean water and natural resources management through constructed wetlands and river monitoring technologies.
In the process, the nonprofit is helping achieve a balance between a strong economy and a strong river system.
Begun in 1996, SNSA has grown into a research-driven organization. In 2006, local utilities, cities, counties and industries embarked on a capital campaign to fund river modeling. Within nine months, $2 million was raised to develop a better understanding of how the Savannah River is impacted by direct discharges – along all 180 miles of the river downstream to Savannah.
Three years ago, the SNSA started analyzing discharges into the Savannah River, studying how bacteria utilize potential wastewater as the water flows downstream – taking readings all along the river, not just at the beginning and the end. “We are now progressing to what we should have been doing all along: getting in a boat, going downstream” to test the water, says Oscar Flite, SNSA vice president for research.
The research began at the SNSA’s constructed wetlands, part of the 1,150-acre Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, to analyze how water flows through the system; but the research was found to be applicable to river modeling efforts as well. “We see oxygen levels in the deeper part of the harbor, in hottest months, dropping below the acceptable amount and are trying to see what needs to happen to fix that,” says Flite.
Existing standards are based on assumptions, says Allen Saxon, assistant director of facility operations for the Augusta Utilities Department. “We took samples in Augusta and samples at the end of the river, assuming that what’s down there is what’s left over from what was put in in Augusta. But what Oscar’s found out is that it [oxygen] falls off pretty quickly in natural areas, and oxygen goes back up, so natural contributions to the river are higher than what anyone guessed.”
“Every river that starts below the Fall Line, which in Augusta is I-20, is considered a blackwater creek because of organic material that comes from wetlands vegetation and consumes oxygen,” says Flite. The dark color “is not the impact of industrial discharge. That is natural wetland vegetation ‘staining’ the water.”
“Oscar’s work has helped draw a clearer picture of what is happening in the river, and what that translates to is that oxygen-demanding material in the harbor from the river may be smaller than what we thought, which may impact permits in the future,” says Bob Young, SNSA president/CEO. “We’re talking about a difference in data that is changing the conversation about strengthening the balance between a vibrant economy and a robust river system.”
This finding will have a broad impact on the local economy, where authorities recently invested $90 million in upgrades to the wastewater treatment system. “We have capacity, based on this data, to handle huge growth for a number of years,” says Saxon. “That’s the economic impact.”
In addition to river modeling, the SNSA’s constructed wetlands is “a pretty viable option for wastewater treatment across the state and deserves an additional look from municipalities and utilities,” says Flite.
“Constructed wetlands act as a buffer to knock down wastewater that moved too quickly through it,” he says, “so we can still meet the permit and take the overflow. We’re lucky geographically, but if small municipalities are having trouble and can create that kind of safety net behind every single plant, it would be a very smart thing to do.”
SNSA has constructed wetlands elsewhere in the region. In April, it received a $50,000 Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Com-munities grant to partner with Pendleton King Park Foundation to construct a $100,000 wetland in the Augusta park, with Wells Fargo do-nating an additional $50,000 in in-kind services. The project will provide green infrastructure, sustain the community’s water quality and preserve the view of the Oates Creek Watershed.
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What is a trigger point?
An area of muscle that is painful and tender is known as a trigger point. Typically to patients, it feels like a tight band or a knot, and when pressed on it may trigger pain in that region.
Also, the pain may radiate out down one’s arm or leg when it is pressed. It is a point of overactive muscle that results from stress, overuse or an issue in the spine.
Along with trigger point injections, treatments for trigger points involve stress reduction, pain medication, physical therapy, and exercise.
What is a trigger point injection?
Trigger point injection is a procedure that includes placing numbing medicine around the trigger point. It can relieve the pain by relieving muscle spasms and relaxing the tightness.
For what conditions are trigger point injections helpful?
These procedures work well for muscle pain in the arms, legs, shoulders and back or neck associated with:
Fibromyalgia, tension headaches or myofascial pain. Myofascial pain simply refers to chronic pain in muscle tissue.
Trigger Point Areas
If one is having muscle spasms due to an underlying disorder such as a pinched nerve, trigger point injections can also be helpful. They’re often given in association with other treatments such as PT or epidural steroid injections.
How are these performed?
Initially, the skin is sterilized over the region and a tiny needle is used to perform the procedure. This needle is similar to that used with a TB type injection.
Typically a small twitch is seen and felt when the needle is inserted, which tells the physician the proper area is being treated. The injected medicine will typically relieve the spasms and the pain. Often times the physician will move the needle in and out of the area for optimal results. The whole procedure takes less than two minutes.
What are the outcomes with trigger point injections?
When numbing medicine is injected, pain relief usually starts within a minute. This relief will usually last for 12 hours, and when the numbing medicine wears off there may be some slight soreness.
The patient must perform stretching to restore the muscle to its normal resting length. The stretching coupled with the injections and physical therapy can provide pain relief anywhere from a few days to a few months. These injections can be repeated every week or so as necessary, and also performed in conjunction with physical therapy, acupuncture, massage or deeper injections.
Are there risks with trigger point injections?
Risks associated with this procedure are minimal. There is a minuscule risk of infection or bleeding. There may be a risk of an allergic reaction to the medications.
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