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Backyard wrestling match goes down hill for the jobber when his opponent wraps his feet around the ring post and elbow smashes his knee. The whole thing is filmed in super slow motion so you can focus on the handsome loser’s soles! Hit the jump to watch the video!
Backyard Wrestling Feet In Super Slow Motion
Two guys convert an old trampoline into an backyard wrestling ring and wrestle in their bare feet. The jobber’s slim physique and blond curly hair might give him the “pretty boy” angle but he’s out to prove he’s more than looks!
The bad guy drags him to the edge of the wring and wraps his leg around the post before delivering an elbow smash that leaves the poor jobber reeling. Both guys are barefoot for the match but it’s the blonde twink that steals the show.
His feet look to be around size 10 and his slightly dirty footprints stand out sharply against his pale insteps so you know he has high arches. His toes are perfectly proportioned and waiting for a mouth to pamper them when the match is over.
Original video here!
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3 out of every 5 youngsters are on their phones or PCs, playing some game or other. But what led to the rise of the culture of gaming so dramatically?
With the advent of the global pandemic, we all became unsocial creatures. While we saw people losing their jobs, an industry saw unprecedented growth. You guessed it right; it was the gaming industry. The market size of the video games industry in the UK has grown 5.9% per year on average between 2018 and 2023.
Due to this constant rise in the gaming world, there has been a proportionate rise in the demand for gaming equipment. Famous YouTubers and online streamers have popularized the use of gaming room lights to enhance the competitive gaming experience.
Before diving deep into the topic, let us understand what gaming room lights are.
What Are Gaming Room Lights?
Gaming room lights deck up your room beautifully by illuminating every corner. If you are someone who likes to enlighten the experience of thrilling matches, gaming room lights set the mood right for you. It not only stimulates your senses but also creates a truly immersive world.
Easy to install, robust, and durable. Comes with a 12-month warranty. Design your own shapes and spice up your gaming experience.
So, if you want to enlight up your gaming experience and add stunning lights to your arena, explore this list to find your perfect buy.
Next, check out the best gaming mouse for professional gamers.
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The popularity of video games like Conan Exiles is increasing rapidly. From the early 2000s to the present day, many games have been introduced globally, each with different styles and formats to increase the gamers’ thrill and enthusiasm.
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Collected here for your convenience, a list of Science Learning Centers sorted by state. This should help you find a local venue to take a field trip with you siblings, cousins or classroom to engage them in learning all about science!
See our other lists of gifts for scientists and engineers:
We've further curated several collections of our own inventions depending on the type of scientist or engineer you're looking for. See these more niche collections below for more ideas! | <urn:uuid:cb482f16-3e3e-4bec-8327-e23df19eea08> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://geniuslabgear.com/pages/list-of-science-learning-centers-in-the-us | 2023-09-23T18:29:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.932631 | 92 |
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This stein is an excellent hand painted piece with pewter lid, adorned with Imperial German imagery. The front shows Wilhelm the 2nd and two very high ranking men with an iron cross. The left side shows a cavalryman on horseback, accepting flowers from a young maiden. The right side shows many cavalrymen mounted, and ready to charge into glorious battle The back is very simple, with the images stretching almost completely around. The handle has a rather simple design painted onto it. The bottom shows a KR Germany stamp, as well as hand painted in German. The lid ornament has a cavalry officer ready to charge, with the thumb lever a Bavarian lion holding up the state’s crest. There is a lithophane present in the bottom of this stein. It measures 11 1/4 inches tall………….. The item “1913-1916 Imperial German 2nd Bavarian Cavalry Lidded Beer Stein Named” is in sale since Wednesday, June 24, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Breweriana, Beer\Drinkware, Steins\Lidded Steins\Germany”. The seller is “theworldunhinged” and is located in Cedaredge, Colorado. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay. | <urn:uuid:88a7d5d9-1e6f-471a-b633-351fb913a53d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://germanliddedbeer.com/category/1913-1916/ | 2023-09-23T18:28:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.857924 | 552 |
How does Get HOPE Global connect with the wider world? What motivates us to do what we do?
We’ve answered these questions in our newly released Fact Sheets. Click on the images below to read how the work of HOPE addresses complex challenges. These fact sheets can also be downloaded and shared.
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The data was scraped using a Python code. The code can be located at Github: https://github.com/kendallgillies/NFL-Statistics-Scrape, the data then became available here. With this dataset, we can look at the characteristics of existing (and past) NFL players to have a better understanding of the sport. With this information, we can also predict the positioning or quality of new players. Lastly, this information could be used for fantasy football, by having a better understanding of how players rank in comparison to other players in the same position. | <urn:uuid:3a6bf85c-22d9-4173-8ba1-e94cfcb6790a> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://gigasheet.com/sample-data/nfl-player-data-remember-ike-peterson-from-35-neither-do-we | 2023-09-23T17:12:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.961992 | 118 |
On 13 January, amidst high temperatures, an exercise that proved to be the first of its kind was undertaken in the ACT; being the relocation of an Aboriginal ‘culturally modified tree’ at the Ginninderry Development in West Belconnen.
The tree, which had fallen naturally some time ago, was removed from the site to protect it from developmental impacts, and was relocated to a spot within the developments environmentally protected conservation corridor. While sections of cultural trees have been relocated previously, the decision to relocate the entire tree was made to ensure adherence to the conservation principle of interfering with the original fabric of the land as little as possible.
Culturally modified trees, or ‘scarred trees’ as they are otherwise known, are distinctive in their appearance for having no or little bark, after it was removed by early Aboriginal people using it for a range of reasons such as to make shields, containers or shelter. In other instances, climbing holes were cut into the tree to allow access to the crown for gathering of leaves, flowers, and animals, such as possums. Holes were also cut into the lower trunk to access native honey. Due to land clearance undertaken by early European settlers and the natural aging process of trees, scarred trees are becoming rare. As such, research into their existence throughout the region and retention of surviving examples is a priority.
Extensive consultation with Representative Aboriginal Organisations occurred prior to the relocation of the tree. Following this, a methodology was developed by the Riverview project team together with wood conservation specialist, Gillian Mitchell. The proposed relocation plan was then approved by the ACT Heritage Council.
The relocation process saw giant slings being placed under the trunk in several locations to support its weight, before being lifted onto a padded flatbed truck for slow delivery to its new location. Following the application of a wood preservative, the trunk was lowered onto a bed of termite resistant gravel guard that will serve to decrease water penetration near the trunk.
Archival recording of the tree in its original and final locations was undertaken and a video recording of the relocation made for future reference. The tree will now rest in a natural looking location in the Ginninderry conservation corridor, and will be managed into the future to retain its heritage values.
Thank you too from all at the Ginninderry project team office to local businesses Axis Civil for your delicate operations on the day, Past Traces for your expertise in heritage planning, Representative Aboriginal Organisations for your participation and Gillian Mitchell for your advice. Your assistance has not only enabled us to achieve an important project milestone, but ultimately helped us to preserve an important piece of Australia’s history! | <urn:uuid:d445d897-94d6-41a1-898b-8bd52c13abaa> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://ginninderry.com/inspire-news-insights/community/culturally-significant-tree-relocation-makes-ginninderry-history-books/ | 2023-09-23T18:09:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.969208 | 544 |
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Hallie Kate Eisenberg is a former child actor from the United States. She is recognized for her roles as Erika Tansy in the 2006 American children's comedy film "How to Eat Fried Worms" and as "The Pepsi Girl" in a series of Pepsi commercials.
On August 2, 1992, Eisenberg was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to Amy and Barry Eisenberg. Her sister, Kerry Eisenberg, and brother Jesse Eisenberg, who is an actor and writer, are her two siblings. In addition, She studied at American University located in Washington, DC.
Have a look at the below information to know more about her.
Beginning of her Career
Eisenberg began her acting career in the early 2000s by appearing in Pepsi ads as 'The Pepsi Girl.' She screen debut in the film "Paulie," as the youthful owner of the title parrot.
She also appeared in the films The Insider and Bicentennial Man, both released in 1999. Later that year, she starred in the television adaptation of "The Goodbye Girl." She made her Broadway appearance in the play "The Women" and starred as Erika in the film "How To Eat Fried Worms" in 2006.
What's Her Net Worth?
Hallie Kate Eisenberg's net worth is reported to be $2 million, which she has amassed from her acting and advertising careers. She has amassed a sizable fortune as a result of her roles in many films and television shows.
Paulie, one of her films, grossed $26.9 million at the box office. Until now, it appears that the actress has been living a lavish and pleasant life.
Hallie Kate Eisenberg had previously dated Zachary Browne, a television and film actor, but the two had broken up. In 2009, she was rumored to be with Matt Dillon, however, none of them confirmed their ties. She is now in a loving relationship with John Carrado, her current lover. The couple has been dating for two years and is now blissfully living together.
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Kate is quite active on social media platforms. She often posts pictures of herself and her family on her Instagram account. She has around 12k followers on her Instagram account whereas she does not have any Twitter and Facebook accounts. | <urn:uuid:637fd4b0-7bdd-4ce0-97a5-37a8acec727d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://glamourpath.com/hallie-kate-eisenberg | 2023-09-23T17:49:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.988203 | 474 |
Happy EleFact Friday! We’ve previously shared how elephants relate to a variety of other species in the animal kingdom. From manatees, to aardvarks, elephants have several traits and characteristics that are similar to other animals. For today’s EleFACT, we want to share with you an animal that elephants share a characteristic with that may surprise you: the gibbon.
Like gibbons, elephants are very social animals with complex relationships between individuals. However, the most significant similarity between gibbons and elephants is their ability to climb.
In recent studies, elephants, which were once thought to spend the majority of their time on solid ground, have been found to be tremendous climbers. One of the more recent studies, led by Dr. Joe King, found that elephants, despite their weight and size, can climb through trees at speeds of up to 28 miles per hour. You may be wondering how this is even possible, but on EleFact (or EleFiction) Fridays, anything can happen 😉
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In the presence of greatness
In The Presence of Greatness
With Founder Mirela Sula, and two incredible guest speakers – Dr. John Demartini, Founder of Demartini Institution and Dr. Hetem Ramadani Founder of Salbatring.
By Viktorija Getnerytė
Sunday 23rd September was a special day for Global Woman Club at the luxurious Bloomsbury Hotel in central London.
It started with the networking breakfast, where entrepreneurial women are able to connect with each other, share their passion for business and get energised for the day. It is a perfect place to be for a woman, who would like to start their business and follow their passion, but do not know where – they can meet like-minded people, ask them for advice, and find inspiration and motivation. But likewise, it is a spectacular opportunity for women that own a business and are in charge of their own path. They can network and find companies or other entrepreneurs collaborate with.
Have you ever asked – how can I empower myself? Well, Founder of Global Woman Club, Mirela Sula, has a simple answer: “If you want to empower a woman, give her a microphone”. Global Woman Club members are given a platform to speak up and share their entrepreneurial journey, and find power and enjoyment for public speaking in a safe and accepting environment. Sunday’s event was no exception. First time attendee, business coach Hiroo Chothia, said: “I arrived today as a guest at the Global Woman Club event and first of all, was very pleasantly surprised by the cosmopolitan atmosphere. I met very interesting women from all around the world, starting with Paris and ending with South Africa. It was a very open and engaging and helpful process, not intimidating at all, as most of the networking events are. We progressed very nicely to the all-day event, where guest speakers shared their inspirational stories, as well as Mirela, who achieved so much in a very short period of time. It was very helpful to have this event on a Sunday, when most of us are lacking energy and strength for a new week. It was a really good day, one that I was very pleasantly surprised about. Because of this experience, I am definitely going to join Global Woman Club movement.”
As human beings, we have a gift of learning and achieving the state of mind that no other creature is capable of. Even though we are gifted with an exceptional mind, it does not come with an instruction of how to use it. When we find the right key for learning, doors to success and fulfillment open and we find new ways to grow, expand business and channel our power of the mind for the better life for ourselves and ones that surround us. Mirela Sula, founder of Global Woman Club, in her last book “Don’t Let Your Mind Go” shares her expertise as a psychologist and also the experiences of encountering people who are looking for this key to their mind. Mirela had met the keynote speaker, Dr. John Demartini, at a time when she was still searching for a way to fulfill her entrepreneurial desires. Hearing him speak to a big crowd sparked the dream to one day share a stage with him: “I remember 4 years ago, when I had just started a new chapter in my life in this country, I sat in the front row of a big event in London, and while listening to Dr. John Demartini, my mind was blown away. I just had a burning desire that one day I will share the stage with him. At that time I had no evidence to support my desire. I had just arrived in the UK with a student visa and I was still struggling to settle and looking for a job. I have no idea how did I dare to have that call inside me.“ It was a precious moment that opened her mind to search for new opportunities and career paths. This is what inspired Mirela to invite Dr. Demartini to share his knowledge and empower an audience of Global Woman Club members and first time attendees.
Dr. John Demartini, apart from being a world renowned human behavioral specialist, internationally published best-selling author and leading authority on personal development, is a great educator, who shares his 46 years of cross-disciplinary research with people around the world. He shares the stage with world’s most influential people such as Sir Richard Branson, Stephen Covey, Steve Wozniak, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, and Donald Trump.
We were privileged to be in his presence and listen to his inspirational speech, that brought sentimental emotions not only to the audience but to Dr. Martini himself. He shared stories about young women, whom he inspired to achieve their best potential without even knowing, using the power he has within. He shared his beliefs, that women are strong and can achieve anything they want in the world, sometimes just with a little bit of help to find the strength to open themselves for financial independence.
Hatem Ramadani was the second guest speaker, interviewed on stage by Mirela. Hetem is a professor and old friend of Mirela’s, who is changing the paradigm approach in healthcare worldwide. He is also an outstanding successful entrepreneur, a scientist, with excellent leadership competencies and the ability to see things beyond the hill. Hetem Ramadani shared his thoughts about where future is leading us and unfolded the idea, that even though money is important, it should be used to help other people and the environment. Furthermore, he gave listeners a glance into his work with meditation, that helps people to reach a higher state of mind and even heal illnesses such as diabetes. Many audience members had the opportunity to ask questions, and this session had a full room enthralled at the high level of questioning and the detailed answers given.
Global Woman Club is uniting professional women around the world and helping them to unleash their power of the mind, find strength in themselves to always move forward and empower them to understand how strong, beautiful and independent they are. The networking events brings joy and happiness, a sense of community and a possibility to network in a safe and accepting environment.
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Garnier Ultra Blends Mythic Olive Shampoo and Conditioner : Hi my beauties,I have two new additions to my hair care squad as I have seen so much hype about this shampoo and conditioner around the internet. So as soon as I ran out of my old shampoo and conditioner I ordered them right away. I am talking about the GARNIER ULTRA BLENDS MYTHIC OLIVE SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER. I have been using them for past two weeks and I think I am in good position to write down a detailed review about them.
Price: 130inr for 180ml for Shampoo and 180inr for 175ml for Conditioner.
My Experience with Garnier Ultra Blends Mythic Olive Shampoo and Conditioner
The mythic olive range is the one which is dark green in color. The packaging of this whole range is very impressive. The shampoo comes in the transparent green bottle with the green liquid shampoo filled in it while the conditioner comes in the olive green bottle and like most of the conditioner bottles, this one also is inverted. The details and ingredients of the both are mentioned on the back of each bottle.
The mythic olive range is meant for dry and frizzy hair. My hair is dry and dull so I thought this will be a suitable choice for me. The shampoo has a very pleasant herbal fragrance to it; I take a teaspoon of the shampoo and lather it up in my hair. It cleans the scalp and removes oil plus it is parabens free which are also a good thing for hair. Now about the conditioner, consistency-wise, it is like all other conditioners thick but it smells like Shea butter which I love. After washing my hair with shampoo I just take a small amount of it and apply it to the ends of the hair and leave it for 4-5 minutes after which I just rinse it off thoroughly. This whole duo leaves my looking radiant and nourished plus my hair smells so good that I just can’t get over it.
- Attractive packaging
- Leaves the hair looking shiny and nourished
- Doesn’t weigh down the hair
- Lathers up easily
- Smells like shea butter.
- Parabens free
- None, I just love it.
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This is the top notch of the S-type we have encountered so far.
Although the Model S is the smallest of the Steinway grand pianos with an overall length of 155 cm, you can enjoy a sound as good as that of the Model M (170 cm).
The exterior of the piano is kept as excellent condition, probably because the previous owner has treated this with extra-care within a good environment.
It also comes with an original bench made by Paul Jansen, which was specially ordered to match the color of the piano itself and is officially approved by Steinway in New York (this bench alone costs close to 200,000 yen).
The Model S is a relatively new model, manufactured since the 1930s, and is a good size to fit in an apartment soundproof room or a relatively small room.
We would like to introduce a little of the sound by having a professional pianist play for you.
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Everyone likes going out to eat. Back when Samantha was diagnosed with celiac disease, going out to eat was nearly impossible. When we would ask if they had a gluten free menu, it literally consisted of two or three different salads. Luckily, times have changed and most places have a fairly descent gluten free menu. Most pizza places have a gluten free crust available. But, if you’re looking for something other than pizza, check out the following gluten free restaurant menus:
The Original Pancake House – everything with = Available in gluten-free
Buffalo Wild Wings – Allergen Guide – Samantha likes to get the naked wings and then just add your favorite sauce!
Bakers Square – Nutritional Menu
The Melting Pot – Click on location to find the one nearest you.
Hells Kitchen – *Gluten-friendly (or can be prepared gluten-friendly with minor omissions)
Always use caution as to your own level of gluten sensitivity. As I’ve mentioned before, some celiacs are more sensitive to trace amounts than others.
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Getting Kids into Giving Back
What makes you want to give back? How can you actively work to raise generous children who find donating time to charity not just responsible but also fun? Check out these tips!
On the CBS Saturday Early Show, clinical psychologist Dr. Paul Donahue offered a few tips for raising a generous and compassionate child who loves to give:
- Teach giving, not taking, at home by encouraging kids to help out in the kitchen. Even young kids can make a real contribution to the family meal.
- Make sure older kids help their siblings. This collaboration – teaching them sports, reading to them, or helping with homework – creates a sense of everyone being in it together.
- Teach kids about respect and caring by being a model yourself. Your kids take cues from you.
- To teach kids about contributing to the community, go beyond donations of food or clothing and perform giving acts, like helping an elderly neighbor with household tasks.
Colleen O’Donnell, the author of Generous Kids, tells parents these tips:
- Start teaching children to give as early as possible. As she explained to Washington Magazine, you don’t wait until your kids are seven years old to teach them to brush their teeth, so why would the habit of giving be any different?
- Praise your child’s giving habits! Recognition for helping around the house, sharing a toy, or listening to a friend can impress upon kids how important these seemingly little things are.
Dr. Madye Henson, the President and CEO of HandsOn Greater DC Cares advises:
- Make giving a family affair. If you decide as a family where to get involved and what to do, involving kids in planning and research, they will feel much more invested in the activity.
- Make sure that your kids know why you want to make a difference and how what they’re doing will accomplish that.
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Clayton Tune willed his team to a three-overtime victory Saturday afternoon at the Alamodome. Despite anemic offensive numbers through three quarters, Tune ran the ball seven times in the 4th quarter and overtime for 56 yards and a touchdown. He followed that touchdown with a fantastic throw to Nathaniel Dell, who made a great play to stay in bounds and convert the two-point play.
Tune showed his grit most on the two-point conversions in overtime: the throw to Dell and his eight-yard acrobat score that ended up as the game-winner. Of course, the AirTune flip will be the lasting highlight, and it should be, but the throw to Dell was a damn good football play.
After scoring a touchdown on a QB draw in the second OT, Tune lined his team up in a four-wide set: KeSean Carter and Matthew Golden to the right and Nathaniel Dell and Joseph Manjack to the left.
Golden runs a slant route from the right side while Carter is in a rub route, giving Carter space over the middle. On the left, Manjack is supposed to run a slant as well, but he tries to run a fade route. The corner pushes him to the boundary, making a mess of things for the offense.
Tank Dell was supposed to run to the corner, but with Manjack deeper and wider than him, he had to cut it off into a dig route.
At the snap, Christian Trahan, lined up as an H back, pulls inside to block, leaving Patrick Paul on the defensive end. The end goes around Paul and uses a swim move to get in Tune’s face. As he threw it, there did not look like much of a window.
Tune immediately understood what happened with the routes to the left and adjusted perfectly. He stayed in the pocket and delivered the ball to Dell in the only window he had. He had to go high, had to go to the sideline, and had to split two defenders.
All credit goes to Dell for his focus, great catch, and having the presence of mind to get his foot in. But Clayton Tune made a helluva play: a year ago, he would not have made that throw. Saturday, he was poised and pinpoint accurate.
In real-time, Dana Holgorsen did not think Dell had a foot in bounds but was glad to be wrong. In praising his QB after the game, Dana said that Tune “made the most incredible throw, cause that ball was not thrown where it was supposed to. It was thrown where it had to be.”
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Taste the legend.
Have you heard the legend of GODIVA? Maybe you’ve tasted one of our chocolate dipped strawberries in the fairy-tale square of medieval Bruges. Or you’ve queued on the bustling streets of Tokyo, just to sample one of our iconic truffles. If you happen to be new to one of the world’s greatest chocolatiers, well, that’s all set to change very soon.
Pierre Draps first dreamt up GODIVA in 1926, meticulously crafting pralines from his home kitchen in Brussels. His children soon became collaborators, in their own words, they were ‘born into chocolate’. Indeed, even the GODIVA name is rooted in legend. Pierre Snr’s wife had such long, lustrous hair that her hairdresser anointed her ‘Lady Godiva’ – referring to the 11th century English heroine who famously rode her horse through the streets of Coventry in protest of excessive taxes, wearing nothing but her flowing locks.
Since those humble beginnings, GODIVA has risen to become the official chocolatier to the Belgian Royal Court, gaining a reputation for mastery across the globe – and putting our homeland firmly on the tastemaker’s map in the process.
From our handcrafted chocolate delicacies, to our superbly designed stores and carefully considered gold adorned packaging – our obsession with the smallest of details is a pure labour of love. Over the years, GODIVA has famously pioneered a distinctive brand of mouth-watering luxury.
Inspired by our innovative founder, we’re always seeking different ways to tell our story – experimenting with new recipes and perfecting old ones. Which is why we’ve entrusted our next chapter to five artisan chefs from across the globe – each chosen to develop refreshingly timeless recipes to be shared everywhere from Brussels to Tokyo.
Our first Malaysian store opened in 2003 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), with more to follow.
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4A7. GOD’S NATURE EXPRESSED:
This was God’s primary purpose for the universe, especially for Earth and its people and specifically for Abraham, in grace
This summarises God’s continuing accomplishing of His primary purpose. In grace He had initiated an agenda of universal blessing through Abraham, in contrast to His universal judgments by the FLOOD and Babel.
God chose and began to make Himself known TO Abraham. God was interacting purposefully with him, both by speaking TO him and THROUGH various circumstances. This was in order to express His own nature THROUGH Abraham, bringing blessing to others by making Himself known TO them also.
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Investing in gold can be a great way to diversify your portfolio and hedge against inflation. But how do you invest in gold without storing it?
Many people are hesitant to buy physical gold due to storage considerations, but there are ways you can make investments in gold without having to store any of it. In this article, we’ll discuss some options that you have for investing in gold without storing it so that you can take full advantage of its potential benefits.
The challenge with investing in gold is that most investors don’t want the hassle of keeping track of where their physical assets are stored or worrying about them getting stolen.
Fortunately, there are several ways to get exposure to gold without actually taking possession of any bars or coins. From exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and futures contracts to certificates and digital tokens – all these investment vehicles allow you to gain access to the price movements of gold while still maintaining complete control over when and how much you invest.
Exchange Traded Funds (Etfs)
Investing in gold without storing it has never been easier.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offer investors the opportunity to invest in a fund that tracks the price of gold. This is an attractive option as it allows them to gain exposure to gold without having to worry about physically buying and storing bullion coins or other physical forms of gold.
CFDs, or Contracts for Difference, are another popular way to trade on the price of gold without actually owning any. These contracts allow you to speculate on whether the price of gold will rise or fall but do not require you to own any actual metal; instead, profits and losses are settled in cash only.
CFDs can provide more flexibility than ETFs since they can be used for both short-term trades as well as longer-term investments. With these options available, investing in gold has become much simpler and more accessible for individual traders.
Futures contracts can be a great way to invest in gold without having to store it physically. They provide advantages such as leverage and exposure to price movements, allowing investors to maximize their returns.
However, they also involve risks such as the potential for large losses and the complexity of the contract mechanics. Understanding the mechanics of futures contracts involves knowing the differences between the various types, the margin requirements, and the settlement arrangements.
It’s important to be aware of the risks, as well as the potential rewards, when considering futures contracts as an investment.
Advantages Of Futures Contracts
Futures contracts are a great way to invest in gold without storing it. They provide investors with the flexibility of being able to buy and sell gold at any time, without having to worry about physically transporting or storing it.
Bullion contracts allow you to speculate on the future price movements of gold, while also providing protection against adverse market conditions.
Gold options are another type of futures contract that offer even more protection than bullion contracts; they give buyers the right but not obligation to purchase or sell gold at an agreed upon date and price.
By investing in these types of futures contracts, investors can get exposure to the gold market without actually owning physical gold bars or coins. Furthermore, traders can benefit from potentially larger returns as compared to conventional investments such as stocks or bonds.
Therefore, when looking for a safe investment option with potential upside rewards, consider taking advantage of futures contracts for your next foray into the world of precious metals investments!
Risks Of Futures Contracts
Though futures contracts offer investors the flexibility to buy and sell gold at any time, there are some risks that come along with this type of investment. As a result, it is important for potential investors to understand these risks before investing in futures contracts.
For instance, if the price of gold moves against an investor’s position, they can incur significant losses which could be greater than those associated with other types of investments such as stocks or bonds. Furthermore, when investing in commodity options or collectible coins, liquidity can also become an issue since these assets are often not easily converted into cash.
Despite these drawbacks, many savvy investors see futures contracts as a great opportunity to maximize their returns on gold investments while minimizing the risk involved. With careful planning and research, traders may still find themselves able to take advantage of future fluctuations in gold prices without having to worry about storing physical bars or coins.
Ultimately, understanding all aspects of the market from both sides is key for success when trading commodities or precious metals through derivatives like futures contracts.
Mechanics Of Futures Contracts
Understanding the mechanics of futures contracts is key to success when trading commodities or precious metals.
The derivatives market can provide investors with the flexibility to buy and sell gold at any time, but it’s important to understand the risks involved before making any decisions.
By taking a closer look into how these instruments work – like margin requirements, settlement terms and delivery dates – traders can make informed decisions that maximize their returns while minimizing potential losses.
Commodity trading requires an understanding of both sides of the market in order to be successful.
With careful planning and research, traders may still find themselves able to take advantage of future fluctuations in gold prices without having to worry about storing physical bars or coins.
Investors need to assess all aspects of the market in order for them to effectively manage their investments using derivative financial instruments such as futures contracts.
Futures contracts provide investors with a way to invest in gold without having to store the physical asset. However, for those who do not want to take on the risks associated with futures trading, there are other options available.
Gold savings accounts and gold-backed bonds offer an alternative method of investing in gold that does not involve storing it physically. Gold savings accounts allow individuals to deposit their money into an account which is then used to purchase gold certificates from banks or financial institutions. These certificates represent ownership of actual gold held by the issuing institution and can be redeemed at any time for its cash value equivalent. This type of investment eliminates the need for storage while giving investors access to potentially higher returns than they could achieve through traditional investments such as stocks and bonds.
Gold backed bonds are another option; these bonds are issued by governments or corporations and guarantee repayment of principal plus interest based on the price of gold at maturity. They provide investors with exposure to the metal’s price movements without physical possession of it, making them ideal for those looking for a more secure form of investment.
The next step we will explore is digital tokens – a new method of investing in gold that has recently emerged onto the market.
Investment in gold has seen a massive surge over the last few years, due to its safe-haven status and strong performance compared to other asset classes. While traditional methods of investing involve physical storage of bars or coins, there are now digital alternatives available for those looking to invest without storing.
Gold backed tokens and crypto currencies provide investors with more options than ever before when it comes to profiting from gold investments. Gold backed tokens offer an attractive alternative as they combine both the benefits of a cryptocurrency – speed, low transaction costs and security – with the stability that comes from holding gold as an asset. The underlying value is derived directly from real world gold holdings held by third party custodians such as banks or refiners which can be verified on public blockchains such as Ethereum. By buying these tokens, investors have exposure to the price movements of the precious metal without having to physically store it. This can save time, money and increase liquidity while still gaining access to all the advantages associated with owning gold assets.
These new investment vehicles demonstrate just how far we have come in recent times in terms of innovation in financial markets. As technology continues to evolve so too will our ability to find ways to capitalize on opportunities within existing markets like gold. With this in mind, let’s turn our attention next towards another way you can potentially profit from gold: mining stocks.
Gold Mining Stocks
The previous section discussed digital tokens as one way to invest in gold without storing it, but there are other options available. One of the more popular methods is through investing in gold mining stocks or royalty companies. These provide investors with exposure to the commodity markets while avoiding any physical storage needs.
Investing in gold funds and royalty companies offer several advantages that make them appealing for those seeking an indirect approach to investing in gold. Firstly, they can be traded on a daily basis just like regular stocks and do not require a long-term commitment.
Secondly, these investments have low management fees associated with them compared to buying and selling physical gold bars or coins.
Lastly, they allow investors access to wider range of resources such as exploration budgets which allows them to capture potential profits from new discoveries.
Investing in gold without storing it is a viable option that many investors are choosing as they look to diversify their portfolios.
It’s not as difficult as one might think, and the wide range of options available makes investing in gold more accessible than ever before.
ETFs, futures contracts, certificates, digital tokens, and gold mining stocks all offer unique ways to invest in the precious metal without having to physically store it – so you can reap the benefits of its value while avoiding the hassle of storage and security issues.
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In this episode, Fr. Anthony uses insights from his former career in intelligence to explain the spiritual vulnerability of our priests (and the need for vigilance). After a commercial break for a new type of Paschal vestment, he then offers a first draft of a priestly “Code of Honor”. Enjoy the show!
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The Phoenix Suns unveiled their 2022-2023 Nike City Edition Uniforms that honor Arizona’s Indigenous Communities. We’ll take a look at the jerseys, the court and more about them. We’re also answering questions in our mailbag! From Mikal Bridges to Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton, we’ve got all kinds of good questions.
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emily is in a photography show
Emily was asked to submit her work for a photography show. The show opens on Thursday night. The concept behind the show is this….G/IRL: Women Photographers Emerging in Digital Culture brings internet stars and emerging talent to Chelsea for a pop-up exhibition showcasing artists using social media sites like Flickr, Tumblr, and blogs to explore and establish a life in photography.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Puzzle News - Across the Pond
Laurie Brokenshire just informed me that the Daily Mail wrote up this story in March of this year. In 2007, Laurie was a featured speaker at our very own New York Puzzle Party. He delivered a stimulated talk about Puzzle Vessels. | <urn:uuid:15b35ea3-3305-4842-9ccf-c022180c41b9> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://gottasolveit.blogspot.com/2009/12/puzzle-news-across-pond.html | 2023-09-23T16:40:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.933136 | 122 |
Preface: This study was written for Professor Heidi Pence’s course in the Books of Poetry and Wisdom, for PACE, Alberta Bible College in Grande Prairie, and was submitted in June 2016. To see the scholarly work with footnotes, click here)
The Ant and the Sluggard: A Study of Proverbs 6:6-11
By Carol Crerar
When we read about the sluggard in the book of Proverbs our first response is likely to laugh or scoff at this ridiculous character. We may be tempted to ignore his story as it appears as nonsense. How could anyone learn from a person who cannot lift his hand to his mouth to eat? Upon looking more closely, I suggest we risk deceiving ourselves in thinking there is no wisdom to be found here. His character not only lurks around us, but within us. There is wisdom in learning about his way of life. He is asked initially to do something that is very easy, so no need to make excuses. We also discover that his character traits are part of human nature, so we must change our focus from mocking him to looking at ourselves. We learn that the result of our choices in life will have damaging, even fatal impact spiritually.
We are introduced to the sluggard in the Prologue, chapters 1-9 of Proverbs. The book’s theme is stated clearly by the writer: “for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight” (v.2), and in verse 7, “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline” (RSV). Proverbs is applicable to all ages; the young are mentioned in verse 4 and the wise (older and more mature) in verse 5. Duane Garret points out four characteristics of biblical wisdom, it is practical, intellectual, moral (involving self-control), and involves the mysterious in life. In order to benefit from Proverbs, it is critical to grasp this broad understanding of wisdom. Proverbs is written in a condensed form, using poetry which was familiar to those living in the ancient near east, but not familiar to readers today. The author uses humour to teach, while poking fun at human nature.
Learn practical wisdom, the ability to acquire and apply the skills for living, is the message to the sluggard. He is instructed to learn a lesson from the ant in Proverbs 6:6-8. Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provision in summer and gathers its food at harvest (NIV). Tremper Longman states the ant is one of several animals referred to in Proverbs, because it knows how to navigate life well, not because it has great intelligence. We see humour used effectively here, by choosing this tiny creature, not known for strength or intellect. Without understanding the poetic humour, this suggestion is absurd. Old Testament poetry also uses parallel lines to reinforce a point. In verses 6-8 we see the echoing effect. In part A we learn the way of the ant as wise, and in part B we read the echoing effect; it needs no overseer, yet stores provisions in summer and gathers food at harvest. Parallelism challenges the reader to slow down, and ponder how part A connects with part B. This form of parallelism is written so part B intensifies the thought.
In Hebrew culture knowledge was gained through observation and trust in creation and its order. Wisdom appears in relationship with creation, other people, and/or God. The sluggard is instructed specifically to go to the ant; consider its ways (which implies observation), and become wise. By watching, even for just a few minutes, you will see ants do not stop; they appear to work tirelessly and are capable of carrying a large load. The ant referenced in Proverbs 6:6, according to Derek Kidner, is the harvester ant, common in Palestine. The people lived much closer to nature than we do today, so this familiar insect makes an effective teaching tool. If used literally, the instruction to go and study the ant works even for the young.
George Sparks points out the value of reading Proverbs from a literary perspective; it is “a criticism of life” and a picture of everyday life in Palestine. The ant also works without a commander or ruler, just getting its necessary work done. In contrast, the sluggard is incapable of action without a supervisor. The ant wisely knows the time to store provisions is in the summer and to gather its food at harvest. For the sluggard, all time is alike; summer and harvest are spent doing nothing, without a sense that these seasons should prompt specific actions. This seems unimaginable to anyone who grows crops, or even plants a small garden. The sluggard appears to be oblivious to time and its significance. There are signs in creation, if you just look, that tell you what the season is. In contrast, the sluggard does not get up and does not get started.
To Robert Alden, the writer of Proverbs is almost impatient (v.9) and twice asks the sluggard when will you get up and get going? The sluggard strangely replies (v.10), a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest. This response suggests the epitome of laziness. The sluggard has done nothing and appears disinterested in anything other than more rest and sleep. There is no evidence he gave thought to observing the ant! Life, to the sluggard is more of the same. As Kidner points out, he will not even begin, and gives in to his “delicious drowsiness”. The use of ‘delicious’ in this context, changes the negative into sounding almost appealing. Perhaps the sluggard tricked himself, in some way, thinking a little more rest was a good thing. What happens next takes him by surprise.
Verse 11 says “and poverty will come on you like a bandit, and scarcity like an armed man” (NIV). As Alden points out this are not an actual robber, but rather his time wasted sleeping robs him of opportunities to be productive and that precious hours are squandered. The word vagabond is used in the Revised Standard Version. The wording here generates debate among scholars as to the best translation. Duane Garret argues that the better translation is beggar, based on the ancient Ugaritic language, which is closest to the biblical Hebrew. The consequence of poverty is like a beggar, living in the house of the sluggard, continually wanting more. The sluggard is slowly drained of all he has. Poverty is now on his doorstep.
Proverbs 1:7, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despite wisdom and discipline” (NIV), summarizes the theme of the entire book. Ray Ortlund says the key to understating this verse, is the word “despise”. It is an emotional word that suggests contempt and aloofness in relationship, with no interest in, or time for teaching or instruction, and arrogance that does not require a change in morality. The meaning of fear in this verse is openness to receive instructions from the Lord, with humility and a heart that is willing to change. In the Old Testament passage from Is. 56:9-12, the watchmen of Israel appear to be stricken by the same behaviour as the sluggard – sleep. In verse 10, Israel’s watchmen are blind, they lack all knowledge; … they lie around and dream, they love to sleep. Their lack of effort is mocked, when the beasts in the field and the forest are called to come and devour them. The final outcome for the sluggard and the watchmen is not pleasant. Their desire for sleep more than work leads to disaster.
In Matthew 25, the Parable of the 10 Virgins singles out the five who are wise, and bring oil for their lamps while they wait for the bridegroom. The other five, foolish ones did not take any oil. When they left to purchase more, the bridegroom came and the door into the wedding banquet was shut. Verse 13 clearly instructs everyone to keep watch, because we do not know the time of Christ’s return. The virgins did not prepare, as the sluggard did not prepare, and when winter came, he had nothing to eat. In John 9:4 Jesus teaches we must do God’s work when we can, in the day, because night is coming when no one can work. The sluggard did not work when he could, in summer and harvest, so when winter came had nothing to eat. Jesus enhances the theme of this passage in Proverbs, by applying it to being ready, spiritually, for his return. The practical stories demonstrate that we have work to do, not just in a practical sense, but in preparing for his kingdom that will come on earth. We must do what he asks us to do now, when the time is right, and not put off anything. In order to be ready, as the time is unknown, we must be wise and work when we can before the final consequence, when night comes and we must miss out, like the foolish.
This characterization of the sluggard and his laziness can be applied to anyone. The tendency to make excuses, postpone what we should do, is a temptation we can all be enticed by. The sluggard was first instructed to do something very easy – go to the ant. This requires very little effort and by missing this important instruction the sluggard loses out on the opportunity to become wise. It only required that he get up and look. Unfortunately for the sluggard even this was too much, and he ignored wise counsel, and just stayed in bed. A little sleep, a little slumber, folding of the hands to rest, kept him from any action. By ignoring the people who offered help, he was ignoring God, not showing any respect for God and the times and seasons of creation. This was more than laziness, as we consider it in a deeper sense, it was offensive to God.
George Sparks reminds us that the character of the sluggard is present in our society. Here in Proverbs the flaws of human nature are exposed to remind us and warn us to be prudent. So we must understand the serious consequences of the slothful character, and watch for these tendencies in ourselves. Sparks advises us to be grateful for the practical wisdom in the book of Proverbs, written in a clear but direct way that instructs us and actually glorifies the important day-to-day tasks of life. Biblical wisdom includes practical as well as intellectual and moral understanding. Another important application of these verses is that we must be willing to be instructed by God. This requires openness, to hear, and humility to accept. In our current culture this is extremely difficult as our worldviews elevate the importance of the individual, and the focus on self as the source of all knowledge. As we slip into thinking we have all the answers, we too will be deceived, just like the sluggard (see Prov. 26:16).
The character of the sluggard is not one to admire. We may laugh, and be tempted to point a finger at his laziness, scoffing at his crazy response to life. It is obvious in the practical wisdom of navigating life well, he fails. In refusing this instruction he discovers too late, the deeper meaning. Our fear of the Lord (Prov. 1:7) is a respect for God, a readiness to received instructions from him with an attitude of humility. Our human ego despises correction, and we are prone to go to great lengths to demonstrate, how we are right, before acting with humility. If swayed by Postmodernist thought and the autonomy of human reason, we risk succumbing to a little sleep, a little slumber… And will not be prepared. | <urn:uuid:9ae8dc79-5351-4f8a-8bdb-196798993a48> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://gpchurchofchrist.com/article/pacework/ | 2023-09-23T18:20:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.967033 | 2,514 |
I really wanted to create something special for Lee, so I took my time. Here is my design:
I stamped and heat embossed the flowers and two pears in gold. The first are from Flourishes' Over the Garden Gate stamp set, and the last are from Inky Antics' Holy Spirit's Fruit.
I colored the images with alcohol markers. Next I fuzzy cut and sponged them with a little Distress Ink in Peeled Paint.
I also heat embossed a sentiment from Flourishes' Spring Bouquet stamp set. I die cut the sentiment with Spellbinders French Frills set and sponged it very lightly, also with Peeled Paint Distress Ink. I embellished the label altering another label from Spellbinders Fancy Label Tags One. I cut the fancy label in three parts and adhered the pieces to the back of the stamped label, showing only the filigree edges.
The flowers were embellished with another altered die cut from Spellbinders Frosty Forms set. It is a Chistmas set but the round filigree label it includes actually matches the design nicely. I cut the label in half and added it around the fuzzy cut flowers.
My card base was layered with Carta Bella's Hello Again paper pad. I did sponge the layers too with Peeled Paint Distress Ink, to give it sort the same tone. And finally I added the flowers on the tallest step, the two pears on the second step and the sentiment label on the front. To finish my design I added a few Baby Pearls - LeCreme.
I hope you enjoyed seeing my card and that you found my mini tutorial useful. I had fun making this card and I hope Lee likes it a lot!
If you have any questions about my card, feel free to leave a comment below. I thank you as always for stopping by.
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Write a program that simulates a random fortune from a fortune cookie. You must have at least six fortunes.
For bonus points, also add randomly-chosen lotto numbers to the fortune. In Texas, the lotto chooses 6 numbers, each from 1-54.
Fortune cookie says: "You will find happiness with a new love."
Fortune cookie says: "Stick with your wife." 13 - 44 - 19 - 37 - 29 - 17
©2013 Graham Mitchell
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Slipping on a banana peel might be an old time giggle-inspiring occurrence but monkey business aside, bananas are no laughing matter when it comes to your health. From replenishing your energy after a run to reconditioning your hair to delighting your taste buds, these faux berries have mighty powers.
Legend has it that a long time ago, in the Philippines, there was a beautiful girl named Raya who had the gift of communicating with the spirits of the forest. She fell in love with a handsome ghost-prince, who took on human form and they had a child.However, the ghost-prince knew that eventually he would have to return to the spirit world. His broken heart was buried in the forest and from it sprang a tree, bearing flowers in the shape of his heart. The fruits looked like hands reaching out for his beloved Raya.
There are many legends and customs surrounding the banana tree. The banana plant has been regarded by the Hindus as a symbol of fertility and prosperity since ancient times. As custom will have it, Hindus adorn the doorsteps of a newlywed couple’s house with banana leaves and fruits. It is said that Malay women bathe in a brew of banana leaves for fifteen days after childbirth. A banana plant is often placed in the corner of a rice field as a protective charm. Early Hawaiians used banana leaves as truce flags in wars. Nowadays, the word “bananas” is used to describe anything in style or cool.
The crazy thing is that the banana tree is… an herb. It’s actually the biggest herb there is, reaching a height of 20 to 25 feet, with leaves as large as 9 feet. What constitutes an herb? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, an herb is “a seed-producing annual, biennial, or perennial that does not develop persistent woody tissue but dies down at the end of a growing season.” But wait, there’s more! The banana fruit is technically a false berry and the black part that sometimes remains on the end of the banana is a part of the flower.
Bananas come from the Musa plant family, native to South West Asia. They are believed to have been first introduced into Europe in the tenth century A.D. and brought to the South American coast by the Portuguese in the early 1500s. From Eastern Indonesia they easily made the transition into Hawaii.
First cultivated some 7,000 years ago, the plant grows in tropical climates and it can render up to 88 pounds or some 300 fruits per year without needing fertilization. This prolific plant will continuously sprout a leader stalk, produce flowers, bear fruits then repeat the process by growing another stalk. Bananas and plantains constitute the fourth largest fruit crop of the world, after grapes, citrus fruits and apples, with a world production estimated at 28 million tons per year.
Edible bananas are classified into two main groups: ‘Sucrier’ and ‘Gros Michel’. There are over 400 varieties of bananas, but most of the bananas we find locally are the yellow Cavendish bananas. In the US, Florida most often produces the ‘Dwarf Cavendish’, ‘Apple’, and ‘Orinoco’ bananas and the ‘Macho’ plantain. The ‘Red’ and ‘Lady Finger’ bananas are occasionally grown in sheltered locations.
Here are some notable varieties:
- The ‘Dwarf Cavendish’, first known from China and widely cultivated, has a medium-size fruit and must be handled and shipped with care due to its thin skin.
- The ‘Giant Cavendish’ is of uncertain origin and it closely resembles the ‘Gros Michel’. The fruits are larger than those of the ‘Dwarf’ and not as delicate.
- ‘Silk’, ‘Silk Fig’, or ‘Manzana’ (meaning ‘Apple’ in Spanish), is the most popular dessert banana of the tropics. The plump bananas are astringent when unripe but pleasantly apple-scented when fully ripe.
- ‘Orinoco’ banana is also known as ‘Horse’, ‘Hog’, or ‘Burro’ (meaning ‘Donkey’ in Spanish). This banana is shorter than the Cavendish and it has a lemony flavor.
- The ‘Red’ or ‘Lal Kela’ banana originated in India has a strong taste. The purplish-red peel changes to orange-yellow and the flesh is firm, cream-colored.
- ‘Lady Finger’ variety bears small, sweet fruit and is also known as ‘Date’,’Fig’, or ‘Dedo de Dama’. This variety is common in Latin America.
- ‘Ice Cream’ banana of Hawaii is bluish with a silvery bloom when young and pale yellow when ripe. The flesh is white and sweet.
- ‘Plantains’ come in many forms, some with pink, red or dark-brown leaf sheaths, some with colored mid-ribs or spots on leaves or fruits. A popular dwarf variety is the ‘Plantano enano’ of Puerto Rico.
Bananas have a lot to offer, both for nutrition and for relieving the symptoms of numerous ailments. Bananas are rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber. They contain iron, which combats anemia, potassium, which lowers blood pressure and bone loss and vitamin B6 supporting balanced blood-glucose levels. Bananas are also good-mood-food, containing tryptophan, serotonin, and norepinephrine, which act as antidepressant and calming agents. They are also helpful in preventing age-related macular degeneration of the retina and strokes.
According to the Journal of Biological Chemistry published by the University of Michigan, bananas can hamper the spread of HIV virus in the body through their content of proteins known as lectins. Naturally occurring in bananas, lectins attach to foreign sugars, like those found in the HIV virus, inhibiting the virus’ mutation and weakening its resistance. Researchers found that lectins blocked HIV viruses as efficiently as two different modern HIV drugs.
Bananas are good for people with ulcers or heartburn because they lower gastric juice levels and build a protective coating in the stomach. They contain pectin, which is known to alleviate constipation naturally. They are a great baby-food, as they are easily digestible and non-allergic.
The bananas’ content of carbs, potassium, magnesium and vitamin B also make them a healthy choice for sports nutrition. Darren Brown, is the Program Coordinator and Head Coach for RunKNOX, non-profit organization dedicated to running programs and community health. He advises his runners to incorporate a banana in their meal whenever possible. However, he points out that bananas contain starchy carbs, which lead to blood sugar imbalance. He suggests making a well-rounded meal by mixing a banana with peanut butter, which is high in protein and wheat bread, which contains complex carbs.
Amy Lambert is a beginner runner with RunKNOX. She writes a blog for women about running, cooking, beauty, DIY projects and better living, called Coffee, Scarves and Running Shoes. “I ran my first 5K in the spring of 2012 and I trained for subsequent 5Ks at faster times later in the fall,” Amy says. “While I was doing the short distance training, I fueled before my run with a banana or toast with honey or jam, and carried water while running using a handheld water bottle. However, as I went further into my training, I realized I needed more fuel to keep my energy levels up during and after my run, as well as replenish my electrolytes.”
Electrolytes are minerals in your blood and other body fluids that break into small, electrically charged particles called ions. Electrolytes regulate your body’s fluids, helping to maintain a healthy blood pH balance, and creating the electrical impulses essential to all aspects of muscle activity. Common electrolytes include: calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, chloride and sodium.
With 3 out of 6 electrolytes, bananas are good for pre or post workout nutrition. When eaten before the workout, the carbs in bananas provide energy, while their potassium, magnesium and vitamin B help recuperate after and the workout, keeping your muscles from cramping up.
If that weren’t enough, bananas bring another bragging right to the table. They contain a type of starch called resistant starch, which is a type of indigestible fiber blocking the conversion of some carbs, promoting fullness and increasing fat burning. However, bananas contain only 2-4 g of fiber, which might not be enough to make them a food source of fiber (3.5 – 4.9 g per serving).
Because of their natural sweetness, bananas may help curb cravings for refined sugars (doughnuts anyone?) and other unhealthy sweet snacks. Bananas are low in calories, ranging from 72 to 135 calories. The low caloric content of bananas prompted the “Morning Banana Diet” in Japan, which recommended eating bananas for breakfast, drinking water, eating a regular lunch and dinner, and nothing past 8pm. The diet became so popular that it led to a shortage of bananas in the stores. However, bananas still contain 10-20 grams of sugar and despite their fiber content, a carb-based meal usually leads to hunger shortly. The best bet is to blend the banana with a cup of low-fat plain yogurt for added protein and start your day with a balanced smoothie.
Beauty is on the inside and your hair will agree. The living roots (follicles) of your hair need protein for nourishment. Bananas can provide proteins, carbohydrates, vitamin B6 and biotin, which help strengthen your hair’s outer layer, the cuticle. Iron also stimulates hair growth and renewal. You can put the finishing touches on your mane by mixing up a mask using bananas, coconut milk and honey.
The powers of the banana don’t stop at the fruit. Rub the inside of a banana peel on your skin to dry off blemishes or to tame the itch from a mosquito bite. The peels are also great as fertilizers and they can do miracles for your rose garden!
What’s better for the soul than spending time outdoors, doing something fun? As we know, fall is the best time of the year in Knoxville. When the cool fall weather and beautiful foliage settle in, take the opportunity to be outside more. While you’re at it, start a new exercise routine before the holidays come along. Give running a try. As Darren of RunKNOX says, “the best time to start running is now.” He points out that “you don’t have to be a fast runner, you just have to know how much you want to challenge yourself. The main thing is to find it enjoyable, so as to continue training year-round.” You can incorporate walking and even take breaks from running. “We are here to coach you along and help you make the best choices for exercising, hydration and nutrition while you train.”
Running is known to stimulate the production of serotonin in the brain, putting you in a better mood. It is also great for your lungs, your immune system and your cholesterol levels. RunKNOX is also a good support group and provides great socializing opportunities. So get out there and connect: with nature and with people!
Go bananas! Run for it!
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BRENDA SMITH, owner of Great Skin Spa & Skin Care, is no stranger to the Arlington beauty industry. Consequently, she knows clients want to look and feel better, and her staff members are committed to just that.
Arlington-resident Smith, who previously owned FACES Cosmetics in the Parks Mall, said her new spa is devoted to enhancing the beauty and relaxation options for women and men alike. So, the services offered at the spa (located at 3851 S.W. Green Oaks Blvd.) run the gamut: facials for anti-aging, acne, and maintenance; Rhonda Allison chemical peels and specialty facials; slimming body wraps; teeth whitening; waxing; makeovers and massage.
“Great Skin offers a facial club to make it affordable to have monthly treatments to get your skin and body in tip-top shape,” Smith said. “All services are offered on a single purchase, as well as membership pricing. It’s a beautiful day spa that engulfs you in relaxation, peace and tender, professional and friendly care and service from the moment you walk in the door.”
Smith said Great Skin also offers special packages for birthday, wedding and special-event functions, providing corporate discounts and employee appreciation private parties.
“We offer services for the entire family, “ she said, “including highly customized acne treatment services and plans for teens and facials for men to help keep their skin smooth and provide a better skin surface for shaving.”
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23.6.2022, Hotel Tatra congress hall, Bratislava
The second session of the Round Table was opened by the moderator Michal Muhl from SIEA. He briefly described the purpose of the meeting, clarified the goals of the project and the organizational structure of the Round Table. General secretary Marek Malina gave an opening speech on behalf of the project coordinator, the Association of Construction Entrepreneurs of Slovakia. He highlighted the importance of mutual meetings of stakeholders, discussions on the topics that the GreenDeal4Buildings contains and the creation of coalitions between stakeholders so that the agreed measures and visions are fulfilled and have a real impact on buildings and the construction industry as such.
The meeting program was divided into three thematic blocks:
1. Energy services
2. Platform for financing sustainable investments
3. Financing of education for innovations
- In the first part, on the topic of energy services, contributions were made by Mr. Marcel Lauko from the Association of Energy Service Providers and Mr. Jiří Karásek from SEVEN, Energy efficiency center.
- Mr. Lauko addressed the topic of Guaranteed Energy Services (GES), their status and use in Slovakia. He took the issue from perspective and with a view to the future. He presented the current state of GES, its essence and business model as well as the legislative background. In addition to evaluating the current and past status, he also presented innovative business models for the public sector that would support the use of GES and facilitate access to building renovation financing. These are GES co-financed by EŠIF, a combination of GES and works contracts (this model was already used in the renovation of the prison building in Sabinov) and GES-type projects focused on operational efficiency. To improve the use of GES, he also proposed legislative changes, namely: changing Eurostat’s conditions, enabling GES with an impact on public debt and enabling GES with financing only from public sources using the institution of the guarantee of real achievement of savings. Better use of GES in the public sector would help speed up the renovation of roughly a third of the 15,000 public buildings that require renovation. For more, see the presentation.
- The second contribution was given by Mr. Jiří Karásek from SEVEN, Energy efficiency center on the topic of Smart energy services: examples and perspective. He presented the main trends in energy industry, which are the reduction of energy consumption, the effort to decentralize energy production and the support of the concept of energy communities and energy positive areas. Obstacles that need to be overcome are outdated legislation, low consumer awareness and distrust of renewable resources.
- At the end of the first part, Stanislav Laktiš, SIEA project manager, presented measure no. 4, which will be included in the road map. This is a proposal to create a Platform for smart energy services (or Prosumer platform). This platform will be focused on the development of energy services providing comprehensive smart energy solutions, decarbonization of flexibility and investments in renewable energy sources and demand side flexibility sources. It will serve to share data, know-how, best practices, innovative solutions, case studies, new business and financial models. Based on a vote through slido, this measure was supported by all participants of the round table.
- The second part of the meeting was devoted to the presentation of the measures that emerged from the negotiations of the expert group for the financing sustainable investments, namely: measure no. 2: Platform for financing sustainable energy investments and measure no. 3: Financial blending (small PPP projects) for financing sustainable energy investments and building renovations. Proposals for measures were presented by Frantisek Doktor from the ViaEuropa Competence Centre. Details of the measures are in the document Proposals of measures OS 1-2 SK Roadmap.
- The third part was dedicated to financing education for innovation and measures to support education. The introduction to this part was delivered by Mr. Pavol Kováčik, president of the Association of Construction Entrepreneurs of Slovakia (ZSPS).
- Pavol Kováčik highlighted the need to develop an education strategy, as labor productivity in the construction industry has risen by only 10% in the last 10 years, which is very little. At the same time, the pressure on innovations in the construction industry is growing – robotization, modularization, IoT, automatically guided machines, combining data from BIM and GPS when working with technology and others are becoming a trend. Circular construction or the use of information systems in buildings is also one of the trends. All of this needs to be reflected in programs to improve education in the area of innovation and be added to the educational curriculum. Such programs should then be mandatory for schools.
- Mr. Marek Malina from ZSPS presented measure no. 5 Strategy for professional education at the 2nd level, further and continuous education in the energy and construction sector for the implementation of innovations, including its financing. The task of the measure is to develop a strategy and new educational programs for vocational education at the 2nd level, continuous vocational education and further education at the second level for workers from the energy and construction sectors, i.e. j. for apprentices in formal education at the 2nd level and workers after their initial, compulsory education and vocational training or after entering working life. This may include retraining professionals from other sectors with skills transferable to the construction industry. The strategy will aim to increase the number of qualified construction professionals at all levels of the building construction and renovation, operation and maintenance value chain.
- The subsequent discussion addressed several topics and problems in the education of construction professionals. The biggest deficiency, which is felt more and more intensively, is the lack of teachers of professional subjects. Not only the issue of salary is important, but so is the prestige of the teaching profession, therefore measures should be proposed that will increase the level of perception of the teaching profession. People should be adequately supported to become teachers, especially in the construction professions.
- An important aspect of the teaching process is the material and technical provision, which will support education and the development of innovations.
- Another topic was dual education. The representative of ŠFRB stated that the current setup of dual education is mainly focused on jobs behind the belt. A certain form of dual education in construction would be possible, but the problem is with the impermanence of constructions in the sense of their migration for orders.
- Another problem of dual education is the focus on only one competence and not on a complex of competences.
- Another suggestion was to work with educational advisors to promote the study of construction in a better light than before.
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Dubai: The action at Al Marjan Island is getting heavier, both on the hospitality side and on the project.
The Ras Al Khaimah destination will now see the launch of another upscale hotel, the W, as part of an agreement between Dalands Holding and Marriott International.
Set for an opening early in 2027, the ‘W Al Marjan Island’ will feature 300 rooms and suites and ‘enclosed by the Yanas and Jais mountains’.
This will be the first W hotel in Ras Al Khaimah. Al Marjan has been getting a lot of development interest as well as deals, with one taking place for an Accor property just this week.
“Ras Al Khaimah continues to be a sought-after leisure destination attracting global travellers to its idyllic beaches and attractions,” said Saahil Lalit, Vice-President – Development, Middle East, Marriott International. “We look forward to continuing to support the growth of the tourism sector in the emirate.”
Dalands Holdings is an investment company with hospitality and luxury real estate projects. The company aims to own and develop hotels and branded residences in Ras Al Khaimah, Dubai and India.
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New York: If you have an iPhone or iPad, take a few minutes today to make sure it's running the most up-to-date software.
This week, Apple disclosed and patched two security exploits that, if used correctly, could allow attackers to run their own code on other people's devices. The company also said it is aware of a report that these issues may been "actively" used against certain people.
The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, which discovered the exploits, said it discovered these vulnerabilities while inspecting a device owned by a person "employed by a Washington DC-based civil society organization with international offices." Those exploits, Citizen Lab's announcement says, were used to inject the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware - software that has been used to hack journalists, business executives and activists in addition to the criminal suspects and terrorists it was ostensibly designed to be used against.
That may sound unsettling, and it certainly can be for certain people. But ordinary users who aren't likely to be targets of state-sponsored spyware attacks don't have as much to worry about. Even so, the Citizen Lab encourages "all users" to install the update anyway.
How to install the update
To install the update, open your iPhone or iPad's Settings app, then tap "Software Update." If you see a new update waiting for you with the version number 16.6.1, tap the "Download and install" to proceed.
On the off-chance you're someone with a high-enough profile that even tighter security is warranted, you may want to consider trying Apple's Lockdown mode. First released in IOS 16 last year, the feature - among other things - blocks certain kinds of message attachments, changes the way websites load to avoid potential vulnerabilities and bars people you haven't been in contact with from being able to FaceTime you.
Apple calls it an "extreme" measure and is total overkill for the vast majority of users. That said, the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab believes it could block attacks like these.
What if I don't see an update?
If you don't see an update waiting for you, it's possible your phone already installed it. In the Settings app, tap "General," then "About" - if you see 16.6.1 in the "iOS Version" field, you're set.
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The movement toward reforming the H1B non-immigrant work visa program continues, but behind the scenes the current program structure presents increasing challenges for applicants. As most applicants know, when an H1B visa petition is submitted at the US consulate, there are three possible outcomes: approval, rejection and refusal.
The first two are fairly straightforward end results (yes or no), but the 221(g) refusal can delay a petition for many months or even years to remedy any defects. This type of refusal seems to be on the increase, as US consulates are becoming more aggressive in reviewing the actual position being offered to the foreign worker.
The 221(g) Refusal: “Administrative Processing”
The refusal of an H1B visa petition is termed “administrative processing”, which occurs at the consulate of the country where the foreign worker resides, following the all-important interview. Keep in mind, that this process is initiated even after the original petition has been approved by the USCIS.
The consular officer may refuse the petition for several reasons, including:
- A closer review and more time is needed
- Additional background information is requested from the applicant
- Additional security clearance is needed
Apparently, one of the ‘red flags’ that spurs consular officers to issue a refusal is when an IT worker is being hired for a position that entails offsite employment. This would typically be a job with an IT outsourcing company that subcontracts the foreign worker to other IT firms for temporary projects. This practice has been one of the main targets of complaints about the H1B program, since those firms pay lower wages and may even ‘bench’ workers between project assignments.
Additional Documentation or Scrutiny Required to Verify the Nature of End Employment
US consulates in India are using the 221(g) refusal to contact the end-clients of IT outsourcing firms to verify the exact assignments listed in the petitions. It seems that the increase of these refusals demonstrates that the INA is taking seriously abuses of the H1B visa program by outsourcing companies. Unfortunately, it is the hopeful foreign worker who is put on hold while the review takes place.
In extreme cases, the consular officer may not be able to verify the information, and in that case the entire petition would be returned to the USCIS for more review and possible revocation. This is not a good outcome, as a decision can take months or years, leaving the applicant’s job prospects hanging in the balance.
How to Avoid a 221(g) Refusal
If you are at the point of preparing for an H1B visa consulate interview, it pays to be prepared with all the information and documentation. Essentially, the information on the petition as to the nature of the work and the end-client have to confirmed and verified. The H1B visa applicant must be prepared to answer questions about these items, and have the documents to back it up. Failure to prepare, or any discrepancy, could delay the final approval of the H1B visa far beyond the start date, interfering with travel plans and job responsibilities.
For this reason, it is important to be well versed in all of the contents of the petition, and make sure that you have a copy with you for the interview. If your sponsor has not provided you with details of the position or a contract, then request those prior to scheduling an interview. And finally, prepare your responses to common questions, and do not assume that the consular officer will simply ‘rubber stamp’ your petition as approved. The scrutiny of H1B visa petitions is increasing at all levels, so being prepared is now more critical than ever.
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My sister the other day told me that she went to Xscape and went in the Game shop, she told me they now sold Habbo prepaid cards that you can purchase for £10. I thought this was rather odd and checked the credits page and there it was informing me that they were now available at Game.
In a way Habbo are now expanding their audience and reaching more gamers making them think ‘what game is that?’ and then they go and look, although I do not disagree with Habbo selling them in Game I think they should have started producing them for gaming shops rather than super markets and stationary shops. Anyhow, have you noticed these cards? I have yet to see them but I do remember every time I went in a Game shop I always looked to see if they had jumped on the bandwagon and began selling Habbo prepaid cards, they never did but never mind!
Have you bought one of these cards from WHSmith, Tesco or Game? Was it worth your money and did you put the credits to good use? I would love to know your views!
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[Codejunkie] has written up a great explanation as to why we mod. He’s specifically talking about the Sony PSP, but many of the points he makes carry over to any modding. Though the “why” question may seem like a no brainer to most of us, we do hear it a lot. We strongly suggest you take a few moments to read his article.
Who hasn’t been asked this question? We all have different reasons to mod things. Some people do it to make improvements, some people do it just for the fun. He lists some of the more practical reasons and makes some insightful comparisons.
For example, he likens some modding to making personalizations to your car. Has anybody asked why you put a custom shifter knob on? No, because we are used to this, just as they are used to being locked out of their electronics. He also talks about products that are crippled from the factory. We’ve covered this situation on Hack a Day before. Is it wrong for you to want your product to function to its built in potential?
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You may be wondering how to manage debris that can build up on your solar array. Some clients choose to clean or brush off their array if any debris (leaves, sticks, bird poop, etc.) has accumulated, but usually, the panels maintain themselves with the help of rain, mounting angle, and wind.
However, in the winter, we face another environmental factor, snow. Depending on the year, and where you are geographically located, you may experience long stints of heavy snowfall.
In most cases, snow will not have a significant impact on your energy production. If you are a grid-tied system, net-metering will allow you to build up credit which will help offset potential lower winter solar production. Clients with off-grid systems where solar is the only source of energy may need to manage snow more diligently than grid-tied systems.
Light snow will not have a huge impact on energy production, and will often clear itself with help from the slope angle and melting.
Heavy accumulation can build up on your solar panels and may result in large releases of snow (almost like avalanches) which can create a potential hazard for walkways, exits, property damage, etc. As large quantities of snow accumulate on the panels, a layer of water between the panel and snow will form as the snow melts. This layer of water creates a frictionless slippery surface, which allows the snow mass to slide off like an avalanche.
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Making Europe a safer place to do business 10-11 November 2015, Hotel Palace Berlin, Germany ISSE is Europe's leading independent, interdisciplinary, security conference. It is designed to educate & inform on the latest developments in technology, solutions, market trends and best practice. Now in its sixteenth year, ISSE 2015 will attract over 250 representatives from across Europe, providing an informal and stimulating environment for attendees to learn, share experiences and explore solutions with their European counterparts, focusing on security and related issues like cost of ownership, risk management and interoperability. Its intensive two day, four track programme will provide both rich, educational content and unbiased perspective for both Government and commercial end-users. Discounted attendee places with early booking, academic and association rates are available. To join other like-minded professionals or for further information please visit the event website at https://www.isse.eu.com
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Chapter 4, Vol 2019
Better late than never! I don’t know how time flew by so fast. Chapter 4, also known as April, was family packed and super busy. I started the month celebrating my Mom’s 60th birthday. We had lunch at Le Colonial (love the new location) and then we surprised her with a dinner at La Tasca. We had so much fun and we hope we made her day very special! Love you, Ma!
April was just filled with so many birthdays! We celebrated my friend Samantha’s birthday at TAO and it was sooo fun!!
Tried out some new spring menu items at Protein Bar. If you’re looking for quick healthy eats, then this is the place for you!
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Harry Kane has made a career out of being clinical in front of goal. Tonight, was no exception. The England captain drew level with Jimmy Greaves as Tottenham’s leading goalscorer and delivered a vital victory for the under-pressure Antonio Conte with a superb strike out of nothing that turned this London derby on its head. Fulham, who had dominated the first period, until Kane collected a pass from Son Hueng-Min, twisted and turned away from Tim Ream and found the bottom corner with a precise shot that still carried plenty of power, were taught the harshest of lessons.
Marco Silva’s side, fresh from last Sunday’s agonising defeat at Newcastle, were bright and progressive in the first half but were ultimately punished for their failure to finish good chances. Hugo Lloris was in fine form in goal, saving smartly from Bobby Decordova-Reid when the wily winger went for goal from more than twenty yards. The French goalkeeper handled an Andreas Pereira free-kick with ease and was then alert to deny Harrison Reed after the Fulham midfielder had burst onto a cross from Pereira.
Tottenham threatened sporadically with Kane curling one well wide and Emerson Royal then forced Bernd Leno into a good sprawling save at his near post. Willian extended Lloris after a swift Fulham break and Joao Palhinha headed disappointing over from a free-kick. But Spurs worked up a head of steam right at the end of the first half, penning the hosts back and forcing a succession of corners. Kane’s moment of inspiration – spinning away from Ream and finding the corner with a high quality finish – proved to be the difference between the two teams. But whether Son should have been able to find his captain with a clever pass was debatable after seeing the replay of his studs up challenge on Kenny Tete.
Going in at half time a goal down after dominating proceedings must have galled Silva’s side. It might have been worse shortly after the interval when Ben Davies glanced a free-kick back acros goal, with Kane denied by a remarkable relax stop by Bernd Leno. Fulham saw plenty of the ball but struggled to unlock a defence that has been castigated for not being up to standard. Here, on a freezing night on the banks of the River Thames, was cateneccio at its finest. Mitrovic fired across goal from a quickly-taken free kick but once again Fulham’s football became more fluent once Tom Cairney was summoned from the bench.
He almost made an immediate impact floating a fine ball onto the head of Mitrovic, who headed just over the bar. Tottenham’s blue line retreated deeper and deeper. Manor Solomon almost capped an impressive cameo with the equaliser – bending a brilliant finish towards the far corner, only for Lloris to extend himself once move and palm the shot aside for a corner. There was plenty of timewasting and histrionics but you had to applaud the heart of a Spurs side who ground out an impressive victory.
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete (Solomon 80), A. Robinson, Diop, Ream; Reed (Cairney 65), Palhinha; Willain (Vincius 87), Decordova-Reid (Wilson 87), Pereira; Mitrovic. Subs (not used): Rodak, Kurzawa, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, James.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (3-4-2-1): Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Perisic, Hojbjerg, Bentancur; Kulusevski (Bissouma 90), Son (Richarlison 76); Kane. Subs (not used): Forster, Doherty, Sanchez, Tanganga, Lenglet, Skipp, R. Sessegnon.
BOOKED: Son, Romero, Bentancur.
GOAL: Kane (45+2).
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On-the-job accidents can happen in any occupation and when they do, you need knowledgeable, effective legal representation to ensure you get the benefits you deserve. At Hampton Injury Law, our experienced workers’ comp attorneys understand the serious impacts these kinds of accidents can have on your ability to work and provide for yourself and your loved ones.
Our knowledge of Virginia workers’ compensation laws combined with our legal experience can help you to get the benefits you deserve. Here’s what you should know about common workers’ compensation cases and the kinds of injuries that may happen while on the job.
At Hampton Injury Law, we understand the serious and potentially disabling injuries that can result from on-the-job accidents. According to a November 2021 news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), on-the-job injuries affect over 2.7 million workers each year, resulting in hospital and doctor expenses, and well as numerous days off work. Common types of occupational injuries recorded by the BLS include the following:
In addition to the above, the BLS reports that five percent of workplace injuries resulted from on-the-job illnesses. Exposure to asbestos, toxic chemicals, and harsh environmental conditions can all have permanent impacts on a worker’s health. Injuries may be the result of various incidents and long-term exposure to health hazards:
Hampton Injury Law has extensive experience in fighting for compensation on the behalf of injured workers. We deliver dependable legal guidance for those hurt due to unsafe working conditions and other occupational hazards. Considering how your injuries can impact your future, you deserve recompense for your loss of quality of life and productivity.
Workers who are injured on the job or become ill due to dangerous workplace conditions are entitled to compensation through the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission. Under Virginia law, employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance for their workers, and to file claims on their behalf.
At Hampton Injury Law, our experienced attorneys provide efficient, effective legal representation to ensure your claim is filed, and to assist you in getting the compensation you deserve. We can advise you on what to do if your claim is denied, as well as assist you in workers’ compensation disputes over the benefits you receive. Benefits you may be entitled to under the Virginia workers’ compensation program include:
If you or a loved one has been injured on the job, contact Hampton Injury Law today. Our experienced Virginia workers’ compensation attorneys provide knowledgeable, professional legal representation to assist you in getting the benefits you are entitled to you under state workers’ compensation laws.
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Building Conceptual Understanding through Multiple Representation, Modeling, and Manipulatives
Any student who can perform simple memorization can recall that 4 + 3 = 7. But what does it mean to truly understand the concept of addition? And how can teachers help students achieve this deep understanding?
In line with the latest research, we have found that the three pillars upon which conceptual understanding is built are multiple representation, modeling, and manipulatives. These interconnected approaches to teaching math help students understand the idea behind the answer, build math flexibility, and apply this understanding effectively.
Let’s look at an example using the commutative property of addition. This simply means that changing the order of addends doesn’t change the sum. It’s how we know that 4 plus 3 is equal 7 as well as 3 plus 4. This concept can be represented in word form, as above, written mathematically as formula a + b = b + a, or with the equation 3 + 4 = 4 + 3. These multiple representations are different ways of approaching the same mathematical understanding.
Add to this approach modeling, in which we expand the representation of this concept through visualization. Here, color-coding helps identify addends.
The powerful base-10 block model used here is presented as manipulatives so a student can move concrete blocks to interact with it in a personal way.
By integrating multiple representations, modeling, and manipulatives, we approach math concepts in a way that comprehensively shows the basis of mathematical thinking – a look under the hood, if you will. According to Adding It Up, published by National Research Council, “students with conceptual understanding know more than isolated facts and methods. They understand why a mathematical idea is important and the kinds of contexts in which is it useful.” Through conceptual understanding, mathematics becomes a well-organized cumulative knowledge that a person can apply to various concrete situations. With conceptual understanding, students fully grasp the connections between math facts, rules, and principles and can create specific solutions without losing their actual meaning. It’s a powerful web of math ideas forming an organic whole that’s strongly connected with student math experience. Through practice, the web becomes stronger, and a student achieves fluency operating with it.
Here’s a sneak peek at how Happy Numbers incorporates the three pillars of multiple representation, modeling, and manipulatives.
… is used to show the same math concept in different ways. For example, we can record the equation 3 × 4 = 12 using numbers and symbols. Or it can be written in word form: “three times four equals twelve.” Here’s an example of how the Happy Numbers Grade 3 curriculum uses both of these representations, along with a picture and repeated addition:
Multiple representations are widely used to build meaning behind math and develop a deeper understanding of properties or ideas connected to the same fact or operation. Representations include words, symbols, graphs, diagrams, tables, formulas, physical and virtual manipulatives, etc. They can be applied to math tools like the number line, a hundred chart, or a place value table. These representations help students consider features from different perspectives and extend their math experience.
It’s not always obvious, but math is all around us. Each time you’re cooking, you measure the quantity of ingredients and watch the time. To determine when to set your alarm clock, you’ll calculate hours of sleep. For elementary school math lessons, it’s very helpful to model tasks with concrete scenarios. Look how 5th graders help Dino develop his cooking talents:
According to CCSS, “Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life.” So it’s not only an important skill but the standard which students need to grasp and apply in practical situations.
By the 19th century, scientists, methodologists, and teachers identified the effectiveness of learning through tangible experience. They developed and proved the positive impact of manipulatives — a palpable way to model multiple representations of math concepts. Among researchers and practitioners, you’ll find names such as Maria Montessori, Jean Piaget, and contemporary psychologist Jerome Bruner. Manipulatives provide students with engaging physical experience without losing attention to education. They can be represented as real objects, like toys in a classroom, as well as more abstract digital visualizations, like Place Value Disks.
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Bright Little Stars nursery in Harrow has achieved the prestigious Gold award in Healthy Early Years London, being among the first 10 nurseries in the borough of Harrow to achieve this.
Healthy Early Years London (HEYL) is an awards scheme funded by the Mayor of London which supports and recognises achievements in child health, wellbeing, and development in early years settings. HEYL complements and enhances the statutory Early Years Foundation Stage framework, adding to the focus on children, families, and staff health and wellbeing.
Jeena Kara, Supernumerary 1st Deputy Manager at Harrow, said: “We have been working very hard to sustain the work we have implemented to achieve the Silver Award with the introduction of the vast activities and training we have implemented across the nursery to support children with their speech and language skills.
“In order to gain the Gold Award, we started a toothbrushing scheme for the children to brush their teeth at the nursery, we have built an amazing partnership with a Dental Hygienist as well as the Dental Wellness trust, who support the staff to implement good oral hygiene within the nursery. The staff are now well trained in supporting children to understand about healthy eating as well as having good oral health.
“We have also been working very hard on implementing 2-year checks in order to ensure we are supporting the children correctly at this age. It is important for us as a nursery to work in partnerships not only with parents but with outside agencies, for example, speech and language therapists, paediatricians, hearing impairments teams, schools, and more. We do our best to ensure the children are gaining high-quality care and learning during their time here at BLS Harrow.”
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The stats below offer a startling glimpse into what work and leadership is like for women around the world. Click or tap the refresh button for a new fact, and share them with your friends, family and colleagues. They’re not all depressing. I promise.
Taking a more in-depth examination of women and leadership, our September issue focuses on some of the complicated ways gender manifests itself in our workplaces. We’ve gone beyond “leaning in,” “having it all,” and “opting out” to discuss the powerful and unseen barriers women encounter they’re rising through the ranks, particularly a second-generation bias that few young men and women recognize. We talked to 24 current and former not-white-male CEOs, who spoke candidly about what they faced as they built their careers and how they developed inclusive organizations. And we’ve got advice about how to sell your ideas to women, in a world where there are growing numbers of women with P&L power.
We’ve also taken a dive into our archive, selecting the best on an array of topics:
Women don’t get paid as much as men, and that includes at the CFO level: Even when women are initially paid more at hiring, their salaries trailed their male counterparts by 5% after two years. In meritocracies, research finds that bias often plays into who gets paid what — and that women often wind up with less money compared to men. And when it comes to the question of whether women just pick jobs in sectors that pay less, that’s the case in some situations, but hardly in all of them.
A recent study found that female leaders bested their male peers on traits like empathy, influence, and conflict management, and even have a slight edge when it comes to being self-aware. And 360 evaluations discovered that women are rated higher in fully 12 of the 16 competencies that go into outstanding leadership. On the downside, female leaders are less likely to be seen as demonstrating strategic vision and comfortable with risk-taking. There are also far more paradoxes faced by women on the road to be a leader compared to men. Then there’s this sticky issue:
Currently, it seems, it’s incredibly hard for women to be viewed as both competent and liked. While there are some findings that both men and women become less likable as they move up the ladder — and that women maintain a higher level of likability the higher they climb — there’s ample evidence that women pay a likability penalty when they succeed.
Talent & Teams
There’s also evidence that women are gaining speed globally where the race for talent is tight. We know that strategic alliances can make or break female leaders. There’s also one of my favorite research findings: adding at least one woman to a team raises its collective intelligence. And on a more individual level, there are couple of proactive things women should consider: these research-based ways to network more effectively and break out of the girls’ club. And some good news for women: when top-performing men switch companies, their performance tends to drop, but when star women transfer to a new firm, their performance remains high.
Everything seems up in the air when it comes to how couples and single mothers both parent and work. We know that men are more inclined to believe that working outside the home and raising a family should be an equal endeavor among couples, while women are a little more cynical about this utopia given their life experience. Globally, women who leave work after having a child in countries like Germany, the U.S., and Japan tend to off-ramp far longer than women in India, and have less success in finding a job when they’re ready to go back to work. Post-recession, fewer mothers are leaving the paid workforce, but those who did leave are having an even tougher time getting back in. While bias against working mothers is generally more extreme than bias against working fathers, men are more likely than women to face penalties if they take parental leave or flex-time benefits. And while the parenting question is important for the actual parents, it’s also highly relevant for the women who are left behind when their coworkers and mentors leave the workforce.
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Dear fellow Harvard alumni,
It is my pleasure to serve as the President of the Harvard Club of Georgia. I am grateful for the leadership team we have assembled and am eager to continue to build upon all the work that our past leaders have done for the club.
When we think about the Harvard Club of Georgia, we think about a place where alumni can gather, regardless of your Harvard school affiliation, to fellowship, learn from, and mentor each other. We want the Harvard Club of Georgia to be a place where you see familiar faces and know that you are supported in your personal and professional endeavors. We want to provide a community that is forward thinking and provides an opportunity to capture the knowledge of our members who are truly impacting the world in a positive way.
Our goal is to help connect Georgia Harvard alumni and steward meaningful relationships along the way.
We will continue to have our annual and recurring signature events like:
- The Sunday Supper Series and Book Club
- Annual Dinner
- Summer Picnic
- Prospective Harvard College Interviewing
- Co-sponsored events with the HBS Club of Atlanta and other Atlanta-based groups
- Happy Hours and other socials
As we embark upon this new year with the Club, you can expect:
- More consistent communications in monthly newsletters that highlight ways that you can get involved with the club
- More structure to our organization
- Mentorship opportunities, so we can share our professional knowledge among our members
The Club would not be possible without your involvement. Thank you for your continued support. If you would like to join the Harvard Club of Georgia as a member, click here.
Thank you again. It is my pleasure to serve.
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Childhood Cancer Month (September 2016)Published: ()
The Cancer in Young People in Canada (CYP-C) program is a national childhood cancer system that was launched in 2009 to contribute to cancer control in all children living with cancer in Canada. It includes nearly 100% of all children aged up to 14 years who have been diagnosed with cancer in Canada.
The CYP-C program will soon release its first surveillance report. For more information, please visit the program website.
< 15 years
While rare, childhood cancer is the leading cause of disease-related deaths in children under the age of fifteen. [Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, 2015]
Every year in Canada, 910 children are diagnosed with cancer, and 135 die of the disease. [CCS, 2015]
Five-year survival rates have improved substantially from 71% in the late 1980s to 83% in 2004-2008. [CCS, 2015]
2 out of 3
Nearly 2 out of 3 childhood cancer survivors face long-term physical and mental side-effects from the disease and its treatment. [Oeffinger KC et al., 2006]
The average total cost incurred by families of a child diagnosed with cancer was $28,475 for the first three months following a child’s diagnosis. [Tsimicalis, 2010]
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Once dismissed as less effective, the vaccine now seems to be preventing infections and illness about as well as the two mRNA options.
Approximately 17 million Americans received the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine, only to discover later that it was the least protective available in the country. According to new data, the vaccine now prevents infections, hospitalizations, and deaths at least as well as the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
Some experts aren’t convinced that the vaccine has proven itself, and the reasons aren’t clear. However, the accumulating data offer considerable reassurance to vaccine recipients, and if confirmed, they may have broad implications for its deployment in various parts of the world.
The most practical option in Africa, for example, is to distribute single-dose vaccines that can be refrigerated for months.
Johnson & Johnson has temporarily shut down the only plant producing usable vaccine batches. Aspen Pharmacare, based in South Africa, is preparing to supply large quantities across the continent. Only 13 percent of Africans are fully vaccinated, and only 1 percent have received a booster shot.
“For Africa, where we need vaccines quickly, the single dose is exciting,” said Linda Gail-Bekker, director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Center at the University of Cape Town, who has studied the vaccine’s effectiveness there.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was marketed as an attractive option for communities with limited access to health care, including some in the United States. There have been bumps along the way.
Single-dose vaccines produced a weaker initial immune response, and more people with the single-dose vaccine had breakthrough infections than those who had two doses of the mRNA vaccines Pfizer or Moderna.
Health officials in the United States and South Africa halted the J.&J. vaccine distribution as they investigated reports of a rare blood-clotting disorder in women. While both countries resumed the rollouts shortly after, the vaccine’s reputation never fully recovered.
According to some experts, the idea that the vaccine is inferior has become outdated. Recent data suggest that it has more than held its own against its competitors.
It has been our understanding that J.&J. has been downgraded in people’s minds,” Gail-Bekker said. Although it is a single-dose vaccine, “it punches above its weight.”
C.D.C. data showed that until last June, immunization with Moderna resulted in the lowest rates of breakthrough infections; Johnson & Johnson had the highest rates, with Pfizer-BioNTech in the middle.
In the summer, the gaps — especially between Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer — began to close. As of now, all vaccines seem to be performing similarly against Coronavirus infections; Johnson & Johnson seems to be doing slightly better.
As of Jan. 22, the latest data available, unvaccinated people were 3.2 times as likely to become infected as those who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine; they were 2.8 times as likely to become infected as those who received two doses of the Moderna vaccine and 2.4 times as likely as those who received two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Compared to the two alternatives, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine appeared to be somewhat more protective against infection.
It appears that all vaccines were roughly equally effective against infection among Americans who received booster doses. Johnson & Johnson’s previous level of protection was not greatly improved by a booster shot (although the data do not indicate which type of booster shot was given).
The C.D.C. collected data from 29 jurisdictions, representing 67 percent of the population.
“These data add to the growing body of evidence that the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine protects against breakthrough infections and hospitalizations,” the company said.
According to the findings, J.&J.’s vaccine deserves a closer look, said Doctor, an expert in vaccine development at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
The vaccine platform may have some unexpected characteristics that we hadn’t anticipated, he said. We should spend more time understanding the data, since it is interesting and provocative.
According to Doctor, the results are in line with his experience in H.I.V. research with the adenovirus that forms the backbone of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. “It has a much longer durability than almost any other platform we’ve ever worked with,” he said.
With each passing month, scientists are only beginning to understand why the vaccine’s profile is improving.
After vaccination, antibody levels skyrocket for a few weeks, but then rapidly decline. According to some research, the J.&J. vaccine may produce antibodies that decline more slowly than those produced by other vaccines. A biological phenomenon called affinity maturation may cause those antibodies to become more sophisticated over time.
Some researchers suggest the vaccine offered a more robust defense against the Omicron variant responsible for the recent increase in infections. The vaccine also trains other parts of the immune system at least as well as the other two.
It is not universally agreed that Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is catching up. According to Natalie Dean, a biostatistician at Emory University, it may only appear effective now because many recipients had breakthrough infections early on. According to her, they may have a different immune profile.
Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients who did not get a booster now have a lower infection rate. Even so, Doctor noted that the death rate is slightly higher than that among those who received the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
Although the differences are small, they disappeared among those who received booster shots. The C.D.C.’s statistics on deaths only run through Jan. 1, and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine’s edge may not become apparent until February or March, according to Dan Barouch, a virologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston who collaborated with Johnson & Johnson in its development.
It is common for deaths to lag infections by weeks or months, “since many deaths occur after prolonged hospital stays,” he explained.
As a result, Doctor would prefer to see data with information on individual factors, like prior infections and other high-risk conditions, rather than the CDC’s age-adjusted overall figures.
It is a shame that we do not have more direct studies of outcomes among people who received J.&J., she said. In part, that’s because fewer people got the vaccine than mRNA vaccines, but it’s also because we’re relying on other countries to generate data.
The South African government has provided some of that information. Approximately 240,000 health care workers were evaluated in the Sisonke study by Doctor and her colleagues, who administered one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and two doses.
First, researchers matched the recipients with a control group based on age, sex, risk factors for Covid, socioeconomic status, and prior Covid infection. During the time when the Delta variant was dominant in the country, the vaccine had an effective rate of 67 percent against hospitalization and about 82 percent against death. There was a similar level of protection against the Beta variant.
“The single dose worked very well during the Beta and Delta waves,” said Doctor.
A booster of the same vaccine was offered to the participants when the Omicron variant began circulating in South Africa. More than half of them disagreed.
“The pushback was extraordinary,” Doctor said. At that point, it was perceived that Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were superior. “It seemed like we were offering a very second-rate product,” she said.
In spite of this, the data suggest that two doses of the J.&J. vaccine were as effective as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against hospitalization with the Omicron variant. Researchers presented the findings in Denver last month at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
Experts said that even though the trial only looked at people who received two doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, it suggests it could be an excellent booster for those who received two doses of an mRNA vaccine.
Johnson & Johnson’s mRNA vaccines were recommended over the mRNA vaccines by the C.D.C. in December, citing the risk of rare side effects like blood clots and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Blood clots were found in four cases per million people who received the vaccine; women ages 30 to 39 had the highest incidence, at about 11 per million.
There have also been uncommon side effects associated with mRNA vaccines. Every 100,000 vaccinated males aged 16 to 29 are thought to develop myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart.
It may be possible to determine which combination of vaccines is safest and most effective in the long run, Doctor said. Some vaccines may also benefit from the arrival of new variants, according to her.
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One of the clearest signs of a kidney infection or disorder is experiencing pain after eating a meal. There are several causes that lead to such discomfort, which makes a diagnosis from an experienced expert is crucial.
Pain in the kidney area can be quite severe, and it can seriously debilitate an individual and prevent simple movements as well, because the pain usually occurs in the flanks and the sides of the person, and often stretches further towards the back as well.
The pain occurs sharply and suddenly, and comes and goes from time to time. A serious disease/disorder will often lead to intense pain in the kidneys immediately after eating, and this is a clear sign that you are afflicted by a serious medical condition that needs to be checked by a medical expert.
Common Causes of Kidney Pain
There are a few well-known factors that can lead to discomfort in the kidneys, and especially after eating. Preventing these conditions completely is not possible, but you can take certain measures in order to reduce their intensity and frequency. Once the pain starts appearing regularly, you must take some curative action in order to ease your suffering. Failure to do so could even lead to kidney failure.
- Kidney stones are the most common cause of pain in the mornings, and this implies a condition where a small particle of concentrated minerals gets stuck in the tube that connects the kidney to the bladder. This results in the blockage of urine which swells up the kidney, and thus causes tremendous pain, especially while passing urine.
- Kidney infection (also known as pyelonephritis) is also something that plagues many people around the world, and this causes the inflammation of the tissues inside the kidney. The resulting pain is quite severe and intense.
- Bleeding in the kidney (or infarction of the kidney) can also cause severe pain from time to time.
- Kidney cancer, polycystic kidney disease, arteriosclerosis, blocked urine flow, and bladder or ureteral spasms can also cause a great degree of pain in the kidneys of individuals.
All of these causes inadvertently lead to kidney pain after eating as well, although the degrees of pain will certainly differ from condition to condition. One of the surest ways of knowing that the pain is being caused by a kidney disorder, is to ascertain if the pain is spreading or not, and if the pain occurs in waves.
The problem of determining the real source of the pain can be distressing and prolonged, due to the nature of the symptoms. There are many different conditions that cause similar symptoms in similar areas, and this tends to confuse people. A few tests need to be conducted on the individual before determining that the pain is occurring as a result of some kidney disorder or kidney infection.
Treatment of the Condition
The mode of treatment and the time span for which it would need to be administered, depends on the nature of the condition, and the severity with which it manifests. This is something that can only be accurately diagnosed by a medical expert, and as mentioned before, it will take some time to pinpoint the real cause of the pain. If your pain is accompanied by other signs like loss of appetite and nausea, then the course of treatment to be adopted may be slightly different as well.
One of the clearest indicators of a kidney infection, is the sensation of pain after drinking alcohol. People who consume heavy amounts of alcohol on a regular basis will be more prone to contracting such conditions, and they need to be more alert and wary about the pain as and when it arises.
Toxification of the kidney and the liver is something that alcohol is notorious for, and you need to curb your drinking habits in order to avoid this. A test known as a urinalysis will be conducted to determine the root of the problem, and in many cases a CT scan will also be necessary before achieving relief.
The key is to observe the symptoms as and when they arise, and take action immediately. This pain can be quite disruptive in an individual’s life, and if you are experiencing this problem, you need to visit a doctor at the earliest.
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Lock the language switching option if you want your students to access assessments and exercises in one language only.
Log into your Happy Numbers teacher account.
Select the “Roster” section on your teacher dashboard.
Click the “Change” button next to the language option.
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The AR+ mode allows you to place annotations in the live stream of the mobile user that stays in place despite movement in the room or change of perspective.
Step 1: To start the scanning process, enter the AR+ mode (Fig. 7) (6) (see "How can I start the AR+ Mode on IOS sessions?") and follow the instructions on your screen displayed (see Fig. 9)
Please make sure to scan the entire surface, where annotations are to be placed (e.g., an entire machine), upfront, so that it is fully covered with the virtual grid. If you scan and annotate part by part, annotations may be slightly displaced. Detailed scanning thus increases the accuracy.
Step 2: You can annotate with 2D freehand drawings (Fig. 10) (2) in different colors and stroke width, see fig. 9 below. (1)
Step 3: An additional feature available exclusively in AR+ mode is the placement of straight (3) or rotating (5) 3D arrows.
The direction of the arrow is defined via the respective drop-down menu.
The arrow is placed upon a click on the designated position on the grid.
Step 4: Individual 3D annotations can still be moved, scaled, or deleted later on using the scale icon. (6)
Step 5: This manipulation can be blocked by activating the lock symbol. (7)
Step 6: To undo or repeat the latest steps, please use the arrow keys on the right edge of the screen. (10)
To delete all annotations at once, click on the trash icon. (10)
Step 7: The flash is still available in AR+ mode. (8)
Step 8: The speaker icon (9) allows you to mute and thus control the incoming audio streams.
Step 9: The microphone icon (9) allows you to mute yourself and thus control the transmission of your audio stream.
Step 10: By using the ruler (9), you can measure distances in the live stream.
Step 11: Once you selected the ruler (Fig. 11) (1), define the start and endpoint by simply tapping on the screen (2).
The software automatically calculates the distance between the points and displays them either in the unit cm or inch. (3)
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For their 3rd ΗΜΑ workshop, the 27 HEMI MUSIC AWARDS nominees had the chance to meet with Mandy Aubry, Director of Business Development for EMEA and APAC at Songtrust.
Mandy’s wonderful workshop was an introduction to Music Publishing, with useful and crucial information on topics such as When is the right time to sort out your music publishing, Linking the composition and recording, Why direct collection is best, Traditional publishing (& co-publishing) deals, Publishing administration deals or Modern music publishing administration deals.
About Mandy :
Mandy Aubry is the Director of Business Development for EMEA and APAC at Songtrust, the world’s largest technology solution for global music publishing royalty collection and administration. Aubry is based in the Netherlands and leads Songtrust’s expansion across EMEA and APAC. She has more than 20 years of experience in the music industry, previously working for music publishing administrator Fintage House, and the renowned hard rock and heavy metal record label, Roadrunner Records. Aubry also holds the Rightsholder position on the Executive Board of the Association for Electronic Music.
Mandy Aubry has a unique talent for demystifying the complexities surrounding music publishing, and is committed to its democratisation. Originally from London, Mandy lives with her family in the historical city of Leiden in the Dutch province of South Holland.
Songtrust is the world’s largest technology solution for global music publishing royalty collection and administration. It was founded to simplify music rights management and remove the complexity of the publishing landscape. Songtrust’s core mission is to help musicians, publishers, labels, and distributors easily track and collect global publishing royalties for their music catalogs.
Songtrust administers more than 2,000,000 songs and represents more than 300,000 songwriters, including those who have written songs recorded by Drake, Billie Eilish, and Kendrick Lamar. The company works with publishers and distributors such as CD Baby, Downtown Music Publishing, and Sub Pop Publishing.
Songtrust maintains the most extensive, accessible publishing network in the music industry by having direct relationships across more than 50 rights societies around the world covering more than 215 countries and territories. Songtrust® is a registered service mark of ST Music LLC, which is owned and operated by Downtown Music Holdings. Songtrust was named a Billboard Magazine Top Music Startup upon launch in 2011.
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🥾 Sealy Tarns and Hooker Valley tracks at Aoraki/Mount Cook
One of the activities I was most excited about doing in New Zealand was a couple of hikes in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. There is absolutely no shortage of hikes and nature walks in New Zealand—they are everywhere. We avoided visiting places that would be far from our general direction of travel from north to south on our trip, and Mount Cook fit into our itinerary quite well. Considering the other things we wanted to fit in, planning to visit Mount Cook was easy.
We also did some research into the various hikes around the country, and we didn’t have a lot of time on the trip so weren’t particularly keen on a multi-day hike (so that ruled out the Milford Track). A full-day hike was possible, so we did contemplate doing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, but gave it a skip because it would really take a full day and we’d have to organise drop-off and pick-up. We decided to leave it for another trip.
The easy Hooker Valley track in Mount Cook seemed like a must-do if we were going to visit the national park, but I looked into the other options there to see if we could squeeze in a more challenging hike. I settled on the Sealy Tarns track, which seemed very worthy of doing even though it’s described as the “Stairway to Heaven” with 2,200 stairs. The track is pretty much just stairs, with an altitude of over 500 metres (1,640 ft). Nick and I are quite fit so I was sure we would have no trouble. Different sources said that hiking the track ranged between 2.5 and 4 hours.
Both hikes were return hikes, so we would come back to the starting point. The starting point of both hikes were in the same area. The plan was to do the Sealy Tarns track first thing, arriving as soon as the park opens, and—factoring in crowds and heat during summer—then do the “easy” Hooker Valley track. If we did the easy track first, we might be way too tired to climb stairs, whereas climbing stairs, followed by climbing back down, and then walking a mostly flat track, would be like active recovery. 😉
It turns out we didn’t have to worry at all about sunshine and heat. It was incredibly cloudy and cold when we arrived at Mount Cook. We made good time, arriving at about 8:45am and getting started with the Sealy Tarns hike immediately. In our bag we had packed some snacks, including cereal bars, crackers, fruit, and salami for protein; ponchos; some spare items of clothing; sunscreen; and of course lots of water. It was forecast to rain at around 2:00pm but we estimated we would be done with both hikes by then.
The Sealy Tarns track was probably one of my favourite hikes I’ve ever done. I think the thing that really got me about it was the beautiful views, and the fact that most every other stair-climbing or inline hike or track is through trees or doesn’t have any kind of view for most of the way up, but on the Sealy Tarns track, everywhere you looked had an incredible view. Granted, it was mostly the same as you went around. But it meant you never really got bored, and you could physically see how far you had walked from your starting point (be it vertically or as the crow flies).
It was only a slightly strenuous hike, and the stairs felt like a huge challenge at first, but the further we went along the track, the easier it felt. I roughly counted the stairs and it seemed that there were a little less than 2,000!
There is a spot about halfway where you can get a very good view, but I figure if you make it that far, and aren’t completely cooked, you may as well make it to the top. The track continues onto the Mueller Hut track but that is a more advanced track—you need to be prepared especially in extreme weather conditions. We weren’t game enough to do that track, and we weren’t too keen on preparing for it with all the other travelling we were doing.
At the top of the Sealy Tarns track are beautiful views of the mountains, and in the distance you may be able to spot some with snow. We were able to see a lot of clouds, and the sky wasn’t completely clear. It would be clear on a good day but I recommend sunscreen regardless of the weather, as you are quite exposed to the elements because you are on the side of a mountain the whole time.
There are some large picnic tables, but there are no other facilities. On the day we went, it was quite cold and windy so we didn’t want to stick around too much. We ate some cereal bars and took some photos before heading back down. It’s definitely tougher on the knees when you head back down so many stairs. In total, it took us almost two-and-a-half hours to do the hike from the starting point and back, including a short break at the top. We obviously had to stop at some points along the hike to catch our breath!
After returning to the start of the hike, we took refuge inside the indoor shelter, and ate some more snacks from our day bag before continuing on the Hooker Valley track. The wind started to pick up a bit while we were on the track, and we moved faster when this happened. The weather had started out looking rather fine, just a little bit cold. We were expecting it to get worse, though.
The track crosses three suspension bridges, and apart from a few steps here and there, is otherwise mostly flat with no incline. It’s easy for young children to do if they don’t mind long periods of walking. My only minor disappointment is that it didn’t feel like we could fully enjoy the view from the bridges or take too many photos on it—I believe the wind speed was at least 50–60kmh (31–37mph) and it made it rather uneasy to walk on the bridges so people were moving very fast. I did get this sense of trying to get the hike done quicker to avoid being rained on at 2:00pm.
At the tail end of the hike was access to the edge of a stream of water, and some hikers were enjoying a snack or sitting near the water. There was a sign with a warning that the water was very cold—about 3ºC (37ºF)—which instantly made me think of a refrigerator or freezer, and I thought it mustn’t be too bad to at least touch and put my hand in for a second or two. It was not as cold as I thought, but definitely cold! It felt so fresh.
Unfortunately the rain came an hour earlier than the forecast suggested, so we were were about to start our return when it started drizzling, then quickly picked up speed. It was at that moment that I asked Nick to help me put a poncho on. He had bought a waterproof rain jacket earlier in our trip and didn’t need a poncho, haha. 😛 The wind was being a nuisance and made it difficult to get the poncho on properly. We noticed other people with the same struggle. 😅
It didn’t feel like the poncho did too much, mostly because it kept being blown by the wind on the return. The winds were so strong that I noticed—for myself and other people my size—it was effectively blowing people across the path so they were propelled forward and forced to run. You could also see some of the shrubs and grass on the sides of this boardwalk leaning very far in the same direction because of the wind.
It felt like a hurry to get back, as the rain starting getting worse and everyone wanted to be undercover. Lots of hikers were moving very quickly back to the starting point, while some families with children were still very keen to get photos on the suspension bridge closest to the starting point—despite the blowing winds!
It’s funny how the rain can drench your clothes even though it’s not bucketing with rain, but merely from a light amount of rain over an extended period of time. We were very keen to jump back into the car and drive out of Aoraki/Mount Cook, out of the mountains and into the warm sunshine outside of the park. 🌞 | <urn:uuid:432e5891-e17b-4803-a3af-c77810a12672> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://hey.georgie.nu/aoraki/ | 2023-09-23T16:46:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506528.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230923162848-20230923192848-00698.warc.gz | en | 0.986256 | 1,803 |
Your Hand in Mine
Last night James and I went to the Explosions in the Sky concert and it was truly amazing. I was expecting something great, from the reviews I read, but it was much better than expected.
James was already tired by the time he picked me up, because he’d been working all day. We parked at the station (lucky we found a parking spot, but it might have been because it was Sunday evening and it’s not that busy) and caught a train to the city, where the theatre was located. Since I had a bit of cash left on the refund card James gave me a while ago, we decided to spend it on a bit of food. We bought some beef jerky and dark chocolate.
We had walked past the theatre at 6:30 and no one was there, so we had a chicken bun and a pork floss bun. I brought a banana with me and ate that as we walked. James said it was like an emergency banana. XD
We arrived back at the theatre at around 7:00pm. The doors were due to open at 7:30pm. We hadn’t been gone long and there was already a line at the door. We joined the line and before long – only about ten minutes – the line behind us got much longer.
We walked into the theatre and stood at the front, right in front of the stage. James wasn’t too keen on standing so close to the speakers. He warned me that if the music got too loud for him, he’d move to the back but I could stay at the front. I secretly hoped he wouldn’t want to go to the back. Since I’m very short, I always try to go as close as possible to the front. Even in the third row at my previous concert, tall people were in front of me and my friend Dylan had to carry me at some point so I could see.
James was notified by a security guard that he had to put his backpack in the cloakroom. So much for eating beef jerky through the concert… nah, haha. We weren’t that disappointed and he felt better without it anyway.
The concert had sold out last week, so we were expecting a huge crowd behind us. The theatre wasn’t full until the show nearly started at 8:15pm. The opening act, Charge Group, are a four-piece from Sydney. Usually I don’t know what to expect from homegrown talent but most of the time they are pretty good. We were surprised to see that this band played music very similar to Explosions in the Sky. EITS’s music is instrumental, and their music is of the post-rock genre. Their music is hard to describe, but think of modern symphonies. Your classic music greats – Mozart, Beethoven – mixed with rock music, beautiful piano melodies and highly intricate guitar melodies. Charge Group were a bit more on the rock side of things, but with their violinist, they had a great edge to their sound. All of the songs they played were varying as well – some had words, some didn’t – and they varied in style. One was very catchy, others loud, and some really progressive.
The bassist of the group was so dull; he seemed way out of it, and he didn’t have any enthusiasm. (Maybe he had a bad day.) The lead guitarist/singer and the violinist made up for his dullness though. They were so enthusiastic and I was completely intrigued by the lead – he was moving around and really putting all his energy into his playing. He moved his neck around and back and forth. I enjoyed watching him and the violinist, and the drummer was so swift and excellent.
During the intermission, while the stage was being changed, the curtains closed. James and I had a chat and as we were talking and looking at the crowd, I recognised a girl behind me. She was Diana, a girl I went to primary school (ten years ago!) with. After finally asking her, “Hey, are you Diana?” she gasped in shock and exclaimed, “Oh my god, Georgina! I haven’t seen you in over like seven years!”
We had a small chat before EITS played. What are the chances of seeing her, right behind me, at an Explosions in the Sky concert? Of all the places. :’)
Explosions were just amazing. Just incredible. They turned on the fog machine. At this point the crowd whistled and cheered loudly. The whole time they had been rather quiet. People barely moved. I was glad there were no moshpits or people jumping.
During the first couple of songs, there were photographers in the section between the audience and the stage who had photo passes so they could take photos on their professional cameras. I was so annoyed at this one guy who didn’t move from his position and blocked my view of the lead guitarist, Michael. The other photographers moved around. Thankfully they were only allowed fifteen minutes of photographing before they were ushered away by security guards.
EITS didn’t play my favourite song, So Long, Lonesome; they didn’t have a keyboard on stage and it does play a major role in that song. However, they played some of their best hits and they played well. They were wonderful live; just like how they sounded on the recordings. Standing in the audience I felt amazed by their playing, and I saw that they had their eyes closed as they played. It felt like the times I had listened to their music at night as I drifted off to sleep.
They played for ninety minutes straight. During that time, I felt like I was floating, I felt numb, I stared into space – I was just blown away. I nearly cried. I think I would have, but my antidepressants have been making me feel less emotional, so my emotion didn’t hit the extreme of tears coming out of my eyes. It was upsetting that they just put down their instruments and only Munaf (one of the guitarists) farewelled us. There was an extra stage guitarist (not in the band) who waved at us. I could see they were so exhausted though; Michael was sweating so much sweat was dripping down his guitar.
I took a lot of photos; I’ll be sure to share a bunch of them or post them on my photoblog so keep an eye out. ♥️
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Solvency Funding Relief Details for Broader Public Sector Released by Ontario Government
Date: February 11, 2011
On February 10, 2011, the Ontario government released the Details of the Proposed Temporary Solvency Funding Relief for Certain Pension Plans in the Broader Public Sector (“BPS”) (the “Details”). The government previously announced that it would consider providing solvency funding relief for pension plans provided in respect of BPS employers in the university sector on August 5, 2010. The stated goal of the proposed solvency funding relief is to support sustainable public sector and BPS defined benefit or hybrid pension plans, including Ontario university pension plans.
This FTR Now briefly summarizes the government’s proposed Details of the temporary relief. The government will accept comments on the proposed Details until March 28, 2011. Despite this, plans with valuation dates in 2010 are required to file for Stage 1 relief by March 23, 2011.
PLANS ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF
Based on the government’s February 10th announcement, the temporary solvency funding relief will be available for eligible single-employer pension plans sponsored by the following public sector or BPS entities:
- the Crown in right of Ontario, a Crown agency, a corporation owned, operated or controlled by the Crown, and any other board, commission authority or unincorporated body of the Crown;
- a district school board;
- a person or entity that is a health service provider;
- a college of applied arts and technology;
- a university in Ontario, including its affiliated and federated colleges;
- a municipality; and
- a children’s aid society.
The relief does not apply to multi-employer plans in the public sector or BPS.
Further, to be eligible, at least 25% of total plan membership as of the valuation date must consist of active members who continue to accrue defined benefits under the plan. Therefore, for example, existing “pre-OMERS” pension plans with very few or no active members would be ineligible for relief.
DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED RELIEF
As anticipated, the proposed relief will be provided in two stages. In exchange for the relief, eligible plan sponsors would be expected to adopt plan changes that would make their plans more sustainable in the long term. Plan changes could include (but are not limited to) the following:
- converting to joint sponsorship for future service;
- more equitable sharing of the normal cost of providing benefits between employers and members;
- linking some future benefits, such as inflation protection, to plan performance; and
- enhancing cost certainty and affordability through benefit adjustments that make plans more sustainable.
The government has acknowledged that this process could require “discussions” with collective bargaining agents who represent members of the affected pension plans. In fact, in cases where the pension plan forms part of the collective agreement and/or the collective agreement contains restrictions on plan amendments or sets out the plan formula or member contribution level, these changes may require collective bargaining with and/or the consent of the unions.
Additional conditions will also apply. These include special disclosure to members and retirees, stricter limits on contribution holidays and restrictions on benefit improvements.
According to the Details, the government will not provide additional funding to finance pension deficits.
STAGE 1 RELIEF
Under Stage 1 relief, eligible plan sponsors will be required file a valuation report with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (“FSCO”), which will be designated as the Stage 1 Report. Plan sponsors will have three years from the valuation date of the Stage 1 Report to make appropriate plan changes that will make their plans more sustainable. The plan changes must enable the plan to meet actuarial “savings targets” that have been established by the government and are summarized in the Details documents.
During the three year period following the Stage 1 Valuation Date, no solvency valuations will be required to be filed with FSCO. For example, if the Stage 1 Valuation Date is December 31, 2010, no solvency valuation will be required until December 31, 2013.
Solvency payments established under pre-Stage 1 valuations will be suspended. However, plan sponsors will be required to make minimum payments throughout the three year period to ensure the existing solvency shortfall does not increase.
New going concern payments may be deferred up to 12 months from the date of the Stage 1 Report. Existing going concern payments will continue to be made based on previously established schedules.
At the end of Stage 1, plan sponsors will be required to prepare and submit to the Ministry of Finance another valuation report (the Stage 1 Progress Report) to demonstrate progress in meeting the applicable savings targets. The Progress Report will be required to be submitted no later than six months after the end of the Stage 1 period. If the Progress Report reveals that the plan changes will meet the savings targets, the plan will be considered for Stage 2 relief.
If a plan does not meet the eligibility criteria for Stage 2 relief, a new actuarial valuation must be filed with FSCO (also effective as at the end of Stage 1). The going concern and solvency special payments required to fund any unfunded liabilities or deficits revealed in that valuation will be amortized in accordance with the existing Pension and Benefits Act (PBA) funding schedules (15 years for going concern unfunded liabilities and five years for solvency deficits). The Stage 1 exit valuation will have to be filed no later than one year after the valuation date.
STAGE 2 RELIEF
If, based on the Stage 1 Progress Report, the Minister of Finance finds that substantial progress has been made in meeting the savings targets, the Details document indicates that the Ministry of Finance would recommend further funding relief to be provided to the eligible plan. The plan sponsor will be required to file a Stage 2 Valuation Report with 12 months from the end of Stage 1.
If accepted for Stage 2 relief, any solvency deficiency identified in the Stage 2 Valuation Report will be amortized over a period of no more than 10 years, with the first payment starting no later than 12 months after the date of the Stage 2 Valuation Report. Any additional solvency deficiency revealed in a report subsequent to the Stage 2 Valuation Report would be amortized over a period that is the longer of five years or the remaining period from the valuation date to the end of the 10 year Stage 2 period. Going concern unfunded liabilities will continue to be funded in accordance with the normal PBA timelines.
The government will require that the applicable plan changes identified during Stage 1 be fully adopted no more than five years from the effective date of the Stage 1 Progress Report.
A NOTE REGARDING JSPPS
For plans considering the possible conversion of a single-employer pension plan to a jointly sponsored pension plan (“JSPP”) as a possible step sponsors could take to obtain solvency funding relief, it is important to note that the PBA was recently amended to provide that existing JSPPs will not be required to fund solvency deficits. Existing JSPPs were those JSPPs in existence on August 24, 2010.
In the Details, the government indicated that, although the exemption from the requirement to fund on a solvency basis applies only to existing JSPPs, plans that convert to JSPPs in respect of future service could be considered for relief from future solvency deficiencies. The details regarding the conditions or criteria the government might consider in order to provide relief from future solvency deficiencies have not been released. The Details also state that existing solvency deficiencies would still need to be addressed for plans that convert to JSPPs.
For sponsors entering into JSPP discussions, the Details indicate that consideration must be given by the parties to the need for agreement between the plan sponsor and the representatives of plan members on issues such as the plan’s governance structure, sharing of gains and losses, funding policies and contribution rate stabilization reserves, and the way in which accrued benefits are addressed in the event of a plan wind up.
KEY DATES AND NEXT STEPS
1. APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 23, 2011 (VALUATION DATE BETWEEN tDECEMBER 31, 2009 AND DECEMBER 31, 2010)
Employers that intend to apply for the temporary solvency funding relief will be required to submit an application to the Ministry of Finance prior to filing the Stage 1 valuation report. Eligible pension plans with a valuation date between December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 must apply before March 23, 2011. The applicable deadlines for plans with valuation dates in 2011 or 2012 will be announced in the future.
2. CERTAIN VALUATION FILING DATES EXTENDED
For plans that must file their valuation reports on or before April 30, 2011, the PBA Regulations will be amended to extend the deadline for filing the valuation report to May 31, 2011 – which is intended to be after the necessary regulations for the relief measures are published.
3. CONTENT OF RELIEF APPLICATION
The Details set out the guidelines for the applications that must be submitted. The applications will be expected to set out the estimated savings targets and contain a detailed funding plan showing how the pension plan could be modified to be consistent with the goal of sustainability. The application is to identify prospective plan changes which could be introduced, or discussed with collective bargaining agents, during Stage 1.
Collective bargaining agents are to be identified in the application, as well as the number of members represented by each bargaining agent and the date any applicable collective agreements expire.
The application must include copies of all plan documents, amendments and valuation reports filed with FSCO since December 31, 1999.
The Ministry of Finance will consider whether an application satisfies the criteria for Stage 1 relief. If a plan is considered to have satisfied the criteria, the Ministry will make a recommendation that a regulation be made to provide the described funding relief. According to the government announcement, it is contemplated that the regulations will name those pension plans that receive the temporary solvency relief commencing in 2011.
The government is seeking comments on the proposed regulations by March 28, 2011.
4. STAGE 1 EXIT OR MOVE TO STAGE 2
No more than three years after the Stage 1 Valuation Date, a progress report must be prepared. This will determine whether the plan is eligible for Stage 2 relief.
Hicks Morley’s Pension & Benefits Practice Group has been tracking the progress of this temporary relief over the past year. If you are a public sector or BPS employer and are considering making an application or wish to submit comments to the government regarding the proposed regulations, please contact Natasha Monkman at 416.864.7302 or any member of the Pension & Benefits Practice Group to discuss the temporary relief in greater detail.
We will continue to monitor the developments of these regulations and provide further updates throughout the year.
The government proposals can be found here.
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The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France (Marriner)
Sir: The Department has received from the American Diplomatic Agent at Tangier, a despatch No. 1032, March 8, 1935,62 regarding the modification of the Moroccan economic regime—the protection of Moroccan industries—customs valuation scheme, a copy of which was forwarded from Tangier to the Embassy.
The Department has observed with interest and wishes to call to the particular attention of the Embassy the reference on pages 7 and 8 of this despatch to the alleged declarations of M. Ponsot, French Resident General in Morocco, before the Chamber of Commerce at Casablanca, to the effect that the proposed modifications are imposed:
“By the necessity to favor French commerce, in exchange for the advantages demanded of France (contingents) a ‘sine qua non’ condition of French Colonization;[Page 978]
“By the necessity for protecting Moroccan industries against foreign attack;
“Finally, by the necessity to restore the yield of the customs duties, jeopardized by the ‘ad valorem’ regime applied to constantly decreasing prices.”
The first of these declarations, according to Mr. Blake, is in absolute contradiction with M. Ponsot’s solemn assertions to him that he (Ponsot) did not desire to obtain any advantage in favor of French interests in Morocco, and none of them appear to be compatible with the construction placed by M. Coursier, in his conversations with the Embassy at Paris, upon the object of the French Government’s proposals.
The Department is of the opinion that perhaps the Embassy may desire to make use of this material in future discussions with the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding the proposed modification of the customs regime in Morocco.
Very truly yours,
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Happy Monday, friends! Thank you for all the birthday wishes, and love on last week’s posts. Especially for our new baby! We are in puppy heaven over here, and it’s so fun to watch each of us grow more attached to her each day. Even Maggie.
Today I’ve got two things for you…but it also happens to be my Yes Day (read about our birthday tradition here), so I’m going to make this short and sweet! There is birthday fun to be had!
I’m kicking off a new Five Ways series around one of my favorite closet staples: black jeans! Every day this week I’ll share new ways to style your black jeans for work, date night, weekend and more. And since you asked, there’s also a girlfriend gift guide at the end. Whew!! Let’s get started!
I thought it was only fitting to kick the week off with my girlfriend uniform…this is pretty much the combo I wear for meeting girlfriends for lunch, shopping, or whatever!
Jeans, boots and a sweater is an easy combination that never fails, but adding statement accessories like a scarf or jewelry makes it extra stylish. This scarf is a new addition this year, and I love the light, gauzy material, and gorgeous leopard print.
But how can we have a Five Ways around black jeans, without me telling you about my favorite pair!? These are mid-rise, with just enough stretch to be comfortable, while still holding their shape. They aren’t stiff like a traditional jean, so nothing digs in…I’d say they’re a cross between jeans and jeggings. They are my only pair of black jeans, if that tells you how I feel about them!
Fit Tip: They are true to size, I wear a 26. I do need to cuff them to pair with booties, so they’re longer for you tall girls.
Taupe booties are forever my go-to shade…they pair so well with both browns and blacks. And every color in between.
But sometimes your day isn’t conducive to scarves (like when tacos are on the agenda), so I add a pendant necklace instead. Obviously you know I’m obsessed with this one, since I’ve worn nothing else lately! It has all the best Fall colors, making it perfect for so many outfits.
Easy, comfortable, chic…perfect for a day with the girls!
Speaking of the girls, y’all asked for gift ideas for your daughters, sisters, son’s girlfriends, teachers…and every other awesome woman in your life…so I rounded up my Nordstrom top picks in several price points.
Basically, these are the things I have and love, or would love to have! (Santa, are you listening?!) And as always, there’s free shipping and returns….and everything comes in unmarked boxes, so the snoopers will never know!
Flannel PJ Set (tons of patterns!) | Leopard Dish (perfect for small jewels)
Plaid Infinity Scarf | Tassel Earrings | Lipstick Sampler | 5-in-1 Travel Adaptor | Marble Phone Case | Fleece Lined Slipper Socks (on my own list!) | Cozy Cardigan (nothing softer!)
Candle Trio (split it up for 3 small gifts!) | Cocktail Cookbook | Plush Throw
What’s on your list this year? What go-to gifts do you love to give your girlfriends? Stay tuned all week for more black jeans inspiration…tomorrow we’re dressing them up for the office. Hope your Monday is great, lovebugs!
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Take the subway (S-Bahn) S1 and go until the station “Volksgarten”. There you change to the tram, no. 706, direction “Am Steinberg”. This is the last stop of the tram. Get off the tram and turn right, go until the end of the road. Then turn right again into Himmelgeister Strasse until the roundabout, cross it to the left towards the kiosk, walk straight for a few meters and then left into Varnhagenstrasse. The HK-Hotel Düsseldorf City is located on the left side of the street.
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HKTDC Entrepreneur Day 202016 - 17 July 2020
16 Jul 2020(Thursday)
17 Jul 2020(Friday)
LivePlenary Session: Revive ‧ Redefine
11:30AM - 12:30PM
Entrepreneurs will share how they have disrupted different sectors by creating breakthrough, and evolve and emerge in the market.
LiveEnterprise Connect Series: Epson
01:30PM - 02:00PM
Features how Epson joins hands with start-ups to create shared value and revive businesses across different industry pillars.
LiveTapping the Mainland Market – From Strategies to Practical Issues
01:30PM - 02:30PM
With the ever-growing purchasing power of Chinese consumers and the booming e-commerce industry, the mainland domestic market remains one of the most lucrative segments start-ups around the globe want to tap into. In this seminar, speakers will share how start-ups could thrive in China with innovative business models. Other practical tips on Trademark Registration and Quality Assurance in the Mainland will also be discussed.
LiveStart-ups Start at the Top – Practical Tips to Kickstart your Business
02:00PM - 03:00PM
Starting a business is more than having innovative ideas - but also to have a concrete plan for business development implemented with fund-raising skills. You will learn about how to start, develop and sustain your business through this seminar.
LiveEnterprise Connect Series: Explorium Hong Kong
02:30PM - 03:00PM
Features how Fung Group joins hands with start-ups to create shared value and revive businesses across different industry pillars.
LiveFrom Crisis To Chances: Unleashing Opportunities in Challenging Times
03:15PM - 04:15PM
Features how technological innovations and scientific researches have created business opportunities in this challenging time.
LiveEnterprise Connect Series: Arup
03:30PM - 04:00PM
Features how Arup joins hands with start-ups to create shared value and revive businesses across different industry pillars.
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04:30PM - 06:00PM
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Co-organiser: Qianhai International Liaison Services Limited
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11:00AM - 12:00PM
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12:00PM - 01:00PM
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12:30PM - 01:30PM
Co-organiser: Junior Chamber International Apex
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01:30PM - 02:30PM
Representatives from Trade and Industry Department will introduce how the integrated services of SME Centres and SME Export Marketing Fund can help entrepreneurs develop their businesses.
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01:30PM - 02:45PM
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02:30PM - 04:00PM
Start-up Bootcamp powered by AMTD Digital is a 2-hour experiential bootcamp. Hosted by a group of experienced industrial experts and start-up mentors, you will have a great opportunity to learn and connect with the right people and resources for pursuing your start-up dreams!
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03:45PM - 04:45PM
Gender equality has always been a heated topic around the world. With the growing number of successful working women in Hong Kong, the session has invited woman entrepreneurs from different sectors to share about “Women entrepreneurship in the Digital Era” and “Women’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation”
Co-organiser: The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups
LiveYouth Pitching @ E-Day
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Many innovative business ideas stem from daily observations. Themed under “Revive．Redefine”, Youth Pitching @ E-Day encourages young entrepreneurs to develop ground-breaking solutions to match the changing life patterns under COVID-19, while helping businesses stay afloat in this difficult time. Youth entrepreneurs will present and pitch in front of our judges on E-Day.
- Junior Achievement Hong Kong
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Language: Cantonese / English
LiveCreating Shared Value (CSV) with Corporate: Opportunities for Green Start-ups
04:30PM - 05:15PM
Profitability is not the only indicator for being a successful start-up, while sustainability has played an important role nowadays. Join this session and learn more about green start-ups and how to create shared value for the business society.
Co-organiser: Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
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This topic is Why do States Pursue Some Strategies and Not Others.
Some of President Kennedy’s advisors suggested he launch a targeted military strike against Cuba in order to eliminate Russia’s nuclear missiles. Ultimately, he chose a different strategy. What strategy did Kennedy choose and why did he prefer this strategy to every other strategy including a military strike? Briefly discuss each of the other strategies and explain why Kennedy believed his choice was better than the others (Hint: assume that Kennedy, like all politicians, wanted to be re-elected.
Avinash K. Dixit & Barry J. Nalebuff, “Strategic Moves,” Chapter 6 in The Art of Strategy. Pp. 173-200.
Case: Ned Lebow, The Cuban Missile Crisis, CIAO Case Study.
The ‘Strategic Moves’ should be searched by yourself online. Thanks.
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Hey y'all*, still here, still pootling along with my Happy Flowers in Acrylic Yarn. Construction is slow, but very enjoyable nonetheless.
I've loved seeing them take shape! Messing around with different colour combinations is my favourite thing to do.
You'll be pleased to know that I won't be doing my usual whinging about yarn tails this time, as I'm fastidiously sewing them in as I go along. Pat on the back for me!
The joining process is so much fun. I'm using Stylecraft Special DK in Parchment, and it's working up really nicely.
So here is a collage of the whole construction from Round One to joining at Round Seven. Love making these circles turn into squares. Such a simple motif.
In fact I'm making another bag at the moment with the same pattern, but in Cotton. It should be lovely for Summer outings.
I'm sure most of my stateside readers know who those two lovely smiley people are pictured above?! For those that don't that's Chip and Joanna Gaines. A few months ago I came across their home renovations show Fixer Upper now showing on ITV in the UK. I'm probably very late to the party, but to say I have fallen in love with these two is an understatement.
I have binge-watched every show available and can't wait for the next season to hit these shores. They take run down homes in and around Waco Texas, and totally transform them. If any of my UK readers haven't come across Chip & Jo yet, you really must take a look! Word of warning though, be prepared to be sickened by what you can get for very little money out there in Texas compared to here in the UK. Chip and Jo would be horrified to know what we pay for property this side of the pond! It's actually a crime.....
They have created quite an empire out there in Waco, and they deserve every bit of the success they've had. Talk about workhorses, four kids, several businesses, phew it makes me tired just thinking about it. I just wish I lived out there so I could visit the Silos, their latest venture. Do let me know if any of you lovely readers live nearby there?!! I'd love to know if you've visited Magnolia Market???
Btw Joanna Gaines has a lovely blog which you might want to take a look at here......
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Brown Bullhead Catfish Species Breakdown
Scientific Name: Ameiurus nebulosus
Also Known As: Mud Pout, Hornpout, and Mud Cat
Brown bullhead catfish are bottom-dwelling omnivores with a great sense of taste and smell. They feed on insects, snails, clams, algae, leeches, worms mollusks, crustaceans, crayfish, fish eggs, smaller fish and plants.
How to Identify a Brown Bullhead Catfish
Brown bullhead catfish have smooth, slimy skin with a squared tail and broad flat head. They have a brown body with a yellowish belly. Their dorsal and pectoral fins have sharp spines that can be painful if not handled carefully.
Brown Bullhead Catfish Size
Brown bullhead catfish can grow up to 20 inches long and weigh up to 8 pounds. However, they are more commonly found in 8 – 12 inch range weighing 1 – 3 lbs.
A trophy size brown bullhead catfish is 5 pounds or larger.
Brown Bullhead Catfish Size Chart – Length to Weight Conversion
Brown Bullhead Catfish World Record
The largest brown bullhead catfish ever caught was 7 pounds 6 ounces on Mahopac Lake, New York in 2009.
Where Brown Bullhead Catfish Are Found
Brown bullhead catfish are native to the Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages of North America. Today, they can be found all over North America, New Zealand and many European countries.
These fish inhabit lakes, ponds, drainage, river backwaters, reservoirs, ditches and slow moving streams. They prefer slow moving bodies of water with muddy bottoms and plenty of vegetation.
They thrive in water with low oxygen levels and are often found in murky waters.
Lifespan of a Brown Bullhead Catfish
The lifespan of a brown bullhead catfish is typically 6 – 8 years but can live up to 15 years. They reach maturity in 3 years.
Brown Bullhead Catfish Age Chart
|1 Year Old||6 inches|
|2 Years Old||12 inches|
|3 Years Old||15 inches|
|4 Years Old||16 inches|
|5 Years Old||17 inches|
|6 Years Old||18 inches|
|7 Years Old||19 inches|
|8 Years Old||19.5 inches|
|9 Years Old||19.8 inches|
|10 Years Old||20 inches|
Fishing For Brown Bullhead Catfish
Are Brown Bullhead Catfish hard to catch?
Brown bullhead catfish aren’t very hard to catch with the right bait. Refer to the baits below and with a little patients you will be able to catch a catfish.
Best Bait for Brown Bullhead Catfish
Because their nostrils are very sensitive, odor-sensing organs, “stink bait” is known to lure these fish in. That includes, rotten cheese, dog food, old rotted shad, and chicken livers.
They can also be caught using worms, leeches, shrimp, small cutbait, corn and marshmallows.
What Size Hooks for Brown Bullhead Catfish
The best hook size to catch a brown bullhead catfish are the 3/0 & 5/0 circle hooks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are brown bullhead catfish poisonous?
Brown bullhead catfish are not poisonous. Their spines located on the dorsal and pectoral fins contain a mucus that can cause infection if it punctures the skin. Learn how to safely handle catfish.
Are brown bullhead catfish good to eat?
Catfish are some of the most underrated fish in the country since they grow large, put up a good fight, and taste great.
Do brown bullhead catfish eat other fish?
Brown bullhead catfish will eat other fish. They are not picky and will eat what fits in their mouth.
What time of day is best to catch brown bullhead catfish?
Brown bullhead catfish are best caught during low light hours – just before sunrise and just after sunset.
Are the barbs dangerous?
The barbs on brown bullhead catfish’s dorsal and pectoral fins can be painful if they stab you. The mucus covering the spines may cause infection, it is best to avoid the spines. Learn how to safely handle catfish.
Do brown bullhead catfish jump?
Do brown bullhead fish have predators?
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With over eight construction firms pitching their support, Hope in Tottenham proudly announces the launch of a brand-new work opportunity initiative for CONEL and Waltham Forest College construction students.
By Omar Alleyne-Lawler, Communications Manager
In a meeting to broker mentoring relationships between students, education/skill providers and construction firms at which Tottenham MP David Lammy was present, HiT shared its vision and action plan to improve job prospects within the borough.
Hope in Tottenham thanks representatives from Arcadis, Argent, Rackham Construction, Cubit Consulting, Trombe Ltd, LTS Refurbishment and Mace Group for attending the launch event which also witnessed powerful and moving personal stories being shared.
At the end of the launch event, three CONEL students were immediately paired with industry mentors with Waltham Forest students being paired later this week.
The launch set out to discover common ground for students, local businesses and education providers whose frequent experience is that the pathway to studying, gaining work experience and eventual full-time employment in the construction industry is difficult to navigate and chronically underfunded. This latter point was emphasised in David Lammy’s well-received remarks who spoke about the ‘disproportionate burden’ many of his constituents have had to shoulder with job losses and furloughs during the course of the pandemic alone.
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The HiT-spearheaded scheme could potentially help hundreds of students when it reaches full capacity, supporting up to 1,300 construction students from the two colleges. To begin, Hope in Tottenham has launched the project with six students; three from CONEL and three from Waltham Forrest, with Eleanor Henderson’s direct supervision.
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A young female student interested in witches decides to immerse herself in the very town wherein the Salem Witch Trials took place and gets a first-hand account of what witchcraft truly entails…
In 1990 I visited a favorite independent bookstore in a town adjacent to mine that was on its last legs. In a small section they had some VHS tapes for sale and one of them was for a film called Horror Hotel, a thriller that I was not familiar with. It was released by Screen Gems and duplicated in the dreaded LP (4-hour) speed which resulted in tracking problems which often detracted from one’s enjoyment of the film. Horror Hotel appeared to have been transferred from a high contrast 16mm print which aided in giving the film a highly spooky quality, but also made the film look very low-budget and difficult to see the action on the screen. In 1993, I ordered a higher quality, SP-recorded (2-hour) VHS tape from Sinister Cinema and the print, presumably 16mm, was in much better condition. Still, I wanted the film to look as good as it could, and wasn’t even sure if the original negative survived. Fortunately, it has and under the original title of The City of the Dead, the film has never looked better. VCI Entertainment did a wonderful restoration of the film for the 2001 DVD release. Now, the company has just unleashed the film on Blu-ray, porting over the original extras and adding an additional commentary track.
In the town of Whitewood, MA (fictional) in 1692, a woman named Elizabeth Selwyn (Patricia Jessel) is accused of colluding with the devil and is sentenced to death by being burned at the steak. She cries out her complete allegiance to him as a dark cloud comes over the townspeople who have gathered for the immolation, and curses her while pledging revenge.
In present day 1960, Nan Barlow (a familiar last name to those of you ‘Salem’s Lot fans), played by Venetia Stevenson, is the inquisitive student of Alan Driscoll (Christopher Lee), a professor of witchcraft who takes his studies and teachings very seriously. Nan’s brother Richard (Dennis Lois) and boyfriend Bill (Tom Naylor) both scoff at her serious take on the subject, and they attract the disdain of her professor. With her professor’s blessing, Nan decides to go to Whitewood and study the Salem witch trials right where the action actually took place. Along the way, she picks up a hitchhiker, a man dressed in black (Valentine Dyall). Not a smart move, especially considering that he vanishes into thin after minutes after accepting a ride!
She checks into the Raven Inn and trades pleasantries with Mrs. Newless, the inn’s proprietress. Things do not appear to be what they seem, and Nan is just a little too blasé and naïve for her own good. Her boyfriend gets suspicious after not hearing from her and brother, who initially shrugs off her “disappearance” as time devoted to studying and investigating, becomes concerned and takes action. They come to find that Nan is in over her head, and that they shouldn’t have shrugged off her studies as superstitious mumbo-jumbo. If they only knew…
From a narrative standpoint The City of the Dead appears to be a definite influence on Dario Argento’s Suspiria (1977), the story of a young woman who unwittingly finds herself in the midst of a coven of witches, although Mr. Argento attributes Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s The House That Screamed (1969) as the real inspiration (let’s not forget Thomas DeQuincey’s 1845 book Suspiria de Profundis). Suspiria’s Susy Banyon didn’t go looking for witches the way that City’s Nan Barlow does, but Susy at least avoids Nan’s fate.
I visited Salem, MA in October 1998 to have a look at the locations where the Salem witch trials took place, so I can identify with Nan’s curiosity – to an extent. It’s too bad that Nan didn’t get to see The Witch (2015), a film that probably brings us as close to Salem life as we know it.
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Now that summer is officially over and the days are growing shorter, it’s the perfect time to start looking ahead to next year. We’ve delved into the biggest trends of summer 2016 and beyond, in order to understand how users are behaving, and what to expect in 2017.
What were the biggest trends in 2016?
Lots of exciting new things have happened this year, with many new social media trends emerging and significant changes to the major platforms taking place:
- Instagram followed Snapchat’s lead, launching a temporary content feature in the form of Instagram Stories.
- A new focus on live streaming emerged as Facebook introduced Facebook Live.
- Social ad spending continued to increase by 47% year-after-year.
User behaviour has shifted too, with greater expectations around the speed of brand response, increased seasonal focus on visual platforms and a demand for real-time social media content – to name but a few.
Travel content strongly favoured visual platforms
Travel has once again been a huge focus on visual platforms, particularly Instagram. Over the summer you’d have been forgiven for mistaking your Instagram feed for a sun-kissed utopia, full of #hotdoglegs, poolside cocktails and picturesque sunsets. Travel has become intrinsically linked to Instagram, with the hashtags #plane and #takeoff being used over five million times between them.
The hashtag #travel has been used on Instagram 124.3m times and counting, so it’s fair to say that users have chosen their favourite platform for summer updates for the foreseeable future.
Boomerang became the next big thing
GIFs have been a mainstay of online communication since the early days of the internet, with an expertly chosen GIF now used as the perfect retort to a shocking forum post, an unbelievable tweet or an ill-thought-out status update.
Boomerang is the latest innovation in the realm of visual media. Produced by Instagram, Boomerang allows users to shoot their own short form, repeating videos that put them and their social circle at the centre of the action.
The #boomerang hashtag has already been used on Instagram 1,495,596 times, so expect this easy-to-use GIF creator to be huge next year.
Users have become broadcasters
Facebook introduced live streaming this year with Facebook Live, a new functionality that allowed users to broadcast real-time video updates from their lives. This significant addition can be attributed to a wider trend of users choosing to make more and more of their everyday lives digital, sharing experiences not just after the event, but during.
Snapchat filters were everywhere
Snapchat filters have been everywhere so far this year; it’s likely that you’ve seen a dog or butterfly version of your friends on a weekly basis throughout 2016. Snapchat’s popularity, in general, is increasing, hitting over 150 million users this year, surpassing Twitter’s user base in record time.
Social media users’ attention spans got shorter
Real-time reactions for customer support is vital in 2017 for this reason. Social media is fast becoming the preferred medium for making complaints and asking questions about a business especially eCommerce businesses.
The majority of consumers now expect a response from social media in an hour or less, with companies paying out untold levels of goodwill gifts and refunds to social media complainers.
Top Social Media Trends for 2017
Travel brands will target Instagram even more aggressively
Selfie sticks were the go-to travel accessory this year, suggesting once again that users are interested in putting themselves at the focus of their social media content. As competition for the best updates rises, we’re likely to see more brands responding to the demand.
Travel brands like eShores have already begun capitalising on the expectation of celebrity standard holiday photos by releasing Instapaps, a photography package focused towards social media. While on holiday, customers are shadowed by a professional photographer to produce airbrushed, paparazzi-style snaps — if they’re willing to invest up to $11,115 to get them.
eShores aren’t alone, Flytographer is a specialist photography company who introduces local photographers with travellers in over 190 locations, including Rome, Rio, Paris, New York City, and Tokyo, echoing the demand for higher quality digital mementos.
Snapchat filters will continue to grow in popularity
Following a similar theme of social media focused on the individual, the use of Snapchat’s instantly recognisable geofilters is likely to increase. Will we see a competitor emerge with their own version next year? Only time will tell.
The ROI of Snapchat for marketers isn’t an exact science, but we’ve seen many huge brands opt for a limited time Snapchat geofilter as part of a wider campaign in 2016. We’d expect this to increase in 2017 as Snapchats popularity continues to grow.
Real-time social media will become the new normal
Real-time social media has been a growing trend over the last year, with users demanding immediate responses from brands across all platforms. This may see a shift in resource for customer service enquiries, with more manpower put behind responding to the common and very public complaints on social media.
More brands will use live video
It’s not just users who are becoming enamoured with live broadcasting, brands too could benefit from providing live video content for their audiences. There’s a bunch of exciting ways brands can use live streaming:
- Giving users a sneak-peak into an event as it happens.
- Providing live footage of an interview with an industry expert.
- Running a live tutorial or Q+A session.
If you’re uncertain how popular live streaming video has the potential to be, 4 million people watched a static stream of four ice lollies slowly melting this summer, courtesy of The Lad Bible. A gallingly simple idea that transfixed their audience all afternoon, cashing in on the millions of procrastinating office workers around the world.
Have we missed anything out? Are there more social media trends for 2017 you think will be taking social media by storm? Please let us know in the comments section below.
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Since leaving the White House and cavorting around the world with her man, former First Lady Michelle Obama has been conspicuously absent from public view, keeping a relatively low profile, and that includes social media.
But Mrs. Obama could not help but give her “little sis” Beyonce a Twitter shout out for the pop star’s recent Formation Scholarship announcement.
“Always inspired by your powerful contributions @Beyonce,” the Mrs. Obama wrote. “You are a role model for us all. Thank you for investing in our girls.” She then used a crown emoji and a bee emoji.
The first lady was responding to Beyonce’s recent announcement of four $25,000 scholarships for young women at four U.S. colleges, including two HBCUs, Howard University and Spelman College. The Formation scholarships as they are known, coincide with the year anniversary of her seminal visual album, Lemonade, which celebrated and elevated Black women.
Beyonce and Michelle Obama have had a long time love affair—Beyonce sang at President Obama’s first inauguration gala (“At Last,” by Etta James) and Beyonce penned a heartfelt open letter to the first lady in 2012, thanking “Michelle” for being a “truly strong African American woman and a role model,” among other things.
Beyonce must be feeling great these days because she surely is looking so. She posted a date-night pic on Instagram before a night on the town with her husband Jay-Z.
The mutual admiration continues…
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Alder body – Light weight with a wide tonal range
Maple neck – Bright tone, full sustain and strength
Rosewood fretboard – Open, warm tone and smooth playing feel
PRS Birds fretboard inlays – Signature Paul Reed Smith inlay pattern
The PRS Silver Sky is the result of a close collaboration between Grammy Award-winning musician John Mayer and Paul Reed Smith. More than two and half years in the making, the Silver Sky is a vintage-inspired instrument that is at once familiar but also newly PRS through and through. This model was based off of Mayer and Smith’s favorite elements from 1963 and 1964 vintage instruments, resulting in an idealized version of a vintage single-coil guitar. The attention that was paid to every detail sets this guitar apart.
Some of the more distinctive specifications include, the headstock shape, tuners, neck and fretboard, bridge, and pickups and electronics. The headstock shape is based on PRS’s trademark design, but inverted to both accommodate Mayer’s playing style and also to keep a consistent length of string behind the nut, which makes staying in tune easier. The tuners are a traditional vintage-style, closed-back tuner, but with PRS’s locking design. The neck shape was modeled after 1963/1964 vintage instruments, and the fretboard has a 7.25″ radius. The moment your hand grabs this neck, it just feels right. Like the tuners, the steel tremolo takes a classic design and incorporates PRS’s trem arm and Gen III knife-edge screws. The bridge on the Silver Sky is setup flush to the body in the neutral position so that the tremolo bridge only goes down in pitch. By keeping the bridge in contact with the body, the guitar itself is acoustically louder, which improves the signal to noise ratio of the single-coil pickups. The 635JM single-coil pickups are very round and full, with a musical high end that is never “ice-picky” or brash.
Other high-quality specifications include a bone nut, a molded metal jack plate that is curved and makes plugging and unplugging a guitar cable hassle-free, retooled knobs, fretwire that is slightly smaller than what you’d find on most PRS electric guitars, and PRS’s double action truss rod (accessible from the front of the headstock for ease of use).
– Body Wood: Alder
– Number of Frets: 22
– Scale Length: 25.5”
– Neck Wood: Maple
– Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
– Neck Shape: 635JM
– Nut Width: 1-21/32”
– Neck Width at the Body: 2 7/32”
– Neck Depth at the Nut: 53/64”
– Fretboard Radius: 7.25”
– Inlays: Small Birds
– Nut: Bone
– Bridge: Steel Tremolo
– String Spacing: 2-9/64”
– Tuners: Vintage Style, Locking
– Hardware Type: Nickel
– Treble Pickup: 635JM
– Middle Pickup: 635JM
– Bass Pickup: 635JM
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On a recent trip home for my grandmother’s funeral, I walked into my parent’s house to see her legacy stacked high on the coffee table. Photo books galore. Nothing fancy–just binders full of pictures and her priceless captions and grandmotherly musings.
“Here’s Queen Nicolette and all of her royal subjects…”
As I sat down and opened the first book, my childhood unfolded before my eyes. Moments I’d completely forgotten about, like the time we “built” a tree house by haphazardly nailing up old boards on a skinny little Aspen, or the quiet moment I sang to my grandpa on my guitar before he passed away.
As I turned page after page, I was struck with the simplicity of each sliver in time she captured. None of these pictures were the “perfect” events that you generally pull out the camera for: birthdays, graduations, Sunday mornings when each hair is plastered neatly in place and clothes are stain and wrinkle free. No, these pictures showed kids with layers of dirt in their dimples, grass-stains on their knees, and wild, crazy hair that reached toward the sky.
Every single one of these pictures showed kids being kids.
Now that I think about it, when her camera wasn’t propped up to her eye, it was on the kitchen counter, ready at a moment’s notice. I thought about my own camera, stored carefully away in its cushy case, way up high in the coat closet, only brought out for perfect occasions when every child looked their best; for special moments like the blowing out of birthday candles, or the presentation of awards.
Oh gosh, what had I been missing?
In my attempt to capture Instagram-worthy photos that would generate many likes, I was missing the most important moments of my children’s lives. The quiet moments where they discovered the wonders of a goldfish, or created the most enthralling construction site ever. In my attempt to wait for perfect moments, I was missing all of the imperfect ones that made each and every minute of my day so sweet.
Ever since this article, I have been desperately clinging to every thread of childhood that I have with my four babes. Going through my sweet grandma’s photo books made me suddenly realize: I have to stop waiting for perfect moments.
Life travels too swiftly. In my daily life, I’m not ashamed to say that we reside in our jammies for much longer than is socially acceptable. We have snarly, jacked-up hair that never seems to stay in place. I have children whose assertion towards independence includes dressing themselves in creative ensembles you’ll never find in a GAP ad. The floor is generally strewn with toys, someone inevitably has snot running down their nose, and most of our grins are accessorized with chocolate quotation marks and milk mustaches. In my daily life with four children, perfect moments are few and far between.
Life is not made of perfect moments. However, it is pieced together beautifully by many imperfect ones. In-between those cracks is where real, authentic, life-long joy is found. If I waited for perfect moments when everyone’s hair was tamed, clothes matched, and noses were snot-less, I would miss my entire life. It would pass me by so quickly, and I’d have nothing to show for it.
Stop waiting for perfect pictures. Stop comparing yourself and your children to seemingly perfect photos on social media. Capture as many banal, seemingly mundane, everyday photos of your children as you can. Every day those shirts get smaller and those jeans creep up higher.
When my kids are grown, and I’m rocking back and forth in my squeaky old rocking chair…when my face is mostly wrinkles and I’ve lost track of my age…the moments I will treasure, will yearn for, are the everyday, messy-faced moments that I got to share with my babies.
Don’t hide your cameras in the closet. Every day is full of beautiful, tiny moments that will silently disappear unless you catch them.
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Before we start, here are three excellent Hypnosis Downloads that you might be interested in for intuition and psychic abilities. ‘Trust Your Instincts,’ and ‘Awakening Intuition,’ and ‘Experience Automatic Writing.’
“The highest endeavor of the mind and the highest virtue, is to understand things by intuition.” ~ Baruch Spinoza
Life is about expansion and growth. Whilst we are always reaching for happiness, we help each other and learn from each other. We want physical and emotional nourishment for ourselves from the world but one of our highest human needs is to help to other people.
Intuition helps us to make good decisions for ourselves, it helps us understand and help other people, and it helps us to know who we can believe and trust, to be able to help us.
Real intuition, not the hysterical, suspicious or paranoid type, is MORE true, and MORE reliable than logic. Because real intuition is aligned with empathy. Intuition is emotionally intelligent logic. Intuitive people are more positive, real and honest and naturally altruistic.
“The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.” ~ Atiśa
Intuitive people can see what is really happening behind surface appearances. Most people can only see the surface, and so they believe, trust, think and copy what everyone around them does.
“Ego interrupts intuition.” ~ Danielle LaPorte
I know you know this story here which shows how humans can go along with things that are obviously untrue. Intuition makes us more clear thinking, rational and commonsensical. Our clear, rational thinking can be sabotaged by fears, delusions, egos and lack of confidence and make us blind to the obvious truth. So, one of the other things about intuition, is that as well as being able to see what is going on under the surface, it also makes us able to see clearly, to the obvious and what is right in front of us.
“Here’s to eyes in your heads and none in your spuds.” ~ Irish Proverb
Some people are more naturally tuned in than others, but most people would agree that you can increase your intuition and psychic abilities best through meditation and prayer and other spiritual and self development practices.
A lot of the time what people think is intuition, is really hysterical fear, over-analysis, judgement, envy, suspicion and panic and paranoia. Sometimes something like an ordinary nightmare which is there to show you what you’re worried about, or are mentally processing and need to resolve, can have such a sharp emotional effect that it is taken to be a PROPHESY!
Fear is a powerful emotion with a powerful energy, so of course, that ‘prophesy’ will then come true. And people are more likely to think that something is ‘the truth,’ just because it is the negative version of it too. As in ‘The Negativity Bias’
That is just negativity, suspicion, fear and panic. Real intuition doesn’t have any negative emotions attached to it,
True intuition is instinctive, calm and natural. It’s not something you get from overanalyzing and brooding. It’s instantly saying or doing the right thing in the moment, like the flow of creativity, or like when a doctor has an ‘instinct’ about what is really wrong with someone, that there is no evidence for. It doesn’t need any thought and it’s neutral of opinion. It feels very clear and calm and there’s no doubt at all about whether you’re right or not. It is sometimes possible to dissect or analyse it, because it’s usually based on things like emotional intelligence, professional or personal experience, and the ability to observe small pieces of information like appearance, tone, body language etc, but as I have said, that can also get mixed up with our own negative expectations, feelings and judgments too.
The good things that we should go for in life, scare us, just as much, or more than the things we should legitimately avoid. So it can be hard to know the difference because when you’re scared of doing something you can think that the fear you feel is your intuition telling you not to do it, but it’s normal to be scared when you change and grow.
That’s why it’s a good thing to practice and develop our intuition.. Emotions, sensitivity, honesty and intuition are not to be thought of as taboo or ‘negative.’ Because we all need each other and people who can see through surface appearances and behaviors can get to the heart of matters and help other people and make a difference in the world.
People in Holistic Therapies and Self Development are Usually Nice, Genuine People
To me, an ’empath’ is not a ‘special’ type of person, it’s just a nice, normal, authentic, unpretentious, straightforward, person, but the majority of people are very fake. I know people write books discussing it with different psychological and social experiments, but I believe that altruism is natural and normal.
If we are a nice, normal, genuine person, and we want good people in our lives, we have to avoid people who are essentially argumentative, micromanaging, petty, controlling and pedantic, and also the people who are essentially cowardly, lying, exaggerating, nosy, gossipy, smirking, disloyal, childish, false, manipulative and sly, and choose to be with nice, straightforward, straight up, real, honest, genuine people instead.
People From The Planet Rude
I’m sure you know that some people make you feel suspicious and confused by the way they act towards you, because they are playing mind games.
When someone does that, you know it, but it’s confusing and energy draining, That’s emotional manipulation, it’s what fake people do, and a big part of that, is that they try to make you think that it’s you who’s at fault.
When you can tell someone is being sly and underhanded with you, that is really a separate thing from your own intuition. There is only one thing that everyones ‘intuition’, is telling them, when someone acts like that, or, the only one thing you need to know, is that person is a sly, envious, childish, unconscious, passive-aggressive, manipulative person, and there’s nothing you can do about it, because when you question them on it they only deny it and blame you. It’s a strange life and everything is meant to be. It may be sad and unfair. It might be someone that you trusted or cared about. It might be someone in your job. I can’t explain it, but I know there’s nothing you can do to fix it.
Not everyone is like that. There’s lots of genuine people who don’t have it in their personality to ever act like that at all.
Nobody is ever perfect, there are fake people who are all about themselves and their image in every walk of life, but people involved in self-development, healing and natural therapies, as well as artistic and creative people, tend to be more genuine and emotionally honest people.
Because people involved in self-development and natural therapies tend to be more naturally co-operative, altruistic people, who want other people to do well, as well as themselves, they are not energy vampires, they are generally not pretentious or false, they are usually positive and self-aware and human, cheerful, straightforward and considerate. Without being too negative, they can admit their fears, faults and how they feel. Problems are normal, even serious ones, so they don’t see having problems as being a problem, or meaning that there is something wrong with anyone and they want to overcome them.
“Intuition is really the language of the soul.” – James Van Praagh.
Udemy Psychic Development and Intuition Courses
It’s a good thing to develop our intuition and psychic abilities to benefit ourselves in many ways in our lives. A lot of people would agree that the best ways to improve intuition and any kind of spiritual connection is through meditation and prayer, and that can can include other spiritual and self development techniques too.
If you want to, check out these cool PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT COURSES and DEVELOPING INTUITION COURSES at Udemy. Sometimes they have them on offer really cheap. Good quality courses, EVEN Certification courses for like $10.99! or $12.99!
There has been a massive rise in holistic and natural healing in recent years. Helping other people as a natural or holistic therapist is a wonderful, rewarding thing to do.
Anyone involved in holistic healing has to develop their understanding of physical health in a deeper way too. Intuition is good for seeing past surface conditions through to the root cause of problems, and holistic therapists see illnesses as manifestations of emotional problems. So that is why you need good intuition to help other people.
You can only help anyone who really does want help. Sometimes the person just wants your attention and there will never be any help or resolution.
Sometimes you are just a part of someone’s journey towards getting better, but they’re in resistance to it at that time and they come to terms with it later. Some people think their problems or the problems they have had are part of their personality and identity and having a strong identity makes us feel secure, so that is one of the main things that stops us from growing and overcoming problems.
“The strongest force in the human personality is the need to stay consistent with how we define ourselves” ~ Tony Robbins
So Intuition is also important for being able to ‘tell’ if someone is really ready and open to receive what they are saying they want help with, because otherwise they can bring you down instead of you bringing them up. Sometimes people are in too much denial.
WHAT IS A POSITIVE PERSON AND WHAT IS A NEGATIVE PERSON?
Everyone can be feeling positive or negative and acting in positive or negative ways at different times. If somebody is depressed or angry, it doesn’t mean that they are a negative person because there could be good reasons for it.
‘Negative people’ are not people with problems. ‘Negative people’ are people who insist on having problems, and on pointing out problems, and people who cause problems to other people. Negative people are sly, slimy, nosey, phony, envious, manipulative, smirking, gloating, one-upping, passive-aggressive, petulant, stonewalling, denying, arguing, criticizing, flippant, rude, condescending, excuse-making, pedantic, petty, childish, selfish, antagonistic, judging, gossiping and bullying.
A positive person is someone who is committed to getting better, no matter what’s happened in their life and they know it’s up to them. You have to stay positive, to help anyone and if people really want to get better in any way, they will do most, or all of the work themselves.
IF INTUITION AND PSYCHIC ABILITIES ARE ALSO FOR KNOWING WHO YOU CAN TRUST: Who Can You Trust? and To What Extent?
You can trust people who say what they mean, and mean what they say.
If there is a lot of evidence that you can trust someone to be able to do something, you can only trust them to be able to do that one thing. We like to be pleased and enjoy ourselves, so people take the nice sensation of pleasant words and appearances and generalize it. See ‘The Halo Effect’. If someone is nice looking, or seems like a nice polite person, or just has a lot of confidence, whatever they might say, it doesn’t mean they are honest or will do anything they say. You have to decide according to the previous evidence, if you can trust them to do specific things like tell the truth, fix your car, take the role as your friend, run the country or guard your sandwich.
There is only so much time in life. We are all very lucky to be alive and well, and the way to get anything done between yourself and other people is to be friendly, nice, honest and straightforward. But lots of people are manipulative and trouble-causing instead, and it’s an important thing in life to be able to tell fake people from real people.
Argumentative People, Manipulative People and Genuine People
Some people are essentially easy-going and genuinely co-operative, and some people are essentially argumentative or antagonistic and adversarial, fault-finding, pedantic, micromanaging, naysaying and gossiping. They are finding fault and picking holes in things all the time, talking about their opinions and any other people’s current dramatic gossip and the news.
Then there are other people who are very false. They want to ‘fit in’, they act as though they’re a nice, kind, polite person to people on the surface, but it’s because their main motivation is to be approved of socially, so they have a lot of envy, social comparison and social status issues which they hide. they are deeply passive-aggressive and two-faced, and whenever they get the chance, and think they can get away with it, they are nasty, cruel, smirking bullies, to people who are vulnerable to them and even and especially to their own kids and spouse or partner. People with this envious, fake person/fake-friend type of personality can really bring another person down, in many ways, especially because it’s so sly and underhanded.
True kindness is not about being polite and agreeable and approved of socially, it’s what you do to and for people who actually need your kindness. It’s due to insecurity when people are unkind, but everyone deserves to have loving, supportive relationships.
Genuine people do their best to be nice to other people. They will either give them a hand (practical help) or if they can’t, or they are not going to, they don’t gossip and revel in other people’s problems. They mind their own business.
I think there are three different types of people in the way they see and approach other people too: some people see everyone as being on the same level of worthiness as them, no matter what their role or social status is. They treat everyone and address everyone in the same basic ‘adult-to-adult’ way, with the same amount of respect as anyone else. It’s often successful people, ‘true leaders’ who act like that. They don’t ‘talk down’ to other people or energetically try to belittle and ‘put them down or discount them.’ But they will stand up to anyone acting in a disrespectful way towards them and speak up about injustice towards others.
A second type of person, who I’ve mentioned already in another context, treats other people according to how they think they can get away with treating them. These people are judgmental and very aware of social status and they suck-up and kick-down, they are self-important, condescending, interfering and micro-managing. They act like a ‘normal’ person or a ‘professional’ that fits in, because that’s the main thing they want, but they are actually incompetent and are always trying to one-up anyone they can get away with doing it to, including their nearest and dearest anyone in a weaker position who they are envious of.
The third type of person is someone that just goes along with everything. Because they don’t want any trouble. They believe themselves to be, or tell themselves, that they are peaceful and maybe spiritual, but they are really very cowardly, unkind, weak and disloyal. They are envious too, and they are scared of the people who bully other people and they don’t want it to happen to them.
How To Know If Intuition And Psychic Abilities Are ‘Real’
A FAIRGROUND STORY ABOUT INTUITION
My brother is always stressed, but he is very successful and he’s got a great sense of humour.
When we were kids and we would go on fairground rides together, he would always do this hysterical, demonic laughter the whole time, and it was very unnerving for me. I was already on a terrifying fairground ride with this person acting like that sitting next to me!
But like screaming, I realized it was the instinctive primal way he could release his anxiety and enjoy the ride.
It was helping me see why people do things, and that what is happening emotionally to someone underneath, can be being expressed completely differently on the surface.
A FAIRGROUND STORY ABOUT A PSYCHIC
A Really ‘True’ ‘Story’
When I was a teenager I had a palm reading by a psychic woman at a fair – an amusement park. The first thing she said was “Someone close to you is a nurse” So I said no, but someone close to me was a nurse in the past. And she said “Oh yes, it was in the past”, Then she said “You’ve got a boyfriend with a motorbike” I told her I didn’t have a boyfriend, but that I had one in the past that had a motorbike, she said “Oh yes, that’s coming from the past too.”
Well, lots of people have someone close to them who is a nurse! and at the time, I looked like someone whose boyfriend could have had a motorbike. Also, I had gone there to see my cousin who was working on a motorbike ride at the fair, and he was with me! Everything she guessed about me, that I told her wasn’t true at the time, and also hadn’t happened to me in the past, she then said, “Oh, that’s coming in the FUTURE!” I was so disappointed and disillusioned! But I realized later, that she was using her intuition, because she was picking up on the small bits of evidence she could see about me, but it was just the very basics of intuition. And I learned a lot from that! I got a lot more than my money’s worth. Spiritual things and practical things are not separate things. If she hadn’t been so obvious, I wouldn’t have been able to see into that, and understand it even more deeply.
Auras, Colors, Symbols.
People have different ways of experiencing life. ‘Perceiving’ something very strongly, is the same as ‘seeing’ it or ‘hearing’ it. I am qualified and advanced in color therapy as well as some other therapies, and I have studied a lot of them. On my holistic therapies courses we learned and practiced seeing each others auras. I was embarrassed, because I didn’t believe in it when I was trying it. But then I was able to do it under certain circumstances, and really, it happened because, by then, I understood what energy was in a different way.
Using Intuition as a Natural Therapist or Healer
Holistic therapists and hippy/spiritual types understand that metaphor and symbols, shapes, colors, things like that, are the precursor to physical manifestations. Words themselves are only thoughts or concepts translated into sounds and symbols.
Colors are a great physical expression of energy. Colors are really important to me. I even think with colors. Some of my thoughts correspond with colors in my mind. So, along with the thoughts, colors appear in my mind that are related to the energies of the thoughts, and the colors change as my thoughts change from one to another. There is nothing wrong with it. It’s a nice, calm, positive experience and I can decide when I want it there or not.
There’s some cool color therapy courses at Udemy if you want to check them out! Like this Certified Color Therapy Practitioners Course and this Fully Certified Professional Color Therapist Course. Sometimes they offer them very cheap, and it must be so much easier and quicker to do them online!
“All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know” – Alexis Carrel
Of course there are many different kinds of psychic ability, including clairaudience, clairvoyance, clairsentience, mediumship, channelling, psychometry and more. Psychic knowledge can come through divination using cards, crystals, runes, palm reading, tea leaves, and lots of other ways.
In ancient and tribal cultures, where people had, and still have, a deeper connection to their spirituality, people who ‘saw’ or ‘heard’ or perceived things other people couldn’t, were known as ‘oracles’ or prophets. Far from being thought of as mad, mentally deficient, to be avoided or in need of help, the medicine man and the wise woman were, and still are, revered and honored, and their insight was, and still is, deeply trusted and respected.
It’s okay if we can’t understand or decide whether we believe in these psychic things or not. We can just take it in and accept people’s different experiences and points of view. Everyone’s experiences are ‘true’ and valid, because they are part of our collective consciousness, and things that seem weird at first, can become normal. Maybe you might have some psychic, intuitive or empathic gifts that have been misunderstood or unrecognized, that you could put to better use in your life now.
Helping Yourself and Other People With Natural or Holistic Therapies
When you start learning about holistic therapies, you get so inspired that you want to learn about them all. You can learn to do it just for yourself or be a facilitator, and show the right people the way.
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We are not just our astrological sun signs, we are our whole birth charts, and our rising signs and moon signs are also very important, but the energy of the water signs is the most sensitive, and it all really comes down to how much you care about other people. In general, a lot of people might say that people with Scorpio sun signs can be the best for intuition and psychic ability, and that Pisces are the most empathic and that Cancerians are known for being very loving and loyal.
We all have an affect on each other, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed and swamped by other people’s thoughts and emotions. That’s why everyone should practice psychic protection which is really, as Judy says in the video below, mostly just about the way we think, and then we have a happier life and are a greater benefit to others.
Judy Hall: Using Crystals For Psychic Self-Protection.
Someone really cool to learn from, especially in terms of psychic protection, is Judy Hall. Judy Hall is the best person in the world to learn about Crystals from. This is Judy’s website. I am qualified and advanced in crystal therapy too, and anyone who’s studied crystals would tell you she’s the best. Tons, or all of her books, I think, are here for sale at Exquisite Crystals.
If you want to do something else related to psychic ability, or anything else, choose a course at Udemy here, or click through one of the links above! and remember to check out these Hypnosis Downloads for expanding intuition and psychic abilities. ‘Trust Your Instincts,’ and ‘Awakening Intuition,’ and ‘Experience Automatic Writing.’
Humor Gets Rid of Negativity
“Panic is as contagious as laughter.” – Unknown Quote.
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- Talent Acquisition and Management
- 4 min read
How Digit Insurance is building a strong talent pipeline
ETHRWorld interacted with Amrit Jaidka Arora, Head - Human Resource, Digit Insurance, to understand the hiring strategy, challenges the company faced while recruiting and the way it has dealt with the hurdles that have come across.
The increased emphasis on automation and digitisation has led to dramatic changes in the hiring processes across industries. Due to the pandemic, the way companies approach, interview and onboard candidates has seen significant changes. Amrit Jaidka Arora, Head - Human Resource, Digit Insurance, opines that the hiring process has been volatile due to the uncertainties of the market.
Citing an example, Arora pointed out that there was a time when the company used to hold group discussions to shortlist candidates during campus placements. But now that whole process has been shifted to virtual assignments and nowadays, candidates are asked to record 60-second videos of themselves.
Digit Insurance hired 120 trainees in the technology team and 270 employees overall last year. And, the hiring rate of the company was 15 per cent during the financial year 2020-21. Arora emphasised that the company’s strong focus has always been on building a strong trainee pipeline. Currently, the total headcount of Digit Insurance stands at 2,600 employees.
Giving further insights on the hiring plans of the company, she said, “We are at a stage where we are moving from a startup phase to a skill-up phase. Our focus will remain on hiring and bringing fresh talents in the form of trainees and we have 400 people who are about to join us in 6 months. Out of which, 200 will be in tech alone.”
Challenges in hiring
While talking about the challenges involved in hiring tech people, Arora said, “We have a high standard of hiring which means the rejection rate is also high. When you combine that with the competition we face with tech giants, talent acquisition becomes a little tough. And, while we offer competitive salaries and employee benefits, the tilt of the candidate wanting to join those few giant corporations makes it tough.”
She also mentioned that candidates continue to shop multiple offers till they join the work and keeping the hired candidate engaged through this timeline of acceptance and the actual joining is a big challenge. Another issue is that candidates want to continue working from home or remotely, while organisations were already back to office.
How does the company counter the challenges?
Arora expressed that in order to combat the hurdles, the biggest Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is the sharp learning curve that the company offers. She asserted that Digit Insurance offers accelerated growth opportunities to all its employees.
The company resorts to completing all rounds of selection in a single day, instead of deploying lengthy interviews. And, in order to tackle the drop rate and to keep hired candidates engaged, the company has initiated Digit Wire, through which weekly mails about the company values, products, and recent achievements will be shared a month before the new hires join the office.
Besides, the company also goes beyond the regular hiring networks. The technology team at Digit Insurance has started a programme, called the Undergraduate Training Programme (UGT) where the company hires 12th grade students from government schools with the help of NGOs.
“This opportunity means a lot to these students and the focus as well as the loyalty that they bring to the table is unmatched. So, for us, it's a win-win situation,” Arora said.
Prioritising diversity and inclusion (D&I)
Arora is of the view that, in order to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, a major focus should be on the talent pipeline and the strategies the talent acquisition team uses to attract diverse employees.
“You have to be strategic about where you are posting open positions, and should go beyond homogeneous networks to tap down diverse talent pipelines, which you may have previously ignored or you didn't realise existed. Be proactive in your search strategies by posting on websites and advertising on various publications and start doing outreach programmes through dedicated organisations,” she asserted.
In order to promote inclusivity, Digit Insurance offers part-time opportunities to those who want to come back after the sabbaticals. And for the UGT programme, the company hires from government schools, NGOs, and churches, which run foundation programmes.
Also, to combat gender bias, the company has conducted a Hiring Right programme in which hiring managers are made aware of the hidden unconscious and personal biases. Arora said the programme has been an eye opener for everyone.
“We are the only insurance company in India where all key leadership positions are held by women, ranging from Head of Compliance, Brand Communications, Health, Operations, Institution Sale, Human Resources, and Chief Distribution Officer,” Arora concluded.
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As businesses figure out the best way to function through the pandemic, it is clear that many aspects of work will change even after the threat of COVID-19 recedes and the economy begins to recover.
Tips, success stories and best practices for managing that process and moving forward were among the subjects of a live HRE conversation this week led by Josh Bersin, global industry analyst and dean of the Josh Bersin Academy. ServiceNow sponsored the event, which can be replayed here.
Early in the pandemic, Bersin created the Big Reset Initiative, a program that enlisted about 160 large corporations to help address new strategies and explore what those businesses were doing in the pandemic. In this week’s live Q&A, Bersin sat down with Nuno Gonçalves, Nazneen Razi, Nancy Vitale and Peter Sackleh, some of his senior faculty at the academy who helped plan the initiative. They spent 45 minutes discussing topics ranging from transforming the workplace to creating new leadership capabilities to looking at what the short-term future might hold.
It has become increasingly clear that company culture is changing, especially with the switch to remote work, the panel agreed, increasing the importance of keeping employees happy and engaged in work.
“If you look at happiness research from the World Happiness Institute, they look at the four factors of happiness being financial health, physical health, relationships and a sense of trust,” Bersin said. “Relationships are far more correlated to happiness than money, physical health or anything else, so this idea of building relationships at work is really fascinating.”
Managing uncertainty, however, remains a primary task through it all, he said.
“If I look six months ahead, we’re going to have a different war for talent,” added Gonçalves, vice president for Human Resources, Head of Talent Acquisition, Development & Learning at UCB. “We will look and know how friends and colleagues are treated in other companies … and the companies that treat [employees] well and are the most human companies, will be attracting the talent.”
Dovetailing on the importance of company culture, Vitale added that how companies care for employees will be paramount.
“We saw Twitter come out this week providing summer camp and opportunities to care for Twitter employees full time,” said Vitale, who is co-founder and managing partner at Partners for Wellbeing and former CHRO at Genentech. But we also saw a woman get fired because her child was on in the background of a video call, she added.
“To Nuno’s point, how do we support the variety and diversity of needs,” she said, “particularly when schools are in jeopardy of opening in the fall.”
With a new war for talent on the horizon, employers will need to be creative in how they attract and retain talent in a virtual world.
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