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|Full name||William A. Shea Municipal Stadium|
|Former names||Flushing Meadows Stadium|
|Address||123–01 Roosevelt Avenue|
|Location||Flushing, Queens, New York|
|Owner|| City of New York |
New York Mets
|Operator|| New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (1964–1981)|
New York Mets (1964–2008)
|Capacity|| Baseball: 57,333 |
|Broke ground||October 28, 1961|
|Opened||April 17, 1964|
|Closed||September 28, 2008 (Final game)|
|Demolished||October 14, 2008–February 18, 2009|
|Construction cost|| $28.5 million|
($269 million in 2022 dollars )
|General contractor||Carlin–Crimmins J.V.|
| New York Mets (MLB) 1964–2008|
New York Jets (AFL / NFL) 1964–1983
New York Yankees (MLB) 1974–1975
New York Giants (NFL) 1975
St. John's Red Storm (NCAA) 2000
Shea Stadium ( // ), formally known as William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. Opened in 1964, it was home to the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1964 to 2008, as well as the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) from 1964 to 1983.
The stadium was named in honor of William Shea, who was most responsible for bringing National League baseball back to New York after the Dodgers and Giants left for California in 1957. It was demolished in 2009 to create additional parking for the adjacent Citi Field, the stadium built to replace it and the current home of the Mets.
The origins of Shea Stadium go back to the relocations of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants in 1957, which left New York without a National League baseball team.
Prior to the Dodgers' departure, New York City official Robert Moses tried to interest owner Walter O'Malley in the site as the location for a new stadium, but O'Malley refused, unable to agree on location, ownership, and lease terms. O'Malley preferred to pay construction costs himself so he could own the stadium outright. He wanted total control over revenue from parking, concessions, and other events.
New York City, in contrast, wanted to build the stadium, rent it, and retain the ancillary revenue rights to pay off its construction bonds.Additionally, O'Malley wanted to build his new stadium in Brooklyn, while Moses insisted on Flushing Meadows. When Los Angeles offered O'Malley what New York City wouldn't—complete ownership of a stadium—he left for southern California in a preemptive bid to install the Dodgers there before a new or existing major league franchise could beat him to it. At the same time, Horace Stoneham moved his New York Giants to San Francisco (although he originally considered moving them to Minneapolis), ensuring that there would be two National League teams in California, and preserving the long standing rivalry with the Dodgers that continues to this day.
In 1960, the National League agreed to grant an expansion franchise to the owners of the New York franchise in the abortive Continental League, provided that a new stadium be built. Mayor Robert Wagner Jr. had to personally wire all National League owners and assure them that the city would build a stadium.
Soon afterward, Moses and William A. Shea, the New York lawyer who had led the effort to bring National League baseball back to New York, faced a problem. New York state law of the time did not allow cities to borrow money in order to build a stadium. The only way for the city to finance a stadium would be to demonstrate that the stadium could pay for itself. With this in mind, Moses and Shea proposed to have the new team pay substantial rent in order to pay off 30-year bonds. This provision would come back to haunt the Mets years later; they would never live up to that monetary commitment, and the ensuing financial woes would be an albatross around the team for years.
On October 6, 1961, the Mets signed a 30-year stadium lease,with an option for a 10-year renewal. Rent for what was originally budgeted as a $9 million facility was set at $450,000 annually, with a reduction of $20,000 each year until it reached $300,000 annually.
In their inaugural season in 1962, the expansion Mets played in the Polo Grounds, with original plans to move to a new stadium in 1963. In October 1962, Mets official Tom Meany said, "Only a series of blizzards or some other unforeseen trouble might hamper construction."That unforeseen trouble surfaced in a number of ways: the severe winter of 1962–1963, along with the bankruptcies of two subcontractors and labor issues. The result was that both the Mets and Jets played at the Polo Grounds for one more year.
It was originally to be called "Flushing Meadow Park Municipal Stadium"– the name of the public park within which it was built – but an ultimately successful movement was launched to name it in honor of Shea.
After 29 months of construction and $28.5 million spent, Shea Stadium opened on April 17, 1964, 4–3 before a crowd of 50,312. There were no prior exhibition games or events, and the stadium was barely finished in time for the home opener. Because of a jurisdictional dispute between Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Local 1106 of the Communications Workers of America, the telephone and telegraph wiring was not finished in time for opening day. The stadium opened five days before the 1964–65 New York World's Fair, across Roosevelt Avenue. Although not officially part of the fair grounds, the stadium sported steel panels on its exterior in the blue-and-orange colors of the Fair, the same team colors of the Mets. The panels were removed in 1980.with the Pittsburgh Pirates beating the Mets
In accordance with New York City law, in 2009 Shea Stadium was dismantled, rather than imploded.The company with the rights to sell memorabilia was given two weeks after the final game to remove seats, signage and other potentially sellable and collectible items before demolition was to begin. The seats were the first ($869 per pair plus tax, a combination of '86 and '69, the team's two World Series championship years), followed by other memorabilia such as the foul poles, dugouts, stadium signage, and the giant letters that spelled out "SHEA" at the front of the building.
After salvaging operations concluded, demolition of the ballpark began on October 14, 2008. On October 18, the scoreboard in right field was demolished, with the bleachers, batter's eye and bullpens shortly thereafter.
By November 10, the field, dugouts and the rest of the field level seats had been demolished.
On January 31, Mets fans all over New York came to Shea Stadium for one final farewell. Fans took a tour of the site, told stories, and sang songs.The last remaining section of seats was demolished on February 18. Fans stood in awe as the remaining structure of Shea Stadium (one section of ramps) was torn down at 11:22 am.
The locations of Shea's home plate, pitcher's mound, and bases are marked in Citi Field's parking lot. The plaques feature engravings of the neon baseball players that graced the exterior of the stadium from 1988 onward.
On October 9, 2013, the New York City Council approved a plan to build a mall and entertainment center called Willets West in the Citi Field parking lot where Shea Stadium stood, as part of an effort by the city to redevelop the nearby neighborhood of Willets Point.However, in 2015, the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled that the site, considered parkland, could not be used for commercial development without permission from the New York state government.
In 2022, Mets owner Steve Cohen was pushing to build a casino in the parking lot, which was supported by New York City mayor Eric Adams, but still needs final approval from the New York state government.
Shea Stadium was the home of the New York Mets starting in 1964, and it hosted what would be its only All-Star Game that first year, with Johnny Callison of the Philadelphia Phillies hitting a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to win the only Mid-Summer Classic held in the Queens ballpark for the National League. A month earlier, on Father's Day, Callison's teammate, future Hall of Fame member and U.S. Senator Jim Bunning, pitched a perfect game against the Mets.
The stadium was often criticized by baseball purists for many reasons, even though it was retrofitted to be a baseball-only stadium after the Jets left. The upper deck was one of the highest in the majors. The lower boxes were farther from the field than similar seats in other parks because they were still on the rails that had swiveled them into position for football.Outfield seating was sparse, in part because the stadium was designed to be fully enclosed.
At one time, Shea's foul territory was one of the most expansive in the majors. This was very common for ballparks built during the 1960s, in part due to the need to accommodate the larger football field.This was also because, as above mentioned, the stadium was designed to be fully enclosed (which it would never do). However, seats added over the years in the lower level greatly reduced the size of foul territory by the dawn of the 21st century. On the plus side, Shea always used a natural grass surface, in contrast to other multi-purpose stadiums such as Three Rivers Stadium, Veterans Stadium, and Riverfront Stadium, which were built in the same era and style and had artificial turf.
Shea Stadium hosted postseason baseball in 1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 1999, 2000, and 2006; it hosted the World Series in 1969, 1973, 1986, and 2000. It had the distinction of being the home of the 1969 "Miracle Mets"— led by former Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges that defied 100–1 odds and won the World Series, after seven straight seasons in last or next-to-last place. Shea became famous for the bedlam that took place after the Mets won the decisive Game 5 of the World Series, as fans stormed the field in celebration. Similar scenes took place a few weeks earlier after the Mets clinched the National League East title, and then defeated the Atlanta Braves in the first National League Championship Series to win the pennant.
Tommie Agee, Lenny Dykstra, Todd Pratt, Robin Ventura, and Benny Agbayani hit post-season, walk-off home runs at Shea (although, while the ball hit by Ventura over the fence may have been the most famous of the postseason walk-off hits, it was famously called "the Grand Slam Single", because when he hit the game-winning ball over the fence, he was mobbed by his teammates before he could reach second base, and never wound up touching second base, third base and home plate. It was not ruled a home run as he never circled the bases completely. It probably made Ventura, known for his penchant for hitting grand slams, even more famous, and the hit itself more famous, because of the very fact that he never circled the bases fully, technically not making it a homer).
Agee was the only player in the history of the ballpark to hit a fair ball into the upper deck in left field. The spot was marked with a sign featuring Agee's number 20 and the date, which was April 10, 1969. [ citation needed ] It came in the second inning, and Agee hit another in the seventh over the center field wall; both solo shots were off of Montreal Expos starter Larry Jaster, and the Mets won 4–2.Teammate Cleon Jones said the ball was still rising when it hit the seats, so it very likely could have been the longest home run hit at Shea.
In 1971, Dave Kingman – then with the San Francisco Giants and later to play for the Mets on two occasions – hit a home run that smashed off the windshield of the Giants' team bus, parked behind the left field bullpen.
For many years, the Mets' theme song, "Meet the Mets", was played at Shea before every home game. Jane Jarvis, a local jazz artist, played the popular songs on the Thomas organ at Mets games for many years at the stadium.
On October 3, 2004, it was the venue for the last game in the history of the Montreal Expos, and the Mets won 8–1. Montreal's major league story ended where it had started 35 years earlier: at Shea Stadium. The following year, the Expos relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Nationals.
The last game played at Shea Stadium was a 4–2 loss to the Florida Marlins on September 28, 2008. However, the Mets were in the thick of the playoff chase until the last day. A win would have meant another game for Shea as the Mets were scheduled to play the Milwaukee Brewers in a one-game playoff for the National League Wild Card berth. Following the game, there was a "Shea Goodbye" tribute in which many players from the Mets' glory years entered the stadium and touched home plate one final time so that fans could pay their last respects to the players and the stadium the Mets called home for 45 years. The ceremony ended with Tom Seaver throwing a final pitch to Mike Piazza; then, as the Beatles' "In My Life" played on the stadium speakers, the two former Met stars walked out of the centerfield gate and closed it behind them, followed by a display of blue and orange fireworks.
Three National League Division Series were played at Shea Stadium. The Mets won all three, and never lost a Division Series game at Shea.
Seven National League Championship Series were played at Shea Stadium.
^ The decisive seventh game of this series was played at Shea Stadium, marking the only time that the Mets lost the deciding game of a National League Championship Series at Shea.
Four World Series were played in Shea Stadium.
The Yankees' World Series win in 2000 was the only time that a visiting team won a World Series at Shea Stadium. The Mets won both their World Series titles at Shea Stadium (in Game 5 in 1969, and Game 7 in 1986).
The New York Yankees played their home games in Shea Stadium during the 1974 and 1975 seasons while Yankee Stadium was being renovated. The move to Shea had been proposed earlier in the decade, but the Mets, as Shea's primary tenants, refused to sign off on the deal. However, when the city stepped in to pay for renovating Yankee Stadium, the Mets had little choice but to agree to share Shea with the Yankees.[ citation needed ]
On the afternoon of April 15, 1998, the Yankees also played one home game at Shea, against the Anaheim Angels after a beam collapsed at Yankee Stadium two days before, destroying several rows of seats.With the Mets playing a game at Shea that evening against the Chicago Cubs, the Yankees used the visitor's locker room and dugout and the Angels used the home dugout and old locker room of the New York Jets. Former Mets star Darryl Strawberry, by then playing for the Yankees, hit a home run during the game. Stadium operators partially raised the Mets' home run apple signal before lowering it back down, to the delight of the crowd.
Shea Stadium also hosted the first extra-inning regular season baseball opener played in New York, on March 31, 1998,when the Mets opened their season against their rival Philadelphia Phillies, playing the longest scoreless opening day game in the National League and the longest one in Major League Baseball since 1926. The Mets won the game 1–0 in the bottom of the 14th inning.
During the 1977 New York City blackout the stadium was plunged into darkness at approximately 9:30 p.m. during a game between the Mets and the Chicago Cubs. It occurred during the bottom of the sixth inning, with the Mets trailing the Cubs 2–1 and Lenny Randle at bat. Jane Jarvis, Shea's organist (affectionately known as Shea's "Queen of Melody") played "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas". The game was eventually completed on September 16, with the Cubs defeating the Mets 5–2.
Shea Stadium held boxing matches in the mid-1960s.
The New York Jets of the American Football League and later, the National Football League played at Shea for 20 seasons, from 1964 through 1983 (excluding their first home game in 1977, played at Giants Stadium). The stadium hosted three Jets playoff games: the American Football League Championship in 1968 (defeating the Oakland Raiders, 27–23), an AFL Divisional Playoff in 1969 (a 13–6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs) and the 1981 AFC Wild Card Playoff game (lost 31–27 to the Buffalo Bills).
For most of the Jets' tenure at Shea, they were burdened by onerous lease terms imposed at the insistence of the Mets. Until 1978, the Jets could not play their first home game until the Mets' season was finished. For instance, in 1969, the defending Super Bowl champion Jets didn't play a home game until October 20 due to the Mets advancing to (and winning) the World Series. As a result, the 1969 Jets opened with five consecutive road games, and then played all seven home games in consecutive weeks before closing with two road games. Even after 1978, the Mets' status as Shea's primary tenants would require the Jets to go on long road trips (switching Shea from baseball to football configuration was a complex process involving electrical, plumbing, field, and other similar work). The stadium was also not well maintained in the 1970s. The Jets moved to Giants Stadium for the 1984 season, enticed by the more than 15,000 additional seats there. Fans ripped apart Shea after the last game of the 1983 season, which also was the last game for Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who threw two touchdown passes to lead the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 34–7 victory.Even the scoreboard operator had a field day, displaying the home team as the "N.J. Jets".
It was at Shea Stadium on December 16, 1973, that O. J. Simpson became the first running back to gain 2,000 yards in a single season(and, to date, the only player to do it in 14 games or fewer). In the 1983 season, a Jets game against the Los Angeles Rams featured an 85-yard touchdown run by rookie Eric Dickerson, as well as a brawl between Rams offensive tackle Jackie Slater and Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau when Slater blindsided Gastineau after the Jet performed his infamous "Sack Dance" over fallen Rams quarterback Vince Ferragamo.
The NFL's New York Giants played their 1975 season at Shea while Giants Stadium was being built. The Giants were 5–9 that year (2–5 at Shea). Their coach was Bill Arnsparger and their quarterback was Craig Morton. The Giants played their final five home games of 1973 and all seven in 1974 at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut; Yankee Stadium was closed in October 1973 for a massive renovation, which was completed in time for the 1976 baseball season.
On the night of October 9, 1965, Shea Stadium hosted the football rivalry between Army and Notre Dame for the first and only time. The Fighting Irish blanked the Cadets, 17–0, beginning a 15-game winning streak for Notre Dame in the storied series.
In 1966, the Brooklyn Dodgers of the minor Continental Football League unsuccessfully sued the Jets in an attempt to use the stadium; the team wound up playing on Randall's Island and soon folded. In 1974, the New York Stars of the nascent World Football League also made inquiries to play at Shea, whose schedule was already overcrowded by the Mets, Jets and Yankees (and the following year, the Giants; see below). The Stars also moved out to Randall's Island, playing only a handful of games before shifting to Charlotte.
The football field at Shea extended from around home plate to centerfield, with the baseline seating rotating out to fill left and right fields.
The first soccer game at Shea Stadium occurred during International Soccer League tournament play on June 17, 1965.
The original New York Cosmos beat the Washington Diplomats, 2–0, in an NASL playoff game at Shea on August 17, 1976.
New York United of the American Soccer League called Shea home in 1980.
|Date||Winning team||Result||Losing team||Tournament||Attendance|
|June 17, 1965||Portuguesa||6–3||West Ham United||International friendly||5,130|
|August 17, 1976||New York Cosmos||2–0||Washington Diplomats||NASL playoffs||22,698|
On Sunday, August 15, 1965, The Beatles opened their 1965 North American tour there to a record audience of 55,600."Beatlemania" was at one of its peaks at their Shea concert. Film footage shows many teenagers and women crying, screaming, and even fainting. The crowd noise was such that security guards can be seen covering their ears as the Beatles entered the field. The sound of the crowd was so deafening that none of the Beatles (or anyone else) could hear what they were playing. Nevertheless, it was the first concert to be held at a major stadium and set records for attendance and revenue generation, demonstrating that outdoor concerts on a large scale could be successful and profitable, and led the Beatles to return to Shea for a successful encore on August 23, 1966. The attendance record was broken within the United States by the Grateful Dead concert at New Jersey Raceway in Englishtown of 107,019 purchases, on September 3, 1977.
The next major music event to play Shea Stadium after the Beatles' successful appearances was the Summer Festival for Peace on August 6, 1970.It was a day-long fundraiser, which featured many of the era's biggest-selling and seminal rock, folk, blues and jazz performers including: Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steppenwolf, The James Gang, Miles Davis, Tom Paxton, John Sebastian, and others.
The next music show at Shea Stadium was the historic concert by Grand Funk Railroad in 1971, which broke the Beatles' then-record for fastest ticket sales. Humble Pie was the opening band. The same filmmakers for the documentary of the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont were commissioned to film it, but to date, a final film has not been released.
The stadium subsequently hosted numerous concerts, including Jethro Tull with opening act Robin Trower in July 1976 (billed as Tull v. Boeing because of the proximity to LaGuardia Airport), The Who with opening acts The Clash and David Johansen in October 1982 (two concerts), and Simon & Garfunkel in August 1983. On August 18, 1983, The Police played in front of 70,000 fans at Shea, a concert that the band's singer and bassist Sting described as "like playing the top of Everest", and announced near the end of the concert: "We'd like to thank the Beatles for lending us their stadium."The Rolling Stones performed at Shea for a six-night run in October 1989, and Elton John and Eric Clapton played a concert in August 1992. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ended The Rising Tour with three concerts at Shea in early October 2003, with Bob Dylan making a special guest appearance at the final show to perform "Highway 61 Revisited" with Springsteen.
The last concert event was a two-night engagement by Billy Joel on July 16 and 18, 2008. The concert was dubbed The Last Play at Shea , and featured many special guest appearances, including former Beatle Paul McCartney who closed the second show with an emotional rendition of the Beatles classic "Let It Be". Other artists that joined Joel on stage for the shows were former Shea performer Roger Daltrey of The Who, Tony Bennett, Don Henley, John Mayer, John Mellencamp, Garth Brooks, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. The concert was the subject of a documentary film of the same name, which is used along with Shea's history to tell the story of changes in American suburban life.
Pete Flynn was a Shea groundskeeper who did the improbable by driving the Beatles from the stage to a centerfield gate in 1965, then driving Paul McCartney from the stadium's rear entrance to the stage to perform at Billy Joel's "Last Play at Shea" concert 43 years later in 2008.
The 1978 International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses was held at Shea Stadium from July 12 to 16, 1978.During his tour of America in October 1979, Pope John Paul II was also among those hosted by Shea Stadium. On the morning of the Pontiff's visit, Shea Stadium was awash in torrential rain, causing ankle-deep mud puddles, and threatened to ruin the event. But as the Popemobile entered the stadium, the rain stopped although the deep mud remained.
On December 9, 1979, as part of the halftime show of a National Football League game between the New York Jets and New England Patriots, a model airplane group put on a remote control airplane display. The grand finale was a remote control airplane, weighing 40 lbs, made to look like a red flying lawnmower. The pilot lost control of the airplane, and it crashed into the stands, hitting Kevin Rourke, of Lynn, Massachusetts and John Bowen of Nashua, New Hampshire. Both suffered serious head injuries; Rourke survived but Bowen died four days later.
Between 1972 and 1980, Shea also hosted a Showdown at Shea event three separate times, by the then World Wrestling Federation. In 1980, it hosted a simulcast of the first fight between Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard, won by Duran.
From 1970 to 1987, the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) played its annual all-star game at various major league stadiums. The games were interleague contests between the CCBL and the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL). The 1982 and 1986 games were played at Shea. The 1986 contest starred game MVP and future Cincinnati Reds all-star pitcher Jack Armstrong.
In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the stadium became a staging area for rescuers, its parking lots filled with food, water, medical supplies, even makeshift shelters where relief workers could sleep. Ten days later Shea reopened for the first post-attack sporting event in New York where the Mets beat the Braves, behind a dramatic home run by Mets catcher Mike Piazza.
In the television serial drama Mad Men , the main character, Don Draper, has his secretary buy a pair of tickets for the Beatles' concert at Shea Stadium in 1965.
The Rutles film All You Need is Cash refers to the ballpark as Che Stadium, "named after the Cuban guerilla leader, Che Stadium."
Shea Stadium was parodied as Spray Stadium in an episode of Batman '66 .
In 1987, Marvel Comics rented Shea Stadium to re-enact the wedding of Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson.
In the 2007 documentary series Seven Ages of Rock , Shea Stadium was named the most hallowed venue in all of rock music.
In Godzilla: The Series , the stadium was destroyed in a fight between Godzilla and Crackler.
Shea Stadium was used for filming the 1973 movie Bang The Drum Slowly starring Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty and the 1978 film The Wiz . In the latter film, the exterior pedestrian ramps were used for a motorcycle chase scene with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross.
A scene in the 2002 movie Two Weeks Notice takes place at Shea.
In Men in Black , a Mets game at Shea was featured in the film, with outfielder Bernard Gilkey dropping a fly ball after being distracted by an alien spacecraft in the sky. Shea was also featured in Men in Black 3 which is where K and J intercept Griffin and the ArcNet in 1969 before Boris the Animal can capture it.
Shea Stadium was also the setting for two episodes of The King of Queens : "Doug Out" (1999) and "Catching Hell" (2005).
The exterior part of the Stadium is featured in the 2006 videogame Driver: Parallel Lines .
The Mets, Yankees, Jets and Giants all called Shea home in 1975, the only time in professional sports history that two baseball teams and two football teams shared the same facility in the same year.
As Yankee Stadium was being renovated and Giants Stadium was nearing completion, there were scheduling clashes between the four teams once the calendar turned to September. Neither the Jets nor the Giants could play "home" games at Shea Stadium until the baseball season ended for the Mets and Yankees. The matter was simplified when neither baseball team qualified for the postseason; still, there was a two-week overlap as the NFL season started on Sunday, September 21 while the MLB campaign ended on Sunday, September 28. This meant the Jets opened at home on Sunday, October 5, the third week of the season, and the Giants on Sunday, October 12, the season's fourth week. It also meant that the Giants and Jets had to play a combined 14 home games in the final 12 weeks of the 14-week NFL season. To do so, the Giants played two Saturday afternoon home games, neither of which were televised, and both of which were played the day before a Jets' Sunday home game. New York football fans thus enjoyed either the Jets or the Giants hosting a Sunday home game every weekend from October 5 through December 21.Shea wound up hosting all four teams on consecutive Sundays: Mets (September 21), Yankees (September 28), Jets (October 5) and Giants (October 12).
In total, the "Big Four" drew 3,738,546 customers to Shea: 1,730,566 by the Mets (76 home dates); 1,288,048 by the Yankees (71 home dates); 361,102 by the Jets (seven home games) and 358,830 by the Giants (also seven). Having both the Giants and Jets share Shea Stadium for one season foreshadowed what was to come in the future with the Meadowlands (a.k.a. Giants Stadium), after the Jets left Flushing Meadows for New Jersey following the 1983 NFL season.
Shea was a circular stadium, with the grandstand forming about two-thirds of a circle around the field and ending a short distance beyond the foul lines. The remainder of the perimeter was mostly empty space beyond the outfield fences. This space was occupied by the bullpens, scoreboards, and a section of bleachers beyond the left field fence. The stadium boasted 54 restrooms, 21 escalators, seats for 57,343 fans (although as seating configuration changed constantly over the life of the stadium, that number varied often, dropping to 55,601 by the 1986 World Series, and then increased again over following years to between approximately 56,000 and 57,000, until its closing), and a massive 86' x 175' scoreboard. Also, rather than the standard light towers, Shea featured lamps along its upper reaches. Some deemed Shea a showplace, praised for its convenience, even its "elegance".The stadium's scoreboard in right field, one of the largest in MLB when it opened, weighed over 60 tons. One of its distinctive features was a giant rearview slide projector screen on the top center of the scoreboard; it was intended to display a picture of the current player at bat (a groundbreaking innovation at the time); however, due to lighting issues (it only worked at night when the light was really low; during day games, the picture would not show up at all), it was not used very often and was eventually covered with a giant Mets logo (or a Jets logo when they played).
The stadium was located close to LaGuardia Airport. For many years, interruptions for planes flying overhead were common at Shea; the noise was so loud that radio and television broadcasts could not be heard. Players would usually ask for time during noisy flight approaches and takeoffs.
Shea was originally designed with two motor-operated stands that allow the field level seats to rotate on underground tracks, allowing the stadium to be converted between a baseball and an American football/soccer configuration. In 1982, a new Mitsubishi DiamondVision screen was installed in left field. After the New York Jets football team moved to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey in 1984, the Mets took over operation of the stadium and retrofitted it for exclusive baseball use. As part of the refitting, Shea Stadium's exterior was painted blue and neon signs of baseball player silhouettes were added to the windscreens prior to the 1988 season. Around the same time, the original scoreboard was removed, and a new one installed in its place (fitting into the shell left behind by the old one) allowing for a much greater space for information and entertainment after the original message board above the main scoreboard was covered up by the Budweiser advertisement in 1982. Also, after years of injuries to players crashing into the wooden outfield wall, most notably to 1973 star player Rusty Staub, where one injury caused a dislocated shoulder and forced him to miss or play severely injured during that Championship Season, the original wall finally had padding added to it, as most in baseball already did, greatly reducing injuries to outfielders.
Banks of ramps that provided access from the ground to the upper levels were built around the outside circumference of the stadium. The ramps were not walled in and were visible from outside the stadium. The ramps were originally partly covered with many rectangular panels in blue and orange, the Mets' colors. These panels can be seen in the 1970s movie The Wiz , which used the exterior pedestrian ramps for a motorcycle chase scene with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross. The 1960s-style decorations were removed in 1980.The banks of ramps resulted in the outer wall of the stadium jutting out where the banks existed.
The design also allowed for Shea Stadium to be expandable to 90,000 seats, simply by completely enclosing the grandstand. It was also designed to be later enclosed by a dome if warranted. In March 1965, a plan was formally announced to add a glass dome and add 15,000 seats.The Mets strongly objected to the proposal. The idea was later dropped after engineering studies concluded that the stadium's foundation would be unable to support the weight of the dome.
The distances to the right and left field foul poles were initially both 341 feet (104 m). There was a horizontal orange line that determined where a batted ball was a home run or still in play. In 1978, Manager Joe Torre suggested moving in the fences to 338 feet (103 m) in the corners with a wall in front of the original brick wall, to decrease the number of disputed calls.
Originally, all of the seats were wooden, with each level having a different color. The field boxes were yellow, the loge level seats were brown, the mezzanine seats were blue, and the upper deck seats were green. Each level above the field level was divided into box seats below the entrance/exit portals and reserved seats above the portals. The box seats were a darker shade than the reserved seats. The game ticket was the same color as the seat that it represented, and the signs in the lobby for that section were the same color as the seat and the ticket. Before the 1980 baseball season, they were replaced with red (upper deck), green (mezzanine), blue (loge), and orange (field level) plastic seats.
Unlike Yankee Stadium, Shea was built on an open field, so there was no need to have it conform to the surrounding streets.
Before Shea Stadium closed in 2008, it was the only stadium in the major leagues with orange foul poles. This tradition is carried on at Citi Field as the foul poles there are the same color.
After the Jets left Shea, the exterior of the stadium was painted blue and white, two of the Mets' team colors.
In 2003, large murals celebrating the Mets' two world championships were added, covering the two ends of the grandstand. The 1986 mural was removed after the 2006 season because of deterioration (the wall was re-painted solid blue, and a window was opened on the mezzanine level where fans could view the progress of Citi Field), but the 1969 mural survived until the final game at the end of 2008.
With its refurbishment in 1988, the scoreboard was topped by a representation of the New York Skyline, a prominent part of the team logo. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were kept unlit, with a red-white-and-blue ribbon placed over them. The scoreboard was demolished in October 2008, but the skyline was preserved and is now located on the Shake Shack in Citi Field's "Taste Of The City" food court behind the giant scoreboard in center field.
During the 2007 and 2008 seasons, the construction of Citi Field was visible beyond the left and center field walls of Shea.
From 1973 to 1979, fans could estimate the distance of home run balls, since there were several signs beyond the outfield wall giving the distance in feet from home plate, in addition to the nine markers within the field.
The Home Run Apple came out of a magic hat after every Mets home run at Shea Stadium. It was first installed in May 1980 as a symbol of the Mets' advertising slogan "The Magic Is Back!" (the hat originally said "Mets Magic" in script but was changed in the mid-1980s to a simple "Home Run" in block capital letters).A bigger apple was placed in center field at Citi Field. The original apple was installed inside Citi Field's bullpen gate and was visible from outside, on 126th Street. In 2010, the original Shea apple was relocated outside the Citi Field, in front of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.
Four players in the National League named their children after Shea Stadium.
Actor Kevin James, a devoted Mets fan, named his youngest daughter Shea Joelle.
The original Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx in New York City. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball franchises, from 1923 to 2008, except for 1974–1975 when the stadium was renovated. It hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the home of the New York Giants National Football League (NFL) team from October 21, 1956 through September 23, 1973. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built", is derived from Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. It has often been referred to as "The Cathedral of Baseball". Since the opening of the new Yankee Stadium in 2009, it is sometimes retroactively referred to as Old Yankee Stadium to distinguish it from the current one.
Giants Stadium was a stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The venue was open from 1976 to 2010, and it primarily hosted sporting events and concerts. It was best known as the home field of the New York Giants (1976–2009) and New York Jets (1984–2009) football teams. The maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The structure itself was 756 feet (230 m) long, 592 feet (180 m) wide and 144 feet (44 m) high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 178 feet (54 m) high to the top of the south tower. The volume of the stadium was 64.5 million cubic feet (1,830,000 m3), and 13,500 tons of structural steel were used in the building process while 29,200 tons of concrete were poured. It was owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA). The stadium's field was aligned northwest to southeast, with the press box along the southwest sideline.
The Subway Series is a series of Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry games played between the two teams based in New York City, the Yankees and the Mets. Previously, this applied to the Giants and Dodgers as well, before they moved out of New York City. Every historic and current venue for such games has been accessible via the New York City Subway, hence the name of the series.
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo. Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th streets and on the east and west by Fifth and Sixth (Lenox) avenues, just north of Central Park, it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880.
The Yale Bowl Stadium is a college football stadium in the northeast United States, located in New Haven, Connecticut, on the border of West Haven, about 1½ miles west of the main campus of Yale University. The home of the American football Yale Bulldogs team of the Ivy League, it opened in 1914 with 70,896 seats; renovations have reduced its current capacity to 61,446, still making it the second largest FCS stadium, behind Tennessee State's Nissan Stadium.
Citi Field is a baseball stadium located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the borough of Queens, New York City, United States. Opening in 2009, Citi Field is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s New York Mets. The stadium was built as a replacement for the adjacent Shea Stadium, which had opened in 1964.
William Alfred Shea was an American lawyer and a name partner of the prominent law firm of Shea & Gould. He is better known as the founder of the Continental League, which was instrumental in bringing National League baseball back to New York City with the New York Mets, and for being the namesake of the stadium where that team played for 45 years, and paving the way for all of the MLB expansion teams that have followed.
"Meet the Mets" is the fight song of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. The music and lyrics were written in 1961 by Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz, and it was originally recorded by Glenn Osser's orchestra. The song's lyrics "East Side, West Side" are a tribute to The Sidewalks of New York, a popular New York song of the 1890s. Rewritten and modernized versions were recorded in 1975 and 1984.
The 2000 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2000 season. The 96th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between crosstown opponents, the two-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets. The Yankees defeated the Mets, four games to one, to win their third consecutive championship and 26th overall. The series was often referred to as the "Subway Series", referring to the longstanding matchup between New York baseball teams; it was the first World Series contested between two New York teams since the 1956 World Series and the first since the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers moved west to California in 1958 and the subsequent formation of the Mets in 1962. This World Series that featured teams from the same city or state, was the first of its kind since 1989 between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants. Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was named the World Series Most Valuable Player.
The 1964 New York Mets season was the third regular season for the Mets. They went 53–109 and finished 10th in the NL, 40 games behind the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by Casey Stengel. They played home games at Shea Stadium, which opened on April 17 of that year. This was Stengel's final full season as manager.
The Mets–Yankees rivalry refers to the latest incarnation of the Subway Series, which is the interleague rivalry between New York City's Major League Baseball (MLB) teams: the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. The Mets are a member club of MLB's National League (NL) East division, and the Yankees are a member club of MLB's American League (AL) East division.
The Home Run Apple is a motorized apple prop in the batter's eye at Citi Field in New York City, New York, United States; which rises whenever the New York Mets hit a home run there. The original, smaller apple was first installed in Shea Stadium in 1980 at the behest of Al Harazin with a replacement being installed at Citi Field upon that stadium's opening in 2009. The original was 9 feet (2.7 m) tall while the replacement is 18 feet (5.5 m) tall and 16 feet (4.9 m) wide.
The 2009 Major League Baseball season began on April 5, 2009; the regular season was extended two days for a one-game playoff between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins for the American League Central title. The postseason began the next day with the Division Series. The World Series began on October 28, and ended on November 4, with the New York Yankees defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. This was the second time the season was completed in November. The only other occasion was the 2001 World Series, because of the delaying of the end of that season due to the September 11 attacks as November baseball would be guaranteed when Game 4 was played on Sunday, November 1. Had the 2009 World Series gone the full seven games, Game 7 would've been played on November 5, the latest date ever scheduled for a World Series game. American League champion had home field advantage for the World Series by virtue of winning the All-Star Game on July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, 4–3. In addition, the annual Civil Rights Game became a regular season game, and was played June 20 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, when the host Cincinnati Reds lost to the Chicago White Sox in an interleague game, 10–8. Both teams wore replicas of their 1965 uniforms in the contest.
The Braves–Mets rivalry is a rivalry between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. Both clubs are members of Major League Baseball's National League (NL) East division. The rivalry between the two clubs was particularly fierce during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Yankee Stadium is a baseball and soccer stadium located in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It is the home ballpark of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB), and New York City FC of Major League Soccer (MLS).
The 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 84th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was held on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Citi Field in Queens, New York City, the home of the New York Mets. This was the first time that the Mets have hosted an All-Star Game since 1964, the team's inaugural season at Shea Stadium, and the ninth time the All-Star Game was held in New York City. The game was last held in New York City in 2008, when the old Yankee Stadium hosted it in its final season before being demolished. It was televised in the United States on Fox.
The history of the New York Mets began in 1962 when the team was introduced as part of the National League 's first expansion of the 20th century. The team has won two World Series championships and five National League pennants in their history.
Stephen Edward Dillon is an American former professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher whose professional career lasted for four seasons (1962–1965), including major league stints with the 1963 and 1964 New York Mets. While Dillon appeared in only three major league games during his career, all in relief, he pitched in the first-ever night game played at Shea Stadium on May 6, 1964.
The 7 Line Army is a group of fans of the New York Mets started in 2012 by Darren Meenan, the founder of The 7 Line, a company that makes Mets-themed apparel. The group is named after the 7 train of the New York City Subway, which stops near Citi Field at Mets–Willets Point. They occupy the Big Apple Reserved section of Citi Field during Mets home games. The 7 Line Army also attends Mets road games, sponsoring outings which attract more than 1,000 fans.
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The Phils won the contest...before 32,904 fans who were screaming for Bunning during the last two innings...Yesterday's perfect pitching turned the usually loyal Met fans into Bunning fans in the late innings. From the seventh inning on...Bunning had the crowd...behind him.
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"He's a snarling, intimidating presence on the mound."
My dad is the oldest of four brothers, which means, in a family that had a total of eight children, he was a little bit like a second dad to all of them. Thus, having had him as an actual dad, I’ve always been able to bond with my uncles about how it feels to have my dad mad at us—how it feels to disappoint him.
Specifically: My father has this unique vocal inflection when he says the words “Jesus Christ” and the words “God Dammit.” Whenever I get together with my uncles, I do this impression of my Dad, born from years of experience. They’ll gather around, and I’ll start huffing and puffing, and I’ll nail it. “Jeeeeeeezussss CaahRIST … Gawd DAMN it!” They crack up every time. “That’s exactly how he says it!” my uncle Jimmy will say, howling. “You always knew you were in trouble with him when you got the CaahRIST.”
It is funny now, 35 years later, to be able to do a pitch-perfect impression of what your dad sounds like when he is mad at you. After all, it worked out fine. You turned out fine, your dad turned out fine, your uncles turned out fine, everybody’s all right. My father is one of my best friends, the guy I want to watch every Cardinals and Illini game with, a guy I take trips with multiple times a year while we still can, a guy I wrote a whole book about. My uncles adore him too, and still look up to him to this day.
But when you’re 11 years old, and your dad is mad at you, and he is yelling at you, and you don’t know how to make him stop, there is nothing funny about it at all. It is the scariest thing in the world.
Yesterday morning, both my kids were late getting ready for school. My older son William does the morning announcements at his school—the elementary school he only has two months left at before the perils of middle school—so I have a hard deadline to get these children inside the school at 7:20 every Friday morning. And everyone was scrambling. Brush your teeth, make your bed, comb your hair, get your school papers together, all the madness of a Friday morning after a long, exhausting week—every parent has been there.
We were finally on our way out the door when my younger son Wynn realized he couldn’t find his Percy Jackson book. Wynn is the reader of my children; he has already finished all the Harry Potter books, he has successfully transitioned his entire class from graphic novels to chapter books, he’s even a pretty funny writer himself. When he is in the middle of a book, he is obsessive about it, at the expense of everything else in the outside world. And he was absolutely losing his mind looking for the book, the way an eight-year-old does when the world is not working out the way it is supposed to, particularly when he knows it’s his fault (he’s the one who lost the book, after all) but does not want to admit it.
“I am not going to school without that book!” he shouted, stomping around the kitchen, now too angry to actually look for the book he lost. “I’m not!”
It was now 7:15—I had five minutes to get them to school, and he didn’t even have his shoes on yet. Any father will tell you that a disturbing large percentage of the job of father is simply getting everybody in the damn car, and we were running out of time. Also, and this context is probably important, I was tired. I’d been traveling like crazy over the last few weeks, I’d been up late watching basketball and writing the night before, I had a ton of work I need to finish once I dropped them off, and I was groggy and spent, and also the world sometimes feels like it’s coming apart at the seams and that feeling is always bubbling right underneath the surface of all of us, all the time. Context.
I told Wynn that he needed to let the book go, that we didn’t have time for him to look for it, that he could find it when he got home from school, that we had to leave. He ignored me and continued to stomp around. I said it again; “Wynn, it’s time to go.” He ignored me again and clomp-clomped into the other room. “Wynn,” I said, louder this time. Again: Ignored.
I thought about what my father would have done, had I ignored multiple direct orders like that. I thought about what his father would have done.
And I lost it.
I tore off toward him, grabbed his arm, spun him around and yelled—roared—“God DAMN it, Wynn! Get your goddamned shoes on and get in the fucking car. Now!”
This is what I did. I am generally an affable sort. I would love to tell you I did something different. But I didn’t. That’s what I did.
Wynn looked up at me, no longer rampaging about his book, no longer defiant. He was merely an eight-year-old boy, looking up at a 47-year-old man, a man who is his father, a man who he emulates and loves and fears and admires and growls about with his friends and surely sometimes dreams of dreams of really letting Dad have it, if only he could. His upper lip quivered. His eyes watered slightly. He was scared. This beautiful boy, this center of my universe—he was scared of me. I had scared him.
He zipped up his backpack, put on his shoes and headed wordlessly out to the car. I drove him and his brother to school in silence, dropped them off and then spent the rest of the day feeling like shit.
When I picked Wynn up after school, I gave him a hug and told him I was sorry about that morning. He said it was fine, he was fine. He hugged me back, happily. He was in a good mood, it had been a fun day at school, he hadn’t thought about it, he just wanted me to tell him how his bracket was doing. But I know it lodged in his brain somewhere, because I know when my dad yelled at me, it lodged in my brain somewhere, just like it did when his dad yelled at him, and on and on and on it goes. I know my son loves me, and I know my son knows I love him, just like I know I love my dad and I know my dad knows I love him. But I also know that, to this day, I will occasionally have dreams where I am 10 years old and my dad is yelling at me and I stand up to him in a way that I never did, in a way I never could have, back then. I will have this dreams the rest of my life, and so will Wynn, and so will William, and I wonder if someday their kids will too.
There is much talk these days of the erosion of the American Dream, the fundamental (and probably apocryphal) idea that life is supposed to be better for your children than it was for you, and how that should forever be paid forward throughout each generation. My parents, and their parents, believed in this, and inarguably achieved it: I was the first Leitch boy to go to college, something I was only able to do because of my parents’ sacrifices and decades of hard work, and their parents’ before then. But I do think focusing solely on economic situations misses the point of the American Dream construct. The goal isn’t for your kids to be richer than you were; the goal is for them to have a richer life than you did. I hope we are doing this for our children. They are growing up able to see and do things I never did. They have friends from all different economic and demographic backgrounds. They are being taught sociopolitical concepts that were never introduced to me. They have been able to go places I couldn’t go, to listen to music and watch movies that I never had access to, to express themselves in a way that I never felt free to. This is progress, I think. This is what I hope for them.
And part of that, too, is each generation of parent getting better too. When I look back at my family’s history, I see my father learning from what he saw as his father’s shortcomings and trying to do better, just like his father surely did, and his father. Each generation is a little more open, a little more understanding, a little less withholding. I cannot imagine what my great-grandfather would have done if my grandfather had told him when he was a teenager that he wanted to write for a living, but my father not only accepted that decision, he supported it in every way he could, even when it must have felt, at many times, like his son had made a terrible mistake. That’s progress. I’m so fortunate to have the father I’ve had.
But we still carry our parents with us, forever. When Dad yelled “Jeeeeeeezussss CaahRIST … Gawd DAMN it!” when I dropped the tools when we were working on the car, or I ran over one of his bushes with the lawn mower, or I painted the deck fence the wrong color, he was channeling his father, and his father, and his father, all the frustration, all the mores of the time, all the weird intricacies and hangups of fatherhood and manhood, all the ways you try to make your kids tough while making sure they remain kind. He’s also a human being himself, tired, impatient, doing his best but also never going to get it perfect. And when I close my eyes at night sometimes, I don’t always see the kind father who has had my back since the day I was born. I see the irritated, disappointed father who lost his patience. I see the man yelling at me. And I feel scared. Not of him—not today, not anymore. I know it was just frustration, I know there was no violence, I know he was trying to figure it out like everybody else, I know how good he is. But I still remember my fear.
Someday my sons will be older, and they will think of their father. I hope they will know that I am good, that I was doing my best, that I love them as much as anyone has ever loved anything. I believe they will. But I also know that they will get together when I am not around, and they will make fun of the way I say, “Jeeeeeeezussss CaahRIST … Gawd DAMN it!” when I am upset, or I am in the car behind a terrible driver, or I have just lost my patience. They will laugh at the recognition. But I also wonder if they will remember mornings like yesterday morning, when the dad they loved, the dad they look up to, scared them.
And they will notice the same thing in themselves. They’ll notice they say, “Jeeeeeeezussss CaahRIST … Gawd DAMN it!” when they’re in traffic too. Then they, like their father before them, like their grandfather before them, like so many before all of them, will feel bad, will feel like they’re getting it all wrong, will fear that they’re messing it all up. I hope they’ll give themselves a break. They won’t get it perfect. But they’ll get it better. And that’s all that counts. You do your best. You screw up. But you try not to screw it up as badly tomorrow. You try to make it better.
Oh, and Wynn found his book. It was right where I’d told him it was.
EIGHT WEEKS TO BOOK LAUNCH
Every week here at The Will Leitch Newsletter, we countdown the weeks until the release of The Time Has Come, my novel that comes out May 16. This is the spot for weekly news, updates and pre-order reminders.
Blurbs! From what I understand, blurbs don’t make nearly as much of a difference as most writers believe they do—with the possible exception of someone like Stephen King—but they still take up a lot of psychological attic space: Blurbers are, after all, your peers, as well as the earliest people to read the book. I’m told that blurbs are a little less important for your follow-up novel than they are to your first one, which makes sense; it’s less vital, the second time out of the gate, to find well-known writers to establish your bonafides when you’ve already shown you can do this at least once.
Nevertheless, you do need them for the book jacket, particularly when people love the books they’ve written and you’d like those same people to read yours. The Time Has Come is my sixth book, and each of them have had blurbs … including some that look awfully eccentric years later.
The blurbers so far:
Life As A Loser: Tom Perrotta, Ken Kurson.
Catch: John Green, James Frey, Ned Vizzini.
God Save the Fan: Sally Jenkins, Jeff MacGregor, Robert Kurson, Jeff Pearlman.
Are We Winning?: Chuck Klosterman.
How Lucky: Stephen King, Richard Russo, Kevin Wilson, Carl Hiaasen, Chris Bohjalian.
The hardcover version of The Time Has Come, which comes out in less than two months now, will have two blurbs.
Will Leitch has written another compelling and propulsive novel that I could not put down. What makes him such an amazing writer is his keen eye for what makes us human, all the seemingly invisible threads that connect us and those shocking moments when we’re pulled together and forced to reckon with the world. Leitch is as empathetic a writer as they come, and I trust him to guide me through any danger, any story, and know I’ll come out of it with something special.
The second, and most recent, comes from longtime editor, recent massive bestseller and longtime friend Jenny Jackson, who wrote the outstanding (and currently flying-off-the-shelves) Pineapple Street. You may have seen Jenny on “Good Morning America” last week, which chose Pineapple Street for its “GMA Book Club.”
Jenny’s book is a crackling good read, and you should buy it. I am honored to have Jenny’s blurb on The Time Has Come jacket.
With kindness, empathy, and the generosity of spirit that is the hallmark of his work, Will Leitch takes seven very different characters and brings them vividly to life, skillfully weaving their fates in a story that is taut, surprising, and ultimately speaks to the character of America itself.
So! Blurbs! The book has them! If you like those books, maybe you’ll like mine! Buy it, you fools!
Also, while I have you, the Southern Voices Book Festival posted my talk at their event from a couple of weeks ago. If you want to watch me wing a speech for 45 minutes, here’s your chance.
Here is a numerical breakdown of all the things I wrote this week, in order of what I believe to be their quality.
Oscar Winners, Ranked and Updated, Vulture. Updated with Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The Shocking Shame of Alabama Basketball, New York. I cannot believe that Brandon Miller is playing basketball right now.
DC Movies Updated, Vulture. Updated with Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
Sports Movies, Ranked and Updated, Vulture. We updated our rankings for Champions, even though Champions did not actually make our list.
I Did a Writeup of the Aaron Rodgers “News,” New York. Man, I’m sick of that guy.
Your March Ranking of Presidential Candidates, Medium. My monthly update. Keep an eye on Tim Scott?
In Praise of the Bracket, Medium. You can solve all the world’s dilemmas with a bracket.
Your WBC Weekend Preview, MLB.com. Now only slightly outdated with last night’s game.
Grierson & Leitch, we recapped the Oscars and discussed “Scream VI” and “Champions.”
Seeing Red, Bernie and I are back to weekly shows, it’s baseball season, people.
Waitin' Since Last Saturday, no show this week.
LONG STORY YOU SHOULD READ THIS MORNING … OF THE WEEK
“The Best Picture Winner Is As Traditional As They Come,” Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times. Justin Chang is one of the best film critics in the world: Honest, fair, and madly in love with the movies. This is maybe the perfect piece about Everything Everywhere All at Once.
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CURRENTLY LISTENING TO
“Sick of Myself,” Matthew Sweet. I’m going to a show at the 40 Watt here in Athens this week, and every time I go there, I remember the Matthew Sweet show I saw here a few years ago. (And wrote about here.) These songs are still so good.
Remember to listen to The Official Will Leitch Newsletter Spotify Playlist, featuring every song ever mentioned in this section.
Stupid Illini. Time for this guy to take over the planet.
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Microsoft has today beefed up some of its business tools in Office 365 this week, including debuting the free version of Teams. On Office 365, the company has revealed some interesting new additions that will give organizations more tools within a team environment.
Indeed, Microsoft's new features promote more creativity and engagement in teams. Workplace Analytics solutions in Office 365 give companies tools to develop actions plans from organization-wide data.
In a teamwork environment, teams will be able to improve time management. Microsoft says the new features are available in Office 365 under the Solutions tab. Users will need to be using Workplace Analytics and MyAnalytics to get the solution.
Features available under the tab include the ability to see challenges currently stalling collaboration efficiently. Businesses can also enrol teams in change programs and measure teamwork progress.
Furthering the MyAnalytics toolset, Office 365 now supports a new feature called nudges. These are data-driven tips for a collaborative environment. These tips will appear in Office 365 as you work.
At the moment, four nudges are available, but more will arrive in the future. Currently, MyAnalytics supplies nudges when managing new invites, time saving in meetings, and email management:
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- Run more effective meetings—As you create and receive meeting invites, MyAnalytics will nudge you to put good meeting habits into practice and save precious hours. For example, MyAnalytics will nudge you to delegate coworkers to cover a meeting for you if your schedule is already busy.
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Google has recently provided a select group of companies with early access to its forthcoming conversational generative AI software, codenamed “Gemini.” This move indicates that the tech giant is gearing up to integrate this software into its consumer services and offer it to businesses via its cloud division.
Gemini's Capabilities and Objectives
Gemini's main goal is to position itself as a strong contender against the GPT-4 large language model from OpenAI. The software encompasses a suite of powerful language models that can be utilized in various applications. These range from chatbots to functions that produce text summarization or generate unique content based on user preferences. This includes creating email drafts, music lyrics, and news articles. Additionally, Gemini is expected to aid software developers in generating code and producing original images in response to user prompts.
Strategic Moves by Google
In the wake of the introduction of ChatGPT by Microsoft-backed OpenAI last year, Google has ramped up its investments in generative AI. Microsoft itself put Google on alert too with the launch of Bing Chat, an AI search tool that uses elements of OpenAI's technology. Google responded with its Bard chatbot but sees Gemini as the more complete rival.
The company aims to make Gemini available to businesses through its Google Cloud Vertex AI service. Last month, Google integrated generative AI features into its Search tool, specifically catering to users in India and Japan. This update allows the display of text or visual results in response to user queries, including content summarizations. Furthermore, Google expanded the reach of its AI-driven tools to enterprise clients, setting a monthly fee of $30 per user. | <urn:uuid:68a02cca-f421-439e-a57c-2721a4d9bee6> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://winbuzzer.com/2023/09/15/google-readies-gemini-generative-ai-to-rival-openais-gpt-4-xcxwbn/ | 2023-09-24T22:58:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.929568 | 342 |
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In 2009 Ontario leapt to the forefront of energy policy in North America when it introduced the Green Energy and Green Economy Act.
For those south of the Canadian border it was a surprising turn of events. Accustomed to thumping our chests and shouting to the rooftops how we are the “first” in this or that policy, Ontario forced some of us to turn to our atlases to find it on a map. No, it’s not a suburb of Los Angeles, we learned, but the most populous province in Canada and the country’s industrial heartland.
What we also learned was that the “cold white North” had created the most progressive renewable energy policy in North American in three decades. First, it was a policy open to all, not just to the Florida Power & Lights of the world, but to all its own citizens. “Imagine that,” we Yankees thought, “giving the right to generate electricity for a profit to its own citizens. Why, it sounds downright . . . Jeffersonian.”
Further, we learned that those hockey-playing, ice-wine swilling Canadians created a true “renewable energy” policy, not a “wind” policy, or a “solar” policy, but a policy that included all renewables. In fact, it seemed that the Green Energy Act was actually designed to do what its visionary politicians said was the purpose–make an energy transition possible. This was all a bit shocking, accustomed as we are in the states to legislation as simply a vehicle for a few glowing press releases touting some token program that no one takes seriously.
We learned too that those Ontarians had the audacity to say they were going to close their coal-fired power plants—all of them–because they were bad for the health of their citizens. And then they went ahead and actually did it—ahead of schedule.
What is it with those Canadians? Haven’t they heard of the Koch brothers?
It was enough to turn a Californian green with envy.
And for a time Ontario was installing more and wind and more solar than. . . sunny California.
Alas, the status quo reared its ugly head and said, “Hey, wait a minute. They really are doing this. It’s not just talk.”
The nuclear industry felt threatened, as well they should. “Today coal, tomorrow it will be nuclear” became their battle-cry as they stoked their minions to the barricades.
In the tumult, Ontario lost its way. Provincial politicians it turns out were human after all and much more like their counterparts in the states than they were different. They flubbed badly on building some gas-fired power plants and went all weak-kneed before the nuclear juggernaut. They began whittling away at the Green Energy Act. First, they sidelined offshore wind to appease some locally noisy constituents, then began putting caps on how much renewable energy could be built as contracted capacity began to bump up against the must-run, provincially-owned, nuclear plants.
Soon Ontario became an also ran in the solar sweepstakes behind . . . New Jersey—always a hot-bed of solar innovation. And California resumed its self-proclaimed rightful place as the leader in renewable energy in North America.
But its hard to put the Green Energy Act genie back in the bottle once it got out. Ontario will have nearly 11,000 MW of new renewable generation on its system by 2015. Thousands of farmers and citizens have been given a taste of energy democracy as a result. They may like it, and want more.
In the meantime, Ontario did indeed close its coal plants—the first in North America to do so–and the flood of renewables attracted by its policy is washing up against the nuclear industry, flooding plans for new reactors and eroding support for expensive refurbishments.
Despite the setbacks, Ontarians can be proud of what they’ve accomplished. For a time, Ontario forced us in the states to look northward for policies to emulate, and models to follow. You allowed us to say, “If the Canadians, can do it. Why can’t we?” From a Yankee, there’s no higher compliment. | <urn:uuid:269eb38b-f5b3-4edf-8fa8-0d14b589c4c6> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://wind-works.org/ontario-once-a-leader-lost-its-way-but-the-results-are-here-to-stay/ | 2023-09-24T23:55:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.97752 | 891 |
Staunton, April 28 – Russian opposition leader Aleksey Navalny says that Russia does not need federalism and should become a unitary state in which cities rather than the current federal subjects would be the fundamental political link between individual Russian citizens and the Russian state.
In an interview published in the May issue of the Russian version of “GQ” magazine, Navalny, who currently faces what many view as politically motivated criminal charges but who many believe will eventually run for president, laid out his views on this most sensitive issue (www.gq.ru/magazine/featured/40667_aleksey_navalnyy_byt_luchshim_oppozitsionnym_politikom_v_rossii_eto_ochen_prosto.php?PAGEN_1=4)
chaskor.ru/article/aglomeratsiya_-_mera_razumnosti_31791 as discussed at windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/04/window-on-eurasia-agglomeration-of.html).
echo.msk.ru/blog/gontmaher/845502-echo/ as discussed in windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2012/01/window-on-eurasia-navalnys-nationality.html).
The territory of the Russian Federation, he pointed out, includes many places where the Russian people have not lived from time immemorial but others have: “Tatars and Bashkirs, Chuvash and Mordvins, Chechens and Ingushes, Yakuts and Chukchis live on territories in which not so long ago there were no ethnic Russians at all.”
That justified the formation of the state as a federation. Gontmakher conceded that “it is possible that it was a mistake to split the truly ethnic Russian (Slavic) lands into numerous oblasts and krays … but the presence of national republics and districts is the only chance to escape from the imperial arrangement” that Russia had earlier and still remain a single country. | <urn:uuid:44e40ffa-94d9-4f0b-b73b-880930ce5700> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2013/04/window-on-eurasia-navalny-again-calls.html | 2023-09-25T00:06:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.903399 | 457 |
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Obituary of Karola Pulcer
Passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family on June 21st, 2023 at the age of 77. Loving wife to Jan Pulcer, whom she shared 39 years of marriage with. Beloved mother to Anita Wieczorek, Marzanna Tys, Slawomir Pulcer (Jennifer Smith) and Marcin Pulcer (Kristin). Cherished grandmother to Henryk, Ewelina, Justyna, Anna, Magdalena, and Kasia. Will as well be missed by many extended family in Canada and across Europe.
Visitation to take place at WINDSOR CHAPEL (Banwell Chapel), 11677 Tecumseh Rd E, 519.253.7235 on Tuesday June 27th, 2023 from 5-7pm. Private funeral service to take place. Burial to follow at Heavenly Rest (5005 Howard Ave). Memorial mass to take place at Holy Trinity Polish Church at a later date. In memory of Karola, donations may be made to Transition to Betterness (T2B). Online condolences and cherished memories may be shared at www.windsorchapel.com.
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One type of light source you generally wouldn’t associate with a bathroom is fiber optics; however, a creative user on Instructables named Baldr created an incredible lighted star floor in his washroom that resembles a starry night.
This not only looks great but is practical if nature calls in the middle of the night. You don’t want a flash of blinding light when you enter the washroom! The best part is that Baldr has provided step-by-step instructions to create this for your washroom and you also get bragging rights when finished because it’s not a simple DIY project but it’s worth the effort.
Each point of light in this star floor is the end of a fiber optic strand so you can have as few or as many “stars” as you want to create.
You need a strand of fiber for every light.
Unlike traditional tiling which you start in the center of the room, you need to start tiling from where your light source will be plugged in.
There will be bundles of fiber optic cable coming from the light source so this is where you should start.
Now is the time for the grout but special care needs to be taken to not apply grout over the fiber optic ends and block the lighting on the star floor.
The fiber optic lighting on the star floor is “on” all the time but hardly noticeable when brightly lit.
When the lights are turned off, a starry night in his bathroom appears!
Baldr has also created a coffee table with actual star constellations.
The fiber optic lighting behind the stairs looks equally cool.
This project is definitely unique and sure that it would get a lot of compliments from guests.
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I clicked on this click-baity youtube video titled, “The BEST Cooking Videos on Youtube” expecting to roll my eyes while watching it, but I was pleasantly surprised to be schooled in a short history of Marco Pierre White. I am embarrassed to say I have no idea who was he was before this video (spoiler: he trained Gordon Ramsay).
The video is about White being “over it” – basically he just doesn’t give a shit and just cooks the way he wants to cook:
“Why should there be a recipe? Why can’t it just be feel? A philosophy.”– Marco Pierre White
I mean after reaching the very top it can be perceived as easy to not give a shit anymore, then again there are many people who reach the top and they’re more uptight than ever.
The youtube comments are interesting on their own as everybody has their own interpretation whether White is truly over it or it is just a persona he has cultivated for the public. He did return his Michelin stars though:
“I was being judged by people who had less knowledge than me, so what was it truly worth? I gave Michelin inspectors too much respect, and I belittled myself. I had three options: I could be a prisoner of my world and continue to work six days a week, I could live a lie and charge high prices and not be behind the stove or I could give my stars back, spend time with my children and re-invent myself.”– Marco Pierre White, Wikipedia
I also really liked a statement Adam Ragusea made in the video which I wholly agree with:
“It takes practice to learn yourself.”– Adam Ragusea
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How To Add International Numbers To The WinSMS Desktop Application
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If the number for an international contact is 0944123456 for example, when you choose UK from the country list, it will automatically insert the country code “44”, you then just need to enter the remaining part of the number which in this case would be 123456. The “09” in 0944123456 must not be entered since it is only required when dialling the number from a phone. | <urn:uuid:2fd06ba8-da29-4fa4-9b51-432e7112a088> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://winsms.io/sms-to-international-numbers/ | 2023-09-24T22:47:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.871502 | 188 |
SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the midst of the bear market, KTX.Finance, a decentralized perpetuals exchange on BNB Chain, announces a $4 million USD seed round financing led by Hashed. Other participants in the round include: AlphaLab Capital, CRIT Ventures, 100&100 Ventures, Trinito Corporation / Morpheus, GSG Asset, KuCoin Ventures and Sky9 Capital.
“Decentralised trading has grown increasingly popular since the collapse of their centralised counterparts. This was accelerated by the advent of multi-asset shared pool liquidity, which deepens trading liquidity for on-chain leveraged positions and brings capital efficiency for liquidity providers. KTX.Finance demonstrates these concepts as a fresh protocol on BNB Chain, executed by a seasoned team with >40 years of combined developer experience and operationally bootstrapped by ByteTrade Lab.”
Edward Tan, Investments & Research at Hashed
Hatched in the aftermath of FTX’s collapse in 2022, KTX.Finance went live in June 2023 on BNB Chain with the aim of bringing perpetuals trading to the masses. While several DEXs have emerged to address CEX risk, KTX.Finance’s competitive edge has been to maintain superior UIUX and speed, as well as lower fees. KTX.Finance is seeing early results, achieving $40 million USD in trading volume from more than 600 traders.
Instead of trading against a market-maker, traders trade against the KLP pool, a multi-asset liquidity pool consisting of 50% stablecoins and 50% blue-chip crypto assets (such as BTC, ETH, BNB). By adopting such a model, traders can trade with full custody of their assets while enjoying the benefits of leverage, good user experience, and low fees.
Additionally, liquidity providers on KTX.Finance can deposit any blue-chip asset into the KLP pool and receive up to 70% of the trading fees generated by the protocol.
KTX.Finance is operated by Alphamesh and incubated by ByteTrade Lab, a Web 3.0 infrastructure and venture builder based in Singapore.
“Blockchains, as open and transparent ledgers, excel in decentralizing the asset layer of the Internet. As part of this movement, KTX.Finance is leading the way in democratizing the perpetuals market. ByteTrade Lab has a shared vision with KTX.Finance of more accessibility and user empowerment, and we have high confidence in the project’s ability to bring DeFi to more users globally.”
– Dr. Lucas Lu, CEO of ByteTrade Lab
ByteTrade Lab, headquartered in Singapore, raised 50 million USD Series A financing in June 2022 from investors such as Susquehanna International Group (SIG) Asia Venture Capital Fund, INCE Capital, BAI Capital, Sky9 Capital, BlueRun, and PCG. They are committed to creating a decentralized Internet that gives individuals ownership and control over their financial and daily Internet data.
ByteTrade Lab is actively incubating Terminus OS and a network of decentralized Edge Nodes, also known as privately-owned personal servers. Through these Edge Nodes, users can self-host and run open protocols and software, enabling them to leverage extensive computational and storage capabilities. This empowers users with increased access and control over their Internet data, ultimately establishing a user-centric decentralized Internet network that aligns with the full value proposition of Web 3.0.
KTX.Finance is an on-chain decentralized derivatives trading protocol that utilizes a unique multi-asset liquidity pool. Traders are able to take on 50x leverage on their trades while LPs enjoy high capital efficiency. Please visit ktx.finance and follow us on Twitter at @KTX_finance.
About ByteTrade Labs
ByteTrade Lab is giving data ownership back to users and democratizing the marketplace of online information. We are helping to build a new internet that is self-hosted, user-controlled, and truly private. Our novel peer-to-peer operating system, Terminus OS, is built to run on top of a network of decentralized personal servers protected by personal private keys. The result is a decentralized cloud owned by users, where anyone can access the information they choose. ByteTrade is backed by Susquehanna International Group (SIG)’s Asia VC Fund, and leading institutional investors including INCE Capital, BAI Capital, Sky9 Capital, BlueRun and PCG. Please visit BytetradeLab.io and follow us on Twitter at @ByteTradeLab. | <urn:uuid:fe67987e-23c9-4b8e-89f0-7089f79b9ab8> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://wire19.com/ktx-finance-raises-4-million-to-democratize-perpetuals-trading/ | 2023-09-24T23:07:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.916204 | 971 |
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson's daughter says low pay, long hours, heavy caseloads and burnout had nothing to do with her resignation.
While at Marquette University Law School, Kelli Thompson said she didn't envision herself practicing law. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do, but knew a law degree would lead to other paths.
Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill to restore raises for Wisconsin state public defenders.
James Brennan has been elected as chair of the Wisconsin Public Defender Board.
A bill to restore raises for state public defenders is moving forward in the Wisconsin Assembly.
Attorneys who take public-defender cases in rural Wisconsin could receive as much as $20,000 a year in student-loan repayments under a proposed bill.
The Wisconsin Public Defenders Office revealed at a hearing on Thursday that it's struggling to find candidates for public defender positions.
A discrepancy in pay for prosecutors and public defenders is threatening to tip the scales of justice in Wisconsin.
The state’s powerful budget writing committee voted on Tuesday afternoon to increase pay for prosecutors and public defenders as well as increase compensation for private attorneys appointed to represent indigent criminal defendants.
The Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office is again asking the state Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker to increase the pay rate for private bar attorneys appointed to take cases for the agency.
Fifty years ago today, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black delivered the unanimous, nine-page majority opinion in Gideon v. Wainwright.
Who’s Doing What: Daniels, wife named 2012 Parents of the Year; Thompson elected chair of State Bar BOG
John Daniels Jr., of Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, and his wife, Irma, were named 2012 Parents of the Year by COA Youth and Family Centers.
- Solo vs. big law: Does size really matter?
- Wisconsin Court System’s director of public information officer retires abruptly
- New lawsuit launched over secret Vos impeachment investigation
- Federal judge rules for students with disabilities in age-cutoff case
- Wisconsin DNR board appointees tell Republican lawmakers they don’t support wolf population limit
- The most prevalent forms of cyber crime (CHART)
- Money laundering complaint filed against Justice Protasiewicz by convicted felon, election denier, alleged stalker
- Gov. Evers continues to seek applicants for Barron County Circuit Court
- GOP, Garland clash at hearing
- Bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers propose ranked-choice voting and top-five primaries
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission staff leakers face 9 months prison, $10,000 fine
- Republican legislators fail to respond to child care crisis survey
- Evers appoints McElroy as Price County district attorney
- Evers appoints Ann Peacock to Dane County Circuit Court
- Michael Best appoints Sarah Alt to new role as chief process and AI officer
- Attorney Peter Baziano joins Murphy Desmond in its Business and Real Estate practice groups
- GRGB partner Karnes honored at Run for Justice
- DeWitt’s Miotke reappointed to SPD’s Board
- Hupy and Abraham wins award for ‘Behind the Handlebars’ video series
- Evers appoints trio to Milwaukee County Circuit Court
- Kubiak joins Amundsen Davis’ Business Litigation Service Group
- GRGB partners Jason Luczak, Nicole Masnica honored with Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers award
- Teuta Jonuzi, Joshua Hargrove promoted to equity partners at Tracey Wood & Associates
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Interested in learning about professional development and career opportunities for speakers of Less Commonly Taught Languages? There is still time to join us for part or all of the virtual 2022 Less Commonly Taught Languages Career Fair on Friday, July 29, 2022 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. via Zoom (link available via registration). The event is free and open to the public. To receive the Zoom link to attend the event, attendees can register here: https://lctlcareers.wisc.edu/attendee-registration/. The LCTL Career Fair Event Coordinator, Mathew Attipetty (email@example.com) is available to help if anyone has questions or needs assistance registering.
We are very excited to announce that the keynote presenter this year is Alfred Boll, Director, Office of American Spaces, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Alfred (“Fred”) Boll is the Director of the Office of American Spaces in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He supervises a team of 25 staff members in Washington, and a corps of 26 Foreign Service Officer specialists around the world, providing strategic direction for the Department’s 600 American Spaces, the U.S. government’s primary public cultural and information centers abroad. American Spaces provide free and open access for communities around the globe, offering programs and events that foster learning, discussion, and civic engagement around democratic principles. Dr. Boll has been a United States Foreign Service Officer since 2003 and previously led the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ “EducationUSA” Branch from 2016-2019 to promote study in the United States. He has served overseas in Amsterdam, Baghdad, Lisbon, Pristina, and Rio de Janeiro, and in Washington in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. He is a lawyer by training, admitted in California, Wisconsin, and New South Wales in Australia. He holds a BA (Honors) degree from the University of Chicago in Political Science; JD and MA (Latin American and Iberian Studies) degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and a doctorate (SJD) in International Law from the University of Sydney. Prior to joining the Department Boll was a Delegate and Legal Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 1993-2003 based in Jakarta, Hong Kong, and Sydney. A native speaker of English and heritage speaker of German, Boll is a life-long language learner who has test scores in nine languages from the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute, five of which are at levels between “Full professional proficiency” and “Native or bilingual proficiency.” As a student he participated in study abroad programs in Switzerland, France, and Germany.
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August 4, 2022
Everyone wants to be comfortable in their own home. What do you do when one room is ALWAYS TOO HOT and another room is ALWAYS TOO COLD? We understand how frustrating that can be and we want to help!
The heating and cooling comfort pros at WK Mechanical offer free in-home comfort consultations. During this consultation, a member of the WK team will come to your home and listen to your concerns. We’ll then perform a complete analysis to identify your needs (including measuring your home to perform computer load calculations to correctly size your heating and cooling systems) and make recommendations to help you achieve total comfort. While we are there, if you have questions, ask! We love helping our customers understand more about their HVAC system.
Have you ever considered a heat pump?
One of the things we like to share with customers that are having trouble maintaining comfortable temperatures in a particular area of a home is that converting to a heat pump (or mini-split), gives you the ability to have zoned controls. A home that has multiple zones makes it easier for families to adjust the temperature so that every room in the home is comfortable! Another reason to consider a heat pump is that it provides energy-efficient, clean heat that is designed to keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Plus there are some great savings initiatives currently available including rebate programs and financing!
Want to learn more about heat pumps?
Check out a few of our blogs on the subject:
Or, you can just give us a call at 845-447-3347 and set up an In-Home comfort consultation! We look forward to hearing from you! | <urn:uuid:716fff4e-b844-45ec-8ec5-2675413b7d31> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://wkmechanical.com/finding-the-temperature-that-is-just-right-get-zoned-controls-and-clean-heat-with-a-heat-pump/ | 2023-09-25T00:25:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.950868 | 353 |
As we turn the corner into March, it’s the perfect time to begin thinking about Spring cleaning and preparing your home for the new season ahead. As you begin making your plans, be sure that part of that preparation includes your HVAC system. It can be easy to slip into Spring, turn your heat off and assume that everything will be working fine when those hot months finally arrive. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Spring is a GREAT time to prep your Air Conditioning system so that any issues can be addressed prior to the arrival of warmer temperatures.
To Get Your HVAC System Ready You Can:
- Change Your Air Filters – Changing air filters is recommended for 90 days for the health and longevity of your HVAC system. Use the change in seasons as a prompt to make sure your air filters are replaced.
- Test Your Air Conditioning – While you may not need it, now is a good time, to give your Air Conditioning a test run. Pay attention to its effectiveness and note any strange noises or odors. Should any of those occur, give us a call!
- Clean Up Debris Around Your Outdoor Unit – Clean up any debris that has collected near your outdoor AC unit and its coils. Leaves and debris can easily get inside your unit and cause problems.
- Schedule HVAC Maintenance – If you are not already a part of the WK Comfort Club (link), you might want to give us a call and schedule a maintenance visit. We will clean your unit and let you know if there is anything that is in need of repair. This is another way to stay ahead of small problems and keep your HVAC system running in peak condition!
The WK Comfort Club is an annual maintenance program that offers annual maintenance on a variety of systems (AC, Heat Pumps, Gas & Oil Heating, Water Heaters, Water Treatment Systems, Humidifiers and Air Purification Systems) as well as discounts & warranties on repairs, priority scheduling and discounted diagnostic charges.
- Get A Programmable Thermostat – A programmable thermostat will help you monitor the temperature in your home and can also help you to save money on your utility bills!
- Take A Closer Look At Your Windows – It’s also a great time to check your windows to make sure they are in working order. Open and close them and double-check the weather stripping to ensure it is intact.
- Give Serious Thought To A System Upgrade – As a New York State Clean Heat Participating Contractor, we have helped customers throughout the Hudson Valley make the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy by upgrading their HVAC system to energy-efficient heat pumps. Heat Pumps work to both heat and cool your home. With the rebates that are currently available from partnering utility companies as well as the federal tax credit that is currently available, it’s certainly worth considering.
We care about you and your family’s comfort! While it may seem premature to think about turning on your Air Conditioning, an HVAC system that is prepped and ready will save you some stress once summer begins to make it a necessity! If we can be of any assistance, please don’t hesitate to give us a call. | <urn:uuid:bb13f8ad-3a56-4764-89b6-3479c6546984> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://wkmechanical.com/get-your-home-ready-for-spring-with-these-tips-from-wk/ | 2023-09-24T23:58:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.936825 | 672 |
We have a lot of time on our hands right now and plenty of time to work on future projects when it comes to our properties for sale. This could actually be a blessing for your property as you time when to put it on the market. Below are a few suggestions of ways to improve your future listing and being even more prepared to go live.
- Make a Video – Nobody loves their house and wants to brag on its features like a seller and just because they don’t have an “R” next to their name doesn’t mean they can’t make a sweet short video. Ask someone to slowly follow you around your straightened up house and talk about some of the key points. New kitchens, walk in closets, beautiful yard or the floor plan can be shown and told with a nice video. Take your time and start over if you don’t love it but do it and buyers will love the personal tough. Heres a tutorial
- Pro tip – Walk slowly, Talk Slowly and shut your toilet seats
- Paint – Anyone can paint especially people that are stuck at home and nowhere to go. Lowe’s is still open and cautiously grabbing a gallon of paint and supplies can make a great full day project. Heres a tutorial
- Pro tip – Start with taping and edging and paint slowly but with confidence. If you get the hard stuff done first, grabbing the roller to finish up is a breeze
- Landscaping – I have a hard time starting a landscaping project because they take time. We have time! Get out in that fresh air and trim the bushes, dig up the dead tree or re edge the sidewalks. Its a great exercise and helps with the first impression when spring gets here. What not to do
- Pro tip – Reach out to a couple of neighbors with the same idea and split the cost of a decent dumpster. It will help you clean up the property much quicker and give you space to throw away some old junk.
Now is not the time to list necessarily but its time to ready your future listing. Make a good list of projects you can take on yourself and do properly and start chipping away. You will be surprised at how better your home looks and I promise buyers will appreciate the extra effort. Good luck and stay well
Curt has been in the Indianapolis Real Estate business for over 10 years and spent his first years learning all aspects of commercial management and brokerage. He has had great success in managing existing commercial projects and new retail and office developments. Curt specializes in building owner representation and purchases in the Westfield Indiana market as well throughout the Indianapolis Metro area. Curt is passionate about growing the local Westfield community and in his free time volunteers with Westfield Youth Assistance and raising 2 children with his wife Jennifer. | <urn:uuid:e555d094-6a1f-4da1-b5d2-754b1c9cf0c1> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://wkrpindy.com/things-a-seller-can-be-doing-during-a-quarantine-with-their-real-estate/ | 2023-09-25T00:52:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.95692 | 573 |
The struggle is real. Trying to find riding pants that offer protection, comfort andform-fitting style isn’t easy. On a recent motorcycle tour in Canada, where temperatures ranged from chilly mornings to hot afternoons, a woman from Australia raved about her GoGo Gear Kevlar Leggings. Made of a durable 95-percent cotton, 5-percent Spandex outer layer and a highly abrasion-resistant 95-percent Kevlar, 5-percent Spandex inner layer, the GoGo Gear leggings have removable CE Level 1 knee armor and inside pockets for optional hip protectors.
Putting them on for the first time, I smiled with relief–they were comfortable and fit like regular, form-fitting pants. Because of the two-layer design they’re thick, but they fit my curves nicely whereas traditional textile riding pants are very stiff and straight. The 5-percent Spandex allows them to stretch, so there’s no binding at my hips when sitting or getting on or off the bike, and there are no buttons or snaps to dig into my skin. And since they fit like a glove, the adjustable, flexible armor is exactly where it needs to be for optimal knee protection and is never bothersome.
These leggings have been a game-changer; they’re the only motorcycle pants that I’ve actually enjoyed wearing. Despite their thickness, the leggings breathe well so they don’t get too hot in warm weather nor do they trap in body heat or perspiration. The double layers provide good insulation, making them comfortable in cool weather as well (on particularly cold days I’ll wear tights underneath and/or pull on a pair of wind-blocking rain pants).
Off the bike, I can take off my jacket and walk around town comfortably, blending right in rather than feeling self-conscious for swishing around in noisy “ski pants.” They have two small front pockets to hold keys, cash and my I.D., but no rear pocket so my smartphone has to go in my jacket or purse. And they’re easy to care for–just throw them in the washing machine on “cold” with mild detergent and hang them up to dry.
Like jeans or other cotton pants, GoGo Gear leggings aren’t water-resistant, so you’ll need to carry waterproof overpants in case of inclement weather. Also, sizes are not the same as what you would normally wear with regular pants, so be sure to follow the sizing instructions and recommendations on the GoGo Gear website. My measurements meant that I had to order a larger size to accommodate my hips, which makes the waist a little too large.
Some outerwear companies add a drawstring in the waistband so you can tighten up the waist and still have room for curves. GoGo Gear leggings don’t have a drawstring but they do have belt loops, so unless I wear a belt they sometimes slide down and I have to hitch them up. Also, given my measurements and height (5 foot, 1 inch), the inseam is a little long and the leggings bunch up around my boots.
In all honesty, the fitment issues are minor, especially given how comfortable and “normal” these leggings are. Really, my only complaints are that I didn’t discover these sooner and that I only own one pair! Retailing for $159, GoGo Gear Kevlar Leggings are available in black only, in sizes 2-26 (visit the website for detailed instructions on how to properly choose your size).
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We strive to make your stay at Avisena Women’s and Children’s Specialist Hospital as reassuring and comforting as possible. Often, you may need the extra attention and pampering beyond your duration of stay here. In this case, we’re more than glad to extend our popular home care services.
Our award-winning, value-added Avisena Care service is designed to ensure that you continue to receive top-notch treatment and consultation in the most convenient way possible, with the aid of smart technology.
Our team of certified professionals are experienced in dealing with women and children and are ready to dispense high-quality care in accordance to your comfort and convenience. We’ll keep your medical, emotional and physical health needs in check to ensure complete recovery. Best of all, these are done within the familiar walls of your home, without the need for repeated trips back to the hospital.
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Eucerin DermatoCLEAN Clarifying Toner – For all skin types
A mild, alcohol-free toner that refreshes the skin and helps it to breathe better
Eucerin DermatoCLEAN Clarifying Toner:
• Gently removes any traces of cleanser.
• Helps the skin to breathe better.
• Has been tested on, and proven to be compatible with, sensitive skin.
It contains an innovative combination of active ingredients:
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if there’s one thing that our kids can definitively list as the most exciting part of the whole winter season, especially around the holidays, it’s the arrival of Santa. It’s not even that they just love getting gifts; we’re honestly convinced that they’d still be excited if all Santa brought them was vegetables. The gifts are a total bonus, of course, but our kids really just love the idea of a special guest and the whole air of mystery surrounding Santa’s story. Being that they love crafting too, and we’re always on the lookout for new ways to combine their DIY skills with other things they like, we’ve been keeping our eyes peeled lately for awesome, kid-friendly Santa crafts that they’ve never tried before.
Just in case you’re feeling as interested as we were, if not more, in finding your kids some new Santa themed crafts to try out this holiday season, here are 25 of the very best ideas, designs, and tutorials that we’ve come across so far in our search!
1. Paper plate triangle Santa Claus
Crafting with paper plates is such a classic technique that we still get excited about it even now as adults because we remember loving it so much as kids. That’s why we’re always down to do paper plate crafts with our own kids now! This adorable triangle and paper plate Santa project featured in detail on I Heart Crafty Things is the perfect example of what we mean.
2. Popsicle stick Santa ornaments
Speaking of classic kids’ crafting techniques that make us totally nostalgic and that we want to share with our kids… popsicle stick crafts are another beloved idea! If you’ve never tried popsicle stick crafts with your kids yet, then we’d definitely suggest taking a look at how One Little Project made these adorable popsicle Santa ornaments in just a few simple steps.
3. Painted salt dough Santa handprint ornaments
Are the crafts that keep your kids the happiest and the busiest almost always the ones that let them get a little hands-on and messy? Then we’d be willing to bet that these DIY salt dough handprint Santa ornaments will be a huge hit! This tutorial from Messy Little Monster teaches you how to make it happen right from scratch to the finishing touches of painted detail.
4. Easy paper star Santa
Are your little ones still young enough that cut and paste crafts are like a staple of their DIY diet, and they’re nowhere near stick of them yet? Then we think you simply must keep this adorable star-shaped Santa on the back burner for a cold day in! Take a better look at the steps outlined on Buggy and Buddy to see how simply it can be done.
5. Painted wood slice Santa ornament
Whether you’re buying your wood slices ore-sized from the crafting store or cutting them yourself from the branches in your backyard, we think they’re an awesome way to add a bit of rustic detail to your Christmas tree! The Country Chic Cottage has an awesome idea for getting your kids involved in wood slice crafting, which is why they’re here to show you how they painted simple Santa faces on theirs and gave each one a tiny pom pom nose.
6. Cute popsicle stick and yarn bearded Santa
Did we actually really catch your attention when we started talking about popsicle stick crafts but your kids are slightly older and feeling a little more up for a challenge when it come to dexterity? In that case, we have a feeling you might get along a little more successfully with something like this triangular popsicle stick Santa with a paper hat and a yarn looped beard! Find out more about it on Glued to My Crafts.
7. Crafty Santa gnome tutorial
Do your kids always seem to pay more attention during the crafting process when they get to use all kinds of different supplies and textured things in the same piece? Well, we like projects like that the most as well, so we can’t say we blame them. That’s why we liked this adorable Santa gnome concept outlined in great detail on Skip to My Lou so much!
8. Cotton ball and CD Santa
Have we mostly caught your attention with our brief discussion of crafts that are also upcycling opportunities, but you feel like you only have very random things available for repurposing? Well, if any of those things happen to be an old CD or DVD and you can get your hands on a bag of cotton balls, then you’ve got just about everything you need to make this funny Santa craft from Sisters Know Best happen!
9. DIY doily Santa craft
If you’re going to upcycle something from your house, would you rather it be something from your kitchen that isn’t being used? Well, if you’re a fellow baking enthusiast who likes to display your goodies whenever you take them somewhere, then we’d be willing to bet that you’ve got paper doilies hidden in the back of a cupboard just like us! Take a better look at this adorable cut and paste Santa craft tutorial from S&S Blog to see how they put their old paper doilies to good use.
10. DIY felt cone Santa
Have you actually almost always preferred to craft with softer materials like fabric and that’s something you’ve been trying to pass along to your kids lately, even though you’d like them to know how to use all kinds of supplies? Well, if you’ve got some red and white felt and some clear glitter glue on hand, then we have a feeling this lovely felt cone Santa outlined nice and neatly on Rhinestone Beagle might be right up your alley!
11. Popcorn and paper Santa
Are your kids still young enough that one of the only ways to get them to sit still through something is to also make sure that they have a snack close at hand? Our youngest kids are much the same, but we’ve been having a lot of success lately combining the two and letting them craft with their snack! This funny paper Santa with a popcorn beard from The Inspiration Edit is a perfect example of what we mean. Just make sure they don’t accidentally eat any of the popcorn pieces that have glue on them!
12. Popsicle stick Santa ornament
Did we almost have you feeling convinced when we started talking about a popsicle stick Santa but you’ve got the miniature version on hand and you think your kids would have more fun making a version that involves more than one stick? Then we’re pretty sure The Craft Patch has just the alternative tutorial for you!
13. Cute paper and cotton Santa mask
Just in case you’re still not over the idea of crafting with paper plates but you’re also aware that your kids other recent obsession besides crafting has been playing dress up, here’s an awesome tutorial that combines the two! Check out Fun 365‘s page to see how they made funny paper plate masks shaped not only like Santa, but also like an elf and a snowman.
14. Terra cotta pot Santa
Are your favourite projects to make with your kids always the ones that involve working together to transform and embellish something that they’ve probably only ever seen used elsewhere in the house, in a totally different way? Then we’d be willing to bet that this adorable sitting Santa made from a painted and customized terra cotta pot will be right up your alley! Take a better look at The Country Chic Cottage to see how it’s done.
15. Newspaper Santa Claus craft
Have you reached the end of our list feeling torn somewhere between helping your kids with a cut and paste craft and helping your kids do some kind of upcycling, but you’re having trouble deciding which? Well, why not do a combination of both at once? Check out how I Heart Crafty Things made this paper Santa with a curled beard and moustache by getting creative with old newspaper and magazine pages.
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Cleaning your home when someone in your household has contracted a contagious disease is important. It reduces the chance of the illness from spreading to other family members and ensures the safety of vulnerable individuals, especially since viruses can survive on surfaces for several weeks.
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People naturally stay in their bedrooms while they are sick, which can leave germs on bedsheets and pillowcases. Failure to clean them increases the risk of reinfection or spreading the illness to other family members. If your child has been infected, you may also want to clean any stuffed toys they may have.
Wear rubber gloves to avoid catching the illness while you are cleaning all your items. It’s best to keep the bedding away from your face and body.
Disinfect the common touch-points which the sick person may have been in contact with, such as doorknobs, cabinets, light switches, and remote controls. Clean these areas daily and don’t forget to disinfect the laundry basket to prevent cross-contamination.
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The bathroom is another area used by all members of your household and is the most common place for germs to multiply. Use a proper disinfectant cleaner to wipe it down instead of clean water and mild cleaners. Be sure to follow the product instructions for the best results.
Make sure to clean the bathroom at least once a day. Focus on the doorknobs, toilet seats, sinks, shower handles, trash can, floor, light switches, and toiletries. If you have multiple bathrooms, you should assign one especially for the sick individual only.
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Everything about the only true God is an eternal revelation.
Everythingabout the gospel is about Jesus.
God has given Himself in totality to the world and to every person. He gives Himself through His Son.
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Even for unbelievers, God is their everything, though they do not realize it.
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He gives unbelievers their life, soul, eternity in their heart, faith, choice and every good thing they receive and have.
He created them. He made them into His own image and likeness. Their soul is eternal and priceless, worth more than the world and everything in it. They will exist forever, either in heaven or hell.
He sustains them their entire life. He gives them breath. He keeps them alive. He created and gives them everything that keeps them alive.
Their life is in His hand. If He withdrew His hand, they would die instantly (Job 12:10).
He does the same for every person they rely on, even for every person in the world (Job 12:10).
God has made Himself clear, obvious and apparent to every person, including those who never hear the gospel.
Those who do hear about Jesus are fortunate. They have heard the indisputable proof of God’s love for the world: His Son, the savior of the world. More is required of them.
Every person except Jesus falls short of the glory of God.
Just as we miss His revelations in the natural, we often miss them in the Bible.
Yet, everything in the Bible reveals Jesus Christ. Great teachers reveal the Bible’s fascinating parallel structure. Some examples:
God restored the world in seven days.
There are seven covenants in three eras: five before Jesus, the new covenant, and the everlasting covenant.
Every covenant has three elements: promises, conditions and a seal. Every covenant required the shedding of blood.
Before the flood, Noah brought seven clean pairs of all animals into the ark, for sacrifice.
The tabernacle had seven stations in three sections. The entire tabernacle reveals Jesus Christ.
The priest sprinkled blood seven times on the leper, a prophecy and revelation of Jesus cleansing a sinner (Leviticus 14).
Aaron the priest sprinkled blood seven times on the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant (Lev. 16).
There are seven feasts in three seasons. All the feasts reveal Jesus. He has fulfilled the first four and will fulfill the final three.
There are seven results of the anointing (Luke 4).
There are seven revelations of Jesus at the beginning of the Gospel of John (John 1:1-13).
There are seven “I am” revelations of Jesus with seven corresponding miracles in John. One of the “I am” passages has three specific revelations.
Before His passion, Jesus was inspected seven times and found to be perfect.
Jesus shed His blood seven times in three revelations: four times before the cross; two times on the cross; and one time on the cross, after He died.
There are seven manifestations of the Holy Spirit.
Within the seven manifestations, Isaiah 11 reveals an additional sevenfold revelations of the Holy Spirit.
There are 7,000 years of human history in three ages: 4,000 years before Jesus, 2,000 years after Him, and the millennium. A thousand years is like a day, and a day like a thousand years.
Even without the Bible, God’s eternal power and divine nature are clear and obvious through His works, the things He has made, His gifts and provision for every person, and more, so that man is without excuse (Romans 1:20).
The Bible confirms and reveals God’s plan for humanity and for every person. His plan is revealed and fulfilled in Jesus.
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Pamela Wilson, author of the new book, The Caregiving Trap: Solutions for Life’s Unexpected Changes sent us some tips for maintaining “balanced emotions while caregiving.” I can’t keep my emotions balanced on a perfect day, never mind while caregiving, but I’m always open to advice.
Overall, she cautions caregivers not to take caregiving personally. Great point. As a caregiver, it’s natural to think, “Why doesn’t anyone see it from my perspective? What about me? Who’s considering my feelings?” The reality is, within the caregiving/care recipient relationship it’s usually not about you. You have to find that kind of support outside the relationship from friends, a partner, a counselor, a support group and through self care.
Here’s are Pamela’s tips about how to approach the person you care for.
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Last time I discussed a serious change in higher education: the replacement of the faculty by part-time, minimally paid, no benefit “adjuncts”. Such adjuncts now teach the majority of classes in our colleges and universities, and represent a serious savings, costing only 25% (often, much less) of having full time faculty teach the course.
For lowering the costs of teaching, administrators get much, much, higher pay, so much more that tuition still needs to go up far more quickly than any other consumer good.
The abuse of our nation’s most highly educated people by administration in higher education has gone mostly unnoticed in mainstream media; if students only knew that their teachers generally got less pay and respect than a fast food cashier, they might begin to ask why their education is so expensive…or even ask, if education were so valuable, why it didn’t translate into a decent job for their educator.
Or maybe not, since many students in higher education are just there for the loans; I’ll be discussing how this works soon.
In the meantime, the question arises: where is administration getting all these highly educated people to teach for peanuts?
About 213,000,000 results –a Google search of “online Education degrees”, no quotes, reveals this many links, close to 1 for every adult American citizen. A search of “pornography” only gives 45,700,000 results, to put this in perspective. Usually, when you add words to a search, the number of results goes down…and not a lot folks think the internet is a running short on pornography. Anyone think maybe the online education thing is a little overdone?
To become an adjunct in higher education, you need to have at least a Master’s degree in the subject you’re going to teach. Alternatively, you can have a Master’s Education degree, and within that Education degree you can rationalize that you specialized in the subject. There are History Education, Art Education, Math Education, Physics Education, and a host of other such questionable degrees.
Math Education “teacher”: “Yes, I know the syllabus says we’re covering the first six chapters, but we’re only going to go into detail in the first chapter, and a little of the second.” (the class cheers)
–often when I get a glimpse of what goes on in an Educationist run course, I see that they’re not even close to covering what they claim they’re covering, or what is reported to accreditation. Thus I must assume the above announcement must come at some point in the class. The students are happy, but then get destroyed in the next class, unless it also is taught by an educationist. It often is, leading to college graduates that know nothing more than when they entered college.
In terms of actual knowledge of the subject matter, these degrees are bogus, as I’ve demonstrated and illustrated many times on this blog, even to the point of taking a graduate Education course so I could see with my own eyes why there were so many frauds teaching. These feeble Education degrees are being used as jokers, and greatly watering down the quality of the education.
The following problems were noted in the five minute sample lecture (the candidate chose the topic, “Roots of Third Degree Polynomials):
1) Candidate could not define “polynomial” (a basic term in the algebra course he would teach, and one he used in his lecture).
2) Candidate tried to demonstrate vertical multiplication, but did so horizontally (defeating the entire purpose of “multiplying vertically”).
3) Candidate used “FOIL” to multiply a binomial by a trinomial (he called it FOIL, but, that mnemonic only applies for multiplying binomial by a binomial).
4) Candidate was unaware of the rational root theorem (curious, since the syllabus of the courses he claimed to have taught included this theorem).
–on a committee I was on, we interviewed 5 different Math Education graduate degree holders for a faculty position. These are my notes on the presentation given by one of the candidates. This particular candidate, with a decade of experience teaching in higher education, was the second best. The best was not offered the position; admin overruled us, picking a completely unsuitable candidate.
Because these graduate education degrees are content free, anyone can get them…and that’s a big part of where the flood of adjuncts are coming from. Yes, I’m sure there are plenty of legitimate graduate degree holders in higher education…but there are so many bogus degree holders just as desperate. Administration, withSo there you are, eventually — semesters, years, decades later (although it seems like no time at all) — 40 or 50 years old, still doing the temporary academic gig, even though it’s not “really” temporary, since the department rehires you consistently,
–an article by a lucky one to advance from adjunct to full-timer, though still with a minimal contract and no respect. Written, of course, under a pseudonym, due to the culture of fear in higher education. Keep in mind, change one line in accreditation, so that “a position lasting more than 2 years cannot be classified as temporary”, and this abuse could be fixed. Wonder why that change has not been made…
I concede it’s not all Joker-Education degrees, however, but accreditation being such a joke makes it easy to setup bogus graduate Education degree programs. In addition, semi-legitimate institutions have increased the number of grad students they take, while simultaneously lowering standards, adding more warm bodies desperate to get a job to pay off the loans they took out for their degrees.
Adjunct No Longer, Jill Biden Earned $82,022 as a Community-College Professor in 2011
–one way to get a real job is to be married to the vice president of the united states. Her pay is way over the average, and her duties are somewhat below average, for a community college professor. Many professorial positions are patronage, where connections, not caliber, are key. No connections? Adjuncthood for you!
Soon, outside of patronage positions, being a professor in college will have all the status and pay of being a fast-food cashier. Perhaps it should be, but I feel the need to point out: administration tells everyone to take out loans and go to college, because education can lead to better jobs, simultaneously treating people with advanced education as chattel and giving them jobs with less security and pay than barista or janitor.
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If you’re heading out on a trip to Belfast, chances are you’ve already decided the places you’re going to visit and you have already booked your Belfast hotel. But before you pat yourself on the back for a job well done, and decide that you are 100 per cent ready for your trip, there are still a few loose ends to tie up. After all, most foreigners do not understand that the rules are different in places like Belfast than they are back home. In some cases, they are so different that you could get into trouble while still in the country. Here are some of the most common things that you should know to keep yourself out of trouble while in Belfast and to ensure that your holiday starts and finishes on a high note.
- ATMs are located in many different places in Belfast so you are not restricted to exchanging your money at a Bureau de Change, though it pays to determine ahead of time where you’ll get the best exchange rate.
- Banks in Belfast close at 4:30pm every week day, none are open on Sundays, and most are closed on Saturdays.
- In some restaurants, your tip, or service charge, will be automatically added to your ticket. If it isn’t, it is standard practice to tip between 10-15 per cent.
- Shops are typically open from 9:30am – 5:30pm Monday-Saturday. This is very different and difficult to understand for many foreigners. The large shopping centres are also open from 1pm – 5pm on Sundays, and some stores have extended hours until 9pm on Thursdays.
- Bars close earlier in Belfast than in other countries, and much earlier than those in the United States, with the majority closing at 11pm on week days and Saturdays, and at 10pm on Sundays.
- There is no smoking allowed in any enclosed public places in Belfast and the rule is strictly enforced. This includes bars, clubs, and restaurants.
- Tourists who are travelling to Belfast from the United States or Canada require a converter in order to use their electronic devices, such as phone chargers computers, etc.
- Public toilets are not available in all stores like they are in some countries. Public toilets are available in the following locations: Lombard Street*, Hope Street*, Winetavern Street, Church Lane, Arthur Lane, Custom House Square*, and Bankmore Square*. Only those which are * are open 24 hours.
- When visiting Belfast it is advisable to avoid needing a vehicle as there may be nowhere to park your car. There are limited public car parks in the city and being forced to park your vehicle many blocks from your hotel can be a difficult burden to bear when you’re simply trying to make memories and have a good time.
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Credit Agricole offers to buy Italy’s bank Carige -newspaper
MILAN, Jan 6 (Reuters) – France’s Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA) has offered to buy troubled lender Banca Carige (CRGI.MI) for a euro, Italian daily Il Messaggero said on Thursday, sending shares in the Italian lender up more than 3%.
The French bank has asked for a capital injection of 700 million euros ($790 million) in the loss-making bank before the acquisition, the newspaper said.
A spokesperson for Credit Agricole Italia declined to comment.
Shares in Carige were up 3.53% at 0910 GMT in an overall negative Milan bourse on the media report.
Earlier this year Credit Agricole sealed a 1 billion takeover bid for small Italian regional lender Creval.
After the Creval deal, the French lender controls 5% of the Italian market and ranks as the country’s sixth-largest bank, with two-thirds of branches concentrated in the industrial north.
Carige has been focused on the local economy of the maritime Liguria region and its purchase would allow Credit Agricole to expand further in the north.
Italian depositor protection fund FITD, funded by contributions from banks, owns an 80% stake in Carige after it bailed it out in 2019 and it has been looking for potential suitors. Cassa Centrale Banca holds 8.3%.
Italy’s BPER Banca (EMII.MI) last year made a takeover proposal to FITD for the controlling stake it holds in Carige, contingent on the fund first pumping one billion euros into the bank.
However, the Italian banks which are FITD’s stakeholders rejected that offer, saying the fund could not meet BPER’s capital demands as it was not allowed to inject more than 600-700 million euros into Carige. read more
BPER said at the end of last year it was ready to hold in-depth discussions with FITD about the acquisition of Carige.
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There are various types of bong percolator types available. The list below will only name a few, but keep in mind there are many more.
This is the most common type of percolator and is typically removable from the bong itself. A diffused downstem has small slits along the very bottom of the stem.
An inline percolator looks a bit different than all the other ones on this list. The inline percolator has many parallel slits, allowing plenty of diffusion.
This percolator, as the name implies, is shaped like a showerhead. Like a showerhead, it has a wide disk shape with many small holes in the bottom. The showerhead percolator comes in many different size options, perfect for anyone who wants something specific.
Rather than being rounded as the other ones, this one is completely flat. They are a flat, round shape with many holes, reminiscent of a honeycomb. This kind of percolator has two separate layers, allowing for maximum filtration.
Disc percolators are the best for anyone looking for more bubbles. These percolators are notorious for making quite a bit of bubbles. However, this type of percolator does have very small holes. This can be a downside for someone who has a difficult time hitting.
This is sort of an intricate percolator, with multiple different stems with many slits. They are very common and functional and the pros outweigh the cons.
Some bongs may have a bong percolator attachment, while some may not be removable.
World of Bongs has many percolators for sale of all kinds. Below, we will list the top ten percolators we have found on the World of Bongs website. Nearly all of these percolator bongs are by the World of Bongs original brand.
This triple percolator bong enables the user to have the most filtration possible with its several percs. This percolator bong has three-yes, three- filters all stacked throughout the bong. Each time the smoke rises through a layer, it gets cooler and smoother. By the time it hits your mouth, you’ll be taken aback by how easy it is to smoke. It is tall and has small green accents throughout. It is by World of Bongs and retails for only $109.00.
This is a simple and clear water bong with percolator is made and sold by World of Bongs for $89.99. It has a standard female bowl. Although not flashy, this percolator bong does the trick and does it well.
This is an example of a honeycomb percolator. This percolator is tall, clear, and elegant. It is simple with a powerful filter for enjoyable and smooth hits. The honeycomb filter shines through in its abilities. It retails for $89.99 and is made by World of Bongs themselves.
This is a small, simple, and cheap bong with a percolator. It is only $19.99. It is another one made by World of Bongs. Wonderful for those on the go and on a budget.
Looking for something with a bit more personality? This percolator bong may be up your alley. The type of percolator is tree, and it features an ice catcher as well. This bong has a wide mouthpiece as well, making it easier to take hits out of. The looks are amazing as well, with a golden brown football with an opaque color. It is made by World of Bongs again and is sold at their website for $99.00.
This is a simple percolator with a unique touch. It is tall and clear, with a gorgeous blue pineapple design in the middle. The color of the pineapple is a striking blue that brings attention to the beauty. You will not find such special percolator bongs like this anywhere else but World of Bongs. The pineapple is tropical and fun, making sessions all the more enjoyable. The percolator bong has a wide and stable base that is flat enough to set the bong on the table without worries of it falling over. This is once again an original from World of Bongs. It sells for only $89.99.
If you’re in touch with nature, you’ll love this percolator bong from World of Bongs. It has a mushroom design using a tree percolator, which is a clever way to implement the outdoors. It has a mossy green color reminiscent of a campout in the woods. It is 13 inches tall, and also features a sturdy base to ensure your percolator bong is safe. It has an 18 mm bowl and an ice catcher, making it one of the best on the market for anyone who needs cool smoke. The mushroom design in the middle is a light green and is as breathtaking as a mushroom in nature. It is only $119.00 and you won’t find this design anywhere else.
This glass percolator bong is fantastic for anyone looking for something big. It’s taller than the average bong and has subtle green accents. This beaker bong provides the best filtration possible, with three separate tree percolators. They are all layered and are a deep grayish blue with a mushroom design. This is a very tall bong, coming in at an impressive 19 inches. This beaker bong includes an ice catcher and has a 14 mm bowl. The unique percolator bong also includes a two-tone design, making it simple yet attractive. You can get all this for just 149 dollars.
Icon Slyme Accented Cone Perc Bong
The pointed cones of this bong with percolator are eye-catching and come in two bright colors options. Slyme green adds a nice hint of color that is a very subtle touch. The purple is more colorful and will make you appreciate how beautiful it is. A city design above the Icon logo rounds out the gorgeous bong. Small and portable you can take it with you while you are traveling without it taking up too much space. The small percolated holes at the bottom allows for a smooth, clean, and milky smoking section. With the price tag of 150 dollars you pay for the quality of its glass and design.
Last on this list is the huge Glycerin Dual use Coil Bong. If you’re into cool hits, look no further. This is another insanely unique bong. The special thing about this percolator bong is that the coil can be frozen. This Percolator Bong is made by The Freeze Pipe, a high quality brand available at World of Bongs. This fancy bong is $260.
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Hopefully you have found a percolator bong that is a good fit for you. All the products on World of Bongs are quality, and especially their own original brand. At World of Bongs, you will find deals on high-quality items you will not find anywhere else, online or in store. The World of Bongs website beats out all of its competitors by offering the best price and free shipping on many items. Hopefully you will consider any of these glass percolator bongs on the list.
This list has been carefully formulated with only the best percolator bongs that World of Bongs has to offer. These percolators are functional with either simple or intricate and colorful designs, depending on what you’re interested. We have crafted this list with every type of smoker in mind, making it a universal guide. We only recommend the best of the best and when ordering from the World of Bongs website you are guaranteed quality products every time. Word of Bongs is the leading online retailer for everything cannabis related.
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Forests cover almost one-third of the Earth’s land surface, providing organic infrastructure for countless species. We, as humans, sometimes take forests for granted and let deforestation threaten some of the world’s most valuable ecosystems. About 300 million people live in forests around the world, including 60 million indigenous people who depend on the forest for their survival.
The importance of forests to this Earth and all of its inhabitants cannot the underestimated. Forests are essential to our survival, from the air we breathe to the wood we used to build homes. Forests also provided homes to animals and have a rich biodiversity. Trees offer watershed protection, prevent soil erosion, and mitigate climate change. Not to mention, they can absorb a wide range of pollutants, such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide, helping to purify the air.
In addition to all of these great benefits, forests also provide escape and adventure for many people every year. Those who enjoy hiking or camping can appreciate being surrounded by nature in a quiet getaway in the woodlands. Exploring forests is a great way for people to destress, self-reflect, and appreciate the beauty of mother nature.
In the United States, forests are under the watch of the Forest Service. The U.S. Forest Service is a U.S. Department of Agriculture agency whose mission is to sustain the health, productivity, and diversity of the nation’s forests and grasslands for present and future generations. The agency manages over 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world. The agency contributes more than $13 billion to the economy annually through visitor spending alone.
In 2019, according to a USDA report, the Forest Service opened hundreds of thousands of forest acres and sold 75 million more board feet of timber than the 2018 figure. The agency also improved overall forest conditions and reduced wildfire risk on over 4 million acres of land.
As with many other things, the amount of forest varies by each state. Every state in the county has something to offer in terms of nature and the great outdoors. All states have forests, but some have significantly more forest cover than others. The data below is from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Inventory and Analysis Report, pulled by analysis site, Stacker. States are ranked by the percentage of the total land covered by forests, not the total number of acres. The five states with the least forest cover are by percentage: North Dakota (1.72%), Nebraska (3.20%), South Dakota (3.93%), Kansas (4.78%), and Iowa (8.43%). Generally, eastern states, particularly in the Southwest and New England, have the most forests.
Maine, the northernmost state of the contiguous United States, is home to about 17.7 million acres of forest. This means about 89.46% of the state is forested. This gives explorers plenty of land to explore especially with Maine’s 158 miles worth of hiking trails.
Relatively unsurprisingly, Maine’s neighbor New Hampshire is the second-most forested state in the U.S. New Hampshire has 4.8 million acres of forest, covering about 84.32% of its land. Small towns are spread through New Hampshire’s vast stretches of forests, home to plenty of wildlife like black bears and moose.
West Virginia has about 12 million acres of forests covering 79.01% of its land. With six national parks and 37 state parks, West Virginia is a great destination for those looking to explore the woodlands. The Appalachian Trail runs through West Virginia as well.
The third New England state on the list, Vermont, is covered in 4.5 million acres of forests, about 77.81% of the state. With the second-smallest population in the U.S., Vermont is dominated by mother nature. There is plenty to explore in Vermont, especially in the fall when the mountains are graced with the vibrant changing colors of the leaves.
Alabama has about 22.9 million acres of forests, covering 70.57% of the state’s total land. The state is home to four national forests, Bankhead, Conecuh, Talladega, and Tuskegee, and has more than 342 hiking trails to explore.
South Carolina is the sixth-most forested state in the country. With about 13 million acres of forests covering 68.19% of the state’s land, there is plenty to explore. The state has over 80,000 acres of protected forests reaching from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean.
Bordering Alabama and South Carolina, Georgia, has 24.8 million acres of forests. This is about 67.28% of Georgia’s land. Georgia has hundreds of miles of recreation trails to explore its millions of forested acres, including those in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, which has 850 miles of trails alone.
The eighth-most forested state and fourth Southeast state on this list is Mississippi. Mississippi has 19.8 million acres of forest that cover 65.07% of the state’s land. Mississippi has 22 state parks, six national forests, and nine wildlife refuges.
Virginia has close to 15.7 million acres of forest that cover 62.93% of its land. Virginia has 24 state forests managed by the Virginia Department of Forestry. About 77% of forest land in Virginia is controlled by 300,000 forest landowners.
Despite the concrete jungle of New York City, New York is the tenth-most forested state in the country. New York boasts almost 19 million acres of forests covering 62.88% of the state. New York has over 200 state parks and many opportunities for fishing and hunting. You might also be lucky enough to see a bald eagle while exploring New York’s many woodlands. | <urn:uuid:a8a1cc4b-e05e-498e-85d2-b1e225156b1e> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/most-forested-states | 2023-09-25T00:53:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.951161 | 1,216 |
Dance Lessons – Wet Batteries
Dance Lessons is the trio of Ann, Tom, and Nat from London. Their new song, “Wet Batteries,” is an energetic firework of sound that undoubtedly was a lot of fun to create: A bubbling bass line, a saxophone, layers of synths, and Ann’s voice are thrown together and make you want to get up and celebrate. As a reference, the exuberant dance pop of the 90s duo Moloko comes to mind.
Listen to our Song Pick of the Day, “Wet Batteries,” below:
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Communications Director at America’s Kids Belong
Without knowing it, Laura Doherty joined the orphans and vulnerable children conversation at the ripe age of 5 when she learned of China’s One Child Policy. Since then she has converted an ever-growing passion into professional pursuits including a summer in China working amidst the broken child welfare system that first intrigued her, and an internship with Compassion International. She graduated from Grove City College in Western Pennsylvania where she studied Communication and English in hopes of pursuing a career in global development.
Laura now works for Joe Ritchie, an options and commodities trader, investor, and international businessman. Her office dabbles in a variety of non-profit global development projects and serves largely as a problem-solving incubator with expertise in bringing a private sector mentality to the public sphere. Their realization of the vast needs in orphan care and adoption spawned the creation of a new initiative within their office, which Laura now leads.
In this role, Laura has contributed to the work of a new global effort focused on family preservation, as well as helped launch a domestic initiative called America’s Kids Belong, for which she now serves as Communications Director. America’s Kids Belong seeks to engage leadership within the government, faith-based, business, and creative sectors to build a movement that recruits parents, and wrap-around support into America's foster care system. Ultimately through this movement, Laura envisions a future in which every American foster child – whether through reunification or adoption – belongs in a loving, safe, and permanent home. | <urn:uuid:c06a28d2-9a74-4002-b3ef-6b39b3516e13> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://wwoforum.org/speaker/laura-doherty | 2023-09-25T00:22:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.94563 | 328 |
DBA 5000 Series 2-Piece T3 Slotted Rotors (Front) 2017+ Honda Civic Type R
The 5000 Series share all of the performance technology featured in the 4000 Series, with the added benefits of further weight reduction and improved heat management via aluminium hats.
DBA's 5000 Series T3 is the ultimate in direct replacement 2 piece performance brake rotor. Featuring all the benefits of the 5000 Series along with DBA's patented world renowned T3 bi-directional slot design.
Built on the foundations of DBA's T2 slot, the T3 slot design features additional precise CNC machined tri-symmetrical slots, resulting in an even quieter, more responsive and smoother braking experience. The T3 slot increases the number of exit points for brake pad friction dust and gases to escape through, further increasing the consistency and effectiveness of every brake stop.
DBA's revolutionary universal slot design eliminates the need for separate left and right slot designs seen in traditional rotor designs.
DBA's 5000 Series T3 rotors are recommended for all performance applications from street driving, 4_4 and SUV, light utility vehicles, track days, club racing, rally cars and armoured vehicles.
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KW Coilover Kit V3 2016+ Honda Civic FC / FK
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The online casino games are more popular in the world of online gambling. Most of the gamblers preferring and playing online casinos instead of the traditional casinos process. Because, if you want to play any casino game then you have to travel for a long time to access the games. To avoid this approach, they will build a platform that anyone can make use of the casino games using mobile and computer devices from your own location. Here, we attain additional particulars about new online casino games and how to choose the best site.
Features of the latest online casino sites
In emerging technology, our developers will drive innovation and evolution in the online casino. Here some of the trends that make the new online casino:
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Having more advantages when compared to land-based casino games. Currently, a new online casino will be providing exciting features to its players. They are as follows:
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- The online casino will be offering plenty of gaming options for players. In contrast, the old-fashioned casino has a range of games and limits the time of playing. but, you can access the online casino games from anywhere and anytime.
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Tagline - Time to grab life by the balls.
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The Beanie Bubble | Review by: Benjamin Garrett
If you were born between the mid ‘80s and late ‘90s, the likelihood you owned a Beanie Baby is sky high. They were EVERYWHERE. Like the adorable plush phenomenon's it’s based on, The Beanie Bubble is a bit under-filled, but will certainly give your inner child a rush of nostalgia.
A good biopic gives you information that you didn’t already know, and presents it in engaging and entertaining ways. This movie does that, but keeps everything fairly superficial, never digging far beyond the surface level details. It also admits, in its opening minutes, that some of this story is flat out made up. Now, this is nothing new for films based on true stories, but to have it in text right at the beginning spoils some of the illusion that what you’re about to watch actually happened.
The movie is also trying to do its best Scorsese impression, with a narrative that jumps between multiple narrators and time periods. The only problem, this “true” story isn’t always fascinating or intricate enough to justify that storytelling method. The constant flip-flopping makes the movie a little more engaging, as it wouldn’t be nearly as exciting if told chronologically, but it also feels too sporadic.
The cast honestly makes this movie as enjoyable as it is, lead by Zach Galifianakis in one of his best performances. He’s eccentric, self-centred, greedy and just a little unhinged - it’s a really fun performance that’ll have you loving and simultaneously hating his character. Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan play the three women whose perspectives the story is told from, as each of these ladies played an integral role in TY’s worldwide success. All three are great, but Viswanathan is a total scene stealer as a young and ambitious assistant who can be credited for most of the company’s success.
Like a Beanie Baby without its original tag, The Beanie Bubble doesn’t hold much value, but it’s an enjoyable look at the world’s brief obsession with the plush toys. So, give this a watch, and then go check your storage bins to see if you’re sitting on a beanie goldmine. You never know…
Review by: Benjamin Garrett
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This past week a baseball pitcher who I’ve just started training texted me about his tournament he’d just had. He said that he was 81-83mph, and expressed how he’s been stuck in that range for awhile. I told him this: What’s happening is that you’ve probably reached the “high school wall”, meaning you’ve maximized your SHOULDERS ability to throw a baseball, aka your genetic layback, and other hereditary shoulder factors that influence velocity... Bearing in mind that you can roughly break down shoulders as such: the Freaks, the 1%, that touch 91-94mph in high school genetically, and often go to 97-98mph in college as they mature. The second 1%, the “showcase” kid, who more or less throws 84-86, but touched 90 that one time at a Perfect Game, and so committed D1.5
The vast majority, the 98%, who throw 76-85. It’s at the “high school wall”-when the shoulder’s ability is maxed out- that most kids get stuck (and eventually are out of the sport because of it). However, you’ve already realized you’re not the Freak 1%, and that’s why you started training. Turn your body into a MLB body (avg 6’3” 215lbs for a pitcher), flat back pull 405, squat a house, etc, now you’re maximizing not just your arm (which nearly all kids do), but your overall ability to produce more force. If you’re not 92-94mph and Milb at that point, then it wasn’t written in the stars. But over and over once a kid takes the step they need to physically, they get where they want to go. We’ve had kids 72-74mph-who were in college- get to 90. 82mph D6 college, get to 94. The problem is most aren’t willing to work that process, hence bands, weighted balls, etc, all “quick fix” type gimmicks that try to get *even more* out of the shoulder itself, which has more often than not already been maximized. The solution is increasing power. And that requires consistent, intelligent, hard training. | <urn:uuid:6ccf28fe-1a98-4324-bd6c-f2e5cefae2a6> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.212performance.net/post/the-truth-about-velocity | 2023-09-24T23:39:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.965308 | 491 |
This week I received an email from Chrissie who has a unique decluttering issue that she would like her fellow 365ers and myself to give her advice on. Below is the message she sent explaining her issue.
“Although I’m quite successful in decluttering and drive my own project online ~einfach-weniger.blogspot (Simply Fewer in English) I’m lost as soon as things have eyes. No matter if cuddly toys from the childhood (they can be ugly as hell!), knick knacks, useless promo gifts, … as soon as they have eyes they are begging me to stay in my house. All available declutter strategies did not work so far. And please note that only small portion represent items that can be sold or given to charity. Most of items are old, ugly, used. I caught myself picking them out of the garbage once I managed to throw them away.” ~ Chrissie
So Chrissie here is my advice. I think you should get a trusted friend or family member to help you with this. Get together and choose maybe 5 of these items, the ones that you care for the least. Ones with the least sentimental value. Those promo items would be a good place to start. Give them to your friend to dispose of. She is not to put them aside at her house just in case you want them back, she is to dispose of them permanently as appropriate somewhere that you can’t retrieve them. With this method you not only have support, encouragement and rational assistance, there also is not turning back. No taking the items back out of the trash.
If you find you have dealt with this first attempt quite well do another batch. Hopefully over time you will desensitise yourself to this weakness when you realise that once the items are out of your home that you don’t give them much ,if any, thought.
Also, in future, just don’t bring items into your home that have eyes. It is possible to refuse promo gifts. Just explain politely that you are environmentally responsible and don’t accept items that you have no need for. This can apply to things without eyes as well.
The Weekend’s Mini Missions
Saturday – Declutter a gadget ~ Gadgets are so alluring but once acquired they often fall short of expectations. Get rid of one of those that has fallen short.
Sunday – On a trial basis ~ for now ~ Sunday will be reserved for contemplating one particular item, of your choice that is proving difficult for you to declutter. Whether that be for sentimental reasons, practical reasons, because the task is laborious or simply unpleasant, or because the items removal requires the cooperation of another person. That last category may mean that the item belongs to someone else who has to give their approval, it could also mean there is a joint decision to be made or it could mean that the task of removing it requires assistance from someone else. There is no need to act on this contemplation immediately it is more about formulating a plan to act upon or simply making a decision one way or another.
This Week’s Gratitude List
- Some lovely fine days.
- Outings with friends including one of my readers Wendy F. Thanks for coming Wendy it was fun chatting with you.
- Happening upon just the right box at the shop up the street to pack a skateboard deck in. It was so perfect for the job that there had to be some sort of divine intervention that lead me to it.
- The opportunity to be creative. I have been making Christmas cards this week with the added bonus of using up papercrafting supplies.
- My beautiful daughter passed her fitness test this week and will soon be a member of the Royal Australian Air Force. Congratulations baby girl you make us proud.
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In Argentina, where the termination of pregnancy is illegal, one woman dies each week following a clandestine abortion. On June 14, 2018, the Argentinian members of parliament said « yes» to legalising this interruption. On August 9, the Senate rejected the bill by 38 votes to 31. For eight weeks, the bill was fiercely debated, mainly in the streets, where tens of thousands of pro-choice activists demonstrated to defend this fundamental right. Que Sea Ley plunges us into the heart of this struggle, through the accounts of the women and men carrying the green scarves as symbols od the campaign for unrestricted abortion. He paints a picture of Argentinian women and shows the hope that their extraordinary mobilisation has given the country and elsewhere.
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Further creating more possibilities for app developers, partners and consumers to provide enhanced wearable experiences
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced that the Tizen Software Development Kit (SDK) for the recently unveiled Samsung Gear S wearable device is now available for download at the Samsung’s Developer website: http://developer.samsung.com/samsung-gear. With the new Tizen SDK, a variety of applications for the Samsung Gear S are expected to be developed more actively by app developer community.
Samsung has been already working with a wide range of unique partners, to deliver an up-to-date smart wearable experience with Samsung Gear S through 3G connectivity for activities as diverse as fitness, shopping, social media, music, news, sleep management and more.
The Tizen SDK will allow developers to make the best use of the following features and APIs for the Samsung Gear S:
- Enhanced Standalone Features: Network, call and location-based APIs to take advantage of the fact that the Samsung Gear S can connect directly to 3G networks without the need for a separate mobile device.
- New Sensor APIs: Magnetic, Ambient Light, Barometer, and UV sensor APIs as well as Accelerometer and Gyroscope APIs.
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The Economic Impact of Patent Holdout
Bowman Heiden & Justus Baron
· We define patent holdout as a transactional phenomenon linked to the rational behavior of firms to willfully infringe rather than seek to obtain a license, based on the risks and rewards of the given patent regime. Identifying patent holdout requires a frame of reference that assesses the reasonableness of the infringer’s behavior in light of industry context and prevailing norms.
· Following our definition of patent holdout, holdout only arises in situations where the patent owner is prepared to make licenses available on reasonable terms. Patent owners that commonly offer their patents for license, such as universities and other innovation specialists, and owners of patents subject to licensing commitments, such as declared Standard-Essential Patents, are at higher risk of holdout than companies relying on their patents to protect their exclusive own use of their patented technology.
· Patent holdout can impact Hybrid Operating Companies (HOPCOs), Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs), and Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) leading to different business responses, including litigation, licensing or settling on inadequate terms, and abstaining from licensing. Thus, much of the impact of patent holdout is not easy to observe directly.
· Evidence of the impact of patent holdout was investigated using several methods:
o Evidence of systematic holdout in cellular standards
o Evidence of systematic patent holdout in PAE studies
o Evidence of systematic patent holdout from indicators of patent value
· Evidence of systematic holdout in cellular standards was investigated with the following results:
o The royalty gap analysis in cellular licensing produced a patent holdout range of $7-28 billion per year in 2021.
o An analysis of the institutionalization of patent holdout in the aggregate royalty base resulted in a total revenue base of $1,603 per year in comparison to the average smartphone cost of $392 per phone, suggesting a 4x higher royalty base in 2017.
o An analysis of the missing SEP market segments (i.e. the indemnification effect) whereby small implementers go unlicensed and small SEP holders are unable to collect royalties. The former effect was estimated between $600-1200 million per year in 2015.
· The evidence of patent holdout based on previous PAE studies was estimated at approximately $500 billion over the timeframe of 1990-2010.
· The analysis of systemic patent holdout from patent renewal data showed that while declared SEPs have historically been more valuable to their owners than other patents, more than half of this historical advantage has dissipated between 2006 and 2022. Over the same time period, patents first assigned to universities have similarly lost value compared to patents assigned to other organizations.
Patent holdup and holdout are related phenomena. Both strategies occur in a context in which patent owners seek to license their patents to potential licensees in exchange for royalty payments after infringing use of the patented technology has already begun and is facilitated by the cost and uncertainty of patent litigation. Under such conditions, prices in the product market may have formed without properly reflecting the value of the patented technology. Therefore, determining the amount of a reasonable compensation for the use of the patents may be inherently challenging. In practice, reasonable royalties are usually determined by reference to industry norms, which are reflected, in particular, in the terms of voluntarily concluded comparable licenses.
In the absence of readily available, external, and objective benchmarks for reasonable royalties, the licensing terms to which parties may agree in bilateral licensing negotiations often depend on the availability of remedies for patent infringement. In particular, holdup and holdout behavior are intrinsically related to the availability of remedies that deter the unauthorized use of patent technology through the threat of injunctive relief and enhanced damages. Such remedies can potentially create financial losses for infringing companies that are significantly larger than the value of the unlicensed use of the patented technology. In situations where such remedies are readily available, infringers may seek to settle their disputes with owners of infringed patents even at the cost of signing licenses on exorbitant terms, thus potentially rewarding and encouraging holdup strategies. In situations in which such remedies are never or only exceptionally available to patent owners seeking to license their patents to implementers, potential licensees may have little reason to fear patent litigation, and holdout may often be profitable for implementers.
The academic and policy discussion of holdup and holdout behavior has thus consistently been related to discussions of the availability of remedies for patent infringement. Especially in the U.S., there have been relatively clear historical trends regarding the ease of enforcing patent rights against infringers. For example, after the creation of a single appellate court for patent cases and other reforms facilitating patent enforcement in the early 1980s, the yearly number of patent applications surged, and an increasing number of companies relied on patent royalties for a significant share of their revenue.
While the licensing of patents to other companies for the generation of royalty revenue is not limited to any particular technological field or industry, the information and communication technology (ICT) sector has come to epitomize a certain model of patent licensing, in which patent owners seek to license their patents to potentially large numbers of companies that are already (allegedly) using their patented inventions, and where some product manufacturers face infringement allegations by larger numbers of owners of different, complementary patents. Some of these patents are essential to technology standards, meaning that any of the potentially thousands of users of such standards may be using the patented technology, and some such standards are subject to thousands of potentially complementary patents declared to be potentially standard-essential.
However, starting in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a strand of literature on anticommons and patent thickets hypothesized that the growing number of patents in the biotech and I.T. industries was blocking and disincentivizing innovation. Companies that primarily or exclusively develop and patent their inventions for the purpose of licensing these patents to others, so-called "non-practicing entities" (NPEs), became a focus of this criticism, in particular, those actors that acquired and asserted patents from others, known as "patent assertion entities" (PAEs).
NPEs, often pejoratively referred to as "patent trolls", were portrayed as being particularly likely to benefit from the threat of litigation and potential injunctions to extract excessive royalties from operating companies. Patent holdup theory, combined with the rhetoric of patent trolls, paved the way for a series of judicial rulings and legislative reforms of the U.S. patent system over the past two decades. One of the most important tenets of this evolution is restrictions on the availability of remedies in equity, which disproportionately affected patent owners who are seeking to license their patents to other companies, such as most NPEs and owners of standard-essential patents (SEPs).
These developments, in essence, created two competing patent theories of market failure - one on the technology market (i.e. freeriding/patent holdout) and one on the product market (i.e. anticommons/patent holdup). As the need for markets for technology grows, so does the need to find the right balance of private and public ordering mechanisms to facilitate the formation of these markets and govern their operation. Empirical evidence of the position of the pendulum on the patent holdout/up spectrum is an important input to the governance process so as to both understand the current economic reality and the potential economic impact of potential changes in governance policy.
To date, no study has tried to measure the economic impact of patent holdout. This study makes a first attempt broken down into five sections, including (1) an introduction to patent holdout as the missing piece of the economic equation, (2) the theoretical foundations of patent holdout, (3) a typology of patent holdout contexts, impacts, and measurements, (4) evidence of the economic impact of patent holdout, and (5) a conclusion.
Owners of such Standard-Essential Patents (SEP) usually commit to license such SEPs to standards implementers on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms – SEPs are thus a category of patents that are primarily used for licensing, rather than excluding competitors. | <urn:uuid:eb2d737a-810a-4e16-af49-ad1bc630c2c9> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.4ipcouncil.com/research/economic-impact-patent-holdout | 2023-09-24T22:56:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.940475 | 1,693 |
IQC - The ISO Pros
of Davenport, IA & ISO 9001 Experts
Within the entire city of Davenport, no other institution or organization has been trusted to conduct and perform ISO 13485 Training & Certification but us at IQC – the ISO Professionals. For decades, we have been the company many organizations dealt with when it came their time to be certified; or to have the standards implemented and embedded into their business processes and systems.
ISO 13485 is among the many standards we know everything about – we don’t have doctors or experts in the medical industry; what we do have are sets of skilled, dedicated, and committed trainers, coaches, auditors, and consultants that can help you with anything in relation to ISO 13485.
What is ISO 13485?
Before we delve deeper into the pillars of ISO 13485, it is important for everyone to understand it. In the easiest ways on how it’s defined, ISO 13485 is the standard that has been published and developed to serve as the benchmark for the future success of businesses and organizations in the Medical Devices Industry.
It’s the standard that sets everything – from the requirements, the policies, as well as the rules and the regulations needed. The standard has undergone a hefty amount of updates, but the most recent, which was in 2016, included a lot of new information:
- Clarification of Management Responsibilities
- Clarification of Training Responsibilities
- Risk Mitigation Focus
- Development and Improvement in Facility Requirements
- Improved Alignment of Design
- Emphasis on Supplier Control
- Traceability Procedures
- And Many More
Do You Need to be ISO 13485 Certified?
Asking the question of whether or not you need the ISO 13485 Certification is just like asking the question if a business needs an executive – although not required, businesses and organizations in the Medical Devices Industry can well benefit from the Implementation of the Standard.
Upon finding which company you would be working with, look no further because we here at IQC – the ISO Professionals are more than happy, willing, satisfied, and contented with the quality and the caliber of services we can help you with.
Being ISO 13485 Certified
There are plentiful reasons why you should consider getting an ISO 13485 Certification – and one of which is the fact that it can increase and heighten your company or your organization’s chances of winning and gaining more businesses.
Being ISO 13485 Certified is like labeling your company or your organization as an institution that was able to pass all the checks, audits, and evaluations needed for and by the industry. Similar to how other standards work, all organizations that wish to have an ISO 13485 Certification wouldn’t be able to find it easily – it will and can involve a lot of training, developmental procedures, and the like.
Nevertheless, when you choose to go with our mastery and our expertise here at IQC – the ISO Professionals, you will never feel a shortage of all the liable and the useful information you can get.
Dial us now or send us an email to move forward on your journey of getting an ISO 13485 Certification!
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With IQC – the ISO Professionals, you’ll get all of the information and the proper training that you need to go on with the industry you are in! Here are the ISO Standards we can help you with:
- Asset Management ISO 55001
- Automotive Core Tools
- Automotive IATF 16949
- Body Armor BA 9000
- Capability Maturity Model Integration
- Counterfeits AS6081
- Energy ISO 50001 and SEP
- Environmental ISO 14001
- Ethical Sourcing SQFI
- Facility Management ISO 41001
- Food Safety Modernization Act FDA FSMA
- Food Safety ISO 22000
- Forestry SFI ATFS
- Gluten-Free Certification
- Info Security ISO/IEC 27001
- International Traffic in Arms Regulations, ITAR
- IT Service ISO/IEC 20000-1
- Laboratory Accreditation ISO 17025
- Medical Devices ISO 13485
- Occupational Health and Safety Management System
- Packaging ISO 15378
- Quality ISO 9001
- Responsible Care RC14001
- Supply Chain ISO 28000
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RockTred Floor Essence Metallic
RockTred Floor Essence Metallic is a Decorative, Light to Medium Duty Polymer Flooring System Using Metallic Pigments.
The RockTred Floor Essence Metallic system can be made to look like metal, wood or stone. Different metallic pigments and finishing techniques can be combined to create endless design possibilities. The variables that contribute to the “feel” of the floor are endless. Each floor is a unique, one-of-a-kind creation.
The FLOOR-ESSENCE Metallic System is specified for use as a high performance, decorative flooring system in areas that are subjected to foot or wheeled traffic. It is intended as a high wear system for use in commercial, institutional or residential spaces where a durable, seamless, low maintenance, decorative floor finish is desired. Typical applications include retail stores, showrooms, offices, schools, residential basements/rec rooms, dining and bar areas of restaurants, etc.
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Organized by the Specialty Food Association, the Fancy Food Show, is a highly anticipated trade show that brings together specialty food companies, buyers, and media outlets. With over 2000 vendors from all around the world, the show offers a platform for showcasing new products, engaging in discussions, and providing samples to attendees. In recent years, a notable cultural change has occurred among consumers with many adopting a more mindful approach to their well-being. This shift has clearly led to an increase in non-alcoholic beverages, attention-grabbing food packaging, and vegan alternatives. This year’s show also reflects the rise of plant-based foods and the industry’s commitment to sustainability through food recovery initiatives. Our attendance at the Fancy Food Show helped us to stay informed about industry trends, make valuable connections, and contribute to the continued growth and success of the specialty food sector. Here’s what stood out to us.
Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Mocktails
The natural consumer packaged goods industry has been at the frontline of the zero-alcohol revolution, catering to the desires of the consumers for cleaner labels, organic ingredients, and sophisticated taste. The show floor featured an abundance of high-quality mixers for mocktails as well as alcohol-free ready-to-drink beverages. Brands like Abstinence Spirits and For Bitter For Worse provide alternatives for those who decide not to consume any alcohol or prefer low-alcohol options. These brands focus on delivering intricate textures and flavors while also avoiding any potential risks that are associated with alcohol consumption. We’re predicting a continued rise in popularity here!
Standout packaging and health benefits are essential factors for success in the current marketplace. Brands like The Saucy Ladies and Five Stars have gained attention with their attention-grabbing packaging, original solutions, and ingredients. It’s more important than ever for brands to differentiate themselves and offer unique selling points to thrive in this competitive environment. Exhibitors have become more selective in their trade and marketing spending, realizing that passive strategies are no longer effective. To attract potential buyers, companies invest in eye-catching corner booths, LED-backlit displays, pristine sample packaging, neon lights, and attention-grabbing presentations.
Meat Alternatives and Plant-Based Foods
Plant-based foods continue to dominate the market, and the Fancy Food Show reflected this trend with a dedicated “Plant-Packing District” showcasing meat alternatives and plant-based innovative solutions. Mushrooms played a significant role in many products, such as ready-to-drink mushroom broth and shiitake snack chips from Two River Mushrooms. Non-dairy cheese alternatives, such as American-style cheese that’s made from almond milk or Cashew Parm that’s shelf-stable, were also on display. Prime Roots stood out with its line of sliceable deli meats made from koji. This is an Asian fungus that’s used in the production of miso and soy sauce.
The Summer Fancy Food Show 2023 concluded with a generous donation of over 94,000 pounds of specialty food to City Harvest. This is a nonprofit organization that distributes rescued food to various community programs in New York City. The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has been partnering with City Harvest for its food recovery program since 1997, reflecting the industry’s commitment to sustainability and community service. Exhibitors at the show contributed surplus food to designated containers or indicated their readiness for donation, further emphasizing the industry’s dedication to minimizing waste and making a positive impact.
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The Top Three Beauty Trends 5W Saw at Adit Live NYC
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Mohammed Haydar Zammar, the man responsible for recruiting 9/11 hijackers is currently imprisoned in Syria.
Mohammed Zammar gives his first interview since 2001 to Liz Sly in her Washington Post article, This is the man who recruited the 9/11 hijackers. Zammar, 57, shares the story of how he ended up there, beginning with his time at the al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan through his involvement with the Islamic State in Syria.
Mohammed, who had dropped out of sight in the months following 9/11 was arrested while on vacation in Morocco and deported to Syria. He was jailed at the Sednaya prison until he was released in a prisoner swap in 2013.
While Zammar recruited members of the Hamburg cell, he was not privy to key information surrounding the actual attacks. Former FBI agent Ali Soufan, who runs a counterterrorism firm, the Soufan Center, notes that Mohammed was known as a talker by 9/11 investigators who also suspected he was too talkative to be trusted with details of the terrorist attack plans.
“These people who run their mouths usually don’t get information in advance, and there’s a possibility he did not know about the attacks,” Soufan said.
Zammar would like to return to Germany when he is released by the Kurds, but Germany is not interested in repatriating him. As the interview with Mohammed Haydar Zammar ends, he continues talking about the injustices of the world and offers a message for President Trump and other leaders with important roles:
“You must fear God. You must fear your creator. I swear they will be judged by God,” Zammar said.
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Barcelona president Joan Laporta still believes the Super League is "absolutely necessary".
He's spoken for the first time since the project's apparent collapse, with Barca yet to formally withdraw their participation.
Laporta feels European football's biggest revenue generators need to have more of a say in how that money is distributed.
He said, "The big clubs bring a lot of resources in and we have to have our say in the economic distribution".
It was reported in January that Barcelona's gross debt stands at €1.173 billion. The net figure is €488million.
€266m is owed to the banks by 30 June, while another €90m is owed to Goldman Sachs.
Their La Liga rivals Real Madrid find themselves in a similarly dire financial position, possibly explaining Florentino Perez's insistence that the Super League goes ahead.
At the under-renovation Bernabeu, gross debt stands at €901million, with net debt at €355million.
Earlier this week, Barcelona defender Gerard Pique backed his under-fire president, while also registering a note of disappointment with the Super League proposal.
"As president of Barca he's in a situation where he inherited a club in very bad, very negative economic circumstances and he will be making the best possible decision for the club," Pique told Movistar+.
"If I look at the Super League through the prism of a player, I would say to you that it is not positive in the long term for the world of football.
"Do we want that for the world of football? That Sevilla, Valencia, Everton, Leicester, Napoli ... disappear? Because these clubs would be rendered worthless."
However, Laporta - much like Perez - seems determined to plough on.
"There have been pressures placed on some clubs, but the proposal is still standing,” Laporta said.
He added, "We have very important investments, our salaries are very high, and those must be taken into consideration, along with sporting merits.”
But La Liga president Javier Tebas poured more cold water on the subject, saying, "I think that Barcelona has bigger problems than taking on the rest of the clubs in Spain and Europe to defend a Super League that is already dead.
"If they say that the Super League will save soccer, they are lying or they are mistaken,” Tebas said. “Florentino Perez is lying.
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- Ship Car From Detroit To Boise
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Estimating the Cost of Auto Transport from Detroit, MI to Boise, ID
Planning a move from the Motor City, Detroit, MI, to the City of Trees, Boise, ID? One significant aspect of your preparation will involve understanding the cost of auto transport. The distance of about 1,900 miles, your vehicle type, and the shipping method you select will influence the final price. A-1 Auto Transport is committed to delivering top-notch services at competitive rates.
Distance and Delivery Time for Shipping a Car from Detroit, MI to Boise, ID
The journey from Detroit, MI to Boise, ID covers approximately 1,900 miles. Generally, this journey takes around 4 to 6 days, considering factors like traffic, route conditions, and weather. Here at A-1 Auto Transport, we prioritize punctuality, aiming to ensure your vehicle reaches its destination on time.
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Long-distance moving tends to be expensive due to several factors such as increased fuel and labor costs, the need for more comprehensive insurance, and additional fees like packing add-ons and transportation charges. However, understanding these costs can help you plan and budget more effectively for your move.
Moving to a new location can be thrilling, but the costs associated with long-distance relocations can often catch people off guard. In this article, we delve into the various factors that contribute to the high costs of moving long distances and offer tips on how to manage these expenses.
Factors that Contribute to High Moving Costs
One of the most significant factors that can drive up relocation costs is the volume and weight of items to be moved. A larger number of belongings generally requires more packing materials, a larger moving truck, and potentially more movers. Similarly, heavier items may require specialized equipment or additional manpower to move safely. Both these elements can increase the overall cost significantly.
Another factor contributing to high moving costs is the time it takes for the entire process. The longer it takes to pack, load, transport and unload your belongings, the higher your final bill will likely be. This could be due to various reasons such as lack of organization leading up to move day or unforeseen issues on move day itself like weather conditions or traffic delays.
The complexity of the move also plays a crucial role in determining its cost. For instance, if you have valuable or fragile items that need special handling or if there are challenging aspects like narrow staircases or long carry distances from home to truck at either location - these all add up in terms of labor hours required thus impacting total charges incurred during relocation.
The Role of Distance in Determining Moving Costs
Distance plays a significant role in determining moving costs. The further the move, the higher the cost is likely to be. This is primarily because long-distance moves require more fuel, time, and labor than shorter ones. For instance, if you're relocating from New York to California as opposed to just moving within New York City itself, your expenses will significantly increase due to these factors.
Additionally, long-distance relocations often involve additional logistical complexities that can add to the overall cost of the move. These may include toll charges or special permits required for crossing certain states or regions. Also worth considering is wear and tear on vehicles over longer distances which could lead to maintenance or repair costs; such expenses are typically factored into moving companies’ pricing models.
It's also important to note that distance isn't solely responsible for high relocation costs - there are other contributing factors too like size and weight of items being moved, packing services needed among others. However it remains an undeniable factor with direct impact on how much one might end up paying for their move.
Frequently Asked Questions
The cost of moving can significantly increase with distance. The farther you have to move, the more fuel, labor, and time will be required, which in turn increases the overall cost.
Numerous factors can contribute to high moving costs. These include the distance of the move, the weight and volume of items being moved, the time of year, packing services, insurance, and any additional services such as assembly and disassembly of furniture.
There are several ways to reduce the costs of long-distance relocation. These include moving during off-peak seasons, getting rid of items you no longer need before the move, packing your belongings yourself, and comparing quotes from different moving companies.
Most moving companies can provide a fairly accurate estimate, but it's important to remember that it's just an estimate. The final cost may be higher or lower depending on a variety of factors, including the actual weight of your belongings and any additional services you may require.
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Drawing on more than a decade of research and development focused on science assessment, Project 2061 offers this workshop to share its experience and resources with teachers, researchers, and assessment specialists.
The three-day workshop introduces Project 2061’s approach to science assessment and its criteria and procedures for developing effective items that are carefully aligned to science ideas. Participants learn about tools and resources that will help them:
- Clarify the science ideas that are to be tested and identify common student misconceptions.
- Develop specifications for writing assessment items, including the use of plausible, but incorrect, answer choices to provide more insight into students’ thinking, expecially their misconceptions.
- Align items to specific science ideas using Project 2061’s “necessity” and “sufficiency” criteria.
- Consider how unfamiliar vocabulary, test-wiseness, or other factors can affect the accuracy of an item as a measure of what students know.
- Understand and use statistical analyses of student test data to diagnose learning difficulties and improve test items.
- Learn new techniques for collecting and using students’ feedback when developing test items.
- Review Project 2061’s protocols for pilot and field testing items and how to adapt them for your own needs.
- Access Project 2061’s online bank of test items and other assessment resources.
The workshop is both interactive and practical, providing many opportunities to apply what is being learned to the real-world challenges of science assessment.
Workshop participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from AAAS Project 2061.
Who should attend?
Educators involved in the assessment of student learning in science, including middle and high school science teachers, science specialists, assessment directors and coordinators in states and school districts, assessment and curriculum developers, university science education faculty, education researchers, and informal science educators.
Fees are listed below.
* To qualify for the Early-Bird discount, registrations must be received four weeks prior to the first day of the workshop.
If you have any questions, please contact 202-326-6628 or at firstname.lastname@example.org.
About the workshop leader
Cari F. Herrmann Abell, Ph.D., joined AAAS Project 2061 in 2005 as a postdoctoral fellow for the Center for Curriculum Materials in Science and is currently a senior research associate contributing to the development of curriculum and assessment resources aligned to K–12 science learning goals. Her current work focuses on topics in the physical sciences, and she is principal investigator on a test development project funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. In addition to presenting her work at scholarly and professional conferences, Herrmann Abell also leads workshops on the item development process for researchers and classroom teachers, including, for example, those in Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, the American Chemical Society, the University of Michigan, and the Shanghai Association for Science and Technology. As a reviewer for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress, Herrmann Abell critiqued physical science and life science assessment items for grades 4, 8, and 12. She received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her B.S. in chemistry and mathematics from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. | <urn:uuid:f8a913d8-d917-4837-82b7-11891ea17d3e> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.aaas.org/events/project-2061-workshop-developing-and-using-assessments-aligned-science-learning-goals | 2023-09-24T23:32:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.908722 | 725 |
If you’re planning a move, packing up your belongings and transporting them to your new home can be daunting. But don’t worry – we’re here to help!
This page will provide a comprehensive list of the supplies you need for your move. You can choose the best moving companies in Woodland Hills to buy these supplies at affordable prices. So read on for the information you need to make a move as smooth and stress-free as possible!
The best packing and moving companies in Los Angeles have one thing in common: an extensive inventory of high-quality, correctly sized moving boxes. These corrugated cardboard containers come in various sizes, from small (1.5 cubic feet) to extra-large (6 cubic feet), and can be used to pack everything from dishes and glassware to clothes and linens. Many moving and storage companies will deliver boxes directly to your door, and some will buy back unused boxes.
2. Packing Paper
Packing paper is an essential item for protecting your belongings during a move. This unprinted newsprint is available in large bundles at most moving and storage supply stores and can be used to wrap and cushion delicate items. You can also stuff empty spaces in boxes with packing paper to prevent your belongings from shifting during transport.
3. Bubble Wrap
These are essential when protecting your belongings, incredibly fragile items. For example, you will need a lot of bubble wrap for the commercial relocation of equipment like servers.
For smaller items like dishes and glasses, packing paper and placing bubble wrap between each layer is the way to go.
3. Packing Tape
When it comes to packing tape, you want to ensure that you get a good quality product that can hold your boxes together during the move. You should check for the following:
-Tape that is at least 2 inches wide
-A strong adhesive that can hold up against both hot and cold temperatures
-A dispenser that can be used with one hand
4. Moving Equipment
These include the necessary tools to help you move your belongings from your old home to your new one. This may include a dolly, straps, and a furniture appliance dolly.
A dolly is a platform with either two or four wheels that helps you move heavy items short distances.
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Madagascar is the land in a forgotten sea.
It is a world of lemurs and chameleons, of unexplored coves. It is a land of rarity. Fringed by white sand beaches and sprawling coral reefs, remote Time + Tide Miavana stays true to the island’s secluded roots. It is a luxurious haven where guests can fully relax and enjoy the experience of this very special archipelago.
To truly appreciate all that Miavana has to offer, we are confident that a minimum of 5 nights is needed to fully experience the wonders of this isolated island hideaway. Whether Lemur walks on the island (directly from your villa), PADI qualified scuba diving (wall, cave, house reef), snorkelling from your villa, water ski, kayak, paddle boarding, kite surfing or fishing for big game and pelagic fish (on fly, from a boat and deep sea).
Dotted along the pristine beach, Miavana’s 14 villas are a masterpiece in luxury. Natural elements of sea, sand and air meet elegantly through inspired interiors and textures that celebrate the extraordinary island setting. Hand-dyed textiles mirror the endless shades of turquoise shimmering in the ocean views. Local, hand cut stones the colour of seashells accent the walls. The unique turreted showers, evokes castaway luxury at its finest while floor to ceiling windows offer panoramic views of the Indian Ocean mere metres away.
Miavana offers gourmet food and wine so why not take the time to picnic on a deserted and private island that is part of the archipelago. Travel further afield, taking a helicopter flight to the Tsingy National Park, explore Madagascar’s rainforests, see endangered lemurs, watch turtles nest or hatch and keep your eyes peeled for whales.
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Daniel Ricciardo has said he is hoping to "make a mark" at Monaco this year after a horror start to the Formula 1 season.
- Daniel Ricciardo has only finished in the top-10 once this season
- The Australian is a previous winner of the Monaco Grand Prix
- McLaren's CEO says Ricciardo has not met their expectations
The Australian has just 11 points from six races, finishing only once in the top-10 of a race — round three in Melbourne.
He also scored points in the sprint qualifying race at Imola but then failed to score any in the grand prix.
After a poor result last Sunday in Spain, finishing 12th and again trailing his teammate Lando Norris, Ricciardo said he is doing all he can to secure a points finish in F1's most famous race.
"Off the back of Spain, I've got my head in the data with the engineers to make sure we're in the best position possible to fight for a top-10 finish," he said.
"We learnt a lot about the car, particularly with the good upgrades, and I have great trust in the team for us to keep improving."
Ricciardo has struggled since he moved to McLaren at the start of 2021, regularly being beaten by Norris.
Ricciardo does have a race win with McLaren, last year's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, however, the pressure has been mounting on the Australian to improve his performance.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown told the UK's Sky Sports F1 this week they were wanting more from their driver.
"Daniel is just not comfortable yet with the car, we're trying everything we can. Again [Spain] was a disappointing weekend," Brown said.
"Short of Monza and a few races, it's generally not kind of met his or our expectations, as far as what we were expecting."
Ricciardo struggled at Monaco last year, being lapped by Norris who went on to finish third.
But he does have a past race win around the famed streets of Monte Carlo and a further three podium finishes.
He is hoping that his experience around Monaco will reignite his stint with the team.
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There are a few things that are certain when I'm at Harry's home on a holiday.
Good discussions. Delicious food. Playtime with Anjali and a few music sessions.
Shared my new hitchhiking experiences, the talk with Wahid Bhai, and the beautiful moment I had at a library. We spoke a lot. I also shared what it is to convince others with confidence. Often, one assumes a lot and fails to convince other lacking confidence.
"You need to show confidence in order to gain confidence from others."
Shared how it worked wonders with me recently. Glad I got reminded of it when needed and practiced it.
This time, Anjali was working on a Dam that helps to preserve the environment.
"Abhinay, what are dams for?"
I explained the energy-saving concepts and other irrigation helps.
"Does it help to preserve the environment?"
"In a way yes---"
"Then, that's why we did this. We were asked to do something that helps to preserve the environment."
I love the silent times as much as I love discussions with Harry. Harry puts on the music. And we enjoy the music with a few conversations on music.
"I have a friend, Vijay, an expert in Urdu and translates the lyrics explaining the meaning. Every year, we have a session to listen to all these songs and discuss them. Should host one session this year also," said Harry being nostalgic about the memories.
His friend, Vijay, reminds me of Kashyap.
These are the two songs that I got to know. Gems'
Ended the day with the sumptuous dinner Shobha Mam made for us.
A day well spent.
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Join pregnant mother and her daughter on an enchanting adventure filled with love, reassurance, and cherished connections, discovering the wonders of nature while embracing the arrival of a new baby
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Universities, Education System & Courses
Do you want to study in Europe but you cannot go to that place because of the higher cost of living? Then Lithuania is a place made for you. Although Lithuania is a minor territory, it is full of organizations with an excellent academic reputation. In addition, you can explore Europe during your studies, because Lithuania is in the center of Northern Europe. This article will find all information about Lithuania Universities, the cost of living, tuition fees, and more.
Why Study in Lithuania?
Students choose Lithuania due to many reasons, some of them are as follows:
Several excellent organizations in Lithuania provide students with high-quality learning and create opportunities. In addition, these universities also offer students with operational skills that enable them to adapt to different environments. Also, the universities have a global reputation that stands for the migration of understudies to Lithuania.
With the excellent education, Lithuania’s literacy rate is also very high. People above 15 years old have a 100% literacy rate, which is a shocking number. Not many countries have a 100% literacy rate in any age group. But this small country has a positive literacy rate which attracts students.
The people are also very welcoming and generous. Its history, music, and cultural heritage are all definitive. There are many dance and music festivals which happen till today as well. The food is also full of flavors and according to the seasons. Therefore it appears very welcoming to the understudies.
The education in Lithuania is affordable for the students outside. However, if you compare with countries like the USA, Lithuania has a shallow cost of living. Therefore, instruction expenses and convenience charges are a reason for the students to move toward Lithuania. Moreover, most understudies need to get quality schooling on a low spending plan; thus, they incline toward Lithuania.
These are the reasons for choosing Lithuania to get your education completed.
Is Lithuania Good for Education: The Education System
For international students, the environment is amiable and warm. In addition, Lithuania follows the traditional education system formed around the 16th century. However, it is effective.
If you are looking for a doctorate, time depends on your institution and discipline. The grading system of Lithuania is also pretty peculiar. For instance, ten is called puikiai, which means excellent. 9 is Labai gerai which means very good. The average scores are 5, called silpnai.
Visa Information & Requirements
Requirements for a visa of Lithuania as follows:
- Valid passport
- Payroll for economic resources
- Health insurance of the understudy
- Flight details
- Accommodation arrangement and address details
- Admission letter of the university
- Passport size photo
- An ID proof
These are the documents that are required if you want to take the Visa to Lithuania. Hence, one can say Lithuania is a worthwhile place to complete your ambitions.
Popular Courses in Lithuania
A wide variety of course options are available in Lithuania. Some of them are as follows:
- Master of Engineering in Environment
- Bachelors in governance
- Masters in psychology business
- Phonetics courses
- Quantitative economics, also called BA
- Deeptech entrepreneurship
- Nanotechnology courses
- Masters in informatics
- Society courses
- Bachelors in digital content
These are some of the famous courses which understudies pursue in Lithuania.
How Much Does it Cost to Study in Lithuania?
Cost of Living
Understudies can spend up to a sum of 900 Euros per month. On average the expenditure stands at between 300 to 900 Euro per month. There are many discounts and offers by which students can minimize the cost of living. The rent of rooms is between 90 to 300 euro. Hence, students choose to study and live in Lithuania. Also, this is why most of them find it a more affordable and budget-friendly spot.
Is Studying in Lithuania Free: Scholarships
The Government of Lithuania performs completely free scholarships. However, students need to fulfill specific requirements of the government. Students can get grants in both public and private colleges of Lithuania. The scholarships available are as follows:
- Transitional study grant
- Full-time master study scholarships
- Fullbright scholarship
- Erasmus program grant
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North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2015
General Course Information
Course Code PUB HLTH 2005 Course Essentials of Epidemiology II Coordinating Unit Public Health Term Semester 1 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Assumed Knowledge PUB HLTH 1001, PUB HLTH 1002 Course Description This course extends understanding of the epidemiological concepts and measures that are routinely used in public health practice. In three consecutive modules, the epidemiological concepts associated with health intelligence (particularly focusing on health surveillance), evaluation of public health initiatives, and documenting and addressing health inequalities in the population will be explored. The course will afford students the opportunity to appreciate how a broad scope of health and social indicators are obtained and used to monitor health outcomes and for public health advocacy. Confidence in understanding numerical data as reported in the health literature will be enhanced by this course, with assignments geared to develop skills in locating, synthesising and reporting of health information in a form likely to be required in public health workplaces.
Course Coordinator: Professor Peng Bi
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
Course Learning Outcomes
1 Use core epidemiological concepts in assessing, monitoring and protecting population health; 2 Interpret key epidemiological measures in the health literature and report findings appropriately 3 Describe the role that quantitative measures of health and social welfare play in the development and evaluation of health policy; 4 Explain the rationale and uses of surveillance, and compare the strengths and limitations of surveillance approaches; 5 Demonstrate understanding of the need for, and approaches to, evaluation of public health initiatives; 6 Judge both the potential for and the limitations of evaluating complex interventions and policy change; 7 Explain how social determinants influence health and interpret measures of social determinants of health.
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Knowledge and understanding of the content and techniques of a chosen discipline at advanced levels that are internationally recognised. 1-7 The ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources in a planned and timely manner. 2, 7 An ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions, both independently and cooperatively, to current and future problems. 2, 5 Skills of a high order in interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication. 2 An awareness of ethical, social and cultural issues within a global context and their importance in the exercise of professional skills and responsibilities. 6, 7
Required ResourcesThe teaching will be organised into three modules covering a range of topics and applications within each. For this reason, no one text book would be appropriate to all three modules, the reading material will be in the form of relevant chapters from a range of books, digital copies of literature (both recently published and seminal) and links to relevant websites.
Recommended ResourcesPlease see 'Required Resources' section.
Online LearningWe assume that you have access to student e-mail and that your address is the University of Adelaide student’s e-mail address that was assigned to you on enrolment.
We will send our messages to your official University of Adelaide student e-mail address and assume that you read your e-mail. The announcements page of the MyUni site for this course will also display relevant notices from time to time.
MyUni is the primary entry point to online learning at the University of Adelaide. MyUni will be used to provide students with access to course materials, announcements, and other features to assist your study.
Some assessments (quizzes and assignments) will be required to be submitted online through MyUni. There may also be other online learning activities to supplement lectures and/or practical face-to-face sessions.
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching ModesWithin each module of the course there are a number of teaching and learning modes.
Lectures are intended to introduce concepts and illustrate their use, providing both factual information and reinforcing numerical concepts in public health.
Practicals provide an interactive forum to apply concepts from lectures and clarify understanding. These are generally problem-solving sessions, providing an opportunity for ‘hands on’ work with the concepts taught and applied to population data. Some lectures may also contain practical and interactive components.
Each module uses a quiz to confirm understanding of fundamental concepts and allow for identification of areas requiring further study prior to undertaking the relevant assessments.
Three assignments (one for each module) provide an opportunity for independent application and exploration and analysis of key concepts, for wider reading and for synthesis of concepts and literature.
The exam will provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate what they have learnt, drawing together concepts and showing that they have developed their understanding through the course.
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
Teaching in Essentials of Epidemiology II begins with the assumption that students are active participants in the learning process, rather than passive recipients of information. We assume that you are willing and able to prepare fully for classes, to participate in discussions and to carry your share of the workload. Students are expected to attend all sessions.
As a general rule, in any university course you will need to allow a minimum of three independent study hours for every hour undertaken in formal class work contact. As a 3-unit course, Essentials of Epidemiology II will require approximately 3 contact hours per week by attending lectures (2 hours) and practicals (1 hour). This means that you will have to set aside at least a further nine hours per week for reading around topics, preparation for class activities, and work on assignments.
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Week Topic Lecture Week 1 Disease surveillance outline. Introduction to Disease Surveillance. Week 2 Methods of surveillance - criteria, methodological approaches, practicalities and feasbility. Disease Surveillance Approach. Week 3 Lessons from the field; Limitations and strengths of different surveillance approaches; Future directions (1). Infectious Disease Surveillance in Australia. Week 4 Lessons from the field; Limitations and strengths of different surveillance approaches; Future directions (2). Chronic Disease Surveillance in Australia. Week 5 Conceptual frameworks of social determinants of health and theories of disease causation. Do social determinants cause poor health?
How does income inequality influence life
goals and health?
Week 6 Measuring social determinants of health. Measures of social inequalities. Week 7 Critical perspectives on the strengths and limitations to approaches of measuring health inequalities. Measuring health inequalities. Week 8 Social determinants of health and public health policy. Health inequalities, policy and population
Week 9 The nature and purpose of evaluation for public health interventions. Introduction to Evaluation in Public Health:
What? Why? When? & Who? Obstacles,
Fears and potential Solutions.
Week 10 Evaluation designs and models. Evaluation Plans, Program Logics, Economic Evaluation and Contemporary Evaluation Models. Week 11 Applying ‘scientific’ designs to the evaluation of complex interventions. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental
Approaches to Evaluation.
Week 12 Critical reflections of evaluation, focusing on the strengths and limitations of evaluation approaches in practice. Methodological Reflections on Evaluation:
Quantitative and Qualitative approaches &
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Small Group Discovery ExperienceElements of small group discovery experience will be introduced in some practical sessions.
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
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A two-hour exam at the end of course (weighting 40%) will involve multiple choice and short answer questions, and will assess your learning on the content of all three modules (lectures and practicals) as indicated in Section 2.1.
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How the Starbucks Red Cup Campaign Became a Cultural Phenomenon
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Product marketing and growth hacking are often challenging to define. They exist near each other in the org chart, but there are key differences: Product marketing sits at the intersection of the sales and marketing teams and is mostly about building pre-sale value. Growth hacking primarily focuses on post-sale value and is in close correspondence with teams like product, UX/design, and customer success. While these dynamics can vary according to products, this dichotomy is typical across companies.
Let’s explore the distinctions between product marketing and growth hacking, and whether they should work together.
Product marketers have one overall goal: to bring products to market successfully. They work on a product’s positioning, messaging, and launch to drive demand and usage. However, their role doesn’t stop there, because the process of marketing a product lasts well after its launch date. Product marketers also have to ensure their customers and salespeople know how to use it, and incorporate the needs and feedback of those people into the product’s lifecycle.
The mindset of a product marketer is more revolved around storytelling — they strive to create value by weaving narratives that will resonate with customers.
First, let’s get this out of the way: Although sometimes mixed up with one another, growth hacking and growth marketing are different. Growth marketing is the broader concept that you need to grow an audience and test various channels. In contrast, growth hacking is executing a specific tactic that grows that audience.
With this in mind, you can consider growth hackers as the mad scientists of a company — they’re constantly experimenting with innovative and low-cost strategies to build and maintain a company’s customer base. They hypothesize and analyze strategies until they multiply growth in large numbers.
The mindset of a growth hacker is more revolved around users — they take into account how users encounter the product to identify opportunities for satisfaction and new channels.
To begin your journey into product marketing, you’ve got to define your target audience and buyer personas for the product being sold. This is how you uncover customers’ needs and pain points to inform your product marketing strategy.
Then, start thinking about how your product or service can solve these needs and challenges. This is where your positioning and messaging comes in: They’re designed to answer any questions your customers might have about your product, and serve as the big neon sign that tells customers why you’re unique. Ask yourself the following questions to craft your positioning and messaging:
When you’ve got these foundational steps down, you’ll be ready to take the next step (setting the goals for your product) and beyond.
The first step to growth hacking is to perform an audit of your marketing initiatives. Where do most of your leads come from? What channels are performing well? An audit allows you to see where you need improvements so that you can set actionable goals. From there, you can plan experiments to test your theories. You can come up with as many ways as you want to test.
For example, maybe you want to drive up conversions from your homepage. Your homepage is your most valuable real estate for customers to sign up, and you want to know what type of messaging works best. You can start by testing ten messaging headlines and run your experiment until a statistical significance is established.
That’s a simple experiment to test. Now, let’s look at a more prominent example.
When Airbnb was a new startup, people weren’t coming directly to their site to find temporary housing. They didn’t have enough money for paid advertising, so they decided to get creative with their growth hacking. The first thing Airbnb did was look at the number one temporary housing site (at the time): Cragislist.
Airbnb would encourage new users to cross-post their listings on Craigslist with links leading back to their Airbnb page, with messaging like, “Reposting your listing from Airbnb to Craigslist increases your earnings by $500/month on average.” Then they’d make it easy for customers to repost by including a link (“Click here to repost!) in their emails. From their experiment, Airbnb was able to get free traffic minus the paid advertising — they grew their customer base and website traffic in one fell swoop.
Product marketing and growth hacking shouldn’t exist independently. When you combine the power of storytelling and the importance of user experience, you can achieve a deeper understanding of the customer journey. Merge product marketing and growth hacking strategies to create a go-to-market plan that improves the customer experience holistically.
Now that you know about growth hacking, let’s delve deeper into e-commerce marketing strategies that will drive growth.
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AdvaCare is a GMP manufacturer of Multimineral 4 tablets.
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Iron is an important component of hemoglobin. Taking iron in supplements can improve a low hemoglobin level. Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells with the function of carrying oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues and likewise returning carbon dioxide from the body tissues back to the lungs, also providing cells with the energy to function and maintaining the normal shape of red blood cells.
Abnormal hemoglobin can disrupt the red blood cell shape and impede the function and flow of the red blood cells. A low hemoglobin level is typically only slightly lower than the normal amount and won’t affect bodily function much. However, very low hemoglobin levels may indicate anemia, low red blood cell count. Anemia is caused by such factors as the loss of blood, nutritional deficiency such as excessive dieting, bone marrow problems including suppression from radiation, kidney failure, and abnormal hemoglobin structure (such as sickle cell anemia). A low hemoglobin level may lead to extreme fatigue, bruising, fainting, and in extreme cases, blood clotting. Iron supplements help to avoid the symptoms of low hemoglobin.
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Find answers to frequently asked questions about hearing aids and hearing loss. Simply click on any of the frequently asked questions below to reveal the answer. Have more questions? Contact Advanced Audiology today.
How can I tell if I need a hearing test?
A hearing test is simple and painless. It takes most people years to notice the gradual onset of hearing loss, so if you are starting to have problems hearing certain voices, if you find yourself asking people to repeat themselves, if others seem to mumble, or if you need to turn the TV volume up to a level uncomfortable for others to enjoy – these are signs that it’s time to test your hearing. Hearing loss is not something to hide or ignore. In fact, untreated hearing loss is more visible to others than hearing aids. Hearing loss can negatively affect one’s emotional and social well being too and cause depression, isolation from others, breakdown of relationships, insecurity, and an overall sense of helplessness. Learn more about hearing tests.
I can hear people speak, but sometimes I can’t understand what they say. Why is that?
Hearing loss is an ‘understanding’ problem. Understanding words and sentences is a function of your brain and relies on receiving sound signals unaltered. Your ears collect sound, transform it into nerve impulses, and send it to the brain where understanding occurs. Most nerve loss in the inner ear occurs with high-pitched softer parts of speech, which give meaning to many of our words. Advanced hearing aids are engineered to help you reclaim a lost sensitivity to many of these higher pitched sounds with the goal to improve your ability to understand. Learn more about hearing loss.
Is hearing loss just part of growing old?
While hearing loss is common as we age, there are many factors that can contribute to hearing loss. 1) Excessive Noise Exposure (prolonged loud music, gun shots, loud machinery) 2) Infections 3) Head Injury 4) Genetics or Birth Defects 5) Drug or Treatment Reaction (antibiotics, chemotherapy, radiation)
What is conductive hearing loss?
Conductive hearing loss is caused by a condition or disease that blocks or impedes the movement of sound waves throughout the outer or middle ear. The result is a reduction in loudness or clarity of sound that reaches the inner ear. The treatment for conductive loss can vary and may include surgical intervention depending on the cause.
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Sensorineural hearing loss results from auditory nerve dysfunction within the inner ear. It is typically irreversible and permanent. It affects the intensity (or loudness) of sound, but more often results in a lack of clarity of sounds, particularly speech. The treatment for sensorineural hearing loss is prescriptive sound amplification through advanced hearing aids.
Are there different types of hearing loss?
Most always hearing loss is categorized as either conductive or sensorineural. Most hearing loss is sensorineural and commonly referred to as “nerve loss.” A combination of the two types is called a “mixed hearing loss.” Unilateral hearing loss affects one ear; bilateral hearing loss affects both ears. Treatment options vary for the different types of hearing loss. Sensorineural hearing loss cannot be corrected by surgery or medication, but may be treated using advanced hearing aid technology.
My hearing is getting worse. If I get hearing aids now, won’t I just have to replace them later?
With advanced digital technology we are able to adjust your prescription as needed with time. Every 4-5 years, you may feel as if you need to upgrade your hearing device as technology improves and your listening needs progress.
Are hearing aids difficult to wear or get used to?
Many years ago hearing instruments were bulky and uncomfortable to wear. Today’s advanced hearing aids offer a variety of discrete and comfortable options. Award-winning designs have proven to be aesthetically appealing, naturally comfortable, and virtually unnoticeable.
A doctor told me hearing aids wouldn’t help. Should I trust him or her?
Most physicians are experts to the extent of their specialty and may not be up-to-date on advances to all hearing treatments. It’s smart to rely on the expertise of a board certified hearing care professional first. Breakthrough technological advances in the design and performance of hearing aids have given many people the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of amplification. You should have a thorough test to evaluate your hearing and discuss your options for improvement in your everyday hearing ability.
I struggle with hearing in groups. Will hearing instruments help me follow conversation in a crowd?
Much of the noise in our surroundings is low-toned and tends to compete with weaker, high-pitched sounds that give speech meaning. The digital advancements in hearing aids allow for selective reduction of frequencies where background noise exists without negatively affecting the speech frequencies. Advanced hearing aids can also automatically adjust the scope of what we hear, removing competitive sounds that challenge our understanding. Although noise is not eliminated completely, it’s reduced significantly.
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Generally two-ear assistance is superior to that of a single instrument. Even in instances where hearing loss between the ears differ, two hearing aids can provide balanced hearing and better localization of sound that may help preserve speech activity in both ears. Our doctors will make appropriate recommendations based on the results from your hearing evaluation. Learn more about binaural Hearing.
Do I need any follow-up care after getting hearing aids?
Yes – hearing loss should be managed over time throughout your life, similar to vision care and dental care. Hearing aids require a period of re-training your hearing. Follow-up visits are always part of your treatment plan. Periodic adjustments may be needed to optimize performance as characteristics of your loss change over time and to accommodate your preferences in various hearing situations. Your hearing aids should also fit comfortably. If you experience changes in your ability to hear or problems with fit, you should call to set an appointment immediately.
What is a digital hearing aid?
Digital hearing aids convert sound waves into numerical codes, similar to the code of a computer, before amplifying them. The code also includes information about a sound’s pitch or loudness, allowing the aid to be custom-programmed to amplify certain sound frequencies more than others. Digital circuitry allows more flexibility in adjusting the aid to a user’s unique hearing loss and to certain listening environments.
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The following tips will extend the life of your hearing aid: 1) Clean hearing aids as instructed. Ear drainage and wax buildup can damage your hearing aid. 2) Avoid spraying hairspray and other hair products while wearing your hearing aids. 3) Power off hearing aids when not in use, this will also extend battery life. 4) Keep your hearing aids away from moisture and heat. 5) Replace dead batteries immediately. 6) Store your hearing aids and replacement batteries in a secure location: away from pets and small children. Advanced Audiology provides on site repairs, hearing aid maintenance, and hearing aid cleaning as part of our Complete Hearing Health Care program.
What kind of financial assistance options are there?
We offer several convenient payment options, including interest-free financing for up to 12 months. Our Staff will review costs and discuss the best options available for you. Learn more about our financing options.
Does insurance cover the cost of hearing aids?
Most insurance plans cover your hearing evaluation. Some insurance plans provide coverage for hearing aids, but generally you pay out-of-pocket for better hearing. Our staff can assist you with discovering if, and to what amount of coverage is available to ensure you receive the maximum benefit under your plan. .
Why do some hearing aids cost more than others?
Hearing aids are feature-packaged and priced according to performance capabilities. As with most technology, the devices that do more, cost more. Advanced Audiology will match the right technology to your lifestyle, listening needs, and budget. Our low pricing includes generous product warranties, loss/damage coverage, and office visits. We offer 12 month interest free financing and accept Master Card and Visa.
Which type of hearing aid works best?
Hearing aids come in many sizes and styles and are feature-packaged according to performance capabilities. Your individual hearing loss, lifestyle, listening environments, options needed, cosmetic concerns, manual dexterity, and budget factor in finding the best individual solution. Our doctors at Advanced Audiology will guide you through the process. See our hearing aid styles. | <urn:uuid:6bd35853-8679-4327-bd13-64a747a02c9c> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.advanced-audiology.com/resources/frequently-asked-questions/ | 2023-09-25T01:03:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.939279 | 1,757 |
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Take the so-called “wine route” to Kakheti, to taste the famous varieties of Georgian wines and cheeses; travel for a weekend to Tbilisi; spend the Christmas/New Year holidays in the ski resort of Gudauri; stroll through the old port town of Batumi; or visit the unique stone towers of the remote and mysterious Svaneti Region – the choice is yours.
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June 30, 2015
Over time, I’ve come to realize that many people have bikes—or at least easy access to one—and yet not that many folks use it for one of the greatest experiences you’ll ever enjoy: a bike tour. The usual reason I hear is that their bike isn’t the “right kind” for a bike trip, or they don’t have all the gear needed to travel by bike. If that’s your thinking too, here’s some good news: A wonderful, refreshing bike trip with minimal hassle and maximum fun is available to you right now. The bike overnight.
Probably the easiest tour of all, a bike overnight, is most often a one or two night bike trip from your front door (or launching from a place you can drive or take a bus to). The beauty of a bike overnight is that you can use whatever bike you have handy and organize your trip around the bike, your fitness level, and where you want to go. A simple bike overnight involves taking a credit card, toothbrush, and maybe a change of clothes, and riding light to a hotel or hostel nearby for an overnight stay. If you have a rack on your bike, you can strap on a camping kit and ride to a campground for an inexpensive escape.
No matter what your approach, check out BikeOvernights.org for how-to articles and packing lists, and dozens of stories for inspiration. They include the simple kind of overnights described above, and a whole host of others, including luxury overnights and big family gatherings. In fact, the biggest category of stories covers family trips, and bike overnights are a convenient, economical way to introduce kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews to the wonders of bike travel.
One of my favorite family stories is Jeff Moser’s 10-mile trip from home to a nearby state park with his wife, Kristy, and son, Charlie. It turned out to be their best family camping trip ever and got them hooked on bike travel.
“I had been reading Joe Kurmaskie’s book Metal Cowboy, Tales from the Road Less Pedaled, a collection of essays about his bicycle travels around the world, which got me yearning for my own two-wheeled adventure,” shares Jeff. “So my wife and I decided to plan a bike overnight to a nearby state park with Charlie.”
The family had a good mix of camping gear and was able to use their existing bikes, along with a Chariot trailer, to carry everything. “Since we weren’t going too far away, I figured we could carry a surplus of stuff and not suffer too badly,” says Jeff, laughing that next time, though, he would hold off carrying a five pound Presto log.
The Mosers took their time pedaling, and once at the park, they set up camp and enjoyed dinner and a beautiful evening by moonlight, falling asleep to the howls of coyotes in the distance. “On the way home the next day, I was already thinking about where we could go next,” says Jeff.
Elle Bustamente is another fan of bike overnights. She and her husband and two kids have done numerous fun trips together. Elle decided to plan a camping overnight with two close girlfriends. “One of my most favorite vacations was a 40-mile weekend trip with two of my dearest friends,” says Elle. “Neither of them had really been on a bike in a while, but still were willing to follow me on this mini-adventure.”
Elle notes that planning a short trip helps ease the fear of heading out on a grand adventure. With only a couple of nights on the road, it doesn't really matter how light your bags are, whether you forgot something or need to find the time to train. “We might not have looked much like ‘real’ cyclists, but we had plenty of food, warm clothes and bikes that worked well enough,” shares Elle. “And we were able to experience the local beauty at a pace that we could absorb it all in.”
Elle and her friends also took their time. “We stopped as often as needed and had plenty of chocolate to stave off any bonking,” she says, adding, “It was an incredible feeling to share that with my friends and watch their love for bike touring grow. We had the chance to catch back up, tell new stories, and sing as loudly as we possibly could while riding uphill!”
That’s a useful reminder from a friend of mine. I can’t tell you the number of people who tell me they are going to try a bike trip, but never do. The reasons are legion, from lack of gear to lack of time. But now you know: bike travel is as simple as hopping on a bike, any bike, and riding a few miles to a nearby campground or lodge. Don’t let excuses get in your way. Commit right now to taking a bike trip in the next couple of months. Set a date and destination, and invite friends or family. Once you try your first bike overnight, you’ll wonder why you never tried one before!
Read more stories on fun bike overnights at BikeOvernights.org.
Story by Jim Sayer. Photos by Jim Sayer | Joe Ball | Jeff Moser | Elle Bustamente | LeeAnn O'Neill
Jim is Executive Director of the Adventure Cycling Association (AdventureCycling.org), which produces state-of-the-art maps, organizes tours, advocates for better cycling conditions and publishes Adventure Cyclist magazine. One of his favorite bike overnights was to Yellowstone Park with his teen daughters. Highlights include having loads of time to talk (and groan) while they climbed 7,000 feet on Beartooth Pass, enjoying a cramped hotel room and a pretty lame Adam Sandler movie, and cruising the streets of beautiful Red Lodge, Montana, and finishing with a Mexican food and ice cream feast. | <urn:uuid:6b097459-07b0-4cc5-9399-f8a7d42da311> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.adventurecycling.org/resources/blog/two-wheeled-vacation/ | 2023-09-25T01:02:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.974324 | 1,289 |
The animal rights activist charged with murdering openly gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn has confessed to the crime, breaking a seven-month silence and saying he thought the populist Dutch politician was a danger to society, prosecutors said Saturday.
In his first statement since his arrest minutes after the shooting last May, Volkert van der Graaf, 33, said he had been concerned that Fortuyn was gaining too much power and posed a threat to "vulnerable members of society," the Amsterdam district attorney's office said. He also said he was worried about Fortuyn's "prejudiced political ideas" and their possible polarizing effect in the Netherlands. Van der Graaf, the only suspect in the case, said he acted alone and that no one else knew he intended to kill Fortuyn, who was then a leading candidate in national elections for prime minister. Van der Graaf faces possible life imprisonment for premeditated murder, a sentence rarely handed down in the Netherlands.
Under Dutch law, prosecutors still need to prove their case in court even when a suspect confesses. Hearings are expected to begin as scheduled early next year.
Fortuyn's party, which was named Pim Fortuyn's List, went on to become the second largest in the Netherlands after the national elections and won a place in the three-party governing coalition. But bickering among its members led to the collapse of the government last month. The party is expected to virtually disappear when new elections are held on January 22. | <urn:uuid:0dd3e2d8-c6c5-4a07-9a40-36cfd5b5ed8d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.advocate.com/news/2002/11/26/fortuyns-alleged-killer-breaks-silence-7058 | 2023-09-24T23:52:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.985229 | 309 |
Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey’s Gay Romance 'Fellow Travelers' Gets Teaser
History that we'll definitely enjoy
The teaser trailer for Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey’s gay historical romance Fellow Travelers came out today.
The Showtime series is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Mallon. It follows Hawkins Fuller (Bomer) and Timothy Laughlin (Bailey) through the world of politics from the 1950s and McCarthyism and the Lavender Scare to the 1980s and the AIDS crisis.
Fellow Travelers also features actors Allison Williams, Jelani Alladin, Noah J. Ricketts, and Linus Roache.
“Bomer plays charismatic Hawkins Fuller, who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the-scenes career in politics. Hawkins avoids emotional entanglements – until he meets Tim Laughlin (Bailey), a young man brimming with idealism and religious faith. They begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on ‘subversives and sexual deviants,’ initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history,” a description from Showtime reads. “Over the course of four decades, we follow our five main characters – Hawk, Tim, Marcus (Alladin), Lucy (Williams), and Frankie (Ricketts) – as they cross paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, while facing obstacles in the world and in themselves.”
My Policeman and Philadelphia writer Ron Nyswaner adapted the 8-episode drama from the novel.
“The nuance of a complicated, volatile queer relationship is the power balance—and that is what is amazing about Tim and Hawk,” Bailey told Vanity Fair. “Every single sex scene is a meticulous examination of power.”
“There’s a level of trust and intimacy that’s even more valuable when society is against you,” Bomer said. “You keep your secrets together.”
Fellow Travelers comes out this fall on Paramount+ with Showtime.
Watch the teaser trailer below and check out some pics of the two out leading men.
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Addison Single Handle Lavatory Faucet with Touch2O.xt Technology
Inspired by the scalloped shape of seashells, the Addison® bath collection from Delta Faucet bridges the gap between form and function in the bathroom. One of the first bath collections from the Delta® brand to offer the options of hands-free and Touch2O® Technology, the Addison collection has a feminine form, with flowing lines and a striking, high-arc spout silhouette.
“Smooth, organic lines and a flared seashell motif from the Art Deco period characterize the Addison product suite,” said Allison McKinney, Delta brand product manager. “Due to its versatile shape and overall popularity with consumers, we chose to introduce Touch2O.xt™ Technology on this collection, bringing homeowners added convenience and functionality in the bathroom.”
About the Addison® Bath Collection:
Full Suite of Products Available
The Addison collection features a full suite of lavatory faucets, showerheads and coordinating accessories in chrome and Brilliance® Stainless finishes.
Optional Touch2O.xt™ Technology
DIAMOND™ Seal Technology
- In manual operation, the user can control the flow and temperature of water by moving the handle to the desired position. With Touch2O functionality, once the handle is moved to an on position, the user can tap anywhere on the spout or handle to start or stop the flow of water. Water turns off automatically within one minute after the faucet is tapped on. Touch2O.xt Technology also offers the user an entirely hands-free experience in addition to the tap functionality.
- Touch2Oxt™ Technology features a 4” sensing field around the entire faucet. Once the handle is moved to an on position, the faucet automatically responds when a user approaches the sensing field – no infrared sensor is used. Moving hands out of range intuitively shuts off the water flow within seconds when not needed, helping to save water. When hands are messy, you can start the flow of water without touching the faucet, helping keep you and your bathroom cleaner.
MultiChoice® Universal Valve Trim
- DIAMOND Seal Technology combines a durable DIAMOND™ Valve with InnoFlex® PEX waterways. The valve requires no lubrication, eliminates wear on seals, and ensures “like new” operation for the life of the faucet, lasting up to 10 times the industry standard. The InnoFlex waterways eliminate potential leak points and are less hassle to install.
- Water does not come in contact with metal surfaces once inside the faucet, meeting all current and upcoming state and national lead free legislation.
- The Addison widespread lavatory faucets with DIAMOND Seal Technology feature decorative covers for the water connectors. Vinyl options with a Stainless, Champagne Bronze, Venetian Bronze and white appearance are available now as well as copper versions with a Chrome, Brilliance Stainless, Champagne Bronze and Venetian Bronze finish.
- The MultiChoice Universal Valve Trim keeps the flow of hot and cold water consistent and monitors temperature to prevent thermal shock. It also is not affected by changes of ground water temperature.
- Once the MultiChoice rough-in valve is installed, future shower function upgrades or style changes can easily be made without altering the plumbing behind the wall.
- The Addison collection features a Monitor® 14 series single-function option and a Monitor 17 series dual-function option, which offers separate volume and temperature control.
- H2Okinetic showers look different because they are different. The science behind H2Okinetic technology creates a shower experience like no other. Each showerhead and handshower contains an internal system that sculpts the water into a unique wave pattern, creating a consumer-proven feeling of more water, all without using more water. Showerheads in the Addison collection feature H2Okinetic technology.
- Delta Faucet Company takes its role as the 2013 WaterSense® Partner of the Year very seriously and is committed to working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to encourage efficient use of water resources and actively protect the future of our nation’s water supply.
- All lavatory faucets in this collection meet WaterSense requirements, flowing at a rate that is less than the industry standard of8.3 litres per minute (lpm). The Monitor® series showers are also WaterSense labeled, flowing at 7.6 lpm at 60 psi. The WaterSense labeled lavatories of the Addison bath collection provide up to 32 percent water savings over standard lavatory faucets, while the WaterSense-labeled showerheads provide up to 40 percent water savings over standard showerheads , all without sacrificing the comfort and convenience of the user experience or the durability and life span of the product. | <urn:uuid:386e950a-0370-4894-b33d-dacf7adca191> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.aeconline.ae/delta-faucet-company/addison-single-handle-lavatory-faucet/product-cad.html | 2023-09-25T00:03:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.866846 | 1,024 |
The Source of All Abundance Lies Within You
There’s a widely known figure in the spiritual realm named Eckhart Tolle, who authored a bestselling book titled “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.” This book, which sold a staggering 5.8 million copies in the United States, has left a significant impact.
I personally purchased this book nearly a decade ago (according to the publication date in my copy, it was first published on October 25, 2008) and have revisited it recently after spotting it on my bookshelf.
Within this book, there’s a chapter titled “Discovering Your True Self,” which contains a section on “abundance.” The content within this section is quite fascinating, so I’ve decided to summarize it, keeping it remarkably close to the original text.
Here is a summary of the section on “abundance”:
– Acknowledging the abundance already present in your life is the foundation of all abundance. If you feel the world is not giving you what you desire, it’s because you are not giving to the world. Somewhere within you, you believe you have nothing to give.
For example, try the following for a few weeks and observe the results: Give compliments, express gratitude, offer assistance, show affection, and engage in acts of kindness. If you believe you lack these qualities, behave as though you possess them, and they will manifest.
– When you start giving, you will soon receive.
– What you cannot give, you cannot receive.
– Output determines input. As Jesus put it, “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.”
– The source of all abundance is within you; abundance is a part of you. Continuously ask yourself, “What can I do here and now? How can I be of service to this person or situation?” Abundance can be felt even when you have nothing material.
It might manifest as the warmth of the sun on your skin, the beauty of flowers at a florist’s shop, or the joy of being drenched in rain pouring from the sky.
– When you consistently feel abundance, it flows to you.
– Abundance is destined only for those who already possess it.
– Both abundance and scarcity are inner states that manifest as your reality. As Jesus explained, “Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”
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CAD/CAM Solutions Provider for Today and Tomorrow
3DBioCAD continues to advance digital impression technology
Industry experts agree that CAD/CAM technology has revolutionized the dental industry. Faster, predictable, more economical, and relatively accurate outcomes are being seen in both clinical and laboratory settings. Although the concept of "digital dentistry workflow" in the clinical setting started about 10 years ago, digital impression technology was slow to gain acceptance due to high cost and the lack of sophisticated capabilities. However, through vast improvements in accuracy and efficiency over the years, digital impression adoption has slowly made its way into the dental industry, providing a high level of predictability with more accurate results than ever before. Due to these advancements in dental technology, gaining the proper expertise in all aspects of digital dentistry has become essential to achieving the most successful outcome, benefiting the clinician, technician, and patient alike.
3DBioCAD was established in 2007 with the mission of delivering superior services, products, and relationships to consistently exceed the expectations of dental laboratory professionals and clinicians. From the beginning, 3DBioCAD has been committed to educating clients not only on how to use dental CAD/CAM technology, but also on how to utilize them most advantageously.
3DBioCAD has striven to make a positive difference in its customers' business and lives by providing intensive technical support. In addition, 3DBioCAD values research and development and currently maintains strong relationships with many US dental education institutions in order to keep up with new and upcoming trends.
In the early stages of digital dentistry, 3DBioCAD partnered with 3Shape in order to introduce intraoral scanners and software as a building block of the digital dental workflow. Before intraoral scanners became widely accepted in the dental community, 3DBioCAD promoted the 3Shape desktop scanners for dental laboratories. Since then, the company has added more product lines, such as the Roland milling machines, as well as other peripheral CAD/CAM consumables like TruZir, TruPMMA, and TruWax.
On the dental laboratory side, other consumables such as pre-shaded and multi-layered zirconia discs have been gaining popularity. They are less labor intensive and have become more economical as the pricing has decreased. For example, 3DBioCAD has recently launched TruZir pre-shaded and multi-layered zirconia that is highly esthetic, satisfying the needs of the dental laboratory.
To develop internal expertise in trending CAD/CAM technology product lines, 3DBioCAD first familiarized its employees with these new products in its own laboratory and milling center prior to introducing the products to their clients. This has allowed the company to maintain quality assurance and encourage clients' trust in its products.
Leveraging its deep understanding and expertise to support dentists and technicians throughout the entire digital workflow, 3DBioCAD is uniquely positioned in the digital dentistry market as one of 3Shape's few authorized distributors for the TRIOS intraoral scanner (above). Since its relationship with 3Shape began in 2010, 3DBioCAD has maintained a reputation for its strong commitment to thoroughly train clients in their new equipment while also providing timely ongoing support.
CAD/CAM technology is here to stay—in both clinical and laboratory settings. Recent developments in CAD/CAM technology have brought positive patient experiences to dental clinics, improved turnaround time for dental laboratories with high-quality restorations, and grown business for both clinics and laboratories. In this regard, 3DBioCAD is well positioned in the digital dental market with its reputation for great customer support and client-driven business development strategies.
With increasing domestic and foreign competition, the need for dental laboratories to differentiate themselves from their competitors is crucial. By offering expanded product lines and faster production times, dental laboratories can adapt to these demands. 3DBioCAD grew out of 30 years of expertise in operating a full-service dental laboratory. Today, the company has the know-how to serve the needs of a growing dental laboratory adapting to the demands of the digital dental landscape. | <urn:uuid:aed071f9-250e-4b44-ac26-9808569e25eb> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.aegisdentalnetwork.com/idt/2018/11/cad-cam-solutions-provider-for-today-and-tomorrow | 2023-09-24T23:40:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.956382 | 849 |
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2015 -- Expect the Protection Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy that expired in December to be renewed this summer along with other tax breaks – but not until Congress has made its best – and ultimately futile -- effort to agree on comprehensive tax reform.
That’s according to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who co-chairs a bipartisan Senate Finance Committee working group tasked with delivering tax reform recommendations by May. Ideally, tax reform legislation would eliminate most or all of 53 special tax breaks such as the wind energy PTC that Grassley has championed ever since he wrote the first PTC bill for wind back in 1992. That’s because wind and other renewable energy industries wouldn’t need special breaks renewed each year if tax reform eliminates the permanent tax breaks for their coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear competition
“Right now, we’re going through this process of tax reform, and if there’s going to be tax reform, everything is on the table,” Grassley toldAgri-Pulse. “But I don’t think there is going to be tax reform even though I am part of a working group to make it happen and I want it to happen.”
So Grassley is working hard to achieve tax reform which Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, considers the panel’s top priority. Grassley explains that as long as the larger issue of overall tax reform is on the table, “you aren’t going to be talking about tax extenders,” but that “if we don’t have tax reform, you’ll have the tax extenders.” He adds that until wind energy becomes fully competitive, “we will have to have the tax incentive for another three to five years.”
He says that once an industry is mature, whether it’s wind or any other industry, “it ought to stand on its own” and that “the government should quit trying to “pick winners and losers.” So he concludes that “a phase-out has to be part of the extension of the wind energy tax credits.”
Likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush told the March 7 Ag Summit in Iowa that he thinks wind energy is already competitive, and he agreed that wind’s PTC should be phased out in three to five years. One Senate staffer dealing with tax issues tells Agri-Pulse that the current focus on comprehensive tax reform “will likely delay any sort of conversation regarding extenders until the end of the year.”
Currently the wind PTC delivers a 2.3 cent tax credit for every kilowatt-hour of electricity an eligible wind farm produces in its first 10 years. Qualifying wind farms have the option to swap their PTC for an Investment Tax Credit or an equivalent cash grant from the U.S. Treasury. Wind projects started in 2014 can qualify if they are operational by December 2016.
So wind is benefiting from the PTC while it lasts. Earlier this month, the Energy Department issued a 350-page report, Wind Vision: A New Era for Wind Power in the United States, which concludes that “Wind power systems are now seen as a viable and competitive source of electricity across the nation” capable of supplying 10 percent of U.S. end-use electricity demand by 2020, 20 percent by 2030, and 35 percent by 2050. Yet the report warns that with wind providing more than 4.5 percent now, the industry sits “at a crossroads between the opportunities of higher energy penetration and the challenges of increased competition, policy uncertainty, access to transmission and lower energy demand.”
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) CEO Tom Kiernan says the industry stands ready to double U.S. wind energy over the next five years. But he insists that achieving the 10 percent goal by 2020 will require “a stable federal PTC and greater use of wind by states to comply with the (EPA’s proposed) Clean Power Plan.” He calls on Congress to provide the same “long-term, stable policy it provides to other energy sources.”
Kiernan says AWEA is optimistic that Congress will extend the PTC this year and is “encouraged to hear GOP presidential hopefuls and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley say they are in favor of a multiyear extension of the Production Tax Credit . . . Renewing the Production Tax Credit for as long as possible helps wind energy continue to become cost-competitive and maintain a diverse U.S. power grid.”
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) earlier this month confirmed that wind continues to increase its share of the U.S. electricity market. Based on scheduled power plant additions and retirements, EIA reports that of about 20 gigawatts (GW) being added to utility-scale generating capacity in 2015, the leading shares will be in wind (9.8 GW), natural gas (6.3 GW) and solar (2.2 GW). Meanwhile, 12.9 GW of coal-fired generation will be retired along with 2 GW of natural gas generation.
Critics of renewable energy charge that wind and solar are too unreliable to become major players. But reliability concerns are undermined by the EIA reporting that for 2014, wind supplied 28.5 percent of Iowa’s electricity, 25.3 percent in South Dakota, and 21.7 percent in Kansas.
Despite wind energy’s rapid growth, the industry continues to face hurdles, including the logistical problems in moving some of the super-sized parts of a wind turbine, which can have a diameter in excess of 100 yards, or longer than a football field.
Yet the logistical challenges have a silver lining: Wind turbine parts increasingly must be manufactured as close as possible to where they will be installed, benefiting U.S. suppliers and job growth in every state pursuing wind energy.
A greater challenge comes from federal and state legislation, with states including Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma currently considering bills to rein in their wind energy programs. At the federal level, each time Congress has failed to renew the PTC for wind, investment and new wind generation have plummeted.
Despite challenges, wind energy continues to have ardent supporters, even in oil-centric Texas. The state’s Public Utility Commission, for example, provides a “Power to Choose” website where consumers can compare electric rates, with 100 percent renewable energy plans among the lowest-cost in some areas.
Wind’s critics continue to charge that wind is a high-cost, unreliable alternative to cheap coal. But the Texas PUC site endorses renewable energy, explaining that “Texas has tremendous potential to generate renewable resources that greatly enhance the diversity of our electric grid. The two main advantages to using renewable energy are that it’s clean and it’s unlimited, which reduces the demand for non-renewable sources of energy, such as coal, oil, and natural gas.”
Thanks to support such as the Texas PUC’s endorsement and new transmission lines to ship power from wind-rich West Texas and the Panhandle to major Texas cities, it’s no surprise that Texas tops the list of states in terms of total wind deployment.
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Film screening: Can We Talk 2: Difficul...
(09 December 2019 - 09 December 2019)
Moscone South, Centennial Central, Hall D
6:15 - 7:15 p.m., Centennial Central, Moscone South, Hall D
As a follow-up to Can We Talk? Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles to STEM Fields, Part 2 explores best allyship behaviors for increasing engagement, representation, and improving the sense of belonging in STEM for underrepresented people. Please join film maker Kendall Moore for a brief discussion and a screening of her film. | <urn:uuid:fd50c250-c7a5-46e1-8c81-75e8cbf063bc> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting-2019/Pages/Centennial-at-Fall-Meeting | 2023-09-24T22:47:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.89758 | 134 |
Practice Contact Information
UC San Diego
3855 Health Sciences Drive
Web Site: https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/11792/ent-head-and-neck-(otolaryngology)-cancer
Areas of surgical specialization
Head and Neck Surgeon
Charley Coffey is a board-certified otolaryngologist and fellowship-trained head and neck cancer surgeon who specializes in diagnosing and treating patients with a broad range of benign and malignant tumors of the head and neck. He is Chief of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at UC San Diego Health and Chief of Head & Neck Surgery at the San Diego VA.
Dr. Coffey’s surgical practice includes management of tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract, salivary glands, neck, and skull base, as well as skin cancers of the face and neck. Where appropriate, he is able to employ minimally invasive techniques to minimize post-operative morbidity, including transoral robotic surgery, laser microsurgery, and endoscopic surgery. Dr. Coffey has particular interest in salivary gland function, including prevention and management of xerostomia in head & neck cancer patients and the use of minimally-invasive techniques to treat patients with obstructive salivary disorders.
In addition to clinical practice, Dr. Coffey is dedicated to medical education. He is co-director of the UC San Diego Surgery Core Clerkship, serves as faculty of numerous medical school courses, and participates in curriculum design and review for the UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Diego Division of Otolaryngology, and the American Head & Neck Society.
Dr. Coffey completed a head and neck surgery fellowship at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a residency in otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina. He earned his medical degree from University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Coffey is board certified in otolaryngology. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). | <urn:uuid:42e8d3ca-e0a4-4605-8b0c-c958c38eac5e> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.ahns.info/public-profiles/charley-coffey-san-diego-california/ | 2023-09-24T23:11:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924223409-20230925013409-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.924826 | 457 |
A graduate of the NHS management training scheme, Natasha has over 20 years’ experience in the NHS as a senior manager and leader.
Natasha has worked in both commissioning and provider organisations gaining experience of leading adult and child mental health, children’s community and acute services, adult surgical and specialist renal and transplantation services. Natasha has an MSc in Leadership and Development of Public Sector Organisations and has completed development programmes focussed on leadership, coaching and mentoring.
Natasha joined the West of England AHSN (which hosts the Polypharmacy programme on behalf of the AHSN Network) as Chief Operating Officer in 2015 and became CEO early in 2018.
Natasha is National Lead for Patient Safety for the AHSN Network.
Natasha is also the Senior Responsible Officer for the Polypharmacy programme.
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5 minutes with MBA Graduate Manojini Lakmali De Silva
Manojini Lakmali De Silva, AIB MBA graduate from Sri Lanka spoke with us about her experience during her studies. Read on to learn how why she chose AIB over other providers, her opinions of the programme and how the MBA has changed the way she does business.
What motivated you to do an MBA?
I’m a business owner as well as a consultant, but I didn’t have any degree behind me. I wanted to formalise what I had learnt throughout my 20 years of experience in business, and felt that I needed a qualification to do so. I did some research into what I could study, and considered a certificate course or a diploma, but then I thought to myself “No, I’ve got enough industry experience and executive management experience to complete an MBA”.
Why did you choose AIB?
I completed my MBA in Sri Lanka, and I really wanted to be able to do it in 12 months so the time frame was a big selling point for me. I also spoke to some MBA graduates and all of them recommended AIB as their number one choice.
What did you like about the AIB experience?
One of the best things about AIB was that all the lecturers were from industry. We had lecturers from huge national and international organisations such as Nestle, Coca-Cola and Maliban which was fantastic as we were able to learn a lot from them.
Has completing the AIB MBA changed the way you do business?
Absolutely! For me, the AIB MBA allowed me to bring the theory and practice together. I now understand why certain initiatives, such as new product development didn’t work for me in the past. I have taken some fantastic experiences from the MBA into the real business world, including improvements in my new product development, marketing and managing finance skills. These are areas that I was previously lacking in, and I now feel confident that I know what I’m talking about. It has also helped me significantly when talking to other business owners to sell my consulting services.
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If you have your list ready for penny stocks which could be the next AwesomePennyStocks pick, add Global Resource Energy Inc. (GBEN) if you haven’t already. GBEN stock began trading pretty heavily about two weeks ago and has seen a drop from 0.53 to 0.19, climbing to 0.34 earlier today. If the news today of plans to begin development of a prototype MyCroft fuel cell, then perhaps traders should follow suit with plans on how to profit if it is “the pick”.
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GBEN Stock Chart
As of April 30, 2012:
Shares Authorized: 250,000,000
Shares Outstanding: 71,170,997
Current Activity (1:38PM)
Dollar Volume: $223,072
Average Trade Size: 4,485
Today’s announcement points out how the MyCroft fuel cell, optimized for sequestering heat energy from current solar cell applications, will be able to capture what is considered a negative resultant byproduct of solar energy generation. Hmmmmmm. A one of a kind technology which can milk the deployment of solar installations.
The MyCroft Fuel Cell may as well be the LaraCroft Rappelling Suit, both which operate via mechanical pressure or heat, at the end of the day, GBEN is tied directly to former APS success stories Sunpeaks Ventures (SNPK) and North Springs Resources (NSRS). Furthermore, the former and current CEOs, Harry Lappa and Douglas Roe, are also connected to speculative stock pick Georgetown Corp (GTCP) and #2Flusher pick Rarus Technology (RARS).
Point to consider:
On April 25, 2011, the Company received a resignation notice from Harry Lappa as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. On the same day, the Company appointed Douglas Roe as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.
For more on the APS connections to Douglas Roe and Harry Lappa, check these two pieces:
About GBEN Stock
Global Resource Energy is a development stage clean technology company interested in the development and commercialization prospects of new and innovative fuel cell technologies aimed at creating a safer and cleaner environment while improving the health of the domestic economy.
click here to view the SEC filings for GBEN.
Bottom Line: Add GBEN to the list of penny stocks to watch and know in advance that if it is the pick, you know the score, if it isn’t, you can expect to see RARS type trading. GBEN has picked up activity and will see its 2nd consecutive trading session with over 1 million shares traded.
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My toddler likes to play an alphabet game on our tablet; the app pops up a word, has a bunch of cartoon creatures run past it knocking the letters off the word, and requires the kid playing the game to place the letters back into their appropriate spot. When selected, each letter says its phonetic sound. I can’t get the R sound out of my head. Halfway between a growl and a pirate greeting, it’s quite the earworm. So maybe as adults we’ve moved beyond phonics, but the power of the alphabet remains as well as our nostalgia for Sesame Street. To continue our recent alphabet theme, here are some photos of the month, brought to you by the letter R.
We don’t have any photos of radium, or some of the more implausible things radium was slipped into (paint, water, medicine!), but we do have plenty of photos of the discoverer of radium, Marie Curie. In this photo, Marie Curie is seen visiting a radium refining plant of the Standard Chemical Company in Pittsburg, PA. Why, you might ask, would the famous Nobel Laureate travel across an ocean to visit Pittsburgh? (No shade to Pittsburgh, great town, not my favorite hockey team.) Radium, famously difficult and expensive to refine, was hard to come by, even for its discoverer. Such was Curie’s desperation when she spoke to journalist Marie Meloney, that she inspired Meloney to start a campaign to raise money for Curie’s radium from the women of America. Brigades of American housewives and schoolgirls raised today’s equivalent of 2 million dollars to purchase and refine a gram of radium for Marie Curie to use in her research. Marie Curie visited America to receive it, coming all the way to the very plant that refined it for her.
You can read more about that fascinating story here.
Radiation protection, not always a priority of early radiation scientists, is essential for shielding people from the harmful effects of radiation. Though we don’t expect radium to show up in our health elixirs anymore, radiation has become part of our daily lives, whether for health, energy, or science. Hattie Carwell spent her career as a health physicist working in radiation protection at the U.S. Department of Energy and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). She also wrote Blacks in Science: Astrophysicist to Zoologist in 1977.
Karl G. Jansky, an engineer for Bell Laboratories, used this rotating antenna in 1932 to find radio waves coming from outside our solar system. His discovery ultimately gave birth to the science of radio astronomy. Jocelyn Bell Burnell later followed up on Jansky’s discovery with the first ever detection of radio pulsars in 1967. Radio astronomy also helps astronomers learn about stellar nurseries like the Orion Nebula and understand the cause of gravitational waves. I guess nobody told astronomers that video killed the radio star?
Fermilab’s Main Ring, to be exact. Like the One Ring for particle physicists? The description of this photo of the Main Ring tunnel has a basic (for physicists anyway) explanation: “The proton beam travels in a vacuum tube 2 inches by 5 inches located in the center of 1,014 magnets which bend and focus the beam as it travels around the four-mile ring 50,000 times per second. On each revolution, the beam is given a 2.8 million electron volt 'kick' by the radio frequency system, elevating energy to 200 billion electron volts (BeV) or higher. The machine operates regularly at 400 BeV, and has been accelerated to 500 BeV. Cooling water passes through the pipes above, and at the end of the magnets.”
Harlow Shapley at his famous rotating desk at Harvard College Observatory circa 1940.
I don’t know about how other people work, but my desk, whether at home or in my office, is always covered in papers, notebooks, and as many computer screens as I can fit. A rotating desk would be a game changer. Better yet, make it an adjustable standing and rotating desk! It would be hard to fit in my office, but that’s a problem for tomorrow.
If you’re okay learning more about Harlow Shapley, but not his desk, check out his oral histories here:
This is a photo of the 40-inch Yerkes Observatory refracting telescope before mid-1970 changes. Though Yerkes Observatory housed the largest refracting telescope ever used for astronomy, the first refracting telescope was invented in 1608 by the Dutch lens-maker, Hans Lippershey. This early telescope only magnified objects three or four times and consisted merely of a convex and concave lens in a tube. But as we now know, some other people continued to develop the telescope. Their names have been lost to history...just kidding! They’re some of the most famous scientists ever to have existed: Galileo and Kepler. The refracting telescope dominated astronomy for several hundred years. However, in 1668, another nobody, named Newton, devised a reflecting telescope. Though only a curiosity at first, it developed with the work of famous astronomers like John Hadley and William Herschel, and has now overtaken the refracting telescope in modern astrophysics. I can’t really do the full story justice, but I highly recommend you take a journey through this online exhibit on the history of telescopes.
August 26, 1937, a rocket designed by Robert H. Goddard, in flight near Roswell, New Mexico. Goddard is considered the “Father” of modern rocketry and was the first person to successfully launch a rocket using liquid fuel in 1926. He even theorized that rockets could be powerful enough to take us to the moon one day. Though the media coverage of those theories got a little out of hand and made Goddard suspicious of the press forever.
Here you can see a short tongue-in-cheek blurb about a moon-shot being postponed from the Washington Times July 15, 1920:
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009 and I cannot possibly summarize his life journey better than his own words upon receiving the Nobel Prize:
Though I find many things admirable and interesting about Ramakrishnan’s eclectic journey through science, this line really caught my eye:
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In an ever-changing environment, many companies are being forced to address how they get rid of their waste and how they consume energy.
With more and more businesses deciding they will only deal with carbon-neutral or eco-balanced companies (those who are not detrimental to the environment) some manufacturers are turning to an on-site Anaerobic digestor as an alternative. Many companies are bringing an AD onboard to up their ‘green credentials’ as a move towards displaying Corporate Social Responsibility.
What is an Anaerobic Digestor?
AD’s are essentially sealed tanks containing waste food, farm waste and/or sewage. Microorganisms release gas after consuming the waste, creating ‘Biogas’ – this is then used as a fuel to create renewable electricity and heat energy. What’s leftover is a nutrient rich biofertilizer, which will be used on farmland (after being pasteurised to remove pathogens) instead of using fossil fuel derived fertilisers.
For every tonne of food waste processed in an AD, between 0.5-1 tonne of harmful CO2 is prevented from entering the atmosphere. If the food waste were to go to a traditional landfill instead, it would rot and produce excessive amount of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. If an Anaerobic Digestor is on-site at a facility, it also prevents the need to transport waste which is a massive contributor to CO2 emissions, with a quarter of the UK’s emissions coming from transport alone.
The odours produced by digestors such as these vary greatly depending on the age and make of the model. One thing can be agreed; they significantly reduce odour compared to traditional methods, by as much as 80% in some sewage plants. However, although Anaerobic Digestion is a sealed process, there is still a need for odour monitoring and prevention. As AD’s become increasingly popular and pop up closer to neighbours who may not welcome the stench of rotting materials should the noxious gases escape the digestor, preventions need to be in place to ensure companies are not causing a nuisance.
How can Anaerobic Digestor odour be controlled?
Odour can be monitored by various forms of equipment such as that used by the UKAS accredited odour laboratory belonging to Spectrum Environmental Services. Samples are regularly taken to ensure odour units are low enough to pass EA regulation. If the odour emissions are too high, abatement advice can be given to ensure the facility can continue running efficiently.
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Federal-provincial child care agreement
On November 15, 2021, the Alberta and federal governments announced an agreement to reduce child care fees by an average of 50% in early 2022 and to provide $10 per day fees, on average, by 2026. Learn more about this historic agreement.
In July, the Alberta and federal governments extended the Canada–Alberta Early Learning and Child Care Agreement that will provide Alberta over $290 million in funding over 4 years. This funding will support the expansion of accessible, affordable, and high-quality early learning and child care that gives Alberta's families the choice they need and will provide new supports for the child care workforce.
The extension of this bilateral agreement builds on the commitments made in the Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework and ensures that funding continues to be available to support child care programs and services for Alberta families.
Read: Canada and Alberta reach renewed agreement for child care funding (July 23, 2021)
Funding for child care
Under the bilateral Canada-Alberta Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, $45 million dollars will support Alberta families by enhancing the Alberta child care subsidy program and $56 million will fund a workforce strategy to support the child care sector in recovering by recruiting and developing early childhood educators in 2021-22.
- access to affordable, high-quality child care to help more parents go back to work and support their family and our economy
- extending out-of-school care subsidies and expanding parent choice
- more parents in the most financial need will be supported to provide for their families
- help for employers to recruit, train and develop qualified staff
Child care subsidy
Access to affordable, high-quality child care is important so parents can go back to work and grow our economy. With $45 million of this funding, the Alberta government will be expanding the subsidy program to families with a household income of up to $90,000 and making subsidy available to support families who have children attending licensed preschools.
Find more information on the child care subsidy, as well as current subsidy rates and how to apply.
How subsidy benefits families
Funding under the bilateral agreement signed in 2020 went towards enhancing the child care subsidy model in Alberta. This meant the majority of families supported by the child care subsidy saw an 18% increase to their subsidy rate.
With the increased threshold and preschool eligibility:
- families of about 7,200 more children will now get up to $330 off their child care fees
- families eligible for subsidy in licensed preschools will pay $125 less per month (per child)
Average fees in licensed preschools in March 2020 were $188. Up to 5,000 children may be eligible for the new preschool subsidy.
Funding for the workforce
Throughout the pandemic, child care operators have navigated through closures, quarantines and staffing challenges, showing resilience by reopening and staying open. Under the new agreement, a $56 million investment will help attract, train and retain child care staff and educators.
The Alberta government is directing $4.13 million of this funding to support wage top-ups for certified early childhood educators in preschool, previously only available for certified educators in licensed daycare and out-of-school care programs. This will provide:
- $2.14 to $6.62 per hour in additional wages, varying by certification level, and will start September 1, 2021.
- wage top-ups for up to 1,300 early childhood educators working in licensed preschools
More information on the workforce strategy funding will be announced soon.
Child care quality
High-quality child care is essential in getting parents back to work and for our economic recovery. Parents need to know their children are safe, well cared for and learning before they can go to work.
The quality of a program is established by certified educators who support and provide quality care and early learning experiences for children every day.
The foundation of quality is built on highly trained and qualified educators who support the growth, development and learning of children every day. More support to help recruit and develop qualified educators will help programs support families with high-quality child care they need.
Child care accessibility
In March, grants were made available to child care operators to create 1,500 more spaces in day homes and daycare centres, including overnight care.
Read: Expanding child care options for working parents (March 25, 2021)
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Data collection and analysis
Cl- data was obtained from 2 of Alberta's river monitoring programs: the Long-Term River Network (LTRN) and the Tributary Monitoring Network (TMN). The LTRN program monitors major rivers whereas the TMN program typically monitors smaller tributaries. Although an expansion of the TMN program into the North Saskatchewan River started in 2019, there was insufficient data to include these tributary sites in this analysis.
To understand spatial variability across the province, the concentration of Cl- from 2016 to 2019 was compared across all sites. To investigate the potential impact of Cl- on aquatic biota and irrigation, Cl- concentrations were compared to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) guidelines for chronic, acute and crop-specific surface water. To understand potential changes in Cl- over time, sites with more than 10 years of monthly monitoring data were further analyzed for temporal trends.
For more detailed information on the methods used, consult the report on Chloride in Surface Waters of Alberta’s Rivers – Condition of the Environment Report 2021.
Chloride concentrations in Alberta’s rivers
- For the 2016 to 2019 reporting period, upstream headwater monitoring sites often had lower Cl- concentrations that are frequently below analytical detection and thus cannot be precisely measured in water samples.
- Cl- concentrations typically increased from headwaters to downstream sites across the province, with the exception of the Bow and Battle Rivers. In the Bow River, Cl- concentrations increased towards their peak in the Calgary region and remained elevated thereafter. In the Battle River, Cl- concentrations decreased from the upstream site to downstream site (Figure 1 (JPG, 648 KB) and Figure 2 (JPG, 645 KB)).
- Cl- concentrations were often higher in smaller tributaries relative to major rivers across Alberta (Figure 2 (JPG, 645 KB) and Figure 3 (JPG, 306 KB)).
Comparison to guidelines
- Between January 2016 and December 2019, 5 of the 3,858 samples showed exceedances of the CCME protection of aquatic life (PAL) acute guideline. These include 2 exceedances in Nose Creek, 1 in Fish Creek in the Bow River watershed, and 1 each at Waskasoo Creek and Threehills Creek Site 2 in the Red Deer River watershed (Figure 4 (JPG, 170 KB)).
- In the same timeframe, there were 54 PAL chronic guideline exceedances, of which 29 occurred in Nose Creek, 9 in Fish Creek and 9 in Waskasoo Creek. Additionally, there were 79 irrigation guideline (i.e., 100 mg/L) exceedances, of which 37 occurred in Nose Creek, 11 in Fish Creek, 11 in Waskasoo Creek, 7 at the Battle River Site 1, and 6 in Pine Creek (Figure 4 (JPG, 170 KB)).
- The Nose Creek monitoring site in Calgary stands out as having the only median concentration above the PAL chronic guideline with a median Cl- of 145 mg/L (Figure 4 (JPG, 170 KB)). Additionally, 84% of the 44 samples taken from Nose Creek exceeded the irrigation guideline and 66% exceeded the PAL chronic guideline.
How chloride concentrations are changing in Alberta’s rivers
- In northern Alberta, Cl- concentrations were found to be decreasing over time at 2 of the 10 sites in the Athabasca and Peace Rivers. For all other sites in northern Alberta, the trends were not significant or there were too many Cl- samples below the limits of detection (for example, censored) to confidently assess temporal trends (Figure 5 (JPEG, 645 KB)).
- In contrast, Cl- concentrations were found to be increasing at 14 of 19 sites monitored across central and southern Alberta. Sites on the Bow River near and downstream of Calgary had the largest annual percent increases that were between 3 to 4% per year (Figure 5 (JPEG, 645 KB)).
Figure 1. Map of the median Cl- concentrations at LTRN and TMN sites from 2016 to the end of 2019. TMN (All) indicates that samples were obtained generally throughout the year whereas TMN (Open) indicates that samples were predominantly obtained during the open water season. The percentile of each site’s median Cl- concentrations was used to group sites into bins based on the percentiles of all sites included in the analyses (that is, 0 to 25, 25 to 50, 50 to 75 and 75 to 100 percentiles). Additional bins were created to reflect irrigation (>100 mg/L), chronic (>120 mg/L) and acute (>640 mg/L) guideline exceedances.
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Figure 2. Map of the maximum Cl- concentrations at LTRN and TMN sites from 2016 to the end of 2019. TMN (All) indicates that samples were obtained generally throughout the year whereas TMN (Open) indicates that samples were predominantly obtained during the open water season. The percentile of each site’s maximum Cl- concentrations was used to group sites into bins based on the percentiles of all sites included in the analyses (that is, 0 to 25, 25 to 50, 50 to 75 and 75 to 100 percentiles). Additional bins were created to reflect irrigation (>100 mg/L), chronic (>120 mg/L) and acute (>640 mg/L) guideline exceedances.
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Figure 3. Plot of the rank order of median (top) and maximum (middle) Cl- concentrations along with their detection frequency at sites from January 2016 to December 2019.
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Figure 4. Box plot of TMN and LTRN monitoring sites that had a guideline exceedance between January 2016 and December 2019. Monitoring sites in this plot include Nose Creek (NC), Pine Creek (PC), Waskasoo Creek (WOC), Fish Creek (FC), Battle River (BTR) Site 1, Expanse Coulee (EC), Three Hills Creek (THC) Site 1 & 2, Seven Persons Creek (SPC), Michichi Creek (MC) and the Elbow River (ER). The line in the middle of the box depicts the median (for example, middle) of the dataset, the box edges represent the 25th and 75th percentiles and the area inside the box covers the interquartile range. The whiskers extend outward from the box to the highest or lowest value that is within 1.5 times the interquartile range. Data beyond the whiskers depict outliers, which are plotted as points on the box plots.
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Figure 5. Results from the trend analyses for all annual samples highlighting locations in the province where Cl- was found to be increasing or decreasing over time along with sites without significant trends or where there was too much data below the limits of analytical detection (that is, censored data > 20%) to conduct the analysis. Trend analyses were only conducted for LTRN sites as TMN sites did not have sufficient years of data to conduct trend analysis.
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- Chloride in Surface Waters of Alberta’s Rivers - Condition of the Environment Report 2021
Information on methods used to generate the chloride results.
- Environmental Quality Guidelines for Alberta Surface Waters
Guidelines to protect aquatic life, tissue residues for wildlife consumers, and agricultural and recreational uses.
- Canadian water quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: Chloride
Information on Cl- guidelines by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
- Alberta’s River Water Quality Monitoring Programs
Fact sheet with information on river and stream monitoring networks.
- A five-year provincial water quality monitoring, evaluation and reporting plan for lotic systems
Key scientific questions, approaches, and deliverables for monitoring and reporting on water quality within Alberta’s rivers and streams.
- Guide to Surface Water Quality Data and Online Tools (PDF, 917 KB)
Information on how to obtain Cl- and other water quality data generated from AEP’s surface water quality monitoring programs
Access data and learn about how Alberta’s Environmental Science Program monitors Alberta’s water quality and quantity: Environmental monitoring.
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Chaetomorpha minima Collins & Hervey 1917
Chaetomorpha minima Collins & Hervey
recolectada en la zona Sur del Macizo Guamuhaya. Foto: Ángel Moreira.
Chaetomorpha minima Collins & Hervey 1917: 41, pl. I : figs 5-7
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetomorpha is Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type locality: Bermuda; (Collins & Hervey 1917: 41)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very little, very least (Stearn 1973).
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 July 2017
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I was sitting in Leipzig, East Germany, in my tiny room in the student hostel when I got the news. The Berlin Wall was open. Two of my good friends were Berliners. They did not care about the lecture the next morning at Karl Marx University where we studied. They took the next train to Berlin. Berlin was the place to be but not for me. I went to Eisenach, my hometown, a three-hour drive on the motorway south from Berlin.
I remember being overwhelmed with excitement but also a bit fearful – not for myself but for my dad who had believed in the communist ideal all his life. He had proudly helped build the first fences that would later become the infamous Berlin Wall as a “Volkspolizist”, a so-called peoples’ policeman in 1961. The two of us had had painful arguments in the previous months as thousands of GDR citizens had escaped East Germany via Hungary and Czechoslovakia. I so dreamt to see the world like them while for my dad everyone who had fled the socialist society to live in the West was a “traitor”.
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Things had changed dramatically in the two months before November 9, when the wall came down. Party and country chef Erich Honecker was no longer in power. The little old man with his funny dialect had always been a good source for jokes. He was never really feared but had we known that he personally wanted to send tanks into the centre of Leipzig to end the demonstrations there, we would have stopped laughing about him.
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For the first time in my life, I was about to travel west. I had travelled but only on the east side of the Iron Curtain. As a 13-year-old, the school had organised a trip to Leningrad. For my “Jugendweihe” present, a secular celebration designed to replace Christian rites of passage in atheist countries such as the GDR, my parents had taken me to Moscow. I had been to Hungary and Romania. But I’d never been to Hamburg in West Germany where half of my mother’s family lived. Her two brothers had been stranded there as refugees after World War II in 1945 while the three sisters with their mother had found a new home in the East of the country in Eisenach.
Only my grandmother could travel. Our authorities were not worried about the elderly. Being old allowed you the privilege to travel freely. The younger ones would have risked their careers if they had kept any contact with the West. My mum was scared to ask for permission to attend her brother’s funeral in Hamburg in 1982.
View from the castle
My hometown was the last exit on the motorway before you reached the inner German border. It was the last exit before the Iron Curtain which had divided Europe since the end of World War II. Eisenach is still famous for its Wartburg castle on top of a mountain with a spectacular view. My dad used to take me to the castle every weekend. There, I could see the West. It was so close but I had no hope to make it to the other side.
In November 1989, I was sitting with my dad in our old East German “Trabant” car and we were driving through the “Sperrzone”, the area close to the border but only accessible with extra security documents. It wasn’t easy to find our way in the West as most roads had been blocked for 40 years and only a few had been opened in the past couple of days. I tried to convince my dad that this was all like a wonderful dream, but my dad spoke hardly a word in the car. When we reached the first town in the West, it was full of “Trabant” cars. There were four times as many people from the East as people who lived there in town.
Soon after, I made a trip to Hamburg where I discussed with an elderly lady the possibility of the reunification of Germany. From the perspective of a 21-year-old, I could not imagine this could happen. The old lady smiled and listened as I explained that there would be a new GDR, a democratic state. Only one year later, the GDR did not exist anymore. It had joined West Germany with Helmut Kohl as the first Chancellor of a united Germany.
For my pensioner parents, the biggest worry was their apartment. Without a doubt, their rent was going to be increased. They had to leave what had been their home for the past 40 years and move into a tiny apartment.
The winter after November 9 felt chaotic. Many students from Karl Marx University didn’t bother to come back to study. The world out there was too enticing. A small job in the west seemed better than a diploma from an eastern university. Before Christmas, the students were asked to help out in hospitals across town as so many medical staff had gone West that they desperately needed people to look after the old and handicapped. Our lecturer at university didn’t seem to know what to teach us any more. Marxism and Leninism were now outdated.
Not everyone was happy
For my pensioner parents, the biggest worry was their apartment. Without a doubt, their rent was going to be increased. They had to leave what had been their home for the past 40 years and move into a tiny apartment. At least their pension was safe. They did not need to worry about their future like so many 40 and 50-year-olds at the time. From 10,000 workers in Eisenach’s car factory, only 2,000 kept their jobs in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Millions and millions of Deutsch Marks had to be spent to restructure the economy and the infrastructure of the East. It was called “Solidarpakt” – solidarity pact – and not everyone was happy about it.
Much later, I read a story about a new generation of young Germans who never experienced the Wall and who do not care any more whether someone is an Ossi or a Wessi (nicknames for people from the east and the west). And yet, it would be a fallacy to suggest that remarkable differences do not still exist between those two parts of Germany today. In the east, for instance, the unemployment rate is much higher, and workers typically earn less than those in the west. Moreover, East Germany, after 40 years of state-monitored atheism, is still one of the least religious places in the world.
Nevertheless, there are good things about the east, too. The state provides better child care, and it is a place of innovation and advanced technology. Some would say, the beer tastes better there too.
A quarter of a century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the dream of living in the west is no longer a dream. You might find better jobs there, but every Friday evening, there are huge traffic jams on the motorway when Ossis come home to spend their weekends in the “old east”, now just on the fringe of a united Germany. The number one holiday destination for Ossis remains the Baltic Sea, the coastline of the former GDR. I still go there regularly. One ought to be allowed some nostalgia. Forty years of separation don’t simply get erased by bringing down a wall.
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On November 27, a 27-year-old veterinary doctor was raped, murdered and dumped by the side of a highway in the Indian state of Hyderabad.
A week later I woke to the news that police had shot and killed the four men wanted for her rape and murder. Phones across India lit up with hashtags like #JusticeDelivered. Politicians and celebrities lauded the police for taking justice into their own hands and mainstream media channels ran reels of victory celebrations and hero-worshipping.
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I was forwarded a Whatsapp message that read: “Simply shooting them is not justice. They should have been made first impotent then blind, tongueless and so on”. This after a week of members of the upper house of Parliament openly discussing castration, lynching and the death penalty as somehow reasonable, valid ways to address rape in India.
Meanwhile, feminist activists tirelessly kept sharing statements and organising protests for the right to a life free of violence for all women in this country and for due process in dealing with perpetrators.
I can not help but reflect on how the voices of those of us who work to end violence against women never get forwarded around in the family Whatsapp groups of our fellow citizens. We are inconvenient voices because we talk about our collective culpability in creating an enabling environment for sexual violence – a rape culture that goes as deep within India as our culture for selective outrage.
To watch this unfold as a woman in India today is as familiar as it is exhausting. Despite the supposed progressive changes in legislation in 2013, which criminalised stalking and acid attacks, and expanded the definition of rape, justice and accountability for survivors have not been delivered, especially for the most marginalised.
The new law has not led to faster or better justice. If anything, it has only helped to increase the backlash against women who do report. Just a few days ago, a survivor was set on fire by a group of men including one accused of gang-raping her. She died the next day. Due process has failed, and will continue to fail, countless women in India.
Beyond the justice system, bizarre “solutions” to violence against women drive a male-dominated industry of uninformed do-gooders. Inventions of everything from safety apps to rape whistles all put the onus on women to “avoid” violence and take the focus from the perpetrators themselves.
The problem is in the simplistic understanding of what causes sexual violence, assumptions about victimhood and systems of patriarchy and cis-heteronormativity which ignore the deep-seated norms that continue to drive gender-based violence. For marginalised women, trans and gender non-conforming people who do not fit the moulds of the “ideal” survivor or victim, on the other hand, it fertilises the ground for impunity, selective outrage and victim shaming.
We cannot talk about justice without acknowledging this culture of acceptance and normalisation of violence. Social norms – the unwritten rules of what behaviour is normal and acceptable – play a powerful role in fuelling violence. Patriarchal social norms are upheld by those who benefit from the actions, behaviours and attitudes that arise from them. They dictate which survivors and indeed which perpetrators “deserved” it or not.
In a study of 12 countries last year that looked at common patterns in the social norms that drive violence against women and girls, some of the most dominant were linked to male entitlement, domination and control over women’s bodies.
They included male entitlement to sex, the use of violence against women as a punishment for not delivering on their perceived responsibilities, and heterosexuality as the only acceptable sexual orientation.
The study recognised the importance of taking a feminist, intersectional approach to challenging these social norms and instead promoting positive norms around non-violence and gender equality. However, unless these efforts are “mainstreamed” we will still end up with well-intentioned but gender-blind initiatives that reinforce existing negative norms.
Shifting social norms is about creating totally new ones and this can only happen if we all continuously challenge what is considered “acceptable”. This is not easy, especially given the influence of misogynistic, anti-rights and patriarchal media that peddle narratives celebrating rape culture. Nor is it safe – not everyone has the privilege of being visible in challenging norms about gender-based violence as the backlash comes strong and hard.
But many young feminists in India and beyond continue to be brave and assertive, going outside and online, resisting, claiming space, demanding action. A young Indian spoken word poet had publicly refused to accept the normalisation of violence. Trans rights activists across India have protested against the passing of a law that polices trans bodies and refuses to recognise their right to self-determination.
We must continue to make visible these struggles. We must continue to amplify the voices of those who are challenging mainstream narratives of violence, that paint woman within a monochrome of mother/sister/daughter/wife, and stigmatise gender non-conforming people. In all our diversity, we do not accept these labels.
We will continue to shift norms and challenge violence in ways that create new conversations that lift off from the simple, profound understanding that women’s lives and bodies are our own, and they matter. I personally do not take this task lightly. Everyone is part of the struggle, even if they don’t yet know it.
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On the 185th anniversary of its foundation, it receives recognition together with two of its famous brands, Galatine and Saila
Enea Sperlari opened his first shop in Cremona in 1836 and used his surname on the sign. He certainly did not expect that, 185 years later, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, would have included it in the Register of Historic Brands of National Interest. The Register protects the industrial property of companies that are producers of excellence and historically linked to the national territory. It also promotes them globally. Sperlari, now a leader in the Italian confectionery market, enters the Register together with Galatine and Saila, the brands of its two most famous products.
Sperlari has always created its delicacies in Italy. Its historical plant is still in Cremona where takes place the production of Galatine, the milk candy invented in 1956 and produced with 100% Italian milk. Silvi Marina (Termano) is the plant where Italian licorice and mint arrive to be turned into the famous Saila, which delight palates since 1937. While other two plant are in Gordona (Sondrio) and San Pietro in Casale (Bologna).
Sperlari has always created its delicacies in Italy. Its historical plant is still in Cremona where takes place the production of Galatine, the milk candy invented in 1956
“All our brands are part of the history of this country. They have accompanied generations of Italians throughout their lives and have always been produced in our four plants in Italy with extensive use of Italian raw materials: Sperlari’s fruit, Galatine’s milk, and Saila’s mint and licorice. Becoming part of the Register of Historic Brands of National Interest is, therefore, a great source of pride for us,” commented Piergiorgio Burei, CEO of Sperlari. Adding that, “Being included in the Register on the occasion of our 185th birthday is a further recognition of our work to enhance Italian tradition, combined with the ability to innovate, strengthening Sperlari’s role as an ambassador of Made in Italy food products in the world.”
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Alpha Cognition Announces Positive Data from Pre-Clinical Studies and Discovery of GEM Combinations with Potential for Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
VANCOUVER, B.C., June 13th, 2022. Alpha Cognition Inc. (TSX-V: ACOG) (OTCQB: ACOGF) (“Alpha Cognition” (ACI), or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for debilitating neurodegenerative disorders, is pleased to announce the discovery of two GEM combinations, ALPHA-0702 and ALPHA-0802, and positive preclinical data from each candidate therapy. ALPHA-0702 and ALPHA-0802 are Granulin Epithelin Motifs, or GEMs, derived from full length progranulin (PGRN) which have therapeutic potential across multiple neurodegenerative diseases. GEMs have been shown to be important in regulating cell growth, survival, repair, and inflammation. ALPHA-0702 and ALPHA-0802 have demonstrated robust results in a recent preclinical study, leading the Company to believe in the future potential of this platform to develop therapeutics to treat a wide array of diseases. These data underscore robust preclinical evidence supporting Alpha Cognition’s approach to treating neurodegenerative disease and highlight the Company’s strategy to validate these data in additional pre-clinical studies.
Denis Kay, the Company’s Chief Scientific Officer commented: “FTD, ALS, and SMA are devastating diseases with patients in urgent need of effective therapies. Alpha-0702 and ALPHA-0802 are designed to increase relevant subsets of full-length PGRN levels in patients, assist survival of the motor system through the reduction of TDP-43 and FUS pathology, and to deliver this with potentially lower toxicity, and greater therapeutic effect. These benefits have been observed in preclinical studies and strongly support the continued development of both compounds for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.”
Highlights of the positive proof of concept pre-clinical results demonstrated with ALPHA-0702, ALPHA-0802, and ALPHA-0602 include:
- ALPHA-0702 and ALPHA-0802 maintained prolonged cell survival and neuronal morphology, with a potency equivalent to, or approaching full length progranulin.
- ALPHA-0702 and ALPHA-0802 reduced both mutant and wild type TDP-43 toxicity, with a potency equivalent to, or approaching full length progranulin.
- ALPHA-0602, and both ALPHA-0702 and ALPHA-0802 enhanced Cathepsin D maturation suggestive of improved lysosomal function. These effects were seen in induced pluripotent stem cells, derived from patients harboring toxic TDP-43 mutations, that were terminally differentiated into motor neurons. Both therapeutic candidates have the potential to be as effective as full-length progranulin in promoting Cathepsin D maturation, where under conditions of neuronal stress (FTD models) progranulin has been shown to be inappropriately processed.
- Ongoing studies will confirm reduced neuroinflammation and toxicity associated with ALPHA compounds.
“Collectively, these new insights from our preclinical research further support the development of ALPHA-0702 and ALPHA-0802 for the treatment of the neurodegenerative diseases including FTD and ALS,” said Michael McFadden, Alpha Cognition’s Chief Executive Officer. “This represents an important milestone for our company, and we plan to assess the effect of these GEMs with additional pre-clinical trials in our development program.”
About Alpha Cognition Inc.
Alpha Cognition Inc. is a clinical stage, biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing treatments for patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), for which there are limited treatment options.
ALPHA-1062, is a patented new chemical entity being developed as a new generation acetylcholinesterase inhibitor for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, with expected minimal gastrointestinal side effects. ALPHA-1062's active metabolite
s is differentiated from donepezil and rivastigmine in that it binds neuronal nicotinic receptors, most notably the alpha-7 subtype, which is known to have a positive effect on cognition. ALPHA-1062 is also being developed in combination with memantine to treat moderate to severe Alzheimer's dementia and as an intranasal formulation for traumatic brain injury.
ALPHA-0602 (Progranulin) is expressed in several cell types in the central nervous system and in peripheral tissues, promotes cell survival, regulates certain inflammatory processes, and plays a significant role in regulating lysosomal function and microglial responses to disease. Its intended use for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases has been patented by the Company and ALPHA-0602 has been granted an Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of ALS by the FDA.
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This news release is not, and under no circumstances is to be construed as, an advertisement or a public offering of securities. No securities commission or similar authority in Canada or in any other jurisdiction has reviewed or in any way passed upon this news release or the merits of the securities described herein and any representation to the contrary is an offence.
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Except for statements of historical fact, any information contained in this news release may be a forward‐looking statement that reflects the Company’s current views about future events and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward‐looking statements can be identified by the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “objective,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “target,” “seek,” “contemplate,” “continue” and “ongoing,” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future. Forward‐looking statements in this news release include statements regarding the Company’s business strategy, market size, potential growth opportunities, capital requirements, clinical development activities, the timing and results of clinical trials, regulatory submissions, potential regulatory approval and commercialization of the technology. Although the Company believes that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and our expectations of the future, about which we cannot be certain. The Company cannot assure that the actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements as a result of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors include those associated with clinical studies and manufacturing, as well as development and commercialization of the Company’s products; the need for additional financing to maintain operations; risks posed by the economic and political environments in which the Company operates and intends to operate; market instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the potential for losses arising from the expansion of operations into new markets; increased competition; assumptions regarding market trends and the expected demand and desires for the Company’s products and proposed products; reliance on industry manufacturers, suppliers and key personnel; the failure to adequately protect intellectual property; a failure to adequately manage future growth; adverse market conditions; and failure to satisfy ongoing regulatory requirements or obtain regulatory approvals. These forward‐looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release and, other than as required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward‐looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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