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PHOENIX, AZ (3TV/CBS5) — This Easter, a group of Muslims shared a special gift with volunteers who help asylum seekers.
Women from a north Scottsdale mosque helped serve a group of immigrants Sunday, so Christian and Jewish volunteers could have time off during Easter and Passover.
A bus dropped off asylum seekers at a south Phoenix church Sunday afternoon, and Muslim volunteers spent the day preparing food for them.
“Most of them are coming from a detention center because they’re coming on ICE buses,” said Barbara Lewkowitz, a volunteer with Interfaith Refugee Asylum Volunteers. “This is kind of a way to give them an extravagant welcome to say, ‘welcome to America, and we’re your friends.'”
A new batch of immigrants arrive at the church every week, but this holiday is unique.
“This dinner is special because we have people of all faiths here because it’s Passover. Because it’s Easter Sunday, we have volunteers of the Muslim faith here. We have people from the Karan faith here, the Jewish people, Catholic and other Christian people here, and it’s just a way of saying on a very holy day and a week that this is a safe place to be,” said Lewkowitz.
Volunteers said they served more than 50 asylum seekers on Sunday.
“Especially during the past couple of weeks when there’s been problems and bombings in mosques all over the world, I think it shows real courage, and I think it shows there’s a commitment there’s peace and goodwill for all people,” said Lewkowitz.
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by Dr Stephen Hamil
Standardized BIM objects
The NBS BIM Library is a collection of thousands of generic and manufacturer BIM objects authored and certified by our experts to our trusted NBS BIM Object Standard. Our extensive collection includes generic objects you can use for outline design stages and a vast range of specific manufacturer objects for use later on in your project.
Objects from NBS can be downloaded and then added to 3D models. Designers using the NBS Plug-in for Autodesk Revit can drag and drop objects directly from NBS into their model.
Early in a project, NBS generic objects can be used to build a concept design model. For example, generic wall, floor and ceiling objects can be used to define spaces without the final systems being known. Additional generic objects such as doors, windows and cubicles are available to help develop the concept. Figure 1 below shows examples of concept objects from NBS such as 250 mm roof object or a single window that can be used to indicate window locations.
Finally, the generic objects can be replaced with specific manufacturer objects as specification decisions are made. Figure 3 illustrates a specific roof system from the manufacturer Bauder Ltd and a specific tilt-turn window from the manufacturer Profile 22 Systems.
Coordinated model and specification
The 3D model only contains a certain amount of the information required. A huge of amount of information is also contained elsewhere in data sources such as specifications, third-party certifications, installation manuals and maintenance schedules.
Technology allows the information in the 3D model to be coordinated with these external data sources. With respect to the specification, the NBS plug-ins allow for 3D models in either Autodesk Revit, Graphisoft Archicad, Bentley OpenBuilding Designer or Nemetschek Vectorworks.
Figure 4 shows the NBS plug-in for Autodesk Revit. Using this plug-in has two benefits:
- increased productivity by putting the specification writing process within the design environment; and
- reduced risk of incorrect information by allowing the designer to annotate directly from the project specification clauses.
Features of the plug-in include:
- Specifiers can assemble and edit the specification from within the design environment.
- Designers can view the specification, associate objects directly to specification clauses and add notes to log any queries.
- Once objects are linked to specification clauses, then this information will instantly appear in any annotations or schedules.
- Checking features exist to report on any associations that require attention as the two data models develop.
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Fragility | What’s on the minds of policy makers, aid workers, and donors
The challenge of fragile states
Is fragility an issue for humanitarians? Might approaches to delivering aid need to change to address the impact of fragility on the world’s most vulnerable communities?
They explain more below.
State fragility matters for many reasons. States have a duty to deliver services to their people, such as health and education, and should provide security to allow communities to live safely and peacefully. In fragile contexts, this social contract is often broken, so you end up with UN agencies, INGOs, and predominantly local NGOs providing these basic services to fill the gap left by weak governments. There is also a direct correlation between weak states, conflict, and extremism, and that leads to security impacts on a global scale.
State fragility exacerbates humanitarian needs. A country that can’t meet its duties to its citizens on a normal basis finds it even harder to respond to a situation like a drought or a flood.
Positive things are happening in terms of how the aid sector approaches needs in fragile states, but we still really need to get out of this short-termism, which simply creates a terrible dependency on aid. We need to be thinking longer-term. For instance, three years into a conflict like Syria, we should be starting to transition away from short-term fixes and into longer-term programming. We should be looking at ways to develop livelihoods, help people integrate into host communities, and create meaningful economies so people can start doing something for themselves.
We need to avoid repeating what has happened in many African countries, where this short-termist humanitarian response over a protracted period has simply created a dependency on food aid handouts. With the billions that have been invested into all that food aid, just imagine what that could have done in terms of building roads and setting up agricultural projects and integrated market systems etc. These kinds of things would have been much more useful in terms of the long-term impacts and reducing the fragility of a country.
The human and economic costs of fragility, conflict, and violence are staggering. Conflict drives 80 percent of humanitarian needs, and in 2016 the cost of conflict globally stood at an astonishing $14 trillion. Moreover, providing development support in fragile settings can be extremely challenging given high levels of insecurity, weak institutions, and rapidly changing dynamics on the ground.
Therefore, partnerships between humanitarian and development organisations are critical in order to overcome these challenges and maximise our collective impact on the ground. Concretely, development actors can focus on medium- to long-term development needs – such as strengthening essential institutions and service delivery – thereby complementing humanitarian efforts that focus on providing immediate relief.
Importantly, we need to break silos, as many of the challenges we face cannot be easily categorised as humanitarian or development issues, and require short-, medium- and long-term responses. For example, with refugee crises becoming increasingly protracted, and refugees often not returning home for decades, these challenges require collective responses from both humanitarian and development actors.
We are proactively focusing on conflict prevention in an effort to address grievances and risks before they turn into full-blown crises. Investing in prevention is critical, as it allows the international community to direct more resources to sustainable development outcomes rather than continuously respond to emergencies. In fact, the recent UN-World Bank Pathways For Peace report found that for every $1 invested in prevention, about $16 are saved down the road.
Remaining engaged over the long-term is essential, as escaping fragility takes time – often decades – and progress is rarely linear. Therefore, in countries like Somalia, we are working with national and international partners to help build institutional capacity, enhance service delivery, and ultimately strengthen the social contract between citizens and the state.
Ultimately, only through coordinated action can we make a lasting difference, make the necessary investments in fragile and conflict-affected settings, and build futures of hope, opportunity, and prosperity for the millions living in the most challenging situations.
The largest recipients of international humanitarian assistance are fragile states and, in most cases, crises in these contexts are protracted, with humanitarian assistance often going to the same countries year on year.
The way in which international humanitarian assistance is currently given – often quick-fire and short-term – limits the extent to which longer-term development needs are addressed and means that humanitarian response is rarely a well-coordinated effort between international and domestic actors and institutions.
It is essential that aid is given to fragile states with a long-term perspective and that new initiatives focus on preparedness, building resilience and prevention. This has huge benefits for populations: limiting the impact when crisis hits, as well as facilitating peacebuilding efforts and the transition to development following a crisis. To achieve this, it is critical that there are joined-up approaches to assessing poverty, vulnerability, and needs. Crucially, decision-making on budgetary allocation and financing needs to be integrated across humanitarian, development, and peace responses, and there needs to be financing mechanisms for crisis prevention that release funding ahead of crises (based on agreed triggers).
In protracted crisis contexts there are emerging financing mechanisms such as development banks, Islamic social financing, risk and contingency financing, and private sector engagement (e.g. social impact bonds) emerging in fragile settings; however the majority of these are still operating at a small scale, and there is a lack of evidence on impact. Evidence is critical to informing decisions around the scale-up of these mechanisms in fragile contexts and the extent to which they can transform the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable people.
The world’s poorest people are increasingly concentrated in countries affected by fragility, conflict, and climate change. These are also the places where we see most humanitarian need, with people struggling to provide for themselves and send their children to school. Nine of the world’s top 10 humanitarian emergencies are in extremely fragile countries like Yemen and South Sudan.
The tragedy is that today’s crises are measured in decades, rather than weeks. Providing for people’s basic needs in these situations is important, but we need to look at longer term efforts to end the crises themselves. Development, peace, and humanitarian actors are increasingly committed to working together to do this.
DfID, where I work, has pledged to spend 50 percent of its yearly budget in fragile states and ensure that UK aid addresses the underlying causes of fragility and conflict. In countries such as Burma and Nigeria, UK aid is providing urgent humanitarian support, but also investing in education, healthcare, economic development, governance, and peacebuilding. This means we are not only working to fight the symptoms of crises, but also to help people find a sustainable way out of poverty. Change is unlikely to happen overnight, but we are working hard to help build resilience and peace over time.
This work is not only of benefit to people in fragile states, but it also makes the world a safer place. Conflict and crises can lead to unplanned migration or the growth of violent extremism, problems which know no borders. We need people to stand up and support our work to help those in poverty, not just because it makes states affected by crises a better place to live, but also because it builds stability around the world.
For us, fragility has a very human face. State fragility translates directly and immediately into daily insecurity for people. Our interest in state fragility lies in what it means for the most vulnerable. And typically what it means is that the lives of communities that are already struggling become so much more difficult. Most obviously, fragility means that people face greater threats of violence, discrimination, and exploitation.
From a Red Cross and Red Crescent perspective, one of the most direct consequences of state fragility is the weakness of health systems. In places like the Democratic Republic of Congo and parts of Somalia, where the state or public sector cannot reach the last mile to those who desperately need help, Red Cross volunteers are critical to bridging that gap and very often do this very effectively. Part of their value lies in their local identity. In many fragile contexts, international organisations tend to replace or supplant state or local capacity – an approach that is in no one’s interest in the long term. It’s something that the sector can do better, and the answer (as it often is), is to invest more resources and effort in strengthening local capacity.
State fragility is also useful because it reminds us that vulnerability is not “owned” by poor countries. Vulnerability runs as a seam through all societies, rich and poor. For example, our national societies in Europe are seeing growing vulnerability among the elderly. One of the key attributes of fragile states are their inability to provide reasonable public services. This means that groups like the elderly are left to suffer alone, and that organisations like the Red Cross must step in to provide the kind of support that the state normally would.
State fragility remains a key risk for long-term development. Investments in development can be overwhelmed by any conflict that re-emerges, as we have seen in South Sudan. Some of the poorest countries in the world are the most fragile – such as Central African Republic (CAR), Somalia, and Madagascar. The foundation for long-term development is a peaceful country.
Conflict is a major driver of humanitarian emergencies, as can be seen in Syria and Yemen. A fragile state is also associated with weaker capacity to prepare for and manage natural disasters. It is no accident that Ebola hits fragile states hardest – such as DRC, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia — while neighbouring countries such as Ghana are better able to manage any outbreaks.
The current aid system under-invests in the more fragile states. CAR, for example, has been a long-term aid orphan. The current aid system also under-invests in key sectors that address fragility, such as conflict prevention and justice.
There is growing recognition of the challenges and the importance of investing in fragile states – as the recent UN and World Bank Pathways For Peace report and the International Growth Centre’s Fragility Commission have highlighted. But action is lagging as donors are also becoming less willing to take risks and are more focused on their national interests, including trade opportunities. A new approach is needed for donors – and also for the private sector.
The humanitarian impact of fragility is ever-growing, as is the amount of money being spent on supporting people in need. During 2017, governments and private donors channelled $27.3 billion into international humanitarian assistance to relieve the suffering of people affected by crisis. This is not sustainable, and without starting to address the root causes of fragility the world will run out of financial resources to deal with the consequences of war and disasters.
Despite their fragility, many conflict-affected countries are extremely rich in natural resources. Some are located within geographies that have shown the potential for regional development. If peace could prevail in these countries, they would not only be self-sufficient in meeting their own development needs but could also contribute to regional and global prosperity.
While there are many different fragile contexts and reasons for that fragility, a global consensus is emerging that we need to deliver peace and help states become more resilient. In addition to the 2011 endorsement of the The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States, Agenda 2030 includes a goal to promote “peace, justice and effective institutions” for sustainable development.
The current aid system needs to adapt to contextual realities and hence be harmonised to deliver the ambition of the aforementioned Agenda 2030 goal. Various reviews and assessments have shown that the way development aid in fragile countries is managed is less effective. The New Deal principles need to be translated into result-based reforms of donors’ policies. The aid system should consider country ownership in identifying solutions for development challenges in these countries and should adapt a view of long-term development and stability rather than projectised and quick-fix approaches.
State fragility makes life and livelihoods very unpredictable. It also does away with any semblance of political and social security for the population, which further exacerbates vulnerability. We have seen many U-turns in the humanitarian crisis in Somalia because of the country’s fragility. Afghanistan is another classic case of fragility impacting the humanitarian situation and exacerbating humanitarian need.
In the Nigerian context, we see fragility impacting the capacity and the risk appetite of the state to take the right decisions at the right time. In the context of northeast Nigeria, for example, the state tries to portray the situation as being okay because it would be seen as a sign of weakness to show the fragility of the situation by acknowledging problems. This results in the denial of humanitarian needs. In turn, the state limits its role in the response to humanitarian needs and at the same time impedes international humanitarian assistance. All this exacerbates humanitarian needs.
Can the aid system prevent fragility? Is it the role of the aid system to prevent fragility? At times it can be a chicken and egg question. Has fragility caused humanitarian needs, or have the humanitarian needs caused the fragility?
A policy response to overcome that challenge is to work on reducing social and economic inequalities – because most of the time it is not about resources but the distribution and access to resources – and to offer social protection. This can, in some ways, help avoid humanitarian needs and extreme vulnerability in pockets of the population that can lead to fragility.
Most of the distressing developments dominating both global headlines and humanitarian work plans – conflict, terrorism, pandemics, forced displacement, disasters, famine, and more – have fragility at their core. Without concerted efforts to tackle the root causes of fragility, humanitarian crises will continue to occur, and their effects will last for longer and longer and continue to drain global resources. In 2017, $74 billion of aid – official development assistance – was spent in fragile contexts, with over $16 billion of that as humanitarian assistance.
Challenges in these contexts – which humanitarians often call protracted crises – are nearly always too large for one set of actors to tackle alone. Keeping people alive is important. But if there are no efforts to address political tensions, rebuild social cohesion, reduce environmental risks, rebuild markets, and boost security, then fragility will remain and humanitarian crises will endure. Therefore, the efforts of humanitarian, development, and peace actors are all necessary to deliver a lasting positive result for the people trapped in humanitarian crises.
This is why the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (the group of major OECD donor countries) has just signed a new Recommendation on the Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus, a measure to promote greater coherence – in coordination, programming, and financing – between the different sets of actors who are all necessary if we are to end need, end crises, and end fragility. The Recommendation is based on the mantra “prevention always, development where possible, humanitarian only when necessary”.
Humanitarians can play a useful role in reducing fragility, without much additional effort, especially in situations where these actions would not put humanitarian principles at risk. Thinking across the five dimensions of fragility, there are numerous opportunities for including fragility-reducing elements into humanitarian programming – small steps that could have a huge impact. These could include, for example, connecting water-user committees across the country to give people a collective political voice; addressing social issues and promoting peace in education programmes; and/or diminishing – or at least not increasing – the risk of environmental damage in the way programmes are designed and delivered.
The concept of state fragility is important because it provides humanitarians and policy makers with access to a comprehensive analysis of the root causes of fragility. It offers the opportunity for humanitarian and development actors to look at the ‘bigger picture’, rather than focus on the immediate needs without considering the long-term consequences of conflict on the stability of a country. State fragility identifies the root causes of instability and enables actors to prioritise areas of action in a way that prevents cycles of conflict.
Syria, which has been ranked as the fourth most fragile state for 2019, does not, however, fit the orthodox assumptions of a fragile state, and therefore humanitarian actors cannot approach ‘stability’ based on traditional methods. It is necessary to look at the past – to look at Libya, Sudan, Yemen, DRC, and other examples of countries devastated by civil war and learn from the consequences of fragility-based models that lacked contextual depth.
For example, in Syria, humanitarian actors can focus on early recovery at a grass-roots level; providing people with the tools to empower themselves. We can focus on delivering aid in a way that revitalises local economies and creates a space for independence and sustainable development. Cash-based programmes, vocational trainings, education, agricultural production, and local manufacturing of goods can take precedence in order to build stability through resilience and capacity-building; channelling aid in a way that allows individuals to participate in the reformation of the institutions that serve the Syrian people.
However, humanitarian actors must consider the fact that political elites and other actors maintain dominance over Syria’s institutions. Approaches to stabilisation that do not take into consideration the political context of the country, its pre-war and post-conflict architecture, risk further consolidating the power of the very actors that have disempowered the populations they are meant to protect. In the context of Syria, fragility-based frameworks need to be reconfigured and adapted to capture the complexity of the Syrian crisis.
Peace and good governance are prerequisites to growth and development, which makes disaster responses relatively easier. These are also essential for systematically reducing risks and strengthening resilience.
State fragility can manifest in many ways and affect how able a country is to respond to a humanitarian disaster. Take the example of Nepal: the country endured a decade of conflict before the brokering of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in 2006 but remains in a period of transition, which has affected its growth and development and exacerbated its vulnerability to natural disasters.
The April 2015 earthquake really highlighted Nepal’s natural and state fragilities. Poor infrastructure within difficult mountainous regions made it particularly difficult to provide timely relief and carry out a cost-efficient reconstruction for affected communities.
Although policies are evolving and the federal structure is emerging, the local bodies of the governance are not as strong as they ought to be and the reconstruction phase has not been completed even after four years of the earthquake. Most of the affected villages do not have proper access roads, which makes logistics too challenging, and many families had to live under tarpaulins for almost two and half years, with some continuing to do so even now.
In my opinion, the international humanitarian sector sometimes profits from a state’s fragility because it means they can become more powerful. Although the law in Nepal prevents INGOs from working directly with communities, some are entering into local partnerships, using local organisations as cheap implementers, or registering locally to retain control over their funds. Home-grown Nepalese NGOs often lack the commercial skills to compete for international funding and therefore get crowded out by bigger players.
State fragility does matter for humanitarians because this means the local capacity in humanitarian response is low: limited human resource capacity and limited – sometimes even non-existent – structure and infrastructure to respond, including unstable markets. In most cases, the communities in these fragile states may also not have capacity to respond or to prevent loss due to disasters. Humanitarian communities will have to provide more resources and capacity to ensure the timely delivery of aid and humanitarian assistance, to ensure that the assistance delivered is based on identified needs and appropriate and acceptable to the local context.
Humanitarian aid should be designed with a “long-term development lens” perspective: not only immediate response for the affected population but also assessing local and government capacity, resources, challenges, and other modalities. Currently there are various programmes and efforts to improve and strengthen the capacity of government and local actors in emergency and humanitarian response, aiming at getting them all well prepared to respond. But this is still compartmentalised within an “emergency” setting and less linked to long-term development. Ideally, the approach could be more comprehensive if it began with, for example, strengthening the community’s capacity in disaster risk reduction and how to respond to disaster – assessing local government and organisations and other actors who can support the communities at the grass roots level, then also strengthening these local actors in disaster risk reduction and emergency response.
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The coronavirus pandemic has led to a 3% drop in global trade in the first quarter of 2020 and this downturn is expected to accelerate in the next quarter to project a whopping quarter-on-quarter decline of 27%, the UN trade body has warned.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report that the drop in global trade was accompanied by marked decreases in commodity prices, which have fallen precipitously since December last year.
The report is a product of cooperation between the international statistics community and national statistical offices and systems around the world, coordinated by UNCTAD.
"Everywhere governments are pressed to make post-COVID-19 recovery decisions with long-lasting consequences," said UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi.
The coronavirus pandemic cut global trade values by 3% in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest data published in the joint report by 36 international organisations.
The downturn is expected to accelerate in the second quarter, with global trade projected to record a quarter-on-quarter decline of 27%, said the report compiled by the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA).
UNCTAD's free market commodity price index (FMCPI), which measures the price movements of primary commodities exported by developing economies, lost 1.2% of its value in January, 8.5% in February and a whopping 20.4% in March, it said.
Plummeting fuel prices were the main driver of the steep decline, plunging 33.2% in March, while prices of minerals, ores, metals, food and agricultural raw materials tumbled by less than 4%.
The more than 20% fall in commodity prices in March was a record in the history of the FMCPI. By comparison, during the global financial crisis of 2008, the maximum month-on-month decrease was 18.6%.
At that time, the descent lasted six months. Worryingly, the duration and overall strength of the current downward trend in commodity prices and global trade remain uncertain.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic sent international commerce into a tailspin, global merchandise trade volumes and values were showing modest signs of recovery since late 2019.
"In this time of crisis, we are putting out the facts as we know them today. We'll continue monitoring the global trade landscape as it evolves," said UNCTAD's chief statistician, Steve MacFeely.
The UN forecast on Wednesday that the global economy will contract sharply by 3.2% as the COVID-19 pandemic paralyses the world, sharply restricting economic activities, increasing uncertainties and unleashing a recession unseen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The pandemic, which is disproportionately hurting low-skilled, low-wage jobs, while leaving higher-skilled jobs less affected - will further widen income inequality within and between countries, it said.
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The Hijab Conflict is a very big topic all over the world. US government also commented on it. let us discuss exactly what happened in it. You should know that till the final decision of the Hijab conflict, Karnataka Court banned religious dresses in the school and colleges. Some conflicts say that Hijab Ban violates the Fundamental Right which is given in Art. 25 of the Indian constitution.
Article 25 of the Constitution guarantees to all persons the right to freedom and conscience and the right freely to profess, practice, and propagate religion subject to public order, morality, and health.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
6 girl students study in a college in Karnataka. They have filed a petition in the High Court that it is their right to wear a hijab and go to school and college in wearing it. On behalf of these four girls, one De Saheb is pleading in the court. These six girls say no one can stop them from wearing the hijab.
The matter started to because, in Government PU College of Women, situated at Udupi, Karnataka, girls were stopped from coming to their college wearing Hijab. So these 6 students refused to accept this decision of the college and filed a petition against it in the High Court.
US government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom abroad has criticized Karnataka amid the row over Muslim students’ demand for wearing hijab on campus.
Rashad Hussain, the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, or IRF, tweeted ” hijab bans in schools violate religious freedom “, Referring to the controversy in Karnataka that has prompted the state government to keep schools and colleges shut till the high court completes looking into petitions on the hijab ban.
Amb. at Large for International Religious Freedom(tweet of Rashad Hussain)
United States government official – Religious freedom includes the ability to choose one’s religious attire. The Indian state of Karnataka should not determine the permissibility of religious clothing. Hijab bans in schools violate religious freedom and stigmatize and marginalize women and girls.
The Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom of which Mr. Hussain is an ambassador comes under the US Office of International Religious Freedom, which has in the past commented on tensions along religious lines in India.
This came on a day when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Melbourne on Friday and the two leaders reviewed the efforts to strengthen cooperation bilaterally and through the Quad grouping in the strategic Indian Ocean region.
Born in the US, Rashad Hussain’s father belonged to Bihar. He studied at Yale Law School and also earned his Master’s degrees in Public Administration (Kennedy School of Government) and Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard University.
Hussain, who had served as US Special Envoy of President Barack Obama to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), was recently appointed as the US envoy for international religious freedom by the Biden administration.
He is the first Muslim Ambassador – at – Large for IRF.
WHAT KARNATAKA GOVT DID?
On February 5, the Karnataka government passed an order exercising its powers under Section 133 ( 2 ) of the Karnataka Education Act, 1983.
The provision grants powers to the state to issue directives for government educational institutions to follow. In 2013, under this provision, the state had issued a directive making uniforms compulsory for education institutions.
Referring to the 2013 directive, the latest directive specifies that a headscarf is not part of the uniform. It states that wearing a headscarf is not an essential religious practice for Muslims that can be protected under the Constitution.
The order takes refuge in three cases decided by different High Courts to hold that banning the headscarf is not violative of fundamental rights, particularly freedom of religion.
All students, regardless of religion or faith, are restrained from wearing ” saffron shawls ( Bhagwa ), scarves, hijabs, religious flags within classrooms “, A full bench of the Karnataka high court has ruled in an interim order that it said is applicable only to those institutions that have prescribed a dress code or uniform.
A three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court heard arguments on the petitions requesting Muslim girls’ hijabs to be allowed to attend school, but surprisingly, refused to pass an interim order allowing the girls to attend classes wearing their headscarves until final adjudication.
The bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices Krishna Dixit and JM Khazi passed an interim order prohibiting any student from wearing any religious clothing while they consider the legal issues involved.
After this interim order of the Karnataka High Court, Media says that this is the interim suspension of Fundamental Rights because of this Shocking order of the Karnataka High Court in the Hijab Case.
WHY HC GAVE THIS DECISION?
Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde had earlier made impassioned arguments on why an interim order protecting the girls ‘ freedom of conscience was required till a final decision was made.
” Freedom of conscience is also part of Article 25. Having taken a conscientious decision to wear the headscarves, can the girls be made to go back to school without it, ” he had asked. ” This is not just a case of essential religious practice, it is a case of essential education for the girl child, ” he added.
However, the Advocate General, representing the state government, insisted that there should be no interim order allowing the girls to wear hijabs to their classrooms. And by the end, the Chief Justice went by this logic, saying that institutes had to reopen, and this was the best solution .
Let me tell you that the protest against this Hijab Ban is seen in various places of India. Hijab protests spread in India as girls refuse to be told what not to wear.
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From Public Books:
If you, like me, have participated in the #AcademicTwitter rite of passage that is bemoaning the lack of pedagogical training in graduate education, The New College Classroom is just the book for you. Authors Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis aim to fill this yawning gap with “a practical book dedicated to a lofty mission, a step-by-step ‘how to’ for transformation.” Even the most well-intentioned professors, they explain, who believe in “discussion” and equity can get things wrong.
This should be my favorite book of 2022! Not just because it’s about pedagogy and equity; because it’s coauthored by two practitioners, both (white1) women, one a senior scholar held in high regard across US higher ed studies, the other an early career scholar who adjuncted in graduate school, recently completed her doctorate, and took a tenure-track position. The authors are more than qualified through their research and teaching experience to write this text. Moreover, the book is incredibly readable and easy to digest. Every chapter is broken into manageable chunks, with neat subheadings like “What to Do When Nobody Does the Homework” and “How Do I Address Racial and Other Forms of Discrimination?” It also feels timely, having been written remotely during COVID-19, when the always-ongoing crises of teaching exploded in ways that made all academic laborers’ challenges more obviously similar than different. And in a practice that seems to put communitarian principles into action, Davidson and Katopodis “wrote every word together,” meeting online twice a week to discuss ideas, practice the strategies they would recommend, and get “students’ feedback on what was most effective for their learning.”2
This is the book that pedagogy Twitter has been crying out for. So why does it give me the ick?
Because The New College Classroom is not concerned with the material conditions that produce the crisis academics have to navigate today. Despite its romantic visions of “transformation” it is, ultimately, a guide for coping with the status quo. It offers no help for demanding something better, nor for creating alternatives ourselves.
Changing myself and my classroom might help me renew my one-year contract with the university, but it cannot prepare me to demand an alternative to the contract as the basis of my employment. Instead of mystifying “pedagogy” as some pure way of thinking and being in the world, instead of lamenting that we weren’t trained in this special field of study, perhaps we should recognize that to speak of pedagogy is to speak of labor. And that academic labor is not exceptional.
Certainly, the authors made a heroic effort to ground their pedagogical practices in research. Their introduction cites “an exhaustive study of twelve thousand classrooms” that showed that even instructors who believe they are “conducting a seminar or discussion class” fill 89 percent of class time with lecturing. The book illustrates what truly equitable participation can look like and advocates for active and participatory work that puts students in charge of their learning.
The first part of the book, “Changing Ourselves,” analyzes the classroom practices we have inherited and makes the argument for turning away from these modes of study to center “active learning,” which makes the student both “the agent and the source of the learning” rather than a passive recipient of facts from an authority figure. The second part of the book, “Changing Our Classrooms,” offers “practical, easy-to-follow methods for every part of teaching a class.” The authors explain the principles of active learning and distill them into “grab-and-go activities” that an instructor can pick up and implement immediately in any class (think: think-pair-share or entry and exit tickets). Together, these sections are “an invitation to change—ourselves, our classrooms, our society.”
There isn’t a third part on “Changing Our Society,” but the conclusion is titled “Changing the World” and ends with the provocation that “we are the people we’ve been waiting for,” a slogan otherwise popularized by climate justice activists. It might sound ostentatious to speak of higher education in the same way that we speak of the climate crisis, but within higher education circles, it is commonly held that academic labor is facing an existential quagmire (the apocalypse du jour is generative artificial intelligence. A whole field of critical university studies has grown around this crisis. And of course, so have books helping faculty navigate their lot in this crisis (including texts offering “hacks” for the academic job market; ones identifying the challenges faced by minoritized faculty members; ones Putting the Humanities PhD to Work; even practical guides for leaving academia).
Link to the rest at Public Books
There’s nothing like flattering your intended audience with “we are the people we’ve been waiting for.” Self-satisfaction should be one of the seven deadly sins.
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Summer Concert Series kicks off with Kelly Ann
Singer songwriter, Kelly Ann, pushes the forefront of acoustic music with pop sensibilities and a rootsy sound and energy.
Time & Location
May 25, 2018, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Peak, 7482 CA-89, Graeagle, CA 96103, USA
Visit www.kellyannmusic.com to learn more!
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Personalized Family Initial Disc Necklace
This Family Initial Disc Pendant can be personalized with up to five names, up to eight letters per name. Made with 21 gauge materials in silver and 24 gauge materials in gold. Rope chains measure approximately 1.25mm in silver and 1mm in gold. Pendant measures 22mm in diameter. Made in the USA. Rope chains measure approximately 1.25mm in silver and 1mm in gold. Comes with16/18 inch adjustable chain.
Please enter up to 5 names on the text lines below. Enter your single initial below that.
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What is evolution? Evolution simply means to change or progress from one way of being to another. Do you not see yourself evolving when you gain deeper understanding of love and how to implement it in your life?
Many compare evolution to ascension, yet in reality, they are the same. The term “ascension” in its esoteric form was coined by those who understood that each emotion carries a specific frequency. Love and gratitude are two of the highest frequencies while fear and hate are very low frequencies.
When a person exchanges lower frequency emotions with higher frequencies, they in essence are vibrationally ascending. It is your inner self that is ascending to higher crescendos of the frequency of love. Your “inner work” is creating ripples of love throughout the universe that are affecting the evolution of all souls.
We have the ability in the twinkling of an eye to create heaven on Earth if every human were to choose acts of kindness and love every moment of their life. It is because of choices based on fear and anger that we remain in the depths of hell.
Continue your evolution by going within and make the necessary changes, choosing love over fear in every moment. When you do, your life will be filled with joy and abundance. Keep on moving on!
© 2020 Theresa Crabtree. All Rights Reserved.
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Read More Inspirational Message at: https://www.theresacrabtree.com/blog/
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Reiss posts strong full year sales
The Reiss fashion brand saw its group sales climb by 21.9% to £227.4 million in the year to 1 February.
EBITDA growth was even better with the increase coming in at 51.6% to £29.3 million.
Meanwhile, full year like-for like sales rose by 21.6% following strong Christmas trading.
Christos Angelides, Reiss chief executive, said: “2019 was an excellent year for Reiss on all metrics and represents the culmination of driving Reiss through two years of transformation.
“We continued to invest heavily in the design, styling and quality of our collections. Customers have noticed the improvements by purchasing more clothes at full price on a like for like basis than ever before. This has had a very positive impact on profits which climbed significantly higher than sales.”
During the period Reiss opened 67 additional points of sale across the world, 18 of which were in the UK. It has now committed to opening an extra 58 points of sale during 2020. These includes sites on the US west coast in Nordstrom and Bloomingdales stores.
Angelides added: “I believe Reiss is now structurally well positioned for long term consistent growth. Reiss’ foundations are anchored to the legacy of the brand and developed with a modern and fast paced business in mind.”
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Penny Nagle is a pioneer in the Event Cinema industry, and co-founder of More2Screen, the company behind the cinema distribution of major performances. Here, Penny outlines why cultural and creative organisations could and should think about the potential of cinema distribution for their work.
It may feel daunting or irrelevant to consider cinema if your organisation is so small it could fit in the back of a taxi, but there are plenty of good reasons you should think about cinema distribution. Cinema could: extend and enhance the visibility and value of your brand; find new audiences for your work – whether they’re hyper local, national or international; and, help your team develop new partnerships and skills.
If you have had a cinema release, it will also be much easier to get other platforms (such as Home Entertainment, Online) to take you seriously because not every content provider goes into cinema whereas nearly everybody can go online (thank you YouTube, Facebook et al). However, do be careful as cinema usually has to go first ahead of any online release (it’s called an “exclusive cinema window”) and if you do it the wrong way you can wave goodbye to cinema….
Routes for cinema distribution
There are two main ways of putting your cultural project into cinemas for distribution to a wider audience:
(i) Commercial Third Party Distribution strategy (less risk) usually through an established commercial distributor
As a rule of thumb, the cinema distributors will only be interested in your project if it’s going to gross £70K or more at the UK Box Office. It’s useful to think of it in terms of admissions – do you think your project will bring 5-6000 people into cinemas to watch it? If not, then commercial third party distribution may not be for you – yet.
(ii) Hyper Local / Arts and Film Festival distribution can be used either in conjunction with commercial cinema distribution or as a Plan B if no third-party cinema distributor is interested. It is more risky and needs more set-up funding.
I would recommend considering three main types of boutique cinema distribution:
- creative crew and cast with Q&A following the screening
- hyper local screen events within a very local area
- arts & film festivals both in the UK and internationally
These all need 3-6 months’ advance notice, and creative marketing support (approved marketing assets available immediately, including image, press release, social media content).
Tips on rights clearances for cinema
My advice for any film is to try to future proof the use you can make of it as much as possible – without breaking the bank. It’s usually better to do it upfront when everyone is signing the live event contract. It’s harder and takes more human bandwidth to do later in the production. But clearing after the event – for example if you have a runaway hit – can be done, and definitely consider cinema as an option if that’s the case.
The key to success in cinema distribution is keeping costs (and especially rights costs) low.
The easiest way to think of rights is like a cake. You can cut a cake in many different ways depending what you need, and if you are trying to diet you can even cut out the jammy middle. Here’s how it might play out in terms of rights:
- you could clear all rights, across the world, forever, in a copyright piece of work (the whole cake – it’s delicious but expensive).
- or, you could just clear for cinema (theatrical rights) in the UK for 3 years (say, a slice of the cake).
- or, you could consider limiting your rights further (dieting by cutting through the jammy centre of the cake) by clearing rights for 100 screenings across the world within 3 years.
If you have 50 clearances to do, and are a publicly-funded organisation – it’s quite helpful to set out your financial case to the Union or third party you are clearing with. For example, if they want £1000 for one clearance, and you are planning a single local screening at £10 per ticket with 50 admissions, the total income for the entire event will be £500, meaning you won’t even cover the cost of that one licence fee. In other words, it’s not going to happen. This can help everyone to appreciate the economics of the project.
Other ways to keep costs low include:
- you might want to use a Madonna or Beatles backing track throughout your show but it’s going to cost a whole lot more than library music or even better, something you might create yourself.
- you could make a Blu-ray, not Digital Cinema Package (DCP), to screen from as this costs £500 as opposed to £1500
The key takeaway for you is that a cinema release is a spectrum – from the commercial to the hyper local – and, provided rights clearances and costs are kept low, it can be a viable option in your release strategy for your film. No matter what your size.
Penny Nagle was a pioneer in the Event Cinema industry screening her first live to cinema events in 2002, including Led Zeppelin and Robbie Williams (the first live High Definition rock broadcast to Europe).
She co-founded More2Screen in 2006 and was Creative Director until 2016. Penny now consults to a range of film, music and media companies through Flaming Lassie Ltd. Recent clients include Creative United, presenter Lucy Cooke, The Space, Warner Music, Suede, Westlands Yeovil, and the Octagon Theatre.
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How to Make a Projector Screen
Are you looking to create a movie theater experience in the comfort of your own living room? A projector screen is the perfect addition to any home theater setup. But you don’t have to break the bank to buy a pre-made screen. With a few simple materials and some elbow grease, you can make your own projector screen in no time!
– White blackout fabric or canvas
– Wooden frame (4 pieces of wood)
– Fabric glue
– Measuring tape
1. Measure the size of the screen you want to create. A good standard size is 120 inches diagonally, which equates to around 9 feet. But you can make your screen any size you desire.
2. Cut the wooden frame to the dimensions of your screen. Use sandpaper to smooth the edges of the wood.
3. Lay the fabric flat on a large surface, with the right side facing down. Place the wooden frame on top of the fabric.
4. Fold the edges of the fabric over the wooden frame, securing with fabric glue as you go. Use a stapler to fix the fabric to the wood, ensuring a tight stretch.
5. Cut off any excess fabric, leaving a clean edge.
6. Hang your screen using hooks or by attaching it to a flat surface.
Congratulations! You now have your very own projector screen. But the key to a great picture is the quality of the fabric used. Look for a fabric that is white and high in reflective value, such as white blackout fabric or canvas. These materials are perfect for reflecting light and creating a sharp image.
Now that you have your screen, you can sit back and enjoy your favorite movies, TV shows or sports games on the big screen. Invite your friends over and impress them with your DIY skills. Happy viewing!
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Despite competing in the same markets, John Martellaro believes Amazon could never be like Apple. According to Martellaro, one company is trying to get people to spend as much money as they can while the other is trying to empower the human race and is being handsomely rewarded for it.
[su_quote cite=”John Martellaro” url=”http://www.thestreet.com/story/12758588/1/amazon-can-never-be-like-apple-no-matter-how-hard-it-tries.html”]The self-admitted basic business model of the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Fire smartphones is to reduce the friction when shopping. That’s another more polite way of saying that Amazon would like to seize the individual’s executive function disguised as convenience.
The long-term effect of this kind of intervention cannot be favorable for a company, no matter how good it makes the bottom line look in the short term. That’s because it flies in the face of what people consider more important than spending, and that’s human responsibility. A rough analogy is a bartender who keeps on selling a customer strong drinks late into the night because it’s good for business. Then the customer drives home — with predictable results.
Good stewardship of a credit card, a family’s well-being (and a family’s privacy) seem to be eroding, but the good news is the pendulum will eventually swing back. That’s because the concept that a corporation can seize more and more of a customer’s weatlth until the customer has nothing and the corporation owns everything cannot endure without destroying the very fabric of the society that made the original business model possible.
And Then There’s Apple
Apple has had quite a different history than Amazon. The passion of Steve Jobs (and now Tim Cook) to use technology to make our lives better, to reside at the intersection of the technology and the humanities, means Apple has a different business model for selling hardware. Apple isn’t trying to sell stuff for the sake of commercial success. Apple sells things that allow us to be more human, more empowered and have more dignity. For that, Apple is embraced and rewarded financially.[/su_quote]
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What do you get when you take four of the fastest single-GPU graphics cards on the market, add a little liquid nitrogen, connect them to two 1,200W power supplies, and crank them to 1.6GHz each? The answer is Andre's monstrous "quad seventy-nine seventy" rig, pictured above. The AMD Radeon HD 7970 cards already feature an impressive clock speed of 925 MHz, and while AMD has said they can be pushed safely over 1GHz, overclocking them by almost 75 percent will get you some truly staggering benchmark performance.
The quad-GPU setup scorched 3DMark Vantage with a P (performance) score of over 83,000 and GPU score of over 98,000, and grabbed 3DMark 11 P and X (extreme) scores of 32,728 and 17,432, respectively. If you need some real world context for those numbers, consider that the highly competent Verge Gaming Rig only reached 4,800 (P) and 1,600 (X) on 3DMark 11, but we're holding up pretty well, considering. Hats off to Andre, whose Battlefield 3 gaming experience will surely be unrivaled, though we still wouldn't want to be the ones having to pay his power bill.
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South Korean electronics giant Samsung has officially apologized over the illnesses and deaths of some of its factory workers. In a public statement, Samsung Electronics CEO Kwon Oh-hyun said "several workers at our production facilities suffered from leukemia and other incurable diseases, which also lead to some deaths." Kwon said Samsung would make "appropriate compensation to those who were affected and their families," after activist groups claimed hazardous working environments caused some employees to contract lethal diseases. "We should have settled the issue earlier, and we are deeply heartbroken that we failed to do so and express our deep apology."
Samsung is embroiled in a health controversy over its potentially dangerous work environments. In 2011, a Seoul administrative court said there was a high probability that Hwang Yu-mi, who died from leukemia in 2007, contracted the disease after coming in contact with dangerous chemicals at a Samsung plant in Suwon. Hwang was one of a number of employees who fell ill after working at a Samsung plant: a documentary released last month uncovered 56 cases of leukemia and other blood cancers among Samsung workers.
A Seoul court said there was a high probability dangerous chemicals caused Hwang Yu-mi's death
The Korean company was accused of trying to use its considerable influence in its home country to downplay health concerns. Leaked text messages suggest Samsung allegedly pressured news publications from covering a movie about Hwang, called Another Promise. Last month, Bloomberg Businessweek used the launch of Samsung's Galaxy S5 smartphone to tell Hwang's story, along with the story of her colleague Lee Suk-yeong. Lee, who worked alongside Hwang in Suwon, also died from leukemia.
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When you think of vintage, rustic weddings, you think of wood beams, lace overlays and burlap accents. Lori of New Hamburg’s Decorating Dreams (decoratingdreams.ca) says that rustic chic is trending in right now, particularly in Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge and surrounding area weddings. From a gigantic inventory of all things weddings, Lori says that using statement backdrops, baby’s breath, vintage fabrics and twinkle lights are a great base for creating a truly gorgeous vintage rustic wedding. Check it out…
Above, large wood beams frame this statement head table backdrop. Burlap accents and uplighting complete the look.
This rustic Concordia Club wedding design contrasts rustic wood beams and vaulted ceiling with lower hanging, oversized, light coloured lanterns.
The use of a well-loved, vintage ladder and some wooden accents (letters, frames) mix perfectly with lace wrapped jars filled with delicate baby’s breath.
Classic white linens stand out beautifully in this rustic barn wedding.
Lace wraps look fabulous against navy blue chair cover sashes. Add in white chair covers, tall centrepieces and a head table lit up with twinkle lights, and you complete the look.
Ceiling canopies are a great way to add drama to any room.
Wrought iron and a wood sign spells out your love story.
Gold chivari chairs, runners and centrepieces, lace overlays, and layers of sheer white fabric turn this barn setting into a luxe rustic wedding venue.
Good to know:
Decorating Dreams (decoratingdreams.ca) is about personality and style. Their success revolves around designing countless wedding dreams each year without losing the personal attention that lets you know you’re truly taken care of here. Lori Cook and Mark Boshart, work out of their New Hamburg location, offering the selection that only a huge inventory of options, themes, props and colours can provide. They service Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, New Hamburg and beyond. You can also email Lori at [email protected].
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Boy Plays The Dark Mod - Alberic's Curse - Part 1
| Jan. 21, 2019
So I finally have a legitimate job. Unfortunately, its to retrieve a scepter and book from a haunted cathedral. Well, I got my holy water and fire arrows that I probably won't use. Should be an easy job.
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Our days here in Salinas have admittedly been somewhat lacking in adventure... Being stationary provides us with a mailing address... which makes it very easy for us to spend money. We've ordered things we've needed for a while, and things to make our lives a little easier using our Amazon Prime membership until I'm starting to feel a little guilty.
But I've rationalized that once we leave here, it may be some time before we have this opportunity again... so.... We've also rationalized ourselves into getting a new phone plan. So far, our Plan-for-keeping-connected has worked very well. But very soon we will be continuing on to islands where we may stay only briefly. Sure we can still get sim cards for our iPad but with the added obstacle of a new foreign language... Spanish was difficult enough but throw in French?
So we rationalized that if we deduct the cost of iPad data... we could do what so many other cruisers have done and sign up for a T-Mobile One account. Our old iPhone is dying. We terminated our long-time AT&T account when we left the states... but we kept our phone number... the one that connects our entire lives... and ported it through Google Voice. The problem with Google Voice is that it needs a phone # - a Plan - to forward to... So we set up Skype.
The Skype has been great with a couple of drawbacks. We have to have either data or wi-fi for it to work... and we have to be on the computer or iPad to hear it ring. So we've missed calls. It gives us great transcripts of voice messages via email... but it was still a missed call.
So, rationalization again... with the T-Mobile One plan, we can have a US phone number where people can call us... we can still use the Skype to receive calls on our old phone number that everyone knows... they'll just forward to our new phone through Google Voice. I know... complicated. But once it's all set up, it works very well.
But what about the added cost of the new phone number? How do we rationalize that? Well, we only shut down our old AT&T account because we wouldn't be able to use it in the islands. With this T-Mobile account, we WILL be able to use it... throughout the Caribbean. We've added a data line for the iPad and splurged with the T-Mobile One PLUS, which speeds up our data. So we can have a mobile hot spot through the iPad to run our computers... and it's unlimited data.
Friends who are already down as far as Grenada tell us that while there are some places that have no coverage, it has been pretty good overall. And I would say that "pretty good overall" is better than nothing!
So we're paying for a new phone number and iPad (high speed) data for about $115 per month plus taxes...
We're paying for Skype services for less than $100 per year (allows us to keep our long-time phone number through Google)
And what are we getting? Well, we have basically three phone numbers that will all ring to our phone... We get high speed unlimited data on the iPad with mobile hot spot functionality in the states and throughout the Caribbean... We get unlimited text and data throughout the US and Caribbean... This allows us to tether data service to our Macs and our Apple TV.
Now... if only we could figure out a way to stream US video services outside the US without paying for a VPN... Well guess you can't have it all!
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Sunday, September 18, 2016
|Setting out to test the Tribord|
I found that the haters all sounded like hard core types who don't consider that there are people in this world who just want to float around on top of the water and gaze at the scenery below without ever diving deeper than a few feet from the surface. For those people... give the Tribord a pass. But for the others... people like me... this is what you've been waiting for!
|Looking for just the right snorkel spot... no... not here!|
That planted the seed... but after speaking to my Dive-Master-Brother about it... I was not ready to commit. He said that we wouldn't be able to dive beneath the surface because it would be impossible to clear our ears... and for that reason alone we shouldn't buy them. So I waited. And I mulled it over.
Tribord Easybreath website... I was sold! I went online to Amazon, read lots of reviews and found several videos that answered that one nagging question about diving below the surface... And then I ordered two... a pink one for me, and a blue one for Bruce!
|This spot looks just right!|
Finally they arrived and we ripped open the boxes and tried the masks on. They felt really funny but seemed to be made well.
|My guinea pig...He's always willing to go first!|
We wore the masks for a little while to see if we felt any restrictions or if they had any sign that the breath we expelled wasn't exiting the mask sufficiently like some of the reviews said... nope. They seem fine. I was a little worried that I had ordered mine too large because I could feel air flowing out the mask up around my forehead when I blew out rapidly... I hoped that it wouldn't leak. Maybe the force of the water will push the mask closer to my face to make a better seal... Maybe I should tighten the elastic straps... A full two days passed before we had our chance to go out and give them a try!
Within seconds Bruce was in the water and swimming away as I watched anxiously for signs of sputtering or choking... All GOOD!
I joined Bruce in the water and asked him if he could swim beneath the surface with the mask on. He immediately proved to me that not only could he do that... but he could also dive down to the bottom... some six feet or so... with very little noticeable difference between this mask and the traditional kind.
I have always had a problem finding a mask that would accommodate my nose. It's big. AND since having a deviated septum surgically altered some years ago, my nose can not tolerate any type of pressure. The discomfort I normally feel where the snorkel mouthpiece pushes up against the mask beneath my nose is usually what ends our snorkeling. I just can't take it for very long. Today... I felt ZERO discomfort in my nose OR mouth. The awful mouthpiece I'm used to wearing while snorkeling is a distant memory...
Unfortunately Bruce can NOT understand me when I speak to him wearing the mask under water... But then maybe he's faking that.
There were some strange sounds that were a little disconcerting at first. They seemed to correspond with my breathing so I assume the sound is caused by the air traveling up through the sides of the mask and maybe the little mechanism inside the snorkel. I got used to it quickly and it wasn't a big deal.
After snorkeling for some time, I began to feel the pressure of the mask on my face between my cheekbones and nose. The one remotely negative thing I can say about the Tribord is that it left warpaint-like red marks on my cheeks from the way the mask fit my face... This might be different for other people, but Bruce experienced the same thing. But I would gladly trade the pressure I'm used to feeling from snorkel and mask for this small amount of discomfort... in a heartbeat!
Bruce was already in the dinghy when I returned and I asked him what he thought. I can't remember the last time I've heard this much enthusiasm in his voice over anything! He was ecstatic. He said he would never use the old type of mask again!
|Back to the boat for one more test...|
We both agreed that keeping our faces dry and having absolutely no salt water in our mouths is the best part!
We can't be happier with our new toys and we wish we had bought them sooner! If you aren't an avid skindiver and are happy with remaining relatively near the surface, we think you will love the Tribord Easybreath!
We have no affiliation with the Tribord Easybreath... we are just happy users!
Thursday, September 15, 2016
|Sahara Dust Haze|
Our rationale was this: If a storm came off the coast of Africa and headed our way... by the time it reached Puerto Rico it would still be a weak storm having had either insufficient time to develop or would have inhospitable conditions.
This year we had weeks of hazy skies from Sahara Dust blowing off the African coast. The dust that blanketed this part of the Caribbean essentially kept the sea temperatures down so that storms were slow to develop.
|Our sunrise view|
|Lots of lovely wi-fi at the snack bar... Every morning we took our computers and surfed the internet...|
Days spent doing things like making grocery runs with our little cart...
Other critters from which Bruce protected me... Iguanas!
|Introducing JM and Michael to the others...|
|Walking through town on our way to the festival|
|Local statue celebrating the fishermen|
|A day at the festival!|
|Local rice dish... very popular!|
|Pinchos! Our favorite street-rood!|
|Janet Lee sharing her fan with me... it was HOT!|
|Little shack that opened up some days to sell lunch|
|A home along the way that sells empanadillas ... yummy street food!|
|We rode the streets of town...|
|Random Creepy Santa|
|We'll take the big one!|
|And THAT ONE!!!|
|Poor Bruce... he always gets the ugly jobs...|
|It seems like it's always storming over the mountains.|
|Tarpon hang out here at the marina all the time.|
|We did some laundry onboard...|
|Brunch for about $5 at the local bakery. We went there a LOT!|
More friends arrived, this time it was Kimberly and John-Michael from Louisiana aboard their boat, Pura Vida. They stayed for a month and we did some adventuring with them...
|Bryce (Smidgen) laying it all out there|
One evening we were sitting around talking with them and another couple, also coincidentally from Louisiana... and somebody suggested we have a Gumbo pot luck! Two nights later, we contributed cornbread to their two pots of delicious authentic gumbo. Sometimes it's easier to get forgiveness than permission, and we got chewed out a little by the marina for having a renegade pot luck...(read your contract people) but it was already done... so there you have it.
|Bruce and Kenny (Smidgen) serving it up|
That got us going... we went out to Los Jobos and staked out a spot to move the boat should the storm develop into a hurricane before it got to us.
Meanwhile, we continued enjoying Puerto Rico...
Since we had saved the expense of buying a car, we rented one a few times while we were here.
|Not much room to pull over but stunning views!|
|Las Tetas de Cayey!|
|Never pass a bakery...|
|Lunch! We had no idea what we were ordering... The daily special!|
A second word of advice... Google sucks! SO many times it took us to the back entrance (or not) of the thing we wanted to see... SO many times it took us to a dead end or roadblock where there had once been a through street but no longer... or maybe there was NEVER a street... But it was an adventure and we eventually found our way.
Hot Springs for a future visit. Bruce didn't want to sit in hot water during the day...
|Our route except the middle is missing...|
|This piece was more than 2,000 years old.|
We weren't able to get a tour in English, but there was one docent there who spoke to John-Michael in Spanish and he relayed the information. It was fascinating.
Our luck just seems to be continuing with attractions we wish to see being closed... This time it was Museo Castillo Serralles... a castle owned by the family who owns the Don Q rum distillery (also not giving tours)
Cruceta del Vigia and took a look around.
This structure reminded us very much of the Columbus Lighthouse in the Dominican Republic... in that both are very ugly and left us wondering why they were ever built.
So at this point our summer is half over. We are in the thick of hurricane season and we've decided to stay through Mid-November...
We have completely settled into our lives here in sleepy little Salinas, PR and the time seems to just stretch out before us... We can't believe we've been within this 160 mile area for almost six months. Six. Months.
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Every day, images from around the world spark wanderlust in countless individuals. Yet, what nudges someone from mere daydreaming to actual booking? The crux often rests in a captivating website. These aren't just digital pamphlets; when crafted effectively, the websites seamlessly steer travellers from inspiration to action.
This is where the invaluable expertise of a web design agency comes into play. By blending knowledge of the tourism industry with design prowess, at Thin Slice Digital, we bridge the gap between a traveller's aspirations and their next booked journey.
Understanding the Traveller's Journey
a. Initial Inspiration Phase
A single captivating image or story can ignite the urge to explore. Ensure your Experience Website vividly highlights the allure of your offering, positioning it as a must-visit.
b. Research Phase
Once the spark is lit, travellers delve into details. Your Tourism Website should narrate an enticing story, blending essential information with engaging visuals. An adept web design agency can help structure this seamlessly.
c. Decision-making Phase
Travellers weigh up their options here. Your Attraction website should stand out with persuasive visuals, clear information, and notable testimonials or accolades to sway their choice.
d. Booking Phase
A smooth booking process is pivotal. Collaborating with a web design agency can ensure a hassle-free, secure experience, transforming interest into definitive action.
In sum, by aligning with each phase of the traveller's journey, business owners can transform passing interest into solid bookings, leveraging both compelling content and efficient web design.
The Significance of Web Design in the Tourism Sector
The world of tourism has evolved considerably, with a burgeoning emphasis on digital experiences. At the heart of this digital evolution lies web design—a critical element that often determines the success of tourism entities.
Let's delve into the dynamics of web design within the sector:
Introduction to Tourism Websites
Tourism Website: A platform geared towards promoting a destination or a region. It's the digital gateway for travellers, offering a snapshot of what awaits them—be it serene landscapes, bustling urban hubs, or rich cultural experiences.
Attraction Website: Specifically highlights points of interest, such as monuments, museums, or natural wonders. It provides detailed insights into what visitors can expect, ensuring they’re enticed enough to mark it as a must-visit.
Experience Website: Goes beyond static attractions. This type of website focuses on activities or events, from adventure sports to cultural festivals, offering a taste of experiences that travellers can immerse themselves in.
The Make-or-Break Role of Web Design
A well-designed website is like a skilled tour guide. It narrates a compelling story, shows the highlights, and ensures the journey is smooth.
Conversely, a poorly designed website can be likened to a disorganised guide, leaving visitors frustrated and likely to seek alternatives.
Facilitating the Journey: An adept web design agency understands the intricacies of the tourism sector. At Thin Slice Digital, we craft sites that are not only visually stunning but also user-friendly, guiding travellers naturally from inspiration to information and, ultimately, to booking.
Potential Pitfalls: However, even minor design flaws—a confusing layout, slow loading times, or lack of mobile optimisation—can deter potential visitors. Such hitches in the digital journey can translate to missed opportunities in the real world.
At Thin Slice Digital, we take immense pride in our collaborative approach with clients. Coupled with our extensive experience in the tourism industry.
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Last week, we published an article with some forward options who Liverpool could look to sign to add goals and depth to their squad this month. One reply on social media suggested ‘goals aren’t the issue with this squad.’
Now, it’s possible this commenter hadn’t realised we’d sold the lad who scored 12 and assisted nine goals in the first half of the season. Or maybe he was Jurgen Klopp and thinks that we can rely almost entirely on three players to score the goals for the rest of the season.
Alas, we did sell the lad who contributed to 21 goals this season. Almost three weeks ago. And we’d known about his eventual departure six months ago.
And yet, there’s been absolutely no plan in place to ensure the squad has not been depleted by his departure. It’s up there with the worst and most laughable decisions in Liverpool’s recent history.
Whoever’s decision that is – and by all accounts it appears to have been Jurgen Klopp‘s decision to a) sell Coutinho, and b) not rush into replacing him – it’s a decision that risks the rest of this season.
When Coutinho was sold, you assumed that surely Liverpool had already done work to ensure the squad wasn’t weakened; either getting in Naby Keita early, or signing Thomas Lemar, or Riyad Mahrez. The early signs were good. Then Klopp has come out in the last week and said “it is about making the right decision” and massively hinted that there would be no big name signing this month.
It all seems very reactive, not proactive.
“We always try to do the right thing,” said the manager. You could argue that “the right thing” would be ensuring the squad wasn’t weaker when the transfer window closes.
Fair play to Swansea, they had a gameplan, an admittedly not very attractive gameplan, but one that has been proven to work against Liverpool in the past and will be repeated in the future no doubt.
But Liverpool’s options from the bench were awful for a team who are competing for second place in the league and are in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Only Ragnar Klavan and Trent Alexander-Arnold have a league goal this season. Danny Ings hasn’t scored in the Premier League in two and a half years. Dominic Solanke has never scored in senior football. James Milner came on against Man City eight days ago and almost threw away a 4-1 lead.
While Liverpool’s rivals are going out and spending huge sums on making their attacks stronger – whether you agree with the signings and methods or not – Liverpool have depleted theirs and are relying on, no disrespect, Danny Ings as their sub forward.
To win trophies you have to have plenty of goalscoring options, but crucially you have to have them from the bench. Liverpool don’t have that, especially now.
This isn’t to suggest that this result wouldn’t have happened had Coutinho been playing, it might well have. It’s about the risk of not replacing his output in Liverpool’s attack for half a season in a season where the top six is going to be extremely tight.
The patient approach would be more admirable and logical if a top four finish was pretty secure, but it’s not.
Adding somebody such as Mahrez would add a variety of options, and mean another goalscorer, a game changer. You need these players in abundance to win trophies, not just three of them in the whole squad.
Adam Lallana is not a game changer; if you think he is you’re either kidding yourself or have extremely low expectations of Liverpool.
Patience and Risk
Klopp has patience, seemingly lots of it – possibly more than anybody else in modern football. He’s been incredibly patient with certain players who are abundantly average and not good enough to play for Liverpool, and he’s extremely patient in the transfer market – prepared to wait for primary targets like Keita and Van Dijk.
But patience is in thin supply in football for a reason. Nobody will be patient if we end this season fifth and taking, yet again, one step forward and two steps back. Tomorrow never comes if we’re constantly looking at two, three and four years down the line and not two, three and four months ahead.
Failing to sign an attacking player to ensure the squad isn’t weakened could well be the difference between second and fifth place. Or the difference between beating Porto and not.
Of course, one defeat – a first in 19 games – isn’t reason to ‘panic buy’ and Liverpool clearly are improving and are on the right track under Klopp; days like these are becoming less often. But not having plans in place for post-Coutinho, and sticking to what we have is, without question, a gamble.
Klopp has a poker face when it comes to transfers, but it’s a risky game he’s playing by carrying on with the current squad when we’re competing in three competitions.
Only come the end of the season will we know whether the risk pays off, and by then it could be too late.
Even if we finish fourth, get past Porto then gallantly lose 5-4 to Real Madrid in the quarter finals, there’ll always be that question of what might have been had we actually done what others are doing and been more aggressive in this transfer window. Showed some proper ambition.
This isn’t a call to aimlessly draw up a list of 6ft-plus forwards Chelsea-style, but for far too long Liverpool have lacked a killer instinct on and off the pitch and that needs to change.
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Exclusive Representation for Ettifaq Club
Three Steps is once again happy to announce an exclusivity agreement, this time signed with EttifaQ FC for the use of the Led Screens Media. This important step strengthens yet further our long partnership with this iconic club.
Our platform LED has a long and successful history in the business with exclusivity representation for many of the first league club like Al-Ahli FC & Al Nasr. We feel honoured that today, Ettifaq too have put their trust in us. It goes without saying that all of our resources are at the service of making this collaboration commercially fruitful for the club.
Football Field LED Screens are your heavy weight champions in Football Media! they can win you Millions of hearts in a single Match. Booking with us allows access to the top 10 stadiums of the country, all year long and during the professional league.. That’s a lot of exposure!!
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How green are electric scooters? New insights on the environmental impact of shared e-scooters
October 15, 2021
The recent 6th Assessment Report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provided the latest scientific evidence to what some of us have known for a while. That 1) climate change is progressing far more quickly than was anticipated and 2) we need to drastically reduce emissions across all sectors to reach global net zero emissions by 2050.
Fossil fuel combustion for transport purposes is a key driver of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), accounting for 24% of GHG emissions globally (IEA, 2020). Addressing the climate crisis by decarbonising urban transport through replacing cars with the smaller, cleaner mode of shared, electric micro-mobility is what shaped our mission and inspires our work at TIER every day.
How can e-scooters reduce emissions in the transport sector?
One of the best ways to look at this is via the perspective of lifecycle environmental performance in carbon dioxide emissions per passenger kilometer travelled (gCO2/pkm). This reflects the total emissions impact that a vehicle has over the course of its lifetime, including the embedded carbon emissions from manufacture, through to emissions that accrue from logistics and transport, fuel, and emissions from servicing operations.
Our latest e-scooter, the TIER V - complemented by our green operations model that uses swappable batteries, green energy to charge the batteries, and electric operations fleet - only emits 42.8 gCO2/pkm (HSBO, 2021). This is over 70% less than what a private car emits (see Figure 1) (ITF, 2020). If the additional lifespan enabled through the reuse of our vehicles were to be included, the emissions impact per passenger km would be even lower.
How did we get to this point?
Over the past 2-3 years, we have invested and innovated to improve the design of our e-scooters for greater durability, modularity and repairability - and continue to do so. The result is a tailor-made, long-lasting vehicle to be shared and loved by more people and more cities. Due to the improved design as well as our industry-leading maintenance and repair process, our latest generation e-scooters can now last over 5 years. Through this improved design, we were able to reduce emissions by over 60% in just two years (Figure 2).
The International Transport Forum (ITF) estimated the first generation of e-scooters to emit 121gCO2/pkm, based on a lifespan of 6 months and the use of diesel vans in servicing operations (ITF, 2020). Over the course of 2019 and 2020, our change from e-scooters with non-swappable to swappable batteries has led to significant further reductions of our footprint to 76gCO2/pkm (Severengiz et al., 2020). Further improvements in lifespan and switching to green energy and electric operations fleets mean that our latest generation of e-scooters are not even outdone by the low emissions of public transport and indeed can be effective enablers of existing public transport networks.
In fact, a recent mobility habit survey we conducted shows that 25% of our riders regularly use our service as a first/last mile solution in combination with public transport, while 50% do it occasionally. Our data also shows that close to 50% of TIER rides start or end within 100m of a public transport station - another sign that many trips are used as part of intermodal journeys.
What remains to be done?
E-scooters are clearly a sustainable option in the urban transport mix and, by replacing car use as well as complementing public transport networks, they can contribute to the decarbonisation of urban transport. Indeed, the ITF projects that active mobility, micro-mobility and shared mobility need to take up close to 60% of the urban transport mix by 2050 to increase sustainability and resilience of the transport system (ITF, 2021).
We already see a significant share of riders using our service to replace car rides and for intermodal trips that connect with public transport options. Our latest Citizen Research project, where we surveyed over 8,000 people across different cities, shows that on average 17.3% of our rides already replace car rides, with the share being as high as 22% in cities such as Berlin (illustrated by chart below).
This means that since the founding of TIER we have replaced over 12 million car rides, which led to over 5 million kgCO2 emissions avoided. In addition to the emissions impact, the replacement of car rides also brings other benefits, such as harmful air pollutants and noise pollution avoided, which greatly impact the health of urban citizens.
This is just a start. At TIER, we are committed to further growing the share of car rides replaced and public transport journeys enabled with e-scooters but also increasingly with new modes such as e-bikes - though we cannot do that alone. It also demands investment in micro-mobility infrastructure, developing more and deeper integrations with Mobility as a Service (MaaS) platforms, and extending bundled service and pricing models with our partners.
Beyond changing the landscape of urban transport options, we continue to drive sustainability standards in our industry. By increasing the use of recycled aluminium in production, improving design and operations to prolong lifetime even further we aim to cut emissions at least by half to around 20gCO2/pkm as illustrated in Figure 2 above.
Just a few years into our journey (TIER is not yet 3), we have demonstrated that, when done right, shared micro-mobility can truly be a sustainable transport option and contribute to the decarbonisation of urban transport. While there is always room to do better, our actions since TIER’s founding have shown that as a company we are committed to changing mobility for good. We are already eagerly working on the improvements outlined above and can’t wait to unlock yet more of micro-mobility’s sustainability potential.
(1) Notes: BEV = battery electric vehicle; ICE = internal combustion engine; sources: latest generation e-scooter (Severengiz et al., 2021), all other data (ITF, 2020)
(2) Sources: first generation e-scooter scenario (ITF, 2020), swappable e-scooter scenario (Severengiz et al., 2020), latest generation e-scooter scenario (Severengiz et al., 2021)
Severengiz, S. Finke, N. Schelte and N. Wendt (2020), Life Cycle Assessment on the Mobility Service E-Scooter Sharing, 1-6, 10.1109/E-TEMS46250.2020.9111817.
Severengiz, S. Finke, N. Schelte and J. Schünemann (2021), Life Cycle Assessment of the TIER Mobility scooter sharing systems using the scooter model ES400C
IEA (2020), Tracking Transport 2020, IEA, Paris, https://www.iea.org/reports/tracking-transport-2020
IPCC (2021), Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S. L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M. I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J. B. R. Matthews, T. K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. In Press.
ITF (2020), Good to Go? Assessing the Environmental Performance of New Mobility, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/environmental-performance-new-mobility.pdf
ITF (2021), ITF Transport Outlook 2021, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/16826a30-en.
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Thanks to the demand for quality marble and advancements in technology, the marble look is now accessible to everyone. The real question is which is better— real marble tile or marble look porcelain tile? There are a couple of factors to consider before making your final decision.
First and foremost, marble and its natural stone brethren will always be more expensive. There is a limited quantity of that superb marble you envision in palaces and statues. The closer a marble quarry is to Greece or Italy, the higher the perceived quality. Those lovely natural hues, along with the veining from iron content in the ground, can send shivers down your spine. Throw in the ties between wealth and marble, and you can understand why it’s such a desirable design element.
Porcelain is typically composed of white or red clay. Modern advances have eliminated the scraping of riverbeds in favor of taking pulverized stone to manufacture clay. The tiles are created by pressing the clay between two metal dies. Once pressed, the tiles are fired in a kiln, a glaze is applied, and the tiles are fired again at a lower temperature. There are a variety of techniques to produce diverse shades, designs, and effects, but this is the basic process. The progression of manufactured tiles has allowed tile makers to duplicate the look of natural stone, but with a porcelain base. Consumers can now have the beauty of natural stone at a fraction of the price – about 20% less per square foot.
While marble look porcelain tile comes pretty close to replicating the facade of marble, it does not completely capture its depth and inner hue. That aside, the superficial appearance and designs are the same. Porcelain lookalikes will be more widely available and can be special ordered with a relatively short fulfillment time. Conversely, marble is a luxury item, so special ordering a quantity for your needs equals a longer turnaround time.
Sturdiness is another crucial element. Since marble is softer and more porous, it can break if not laid correctly, and if laid on a floor that is unstable or uneven, it can crack more easily. Porcelain on the other hand, is designed for the floor, and is therefore much denser and easier to cut and lay.
Another consideration is cleaning and durability. As mentioned before, marble is porous, so it stains easily and is not abrasion resistant, which can result in chipping and scratches. Marble tile is also vulnerable to acidic cleaners, wine, and food. Maintenance is crucial – marble must be sealed at least once year. Comparatively, porcelain is more resistant to stains, water, scratches, and chemicals. It also needs very little upkeep to maintain its appearance.
In the end, go with what fits your needs. Weigh your budget, design space, and tastes before pulling the trigger. Either choice will allow you to experience unparalleled beauty in your living space every day.
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By Surendra Armogan | Web
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This venue has closed.
Initially labelled as a ‘pop-up’ when it first opened last year, we’re hoping that this dedicated outlet for California native Christine Asuncion’s bagel brand is here to stay. Even if you don’t work in the IAPM office towers next door, you’ll want to get to Spread the Bagel in the mornings for their excellent offerings.
Although there’s a great range of healthy options available, we find it hard to look past indulging in a parmesan-topped bagel stuffed with Amelia’s bacon, a fried egg and gooey cheddar cheese (38RMB). Whether you grab it in a brown paper bag and run, or take a moment to sit at the ceiling to floor window in front of the shop’s open counter and watch the world go by on Nanchang Lu, this is a fantastic way to fuel up for the day.
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Kids love candy, but candy doesn’t love teeth. Nutrition plays as much of a role in dental health as daily brushing does. At Tiny Teeth of Dublin, we work to educate your children on the ways they can protect their teeth through nutrition. Now, we would never try to keep your child away from candy for their entire life, but there are some good tricks that will steer them clear of tooth decay, even while enjoying the occasional treat.
Why is nutrition so important for oral health?
Your child’s teeth and mouth are the first step in the body’s digestive system. They encounter everything that your child eats and drinks. Certain foods, namely foods high in processed sugar, can quickly decay the teeth, causing cavities, pain, or discomfort. By avoiding these types of foods and drinks (candy, sodas, and juices), your child will have less of a chance of developing cavities and more extensive tooth decay. Juice is very high in sugar and acid. Even white milk has sugar. This is not to say that your child can never enjoy these things. It is important, though, to make this a treat rather than a regular occurence, and to encourage teeth brushing and flossing. Another reason proper nutrition is important for teeth is that teeth need certain vitamins and minerals to grow healthy and strong. The best way to obtain these vitamins and minerals is through a healthy, balanced diet.
What should my child be eating to help their teeth grow strong and healthy?
To answer this question, refer to your basic food pyramid. Your child should be consuming a balanced diet from each of the five food groups: grains, vegetables, fruits, protein, and dairy. By finding food that they like in each category, your child will get a variety of vitamins and minerals that will help them grow strong and healthy. Here at Tiny Teeth of Dublin, we recommend mostly water, milk with meals and juice sometimes. Pop/sodas should be a special occasion treat.
Are there any other foods my child should avoid?
Yes! Foods that are really hard or crunchy (ice or jolly ranchers) can structurally damage teeth. Teeth are hard, but some foods are harder! Foods high in citrus and acidity, like lemons, limes, oranges, and many juices; also coffee and tea can wear and stain the enamel on your child’s teeth, which is an important barrier of protection. Finally, sticky, gooey foods should also be avoided, as they can stick to the surface of the teeth and be difficult to remove (fruit snacks, gummy vitamins, and sticky candy). Did you know 2 gummy vitamins/one serving contains almost two teaspoons of sugar? This sticky, sugary substance can stay between teeth for hours especially when not flossing.
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The world is a f*cking shit show and if you're anything like me you know you wanna do something about it but you see yourself as
"just another artist"
"just another teacher"
"just another student"
"just another parent"
"just another normal person"
with nothing to give.
But the joke's on you because the world is burning to the ground while you're afraid to put on your cape and be the Creative Superhero that you f*cking are.
Our kids are in institutions instead of embracing their playful freedom. Learn how to break them free.
Our world likes to hide behind labels of "trauma informed" but ends up causing more trauma in return. Let's figure out another way.
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Sometimes you even feel stuck. Pick yourself up and create your own damn opportunities.
CREATIVE HUMANS HELPING OTHER HUMANS LIVE BETTER LIVES.
Let me tell you- I'm seriously sick and tired of the navel gazing , the complaining, the "oh, there's nothing we can actually do to change the situation(s) we find ourselves in."
Get a grip. You know damn well that as a creative person, you're in the BEST damn position to change culture and society. Seriously. Stand up and get ready to put on your Creative Superheor cape and your big person panties and discover how to use your art, your creative genius, your superpowers as a catalyst for explosive growth in your world.
When other people are afraid to try something different, it's your job as a freaking Creative Leader to step in and take the risks. Then guess what happens? Everyone else follows.
Don't tell me I'm wrong. I've seen you out there leading the pack with your ingenuity.
Every once in a while, though, we need to pump the brakes and take a look at other perpsectives and have new conversations with other creative leaders so that we can join creative forces. This Summit is where you get to do that.
This f-ing event is the shit because you will learn more about how to make the world better in some kick-ass, ground-breaking, mind-shifting ways. By the time its all over, your Superpower muscles will be so swoll you won't know what to do with yourself.
Come on folx. You know how whack the past few years have been and we're all feeling burnt the f out. It's time to brush of the soot, break out our brightest red cape and transform into the Creative Leader you truly are.
Last year, I had the opportunity to host Matthew Burrows, MBE for a conversation in the BOLD CREATIVES COLLECTIVE conversation lounge. Much of the conversation with Matthew centered around generosity and community, as well as human creativity being an innate characteristic and our most precious gift. Creativity (big 'C') is essential for our survival and our ability to thrive as human beings.
Ever since that conversation, I've been considering what the concept of creative leadership means to me, and in particular, the role that community and generosity has in respect to the artist and the creative person and in how they interact with and make an impact on the world around them. I've been thinking about how these qualities interact with the world in order to facilitate community amongst one another, and improve society as a whole.
Your Keynote Speaker
The GROW Creative Placemaking Summit Speakers
Thursday, November 3
9:00am: Welcome / TJ Walsh
9:10am: Keynote: The Impacts of Limiting Creativity & Play in 2022 / Peter Andrew Danzig
10:15am: Lessons from the Stage / Kari Ginsburg
11:00am: Lunch Break
11:30am: Play, Learn, Grow: How We Can Shape the Future of Kids' Education / Heather Horrell
12:15pm: Owning Your Superpowers / Dana Kaplan
1:00pm: R.O.W.H.O.M.(e): How Broken Dishes Helped Rebuild a Neighborhood / Val Gay
1:50pm: [Re]Generative Placemaking: Stepping Beyond 'Trauma-Informed' / Michael O'Bryan
2:20pm: Burnout, Send Snacks: How Practicing Empathy Can Unleash Your Creativity / Dr. Kristen Donnelly
2:50pm: Wrap up and End / TJ Walsh
Friday, November 4
9:00am: Welcome / TJ Walsh
9:10am: What Makes a Creative Economy Grow? / Karin Copeland
10:15am: Taking a Strength-based Approach to Career Development & Community Impact / Hailey Hechtman
11:00am: Lunch Break
11:30am: Creating Spaces for Society Change in the Emotional Age / Hannah Rechtschaffen
12:15pm: Coming Home to Your Creative Practice: Disability Mindset & Community Interdependence / Charlie J. Meyers
1:10pm: Be Who You Want to See: First Generation Immigrants in the Arts / Scarlet Hernandez
1:55pm: Professional Practice: Thinking Outside of the White Cube Box / Creating Opportunity / Erika b. Hess
2:40pm: Closing / TJ Walsh
HERE'S JUST SOME OF THE EXCITING OUTCOMES YOU'LL RECEIVE BY INVESTING YOUR TIME AT THE GROW CREATIVE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
The GROW Creative Placemaking Summit will be held live online via Zoom. Link(s) to sessions will be emailed to you via the email address that you registered with for the summit, so it's important that you watch for and open all emails from us. The recordings of each session will be available to attendees for one week following the live event.
The summit costs $495 for access to the entire live event + 1 week of replay access.
This summit is PERFECT for artists, creatives, and culture bearers who want to help make their communities more inclusive, connected, and resilient through the use of their creativity, artistry, and ingenuity.
If you can't make it to the live summit on November 3rd and 4th, no worries! There is a refund policy up until the day before the event begins (November 2).
YES! We want to be able to gather people from all over the place and the easiest way to do that is to hold our summit online.
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Grand Opening of Marc L. Burnett Student Recreation & Fitness Center set for April 9
Tennessee Tech will hold the official grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of the Marc. L Burnett Student Recreation & Fitness Center on Friday, April 9, at 2 p.m., with students, faculty, staff, university administrators and local officials invited to attend.
The commanding three-level, 165,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art recreation and fitness facility features a basketball gym and multi-activity court, racquetball courts, retractable bleachers for spectators, 13,000-square-foot weight room, 6,000-square-foot cardio room, climbing wall, golf simulator, elevated track, aquatic center, dance studio, game room, and wellness and nutrition area. There is also an expanded childcare space as well as offices and large group exercise areas. Outside, there are basketball and pickleball courts. Additionally, the outdoor pursuits component allows students to rent outdoor equipment, such as kayaks and camping gear, to take advantage of the natural landscape in the area.
The new facility, designed by Wold | HFR Design, is twice the size of the 1991 facility it replaced. In 2013, students voted to increase fees to replace the old fitness facility with the new one. Administration and students believe it will be a major recruitment attraction for future students.
“One of our goals was to create something special for our students and campus” said Suzann Hensley, Tennessee Tech’s Director of Recreation. “This new facility embodies Tennessee Tech’s student-first mentality, and we’ve been thrilled with the positive response we’ve received from those who’ve had an opportunity to experience it.”
In addition to its functionality, the center provides an impressive focal point at the campus entrance. The design and materials reflect a contemporary interpretation of the Georgian style architecture prevalent on campus and complements other structures. The facility was completed in August 2020, but the grand opening ceremony was postponed until April to ensure the health and safety of the community because of the pandemic.
“To create an inviting, student-focused facility, our design optimized the space to allow a wide range of activities,” said Stephen Griffin, principal at Wold | HFR Design, the project’s architect. “We are excited to see the facility’s positive impact on the campus and student body for many years to come.”
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Benchmark Results: Sandra 2011
Integer and floating-point math are both improved in the Bulldozer architecture, allowing the FX-8150 to place second behind Intel’s Core i7-2600K. This is notable because, even though Zambezi only proffers four floating-point units between its eight cores, it’s still able to outpace Phenom II X6’s six using SSE3.
Exceptional integer SSE2 performance catapults FX-8150 ahead of Intel’s lineup in Sandra’s Multimedia metric. Shared floating-point units aren’t able to achieve the same results, though FX-8150 nearly matches Intel’s Core i7-2600K.
Hardware-accelerated AES support helps AMD achieve parity with what was once an Intel-only value-add, and FX-8150 achieves impressive throughput in that discipline, coming in right under the Core i5.
Signing with SHA-1 is a different matter entirely, as the Bulldozer architecture drops significant performance relative to Phenom II X6 and even X4 (not to mention all three of the tested Intel processors). Fortunately for the folks running full-disk encryption, AES is the more notable metric.
An updated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller officially supports data rates of up to 1866 MT/s, and AMD gets more bandwidth out of it than before. I’m using DDR3-1600 here for comparison, since that’s as far as my high-density 8 GB modules go. Still, it’s impressive to see AMD’s controller readily competing with Intel’s (especially compared to the Phenom’s throughput).
The Importance Of .NET
In addition to the familiar Sandra 2011 benchmarks, I also ran the .NET Arithmetic and .NET Multimedia tests. My line of thinking here is simple: with Windows 8 on the horizon (and Microsoft’s plans for Metro now on the table), the way each of these CPUs runs .NET code through the common language runtime will matter more. Until that layer is able to take advantage of AVX, for example, applications won’t benefit from hardware support, regardless of whether it comes from Intel or AMD.
FX's FPU does well here, pushing 20.66 GFLOPS compared to Core i7-2600K's 18.14. More curious is Zambezi's integer performance, which trails Sandy Bridge by a sizable margin. According to Sandra's author, this could be a threading- or function-oriented issue that gets worked out in a future build, once he gets his hands on an FX processor. We'll have to keep an eye on this one.
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Glou-Glou FX is reinventing the analog gain stage experience with the new Steak Distortion Station—an all-analog parallel routed effects workstation combining various gain stage voices with fuzz, oscillation, filters, and modulation.
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The Glou-Glou Steak comes in a unique, ergonomic custom-made chassis and with a street price of $470. It is available on the Glou-Glou online store and at select retailers.
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Nova is a line of lathes that has been produced by Teknatool International.
In the business of global manufacturing since their origination in 1980, they now have facilities in China, New Zealand, and the United States.
Teknatool International stands out due to the fact that, despite being a large company, it is still family-owned and operated.
They continue to bring a passion to the lathe industry, looking to develop new and emerging technologies while improving their line with each new product.
Key Specifications of the Nova 46300 Comet II
What makes the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe a standout is the fact that it brings so much power into such a compact build.
This is a great lathe for small shops or even garage setups, maximizing the power despite the small footprint.
Moreover, the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe delivers a range of speeds starting as low as 250 RPM and going all the way up to 4,000 RPM.
Because of that, this lathe can handle a wide array of projects ranging from bowls to pens and spindles.
The digital readout also makes it easier to program adjustments in short order. The quick-dial functionality lets you get the right speed for the material, the conditions, and the job as a whole.
With fixed-speed setups, you could be leaving yourself in a precarious position. But the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe delivers safety and quality with the variable speed settings.
Read the long list of Nova 46300 Comet II specs here :
|Model Number/ Name||46300 Comet II|
|Distance between centers (in)||16|
|Spindle thread (in)||1”-8 TPI|
|Overall dimensions||33 x 9 x 18|
|Other Features||2-year warranty|
Top Features to Look For
There may be bigger and more powerful options on the market, but the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe brings it with versatility, a unique pulley system, and an easy to use digital readout system.
Getting maximum efficiency out of your lathe has never been easier.
The difference between a traditional readout and a digital readout is that you can quickly dial in the proper speed for the material, job, and conditions that you are working under.
The screen is easy to read and will show you what your exact dialed in speed is for maximum accuracy.
With a 12-inch capacity over bed and almost 17-inches between centers, the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe can handle a wide array of turning jobs.
There are even extension accessories to extend the bed for even greater functionality and capability.
3 Step Pulley System
The Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe has a unique 3-step pulley system to offer a different range of speeds while at the same time providing great flexibility.
The middle step is typically enough to handle most of the woodturning applications that you will need and the 2 steps provide additional torque for heavy-duty applications.
Power and Performance
Despite its small frame, the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe brings the power.
With 5-amps of power, the motor can deliver the optimal torque for just about any situation or circumstance. Not only that, it can deliver up to 4,000 RPM for optimal efficiency.
Ease of Use
The Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe has the power and versatility of a larger lathe, but it comes in tabletop form for maximum ease of use.
Combined with the digital readout display users will be able to get through their setup far quicker and get right into the turning operation instead.
Ease of Maintenance, Repairs, and Warranty
Maintaining the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe is a breeze due to its compact size.
A quick blow off using an air hose followed by a wipe down and you will be ready to go again.
It is always advised that the cutting tool be replaced fairly often to uphold its integrity and to prevent damage to workpieces or materials.
Teknatool International has a five-year limited warranty on their line of lathes. In that warranty is a two-year coverage on the motor for the lathe as well.
The warranty helps to protect any potential issues pertaining to workmanship or material defects that may have occurred during the manufacturing process.
If you have any further questions, check out Teknatool’s warranty page for any additional answers.
Price of the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe
While not extremely expensive, the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe is on the pricier side of the spectrum for benchtop lathes.
That is because it delivers full-size lathe power in such a compact size.
Not only that, the digital readout makes setups easier than ever and the 3-step pulley system delivers unrivalled torque when compared to others within the class.
Pros and cons of the Nova 46300 Comet II
Here are some of the pros and cons of the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe :
- Plenty of Power
- Flexible Capacity
- Digital Readout
- Variable Speeds
- Limited to small-medium operations
Who Should Buy the Nova 46300 Comet II ?
Experienced amateurs and smaller shops would benefit greatly from this mini lathe – Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe.
Its power is unmatched on the market, setup is seamless thanks to the digital readout, and there is greater capacity thanks to the extension accessory.
This is simply a great lathe for smaller operations that don’t have the space to bring in a full-size standalone lathe.
If you’re serious about woodturning or own a small shop, the Nova 46300 Comet II Lathe is a must-have.
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C_mdg_90Associate accreditation – Covers the basic expertise instructed to turn into the SAP adviser, making sure the effective acquisition of broad SAP answer knowledge and even expertise.
* Consultant official certification – Come in conjunction with a good Associate accreditation, this type concentrates on a particular part or perhaps the use part.
Professional official certification – This specific enhanced qualification needs verified project encounter, organization method expertise, together with a more in depth comprehension of SAP options.
More details on SAP Global Qualification exam styles can be located below.
*Note: You merely really need to send a good Associate examination as soon as, but to take care of your SAP International Official certifications for that certain SAP option (e.
g., SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, or even SAP S/4HANA Cloud), you may be necessary to forward the delta or perhaps keep up on, be in the know, keep up to date, be well-informed test if your more modern rendition of any option would be introduced.
These examinations make sure that SAP expertise together with know-how continue to be modern.
You qualify to adopt the keep abreast of, keep up on, be in the know, keep up to date, be well-informed assessment when you pass the C_mdg_90 prerequisiteSAP Associate recognition examinationfor the particular choice.
How to know which certifications I should consider taking?
Learning Journey guidelines happen to be active, image roadmaps illustrating recommended paths to SAP software competency, C_mdg_90 or even extension regarding abilities for all those roles and SAP solutions.
They comprise appropriate schooling content and even training about important topics through multiple sources, including the electronic digital promotions found in SAP Understanding Center and to SAP Reside Accessibility website clients.
With a high-level observe of your respective C_mdg_90 mastering alternatives based upon your goals plus current understanding, you are able to stick to the referrals together with path the advancement toward your own studying objectives.
That can connection SAP International Qualifications?
Anyone in an SAP enactment task, who also works together SAP technologies, or even should pursue a career inside the SAP environment, just like a great educational pupil or even an individual looking at a job shift.
Job assignments involve skilled C_mdg_90 technologies professionals, program professionals, in addition to formula well-known in multi-tier official certifications trails, in addition to anybody else linked to any kind of scenario for choice lifecycle.
What benefits does the SAP Global Certification program offer?
What is a associated with growing to be certified?
Being SAP-certified is usually a priceless credential, as evidenced by the approximately 70, 000+ specialists exactly who want to come to be certified annually.
Benefits intended for organizations: By investing in the expert development of your current labor force, you will get better productivity, output, and satisfaction – and more satisfied employees along with increased rates regarding preservation.
Studies demonstrate of which C_mdg_90 folks are more happy doing work for businesses that acknowledge all their determination to be able to ongoing mastering, price their particular efforts, and therefore are devoted to assisting them with all their vocation.
- – Control an employee involving honest, experienced authorities together with tested SAP features
- – Build your organization’s authority together with maximize self-assurance throughout prosperous business ultimate having properly trained team that can match experienced requirements
- – Ensure clients plus customers which you have certified experts in various jobs and even tasks while using the expertise plus skills necessary to work on SAP options
- – Meet the demand for the purpose of certified SAP authorities: around the globe, 92% involving Bundle 2150 corporations together with 98% within the a hundred most-valued manufacturers make use of SAP options
Advantages with respect to C_mdg_90 :
The plan permits visitors to keep up to date together with pertinent by simply turning out to be qualified within the newest C_mdg_90 SAP systems in addition to options.
Certification gives personalized together with enterprise attention, together with helps job development by skills in order to mastery.
SAP Worldwide Documentation is usually identifiable.
Certified folks can easily get C_mdg_90 Eminent when considering attained accreditations in order to show off documentation achievements.
Available on the net, digital badges enable companies to more easily validate the particular experience regarding SAP-certified persons.
What exactly is SAP carrying out to safeguard the value of SAP C_mdg_90 Global Certification?
SAP Global Certification worked tightly using an communicative authorities regarding SAP customers, partners, and mentors to enhance the value of official certification and even increase examinations.
An improving quantity of customers and partners think about accreditation a trusted standard to guard his or her investment funds.
However, SAP International C_mdg_90 Accreditation is only 1 measure of experience, and should not be considered as the lone gun regarding effectiveness in a SAP remedy.
Hands-on project experience, bought skills, and educational record continue to be first choice to purchase of all potential employers just for companies plus project teams.
SAP provides obtained results by simply centering on elevating delete word qualification in several methods, which includes braiding examinations to be able to correct employment user profiles, using industry-standard output procedures, plus boosting our own proposal together with SAP advisors along with the SAP Area.
Can there be certain lessons created to get ready me personally with regards to SAP Worldwide Certification(s)?
All articles in the “Become Competent” parts of Mastering Excursions C_mdg_90 in SAP Mastering Link, and also the people types in the SAP assist web site, can help you be able to prepare you for SAP International Official certifications tests.
To distinguish which will classes you need to enroll in, you should reference the training Journey that corresponds with the SAP Global Certification examination you intend to try.
Exactly how are study course content and exams delivered?
New study course happy to allow you to get ready for SAP Worldwide Accreditation exams, along with the exams by themselves, are available for any brand new SAP impair merchandise discharge.
SAP Worldwide Official certification examinations are usually constantly up-to-date to remain in sync along with quarterly merchandise discharge process and be sure understanding plus screening are usually relevant to the latest merchandise adaptation.
Demonstrate your current determination to be able to brilliance having SAP Global Qualification – an innovative, user-friendly studying plus qualification course that could permit the visitors to do well together with the most recent SAP technology.
Lead in the digital economic climate having a expert and assured international staff prepared to be successful having reliable qualification simply by SAP.
How can i start SAP International C_mdg_90 Qualifications Test?
Do they offer a service charge to look at SAP C_mdg_90 Worldwide Documentation examinations?
Yes, there exists a payment for taking examinations.
To get qualification of center SAP alternatives together with plan around six examination bookings:
- Buy a registration to be able to Official certifications Link by simply selecting “SAP International Documentation On the net Examination (CER006)” on SAP Instruction Shop.
An invoice with payment instructions will be brought to the particular bill beneficiary a person stipulate.
- You may look at up to 6 exams within the 12-month period of your subscription.
Note: Each and every examination retake matters as a possible strive – and you will try a specific exam a maximum of 3 times.
- Schedule your examinations in Recognition Center.
Note: If you already have a subscription to SAP Learning Hub, solution editions or even SAP Understanding Center, improved scholar model, you could have access to SAP Global Certification online exams included in your subscription.
Schedule your examinations within just Recognition Center.
If you desire to have a study course to organize for your SAP C_mdg_90 Global Certification exam:
– Register in SAP Coaching Store, and buy your current chosen study course.
I experience an current SAP end user ID on SAP.
How do I log in to SAP Coaching Shop?
You can use your current SAP person IDENTITY to be able to sign in to be able to SAP Schooling Shop.
How right after We subscribe to Accreditation Hub may i program this SAP International Official certification test?
As soon enough whenever you obtain confirmation of your subscription, it is possible to schedule a good SAP Global Qualification test.
We advise an individual program the C_mdg_90 test miles adequate beforehand (2-3 hours) to allow you to test your products and obtain your own recognition docs all set.
Are usually method to look at a web SAP International Qualification examination?
Test your body plus prepare your tools A minimum of 1 day ahead of the C_mdg_90 test, test out your technique while using the Program Analyze supplied for the homepage associated with Documentation Link.
The url will probably be furnished as soon as you get the examination.
Contact Technical Support in the event you get any kind of alerts with regards to your appliances.
Demonstrate the determination to be able to quality together with SAP C_mdg_90 Worldwide Documentation – a modern, user friendly studying and certification program that will enable your people to be successful along with the most current SAP technologies.
Lead within the electronic overall economy with a skilled and confident global workforce equipped for success using trustworthy recognition simply by SAP.
How could i uncover my personal SAP Global Certification exam score?
Will I obtain savings data i surpassed delete word?
You will be notified of your rating on the internet immediately after finishing your examination.
After a person go number 2 the examination, the SAP C_mdg_90 Worldwide Accreditation digital badge will be sent to you via e mail.
Unlike PDF FORMAT e-certificates, your current electronic digital marker are always propagated through your social support systems.
The badge furthermore offers C_mdg_90 realtime verification that your official certification is normally logical.
I contain accomplished the SAP Global Qualification exam, but have not really received the certificates.
If an individual been approved some sort of qualifications test following January 2017 plus did not get an email to claim your own electronic digital marker within the full week:
– Generate a help infractions (service class: electronic badge) within the Individual Help Centre.
You also can details the qualification within the Repute system (see the below web page to find details), after an individual allege the electronic digital marker (details are found here).
If you simply require a report that you simply flushed the C_mdg_90 documentation, examine the certification records listed in your SAP Learning Hub Profile (Training > Certification).
Use the exact same current email address beneath that the accreditations will be retained when you log in to your profile on SAP Learning Hub.
If you have inquiries regarding recognition files classified by the particular My own Profile area of SAP Learning Hub, create a solution (service kind: Understanding Hub) within the End user Assistance Middle.
Only don’t bypass a new SAP International Official certification test the 1st time, the frequency of which can one get it?
You may take a good SAP Global Accreditation exam as much as 3 (3) days.
If you will not attempt the test following a few (3) efforts, you will need to re-register for the next launch in the exam.
If will not send another relieve following several (3) makes an attempt, you are not in a position to retake the exam till the following release is definitely introduced, commonly inside of 12 months.
Carry out existing SAP International Qualification preserve their particular validity?
SAP usually needs appropriate, present qualifications with the a couple of most up-to-date relieve numbers of a certain formula, nonetheless this could fluctuate for a few options.
You will find a listing of present official certifications prerequisites below.
ELECTRONIC DIGITAL EMINENT Precisely what is a SAP C_mdg_90 International Documentation electronic logo?
A electronic logo is often a aesthetic symbol of an certain achievements, trust, documentation, official certifications, or perhaps additional have faith in romantic relationship.
An SAP Worldwide Recognition electronic logo C_mdg_90 offers a visual representation and confirmation of your SAP Global Certification.
SAP depends on Applaud, a great enterpriseclass available logo C_mdg_90 system, to deliver Web-affiliated digital badges regarding verifiable SAP credentials.
What information is contained in my own badge?
Along together with your title, the electronic digital marker C_mdg_90 comprises advice about the credential’s issue place, the skill sets instructed to obtain the credential, as well as the day the credential had been released.
An SAP Global Qualification marker as well represents the purpose.
What are definitely the potential benefits to Eminent?
Unlike PDF FORMAT e-certificates, your own digital badge can easily be contributed via social support systems.
The badge furthermore offers current confirmation that your particular C_mdg_90 qualifications is without a doubt correct, and has some with the documentation.
Stakeholders could be self-confident that the logo signifies a legitimate, authenticated accomplishment, mainly because it backlinks right to typically the providing institution.
Can be virtually any prices C_mdg_90 involved throughout proclaiming our logo?
No charges usually are related to gathering in addition to revealing Eminent.
Just how do i to have SAP C_mdg_90 International Official certifications electronic digital marker?
When an individual go past some sort of documentation, you might get an email notice through the Repute system.
Follow the particular directions to say the marker.
Note: You will need to set up a forex account relating to the Notoriousness program to obtain e mail notices in addition to promise your current Eminent (see listed below to instructions).
Once certified, it will take 1-2 enterprise days to receive your SAP Global Certification badge via email from Applause.
In the longer term, specialists can obtain a message by Applause immediately after passing their certification.
Why do I have to create a bank account using Hold with C_mdg_90 ?
Acclaim is definitely an wide open electronic logo method that provides badge definitions and related graphics, as well as technology and even types of procedures available for examining, imparting, and even providing Eminent.
I here’s an SAP specialist.
How do I produce and entry an Clap report?
To develop and even easy access the Reverence report C_mdg_90 , instructors can use a private email address as their Consumer ID.
However, for that main email to the Famousness address, it is strongly recommended you employ the email used in SAP Studying Centre plus Qualification Centre.
Acclaim may shop multiple email addresses.
Once certified having SAP, sumado a et can also add the SAP email towards your Homage plan, and select as your primary or secondary Consumer ID within your choices.
You may combine a forex account constructed with a email having a constructed with a state SAP email to watch all of your qualifications.
Certifications acquired utilizing a individual current email address may also be merged by using some of those received with an SAP email, together with the other way round.
Exactly how are badges confirmed?
To confirm the logo, curious get-togethers can easily simply click your own marker to examine typically the badge’s facts, like if the marker appeared to be supplied, which supplies these real-time verification that the documentation or even studying results might be legitimate.
Can easily electronic digital Eminent possibly be shown in SAP networks just like SAP Studying Centre or even SAP Jam?
Along together with people web sites and your own email signature, you can also share your badges in SAP Learning Areas.
(See it. ) Your current recognition Eminent will in addition can be found in your current user profile on people.
com and your learner profile in SAP Learning Hub.
You canals um page rank omote your current recognition within the SAP Neighborhood about SAP.
com simply by triggering the particular “Achievements” toggle in your Privacy settings, under “Account & Settings”.
Who can see my digital badges in my user profile?
As non-payment, most of electronic Eminent inside your user profile happen to be started “private”.
Each end user can make them visible to others by marking them “public” in the “Account & Settings” section.
Can there be any sort of computer registry in which I will be seen to be a C_mdg_90 certified source of information?
Yes, you may market your certifications via internet sites like LinkedIn.
In the future, SAP may produce additional departments and may alert marker slots since they provided.
I here’s certified for the SAP SuccessFactors resolution that requires the completion of a quarterly examination.
Will We receive a new badge every 1 / 4?
Your primary marker will stay logical providing you entire quarterly checks, increase in up-to-date to indicate a new calendar year.
However, in case you quit doing quarterly tests, your own marker displays the expiration time frame.
Can one maintain some sort of marker for your C_mdg_90 qualification We handed down prior to 2017?
No, SAP only commenced issuing badges within January 2017 concerning picked alternatives, like:
– SAP S/4HANA Cloud
– SAP Ariba
– SAP Hybris
– SAP SuccessFactors Starting up in-may 2019, we are providing Eminent for many appropriate SAP Worldwide Qualifications.
May i nevertheless down load the PDF FILE e-certificate?
You may obtain some sort of good replicate of your respective achievements inside of your Cheer on account by simply hitting the particular electronic logo in addition to choosing “Share”.
Click in the Pic symbol and select “Download PDF”.
However, if the official certifications appeared to be supplied ahead of 2017, you will be given a electronic digital marker together with could not pic the PDF FILE.
I misplaced my personal printed out document.
Where am i able to obtain a substitute?
You can contact your local SAP representative to request a replacement.
com for local data inside your nation (lower left corner).
What occurs if the logo My partner and i provided through social media or on a digital document expires?
Badge details will still be visible, but will show the particular expiration particular date.
I believe We are entitled to a new logo, nevertheless My partner and i didn’t receive an email to claim one.
What should I do?
1. Check your profile on SAP Learning Center to verify that will:
- – Your current C_mdg_90 official certification is certainly good
- – Your current current email address is proper two to get C_mdg_90 .
To make corrections to your profile, create a support ticketed within the Learner Profile.
I here’s having issues saying or perhaps writing my own marker.
What do i need to carry out?
Please get in touch with the Compliment Help Center.
Why are usually the digital badges through Compliment certainly not coming out during my general account about men and women.
com or perhaps this novice account on SAP Mastering Link?
You must be sure the e-mail attend to you make use of to log in to SAP will be the exact same a single you use to log in for your Hear it for consumer amount of.
Otherwise, you are likely to simply call at your been given qualifications in the spanish student C_mdg_90 .
STAY EXISTING Just how do i keep on my very own SAP International Qualification up to date?
You only have to transfer C_mdg_90 a Associate examination as soon as, but to keep your SAP Worldwide Documentation to get a particular SAP alternative (SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, or even SAP S/4HANA Cloud), you may be needed to distribute delta or even keep up on, be in the know, keep up to date, be well-informed checks if your more modern rendition of an fix is produced.
Certifications are typically correct with the a couple of most up-to-date alternative emits.
SAP is going to inform a person regarding out of date accreditations.
To get more info, go to the SAP Instruction Store.
What really does keep up on, be in the know, keep up to date, be well-informed information involve (for SAP SuccessFactors, SAP S/4HANA Fog up, together with SAP Ariba)?
As fresh SAP formula secretes C_mdg_90 can be brought in, linked keep up on, be in the know, keep up to date, be well-informed information together with review examinations is going to be made available to guarantee your own abilities in addition to competence stay up dated.
Accessible throughout your SAP Learning Hub subscription, this content includes:
– “What’s New” content
– “Top New Features” videos
– Focus on support issues and problem-solving
– Learning assets focused on what/why/how
Where am i able to find out about articles with keep abreast of, keep up on, be in the know, keep up to date, be well-informed examination using SAP C_mdg_90 impair remedies?
Content with keeping present can be protected in mastering Journeys, in the “Stay Current” section.
To ask questions of C_mdg_90 and get clarification on concepts to stay current with the latest release, you can also work together to SAP Understanding Area individuals in addition to teachers inside SAP Understanding Center.
When is certainly keep abreast of, keep up on, be in the know, keep up to date, be well-informed articles accessible?
Content and assessments are available with every new cloud product release.
How soon after I take my Associate certification exam will I be asked to acquire the diagnosis to be present?
You should receive a computerized notice for the diagnosis can be purchased, then when take this.
What happens basically miss a quarterly evaluation?
If the evaluation is not completed within the required timeframe ho:
- – Your C_mdg_90 Accreditation Exam won’t always be logical
- – Your current C_mdg_90 Official certification electronic digital marker definitely will terminate, plus the expiration time frame will probably be viewable to the badge
- – You may no more possess provisioning entry pertaining to long term projects (for SAP C_mdg_90 answer only)
- – To be re-certified of C_mdg_90 , you will need to go the newest Associate official certification found in Official certification Center Plainly never merge the appraisal to be existing the 1st time,
how frequently may i get it until We go away?
You may take the examination as often since needed, having unrestricted endeavors and soon you attempt.
I contain done this appraisal to settle existing in C_mdg_90 .
How can one confirm that I am current along with the qualification?
Check your own digital badge standing upon Hear it for.
If your own digital marker remains to be logical, it implies you will be existing.
You also can find out if the test is over throughout SAP Mastering Link > Studying Content material by clicking on the Learning Background tile.
I finished our examination, yet our digital marker exhibits simply because out of date.
What can i carry out?
This may be due to one of many pursuing causes: 1 )
You overlooked a good analysis to remain present once you handed down a good SAP C_mdg_90 Worldwide Qualification examination.
In this situatio, your own qualification will not possibly be correct plus your electronic digital marker displays simply because out of date.
To understand no matter whether you may have given each and every one checks to settle existing, head to SAP Mastering Link > Mastering Information, together with click the Studying Background floor tile.
If your own documentation is no longer appropriate, you will have to come to be re-certified by completing the most recent link recognition on Recognition Center.
2. The e-mail mailing address a person utilized to take those review to be present is unique compared to current email address a person applied as soon as acquiring a great SAP Worldwide Recognition examination.
In this situatio, you will have to shift your current recognition towards the right current email address simply by getting in touch with the kind of staff: a new.
Customers: Contact a C_mdg_90 regional SAP associate.
Contact particulars can be obtained over the exercising.
b. Lovers: Send out a message towards the Spouse Provider Shipping and delivery Staff.
c. SAP interior customershouse: Create a solution (category: digital badge) in the User Assistance Middle.
If the situation continues to have certainly not already been resolved, create a ticketed (category: digital badge) in the User Support Center.
What are the ways I need to take to ensure the stay current info will be up-to-date appropriately on Compliment?
The email address below which the SAP Global Qualifications are usually managed must be arranged because the default email address on the Compliment profile.
This holds true in case you have additional multiple email addresses on the Assent profile.
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11 Foods and Supplements that Boost Immune Health Naturally
Chances are you're aware that the immune system is crucial for overall wellness, especially during times of the year when allergies, viruses, and bacterial infections are at their peak. However, you might not know that the integrity and function of the immune system can be significantly altered by what you eat.
For example, there are foods that may weaken the immune system over time by inducing low-grade inflammation and negatively affecting the gut microbiome (R). Such dietary culprits include excess sugar intake, soybean oil, refined grains, and hydrogenated fats (R).
On the contrary, there are certain foods/nutrients that support both innate and adaptive immunity, thereby aiding your body's ability to overcome things like the common cold and seasonal allergies (R).
While there is no particular diet or supplement that will prevent you from getting sick, making smarter choices about what you put in your body sets the foundation for a resilient immune system.
Top 5 Foods for Immunity
If there's any certainty in nutritional science, it's that antioxidant-rich food sources are generally good for longevity and wellness (R, R). Research continually shows that people who consume at least five servings of vegetables and/or fruits per day are at a significantly lower risk of a myriad of diseases, not to mention they have longer lifepsans (R).
So, which foods vegetables and fruits score as the cream of the crop (no pun intended) for immune health and overall wellness? Let's take a look at what science has to say!
#1 - Berries
Berries, especially wild blueberries, raspberries, acai berries, and blackberries, are Mother Nature's richest source of anthocyanins - a novel class of polyphenol antioxidants that have been shown to reduce inflammation and modulate genetic signalling in a beneficial manner (R). Even better, most berries contain a generous amount of dietary fiber and are relatively low in sugar compared to other fruits.
#2 - Kidney Beans
All varieties of beans are great sources of antioxidants, but kidney beans take the cake as being the most micronutrient-dense bean of all. Just a half cup of cooked kidney beans packs over 50% of the recommended daily intake (RDI) of dietary folate.
Studies have found that folate deficiency weakens resistance to infectious agents, ostensibly by disrupting cell cycle progression and inhibiting the production of white blood cells (R, R). Not to mention that folate deficiency is implicated in a handful of other deleterious health conditions (R).
#3 - Artichoke
Artichokes are one of the most healthful plant foods you're probably not eating. Due to their abundance of luteolin, a flavonoid that has been shown to inhibit antigens in the body, artichokes deserve an honest chance if you're looking for immune-boosting foods (R). Yes, they are an acquired taste; but hey, eating a few artichokes from time to time beats being under the weather.
#4 - Pumpkin
Pumpkin is arguably the most under-appreciated plant food. While most of us think of pumpkin as being the main ingredient in pumpkin pie, it's actually a nutritional powerhouse with an immense amount of beta-carotene (vitamin A) and dietary fiber. In fact, one cup of pumpkin puree contains a whopping 300% of the RDI of vitamin A!
Research suggests that vitamin A deficiency compromises immune function by hindering antibody-mediated responses to invasive challenges (R). Now you have some good use for all the innards next time pumpkin carving season comes around.
#5 - Greek Yogurt (Plain)
Yogurt is made by fermenting milk products with bacterial starter cultures, such as Lactobacillus acidophilus. Greek yogurt goes an extra step by straining regular yogurt, yielding much higher protein content and a lower amount of sugar. Hence, Greek yogurt is a solid source of probiotics ("friendly bacteria") that help protect your immune system and fortify the gut microbiome (R).
#6 - Nuts & Nut Butters
Nuts and nut butter such as almonds/almond butter, cashews/cashew butter, macadamia nuts, etc., are all dense sources of essential fatty acids, notably monounsaturated fatty acids that protect the heart and micronutrients like vitamin E, which has been well-established in the literature to stimulate the body’s defense against infectious disease (R).
It appears that vitamin E does this by enhancing a process called phagocytosis, whereby a cell engulfs and digests a microbe or other foreign substance, effectively neutralizing it.
For reference, a serving (28 g) of raw almonds - roughly a small handful - provides upwards of 200% of the RDI of vitamin E. So, if you're looking for a reason to "go nuts," this is it.
Evidence-Based Health Supplements that Support Immune Function
In addition to eating more of the foods mentioned above, there are a handful of evidence-based nutritional supplements to consider for taking your health and wellness to the next level:
Vitamin D3 & Magnesium
Pro-vitamin D3 (7-dehydrocholesterol) is essentially the "storage form" of vitamin D in the body and is particularly abundant in the epidermis (R). Upon exposure to the ultra-violet rays of sunlight, it is converted to vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), which subsequently gets converted to bioactive vitamin D (calcitriol) on an as-needed basis.
Calcitriol goes onto play a crucial role in the immune system by modulating the innate immune response to pathogens (R). Given that many people live "indoor" lifestyles and don't get much sun exposure, vitamin D deficiency is on the rise (R).
The good news is that supplemental vitamin D3 has been used with promising results in a range of clinical studies, one of which found it was effective for preventing the development of autoimmune diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (R, R).
The catch is that vitamin D3 appears to work synergistically with magnesium in the body, as research shows they operate in a co-dependent fashion (R).
If you're lacking magnesium, your body won’t be able to efficiently convert vitamin D3 to bioactive calcitriol; if you lack active vitamin D, your body won’t be able to properly absorb magnesium.
The gut is home to an estimated 1,000+ microbial species (predominantly bacteria) that serve as commensal organisms - meaning they help us but we don't do much for them (R). While the precise roles of the gut microbiome remain somewhat misunderstood, there is overwhelming evidence that "good" bacteria are essential to immune function (R). In fact, upwards of 60% of the immune system derives from the gut.
Intuitively, taking care of your gut health with prebiotic greens (e.g. chlorella and spirulina) is arguably one of the best supplemental approaches to boosting immune function.
Well, in short, prebiotic greens nourish the "friendly" bacteria in the gut with dietary fibers that are able to ferment to short-chain fatty acids and gases (R). In turn, these bacteria are able to flourish while we reap the benefits of their metabolic byproducts. Pretty neat, wouldn't you say?
A recent meta-analysis concluded that curcumin - the primary constituent in turmeric root - may alleviate joint pains/aches, reduce inflammation, and support immunity (R). Given its versatility and safety profile, curcumin is becoming increasingly popular as a natural remedy for many inflammatory conditions, particularly rheumatoid arthritis.
The key when taking a turmeric supplement is to find one that has a standardized amount of curcumin (and other curcuminoids), plus black pepper fruit extract (piperine) for enhancing the absorption of curcumin through the liver.
Unlike conventional fish oil supplements, krill oil provides easy-to-absorb omega-3 essential fatty acids, notably eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), in phospholipid form. Both EPA and DHA are reputed as being vital nutrients that support cardiovascular function, joint health, and immunity (R).
Krill oil is also a good source of choline and astaxanthin. Choline is an integral B vitamin that is necessary for phospholipid synthesis and the production of acetylcholine. As such, choline plays a pivotal role in cognitive function and protecting against neurodegeneration (R).
Astaxanthin complements choline by serving as a potent antioxidant that reduces phospholipid oxidation and works synergistically with omega-3s to support healthy blood lipid levels (R).
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To request the availability for each accommodation please follow this step:
1) Select the accommodation that you would like to stay
If you click on the menu bar you can see “Accommodation” and if you go over with your mouse, it will open a drop down menu with 5 different`s category please select which type of accommodations you would like to see. For example if you click to Ryokan, it will open all the list of Ryokan that we represent.
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You can also click to “send inquiry” but it will be less information to fill out form and also without specify dates we will need to send you one more email asking about when you would like to go, so it is better to check availability by using the calendar.
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Once you fill out the reservation form you will receive final confirmation email with also includes direction how to go to the accommodation.
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Step1. Get a domain
Get an email address with your business domain name and confirm it. This is important because emails sent from free domains can easily end up in the spam folder and may be considered suspicious by email service providers. Furthermore, free domains don’t allow you to connect postmaster tools that are crucial to monitor your campaign performance. Email service providers also restrict mass mailing from free domains.
On the other hand, getting an email address with your business domain name allows you to:
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So, how can you get a domain? First of all, some website builders and hosting providers offer business email addresses for free after you purchase a domain. Otherwise, you can buy such an address through your email client. For example, Gmail offers custom business accounts from $6 per user per month.
Step 2. Warm up your domain
After purchasing your domain, spend some time warming it up. Email service providers are cautious about mail from new domains and IP addresses and carefully test such emails against stop words, balance of text and images, the number of undelivered emails, and spam complaints.
To protect against any issues with email marketing, make sure to warm up your domain beforehand. This might take around three months, depending on your subscriber list, mailing plan, etc. Here is what you can do to earn a good reputation for your domain.
- Set up an MX record, which is used to collect replies.
- Configure SPF and DKIM to confirm that you own the sender domain. These security mechanisms help prevent other people from sending emails on your behalf.
- Set up postmaster tools. These are programs that allow you to analyze mailing, check domain reputation, catch delivery mistakes, and adjust the campaign. For example, you can set up Google Postmaster Tools.
- Prepare a subscribers list. Make sure this list contains only valid contacts who agreed to receive your mail. If your list was created a long time ago, check its relevance by sending out a confirmation letter and asking users to re-confirm the subscription.
- Write email content that will be useful for subscribers and avoid spam filters.
- Create a mailing plan.
- Monitor performance of your newsletter and slowly increase its volume.
The main rule when warming up a domain is to gradually increase the volume of emails sent. A spontaneous mass mailing from a new domain or a sharp increase in the number of recipients might get your emails into spam folders or entirely block your domain.
The number of emails that you can send risk-free varies according to your domain reputation and lifetime, site traffic, thematic citation index, PageRank, etc.
Domain lifetime deserves special attention. If your domain is new, send only a few emails during the first few days, such as transactional emails. Later on, you can send out mass mailings to a limited number of users and slowly increase the number of recipients. At this point, it’s also important to set up the speed at which you send emails (for example, 500 messages per hour). Be sure to bear in mind each user’s time zone.
For older domains with high website traffic, thematic citation index, and PageRank, warming up won’t take much time or be necessary at all. Just remember to control indicators after sending each message and adjust your campaign accordingly.
Step 3. Test your email
Drafting a perfect email can take a while, but this time can all go to waste without thorough testing. To make sure your email campaign is pitch-perfect, double check all elements before clicking “Send”.
Users spend around four seconds deciding whether or not to open an email, so it’s important to optimize the email preview and entice your recipient to click on your message. Double check your sender name, reply-to address, and subject line. If you used any emojis or special characters, make sure they open properly on different devices and across different browsers.
Some email service providers, such as Gmail and Outlook, display preview text right next to the subject line. Make your first couple of lines informative and to the point, so that they help readers understand your email content from the start. Also, ensure that preview text is mistake-free and is properly displayed.
Grammar and spelling
To ensure a professional appearance, your email should be well-written and contain no misspellings or grammar errors. Proofread your email a few times yourself and, to ensure there are no minor mistakes, use grammar and punctuation checkers. Many of these services are free of charge, such as Grammarly or Hemingway Editor, and will check your spelling and grammar while helping make your text more readable.
Next, check your email for spam words. These terms can trigger email service providers to send your message to the spam folder. These can be expressions like “call now”, “do it today”, “click below”, “increase sales”, etc.
Email size greatly influences the loading time of your message and, as a result, user experience. Emails that are too large might not properly render on user devices because of a slow internet connection or if users simply don’t wait for your email to fully load. What’s more, email service providers have different policies regarding file size. Thus, Gmail will clip emails over 102kb.
So, how can you decrease the size of your email? First, make sure to compress images and remove unnecessary frames from animated GIFs. Here are some tools that might be helpful: ImageOptim, JPEGmini, CompressJPEG, etc. Second, your loading speed might also be influenced by coding style and custom fonts. For example, while fonts are loading, subscribers won’t be able to see your email text. Finally, try not to send emails that are too long, otherwise these services might cut it down.
It’s likely that users will open your emails on different devices, so make sure to test the message across browsers and devices (both desktop and mobile). Rendering differences may result in a cut-off image, misplaced elements, and so on.
While the number of email services might be overwhelming, you might want to focus on checking how the email is rendered by the most popular email clients:
- Apple iPhone (39%)
- Gmail (26%)
- Apple Mail (12%)
- Outlook (8%)
- Yahoo! Mail (5%)
- Samsung Mail (2%)
- Apple iPad (2%)
- Google Android (1%)
Also, check how the email is displayed in dark mode. For example, some elements might blend into the background. To avoid this, you can match the outline color of elements with the main background color. While this will not be visible against a bright background, this change can be very helpful if users open your email in dark mode.
Check links and files
Make sure to check that all links work and lead users to the correct pages. You don’t want to lose a conversion opportunity just because you didn’t take the time to check your links. For the same reason, you need to double check tracking codes and affiliate markers, as well as whether the unsubscribe button works properly. Some email services won’t send your message if it doesn’t include a valid unsubscribe link.
If you use images, make sure they load properly. To be on the safe side, prepare alt text describing your image content. If the image doesn’t load for whatever reason, the alt text will show up in place of your image.
It’s especially important to test emails if you are using complex templates. Double check whether all files are in the right place and are properly displayed.
Send an email to yourself
After an email is drafted, send it to yourself and check whether it is properly rendered. Most importantly, check all the links. While users might not pay attention to misspellings, they won’t be able to click invalid links.
You can create accounts with different email providers to check how the email is displayed in each of them.
Use dedicated tools
While manually checking different email clients takes time, email marketing software makes this process very simple. Such programs help check not only the content of an email, but the sender reputation, deliverability score, etc. Most of these tools offer a free trial period, while others don’t charge at all:
Are you ready to send your newsletter?
Make sure to go over this email marketing checklist before pressing “Send” so that your email reaches your subscribers’ inboxes. Start by creating a business domain name and properly warming it up within a certain timeframe. Make sure to check your email newsletter for errors, as even the slightest misspelling or grammar mistake can make your message look unprofessional, while broken links will result in missed conversion opportunities.
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It was founded in 2013 Kinsta is a cloud-based hosting service located in London, United Kingdom. Kinsta specializes in offering highly-performing, managed WordPress hosting for businesses as well as bloggers and developers. By using the Google Cloud Platform as its basis, Kinsta’s hosting services utilize the latest technology like PHP 7 Nginx and MariaDB for fast, reliable, as well as secure web hosting. Experts are always available to help in any issue or question that may arise.
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Obama is trying to encourage early voting through a series of online campaigns, including on 27 on Trend Hunter.
To influence the chances of early voting, the Democratic presidential nominee decided to target the blogosphere with ads like the one seen above.
The first ad, featuring a smiling Obama says, "Find Your Early Voting Location," the second uses the same cheesy smiling Obama on the side of a lunch box which reads, "Vote for Barack Obama on Your Lunch Hour," while in the third, he looks more series alongside copy that reads, "New Mexico Find Your Early Vote Location" and finally, the last asks the simple question: "Have You Voted Yet?"
Obama Early Voting Campaign
1. Early Voting Campaigns - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop online campaigns to encourage early voting and target specific populations through digital platforms.
2. Targeted Ads - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Utilize the blogosphere and online platforms to deliver personalized political advertisements tailored to specific audiences.
3. Digital Political Messaging - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore innovative ways to leverage digital platforms and social media to effectively communicate political messages and mobilize voters.
1. Political Campaigns - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new strategies and technologies to enhance political campaigns and engage voters through online platforms.
2. Digital Advertising - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create innovative advertising solutions and platforms that leverage targeted messaging and personalized ads to drive engagement and campaign effectiveness.
3. Social Media Marketing - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Discover new methods and tools to leverage social media platforms for political marketing, voter outreach, and mobilization.
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With high mountain roads, countless saddles and passes, the Trentino region provides a true paradise to motorcyclists. Here you will find the ideal conditions for adventurous motorcycle excursions.
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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 4
With the Opposition stepping up offensive and allegations piling up against BJP leaders, including Haryana CM ML Khattar and Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, for their purported controversial remarks, problems are also mounting for UP CM Yogi Adityanath.
With the fallout of the 2017 farmer deaths in Mandsaur (MP) not so far away, the question is will Adityanath be able to ride the political challenge of 2021-Lakhimpur Kheri farmers’ deaths in the 2022 elections.
Mishra has denied that his son Ashish Mishra was present at the time of the incident. “There were miscreants who attacked workers with sticks and swords. If my son would’ve been there, he wouldn’t have come out alive,” the BJP’s prominent Brahmin face was quoted as saying. However, a purported video of him warning farmers that he would discipline them in “two minutes” is something that the leadership may find difficult to explain.
While Mishra’s influence in Kheri earned him a BJP LS ticket in the 2014 elections, ground reports are now suggesting growing anger against him and his party despite a “settlement” between the Uttar Pradesh Government and farmers over Kheri violence. Observers say unless the BJP takes some “visible action” against him, the Lakhimpur deaths have the potential to impact its fortunes in the UP elections, quite like Mandsaur deaths in the 2018 Madhya Pradesh polls.
“Even if the BJP takes steps to cool down sentiments, the opposition will do its best to keep the heat on. Farmers constitute a sizable number of UP’s rural population. The saving grace for the BJP and Adityanath is that there is still some time to recover,” says a political observer.
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7 Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6 But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. 7 ‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’8 Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
9 “And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him 10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And the second timeJoseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14 Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers. 16 And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
Acts 7:1-16 NKJV
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- February 23, 2023
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
You will not want to miss Liam Hewitt, Elvis Tribute Artist, as he takes the stage on February 23. At the young age of 21, Liam consistently places in the top 3 of the competitions he enters and has won 3 FAN FAVORITE awards! Faith and God were at the forefront of all Elvis did and it is those values that Liam admires as much as he does Elvis’ music!
You don’t want to miss this performance!
February’s menu includes Dianne’s delicious spaghetti, salad, bread and dessert.
Venue: Trinity on the Hill
Venue Phone: 706-738-8822Address:
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Have you ever visited a new place and felt ‘wow’ about it? For many visitors, it happens at Nærsnes.
Nærsnes may not be as popular as other cities in Norway, but don’t let that fool you. Nærsnes is a smaller but beautiful upcoming tourist destination that is worth a visit. You will be surprised by some of the unique things to do and places you can explore at this hidden destination.
You can definitely plan a few hours of a side trip here while traveling to Oslo or Eggedal. You might wish to revisit it someday again, to take a break and relax at Nærsnes.
If you have plans to visit Norway and are not sure if Nærsnes should be included in your itinerary, keep reading. In this list, we have put together some of the things to do in Nærsnes and around. We have a hunch that if you include this city in your travel plans, you will be thrilled you did so.
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We start this week with the May results for the sectoral confidence indices. The consumer confidence index announced last Friday morning was 67.6. While consumer confidence is at historically low levels, it continues to show positive signs on the sector side. However, the gradually widening difference between these two is not sustainable in the long term. That’s why the data announced today is important. The real sector confidence index dropped by 0.3 points to 109.4 month-over-month in May, according to the Central Bank. In the meantime, the confidence index increased by 6.1% in the services sector, 1.7% in the retail trade sector, and it declined by 2.2% in the construction sector in the same period, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
Today, the Cabinet convenes with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Among the main agenda items for the meeting will be Turkey’s concerns over Sweden and Finland’s applications for NATO membership, internal and external security issues regarding the Russia-Ukraine war, possible regulation on personal rights of retirees and public employees, extortion in rental prices, and inflation.
The Fed minutes to be released on Wednesday night will determine the direction of money and capital markets in the coming days. After the collapse in the crypto markets and the decline in the stock market indices, the possibility of more moderate statements from the Fed in the coming days is increasing. Therefore, a comfortable period may be coming in foreign markets. It’s unknown to what extent this will to Turkey.
Undoubtedly, the most critical development of the week is the interest rate decision, which will be announced on Thursday. No interest rate change is expected from the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (PPK). Turkey has been witnessing its highest inflation since 2001, the highest CDS premiums, and a serious increase in the cost of living, with negative real deposit rates and negative real loan rates for nearly eight months.
On Friday morning, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) will announce the number of new companies established in April. The number of companies established in the first quarter of the year exceeded 32,000, the most companies ever established. There is a direct relationship between new company establishment and non-farm employment. For this reason, new companies are expected to have positive affects on employment. A positive impact on the employment market may also be experienced in the coming months when refugees residing in Turkey return to their homeland.
The real sector confidence index dropped by 0.3 points to 109.4 month-over-month in May, according to the Central Bank.
The seasonally-adjusted confidence index surged by 6.1% in the services sector, 1.7% in the retail trade sector, and it declined by 2.2% in the construction sector in May, compared to the previous month, according to TurkStat.
The Capacity Utilization Rate (CUR) in the manufacturing industry rose by 0.2 points to 78.0% in May, month over month, according to the Central Bank.
The Agricultural Input Price Index (Agriculture-IPI) jumped 105.70% in March, compared to the same month last year, according to TurkStat. Agricultulture-IPI surged by 15.16% on a monthly basis.
The short-term external debt stock climbed by 9.9% to USD 132.3bn in March, compared to the end of 2021, according to the Central Bank.
The year-end inflation expectation rose from %46.44 to 57.92% for 2022 in May compared to the previous month, according to the Central Bank’s Survey of Market Participants.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will release foreign tourist figures for April (11.00 a.m.).
The Central Bank will release Residential Property Price Index for March (2.30 p.m.).
The Cabinet will convene with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (3.00 p.m.).
IN OUR MAGAZINE THIS WEEK:
>> On the cover: Tempo BPO, the business process outsourcing company, discovered a new paradigm that would transform the business of the future and followed a rocky path to adapt itself. Tempo BPO CEO Cemal Akar is leading the change in his own company and is now committed to helping transform companies into digital structures compliant with the new economy and paradigm. You can read the details on pages 8-9.
>> Professor Ilter Turan: Quiet diplomacy might have been better, but complaints need to be addressed. P. 10.
>> Q&A: Yuksel Yilmaz, Group President of Energy Companies at OYAK Group. P 11.
>> Chief Economist Gunduz Findikcioglu: Can the incumbent bloc win again? You can read the details on pages 12-13.
>> Our Foreign Policy Columnist Zeynep Gurcanli addresses if the NATO strategy could backfire on page 14.
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While basic draw knives and wooden billets were the tools of the trade when Earl Hoyt Sr. founded his archery firm in 1931, three things have remained constant throughout the years and all the advancements: superb workmanship, inventive designs, and devoted personnel.
When was Hoyt Archery first established?
- Earl Hoyt Sr. and his son Earl Hoyt Jr. created Hoyt in 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, with the goal of making handcrafted cedar arrows and wooden bows.
How old is Hoyt bows?
History. Earl Hoyt Sr. and his son Earl Hoyt Jr. created Hoyt in 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, with the goal of making handcrafted cedar arrows and wooden bows.
How much is Hoyt Archery worth?
There are 51 workers altogether across all of Hoyt Archery’s facilities, and the company earns $12.06 million in annual revenue, according to the company (USD).
Is Hoyt The best bow?
In the world of compound bows, Hoyt bows are without a doubt the gold standard. As an organization, Hoyt was established in 1942 and has remained one of the world’s leading bow producers ever since. It is well-known for creating high-quality bows for a variety of archery disciplines, including 3D shooting, hunting, and competitive shooting, among others.
When did Easton buy Hoyt?
Jim Easton, World Archery Honorary President and IOC Honorary Member, ran the company when it acquired Hoyt in 1983, and World Archery Executive Board Member Greg Easton now serves as President of Jas D Easton, the parent company of both brands. Jim Easton is a World Archery Honorary President and IOC Honorary Member.
Is Hoyt made in USA?
Founded in 1931, Hoyt has established itself as an industry leader and a globally recognized brand in the archery and bowhunting industries. From its beginnings in St. Louis, Missouri, to its current world-class 150,000 square foot production plant in Salt Lake City, Utah, Hoyt has established itself as the world’s leading bowmaker.
What is the fastest Hoyt bow?
So far in 2021, the Hoyt Carbon RX – 4 Turbo, with 350 FPS, and the Hoyt Helix Turbo, with 350 FPS, have been determined to be the fastest ATA measured bows.
Are Hoyt carbon risers made in China?
The Hoyt Carbon risers are manufactured by O Tech, who established a link with the company through their collaboration with Easton Technical Product. O Tech is an Italian firm that specializes in the production of carbon-based materials and components. O Tech, an Italian corporation, outsourced the work to a Chinese company.
When was Hoyt AlphaMax made?
There’s no doubt that their TEC riser is one of the most recognizable on the market, and their variations of the hybrid cam system have garnered a lot of positive feedback for their silky smooth draw cycle. The new AlphaMax 32 is the model that will set the tone for Hoyt in 2009.
Is Hoyt better than bear?
Bear bows have a smoother draw and a quieter shot than other types of bows. Depending on the model, it is possible to claim that they suffer less hand shock as a result as well. Hoyt’s quality is unbeatable (although Bear isn’t too shabby), and they make excellent shooting bows.
Do Hoyt bows come with a hat?
Hoyt Archery has a custom REDWRX bow bag and cap made just for them. Every REDWRX Series bow comes with a REDWRX Series arrow.
Does Hoyt own fuse?
As previously stated, Fuse is an offshoot of Hoyt. Some of their products are manufactured by other firms under the Fuse or Hoyt name. Using products from other firms and branding them with their trademark is nothing new; many other bow makers do the same thing.
When was Mathews archery founded?
‘How We Got Here’ is written by Matt McPherson, Founder and CEO of the company. Mathews Archery was founded in 1992, following the invention of Solocam technology. From the very first bow design to the most recent flagship model, our objective has always been and will continue to be to keep every part of the construction in-house.
Also interesting: When Was Mathews Archery Founded? (TOP 5 Tips)
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The Limited Edition Canuk Puk Auto - A Quick Overview
Looking to produce quality cannabis as quickly as possible? Auto-flowering genetics are the answer!
Auto-flowering cannabis was conceived by combining a standard photoperiod plant with cannabis ruderalis. The main difference between photoperiod and auto-flowering cannabis is that auto-flowering plants will begin to bloom based on the age of the plant as opposed to relying on a change in lighting conditions.
What this means is, indoor growing can be completed with a light schedule of 18/6 from germination to harvest. Outdoors, auto-flowering plants finish very early, around 90 days from germination.
We’re bringing a nice variety of auto-flowering genetics together for The Limited Edition Canuk Puk Auto.
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Canuk Puk Auto is a unique limited edition product. The seeds are built into an actual Puk.
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In this new role, Manos will guide the development, management and go-to-market strategy of the veteran-owned company’s commercial business, SLED business, and OEM partnerships, the Annandale, Virginia-based company announced on Thursday.
“Andrew’s extensive experience spans a broad range of professional and managed services customer success journeys, including technical enablement, cloud security model development, and cybersecurity technology management,” said True Zero Technologies President Mike Fluharty.
He emphasized Manos’ proven performance in leading strategic innovation and programmatic revisions in both commercial and SLED areas.
Throughout his two decades in the industry, Manos has held numerous leadership positions. Most recently, he served as vice president of public sector customer engagement at Tanium, during which he led a team responsible for $120 million in recurring annual contract value.
He also participated in the company’s organization’s Manager Accelerator program to further expand his management expertise during his time with the company.
Before joining Tanium, Manos supervised worldwide technical sales for IBM’s Watson Customer Engagement department. Other previous roles include an enterprise architect role at USinternetworking, during which he grew to guide its enterprise applications technical pre-sales team in supporting Global 2000 companies and his first career position as a management consultant at Price Waterhouse, where he directed company IT implementations for its customers.
Additionally, he worked with Kronos, which has since been acquired by UKG, for 10 years, beginning as a practice director and moving to director of cloud services and then with Social Solutions, a company focused on providing cloud technology to social service organizations, as vice president of professional services.
True Zero CTO Jon Cooper emphasized the organization’s excitement in bringing Manos on board.
“His impact enabling tailored, strategic initiatives continues to enforce our commitment to cybersecurity enablement and innovation for our customers and their missions,” Cooper said.
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Move right into this beautiful brick Colonial on Mary Grove ST! 1300 square. ft. and fully updated with 4 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. House has all new windows, new glass block windows, new gutters, new plumbing and electrical. Kitchen is complete with white wood cabinetry, granite countertops. Brand new Driveway, fresh paint, and elegant and new flooring are throughout the home. There is an ample amount of storage space in the basement, which is always a plus! This home is in close proximity to schools, parks, shopping and restaurants. Downtown Detroit and DTW are a close and easy drive from this location as well.
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Opal and Diamond Alara Sunburst Signet Ringsta-aar20
With its bold, geometric design, this State Property signet ring has a modern, style-defining presence. The carved 18K yellow gold signet is bisected by a strip of sparkling white diamonds. A smooth, oval opal is set at the center and surrounded by a halo of diamonds. The composition tapers into the polished 18K yellow gold band to create a stunning, modern alternative to the traditional cocktail ring.
opal : 2mm x 4mm
diamonds : 1mm diameter each
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size available : 7
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STATE PROPERTY Jewelry
SINGAPORE - Founded by jeweler Lin Ruiyin and industrial designer Afzal Imram, the label navigates the cusp of art and design, fusing contemporary approaches to design with traditional craftsmanship. Inspired by Mother Nature and where she meets science, State Property plays with structured silhouettes in precious metals juxtaposed against the soft textures of the body, offering subtle yet adventurous pieces for those with an appetite for both style and quality.
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A CURRICULUM-DRIVEN DESIGN
Health care in the United States has traditionally revolved around treating specific ailments as they emerge. But that mindset is gradually changing to one of “whole health”—a big picture way of thinking that involves looking not just at one health variable, but at all the variables that ultimately impact an individual’s well-being.
At the dental college, for instance, faculty members are teaching students to not only recommend a treatment plan for each patient, but to also do so with the input of the patient’s other health care providers.
Plans for the college’s new building mirror this modern mindset, Wolinsky said. In developing the space, planners were careful to fit the design to the curriculum—not the other way around.
Wolinsky explained that the current facility’s primary clinical space hasn’t seen an expansion for several decades. It is full of small operatories (treatment areas) that can accommodate only two to three people, and patients move from room to room based on the various dental specialists they need to see.
The new design, however, puts the patient’s whole health—and comfort—at the forefront. Large, open operatories accommodate not just the patient and a single practitioner, but rather the patient and their health care team. This means that a patient may be seen by two different dental specialists in one treatment area, or it might mean that the patient interacts with a dental specialist and a social worker, while a health care provider from a completely separate medical field provides input via virtual technology.
“In treating the whole patient rather than just looking at his or her individual oral health needs, students are focused on outcomes rather than just procedures,” Wolinsky said of this interprofessional, team-driven health care approach. “What we’re trying to create is an environment where dental students will learn that care needs to be considered and provided in a team setting.”
You can support the Texas A&M footprint and dental outreach in North Texas with a gift for the new Clinic and Education Building, which is slated for completion in December 2019. Naming opportunities begin at $25,000 and are available for areas such as operatories, classrooms and wings. Naming rights for the building are available for a $5 million gift, while other endowed gifts are needed to support dental students and faculty. To learn more, contact Melissa Odgen below.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
· The Texas A&M College of Dentistry was created in 1905 and was affiliated with Baylor University from 1918 to 1971.
· The school joined The Texas A&M University System in 1996, but retained its Baylor College of Dentistry name until 2016.
· Students from underrepresented minority groups make up 37 percent of the college’s student body, which closely reflects the state’s population.
· Along with seeing patients at the college, students treat thousands of area residents in community clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and jails under faculty supervision. They also present oral health education at local schools and offer oral screenings at health fairs.
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When you get to the age where you can’t hide away from the fact that your future is on its way and you need to start choosing universities, you start looking into courses that interest you, and start visiting the universities for open days. Going to uni open days are quite important because if you are making the commitment to go to university, you surely want to know where you may spend the next few years. I went to my first open day a little bit ago, and these are the things I wish I’d have known before going.
1) Be prepared
Make sure you know you can go, can get there, and what you want to see when you are there. This means, make sure you book going on the day (you can find the instructions on how to do this if you need to on the university's website). Make sure you can travel there, so transport or maybe you can go with your parents who can drive you! Lastly, have a look at what times the talks you want to see are and maybe make a little schedule so you know what you want to see and when.
2) Make sure you know what you want to see and when
This can include talks, campus tours, and accommodation tours. Again, a schedule might be useful or at least be aware of when these are taking place so that way you can catch them. Also, be aware that there may not be time to do everything you want. For my first one, I planned to see three talks, go on an accommodation talk, and get food. I saw one talk, properly spoke to one more lecturer… and that was it. Make sure that your plan can be flexible but make sure if something is important for you to see, go out to see it.
Pro tip: Take a snack! In case you don’t have time to eat.
3) Ask as many questions as possible
During a subject talk, make sure that you note down questions when they come to mind, then make sure to ask as many of them as possible. That means you’ll get the answers to all your questions to start off with, but also the lecturers will see how interested you are and that’s brownie points.
Enjoy it, don’t be too scared for the future because going to see things and asking questions will allow you to make the most informed decisions you can.
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Separating primary school children in preparation for SATs could be ‘damaging’
15 March 2021
A fear of poor SATs results is driving headteachers to separate pupils by ability despite the impact on children’s self-esteem and confidence, according to a study by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) researchers.
The findings, published in in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Sociology of Education, provide new evidence of a high-stakes culture around testing where some pupils are prioritised above others and physically segregated from them.
The study, which included an online survey of 288 heads of primary schools in England and 20 in-depth interviews with headteachers, shows that more than a third (35%) said SATs were the reason for grouping children into different ability sets for English, and just under half (47%) said the same for maths.
Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) are used to assess a child’s educational progress and form the basis of school league tables. The most significant in Key Stage 2 take place in May of the final year of primary education (year 6). For this type of testing, the focus of recent research has been largely international, not on how schools and pupils in England are affected.
The paper shows evidence of three approaches used towards separating children in relation to SATs. The first was dividing by ability into sets, despite what the authors say is ‘increasing evidence of the disadvantages’. In some schools, pupils are moved from their normal class to different rooms/teachers, and some were even streamed permanently.
The study also highlights other practices adopted by schools, which include targeting resources at pupils on the borderline of passing SATs at the expense of children seen as unlikely to reach expected levels. The most significant finding was the growth of ‘intervention’ sessions where children are removed from normal lessons to plug gaps in their learning and be ‘fixed’ academically.
The authors warn that these approaches are part of a ‘potentially damaging’ system where some children are made to feel inferior and which raises questions about how groupings ‘might exacerbate inequalities’.
Report author Dr Alice Bradbury said, “A debate is needed about the consequences for primary school children around high-pressured learning assessments, and also for staffing and resources.
“These forms of disciplinary power are encouraged by the disciplinary function of SATs themselves and they place pressure on headteachers to prioritise results over the broader purposes of education.
“The SATs are in themselves a practice of division, designating children as at age related expectation (ARE) or not. This binary between success and failure, passing or failing, is a brutal division of children at age 11.
The authors also identified a new practice, which they say has been triggered by the increasing complexity of school league tables. These involved pupils on the borderline of reaching ‘greater depth’ (above the expected level for year 6) who are given special support, for example, before school and during holidays.
The authors acknowledge that divisions created by these practices would not be solved entirely without SATs, which are currently suspended because of the pandemic.
Dr Bradbury added: “Early evidence from teachers suggests that there is a strong desire for change following the Covid-19 crisis, including the removal of testing.
“We acknowledge that divisions created by these practices would not disappear entirely in a system without SATs. However, we do think there are alternatives to this form of testing and more nuanced ways of understanding a child’s attainment.”
- Read the paper: ‘Intervention culture, grouping and triage: high-stakes tests and practices of division in English primary schools'
- View Dr Alice Bradbury’s research profile
- Department of Education, Practice and Society
- Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity (CSEE)
- Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (HHCP)
Phil Meech for UCL Institue of Education
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Pink hydrangea, lily, chrysanthemum, rose/greenery.
Length: Length: about 90cm * 180cm
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Updated: Nov 17, 2022
Every year with board exams approaching, schools and colleges work hard to prepare their
students. The stress and anxiety created due to the massive competition the world is headed towards, every parents would want their child to score the highest rank possible, probably even 100%. This added pressure from parents, family and friends disturbs the physical as well as mental well -being of the child.
Therefore, counselling before the board exams is very essential for better performance and
health of the children. These counselling sessions give children some mental support and
strength to use their energy in a positive manner. Most schools are now taking counseling sessions for better results. A counselor in these sessions does not only talk and try to de-stress the child but also guides them to adopt a better lifestyle/ timetable to manage their study time.
Thus, Umang Trust Foundation took the initiative to conduct a counseling session on 7th November 2022, for the students of Rameshwar Vidya Mandir,Vakola, Santacruz (E) to guide them for their upcoming board exams . We invited our Educational Mentor Crowny Tegamchi to address the issues felt by the students of 10th std on the topic ‘Exam Stress and its Preparation’. She provided effective tips such as meticulous study plan, proper time management, emphasized on the need of revision, improving speed of writing and handwriting, neat paper presentation, while at the same time, stressing on how one must keep their stress at bay by devoting time and other stress reducing activities.
This enabled the students to reach out for help or any difficulties faced while studying. It also motivated the students to study more effectively, most importantly to study smart rather than study hard. The students realized their potential, aspiring them to work hard (also smart) to attain the best possible results. Overall, it was a wake up call for each and every student.
The session was a excellent effort to help the students in these stress inducing times. It was a grand success, all thanks to Crowny Tegamchi to think out and actually execute the session to help the students.
Umang Foundation Trust runs a learning center for serving the less privileged students with education, counselling, mentoring & employability skills.Through our center, we have reached out to countless underprivileged students to learn and progress.
Support the students with stationery and study materials to reach their goals. https://www.umangfoundationtrust.org/umang-learning-centre
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The Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG) is pioneering new approaches for landscape ecological and hydrological studies. A major focus of our research is to understand how vegetation responds to climate variability and influences the water, carbon and energy cycles. NTSG conducts research over a broad range of spatial scales, emphasizing emerging technologies in satellite remote sensing, computational modeling and ecological theory. We are a leader in the development and application of satellite remote sensing for global environmental assessment and monitoring. NTSG is a NASA Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP), developer and repository for a variety of global land data products from satellite Earth missions, including MODIS (MOD16/17) vegetation productivity and evapotranspiration, AMSR land parameters, and SMAP (L4C) carbon flux products. View and download our data products.
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The New Hero
Love Celeborn. He is largely just a dependable and stalwart quester when I use him but he’s also a great leadership hero and the first one to bear the Silvan trait. Like other Leadership heroes, Celeborn is celebrated, not for his own stats but his ability to boost others. Each Silvan Ally that enters play gets a +1 boost to all three of its stats on the turn it comes into play. This makes Celeborn super versatile, unlike Leadership Boromir who only boosts attack or Dain who only boosts Willpower and Attack, Celeborn allows you to follow any strategy, boosting all your Silvans equally, but only on turn 1.
Happily, the Silvan strategy is mostly about hit and run. Allies come and go as the game ebbs and flows, allowing them to benefit from Celeborn’s ability time and again.
Naith Guide - The perfect accompaniment to a Silvan/Noldor deck. Most of the Silvan/Noldor heroes have high quest and fight values, however, if you quest them they can’t fight, well the Naith Guide allows them to do both. After she enters play she chooses a hero and they do not exhaust to quest this round. She is even better with Celeborn, who boost her up to 2 willpower herself the round she enters and if you team her up with Sneak Attack you can get the effect multiple times in a row.
Swift and Silent - For a single resource you can ready a hero you control and if your threat is below 20 then you can take swift and silent back into your hand. 1 resource to ready a hero is not a bad ability but it will be taking up a slot in the deck which could be used by a more versatile card. If however you are running a secrecy deck then this may be a good card to look at.
Close Call - This is a “Break Glass in case of Emergency” type card, it’s nice to have it in your deck in case you need it but it’s taking up the slot of something else. Basically you can convert damage into Doomed X. It’s similar to spirit Frodo’s power, except that Doomed affects everyone at the table.
Firefoot - A mount attachment for tactics or rohan heroes means that Firefoot is pretty versatile in which decks he can appear. Firefoot confers a +1 attack bonus or +2 when attached to Eomer. However, it is his overrun ability that really shines. Excess damage dealt by the attached hero is dealt to another enemy and as it is direct damage it bypasses the enemy's defence, meaning you can attack a weak enemy and damage a strong one too.
Ithilien Lookout - His stats aren’t amazing but I’ll happily have more rangers for my ranger deck. His ability, when combined with cards like Rumour from the Earth or Henamarth can be super useful. “After Ithilien Lookout enters play, look at the top card of the encounter deck. If it is an enemy, you may discard it.”
The Tree People - Love this card. Being able to play Silvan allies multiple times is a good thing in most cases anyway, but being able to play a Silvan ally, like Haldir for free is spectacular value. Return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to search the top 5 cards of your deck for a Silvan ally. Put that ally into play and shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Blue Mountain Trader - Not the best stats ever for a 2 cost ally but the Blue Mountain Trader can be passed back and forth between players for a single resource cost. Can be useful if you need to get a resource to another player or to help pull in an extra defender for an unexpected attack.
The Fall of Gil-Galad - This is another card that can prove useful under the right circumstances. Attach to a hero, when they are destroyed lower your threat by their starting cost. If things are going so badly that you are losing heroes, dropping your threat could be enough to keep you in the game.
The White Council - This is a nice versatile card that makes cards like Swift and Silent (above) seem positively limiting. Costing as many resources as players in the game, each can choose 1 different option: ready a hero he controls, add 1 resource to the resource pool of a hero he controls, draw 1 card, or shuffle 1 card from his discard pile into his deck.
The Dunland Trap
The Ring-Maker cycle comes out of the gate kicking and screaming with a Difficulty 7 Quest. This quest builds on the card denial strategy started in the Fords of Isen quest but really amps up the difficulty.
The Road to Tharbad
You are following the Old South Road from Isengard to Tharbad on an errand for Saruman when you are attacked by Wild Men of Dunland. Already weary from a full day of travel, you struggle to hold off the ferocious Dunlending attack. You must rally your companions and drive back the enemy, or you will be defeated.
Time 2. Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this stage, each player discards his hand and draws 2 cards. Place 2 time counters on this stage.
During setup you must add a Boar Clan enemy engaged with each player and place the Old South Road as the active location. Mercifully this leaves the staging area empty but you do begin the game engaged. In addition The Old South Road removes an additional Time counter from the quest per round.
Your choice of Boar Clan enemy is either the Stalker or Warrior. The former has 5 hit points and will rise as you draw cards up to 4 Attack and 4 Defence. While the latter, has a nasty 3 hits and gets a shadow card every time you draw a card.
The problem here is there are shadow cards that allow the enemy to make an additional attack so if you take the Warrior you could be facing two or even more attacks on turn 1.
The quest also requires 18 progress and is going to cause you to cycle your hand every other turn or even every turn depending on the cards in play.
However, you don’t want to progress quickly. This quest is punishing, you want to clear the Dunlendings before you proceed to stage two, but at the same time, as you will see in a moment, you want to build up carefully and you don’t want to waste too many resources on allies and attachments you won’t get to keep.
A Well Laid Trap
When Revealed: Make Munuv Dûv Ravine the active location (returning any previous active location to the staging area). Each player discards each Item and each Mount attachment he controls. Each player chooses 1 ally he controls and discards each other ally he controls.
When Revealed: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a Boar Clan enemy and puts it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck. Each player shuffles his discard pile into his draw deck and draws 1 card.
Forced: At the end of the combat phase, advance to stage 3A.
So, let's unpack that. If you have built a deck that relies on weapons and armour or other items to boost your heroes, they are all going away. Also you can keep at most 1 ally and you’re definitely getting attack by another enemy. There’s so little good news here. The best advice I can give is try and make sure your bonuses and attachments are deriving from Songs, Signals, Titles, etc. Cards like Steward of Gondor, the Dunedain Marks and Warnings, Unexpected Courage etc, all get to stick around, so build your deck for this one around non-item cards.
Also as you are always in conflict, a good defender is a must, especially one with a self reading ability like Boromir or Elrohir.
No Way Out
Time X. X is 5 times the number of players in the game.
If a hero is destroyed at this stage, the players lose the game.
Forced: After the last time counter is removed from this stage, the players make engagement checks. Then, each engaged enemy makes an attack. If no heroes are destroyed by these attacks, the players win the game.
At this point Chief Turch joins the fray. He is unkillable and has an attack of 5, always engaging the first player. If playing 2 player you now must endure 10 rounds of attacks without losing a hero. However there are a couple of ways of shortening that time. Firstly, every enemy that engages you removes a Time counter, so having the “Hills of Dunland” in play which spawns additional enemies can be helpful (as long as you have a defender who can protect you). Also, there are two copies of Off Track in the deck, which attaches to a location and removes additional time counters each round. If you have both copies in play you can remove 3 counters at the end of each round.
However, be warned there is a killer in the deck. In Need of Rest will doom this quest for you if it comes out at the wrong point. This card says, when a Time counter is removed attached hero takes a damage. Without healing there is no hero in the game who can suffer 10 damage and if you lose a hero you lose the game at this stage. With condition removal still being super rare this card is just the worst thing in this quest.
However if you can survive all of this, when the time runs out all enemies engage and attack, if no hero dies during that attack you win the game.
My friend and I tried to win this scenario using our Rohan decks for thematic reasons. We just couldn’t. We didn’t have enough quest or defence. The Dunlendings are hard hitters and with their abundance of shadow cards, they could hit multiple times a round and we simply didn’t have the defenders we needed.
In the end we took a hammer and anvil approach. One deck was designed to take the brunt of the attack, the other to kill all the enemies in play. Killing the Dunlendings is key to winning the game, you don’t want them to be alive during the resource phase of the next round or you are likely facing another set of attacks which will leave you exhausted for the rest of the round.
Stage 1 of this quest is key. You want to make slow but steady progress. Kill all the enemies and minimise the worst of the damage that drawing cards will do by travelling to the Hills of Dunland wherever possible. Spend your resources on non-item upgrades and don’t waste too many points on allies.
Know that you are going to cycle your hand every round or every other round and make sure it will be safe to draw cards by eliminating enemies and locations/treacheries that will hurt you. Having cancel when revealed or condition removal is a must to get rid of treachery cards.
Once you have the game under control you can actually benefit from the card draw stage 1 affords you, having Hithaeglir Stream as the active location to give you extra card draw can really allow you to mine your deck for useful cards.
Plan for the turn when you will progress to stage 2. You are definitely getting attacked that round, but the use of a reliable defender can minimize any damage you might see.
After that you advance to stage 3 automatically. Here you want to switch strategy. You want to leave locations in the staging area, rather than clearing them so that Off Track has a place to attach. Also, having the Hills of Dunland is a boon now as it spawns more enemies to run out the clock for you.
Being able to weather the attacks and then clear the table of all enemies each round will leave you in the best position. As Turch is unkillable you just need to be able to take his 5 attack without losing a hero to win, so an ablative ally or two could well prove useful.
This quest is hard. However, there is no doomed or other threat raising cards, which means you can take high threat heroes and you should. You need good defenders with high hit points as well as good attackers. Boromir is worth his weight in gold here, especially with a Gondorian Shield and a few Dunedain Warnings.
In Need of Rest made me want to tear the card up. It came out twice during the fight with Turch and cost us the game, even though I had all the card cancelling and condition removal, I just couldn’t get rid of it in time.
The trick to the quest is pacing. You can’t be frightened to lose your hand to stage 1 time and again, in fact if you set everything up correctly this constant recycling of your hand is very useful. If, however, you can’t clear the enemies every turn, you’ll quickly find your heroes reduced to bleeding stumps. There are very few enemies that can’t be killed the turn they appear with 6 hits, so you’re going to want some good fighters.
Again Boromir proves useful and Elladan teams up perfectly with Elrohir for a self readying attack/defend partnership. I can also recommend Spirit Glorfindel with Light of Valinor, giving 3 quest and 3 attack per round.
However you approach this quest, it is going to be tough, but if you pack your deck with hard hitters and tough defenders and prepare for the ambush in just the right way you’ll make it through. The difficulty was a frustrating experience with our rohan decks, but once we switched it up and abandoned thematics for mechanics I had a lot more fun with the quest.
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Ahh, ba' games. Yeah, I said ba'. You might know it as medieval football, where the townspeople divide themselves into two teams and brutally beat on each other in effort to get the ba' to the opposing team's goal.
manpile, via images.dailyexpress.co.uk
Kirkwall Ba', played in the town of Kirkwall, in Orkney, Scotland, is thought to have been played since the 1500s and has been recorded since the 1850s. The teams are the "Uppies" and the "Doonies" and who you play for is determined by which side of the Shire you were born on.
To the chagrin of competitors and spectators alike, this year's game was prefaced with a safety warning.
Bobby Leslie, 68, a member of the committee who has taken part in the games since he was 10, said: “We felt that it was time to step in and give players and bystanders some guidance on safety issues.
“Also, if there was to be a serious injury, or an incident which might involve damage to property which required an insurance claim, the clear warning beforehand gives us some protection on liability, in theory.”
Mr Leslie explained how, in the past, anonymous donors dealt with all instances of damage, or players themselves carried out repair work.
Well, gee Grandpa Buzzkill, that's only 400 or so years self-governing and you yourself have been doing it for 58 years now. There's nothing like dropping words like "insurance claim" and "liability" to ruin tradition and a good time. Before you know it, they'll be outlawing the throwing of claymores and the shouting of, "FREEDOM!"
[ via scottishdailyexpress ]
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CON I PEDONI TRA LE NUVOLE by Maurizio Rigatti
Luisa, an elderly lady marked by the pains of life, will soon have to leave the house where she has always lived to move to a retirement home. Her life will take a turn after meeting Dario, a young man sent by a cooperative to take care of Luisa. Their meeting will be a breath of fresh air for both of them, Luisa will make peace with the ghosts of her past while Dario will finally find his place in the world.
Best Student Short
LATE CHECK OUT by Ivan Trpimir Lozić
At the dawn of the new, post-Corona summer season, young Ferenc booked a room in Split for one night. But Ferenc meets the strange owner and quickly realizes that he didn’t get what he expected. During the night, he is unexpectedly joined by a new guest with whom he introduces all the treasures of tourism in the "new normal".
Best Feature Film
LOOK WHO'S THERE by Riccardo Camilli
Claudia, saleswoman in an underwear shop, lives in the suburb of Rome. She’s got an eighteen years old daughter, Nina, with which she shares everything, including the sorrow she keeps inside since three years: Marco, their “man-of-the-house”, died, together with other 9 people, during the breakdown of a bridge in the region of Marche, while he was coming back from a vinyl market, his greatest passion. Life goes on sadly: customers gossip about Claudia’s disgrace, the press looks for her only to benefit from that terrible matter, her eldest sister Katia throws herself away into very nasty relationships, her mother Marisa can’t start a new life after her wedding has fallen apart, Nina can’t let herself go to her first sexual nor sentimental experiences…
Best Short Doc.
ROMY, I'M SHY by Andreas Gruetzner
Juergen Vollmer met The Beatles 1960 in Hamburg music club Kaiserkeller.
They hung around together, Vollmer started photographing them and when they met again in Paris, The Beatles insisted to get his haircut. Narrow-minded Hamburg in the 50th and 60th made him escape to
Paris. He took pictures of beatniks while having sex, moved on to New York and L.A., where he started his career as set photographer on Hollywood filmsets (J.V.: ‘It was awful most of the time’) and took picture of several stars.
Joel Cramer for End of Discussion
Milena Vukotic for Con i Pedoni tra le nuvole
Best Supporting Actor
Henri Olmeta for The Last Journey
Best Supporting Actress
Tania Angelosanto for Look Who's There
Best Male Director
Nando Morra for The Seed of Hope
Best Female Director
Ava Bounds for Hello Frisco
A Century of Dreams
I am God
Idiot on Cue
Best Thriller Movie
Best Fantasy Sci-Fi Movie
Best Drama Movie
Best Italian Movie
Con i Pedoni tra le nuvole
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Animation Movie
The Crying Steppe
The Chernobyl Saga
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We’ve talked about Strother MacMinn, Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, Hugh Jorgensen, and other designers. Now let’s talk about Richard Arbib. He designed the most fantastic concept car ideas I’ve seen, and even one of his futuristic designs was built – just not in fiberglass. More about that later.
Richard Arbib’s name has popped into my research into car design consistently. The first time I heard it was in connection with the school of auto design that he was running for Harley Earl at GM. I was in the process of tracking down the history of auto design schools in America, and was lucky to run into Elia “Russ” Russinoff of Detroit, Michigan. He was a retired auto designer who had some neat information to share with me.
It seems that there were very few schools of auto design in the postwar era. The Art Center in Los Angeles, California was present, and perhaps a few others, but the young men in postwar America were ready to go. I’m sure they wanted to design cars of the future – now – and Harley Earl was going to help them in every way.
Detroit Institute of Automobile Styling:
Immediately in the postwar years, GM started running small ads for the “Detroit Institute of Automobile Styling.” This was a correspondence course on automotive design, and the most promising of students in the course were invited to Detroit for interviews to become full-fledged employees.
Good friend Gary Smith of Dean’s Garage ran a piece on the “Detroit Institute of Automobile Styling” recently. Click here to review the article and be sure to read the comments at the bottom of the story too. Gary even has setup a download of the scanned book from Russinoff I sent to him (way to go Gary!!!).
Not a bad idea man, that Harley Earl was. And Richard Arbib was there too – and it was his handiwork on the stationary of the correspondence course materials that every student used. And Arbib ran the school for Earl too. See the page below. But it didn’t stop there.
All of you know how I love dream cars – heck there’s nothing special about that. All of you love ‘em too. And Richard Arbib’s work was over the top. He designed the fastest looking, jet plane styled, spaceship influenced, low-to-the-ground futuristic cars I had ever seen. But he was also a competent and schooled designer too.
Those of you who are Packard enthusiasts know of Arbib’s work as the designer of the Packard Pan-American sports convertible introduced in 1952. This was an all-metal car that was designed as a large but low grand American Boulevard Sports Car. Similar to what would be introduced by GM in the 1953 production line including the Cadillac Eldorado, Buick Skylark, and Olsmobile Fiesta.
The International Motor Sports Show: New York – 1952 and 1953
So…it was exciting to come across a story by Arbib that was about… “Ricahrd Arbib.” It appeared in the the 1952 International Motor Sports Show program – that was owned and being promoted by Herb Shriner. Quite a show at the time in every way, and it opened to international acclaim.
Arbib wrote the article about himself in “third-person” narrative. It makes for interesting reading. Let’s take a look at what he had to say.
International Motor Sports Show: 1952
Official Program: Grand Central Palace, New York
A Car Is Born
By Richard Arbib
Dream cars and cars of the future have been shown to the public before. For the first time publicly anywhere, the Packard Pan-American sports convertible is being shown at the International Motor Sports Show. This is the first car of its type actually available to the American public on a limited production schedule.
This dream-car-come-true, embodying the low, sleek lines of Continental styling, is mounted on a standard American chassis which can be serviced anywhere throughout the country. The uppermost question in the mind of anyone who views this free-flowing design must be, “How did this car come about?” Primarily interested in an automobile which a select group of sportsmen and car buyers who demand something exclusive that is still within the realm of good taste, Packard combined with Henney Motor Company, custom body builders for nearly a century, to produce the prototype featured at this show.
As styling consultant to Henney, Richard Arbib, whose creative works have won him international renown within automotive circles, first set up the basic specifications for the styling solution represented by this car. Realizing that custom car tastes impose a limitation on decorative trim, the sculptural beauty of the Packard sports car was emphasized by reducing the height and simplifying all trim parts so that a minimum of chromium was necessary.
Such chrome parts as have been included represent a feeling of luxury without overplaying their role. The Henney Company, custom body builders to the President of the United States, have finished the car with the ultimate in craftsmanship in terms of finish, genuine leather accoutrements, and infinite attention to detail.
The man responsible for the birth of the idea that grew into the new Packard graduated from Pratt Institute, School of Industrial Design, and completed a one year course in automobile styling at General Motors Corporation. He worked for three years with the General Motors Styling Section in Detroit, during which time he covered the entire General Motors line, with particular attention to special, advance projects.
Also, while there, he directed a special projects studio for one year prior to World War II which employed a staff of six designers. He worked for three and a half years with Republic Aviation Corporation at Farmingdale, Long Island, employed as an armament specialist in the engineering department.
He received heavy background in all phases of engineering and rafting while there. Mr. Arbib was then appointed project engineer in charge of Robot Bomb design with 12 engineers under his direction. This project lasted for a two year period.
At the end of World War II, he returned to product styling, and worked for three and a half years with a major design studio in Detroit. While at this studio, Mr. Arbib directed a staff of ten designers and had complete charge of projects and model making on such items as Argus cameras, United States Rubber Tires, Union Pacific Train interiors, Benrus Watches, Evans Heaters, and so forth.
Since that time, other clients have included Simca Automobile Company, Swank, Inc., International Nickel Company, Tide Water Oil Company, and A.S. Cambell Company.
It appears that only one Pan American car was built, and that was the showcar that debuted at the International Motor Sports Show in 1952. Exciting and heady times gang! Those of you wishing to learn more about the Packard Pan American, click here.
My favorite car of Arbib’s that was actually designed is the “Astra-Gnome” which was based on a Nash Metropolitan in 1956. More about that car in a future story. I’ll have more to share about Richard Arbib and his futuristic designs “in the future.” Maybe we should talk about Radebaugh too??? That’s for an entirely different day 🙂
Hope you enjoyed the story, and until next time…
Glass on gang…
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Every now and then I feel the need to get back to the basics and enjoy a browser-based MMO like back in the days when they were all the rage. I haven’t played one for a long while now, when a title called Utopia – a completely text based strategy MMO – had me waking up in the middle of the night to attack a player in order to win a war for my kingdom.
Fortunately, things have changed a little bit, as I was pleased to find out after discovering quite a bunch of great MMOs on Plarium’s website. They are the makers of some of today’s top MMOs, like Sparta: War of Empires, Stormfall: Age of War or mobile hits like Stormfall: Rise of Balur or Vikings: War of Clans. In other words, there’s a wide variety of games to choose from them and you’ll always have some great strategy and base building awaiting for you, be it set in the medieval times, in futuristic locations or even out there on the sea where pirates still rule the world.
In other words, there’s a little bit of everything for us all out there and, if you haven’t played a browser based MMO for a while now, you will be surprised – as I was – with how much things have evolved since the “text based” era. All of Plarium’s games boast amazing visuals, all perfectly matched with the type of game you’re playing. In Pirates: Tides of Fortune, for example, you have water and islands, beautiful and not-so-beautiful pirates as well as truly amazing ships, while in Stormfall you have medieval units and buildings, dragons and truly amazing units. I am happy that I finally decided to give browser-based MMOs a new try, because the evolution is spectacular.
The best part is that you can even experience many of these games on your mobile phone as Plarium managed to make a nice switch to mobiles as well, offering great apps for free enjoyment, like Stormfall: Rise of Balur, Vikings: War of Clans, Nords: Heroes of the North or Total Domination: Reborn. You can always keep an eye on their MMO Games Blog in order to stay updated with the latest changes, tips and tricks and goodies from the MMO World.
I personally went for what I believe to be the most successful strategy game so far, Stormfall, which I’ve seen on numerous occasions on the App Store but for some reason haven’t played so far. It’s a beautiful game, as you can see in the screenshots below, but there’s even more about it (read below).
In Stormfall: Age of War, just like in all of Plarium’s games so far, your goal is to build a super kingdom and wage war against all those who dare to stand in your way. Build and upgrade buildings while managing your base, train troops and deploy impressive armies, decipher the Lost Arts and join other players in battle (and not only) through the complex alliance system. This is a game that you will get addicted to in no time and you’ll love the fact that every time you log in there’s something new waiting for you. In other words, the perfect recipe for a perfect game.
And, the best news is that if you just can’t get enough of it – Plarium has more similar strategy MMOs to keep you busy. It’s heaven on earth!
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July 2023: Encortec, Network Rail and Unipart Rail have formed a new collaboration to develop a unique energy-harvesting IoT (Internet of Things) solution for the rail industry, which harvests electromagnetic energy generated by return electric current in the rail by passing trains, to power wireless sensors.
The solution is self-powered, fit-and-forget, with no need for battery replacement and is sustainable, as it does not produce carbon emissions. It reduces the number of trackside visits required for replacing batteries on conventionally powered sensor systems, enabling a much wider deployment. It can be used to provide power to sensors supporting a wide range of railway infrastructure applications including: monitoring rail temperatures, accelerometers for voiding measurements and sensors for rail movement. It will provide game-changing, remote, wireless monitoring of infrastructure and assets for predictive and preventative maintenance.
Co-funded by Innovate UK (part of UK Research & Innovation), the project will address the need to power IoT devices in rail environments where power sources are limited or are expensive to install.
The benefits of the project include:
- Trackside/track monitoring companies are provided with fit-and-forget sensor solutions, without the need to visit the track to replace batteries.
- Safety is improved by reducing the time spent trackside.
- A step change in the decision-making processes made by infrastructure providers for discovery, prediction and advice in predictive and preventative maintenance, to increase track utilisation and minimise track downtime for increased capacity, and reduction in unplanned maintenance events and maintenance costs.
- A reliable and safe service is provided for passengers.
- A sustainable power solution that enables system efficiencies and reduces carbon emissions.
The project team will develop fully tested, deployable, prototype energy harvesting-based wireless sensor systems for Network Rail certification.
“We are excited to be working in partnership with Encortec and Network Rail on this Innovate UK funded project. The partnership demonstrates the commitment that all organisations have to supporting innovative products that can enable sensors to be deployed across the network, without the need to have site visits for battery replacement. This technology will support the move to condition based and predictive maintenance.
“Encortec’s expertise in energy harvesting, Network Rail’s knowledge of maintenance processes and Unipart’s expertise in manufacturing, data visualisation and analytics (via Paradigm Insight) combined with the shared vision to improve the performance of the whole rail industry, will make this project a success.”
Dr Patrick Vallely, Head of Track Delivery (NW&C CD), Network Rail
“Network Rail is committed to safety and the optimum performance and operation of the rail infrastructure. We are delighted to work in partnership with Encortec and Unipart Rail to further develop this innovative energy harvesting technology. Each organisation is invested in innovation and this partnership brings the potential to offer benefits to the rail industry for many years to come.”
Prof Meiling Zhu, CEO and Founder, Encortec
“We are delighted to have Unipart Rail and Network Rail to collaborate with us to develop fully tested, deployable, prototype energy harvesting-based wireless sensor systems for Network Rail certification. The collaboration will accelerate Encortec’s development and speed up the benefits to the rail industry. We are excited to look forward to the devices of the project to be successfully tested in railway track in the next year of 2024.”
If you would like more information on this project, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org.
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2021 Weston Family Awards in Northern Research recipient
Samuel’s research is multidisciplinary, bridging natural and social sciences with a focus on Indigenous engagement. The Carleton University master’s student is studying common eider duck breeding ecology using coastal survey data collected by Inuit communities. Working in the Belcher Island archipelago, Hudson Bay, Samuel is combining new data with historical survey data to determine the current nesting population size of eiders and quantify changes in their population size and distribution over time in response to environmental factors. His research aims to inform Inuit communities and government agencies as they work together to establish a protected area in the region and to support sustainable eider harvest of this species given their significance and importance in Inuit culture.
He is also examining the social aspects involved in the long-term collaborations between Inuit communities and federal scientists, using coastal surveys of common eiders as a case study. By bridging Inuit and federal researchers’ perspectives, he will determine keys to success and lessons learned from this unique, 60-year partnership. His thesis will be an important resource for other national and international Indigenous communities, striving to engage in community-led research partnerships.
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The United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day will be held virtually this year. The event will gather powerful voices of UN senior officials, activists, government representatives and experts from around the globe to discuss women and girls’ contributions to Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow.
The event will be webcast live on YouTube and UN Web TV.
Speakers will include:
- António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations
- Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Mathu Joyini, Chair of the 66th Session of the Commission of the Status of Women
- Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women
- Jane Goodall, Founder of Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace
A high-level panel will feature:
- Aminath Shauna, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Republic of Maldives
- Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad
- Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, Author and Environmentalist; Leader of The All We Can Save Project
- Maria Reyes, Climate justice activist, Fridays for Future Most Affected Peoples and Areas (MAPA) and leading member of the Feminist Action for Climate Justice Action Coalition
The event will include musical performances by Angelica Hale and Broadway Singers.
More information about the International Women´s Day 2022 can be found here.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Primping for a date with that special someone on Valentine’s Day usually doesn’t include choosing to go bald. Yet that is what 13 University of Louisville School of Medicine students will do the day before, on Feb. 13, to show their support for kids with cancer and raise funds for pediatric cancer research.
The students will hold a St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event Thursday, Feb. 13, at noon in the Health Sciences Center Auditorium, located on Preston Street between East Chestnut Street and East Muhammad Ali Boulevard. This is the third year that UofL medical students have hosted a St. Baldrick’s event.
In exchange for donations, the students will have their heads shaved completely or will cut their ponytails to donate hair to make wigs for children who have lost their hair as a result of cancer treatment. The foundation has matched each participant with a child battling cancer to honor at the event. The students hope to raise at least $10,000 and are currently taking donations for the event on their website, www.stbaldricks.org/events/ULSOM2014.
Other giveaways are planned as well. The students are raffling off gift cards and other prizes donated by area merchants. Drawings for each prize will be held at the Feb. 13th event and winners do not need to be present to win.
Donating items to the raffle are A Reader’s Corner, Bardstown Road Bicycle Co., Baxter’s 942 Bar and Grill, Belle of Louisville, Bluegrass Burgers, Buffalo Wild Wings, Carrabba’s, Day’s Espresso & Coffee, Gordon Biersch, Guestroom Records, Hard Rock Café, Highland Cleaners, Jack Fry’s, LIFEbar, Molly Malone’s – Baxter Avenue, Molly Malone’s – Shelbyville Road, Palermo Viejo, Parkside Bikes, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Salsarita’s, Seviche, Sol Azteca’s Grill & Cantina, The Sport and Social Club, Tin Roof, Vic’s Classic Bikes, Vincenzo’s, Wild and Woolly Video and Za’s Pizza Pub.
“We are grateful to our raffle sponsors for their support,” said Tony Simms, assistant director for medical student affairs at UofL who is assisting the students in holding the St. Baldrick’s event. “Our students are passionate about the cause and want to make a difference, and with everyone’s help, we will do just that.”
The effort is organized nationally each year by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, founded by three reinsurance industry executives, Tim Kenny, John Bender and Enda McDonnell, in New York. The first St. Baldrick’s event in a Manhattan pub was timed with St. Patrick’s Day 2000 and generated $104,000 in donations.
Today, St. Baldrick’s is believed to be the largest volunteer fundraiser for childhood cancer research and second only to the federal government in the amount of funding provided to pediatric cancer researchers. Since 2005, St. Baldrick’s donors and volunteers have enabled the foundation to provide more than $127 million to grant recipients.
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Facebook Shops is an e-commerce feature that allows businesses to sell products directly on Facebook and Instagram. With the ongoing shift towards digital commerce, Facebook Shops has become a popular option for businesses to showcase and sell their products on social media platforms.
In this article, we will dive deeper into the benefits of using Facebook Shops, how it works, and how it can help businesses of all sizes reach their target audience.
Benefits of Using Facebook Shops
One of the primary benefits of using Facebook Shops is the ease of use for businesses and customers. Facebook Shops allows businesses to create a customised storefront on their Facebook page, where customers can easily browse, shop and make purchases without leaving the platform. This convenience helps reduce the risk of customers abandoning their purchases due to complicated checkout processes.
Another benefit of using Facebook Shops is the increased exposure it offers to businesses. With over 2.7 billion active users on Facebook, businesses can reach a larger audience than they would through their standalone website or physical store. Facebook Shops also allows businesses to create targeted ads based on user behavior and interests, enabling them to reach their ideal customers more effectively.
How Facebook Shops Works
Setting up a Facebook Shop is a simple process. Businesses can create a Shop section on their Facebook page, where they can upload their product catalog and customize their storefront. Once the Shop is live, customers can browse products, add them to their cart, and complete the checkout process all within the Facebook platform.
Facebook Shops also provides businesses with the option to integrate with various payment processors, including PayPal and Stripe. This feature simplifies the payment process for customers, enabling them to make purchases quickly and efficiently.
Additionally, Facebook Shops offers a variety of customization options to businesses. They can add their branding, highlight featured products, and use a variety of multimedia elements to create an engaging shopping experience for their customers.
How Facebook Shops Can Help Businesses Reach Their Target Audience
Facebook Shops can help businesses of all sizes reach their target audience by leveraging the platform's extensive user base and advanced targeting options. By setting up a Facebook Shop, businesses can create targeted ads that appear in users' newsfeeds, based on their interests, demographics, and behaviour on the platform.
Facebook Shops offers businesses valuable insights and analytics, enabling them to track the performance of their storefront and make data-driven decisions. This feature aids businesses to optimise their marketing plans and boost their sales performance on the platform.
Facebook Shops is a powerful e-commerce feature that businesses can use to reach a larger audience and increase sales. With its user-friendly interface, customisation options and advanced targeting capabilities, Facebook Shops provides businesses with a unique opportunity to portray and sell their products directly on Facebook and Instagram.
By implementing Facebook Shops, businesses can streamline their sales processes, increase their brand exposure and improve their overall performance in the digital marketplace. Why not set up your own Facebook Shop today and start taking advantage of the many benefits it has to offer?
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The Reason Clothing Woman Wooster Hoodie (Grey) is a stylish and comfortable addition to any wardrobe. Made from 100% polyester, this hoodie is lightweight and breathable. The drawstring hood and kangaroo pocket provide extra warmth and convenience. The Wooster Hoodie is perfect for any casual occasion.
The best part? This hoodie is available at an affordable price. Get the Reason Clothing Woman Wooster Hoodie (Grey) today and enjoy the comfort and style it provides.
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By Chris Stonor
No surprise that Vertiports are under intense scrutiny right now as plans are being created to formularise such UAM and Drone take-off and landing sites. Here is a typical example from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) via a 5.37’ minute video. A visual avenue is often the best way to educate the public and journalist, George Downs, takes us through the various forms of proposed vertiports.
Wisk, Archer and Kittyhawk are featured where the different types are discussed from areas within existing airports to heliports, rooftops and standalone constructed vertiports close to transport hubs.
Proposed Vertiport Symbol
What the video reminds us is just how much work lies ahead to create the infrastructure for the success of the eVTOL industry and how little time there is “if” the pioneers begin commercial flights during 2024.
(Top Image: researchgate.net)
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Most people have started to work at home, which completely changed their daily routine. Houses have become a family home, workplace, and school. Some felt trapped and unable to cope with the stress of staying home.
A study reveals that more people are inclined to stay in the bedroom than any part of the house. Some of the reasons for this are that they prefer their bedroom’s privacy because there are fewer distractions, and sleep patterns have changed because of the current pandemic.
Nowadays, distractions are the least of most people’s problems than finding themselves more likely to stay in the bedroom. The normal procedure would be to sleep, but fewer people are now inclined to do that. Although there is more opportunity to grab a wink, the anxiety brought in by COVID-19 has made sleeping difficult to achieve.
Improving Your Bedroom
With lockdowns forcing you to stay home, you now have a better opportunity to assess the things around your house, like your bedroom. Maybe it is time to change your walls’ colors or add the carpet you have been eyeing for a long time to make your personal space look nice. Here the following things that you can do to improve your bedroom:
Clear out the Clutter — The first thing to do is to take away the clutter. Research shows that clutter can affect your focus and reduces your working memory. The brain prefers order, and a distraction such as clutter can decrease a person’s ability to focus.
Take away some unimportant stuff — You can take out the laundry and wash them. Rummage through your old clothes and donate some. Throw away the stacks of paper left in the corner. Keep your things at a minimum to make more room for other important matters.
Invest in a bed — According to studies, we spend one-third of our lives asleep. What could be more important than getting a good mattress to give you the best comfort you need? A good quality mattress will make your bedroom a wonderful place to stay. Whether you are a deep sleeper or a side sleeper, you should find a bed that best suits your needs. Try a side sleepers mattress online to give you a good night’s sleep.
Use Relaxing Patterns or Colors For Your Wall — Colors are beneficial to your mood. Green and blue give out a relaxing vibe on your bedroom walls. However, it is completely up to you what color you think would match your personality. Find one that will make you comfortable and relieve you of your stress.
Light colors can make a difference in an otherwise dull bedroom. Or you can use some other shade that will help you feel relaxed.
Lighting — Light also plays a vital role in giving your room personality. If you are a romantic type, you can use rope lighting to make your sanctuary look ethereal and relaxed. Or, you can use portable reading lights. A bedside lamp also looks nice for late-night reading and writing.
Add Plants — Besides being a nice decor inside the bedroom, plants can purify the air inside with chemicals released from cleaning and insulation. Fresh air can make the quality of your sleep even better. Plants serve as a fresh addition to your environment.
Rearrange Your Furniture — Since you are spending a lot of time at home, why not rearrange your bedroom furniture? Keeping your bedroom the same way can be dull and unexciting. It is time to make changes inside your room to make it appear new and fresh. It will add a new perspective to your environment and will probably inspire you.
Place Pictures —You can add pictures on the wall or place a framed one on the side table. These may be pictures of your family or a favorite art or movie. Instead of pictures, you can also use some wall decor to add personality to your bedroom.
Use Old Pieces — If you are on a tight budget, you can always use some of your old items at home. Some of them may have been rendered antiquated by time, but they might be a good option for bedroom decor. You will never know what useful things you can find in your garage or basement.
The pandemic has seen us through many tough times because we are completely unable to do things that we normally would have done with family and friends. Being confined at home for long periods can sometimes lead to boredom and anxiety. The bedroom has become a common refuge for everyone.
To make your stay at home productive and to distract you from idleness, you can make some improvements to your home. Make changes in your bedroom. It will not only become a place for sleep and rest, but with some upgrades, it will also hopefully become a safe and relaxing haven.
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If you have no knowledge about reverse image search and want to get details about it and its use then you are surely in the right place as today is the day where we enlighten you with the complete details of reverse image search, in this three-minute content which we want you to read till the end, you must know that you are going to learn all about the reverse image technique and not only the technique but also about the tech and tool that you can use to make a reverse image search. So, let us start now…
To put it in simple words, we would like you guys to know that reverse image search is one of its kind searches, and it refers to the online search that includes the uploading of images instead of keywords or key phrases to find results and information based on the input of the query. Now, this technique is being accepted all around the world, and this is just because of the reason that it makes getting details of images easier and more interesting. Now there are some search engines and many websites on the web which are providing free and paid reverse image services, and below, we are going to tell you about the best option that you should consider!
How to reverse search an image on the web?
Now as we have mentioned earlier that reverse image search is catered by some search engines, these include Yahoo, Google and Yandex, and the reverse image search mantra is very easy with these search engines and is just like normal conventional keyword search so you can open the image extension with these engines and can easily upload images, now we would not recommend you to use these search engines directly, and this is because they are not secure to use as they save your input queries in their database.
Instead of these search engines, we want you to know about the third-party tools that are linked with all of these search engines, but instead of saving your queries, they delete them after you are done with your search. Also, we want you guys to know that there are some limitations while you are reverse searching on search engines directly, but the tool that is discussed below is easily compatible with all devices, and you can use this tech on your smartphones, desktop, and even in your tabs!
Reverse image search by Small SEO Tools!
The third-party website providing the best reverse image search tool is the one by small seo tools. The use of this tool is very much easy, and this is the very reason that we have selected this amazing tool from hundreds of free tools on the web. A person naïve about this technique, and having no prior experience can also use this tool like a pro even if it is the first time on this platform. Below, we are going to tell you the steps that you have to follow to make a reverse image search with the small seo tools.
- Go to this link https://smallseotools.com/reverse-image-search/ and go through the interface of the tool from top to bottom for understanding.
- Now you have multiple options in front of you in which you can upload the query that you want to do a reverse search on, and you can use the upload buttons to grab images from your own image gallery, you can upload images directly from cloud services including Google drive and also dropbox. You can also use image URL in the URL bar, and lastly, you can search an image by keyword.
- When done with the input, you just have to click on the “search similar images” button below the box, and the tool will get you results within less than seconds.
Below are the different results that you can extract with the help of a reverse image search tool by smallseotools!
What can you obtain with the reverse image search tool by SST?
You can do many things with the tool and can get many kinds of results, and some of them are stated below!
- You can easily learn about the objects and subjects in an image. The reverse image search tool can easily help you know any detail on the image, including text, product details, and other major/minor information of the sort.
- You can easily get similar images that are relative to your input query.
- With the reverse image lookup tools, you can easily get to know about the copyright details and also about the source of the image.
- You can find plagiarism in pictures and can also save yourself from it.
- You can create backlink opportunities with this tool.
- You can identify people, places, and all the meta details on the image!
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Export and International
USA-Appliance-Parts is here to assist you with all your exportation and shipping needs. We are part of the world's largest appliance parts exporter and distributor, with customers in over 40 different countries. We have access to over 2.5 million parts stocked in warehouses across the United States and our Export Office is located in Miami, Florida. We have everything that you need right here and we will make sure that you get your parts quickly and easily.
We can help you every step of the way, including assistance with:
Researching for the Correct Part (with Model Number)
Arrangements with Freight-Forwarders
International Shipping Restrictions and Regulations
Correct Electrical Frequency for Powered Devices
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The EMV Migration Forum Explains the Cryptogram in New Video Tutorial
Princeton Junction, N.J. December 10, 2014 – Increased security and reduction of in-person counterfeit card fraud are major drivers for the ongoing migration to EMV chip payments in the U.S. However, the advanced security processes going on behind the scenes of a chip transaction may be confusing for stakeholders new to the technology. The EMV Migration Forum simplifies one of the fundamental security features of chip transactions – the cryptogram – in a new video tutorial released today.
The video presentation, “Contact Chip Card Online Authentication,” is available for viewing at http://www.emv-connection.com/contact-chip-card-online-authentication.
The visual, non-technical presentation describes the process of online authentication that occurs in every chip transaction. As a part of this process, the chip and card issuer communicate with each other to create cryptograms, or dynamically generated codes that are unique to the specific card and transaction. These cryptograms are essential components of the chip transaction that validate that the chip and the issuer in the transaction are genuine, not counterfeit.
“The creation of dynamic cryptograms for every transaction with online authentication is an important feature of chip cards that provide enhanced levels of security,” said Randy Vanderhoof, director of the EMV Migration Forum. “Using this process means that even if fraudsters were somehow able to steal account data from chip transactions, they would not be able to use it to create a counterfeit card and have fraudulent transactions authorized in a chip or magnetic stripe environment. This presentation explains in easy-to-understand detail how this important security process occurs in a chip transaction.”
Use of chip cards has proven to be extremely effective at reducing in-person card fraud in countries that have deployed chip technology; for example, the UK and Canada saw reductions of 72 percent[i] and 48 percent[ii] respectively. The U.S. is currently in the midst of migrating to chip technology, with 600 million cards expected to be in the market by the end of 2015[iii]. For more information on the U.S. migration to chip, visit http://www.emv-connection.com.
The video presentation, “Contact Chip Card Online Authentication,” was developed by the EMV Migration Forum’s Communication and Education Working Committee and led by Brady Cullimore, director of the U.S. EMV project management office at American Express. For more information on the EMV Migration Forum working committees, visit http://www.emv-connection.com/us-payments-forum/working-committees/.
[i] Financial Fraud Action UK, Fraud the Facts 2014, pg. 26, 2014
[ii] Canadian Bankers Association, Credit Card Fraud and Interac Debit Card Statistics, 2011-2013
[iii] EMV Migration Forum, 2014
About U.S. EMV Migration
Commonly used globally in place of magnetic stripe, EMV chip technology helps to reduce card fraud in a face-to-face card-present environment; provides global interoperability; and enables safer transactions across contact and contactless channels. EMV implementation was initiated in the U.S. market in in 2011 and 2012 when American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa announced their roadmaps for supporting an EMV-based payments infrastructure. Acquirer processor readiness mandates to support EMV were established for 2013, with liability shifts for managing fraud risk in a face-to-face environment set for 2015.
About the EMV Migration Forum
The EMV Migration Forum is a cross-industry body focused on supporting the EMV implementation steps required for global and regional payment networks, issuers, processors, merchants, and consumers to help ensure a successful introduction of more secure EMV chip technology in the United States. The focus of the Forum is to address topics that require some level of industry cooperation and/or coordination to migrate successfully to EMV technology in the United States. For more information on the EMV Migration Forum, please visit http://www.emv-connection.com/us-payments-forum/.
Montner & Associates Tech PR
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The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) moratorium on various investigations and collection actions is set to expire on July 15, 2020 at which point the IRS will begin aggressively pursuing high-net-worth individuals.
About Jeff Erney
Jeff Erney is the chair of the US Tax Controversy practice, which was recognized by The Legal 500 in 2020 for outstanding work in contentious tax. Jeff focuses his practice on tax litigation and dispute resolution. When representing clients faced with complex issues, he draws on years of experience as a senior tax attorney for the Office of Chief Counsel with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as well as his background as a certified public accountant (CPA), to most effectively provide counsel.
About Mark A. Loyd
Mark A. Loyd, co-leader of Dentons' national Tax practice group, has decades of experience successfully resolving his clients’ state, local and federal tax issues. Elected as a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a distinction reserved for America’s very best tax attorneys, Mark is also Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Rated, the highest rating available, and has been selected as a Super Lawyer since 2015. Leveraging his extensive career in industry and CPA background, Mark has averted, managed and resolved sales, property, income and excise tax and licensing issues through audit management, administrative protest or settlement, and when necessary, through tax litigation in administrative tribunals, state courts and appellate courts, including the US Supreme Court. He’s licensed to practice in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, federal district and appellate courts as well as the US Court of International Trade.
About Bailey Roese
Bailey Roese is a partner in the Firm's Louisville office and represents taxpayers in federal, state, and local tax controversies. Selected as a Kentucky Super Lawyers® Rising Star for 2018 and 2019 in the area of Tax law, Bailey regularly advocates for clients in the state courts and administrative tribunals of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, as well as the United States Tax Court.
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I am going to go out here on a limb, just follow me for a moment in this. You have all heard you have a microbiome, you all know you have bacteria in your "gut". You have living organisms throughout your body. This makes you a master of your own universe. I feel describing your body in this way helps people better understand they are the decision-maker of what happens rather than a victim.
What you feed this body determines what bacteria or organisms thrive. When you starve the body it is like a famine, when you feed it you harvest, depending on what you feed it, it will be good or bad. So many people who come to see me do not realize their own role in what grows or dies in their bodies. If you have an abundance of candida you are feeding the body an abundance of carbohydrates and sugars. If you starve the body of proteins you have organs breaking down. If you don't feed your body good fats your brain is struggling to focus and your eyes, joints, and hormones are all struggling.
We often feel we are victims of circumstance when in reality if we stepped up to the bat looked at what our bacteria and body are telling us and start with nourishing it. Yes, you have to do some digging and research, and we live in a time that there is an abundance of information but a lack of wisdom. You are primed and led by people who are lacking wisdom themselves. We watch movies and allow without question what is being said. My best way of knowing how to help people is I have to research what I am looking for find the answer and then look at the opposition. This often leads to common truths.
I have had too many patients who have come to me with all hope lost. Due to being told by a doctor that there is no solution. To this, I look that challenge in the eye and say let us feed the foundational organs that are impacting you, what can it hurt to feed the body specific to an organ.?? Just food and if needed let us look at the perspective that may be impacting you.
YOU ARE THE MASTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE... What are you going to do with it? create disease and famine? or nourish and thrive? The choice is yours, master it!
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By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja
AFRICAN Union Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD, has said continental body wants Nigeria’s elections in 2023 to be violence-free.
The National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of AUDA-NEPAD, said this in Abuja, the nation’s capital, yesterday, while interacting with journalists,
According to her, the agency had begun the implementation of a national action plan on violence free election across the six political zone.
She said, “Buhari has promised free election we should all support him. We have no other country except Nigeria.
“Do not allow personal interest or quest for whatever that won’t support the peace of this country to come to play during the 2023 election.
“Therefore, we need to join hands together to campaign for violent-free elections.”
Akobundu added that the expectation of the agency is that the media would act professionally to avert breach of peace through their reportage before, during and after next year’s general election
Consequently, she admonished journalists to report the truth concerning the elections.
The AUDA-NEPAD boss also observed that as part of the organisation’s mandate, it would support the president’s vision of pulling 100 million poor Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.
She, however, said limited resources, especially funding has been a serious challenge as more Nigerians continue to fall below the poverty line.
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Finding the Right Community When Considering Moving
Whether it’s your first time moving or your fifteenth, you likely understand how stressful the process can be. In fact, moving is more stressful than a breakup for many people. Luckily, you can ease the stressors of moving for yourself and those around you. One of the most salient ways is by considering what you want and need in a community.
Reasons for Moving
Moving to a new area can be an exciting and often transformative experience. While figuring out where you would like to live, also evaluate your reasons for uprooting from your current place. Some of the most common reasons for moving include:
- A fresh start;
- Better school district for children;
- Down- or up-sizing;
- Preferable climate;
- Proximity to family, friends, or partner;
- Work-related opportunities.
Whatever your specific reason(s) may be, it’s important to balance the pros and cons. Any of the above reasons for moving to a new community are valid. You just have to make sure the move is right for your current situation. If you’re moving for work, for example, make sure that the new location aligns with both your professional and personal goals.
Your move may open up room for advancement in your career, but you might miss the feeling of the close-knit community that you have in your current area. It's crucial to research the community's amenities, recreational activities, and cultural offerings. These factors will play a significant role in your overall satisfaction and quality of life in the new location.
Urban vs. Rural
Moving to an urban area, a rural area, or somewhere in between in the suburbs each offers unique advantages and considerations. It’s crucial to compare and contrast these options to help you make the most informed decision, even if you think you prefer one area over the other initially.
Urban areas, for starters, are often fast-paced, economic centers with a wide range of employment opportunities across various industries. Bigger cities also offer a plethora of amenities that you might not find elsewhere, including restaurants, shopping centers, cultural institutions, entertainment venues, and healthcare facilities. They usually have well-developed public transportation systems, making it easier to navigate these amenities without relying heavily on a personal vehicle.
If you value diversity, urban areas may be for you. They are more likely to be melting pots of different cultures, providing opportunities to engage with more colorful communities and experience a vibrant cultural scene. Just make sure that you’re aware of some of the drawbacks, such as a higher cost of living with expensive housing, higher taxes, and increased daily expenses. Cities can also be crowded. Noise pollution and a fast-paced lifestyle can contribute to stress and decreased quality of life if that kind of scene is not for you.
If you’re looking for somewhere more peaceful and natural, rural areas may be right for you. They typically offer a quieter environment, fresher air, and greener spaces. They can often provide a slower-paced lifestyle and a stronger sense of community. Although rural areas have seen recent rising inflation, these areas are still generally cheaper than urban metropolitan areas. You’ll have more money and more space for outdoor activities, gardening, and privacy with larger lots or acreage.
If you are looking to boost your wellness with this move, access to nature promotes a healthier lifestyle. Just ensure you’re aware that rural locations may have limited amenities. You’ll likely have less immediate access to shopping centers, cultural events, or specialized services. Medical facilities and educational institutions may also be further away. You may also have to make a longer commute to work if that is a factor.
If you’re looking for something with a balance of urban and rural characteristics, suburbs offer a middle ground. They often provide a more relaxed and family-friendly environment while still having access to amenities. Suburbs are also often in well-regarded school districts near parks and recreational facilities. If you’re looking for a sense of community, you can likely find that here.
Suburban living typically provides larger housing options, yards, and green spaces compared to urban areas. However, you might be sacrificing commute time to work or activities in the city. Consider whether or not your vehicle is reliable enough to handle longer driving time to get where you need to go.
Ultimately, the choice between urban, rural, and suburban areas depends on your health and wellness concerns, lifestyle preferences, job opportunities, budget for housing, and desired community environment.
More Factors To Consider
The decision to move to a different location is very personal. The type of community you are looking for is unique to you, so make a list of your preferences and necessities to really narrow your new spot down. In any case, make sure to evaluate the following before moving:
- Safety: Research the area's crime rates, neighborhood watch programs, and general safety measures to ensure a secure living environment.
- Education: If you have children or plan to pursue further education, examine the quality of local schools and nearby colleges or universities.
- Transportation: Evaluate the accessibility of public transportation options, major highways, and airports for ease of commuting and travel.
- Community services: Look into the availability of essential community services such as healthcare facilities, libraries, recreational centers, and social support networks.
- Cost of living: Consider the affordability of housing, utilities, groceries, and other daily expenses relative to your income and lifestyle.
- Climate: Assess the climate and weather patterns of the new location to ensure it aligns with your preferences and lifestyle needs.
By thoroughly researching and considering these factors, you can make an informed decision when choosing your new community.
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If you know us, you know that we believe in the power of the arts to unlock potential and develop skills. That is one reason why Kevin Spencer is working on developing a curriculum to address issues of Gender Based Violence through the Arts. Our partners in Uganda have identified this as a high need topic in schools and are advising us on cultural implications. We hope to pilot this in schools in 2018. Stay tuned!
Gender based violence curriculum
With the help of Hanifa Nakiryowa, Johnna Scrabis, Claire Davidson, the Moraine gang and students attending Carlow University, we developed a curriculum designed to help children ages 6 - 16 understand their potential roles in combating gender-based violence in their communities. Because the arts are so central to current practices in Ugandan schools and because our research demonstrates the positive effects of learning through the arts, we designed a curriculum that teaches conflict resolution, the value of staying in schools - especially for girls, responsible sexual practices, sharing responsibilities and the components of healthy, loving relationships. Along with these concepts the curriculum provides children with improvisational activities to increase their comfort in speaking out and sharing their ideas. For more information: Watotos Got Talent!
Improving the lives of vulnerable children
Gardening curriculum are taking on a prominent role in schools in the US because of the sense of accomplishment that students experience, opportunities for discovery learning and building a sense of community. The schools in Uganda benefit from these as well as creating sustenance and the potential for revenue. In addition, everyone in the community has a role to play or a job to do in planting a garden. Regardless of ability, each person contributes. This scenario has tremendously valuable consequences for the children with disabilities. They become a valued member of the school and work side-by-side with their peers to learn and practice functional academics and to develop a marketable skill of growing food.
Because approaches to including children with special needs used in western cultures and particularly the United States would be impossible to implement given a variety of factors including class size, teacher to child ratios, availability of materials and adaptive equipment, lack of specialized preparation regarding disabilities and cultural norms; an innovative approach to teaching children with disabilities was warranted. Information that was presented regarding specific disability categories seemed of particular interest to the teachers however, time was limited and this information was not able to be shared. The group determined that visits to schools would help the team from Carlow University in their design of a workshop aimed to address special needs populations in inclusive settings.
Community based curriculum
Children with disabilities were included in all of the activities and participated alongside their typically developing peers – a rare occurrence in Uganda.
Events like these serve to illustrate to others the benefits of inclusive practices and how a vision for equal participation is a social justice issue which improves the lives of children and youth with disabilities – a central goal of the project.
According to Victoria Namusisi, many volunteers visit Bright Kids and provide support to the orphanage but this was the first time that an event was planned for just the children in the home. For these vulnerable children, the event not only improved their home with a bright, beautiful mural but it provided an opportunity for them to work together with peers of all abilities and other adults in completing a beautiful art installation. The day certainly held its challenges attested to by the title of the finished wall ‘From Chaos to Beauty’.
Kyle designed a large mural at the Bright Kids Children’s Home which was created over three days spanning three large walls of the compound. Many of the children lacked experiences in participating in structured activities that require cooperation and sharing of materials but benefited from Kyle’s guidance and encouragement for full participation. All of the children, staff and our entire team participated in completing the painting during the final day which coincided with the Arts Day at Bright Kids.
ARTS DAY !! @ Bright Kids Children's Home
Harnessing the power of the ARTS to build confidence, skills and creativity in children.
International acclaimed magician Kevin Spencer of Hocus Focus together with Kyle Holbrook of Moving Lives of Kids designed a fantastic day of artistic engaging activities for the children at Bright Kids Children's Home in Entebbe. Mike Thompson & Carlow University graduate student Emily Atheson helped to entertain the children throughout the day. Children watched in awe as what seemed to be impossible, happened in front of their eyes. As they learned some of the tricks, the children became familiar with ‘secret moves’ while developing their fine motor, cognitive, communication and social skills. The Arts Day also included working with prayer cloths, painting faces, role playing with finger puppets, and creating balloon animals.
Innovative curriculum for engaging students of all abilities
Actually these children showed us a unique method of fishing.
Teach a child to fish...
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Expo real is now just a few weeks away.
TIME TO MEET!
We are delighted to announce that our VDB team specialized in Real Estate Finance and Tax will attend
EXPO REAL 2023
on 4 & 5 October
We would be keen to meet again friends of the firm and meeting new contacts across Europe.
Luxembourg finance market remains buoyant, and we would be pleased to explore together mutual potential cooperation.
Since the clock is ticking, please get in touch with us for organizing a brief meeting.
Schedule a meeting: email@example.com
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In Greek Mythology, Procrustes, a bandit, killed his victims by force–fitting them into a standard iron bed. If the victims were shorter than the bed, he would forcefully stretch them; if taller, he would cut off their limbs as per the size of the bed.
This torture technique can be compared to how a predefined standard scale is used to forcefully “size up” work in an environment of high variability.
Sprint-based agile methodology of software development is suffering from the Procrustes phenomenon. This concept’s boundary conditions of applicability are highly limited in the real world. To understand why and how, one needs to go back to the history of software project management processes.
The Dubious History
The history of software projects delivery performance is dubious. Probabilistically speaking, as per the annual Chaos Report, software projects are most likely to fail in terms of cost, quality and timelines. Interestingly, the1 trend has remained the same through the years.
There is now wide spread consensus to declare Waterfall Methodology of software development as a major reason for the poor track record.
Problem with Waterfall Methodology: Process Over Speed?
The waterfall methodology meets two main objectives in software development projects
- Ensure clear accountability in relationship between supplier (one who is developing the software) and the customer (one who will use it)
- Ensure process is highly stable, and that level of rework is minimal
For the first need, freezing requirements before starting the project is an absolute must. Once requirements are frozen, the accountability for any effort or time overrun can be clearly traced back to either of the stakeholders.
The second need requires one to approach software development like one would approach development of a new physical product. Developing a new physical product requires the design to be complete before start of the actual building. Allowing the design to remain fluid during implementation leads to uncontrolled rework and interruptions.
Borrowing from these principles, a waterfall methodology requires one to move the project into following phases sequentially with clear “gates”, marking completion of each phase
Strict change management processes are to be put in place as a “deterrent” against any rethink late in the process. As a result, one of the overheads of this methodology is lot of documentation and sign-offs.
However, when the customer-testing phase comes at the fag end of the entire project, “hindsight” clarity issues create severe conflicts between customer and developer on what was “told” initially in the requirement phase and what was “understood”. So, practically speaking, a strict change management process becomes difficult to implement, more so when the relationship between customer and supplier is that of unequals. Resultant effect is scope rework detected too late in the process, leading to uncontrolled delays. It is no surprise that contractual conflicts, delays, effort spiking and associated stress towards the end of the project are chronic to software development projects.
Agile Development: Speed over Process?
In sharp contrast, as the proponents claim, Agile Methodology takes a viewpoint that scope and design cannot be frozen upfront. Hence, it adopts a flexible working approach, which can embrace change much later in the development cycle. Instead of taking a “one perfect project delivery” viewpoint of software development, Agile believes in the principles of delivering usable features, good enough for customers to start using, and then keep improving based on frequent feedback. The idea is to deliver workable software as soon as possible and get feedback for further iterative development. This way of working also takes away the need to freeze requirements and design upfront.
So, in the Agile world, one can move away from sequential working between phases of software development. The team can work as a self-organizing group, which can design, develop, test and deliver workable features in an iterative manner. Time is managed by using concept of sprints (widely used version of Agile called Scrum) – a “time box” of 15/30 days, is used to deliver small batches of usable software features. While the ongoing sprint is frozen, subsequent ones can be changed based on customer feedback.
The “Not So” Silver Bullet
The silver bullet has been found. Or so, it seems. However, no conclusive, transparent and nondebatable study is available to establish the supremacy of the Scrum Methodology
Beyond the data, what is of concern about Scrum in specific are growing voices of practitioners against the methodology. Numerous blogs have been highlighting the increasing stress of developers, the ever-lengthening list of bugs’ backlog and customer dissatisfaction on usability of software. Surprisingly these effects are exactly opposite of what Agile had promised!
As a counter argument, proponents of the methodology have pointed out that implementation gaps, not conceptual gaps, are the primary reason for the woes.
The argument of implementation gaps puts the onus of the problem of poor results on the abilities of the implementer rather than the inventor. (“They couldn’t implement – they were not disciplined!”). This narrative allows some management theories to stay as fads, longer than they really deserve to. So it is important to verbalize the hidden assumptions (or the boundary conditions) of a theory and check its validity in the practical world.
A widely cherished principle of agile is “self-organizing teams over strict processes”. The signoffs/handovers/checks or any kind of formal control for sequential movement as per a process is scoffed at, as self-organizing and iterative development becomes the guiding mantra.
The resultant effect of any agile intervention is the re-organization of a functional structure of design, development and testing into many small self-organizing teams, which are expected to be self-sufficient in terms of skills of design, development and testing.
This assumption of self-sufficiency of small divided teams in terms of adequacy of high-end skills, particularly designing and requirement assessment is highly questionable in vast majority of environments. High attrition rates, with many developers changing jobs every two to three years are hard realities of the industry, which is obsessed with outsourcing and reducing cost of development. The high attrition rate does not impact availability of generic skill resources like expertise in a programming language. But environment specific skills like design and requirement analysis which is only acquired with adequate experience, are never available in full strength as required by the multiple decentralized agile teams. These skills (also called SMEs or subject matter experts) are always part of a miniscule minority in most environments.
So it is highly likely, with skills decentralization after an agile intervention, that many agile teams will fall short of skills, particularly those contributed by experienced SMEs. Even though, each team may have the required numbers to be declared “self-sufficient” as per records.
This leads to a situation where some agile teams depend informally on others, outside of their team, for help. With decentralization, some teams also become ignorant that they need help outside of their structure! Without a formal process to control sequential movement, the first casualty is adequacy of design and requirement assessment. Hence, testing becomes the primary source of feedback on design and development gaps.
Consequently, frequent re-work becomes inevitable. The lines of codes for same functionality are written many times over in an agile environment. At the same time, continuous “flow back” from testing causes frequent interruptions with developers. The problem of interruptions and rework further aggravates when different small agile groups are working independently on different sets of features in parallel; design decisions, at times, become “local” which cause conflicts between teams and create further rework.
The few SMEs or designers in some self-organizing teams become overloaded. These scarce resources are forced to multi-task beyond their capacity; they have to not just work within their team but also get into issue management of other teams. This further deteriorates the productivity of the system as everyone waits for feedback from heavily loaded resources. End result is an uncontrolled development process.
Agile has an antidote for this inherent chaotic working approach – sprint deadlines. Like Procrustes’s standard iron bed, the sprint cycle deadline force-fits open work fronts into closures. Effort spiking close to sprint end pushes everyone to somehow drive closures and complete the sprint. But the efforts spiking compels compromises – some testing is skipped or some bugs are kept aside, some scope is set aside for later sprints – the same way Procrustes force-fitted human bodies into beds. As almost all resources in the team become extremely busy towards a sprint closure, any planning activity of subsequent sprint is put off to the start of the next sprint.
Consequently, in every sprint, initial time is used up in planning work. Actual development and testing happens towards second half of a sprint cycle, thus building pressure of time, followed by skips and misses. Testing resources stay less utilized during beginning of a sprint and then get overloaded at the end, where all planned features land up together. Sprint end rush and compromises becomes inevitable! The damaging effect of “forcing” a standard sprint cycle is not just seen in execution but also in planning. The arbitrary “cut” of deliverables based on a standard time, at times, lead sprint managers to size out work, which may not be usable at the end of the sprint.
When execution is chaotic, and features coming out from a sprint cycle are not “usable”, the predictability for end customer is lost, particularly for those who might want a firm release schedule for a set of usable features to plan their own projects.
So, in many environments, it is not uncommon to find a hidden waterfall methodology-based project management imposed upon agile working. The resultant effect of this dual environment is a situation, which imbibes the worst of both solutions in terms of productivity losses.
The Hybrid Solution
Typically, an overall project plan is created for “final release” for customer commitment. The longer-term plan is broken into “sprints” with every sprint having its own predefined scope plan. The commitment to end customer is the final release. Sprints turn into typical milestones of an overall project schedule.
When many series of consequent sprints are pre-defined with scope, flexibility to re-scope or repeat a sprint based on feedback of previous sprints becomes nearly impossible. So after every sprint, the pressure is to work on scope of next sprint rather than to deal with feedback/issues of the previous one.
This creates an ever-increasing bug list and leads to massive effort spiking towards the end of the “final release”. Some companies leave aside a time box of “final sprint” before final release to clear all the old mess of previous sprints. So in the real sense, customers don’t get anything usable till the final release.
At times, even the “buffer” of one sprint is not enough to make up for all the past sins. Less available time, pressure to deliver and overload of pending work is a perfect recipe for more compromises. Bad quality products are likely to be delivered to customers who report the bugs back to the development team. Pressure to expand the team to tackle the huge list of bugs of previous releases while developing for new releases increases the cost of development. Stress, poor productivity, delays and bad quality cannot be a rare phenomenon in such an environment.
At the same time, when an overall release project is super-imposed on agile cycles, the typical initial waste of time and development capacity spent in assessing the entire project efforts, scope and plan, negotiations becomes a reality. Software development companies lose out from all sides.
Agile Vs. Waterfall: Solution of Extremes?
One the assumptions of waterfall method, which was questioned by Agile, is the ability of customers to clearly specify requirements upfront. Many times, a requirement becomes clear only when customers actually see or start using something. At the same time, the need for perfection or the “best” can make the requirements phase go out of control. Hence, Agile did away with the overhead of trying to be perfect in design and requirements gathering.
But at same time, Agile implementations also suffer from bane of inadequate designs. What we have now is a more generic conflict underlying the software development process.
- On one hand, we should freeze designs and requirements before implementation because this approach ensures rework is under control and hence, time is under control.
- On the other hand, we should not freeze design and requirements because it is impossible to freeze them. Users get clarity on what they actually want after using or visually observing the product.
The only way out of the above conflict is to understand that there are clearly two types of rework which gets generated in any new product development process.
Type A (Foresight-led rework): They are misses and skips made under pressure of time and lack of synchronization between team members. Some people in the team know about these inputs. Due to pressure of time, these inputs are not incorporated in time; this leads to rework later in the process. These errors cause frustration among team members for missing the obvious. Using testing resources to get feedback on Type A errors is a criminal waste of time and capacity.
Type B (Hindsight-led rework): This is rework created due to new knowledge generated after an event of testing or clear visualization. It is in a way value adding, because new knowledge is generated in the process. Prototypes generate Type 2 value-adding rework. Type B rework is inevitable and no amount of thought experiment can help one visualize the Type B errors upfront. The only way out is to devise a process to generate Type B errors early in the development cycle.
Waterfall Method implicitly assumes that all errors are Type A and hence should be prevented. This school of thought has inspired the manufacturing slogan “First Time Right”. Process rigidity with checks and “no-go” gates becomes the key to avoid Type A lead errors. Agile assumes all errors are Type B, hence it considers one-time handovers between phases as waste of time. Hence agile propagates frequent back and forth between all phases.
Learning from History of Automobile Manufacturing
Interestingly, this “Agile” way is exactly how automobiles used to be manufactured in late 18th century. It was called the craft manufacturing method. A small group of mixed skill resource groups were each given a car to be assembled from start till end. The cross-functional team had skills of design, fitting and even machine operations. The not-so-perfect parts could be filed and adjusted to fit with each other, and eventually a vehicle would come out with arduous rework. This way of car manufacturing was indeed very expensive and only the rich could afford it in that era.
When Henry Ford presented the assembly line concept with clear division of labor, car assembly was transformed. Clear sequential working with different resources specializing in different types of the assembly task, defined the assembly lines of Ford Motors. The cars moved between stations (instead of the workers moving) for continuous flow of output. The specialization on one type of task, along with avoidance of switching losses (of craft manufacturing) between different types of skill work enabled a productivity jump of close to five times.
The revolutionary idea dramatically reduced the cost of making a car. The masses could afford a car because of the enhanced productivity. In a way, the car industry gave up the “agile methodology” of car making and achieved giant strides in productivity.
However, an assembly line working approach requires two critical conditions to be successful
- Flow backs are negligible. Work moves forward in one direction. If nature of work is such that it frequently comes back to previous workstations for rework, then it can create chaos with uncontrolled line stoppages and reduced output. (In such an environment, craft manufacturing, or the agile method, is a better way). In case of Ford , assembly line working was enabled by standardization of parts, which could fit any car, without the need to file and adjust ill-fitting parts for a specific car, thus preventing the flow backs
- Transfer batches should be small (ideally a single piece flow). Transferring of big batches not only expands lead-time in every stage but also leads to late detection of quality issues.
Rapid Feature Flow Model
Let us examine how we can get above two critical conditions to resolve the inherent conflict of software development process.
1. Minimizing Flow Backs
Organizing resource groups into requirements assessment team, design team, development and testing group help create required division of labor for assembly line working. This allows the limited expert resources to be centralized in the requirements and the design groups. This grouping also helps in proper utilization of their capacity in type of work, which requires their expertise. However, without clear definition of what constitutes end of requirement and end of design, the assembly line type sequential working between resource groups will never materialize due to flow backs. It is also important to put in place a process of check to mark completions – this is imperative to break the bad habit of proceeding without completing the phases.
This phase should focus not only defining what should be done in a feature but also defining what will not be given. It is also important to begin with the end in mind. The inputs of all test cases to be used in the final validation should be defined. At times, visual prototypes can also help customers visualize what they really want.
A high-level dependency understanding at an architectural level is usually done in many environments by using the first few sprints, (called the foundational sprints). Dependencies which are neglected are in the subsequent functional sprints where features are delivered.
Design stage should focus on unearthing detailed dependencies in terms of interaction with different functionalities. Identifying verification test cases upfront in this stage makes sure that the gap related to any kind of dependencies which can lead to regression are minimized. In the absence of proper design, lot of capacity wastage can happen later in verification testing as fixing one issue might lead to breaking of other things, creating a vicious loop leading to unpredictability in flow.
The gates of design and requirements along with principle of “beginning with end in mind” should help in preventing type A errors and, unearthing type B errors early in the process.
(Interestingly, engineering of physical products focuses a lot on understanding dependencies as the cost of rework during product building phase is high. For example, if the design of beams needs to accommodate the load bearing capacity of a moving crane in a factory-building project, it is important such design dependencies are thrashed in the engineering phase. If the same dependencies are detected in execution for physical products, the huge physical waste of material becomes visible. However, in the case of software projects, wastages for bad design are never visible; a code going wrong can be re-written in the virtual world after it is detected in testing. No rejection of material or dismantling of build structure happens in the software development world. This inherent advantage of software development is also a bane. When testing is used for facilitating good design, the rework and loss of productivity is colossal, even if there is no loss of physical material).
2. Minimizing the Transfer Batch
Just having an assembly line with delivery coming out after a period of six months or a year is also undesirable. When different customers require different features at different points of time, having one delivery date for a large set of features is of no use to anyone. It is unreasonable to expect the customer to wait till all other features are complete. So, moving individual features through the assembly line in order of priority (sequence in which features are introduced) ensures better flow and a short lead-time in delivering workable features that individual customers want.
The way to make a transfer batch of one feature is to institute a WIP (work in process) limit control in the different resource group types. The work in process control implies that a new feature will be introduced to the resource group only when one under progress is complete as per the criteria set for handovers. The rule of “one in when one is out” ensures a single piece transfer batch flow at a feature level. (Due care should be taken to define features in a way that they are fairly independent entities).
WIP control rule implies that tasks cannot be prescheduled or cut out using the “knife” of a time-boxed sprint. The rule of “one in when one is out” will ensure output of features in a staggered manner and that load on testing is levelled out. (Instead of wave of lumpy work for testing in a sprint-based scheduling.) The staggered flow prevents temporary bottlenecks in the system.
The WIP control also aids transparency of queues, which in turn helps in better capacity planning between resource groups. Skill group sizes can be adjusted time to time to manage any temporary elongation of queue. (Change in complexity of features introduced in the system or loss of resources in some groups can create temporarily lengthen queues).
The above principles will help in rapid flow of features from this system. The rapid delivery of individual deployable features also helps promote “a-version-at-a-time” thinking approach in requirements phase to keep it under control. Customers (or marketers of the software) can keep improving the features by initiating work for the next versions.
The suggested model of working, however, has the following drawbacks
- The rule of WIP control makes scheduling of tasks redundant. In the absence of a time schedule, predictability is lost.
- It is in direct conflict with typical sales planning process of a product company that works on annual or bi-annual software release plans.
The above system exposes queues in the system and helps differentiate touch time (actual work time) from waiting queues. If the features’ content can be standardized as multiples of a unit work package, then it is possible to model the expected arrival time to provide the desired predictability. When flow improves, with drastic reduction in interruptions, priority changes and rework, the system predictability goes up many folds.
But it is important to use the scale of time to provide continuous predictability and not use it as a tool to drive “commitment” in execution or use as a scheduling decision. It is a fallacy that schedules, and commitment around schedules, prevent time wastage. In reality, wastage of time is prevented by daily process of issue resolution and close handholding by flow supervisors in respective groups.
The decoupling of prediction and commitment can be best understood with the analogy of driving using Google Maps. Google Maps offer expected time of arrival looking at queues on road. But it is only a predictive tool, and the driver cannot commit on the time claimed by Google. What he can do effectively is only reduce wastage in every moment of driving. In case of an overall manager of a system, the focus of predictability improvement comes from reducing queues in the system, and managing issues interrupting flow on a daily basis.
In this model, a feature is introduced in the system without trying to cut it out based on some arbitrary sprint cycle definition. The feature size introduced in the system is based on what is deployable.
Dynamic Software Release Planning
The new model mandates that one move away from managing software development as a large monolith project with detailed plan aiming for a single release. Final releases can be done as frequently as one can manage based on the release overheads. Single features or a set of features can be bundled into releases as and when one wants. Instead of committing to a release plan upfront for a year, marketers of the software can decide on release strategy based on dynamics of the market. This provides necessary flexibility to react to competition strategy, and hence change the queue of features in the waiting list to deal with market dynamics.
To summarize, software environments have had a chronic difficulty of not being able to clearly differentiate two independent measuring scales required to manage projects effectively
- Scale of time (to provide predictability of when something will be completed)
- Scale of work to understand size
Both are different; they should not be mixed. Since defining a standard scale for work content has always been a challenge, using time (the sprint cycle duration) as the proxy scale to “knife out” work in planning and in execution is source of all problems in the scrum methodology. Hence, the Procrustes phenomenon becomes unavoidable. The suggested Rapid Feature Flow model offers a way to differentiate the usage of the two scales to escape the wrath of Procrustes.
So what happened to Procrustes? His reign of terror ended with his death at the hands of Theseus, the king of Athens!
Schneider Electric Engineering Workbench, a product from Schneider Electric’s Process Automation business helps in automating the engineering and configuration of the instrumentation and control systems of brown/greenfield projects. Faster engineering helps in reducing lead time to start of operations and thereby improves profitability and reduces the risks of penalties for the Automation vendor. The Agile methodology formerly in place for software development at Schneider Electric Engineering Workbench could not give the desired results. Therefore, the company innovated a flow model based on the core concepts of TOC for the automation software development process which not only created a more harmonious work environment for the development team but also increased productivity by a whopping 71%!
At the end of a year, Schneider reported the following additional benefits
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Midway Omega Race Game Logic Repair
Omega Race was Midway's only vector game and came with a fatal design flaw: a NiCad battery that would leak down the board. This service includes replacing all program and video RAM sockets, video ROM sockets, repairing broken traces with Kynar wire jumpers and general logic troubleshooting. We then burn-in test the hardware for several hours to ensure time and temperature stability of all repairs.
Due to the varying nature of battery leakage, we request a few pictures of your board prior to committing to a repair. Some boards are too extensively damaged for a reliable repair.
Disassemble the mother and daughter logic cards and securely ship to address provided at checkout.
If your board is missing one or both DACs in the analog section (e.g., someone previously scavenged the board), replacement cost is $25 per DAC. This is the only exception to the $375 flat rate.
All repairs come with a 365 day workmanship warranty. This warranty does not include damage caused by a malfunctioning power supply. Please verify all DC voltages before powering the game in your cabinet.
Return shipping services provided by FedEx Ground or Home Delivery and is included in total cost of repair for all US shipments. International shipping is available at an additional cost.
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Veggies Farm Giveaway Stream: NFT Rewards Delivered to Winners
The Veggies Farm team is thrilled to announce the successful completion of our recent giveaway during our last YouTube live stream. As one of the most popular Farming NFT Games, we love rewarding our dedicated community members and providing them with unique and valuable NFTs to enrich their gaming experience.
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Meet the Winners and Their Prizes
Our latest giveaway featured a diverse set of NFTs, ranging from powerful VeggieKnight NFTs to essential utility items such as the BankVault and StorageBox NFTs. Here's the list of winners and the rewards they received:
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Building a Stronger Community through Giveaways
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They always said trouble comes in threes.
As if a global pandemic, a crashed economy, and a much-needed struggle against racial injustice weren’t enough, this year has now thrown in a bonus challenge for social media managers: the president’s effectual banning of China-based video platform TikTok from the American market.
Beloved by teens and brands alike, this short-video platform hosted a plethora of content and was becoming a priority for businesses eager to catch the fancy of a youthful market.
This, understandably, has jarred many social media managers. Tiktok didn’t seem like the next big thing in social media strategy. It already was the big thing. And from all accounts, certain to remain so for the foreseeable future.
But if there’s one thing 2020 has taught us, it’s that the future truly is unforeseeable.
So how can we plan social media campaigns when our customers’ world might be completely different in a month?
How can we invest resources into any platform if, like TikTok, it could vanish tomorrow?
How can we pivot on a dime?
With these 5 chaos-proof social media tips:
1. Focus on 2-3 American platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
Of course, it’s still essential to keep up with these social media giants’ internal changes in ad algorithms, media formats, user experience, and regulations. But these U.S.-based platforms are most likely to stick around for the near future, so it’s pretty safe to invest time and resources in them.
To maintain flexibility, monitor which two platforms perform best with your audience, and focus on those two. Even if one collapses (God forbid), you’ll still be able to maintain an effective presence online with the other.
2. Schedule for two weeks out — but not more.
Two weeks in March and the world’s largest economy was in hibernation.
Two weeks in May and Illinois commerce resurrected from a two-month-long quarantine.
Two weeks in June and millions of Americans saw that they could no longer ignore the need for racial justice.
Your customers’ problems may be completely different in a month. Schedule for two weeks out, but no more. This will give you enough time to modify your strategies in case of further world-changing events.
3. Skim Local & National News Headlines Daily
It only takes 5-10 minutes, and you probably do it already. This practice keeps you up-to-date on any events and developments that will affect your social media strategy.
Also, note what sticks: news-followers quickly saw how George Floyd’s unjust death ignited continuing protests and racial justice initiatives across the nation.
Finally: when you see the entire nation’s sustained attention on such matters, consider creating a thoughtful statement on social media. It doesn’t have to be long, but customers will see that you care about widespread struggles and aren’t dismissing them in favor of promoting your brand.
4. Review Planned Content Daily
This activity also takes only 5-10 minutes. It’s also the most important step to keeping your posts relevant.
After your news-skim, add, remove, and modify upcoming content as needed. For example, if your district just announced students would attend class in-person this fall, replace the funny remote-schooling meme you scheduled. Ditto if you have a back-to-school-2020 meme scheduled, but your school just announced a switch back to distance education this fall.
5. Include “Evergreen” Content
Evergreen content is content that’s always helpful no matter what. For example, parent/student study tips are always appreciated by schools and people are always looking for tips on buying a new home.
Many brands can make a good impression with occasional inspiring stories, especially ones that offset the slew of bad news too often in customer’s feeds this year.
Customers also appreciate links to industry-related cornerstone content, and (usually) customer success stories.
These perennial favorites give you a strategic backbone that you can rely on. (But check them daily anyway…just in case!)
As the pirates of the Caribbean said of The Pirate Code, your strategy is…more like a guideline.
Certainly, create your two-week plan, but know that it may not be the plan tomorrow. It’s not a rule-book to follow at all costs when we’re all navigating the storms of 2020.
With these tips, you can pivot efficiently with a 2020 strategy that resonates with your audience.
No matter what comes our way next.
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Slow load times and buffering are annoying for viewers, and detrimental for video service providers. A study from the University of Massachussetts, Amherst and Akamai found that after 10 seconds of startup delay, more than half of your audience has left. Furhtermore, only 8% of users will return to your website within 24 hours after experiencing a video failure. Specifically, if it takes longer than 2 seconds to load the video, viewers will start to leave.
Bandwidth issues can be catastrophic to your business. Viewers expect speed and quality, and if bandwidth spikes or latency keep you from delivering seamless experiences, subscribers won’t hesitate to cancel. As 5G enters the scene and bandwidth-engulfing 8K/4K/UHD video content rises, all signs point to an even more congested internet as time moves on.
Here’s how to choose the right security approach to optimize bandwidth, address latency, and ensure seamless content distribution that delights viewers:
1. Invest in Future-Proof Security Solutions
Long load times and low latency are often the result of congested head-end facilities, fragmented workflows, and inefficient API utilization. When a viewer tunes in to watch their favorite show, they must be authenticated to ensure that they have access, keys and entitlements must be delivered, and content must be encrypted. This process involves many vendors, especially when considering the range of platforms and screens available to viewers. The more fragmented this process becomes and the more players that are involved, the longer load times will be.
Verimatrix content distribution solutions are designed to maximize efficiencies and unify the process to help video service operators provide friction-free viewer experiences. VCAS for IPTV can help with the optimal delivery of authorizations within an existing closed operator infrastructure. VCAS Multi-DRM can operate outside of those bounds to deliver authentication and keys to OTT and mobile devices efficiently and effectively.
2. Deploy Models that Scale Up and Down Seamlessly During Popular Events
Low latency is a problem for any broadcaster, but especially those who stream live sports and other popular events. What starts as a small delay at the beginning of a game can amount to much more by the end, leaving viewers feeling bitterly dissatisfied with your service. What’s more, any delay in the content workflow during a popular event is liable to disrupt not just one viewer, but thousands—which can be detrimental to your business and revenue.
To solve this issue, Verimatrix offers a cloud deployment of our IPTV and Multi-DRM solutions. This enables video service providers to leverage native cloud technologies to automatically scale up and down without a glitch, even if millions of viewers tune in at once. With a cloud deployment, key entitlement, encryption, and authentication are streamlined and can be done on a large scale. Additionally, Verimatrix next generation evolution of Multi-DRM provides sub 1 second delivery by utilizing global distribution to viewers from the cloud instance closest to them. Unhindered by hardware, providers also avoid overprovisioning and overpaying with Multi-DRM in the cloud.
3. Gather the Right Data (and Use it to Improve)
Easy access to detailed data is the first step to correct and respond to latency issues, preventing viewer dissatisfaction and costly subscriber churn. Verimatrix Analytics offers Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring features for video service providers to track latency and receive alerts any time a viewer experience falls short. Customizable real-time dashboards help you find actionable data to enhance user experience—identify playback issues, optimize service performance, and streamline network operations.
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On 18 December 1569, Dalmasso Fenoglio and Biagio Pasquerio, then mayors of Borgo San Dalmazzo, obtained the concession from Emanuele Filiberto to establish a fair in honor of the patron saint on December 5, lasting three days. Since then the Cold Fair (Fiera Fredda) has been renewed every year and has always represented an important meeting point for all the inhabitants of the valleys, who converged towards the town to get the last supplies before the long winter period during which travel became difficult, due to the often unfavourable weather conditions.
Once in the city, the inhabitants of the valley took advantage of the numerous taverns that developed in the center, tasting those that over time have become traditional dishes. In particular, the most typical dish of the event has become the Helix Pomatia Alpina, the snail with white flesh that has found its natural habitat in the Maritime Alps.
According to the most ancient Borgo tradition, snails were served by simply steaming them in their shells and were extracted with the characteristic nail to shoe horses with (still used today), then dipped in a spicy sauce based on oil, salt, pepper and garlic called “cartuné sauce”. “The “cartun” was a cart covered with a cloth supported by four wooden ribs, pulled by a mule; it was the mobile home of shepherds of the Borgo valleys: the “cartuné”. The carters passing through Borgo heading towards France were the main visitors to the local taverns, who gave the name to the famous sauce. As an alternative to the “cartunera”, the steamed snails could also be accompanied by “ajé” (or “aiolì”), a mayonnaise with finely mortar-crushed garlic with a vaguely Provençal flavour.
From the 1970s, local restaurateurs wanted to give greater impetus to snail gastronomy, so they worked hard to search for new recipes either from the recipe books from beyond the Alps,, or by giving free rein to their imagination so as to be able to offer complete menus based on snails. Steamed snails (strictly in boiling water with salt and flavourings) can then be used in various ways, and their cooking can be finished with different herbs, spices and seasonings, suitable to enhance the taste.
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Twixtor in Bellow
Synopsis Character of Akutagawa Ryuunosuke
Ryuunosuke Akutagawa is a prominent character in the anime series “Bungou Stray Dogs” 5th Season. As a member of the Port Mafia and an antagonist-turned-anti-hero, Akutagawa brings a mix of darkness, complexity, and character development to the narrative. His role in the series evolves significantly as he grapples with his past and his loyalty to the Port Mafia.
Akutagawa is a highly skilled and feared member of the Port Mafia, possessing the ability “Rashomon.” This ability allows him to manipulate shadows and create razor-sharp blades, making him a formidable opponent in combat. Akutagawa’s dedication to his organization and his admiration for its leader, Ougai Mori, drive him to fulfill his duties relentlessly.
Throughout the 5th Season, Akutagawa’s character undergoes profound changes. His encounters with the Armed Detective Agency and particularly with Atsushi Nakajima, the series’ protagonist, lead to moments of introspection. These interactions challenge his loyalty to the Port Mafia and force him to question his convictions.
Akutagawa’s past plays a significant role in shaping his character. As an orphan and former member of the Sheep, an orphanage led by Natsume Souseki, his tragic upbringing left deep emotional scars. The scars of his past fuel his relentless pursuit of power and acknowledgment, driving him to become one of the Port Mafia’s most formidable assets.
As the 5th Season progresses, Akutagawa’s complex personality becomes more apparent. His ruthless demeanor softens, revealing vulnerability and a desire for acceptance and understanding. He begins to question the morality of his actions, leading him towards an internal conflict between his loyalty to the Port Mafia and his sense of justice.
Akutagawa’s character development is influenced by his interactions with his mentor, Dazai Osamu, a former Port Mafia member turned detective. Dazai’s guidance and unexpected acts of compassion challenge Akutagawa’s perception of the world and create a sense of turmoil within him.
As the series unfolds, Akutagawa’s internal struggle becomes central to the narrative. His growth from a staunch antagonist to a character with shades of gray adds depth to the story’s themes of redemption, forgiveness, and the complexity of human nature.
In summary, Ryuunosuke Akutagawa is a complex and pivotal character in “Bungou Stray Dogs” 5th Season. His status as a member of the Port Mafia, exceptional abilities, and past traumas make him a formidable and multifaceted antagonist-turned-anti-hero. Akutagawa’s journey of self-discovery, driven by his encounters with the Armed Detective Agency and his internal conflicts, adds depth and intrigue to the series, exploring the themes of loyalty, redemption, and the shades of gray in the battle between good and evil.
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Birta Mae Sanders
Published 11:30 am Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Birta Mae Sanders of Vicksburg died Saturday, May 3, 2014, at River Region Medical Center. She was 91.
She was a retired teacher for the Vicksburg School District and was a member of the Locust Grove M B. Church.
W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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VIKING NECKLACE FEATURING DOUBLE AXE, VALKNUT & NORDIC RUNE
Bring out your inner warrior with this stunning Viking Axe Necklace!
Inspired by the powerful axes of the Viking Age, this necklace will instill a primal sense of strength, fearlessness, and valor in you. The necklace features a double axe, Valknut, and a nordic rune. It is made of premium stainless steel that feels fantastic to wear.
Viking Axes represent bravery, strength, and audacity. They symbolize the berserker, and all that entails. This represents the ability to cut through obstacles to one's success and forge ahead boldly.
The Valknut represents three interlocking triangles depicted across numerous artifacts dating from the Pagan Scandinavian Era and was associated with the God Odin. The word Valknut translates as "Knot of the Fallen" or "Warrior's Knot" and was often related to the dead. It would indicate that the fallen were now among the warriors living in Valhalla, Odin's hall. The greatest honor for a Viking warrior was to die bravely in battle and be taken to Valhalla.
The runes were an important symbol of understanding, strength, and mastery of destiny. For nine days Odin hung himself from Yggdrasil, the World Tree while being pierced by his spear so that he could learn the secret of the runes, which he later passed on to all mankind. As well as being an alphabet and a way to describe the world, the runes would be used to shape the future through the magic of Seidr. The Old form of Norse Shamanism.
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We offer a partner program to accountants, integrators and other outside consultants whose clients are either currently using, or would benefit from using the Vinsight App.
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As a partner you will be able, with your client’s permission, to access their Vinsight records as an additional user, at no cost to either you or your client. As part of the partner program you will receive second-tier support from us to help yourselves and your clients get the most out of Vinsight.
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- Chunky Natural Green Turquoise
- Great For Layering
- 1/2" - 3/4" Size Beads
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- 2" Extender
- Measures 15" in length bead to bead
- Each piece is created by hand, so no two are identical
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In the form of a filmed epistolary conversation, two young, experienced filmmakers discuss film, present and past family, heritage and maternity. The personal and profound reflections—which are embodied in the graceful images taken day-to-day—are suddenly echoed by the political emergency of a country.
Shaped like a filmed exchange of letters between director Carla Simón (among her works, the multi-nominated feature Estiu 1993 and the shorts Born Positive and Lipstick ) and Dominga Sotomayor (director of celebrated pictures such as Thursday Till Sunday and Too Late to Die Young ), this short film is an intense and intimate dialogue that interweaves a complex relationship between the two women. Through the images, emotions, and feelings, the two friends share stories and secrets that may have not found another way to be expressed. Shifting between Spain and Chile, the film gradually moves from the personal and confronts the political upheavals in their respective countries. The clashes between police forces and demonstrators become the image of a conflict that refuses to stay confined in the secret realms of the family but demands to confront publicly the issues that cause alienation and suffering. A challenging, deeply poignant and affecting film. “Revolution – Solution to all dreams”, as Michel Leiris used to say.
Giona A. Nazzaro
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To be the leading company in the real estate domain by delivering or meeting our customer needs on time, quality, service & satisfaction, by respecting the natures role in the growth.
Our Mission is to deliver the best to our customers by adapting the new technologies in the land development, building long term relationships and becoming the most reliable real estate partner with Transparency, Integrity and ethical values.
Integrity plays a major role in Visishta not only to deliver the best to our customers even without our stakeholders.
With out whom the business never runs. We are committed to deliver the best to our customers.
We believe in treating everyone with respect and Honour
Our commitment is the pathway to achieve our vision. We give 100% commitment to meet our customers requirement.
We believe in Transparency more, because it speaks more than anything. We stay transparent in our interactions with every stakeholder of our company.
Excellent Ventures, best for the Investment and Every process happened smoothly with complete support from the Visishta Team.
I was searching for open plots near Yadadri at low cost from a trusted company. I got in touch with Rajesh from Visishta infra. After discussing with him and a visit to the ventures, I have purchased the open plot from them. Very transparent and moral valued company.
Value For Money is the most apt word for the Visishta infra projects. They are very good in business values, ethics, moral values and the way they have helped us to get the best open plot is fabulous.
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