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He’s an entrepreneur, he’s a speaker, he’s a growth hacker, he’s Vincent Dignan. Whether it’s digital marketing or his unique stylish wardrobe, he knows how to make a splash. In this exclusive interview, he shares his startup growth tips.
As mentioned on his website, Vincent helps early-stage companies through a combination of rapid social media growth, guerrilla community management tactics, and growth hacks which have seen companies go from zero to thousands of signups/followers/users virtually overnight- so “hacking” is his specialty.
Early in his career, he launched 2 digital magazines that got over 1,000,000 visitors per month and from that point on people wanted to know his secret sauce and startup growth tips. Vincent went from digital magazine to growth-hacker at that point.
He founded Planet Ivy and Screen Robot. They received nearly 20 million page views without any paid marketing spend.
His first book was released with a bang on Indiegogo and has raised over $100,000. It offers some incredible insights for growth. In the book, Vincent shares a story he created for a marketing play on Indiegogo that allowed him to narrow down who he is talking to and where to find that audience type. It’s powerful stuff.
“It’s all about continually talking to your users and understanding them inside out. When you do that you don’t launch products that fail.”
On a personal note, I came across Vincent and his work during Neil Patel’s Virtual Summit which led me to reach out and connect with this interview.
Some of the topics we discuss:
- What is a key organic traffic solution that you should be using?
- What social network is working the best for him today?
- Should you use bot software?
- How should you approach social media and how many platforms should you be on?
- What are some core steps to take to reach your first 1,000 customers?
- How can you do market research if you don’t already have an audience?
- How many posts per day per platform should you share?
- Should you pay people for promotion?
- How should you approach a shoutout on Instagram and why?
- What is Vincent’s new coaching group about and how can it help you?
- Should you invest in paid traffic on Facebook? What percent of ads fail?
- How can you build a content website up to 1,000,000 readers per month?
- Should you be guest blogging?
Interview Transcript (not word for word)
We talked to growth hacking expert and co-author of Secret Sauce, Vincent Dignan to learn some tips on what does it take to get traffic if you’re just starting up your business. In this exclusive interview, he shares his startup growth tips.
Starting a Company
How did he start in his career?
Vincent Dignan is an entrepreneur, growth hacker, and speaker.He helps companies who are at their early stages to build audiences and get traction. He did a 45-day speaking tour around the US. He’s also one of the author of the book “ Secret Sauce: The Ultimate Growth Hacking Guide “ that did really well on Indiegogo.
He began started launching two magazines that got hundred million visitors a month. From online magazine to growth hacking and copywriting magazine, the Secret Sauce which was basically on Twitter, which he found as the best growth hacking machine. They could drive traffic from the copy they write and also because they have so many followers.
Success is a process. From the lessons you learn, you can tailor everything so you can go straight to the right path.
Growing a Company
Effective tips when starting diving into the digital sphere?
Continually asking your customers a question is the best strategy. Like what problems do you have? What would you want me to create for you? What would you actually buy?
An important question to keep.in mind.
Then it didn’t work try to ask why they didn’t buy it? A follow-up email. Continually talking with the people and understanding them.
Use some of the social media tools available, but not all. Find out the best platform to work with: for a physical product, it could be on Instagram. For consulting, Facebook groups is what he recommends. Recruitment use LinkedIn. For startup niche, Twitter could be your best platform.
Paying for shout-outs is okay especially for those who are starting.
There are no exact steps to be successful in digital sphere but one thing is for sure it’s about knowing your audience and know how to talk to them
Sustainability of a Company
Best tool to use to sustain digital presence?
Find out the best platform to work with, for a physical product it could be on Instagram. For consulting, Facebook groups is what he recommends. Recruitment, LinkedIn. For startup niche, Twitter could be your best platform.
Add everyone you can on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and dumped them to a community, like FB groups, LinkedIn groups. And start to engage them. One of the pieces of advice he received about being successful in this industry for free is using social media.
He suggested LinkedIn is the rising tool to use and he approved that it did really well. Quora and Instagram, and Facebook Group also help.
Know what’s the best social media tool to use.
Vincent Dignan is an entrepreneur, growth hacker and speaker. He helps companies who are at their early stages to build audiences and get traction. He did a 45-day speaking tour around the US. He’s also one of the authors of the book “ Secret Sauce: The Ultimate Growth Hacking Guide “ that did really well on Indiegogo.
He launched two magazines that got hundred million visitors a month. From an online magazine to growth hacking and copywriting magazine, the Secret Sauce is basically on twitter, it’s the best growth hacking machine.
In his interview, he also said that to find out the best platform to work with. For example, for a physical product, it could be on Instagram. For consulting, Facebook groups is what he recommends. Recruitment, LinkedIn. For startup niche, Twitter could be your best platform.
He also recommended that being aggressive on following people, putting good content, get influencers to shout you out and post about 3-4 posts a day on your platforms, can make you succeed. Being consistent will make your success on this competition. And, paying for shout-outs is okay especially for those who are starting.
He concluded the interview by recommending the best platform that can help you succeed organically, he said LinkedIn which he saw that it did really well in his campaigns. He also added Quora and Instagram, and Facebook Group also as a helpful tool.
For more information about Vincent Dignan, visit him at http://www.vincentdignan.com/
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- assorted Good games
500 games, 1840-2015
A selección of good games|
- Assorted good games II
299 games, 1834-2019
- Brutal Attacking Chess
399 games, 1620-2007
All opening traps,mating themes,and tactics that every chess player should know. All Classic Games you need to know.Attacking 0-0.Double Bishop Attacks.I wish I could have reviewed the games in this collection when I first learned chess at age 14.My hope is this will help someone who is just learning the game and those of us who keep falling for opening traps.|
- Chess Highlights of the 20th Century (1/3)
93 games, 1900-1935
The most brilliant games year-by-year.
FM Graham Burgess 1999.
pt I: 1900-1935
- Chess Highlights of the 20th Century (2/3)
95 games, 1936-1970
- Chess Highlights of the 20th Century (3/3)
69 games, 1971-1999
- Chessgames are created by two artists !!
96 games, 1859-2005
It's two needed for a real good game !|
- Chessgames are created by two artists !!
96 games, 1859-2005
It's two needed for a real good game !|
- Great Draws
23 games, 1872-2013
- His Majesty steps out
29 games, 1858-2010
Almost always, during the middle-game, the King seeks safety rather than adventure, and prefers the peace and quiet of a sheltered corner to the turmoil of the battle held by his men. Yet, on very rare occasions, it is possible to see His Majesty gaily stepping into the fray –with no more than one gingerly step at a time- to help his troops. This is a collection of games in which, following Steinitz’ maxim (the King is also a piece), the monarch steps bravely into the battlefield and turns the contest into his favor.|
- Kasparov's super simuls
117 games, 1985-2001
Kasparov put a new twist on simultaneous exhibitions by playing a series of clock simuls over the years against national teams and other strong groups of players around the world, playing 4 or more masters to grandmasters simultaneously. Other world champions have given clock simuls. Lasker played one of the first and one opponent was a very young Reti (Reti vs Lasker, 1908). Alekhine played them fairly often on his tours (Game Collection: Alekhine's clock simuls), but Kasparov seems to have played more and against stronger opposition than other WCs. Here are some of the games where the beast of Baku pounded the best of the rest.|
These "super" simuls differ from a "typical" simul in several respects: 1) instead of the opponent being required to move or use one of a limited number of "passes" when the exhibitor comes around, the games were all clocked, that is, essentially Kasparov was playing multiple tournament games at the same time, 2) the opposition was much stronger than in a typical simul, with some even being composed entirely of grandmasters, 3) Kasparov would play half of the games with Black -- if it was a field of 4, he would play them all one day, rest one day, and then play them again with colors reversed.
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS -- These are only the simuls I have found to date. I'm sure there are others. Also, not all of the games are currently in the database. I found the Kasparov game collections by <KingG> to be particularly useful as a starting point in pulling this together.
<"To conduct these super-simuls is extremely difficult; they take gigantic energy, and they demand careful voluminous preparation. But I repeat: their chess returns surpass all expectations. And the quality of the games, which I plan to write about in subsequent articles, speaks better than any words that I could use to persuade you that all of the above is not simply an exercise in pretty phraseology." -- G. Kasparov, Chess Life Jan 1994>
Kasparov wrote a series of articles on these simuls for Chess Life. Unfortunately, the only one I seem to still have is the Jan 1994 issue.
FIRST HAMBURG MATCH DEC 1985 RESULT 3.5-4.5
An early "super" simul and a rare loss for Kasparov. His frustration over not having enough access to opponent games supposedly helped stimulate the development of ChessBase.
SECOND HAMBURG MATCH FEB 1987 RESULT 7-1
The revenge match. Schulte scored one of the two draws. His impressions of the match and notes to the game are at http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~oschulte/ches....
SWISS MATCH MAY 1987 RESULT 5.5-.5
SATELLITE MATCH 1988 CANNES RESULT 10-1
Played against opponents world-wide via satellite. Kasparov did play White in all games.
USA JUNIOR MATCH FEB 1988 NEW YORK RESULT 4-2
A YouTube video series on this match (thanks, Eyal!). Part 2 has Kasparov's famed outburst against Edelman for taking a quick draw by repetition.
FIRST FRANCE MATCH DEC 1988 RESULT 3-2
SECOND FRANCE MATCH JUN 1989 RESULT 4.5-1.5
HARVARD MATCH 28 OCT 1989 RESULT 8-0
Played shortly after Kasparov's match with Deep Thought. His opponents were 3 players from the Harvard team, 1 faculty member, 2 alumni, and 2 computers. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.a...
Currently only two of the games are in the CG database.
GERMANY MATCH JAN 1992 RESULT 3-1
FIRST ARGENTINA MATCH OCT 1992 BUENOS AIRES RESULT 9-3
PERU MATCH 1993 LIMA RESULT 5.5-.5
User <Jim Bartle> was a spectator at this match. A few of his memories are posted at: Panno vs Kasparov, 1992
BRAZIL MATCH 1996 RIO DE JANERO RESULT 5-1
UMBC MATCH 17 MAY 1997 CANTONVILLE RESULT 7.5-0.5
Kasparov played the 4-board UMBC team, which had won the 1997 Pan-Am Championship, along with 4 area students. This took place shortly after his loss to Deep Blue. The UMBC team had been playing similar clock simuls for training against other GMs, including Smirin, Kavalek, and Shabalov. Kasparov required each player to submit six recent games for his preparation. http://www.umbc.edu/studentlife/org... Photos at: http://www.umbc.edu/studentlife/org...
SECOND ARGENTINA MATCH 1997 BUENOS AIRES RESULT 8.5-3.5
ISRAEL MATCH 19 AND 21 MAY 1998 TEL AVIV RESULT 7-1
Kasparov described this as one of the peak performances of his career, blowing away opposition averaging over 2600.
FAROE ISLAND MATCH 2001 RESULT 5-1
CZECH MATCH NOV 2001 RESULT 5.5-2.5
Kasparov beats another all-GM team, all rated over 2500. ChessBase's news report (NOTE: the links to the Bobby Ang articles mentioned are broken):
- KID Warlords of 21st Century Follow Fredthebear
344 games, 1970-2019
This is a collection split due to overcrowding. Some 20th century games will remain.|
* MadBishop's Collection: Game Collection: The King's Indian Defence
* Black wins: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98
King's Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7
King's Indian Defense (Averbakh Variation)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5
King's Indian Defense (Classical Variation)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2
King's Indian Defense (Fianchetto System)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3
King's Indian Defense (Four Pawns Attack)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4
King's Indian Defense (Makogonov Variation)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3
King's Indian Defense (Old Indian Defense)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6
King's Indian Defense (Panno Variation)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6
King's Indian Defense (Reversed)
see King's Indian Attack
King's Indian Defense (Robatsch Defense)
see Modern Defense
King's Indian Defense (Sämisch Attack)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3
King's Indian Defense (Sämisch-Orthodox Variation)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
King's Indian Defense (Yugoslav Line)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5
- La Magia del Ajedrez
48 games, 1620-1999
Ejemplos y Partidas seleccionadas para la obra "La magia del ajedrez: Historia, tactica y estrategias del juego ciencia" de J. Miguel Yepes y L. Eduardo Yepes, 1999.|
- Partidas modelo con temas variados
77 games, 1895-2002
- Paul Morphy Conquered the World
125 games, 1834-1998
"I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." Adolf Anderssen, quoted by Frederick Edge in 1859 |
"Morphy will not let me." former unofficial world champion Adolf Anderssen, when asked why he did not play as brilliantly as usual against Paul Morphy.
"Paul Morphy was the greatest chess player that ever lived...no one ever was so far superior to the players of his time" Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Lasker's Chess Magazine of January 1905, p.127
"In Paul Morphy the spirit of La Bourdonnais had arisen anew, only more vigorous, firmer, prouder... Morphy discovered that the brilliant move of the master is essentially conditional not on a sudden and inexplicable realisation, but on the placing of the pieces on the board. He introduced the rule: brilliant moves and deep winning manoeuvres are possible only in those positions where the opponent can be opposed with an abundance of active energy... From the very first moves Morphy aimed to disclose the internal energy located in his pieces. It was suddenly revealed that they possess far greater dynamism than the opponent's forces." Emanuel Lasker
"Morphy's principal strength does not rest upon his power of combination but in his position play and his general style....Beginning with la Bourdonnais to the present, and including Lasker, we find that the greatest stylist has been Morphy. Whence the reason, although it might not be the only one, why he is generally considered the greatest of all." José Raúl Capablanca, in Pablo Morphy by V. F. Coria and L. Palau.
"...Morphy, the master of all phases of the game, stronger than any of his opponents, even the strongest of them..." Alexander Alekhine, in Shakmatny Vestnik, January 15, 1914
"To this day Morphy is an unsurpassed master of the open games. Just how great was his significance is evident from the fact that after Morphy nothing substantially new has been created in this field. Every player- from beginner to master- should in this praxis return again and again to the games of the American genius." Mikhail Botvinnik
"A popularly held theory about Paul Morphy is that if he returned to the chess world today and played our best contemporary players, he would come out the loser. Nothing is further from the truth. In a set match, Morphy would beat anybody alive today... Morphy was perhaps the most accurate chess player who ever lived. He had complete sight of the board and never blundered, in spite of the fact that he played quite rapidly, rarely taking more than five minutes to decide a move. Perhaps his only weakness was in closed games like the Dutch Defense. But even then, he was usually victorious because of his resourcefulness." Bobby Fischer
"Morphy, I think everyone agrees, was probably the greatest genius of them all." Bobby Fischer, 1992
"We also remember the brilliant flight of the American super-genius Paul Morphy, who in a couple of years (1857-59) conquered both the New and the Old Worlds. He revealed a thunderous blend of pragmatism, aggression and accurate calculation to the world -- qualities that enabled America to accomplish a powerful spurt in the second half of the 19th century." Garry Kasparov (2003). On My Great Predecessors. Gloucester Publishers plc. Vol. 1, p. 6.
"What was the secret of Morphy's invincibility? I think it was a combination of a unique natural talent and brilliant erudition. His play was the next, more mature stage in the development of chess. Morphy had a well-developed 'feeling for position', and therefore he can be confidently regarded as the 'first swallow' - the prototype of the strong 20th century grandmaster." Garry Kasparov (2003). On My Great Predecessors. Gloucester Publishers plc. Vol. 1, p. 43.
- Petrosian v. the Elite
71 games, 1946-1983
By Ray Keene
Tigran Petrosian is acquiring a reputation as one of the most sophisticated World Champions and also one of the most successful. The victim of a hostile press during his lifetime, Petrosian's exploits were brought into sharp focus during the official Petrosian year - 2004, the 75th anniversary of his birth. A whole series of Petrosian memorial tournaments, combined with a re-evaluation of his games and results, revealed that his legacy had been serious underestimated. Indeed, his record includes :
- Victories in two World Championship matches against Botwinnik and Spassky
- First prize in the World Championship Candidates Tournament
- Four Soviet Championship titles
- Two individiual and team gold medals on top board for the USSR team in the international Olympiads of Havana 1966 and Lugano 1968
- Numerous first prizes in important tournaments
- Match and game victories against Kasparov, Fischer, Karpov, Hübner, Portisch, Korchnoi, Polugayevsky, Smyslov, Tal, Euwe, Reshevsky, Keres and many others
- Pins Ins and Outs, ECO C 20s, 40s, 50s, 60s-90s
404 games, 1590-2019
Pins are immobilizing difference makers that inflict chess pain.|
- polygamy or what's an extra Q among friends?
230 games, 1834-2016
Games in which one or both sides promote a pawn to a queen.|
- positional sacrifices
71 games, 1840-2011
- Short games by masters
498 games, 1749-2014
This will be a pile of published games from various sources as I come across them. Of course, many of the classic games have been printed and reprinted in multiple sources. I can only list it once here under one source. |
Disclaimer: I am relying upon the notes of other bloggers. In most cases, I am not confirming the game source... just taking their word for it.
Salute to Irving Chernev and I.A. Horowitz, two terrific chess writers from days gone by. They brought the light of day to many wonderful games.
Here is a brief description of some of the writers/players according to crawfb5. Thank you crawfb5 -- what great collections you have!
Samuel Reshevsky -- Reshevsky was a famous child prodigy who gave up competitive play for several years to focus on his education. After returning to active play in the 1930s, Reshevsky dominated the US championship until the ascendence of Robert James Fischer in the late 1950s. Reshevsky had an unusually long playing career. Reshevsky played on eight US Olympiad teams, winning one team gold, one team bronze, and one individual bronze medal (http://www.olimpbase.org/players/mg...).
Reuben Fine -- Fine was a world-class player that never won the US championship. His best international result would be equal first with Paul Keres at AVRO 1938. He was invited to the world championship tournament organized in 1948 to pick a successor to Alexander Alekhine, who died while holding the title. Fine decided not to play. He was involved in his graduate work in psychology and only played competitive chess for a few more years after earning his degree. Fine played on three US Olympiad teams, winning three team and one individual gold medal and one individual silver medal (http://www.olimpbase.org/players/rn...).
Israel Albert Horowitz -- Horowitz was long-time editor of <Chess Review>, chess editor of the <New York Times> for many years, author of a number of chess books, and a fixture in US tournaments, particularly those in the northeast. He won the US Open in 1936, 1938, and 1943. Horowitz played on four US Olympiad teams, winning three team and two individual gold medals (http://www.olimpbase.org/players/sw...).
Isaac Kashdan -- Despite being a world-class player in his day, Kashdan was never able to negotiate a championship match with Marshall and once the tournament began he would never win the US championship. He was robbed of the title in 1942 by an incorrect ruling in a critical game between Reshevsky and Denker, which meant Reshevsky tied Kashdan for first instead of Kashdan winning the tournament outright. Kashdan lost the playoff match to Reshevsky, and that was as close as he would ever come to being US champion. Kashdan took over as chess editor for the <Los Angeles Times> after Steiner's death. Kashdan became an International Arbiter after his active playing days and directed both Game Collection: First Piatigorsky Cup 1963 and Game Collection: Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966. Kashdan played on five US Olympiad teams, winning three team and two individual gold medals, one team and one individual silver medal, and two individual bronze medals (http://www.olimpbase.org/players/vx...).
Arthur William Dake -- Dake was on three gold-medal US Olympiad teams, winning one individual gold and one individual silver medal (http://www.olimpbase.org/players/u4...).
David S Polland -- Polland won both the NY state championship and the US Open (4th American Chess Federation) in 1937. In 1938, he tied for 1st with Frank Marshall in the Marshall Chess Club championship.
Sidney Norman Bernstein -- Bernstein was active in and around New York City and played in eight US championship tournaments.
Anthony Santasiere -- Santasiere would win the NY state championship several times and the 1945 US Open.
S S Cohen -- Samuel S. Cohen was an editor at <Chess Review> for a number of years in the 1930s.
Milton Loeb Hanauer -- Hanauer played on one US Olympiad team, winning a team silver medal (http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7x...).
Fred Reinfeld -- Reinfeld is mostly remembered today for his numerous beginner's books, but he won the NY state championship twice and played in several US championships.
Harold Morton -- Morton was New England champion several times and was also Horowitz's business partner at <Chess Review> at the time of his death. The two were on an exhibition and promotional tour in the midwest in 1940 when they were involved in an automobile accident in Iowa. Morton was killed and Horowitz seriously injured.
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The Chicago White Sox have re-acquired pitcher Terry Doyle from the Minnesota Twins, according to Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune. Doyle was selected by Minnesota in the Rule 5 draft during the offseason, but now he's returning to Chicago as he wasn't going to make the team's 25-man roster.
Minnesota paid $50K in order to acquire Doyle from Chicago in the first place, and Chicago will return half of that money in order to get Doyle back. The 26-year-old spent last season split between Chicago's Single-A and Double-A affiliates, posting a 3.07 ERA with 122 strikeouts and 33 walks over 173 innings.
Doyle would have needed to stay on Minnesota's active roster or MLB disabled list all season in order to stay in the organization given his status as a Rule 5 pick.
Stay tuned to SB Nation Chicago for more information, and for in-depth analysis on the be sure to visit South Side Sox. Check out MLB Daily Dish for off-season rumors and reports. And for more news and notes from around baseball, visit Baseball Nation.
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This project will complete the improvements programmed for Cohasset Road from the Sycamore Creek Bridge to Ryan Avenue in the vicinity of the Chico Municipal Airport. Sycamore Creek is located just east of Eaton Road.
Phases 1 and 2 of the project were completed in 2009 and 2008 respectively and included rehabilitating the roadway from Airpark Boulevard to Ryan Avenue, and reconstruction of the Sheep Hallow Bridge and its approaches in the vicinity of the City’s compost yard.
Phase 3 will widen and improve Cohasset Road from two to four lanes from the Sycamore Creek Bridge to Airpark Boulevard and include intersection and bike path lighting as well as bike path, drainage and landscaping improvements. Construction is slated for 250 working days and should be completed by the end of 2022.
The project is a vital component supporting economic development in North Chico, and the opportunities for future growth in that area. The Cohasset Road Widening addresses infrastructure issues and helps the City reach multiple objectives.
- Why are you widening this road?
Many factors came into consideration when the project was identified. The Chico Municipal Airport area has been is one of the City’s noted economic development areas, and as we continue our efforts to return commercial air service to Chico, this project, along with other infrastructure projects such as the Taxiway Reconstruction Project, will greatly assist the City in attracting a commercial carrier. Additionally, Cohasset Road currently has identified drainage issues and intersection improvements that this project will address. Also, the Chico Municipal Airport is used as an emergency staging area by CALFire and other agencies in a large incident response, and this project will increase access to that area, which will also decrease incident response time.
- What delays should we expect?
Various lane closures are part of the construction process of this project. We understand that these construction projects and lane closures do create delays to our community traveling in the area, and we ask for their patience, as this project will greatly improve traffic flow in the area once completed.
- Other than widening Cohasset Road to 4 lanes, what other improvements is this project providing?
The project will improve traffic flow and pavement condition with the project. It will add lighting to the bike path from the Eaton/Cohasset Road intersection all the way past Sheep Hallow Bridge close to where the path terminates. It will also allow more vehicles to be in left turn lanes for drivers that want to turn left from Cohasset Road (both directions), and allow drivers room to slow down gradually before making a turn. It will also improve signing and striping to reduce confusion when driving along the corridor.
- Why is this happening at the same time as the project on Eaton and Highway 99?
Because of optimal weather conditions for construction, infrastructure construction projects are often slated for the summer months. The grant funding application and awarding process that funds these types of projects does have constraints; the City continually explored these grant funding opportunities to fund identified infrastructure needs and takes advantage of them as soon as they become available. Both of these projects are addressing needs in North Chico, and the overall improvements will increase traffic flows in these areas.
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At Children’s Center, WE CARE—for the children and families we serve, for ourselves, for each other, and for our community.
• Compassion: We create an environment where everyone feels welcome, engaged, and heard.
• Accountability: We act with integrity, and take responsibility for everything we say and do.
• Respect: We approach others with good will and without judgment.
• Excellence: We are committed to the highest quality of service, we strive to do our best, and we understand that every pursuit is an opportunity to learn and grow.
We are working to build a world where all children feel safe, valued, and heard.
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Statement of Commitment
A core value of Children’s Centre Thunder Bay is to embrace diversity and support inclusion. Children’s Centre Thunder Bay believes in equal opportunity and is committed to providing a barrier-free environment that allows all people to maintain their independence and dignity. We respect and uphold the requirements set forth under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005) and strive to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities in a timely and effective manner.
Children’s Centre Thunder Bay Accessibility Committee is responsible for advising senior leadership on the development and implementation of the Accessibility Plan and on issues relating to citizens with a disability. The Committee will meet quarterly to review progress in meeting the requirements of the AODA and to monitor progress on implementing the accessibility plan and to determine that barrier-removal and barrier-prevention strategies are implemented effectively.
Multi-year Accessibility Plan
Children’s Centre Thunder Bay implemented a multi-year accessibility plan to outline the strategies used to prevent and remove barriers for people with disabilities.
Children’s Centre Thunder Bay implemented the following policies to ensure compliance with the general requirements of the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation and the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service.
Improving the accessibility of our website for all users is important to Children’s Center Thunder Bay. Modifications can be made to your operating system and Internet browser to improve accessibility.
Children’s Centre Thunder Bay welcomes your comments. Your feedback will help us improve our services and will support continual improvement in our delivery of accessible and inclusive customer service. To share your comments about accessibility, please complete our Accessibility Feedback Form.
Feedback can be provided in multiple formats including in person, by mail, phone or email.
283 Lisgar Street
Thunder Bay ON P7B 6G6
Telephone: (807) 343-5000
Fax: (888) 476-3249
We welcome all feedback, including complaints. If you would like to provide feedback, please get in touch with Tanya MacLeod on the Accessibility Committee. If you have a complaint, please provide this through the complaint’s portal on this website. You can expect to hear back from us within 2 working days.
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About Chilled Designs
Who is Chilled Designs? Chilled Designs offers premium products with personalization services. We work closely with our vendors to ensure we are offering our customers the best and safest products for their home and events.
Our personalization services offer a unique chrome customization to make your purchase stand out among the rest. We prepare and cut all personalizations in-house, guaranteeing quality assurance and accuracy.
Celebrate and embellish life's moments with a premium, custom designed product that you helped create. Whether for in home use, at a special event, or as gift, people will notice your Chilled Design.
You can see all items we have available here or by browsing our shop on Etsy. If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org
- Chilled Designs, Co-owner
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NPR reports on Liu Ping and other independent candidates for local election in China who are running campaigns through microblogs and other social media:
More than 2 million lawmakers are being chosen at local levels in elections now under way across the nation. These elections take place every five years, and non-Communist Party members are allowed to stand.
But in Liu’s case, her record of labor activism, sparked by being laid off after three decades at a state-run steel factory, means the odds may have been stacked against her. At first, no one would even tell her where to pick up the nomination form for days. She did manage to submit one at the last minute, but in vain.
“When the preliminary candidates were announced, my name was illegally kicked off the list,” she says ruefully. “They told me, ‘It is an election under the leadership of the Communist Party, not an election in the United States.’ ”
When she went to the local election office in person to ask why she hadn’t been allowed to stand, she says she was told, “You want to be a people’s deputy? You should be a prostitute.” She cried on the way home.
Read more about the independent candidacies via CDT, including translated tweets from Lanzhou candidate Yu Nan who was one of the few to make it to the preliminary round before his candidacy was revoked with no official explanation.
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China’s economic recovery provides support for multinational enterprises to balance global business development
During the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Congress in 2023, the topics of China’s expected economic growth goals, as well as how to further open to the outside world and attract and utilize foreign capital with greater efforts, have attracted the attention of the international community.
“In this year’s government work report, the Chinese government emphasized the importance of ‘stability’. In general, China’s GDP growth target of about 5% is very prudent and practical.” Dai Pu, co-president of Roland Berger Global Management Committee, said in an exclusive interview with China and Singapore Finance and Economics that the relevant implementation measures proposed by the Chinese government will bring a higher level of openness, convenience, and equality to foreign-funded enterprises in China, Improve the confidence of enterprises in the Chinese market.
“The Chinese government has stressed the importance of ‘stability’.”
China has set the expected target of economic growth this year at about 5%.
In response, Dai Pu said that the outside world has various forecasts for China’s economic growth in 2023, from a relatively conservative 4% to 5%, to a more optimistic 5% to more than 6%. “On the whole, I think China’s GDP growth target of about 5% is very prudent and practical.”
He said, “Since 2023, we have felt that the overall market sentiment is significantly higher than that of last year. China’s manufacturing PMI soared to 52.6% in February. At the same time, in January of this year, the medium and long-term loans of enterprises (institutions) increased by 3.5 trillion yuan, releasing a signal of a significant recovery in enterprise-side economic activity.”
Dai Pu believes that China’s economy still faces many challenges. Since the fourth quarter of 2022, global market demand has slowed down and there is still uncertainty. In addition, the recovery speed of domestic the demand side is relatively slow. Therefore, in this year’s government work report, China emphasized the importance of “stability”.
“It is very important to restore and enhance corporate confidence”
Dai Pu believed that the overall objectives, development direction, and prioriti, es of the Chinese government work report play an important role in guiding the short-term development of the market.
“Especially this year, due to major changes in policy and business environment, the market has shown higher expectations for China’s NPC and CPPCC this year. Thet work report has brought some stability in an uncertain environment, which is very important to restore and enhance corporate confidence, including foreign-funded enterprises.”
Dai Pu said that in the short term, this year’s investment data in China will be affected to some extent by the uncertainty of 2022, reflecting the investment decisions made last year.
“But in the medium and long term, especially in the macro situation of the continuous slowdowncontinuedobal economy, China’s GDP growth target of about 5% is still higher than that of many global markets, and China’s economic recovery can provide support for multinational enterprises to balance global business development. At the same time, the expected CPI growth rate of about 3% in 2023 (China’s CPI growth rate of 2% in 2022) also indicates expanded domestic demand.”
“With the introduction of more supportive policies by the Chinese government and the fundamentals of China’s strong economy, we believe that the Chinese market will gradually recover and maintain the strong attraction of foreign investment.”
“The Chinese market is gradually becoming an important source of innovation”
The work report of the Chinese government has made it clear in this year’s work priorities that greater efforts should be made to attract and utilize foreign capital. We will expand market access and strengthen the opening up of the modern service sector. We will implement national treatment for foreign-funded enterprises. Do a good job in the service of foreign-funded enterprises and promote the implementation and construction of foreign-funded landmark projects.
In response, Dai Pu said that in the past few years, the epidemic has brought certain difficulties to the economic activities of many enterprises, which has also triggered discussions on China’s positioning in the global market and its impact on new investment decisions.
“However, in January of this year, Roland Berger found that China is still a very important market for many foreign-funded enterprises, and the Chinese market is gradually becoming an important source of innovation, which can strengthen and supplement the overall global competitiveness of many enterprises.” Dai Pu stressed that in totter adapt to the Chinese market, Many foreign investors regard “localization” as one of the important strategies of enterprises, which will create higher economic vitality, better innovation an,d growth investment.
“Therefore, we believe that the relevant implementation measures proposed by the Chinese government will bring a higher level of openness, convenience, and equality to foreign-funded enterprises in China, and enhance their confidence in the Chinese market. We believe that foreign investment will remain an important part of the Chinese economy, and will also bring more market opportunities to foreign-funded enterprises with China’s future sustainable development.”
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Labour Party Responds to Wole Soyinka’s Election Remarks.
Abuja, Nigeria, September 15, 2023 – The Labour Party (LP) has issued a robust response to Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka’s recent remarks accusing the party of attempting to deceive Nigerians, especially young people, into believing that their presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, won the 2023 presidential election.
Dual Character Allegation
In a statement on Thursday, LP’s spokesman, Mr. Obiora Ifoh, criticized Soyinka for his comments, asserting that the Nobel Laureate had displayed a dual character that was unexpected from a highly respected and “detribalized” statesman.
Ifoh’s statement noted, “The Labour Party took note of the statement that emanated from the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, who, as an institution, we have the utmost respect for. He is a Nigerian whose accomplishments in the literary world are, without doubt, intimidating.”
Reserving Comments for the Judiciary
While acknowledging Soyinka’s stature in Nigeria’s literary and intellectual landscape, Ifoh expressed disagreement with his assessment of the party’s performance in the 2023 general elections. He emphasized that the party would await the Supreme Court’s final pronouncement on the matter and respect the judiciary’s process.
“We understand that the literary giant is human and thus susceptible to emotions and probably said what he said based on information made available to him by those who share the ‘Emilokan sentiment’,” the statement added.
“Gbajue” in Yoruba also literally means ‘slap him/her in the face.’ Have all Nigerians not been slapped sufficiently in the face? Thanks to this man of letters for bringing this out albeit, advertently.
Ifoh continued, “It’s rather interesting that the erudite Prof. Soyinka, who owned up to having an electoral ‘monitoring unit,’ conveniently glossed over INEC’s legerdemain leading to substantial non-compliance and erosion of constitutional dictates, just as he conveniently glossed over the INEC’s advanced ‘gbajue’ of 25 February that has surreptitiously installed the King of ‘gbajue’ in Aso Rock.”
“Detribalized” and Activist Soyinka’s Alleged Inconsistency
The LP expressed its bewilderment and disconcertion over Soyinka’s apparent shift towards supporting state capture by those with primordial considerations. Despite acknowledging his willingness to participate in a demonstration based on the banner of truth, the LP pointed out instances during the elections when it perceived Soyinka’s silence.
“The whole world followed the 2023 general election in Nigeria and there was a global condemnation of not only the outcome of the election but also the process, particularly, the ‘glitching’ incidence that occurred only during the transmission of presidential results to IREV.”
The LP’s statement concluded by stating its expectation of a statesmanlike approach from Soyinka and urged him to refrain from exhibiting a dual character that might be influenced by chauvinistic tendencies.
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Take a martini glass and fill with your favorite ice cream or sorbet then add a Whoopie!
Repeat throughout the season!
Pair our lemon whoopies with your favorite flavor of sorbet and serve in stemware for an extra special flourish.
Pumpkin or Ginger ice cream with a Pumpkin Whoopie!
Also, serve any flavor frozen for a decedent warm weather treat!
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How to Mount a Roof Covering in Powell, UT
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Installing a roofing is among the most essential tasks in any type of house. It can shield your property from damages, maintain it tidy, and also make certain that your home is cooled down or heated throughout the summer season. However, there are a few points to bear in mind when installing a roofing system: Use an effectively licensed Roofing Contractor, find the best specialist for the appropriate building, and also obtain a Roofing Contract in a couple of hours. By following these tips, you can mount a roofing in no time whatsoever!
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What’s this book about?
“In this book he describes his own journey in discovering this great, single passion. And He pleads that at all costs we pursue our joy in the crucified Christ, who is the glory of God. The cost is great. But the joy is worth any cost. Don’t buy seductive, tragic promises of worldly joy. Don’t waste your life.”
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Christ the Savior-Holy Spirit has a long history of supporting Orthodox missions, dating back to the late 1990s when one of our parishioners (now an Orthodox nun), began making annual mission trips to volunteer at the Hogar Rafael Ayau Orthodox Orphanage in Guatemala. Eventually, Fr Steven and Presvytera and various parishioners began joining her on these journeys, and to this day we continue to help support the parent monastery, the Orthodox Lavra Mambré, and the new orphanage, the San Miguel House, and enjoy a close and warm relationship with Madré Innes and the Sisterhood and children.
In this section you can learn about the various international missions we contribute towards, and even help towards their support yourself:
IOCC CELEBRATES 2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Dear Parish Faithful,
One of the most effective charitable institutions in operation today, anywhere in the world, is the IOCC - International Orthodox Christian Charity. As a parish we have made regular generous donations to its ongoing activity. Below is a summary of the past year's many accomplishments. As written below, this is about "spreading Christ's love."
On Sunday, September 19, we welcomed Orthodox Christian missionaries Dr. Jeffrey and Caryn Macdonald to Christ the Savior-Holy Spirit. Our parish has been helping support their missionary work for some years now. Dr Jeffrey gave a post-Liturgy talk on the status of their work in Albania, where they and have been living and working as long-term missionaries for eight years.
Jeffrey and Caryn Macdonald live in the village of Shen Vlash in Albania as long-term missionaries. They are both teaching at the Resurrection Orthodox Theological Academy in Shen Vlash, near Durres. The theological academy was established in 1992 to train Albanian clergy and church workers to help restore Church life after the period of communist persecution.
Dr. Macdonald previously taught for many years at St. Herman’s Seminary in Kodiak helping to prepare Native Alaskans to serve in the Church in Alaska. Dr. Macdonald studied at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, following an undergraduate degree in Biblical Studies and Archaeology at Wheaton College, in Illinois. He later completed a doctoral degree in Early Christian Studies at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C.
For more info, follow these links:
We've received a very positive update and newsletter from Peter and Sharon Georges of the St Nicholas Uganda Children's Fund, in which they share how ten of their top students have excelled in their university prep testing and placement.
Christ the Savior-Holy Spirit has helped support the St Nicholas Uganda Children's Fund over the years as part of our commitment to international Orthodox ministries. You can learn more about their work and how you can contribute directly to their work on our special page.
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Cleaning software specialist, Clenetix, has launched its cutting-edge software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution which aims to ensure cleaning operations meet the needs of the location and the people that operate within it and enhance service efficiency.
Designed specifically for the cleaning industry, Clenetix brings together functionality to track on-going activity, automate workflow and audit service standards. The comprehensive, modular tool provides time and attendance monitoring, activity tracking, task list management, quality audit management and footfall tracking to enable demand-based cleaning.
The Clenetix mobile app used by cleaning operatives is configured to deliver specific cleaning instructions for each location and direct activity with proactive service alerting, driven by active data.
Clenetix offers an Insights Portal that is a real-time view of the exact tasks in progress, how long they take and what consumables are used. It can be configured to send cleaning instructions via push-notifications directly to cleaning operatives’ smartphones, when a usage capacity limit is reached in a certain area or a service issue has been highlighted. This valuable data capture can then be analysed to drive more efficient cleaning schedules, increase operational efficiency, functional accuracy, have better control over consumables management and highlight where cost savings and service improvements can be made.
Hosted in Microsoft Azure, the specialist cleaning software does not integrate with any on-site infrastructure, making it a simple plug-and-play solution. Clenetix is powered by pulse box beacons installed in premises that communicate directly with cleaning operatives’ smartphones via Bluetooth.
Mark Hazelwood, Co-founder, Clenetix said: “Clenetix was born from having an insight into the cleaning industry and identifying what could improve it. We were determined to challenge conventional practices and find a solution that could transform cleaning as we know it.
“In order to provide an exceptional and efficient cleaning service on the ground, you need data that will allow you to do this. After all, if you can’t measure it, how can you improve it? Clenetix, simply put, tracks cleaning operations and provides data to improve it.”
Following Clenetix’s launch, Peter Stock, co-founder of Clenetix commented: “We are pleased to introduce Clenetix to the market at a time when cleaning has never been more crucial. Clenetix gives full visibility of cleaning operations and displays step-by-step instructions for cleaning operatives to ensure that nothing is missed. This gives businesses and cleaning companies complete peace of mind and confidence in the hygiene of their premises.”
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(Cancelled due to COVID-19 Campus Closures)
Friday, April 3, 10:00 am
Pleasants Family Room at Wilson Library
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) will welcome Arvind Narayanan, lead researcher with the Princeton Web Transparency and Accountability Project, on April 3 to deliver the 2020 OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture. Narayanan’s talk, “The Cognitive Errors Enabling the Unchecked Power of Tech Platforms,” will begin at 10 am in the Pleasants Family Room at Wilson Library. The event is free and open to the public. Visit the SILS website for more about the event and speaker.
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By Phillip Pesola–
Wondering what the law says about where political signs can by placed and what the consequences are if candidates don’t take them down after an election?
The City of Citrus Heights has posted guidelines for political signs on its 2022 elections web page, including when and where signage may be placed.
Political signs are defined by the city as signs which encourage the election or defeat of a political candidate or ballot measure. Billboards owned by a business are not included.
Political signs may be placed 90 days or less before Election Day, and must be removed within 10 days afterwards. Any signs left after that time may be removed by the city at the expense of the candidate or organization. Other unspecified penalties and fines may apply for violation of other guidelines.
A permit is not required to place these signs, but they may only be placed on private property with the property owner’s permission. Additionally, signs may not exceed a combined area of 50 square feet on a lot, may not be taller than 6 feet, and may not be illuminated.
Signs that are not free standing must be placed at least five feet from the property line, and at least 15 feet from any fire hydrant, street sign, or traffic signal. The signs are not permitted to obstruct or confuse traffic.
Signs are prohibited on or within publicly owned “buildings, parks, recreation areas, landscaped grounds, trees, flagpoles, or within public rights-of-way.” Such locations include street signs, traffic signals, poles, curbs and sidewalks, fence and pedestrian barricades, center medians, fire hydrants and street trees.
Questions regarding political signage rules are directed to the City Clerk’s office at (916) 725-2448. Complaints regarding violations of campaign sign rules are directed to the city’s Code Enforcement Division, at (916) 725-2845.
By Phillip Pesola--
Wondering what the law says about where political signs can by placed and what the consequences are if candidates don't take them down after an election?
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Mansion Hill Inn is a luxurious boutique hotel in downtown Madison. Since 160 years, the Inn has been consistently appreciated for its sophisticated hospitality. Accommodations are designed with elegance and well equipped with modern amenities for a supreme stay. Mansion Hill Inn is an ideal location from where the guests can conveniently reach the attractions in Madison city. The Inn also has ample space to exclusively organize private events, business meeting and weddings.
Located on the shores of Lake Mendota in Madison, this hotel offers a spa and wellness center along with 3 on-site restaurants. University of Wisconsin-Madison is 850 metres away. A flat-screen TV and iPod dock are featured in all rooms at The Edgewater. All rooms also include a tile/marble floor, refrigerator, and a view. Select rooms have a sofa, spa bath, and kitchenette. At the Madison Edgewater you will find a fitness centre and meeting facilities. The on-site plaza includes a seasonal ice skating rink and lush gardens. The fine dining Statehouse offers regionally sourced cuisine with an extensive wine list. The casual dining Icehouse and Boathouse offer pub fare, a great local brew selection, and views of Lake Mendota. The Madison Area Technical College and Overture Center For the Arts are both 500 metres from the hotel. Camp Randall Stadium is 7 minutes’ drive away.
Just 1 block from the University of Wisconsin campus, this boutique Madison hotel is situated alongside Lake Mendota and offers panoramic views of the city and lake from the rooftop bar and restaurant. Free WiFi is available Every room at Graduate Madison provides a flat-screen HDTV, refrigerator and coffee maker. A work desk and iPod docking station are also included. Inspired by 80's camp movies, Camp Trippalindee is open for lunch and dinner. Also located on site, Poindexter Coffee offers an all-natural menu for lunch and dinner. A 24-hour fitness centre and free local shuttle services are also available at the hotel. Memorial Union Terrace is a 4-minute walk from the hotel. Camp Randall Stadium is a 6-minute drive away.
Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, Homewood Suites by Hilton Madison West offers accommodations in Madison, just 9.6 miles from University of Wisconsin - Madison. A flat-screen TV and DVD player, as well as an iPod docking station are provided. Certain rooms have a sitting area for your convenience. Some rooms include a kitchen with a dishwasher, a microwave and a toaster. There is free shuttle service at the property. You can play mini-golf at the hotel. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Geology Museum is 6 miles from Homewood Madison West, and Overture Center for the Arts is 11 km away. Dane County Regional Airport is 18 km from the property.
This hotel is located off Interstate 94 and 7 miles from Madison, Wisconsin. This hotel features an indoor pool and free Wi-Fi in every room. The rooms at the Courtyard by Marriott Madison-East include a refrigerator and coffee maker. The rooms feature cable TV. The Madison East Courtyard by Marriott features a restaurant that serves breakfast and dinner and cocktail lounge. Guests can work out in the gym or use the hot tub. The Courtyard by Marriott East is within a 15-minute drive of the Madison Children’s Museum. The East Towne Mall is one mile from the hotel.
This hotel, located within the Greenway Station shopping district, is 5 minutes from downtown Middleton, Wisconsin and the Pleasant View Golf Club. It features an indoor pool, bar, and spacious guestrooms. A flat-screen TV with premium channels, an ergonomic work desk, coffeemaker, refrigerator, and microwave are included in every room at the Hilton Garden Inn Madison West/Middleton. Free access to a fitness centre and hot tub is provided to all guests of the Hilton Garden Inn Madison West/Middleton. A business center and free parking are also available. A buffet breakfast can be enjoyed each morning at the Great American Grill and room service options from Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse. Snacks and beverages can be purchased 24/7 at the Pavilion Pantry snack shop. The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Lake Mendota are both 7 miles from the hotel.
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The School Network for Digital Citizenship is a community of learning and exchange of good practices for the promotion of adequate development of children and adolescents in an environment shaped by new digital technologies. The Network is made up of institutions, NGOs and school communities.
I was motivated to participate in this course because I’m still looking for knowledge in different areas, since that keeps you much more up-to-date. One of the good things that this course left me with, was becoming fascinated with the different platforms, how to use them, manage them and apply them in different workshops within our educational community.
It should be noted that I felt very comfortable in the course, since the moderators and teachers were top-notch, all the classes addressed interesting topics, and we were also able to connect with other participants from different cities to talk and work in groups in the different instances. I think that makes us part of the Fostering Digital Citizenship community, of which I now feel part.
Jaime Lorca, School Coexistence Coordinator
I must reiterate my deep gratitude for the opportunity to participate in what has personally been the most valuable experience regarding individual and social interactions, social media, and their effects in the digital realm. It has been very helpful for me in order to support and accompany my students in this area.
Few courses have given me such powerful and specific tools to contribute to today’s digital education, about which we cannot be oblivious. The course Educating in the Digital Age is tremendously didactic, practical and visionary. A course that every teacher should be familiar with.
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Software Engineer turned manager, I deeply care about getting to the right technical outcomes, and the engineering and people machines that get us there. I have a track record of hiring, growing, and leading engineering organizations. I stay technical enough to add value in architecture discussions and individual changes.
I’m organized, systematic, and reliable. I’m often the person that speaks up about something that isn’t right, and I’ve operated enough software stacks and worked within enough engineering organizations that I’m generally bringing solutions instead of problems. I am the person to organize a group run before work, play devils advocate to any point of view, and to geek out on super technical things.
I’ve had lots of fun taking 0-5 person engineering organizations to 25+, and while I’m comfortable across the whole stack, I’m particularly strong in platform/infrastructure work.
Senior Software Engineer, Statype - 2022-2023
Employee #4 at bootstrapped pre-market-fit startup. Built infrastructure and platform from the ground up using terraform on AWS+Fivetran including CI-CD of Rails and dbt to ECS tasks/services with Event Bridge, RDS Serverless, Cognito, SES, in a single tenant architecture. Drove AWS Well Architected and 100% compliance with AWS FSBP and CIS AWS, and SOC 2 type 1. Shaped company culture including leading Mission/Vision/ Values and holistically owning Engineering delivery.
Director of Engineering, Zenput - 2020-2022
Led the ‘core’ engineering org at Zenput for 2 years. Hired managers and supported their growth including several fullstack engineering teams, a new IT/Helpdesk team, and our first Infrastructure/Automation team. Partnered with Product to deliver customer value through new functionality and supporting internal team/org growth and growth of our platform. Migrated infrastructure to code with CloudFlare/Terraform, rolled out ChatOps, and point person for operational spend. Drove resource/spend optimization including CI utilization, Instrumentation, Compute autoscaling, and Heroku/AWS/GCP. Company Acquired in 2022.
Technology General Manager, Bridgewater Associates - 2018-2020
Managed teams of software engineers including Reporting/CRM/ETL, Infrastructure, and Scala. Seamlessly migrated a large application and its supporting tooling and dev pipelines to a new cloud based container platform, and made huge strides in improving new-feature velocity for a team of 50 developers with automation and testing.
Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Salesforce Pardot - 2015-2017
Built and led the Marketing Insights program at Salesforce Pardot, including hiring 20+ engineers and product managers across 4 engineering teams. Built and launched: B2B Marketing Analytics, Customizable Reporting, Multi-Scoring, Campaign Influence Multi Touch Attribution, and Internationalization. Owned the Pardot API, Scoring and Grading, and the Google Adwords connectors.
Director of Internal Operations, Big Nerd Ranch - 2010-2014
Hired as a junior Ruby on Rails developer and employee #5 at Highgroove Studios, stepped up as a leader, and worked with the founder to grow to a 30 person consulting business. Taught classes on Agile Development and led the rapid build of MVP web applications, for startups and Fortune 100 companies. In late 2012, merged with Big Nerd Ranch. Managed the teams that owned: .com (rebuild doubled traffic to 150k/month unique sessions); Training (processed $8M+ of transactions), nerdassociation.org (realtime collab for 10k+ students in 1000+ classes); and Stable (internal ERP for 150 employees).
NOC Manager and Operations Engineer, SugarCRM - 2008-2010
Worked remotely to lead the charge to take SugarCRM’s datacenter from a patchwork of hand configuration to an automated (with Puppet), monitored, and scalable infrastructure. At exit, was leading a team of 3 with an annual operating budget of ~$600k and a 24/7 production environment.
Undergraduate and Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Tech RNOC - 2005-2007
Led engineering on CPR: the ‘Campus-Wide Network Performance Monitoring and Recovery System’. Wrote automation, monitoring, and data-collection software for 50+ monitoring systems around the world. Built a platform that enabled researchers to run massive performance experiments, and wrote several papers on network anomaly detection.
Owner, ithought 1999-current
Owner/operator of small web hosting company. Turned one P3 tower with one website into a rack of Dell/Cisco equipment in a datacenter, into automated cloud infrastructure using Ubuntu/Git/Cloudflare/Netlify/LetsEncrypt/DigitalOcean. O(50) customers.
Mentor, Everwise, GT Mentor Jackets, and others 2012-present
Volunteer mentor for College Students and budding software engineering leaders.
Board Member, Wandrer 2020—present
Startup working to encourage recreational atheletes in finding unfamiliar places
Project Manager, Gallery 2004-2014
Open Source photo sharing/hosting application
Platforms Engineering Intern, Google 2007
Network performance simulation software
CTO, CollegeMedium 2006
“Craigslist for college students” startup. Successful exit.
Security Engineer, The Fulcrum Group 2004-2006
Linux Server Administrator, WebConnect 2004
IT Manager, Georgia Tech Student Center 2002-2004
Peer Leader/RA, Georgia Tech 2002-2003
Georgia Institute Of Technology — MS CS 2007, BS CS 2005
Specialized in Computer Network Performance and Observability. Minored in Public Policy focusing on the intersections of Policy and Technology. NSA Security certificate.
4-course business program from Wharton on Coursera with certificate AWS and Azure base certifications
Epic mountain bike adventurer. Simplifier and Organizer of all things. Occasionally published photographer. MENSA. Eagle Scout. Cellist. Connoisseur of delicious food of questionable health merits. INTJ.
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As he declares in his own defence, Socrates’ more formidable adversary, the one that will finally prevail, is the long shadow cast into the minds and hearts of his contemporaries, his fellow citizens and judges; a whispering spectre created from the dark materials of the wagging tongues hissing gossip, the pretence of knowing when one really does not. A pretence of being when one really is not. Gossip the wedge that shatters mankind, firmly driven between what one is and what one knows (i.e. that one does not). Socrates’ dialectic therefore strives to resolve, or even address this profoundly distasteful human condition.
Socrates then realises that the real power of speech as subsequently expressed for a thousand years or so, through Plato’s academy and its far reaching effects, derives from a sort of silence; that virile, creative hush that forms the ambience in which his last extraordinary conversations happen…the (prison) cell, the potent, vibrant hub that radiates with possibly his deepest meditation on the immortality of the soul. Knowledge so subtle that it would take Christianity (for example) a millennium to comprehend, absorb and admit as dogma; and most Christians far longer if at all.
The echoing silence of Socrates’ fusion of who he is with what he knows, sits and lives within the throbbing, yet somehow still centre of philosophical endeavour, even as eloquently expressed in the speech formations, the Bhāshā identified with Sanskrit, and by proxy in its Ancient Greek and Latin sibling tongues; the classical languages that of course, later, flower into the stunning pyrotechnic display of what came to be known as the Indo-European family of languages.
Logos, whatever else it may be, is also speech, from legō, I speak; and inasmuch as he spoke (rather than sang, as did the poets) of order and measure, Anaximander was the first Greek philosopher to write in prose, which is to say that he wrote in the language of everyday speech and his medium (as was later adopted by both Socrates and Plato) involved the transcription of a common and shared logos. Common or shared speech, the everyday language transcribed, is prose.
Plato’s Phaedo 58b quotes Socrates’ speaking a mere few minutes from his execution:
This is the ship, as the Athenians say, in which Theseus once went to Crete with the fourteen youths and maidens and saved them and himself. Now the Athenians made a vow to Apollo, as the story goes, that if they were saved, they would send a mission every year to Delos.
A ship, therefore, even in current English usage, is a vessel, a container, a receptacle, and Homeric ships are almost invariably referred to as hollow. We persist in speaking of the ship of state; and as Leon Battista Alberti (architect and Marsilio Ficino’s mentor) was to note much later, in the 15th Century CE:
The ancients…compared the city to a ship on the high seas constantly exposed to accidents and danger through the negligence of its citizens and the envy of its neighbours.
Associations may of course also be compared to ships, but alas we need remember, since ours is a Classics Association that the sea did not sit well with Socrates, the man I would choose to preside over this, our august assembly. You see he objected to things that change, things that move around and are not stable, indeed as ships are wont to do. In Gorgias 519a for instance, Plato makes him link the political decline of Athens directly to its emergence as a sea power.
As is often the case fortunately, there are always other, alternative ways of viewing things.
The Malta Classics Association is a testament as to how philosophical/classical scholarship does for creativity what Plutarch’s thought experiment known as The Ship of Theseus, does for the individual self.
To explain: Theseus, as we have it from Socrates’ last dialogue, who according to legend united the scattered Attic communities and was deemed as the mythical founder of the Athenian polis, transformed Athens from a Mycenaean citadel into a city-state. He was also a sailor.
For a thousand years his ship was maintained in the Piraeus, the harbour of Athens as a living trophy and sailed to Crete annually to re-enact the victorious voyage. Ironically it was a delay in one of these voyages that gave us the occasion to find out our president-of-presidents’ views on the immortality of the soul.
As time began to corrode the vessel, its components were replaced one by one – new planks, new oars, new masts, new sails – until no original part remained. Was it then, Plutarch cheekily asks the same ship? In other words, you discover an old picture of yourself…Is it still you although everything about your body, your mind and possibly your spirit has been replaced by this presently living version of yourself? Shit happens! Almost all of what you are is not what you were and yet you remain, to yourself, who you are!? A conundrum.
Ten years on the MCA may wish to, in the light of the Theseus’ vessel experiment, reconnect with the eternal creative impulse, the ever-present origin that drives these events, these occurrences to happen. My aspiration for an association such as this is, therefore, is for it to flourish and strive to come somehow to be in touch, with the many and varied disciplines that together weave the infrastructural patterns of knowledge needed for the renaissance that our ailing nation (and indeed suffering humanity at large) so desperately and direly yearns for, as we speak.
Let the MCA then serve as Socrates’ silent cell, pregnant with the rich sounds of as many ancient tongues as become available to its members: Chaldean, Sumerian, Phoenician, Egyptian and Arabic alongside of course our dear Sanskrit and its siblings, Ancient Greek and Latin.
Allow me to conclude with a quotation from the Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky who famously opens his essay The Sound of the Tide, with the preamble:
Because civilizations are finite, in the life of each of them comes a moment when centres cease to hold. What keeps them at such times from disintegration is not legions but languages. Such was the case with Rome and before that with Hellenic Greece. The job of holding at such times is done by the men from the provinces, from the outskirts.
Contrary to popular belief, the outskirts are not where the world ends – they are precisely where it unravels. That effects a language no less than an eye.
By reaching out to the exploration, the investigation and the recognition of the Sanskrit language and the astonishing cultures it has spawned, the Malta Classics Association places itself in the language-defined and privileged position where the uplift of humanity may be experienced to unravel, exposing realms and a new vista of a refreshed and upgraded awareness of what it is to be human. This my friends, is the vision we can share with acquaintances and colleagues working in all the other disciplines of knowledge.
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📅Wednesday, May 17, 2023
While wood has been used as construction material for centuries, the use of mass timber or heavy timber in structural design is only emerging in the last few decades, and not everyone has a clear understanding of what it means.
Additionally, as steel and concrete became the preferred alternative materials in construction, there’s a surprising amount of expertise that goes into designing with heavy timber that not many structural engineers are confident with it, even though they might have a natural interest in timber as building materials.
Join our Structural Design Lead, Laurent Gérin, and David Hourdequin, President and Owner of North Carolina-based structural engineering firm D. Rémy & Co., on Wednesday, 17 May 2023, from 2 pm to 3 pm Eastern Time to learn more about designing with heavy timber for commercial projects.
We will discuss some of the most interesting heavy timber engineering projects for that David has worked on in his career, such as the Universal Studios’ Harry Potter Barn and Whidden Wedding Pavilion in Florida.
This is your opportunity to learn from his insights regarding what worked and what didn’t, explore complex scenarios that demonstrate timber’s efficient working capabilities, and unpack structural design considerations when working with timber - all while having an opportunity to ask questions directly from our expert himself!
The Clearcalcs expert hour webinar features David Hourdequin discussing his past projects and the cloud-based structural calculations software, Clearcalcs. Laurent introduces David and his new book, Consulting Engineering Success, before David talks about the wooden barn project in central Florida, which utilized metal plate connected joints and a k truss to resist wind shear.
Chris, the draftsman for the wooden barn project, joins the webinar and discusses the challenges of modifying the original design to create scissor trusses that were both aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound. He also mentions the owner's input and how David's meticulousness made the process easier.
David Hourdequin discusses the Harry Potter ride project at Universal Studios, which required a 70-foot-long truss and an erection platform due to a hole in the floor. The project also involved creating a kingpin that was 26 feet high and 3 feet in diameter, with diaphragm pieces made of double laminated advantech and g flex epoxy used for assembly. The sheer walls were made of wood frame and two by eight walls to withstand wind shear.
David Hourdequin discusses the inner shell of the 26-foot-high and 3-feet-in-diameter kingpin used in the Harry Potter ride project at Universal Studios, which was made of double laminated advantech and g flex epoxy. He also talks about the importance of diaphragm pieces in the assembly and the use of tension rods and plate washers in the cantilevered trusses. Ron asks a question about how the staves and the barn were connected to each other, and David explains that they were glued together using g flex epoxy under highly controlled conditions.
Dan Kaiser, who worked on the Harry Potter ride project at Universal Studios with Hourdequin and Ben Krompak, shares a video of the ride and discusses the challenges of building an authentic timber frame structure that is constantly wet and dry. They also discuss the maintenance required for the structure due to its exposure to the elements.
During the Clearcalcs expert hour webinar, David Hourdequin discusses the wooden barn project in central Florida and mentions that the heavy timber used in the project is the best material for fire resistance. He also addresses a question about whether the timbers were pressure treated and explains that they were not, but it would have been a good idea considering the humid climate in Florida.
David Hourdequin discusses several other timber frame projects, including a pavilion in Virginia, a residence in Maryland, and a modified double Pratt truss in Virginia. He also thanks Chris, Ben, and Dan for joining the discussion and adding another dimension to the conversation. David encourages attendees to read his book, Consulting Engineering Success, and announces that he will be recording the audiobook version soon.
David Hourdequin, President and Owner, D. Rémy & Co.
For more the six decades,David has served in nearly every capacity in construction and private practice.
Starting in high school, he worked his way up from washing windows to owning and managing his own construction company.
He earned a BCE from the University of Florida in 1964, followed by service as an officer in the U.S. Army. While working full time in construction management, he earned an MSEM in 1992 from the University of South Florida.
David spent 10 years doing structural engineering on a variety of steel and concrete projects. He has spent the past 25 years specializing in heavy timber engineering—his life-long passion and joy—and serving others in the timber frame community.
David enjoys a wide variety of hobbies—especially reading and writing—and spending time with his wife, Anne, and their four shared children and six grand children.
Laurent Gérin, P.Eng., North America Engineering Team Lead
Laurent is an experienced structural engineer passionate about all things structural engineering and applying theory, whether in groundbreaking new software or designing innovative new bridges out of aluminum.
Experience the full power of ClearCalcs with a 14 day free trial and start being more productive.
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Gentlemen’s Crow is the latest act to come out of the Saint Augustine, Florida scene. Comprised of band members Cameron James (Vocals and Guitar), Alex Sandlin (Lead Guitar), Zach Lightfoot (Bass Guitar) and Jacob Mayo (Drums), spawned into existence two years ago and spent their infant years developing their live performance and cutting teeth in venues across Florida.
Their debut album, ‘Apparitions‘ has just arrived on all streaming services and is one hell of an album that brings together various worlds of rock into one big melting pot. According to the band, “The songs held within are unapologetically a mix of all the things that each of us love about retro and modern rock. There’s tinges of 80’s pop rock, 90’s grunge, 00’s palm desert/indie, and modern post/alternative. We spent two years preparing this for the world, and it’s our passion project album. I think when you play through from start to finish you go on this sonic adventure that has so many peaks and valleys, and I don’t think that you’re able to have expectations of what comes next in the tracklist.”
While it doesn’t appear as a concept album at first, each track ties into the same theme: what has been haunting you?
You can find that each track is a reflection of the various pivotal points in our lives, and the emotions that come with it. Swirling in psychedelia, hard-rock, indie garage, post-punk and 90s garage – the album appeals to just about every rocker on the spectrum. In the opening track “Let You Get Away”, Gentlemen’s Crow eases you right into the heart of ‘Apparitions’. A blend of surf rock, psych-rock, and hard-hitting alternative rock, “Let You Get Away” is simply put: vulnerable. It longs to keep what is familiar.
The first single from the LP, “Did I Get The Picture?”, strays more on the indie side, with a punchy guitar solo that I simply could not get out of my head.
“Taxi.To.Your.Toxic.Lover” could’ve easily been an Alex Turner track, if only he came up with it first. It’s the personal conflict one has in their mind sitting in a taxi heading to their toxic relationship – the painstaking idea that perhaps loneliness is freedom, but do we want it? And as ‘Apparitions’ progresses, we see more and more as to why Gentlemen’s Crow is the hidden gem in the Florida music scene. “Parallel West” is explosive – it’s as loud and as hard-hitting one can expect from a Gentlemen’s Crow show.
Overall, ‘Apparitions’ is THE entryway to the sound and world of Gentlemen’s Crow. You can stream the debut album yourself below.
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Interested in selling on Amazon but don’t want to handle storage and shipping alone? FBA (Fulfilled by Amazon) could be just what you’re looking for. The FBA program makes it easy to build your Amazon business, and it comes with plenty of perks for sellers.
However, Amazon doesn’t give you those perks for free. You’ll have to pay several fees to sell through FBA, and those fees can take a big bite out of your bottom line.
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What Is Amazon FBA?
Amazon FBA is a program that allows you to outsource order fulfillment to Amazon. Through the program, you can send products to Amazon’s global network of fulfillment centers and give your customers free two-day shipping via Amazon Prime.
When a customer buys from you, Amazon handles packing and shipping, so you don’t have to. Amazon also manages returns and customer service for your sales.
It isn’t free to use FBA, but if you’re looking for a hands-off way to sell your Amazon product, those fees could be well worth it.
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At first glance, FBA fulfillment fees don’t look very expensive, but they can add up quickly. Here’s a breakdown of what you can expect to pay and how to calculate Amazon FBA fees.
The fulfillment fee, also known as the pick-and-pack fee, is the per-item price you’ll pay for Amazon to find, label, and ship purchases to customers. Amazon doesn’t charge a set fee for every order; rather, it determines the fee based on the item’s size, weight, and category.
Amazon has a handy fee chart to help you figure out how much you’ll pay. As an example, for a large apparel item weighing 12 to 16 ounces, you’ll pay $4.75.
Amazon charges higher fees for dangerous goods. This category includes laptops, phones, chemical-based items, and products containing magnets, such as headphones.
Amazon charges sellers a monthly fee based on how much space their items take up in warehouses. Fees may be higher or lower depending on the time of year and your product category. For example, fees might increase around Christmas and other holidays.
To calculate this fee, Amazon considers:
- Product size tier
- Product volume
- Current month
- Storage utilization ratio
- Dangerous goods classification status
- Average daily units
Amazon charges a referral fee for every item sold. You’ll pay either a percentage of the total item price or a flat minimum amount, whichever is greater. For most items, the minimum is 30 cents. You may pay a referral fee of:
- 20% for gift cards
- 17% for clothing
- 8% for computers
- 15% for kitchen goods
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Part of the appeal of FBA is that Amazon handles returns for you, but those returns aren’t free for sellers. Expect to pay anywhere from $2 to $43 per item returned, depending on the weight and size of the product.
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Amazon encourages sellers to label items properly before sending them to fulfillment centers. If you make a mistake, you’ll have to pay an unplanned service fee for Amazon to fix it. If you left off the Amazon barcode, for instance, you’d pay a fee of 20 to 40 cents per item.
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If all those fees make your head spin, you’re in luck because there’s no need to calculate them manually. Amazon offers a free Revenue Calculator that tallies up your expected fees.
To use it, just enter your item cost, its weight and size, and its product category. You can also enter the product’s ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number) to have Amazon input some of those details for you.
Other Costs To Consider
FBA fees aren’t the only costs you’ll need to think about. You’ll also have to consider your costs for buying inventory, professional photography for Amazon pages, and samples if you give products away to customers.
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Parts of a Laryngoscope:
- Handle: The handle is the part held by the healthcare provider. It typically houses the batteries that power the light source and may have an on/off switch. Some advanced handles also include features like adjustable light intensity.
- Blade: The blade is the curved or straight attachment that holds the light source. The shape of the blade varies depending on the type of laryngoscope and its intended use. It is inserted into the patient's mouth to gently lift the tongue and soft tissues, allowing a clear view of the vocal cords.
- Light Source: The blade contains a light source, usually an LED, that provides illumination for visualization of the airway structures.
Types of Laryngoscopes:
There are several types of laryngoscopes, each designed for specific purposes and patient populations:
- Macintosh Laryngoscope: This is one of the most common types of laryngoscopes. It has a curved blade that is inserted into the vallecula (the depression between the base of the tongue and the epiglottis) to lift the epiglottis and visualize the vocal cords. It's often used for routine intubations in adults.
- Miller Laryngoscope: This laryngoscope also has a curved blade, but it is straighter and narrower than the Macintosh blade. It's designed to lift the epiglottis indirectly by placing the blade in the vallecula. It's often used for intubating infants and small children.
- Video Laryngoscope: This type of laryngoscope has a built-in camera on the blade that displays a real-time video feed on a screen. It can help improve visualization, especially in cases where direct line of sight is limited. Video laryngoscopes are particularly useful in difficult intubations.
- Fiber-optic Laryngoscope: Instead of a traditional blade, this laryngoscope uses a flexible fiber-optic bundle to visualize the airway. It's useful in cases of anticipated difficult airways, where direct line of sight is challenging.
- Disposable Laryngoscope: These are single-use laryngoscopes designed to reduce the risk of cross-contamination and infection. They are often used in emergency situations or when the availability of sterilization equipment is limited.
Uses of Laryngoscopes:
Laryngoscopes are primarily used for intubation, which involves placing an endotracheal tube into the patient's trachea to maintain a patent airway and facilitate mechanical ventilation. They are also used for:
- Visualizing the vocal cords and airway structures during surgery or medical procedures.
- Assisting with the placement of supraglottic airway devices (e.g., laryngeal mask airways) in cases where endotracheal intubation is not required.
- Diagnosing and treating various airway issues, such as foreign body removal or assessing vocal cord function.
Proper use of a laryngoscope requires training and skill, as it involves precise maneuvering to avoid causing trauma to the delicate structures of the airway.
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By [ ], Fangoria Poster Magazine, No 2, [Summer] 1988
"I think that I write very visually. I started my career as an illustrator and most of my stories have an incarnation as drawings before they even appear on a page. I have a very clear idea of what my monsters look like and how they will react in certain physical situations. My original concept of Rawhead Rex was somewhat leaner than the movie, but he's got the teeth! It's very interesting to see the interpretations that other people's imagination gives to your ideas. It's given a different reality and that can be very pleasurable. It's like seeing an actor play one of your lines and giving it a different nuance; perhaps it's something that you hadn't thought about...
"The inspiration for Rawhead Rex came from a tale from English folklore about Rawhead and Bloody Bones. I didn't know any more about them but their names, but they evoked quite a lot of ideas. Rawhead is the mindless thing unleashed. I wanted to create a monster who had no niceties; he's relentless, hungry, there's no appeal for mercy, all you can do when you're with him is run. The image I had was a figure with the body of a human being and the mind of a hungry animal."
By Philip Nutman, Fangoria, No 75, July 1988
"Tony brings a freshness to the material as well as a passion for science fiction that will tinge the material in a very interesting way. Hellraiser was a medium budget movie with an emphasis on the bizarre, the outlandish, the surreal. Tony has taken the sequel in a slightly different direction. We are opening up the story. We are showing Leviathan, plus the great Lament Configuration. We travel to the hell from which the cenobites were raised and we've even got a how-to-make-a-cenobite sequence! It's going to be a lot of fun. We have a massive body count this time. It's a much more spectacular film."
By Philip Nutman, Fangoria, No 76, August 1988
"I think Tony Randel has been getting a little carried away, don't you?"
By Dave Hughes, Skeleton Crew, III/IV, 1988
"I think it's safe to say you won't see a slugs novel
"We in Britain can begin to be a force in this kind of area, which we were before in the days of Hammer, and which I don't doubt that we have the technical and imaginative expertise to be again. We've rolled over for the Americans too long, it's about time we took them up the ass."
Transcript of an interview on KPFA, San Francisco by Richard Lupoff, Richard Wolinsky and Lawrence Davidson, (i) Science Fiction Eye, No 4, August 1988, (ii) Masters of the Macabre II (as "A Talk with the King"), (iii) in two parts in Nightbreed, No 8, January 1993 and Nightbreed, No 9, April 1993
"I was born off Penny Lane, literally the road off Penny Lane. I do remember, very forcibly, hordes of teenagers coming and taking photographs of all the houses when the song came out. The Beatles thing has gone with me since Linda McCartney took the photo on Weaveworld. Three out of four articles begin: 'Paul McCartney look-alike, Clive Barker...' It was very interesting because Linda was asked to do this photograph and nobody mentioned to her that this had been said. Which was cool by me. So, I went to the site of the photo session, a long photo session. There were a lot of photos to be taken. About two hours into it she said, 'You know, I just realised who you remind me of.' And I just thought, here it comes. And she says, 'You remind me of my ten year old son...' "
By Jon Hotten, Kerrang! No. 202, 27 August 1988
"Back in the old days of Hammer pictures, what made them good - and they produced some very good movies - was the fact that they had a group of creators, and a house style emerged. Now, I have my producer Chris Figg, director Pete Atkins, Bob Keen and the special effects guys. We're spurs to each other's invention and brakes on each other's excesses."
By Angela Thomas, Showreel, August 1988
"One of the objections from the critics when Hellraiser came out was, 'it isn't realistic, no-one would do that' and the answer is, 'yes, that's right, it's not meant to be real; what's wrong with that?' Elephants can't fly, but that doesn't mean Dumbo isn't a helluva movie."
By Juliet Warman,
(i) Today, 3 September 1988
(ii) Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden
"I wanted things in my house which were a reflection of what I do - the film and theatre posters and the framed book illustrations. I've only been in print three years so it's still all very exciting."
In London, September 1988 by Lisa Tuttle,
Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden
"There will be a scene in the movie 'Nightbreed' which I don't have in the book where, to articulate some things which can't be articulated in any other way, Babette takes Lori through a dream-landscape in which a history of persecution is going on, witches being drowned, and werewolves burnt at the stake - everything that is different being destroyed by piously praying Christians. I want it to be very unpleasant. I want the audience to understand who are the villains of the piece, to show them a classic image - the dragon beneath the heels of St. George - and then say, 'Wait a minute, what's wrong with this picture?'"
By Alasdair Marshall, Evening Times, Glasgow, 7 September 1988
"I wanted to paint, I wanted to write, I wanted to work in the theatre... The writing thing was a bit of an accident. I was basically writing for fun. My theatrical agent put them out. Gollancz was disgusted, but Sphere said they were great. The sales were amazing. It worked out better than even my wildest dreams."
By Colin Kerr, Evening Herald, Ireland, 8 September 1988
"After I left university, my father and mother expected that I would go about my business in my own way... I didn't think about what was going to happen to me when I was unemployed. I just got on with doing it. People are now paying me for the stuff I was doing before they paid me for it.
"A book of short stories is usually anathema as a first publishing gambit. It's a form of literary suicide. You're usually advised to start off with a novel... Being compared with the world's most successful horror author is genuinely very flattering though it's a tough thing to live up to."
By Peter Howick, Evening Herald, Ireland, 9 September 1988
"Yes, people are surprised when they meet me, but I go to bed early, I don't do drugs. Maybe being normal is what's so weird. If people ask me what drug I'm on I quote Salvador Dali's line: 'I'm a drug. Take me...'
"I write two and a half thousand words a day. I don't leave the desk until I've reached my quota."
By Mark Salisbury, Fear, No 2, Sept/Oct 1988
"If an author has got sufficient profile, sufficient identity, then the chances are that the reader will follow him. I don't know whether my readers would follow me into cowboy novels. I suspect maybe they'd have more problem with that; I wouldn't follow myself into cowboy novels. But into other areas of imaginative fiction, I think, yes, they will follow, and I think the reason people were reading the material in the first place was not simply because it was visceral but because there were imaginative elements which have carried over into the fantasy fiction and will carry over into any other area that I write; whether it be erotic fiction, or science fiction or whatever else, it will be the imaginative thrust; the imaginative enthusiasm is a constant."
By Robert Morris, Weird Tales, No 292, Fall 1988
"I think... that the six volumes of the Books of Blood
were, in a sense, an entire statement - me doing as much as I possibly
could in the genre. The books were my version of a one-man circus - I
juggle, I walk the wire. I tried to be as comprehensive as possible,
as eclectic as possible. To do something that had erotic overtones, to
do something with a comic touch, to do some very graphic things, and to
be able to put it under the six covers, seemed like a lot of fun. Some
of them are going to work better than others. Some people are going to
like certain stories a lot better than others, but that's part of the
"The thing which I think finally excites me most and which is very difficult to express totally... is the thing about making all of this work a continuum of some kind or other. So that however it's described - horror fiction, fantasy fiction, science fiction - and however it's expressed - in paintings, movies, novels - it's part of a cohesive whole. And that's a difficult thing to address."
By Leigh Blackmore, Terror Australis, Vol1, No1, Autumn 1988
"Who wants to do three of anything, you know? I could be down at Pinewood, but I really don't want to be directing Hellraiser II. What's important, I think, is to
be fresh, and also, I think, to feel as though you're breaking personal ground, because I do very strongly believe that the best sort of fiction is written from
personal concern. Those concerns have to be fresh in your head, and if they're not fresh in your head, then they're dead.
"I write out of anxiety and obsession, I write out of hope and passion. I don't write out of stale marketing ideas because someone paid me a million bucks."
By [Philip Nutman], Fangoria Poster Magazine, No 3, Fall 1988
"One of the great things about Hellbound is that it starts off at a run. When I'm writing short stories, I can actually begin in the
middle of things and then track back. It's much more difficult to do that in movies. We tried to do a little bit of that in Hellraiser
with all that flashback material of Frank and the box.
"I like that approach. The first film was a teaser; there were so many things in there that we never got around to explaining. So I see Hellbound as being both an advance on the first picture and a filling in of that detail."
By Philip Nutman, (i) Fangoria, No 78, October 1988 (ii) The Bloody Best of Fangoria, No 8, 1989
"I write imaginative fiction to the limits of my imagination and will continue to do so. My fiction will continue to be down and dirty, will continue to be visceral, erotic and graphic. What people want to call it is academic."
By David Streitfeld,
(i) Washington Post Book World, 9 October 1988
(ii) much expanded version as part two of Who's Afraid Of Clive Barker?: The Titan Of Terror And His Studies In Dread Reckoning in
Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden
[Re: signings] "Generally I feel that I'm involving myself in a personal relationship with someone whom the
Washington Post Book World, 9 October 1988 overwhelming likelihood is I'll never meet again. But we've had for a brief time an exchange which has certainly meant something to me and probably something to them, too. I can't go out to dinner with every single one of them, can't go drinking with every single one of them, and if they were all to line up in front of me, I'd have great difficulty remembering their names, so this is what we do instead...
"You see the photograph from the flap, maybe you see them on telly once in a while. They're not exactly on public display most of the time. So I think there's a kind of pleasurable intimacy that comes from the fact that you once talked to this person."
Report and extracts from a talk at the National Film Theatre, London on 28 June 1988, (i) as An Evening With The Censor by Alan Jones, Starburst, No 122, October 1988 (ii) as Depraved And Corrupt by Brigid Cherry, Nexus, No 8, October 1988
"Are acts of violence more likely to be propagated by material as unattractive as Last House on the Left or the immaculately back-lit Sylvester Stallone with a phallic gun in his hand? If we are talking about role models, surely Sly is more likely to be a focus of tension and self-aggrandisement than the shabby no-accounts in Wes's movie?"
Larry King Show, 11 October 1988 (Note : full interview online in RealAudio at the Lost Souls site - see links)
"My room is complete chaos - it looks like a bomb dropped in there: there are research papers and notes and things literally piled high on every side. It's an absolute nightmare. It's the way I always wanted my bedroom to be when I lived at home, but my mother would never allow it to be."
By Mary Ann Grossmann, St Paul Pioneer-Press Dispatch, 16 October 1988
"I come out of the European tradition that celebrates the perverse, the bizarre. The bizarre is not to be thrown out. It's part of you... Frankenstein's monster speaks of pain and his philosophy. Dracula speaks about the romance of his condition. These monsters had a point of view."
By [ ] Newsday, 17 October 1988
"It's about an escapologist who dies because one of his tricks goes seriously wrong. Then he performs the greatest escape trick of his life: he escapes from death and comes back. Unfortunately, in escaping, he liberates about 250 spirits, and turns Los Angeles into 'Spirit City, USA'."
By Graham Linehan, Hot Press, Vol 12 No 20, 20 October 1988
"I hate it when characters are reduced to a sort of low animal cunning because they can't find any other way to deal with the dangers that they're confronted with. I'm saying that the human imagination works lots of ways, and when confronted with evil it doesn't have to take a sawn-off shotgun and blow its head off. Equally, we all have a fascination with violence. We all have a fascination with violent death. We all have a fascination for forbidden material, whether it be the forbidden material of sexuality, or transcendance, or physical transformation as in the images of a Cronenberg movie, and it doesn't hurt us to confront those images vicariously through fiction. In fact I think that it's actually very theraputic."
By Bob Lundegaard, Star-Tribune Newspaper of the Twin Cities Mpls.-St. Paul, 24 October 1988
"I'd directed for the theater before, so I had a sense of dealing with actors, and I love special effects, so I felt reasonably comfortable
about that. So all I was really ignorant about was cameras and lenses, and that's not that difficult to pick up...
"When you're shooting two closeups, obviously one person looks camera left and the other camera right so that their glances seem to meet. Now if you move the camera while they're talking, the glances are going to move, and if you shoot them the wrong way and intercut it, they no longer seem to be looking at each other.
"I had this fabulous assistant [on Hellraiser] who every now and then would mutter, 'You're crossing the line, Clive.' So far on Hellraiser 2 we still rate an `X' after four tries, and we have to get an 'R.' We keep making adjustments based on what they say, but we aren't making enough. They keep saying, 'You're crossing the line, Clive. Oh, boy, have you crossed the line!' I guess in all kinds of ways I've spent most of my career crossing the line."
By Meredith Hladik, The Quadrangle, Riverdale, New York, Vol 65 No 7, 27 October 1988
"I enjoy scaring myself, being grossed out. The taboo subject of every kind has an appeal to me. The moment someone says, 'Don't look,' my eyes are on springs...
"I write a fiction of the imagination that blows reality to smithereens. It's a dark fiction, but it's a fiction as much concerned with angels as demons...
"Sex and horror are closely linked. Horror fiction is very often a fiction of bodily transformations, whether it be from life to death, from man to werewolf, from living man to zombie. Sex is one of those processes which wins from us very contradictory responses. We are both drawn to it and repulsed by it. We are attracted to people we may not consciously like. All kinds of wonderful things happen under those circumstances, which I believe are analogous to the horrific experience."
By Ann Trebbe, USA Today, 28 October 1988
[Re: his imagination] "I'm not suggesting it's sent down by Venusians. My imagination is with me on a day-to-day basis. It's there. It's me. It's who I am... I forbid my thoughts nothing."
By Jason Cohen, Daily Northwestern, 28 October 1988
"The audience response has been so good to Weaveworld, not just in terms of numbers sold but in terms of reviews and letters, so I'm tempted to feel that I can move across the fields, maybe do some science fiction or something like that, maybe do some erotic fiction at some point, with my audience coming with me. I think that's an exciting prospect...
"There's a story... The Last Illusion, which is very much film noir, very much detective fiction crossed with monster fiction. I think to some extent the definitions are artificial, anyway, and I just write it like it comes. Sometimes it comes out erotic, sometimes it comes out funny, sometimes it comes out film noir... whatever else, I like that. I love genre fiction; the only genre I can't get on with is the Western. I'm pretty happy to keep making those mixes."
By Maureen Harrington, The Denver Post, 30 October 1988
"I was that fat, short little boy who was never chosen for anything, but I could scare the kids around the campfire.
"You can use your talent to take revenge for your youth - to defeat and shake people. I didn't want to as a child, nor do I now want to seek revenge with my writing.
"Rather than frightening people so badly that they feel bereft of hope, I seek to celebrate the monster - to show that the non-socialised creature may just surprise you with a humanity greater than ours.
"I love to shake up the status quo. Whenever I feel constraints, I'm compelled to blow them away. What better way than to make the unthinkable admirable, the unappealing heroic?"
By Cathie Lou Porrelli, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, 31 October 1988
"I've always loved Highgate. It's really a necropolis like Midian. It's one of those places which started out small and got bigger and bigger through the Victorian period with massive mausoleums built to the great and wealthy. There are some that are actually the size of houses. It decayed because the families didn't have the money to keep up these vast mausoleums."
By Karen Liberatore, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 October 1988
"Happy endings have to do with revelation, if we've learned something or come to a self-understanding. We can pretend we don't believe in this [fantastic] stuff. We can say, 'Don't show me, or I'll have to face it.' But we do believe in it as metaphor. We are all vulnerable to our human condition."
Appearance (with James Herbert) on the Terry Wogan show, 31 October 1988
"My imagination is working overtime all the time and all I'm doing when I'm sitting in front of the desk writing is I'm
putting that stuff on the page, but it's working all the time...
"I did a photo session this afternoon with an American photographer and she came round and she said, 'What have you got? What about the props?' and I said, 'Props? Have I got props...' Out came the skulls, out came the bones, of course, I love that stuff - it's part of of the tools of the trade - it's like being a chemist, you're going to have some some chemicals around, right...?
"I don't [believe in ghosts] no. I think when we're dead we've got better things to be doing with our time than hanging around the living. I think we're off. I think a new adventure begins, you know in Peter Pan it says 'death will be an awfully big adventure' - I think we're off on something new."
By Nick Kontos, The Observer, Tufts, November 1988
"Beauty is immensely important to horror. What I consider to be beautiful... is not always what others consider to be beautiful. For instance, I think that crocodiles are beautiful animals. I also have large collections of dead insects."
By Dirk McLean, Hollywood North, Vol 2 No 6, Winter 1988
"William Blake is my great hero. Blake the metaphysician. Blake the Christian who could say, 'We both read the Bible day and night but [he reads black where I read white].' In other words, we could take these mythologies and read them in totally different ways. Blake the man, who was concerned with the business of inhabiting the world he lived in with metaphysical creatures... angels and demons who would walk the same roads he walked, would tread the same grass he trod, who would occupy his back garden."
By Mark A. Altman, Galactic Journal, No 23, Winter 1988
"Sartre said hell is other people. I think hell is bad producers. Hell is something different for everyone. Making love to someone for an afternoon and finding out they're out of your life forever, that's hell."
By Curt Schleir, Inside Books, No 1, November 1988
"It would be wonderful if I could produce something
Inside Books, No 1, November 1988gross from my past. But my pets lived to ripe old ages. None of my relatives died in particularly odd circumstances. The most dramatic thing was the sheer banality of growing up in a town that was not of great interest to me. Right through my childhood I was supplied with all of the things I needed in the way of imaginative materials. My mother was keen that I should be reading, and allowed me to range through the library. I suppose for imaginative kids, deprivation comes not in the home, but in school. That's certainly where I felt it most keenly, because that's where the world is divided up into the real and the unreal. That's where you learn the gross national product of Chile. That's where live things are dissected - and I speak both literally and metaphorically. That's where people bully you and shame you into pretending that you don't actually like the things you actually like. That was the time I saw the world divided up into pragmatists, literalists and reductionists on the one hand and imaginative individuals on the other.
"I was a fairly solitary child. I spent an awful lot of time by myself making those experiences happen. I had puppets. I wrote. I drew. I did that stuff as a way to make a little colourful ring around myself when I could see the world around as monochrome."
By Gerhard Hormann, Aktueel, 5 November 1988 (note: translated from Dutch)
"Stephen King once said, 'You read Clive Barker with a book in one hand and a sickbag in the other' and of course I hope that that is true. But what I write is not only meant to people to feel lousy. There must be something more. What horror does very well, is to raise things never talked about elsewhere, those being sex and death. We don't talk about those two in our society. These are the Last Taboos. And that I try to break through that..."
By Gerald Houghton, (i) (edited version) Your Worst Fears Confirmed, November 1988 (ii) (slightly edited) as Running With The Monsters in Totally Wired, No 7, [Spring] 1989 (ii) (slightly edited, but differently) as Running With The Monsters in Grim Humour, No 14, [Autumn] 1989
"I don't like trick-ending stories. I've never liked them. They have the structure of jokes and I don't like joke-tellers. I never like stand-up
comedians, I always like situational stuff. Or people who are a little off the wall. I think my trouble with the punchline story is that you
spend half the time wondering what the punchline's going to be. You start the story in the full and certain knowledge that the last two
lines or the last paragraph will contain a twist, and it becomes a guessing game. And I'm not very interested in that. I much prefer to
give away everything at the beginning and then start to go to some new place. And then get strange..!
"I think I'm a little more pro the body than David [Cronenberg] is. David tends to be quite down on physicality and finally there is an argument that he's being repulsed by the flesh he's writing about, whereas I tend to be having a good time with it. 'Long Live the New Flesh' would be a cry that would come from both our lips."
By [Stephen Jones], Hellbound US Press Kit, 1988, reprinted in The Illustrated Clive Barker by James van Hise, 1989
"Christopher Figg and I often spoke about making a sequel if Hellraiser worked, but we weren't prepared for it to work to the extent it has, both critically and commercially. I was certainly aware that the first story left open ends, some of which were quite deliberate. Others were there because we didn't have the resources to follow some of the ideas through to their logical conclusion. Hellraiser II: Hellbound will answer some of those questions, but it also opens up a new level of possibilities... "
By [Stephen Jones], Hellbound UK Press Kit, 1988
"The first picture came out of my own passion for modestly budgeted horror films. I also wanted an emphasis on the bizarre, the outlandish and the surreal, plus a conscious desire to take the imagery just a little bit further - pushing those limits. I didn't direct this time because I had responsibilities to my publishers to deliver a new novel. However, I had a very strong creative involvement and there is a great sense of continuity - and that continuity would have been there, whether I directed or not. It's based on my story and I feel that it is very much in the tradition of Hellraiser."
By [Stephen Jones], Hellbound Electronic Press Kit, 1988
"We follow Kirsty into Hell, into the secret of the box, to discover something of what the cenobites are,
what the box is for, what indeed Hell as it was interpreted in the first picture actually is... That's exciting, to see the doors open,
and open, and open again - and see new panoramas...
"There was certainly a good deal of blood in the first picture: I think there will be a fair amount in the second one too. You know, you can't make omelettes without breaking eggs and you can't make horror movies without breaking heads!"
By Cate Terwilliger, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, 4 November 1988
"So many magic worlds are about the liberation to the foulest kinds of wish fulfillment. Men go into enchanted worlds and manage
finally to be able to slaughter, like barbarians... Women go into enchanted worlds and become queens and princesses and are
worshiped like goddesses, but in actual fact become wholly passive in the same process.
"What I wanted to do was create a pacifist paradise. Could I create a moment for Cal in the book [Weaveworld] that was magical to the reader and yet didn't require him to, you know, like kick major alien ass?"
By Bill Strickland, Writer's Digest, Vol 68 No 12, December 1988
"The day I'm sure I've succeeded will probably be the day I stop writing and take up cattle rustling...
"I forbid my imagination - and hence my pen - nothing."
By Mark Salisbury, Fear, No 3, December 1988
"It ['The Great And Secret Show'] will have the same mixture of the fantastical and the strange and the sexual and the weird and the magical and the visceral as 'Weaveworld'. The kind of fiction which is in a lot of categories and so probably is in no category except imaginative fiction. I want people to buy a Clive Barker book and say, 'Well, what's Barker cooked up for us this time?' And that becomes a more interesting challenge in a way than trying to write it for a particular slot."
By John Leland, Spin, Vol 4, No 9, December 1988
"Out of just scaring people in the simple sense of making them jump or feel grossed out, I don't get much satisfaction. That's only like the garnish. The steak is getting to talk about death, madness, obscure forms of sexual activity, and selling it to people who thought that they never wanted to hear these kind of things talked about."
By John Wooley, Tulsa World, 18 December 1988
"The things I learned from the first picture were that special effects take longer than you think they're going to, and that has to
be scheduled in. You can't expect every special effect gag to go right the first time. In fact, you can't expect it to go right the
third time, sometimes.
"Also, you can't predict audience response to moments or, indeed, audience response to characters. Whoever would've thought that Pinhead would become the little icon he's become, a jigsaw in Japan or all the other things he is? I created that character in innocence. And what I tried to say to Tony [Randel] was, you can try and manipulate the audience's response to all kinds of things, but they'll surprise you. There are moments in the second movie, which I've seen with audiences on several occasions now, that I never would've thought the audience would've enjoyed as much as they do. And then other moments that you think are going to be a major 'wow' moments turn out not to be.
"Now, I like that. I think one of the nice things about that is it proves that audiences are not putty, that Pavlovian planning will not work. You can construct movies every which way hoping that it will all fall exactly into place, and audiences will still surprise you with their response."
By Phantom of the Movies, New York Daily News, 21 December 1988
"Having done Hellraiser, which got a reputation as a tough piece of work, we got very anxious [about the MPAA's reaction to Hellbound]... Obviously the imagination would stay intact, but a lot of the imagination is predicated upon these FX."
By Wilder Penfield III, The Toronto Sun, 22 December 1988
"[Nightbreed]'s not going to be a splatter movie the way the Hellraiser pictures are, but we have about 60 monsters in it - it has thrills and spills...
"I will shoot more than I expect to get into the picture. It's got to be a very erotic movie. I'm auditioning stars all afternoon, and I said don't come along unless you're willing to do two things - get covered in prosthetics and slime, and do major sex scenes...
"I don't write stalk-and-slash fiction. I don't make stalk-and-slash movies... Disapprove sounds slightly matronly, but I think there are better things to be doing with celluloid than watching young girls be hacked to pieces in showers."
By Steve Dollar, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 23 December 1988
[Re David Cronenberg] "He'll be playing the mass-murdering psychoanalyst. I said to him, I'd seen him on the BBC doing an interview about himself, and he was so massively calm, so massively in control of himself. I thought if this guy was dangerous, I'd be scared..! I'm just glad he's a good guy."
By Peter Keough, Chicago Sun Times, 25 December 1988
"Part of the problem with the holiday scheduling of movies is you get all
the Disney remakes, you get Scrooge, what have you, maybe a
comedy or two. But a movie like this, which is a perfect antidote to an
excess of goodwill, such pictures are conspicuous by their absence. So if I
was an audience member, I would be pleased because this will be a fast, fun
ghost train ride for Christmas. It's also going to be the toughest horror
movie of the year. I spoke to someone in the MPAA, and he said he was
surprised by what they let us get away with.
"So, if there are a few critics out there who are outraged, I say there are still Care Bear movies out there for you this Christmas. No one is dragging people to the screenings. People are not going to a film called Hellbound: Hellraiser II with a picture of Pinhead, expecting to see The Turning Point!"
By Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 28 December 1988
"I was given a book to autograph by this perfectly normal looking guy, who sounded quite articulate and self-possessed. And before I knew what was happening, he took out a razor, and slashed his arm open, ripping the razor along his veins. I put my hand into the blood on his arm and asked him, 'Do you want this in your book too?' He nodded his head. So I signed the book, planted my bloody palm print next to my signature and told him to have a bloody nice day."
By Martin Burden, New York Post, 30 December 1988
"[The MPAA] said, 'We feel the movie [Hellbound] is too strong, too intense, too distasteful, too horrific.' But if you're making a horror film you want intensity, so in a way you have to be flattered by their response.
"We made some trims, and it went back and forth six times before we got the R...
"What bothered you? The maggots feeding on the man's arm? The fellow juggling eyeballs, with blood running from the sockets? Oh, that's so mild. The MPAA are not bothered by that at all. It's cutting and slicing they object to - that scene of a razor cutting into a man's chest, for example.
"It's interesting - in films you can kill people with bullets, over and over again, and they seem not to care. Rambo for example. Generally speaking they're much more bothered by knives."
By Peter Atkins, Cabal UK Presskit for Fontana Books, Winter 1988
"My work is fuelled by a refusal to acknowledge any distinction between the Fantastic and the Realistic. I know my stuff falls between two stools: it's too loyal to the art of storytelling to be avant-garde and too weird to be mainsteam fiction. Fortunately for me, the gap between those stools happens to be full of audience!"Click here for Interviews 1989...
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Distillery Cruise 2023
Clyde Cruising Club Distillery Cruise 2023
In company with The Irish Cruising Club - July 1st to 10th 2023
Expression of Interest only - Not a commitment!
CCC have proposed a 2023 Distillery Cruise in company with the Irish Cruising Club - July 1st to 10th 2023.
Participants are welcome to join in the cruise at any point in the planned route (see below). The main event will be the party in Craighouse, Jura on July 4th, 2023.
Expressions of Interest:
CCC has enjoyed many great cruises with the Irish Cruising Club and this event will be a relaxed cruise with participants from the ICC members from the North and Eastern Regions and hopefully members from the South and West.
CCC Members interested in participating in the Distillery Cruise 2023 are invited to register the Expression of Interest form with likely legs of the cruise and destinations and events that they would join.
The cruise outline (always subject to weather conditions) is as follows:
- July 1st Muster at Rathin Island hosted by ICC
- July 2nd Rendezvous at Port Ellen Marina, Islay
- July 3rd Visit Ardbeg Distillery
- July 4th Rendezvous at Craighouse Bay, Jura
- July 4th CCC Party and Dinner Village Hall Craighouse
- July 6th Rendezvous at Oban Transit Marina
- July 6th Visit Oban Distillery
- July 8th Rendezvous Tobermory Marina
- July 8th Visit Tobermory Distillery
- July 8th Pontoon Party Tobermory Marina
- July 10th Rendezvous Loch Harport, Isle of Skye
- July 10th Visit to Talisker Distillery
Boats are welcome to join in along the way and continue cruising either North or South as they wish, or as part of an informal cruise in company.
Indicative mileages between destinations are as follows:
- Rathlin to Port Ellen 25nm
- Port Ellen to Craighouse 18nm
- Craighouse to Oban 43nm
- Oban to Tobermory 24nm
- Tobermory to Loch Harport 51nm
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Cruising suitable for boats and crews with good cruising experience, prepared for longer passages with well-equipped vessels but where the additional safety of cruising in company would be a welcome assurance.
Cruises in company with the ICC have always been lost of fun particularly when it is not raining!
Musical Instruments on board are always welcome Musical talent, while also welcome, is considered to be optional.
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Looking at cathode choices specifically, IDTechEx notes that the past decade has seen the majority of the EV market outside China rely on NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide) and NCA (nickel-cobalt-aluminum oxide) cathodes due to their high energy density, which provides long EV ranges.
These technologies, however, have evolved over time. As an example, the report mentions the increasing nickel content used in cathode materials to the detriment of the amount of cobalt.
“NMC 111 (equal parts Ni, Mn, Co) has been replaced by NMC 532 and NMC 622, the use of NMC 811 is expanding, and major cathode manufacturers are looking to move toward 90+% nickel in NMC and NCA,” the dossier points out. “This is being driven by a desire to reduce expensive and potentially problematically sourced cobalt, as well as to increase capacity and energy density as much as possible. Difficulties remain in ensuring the safety and longevity of these materials.”
In the view of the market analyst, while NMC and NCA cathodes will remain important, especially in Europe and North America, pressures seen on battery prices through 2021 and 2022, and the potential for future material supply disruptions, will continue to force EV makers and battery manufacturers to re-think strategies. Examples are Tesla, Volkswagen, Ford, and Stellantis, who have outlined plans to make use of cheaper LFP (lithium iron phosphate) cathodes in some regions for mass-market or lower-cost vehicle segments.
“LFP has already regained market share over the past two years due to its recapture of EV market share in China in particular. IDTechEx expects LFP’s share of the total Li-ion market (by GWh) to increase over the next 10 years.”
The document also predicts that LFP production capacity will grow at a CAGR of ~31% over the next five years, while NMC and NCA production capacity is expected to grow at a CAGR of ~19%.
“This growth in LFP will be driven by pressure to reduce battery prices for both electric vehicles and stationary battery storage systems. While LFP is already well suited for stationary applications, for an electric vehicle, where energy density remains a key performance metric, technological innovations could help minimize the impact of its lower energy density compared to NMC/NCA and make LFP an even more attractive proposition,” the report states. “These improvements could stem from the use of silicon anodes, cell-to-pack designs, or other drivetrain efficiency gains.”
The problem IDTechEx sees with the push to limit reliance on cobalt and nickel by shifting to LFP is that reliance on China is set to grow, as the vast majority of LFP production is coming from Chinese companies operating domestically with relatively few plans for LFP production outside the country.
The market researcher notes that in addition to the “traditional” cathode chemistries, high manganese cathodes have started garnering attention, with South Korea’s EcoPro BM and Belgium’s Umicore joining BASF in outlining their intention to commercialize high manganese cathodes.
“Development of these cathodes is also driven by a desire to reduce costs, while they also benefit from allowing comparable energy density to NMC/NCA. Voltage fade and low cycle life remain key barriers to adoption,” the whitepaper reads.
LNMO (Lithium Nickel Manganese Oxide) cathodes, which are cobalt-free and high-voltage, may also join the race as they offer comparatively low costs and opportunities for improving the efficiency of battery pack designs.
These cathodes are seen as capable of reducing lithium consumption by having a lower kg/kWh lithium intensity compared to other cathodes, which could become highly important if supply constraints materialize and manufacturers are forced to find ways to minimize the impact of high lithium prices.
The issue with LNMOs is that, like the high-manganese cathodes, cycle life, as well as the need for a stable electrolyte, remain key barriers.
“Ultimately, IDTechEx forecast that NMC, NCA, and LFP will continue to be the dominant cathode materials used through to 2033, with the choice of material determined by a trade-off between price, performance, application suitability, and availability,” the dossier states.
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When the ride opened in 1995, it was originally named Hellovator. In 2007, it was repainted and renamed Superman: Tower of Power.
On June 21, 2007, a 13-year-old girl had both feet severed by a cable while riding Superman: Tower of Power. During the ride, a malfunction caused the cable to break. Though she was able to remove the cable from her neck before the ride reached the top, it was still looped past her feet during the "drop" and shattered her left femur while cutting off both feet on the way down. The operator heard the cable snap and acknowledged unusual screaming as the car climbed, but failed to press the emergency stop button until after the ride had already dropped. The ride could not be stopped after this point. Doctors were able to reattach her right foot successfully. However, her left leg had to be amputated below the knee, due to severe damage to her left foot. The ride was closed right after the accident and its permanent closure was announced on November 29, 2007. It was removed from the park during the 2008 off-season.
Seven years after the accident in 2014, a new drop tower named FearFall opened to the public.
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Our idea of wine
From Trentino’s vineyards to the wine cellar
From the vineyards of Trentino to the wine cellar: how the wines of Eredi di Cobelli Aldo take shape
The fundamental work is done in the fields: among the SORNI vineyards in the heart of Trentino.
From the moment of the "tears" - awakening (guttation) - of the vineyard to the harvest everything must be considered in the smallest details, with the aim of obtaining quality grapes while respecting the balance of the vineyard and the surrounding environment.
During the PRUNING process the best branches are carefully selected trying to maintain the continuity of the lymphatic vessels, avoiding overly intrusive cuts.
With the SUCKERING only gems in the best conditions are chosen considering also the pruning of the following year. To have an enduring and healthy vineyard we must always take into account that our work will have an effect both on the current year and on future ones.
Subsequently the SFEMINELLATURA takes place, i.e. the elimination of the femminelle (secondary side shoots that are formed on the new branches). They are eliminated to allow for good air circulation around the vines and to give more light to the grapes during their growth.
SHAPING OF the vegetative apices. The tips of the shoots are not cut but twisted along the last line of the pergola. This work aims to maintain an unaltered vegetative balance within the vine. Cutting the shoots would trigger secondary reactions that affect the correct maturation of the grapes and lead to the formation of new lateral shoots very susceptible to late attacks of peronospora.
The HARVEST is done by hand where the healthiest grapes are selected. The harvest is a moment of celebration, the arrival point of a year full of sacrifice and passion.
The grape is first of all a fruit, fruit of the vine and the fruit of our love in cultivating the vineyard.
From here the work in the cellar - called vinification - begins. We work with dedication to accompany the grapes to become wine. As with a child, our job is to check that everything goes well without imposing our obligations and our desires but understanding what the wine’s needs are during its fermentation.
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White Coffee & Beans: A New Trend in Beverages? Everything you must know about White Coffee Beans
Folks who drink way too much coffee may want to break their addiction by drinking white coffee beans. Stress cannot be felt in the body after only one cup, but it takes about four cups for this side effect from kicking in and then lasts up until six hours or more! You also have fewer caffeine jitters when switching over which makes these drinks better suited if you’re sensitive on either end as far as taste goes with regards.
What is the story of White Coffee Beans?
The name of this particular kind of beverage may sound a bit confusing, but it’s actually quite delicious. In some cultures, you can find people drinking iced or hot versions with their morning cup o’ joe–in others, they brew up something called “bubbling tea.” The only similarities between these drinks lie within how both incorporate caffeine from beans that have been roasted then either turned into an extract themselves (like capsules) or simply left intact so that more taste buds can get involved when brewing at home!
A cup of white coffee is said to have the ability to both wake you up and soothe your nerves. A recent study found that people who drink this type of brew are less likely than others their age, living in North America or Europe for instance, to experience dementia later on in life because caffeine can protect against Alzheimer’s disease by boosting fat metabolism while also improving mental clarity!
White coffee beans are not just for the summer. It is actually a year-round drink that can offer many benefits to your health and well-being! This type of brew has less caffeine than traditional black coffees or brown coffees, which means white coffee beans will keep you energized without giving any jitters when consumed in small amounts throughout each day. Not only does drinking white java help regulate metabolism but also helps lower bad cholesterol levels while boosting good kinds like HDL (or high-density lipids).
White Cappuccino contains antioxidants called chlorogenic acids found at higher concentrations here thanks to its light roast processing method – so enjoy this special treat today if you want some added freshness with every sip! White coffee Beans are the roasted seed that has been washed to remove their outer husk. The result produces what many people believe are better tasting beans than their original red counterparts with no bitterness or aftertaste at all!
The rich and flavorful taste of white coffee beans can’t be matched by any other kind. However, there are ways that you could prepare it better than others – take these three steps below for starters!
Step 1. Place two heaps tablespoons (sugar) in an empty cup or small bowl, then add about 6 ounces boiling water before stirring together thoroughly so all the sugar has dissolved properly.
Step 2. Add cream/half-n-half if desired after mixing well thoroughly.
Step 3. Remove from fire source while still hot before consumption, this way not only will your morning brew have more antioxidants but also enjoy drinking something healthy today while learning new skills too
Preparation of White coffee drinks
Step 1. To enjoy a cup of white coffee, first, grind the white coffee beans.
Step 2. Next, add boiling water and steep for three minutes before pouring into your favorite mug or pour through an espresso machine’s filter to make it taste just like lattes do!
History about white coffee
The first mention of coffee in written records was when the Ethiopian Sheikh Bassam bin Abdullah wrote about it in his diary. He mentioned that people drank an alcoholic beverage made from roasted beans near Lake Tana, which is known today for being one major source to call upon by locals who want their caffeine fix!
The earliest credible account that we have on how “coffee”, rather than just referring or using terms like “drink with honey,” became associated specifically as meaning ‘espresso’ came during Pope Gregory IX’s Great Schism conflict within Christianity between 1378-1417.
You haven’t lived until you’ve had a cup of history in the making! This coffee will take your breath away with each sip. It starts as a dark roast, but then morphs into light and smooth – just like how we all evolved from our past lives on earth to become who we are today…
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Use pages that measure 8.5 x 11 or 8 x 10 inches.
Ensure your manuscript pages reflect portrait/vertical orientation.
Use mirrored margins, meaning the margins are slightly wider toward the interior of the page to account for book binding. Specific guidelines for margins are as follows:
- Outer margins: at least 0.75”
- Inner margins: 0.25” more than the outer margins
- Top/bottom margins: 1” or 1.25” (if you choose to include headers)
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The School Counselor is made up of a team consisting of a Psychologist, an educational psychologist and a Special Education teacher.
To the Management Team.
To the teaching team.
To the students.
To the families.
The members of the department collaborate with the tutors in the prevention and detection of educational, personal development or learning problems presented by the students, as well as in the appropriate intervention and school and personal guidance to solve them.
Cooperate with families to achieve a better education and personal growth of the students.
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We will be closed for our July 4th break starting Friday June 30 until Wednesday July 5th. Any orders placed after 4PM Central, June 29th won't be shipped until July 5th. As a small family business we're taking a few days to spend time with our families. We'd like to offer our sincere and heartfelt thanksto everyone for shopping with us.
Handcrafted in Sterling Silver, the Key to My Heart Charm Bell represents holding the key to someone's heart. The front and back of this bell has a large heart with a key hole in its center. The clapper is a key and the bail resembles the decorative handle of an antique skeleton key.
Your Key to My Heart Bell will come in a gift box with a story card that reads:
May the ring of this bell remind you that I love you, I’m devoted to you and I will always be true. Hold on tightly to the key to my heart!
Actual Size: 1 in.
Please note: due to the smaller size of charms, this bell's ring is not as loud as our pendants.
Your Key to My Heart Bell will be carefully packed in a gift box, with the story card in the lid. A silver elastic bow closes the box.
Pictured here in sterling silver, this bell is also available in 10K and 14K gold, call 512-219-9051 for pricing.
Handcrafted in sterling silver by Texas artisans, we guarantee our charms for life.
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Governor Newsom Budget Update Prioritizes Higher Education
Budget expands funding for access, student success and affordability
In his updated budget proposal, Governor Gavin Newsom maintains his commitment to fund thousands of new seats for California students, invest in proven practices that improve graduation rates, and remove barriers to college affordability. While higher than expected tax revenues increased the total higher education budget from the governor’s January proposal by an estimated $200 million, they led to modest financial aid investments; notably the expansion of a second year of free community college tuition through the California College Promise and rapid rehousing efforts at the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems.
The governor’s updated budget maintains $10 million to establish a strong educational data system from pre-K to K-12 to college and the workforce. Now is the time for the Governor to exert his leadership in creating a statewide higher education coordinating body that is inclusive of civil rights and business communities. The coordinating body can set an ambitious North Star goal for statewide college attainment and regularly monitor progress towards meeting the state’s workforce and economic demands while holding our colleges and universities accountable for improvement and the closing of persistent racial/ethnic gaps.
“In 2018, Governor Newsom (then Lieutenant Governor) shared his vision for higher education during our gubernatorial forum and he is making good on many promises– including establishing a data system and expanding seats at UC and CSU. However, a wholesale reimagining of financial aid that is simplified, reflects the true cost of college and meets the needs of low-income students must be top of mind for the governor along with a coordinating body that can ensure his investments lead to improved student outcomes,” said Jessie Ryan, Executive Vice President of the Campaign for College Opportunity.
Key Higher Education Budget Highlights:
Longitudinal Data System
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I cannot agree that “There is a CULTURE of drugs and alcohol in SRM”.
This happens in every university. SRM doesn’t support all these stuffs inside the campus, in fact none of the Universities support this. It all depends on the people studying there and their habits. We should not blame THE UNIVERSITY (not a University anymore :P) for all the happenings.
If people want to do drugs, drink alcohol, smoke weed or whatever, then it’s their choice. Why are we even blaming the college for this? I am not supporting SRM, I am just clarifying things.
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Many times easier to complete mint than used with one exception: the 2 Anna Edward 7th official overprint watermarked crown CA which is vastly under-rated mint. Collecting the Somaliland Protectorate used will take you a great deal longer than mint, and we salute anyone who completes a full set of the officials issues used which will likely take half a lifetime!
© 1975, 2019. ColonialStamps.com. All rights reserved.
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Critical and Costly Retirement Mistakes & How You Can Avoid Them
“Critical and Costly Retirement Mistakes”
COLORADO SPRINGS – OPEN TO ALL! Many people dream of a financially abundant retirement, but too many people never achieve it. Some enter into retirement with a sense of security which is lost due to unforeseen personal or market events; others never achieve a sense of security at all. This workshop, taught by Patrick D. Johnson, CFP®, CLU, ChFC, looks at critical mistakes we’ve seen our clients make that threaten their dreams of retiring with a sense of abundance. Learn three strategies to help you achieve a more abundant retirement.
What people are saying about Patrick Johnson:
Thank you for Hammond Law Group’s annuity workshop…. Patrick Johnson gave a highly informative presentation that helped us to better understand an annuity that we had purchased years ago. Patrick also met with us privately to develop financial models for retirement and helped us to understand our options and strategies for annuity disbursements down the road. All of this was an unexpected and valuable benefit to us for being Hammond clients. ~ Jim & Cathy
PATRICK D. JOHNSON, CFP®, CLU, ChFC
Patrick Johnson began his career in financial services in 1996 and has served clients in a litany of capacities: as a broker at a global institutional wirehouse; as a vice president in the trust department of a super-regional bank where he worked as a financial planner helping the bank’s high net worth trust clients navigate their sophisticated financial landscape; and as the president of a life insurance brokerage general agency.
Patrick’s practice is rooted in the understanding of ‘Wealth’ as ‘Well Being’, the original meaning of wealth. This emphasis allows Patrick’s clients to holistically integrate their financial situation into the broader context of their lives. Patrick believes strongly in giving back to the client-advisory community and has served on a local level as: President of the Financial Planning Association (FPA); Board of National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA); Speaker for Continuing Education for Estate Planning Attorneys, CPAs and Life Insurance Agents.
Patrick holds the following professional designations: Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC). Patrick is married and has two children and lives in Woodland Park, Colorado.
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ComBuS has completed its first goal by conducting a literature review and analysis of the needs of students, teachers, school staff, school leaders and parents in 6 European countries with regards to bullying.
We started by conducting a review of all existing scientific literature on bullying and on the ways to combat it. Our aim in this process was to identify Best Practices in combating bullying. The top 15 of the Best Practices that we identified were used to guide the development of the ComBuS Toolkit. In other words, the ComBuS Toolkit is based on the most up-to-date scientific evidence on bullying.
What do School Communities Need to Effectively Combat Bullying?
We then explored the perception of pupils, teachers, parents, school staffs, stakeholders and local authorities on the phenomenon of bullying, as well as, their satisfaction with the existing situation and needs, challenges and expectations on efficiently preventing and managing the phenomenon. Our aim was to tailor the ComBuS program to the needs of the school communities. The analysis resulted in a wide range of recommendations that were used to guide the development of the ComBuS program. Most importantly, the analysis of needs strongly confirmed the importance and the necessity of implementing a whole-school program to combat bullying in schools.
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Kenra is one of the best hair styling product brands known for its professional approach in hairstyling that makes it a perfect fit for hairstylists. In 2012, Kenra received its first Stylist Choice Award through the Kenra Platinum Blow Dry Spray, from there, Kenra worked harder to provide stylists with the best hairstyling prodcuts that would complement their skills and satisfy their clients.
Here is Kenra's list of hair styling products that the stylists recommend:
1. Kenra Platinum Blow-Dry Spray
Speaking of this champ, Blow-Dry Spray is best for medium to coarse hair or those with wavy or curly hair. Use this hair styling poduct before blow dry because it works by reducing your blow-dry time by half. This does not only save you time but also protects your hair from extreme damage caused by heat styling. Its light formulation can detangle, soften, and smoothen the hair. Expect long-lasting, healthy-looking results from using this styler.
2. Kenra Platinum Silkening Mist
Always be camera ready by instantly restoring your brilliant and shiny hair with Kenra Platinum Silkening Mist. This is helpful in taming frizz and fly-aways to achieve and maintain your desired look for the day. The Silkening Mist is a hair styling poduct for humidity and not just good on the outside. It will also equip your hair with humidity protection and repair split ends in every use.
3. Kenra Platinum Dry Texture Spray 6
Do you want your hair straight but not too flat? It’s difficult to explain but Kenra knows what exactly is on your mind. This styler will increase and emphasize your hair’s fullness. If you are in a search for a hairstyling product that will give you a dry look, Kenra Platinum Dry Texture Spray can absorb oil and impurities, leaving your hair with a non-greasy and matte finish look. The ultra light-weight, non-drying formulation of Dry Texture Spray can provide flexible hold up to 48 hours. Apply it before and after styling for maximum hold.
4. Kenra Texturizing Mist 6
Boost your hair’s fullness and increase its natural and touchable hold with the non-drying formulation of the Texturizing Mist. This ultra-lightweight mist boosts texture and fullness by up to 156%. You can apply this styler once as it can protect the hair from the humid surroundings up to 24 hours! Or reapply as you desire because it gives the hair a matte-finish and flake-free look. Indeed the best hair styling product for dandruff prone women.
5. Kenra Professional Thermal Styling Spray 19
Isn’t it annoying to cook a pancake without butter because it kept on sticking on to the pan? It’s the same with styling the hair. When the hair is too dry or rubberized, it is more difficult to style it with a curler or straightening iron and achieve a clean and finish look.
The Thermal Styling Spray 19 is your power hair styler. It provides firm hold and styling control for hair styling tools like curlers and irons. The non-stick formula will give you a clean style that is free from fly-aways and frizz. Its thermal protection will leave your hair a shiny look even after the heat styling.
6. Kenra Volume Spray 25
It’s already a thing of the past when you thought bouncy yet tamed hair is only seen on MTVs. With Kenra’s Iconic Volume Spray 25, you can achieve a volumized, lightweight yet wind-resistant hair that can last all day! Kenra's iconic volume spray is the best hair styling product to hold curls or any desired style because it can provide a maximum hold up to 5 days and humidity protection for 24 hours. Complete your iconic look with a final touch of Kenra Volume Spray without worrying from a flaky mess.
7. Kenra Silkening Heat Creme
Heat styling can be too exhausting for you and your hair as it usually takes a lot of time to finish the desired look. The Silkening Heat Creme is every hair type’s styling hero. It has a nutrient-dense nut oil that prevents hair breakage and boosts manageability which reduces the styling time. It also acts as heat protection up to 540F.
8. Kenra Perfect Medium Spray 13
Ordinary stylers that promise to provide hold can leave the hair sticky and stiff. Kenra addresses this styling problem with Kenra Perfect Medium Spray 13. It's fast-drying and non-stick formula provides a touchable and brush-through hold, giving the stylist full control over the hair. This spray can give you unexpected shiny hair.
9. Kenra Luxe One Leave-In Spray
Why choose when we can have it all in one professional hair styling product? Kenra Luxe One Leave-In Spray is an all-in-one miracle spray enriched with gold for an opulent slip and lustrous shine. It releases fine mist for easy distribution and can serve as a cutting lotion after cleansing or when refreshing a dull style. It leaves hair with stunning silky touch and protects the hair up to 450F of damaging heat.
10. Kenra Platinum Thickening Glaze
Glaze your hair with the lightweight goodness of Kenra Platinum Thickening Glaze. You can use this alone or layer it with other stylers to achieve a volumized and thick-looking hair. This conditioning creme adds dimensions to blowout and revitalizes the hair in every use.
11. Kenra Platinum Silkening Gloss
We’re moving on from our old greasy hair stylers that do nothing else aside from
giving us shiny hair. The Kenra Platinum Silkening Gloss protects the hair from humid weather and smoothes flyaways while leaving the hair with optimum shine. Apply it before using hot styling tools for best protection.
Kenra received its second Stylist CHoice Award in 2016 when Kenra Volume 25 was chosen as the Favorite Hairspray of the year. This only proves that Kenra is consistently doing its mission to professionally support every stylist in satisfying their clients. Who knows? Even the stylist in you will approve these Kenra stylers once you got your hands on them.
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Deadpool vs. Dead Presidents…this time, TRICKY DICK NIXON! Can even Doctor Strange help the M w/the M? This is the Deadpool series you will marry someday!
Deadpool finishes telling Dr. Strange about the recent events with the dead presidents coming back to life via a necromancer. Dr. Strange, however, is unimpressed and is about to show Deadpool, Agent Preston, and the ghost of Benjamin Franklin to the door but first takes a peak into the story to give the trio a real look at what is going on. Opening his third eye, Dr. Strange is surprised to find Richard Nixon raising from the dead. Dr. Strange explains that the necromancer is working with powers he knows little about and is bringing the presidents back to life without their humanity. He leaves to meditate. Wong instructs the visitors to be ready to depart at a moment's notice.
Some presidents meet in a family dentistry to try and resolve a dispute concerning the course of action to take. A spaceship has been proposed and Ford has to remind everyone that the nation doesn't even have a space program anymore. The necromancer, shackled, tries to spout some sorcery to help him escape but Ford knocks the wind out of him. This little bit of incantations is enough for Dr. Strange to locate the men and he teleports the group to the dentistry (minus Ben Franklin because he is still mad about a past indiscretion). Deadpool begins shooting presidents while Dr. Strange vanishes with the necromancer. The spell book the necromancer uses is dropped, however, and Washington claims it to aid in future destruction.
On the astral plane, Dr. Strange banishes the necromancy from Michael the necromancer. Michael then explains that he learned of his skills when he was in fifth grade and had wished life back into his dead hamster. He was later recruited out of college and trained by S.H.I.E.L.D. to hone his powers.
Outside the dentistry, Deadpool takes on Washington, Ford, and Lincoln. He tells Agent Preston to leave and she does so with the promise to return with more help. Deadpool is smashed inside a car, receives a sword in the back, and then kicked into a building. He thinks help has arrived when a helicopter touches down but it is only more dead presidents. Nixon hops off and recognizes that he's at Watergate. Ford trips and gets sliced to bits by the helicopter's rotor blade. Dr. Strange returns as the helicopter departs. He pulls Washington's sword from Deadpool's back and begins another round of meditation. Deadpool turns his attention to Nixon who is bent on destroying Watergate. Deadpool attacks but is quickly thrown into an elderly woman's apartment. Nixon follows and starts whooping Deadpool until the merc can kick Nixon in the Little Nixon. Dr. Strange then appears and gives Deadpool the Washington sword and explains that it is now enchanted to fell the undead. Deadpool wastes no time in sticking it in Nixon's chest. The president explodes in a flash of pink light.
Outside, Dr. Strange explains that the sword should help Deadpool defeat the rest of the undead presidents. He then whispers a seemingly dire observation to Deadpool and departs. Agent Preston states that Michael the necromancer is cooperating and they'll have to see what comes next.
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IPAF stands for International Powered Access Federation, an organization dedicated to promoting the safe use of powered access equipment such as MEWPs. 2 Start Training is one such provider that offers IPAF-accredited courses that lead to IPAF certification. Upon completion of the training, delegates will be eligible to use their new IPAF license. There are several IPAF training courses available, including a practical-based course and classroom-based modules.
IPAF training is recognized globally, and is increasingly mandated on construction sites throughout the GCC. Successful trainees are awarded a PAL card (Powered Access Licence), the most widely recognised proof of operator training. This card is issued by IPAF and displays a trainee’s photo and signature. A photo taken during the training is verified by IPAF. PAL cards are issued to users of platforms, manufacturers, and training providers. The IPAF is present throughout the Middle East and Far East, and is a global organization.
IPAF MEWP training is also offered in both classroom and eLearning formats. This course teaches operators to safely operate the various types of MEWPs. Also known as aerial lifts and cherry pickers, these vehicles can be used for a variety of tasks. The courses cover a variety of different types, including Mobile Vertical (3a) and Mobile Boom (3b). Push Around Vertical (PAV) MEWP training can last half a day. Meanwhile, the insulated aerial device (IAD) MEWP course lasts two days.
Find out more: www.aerial-lifts.co.uk/training/ipaf
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23360 Crest Forest Drive, Crestline, CA 92325
sale $3,200,000 | Commercial/Residential
Courtesy Of Southland Properties
Welcome to Crestline! Right as you enter the city of Crestline off of HWY 138, and only a few minutes from Lake Gregory, Tudor Pines is a terrific opportunity to make passive income! With its cozy, charming, and cottage appearance, the opportunities are endless to make money on this mountain property! Tudor Pines contains 17 units that range from 1 bed/1 bath to 2 beds/2 baths. The property consists of 3 buildings with occupied units, a laundry room, and a common courtyard. Very close to shopping, entertainment, and dining!
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- Age: Over 50 Years Old
- Architecture Style: Other
- Building Units: 3
- MLSID: CV23010127
- Roof Type: Unknown
- Rooms: Bedroom
- Rooms: Full Bath
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Licensed Commercial Electrician
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This paper proposes six policy ways to renew the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda through fresh and eye-catching policy transformation after 10 years in power at Holyrood.1: Create a Scottish National Investment Bank and use it to finance an era of green reindustrialisation.2: Build the homes and infrastructure that people need and rebuild the town centres they […]
Leading economist Margaret Cuthbert draws on 15 years of research on Scottish public procurement in making the case that procurement in Scotland is shrouded in secrecy and wide-ranging reforms are needed to ensure transparency and accountability.
Jim Cuthbert analyses the potential dangers of Scottish Government investment in Hub sub-debt, which may act as a form of ‘concealed’ borrowing from the secondary market.
Mhairi Love looks at the case for asset based community development in the North-East of Glasgow through mapping derelict and vacant sites in the area and looking at how the Community Empowerment Act could be utilised.
A report by Common Weal, Friends of the Earth Scotland and Unison Scotland into divestment of Scottish pension funds from fossil fuel companies and re-investment into socially and environmentally useful investments.
Establishing a Citizens’ Assembly as a second chamber to the Scottish Parliament would increase public trust in parliament and boost the confidence of legislators that there is broad public backing for their decisions. We propose selecting a random, representative sample of 73 members of the public to fulfil this role for at least one but […]
The White Paper Project is an attempt by Common Weal to explore the methodology, content and structure of a revised White Paper for Scottish independence.This project is iterative – it has no single author or group of authors but is an attempt to engage the widest possible range of expertise in Scotland in exploring how […]
An analysis of the SNP’s proposal to half and then eliminate Air Passenger Duty – to be renamed the Air Departure Tax when it is devolved – finds that the economic evidence used to justify the tax cut omits the impact of an increase in outgoing passengers. Once this impact is factored in it is […]
This paper outlines an alternative to the private finance model for funding the building of public projects in Scotland. It proposes a public-led model based on a Scottish National Investment Bank and Scottish National Infrastructure Company.
This paper analyses polling data taken around and since the 2014 independence referendum to track trends within the published headline polls. Whilst overall support for independence continues to track at roughly the same level as was recorded in the 2014 referendum, significant shifts have occurred within demographics.
This paper argues that an independent Scotland could benefit from increased revenue by introducing a “smart borders” approach to its customs and borders post-independence, with the prospects of a ‘hard border’ between Scotland and England “totally overblown”.
GERS (Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland) 2015/16 reported Scotland’s fiscal deficit to be in the region of £14 billion per year, portraying Scotland as the country experiencing some of the most challenging financial circumstances in Europe.However, this study must be viewed firmly in the light of Scotland being a member nation of the United Kingdom […]
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Description: an optional description for your scanning target. This is for personal reference only.
Select a scanning schedule for the Windows computer target.
Select an available credential to execute the scanning target.
Select Save and exit, or Save target .
In the pop-up, choose whether you want to scan the Windows computer target immediately.
You can view your new scanning target in Scanning > Targets > All targets.
The scan will run as scheduled. To scan your target immediately, select Scan.
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When I Open Any Project Browser Will Show Error In This Site Close This Site.
Please share any screenshots of the error.
can you share the aia?
Bro I buyed aia from @PixelEditor and I want ask first from them
@M_r_A_r_p_i_t No problem then is this aia for niotron only?
or other platform
If this is happening only in a specific project then the aia is corrupted or wasn’t made to work in Niotron
One other possibility, your hardware is not the best and the aia is too heavy so it will take forever to load.
When I created a new project everything is fine when I worked on project , project is started laging.
This Aia is only for niotron builder and take much time to open
That is probably because of the second possibility that I mentioned. As you can’t share the aia it becomes impossible to help you. Try to contact the person who sold the aia to you to see if he can help somehow.
@M_r_A_r_p_i_t I believe the AIA is taking a long time to load due to insufficient ram, hardware, or a slow internet connection.
Aia Is completely build on niotron, and i itself imported it, but in my pc its not lagging… if even this lagging on firefox then for trial open it on another computer.
@PixelEditor What is your pc specifications?
Processor : Intel Pentium dual Cpu 2 Ghz
Ram : 2gb
Will it work when I increase the RAM more 2gb?
Windows 7 old version update windows 8.1 64bit + 4 gb Ram to work better
Woah I have 16GBs of Ram
My computer has 8GB RAM and a i5 3GHz and some projects take a long time to load or fail depending on the project. The ideal would 16gb at least I guess I can’t even imagine myself using a computer with only 2gb of ram. It your computer allow it, I recommend you to use 8gb of ram. See how many slots it has and make the best upgrade possible. With 4gb it will be better but will not be good enough
Her Processor is : Intel Pentium dual core Cpu 2 Ghz
Only 4gb ram support this Processor ok
8Gb Ram Not Support
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Moving models to a different repository
SummaryHow do I move models from one hubs repository to another?
I would like to be able to easily move numerous models from a repository on one hub to another. I can deploy a model from one hub to another hub, but haven't found a way to move a model from one repository to another. This is important to have back-up copies of our models, for example.
Also, I haven't found a way to download multiple models at the same time. We have over 30 models and downloading them one at a time to then upload them one at a time to another repository is time-consuming. We are fully in Oracle's cloud and have no on-premise assets.
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You can move your Roku device to any TV you want. They are not tied to any TV.
Be aware that if your configured your remote for one brand TV, then moved it to another brand TV, you may need to reconfigure the remote. Not re-pair it; that has nothing to do with controlling the TV. But you may have to use the menu system to set up the remote for a different brand TV.
DBDukes Roku Community Streaming Expert Note: I am not a Roku employee.
If this post solves your problem please help others find this answer and click "Accept as Solution."
Re: extender on backorder, my account may I use on other tv?
Meanwhile, there's nothing special about the Roku HDMI extension. it's just a short (4 inches or so) HDMI cord with an HDMI plug at one end and an HDMI socket at the other. I use one several feet long to locate my Streaming Stick in an equipment closet on the other side of the wall from my TV. You may be able to find an HDMI extension locally and not have to wait for someone to ship it to you.
Roku Community Streaming Expert I am not a Roku employee, only a user like you. Please, no support questions via private message -- post them publicly to the Community where others may benefit as well. If this post solves your problem please help others find this answer by clicking "Accept as Solution.".
Streaming Stick 4K+ 3821 | Streaming Stick+ 3810 | TCL Roku TV 43S245/C107X
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My 2 cents - these dropouts are a pain in the butt to resolve! I think (think, hope, pray) that mine are resolved. In the end it was primarily a networking issue. Not exactly a DHCP lease renewal issue, but I suspected that early on. When I timed the dropouts I proved to myself it wasn’t as exactly on the same interval as I thought it was. Here’s what I went through, maybe it’ll be helpful resolving your issue:
Setup (before I started debugging my dropout issue):
Roon and HQPlayer running on 2018 i5 Mac Mini. Streaming Qobuz/Tidal. Mixture of RopieeeXL and and NAA OS endpoints. Netgear Orbi mesh wifi (3 nodes: 1 router, 2 satellites). Mac Mini runs wirelessly on the network. My office where I listen is across the house from the Mac Mini, meaning that my NAA endpoints are wirelessly connected to a different mesh node than the Mac Mini.
Roon has run on the Mac Mini for >1yr with no issues, both “bit-perfect” streaming and Roon up sampling to PCM / DSD. Super stable and happy. When I added HQPlayer I immediately started having dropout issues while streaming HQPlayer. It wasn’t obvious that the dropouts were network related. I was learning HQPlayer, and learning the limits of my Mac Mini for filter / modulator settings. I had a huge jumbled mess of CPU limitations and Network limitations. I sorted out the CPU limitations by buying a stack of long ethernet cables and putting EVERYTHING on a hardline. This made my HQPlayer streaming rock solid. Based on this I knew the root cause was network.
Debugging the Network:
An observation I had: DSD256 would stream fine (very few if any dropouts), but 16x PCM (32bit/768kHz) would have dropouts. A little quick math indicated at least partially where this was coming from: DSD256 has a lower data rate than 32/768 PCM (if you work through the math it turns out DSD512 has the same data rate as 32/768). So running PCM had more dropouts not because of computational difficulty, but because of higher network traffic. Basically I was operating at the edge of the bandwidth my network could reliably sustain for HQPlayer with other typical wireless network traffic.
On paper I drew out the path a “audio” packet would have to travel through my system to reach my endpoint: internet modem -(e)-> router -(w)-> satellite 1 -(w)-> mac mini -(w)-> satellite 1 -(w)-> router -(w)-> satellite 2 -(w)-> NAA endpoint. All wireless traffic, gotta love mesh networking. It was a huge mess of traffic. No wonder a relatively small increase of data rate was causing a noticeable increase in dropouts.
To clean this up I moved satellites around such that all of the network traffic stayed within a single satellite: internet modem -(e)-> router -(w)-> satellite 1 -(w)-> mac mini -(w)-> satellite 1 -(w)-> NAA endpoint. Essentially eliminating a hop back through the central mesh router. This made a big difference, getting me down to 1 dropout every 1 - 2 hours. But I would still get them. And if the wireless traffic in my house picked up (ie kids watching Roku) I would get constant dropouts making it unlistenable.
I realized that the ideal fix would be to get the Mac Mini hardwired into the same switch as the NAA end point. But due to house placement limitations (and limits to my wife’s patience for running long ethernet cables), I couldn’t do this. So I took the opposite strategy, and put as many other things on ethernet that I could (Rokus, smart TVs, work laptop, etc), such that the Mac Mini became the primary user of the Wifi in that part of my house. (The ethernet connections are into a mesh node, so still relatively heavy wireless backhaul traffic, but so far that has enough bandwidth to not become another weak point.) Essentially giving the Mac Mini unobstructed use of the WiFi, other than basic mobile devices, which typically are not significant enough to cause a glitch.
With this I got down to just 1 dropout every 3 - 6 hours. Generally stable, and not a problem. BUT I’m an OCD MF, and this wasn’t good enough. My suspicion was that my mac mini placement wasn’t ideal for WiFi signal, and I would get periodic wifi interruptions causing dropouts. Going back to my diagram above, there is still heavy wifi traffic in and out of the Mac Mini (concurrently stream in / up-sampled stream out). If that signal isn’t solid, there could be glitches. To clean this up I purchased an external WiFi adapter (actually several of them to get one I was happy with for the Mac Mini, gotta love Amazon return policy) that I could position with line-of-sight to the mesh node. This was the ultimate fix.
I’ve been rock solid ever since. No network dropouts (knock on wood). The final network path for my audio packets looks like: internet modem -(e)-> router -(w)-> satellite 1 -(w)-> Mac Mini -(w)-> satellite 1 -(e)-> NAA.
This solution is OBVIOUSLY very specific to my setup. But the idea that made a real difference is that the network traffic associated with HQPlayer is significant, and if it’s all running on WiFi you can easily hit a bandwidth limitation that causes periodic dropouts. If the HQPlayer can be hardline into the same switch as the NAA, it shouldn’t be an issue at all. But if that can’t be done, look for ways to improve wireless bandwidth available to HQPlayer.
wow, that got long… my bad…
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Meghan’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 6th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Meghan Volchko, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive.
Note from Meghan:
This was really hard. I regret everything. Can I just bring my iPad and some kind of solar charger and get OverDrive books from CCPL?
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway is my favorite American author, and as a recovering English major, I need to have this book. Hemingway’s own experiences in World War I lead to this beautiful story of love and pain and the horrors of war. I am in awe of his succinct writing style, so unlike my own.
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
I have never read this book, but I figure what better time to read an epic novel then when you are abandoned on an island? Also, I think that it will answer lots of the burning questions I have from the musical (like whatever happened to Jean Valjean’s sister after he was sent to prison for stealing bread for her), and give me a chance to belt out all of the songs with no one around to judge me.
The Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor
If you have never read Flannery O’Connor, you are missing out on one of the most unique voices in American literature. She captures modern Southern gothic, and I challenge you not to enjoy these dark tales, honest and full of life.
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
This book, and how it looks at gender, is almost more relevant today than it was when it came out in the mid-2000s. The story of a multi-generational family of Greek immigrants in Detroit, it shows the American dream and all of the skeletons in the closet that can come along with it. This is a book that stays with you long after you are finished.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Confession 1: I am a sucker for time travel romance (especially when it is a well written and researched as this book); Confession 2: I have read this book at least 6 times; Confession 3: I have read no other books in the series (but one of these days, I will, just not on a deserted island).
Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
Who doesn’t love a book of fairy tales? Princesses, frogs, fire-hot iron shoes that an evil queen must dance in until she dies, these are the original versions of the tales that we knew and loved as children, not knowing how dark and creepy they really were. While these would have frightened me as a child, as an adult, I find them fascinating (and still frightening).
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
You can hear the music in this book. Patchett weaves song through this story of terrorism and survival, and it really is a masterpiece of a story. If you are a character-driven reader, which I am, you will love all of the stories of all of those involved in this story of a prolonged hostage situation in South America.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
This book… I barely even know where to start, but this story of an outcast Dominican American super nerd growing up in New Jersey and trying to fit in is one of my favorite books ever. The amount of “Easter eggs” of science fiction and fantasy are impossible to catch in one reading, and Oscar’s family requires an additional visit as well. Plus there are footnotes!
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
My parents introduced me to James Herriot at a young age, both in book form and the amazing BBC series (which I used to binge-watch in the dark days of VHS). His stories of being a young veterinarian in Yorkshire, England in the 1940s are a must-read for any animal lover. This book is close to my heart, as will all of the quirky townsfolk and their furry family members be to you after just a few chapters.
Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild Plants by Department of the Army
I like to eat. I also know that I would totally end up like Foxface from The Hunger Games if I was left alone to try to survive by foraging for my own food, so if I have the opportunity to have some survival tools, I’m going to take them.
Meghan Volchko is a librarian and a Collection Development Specialist with OverDrive
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At 5110 Cambie Street, Billard Architecture has developed a 12-unit residential mid-rise. Known as Cambie Skyhomes, the development contains:
Vancouver’s brand new condominium and townhouse project is suitable for families because of the large number of units with two or more bedrooms and the proximity to educational institutions and recreational facilities.
There are seven condos and five townhouses that range in size from 781 to 1669 square feet. There’s also Queen Elizabeth Park, where you’ll find tennis courts, a basketball court, a playground for dogs, the Season in the Park restaurant, and lush green gardens only a short walk away.
A modest children’s play area and a rooftop terrace will be available to residents. One block away at Queen Elizabeth Park, visitors will find a dog park, pitch & putt golf, lawn bowling, and disc golf, as well as picnic spots, the Bloedel Conservatory, and the Seasons in the Park restaurant.
There are seven condos and five townhouses in this boutique construction, ranging from 781 to 1,669 square feet. One has two bedrooms while the other 11 have three bedrooms.
An excellent location in Vancouver’s exclusive Westside neighborhood.
You’ll feel right at home in these award-winning houses, which IBI Architects created. The building is LEED Gold certified for its energy efficiency.
All residences include large, open-air balconies with exquisite wood grain finish porcelain tiled decks that effortlessly integrate interior and outdoor living spaces. In-suite temperature control and energy efficiency for year-round comfort. Forced Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)
Starbucks, KFC, Samurai Sushi House, and A&W Canada are within walking distance. Residents may also acquire their goods at Safeway King Edward Mall and the BC Children’s Hospital, both within walking distance of Cambie Sky homes. You can quickly go to Oakridge Centre and The Bay, two retail centers from Cambie Street.
Cambie Skyhomes is a short distance from five different schools. Schools like Ecole Secondaire Jules-Verne, École Rose Des Vents, King David High School, and Sir William Van Horne Elementary are examples of this. These schools may be accessible by public transportation or private vehicle. Ajax has several pre-construction townhouses, including A Towns and Lakewind Towns.
Residents may find a southbound bus stop across Cambie Street from Cambie Sky homes. Oakridge-41st Avenue SkyTrain station is located only a few blocks away from W 41st Avenue. Restaurants, stores, cafés, and retail malls are all within a short bus, rail, or automobile ride from residents.
Billard Architecture designed Cambie Skyhomes at the request of the property’s owner. It is the mission of Billard to combine cutting-edge design with community involvement in every project.
Their projects range from single-family residences to multi-family dwellings, from commercial buildings to tenant renovations, all of which are located right in the center of New Westminster. Billard uses the Holistic Project Delivery technique to deliver projects to the highest quality standard. Another recent example of Tygate’s work is the 486 West 26th project.
There are some luxurious townhomes available in Ajax like A towns and Lakewind Towns that are in pre-construction stages. If you are thinking to move to a serene place then you may like to visit these towns as well.
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In Niagara Falls, Heller Highwater Developments Inc. develops a new pre-construction condo development in St. Catharines called Riverwalk Niagara Condos. There are 51 spacious units in this five-storey building located at 3779 Macklem St in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The units range in size from 585 to 1679 square feet and are available in various configurations. The prices of the available units range from $699,900 to $1,099,900. In addition to amazing views, parks, walking paths, and a myriad of facilities, this condo building is situated along the beaches of the Niagara River and provides a variety of amenities.
Riverwalk Condos will consist of two 5-storey buildings with 51 mixed-use condominium apartments. One-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom plans will be available in various sizes.
The sizes of the units will range from 600 square feet to around 1,600 square feet each. There will be a huge balcony or patio on each building floor. It’s tucked away on the waterfront, yet the building has a stunning rooftop patio, unique facilities, and luxuriously appointed apartments.
At Riverwalk, the Niagara Region is experiencing tremendous expansion. It is surrounded by natural green space, lifestyle facilities, and convenient access to major thoroughfares.
14 parks, 88 wineries, several waterfront paths, wildlife areas, islands, and many more natural beauties to discover in the Niagara Region. Located on the shore, Riverwalk provides stunning views of the Niagara and Welland Rivers. Many of the world’s most prominent golf courses and clubs may be found within reach of golf enthusiasts.
The Niagara Region receives over 14 million tourists each year, resulting in a strong demand for rentals, making Riverwalk an incredibly appealing business option. Waterfront residences have lately gained in value and appeal, and demand for these homes is expected to rise as the population grows.
The Niagara area provides a diverse range of job prospects. With new residential and infrastructural developments planned shortly, now is an excellent time to invest in Niagara real estate.
Facilities and recreational opportunities surround riverwalk Niagara. Avondale Food Stores and Foodland – Niagara Falls are within walking distance of the area. There are several options nearby for on-the-go food, including CreekSides Icecream, B Jays Kitchen Bar, Catalina’s Bakery and Cafe, and others.
The accessibility to several leisure places and waterside parks afforded by the neighboring Niagara Falls is the centerpiece of this development. The historical landmark of Fort Chippawa and Kingsbridge Park, for example, is just a few steps away from the property.
With a commute time of less than an hour and a half from downtown Toronto and only minutes from the Canada-U.S. border, residents of Riverwalk will have easy access to the region’s four major thoroughfares, including the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW).
Heller Highwater Developments Inc. is a real estate developer engaged in the Greater Toronto Area for several years. They are a collection of specialists in the sector who have finished many residential projects and are now working on a few more. It has always been one of their most significant assets to meet and surpass the expectations of their clients.
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Life Members are leaders among their Gator peers. They are individuals who are dedicated to furthering the Gator Good.
As a Life Member you ensure that the UFAA will always be able to provide quality programming for its Students and Alumni. All Life Membership dues are invested into the Life Member Endowment, thus providing support in perpetuity.
This exclusive membership is offered at a variety of price-points to accommodate those wishing to show their support at every stage of life.
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New service allowing clients to book appointments themselves – be it in person at their chosen branch of Vets4Pets, a home visit or an online or telephone consultation.
The Vets4Pets group has joined IVC by launching its own pet health mobile phone app.
In a short press statement entitled “Vets4Pets takes it one step further“, the group outlines the release of a new app which it describes as: “… a revolutionary new tool which will empower our clients to manage all aspects of their pet’s health on their smart phone or computer”.
The press release continues: “As well as acting as a source of information and reminder system, this new app will empower clients to book appointments themselves: be it in person at their chosen branch of Vets4Pets, a home visit or an online or telephonic consultation.
“All consultations will be with registered, qualified and experienced veterinary surgeons and will carry a fee. Should it be necessary for a patient to visit the clinic after a remote consultation, the in-clinic consultation will be discounted by the amount already paid.”
The Vets4Pets financial model of knocking off the remote consultation fee mirrors IVC, which launched a similar service with a £16 remote consultation fee in June
Lire la suite: www.vettimes.co.uk
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Wednesday, 3 October 2007
Perhaps the ugliest thing about Cameron's Tories is the amount of sanctimonious cant that has been emerging from their front bench over the last week. First we had their culture spokesman demanding Culture Secretary's James Purnell's resignation over an amusing, but utterly trivial, misunderstanding over a publicity shot for a local hospital. Granted it has produced some entertaining follow-ups, but this was no resigning matter. Then we had George Osborne moaning that Labour had dared to cost their back of an envelope calculations for removing incentives to work from the children of the top 6% of wage-earners, and found their figures were hopelessly awry. As Adrian McMenamin has pointed out, such calculations are hardly novel. And as the Treasury has explained, they were accurate. Finally, we have had the smarmy Liam Fox complaining that the Prime Minister has gone to Iraq and deigned to tell the troops that 1,000 of them would be coming home soon, before he told MPs several thousand miles from the frontline. He did so in a week when Prime Ministers traditionally go abroad as (a) parliament is not sitting and (b) he really couldn't be expected to sit at home watching Mr Fox's speech. To imagine that this lot thinks they are ready to run the country.
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Geraldo Rivera, a well-known liberal commentator, angered Fox News viewers and his other opponents last week by supporting Democratic President Joseph Biden on the day when Biden’s worst betrayal of the American people unfurled and hit them in the face.
Rivera’s remarks demonstrate the divide between the elitist media and the average American.
As Americans continued to cope with several government-caused disasters, notably in Ohio, Biden traveled to Ukraine on Monday to be visible at a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of their war and to offer further funding from American taxpayers to their cause.
Within hours of denying resources to the people of Ohio, who were experiencing devastating environmental disasters caused by a train crash in February, Biden committed limitless cash to Ukraine.
And Rivera was courageous enough to defend Biden.
Bravo Biden stand and deliver
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) February 20, 2023
Martin Walsh published for Conservative Brief further information regarding Rivera’s immoral action:
Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday to visit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. During a visit to the Ukraine royal palace, Biden also stirred some controversy with a note he wrote in the guest book.
The interview referenced a New York Times article published a few days prior, which stated that “the Biden administration is considering the argument that Kyiv needs the power to strike at the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.”
The Times continued:
For years, the United States has insisted that Crimea is still part of Ukraine. Yet the Biden administration has held to a hard line since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, refusing to provide Kyiv with the weapons it needs to target the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has been using as a base for launching devastating strikes.
After months of discussions with Ukrainian officials, the Biden administration is finally beginning to concede that Kyiv may need the ability to strike the Russian sanctuary, even if such a move increases the risk of escalation, according to U.S. officials who spoke anonymously to discuss the sensitive debate.
Hannity audience boos Geraldo for saying Biden is a decent person
— Antonio Sabato Jr (@AntonioSabatoJr) February 21, 2023
More on this story via The Republic Brief:
The paper noted further that, at present, there are tens of thousands of “dug-in” Russian troops stationed in Crimea at several military bases. The Times also noted that there has been no change in position from the Biden administration: Crimea is Ukrainian territory.
“We have said throughout the war that Crimea is Ukraine, and Ukraine has the right to defend themselves and their sovereign territory in their internationally recognized borders,” said Adrienne Watson, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council. CONTINUE READING…
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Meet the Panelists
Chipman Design Architecture, Senior Managing Director
In her twelve years with Chipman Design Architecture, Nelly Augustyn has acted as both Project Manager as well as Project Architect for numerous retail and restaurant accounts. Running national expansion accounts for Ulta Beauty, Potbelly Sandwich Works and Bally Total Fitness. Recent projects include the highly-acclaimed Ulta Beauty Flagship locations in Chicago, IL and Manhattan, NY.
Her responsibilities include skilled coordination with the project’s landlord, consultant and contractor as well as survey site visits, preparation of construction documents for permit and construction administration. She has also taken the leadership role in the firm’s mentoring program by acting as an ARE licensure mentor. With more than fourteen years of experience in the industry, Nelly’s primary objectives are building strong client relationships, conceptualizing their needs and delivering a beautiful space.
Nelly is a recipient of the 2018 ICSC CenterBuild “Retail Leaders Under 40” award. Her award nomination focused on Chipman Design’s utilization of 3D gaming technology to create fully immersive client experiences for the Ulta Flagship Stores in both Chicago and Manhattan. Taking great pride in having helped grow the Ulta Beauty brand over the years through their extensive national expansion program, the company’s position aligns with her philosophy of empowering women in the workforce and body-positive messaging.
Nelly graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and is a licensed Architect in the State of Illinois.
Target, Lead Program Manager, Architecture & Store Design
Asha Baskaran, lead program manager of Target Architecture, Store Design is focused on planning, resourcing and delivering remodels, new stores and re-branding projects for the Store Design Team. She also leads the Target Sustainable Building Council for developing model stores to showcase innovations in sustainable and circular design, materials and technologies. Asha’s 18 years at Target has seen her as an accomplished leader in finance, global operations and architecture. She advocates for ‘diversity with purpose’ as she has a strong belief that will bring the best solution forward. She holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Carlson School in Minnesota and in Architecture from Penn State University.
Clayco , Director of Field Diversity, Inclusion & Culture
Dan Lester focuses primarily on endeavors that effect the community as a whole. Dan has the ability to help people navigate and successfully find solutions to the divest and inclusion issues they see at their companies. He believes people are our best and most important assets and he knows having a successful and diverse team is what makes a business thrive. Show a team an equitable culture and they will bring innovative leadership and ideas that transform a business.
Dan is driven by his passion to find ways to encourage and push adults and youth to thrive and adapt in all environments. He is active across many organizations and speaks frequently on a regional and national scale using personal experiences, relevant case studies and laughter to reach a wide range of audiences.
Dan received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Management Information Systems with a Minor in Information Science & Technology from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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All of these increase the risk of miscarriage, bleeding, smaller babies, premature babies, developmental delays, and other serious complications. All of these substances should be stopped as soon as possible. Let us know if you need help.
Low risk patients are generally discouraged from traveling after 28 weeks of pregnancy. High risk patients are generally discouraged from traveling after 24 weeks. The act of traveling itself is not harmful to the baby. However, obstetrical problems can and do occur with no warning at all. Therefore, any travel during pregnancy is considered to be at your own risk. It is important to be seen prior to traveling and to request a copy of your records to take with you in case of an emergency. If traveling by car, it is important to stop every 2-3 hours for stretching, fluids, and a chance to stimulate your circulation.
Because of the lack of scientific studies on the effects of chemical treatments on your hair, we must advise that you do it at your own risk.
Avoid cat litter and soil. These may contain toxoplasmosis, a harmful parasite. Your cat is safe, but the litter may not be. Do not change cat litter while pregnant. When gardening, wear rubber gloves and wash fruits and vegetables well.
It is very important to continue with routine dental care during pregnancy. If something more serious arises, you can receive Novocain injections but not gas analgesia. Dental X-rays are permitted after 14 weeks with an abdominal shield.
Water is an important nutrient in a good diet. However, it cannot be stressed enough that during pregnancy water is essential. Without a large increase in water, pregnant women will be dehydrated. It is critical for decreasing constipation, preventing preterm contractions, decreasing swelling, and preventing dizziness. We recommend that you drink 8-10 glasses of water per day.
Certain fish contain increased levels of mercury. Fish to avoid include: swordfish, shark, tilefish, king mackerel, and marlin. Safe fish to eat include: salmon, sardines, tilapia, shrimp, scallops, clams and cooked oysters. Canned tuna, mahi mahi, and sea bass should be limited to once a week. All fish and sea food that you eat must be cooked.
Intercourse is safe during pregnancy. Exceptions to this are vaginal bleeding, ruptured membranes, multiple gestation, or premature labor.
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The algorithms of social media encourage polarization. However, I do not mean this in some conspiratorial way. To the contrary, the programming that determines what we see on social media combines several metrics, including, but not limited to: (1) words and phrases that reflect high interest subject matter, (2) attention demonstrated by others regarding certain posts, and (3) our own habits, including what we tend to like or comment on. Thus, this combination can have a divisive effect, bringing users into greater conflict by highlighting controversial opinions and arguments. It ensures that we see people with whom we have disagreed even more. However, conflict has existed throughout the ages, and therefore people have needed to resolve conflict since the Garden of Eden. Little has morphed in essence; only the medium has changed. As a result, the principles that resolved or prevented conflict in the past will work in the present if people will only apply them. Proverbs 18 contains a mountain of wisdom on a variety of subjects; however, as a whole, its content speaks volumes in regard to resolving conflict for those willing to read and heed its message.
Sadly, people often come to social media, the church, and life itself expecting no disagreement. Such an unreasonable expectation underlies many of these types of problems. While self-isolation in response to a pandemic has its place, when people self-isolate in thought they can quickly become inflexible even when presented with evidence (Prov. 18:1). This we must avoid. Likewise, maturity demands a willingness to listen and learn rather than just bloviate (Prov. 18:2). If we want to be known for wisdom of speech, our lives must reflect something far better than sin and ignorance (Prov. 18:3-4). Instead, we must learn to show discernment and fairness to keep partiality always at bay (Prov. 18:5). If we fail to approach others with an attitude of openness and justice, we hinder resolution of any disagreement and hurt the possibilities of bettering that relationship.
Unfortunately, some approach conflict with an even more problematic manner. In recent days I have witnessed numerous occasions on which a friend posted something about a current event only to receive sharp rebuke for wording a phrase imperfectly, failing to clarify endlessly, and seeking to avoid political extremism (on both sides). Some people simply will not settle for anything less than perfect agreement—on their terms and with their opinion. And they appear quite vocal about it. However, only a fool tries to provoke a fight (Prov. 18:6). There remain plenty of issues with which we can wrestle without having a fresh burden piled on at every turn. Those who speak (or post) nonsense will destroy themselves in their foolishness (Prov. 18:7). That does not mean that they will not do damage but rather that no one should use this as an excuse to “fight fire with fire.” More than that, we must learn to be careful regarding what we listen to because the effects can last longer than we expect (Prov. 18:8). If you believe gossip, lies, logical fallacies, and conspiracy theories at every turn, you soon will not be able to discern truth from fiction in anything. And that applies on the spiritual level too.
Therefore, whether in person or online, rather than falling into the problems cited above, please work to instill the following into you normal patterns of interaction.
- Wait for the facts before forming an opinion, and then make sure the facts are relevant rather than just self-justification or confirmation bias (Prov. 18:13).
- Be careful not to get so absorbed in conflicts, whether online or in politics or both, that you let them overwhelm you (Prov. 18:14).
- Approach life and others with the desire to learn more than the desire to speak your mind (Prov. 18:15).
- Give more; demand less (Prov. 18:16).
- Listen to opposing sides of arguments and apply the standard of truth and godliness to both for proper discernment (Prov. 18:17).
- Seek resolution rather than constant contention (Prov. 18:18).
- Give all diligence to maintaining peace (Prov. 18:19).
Until we address these underlying issues, conflict will be a constant part of our lives. We expect relationships to be easily made and easily mended. However, as will comes into conflict with will, and as pride comes into conflict with pride, the resulting clash can inflict lasting damage on all involved. Every word chosen—and how many—carries both great power and tremendous consequences; therefore, every man should choose wisely the words that come from his lips (Prov. 18:20-21). This affects every relationship a man may have, including marriage and family (Prov. 18:22), which is why everyone must bring an attitude of resolving conflict to relationships instead of an attitude intent on provoking it. Different people bring different backgrounds and different challenges into any conflict and therefore have different challenges to overcome (Prov. 18:23). Nevertheless, those who persevere in resolving conflict by displaying the proper demeanor and character throughout might just end up with a friend in the end (Prov. 18:24).
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This is the view that you will get from Seat Block 15 at M&S Bank Arena. It's just to give you an idea of what you can expect. Your view may be different depending on which seat you are sitting in.
If the view of Gold Circle events from Seat Block 15 at M&S Bank Arena isn't quite right for you, then why not try Seat Blocks 16, 17, 11, 18 or GOLD CIRCLE which are the closest blocks to Seat Block 15.
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Terms and Conditions
“The Company” means Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd. “The customer” and/or “the customers” means the customer of the company. “The order” means any sales order, local order, purchase order, local purchase order, and any contract for the sales of goods by the company to the customer. “The goods” and/or “the product” and/or “the products” means goods of any description stated in the order including parts, components, and ingredients of any materials incorporated into the goods. “The service” means service of any description stated in the order.
Use of Products
All products sold by the Company are strictly for professional use. Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd expressly disclaims any and all liability on any misuse, mishandling and recommendation made because the company does not represent or provide warranty regarding the misuse, mishandling and recommendations.
Quotations generated by Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd shall be valid within 30 days of the date of the quotations, unless stated in terms or agreed otherwise by the Company. Quotations generated are bound by the Company’s Terms, Conditions and Policies.
Copens Scientific reserves the right to change pricing without prior notice. Please write in by fax (+603-61406849) or email (email@example.com) to obtain quotations, price confirmation, stock availability, and product information. The company reserves the right to increase the price of any goods to account for any alteration in the cost of materials, parts, labour, or to account for any changes in work or delivery schedules or quantities, or to account for increases of the company’s costs of any kind arising for any reason after the date of the order, made or caused by the customer. Prices quoted in the quotations by the company are ex-works, and exclude insurance, freight, packaging and delivery charges, unless stated otherwise in writing by the company.
Original Invoice is generated and given to customers, by hand, when the customers collect their orders from the company. Original Invoice is generated and included in the parcel or consignment if the orders are instructed by the customers to be shipped to them. Re-printing of Invoice is chargeable at RM10.00 per print.
Payment (Governmental Users)
All invoices must be payable without discount of any kind in Ringgit Malaysia (RM) on the last day of the month following the date of the company’s invoice. Without prejudice, the company reserves the right to request the customer to pay interest at the daily rate of 8% per annum, on any overdue invoice, calculated from the date of the payment is due. The customer shall reimburse the company all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred in the collection of any overdue amount. Without prejudice, if the customer fails to pay the obligated amount in the order of products which come with warranty, when the date of the payment is due, the Company reserves the right to reduce the warranty period at a rate of 30 days per week, in addition to the said daily interest rate at 8% per annum. Without prejudice, if the customer fails to pay the obligated amount in the order, or becomes insolvent, or believes that any of such event may occur, then the company may terminate the supply of any goods and shall be entitled to forfeit any payment already received. All goods that are not paid or not fully paid remain the Company's properties. The Company may decide to confiscate the goods if the customer displays uncooperative behaviour, unwillingness to complete the payment or fails to pay the obligated amount, 90 days after the payment is due.
Payment (Non-Governmental Users)
All Proforma Invoices must be payable without discount of any kind, unless offered by the Company, in Ringgit Malaysia (RM) within thirty (30) days from the date of Proforma Invoice, otherwise the order is considered cancel. All goods in Proforma Invoice are subject to sales unless payment is confirmed. However, the prices in the Proforma Invoice are valid for 30 days. All goods that are not paid or not fully paid remain as the Company’s properties. The Company may decide to confiscate the goods if the customer displays uncooperative behaviour, unwillingness to complete the payment or fails to pay the obligated amount by 90 days after the payment is due.
Warranty, Service and Repair
All products from Copens Scientific are warranted for one year from the date of purchase, unless stated otherwise. The warranty is valid against defects in materials and workmanship resulted from the manufacturers. During the warranty period, the product will be repaired, at the option and expense of the company. However, this warranty is not applicable to cases of mishandling, abuse and unauthorised repair (that is, repairs conducted by agents other than Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd). Trained experts in Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd are being regularly trained and updated on the recent product development and technicality, by our manufacturing principals. The company only uses ORIGINAL parts supplied by the manufacturers. All products send to the company for repair or service must be sterilised and packed properly. Please be informed that shipping costs are the responsibility of the customers when product is returned to Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd for repair, although it is still under warranty. Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd will pay for the shipping costs when returning the similar item. All products send to the company for repair or service must include a copy of Invoice complete with brief description of error or problem. Failing which, the company will decline to service the returned products. Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd will not service product that has been contaminated by hazardous and biohazardous materials such as diseased tissues, potentially toxic samples, radiological materials and pathogens. If the product falls into this category, please contact a professional body to do the necessary before sending it to the company. Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd is believed to make reliable recommendations on the properties, qualities, or application of the products sold. However, Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd expressly disclaims any and all liability on any recommendation made because the company does not represent or provide warranty regarding the recommendations.
Return of Sold Products
All goods sold are not returnable, not refundable and not exchangeable.
All shipments are chargeable. The fees vary by product type, weight and final destination. Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd delivers orders mostly by KTM courier. The company encourages the customer to register an account with KTM courier so that delivery can be made on the customer’s account number. Otherwise, the company will add the delivery cost to the order and repay the KTM courier. Delivery time is determined by the speed of the payment made and cleared. The original Invoice is included in the parcel or consignment. Goods are delivered after three (3) working days from date of remittance or after the payment is confirmed to be received by the Company.
Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd shall ensure that every order is error-free and every product is free of damage and in proper working condition, prior to packaging and delivery. Thus, it is the responsibility of the customer to inspect all goods upon receipt within three (3) working days. The company will, then, investigate for claim of any short-shipment. The delivery is not insured, thereby, the company is not liable to any damages or lost caused during shipping.
Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd only accepts and processes order no lesser than RM 250.00 unless agreed otherwise in writing.
All sales transaction by Copens Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd are subject to the company Terms, Conditions & Policies, unless agreed otherwise in writing.
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‘Unhappy with your kids current bento box? If you’re in the market for a new lunch box for your kids, look no further! This Effiliv bento lunch box is a GREAT option!’
Perhaps you noticed the new bento box we started using in last week’s breakfast and lunch prep? Snazzy isn’t it? I promised I would share the product, my thoughts, and what I like & don’t like so far so… here ya go! Let me just preface this by saying there was absolutely nothing “wrong” with the bento box we had been using. It was inexpensive (under $10), provided a variety of compartments, adjustable, and is a great size for both adults and adults. The only ‘issue’ we had with it was because my daughters lunch sack is more long than it is tall, the only way we could get it to fit was to turn it sideways. Some of her lunches weren’t a problem, but often times things would slip out of their compartments making things a little less fresh! Everything was solved with this new box though!
Looks big and fancy huh? When I first began my search for a new bento box, the main thing I was looking for was size so we could avoid having to turn it sideways to fit. It also needed to be big enough to use for Makena (age 10), have at least a few divided compartments (we are a family of nibblers), be sturdy/well made, BPA free, easy to clean, AND inexpensive. This one fit ALL of our specifications and after almost 2 weeks now of using this Effiliv bento box, we are in LOVE. It’s absolutely PERFECT for us!
Seriously such a cute bento box! It has three “levels”: bottom is the largest for the main meal portion, a middle section which serves as the lid for the bottom (and holds the reusable plastic silverware), and then the top which is divided into two areas. I think I would have preferred an additional divided compartment (maybe have three VS two on the top level), but I’ve somewhat remedied that issue with using silicon cupcake liners to provide more spots to put snacks. Since Makena is just like her mother when it comes to nibbling, the more compartments the better! Easy fix though with this bento box.
Quick snap lid is another small concern I have. While the reviews on Amazon were overwhelmingly positive, a few people have mentioned their lids broke after a few uses. Based on the 5+ days we have used the Effiliv, I think the handles/locks are sturdy enough to last just as long as my daughter isn’t too careless and rough when opening/closing the box up. Locks up and opens perfectly though!
This is the top ‘level’ which has the two divided areas. Again, we sometimes use the cupcake liners to separate more food options, but you could easily get away with the two areas for fruits, veggies, chips, cookies, cheese slices, crackers, pita chips, and any other snacks your kids love.
Middle ‘level’ is a shallow tray to house the plastic utensils or you could probably use it to store thinly sliced foods as well. After only using this box for 3 days, can you believe Makena managed to LOSE the knife??? She let her friend borrow it who then ended up throwing it in the trash (she thinks). Gggrrrr. Part of me wants to buy a set of utensils just so all three are available… YES, little things like this bother me LOL. If its a set, I need to keep the set together. Yup, my OCD is showing 🙂
Bottom level is the main food compartment. It’s a great size for older kids and/or adults who only pack lunch for one meal. Deep enough for a thick sandwich, small salad, leftovers, slice of pizza, stir fry, and any other dish you could think of. Nice and roomy!
And just for reference because I found the measurements given on Amazon a little off… excuse the broken tape measure! Considering we have at least 5 different ones under our roof, just my luck to grab this one. I hope you can still get a good idea of the dimensions!
The Effiliv is approximately 8″ wide, 5″ deep, and 4″ tall. The top divided level is 5″ for the larger compartment and 3″ wide for the smaller one. And both the food levels are 2″ in height. Look how perfectly it fits into Makena’s Pottery Barn lunch box!
So so so much better than the previous bento boxes we were using. Having the ability to keep the box upright is key! No spillage, no leakage, and no food changing compartments during transport. The Effliliv has worked out amazingly well for us the past two weeks or so. Very very pleased with this purchase! Now I’m just crossing my fingers that it holds up. But in all honesty though, for $11 on Amazon Prime… you can’t really go wrong at all!
Grab YOUR Effiliv HERE and ENJOY 🙂
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By Hanifat Mustapha:
France women’s national team coach Corinne Diacre has invited 23 players to the squad for their friendly match against Nigeria in Paris on 6 April, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
The list published on the French Football Federation website on Wednesday includes the team’s top scorer in the just concluded SheBelieves Cup in the United States of America Eugenie Le Sommer and skipper Wendie Renard who missed the SheBelieves Cup due to an injury.
Julie Debever who was in France’s Senior B team that clinched the 2018 Alanya Cup last month is also included in Diacre’s squad.
France will report to camp on Monday ahead of the friendly.
France will face Nigeria at the Le Mans Arena in Paris on Friday, 6 April before heading to Rennes for another friendly game against Canada on Monday, 9 April.
France who are currently fifth in latest FIFA ranking will be using the friendly to prepare for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which they have qualified automatically for as hosts.
GRIEDGE MBOCK BATHY NKA
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The post France Name Strong Squad For Super Falcons Friendly appeared first on Complete Sports Nigeria.
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Defending champion Germany resuscitated their World Cup hopes with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Sweden in their second Group F game in Sochi on Saturday.
The 2014 winners lost their opening match to Mexico on Sunday and needed a win over the Swedes to put their qualification hopes back on track.
The result gives Joachim Low’s men three points from two matches, level with the Swedes and three points behind group leader Mexico who beat South Korea 2-1 earlier in the day.
Germany coach Low dropped Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira from the side that desperately needed a victory after falling 1-0 to Mexico in the opener.
The World Cup winners were left on the bench for Marco Reus and Sebastian Rudy, while Jonas Hector came in for the injured Mats Hummels and Antonio Rudiger took the place of Marvin Plattenhardt.
The post Kroos scores late to save Germany’s World Cup appeared first on Brila.
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This post is by Bridget Jewell, public relations manager for Mall of America. She focuses on pitching stories to the media, project management, crisis communication, community management and serves as co-editor for the Mall of America blog.
Metrics and measurement are the hottest topic in social media right now. Thought leaders in the analytics industry are struggling to decide if there are — or can be — standard analytics for social media and if so, what are they? Among the analytic buzz words commonly discussed is the term “influence,” which has proven to be a very polarizing topic.
Chuck Hemann, vice president of digital analytics for Edelman Digital, and Matt Ridings, consultant at Xplane and founder of MSR Consulting, spoke at the BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Los Angeles regarding metrics in social media and how to get at the numbers that really matter.
Hemann said that we are now privy to more information than we ever have been in the past — and it’s this new data that we should be leveraging. He also stressed that it’s not just about the reach of a social presence, but also its relevance.
He went on to show the three important components of influence, broken down by outlet and author.
Ridings agreed with what Hemann said, but went on to talk about a new way in which he has started to think about influence. Ridings said, “We don’t surf the Web anymore, we shape the Web. We let our influencers dictate what we see. It’s us and the people around us that are shaping our experience on the Web.”
He went on to discuss what he likes to call “awareness versus action” with four main points.
- We are all equals, we represent the same potential.
- Context is relative and fluid. Context is king.
- A campaign, by definition, is planned in advance and influence scores are trailing indicators.
- We need a new approach — to focus on the influenced and not the influencer. We need to find and create advocacy.
Ridings pointed out that this is a bit of a mental shift because this is about building relationships and increasing the customer lifetime value, because trust is what drives conversion.
After the presentation there was a lot conversation and a ton of questions revolving around the difference between advocates and influencers and activating campaigns versus building relationships. The conclusion from the presenters was that these are truly squishy topics without clear definitions at this point in time.
What are your thoughts on building advocates or influencers? Do you think that brands should focus on building advocates and that that will lead to more sales or conversions? Or should it be about having someone who has a high “influence” promote their product or service in hopes that they will convert a higher number of people?
Image credit: studiocasper, via iStockphoto
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In order to eliminate aging effects and restore your young appearance again, you can benefit from facelift operations. When you make a decision about face lifting, there are different factors to consider. Every person’s face is unique and special for that one person. Therefore, your facelift operation should meet your expectations and should be customized specially for you. For face lifting, SMAS facelift and deep plane facelift procedures can be applied. In both techniques, younger looking face is provided and aging effects are eliminated. Then, what are the differences between SMAS and deep plane facelift? Which one is more suitable for you? Details are in our article.
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What Is SMAS Facelift?
In the past, face lifting involved only upper skin to be lifted and tightened. As late as 70s, SMAS has been defined. SMAS is connective tissue between muscles that control face gestures and subcutaneous fat in upper cheek. After this layer is defined, the idea of focusing on SMAS layer during face lifting procedures emerged.
SMAS facelift is a two-step procedure that includes first lifting skin and then tightening face muscles below. Mentioned procedure enables surgeons to adapt asymmetrical conditions and tighten through different angles so that patient’s overall appearance can be fixed. Therefore, this is a more customizable method for patients.
During the procedure, surgical operation steps are applied to lift and tighten SMAS layer and place it back to the suitable position. Additionally, SMAS is connected to platysma muscle found in neck area. This situation ensures that neck area is also affected by this procedure as well as bottom face area. For this mentioned operation, incisions are opened on hair line as well as in ear area. Stage by stage application in this method is one of the differences between SMAS and deep plane facelift.
What Is Deep Plane Facelift?
Deep plane facelift involves lifting up skin and SMAS layer together at once. With this method, blood flow in upper layer becomes much better. On the other hand, one-step lifting process may prevent desired intervention at some areas. Additionally, it is a known fact that this procedure includes the risk of causing damage in facial nerves. Thus, this procedure must be performed only by surgeons who have serious level of expertise in this field.
Most of the surgeons who received traditional education believe that this method does not have any proven advantage. Therefore, in order not to take the risk of nerve damage, this method is mainly not preferred.
Differences Between SMAS and Deep Plane Facelift
The differences between SMAS and deep plane facelift starts with the general way of application.
- SMAS facelift involves skin and SMAS layers separately, not together. With this difference, it is possible to tighten SMAS layer and skin layer towards different directions and in different levels.
- Deep plane facelift, on the other hand, is limited since it involves one-way tightening.
SMAS facelift has different variations. It is a procedure that makes it possible to consider existing situation and develop suitable solutions accordingly. But, deep plane facelift can be stated as a method, of which effects are the same in all patients.
Which Procedure is Better for You?
When the differences between SMAS and deep plane facelift are evaluated, it can be seen that both procedures have their own pros and cons. At this point, it is not correct to promote one of them. The most suitable method can be determined by considering your face’s current conditions, your overall health status and your doctor’s opinion.
While SMAS facelift provides better results for one patient, deep plane facelift may provide better results for another. The decision at this point must be taken by your surgeon after considering your requirements and expectations.
You can eliminate aging signs that occur on your face due to aging and other factors with these procedures. As Cosmeticium, we have serious level or experience and expertise about face lifting. Every year, a lot of patients apply to our clinic only for this procedure. All patients who come to Turkey return their homes happily. In order to get more detailed information about SMAS facelift and deep plane facelift and to be one of those happy patients, you can contact us.
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November 29, 2006 lecture by Ian Buck for the Stanford University Computer Systems Colloquium (EE 380).
A brief history of computing with GPUs (programmable graphics hardware), how CUDA (a new approach to computing) can solve compute intensive problems, and where GPU computing will be going in the future is discussed.
In this course, Stanford University gives 27 video lectures on the Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium. This course features weekly speakers on current research and developments in computer systems. Topics touch upon all aspects of computer science and engineering including logic design, computer organization and architecture, software engineering, computer applications, public policy, and the social, business, and financial implications of technology. Frequently the Colloquium provides the first public forum for discussion of new products, discoveries, or ideas. This playlist consists of seminar speakers recorded during the 2006-2007 academic year.
The original name of this course is: Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium (2006-2007).
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The US military is providing intelligence and surveillance video from drones to assist the Pakistani army in its anti-Taliban offensive in South Waziristan, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing unnamed Washington officials. “We are coordinating with the Pakistanis,” one official said. “And we do provide Predator support when requested.” (LAT, Oct. 23)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently appealing for the protection of the civilian population in Pakistan, and raised particular concerns about the situation of tens of thousands of civilians trapped in South Waziristan. One ICRC representative protested that aid workers face “very heavy restrictions on access” to the region. (BBC News, VOA, Oct. 23)
A wave of suicide bombings and armed assaults on targets across Pakistan has left more than 190 dead so far this month. (Dawn, Pakistan, Oct. 23) A bicycle-bomb attack on the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra, north of Islamabad, a car bombing outside an upscale restaurant in Peshawar, and a roadside bomb blast that destroyed a bus carrying wedding guests in Mohmand tribal region together left 23 dead and 28 wounded Oct. 23. (WP, Oct. 24)
See our last post on Pakistan.
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The Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Monday said that pre-arrival or post-arrival testing for COVID-19 is no longer a prerequisite for travellers irrespective of their status.
This announcement was contained in a letter by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, dated December 12, 2022, and addressed to airline operators. The letter reads, “COVID-19 Travel Testing: Pre-departure and Post-arrival COVID-19 PCR tests are no longer required for all passengers irrespective of vaccination status. PCR tests required for all passengers who have been partial/not fully vaccinated have been suspended.” It further noted that aside from the suspension of COVID-19 tests, wearing face masks is no longer mandatory for passengers on board aircraft.
When contacted, General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye said, ”That is the current state and development which is at the instance of the Presidential Steering Committee.”
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Resource: Micro-Business Bridge Loan
Details: This loan program administered by JFCS’s Navigate Enterprise Center will provide loans up to $3,000 at zero percent interest with a six-month grace period before the first payment is due. Eligible entities are sole proprietors and businesses with fewer than five employees. The owner’s household income must be at 80% AMI or less; the business must have been open at least six months, and the business must be able to demonstrate losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hey all–new posts with real words and jokes in them coming soon, but for now amuse yourselves with these Comi-Con articles from yours truly, for the wonderful Comic Book Resources!
is a Los Angeles-based writer and filmmaker.
Contact Josie directly by clicking here!
Copyright © 2023 Josie Campbell
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May 6, 2017 – March 31, 2018
Follow Superman’s journey from his creative birth in Cleveland to his growing international popularity, his connection to social justice issues, his influence on the current superhero craze, and the pride our community maintains for its homegrown superhero.
Three floors of exhibits in the Main Library featured memorabilia, art and artifacts from the Mike Curtis Collection of Superman Memorabilia and other prominent collectors.
For more information, contact the Literature Department: 216-623-2881 or firstname.lastname@example.org
From the Exhibit
Who is Superman?
An iconic comic book superhero created in the 1930s, Superman is perhaps best characterized by his famous motto: “Truth, Justice and the American Way.” According to his origin story, Superman was born as Kal-El on Krypton, a planet doomed to self-destruct. He managed to escape to Earth in a special spaceship constructed by his parents, but the debris from the explosion produced kryptonite, a radioactive substance lethal to Krypton inhabitants. On Earth, Kal-El became known as Superman, a superhero with many extraordinary powers as well as a vulnerability to kryptonite.
Who were Superman’s biological parents?
Superman, or Kal-El, was born on Krypton to parents Jor-El and Lara. Jor-El was a scientist who tried to warn the citizens of Krypton of its impending destruction, but he was ultimately only able to save his infant son. Both Jor-El and Lara perished in Krypton’s explosion.
Who created the character of Superman?
Two young men in Cleveland, Jerry Siegel (1914-1996) and Joe Shuster (1914-1992), created Superman in 1933. Siegel and Shuster each lived with their Jewish immigrant parents in the working-class Glenville neighborhood in Cleveland. Siegel initially conceived of Superman, and Shuster brought the character to life through sketches, sometimes drawing his creations on brown wrapping paper or the back of wallpaper. The two friends drafted the first Superman comics in Siegel’s childhood home in Glenville. After struggling to promote Superman for several years, Siegel and Shuster sold the rights to DC Comics in 1938 for $130, an amount that would be equivalent to just over $2,000 in 2017.
What happened to the Siegel home?
Upon the sale of Jerry Siegel’s boyhood home on Kimberly Avenue in 1950, the family moved to University Heights. Over the decades, the house fell into disrepair and was sold again in 1983. When some dedicated comic aficionados and Clevelanders decided to recognize the achievements of Superman’s creators, they formed the Siegel & Shuster Society. As their first initiative, they raised funds to restore the Siegel home as the “Birthplace of Superman.” They also worked to create a permanent Superman display at Cleveland Hopkins Airport and campaigned to produce an Ohio license plate emblazed with the iconic “S” shield and the motto “Truth, Justice and the American Way.” These efforts helped promote Cleveland as Superman’s original home.
What are some of Superman’s unique characteristics?
Superman is one of the most widely recognized superheroes in the world. He wears a blue costume with a red cape, red boots and a red-and-yellow “S” shield on his chest. His many superpowers include flight; super strength, speed and hearing; heat and x-ray vision; a photographic memory; vocal and ventriloquist powers; and super intellect and mental capabilities. Superman gained these powers from the yellow sunlight he absorbed when he entered the Earth’s atmosphere as an infant. His incredible invulnerability means he cannot be harmed by fire, knives, bullets or bombs, and he cannot be crushed by heavy objects. His single weakness is kryptonite, the radioactive material created from the debris of his home planet.
Who are Superman’s villains?
Throughout Superman’s long history, he has faced off against numerous villains determined to thwart him. Some of Superman’s most infamous villains include:
- Lex Luthor: Originally created as a mad scientist and later portrayed as an evil businessman, he is perhaps Superman’s most notorious nemesis.
- Darkseid: An alien from the planet Apokolips.
- General Zod: A warlord from the planet Krypton.
- Doomsday: A genetically-engineered monster from prehistoric Krypton.
- Bizarro: A failed clone of Superman, an imperfect duplicate who does the opposite of what Superman would do.
- Parasite: A creature who feeds on the energy of others.
- Metallo: A cyborg who has superhuman strength.
- Braniac: A super intelligent alien from the planet Colu.
Who is Clark Kent?
Clark Kent is Superman’s secret civilian identity. His Earth parents are Jonathan and Martha Kent, who found and adopted baby Kal-El after his spacecraft crashed in a cornfield in Smallville, Kansas. The Kents named their son Clark and instilled in him strong moral values. Clark, or Kal-El, developed his powers as Superboy before growing up to fight evil as Superman. As Clark Kent, he concealed his superpowers and presented himself as a mild-mannered reporter for the Daily Planet in the city of Metropolis.
What is the Daily Planet, and who works there?
In the Superman universe, the Daily Planet is a newspaper in Metropolis where Clark Kent works as a reporter. Other notable staff members include Perry White as Editor and Jimmy Olsen, a young photographer and Clark’s friend. Lois Lane is a star reporter for the paper who becomes Clark Kent’s friendly rival and Superman’s love interest.
Who served as inspiration for Lois Lane?
Lois Lane’s character was influenced by several women, including real-life journalist Nellie Bly and the fictional reporter Torchy Blane, who was portrayed by actress Glenda Farrell. Jerry Siegel named the character after the American actress Lola Lane. Finally, model Joanne Carter inspired both Lois Lane’s physical appearance and her personality. As a teenager, Carter connected with Joe Shuster after she placed a model-for-hire ad in the classified section of the Plain Dealer. She went on to become a major inspiration for Lois Lane—as well as Jerry Siegel’s eventual wife. Carter and Siegel married in 1948.
What is the Mike Curtis Collection of Superman Memorabilia at Cleveland Public Library?
Mike Curtis is a writer and comic aficionado from Arkansas. He writes for the syndicated comic strip Dick Tracy and has spent more than forty years amassing an extensive Superman memorabilia collection. In 2016, Curtis donated his collection to Cleveland Public Library. The collection features thousands of items, some dating back to 1939, and includes comics, posters, toys, packaging, clothing, photographs and other miscellaneous memorabilia. For more information about the collection, contact the Literature Department.
Thank you to the following individuals or intuitions for the loan of collectible and archival materials for the exhibit Superman : From Cleveland to Krypton and for assistance in preparing materials:
- Bartholomew F. Bland
- Jon Bogdanove
- Joseph Bonkowski, Jr
- Michael J. Burkey
- Carole and John’s Comic Book Shop
- David Deming
- John Dudas
- Len Gold
- Melissa Hubbard
- Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University
- Steve Kopchu and Seth Kopchu
- Allan Lavigne
- Lehman College & Lehman College Art Gallery
- Jan and Mike Olszewski
- Drew Friedman
- Tim Ryan
- Siegel & Shuster Society
“Honoring Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster on the occasion of the Man of Steel’s 50th Birthday, 1938-1988, Cleveland, Ohio.”
Neverending Battle, Inc. • Artists: Garcia Lopez and Giordano
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The last two weeks of March this year brought sadness twice over to the College of Arts & Letters. On March 18, 2017, we lost Anna Norris, a beloved professor of French Literature who taught at Michigan State University for 18 years. On March 30, 2017, we lost Jim Seaton, an eloquent advocate for the humanities who taught English Literature and Criticism here for more than 45 years.
Anna and Jim dedicated their lives to education.
And now it is April and all spring on a campus full of life as students and faculty turn to the semester’s end, to graduation, and to the possibilities that open for us over the summer. But the rhythm of the academic year has been broken; punctured by the poignant loss of our two dear colleagues.
In the introduction to his last book, Literary Criticism from Plato to Postmodernism, Jim gave voice to what lies at the heart of a life committed to education through literature:
Humanistic critics share Horace’s belief that literature, at its best, both teaches and delights and, furthermore, that the teaching and the delighting are intertwined, so much so that one cannot be separated from the other.1
To teach and delight; they are unseparated in the lives of two people who taught and delighted students and colleagues alike here at Michigan State University for generations.
Their impact has been deep; their influence, lasting.
Anna led a study abroad program to Tours, France, for 16 years. Rachel Burley Larner, one of Anna’s students, now herself a teacher, put the transformative experience with Anna this way:
Hardly a day of my teaching career has gone by where I haven’t thought fondly of you, your humor, and the things I learned from your classes. I know that I am a better teacher and person because of you and can’t even begin to put words to how valuable an experience Tours was for me.
John Dewey once asked himself what the most needed reform in the spirit of education should be. His response was that we ought to:
Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.2
Through their scholarship, their passion, their humor, and their love for literature and their students, Anna and Jim taught us the full meaning of this present life.
Let us teach and delight, and delight in the teaching, awake now in new ways to the possibilities of this blooming spring, as we follow the footsteps of our two delightful colleagues.
- Seaton, Professor James. Literary Criticism from Plato to Postmodernism: The Humanistic Alternative. Reprint edition. Place of publication not identified: Cambridge University Press, 2016, 3-4.
- Dewey, John. The Early Works of John Dewey, Volume 5, 1882 – 1898: Early Essays, 1895-1898. “Self-Realization as a Moral Ideal,” Edited by Jo Ann Boydston. 1st edition. Carbondale, Ill: Southern Illinois University Press, 2008, 50.
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A Look At Our Past 3/31/2022
Tue, 03/29/2022 - 3:22pm caleb
From the pages of the Crawford County Avalanche
23 Years Ago
April 1, 1999
After 13 years of service to the Grayling area, Dr. Sangkyu Shin will be retiring on March 31, 1999. Shin, an OB-GYN (obstetrics and gynecology) has delivered approximately 2,000 babies in Grayling. He started his practice in Mt. Clemens and remained there for 13 years, prior to coming up north. “I wanted to live in a small town and have a peaceful life,” said Shin.
About 20 businesses have joined a unique fund raising effort to benefit the Crawford County Habitat for Humanity. Collection bins have been placed at area businesses so employees who enjoy a soft drink or two each day can contribute to the Habitat building program by depositing their returnables in designated bins.
A week-long visit to Alpena ended on March 20 with awards and scholarships for two local Junior Miss title holders. Jessica Becks, 1998 Grayling Junior Miss, and Sarah Kaiser, 1998 Frederic Junior Miss, both came home winners after competing in the Michigan Junior Miss competition.
Two Grayling High School baseball players, Brad Gorski and Rusty Strohpaul, will be heading to the Netherlands this summer to play on a U.S. Baseball Stars international team.
Grayling High School’s power lifters took 2nd place at the Upper Peninsula State Championships tournament, which was held in Newberry.
46 Years Ago
April 1, 1976
Early spring rains, linked with warm weather and a large amount of snow have created flood conditions on the upper reaches of the South Branch of the AuSable River. Early Sunday morning Emergency Preparedness Director Howard Taylor and Sheriff Harold Hatfield placed emergency operations previously established into operation. Sand and sandbags were dispatched to the area and the local citizen’s band club put out a cry for volunteers. By mid-morning, the threatened homes had been surrounded with sandbags and the areas surrounding the homes pumped clear of the threatening water.
In observance of the Bicentennial, members of Mrs. Knibbs second grade class have completed a large patchwork quilt. The tying off process was done on a 100-year-old quilting frame loaned to the class by Mrs. Bovee.
69 Years Ago
April 3, 1953
George Granger Jr., has enlisted in the army and is to report for duty April 15. During his basic training Mrs. Granger and son will be at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jensen, at Hartwick Pines.
92 Years Ago
April 3, 1930
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ferguson have purchased the house now occupied by Herb Gothro and family.
115 Years Ago
April 4, 1907
Maple sugar making has started in several places in the county.
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Philippe Peigneux, head of the UR2NF team, is the coordinator of an EOS – Excellence Of Science project called “MEMODYN – The journey of a memory: dynamics of learning and consolidation in maturation and ageing ».
The MEMODYN project is funded by both the F.R.S.-FNRS and the FWO, during four years (about 1M€/ year). The MEMODYN consortium brings together four Belgian universities (ULB, ULiège, UGent and KU Leuven) and one partner outside Belgium (UCL, UK).
Within ULB, Philippe Peigneux and Charline Urbain from UR2NF will collaborate with ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI) partners Xavier de Tiège and Vincent Wens from the Laboratoire de Cartographie Fonctionnelle Cérébrale.
Abstract of the project
We are our memory”. The MEMODYN project investigates this fascinating subject of fundamental importance. We take a fresh perspective that emphasises the study of memory, in its natural dynamic setting, as a journey in the making. The two key characters in this journey are learning and consolidation; these processes are known to interact but have hitherto been studied in isolation. The perspective of this project enables them to be understood, for the first time, under the influence of their inherent interactions, and in the context of brain maturation and ageing. The project aims to provide new insight into how much our ability to learn is dictated by the make up of our neuronal circuitries, how memories are initially formed and later stored for the long haul, how this is made possible by the rewiring of our neuronal circuitries, and how our memory processes and capacities vary as our brain evolves through its lifespan. We develop novel methodologies to address these aims by harnessing recent advances in experimental techniques (behavioural, neurophysiological, and neuroimaging) and computational modelling. A unique blend of psychologists, neuroscientists, and engineers has been assembled to provide the collective expertise critical to the delivery of this inter-disciplinary endeavour. The outcomes of this research may lay the foundation for identifying vulnerabilities in learning and consolidation pathways eventually leading to their treatment.
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You may think that dog training aids are out there for you to spend money on and not actually reap any benefits from. That is not the case. Dog training aids are there to help you succeed in teaching your dog, this could be teaching him obedience, agility, or any other type of teaching you want to do. There are many aids available but only a certain few will work with your dog and his temperament.
I find the best training aid to be treats, small pieces of human food chopped up and given to him when he has done something good has always worked wonders, that is unless your dog doesn’t really have an interest in treats. This is a really cheap method of training aid but if you want to blow some cash there are hundreds of options available for you.
For dog agility, training aids that are available are e.g. anti-bark collars. Many dogs have a problem when they do dog agility. They start barking constantly basically because of the hype involved. Anti-bark collars do one of two things or sometimes both, they give a small electric charge when your dog barks and spray some water up into their face. People may think this is cruel, but it is completely harmless. It just lets your dog know that barking is not acceptable. These collars are available at pet shops and on the internet and are not too expensive.
For dog obedience, some dog training aids that are available are dog clickers, the newest craze out on the market which allows owners instead of associating sit with a word they use a click instead and reward with treats, no punishment allowed. Another aid available is a harness; this gets fitted around your dog’s upper body so when you are teaching him to heel a slight tug on the harness pulls him back completely. The harness is a widely used obedience aid and is greatly used for bigger dogs such as German shepherds and Rottweilers.
There are also dog training aids available around the home. These are simple and effective. Many people turn to dog training aids when nothing else has worked, but they don’t have to be the last thing you try, with aids so cheap these days there is no reason why you can’t invest in something that will make your dog’s learning process a lot more exciting!
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Affiliate links may be used in this post. I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase through my affiliate link
Using a Color Challenge can be a very effective tool to use when you are having a creativity block. It can be so frustrating when you have a desk full of beautiful new stamping supplies but no ideas of how to put them together. So you start scrolling through Pinterest for ideas and before you know it 3 hours have gone by and you haven’t made a thing. Well, I am here to help. Stampin’ Up! has come out with some gorgeous new colors this year and I thought it would be fun to start a weekly color challenge. This week I am taking colors from the In Color pallets. I chose Grapefruit Grove from the new 2018-2020 In Colors and Powder Pink from the 2017-2019 In Colors. Then I decided on basic black to tie them together.
I am also using a card sketch which is another creativity tool I love to use.
I found my colors in the new Love What You Do Designer Series Paper
The card I made using today’s color challenge
I hope you like the idea of a color challenge each week. I have given it the hashtag #CWK6118 which stands for Creating with Kristina June 1 2018. Each week the hashtag date will change. By using the hashtag we can all see the different card ideas using this challenge when you post to your instagram or facebook. I can wait to see what you all create! To see all my color challenges click HERE.
Hey! Have you signed up for my email? You will get even more creative ideas each week and keep up with all what’s going on at Stampin’ Up! Use the box below or the one on the right side collumn of the blog. I also have a Facebook Fan Page www.facebook.com/creatingwithkristina
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Learn how healthcare professionals (HCPs) engage before, during and after your events
Discover HCPs’ response to the data released at congress
HCPs use social media to comment on trials and data live during congresses. By tracking this you can discover their opinions, needs, and concerns about your product and data. Insights generated by our team using our unique online HCP conversation tracking technology, CREATION Pinpoint® will inform your messaging strategy and aid in the development of content and resources that really matter to HCPs.
Monitor and learn from HCP digital behaviours and content preferences
Work with CREATION.co to identify the content that gains HCP traction before, during, and after an event so that you can determine when and how to share online resources or release announcements. HCP congress insights inform the development of a diverse, yet focused, content stream that can engage HCP customers beyond the congress exhibition hall.
Learn which sources HCPs are referencing
As articles, publications and journals are shared extensively during congress, find out which are most engaged with by HCPs, in order to work on tactics to amplify the content that you are planning to release around the time of meetings.
Identify the HCP influencers who matter to you
Identifying the HCPs who are Digital Opinion Leaders (DOLs) during congress can give you an insight into how HCPs are actively influencing the conversation within your therapy area and how you can build meaningful relationships with them. Leverage our specialist experience to discover those HCPs who are influencing their peers through their online conversations and profile them according to what matters to you.
Capture HCP engagement and learn for future events
Each congress meeting allows for learning to support marketing planning and strategies for future events. Outputs from our unique technology CREATION Pinpoint® allow analyses of HCP engagement before, during and after congress, and how this then goes on to influence the nature and tone of the evolving conversation beyond the event.
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Social media research brings many opportunities for finding unique, unprompted customer insights and business intelligence. But uncertainty about implementing good pharmacovigilance practice can make social media research seem risky.
Several key topics were highlighted in a Q&A session following a webinar we hosted for the BHBIA, Pharmacovigilance in Social Media Research, which covered the implications of pharmacovigilance guidelines. Below are eight questions, with answers provided by Daniel Ghinn (DG), CREATION’s CEO, as well as comments from the BHBIA Ethics Advisor (BHBIA EA).
Q1: Where does a patient become hearsay?
DG: If there’s a comment regarding “my friend” for example I would say for reporting, a reference to “my friend” is a specific patient, whereas for example “apparently this happens” would be hearsay and does not refer to a specific patient. The patient does not need to be named, for the event to be reportable but there must be a reference to a specific patient or specific patients. And always remember that if in doubt, report.
Q2: If patient adverse events are spotted (even if the purpose is not to look for adverse events) during a social listening project do these need to be reported if they relate to the pharma company’s product?
DG: Yes if patient adverse events are spotted they do need to be reported if they relate to the pharma company’s product.
Q3: If an AE is mentioned by a consumer then do you need to know the identity of the reporter/patent or is an alias sufficient (patient and reporter are the same)?
DG: If the reporter / patient name is immediately evident (such as on their profile) then I would include that in the report.
BHBIA EA: But only if you have a lawful basis in place for this data processing.
DG: If not I would report the alias and in any case I would include a link to the original source, if it is in the public domain (such as a link to a Tweet or blog post).
BHBIA EA: You don’t have to be able to identify the reporter but you have to be sure that it is an actual individual(s) and that this is verifiable.
Q4: Does the AE/PQC get reported to the PV dept in the country that are doing the listening or the country in which the reporter is based?
DG: I would look to agree this with the pharmaceutical company prior to the research. In my experience, usually in the country where the reporter is, if known.
Q5: If a tweet is posted with a reportable event and this is then retweeted by hundreds, if not thousands of people do you need to report every single retweet? Or just the original tweet?
DG: Just the original Tweet. But if somebody retweets it or replies and adds a comment that includes a reportable event, then that would also be reported. For example somebody replies “Same happened to me” then there is another patient, so that is also reportable as a separate event.
Q6: When working with a small pharma company, with only have 1 or 2 heads in their PV department, they are put off because of the potential influx of AE reports being unmanageable. Can you offer any solutions / compromise to managing this?
DG: Yes my recommendation here is to agree a threshold that the PV department is comfortable with – say 5 reportable events – and agree to stop the research if that threshold is reached, before deciding on further research (perhaps refining parameters or focus).
Q7: If you’re conducting an online listening project for a pharma company (e.g. HCP and patient views on a competitor product or a previous product to give them insights into their product/new product). As you’ll be presenting the company with qualitative data (snippets of tweets etc) is a statement needed to accompany this information, in order to comply with GDPR?
DG: Yes, GDPR is a factor so a legal basis for processing the data will be necessary. Also, I have found that different companies take different positions re what their legal basis may be, such as legitimate interest, or consent in cases where the individual has consented to their data being processed via accepting permissions in a social media platform. But I would say this is a complex issue still being proven in the post-Facebook – Cambridge Analytica environment. Some companies simply ask us to anonymise everything.
Q8: How is GDPR abided by? When reporting the adverse event, my assumption is that we would need to contact the reporter to ask for their permission to collect and forward their details?
DG: See above re GDPR. In the case of social listening I would not reach out to the individual prior to reporting, since we would then be engaging an individual on behalf of the pharmaceutical company which would open up new compliance requirements. I would leave that to the PV team. If the individual’s details are in public domain, I would forward them.
BHBIA EA: This should only be done if you have a lawful basis in place.
DG: If in a closed network (such as a closed physician-only network) my experience is that such data is only ever made available on an anonymised basis.
BHBIA EA: Forwarding an individual’s personal data in association with an AE/PC/SRS would depend what’s in the network’s terms and conditions with regard to further/other data processing and what you are using for your lawful basis.
Responses given are not legal advice and if a legal opinion is required this should be sought separately. The information given in the response is for information purposes only. Whilst every reasonable effort is made to ensure the information is accurate, no responsibility for its accuracy or for any consequences of relying on it is assumed by the authors.
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Warm blast from the past. A supporter recently sent us an ageing and brief newspaper clipping from the Courier Mail claiming evidence of a warm period around 2,000 years ago that showed earth’s climate “can warm up suddenly without any connection to human activity.” The report was dated 14 August1998. We tracked down the source of the article in Science vol. 281, p280, 14 August 1998 which described a study of oxygen isotopes in biogenic silica in a high altitude lake in Kenya. Oxygen isotopes are a useful indicator of water temperature. The study indicated there was a warm period some 2,300 to 1,500 years before the present, i.e. 300 BC to 500 AD. The authors also noted there is evidence for a warm period at this time from other places in Africa and locations as far apart of Yukon Alaska and Swedish Lapland.
Editorial Comment: It is interesting that the mainstream media at 1998, before global warming alarmists took over, reported a study that says global warming is not man made. Human activity may not have warmed up the world, but it is interesting to consider what humans were doing at this time. The Roman Empire rose and fell during this time, and so we know from other historical records that this was a warm period. Warm periods in Europe and Britain are times of wealth and plenty, and the warm conditions undoubtedly made it easier for the Romans to expand through Europe and Britain and establish their road system and other infrastructure.
But there is one surprising consequence of this Roman Warming Era. At the height of this warm period the Lord Jesus Christ lived, died, rose from the dead and commissioned his disciples to take the gospel to all nations. There is no doubt the warm climate and Roman infrastructure made the movement of early Christians relatively easy throughout the Roman Empire, and as a result the gospel reached as far as Britain during Roman times. Just an interesting reminder that the earth’s climate is under the control of the Creator who uses it to fulfil his purposes. To claim that man can defy God’s climate control is as futile as the efforts of the Roman Empire to stop the spread of the Gospel. (Ref. weather, evangelism, history).
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Why use this guide?
You could be passively collecting a lot of data about how people are interacting with you online. Use this guide to understand what you can glean from your website and social media channels, and the dos and don’ts when using web analytics in research projects.
What is included in this guide?
This guide includes four sections:
- Key insights from website analytics
- Limitations of website analytics
- How to use website analytics in research projects
- Data storage and security.
Key insights from website analytics
Your website and social channels capture a large amount of data and information about people visiting and interacting with you online. You can monitor and analyse multiple channels:
- Facebook (search for Facebook Analytics. There is a free demo you can try out)
- Instagram (there are a number of free tools to consider)
- Website (check out your own website provider or consider Google Analytics)
- E-newsletter (check out your e-newsletter program).
There are some key insights you should review and take time to understand:
- Build a profile of your online attendees using demographic data available
- Compare demographic data of social followers across different social channels, e.g. Facebook versus Instagram, social followers versus website users, ticket buyers versus actual attendees.
Conversions and correspondences
- Review general conversion rates, i.e. percentage of click throughs or views on your website that lead to purchases or attendances
- Identify trends and correspondences between social channels and spikes on your website, ticket sales or attendances
- Measure marketing campaign effectiveness, including things such as reach and conversion to purchases and attendances.
A quick way to calculate conversion rates is to divide the number of conversions (such as the number of ticket sales) by the total number of clicks or visits during the same time period, e.g. 50 ticket sales from 1000 website visits in the month of June is a conversion rate of 5% (50 divided by 1000 = 5%).
A quick website search or search function in your social channels will provide you with technical information about how to glean the most insights from your website and social data.
For context, compare some of your website and social analytics with insights from your box office or information desk, as well as non-digital marketing channels, such as newspapers, direct mail and newsletters.
Limitations of website analytics
Website and social data is popular; however, there are things to look out for when using these channels for research.
The ‘What’ versus the ‘Why’
From your website analytics you’ll know what people interacting with your website and social channels are doing – their behaviour. What you won’t know is why they are behaving in this way.
Defining your population
You can’t define your population on social channels or ensure that your sample is representative of your population. Because of this, feedback through social channels should be used as qualitative insights only. Check out the choose your research sample guide for more information.
Social media polls
Social media polls are fun to play with as an engagement tool, but they aren’t a reliable source to understand your bigger Population.
How to use website analytics in research projects
There are ways to use website analytics in research projects, but keep in mind the limitations outlined above. After reviewing your website analytics you’ll discover a number of insights, including different behaviours and connections between channels and reach, purchases and attendances. For example, you might notice a connection between a specific social media channel and your number of website visits. Consider how you can use these insights to determine informal conversations you have with your attendees, a formal focus group, or a survey to understand why people are behaving a certain way on social media channels and your website.
For tips on how to have casual conversations with your attendees, have a read of the talk to your attendees guide. If you’d like to speak to a group of people in a more formal way, take a look at the run a focus group tool.
To gather quantitative evidence (the numbers and statistics), check out the send a short survey tool.
Understanding the ‘why’ means that you’re informed and can more confidently take action – testing, trialling or making decisions – based on what you now know. This could lead to a number of tests and changes:
- Trialling targeted marketing campaigns to reach specific groups and testing offers or discount codes on different channels
- Redirecting your marketing spend to the most important channels
- Updating your website layout, information or ticketing system.
Data storage and security
When working with data, there are some things to keep in mind:
- Ensure the security of all information, including taking reasonable steps to protect identifiable research information from misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
- Do not keep identifiable research information longer than you need to – when you’re finished, delete this data or de-identify the data.
- When sharing any identifiable research information with another person or organisation make sure you communicate the above two points.
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In one of my many former work lifes, I was a Sales Associate in a shoe department. It was only for two short stints, but memorable nonetheless because it whipped me into shape.
Not only was I on my feet the entire time, but because it was for a major department that always offered sales and discounts, with the best inventory my job was never done. There was never any downtime, so I myself had to be sure that I was wearing shoes that did most of the grunt work for my feet.
I know, you think “what’s the big deal? Comfortable shoes are one in the same,” right? This statement couldn’t be further from the truth. Let discuss the specifics as to why that is.
If you are, or intend to do a lot of walking; that’s to say you will be walking over 3 miles a day, or 21 miles in a weeks time, then whether you know it or not, you are a big-time regular walker. You are likely more fit than you know or wish to believe but if you still find yourself having problems with your joints or alignment, it may be due to many underlying factors, but a good start for correcting those issues is to examine your footwear.
Your first impulse is to get the best deal on those shiny Nike shoes you saw on TV, and why not? They’re on sale and you want to show off your sense of style. You try them on and they are practically giving your feet a warm hug, to say “hello, were new besties.” However, now that we’ve established you’re an avid walker, you can no longer take the path of the average shopper. You are now responsible for making sure your feet remain in top form, to eliminate having to make trips to the podiatrist.
Any shoe department worth their salt, will have shoes separated by category or designated. Your job is to pass “go;” in this case that would be those shiny leather pairs on display that are whispering your name, and go directly to “walking shoes.”
While not always the most attractive of the bunch, they are highly-functioning and you will learn to appreciate them with age. They are light mid-weight, but durable shoes, built to conform your feet, while promoting proper blood-flow and comfort for over a longer period of time than regular shoes. Nowadays, the walking shoes are taking on a more different look, being marketed as a casual shoe to target the active, working professional. Look forward to a better selection of walking shoes for all ages, as more fitness apps, smart phones and watches encourage physical fitness.
If there is one athlete that deserves admiration and respect, it would be runners. There are joggers, runners, sprinters, cross-country and marathon runners, all on either recreations, amateur and professional levels. These finely-tuned forces to reckon with regularly test the limits of their minds and bodies without faltering, therefore requiring specialized shoes that can perform up to and beyond their standards.
Running shoes have a much more wider variety in selection than running shoes, and are more likely to be replaced more often. They are durable, but designed specifically for the beat-down a runner will dish out. Usually lightweight, to not weigh the runner down unnecessarily, therefore the material can handle only so much before getting thrashed for roughly up to 300 miles, which isn’t a lot considering. Most of the work is taking place in the sole, where the pressure of the full runner’s weight is absorbed and then, in a sort of hydraulic reaction, bounces back as though catapulting with each step.
There has never been a better time to invest in running shoes. With new shoe manufacturers springing-up almost daily, there’s no shortage of style and comfort levels. With new developments in technology, shoemakers are no longer just cobblers and businessmen, they are scientists and engineers who have followed their passion for shoes, in a quest to design the perfect pair. Having said that, you can feel confident that the perfect running shoe is out there for you to find, and very likely at an affordable price.
We are in the age of customization, and the shoe industry is no different. There is a shoe being produced for every action we take, and careful thought has gone into the environment they will go up against. It’s just a matter of finding your choice. One could literally Google a specific request for shoes, and find a site offering either the shoes you’re seeking, or at minimum some direction on where to find them. So, do you think you’re ready to select the proper shoes now? Okay then, down on your mark, get set: shop!
Editor´s Note: This is a guest post submitted by Nancy.
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Contrary to common-held misconceptions among some segment of the Muslim population, Imam Ali had maintained very cordial and warm relations with the Khulafa. Muslims need to remove their blinkers and view their history correctly in order to overcome prejudices of sectarianism
Governor-elect of Kaduna State (Nigeria), Nasir el-Rufei reminds us about the important letter Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra) wrote to Malik Ashtar outlining the attributes of a just and fair leader.
There is no doubt that today’s Muslims are more divided than they have ever been. The divisions are so prevalent that in the political and economic sense of the word the Muslims of the world have ceased to be the “ummah” spoken about in the Qur’an and the Sunnah. A closer look at the condition of today’s Muslims and we realize that these divisions are related to disputes and disagreements that have become throughout the ages what appear to be irreconcilable differences.
Hundreds of Iraqis were killed, and the centre of the holy city of Najaf, the home of the shrine of Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra), devastated by a massive American assault on the city which lasted for most of August...
The period in question is the period three caliphs and his abstention from public or political involvement, and his tenure as the fourth of the rightly guided caliphs (from the Sunni point of view). The obstacles that confronted him - you could talk about the existence of a rival centre of power in Damascus under the auspice of Mu’awiyah, who using the assassination of Uthman the third caliph as a pretext now wished to deny legitimacy to Imam Ali [AS] and refused him his loyalty and his obedience.1
After the Prophet [sAW] himself there is no other figure in Islamic History who has exercised the same comprehensive and lasting influence as Imam Ali [AS]. This can in part be seen from the duality of titles that one may be applied to him with respect to Sunni and Shi'ah tradition respectively. From the Sunni point of view he is the fourth among the rightly guided caliphs, from the Shi’ah point of view he is the first of he 12 Imams [AS], that in itself indicates that he holds an honoured position in the totality of Islamic tradition despite varying interpretations.1
The assumption of the caliphate by Imam Ali [AS] took place either on the same day Uthman was assassinated or according to another source some five days later. It would be useful in order to understand what transpires during the exercise of rule by Imam Ali [AS] to go back a little to examine the nature of the opposition to Uthman because many of the factors of political disunity that were operative during the caliphate of Uthman persisted into the caliphate of Imam Ali [AS].1
This is a look at that person that from the point of view of Shi’i Islam is the third from among the ma’sumin, the third of the presenters of the quality of inerrancy – ‘ismah which is shared by the Prophets and the Imams – Imam Ali bin Abi Talib [AS] the first of the Imams [AS]. Have spoken in the previous lecture looking at verses of the Quran which allude to him, also hadith of the Prophet [sAW] which indicate the special status of Ali [AS] as his successor, his successor as him [sAW] being the last of the Prophets. Today will look at his ascension, to power in the office of the caliphate.1
Professor Hamid Algar begins the main essay of this commemorative collection by highlighting the remarkable fact that ten years after Imam Khomeini’s death, and twenty years after the triumph of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, no serious, comprehensive biography of him has yet been written, in Persian, English or any other language.
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Rain spoiled the fifth and final T20I of the series in Bengaluru, leaving the series tied at 2-2. As a result, India and South Africa shared the trophy, while the visitors continued their white-ball unbeaten streak in India, which began in 2010.
However, more than the drawn T20I and frustration of missing out on the action of what could have been a fitting series decider at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, Twitter was left furious over Ruturaj Gaikwad for “mistreating” and “disrespecting” a groundsman at the stadium during the match.
5th T20i between India and South Africa has been called off due to rain. The series has ended in a draw with 2-2.— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 19, 2022
On Sunday, a video of the young India opener denying a selfie to the groundsman went viral on social media. Gaikwad was sitting in the dugout, waiting for the rain to stop when the video was taken. Before the broadcast was cut, the youngster was seen asking the groundsman to keep some space.
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Tax relief companies have become a prominent presence in the financial industry, offering assistance to individuals and businesses grappling with tax debt issues. However, their proliferation has raised questions about their legitimacy and effectiveness in the face of tax resolution services scams.
Are tax relief companies legit, or are they merely capitalizing on the stress and uncertainty associated with tax debt? In this comprehensive article, we will explore the world of tax relief companies, shedding light on their operations, the services they offer, potential pitfalls, and how to discern between legitimate firms and scams.
Understanding Tax Relief Companies
Tax relief companies, alternatively referred to as tax resolution firms or tax relief services, have proliferated in response to the pressing need for assistance in resolving tax debt problems. These entities specialize in providing individuals and businesses with a lifeline when they find themselves entangled in the complex web of tax debt owed to formidable entities like the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) or state tax agencies.
What they offer is not just a service but a promise—a commitment to act as advocates on behalf of their clients, navigating the intricacies of tax laws and regulations to negotiate favorable outcomes. Their objectives are multi-faceted, aiming to reduce the often overwhelming burden of tax debt while fostering financial stability for their clients. Tax relief companies bring expertise to the forefront, aiming to alleviate the stress and uncertainty that accompany unpaid taxes by providing a structured approach to resolving tax debt issues.
However, with this growth in the industry comes increased scrutiny, as not all firms operate with the same degree of professionalism and ethics. Thus, as individuals and businesses consider engaging the services of these companies, it becomes paramount to approach the decision with vigilance, ensuring that the chosen tax relief company aligns with their specific needs and objectives.
The Services Tax Relief Companies Offer
Tax relief companies typically offer a range of services to address tax debt issues, including:
- Tax Debt Analysis: They assess your tax debt situation, reviewing tax filings, outstanding balances, penalties, and interest to determine the extent of the issue.
- Negotiation with Tax Authorities: Tax relief firms often claim to negotiate with tax authorities to establish payment plans, reduce penalties, and potentially pursue an Offer in Compromise (OIC) to settle tax debt for less than the full amount.
- Tax Preparation and Compliance: Some companies offer tax preparation and filing services to help clients become compliant with their tax obligations.
- Communication Liaison: They act as intermediaries between clients and tax authorities, handling correspondence and negotiations on their behalf.
Pitfalls and Red Flags
While there are legitimate tax relief companies, the industry is not without its share of scams and unethical practices. Here are some common pitfalls and red flags to watch out for:
- Upfront Fees: Be cautious of firms that demand substantial upfront fees before providing any services. Legitimate companies often charge fees based on the services rendered and results achieved.
- Guarantees of Outcomes: Avoid firms that guarantee specific outcomes, such as “we can reduce your tax debt by 90%.” The outcome of negotiations with tax authorities is subject to their discretion.
- Pressure Tactics: Scam companies may use high-pressure sales tactics to rush you into signing up for their services. Take your time to research and make an informed decision.
- Lack of Transparency: Legitimate companies are transparent about their fees, processes, and the likelihood of success. Be wary of firms that withhold crucial information.
How to Verify Legitimacy
To ensure you’re dealing with a legitimate tax relief company:
- Check Credentials: Verify the firm’s credentials, including licenses and affiliations with professional organizations. Legitimate companies often have enrolled agents, tax attorneys, or Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) on staff.
- Research Reviews and Ratings: Look for reviews and ratings from reputable sources, such as the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and consumer review websites. Pay attention to feedback from previous clients.
- Request References: Ask the company for references or client testimonials. Legitimate firms should be willing to provide this information.
- Understand Fees: Ensure you fully understand the fee structure, including any upfront fees, and get a written agreement detailing the services provided.
Alternatives to Tax Relief Companies
While tax relief companies can be helpful in certain situations, it’s essential to explore alternative options:
- Self-Representation: You have the right to negotiate with tax authorities on your own behalf. The IRS offers resources and guidance for taxpayers facing tax debt.
- Free or Low-Cost Assistance: Consider seeking assistance from non-profit organizations or government agencies that provide free or low-cost tax help.
- Installment Agreements: You can set up a payment plan directly with tax authorities to pay off your tax debt over time.
Tax relief companies can indeed offer valuable assistance to individuals and businesses grappling with the complexities of tax debt. However, as with any industry, not all entities within the tax relief sector operate with the same level of integrity and commitment to clients’ best interests. Scams and unethical practices can cast a shadow over this field, underscoring the importance of exercising caution and conducting thorough due diligence when seeking assistance.
Understanding the full spectrum of services offered, being vigilant about recognizing red flags, and verifying the legitimacy of the company you choose to work with are all critical steps in safeguarding your financial well-being. It’s essential to remember that the journey toward tax debt resolution should be marked by transparency, ethical conduct, and a personalized approach that aligns with your specific financial situation.
Whether you decide to engage a tax relief company or explore alternative avenues, such as self-representation or government assistance, ensuring that your chosen path prioritizes your financial stability and long-term well-being should be your ultimate goal.
- Tax Relief: A government program or policy designed to reduce the amount of tax owed by individuals or businesses.
- Tax Relief Companies: Firms that help taxpayers reduce their tax liabilities through various methods, such as negotiation with tax authorities, tax debt resolution, or assistance with back taxes.
- Tax Liabilities: The total amount of tax debt owed by an individual or business to the government.
- Back Taxes: Taxes that have been unpaid in the year they were due and have since accumulated interest and penalties.
- IRS (Internal Revenue Service): The U.S. government agency responsible for the collection of taxes and enforcement of tax laws.
- Tax Resolution: The process of finding a workable solution to settle unpaid taxes and related issues with tax authorities.
- Offer in Compromise: A program by the IRS to settle tax debts for less than the full amount owed, typically when it’s established that the taxpayer cannot afford to pay the full amount.
- Installment Agreement: A payment plan arranged with the IRS where a taxpayer can pay off their tax debt in monthly installments over a certain period.
- Penalties: Additional fines or charges imposed by the IRS on a taxpayer for not paying taxes on time.
- Tax Audit: An examination of an individual’s or organization’s tax return by the IRS to verify its accuracy.
- Tax Levy: The legal seizure of property or assets by the IRS to satisfy a tax debt.
- Tax Lien: A legal claim by the government on a taxpayer’s property due to unpaid tax debts.
- Wage Garnishment: A legal process where a portion of a person’s earnings is withheld by an employer for the payment of a debt, in this case, a tax debt.
- Tax Attorney: A lawyer specializing in tax law, often employed by tax relief companies to help negotiate with the IRS on behalf of their clients.
- Tax debt relief: Tax debt relief refers to services or programs that help individuals or businesses reduce or eliminate their owed tax debts to the government.
- Best tax relief: Best tax relief refers to the most effective strategies, methods or services aimed at reducing or alleviating an individual’s or business’s tax burden.
- Anthem Tax Services: Anthem Tax Services is a company that provides professional tax solutions, including tax preparation, tax resolution, and consulting services to individuals and businesses.
- Tax relief programs: Tax relief programs are initiatives introduced by government agencies to reduce the amount of tax owed by certain individuals or businesses, often aimed at providing financial aid or stimulating economic growth.
- Tax professionals: Tax professionals are individuals who specialize in the field of taxation.
- Minimum tax debt: Minimum tax debt refers to the lowest amount of money a taxpayer owes to the government in unpaid taxes.
- State tax debt: State tax debt refers to the amount of money an individual or a business owes to a state government as a result of not paying their state taxes on time.
- Most tax relief companies: Tax relief companies are firms that assist individuals or businesses in reducing and managing their tax debts, often by negotiating with tax authorities on their behalf.
- Best tax relief companies: Best tax relief companies refer to top-rated firms that provide services to help individuals or businesses resolve their outstanding tax debts, negotiate with tax authorities, understand tax laws, or reduce their tax liabilities.
- Tax debt relief companies: Tax debt relief companies are firms that assist individuals or businesses in dealing with their outstanding tax debts.
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What is sustainable web design?
Sustainable design for the web is a movement that focuses on leading towards a more environmentally conscious future. At its core, it puts strong emphasis on saving energy and reducing the amount of pollution generated from everyday devices.
The number of internet users is growing at a staggering rate. According to Cisco, two-thirds of the world's population will be connected by 2023 (Reference).
Moving towards zero-carbon futures is more important than ever, but at the same time, our need for data and web services has never been greater – including the emissions it creates.
A 2018 paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production estimated that by 2040, 14% of the world's electricity will be used to power communication technology. This is up from just under 4% in 2020 (Reference).
Establishing standards for a sustainable web
The main goal in sustainable web design is to reduce CO2 emissions. It is impossible to measure the approximate CO2 output of a web product. We cannot trace the path of energy from a website or app back to the power station where it is being generated, and know with absolute certainty the exact amount of greenhouse gas emitted.
If we can't measure the carbon output, then we need to find something that is measurable. The two primary factors that could be used as indicators of carbon emissions are:
To measure the data transfer for web pages, we calculate the page weight, meaning the size of the web page in kilobytes when someone visits it for the first time.
Reducing page weight requires a wider scope. As of early 2022, the median page weight was 1.95 MB for “mobile” setups and 2.17 MB for “desktop,” which had increased 11% in the course of a year – but only by a fraction of that figure on mobile (Reference). Roughly half of the data transferred is images, making them by far the most significant source of carbon emissions on average websites.
Bottom line: saving on data transfer means a more efficient use of energy, which is essential to reducing carbon emissions in the modern web environment.
Carbon intensity of electricity
The level of pollution caused by digital products is determined principally by the carbon intensity of the energy being used to power them. A carbon intensity (CO2/kWh) refers to the number of grams of CO2 that are produced per kilowatt-hour of electricity.
We don’t have direct control over the energy supply of web services, but we can dictate where to host our project. With a data center using such a large amount of power, putting your data center in an area with low-carbon energy will reduce its carbon emissions.
We want to keep our servers nearby to the majority of our users. The further data travels, the more energy is needed. Locating our servers closer to where our website visitors are, we can reduce average latency and provide a better experience for them. This is an ideal win-win for both parties.
Is this our problem?
Some people might say that web professionals' job is not to take care of sustainability. We just build the products and services people are asking for. It is up to the consumer to use the internet wisely and make smart decisions about their device and data usage such as purchasing low energy devices.
Another argument is that it's the job of the government to deal with environmental issues around the internet. We’ve heard it claimed that individual professionals and organizations can't make any impact on their own, and that regulation is needed to limit the industry's impact. Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, once said “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” However, government intervention should not be seen as a replacement to individual efforts. It is necessary in addition to them.
In the face of the climate emergency, success will depend on every single one of us taking individual action and collaborating with those around us to have a real impact. We all have a role to play in shaping the future of the web, and together we can create something that will benefit everyone for generations.
So, yes, it is our problem, and while no single web project is likely to “solve” everything at once, we each play a part.
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Lettuce and Other Leafy Vegetables
Does knowing how your salad ingredients have been grown and what has been applied to them interest you? Does growing your own salad ingredients year round interest you? Our society is becoming increasingly more educated about health and nutrition and with this trend, many nutrition-conscious people are growing their own salad makings in small greenhouses where they are in charge of how, and with what substances, they are grown.
As the summer approaches, the warmer weather presents an opportunity to set up a system where nutritious, easy-to-grow salad greens can be grown for family use.
Most of the plants we use for food are in the flowering plants groups. They reproduce by flowering and producing seeds. That process is referred to as the reproductive growth process. Many of the plants we will be discussing here are grown for their vegetation and are harvested before they go into the reproductive or flowering phase of growth. Because many plants are used in the vegetative stage of growth, many people are not familiar with the flowering and fruiting process of plants like lettuce, Swiss chard and kale.
Plants in the vegetative state are less demanding of some of the plant-growing requirements than they are when they get to the fruiting phase of growth, and generally less demanding than are fruiting plants. This can make it easier and less expensive to grow these plants through the lower light and cooler weather of late fall, winter and early spring.
Common vegetative crops include leaf and Bibb lettuces, endives, mustard, kale, beet greens, Swiss chard, spinach, green onions, various herbs and many oriental vegetables.
Most plants need light as an energy source. Vegetative plants can grow well when light is limited, so they can be grown through lower light periods without or with minimal supplemental light. Although their growth rate may be slower, they will eventually grow and develop. In contrast, fruiting plants grown in similar conditions may just grow – not flowering nor bearing fruit because the low light levels keep them in the vegetative state. Since we do not eat tomato and cucumber leaves, vegetative growth is not the goal in these types of plants.
The fertilizer requirements for vegetative plants are rather general. Many varieties of vegetative plants can be grown on the same fertilizer program quite successfully. Different vegetative plants at various stages of growth can be grown simultaneously on the same fertilizer program and in the same growing system. This is very important to the small grower because it greatly simplifies the whole project without compromising plant quality or productivity.
It is when plants reach the fruiting or reproductive growth stage that the specific fertilization program required by each plant becomes more critical. At this stage, the plant’s ability to develop flower and bear fruit hinges on proper fertilization. The proper adjustment for one fruiting plant may be quite different than that for another. At this time, if the grower has plants such as tomatoes, peppers or cucumbers among his hydroponic crop, the plants will need to be cared for according to their specific nutrient needs.
Moving back to the vegetative plants such as lettuces and herbs, a number of vegetative plants of different types and ages can be grown in a relatively small space. Even a space of four by four feet is enough to keep a small to medium-sized family eating salads and greens year round. Larger families and growers who want to grow some of the larger vegetative plants like collards and brussels sprouts will need a larger space.
As plants are harvested from the system, new young plants can be put into their place to keep a continual production plan in place. This requires the seeding of about 25 per cent more plants a week than are actually used or need to be replaced. Overseeding in this way compensates for any lack in germination and enables the grower to select only the best plants at transplant time. This is important if a continual supply of salad fixings and greens is to be maintained.
There is very little cultural work involved with most vegetative plants. You simply seed the plants and get them growing, then transplant into the system and allow them to grow until they are ready to be harvested.
In a small family production area, leaves of lettuces and other plants can be harvested two or three at a time. This allows for a wide variety of ingredients to be harvested for a small two to four-person salad. When only a few leaves are harvested and the plant is left to grow for ongoing production, no more than half the leaf surface of the plant should be harvested at any one time. Harvesting half or less of the leaf surface will allow the plant to continue growing at almost the same growth rate as it had prior to the leaves being picked. If more than half the leaf surface is harvested at one time, the growth rate of the plant will be hampered because there is not enough leaf surface for photosynthesis – needed for continued leaf and plant growth. When the plant has had leaves harvested three to four times it should be replaced. How long a plant is kept in production depends on the kind of plant and the time of the year. Start by harvesting leaves from most plants only three to four times before replacing the plants, and adjust as your experience shows you which plants you can keep in production longer.
Vegetative Plant Selections
Lettuces are probably one of the easiest plants to use when starting such a project. Start with Bibb or leaf lettuces – they are fairly easy to grow. As time goes on and you gain experience, add cos lettuces and some endive – plants that usually present more of a challenge. Introduce just a few plants to your system at first. Don’t give up on a lettuce too quickly; some lettuces will grow well at one time of a year and not another. Keep trying with these plants until you have gone through a one-year cycle, taking notes on what time of year you can grow different kinds of lettuce. You should be able to grow some of the commercially-grown Bibb lettuces like Rex all year long. Other lettuces will be more seasonal. If someone doing the same type of thing is more than a hundred miles north or south of you, their results with some lettuces can be different.
Lettuce seeds do not keep well. Buy only enough seeds for about six months. Store the seeds in a sealed container in the food compartment of the refrigerator until a day or so before you will be seeding them. Return any unused seeds to the same storage after seeding. High temperatures can induce what is called thermal dormancy in lettuce seed. Storing the seeds in the food compartment of the refrigerator should avoid this.
Many herbs can be added to your system as time goes on. Most herbs grow almost as quickly as lettuce, and do not present any additional challenges.
Herbs are usually used in small quantities, so you only need a few plants in your system. To harvest, the amount you need to use is snipped and the plant is allowed to continue to grow. The rule of cutting of no more than half the leaf surface of the plant applies with these plants also. Start with sweet basil if you like it and will use it. As time goes on, you can add a plant or two of opal basil, lemon basil or licorice basil if you so choose. All the basils can be started from seed.
Thyme, marjoram, parsley, sage, spearmint and savory can also be grown from seeds and can be used in cooking or in salads. One or two plants of each of these are all that should be started until it is established that you would use more if you had it available.
Tarragon and peppermint are grown from cuttings. Unless you particularly want these herbs, avoid bringing any plant into your greenhouse that has been started somewhere else. It is easy to introduce disease and insect problems by bringing plants into your greenhouse.
Herb seeds are viable for several years. They can be bought a year or more ahead. However, they should not be exposed to high temperatures or humidity.
Slow growing herbs like rosemary should be grown in a pot in the corner or in a hanging basket. Slower growing plants do better in an environment by themselves. They don’t get in the way of the harvesting and replacing of the plants in your main system that have a more rapid turnover.
Green onions of various kinds, onion chives and garlic chives can be grown in the salad greenhouse. They are very nutritious and flavorful, grow fairly rapidly and don’t require much room. Onion and garlic seeds are viable for a few years, and can be purchased a year or more ahead. They can be kept in their original package, re-closing the package after seeding, and kept out of high temperatures and humidity.
Crucifers are a group of very nutritious and rapidly growing plants. They include radishes, mustard greens, kale, turnip greens, and many of the leafy oriental vegetables. Broccoli, cauliflower, turnips and kohlrabi can be grown for their leaves. The leaves can be eaten raw in salads or steamed. Either way, they are very nutritious. If you choose to try them and have the space, you can allow some of the crucifer plants to approach maturity so that they produce the storage organ or flower stalk and buds, which can be harvested and eaten.
Seeds for crucifers are usually viable for several years. They can be bought a year or more ahead. They also should be protected from extremes of heat and kept dry.
Beets and Swiss chard produce greens that can be used in salads or steamed, providing color and nutritional value in either form. Some of the beets can be allowed to produce storage roots and be harvested for that. A little extra room in the system needs to be provided if this is to be done.
The seeds of Swiss chard and beets come in the seed balls produced by the plant. If you plant what you might think is a single seed, you may actually get several plants. This fact should be factored in when making plans for these in your production space.
Spinach is a leafy crop that can be used in salads or as a steamed vegetable. Most commercial growers do not try to grow it during the warm weather. Late fall, winter and early spring should be considered the seasons to try spinach if you are so inclined. It’s best that you get some successful experience growing other salad ingredients before you try spinach.
Spinach is not an easy plant to grow even in the cooler times of the year. The seeds will germinate at cool temperatures as low as 45 degrees Fahrenheit, and temperatures above 60 degrees should be avoided during the germination process. A single batch of spinach seeds will germinate over 3 or 4 years, and can be bought a year or more ahead. They have a very tough outer layer that does not readily let water pass through, so the seeds should be soaked for a while before they are placed in any media for germination. Seeds should not be soaked for more than a few hours without the water being oxygenated.
A few edible flowers can be grown in the system or in hanging baskets in the greenhouse. They add color, interest and nutritional value to a salad. Some starter suggestions include nasturtiums, pansies and marigolds, since they are relatively easy to grow from seed. There are other flowers that are edible. If you are interested, you may someday want to do some research and include some of them in your salad greenhouse.
Flower seeds can be purchased a year or more ahead. They will remain viable for at least 2 to 3 years. Keep them in their original packages with the tops closed and rolled down, storing them away from heat. They also can be stored in the food compartment of your refrigerator.
Many of the plants mentioned above can be purchased as bedding plants in the spring. This is an expensive way to stock your greenhouse, but can be a faster way if you are just getting started and want to shorten the time until harvest. Some of the edible flowers or other plants that you are including in small numbers could be brought in as bedding plants. This is a way to try a few plants without buying a packet of seeds for them. However, remember that bringing in plants from other locations, even reputable nurseries, can bring disease or insects into your greenhouse.
Many production systems could be used for your year ‘round salad greenhouse. Because many of the production systems have been discussed in a previous article, (“Greenhouse Plant Growing Systems”, Maximum Yield Indoor Gardening, USA, July / August 2005), only a couple will be mentioned here. It is best to keep your system simple and effective. If you are growing your salad ingredients for your family’s use, you are interested in the results rather than the details of the production process.
The Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) System is the simplest hydroponic system to set up in a small family salad greenhouse. Pre-made NFT channels are made for commercial use, but it is very practical to put together a small system from these for a small greenhouse.
If you want to produce your salad ingredients in an “organic” setting, that is also possible. Commercial “organic” greenhouse production systems can be downsized to be used in a family salad greenhouse. This system will take a little closer monitoring than the NFT system mentioned above, and it will not produce as much, as fast. If you are growing for your own use, there is no need for you to seek organic certification. You can follow the guidelines yourself and grow for your own consumption.
Diseases and Insects
Keeping disease and insects from gaining access to the greenhouse is the best means of control. If you avoid bringing any plant into the greenhouse from outside sources, you will reduce the risk of introducing diseases or insects into the greenhouse. Many people are tempted to bring a favorite garden or patio plant into their greenhouse as cold weather approaches.
To help keep plants – even those you have started yourself – disease-free, use a little wider plant spacing in your greenhouse than what is used by commercial growers. For example, lettuce is usually grown on an 8 by 8 inch spacing in commercial greenhouses. By increasing the distance between the channels, you reduce the number of plants in a given area but you increase the air flow between plants, assuring optimal health.
Keep outside gardens and shrubbery away from your greenhouse. They can harbor insects and disease that can gain entry to the greenhouse as you go in and out. Avoid visiting your own garden or shrubbery before going into your greenhouse. This way, you are less likely to carry something into your greenhouse from outside.Lettuce leafy greens
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